After choosing an earthen jar and scrubbing it clean, Fangzheng placed the spirit ginseng inside. He then filled it with water and boiled it over fire.
Meanwhile, Fangzheng began cultivating the Dragon Elephant Body Tempering Art in the backyard. There were a total of three volumes to the body tempering art. The first volume was the elephant stance, and the second was the dragon stance. The final volume combined both to form the dragon elephant stance. Each stance had its own set of cultivation techniques. Fangzheng was practicing the first volume, the elephant stance.
The elephant stance was about emulating a combat elephant's stance with the human body. There were a total of twelve fist arts, and the focus was on delivering strength with one's lower body. The cultivator would draw on the strength of the land and let it permeate their body before punching out. The force delivered would not just be the strength of one's body, but also of the land itself.
