Among the nine realms of martial arts, only by finding the Qi machine and opening up one's own meridians can one officially enter the path of cultivation. This is what a martial artist in the first realm has to do.
The meridians are divided into eight extraordinary meridians and twelve regular meridians. These meridians are the pathways for the circulation of qi and blood throughout the body, and are the 'bridges' linking the limbs and internal organs of the human body.
Each realm in martial arts has a total of five levels. Taking one realm as an example, finding the qi machine is considered as entry. If you want to improve your cultivation level, you need to use the qi machine to penetrate the four meridians to be considered as one level...
In a locked room...
Liu Shen stood at the foot of the horse stance, flipping through "Tongzi Kung" in his hand to understand the basics of martial arts, and thinking about when he could find the 'qi machine' described in the book.
"Tong Zi Gong" records three types of pile exercises for finding qi, namely horse stance, chair pile, and nine palace piles. Each of the three pile exercises includes three postures: supporting tendons, breathing in and out, and guiding, as well as moving pile, There are two training methods: static stance, so dozens of stance postures can be evolved.
"Punching is very powerful, the power comes from the breath, luck is more important than slowness, using energy is more important than haste, slowness and haste are the magic, all in one breath..."
Liu Shen worked at the dock for four years, carrying sacks and doing manual labor every day. Not only did he develop strong tendons, but his lower body was also very stable.
He originally thought that the pile skill only had requirements for the lower wall. As long as the lower wall was stable, the pile skill would take care of itself...
But after practicing according to the three postures of Zhuang Gong, namely, stretching, exhaling, and guiding, he discovered that this was not the case. He had only stood in the posture for less than half an hour and was already sweating profusely, and his body felt like there was fire...
Wait until meal time…
The place where Liu Shen stood was already a puddle of sweat. He was sore and weak as if dehydrated. He was tired and hungry. He drank a few ladles of water and took a shower before picking up the energy and going to the canteen to fill his stomach.
He has a big appetite, and practicing this skill consumes a lot of energy. When he got to the dining hall, he was like a starving ghost reincarnated, holding a rice bowl and sitting next to the fish and crabs, eating and drinking to replenish the consumed physical energy.
The originally noisy dining hall suddenly became quiet...
Liu Shen looked around in confusion, and then he noticed a young man walking in the door of the dining hall.
The Chishui Gang has a tangkou at the dock, so in addition to the pier labor union dining here, the canteen here also has an inner hall specifically for the tangkou gang members to eat.
Liu Shen has also met some members of the Chishui Gang, but those people say that at best they are Chishui Gang members, and at worst they are just a bunch of water bandits who have landed ashore. No matter how they wash themselves or dress them up, they all have a gangster spirit...
The young master who walked into the dining hall in front of him had an unabashed domineering look on his body.
Hu Dahai saw him stunned and thought he didn't know who this person was, so he whispered in his ear: "This guy is the faucet."
Within a few days of arriving at the pier, Zhang Shichen was called a "faucet" by the people below. Even when he went to the canteen to eat, he was followed by a few losers...
Compared to how violent he was when he first arrived, he looks much better now and is in a much better mood.
Without him, although the conditions here at the dock are difficult, there are many mixed people, and there are all kinds of goods from three religions and nine schools. As the young gang leader of the Chishui Gang, Zhang Shichen is parachuted here, and there are many people who are fawning over him.
In addition, no one cares about him here, so he has more fun, becomes more perverted, and more unscrupulous...
"You have done evil."
Hu Dahai looked gloomy and lamented softly: "Yesterday, I saw Team Leader Xu carrying a moving sack to the nearby hall. He asked me to take someone to take care of it in the evening. I thought it would be taken care of. What is it? It turned out to be a girl who was raped to death, her skin and flesh were torn all over, she had committed evil."
"..."
Liu Shen was silent when he heard this. He also knew that he must feel uncomfortable after this incident. There were not many people around him who could talk, so he was panicking.
He comforted him and said, "Don't think too much. It is a great merit to help others recover their bodies. You are doing a good deed."
"well……"
Hu Dahai sighed. He was about to say something, but when he saw Zhang Shichen walking by, his expression changed and he stopped talking...
Liu Shen was still minding his own business...
Zhang Shichen was just passing by. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of someone holding a rice bowl and eating. He thought it was novel and sneered and muttered: "It's really a rice bucket."
"That's, that's..."
Team leader Xu next to him scowled and followed behind him, complimenting him like a bitch: "Young leader, please don't let these idiots stain your eyes or affect your mood."
"It's just dirty stuff, how can it affect my mood?"
"..."
Listening to their voices going away, Liu Shen quietly held the rice bowl with his eyes calm, not knowing what he was thinking.
Hu Dahai glanced back and saw that he was holding chopsticks but not cooking rice. He quickly touched him with his elbow and warned: "Brother Shen, you are still young. Don't worry about trivial matters."
"Of course I won't take it to heart..."
Liu Shen just smiled with his eyes slightly moved, then lowered his head and continued to cook rice to replenish his physical strength, but there was a bit of anger hidden in his eyes...
After eating, go back to your room, lock the door, and do Zhan Zhuang Kung Fu!
Three days in a row.
Liu Shen continued to work as a porter at the pier during the day, using the techniques of stretching, breathing, and guiding in Zhuang Gong when carrying sacks.
The porter's job is inherently physical, and coupled with the skills of pile work, it is even more tiring and sweaty, and his legs and feet are trembling.
For this reason, he was even teased by fellow porters like, "Why is Brother Shen so weak?" and "Did you do something bad last night?" and so on.
Liu Shen just smiled when he heard this and didn't care.
Although he was tired from practicing Zhuang Kung Fu, he felt very relaxed and gradually fell in love with the feeling of a fire burning in his body...
On the first day, my legs and feet were shaking while I was carrying sacks during the daytime practice. After dinner, I collapsed on the bed from exhaustion;
On the second day, my legs and feet were still sore from practicing the standing posture while carrying sacks during the day, but after dinner, I went back to my room and still had the energy to continue practicing the standing posture.
On the third day, I gradually got used to practicing Zhuang Kung Fu while carrying sacks during the day. After dinner, I went back to my room and locked the door to continue practicing Zhan Zhan Kung Fu.
In the dead of night...
Liu Shen closed his eyes and chanted the guidance, his chest kept rising and falling, and he was obviously sweating profusely, but he had never been so happy as now!
He had a vague hunch that tonight was the time to find his chance!
Tonight is when he officially enters the ranks of a first-level martial artist!
In the dark, Liu Shen seemed to sense something. He suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a flash of excitement in his eyes that could not be concealed!
He could clearly feel that a thread of Qi was wandering in his body!
Done!
I remembered that there was a record in "Tongzi Kung" that stated that when a martial artist first realizes the Qi mechanism, it is when the body and Qi mechanism are the most sensitive. When the iron is hot, strike while the iron is hot, and this is a short opportunity to penetrate the meridians.
Liu Shen also knew that the opportunity was not to be missed, and immediately guided the Qi to sink to the abdomen, come down from the perineum, and rise from the front of the body along the center to under the lips, penetrating the Ren channel!
Then guide the Qi machine to sink to the abdomen again, exit out of the perineum, go back and up along the spine, reach the top of the head and then pass forward between the eyes, reach the roof of the mouth, and follow the trend to penetrate the Du Channel!
The Ren meridian governs blood, and the Du meridian governs qi, which are the main meridians of the human body.
Although it is not as exaggerated as described in the book after the Ren and Du meridians are connected, it does have the effect of improving physical fitness, strengthening muscles and bones, and promoting circulation in the body.
When Liu Shen was about to go all out to penetrate the third meridian, the qi in his body seemed to be restrained and was guided extremely slowly.
He also knew that this was because his body and Qi had passed the initial 'sensitive period'.
"The first time I found the qi machine, it only penetrated the two main meridians of Ren and Du. Among martial arts practitioners, it is really bad..."
Liu Shen was talking about bad things, but the joy on his face did not diminish at all. He obviously didn't pay much attention to this matter.
Because he also learned from "Tongzi Kung" that children's bodies are extremely malleable, which is why many people start practicing martial arts from an early age.
Under the guidance of famous teachers, some martial arts geniuses can even take advantage of this opportunity to directly penetrate the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve main meridians after finding the qi machine for the first time, and start directly in the second realm!
However, I only started practicing martial arts at the age of seventeen when my bones were already established, so I had already missed the best age for practicing martial arts. It was an unexpected blessing that I could achieve this.
If the two meridians of Ren and Du are unblocked, then the eight meridians will be unblocked; if the eight meridians are unblocked, then the hundred meridians will be unblocked.
Now that the two main meridians of Ren and Du have been penetrated, the remaining eight meridians and twelve regular meridians are just a matter of time and effort!
Moreover, the internal skill of "Tongzi Kung" focuses on strengthening the foundation and cultivating one's talents, which has the effect of improving one's qualifications!
Liu Shen knew that he just started a little late. If he practiced "Tong Zi Kung" well, he would not be able to overtake in corners in the future! !
