Douluo: Reviving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan

Chapter 158: The Basics of Gunmanship
The next morning!

Yang Wudi brought Yu Tianyun and Yang Ruolin to his exclusive training ground. It was spacious and quiet, and was a place dedicated to practicing spearmanship. As for why Yang Ruolin was also brought here, Yang Wudi said frankly that he wanted her to serve as Yu Tianyun's sparring partner.

“Tianyun, the way of spearmanship is to focus on the basics first.” Yang Wudi said with a serious expression, holding a fine iron spear, “This is the first stage of training. You should start with the posture of holding the spear.”

Yu Tianyun nodded seriously, and according to Yang Wudi's instructions, he also grasped a fine iron spear, his body straight as a pine tree, and the spear shaft perpendicular to the ground.

"Hold the gun steadily, as if rooted in the ground, unmoved by external forces." Yang Wudi said as he walked around Yu Tianyun and observed his posture, "But it can't be too rigid either. You need to retain a certain degree of flexibility so that you can shoot and receive freely."

Yu Tianyun's powerful mental strength showed its advantage in this regard. He felt the weight and balance of the spear and easily understood the basic gun-holding posture.

Although Yang Wudi nodded with satisfaction, he still did not let Yu Tianyun skip this step. After all, it is not difficult to understand the gun holding posture. The key is to turn it into muscle memory and form an instinctive habit, which requires perseverance and long-term persistence.

Yang Ruolin, who was standing by, had experienced this since she was a child. At this moment, she was practicing the Yang family's basic spearmanship. This basic spearmanship could be said to be widely spread on the continent, just like the chaotic cloak hammering technique was not exclusive to the Haotian Sect. In fact, most well-known blacksmiths knew a thing or two, but the people of the Haotian Sect were the best at it.

The real core hammer technique of the Haotian Sect is actually the Haotian Nine Wonders, and the Great Sumeru Hammer after the ring exploded, while the core spear technique of the Yang family is the Soul-Breaking Spear Execution.

In this way, under the strict supervision of Yang Wudi, Yu Tianyun maintained various gun-holding postures for a whole hour. For him, this training was not physically difficult, but the key was to remember this subtle feeling.

"This is just the beginning." Yang Wudi looked at Yu Tianyun and said expressionlessly: "Next, practice spearing."

Yang Wudi demonstrated it himself. He moved his body and the spear stabbed out as fast as lightning, bringing with it a whistling sound.

"You have to stab with a spear quickly, accurately, and fiercely, and concentrate all your strength on the tip of the spear." Yang Wudi put away his spear and stood up, "You try it."

Yu Tianyun took a deep breath, imitated Yang Wudi's movements, and thrust out the spear with force.

"The power is too dispersed!" Yang Wudi shouted, "Try again!"

Yu Tianyun repeated the action of stabbing with the spear again and again, and at the same time felt it carefully. With Yang Wudi pointing out his mistakes from time to time, he began to show proficiency after only thirty stabbings.

"Good, next let's practice picking up the gun." Yang Wudi nodded with satisfaction and continued to instruct.

The action of picking up the gun is a little more complicated than stabbing the gun, and requires mastering the strength and angle.

Yu Tianyun kept trying, failed again and again, and started again and again.

During the spear practice, Yang Wudi also taught Yu Tianyun the techniques of using force in spearmanship.

"You need to use your energy like a stream, continuously and without interruption." Yang Wudi said as he demonstrated, "Feel the power in your body being smoothly transferred to the tip of the gun through your arms."

Yu Tianyun followed Yang Wudi's instructions, carefully experienced the methods of using his energy, and soon found some tricks.

After one stick of incense, Yu Tianyun had mastered the basic skills of picking up a spear.

"Let's start practicing gun sweeping." The basic movements taught by Yang Wudi gradually became more demanding. Gun sweeping required stronger strength and more precise control. Yu Tianyun had never practiced gun skills before, so his movements were naturally difficult to gain Yang Wudi's approval at first.

"The gun sweeps must be done in large swings, but you can't lose control." Yang Wudi guided Yu Tianyun step by step.

Yu Tianyun kept adjusting his movements and as expected, he quickly found the correct gun-sweeping technique.

Next, Yang Wudi gradually taught Yu Tianyun the basic movements of spearmanship, and Yu Tianyun learned them quickly.

“Tianyun, you need to practice these basic movements repeatedly, and keep practicing them until you have memorized these movements into muscle memory, then you can continue to learn basic shooting skills.” Yang Wudi said earnestly.

In the following days, Yang Wudi no longer guided him personally. He had already taught him all the key points of the movements. All that was left was for Yu Tianyun to practice these basic movements diligently and repeatedly every day.

Yang Ruolin practiced with him at the side and would give him guidance from time to time. Whenever the morning sun shone on the training ground, they could be seen wielding spears, but Yu Tianyun's eyes remained as firm as ever.

As time went by, Yu Tianyun's basic movements became more and more proficient, and had reached the level of muscle memory required by Yang Wudi.

A week later, Yang Wudi came to the training ground again. After seeing Yu Tianyun's performance, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Tianyun, your foundation is solid enough. Next, you can learn basic spear skills."

Yu Tianyun felt very calm when he heard this. These were just the basics and would not be difficult for him. With his strong mental strength, he learned very quickly. The real highlight was yet to come.

Yang Wudi began to demonstrate the basic spear techniques. Each move was fierce and powerful, with a sound like breaking wind.

"This set of basic shooting skills focuses on the combination of strength and speed, as well as the connection between moves." Yang Wudi explained while demonstrating.

Yu Tianyun watched intently, memorizing every movement and detail.

After the demonstration, Yu Tianyun couldn't wait to start practicing. As soon as he got started, he wielded it with great skill and vigor.

Yang Wudi smiled with satisfaction, this was the result of practicing the basic movements to perfection. Those who came from wild backgrounds did not pay attention to the basics when practicing spearmanship, and were too ambitious. They practiced spearmanship from the beginning, which not only made slow progress, but also easily led to many difficult-to-correct shortcomings, and even many hidden injuries. The more solid the foundation, the greater the help for subsequent practice.

Although Yu Tianyun was practicing these basic gun techniques for the first time, he was only a little unfamiliar with them and did not have too many problems.

Then, Yang Wudi patiently pointed out some mistakes that Yu Tianyun made, and after asking him to correct them, he slowly said: "Tianyun, it seems that you will soon be fully proficient in this basic spear technique. However, if you want to use this basic spear technique well, you must practice it in actual combat. Next, Ruolin will be your actual combat opponent. You are not allowed to use martial arts and soul power when you spar!"

Yang Ruolin has been looking forward to this moment these days. Without using her martial soul and soul power, the gap between her and Yu Tianyun is very small. Moreover, she has been practicing spear for much longer than Yu Tianyun. She can finally vent her anger.

She was seen holding a spear, standing in front of Yu Tianyun with an excited look on her face, and said, "Yu Tianyun, today I will let you see how powerful I am."

Yu Tianyun smiled slightly and responded: "Then I have to be careful in dealing with it."

The two of them instantly took up their positions, their spears facing each other, and the atmosphere became tense. But it was obvious that Yang Ruolin was very imposing, with a sense of determination to move forward. Yu Tianyun understood that this was the essence of the spear art of the Po Yi clan, which only attacked but did not defend, and he himself was just mediocre at the moment, with no imposingness at all.

(End of this chapter)