Before he knew it, Yan Liqiang had been in the craftsman camp for half a month.
During this half month, Yan Liqiang practiced diligently every day. He had memorized the book "Illustrated Explanation of the Internal Power of Yi Jin Xi Sui" thoroughly and gradually gained some proficiency.
Today, from the moment he got up in the morning, Yan Liqiang slowly had some different feelings while practicing, especially when he was practicing the Fourteen Postures of Sanjiao Dali in the Diagram of Sitting Body Exercises. Yan Liqiang clearly felt that a hole seemed to have opened on the top of his head. In a trance, he seemed to feel that there were countless colorful energies and auras between heaven and earth, rushing towards him, entering his body from the top of his head, and his internal organs were like dry sponges encountering water for the first time, madly absorbing and devouring the energy and aura that entered his body. His heart, spleen, liver, lungs, and kidneys, while absorbing those energies, felt like they were so happy that they wanted to sing loudly.
The 14 postures of San Jiao Da Li in the sitting figure are exactly the same as the 14 postures of San Cai Tong Qi in the upright figure and the 14 postures of Ma Shang Jiao Guan in the half-body figure. The difference is that the 14 postures in the upright figure are practiced while standing, the 14 postures in the half-body figure are practiced while half squatting in a horse stance, and the 14 postures in the sitting figure are practiced after sitting cross-legged. According to the "Zeng Yan Yi Jin Xi Sui Nei Gong Tu Shuo", "… the front is the circulation of qi, the middle is the concentration of qi, and the back is the return of qi. The power is divided into three levels, and the principle is consistent. When practicing to this level, you will be able to achieve perfection vertically, horizontally, and vertically."
Only when one practices the "Illustrated Explanation of the Internal Power of Yi Jin Xi Sui" to this level can one be considered to have "reached the state of perfection".
After finishing the first round of exercises in the morning, Yan Liqiang felt his whole body light and aloof, as if he was floating in the air, especially his kidneys, which were around his waist. It was as if they were covered by two hot water bottles, warm and indescribably comfortable.
After breakfast and lunch, Yan Liqiang continued to practice. Every time he practiced, his internal organs would absorb and devour a large amount of colorful energy and spiritual energy between heaven and earth. He gained something each time. Before dinner, after practicing five times a day, Yan Liqiang felt that his whole body seemed to have entered a completely different state. He was full of energy, and the perception of his ears and eyes had suddenly improved. His eyes had become much sharper, and his ears' hearing ability for the subtle sounds around him had also improved a lot. After practicing in the mountains in the afternoon, Yan Liqiang felt that the surrounding environment had suddenly become vivid and three-dimensional.
During dinner, Yan Liqiang saw Qian Su again. Yesterday and the day before yesterday, Qian Su was not in the craftsmen's camp. No one knew where he had gone to get drunk and have fun again.
After dinner, Qian Su called Yan Liqiang and took him to the yard where he lived.
"Li Qiang, you look good these days. Is the medicine I gave you still working?" Looking at Yan Liqiang's face, Qian Su nodded with satisfaction. Half a month after coming to the craftsman camp, Yan Liqiang's complexion was getting better day by day. Qian Su felt comforted when he saw this.
"Thank you, Uncle Qian. The medicine you gave me is really useful. I felt that my injury was not serious a few days ago!" Yan Liqiang smiled. If it weren't for the medicine Qian Su gave him, he didn't know how to explain that his injury could heal so quickly. "After all, Hong Tao's Iron Sand Palm is just a beginner's skill, and its power is not very strong. I feel that the spiritual energy on the mountain is sufficient, which is good for the body. These days, I run up the mountain several times a day. When I have nothing to do, I practice boxing and sleep on the mountain. My body is getting more and more relaxed. When I was climbing the mountain two days ago, I coughed up some blood, and the discomfort between my chest and abdomen disappeared all of a sudden. These days, I feel that my body is almost ready, and I have started to squat again..."
"Well, that's good, that's good..." Qian Su smiled, "your dad sent a message yesterday saying that he is fine and asked you not to worry about home and to recover here. If your dad knew that you recovered so quickly, he would be very happy!"
"I have to thank Uncle Qian for this!"
"This is not my credit, it's because you are young and full of vitality, so you recovered quickly. By the way, besides the basic skills of spearmanship, are you practicing other skills now?"
Yan Liqiang grabbed the master's head and said, "Apart from spearmanship, I only practiced a basic boxing method, the Tiger Roaring Continuous Punch, and I didn't practice any other kung fu!"
"Well, that's right. Before building your foundation, it's not advisable to spend too much time practicing these external skills. However, the Tiger Roaring Chain Fist is a popular boxing style after all, and almost everyone knows it. Unless you have a unique understanding of this boxing style or can practice it to perfection, in your current state, before building your foundation, it will be very difficult to use this boxing style to defeat the enemy, especially against an opponent like Hong Tao. Therefore, in addition to this boxing style, you'd better practice a self-defense skill, so that you will have more confidence when facing the enemy..." Qian Su said, and took out a book from his arms and handed it to Yan Liqiang, "This is a footwork secret book that I occasionally got when I was young. Compared with other precious secret books, this secret book is not very powerful, with the highest level only at the sixth level, but it is also rare. Moreover, if this skill is practiced well, it can be used for attack and defense, and it is convenient to advance and retreat. It can also be used in conjunction with other skills. Even after you build your foundation in the future, you can still practice it and play a role when fighting against the enemy!"
When Yan Liqiang heard Qian Su say that the secret book in his hand could reach the sixth level, he became excited. You know, in this world, there is a simplest and most intuitive way to evaluate the level of a martial art or skill, which is to see how many levels that martial art can reach at most. The higher the level of martial arts and skills, the higher the level they can reach, the greater the power, and naturally the more precious they are. And the levels of these skills are of course not divided by people, but each level will have different skills and phenomena.
For example, the Tiger Roaring Fist he practiced, this most popular martial arts, only has the fifth level at the highest level. The secret book Qian Su gave him, although the highest level is only the sixth level, only one more level than the Tiger Roaring Fist, seems not very precious, but in fact, more than 90% of ordinary people in this world may never have the opportunity to see what a secret book that can reach the sixth level looks like in their lifetime. The Iron Sand Palm that Hong Tao practiced, the highest level is only the sixth level. And the auxiliary martial arts secret books of footwork and body movements are even more precious. This six-level footwork secret book is precious enough to be comparable to other martial arts with seven levels.
In terms of cultivation, there is a saying that goes "rising water lifts all boats higher." If a person can cultivate a low-level secret book to a high-level realm, then in the future when he cultivates the same type of high-level secret book, it will be easier to get started and he will be able to enter a higher level faster. This is also the significance of various basic exercises. For example, if Yan Liqiang can cultivate the Tiger Roaring Fist to the fifth level, if he encounters a boxing secret book with a maximum of ten levels in the future, then for Yan Liqiang, it may be possible to break through the first few levels of the secret book in a very short time.
Out of great curiosity, Yan Liqiang respectfully took the secret book from Qian Su's hand with both hands, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it. He saw only five words on the green cover of the secret book: "Nine Palace Wind Shadow Step".
The secret book was very thin, only a dozen pages, but when holding it in his hand, Yan Liqiang felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds and was very heavy.
"I wonder how many levels Uncle Qian has cultivated the Nine Palace Wind Shadow Step to?"
Yan Liqiang's question made Qian Su's face slightly redden. "Ahem, your uncle Qian, I haven't built my foundation yet, and I haven't even passed the horse stance test. My lower body is not strong, so I can only barely practice the Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step to the second level and it's difficult to make any further progress. To prevent your father from causing trouble for me in the future, you can keep this step for now and practice it after you pass the horse stance test..."
"Uncle Qian gave me something like this, I don't know how to repay him!"
Qian Su's eyes fell on Yan Liqiang's face, and he suddenly sighed, "As long as you can live well, it will be the greatest reward for me!"
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After leaving the courtyard where Qian Su lived, Yan Liqiang returned to his own courtyard with the secret book of "Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Steps". After closing the gate, this courtyard became his little world.
No open flames were allowed in this yard, not even lamps or candles, so Yan Liqiang opened the secret book on the stone table in the yard and began to read it carefully.
The moonlight was bright tonight, with no clouds in the sky. The moonlight in the sky was as silver. Even without a light, Yan Liqiang in the yard could read the secret book with the help of the starry sky and moonlight.
After just one look, Yan Liqiang had memorized every word and every picture in the secret book.
This photographic memory ability is quite exaggerated and even horrifying. To Yan Liqiang, the books he has read are like photos stored in his mind. He can remember them completely with just one look. Yan Liqiang did not have this ability before, but ever since he completely remembered the book "Illustrated Explanation of Yi Jin Xi Sui Nei Gong" in his dream that night, Yan Liqiang found that he had this ability inexplicably.
Of course, he had never told anyone about this ability.
After reading the secret book of "Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step", Yan Liqiang closed his eyes. After waiting for his mood to calm down completely, he put the secret book in his arms, went under the tree in the yard, and squatted in horse stance again.
Horse stance is the foundation of all Kung Fu. Without this foundation, all Kung Fu is like duckweed on the water, especially the footwork like "Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step", which basically tests the lower body and leg skills. Without laying the foundation of horse stance, no matter how good the secret book is, it will be a waste.
Moreover, Yan Liqiang feels that he is in very good shape today and is full of energy. It is a good time to consolidate the foundation of horse stance.
As soon as Yan Liqiang started squatting, the whole yard suddenly became quiet, with only the sounds of insects and frogs outside the yard.
Under the moonlight, Yan Liqiang closed his eyes and squatted in a horse stance with his body stable. His two legs were like two pillars and his whole body was like a rock, inexplicably giving him a more majestic aura.
After an hour, slowly, without even Yan Liqiang noticing, a blurry red light slowly appeared beside him, surrounding him. In that light, the outline of a majestic rhinoceros horse began to loom...
(End of this chapter)