Chapter 15 Skin, Flesh, Bones, and Blood
"The foundation of martial arts is divided into four levels: skin, flesh, bones, and blood. I'm sure you've all heard of this. In fact, it's not that complicated. It's just the most basic word 'refining'."
"Refining?"
"Yes, practice. Practice as hard as you can. Practice until your strength is infinite. If an ordinary person is injured or killed by a touch, then you can be called a master."
Liang Qu was following behind Xiang Changsong and couldn't help grinning when he heard this.
The body can be sanctified, right? But the key is how to cultivate it!
The top athletes from the previous Olympics told Liang Qu that the human body has its limits, and without special skills, it is impossible to break stones with the flesh alone.
Xiang Changsong's next sentence proved this point.
"Of course, no matter how hard ordinary people practice, there is a limit. If they can defeat ten people, it's the best they can do. If you want to break through this limit, there are two things you can't do without: method and medicine!"
"Law and medicine?"
"That's right. Fa means the way. For example, when you join my Yang's martial arts school, you will be given the Three Punch Methods to practice. Only with the way can you have a ladder to move forward."
Liang Qu asked: "Where is the medicine?"
Xiang Changsong replied: "The law paves the way for upward stairs, but these stairs are steep, dangerous, and steep! In this case, you need a handrail to walk fast and steadily, and not fall down and be smashed to pieces. This is the medicine!"
"Since you are from Yixing City, you must have heard about the news that two precious fish were caught at the pier in Yixing City yesterday, right?"
Liang Qu clasped his fists and said, "Brother Xiang, to be honest, one of the two precious fish was caught by me, a ox-horn pomfret. It weighed over three catties and I sold it for six taels and five cents. With my savings, I was able to save enough money to practice martial arts."
Xiang Changsong was stunned, thinking about the seven taels he had just handed over, which was probably the money he got from selling the precious fish, and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Liang is really lucky."
"That precious fish is actually the medicine we need. One precious fish is almost enough to equal more than a month's worth of work. In addition, there are precious meat and precious plants. As long as they can help us strengthen our qi and blood and increase our strength, they are all medicines."
"For this reason, many methods have matching prescriptions that complement each other and can achieve an effect where the sum of one is greater than the other. For example, our Three Punch Method has one. Other methods can also be effective after taking our prescriptions, but the effect is not as good as practicing the Three Punch Method."
"Of course there is no other way. Eating more meat can help a little."
Liang Qu was very interested after hearing this.
Bao Rou himself has no way, but Bao Yu and Bao Zhi are good at it!
There are countless precious fish in the Jianghuai swamps. The fat catfish can find two precious fish in a few days. If this goes on for a long time, won’t it be able to take off?
Li Libo on the side was silent.
It is not surprising that Xiang Changsong noticed this. Many people think that they can achieve something by entering a martial arts school, but this is actually wrong.
A poor child may be good at literature, but a rich child may be good at martial arts. A child who grows up eating meat is stronger than one who grows up eating bran or vegetables.
The two junior brothers are just ordinary people, so they might be a little discouraged.
He did not say anything to discourage her, but comforted her: "Brother Li, don't be sad. Not having medicine does not mean that the road to martial arts is doomed to be difficult. Everything depends on human effort. Nothing is absolute. There is no shortage of geniuses in the world. They can still walk fast and steadily without medicine."
"Thank you, Brother Xiang. I'll remember that."
Xiang Changsong nodded and led the two to continue walking inside: "The so-called skin, flesh, bones and blood are the four levels in the early stage of martial arts. Every time you break a level, there will be different gains, and it will also allow us to move to a higher level."
After that, after listening to Xiang Changsong's story, Liang Qu had a deeper understanding of the four levels.
Simply put, once the skin gate is broken, there will be no abnormalities on the body, but the skin will become like cowhide, tough and unbreakable, and the defense will be greatly enhanced.
Once the flesh gate is broken open, the strength increases greatly, and supporting someone with one hand is no problem.
Once the bone gates are broken open, you can release your strength more freely and truly break stones and split rocks.
Breaking through the blood barrier is like boiling oil in a raging fire, or blooming flowers in a brocade, an all-round enhancement. "If you can break through the skin barrier within three months, you can stay in the academy for two more months. If you can break through the barrier within seventy days, you may have the opportunity to be favored by Master Yang, become a real disciple, and learn more advanced kung fu."
These words made Li Libo regroup and feel excited. Even Liang Qu wanted to learn kung fu as soon as possible.
At this time, Xiang Changsong stood still and said: "This is the martial arts training ground, and it is also the place where we mainly communicate on weekdays."
There were about thirty people in the martial arts arena, some were standing still, some were lifting stones, and some were practicing sparring. The youngest looked younger than Liang Qu, and the oldest was probably in his thirties. Most of them were men, with a few women. It looked like a large gym.
Liang Qu's eyes were filled with envy. Even if all the thirty-odd people were paying the lowest tuition of seven taels, that would still be more than two hundred taels. Two hundred taels for three months, wouldn't that be nearly a thousand taels for a year? It was enough to buy a large house.
This is still a conservative estimate. If we include the floating population and those who are not in the martial arts training ground, the number will be even more exaggerated. When will I be able to make money by lying down?
"On the last five days of every month, Master Yang will come here to teach martial arts in person. If you have any questions, you can ask him."
"I can only see Master Yang at the end of the month?" Li Libo was stunned. He thought that after entering the martial arts gym, he would be able to receive instruction from a real martial arts master, but this is the result?
"So what do we do normally?"
Xiang Changsong did not answer immediately, but shouted to a strong man who was lifting a stone in the martial arts arena: "Brother Hu!"
Liang Qu looked over curiously and was surprised to find that it was the martial artist named Hu who bought his fish yesterday.
It's no coincidence that a book cannot be made.
But then again, there are a limited number of warriors in the entire Pingyang Town, so it's not surprising to run into Master Hu.
Taking advantage of the time when Wushi Hu came over, he explained to Changsong, "On weekdays, you will be taught by Wushi Hu, the disciple of Wushi Yang. He is the Wushi on duty in the middle of the month. Wushi Hu is knowledgeable and has advanced martial arts skills. According to the rules, you will all learn from him in the future. Okay, now that you are familiar with it, I will go to the door to register."
"Take care, Brother Xiang."
At this time, Senior Brother Hu came over and looked at the wooden sign: "Second Junior Brother, I am Hu Qi, from now on... Hmm? It's you?"
Liang Qu clasped his fists and said, "Brother Hu, we meet again."
Hu Qi thought about it for a moment and understood the cause and effect. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. From now on, you two will learn martial arts from me, but I want to show you your roots first."
"Root bone!?"
Li Libo showed excitement, wondering if he was the legendary martial arts genius?
Hu Qi knew what Li Libo was thinking when he saw his expression: "It's not that mysterious. People with good bones can indeed train faster, and their punches are powerful and strong, but it's not absolute and can't completely represent talent.
Moreover, our Three Fist Method actually has three types of fists, namely Tiger, Crane, and Ape. You can choose the appropriate major according to your aptitude, which is also not available in the other two martial arts schools."
After that, Hu Qi took Li Libo's hand, squeezed his wrist, shoulder, and hip, and finally said, "Bear with it."
Hu Qi inserted two fingers and touched Li Libo's spine.
hiss!
The corners of Liang Qu's eyes twitched, and when he heard Li Libo's breath he knew it was painful.
He had seen a movie before, in which a beautiful female agent killed people in this way.
Hu Qi stopped and said, "Above average. I suggest you focus on the Ape Fist among the three punches."
Li Libo was greatly disappointed.
It was Liang Qu's turn, again the wrist bones, shoulders, hip bones, and finally the spine.
Hu Qi inserted two fingers into Liang Qu, and he felt half of his body go numb. However, it was Hu Qi who made the sound in the end, not him.
"Hey, Junior Brother Liang's physique is so good?"
(End of this chapter)
