"Well, now you can punch on the water tank without being knocked down by the sandbags, and you have already laid a foundation for the 'swimming' aspect of Baguazhang." Tang Zichen changed the subject, not mentioning the lead and mercury ball, and moved the conversation to commenting on the progress of Wang Chao's kung fu practice in the past 15 days. "Well, now you can punch on the water tank without being knocked down by the sandbags, and you have already laid a foundation for the 'swimming' aspect of Baguazhang." Tang Zichen changed the subject, not mentioning the lead and mercury ball, and moved the conversation to commenting on the progress of Wang Chao's kung fu practice in the past 15 days.
"What do you mean by a basic foundation?" Wang Chao was a little discouraged when he heard this. In the past few days, he had been practicing hard day and night under the supervision of Tang Zichen, especially in the past ten days, he had been hitting sandbags on the water tank every day, practicing the three methods of pulling, stabbing and chopping in the Bagua hand knife. He didn't know how many times he fell and half of his life was lost. He didn't even want to recall the hardship. If it weren't for Tang Zichen's supervision and help, Wang Chao himself didn't believe that he could stick to it. "It's really painful to practice the fighting method." Wang Chao understood a little bit why there are so few masters in modern society, and most of them are just fancy. Although the training tricks of Baguazhang are difficult to master, it is very comfortable to practice, and the fighting method is purely suffering. After practicing for so many days, Wang Chao's body movements have become more and more flexible, and his footwork is also stable, strong and fast. He thought that even if he was not a master, he would not be far away. Unexpectedly, Tang Zichen said that he just had a basic foundation. "Your body flexibility has improved. If you fight with someone, you can at least dodge his fists. But your strength is far from enough, your body is not hard enough, your ligaments are not flexible enough, and your muscles are not flexible, elastic, and explosive. Even if you meet Captain Cao again, you will lose without a doubt." Tang Zichen criticized sharply: "The boxing training method is a method used by ancient Taoists and doctors to exercise and maintain health. Look at Hua Tuo's Five Animals Exercises, which is great for exercising, but can it be used to fight? The boxing fighting method is a fighting skill developed on the battlefield to kill enemies. If you only have training methods but no fighting methods, no matter how well you take care of your body, you can't kill the enemy quickly. If you only have fighting methods but no training methods, you will easily collapse. Unless you have sufficient nutrition to nourish your body, but even if you have sufficient nutrition, you can only exercise your body to the limit and will never experience the mystery of dark power. But this kind of person is also very scary, and he is first-class at killing people. In modern society, material development has sufficient nutrition to supplement Replenish the body's consumption. When you go out in the future, you will meet many such people. Don't be careless and underestimate them because you think they are not internal martial artists. You should know that after the power is in place, any one of them is enough to kill someone. A fight between life and death is just a blink of an eye. Do you have time to adjust your spine to release hidden power? However, if you practice to the point of transforming power, then it's nothing to underestimate them. "
"The fighting style of Baguazhang evolved from swordsmanship. The most important thing is a poke. You see street thugs fighting, using knives to chop people, Generally, even if they are chopped and bleeding, they can still fight, but if they are stabbed, they will die in just one blow. It is better to stab than to chop. The fighting style of Xingyiquan is also a change from the spear technique. The spear is a head, and it is also stabbing. Including the bayonet on the battlefield later, it is the same. When you fight with others in the future, if you want to kill someone, you can stab. If you don't want to kill someone, you can chop and whip. Remember this. "
"It is better to stab than to chop. It is true." Wang Chao nodded. He thought of the competition with Captain Cao and agreed with what Tang Zichen said before. Captain Cao reacted quickly and had strong strength. Moreover, Wang Chao could clearly feel that he did not use his full strength at all that day. In fact, from the looks of it, he did not even use his general strength.
"Even if I can practice to the point where I can release the hidden power and break bricks with one palm, I still need to adjust my spine beforehand. If I had those few seconds, I would have been knocked down by others." Wang Chao secretly calculated in his heart and raised his vigilance: "It seems that the fighting method is very profound. Especially now that I haven't even practiced the hidden power, I really need to pay attention in the future." Wang Chao has grown a little step in his state of mind again. "What exactly is the transformation power like?" Wang Chao was very curious and hoped that Tang Zichen could demonstrate it for him so that he could have a reference for practice in the future. "Okay, you watch it." Tang Zichen knew Wang Chao's intention, thought about it, stood up and walked to the lead-mercury ball in front of the stone trough, hugged both sides of the ball with both hands, turned his waist, and exerted force with his arms. Wow! The whole big ball was like a fan blade, spinning violently. The ball rubbed against the stone trough, making a creaking sound, and the mercury sealed inside was rotating at high speed, making a crisper silver bell sound. The two sounds mixed together, and when they fell into Wang Chao's ears, they were somewhat similar to the thundering sounds of tigers and leopards.
"Lead and mercury are essential ingredients for ancient Taoists to make elixirs. Mercury is heavy, but it is fluid. It is a magical substance, and it is the most suitable metaphor for human bone marrow. This ball is equivalent to a human body. You should experience it well."
While Tang Zichen was speaking, he rotated his arm again. I don't know what kind of strength he used, but the whole lead and mercury ball jumped up from the stone trough lightly like a basketball.
Then, Tang Zichen flicked his hand, and the ball continued to jump up. When it fell, Tang Zichen switched his strength to his shoulders, and used his shoulders to bounce the ball into the air again.
Then, Tang Zichen switched his strength to bounce the ball, either with his hands, feet, shoulders, head, back, hips, waist, elbows, knees, and sometimes even with a finger raised up to let the ball spin on it.
The lead and mercury ball that Wang Chao found difficult to rotate was as flexible as a real basketball in Tang Zichen's hands. Wang Chao had become a little numb after watching Tang Zichen practice all kinds of miraculous skills for the past ten days.
Wang Chao estimated that a ball that was a circle larger than a basketball would weigh one or two hundred kilograms even if it was made of pure iron, not to mention mercury, which was almost twice as heavy as iron.
Bang! Tang Zichen used all the joints of his body to bounce the ball, and with a push of his hand, the big ball fell into the stone trough and spun many times before it came to a steady state.
"Although the flexibility of Baguazhang has been practiced, the palm power is not enough, and I have not experienced the round artistic conception. From now on, in addition to hitting the sandbag on the water tank every day, you must also rub this big ball with your palm. When you can rub it so that it jumps up, your palm power is basically good enough."
From then on, Wang Chao had another lesson. In addition to getting up at three o'clock every morning to practice horse stance, he would then use the mud-wading footwork to circle around the entire Tianxing Lake, and then practice the Baguazhang method, and practice the three-body stance into the palm method. Until the evening, when he had enough energy, Wang Chao would squat in front of the stone trough and rub the lead and mercury ball. When rubbing, his arm strength, palm strength, waist strength, and leg strength were all in place under Tang Zichen's guidance. The last night, he still changed his body and footwork on the water tank to hit, chop, and poke the sandbag.
Tang Zichen's martial arts were simply too high, his eyes were sharp, and his thinking was even faster. Every time he pointed out and spoke, Wang Chao felt like he had suddenly realized something.
"Sister Chen seems to have trained many people?" Gradually, Wang Chao felt that Tang Zichen must have trained many people.
He practiced for more than ten days in a row. During this period, he only called home during the Chinese New Year and did not go home. After that, the winter vacation was over, and Wang Chao left Tang Zichen's villa and returned home to attend classes.
After returning home, Wang Chao's parents naturally scolded him, but they were relieved to see their son return safely. In particular, when Wang Chao came back, his body had grown ten centimeters from the original 1.65 meters to 1.75 meters, and his body was stronger. He was full of energy and had a sense of vigor and vitality, sweeping away his previous introversion, dullness, and vulgarity.
Wang Chao made up a lie and deceived his parents, but everything was fine. Although Wang Chao's kung fu improved a lot, he never tried his hand with others after returning to school, because Captain Cao's lesson last time made him remember it in his heart.
"Everything will be discussed after I learn all of Sister Chen's boxing skills and defeat Captain Cao. If I don't regain my confidence, it's meaningless to fight with others. Captain Cao is my best touchstone." Wang Chao's character and growth have been greatly improved through boxing practice.
Things in school are monotonous, especially high school life, which is extremely boring. There is nothing new. However, because of Wang Chao's interest in Captain Cao, he often talks to the class monitor and study committee member Cao Jingjing, and asks about her family situation indirectly.
In the past, Wang Chao didn't dare to talk to girls actively, but after practicing boxing, his self-confidence also swelled, and he became more relaxed when talking to girls.
It must be said that boxing changed Wang Chao's character, temperament and spirit, which really matched the realm of practicing qi and transforming spirit.
A semester passed quickly. During this period, Wang Chao not only practiced hard and pondered in secret every day, but also got up in the middle of the night every Saturday when he had a holiday, walked along the road, waded through the mud to Tianxing Lake in the provincial capital to meet Tang Zichen, and came back after two days of training.
However, during this period, Tang Zichen only asked Wang Chao to practice Baguazhang all the time, and never taught him anything else.
Wang Chao did not ask much, and practiced silently. His palm power became stronger and stronger, and his physical strength became better and better. Every time he hit the sandbag, there was a crackling sound, and a hint of crispness was faintly revealed.
Wang Chao's body movements became more and more flexible, and his steps became more and more stable. When half a year passed and the summer vacation was about to start, Wang Chao hit the sandbag on the edge of the tank and never fell.
His temples also bulged slightly, but the bulging was very slow, and there was only a little change from before.
"The bulging of the temples shows that you have a talent for entry, but it is not a matter of one day or one night to be profound. If you can't even get into the door, you don't even need to learn."
"Sister Chen, do you think it's a little late for me to practice martial arts at this time!" Wang Chao once asked Tang Zichen.
"Boxing is not acrobatics. Children's bones have not grown yet. If they practice improperly, they will become deformed. Your age is just right. The Xingyi master Li Cunyi started learning boxing at the age of 20, and Shang Yunxiang started learning even later. If you are too young, you may not understand some things in boxing." Tang Zichen said.
It was not until the end of the second semester of high school, just after the summer vacation, that Wang Chao came to Tang Zichen again without saying a word.
However, this time Tang Zichen's face was very solemn: "The time I can teach you is only this summer vacation. After this summer vacation, I will leave. However, after these eight months of hard training, you have already had a very good foundation. I have also explained some things to you clearly. In the future, you will practice on your own. How much you can grow depends on opportunities and your own efforts."
Wang Chao was very melancholy and reluctant to listen to this, but there was nothing he could do and he could not ask more questions. He could only nod vigorously.
"Okay, from today on, I will teach you Xingyiquan." Tang Zichen said.