Modern longevity: starting from Baduanjin

Zhou Shen followed Zhang Daochang to the bamboo forest behind the house.

Daoist Zhang said: "Today I will first teach you the shape and meaning of the round pile..."

Before the old man finished speaking, Zhou Shen hurriedly said: "Master Zhang, can you teach me boxing directly?"

In fact, he really came here for the old-fashioned roundness.

But the problem is that he can't increase his internal strength at all now, he must practice the external strength that can strengthen the muscles, bones and skin.

Zhang Daochang frowned and said: "Xingyiquan has three different stages of kung fu and three-step training methods. If you want to get a deep understanding and gain something from practice, the pile work is the foundation. If you don't practice the pile work well, you have nothing to do. A fist fight is nothing more than a paper tiger, it will fall and fall apart when touched."

Zhou Shen nodded and said seriously: "I know, Daoist Zhang! I just want to get familiar with the posture and boxing first, is that okay?"

Zhang Daochang looked at Zhou Shen's "stubborn" appearance, obviously a little angry, but finally said: "Do whatever you want!"

Zhang Daochang's tone obviously regarded Zhou Shen as an "abandoned disciple".

"Xingyiquan has five methods of exerting strength and twelve kinds of body techniques. The five methods of exerting strength are chopping, collapsing, drilling, shooting, and horizontal. It is also known as Xingyi Wuxingquan."

While talking, Daoist Zhang has already started to practice.

"Let's talk about splitting fists first. When you exercise strength, you should split wood like an ax with an axe."

While Zhang Daochang was speaking, his right fist was like an axe, and he slammed on the bamboo next to him that was as thick as an adult's arm.

The bamboo seemed to be hit by a real axe, and it broke into two pieces with a "click".

Falling leaves.

Zhou Shen next to him was dumbfounded.

Such a thick bamboo, let alone chopping it with his hands, even with an axe, it would take several blows to cut it.

"No wonder people in the village say that Daoist Zhang has kung fu, but it really doesn't come from nothing."

Zhou Shen was secretly surprised.

Zhang Daochang turned to look at Zhou Shen and said, "The second is Bengquan. It should be like a sharp arrow piercing things, and it should also be like a volcano erupting. If it doesn't make a sound, it will be a blockbuster. When it is powerful, it will be as powerful as a landslide."

Daoist Zhang paused for a while and said: "There is a saying in Xingyi, 'Xingyi collapses fists, momentum is like a bead', the meaning of this sentence is not like what some Internet celebrity martial artists say in books and online. Set up an imaginary enemy in there and throw a quick punch there."

Daoist Zhang demonstrated again while talking.

His hands beat the air quickly.

Not to mention, it looks pretty good.

"Man is not air, nor is he a dead thing, he can move!"

Saying that, Daoist Zhang punched the next bamboo again.

The upper half of the bamboo was "chopped" off by him just now, and now there is only the lower half, which is about 1.5 meters high.

He hit the top of the bamboo with his fist, just like hitting a tumbler. The root of the bamboo shook back and forth a few times, dispelling all the strength of his fist, and finally stood there intact.

"See? Even if you hit the bamboo continuously, the bamboo will shake, just like the enemy will dodge and resist, it is impossible for you to be in a row!"

"The real momentum is like a bead, it should be punched out. When the enemy tries to dodge and resist, the power carried in your fist will follow closely, penetrate in and make a second blow!"

Speaking of Zhang Daochang demonstrated again.

The same punch hit the bamboo, and before the bamboo shook, his fist was like a sharp sword and a volcanic eruption, followed closely behind, and penetrated violently.

"Crack-"

The top of the bamboo was blown apart by Bengquan's renju force.

Chapter 24 Compensation

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Looking at the broken bamboo, Zhou Shen couldn't help being shocked.

If you were talking about chopping off a bamboo as thick as your arm with your hands just now, you can say that a person with great strength can do it, but now you can smash the shaking bamboo joints with your fist, this is not something that only strength can do.

This is external skills, or in other words, both internal and external cultivation, something that can only be achieved after practicing to a very high level.

Zhou Shen couldn't help being fascinated.

"How great would it be if my external skills could reach Daoist Zhang's level? With such strength, I don't have to worry about bottlenecks in my internal skills in a short period of time."

After regaining his senses, he suddenly remembered that he was a person with an attribute panel, and it shouldn't be long before he reached Daoist Zhang's level.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly became extremely hot.

Daoist Zhang continued to explain below.

Explain and practice at the same time.

Zhou Shen watched carefully without blinking his eyes.

After rehearsing and explaining all the five exerting techniques and postures of Xingyiquan, Zhang Daochang said: "Okay, come here, and practice the movements I just rehearsed."

So Zhou Shen walked over and began to practice splitting.

After practicing for a few times, Zhang Daochang couldn't help but said: "No, chopping is not smashing, chopping is faster and more brittle than smashing, and there should be not only downward chopping strength, but also forward cutting. force and backward pulling force, like this..."

Zhou Shen followed Zhang Daochang's instructions and punched again.

After Zhou Shen learned the movement and posture of splitting fist, the next step was Bengquan.

In addition to half-step Bengquan, Bengquan also has several different footworks, such as bent-step Bengquan, smooth-step Bengquan, step-step Bengquan, and quick-step Bengquan.

Under Zhang Daochang's guidance, Zhou Shen practiced repeatedly.

Then there are [Drilling Fist], [Pao Fist], and [Horizontal Fist].

There are many variations of each power-generating technique.

Zhang Daochang took the trouble to explain it over and over again.

"Okay, let's stop here today, and practice more when we go back! Come over tomorrow morning to practice the twelve-shaped boxing."

"Thank you Daoist Zhang, then I'll go first!"

After speaking, Zhou Shen bowed slightly to Daoist Zhang to thank him.

Zhang Daochang turned around with his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards the house.

Zhou Shen ran home hungry.

Grandma has already gone to the street to sell vegetables.

Looking at the time, it was almost seven o'clock.

After practicing for a full hour and a half, no wonder he felt so hungry.

But this morning I have to go for a checkup, so I can't have breakfast.

He called the driver of the black car he had contacted in the town last night, and the other party said he would be there soon.

Then he went to the utility room to have a look. There were a lot of pigeons, sparrows, and turtledoves in the straw cages, at least enough for him to eat four or five meals.

He then took the medical card and the loving breakfast box prepared by his grandma, which contained steamed buns and soft-shelled turtle soup, which he ate after drawing his blood.

Turtles are not turtles.

Nor is it the kind of Chinese soft-shelled turtle that is farmed.

It is a real wild soft-shelled turtle, which my grandma bought specially from a familiar fishmonger yesterday afternoon.

It is very small, weighing less than a catty, and looks like seven or eight taels.

You must know that big crabs weigh six or seven, and this wild soft-shelled turtle is only a little bigger than crabs.

Just such a big soft-shelled turtle cost 100 yuan.

Now wild turtle is too expensive.

Zhou Shen locked the door and waited for less than 5 minutes at the intersection before the driver arrived.

After he got into the car, the car drove quickly towards the county in the east.

……

Only after Zhou Shen got into the car did he have time to open the property panel to take a look.

He saw at a glance that there was an extra skill in the skill column: Xingyiquan Beginner (1/100).

"Hey, have you already learned it?"

Zhou Shen was pleasantly surprised.

He has only learned the five kinds of strength techniques of Xingyiquan, and he has not yet learned the twelve-shaped boxing. He did not expect to have already obtained the skill badge.

Immediately after that, all the attribute points of 0.4 were added to [Xingyiquan].

Xingyiquan proficiency immediately soared from 1/100 to 41/100.

To Zhou Shen's disappointment, the improvement in skill proficiency did not help his lifespan in any way.

However, his stamina increased by 0.1, from 9.4 to 9.5.

Energy hasn't changed.

"It seems that if you want to increase your lifespan, you can only practice internal exercises such as the Longevity Jue. Before that, you need to strengthen your muscles, bones, skin, etc.!"

Various thoughts flashed in his mind, and with the soaring proficiency of Xingyiquan, countless techniques and movements about the five power exerting techniques of Xingyiquan flooded into his brain.

He instantly changed from a "Xingyi Quan Xiaobai" to a "Xingyi Quan Senior Apprentice".

He has a thorough understanding of the changes, beginnings, and turns of each movement, such as splitting fist, collapsing fist, drilling fist, cannon fist, and horizontal fist.

If you don't talk about actual combat, just talk about drills, he feels that now that he is on stage, he can at least win the runner-up in the Xingyiquan exhibition competition.

While Zhou Shen was excited, he practiced in the car.

The thirty-something driver in the front driver's seat glanced at the rearview mirror and asked with a smile, "What kind of boxing do you practice?"

Zhou Shen said casually, "Xingyi."

The driver laughed and said, "Xingyiquan, I've heard of Xingyi Bagua, right?"

"Um……"

Zhou Shen was perfunctory in his mouth, but he was thinking in his mind, how to combine inner strength and Xingyiquan?

Thinking of the airflow that naturally appeared on his fingers when practicing Baduanjin, he stopped talking to the driver and closed his eyes to meditate.

Soon a weak air flow gathered on the palm of his hand.

Then he practiced Beng Quan slowly, pushing his palms out gently like Tai Chi, pressing against the plastic board on the back of the co-pilot.

I imagined in my mind that my palm pierced like a sharp arrow.

"puff--"

"Crack!"

Half of his fist hit the co-pilot's seat, and the fabric in front of the co-pilot's seat bulged a large piece.

Before Zhou Shen could be happy, the driver saw this scene with a sudden jolt, and shouted, "Hey, what are you doing?"

The driver then pulled over quickly.

When Zhou Shen found a hole in the plastic part behind the seat, he immediately glared and said, "Why did you break my car?"

Zhou Shen quickly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I lost my strength just now. I'll pay you how much."

The driver was speechless when he heard the words. He had chatted with the other party about martial arts just now, but he didn't expect the other party to damage his car in the blink of an eye. It didn't take long, and now you broke it..."

Zhou Shen didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted again: "How much is the master, I will pay you now. I am rushing to the hospital for a medical examination. I didn't eat breakfast. I am almost starving to death."

The driver said: "Then I want to ask the 4S store."

"Then get in the car and ask, let's go."

The driver got into the car at Zhou Shen's urging, and made a phone call while driving.

The phone is connected to the car's Bluetooth, and the driver can clearly hear the conversation with the person in the 4S shop through the voice in the car.

The driver explained the situation again, and finally quoted 1200 yuan over there.

"Now, you heard that too."

"Okay, no problem. I'll pass it on to you now."