Gao Wu: My martial arts training relies solely on hard work

Chapter 15
The martial arts academy is more realistic than Zhao Xuan imagined.

Knowing that he came from a mountain village and seeing that he was shabby, Master Wu never looked at him seriously from beginning to end.

With a casual move: "Lin Hong, let Junior Brother Zhao get acquainted with the martial arts academy."

"Disciple obeys."

A shrewd-looking man responded with clasped fists.

While leading Zhao Xuan, he introduced: "Junior Brother Zhao, we belong to the Chunlai Courtyard, and together with the Xia Zhi Courtyard, Qiu Qu Courtyard, and Donglin Courtyard, we are also called the Outer Courtyard..."

Under Lin Hong's introduction, Zhao Xuan had a preliminary understanding of the martial arts academy.

Those who pay money can enter the outer courtyard, while the real elite gather in the inner courtyard.

If you want to take the county examination, go to the inner courtyard.

If you want to enter the inner courtyard, you must pass the examination.

Zhao Xuan wanted to know more, but Lin Hong advised him not to be anxious because he was new here.

After a while, Lin Hong began to inquire about Zhao Xuan's family background.

For example, where does your family live and how much land does it have?What is the annual harvest?
Zhao Xuan only said that he lived in a low mountain village and didn't know anything else.

Seeing that he was too wary, Lin Hong rolled his eyes and took him to the dormitory.

"Junior brother, look, here is a free dormitory with a shared bunk for four people. Over there is a paid single room. It only costs two coins per month. Where do you want to live, junior brother?"

Zhao Xuan thought for a moment and chose a single room.

First of all, two coins is not much money.

Secondly, he was not used to living with strangers.

Besides, Wu Yuan couldn't help but go out. When the limelight passed, he could go back to the low mountain village to hunt and make money.

Then Lin Hong took him to the cafeteria: "There are several kinds of food in the cafeteria. The cheapest meal costs five cents, including meat and vegetables."

"The most expensive medicinal meal costs one tael a piece, and the limit is one hundred servings per day. You must reserve it in advance."

"It's almost time for dinner. Junior brother, would you like to order one to try?"

Seeing Zhao Xuan's flat refusal, Lin Hong gave his own judgment: the new junior brother has a little money, but his family background is average.

Then he pulled Zhao Xuan aside and said seriously: "Junior brother, when you come to the martial arts academy, you should understand some things."

Zhao Xuan didn't know why: "Senior brother, please clarify."

After listening to Lin Hong's words, Zhao Xuan's head buzzed.

The martial arts school model is not the traditional master-apprentice model, and there is no saying that "one day is a teacher, life is a father".

To put it simply, there is no affection at all between the master and the disciple.

The teacher teaches, and the disciples don't have to listen.

On the contrary, the teacher does not care whether the disciple is attentive or not.

Then a strange phenomenon occurred.

The lectures given by the teachers are all fake and contain no useful information.

If a disciple wants to learn true skills, he can only spend time trying to please his master.

It turned out that Master Wu ignored him, not only because he disliked the poor and loved the rich, but also because it was unprofitable.

Wait, why did Lin Hong tell him this?
Zhao Xuan looked at Lin Hong with a sincere face and gradually realized that the routine was so deep.

The man was assigned by Master Wu. If Lin Hong's words were not instigated by Master Wu, he would not believe it even if he were beaten to death.

This one is cold and one is hot, the coordination is really good.

If it weren't for Zhao Xuanqiong, he would have been tricked in.

He said, "Thank you, senior brother, for the advice, I'll spare you the trouble, little brother." He turned around and threw it behind him.

It's not that easy to defraud him of his money.

……

After settling in.

Zhao Xuan went to the martial arts building.

As the name suggests, the martial arts building is a place where martial arts are stored.

One of the few benefits of the martial arts academy is that the exercises are free.

However, there are regulations that each student can only receive one copy of the exercises for free every year, and they are not allowed to be passed on to others.

There are many kinds of martial arts techniques, and they are basically named after animals, such as Five Tigers Broken Door Knife, White Crane Spreading Wings Fist, Mang Yuan Jin, etc.

Zhao Xuan's "Man Niu Jin" is also among them.

Too much to chew.

Furthermore, Zhao Xuan didn't want to be accused of secretly learning the exercises, so he chose "Man Niu Jin".

As soon as he got the book, he found that Wuyuan's "Man Niu Jin" had twenty pages, twice as long as the one he had seen before.

Turning it over, I saw the source of "Man Niu Jin" written on the first page.

It is about a certain martial artist who lived with cattle for 20 years and created this exercise by observing the habits and movements of cattle.

The second page describes the effects of each stage of "Man Niu Jin".The last paragraph reads: "Practice to perfection, the inner strength will be generated by itself, and you will have the power of an ox."

Zhao Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, this seemed to be different from what he had practiced.

He turned to the back and found that the pictures and annotations were exactly the same as what he had practiced.

Same technique, but different effects?

Then there are only two possibilities.

Or the records of the exercises are wrong.

Either the perfection described in the exercises and his perfection are not the same thing.

Zhao Xuan prefers the second method. This technique is public, and he is definitely not the only one who practices it.

If there is a mistake in recording, someone must have found it and corrected it.

"You have read the full version of Man Niu Jin, and you have a better understanding of Man Niu Jin, and Man Niu Jin has improved."

"Pretty awesome: 3/100."

The sudden reminder interrupted Zhao Xuan's thinking.

Just looking through the full version of the exercises, is the effect better than practicing the incomplete version for a few days?
Zhao Xuan closed the book, opened it from the first page, and reread "Man Niu Jin".

This time, he read it very seriously, chewing it word for word and repeating it over and over again.

Starting from page No. 12, it talks about the editor's understanding of this practice.

The editor believes that the essence of "Man Niu Jin" is to imitate the movements of cattle.

For example, in the first picture, the villain lifts one foot and bends the other, which is about bull pedaling.

In the second picture, the villain's back is tilted and leaning against a tree, imitating a bull rubbing against a tree...

After reading them all, Zhao Xuan probably knew the reason why his progress in practicing Man Niu Jin was slow.

He suspected that what he practiced was just similar in appearance, not in spirit.

To put it bluntly, if he hadn't been very talented and had improved his progress through blind practice, it would have been impossible to master this martial art.

In order to verify his guess, he practiced again according to the editor's understanding.

After one pass, the prompt appears:

"You have mastered more precise practice methods, and your strength has improved."

"Pretty awesome: 4/100."

It really is true that "one sentence is truly preached, but thousands of books are falsely preached."

After mastering the correct method, for Zhao Xuan, there is only one sentence: If you can't practice to death, practice to death.

This practice is from morning to night.

Except for eating, Zhao Xuan basically never rested.

After studying hard for a day, my strength has improved a bit.

At this rate, he could perfect the Man Niu Jin in three months, much faster than the two years originally expected.

From this point of view, the two taels of silver are well spent.

During this period, Master Wu Jie came over to see him once. Seeing that he was practicing hard, a sneer appeared on his face.

Do you think you are a genius and can practice peerless martial arts by reading two Kung Fu books?
He specifically asked Lin Hong to take Zhao Xuan, just so that Lin Hong could teach Zhao Xuan privately. If he wanted to learn martial arts, he had to please his master first.

He originally thought that after Zhao Xuan found out, he would come and ask for advice.

Then he regarded Zhao Xuan's "sincerity" and gave appropriate guidance.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xuan didn't understand and started practicing on his own.

He decided to leave Zhao Xuan alone for a few days.

After Zhao Xuan suffered a setback, he asked Lin Hong to give him some guidance.

He has been a master for many years, and this method has been tried and tested repeatedly, and he has never seen anyone who doesn't submit obediently.

Zhao Xuan also saw Wu Jie.

You can also guess what the other person is thinking.

If he is rich, he will definitely not mind paying someone to teach him how to be "pretty awesome".

With the guidance of experts, progress will surely increase.

But he has no money, so he can only pretend to be stupid and fight for his future with his sweat.

It will be dark.

Zhao Xuan finished his work and went to the cafeteria to eat.

He ordered an ordinary meal, devoured it, and was about to leave.

Several people gathered around.

The leader was a fat little man with a round face. He narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhao Xuan sideways, and asked frivolously: "New here?"

(End of this chapter)