Atlas of Heaven and Man

Time flew by, and it was already November. The Martial Arts Academy had been in session for two months.

Many Class A students had officially begun training and mastered the breathing technique, but there were also many failures, the most in the academy's history.

The school board discussed this and put pressure on the management, but the management argued that with the increased number of students, this was a normal occurrence proportionally, so they rejected the inquiry.

Meanwhile, Class B students were working hard to prepare for training, as their natural talent was significantly lower than that of Class A students. Therefore, they needed more accumulation and training. Most of them would only be qualified to begin training after six months or a year.

Chen Chuan, having no assigned tasks to consider for the time being, was able to focus wholeheartedly on his training.

As for the monthly exam in the second month, it passed without any complications.

At this moment, he was once again immersed in that state of concentration, forgetting the passage of time, until one day, during his repeated hard training, he felt his body heating up again.

This time, the heat was completely different from the last time. It was as if a unique force was growing from within his body, on the verge of erupting.

It felt like a silkworm about to break out of its cocoon and transform into a butterfly, a sense of budding new life about to shed its old shell, but at the same time, it was bound and hindered by an invisible force.

He seemed to understand something in his heart, repeatedly performing the Zheng San Shou, trying to push and help that force break through the barrier.

Originally, his moves were very fast, but later they became slower and slower. Even his steps seemed heavy and sluggish, as if he was enduring immense pressure with every movement.

However, that layer of obstruction remained unbroken, as if he could not escape his inherent cage. Yet, he did not become impatient, maintaining a calm mind and completely abandoning distracting thoughts, focusing only on the present moment, and so the night passed.

At the moment when the sun was about to rise and the sky was about to usher in the dawn, as he pressed out with one hand, he suddenly felt a shock throughout his body, as if some kind of restraint had been broken. Then, he remained motionless in the San Shou stance.

After a long while, when the sunlight shone from the side of the French window, illuminating the entire sky in front of him, he finally exhaled a long breath, slowly withdrew his stance, and walked to the window, bathed in the newborn morning sun.

Although he hadn't slept all night, the abundant power brought by the successful training of the Jin method, as well as the inner joy brought by the hard-earned growth, made him feel energetic and not at all tired.

He slowly guided the Qi Acupoint Breathing Technique, feeling the changes in the aberrant tissues in his body.

Unlike the growth direction brought by other Jin methods, his aberrant tissues grew from the fascia, and from the fascia, slender aberrant tissues extended into the muscles.

They seemed discontinuous, intertwined with each other, and seemed to form a net that was both connected and disconnected, but as long as he exerted a little force, they would pull and bind each other, twisting into force.

As for those under the skin, they were another form of aberration. It seemed to be extending from these filaments, a more subtle and highly resilient silk-like existence.

It seemed to be flowing, as if alive. With a thought, it would stretch and connect, forming a protective layer that was both membrane and not membrane.

And these aberrant tissues were not independent, but had a strong connection with each other. It was multi-layered, based on the fascia attached to and enveloping the bones and muscles, and then extending outward.

Once he tried to exert force, the aberrant tissues would cooperate with each other, contracting and expanding, transferring the force layer by layer.

It was just that these aberrant tissues, constrained and guided by the Zhou Yuan Jin method, seemed to be very weak at present.

For example, that layer of seemingly flowing aberrant tissue, although it could gather together at once, could not form a sufficiently solid protective layer like the Armor Force. After all, he did not specialize in that kind of aberrant skin membrane.

However, this was only his normal state. Because the aberrant tissue was grown from his own body and belonged to a part of "me", the second me also possessed this power, and when the two were superimposed…

He turned his gaze to the sandbag hanging on the side, reached out his hand, and only gently touched the back of his hand.

The sandbag didn't shake much, but suddenly it scattered completely, and all kinds of fillings such as sand, cotton, and sawdust fell on the ground.

He slowly retracted his hand. Just now, he imitated the internal vibration and soft force of the Hunyuan Force. He didn't know how it compared to the real Hunyuan Force, but he needed to know that he could try to transform and use various force techniques. Then the real combat performance was not comparable to a single force technique.

At this time, he also discovered several important points, such as when he used the Hunyuan Force method to exert force, the power naturally originated from the dantian, because this was the foundation of the Hunyuan Force.

However, his Zhou Yuan Force had more than just this one point of force exertion. Now most of it existed on the root joints, and the middle joints only had a little.

He understood in his heart that this was because the Zhou Yuan Force had just been practiced and was not enough to make all places a point of force exertion. However, if the aberrant tissues in his body continued to grow, then as he gradually practiced more deeply, more points of force exertion should emerge.

Next, he imitated some of the force techniques he knew one by one. Of course, this was only superficial. After all, every mature force technique was honed through thousands of trials and required overall coordination.

Even people who practiced the same force technique had different levels of application, so even if he could imitate it, he was afraid that he would not be able to reach the best level in a certain force technique.

However, he didn't need to do so. As long as he could follow the force when using various methods, that was enough. He had his own path and didn't have to simply imitate others.

After sorting things out, he first washed up and groomed himself. After he was ready, he walked out of the dormitory. Although it was still early at this time, most of the students had already gone out to exercise.

He came to the public telephone here, picked up the microphone, dialed a phone number, and asked after connecting, "Teacher, am I disturbing you so early?"

Cheng Zitong's voice came from the other side: "Your teacher, I'm in charge of logistics, so I have to get up early and go to bed late. Well, what's the matter?" Then he reacted and raised his voice slightly: "Could it be…"

Chen Chuan said: "Yes, teacher, I have succeeded in my training."

He heard the other side remain silent for a while, followed by a tone of voice that deliberately suppressed his emotions: "Good, Chen Chuan, you have not disappointed your teacher's expectations. More importantly, you have not disappointed yourself. Your efforts have been rewarded!" After a pause, he added: "Okay, don't go anywhere, wait for me to come over."

Chen Chuan said: "Teacher, don't you have something to do in the morning? Or…"

Cheng Zitong immediately interrupted him: "What could be more important than my student right now? You wait."

Ten minutes later, Cheng Zitong arrived at Dormitory No. 4 on the seventh floor. He first had Chen Chuan demonstrate it, patted and examined him with special techniques, and asked a few questions to confirm that this student had indeed mastered the Zhou Yuan Force.

The 'Nurturing the True Seed' emphasizes the word 'nurturing'. Now that the true seed has entered, you should find a way to 'grow' it. This is to allow the aberrant tissues to grow accordingly and gradually become stronger, but there are still some subtleties involved."

Chen Chuan also felt this. He bowed to Cheng Zitong and said, "Please enlighten me, teacher."

Cheng Zitong nodded and said: "The first aberrant tissues you produced were the fascia, and these aberrant fascia are attached to the bones and connected to the muscles. Therefore, in order to ensure their own stability, the aberrant tissues will penetrate the bones in the opposite direction, making the bones more resilient and able to bear stronger forces.

In the words of Old Martial Arts, this is 'Building the Muscle Bridge and Erecting the Bone Beam'! This is like forming a new set of muscles and bones in your body.

Although these people in Old Martial Arts don't understand how it works, they can feel the changes in themselves and summarize feasible methods and steps through experience. This coincides with the training philosophy of 'First Limit', the only difference is that today's techniques are more targeted, more practical and efficient."

He pointed at Chen Chuan and said, "Next, in addition to medicine, you need to use continuous exercise and actual combat to make these aberrant tissues more obedient to your will and listen to you more."

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