Before descending Wuyi Mountain and leaving Fujian, Shi Tieqiao thought of his former junior brother Yang Hui and wanted to say goodbye to him. On his way there, he met Yang Hui's son Yang Zhiyuan.
Yang Zhiyuan, who was around 20, looked very much like the young and arrogant Yang Hui and Shi Tieqiao. When he heard that the visitor was his father's senior brother, he called him uncle. He also heard that this uncle named Shi Tieqiao was with another The man named Zimei Zhenren had been practicing kung fu for nineteen years, and he said that he had learned nothing during these nineteen years, just practicing qi, which made him curious. In Yang Zhiyuan's mind, kung fu is achieved with punches and kicks, with real swords and real spears. Talking about refining qi and refining qi into shape were so vain and unrealistic, so he proposed to compete with Shi Tieqiao.
Yang Hui scolded Yang Zhiyuan on the surface, but in his heart he also wanted to find out whether Shi Tieqiao was genuine or not. Shi Tieqiao also saw it and said to Yang Zhiyuan: "How do you want to compare?"
Yang Zhiyuan asked strangely: "How to compete? It's just a fight. Hasn't uncle ever competed or beaten with others?"
Shi Tieqiao smiled slightly and said: "In the past, when I was about the same age as you, your father and I often fought, but now I don't dare."
Yang Zhiyuan asked: "Why don't you dare to do it now? Is it possible that my uncle is old and is afraid that he can't beat him?"
Shi Tieqiao said: "No, it's not that I'm afraid that I won't be able to beat him, I'm afraid that he won't be able to grasp the severity and I'll beat him to death."
Yang Zhiyuan said: "Uncle really loves to joke. You are already in your forties or fifties, how can you still have such magical power? When I was young and strong, I had not beaten anyone to death in a martial arts competition."
Shi Tieqiao smiled slightly, pointed at a tall magnolia tree in front of Yang's house, and said to Yang Zhiyuan: "How long will it take you to break this magnolia tree with your fists, palms, or legs?"
Yang Zhiyuan scratched his head and said with a smile: "This magnolia tree has grown as thick as the mouth of a bowl. How can it be easily interrupted? I want to ask, how long does it take for uncle to interrupt it?"
Yang Zhiyuan's words were obviously provocative, and Shi Tieqiao didn't reply. Just like how Zimei Zhenren struck out a palm into the water on the shore and killed the tiger, Shi Tieqiao also struck out a palm ten steps away, only to hear With a "click", the magnolia tree ten steps away had been broken into two pieces and fell to the ground. Along with it, the leaves and trunks of several large and small trees behind also fell to the ground in a mess.
Yang Hui was speechless, and Yang Zhiyuan was dumbfounded. The father and son looked at each other, speechless. From then until lunch, Yang Zhiyuan kept himself locked in the room, feeling depressed. His mood was the same as when Shi Tieqiao met Zimei Zhenren twenty years ago. And his behavior was the same as that of Shi Tieqiao back then - he had thought about it, and he wanted to worship Shi Tieqiao as his teacher, just like Shi Tieqiao had worshiped Zimeizhen as his teacher. He doesn't want to rest on his laurels and deceive himself and others. He wants to explore the highest realm of martial arts and see where that realm is?
During the meal, Yang Zhiyuan formally proposed his idea, begged his parents to agree, and encouraged Yang Hui to help him and say good things to Shi Tieqiao.
After Yang Hui saw Shi Tieqiao's skills, he also felt that he was too shallow back then, and thus lost the opportunity to further his education. Now that he has entered middle age, he is no longer motivated, and his son is still young, so he can start over. So, He helped Yang Zhiyuan go to Shi Tieqiao and asked him to accept Yang Zhiyuan as his apprentice.
Shi Tieqiao actually liked Yang Zhiyuan. He felt that although Yang Zhiyuan was arrogant, he was upright and chivalrous. In addition, he was extremely talented, had excellent understanding, and was the son of an old friend. He had no reason not to accept him as his disciple, so he agreed. . And the lunch meal was temporarily changed to an apprenticeship banquet.
Yang Hui originally proposed to hold a formal apprenticeship banquet in the evening, but Shi Tieqiao felt that he did not need to be polite. Besides, he was eager to go north and would leave in the afternoon, so Yang Hui had to give up.
That afternoon, Yang Zhiyuan followed Shi Tieqiao northward and left the Yang family.
Along the way, the two of them sometimes rode horses and sometimes walked. Shi Tieqiao started teaching his great apprentice as early as halfway. First, there are some simple methods for practicing internal strength. Some of these methods require Yang Zhiyuan to practice in the form of sitting meditation, while others can be practiced while walking, standing, sitting, or lying down. They can be practiced in any state. Yang Zhiyuan is also a bit like a prodigal son, he doesn't want to waste a moment, and he studies very hard and hard.
"When you have a foundation in internal strength, I will teach you the art of controlling the wind and flying. To put it simply, it is the art of flying." Shi Tieqiao said.
"The art of controlling the wind and flying? You mean Qinggong?"
"Qinggong is lightness, and flying is flying. One is a chicken and the other is an eagle. How can they be the same?"
"Then how should we practice?"
"How to practice it, my teacher will teach you," Shi Tieqiao said, taking out a leather bag and handing it to Yang Zhiyuan, "This is the elixir refined by my mentor, your master Zimei Zhenren. I Now I will give it to you, take this elixir, and all your practice will be more effective with half the effort."
Yang Zhiyuan knelt on the ground, not daring to accept it.
Shi Tieqiao said: "From now on, between you and me, we must open our hearts and speak openly. Say what you want and say it. No need to be polite or cliché. Just get up and accept it with peace of mind."
"How to take this elixir?"
"It is troublesome to refine the elixir. Once it is finished, you can take it just like ordinary pills. Just swallow one pill with warm water from time to time before going to bed. Soon you will feel the warmth in your Dantian, your limbs will be strong, you will walk like the wind, and your eyes will Color makes you less likely to be hungry, less likely to be thirsty, less likely to be tired, less likely to get sick, and has countless wonderful uses."
"Thank you Master for the gift." For a real martial arts fanatic like Yang Zhiyuan, if you give him gold and silver, he may not like it. If you give him a beautiful woman, he may not be tempted. Even if he is tempted, he will not dare to let his energy drain. To enjoy it, only by giving him elixirs, elixirs, magic weapons, horses, secret books, exercises, etc. can he be satisfied.
"Master," Yang Zhiyuan asked Shi Tieqiao after hiding the elixir, "You just convinced that the elixir can walk like the wind. Do you think you can fly in the wind by eating it?"
Shi Tieqiao said: "Of course there are benefits, but elixirs also have categories. The elixir I gave you does not have a special name, which means that this elixir does not focus on emphasis or specificity, but only strengthens the body, replenishes energy and increases strength. , used to prolong life. And some elixirs are focused and specific. For example, if you want to practice the art of controlling the wind and flying, we can specially refine an elixir called the 'Nine-turn Feitian Dan'. This elixir, you As soon as you hear the name, you know its function. Of course, even the Nine-turn Feitian Pill is just the icing on the cake. The most important thing is to refine the Qi. Bones and flesh are tangible but heavy and turbid, and Yang Qi is invisible and light. The less Qi, the more powerful the person is. Heavy, the more Qi, the lighter a person is. When the Qi is full and the Yang is sufficient, and the person realizes that he is as light as a leaf, he will be able to fly in the wind."
"The functions of the elixir are different, so the refining methods must also be different, right?"
"Of course. The formula of the elixir, the heat, the water, the talismans, the medicine... are all very particular. Once these things change, the function of the elixir will change. For example, in the refining of the Nine-turn Feitian Dan, in addition to preparing the ready-made elixir, In addition, the feathers of eagles, eagles, vultures, falcons, harriers, etc. must also be collected to be used as medicine guides and put into the furnace together for refinement."
"So complicated? So, in order to make elixirs, don't we have to learn to hunt?"
Shi Tieqiao smiled and said: "Hunting? For a master of Qi refining, flying like an eagle or an eagle is nothing more than a matter of palm."
These words reminded Yang Zhiyuan of the time when his master interrupted the magnolia tree at home, so he stopped talking because he believed it.
