Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Qiao Rui was punished to wear a sun and moon ring and hold an iron broom to clean the bluestone road in the pagoda forest at the back mountain.

But as soon as he arrived at the tower forest behind the mountain, he fell flat on his face.

It turned out that the Sun and Moon rings were actually a pair of anklets, made of an unknown material, but containing strong magnets. After wearing them, people had to use their extremely strong internal strength to infuse their feet with every step they took to counteract the strong magnetic attraction. Otherwise, if they were not careful, their feet would be sucked together, and they would lose their center of gravity and fall immediately.

If you also sweep the floor with an iron broom, it will be even more difficult to do two things at the same time.

"Sun and Moon double rings? I haven't seen anyone wearing them for many years." An old voice suddenly sounded.

Qiao Rui was lying on the ground. When he heard someone talking, he quickly looked up.

He was wearing tattered straw sandals, a brown monk's robe full of patches, and a dark, shriveled, old bald head.

When Qiao Rui saw the person coming, he pushed his hands against the ground and stood up using the elastic force, but his feet and ankles were still tightly pressed together.

"Hello, Master!" Qiao Rui greeted calmly with his fists clasped. Although he had some resistance to Shaolin monks in his heart, he did not lose his manners.

The old monk was skinny and hunched over, with wrinkles all over his face, as crisscrossed as the hills and ravines in the wilderness. He had a long, dirty gray beard on his chin, and his eyes were dim and turbid, carrying the ruthless vicissitudes of time.

"Those who are punished to wear the sun and moon rings are all people who have committed serious crimes but cannot bear to be abolished for various reasons. You are so young, but you can be treated like this, which is extraordinary!" said the old monk with a smile, with a hint of appreciation in his words.

"Oh?" Qiao Rui was a little confused by the old monk's attitude, and couldn't help asking: "Master, you know that I have committed a serious crime, but you don't seem to care."

"A serious crime does not necessarily mean a serious treason, and a serious mistake does not necessarily mean a serious evil. Some things are judged by deeds, and some things are judged by the heart. I see that your eyes are firm and upright, so you must be an upright person, not a treacherous or evil person." The old monk smiled indifferently, but he saw it clearly.

These words warmed Qiao Rui's heart. There are still sensible people in Shaolin.

"Master, you are wise and I am grateful for your teaching!" Qiao Rui clasped his hands together and became much more respectful.

The old monk nodded and said, "Although your eyes are clear, your heart is full of anger. If you make a mistake, it is a mistake. You need to reflect on yourself and reform yourself."

Qiao Rui was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself that this old monk was very powerful. His cloudy eyes seemed to be able to see through his heart.

After the incident with Ma Wencai, although Qiao Rui escaped death, he was extremely disappointed with Shaolin. The resentment in his heart was pent up and was surprised when the old monk revealed it.

"I......"

Qiao Rui was about to explain, but was interrupted by the old monk, "To become a demon or a Buddha, it's just a thought, and in a thought, there are 100,000 demons. If you can't subdue them, you will never achieve anything!"

The old monk left a word and ignored Qiao Rui. He put his hands behind his back and dragged his hunched and thin body to water the vegetable field.

Haha, Qiao Rui smiled bitterly. He understood what the old monk said, but he was still unwilling to accept the result and it was not easy to calm down.

Regarding Ma Wencai’s matter, Shaolin owes him fairness!

Shaking his head, Qiao Rui continued to practice walking.

Lift your foot, take the first step, lift your foot again, take the other foot out, and "bang", you fall down.

Qiao Rui refused to admit defeat. He gritted his teeth and climbed up again, gathering the internal energy in his body and resisting the huge suction force of the Sun and Moon Rings. He slowly took one step, then another, and swung the iron broom, which "rustled" across the bluestone slabs, sweeping away a few withered yellow leaves.

"boom!"

The bottom of the broom was too close to the Sun and Moon Ring and was immediately sucked in. Qiao Rui lost control of the force and fell to the ground again...

In half an afternoon, Qiao Rui fell countless times, his feet and ankles were bleeding, and his internal strength was exhausted several times. When he was exhausted, he finally found the trick.

You can't keep pouring all your energy into your limbs to resist the magnetic attraction. Doing so will just waste your internal energy and you won't be exhausted for long.

Your feet should never be placed together, as that consumes the most internal energy. They should be placed at least one foot apart in front and behind. In this way, you only need to inject a little internal energy to resist some of the suction. Then when you take a step, increase the internal energy output to resist the suction in the gap where your feet are closest to each other and the suction is the greatest. This will prevent you from falling easily.

The same is true for rowing a broom. You should infuse internal force into your hands when the iron broom is closest to your feet. However, this consumes more internal force than using your feet. After all, the fulcrum of the broom is at the top, while the suction force is at the bottom, so the internal force consumed increases exponentially.

In a nutshell, one cannot use internal force all the time, nor can one use internal force only after realizing it. One must let the mind move as will, and the qi follow the mind. One must predict and use internal force instantly in a single thought.

But for some things, understanding is one thing and mastering is another. Until the evening meal, when the old monk used the Star Stone to help Qiao Rui remove the Sun and Moon Ring, he had only swept a distance of two or three feet on the bluestone road.

The bluestone roads in the pagoda forest on the back mountain are crisscrossed, with thirty-six horizontal and thirty-six vertical roads, dividing the pagoda forest into 1,296 small squares, each ten feet square.

After the great monks of the Shaolin School passed away, their disciples built a bluestone pagoda in this square for future generations to pay homage to them.

The total length of the bluestone road is 2,592 meters. Qiao Rui only swept two or three meters in the afternoon of the first day. At this speed, it will take at least half a year to finish sweeping it.

Even if he becomes more skilled in the future and can sweep ten to twenty feet every day, it will take several months. Qiao Rui was anxious and his face was not very good.

"You have understood the trick in such a short time. Your comprehension is pretty good. It's just that your foundation is a little poor. You can't even master a simple method of using internal force." The old monk said slowly while drinking porridge.

Qiao Rui paused and looked with some surprise at the old monk who was drinking porridge slowly opposite him. Isn't this old monk's vision too high?

My understanding is a rare talent that is hard to come by in a century, and I am only one step away from the highest level of flawless talent. In his eyes, it is just okay?

His physique was also of excellent quality, but he actually said it was a little lacking. Could it be that only the legendary flawless body could catch his eye?

This old monk may seem ordinary, but he has a sharp eye and an unfathomable look. However, he just stays in the deep mountains and forests to guard the pagoda forest. Could he be a reclusive master like the "Sweeping Monk"?

Thinking of this, Qiao Rui looked at the old monk with a little more eagerness. He said, "My talent is dull, I hope the master can teach me!"

"Teach me something?" The old monk glanced at Qiao Rui with his dim eyes, as if he understood his thoughts. He sneered and said, "I don't know martial arts, but you asked the wrong person."

This……

Qiao Rui was startled when he heard that, and then he looked at him carefully. He saw that the old man was indeed very old, with weak bones and muscles, and insufficient blood. He had no internal strength and no martial arts skills at all.

Ugh!

I thought you looked like a bronze player, but were actually a king. I didn't expect that you were really a bronze player.

Qiao Rui touched his nose, smiled awkwardly, and asked again, "Master, you recognized this Sun and Moon Double Ring at a glance. I guess you have seen someone wearing this thing. I wonder how others deal with it?"