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"Thank you, Senior Brother, for your teaching. I choose Thunder Fist." Fang Xiu had the same idea as Li Shan, and practiced the simple ones first.

"Senior Brother, I also learn Ben Lei Quan."

"Me too."

"And me."

"Senior Brother, I want to practice Ice Palm..."

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Of this group of eight new disciples, seven chose to learn Thunderbolt Fist, and only one named Zhang Cheng chose the most difficult Ice Palm.

Among the eight, Zhang Cheng's family was the best. His family owned a blacksmith shop and had some extra money.

Li Shan nodded and said nothing more.

"Practice with me now. When I'm not in the front yard, you can practice with other senior brothers.

The Thunderbolt Boxing emphasizes the power of the Thunderbolt, which is as fierce as the Thunderbolt.

To put it simply, it is stable, accurate and ruthless!

Concentrate all the strength of the whole body on the fist, and then explode out in one breath.

The stronger the body and the greater the strength, the more suitable it is for practicing Ben Lei Quan.

Now let me show you the first form...Thunder on the Ground! "

As he spoke, Li Shan stepped forward and punched forward suddenly, and a dull thunderous explosion sounded in the air.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up a stone the size of a human head from the corner, threw it into the sky, and punched it, causing the stone to explode.

The gravel did not scatter in all directions, but fell around him, forming a circle around him.

"What a Thunder Fist!" Fang Xiu's pupils dilated, this scene was like the special effects of a martial arts movie.

"Well done, Senior Brother!"

"It's amazing!"

The new disciples are excited, but only the old disciples know how powerful this punch is and how difficult it is to practice.

"When you can sense the flow of qi and blood with this technique and strengthen the qi and blood to the thickness of half a finger, you will be officially introduced."

Li Shan continued.

"Remember, you must eat more meat and practice more. In addition to a bowl of soup every day, if you want to get started as soon as possible, you can also come to me and buy our martial arts school's special medicinal sandbags. One sandbag can be used for half a month. , the price is two taels of silver.”

"It's a bit expensive, but using medicinal sandbags to practice boxing can nourish your qi and blood and repair fist damage."

"When practicing external skills, the fastest time to lay the foundation is between the ages of fifteen and twenty. The earlier you complete skin grinding and flesh refining, the greater your hope of becoming Ming Jin."

After speaking, Li Shan continued to practice several times, and then guided Fang Xiu and others in their movements and postures.

Fang Xiu memorized the essentials of the movements. After practicing for a while, he felt heat in his chest and a strange feeling in his body that was about to burst out. It seemed to be what Li Shan called the 'qi feeling'.

Once you have the sense of Qi, if you continue to practice, sooner or later you will be able to sense Qi and blood, strengthen it, and get started smoothly.

Li Shan patiently corrected the postures of several people, sighing secretly in his heart that they may not be able to succeed because their understanding and skills are not good enough.

Not long after, he noticed that when Fang Xiu punched, the cold wind poured into his sleeves, and there was a sharp explosion in the air.

"Junior Brother Fang, you seem to be much stronger than your peers?"

Li Shan's eyes lit up.

Fang Xiu's movements were not very standard, but every punch seemed very powerful.

"I have been in poor health since I was a child, but my strength is not small. I have taken good care of my health recently and my strength is getting stronger day by day." Fang Xiu responded.

"Not bad, not bad. It seems that you are more suitable for learning Ben Lei Quan than I expected. If you practice more frequently, you can hopefully get started within two months."

Li Shan said with a smile.

Ben Lei Quan has lower requirements on root bones. The stronger the body, the stronger the qi and blood, the better the exercise effect, and the easier it is to get started with Ben Lei Quan.

The root bone is poor, which mainly affects the later pass, and has a relatively smaller impact on the previous practice.

Li Shan expected Fang Xiu to sense Qi and blood and get started within two months. With better luck, he would break through the skin barrier and become an official warrior within half a year.

"Elder brother, what about us?"

The other new disciples couldn't help but join in when they heard Li Shan's comments about Fang Xiu.

"Why did you stop?!" Li Shan's smile faded and he scolded: "Every move is stiff and the moves are weak. It's really a mess!"

Several people were frightened by his harsh attitude and quickly started practicing.

...

noon.

Fang Xiu went to the canteen to eat. Everyone had a plate of fried radish and a piece of fish, which was enough to satisfy them.

After eating, Fang Xiu left the martial arts hall and went to the county jail in the inner city to deliver meals to the prisoners.

Then he said hello to Masandao and returned to Sanjue Martial Arts Hall.

Fang Xiu practiced Thunderbolt Boxing all afternoon, and then punched the boxing pile for an hour. He felt sore all over, and the bones in his fists were a little painful.

In the evening, after practicing, I drank a bowl of medicinal soup, and most of the pain in my body disappeared immediately.

"Go home and take a hot bath."

Fang Xiu walked out of the gate of Sanjue Martial Arts Hall. Under his physical fatigue, he felt the cold wind becoming more and more biting.

In such a world, if you don't have money, even taking a hot bath becomes a luxury.

Because heating hot water in winter requires more firewood, which also costs money.

Fang Xiu was walking on the street and met two men pushing a cart with a lot of luggage on it.

These are people who walk on foot. Yunmeng Lake stretches for more than 800 miles and is connected to many waterways. Therefore, water transportation is developed near Qingshi County and there are many docks. A group of people who walk on foot specialize in helping merchants transport luggage and goods.

Fang Xiu noticed a middle-aged man with a wart on his right cheek.

In the past half month, he seemed to have seen him several times near the county government office in the inner city and Shiqiaofang where his family lived.

Now he saw him again in Yonghefang, the westernmost part of the outer city.

"Could it be a coincidence..." Fang Xiu frowned slightly.

When he passed by him, the young man on the left glanced at his training clothes with awe, while the middle-aged man kept his head down silently from beginning to end.

The people of the Foot Trade are all over Qingshi County and the surrounding docks, and they are well-informed.

They are all people living at the bottom of society and are least likely to attract attention.

Fang Xiu was alert.

Although the Foot Trade does not belong to the Money Gang, if someone pays them to find out someone's whereabouts, they are happy to do so.

Before, Fang Xiu did not rush to the ruined temple in the west of the city to find the Zhou family's property hidden by Zhao Daqiang.

Because the outside world is not peaceful these days, there are bandits in the mountains and robbers in the lake. If you don't have some force, you dare not go out casually.

He planned to break through the Pi Pass and then leave the city with force.

On the other hand, Zhao Daqiang only had partial memory of the revolving lantern.

Zhao Daqiang probably didn't have time to tell his younger brothers and sisters that the property was hidden in the west of the city. Jiang Ming, the fourth leader of the Jinqian Gang, might suspect other people who had contact with Zhao Daqiang.

The county chief constable, Fang Xiu, and Ma Sandao were all among them.

The county chief constable was a Mingjin martial artist in the Yijin realm. Jiang Ming certainly didn't dare to send someone to follow him.

Thinking of this, Fang Xiu was shocked and broke into a cold sweat for himself.

If his guess was true, he would not resist the temptation of property and go out of the city to the ruined temple, and he would most likely encounter Jiang Ming.

Although the other party was over fifty years old and his blood and qi began to decline, he was also a martial artist in the Lianrou realm. It was like playing to control Fang Xiu.

"It depends on who has more patience!"

Fang Xiu pondered in his heart. As long as he didn't leave the city, the other party would have no way to do anything to him.

Unless he was a top master, no one dared to attack an official in the county.

......

For the next half month, Fang Xiu maintained a regular schedule, practicing martial arts, eating, working, sleeping...

"I am really not a genius..."

After practicing boxing that day, Fang Xiu sighed.

Among the eight newcomers, he and Zhang Cheng were the first to sense the blood and qi. His progress in tempering the blood and qi was second only to Zhang Cheng, but he was just the tallest among the short ones.

Among the disciples practicing in the front yard, some people sensed the blood and qi in three days, entered the door in ten days, and broke through the skin barrier in one and a half months.

Several disciples in the back yard broke through the skin barrier within a month.

As long as there are enough resources, no matter how poor the root bones are, they can break through the two realms of grinding the skin and refining the flesh.

According to Fang Xiu's current progress, he estimated that it would take another month to train the blood and qi to the thickness of a finger and successfully enter the door.

As for breaking through the skin barrier, it may take another two months.

He couldn't afford the tuition for the third month.

"There are still three taels and four coins of silver left..."

Fang Xiu reached into his arms and squeezed the shriveled purse.

There are many new prisoners in the prison recently, and those with money from their families will send money in.

However, the sentences of rich prisoners are basically short, and the jailers are scrambling to curry favor with them, so it may not be his turn.

"I still have to be more filial to Uncle Ma." Fang Xiu felt that he had to rely on Ma Sandao's relationship to get some benefits.

If you break through the skin barrier within two months, you can become a formal disciple of Sanjue Martial Arts School.

Otherwise, you can only be considered an apprentice.

Formal disciples can be exempted from part of the tuition, which is very important to Fang Xiu.

"Don't save the money you should spend."

Fang Xiu went to Li Shan, gritted his teeth and spent two taels of silver to buy a medicine sandbag.

The medicine sandbag is about the size of a copper basin, wrapped in gauze, and the sand is mixed with medicinal materials.

Fang Xiu kept hitting it with his fists, and the medicine sandbag gradually exuded the fragrance of medicine, and the warm breath penetrated into his fists, relieving the discomfort caused by boxing practice.

Ten days passed quickly.

The medicinal sandbag is said to be usable for half a month, but by the tenth day, the medicinal effect was already very poor, and it is estimated that it will be basically ineffective after two or three more days.

Using the medicinal sandbag is indeed much faster than practicing the Thunder Fist normally.

Unfortunately, Fang Xiu did not have enough money.