Through the attic window, one can see that the sky outside is still dark, with the moon and stars still visible. At this time in the past, Yan Liqiang would practice martial arts.
The powerful biological clock maintained its existing inertia and woke Yan Liqiang up at this time regardless of whether he had gotten enough sleep or not.
Yan Liqiang opened his eyes and found himself still lying in bed. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Because he had been recuperating from his injuries these days, he didn't need to exercise in the morning. So after opening his eyes, Yan Liqiang did not get up immediately, but was thinking about the strange dream he had last night.
Last night’s dream was very strange, Yan Liqiang muttered to himself.
Since childhood, he has had many dreams, all kinds of them, absurd, bizarre, terrifying, lewd, boring. He remembered that when he was a child, he once dreamed that he turned into an Autobot in Transformers and could transform his body into a car and drive fast on the ground. When he grew up, he once dreamed that he turned into a ****... But those dreams in the past seemed nothing compared to this dream today.
In his dream last night, he was actually reading a book. He read the book for the whole night in his dream. The book was "Illustrated Explanation of the Internal Power of Yi Jin Jing" - the one he bought from the old man at the street stall in his previous life.
There was nothing in the dream, no scenes, no other people, and no monsters or ghosts. There was only him, staring at the book with his eyes wide open, reading from the prefaces to the last picture of practicing exercises.
Is there any dream stranger than this
What's even more strange is that in the past, whenever he woke up, the scenes and memories in his dreams would fade quickly or even be forgotten, just like old photos. But this time, when he woke up, the book he saw in his dream was much clearer, as if it had been completely integrated into his memory and brain cells. Yan Liqiang remembered every word, every picture, and even every punctuation mark in the book. He can now even memorize everything in the book "Illustrated Explanation of Yi Jin Xi Sui Nei Gong" from beginning to end, and even draw the exercise diagrams exactly the same.
After discovering that there was inexplicably a book in his head when he woke up, Yan Liqiang's expression was extremely strange, it was so interesting.
Fortunately, Yan Liqiang has lived his life again, and his mental endurance is very strong. Since he can live his life again and since he can be born in this strange world, then it seems that there is nothing to be surprised about if there is an extra book in his head.
Yan Liqiang, lying on the bed, thought carefully and found that the book "Illustrated Explanation of the Internal Power of Yi Jin Xi Sui" did not appear out of nowhere. It was more like a reproduction of his memory. He remembered that when he bought the book at the old man's stall, he had already flipped through the book once. Later, he flipped through it again on the road. According to common sense, it is impossible for him to remember the contents of the book with such a fast reading speed. It requires the memory of a camera. But for some reason, when he was reborn this time, the book "Illustrated Explanation of the Internal Power of Yi Jin Xi Sui" that he had flipped through twice was also reborn in his head.
Yan Liqiang didn't know why this happened, but it didn't stop him from accepting this reality as quickly as possible.
After lying in bed for a while, although he still wanted to take a nap, Yan Liqiang gritted his teeth, got dressed quickly, got up from bed, went downstairs, and washed up quickly.
The entire mountain here is the territory of the Artisan Camp, and it is not far from the county town. There are no ferocious beasts within dozens of miles around. The air in the mountains is at its freshest at this moment, and he can feel it even if he stands in the yard.
Yan Liqiang arrived at the gate of the courtyard and was about to open the door to go for a walk in the woods and on the hillside outside to breathe more fresh air, which would also be beneficial to his physical recovery.
Just when his hand was about to touch the door bar, suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind like lightning.
He suddenly thought of the preface left by a Qing Dynasty scholar named Zhou Shuguan in the opening preface of "The Illustrated Explanation of Yi Jin Xi Sui Nei Gong".
In the preface, Zhou Shuguan said that he had been weak and sickly since birth, and had not been well taken care of. Before the age of ten, he suffered from "epidemic cold and stagnation" because of overeating. After the age of ten, he began to drink alcohol as a child, became addicted to alcohol, and suffered from "sores". When he was nineteen, he began to smoke opium, and smoked opium for eleven years. When he was thirty, his body was completely broken, and all kinds of illnesses came. He was basically dying and waiting to die. Then he found various doctors and took various tonics, but they were all useless. Just as he was waiting to die, he suddenly came across "Zeng Yan Yi Jin Xi Sui Nei Gong Tu Shuo". He only practiced for one year, and his body and spirit recovered. He also quit opium, and his physique became stronger and stronger, and his strength became greater and greater...
Before his rebirth, Yan Liqiang was skeptical when he saw such a preface, thinking it might be exaggerated. But at this moment, Yan Liqiang suddenly thought of a question - what if what the Qing Dynasty scholar named Zhou Shuguan said was true? What if this book really had such an effect? Modern people like to brag, but ancient people should be more honest.
A frail young man living in the Qing Dynasty who was sickly and waiting to die was able to come back to life and become strong again by practicing the contents of this book. Then what does my little problem matter
Moreover, in several other prefaces of this book, the origin of this book is also explained. This book is a secret method left by the Buddha and was brought to China by Bodhidharma, the founder of the Shaolin lineage of dual cultivation of Zen and martial arts. The people who practiced this book mentioned in those prefaces are all famous and powerful figures in Chinese history.
The bearded man in the Tang Dynasty was a swordsman in the legend. He wanted to compete with Li Shimin for the world. Later, he found that he could not compete with Li Shimin, so he fled overseas, conquered a piece of territory and became a king. Later, the bearded man passed this book to Li Jing. Who is Li Jing? He was the invincible god of war in the Tang Dynasty, the prototype of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King in "The Romance of the Gods" and "Journey to the West", and the husband of the legendary swordsman Hong Fu Nu in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, according to the preface written by Niu Gao, a general under Yue Fei, in front of this book, Yue Fei, the national hero of the Chinese nation, actually learned and practiced the Yi Jin Jing from a monk, and passed it on to Niu Gao. According to what Niu Gao said in the preface, Yue Fei was the bravest in the world, able to use a strong bow of 100 stones, and possessed supernatural powers, all because of practicing this book.
Modern people may not have any idea how strong the 100-stone bow is, but in history, during the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Qi, Tian Wujiang, liked to use a strong bow. Someone around him made a three-stone bow into a nine-stone bow and gave it to him to draw. King Xuan of Qi was very happy when he drew the "nine-stone" bow. He thought he was so brave that no one could defeat him. If a nine-stone bow was so powerful, how much more powerful would a hundred-stone bow be
The words and characters in the prefaces to the Yi Jin Jing rolled through Yan Liqiang’s mind.
Try it yourself...
An idea suddenly appeared in Yan Liqiang's mind, and it became stronger and stronger.
Yan Liqiang thought back to the exercise diagrams in the book and found that there were indeed no intense movements in those diagrams and the exercise intensity was not high. Neither running nor jumping was required. A person could complete it just by moving his hands, feet and body on the spot. The difficulty was not very high and it would not affect his injuries, so he should give it a try.
Just give it a try. You won't lose anything anyway. See how it works first. Besides, you're free now, so just treat it as an exercise. If you don't feel something is right, just stop.
With this thought in mind and a bit of curiosity, Yan Liqiang recalled the contents of the Yi Jin Jing in his mind, then came to the tree in the yard and began to practice the 27 postures of the Zheng Shen Tu in the "Illustrated Explanation of the Yi Jin Jing Nei Gong".
The first posture of the body straightening exercise is the upright standing posture with the arches around the body.
According to the requirements of practicing this posture in his mind, Yan Liqiang closed his eyes slightly, put his heels together, and stood on his toes. He placed his left hand on the yang palm and his right hand on the huangting of his chest. He stood up straight with his knees, straightened his spine, and put his ears to his shoulders and his nose to his chest. He closed his eyes and focused his mind, looking straight ahead at no more than a foot. He clenched his teeth, pressed his tongue against the upper palate, and exhaled through his nose. Then he adjusted his breath and concentrated his mind. After taking three breaths, he moved gently and slowly...
The posture of standing upright with an arch, the posture of offering the pestle to rise, the posture of spreading claws and showing wings, the posture of double phoenixes facing the sun, the posture of flying eagle spreading wings, the posture of holding the pagoda with both hands, the posture of standing with three peaks, the posture of dragon protruding right claw, the posture of dragon protruding left claw, the posture of squatting with horizontal arms, the first posture of the three talents to open the qi, the second posture of the three talents to open the qi, the third posture of the three talents to open the qi… the thirteenth posture of the three talents to open the qi, the fourteenth posture of the three talents to open the qi…
At the beginning, Yan Liqiang didn't feel much, but when he just practiced the last few postures of the Zhengshen Tu, he slowly felt that his body slowly turned into an empty bottle. His whole body was suddenly empty, and he completely merged with the surrounding environment. A strange energy, from the sky and the ground, from all directions, kept pouring into his body. His body, from the Niwan to the coccyx, the joints and blood vessels of his torso and limbs, were washed by that energy, and he felt indescribably comfortable and cozy, and he couldn't help but immerse himself in it...
The Three Talents are heaven, earth and man. The fourteen postures of the Three Talents' Qi communication are just what opens up the energy communication between the human body and heaven and earth.
It was so comfortable to practice the 27 postures of the upright body diagram, a level of comfort that Yan Liqiang had never experienced before.
Unconsciously, Yan Liqiang began to practice the twenty-seven postures in the Zhengshen diagram over and over again.
An unknown amount of time had passed, but after completing the last posture of the Zhengshen Tu with the Gongli Guiwei posture, Yan Liqiang suddenly opened his eyes and found that the sky had actually gotten a little brighter.
So much time had passed, at least two hours, Yan Liqiang was a little surprised. Could it be that he had been so immersed in the practice that he had forgotten the time and had practiced the Zhengshen Diagram many times without realizing it.
As soon as this thought popped into his head, Yan Liqiang felt as if something was about to come out of his stomach. He felt inexplicably nauseous. He opened his mouth and with a "wow" sound, he vomited a mouthful of thick, black stuff that seemed to be blood.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Yan Liqiang suddenly felt an incomparable comfort between his chest and abdomen, and there was no more obstruction, and there was no longer that feeling of boredom...
(End of this chapter)