sword sentient beings

Chapter 31 The Power of Insects
At night, Tang Zhao originally planned to wait for Si Liyu to come, but he didn't know if the other party was busy, so he didn't come that night.Tang Zhao was a little bit regretful but also a little bit fortunate that Si Liyu put him under much more pressure than Guan Lei.

When he had spare time, Tang Zhao turned on the lamp to read a book, and naturally he read the newly acquired "Thunder on Martial Arts".

"Lei Sheng Lun Wu" was obviously written by Guan Lei himself, recording the common sense of martial arts and "learning martial arts".

The words in the book are like Guan Lei’s tone of voice, plain but clear, not to mention that Tang Zhao has experienced "Tong Blossom Attracting Phoenix", even if he doesn’t know anything, he can read it fluently.

The general knowledge of martial arts, such as the beginning, stage, and state of martial arts, the distinction between internal and external skills, the origin and flow of weapons and fists, the content and connection of martial arts, martial arts, martial arts, and martial ethics, etc.The general knowledge of learning martial arts is roughly but systematically introduced from the initial stretching and standing skills to boxing, footwork, body skills, mental skills and even the cultivation of energy and spirit.

Finally, there are some records of the rules of the world and martial arts anecdotes. Although the writing is very exciting, the space is small. Obviously, the person who wrote the book didn't care.

Although Tang Zhao only skimmed through it briefly, he already guessed that Guan Lei wrote this book with ambitions, just like military strategists writing the art of war, sorting out what they have learned and summarizing their writings, aiming at immortality, recording the current history of barnyard officials and unofficials It doesn't make sense.

From this point of view, Master Guan is a great person, full of ambition and lofty intentions.

Yuan Qing said that you don't need to read books to learn martial arts, but maybe you need to start with this book.

Of course, this book is still a draft, even an outline, and many introductions are too rough. Only the first few chapters can be read carefully, and the others are just listed.However, even if the manuscript is finished, it is impossible to fill in all the contents of the book in detail, otherwise it is impossible to finish writing a million words, let alone one person can finish it.

Because it is too rough, the glasses did not rate this book, and did not admit that it is a "practice". They may think that this is a "popular science book", and of course there is no comment.

But popular science books are easier and more interesting to read than monographs, and are easier to accept. The more useless knowledge is, the more interesting it is.

In other words, the level of martial arts masters is not as strict as in the story. It is probably that those who have only learned superficial fists and feet are called "warriors".Further up, those who have reached a certain level of internal and external skills can be called "knights", and those who can establish a school and lead a trend will be called "grandmasters".As for the hero, just like the "righteous man" corresponding to the heroic stage, you have to be awarded by the government at the knightly stage. There is only one in a county, and you must be able to convince everyone with strength, fame, and meritorious deeds.

But this is just a customary name, not a golden rule.Everyone on the rivers and lakes opens their mouths to "master" and shuts their mouths to "hero". Except for "grandmaster", they generally dare not call it arrogance. Heroes and righteous men must be certified by the imperial court. "Master Li" is not uncommon.

As for the strength of the same level, it is even more unpredictable.As strong men, one person may fight ten.And the countless active characters in the Jianghu are basically all knight-errants at the first level, and their strengths are even more different. Even if two people are equally famous, they may not be equal, and one can be beaten to the ground by the other.That is, the heroes granted by the imperial court are not necessarily better than the knights. It does not mean that the heroes in a county are the strongest, but the imperial court certification is the imperial court certification.

In the end, Guan Lei also mentioned that there is never a shortage of good people in the arena to arrange seats for the masters, and various lists emerge in endlessly.But most of them are full of mistakes and omissions, and are extremely regional.Nowadays, the most useful reference in martial arts is the "Hundred Soldiers Records" of Guanxing Tower.In particular, the military records are divided into prefectures and counties, and there are various sub-lists, and even a full list of first- and second-rate masters, which clearly reveals the intention of self-organization.

And on it, there is the Kyushu Loyalty List of the imperial court. Regardless of martial arts, only meritorious service is used to judge the superiority, which is related to the level of martial arts, but it still cannot be generalized.In terms of authority, there is nothing more than the imperial court, but there has always been an invisible gap between the government and the Jianghu. Although the government regards the people in the Jianghu as chaotic and reckless, why do martial arts masters think highly of the "running dogs" and "minions" of the government?Therefore, when the Kyushu Loyalty Ranking was launched, not only was it not sought after by martial arts, but it was deliberately ignored repeatedly.Especially the underworld, even ashamed to be on the list.

However, this phenomenon has gradually changed. For one thing, the evil has become more and more serious in recent years, and the martial arts people can no longer stay out of it.Secondly... the court also gave too much.

In order to reward loyalty, all righteous men on the list can be exchanged for benefits with their meritorious deeds, such as kung fu cheats, magic weapons and sharp blades, tonics and wound medicines.In particular, there are two kinds of "mysterious skills" and "skills".

It is said that these two are the key to transcending the realm of knights.

"Lei Sheng Lun Wu" is vague here. It doesn't explain what "beyond the realm of knights" is, nor does it explain what "mysterious skills" and "skills" are. It just says that it is not within the discussion of "Lun Wu".

I don't know if Tang Zhao has a villain's heart, but I always feel that Guan Lei's words here are a bit sour.

Xuan Gong...

Tang Zhao thought about it, he was actually most familiar with Xuangong, and the only exercise he mastered was Xuangong, "The Divine Bird Bathing Fire Jue".

Was it such an advanced technique?
Although it didn't involve Xuan Gong itself, he finally knew where Xuan Gong was raised.

The starting point of Xuan Gong is the end point of "martial arts" in a general sense.

According to this book, the end point of martial arts is "consummation".This consummation refers to the consummation of the body, and it is only the consummation of "essence, energy and spirit".

At this point, it can be regarded as the pinnacle of martial arts, there are only a few people in the world, so far, the road of martial arts has come to an end.Theoretically, it is still possible to accumulate internal strength, the more profound and pure the internal strength, the martial arts surpasses the peers, and the smile is proud of the world.

But this is only a quantitative change, not a qualitative change. The essence is still the ranks of knights. Internal strength can delay aging, but it has its limit. In the end, the body becomes weak and unable to maintain the state, and the five declines of heaven and man finally turn into bones.

Seeing this, Tang Zhao couldn't help worrying secretly—is the threshold for Xuan Gong so high?

To put it this way, it would take decades of effort just to reach the threshold of cultivation, and it would take a martial arts genius to complete it. Wouldn't he, an ordinary person, have no hope in his life?

Is there no way to speed it up?
Maybe there is, but Guan Lei didn't write it in the book. He only wrote two routes of martial arts-inner training and outer training.

To put it bluntly, it is to practice internal and external skills.

External skills are practiced from the muscles, bones and skin, from the outside to the inside, while the internal skills are the opposite. The inner energy is full, and the muscles and bones are strong.These two methods are the right way, the external method is quicker, more difficult and dangerous, while the inner method is superior in its long stamina, and the initial effect is poor.

Tang Zhaoxue's physical training chapter is a preliminary method for external training, which is normal, he has limited time, if he spends this month practicing internal skills, he may not be able to figure it out.

It's just that he still has some regrets - inner martial arts sounds a little more handsome.

Just continue to practice step by step, the master teacher hired by others will not miss him.What's more, he still has glasses as a supplement, and he can also use the flame map to exercise his spirit. A month will not be wasted.

The next morning, Tang Zhao woke up early and put on new gray coarse cloth clothes for practicing exercises.

After finishing his stretching homework, he went out the door, only to see that all the gray-clothed disciples in the courtyard had already woken up for morning exercises, those who stood upright stood uprights, and those who practiced boxing.Judging from their state, they have obviously practiced for a long time.

Tang Zhao couldn't help clicking his tongue, thinking to himself: I thought I had already woken up early enough, so there are so many people earlier than me!It seems that practicing martial arts is more diligent than studying. It is strange that the ancients said: "Wear the chicken and dance", it seems that I will work harder in the future!

According to the appointment yesterday, he jogged to Guan Lei's yard, and when he reached the door, his body was already warming up.

I don't know when there was a rock that was as tall as a person in the yard. It was not hollow and porous like a fake rock, but a large chunk of solid, almost sinking the ground.

This person is as tall as a strong man, and he is almost as tall as two of them!

Guan Lei stood by the rock, supported the half-headed rock and said, "Tang Zhao, come here."

Tang Zhao walked over and cupped his fists and said, "Good morning, teacher."

Guan Lei nodded and said, "Azhao, do you know what the strongest animal in the world is?"

Tang Zhao replied without hesitation: "Ant."

Guan Lei was stunned for a rare moment, and said, "Uh...cough, that's right. You might say it's a tiger or a bear..."

Tang Zhao thought to himself: I just said it was an ant.

"But those animals are only big. The little ant is the most powerful. It can lift several times the weight of its own body, and its strength is truly infinite. And my kung fu has the longest strength, called 'ant' Strength'. And you are small and weak, and you are about to learn from ants. We exercise physical strength, starting from moving stones. Set a small goal first, and ask you to move this stone in one month!"

Although Tang Zhao felt that "Yi Li Jin" did not sound majestic enough, he was still excited and said, "Okay!"

Guan Lei thought to himself that this kid is full of confidence despite his weak strength, and he is not afraid of difficulties at all with such a big stone in front of him.

How could he know that the ignorant are fearless, Tang Zhao has no feelings for the martial arts in reality, but has infinite fantasies about the martial arts in the stories, let alone a mere stone, he would dare to believe it even if he was asked to move a mountain for a month.

Before hitting the south wall, Tang Zhao was a stunned young man in martial arts.

Guan Lei asked Tang Zhao to stand in front of the boulder and push the boulder in the same posture as he said yesterday.

The boulder was naturally motionless, Tang Zhao pushed hard for a while, but his strength was exhausted, and he could no longer push hard.

Guan Lei said, "Tired?"

Tang Zhao's head was covered with sweat, and he said, "A little bit."

Guan Lei said: "It won't last long, such extreme force is not enough, just use normal force." After that, he adjusted his standing posture, told him to squat on the horse with his waist down, his arms slightly bent, and gave some pointers Power tricks.

According to his instructions, Tang Zhao restrained his strength and continued to push. Sure enough, he saved some energy, but he was still exhausted for a while.

Guan Lei told him to withdraw his strength, but his posture remained the same. He just adjusted his breathing for rest.This time the breathing rhythm is different again, not only to relax, but also to control the breath inhaled, to store it in the body for a while before exhaling.

Tang Zhao followed suit while memorizing, confirming in his heart that external training is indeed closely related to the method of breathing, and every kung fu has its own breathing method.

After relaxing, Tang Zhao went to push the stone again, exerting strength for a while and resting for a while. In the end, although his arms were sore and weak, he could no longer lift them up, and his legs were also numb.

It wasn't until Tang Zhao was exhausted that Guan Lei woke him up, gave him the teacup in his hand, and said, "Drink some water and rest."

Tang Zhao took a sip, but felt that the smell of the medicine was so strong that he couldn't swallow it.

Guan Lei smiled and said, "Azhao has good perseverance and can endure hardships. I was worried about your coquettishness before, but it seems that I was worried for nothing."

Tang Zhao couldn't help laughing and said, "It's okay, it's just average." He drank a few sips immediately.

The herbal tea was amazingly effective, as soon as he drank it, hot air flowed all over his body, and his strength recovered a lot.Guan Lei was not in a hurry, and asked him to push the stone again after he had rested enough.

In this way, the whole morning was spent squatting and pushing stones.Lunch is a large piece of meat, which looks red, bright and oily, but the taste is unpalatable. I don’t know what ingredients are added, so it is sour and bitter.Tang Zhao's tongue went numb from eating.

After the lunch break, Guan Lei took Tang Zhao to the other side of the stone.The stones on this side are pitted and hollow, with many shallow dimples.He asked again: "What do you say is the highest jumping animal in the world?"

Without waiting for Tang Zhao to answer, he said, "Maybe you want to say it's a rabbit, but it's actually a grasshopper..."

Tang Zhao didn't have the nerve to correct it: "It should be fleas, right?"

Guan Lei continued: "When the grasshopper jumped, it was several times taller than its own height. If a person can jump so high, what would it be like?"

Tang Zhao imagined that it was almost like flying, right?
However, lightness kung fu is just as normal as flying, right?
So, his lightness kung fu is about to learn from a grasshopper?

This time it is called "Grasshopper Skill"?
Ordinary people practice martial arts, they all learn from dragons and tigers, and even if they are not good, they also learn from leopards, but Mr. Guan told him to learn from insects.

But think about it carefully, the power of insects is actually better than that of tigers and wolves, which is a miracle of nature, so what does it matter if the name is majestic or not?
Guan Lei said: "Let's learn the grasshopper's vertical jumping technique now, and set a small goal. Within a month, you have to jump on the spot and jump onto this rock without using other strength."

At present, Teacher Guan taught him some key points for exerting strength in the waist and legs. He first jumped along the shallow dimples on the stone to the top, and then jumped down from the opposite side.

Practicing jumping is much more tiring than pushing stones, and it is also much more dangerous. Even if Guan Lei laid a thick layer of straw on the ground, he also threw Tang Zhao hard. He almost hit his head several times when he fell.Guan Lei watched from the side, and if there was a risk of falling to a vital point, he immediately rescued him, but he ignored it when he touched the flesh.

After practicing for more than an hour, Tang Zhao's legs were sore and sore. In the end, he couldn't jump up while holding on to the stone, so Teacher Guan let him rest.

It was time for dinner, but Guan Lei didn't ask him to eat, but drove him to take a bath, and the bath water was of course medicinal soup.

Taking a bath is not just about soaking in soup. Guan Lei taught him a few techniques. He kept patting and massaging his body during the medicinal bath to relax his muscles and speed up the penetration of the medicine.After soaking until I came out before dinner, the dredging was almost completely gone, and my strength recovered a lot.

Dinner was still stewed meat with medicinal herbs. Tang Zhao, who worked hard all day without complaining, was suspicious of his life—even if he wanted to add medicinal herbs, it wouldn’t be so unpalatable, right?It's almost like a dark dish made on purpose.

Tang Zhao couldn't help but said to Wei Changle, who hadn't seen anyone for a day: "Can't we just boil the medicinal materials into soup and drink them, at least not to waste these meats?"

Wei Changle was called by Guan Lei in the morning to teach separately. He wanted to come to a famous teacher to teach according to his aptitude, even if there were only two of them, he would make different plans.I didn't see him until dinner, and it was also painful to eat, but he still squeezed his nose and swallowed, saying: "I think it would be even more unpalatable if it wasn't covered by the smell of medicine. The stench is hidden inside..." See Tang Zhao's face turned blue and he hurriedly said, "But I think this should be a tonic, not an ordinary meat."

"Haha, Changle is more knowledgeable." Guan Lei walked over with a large bowl like a water basin, sat casually on a stone, taller than the two standing, and said:

"These are the meat of beasts. Have you heard of it? Beasts are beasts that have been alienated by Misfortune Moon. They wantonly wreak havoc on the world, far surpassing tigers and wolves. This area is still relatively peaceful. Going further east, beyond the boundary of Yunzhou, the market You can often hear about fierce beasts cannibalizing people. Now it is on your desk, turning into blood to replenish your body. Isn’t this a blessing? When I was young, when I was learning martial arts and was about to nourish myself, I could get a little bit of beast meat It’s a good job, how pungent is that ferocious beast’s blood? You have to grit your teeth and drink raw. How can you be so rich? Guess how much such a piece of meat sells outside?”

Tang Zhao naturally guessed in Guili: "Ten taels of silver?"

Guan Lei said: "Almost, fifty taels."

... Where is it almost?Isn't it five times worse?

Fifty taels... that is, Tang Zhao's net worth is not enough to feed for two days!And those farmers have worked so hard for a year that they can't even afford to eat meat scraps!

"Why don't we talk about poor culture and rich martial arts?"

However, it is still very difficult to eat!
Tang Zhao raised his head to look, and found that Guan Lei's bowl was full of delicious chicken, duck and fish, which were all normal dishes. He hurriedly picked up a piece of beast meat, and said, "Teacher, you can eat something good."

Guan Lei shrunk his bowl and said, "I don't want to eat it. It's useless for me to eat it. This food is too unpalatable. Anyone who doesn't eat it for martial arts training will eat it."

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(End of this chapter)