Three months later, when the school entrance examination period expired, Lu Jing successfully became a teacher.
Zhang Sanfeng first accepted the apprenticeship invitation from Lu Jing, then took the tea from his disciple with both hands, held it in front of his eyebrows, closed his eyes, then held the tea bowl in his left hand, held the lid in his right hand to caress the tea, drank the tea, and returned the empty bowl to Lu Jing, spoke a few words of admonishment and encouragement. Even if the apprenticeship ceremony was completed, it also meant that Lu Jing was officially accepted into his family.
After finishing the matter, Zhang Sanfeng looked at his new apprentice and said kindly, "You have been standing on the pile for three months, right? Tell me how you feel?"
"My legs hurt." Lu Jing said honestly.
"anything else."
"My waist also hurts."
"…………"
"It's okay, take your time." Mr. Zhang was speechless for a while and then comforted his apprentice first.
"I have taught you the essentials. Although standing is just an introduction, it is the foundation of all martial arts. It must not be underestimated. Each sect has its own standing skills, which are to coordinate with future martial arts training. If you are talented, Excellent people can even learn powerful moves directly from the stance, and the inner strength you want to develop must also be based on this."
However, he didn't expect Lu Jing to say directly when he heard this, "Master, please give me some words. How long can an average person stand to feel energetic?"
"Uh," Zhang Sanfeng hesitated for a moment, "For those who have just started to stand, it can only take a day or two. Oh, there are also geniuses who can detect the flow of breath in the body just by posing. As for the slow ones..." Zhang Sanfeng hesitated. The old man didn't say any more, he just raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Jing.
"So it's up to me how slow you can go, right?" Lu Jing said.
"A slow start does not mean a slow start. There are always late bloomers in the world. The most important thing in practicing martial arts is perseverance. As long as you are willing to work hard..."
Zhang Sanfeng spoke sincerely, but when he glanced at Lu Jing, who was rolling his eyes at the chicken soup, he couldn't go on and could only nod and admit, "Okay, your qualifications are indeed average, and you are not too young, so you missed it." The best time to practice martial arts.
"Besides, he is poor in literature and rich in martial arts, so the cost of practicing martial arts is actually not small. At least three meals a day must have meat. Don't compare with those monks and Taoists. They have other ways to nourish themselves. It is said that those famous sects and martial arts families will also Giving regular medicated baths and taking precious elixirs to the young disciples under my sect, the investment is even more limitless..."
When Mr. Zhang said this, he glanced at Lu Jing again, but saw that his new disciple did not show much frustration. He couldn't help but secretly praise his good nature in his heart, and then couldn't help but feel sorry for him again.
In fact, Lu Jing himself was quite regretful. Since he came to a world of martial arts, who wouldn't want to practice martial arts and live happily ever after?
But Lu Jing, who has experienced the baptism of modern education, has already seen countless similar things. Among the students in the same class, some people can learn it instantly. They don’t even need to listen to the lectures in class, and they can easily get full marks in the exam. There are also some students Those who study every day without taking their butt off the stool work harder than anyone else, but if they are not good at it, they are not good at it. They invest a lot of time and energy, but the results are still very little.
There is nothing you can do about qualifications, but fortunately there is more than one way. If you really want to practice martial arts, you will become a scholar. Lu Jingmen is very clear about studying. He can go from a third-tier town to a top 4 graduate student, but not I am an out-and-out question writer in a small town. Now I just change to take the imperial examination, which is not a big problem.
Besides, this time travel is not without some benefits. He is about ten years younger, and now he looks like sixteen or seventeen years old. He is a bit old for martial arts at this age, but it is not too late for studying, don’t you see? Some people took the exam until their hair was gray before they passed the exam and became a tribute.
Of course, according to the fine tradition, he came here and paid the tuition. It seemed that he would not be able to quit no matter what. Lu Jing still planned to continue practicing. Anyway, he would not delay the imperial examination. Even if he could not become a master in martial arts, he could use it to strengthen his body. Whether it’s fitness or not, the body is the capital of revolution.
Seeing that Lu Jing remained silent, Zhang Sanfeng sighed and said, "That's all, let me teach you the inner strength formula first. Once you memorize it, you can practice it slowly after you develop your sense of Qi."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Sanfeng first read the inner strength formula to Lu Jing, and then broke it down and explained it in detail word for word.
Mr. Zhang’s internal skill is called Little Vajra Jin. Judging from the name, it should be from Buddhist martial arts. It somehow found its way into the martial arts world. It may be because Little Vajra Jin itself is just an ordinary skill and there is nothing special about it. The monks did not bother to recover it, so this skill gradually spread in the world and became one of the most popular internal skills.
Lu Jing was not very disappointed by this. Zhang Sanfeng, an ordinary bodyguard, would be damned if he really had a special skill. There are indeed masters in the market, but they are not so easy to bump into.
And mass-market products are not entirely a bad thing. Just like newly launched products, only when more people use them can bugs be discovered and improvements made in time. The fact that this technique is so popular at least means that there should be no side effects when practicing it. It is better than picking up a book on the road to ward off evil spirits. It’s better to start practicing the sword skills as soon as you are confused.
The master and apprentice struggled for half an hour, and Lu Jing finally memorized the set of internal energy formulas word for word, and roughly understood the meaning of each sentence.
Then Zhang Sanfeng once again taught Lu Jing the secrets of Zhanzhuang, and also personally demonstrated the stance and breathing, probably because he was moved by the scene. At the end, Mr. Zhang also recalled the scenes when he practiced hard as a child, and sighed while finishing the exercises, "Back then, my master also told me that hard work can make up for weakness, but after practicing for a long time, I realized that it was all a fucking lie."
Lu Jing didn't say anything, he just handed over a handkerchief to his master to wipe his sweat, and then he continued to stand aside. When the sun went down, Zhang Sanfeng's incompetent son hurried back from outside, yelling as soon as he entered the door. Eat meat if you are hungry.
When Lu Jing saw this, he took his leave and left. Zhang Sanfeng originally wanted to stay with his apprentice for dinner, but he felt a little distressed. After a moment of hesitation, Lu Jing had already gone out, and Mr. Zhang could only swallow his words. in stomach.
But on the other hand, Lu Jing left the courtyard of his master's house and didn't go anywhere else. He just returned to his residence.
Wujiang City is prosperous, and land prices are naturally high. Every inch of land is precious. Low-level coolies like porters cannot afford to rent a house in the city and are reluctant to rent, so most of them live in thatched huts outside the city.
After Lu Jing went back, he cooked some porridge to fill his stomach, and then fell on the bed. He went to the dock to work early this morning, and after that, he went to the master to practice. He was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger. After moving, and Zhang Sanfeng bluntly stated that he had no talent in martial arts, although Lu Jing did not feel despair, he was somewhat lacking in motivation at the moment, so he did not immediately review what he had learned today, and quickly fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
When he woke up the next day, Lu Jing found something uncomfortable in his lower abdomen.
He didn't take it to heart at first. He thought it was because he didn't cover himself well last night and caught some wind chill. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, fortunately it wasn't unbearable. It could only be regarded as a minor illness, but he soon noticed it. To be precise, the place where I feel uncomfortable is an inch and three minutes below my navel.
Lu Jing's lectures during this period were not in vain. He knew that the Dantian was located there. All the meridians in the body were directly or indirectly connected to the Dantian. The internal energy that martial arts practitioners had worked hard to cultivate was usually gathered here for them to use when needed. Although Lu Jing had been standing there for three months, he couldn't even feel his energy, and his dantian was naturally as empty as ordinary people.
But now that place is a bit swollen and painful, which makes Lu Jing a little confused. Why, will it swell when it is empty?
Well, the air does expand when heated. The junior high school teacher said it, but the problem is that he didn't take out his pubic area to warm himself up last night. This expansion makes no sense at all.
Lu Jing scratched his head. He had just been a disciple for a short time. Although he had been studying hard during this period, he had just started in both theory and practice. He had no experience in this kind of thing. He had been thinking about it for a while but had gained nothing. He wanted to ask for advice. Master, but construction is about to start on the dock side.
Lu Jing's income that he had managed to save before was basically used to pay tuition. Later, he was busy practicing martial arts in the past three months, and he earned even less money. It was just enough for his daily food, and there was nothing left. Now he is completely Stop your hands and stop your mouth.
So even if you contract a minor illness, you still have to work and make money.
Lu Jing got up from the bed, put on his clothes, put the bamboo basket on his back, opened the door and left the small hut where he lived, and followed the people who were rushing to the early market into the city. Because of all the trouble in the morning, he didn't have time to make breakfast today, so he could only spend four cents to buy a bowl of soup cakes from a roadside stall.
The stall owner quickly cut the mixed dough into long strips with a knife, threw it into a pot, cooked it, fished it out, added some side dishes and soup, and brought it to Lu Jing at the stall.
Lu Jing didn't know why, but he felt very hungry even though his abdomen was bloated. Especially when he took the noodles and smelled the fragrance of the noodles, he couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and put them into his mouth, blinking. After a while, Lu Jing drank all the soup in the bowl.
But he didn't feel full at all and had to ask for another bowl.
