After spending a day here with the Four-Tong Celestial Master, I felt a little restless.
He couldn't go far and could only wander in the bamboo forest. If he was seen by his disciples when he went out, Three Flowers Heavenly Master would definitely be done with him.
Early in the morning, Si Pu Celestial Master saw that I was idle and panicked, so he took the initiative and said, "Would you like me to teach you a few tricks?".
I looked over in surprise: "Didn't the Heavenly Master say that I can't practice Taoism?"
Si Tong shook his head and pulled out a piece of bamboo from the bamboo fence: "What I want to teach is not Taoism, but the skill of wielding a sword."
"You entrust Sanhua to make a horizontal knife, but you should have only a little knowledge of the knife, like a blind man touching a butcher's knife. Mastering the skills will make it easier for you to use it more successfully."
When I heard this, I thanked him in surprise: "If it's possible, then I'll trouble the Heavenly Master."
"I didn't expect the Heavenly Master to know how to use swordsmanship?"
Si Tong: "It's not really a sword technique, it's just an ordinary sword-wielding technique. If you keep honing your ordinary skills to the extreme, that's the sword technique that suits you best."
"There are still five days until Sanhua is produced, which is almost enough."
"Go find some bamboo."
I searched around the bamboo fence and finally found an old yellowish bamboo, neither too long nor too short.
Si Tong carried the bamboo to an open space and held the bamboo firmly with her delicate hands.
Even though he was blind, he could accurately place the bamboo between his eyebrows and hold his hands without any deviation.
I poured all my energy into it, and even opened my double pupils, so that I could record the movements of the Celestial Master.
The four-eyed Celestial Master breathed in the morning energy in a daze,
Hold the bamboo in both hands and slowly raise it high, keeping the bamboo in the middle of the eyebrows while moving.
His hands were higher than his chest and higher than his eyebrows. Just when people thought they would continue to rise, he waved.
Falling straight and flat, the bamboo drew precise physical lines, like a green line that was straight and unslanted.
The bamboo shadow flashed past,
Huh..., the tip of the bamboo touched the ground gently.
Nothing seems rushed or rushed, and it feels as smooth as it should be.
"This is a hack."
The Four-Eyed Celestial Master said something coldly, and then he changed his posture again, stabbing out like a spear
"This is the sting...".
After that, Si Tong did a few more movements. His movements were not complicated.
Even a child can understand it, and maybe the child will laugh after reading it.
Ordinary, very ordinary actions,
Chop! prick! cut! bar! cut! wipe!
Six extremely basic moves.
I even thought there were other tricks behind the Four-Eyed Celestial Master.
But he said there were only these six movements, and he wanted to teach only these six movements.
And all I want to learn are these six movements.
The Celestial Master with Four Eyes put down the bamboo in his hand: "These six movements will last you a lifetime, if you can practice them to the extreme."
"In fact, any sword technique is nothing more than a further evolution of basic movements. They mix the basic movements with their own understanding, and their experiences are integrated into a new thing."
"What they do is turn A into AB, AC, etc. AB is a sword technique, and AC is also a sword technique. With A as a continuation, countless sword techniques can be differentiated. How many sword techniques can you practice?"
"But if you master the basic A perfectly, whether it's AB or AC, as long as you want to do it, you can do it."
"The times are evolving, and basic things are always important."
I couldn't help but rub my head while carrying the bamboo: "Why do you feel like the math teacher said this?".
"But I understand, the foundation is the most important."
Si Tong said with relief: "You can teach me, let's start. First chop a thousand times."
"oh".
Although I was a little surprised, I still did it.
Holding the bamboo in both hands, he chopped it like the Four-Eyed Celestial Master before. He had just chopped it two or three times.
The Four-pupiled Celestial Master reminded: "It's crooked."
After adjusting, continue to chop, no more than ten times,
The Four-Tong Celestial Master shouted again: "Stand your left shoulder straight and move your right foot back a little."
Chopping seems to be a simple action, but it is a big problem to maintain stability and even force during continuous chopping.
The most common phenomenon is hacking and chopping without any appearance.
These one thousand blows were completed with the constant reminders from the Four Eyes Celestial Master.
This is also a very strange thing. The Four-Eyed Celestial Master can't see clearly, but he can clearly know where I am wrong. He can even know that I am not standing correctly.
I asked him and he said that he relied on listening to sounds to judge movements. I didn't quite believe it.
After a thousand chops, I still haven’t taken a breath.
The Celestial Master with Four Eyes said: "Stab one thousand times."
I slumped my shoulders and ran over to have a cup of tea, then returned to my original position and started to do the same.
The first time I stabbed, my shortcomings were pointed out
"If the angle is off, you should also use the muscles of your waist and back, not just rely on your hands."
I learned from my experience and reviewed the movement memory of Si Pu Celestial Master Thorn in my mind, the details of the body's reaction during the movement, the twisting arc of the waist,
The lower body sank, holding the bamboo with both hands, and the muscles of the waist, back, and thighs worked together to push the bamboo out perfectly.
The Four-Eyed Celestial Master refused to comment and asked me to continue stabbing.
Almost all the day is spent practicing basic movements.
Each of the six movements of chopping, stabbing, intercepting, blocking, beheading, and wiping can be done a thousand times each. You still need to ensure that the posture, angle, and strength are all in order to complete the movements.
By the time I finished, it was already evening and my clothes were completely soaked.
Fortunately, there was Xiao Tan not far behind the courtyard of the Four-Tonged Celestial Master. He borrowed some clothes from the Four-Tonged Celestial Master and went to take a shower.
Just like this, when I got up the next day, my shoulders and arms were very sore. After getting out of bed, I simply warmed up my lower body and it felt better.
After breakfast,
I held the bamboo and prepared to continue practicing basic movements.
But the Four-Eyed Celestial Master stopped me,
Just when I was wondering, I saw him go back to the house and get a real iron knife for me.
He squinted his eyes and said, "You can practice with this for a thousand times."
When I caught the iron knife, the weight of the falling weight made me smile bitterly.
Bamboo can't be compared with a real sword. Maybe if you wield it one day, the bamboo will be sour the next day.
But after wielding an iron sword for one day, my arms hurt the next day.
Master Si Tong first re-did the basic movements with a real sword, and then let me practice on my own. He pointed out the shortcomings.
After a day of contact yesterday, I found that nothing could go wrong if I waved the bamboo, but now I suddenly waved the iron sword, and all the loopholes appeared again.
The tip of the knife is too low, the posture of holding the knife is wrong, the swing range is too small...
It took me a whole morning to complete the thousand slashing blows,
After finishing the swing, he sat down on the ground and the iron knife fell from his hand.
When he lowered his head and looked at his palms, he saw that they were already red and had blisters.
The Celestial Master with Four Eyes brought lunch over: "If it doesn't work, let's change it back to bamboo."
"It's enough to practice with bamboo."
I glanced at the bamboo and shook my head, then picked up the iron knife again.
Holding a knife in one hand, he aimed the blade at the blisters on his hands and scratched them. He followed the instructions with both hands, and then he wrapped both hands in gauze and ate.
Afternoon practice is much faster than morning practice.
By night, the three movements of stabbing, intercepting, and blocking have been completed one thousand times each, and there are still one thousand times each of cutting and wiping.
The four-eyed Celestial Master sat in front of the door admiring the moon, and pointed out some problems from time to time.
The blind man appreciating the moon will probably make other people laugh when they see it. It can be said that he is appreciating the moon with all his heart.
