Blue Star At 13:50 on July 2, 2081, the most prosperous city in Xiaguo, Binhai City, was covered with dark clouds, thunder was rumbling, and a rainstorm was coming.
"Thunderstorms in summer come as soon as they are said." In a room on the top floor of the Star Fighting Stadium, a young man was watching the dark clouds and lightning outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and "crackling" raindrops began to slap on the window glass.
The young man walked to the center of the room, put his hands on the ground, and performed a handstand very slowly and steadily. First, he stood upright with both hands, and then put away one hand, turning into a one-handed handstand with the right hand.
"Call~~~Suck~~~"
The sound of breathing rang in his ears, and Xu Jingming felt the tightening of the core muscles of his body, and also felt the stimulation of the weight of his whole body on his right arm.
The arm was very comfortable for the first three minutes, and the muscles and bones of the arm were deeply stimulated, but in the fourth minute, the palm muscles were throbbing and painful, and the fifth minute was even more painful, but Xu Jingming had already gotten used to it, and persisted for five minutes , and naturally changed to a one-handed handstand with the left hand.
"Dad's waist, I don't know if it's better today." Xu Jingming's thoughts were also wandering when he stood on his head with one hand. He thought of his father. My father is sixty years old this year, and his back injury is an old problem. Yesterday, I heard from my mother on the phone that my father had a back injury when he was carrying heavy objects...
"After the recent work is over, I will go back to my hometown." Xu Jingming thought.
One-handed handstand is not a training method taught by the national team, but taught by my father when I was a child.
Xu Jingming was in poor health when he was a child. His father taught him martial arts to keep fit, including the "one-arm handstand". Because the effect of long-term practice is very good, it has also become one of the five major pile exercises he practices every day. He practices Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer. He has practiced for 20 years so far. Even if he is sick or injured, he will persist. There is no special reason. It won't stop. As the saying goes, "Practice boxing without practicing kungfu, and you will be old for nothing." This so-called gong is the basic daily skill.
If there is a break of three to five days, the bones, muscles and other aspects will decline.
After practicing the one-arm handstand, Xu Jingming walked to the desk and sat down, drank a few sips of water, and watched the rainstorm outside the window.
"As soon as the humidity gets heavy, my leg starts to hurt." Xu Jingming looked at his right leg, stretched out his hand and rubbed it lightly, "I never stop doing rehabilitation exercises every day, but my right leg...is never going to get better. "
"If my right leg is not injured, I should be expected to become the number one in the world." Xu Jingming said silently.
Injury is what every martial arts master fears most in his career. The "broken leg" injury was a nightmare for Xu Jingming.
"Dididi..." Suddenly there was a voice.
Xu Jingming raised his head and said, "Xiaobai, answer the video call."
There is light condensing in front of Xu Jingming, converging into a two-meter-high picture. In the picture, a burly fat man is sitting in the car, smiling and shouting: "Old Xu, we have already set off from the hotel, and it will take about 20 minutes. Can reach your Starry Sky Arena. Haha, we haven’t seen each other for more than a year, so we must have a good drink tonight.”
"Don't worry, Big Bear, I've already booked a barbecue restaurant." Xu Jingming saw his friend when he was young, and smiled and said, "It's raining heavily, so be careful on the road."
"Don't worry, don't worry." The burly fat man continued, "The boys in the provincial training team all admire you and want to see your marksmanship. Later, you have to give them some pointers and let them understand how to fight against the world's top experts. difference."
"Nowadays, young people are becoming more and more powerful from generation to generation. I will be fine if I don't capsize." Xu Jingming said with a smile.
"How could the boat capsize? I hope you capsize the boat. If you capsize, it means that our provincial team has produced another genius." The fat man laughed and said, "Okay, stop chatting, and see you later."
"See you later." Xu Jingming stretched out his hand, and the image in mid-air disappeared.
Training for the Jiangnan Provincial Training Team lasted ten days and charged 50,000 blue star coins. In fact, this amount of money was not even enough for the venue fee. But for the fighting gym, being able to provide training for the provincial training team is also an advertising signboard, and it can also attract more fighting enthusiasts to come to the fighting gym to become members.
"Professional players have to make money after they retire." Xu Jingming got up and went to take a shower and change clothes.
Professional fighting players sound pretty, but in fact they only earn some 'appearance fees' at their peak. Those with a career income of over 100 million are pitifully few in the world, and most professional players only earn a living.
As for retiring, making money is even more difficult. Although Xu Jingming is also a world-class martial arts master, he is only the top eight in the World Martial Arts Competition. The income in the fighting world is in the shape of a pyramid, and there are very, very few at the top of the tower! The first ranked income is exaggeratedly high, the second, third and fourth... will plummet.
*****
Xu Jingming stood waiting at the entrance of the Star Arena, accompanied by several staff members, and saw an electric bus approaching in the rain from a distance.
After the electric bus stopped, the doors opened, and more than a dozen members of the Jiangnan Provincial Training Team got off the bus one after another.
"Big bear." Xu Jingming saw the burly and fat man who got out of the car first. That was his good brother Liu Chongyuan.
"Old Xu." Liu Chongyuan came over and hugged Xu Jingming excitedly. Peng Pengpeng slapped Xu Jingming's back. Xu Jingming had a bitter face and could only treat it as a massage.
Liu Chongyuan, 2.03 meters tall and weighing more than 180 kilograms, looks like a big upright bear. Back then, he was also a professional martial arts master, with a shield in one hand and an ax in the other. When he was ranked the highest in the World Martial Arts Federation, he also reached the 39th place, so he could secure his position in the Provincial Sports Bureau.
"This is Coach Xu." Liu Chongyuan grinned and said, "Coach Xu, whom you miss so much!"
"Xu Jingming!"
"Spearman Xu Jingming!"
"I saw a real person!" The provincial team members were a little excited. As people in the industry, they naturally admired this senior.
Xu Jingming looked at these players, as if seeing himself back then.
Young and full of vigor!
It's not like me, who fought in martial arts competitions and had to retire with injuries all over his body.
Xu Jingming smiled: "Ah Chen, take them to choose weapons."
"Yes, Brother Xu." The young staff member replied.
"Big Bear, let's go to the third floor and wait for them first." Xu Jingming and Liu Chongyuan, good brothers, happily went to the third floor first.
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The weapon room of the Star Fighting Gym covers an area of 500 square meters. There are an astonishing number of various cold weapons such as knives, guns, swords, sticks, shields, axes, hammers, and flails. These are all martial arts competition tools, such as swords. , The surface layer is also wrapped with a layer of cushioning material, which greatly improves the degree of safety. Like long guns, there are data on the barrels of these competition guns: length, size, head diameter, and weight. There are hundreds of long guns, which are lined up against the wall.
"As expected of the Starry Sky Fighting Gym, Binhai City's first-class fighting gym, with enough weapons." The eleven members of the provincial training team all use long guns, so they participated in Xu Jingming's training.
In terms of marksmanship alone, among all professional martial arts masters in history, Xu Jingming is recognized as the top ten.
The data of the long guns in the competition was clear, and the eleven players quickly selected their common weapons.
"It's the first time I saw Xu Jingming in real life. He looks very ordinary, not as deterrent as in the video." A tall man tried a long gun and said at the same time.
"I feel a lot thinner than in the video." Another immature teenager said.
"It's thin." A burly man nodded and said, "When he didn't retire, I watched him live several times. According to the information released by the Martial Arts Federation, he is 1.78 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms. Now I have lost a lot of weight, probably up to eighty-five kilograms."
These provincial team members discussed.
They all know that with a height of 1.78 meters and a weight of more than 80 kilograms, it may be a little fat for ordinary people. But for professional martial arts masters, with heavy muscles and bones and a high proportion of muscles, they are slightly thinner.
"The weight went down, and the strength definitely went down."
"I don't know how much strength there is."
"Some professional players give up training after retiring, their bodies are deformed, and their strength is much worse."
The team members were discussing.
"I also want to see how far I am from the players in the World Martial Arts Competition. Who would have thought that he has lost a lot of weight, and I don't know how much strength he has left." The strong man was a little unwilling. He was also selected for a national training team last year Yes, the goal is also the highest competition in the fighting world - the World Martial Arts Championship. I had high expectations for Xu Jingming, who has entered the World Martial Arts Championship twice, but now I am a little disappointed.
After losing weight, how much strength does Xu Jingming have left? Is there still the domineering strength of the "Gun Demon" back then
"Even if the strength has declined, the experience is still there." The tall man beside him smiled, "It is enough to guide us."
"Maybe they won't fight us in practice." The immature boy said, they have seen a lot of coaches of the older generation to teach and give pointers, but there are very few who can fight against them in the field.
*****
On the third floor of the Star Fighting Gym, there is a martial arts arena that meets the specifications of international martial arts competitions. The arena is 20 meters long and 20 meters wide, surrounded by barbed wire fences six meters high.
The members of the provincial training team walked into the third floor and saw Coach Liu and Xu Jingming standing there.
"Line up the team." Xu Jingming said very familiarly. He was also a member of the Jiangnan Provincial Team back then, and was selected as the main player of the national team later.
These eleven team members were all armed with spears and lined up in a neat line.
Maybe Xu Jingming's strength has been greatly reduced after retiring, but the opponent's past achievements still make these players admire and admire him, so he is naturally very obedient.
"From today onwards, I will be your coach. There will be a total of ten days of intensive training. Except that today's training time is in the afternoon, tomorrow it will be from 9:00 am to 11:00 am." Xu Jingming glanced at them, "I don't want any People arrive late and leave early."
"Yes." Eleven players responded in unison.
"Okay, we're meeting for the first time, let's try our hands first, and let me see your strength." Xu Jingming said, "I also like to teach students in accordance with their aptitude."
"Try your hand next time?" These team members looked at each other in blank dismay, both surprised and delighted.
"Actual combat in the arena?"
"Xu Jingming has the guts to actually fight?" These team members couldn't hide their joy. Since Xu Jingming dared to do this, it means that after retirement, he still maintains most of his strength at his peak.
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