Chapter 340: Ranked Competition (1)
The streets of Guando were teeming with people.
Yet, it was quiet.
A merchant caravan carried half-empty wagons, their contents already dwindling. Vendors stood behind stalls with sparse displays of fruit and grain, while a few errant drifters loitered near the inns, forcing the junior attendants to cautiously navigate around them in their attempts to attract customers. But all of this faded into the background of Jeong Yeon-shin’s mind.
He was recalling the steps of the Lord of Yeouicheon.
The way the air split and rose along the tip of the foot. The ripple of force distorting alongside the leg muscles.
As the creator of Hwanik Steps, he could dissect the modified footwork instinctively. The subtle mnemonics layered into the technique naturally unraveled in his mind, flowing backward through his calculations.
The structure of the Gyeongpa Step felt somewhat sluggish at first glance. Yet, that made it even more remarkable.
There was a pattern in how the energy entwined above and below the patella. It resembled the precise interlocking of finely crafted gears.
How far down did she lower her perspective?
It was fundamentally different from the carefree approach of the previous Bright Wing Lord. Unlike an intuitive flow, this was akin to teaching a beast how to drink water.
She anchored her center of gravity in six directions and channeled the energy of Yongcheon Acupoint all the way down to the Tri-Essence principle. By narrowing the range of movement, she made it more accessible for beginners...
The original Hwanik Steps, as Jeong Yeon-shin had designed, were structured to be adaptable in all directions. The technique allowed for countless variations depending on the situation, even making it easy to dissipate an opponent’s force by stepping backward. The flow of internal energy could be adjusted dynamically in real time.