I looked around and took off my shoes.
He didn't cast a spell, he just put one hand on the iron fence next to him. The whole person was like a light leaf, leaping and climbing over the fence nimbly.
My bare feet landed on the river beach after the tide receded.
Why take off your shoes?
It’s not because he is reluctant to let his shoes get soaked by the river water, but because martial arts originally pursues perfect control and extreme strength of the physical body.
When wearing shoes, the soles of your feet cannot directly contact the ground, and you will lose sensitivity and auxiliary force-generating skills.
At my current level of martial arts, each toe actually has the strength close to an adult's arm!
Stepping on the soft riverside beach, I walked step by step towards the Huangpu River in front of me...
At this moment, everything is silent and the river breeze blows on my face.
The rows of skyscrapers in Lujiazui across the street have also turned off their lights and are hidden in the darkness, like ancient giant beasts.
Blah blah blah, blah blah.
The river flows, stirring up whirlpools.
My mind was clear, and my whole person seemed to be integrated into the night, the evening breeze, and the surging river water!
I stepped forward suddenly with my left hand, spreading my feet forward and backward. The hands are raised up into palms, with the tiger's mouth rounded; the left hand is stretched forward to be at eye level, and the right hand is withdrawn and placed gently on the waist.
It is the foundation of Xingyiquan - the three-body stance technique!
This posture imitates the action of holding the red cherry gun during fighting on the ancient battlefield. It can exercise all the muscles in the body.
As soon as I reached the stance, my whole body's bones and muscles vibrated, and I made a buzzing sound like a swarm of bees.
It's like the general who charged into battle in ancient times, holding a big gun and shaking it, and the man and gun merged into one!
I kept this movement and suddenly lunged forward.
"Um!!!"
A strange sound like thunder burst out from my abdomen. Even the clothes I was wearing were snapping.
Even his hair was raised slightly.
"Ouch!"
Immediately afterwards, a louder sound erupted from my abdominal cavity, like the sound of thunder rolling through dark clouds before heavy rain.
I kept moving like I was holding an invisible gun and ran forward with all my strength.
The muddy tidal flat that was stepped on by the soles of my feet collapsed immediately, like a landslide, sinking a large piece that was more than half a foot deep and about one meter in diameter.
But my running was not affected at all, and my body kept making strange sounds like dull thunder rolling across the sky.
That's right!
This is the profound skill of Xingyiquan, the method of practicing bone marrow, which is called [Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound].
After practicing internal martial arts to a certain level, the bones and muscles are already very strong, far more than twice as strong as ordinary people. At this time, the kung fu must be directed inside the body—that is, it must penetrate into the internal organs and bone marrow.
But this step is difficult, very difficult!
Because of the internal organs and bone marrow, there is no way to perform exercise training like muscles, bones, and fascia. So you need to use vocal skills to pick up the conversation.
The sound goes from the inside to the outside, and the power goes from the outside to the inside. Only by cooperating with the inside and outside can the internal martial arts be accomplished.
In ancient times, martial arts masters observed tigers, leopards and other top predators in the mountains and fields, and learned from them how to train their internal organs and bone marrow.
Look at big cats such as tigers and leopards, including common kittens. They can explode their fur when they are in danger, and they can make waves of low, thunder-like sounds in normal times.
In fact, this is the beast exercising its internal organs and bone marrow.
Man is the spirit of all things. He finds inspiration from tigers and leopards, and finds the way to a higher realm through martial arts and boxing.
This branch of Xingyiquan is called [Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound]!
This is also the only way to practice the vocalization of internal organs and bone marrow that I have mastered and practiced so far.
I need to warm up as much as possible before entering the bottom of the river to practice.
Da da da!
I ran very fast on the tidal flats by the river...
Finally, we came to the riverside.
I jumped forward.
He jumped to a height of more than two meters above the river, his energy sank from his Dantian, his feet fell with strength, and he fell towards the river.
Plop!
I fell into the river.
The cold river water immediately drowned me.
After all, the Huangpu River flows through downtown Shencheng and is very turbid with a high sediment content. It was impossible to open my eyes in the water, and even if I did, I couldn't see. So I closed my eyes and used my body muscles to feel the rush of water.
Because I couldn't jump very far toward the river, the place where I fell into the water wasn't too deep, about three or four meters. I used my toes to control my body from being washed away by the water, and successfully landed on the bottom of the river - I could feel the soft mud on the soles of my feet.
"This water flow is too fast! There are many whirlpools and undercurrents under the water, so it is very difficult to stay in shape. It is simply more concentrated than fighting with others, and there is no distraction. However, it is precisely because of this that this is the real ability. It’s a great place to practice kung fu.”
I was swaying a bit, and it took a lot of effort to stand still, let alone practice?
In fact, with my current level of cultivation, if I am willing to use my true energy and perform spells, it will be like walking on flat ground at this depth of water without any impact.
but!
At this time, I didn't use even a ray of true energy or a single skill. I relied purely on my body's original strength and skills to stand at the bottom of the turbulent river.
After trying for about a minute or two, I barely adapted to the current here and started trying to box underwater!
Gradually, I am becoming more and more familiar...
I stepped on the bottom of the river, made fists with both hands, opened my bow from left to right, rushed forward and back, and practiced a set of Xingyiquan at the bottom of the Huangpu River!
It took about fifteen minutes to complete a complete set of boxing techniques.
And my current ability to hold my breath has reached its limit.
Quickly squeeze out the air in your lungs, loosen the control of your toes and use the "thousand catties falling" technique to let your whole body float towards the water...
Wow!
I emerged from the river.
Whoop whoosh!
Panting heavily, his body heaved in the river.
I suddenly threw my head back and laughed.
"Hahahaha! It's so good, so good. It turns out that practicing martial arts at the bottom of the river, with the help of the power of nature, can really make people understand the mystery of the body, strength, breathing, and pores. Most practitioners look down on martial arts and think it is vulgar. It’s a miscellaneous thing. But in fact, it’s also so interesting.”
I came to the surface to breathe for a while, and then sank to the bottom of the river again.
This time, I am much more proficient than before!
I did a set of Tai Chi at this depth, which took less than ten minutes. So, as if I was walking under the water, I continued walking forward for a while, reaching a depth of about five meters.
Suddenly, I felt extremely stressed again!
My body started to shake again, and I was a little unsteady... I quickly tried my best to stabilize myself.
Then, follow the same pattern and continue to repeat the process here.
