In the evening, Tang Zhao planned to wait for Si Liyu to come, but he didn't come that night because he didn't know if he had something to do. Tang Zhao was a little regretful but also a little lucky. Si Liyu put much more pressure on him than Guan Lei.

When he had free time, Tang Zhao turned on the light and read, and naturally he read the newly acquired "The Sound of Thunder on Martial Arts".

"Thunder on Martial Arts" was obviously written by Guan Lei himself, recording common sense of martial arts and common sense of "learning martial arts".

The words in the book are just like Guan Lei's speaking tone, speaking in plain language but clearly. Not to mention that Tang Zhao has experienced the tempering of "Tonghua Attracts the Phoenix", even if he knows nothing about it, he can still read it smoothly.

The common sense of martial arts, such as the beginning, stage, realm of martial arts, the distinction between internal and external skills, the origin of weapons and fists, the content and connection of martial arts, martial arts, martial arts and martial ethics, etc. The common sense of learning martial arts starts from the beginning.

There is a rough but systematic introduction from stretching and pile skills to boxing, footwork, body skills, mental skills and even the cultivation of essence, energy and spirit.

Finally, there are some records of Jianghu rules and martial arts anecdotes. Although the writing is very exciting, it is short in length. Obviously the person who wrote the book did not care.

Although Tang Zhao only briefly read it once, he already guessed that Guan Lei had ambitions in writing this book. Just like a military strategist writing about the art of war, he compiled and summarized what he had learned in order to be famous for centuries, and to record the history of the gangsters and officials taking place now.

It doesn't make any sense.

From this point of view, Master Guan is a great person, ambitious and lofty.

Yuan Qing said that you don’t need to read books to learn martial arts, but maybe starting from this book, you will.

Of course, this book is still a draft, or even an outline. Many of the introductions are too rough. Only the first few chapters can be read in detail, and the rest are just names. However, even if the manuscript is completed, it is impossible to complete all the contents in the book.

, otherwise it would be impossible to finish even one million words, let alone one person.

Because it is too simplistic, I did not give this book a rating, and did not admit that it was a "gong method". I probably thought it was a "popular science book", and of course there was no annotation.

But popular science books are easier and more interesting to read than monographs, and easier to accept. The more useless knowledge is, the more interesting it is. The rules of martial arts are more interesting than the common sense of martial arts, and anecdotes are more interesting than the rules of rivers and lakes.

Let's just say that the level of martial arts masters is not as strict as in the story. It is probably that those who have only learned basic boxing and kicks are called "warriors". If they have a foundation in kung fu, simply speaking, those who can fly over walls and fly over walls can be called "strong men". Going on.

Those who reach a certain level of internal and external skills can be called "Xia Ke", and those who can establish a sect and lead a trend will be called "Grand Master". As for heroes, just like the "righteous men" corresponding to the warrior stage, they must reach the level of Xia Ke

At this stage, the government is invited to seal the title. There is only one in a county. Only if the strength, reputation, and merits can convince the public.

But this is just a conventional title, not a golden rule. In the world of martial arts, everyone talks about "master" and "hero". Except for "grandmaster", which is generally not arrogant, and heroes and righteous men must be certified by the court, other titles can be accommodated.

It is not uncommon for people to praise each other as "Xia Ke" and "Master Li" when they get together.

As for the strength of the same level, it is even more unpredictable. For the same warrior, one person may fight ten of them. And the countless figures active in the world are basically all knights at the first level, and their strength is even more different. Even if

Even if two people have the same name, they are not necessarily indistinguishable. One can be knocked down by the other's move. Even if the hero is awarded by the imperial court, he may not be stronger than the knight. It does not mean that the hero in a county is the strongest, but the imperial court certified it.

Certification, even if you beat the hero all over the head, the authority will not be transferred to you.

Finally, Guan Lei also mentioned that there is no shortage of good people in the martial arts world to rank the masters, and various lists emerge one after another. But most of them are full of errors and omissions, and are very regional. The most reference in the martial arts today is the "Hundred Soldiers Manual" of the Star Observation Tower.

", the information is detailed, the changes are rapid, and it has gradually become a public opinion. Especially the military manual is divided into states and counties, and there are various rankings, and even a complete list of first- and second-rate masters. The intention of forming a self-contained system is obvious.

And on it, there is the imperial court's Jiuzhou Loyalty List. Regardless of martial arts, only meritorious service is used to judge the ranking. It is related to the martial arts level, but it still cannot be generalized. In terms of authority, there is no one more than the imperial court. However, the government and the world have always had the same view.

There is an invisible gap. Although the government regards the people in the world as indiscriminate and reckless, how can the martial arts masters think highly of the "lackeys" and "minions" of the government? Therefore, when the Jiuzhou Loyalty Ranking was launched, not only was it not sought after by the martial arts, but it was repeatedly deliberately ignored. Especially the underworld.

, even ashamed of being on the list.

However, this phenomenon is gradually changing. Firstly, the evil has become more and more serious in recent years, and the martial arts people can no longer stay away. Even the underworld is always under the threat of evil, and not just one or two forces are wiped out. Secondly...

The court also gave too much.

In order to reward loyalty, all the righteous men on the list can redeem benefits based on their merits, including secret books of martial arts, magic weapons, tonics and wound medicines. In particular, there are "mysterious skills" and "magic weapons".

It is said that these two are the keys to transcending the realm of knights.

"Thunder's Theory of Martial Arts" is vague here. It does not explain what "transcendence from the chivalrous realm" is, nor does it explain what "mysterious skills" and "technical weapons" are. It only says that it is not included in the discussion of "On Martial Arts".

I don’t know if Tang Zhao is a villain, but he always feels that Guan Lei’s wording here is a bit sour.

Xuan Gong...

Tang Zhao thought about it and realized that the thing he was most familiar with was Xuan Gong, and the only technique he mastered, "The Divine Bird Bathing in Fire Technique", was Xuan Gong.

Did it turn out to be such an advanced technique?

Although it did not involve Xuan Gong itself, he finally knew where Xuan Gong originated.

The starting point of Xuan Gong is the end point of "Martial Arts" in a general sense.

According to this book, the end point of martial arts is "perfection". This perfection refers to the perfection of the body, which is also the perfection of "essence, energy and spirit".

Reaching this point can be regarded as the pinnacle of martial arts. There are only a few people in the world. At this point, the road to martial arts has come to an end. In theory, you can still accumulate internal strength, and your internal strength will become deeper and more refined. Your martial arts will overwhelm your peers, and you will be proud of the world.

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But this is only a quantitative change, not a qualitative change. In essence, he is still a knight. Internal strength can delay aging, but it has its limit. Eventually, the body will weaken and cannot maintain the state, and the five degenerates of heaven and humans will eventually turn into white bones.

Seeing this, Tang Zhao couldn't help but worry secretly - is the threshold for Xuan Gong so high?

To put it this way, just reaching the threshold of cultivation requires decades of effort, and it requires a martial arts genius to complete it. Then wouldn't he, an ordinary person, have no hope in his life?

Is there no way to speed it up?

Maybe there is, but Guan Lei didn't write it in the book. He only wrote about two routes of martial arts - internal training and external training.

To put it bluntly, it means practicing internal strength and external strength.

External Kung Fu starts from the muscles, bones and skin, working from the outside to the inside, while Internal Kung Fu is the opposite, as the internal Qi is filled and the muscles and bones are strengthened. Both are correct paths. External Kung Fu is effective but more laborious and dangerous. Internal Kung Fu is better because of its long staying power, but the initial results are worse.

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Tang Zhaoxue's body-building exercises are preliminary exercises for external training. This is normal. His time is limited. If he uses this month to practice internal exercises, he might not even be able to master them.

It's just that he still has some regrets - the inner martial arts sounds more handsome.

Just keep practicing step by step, and the masters and famous teachers hired by others will never mislead him. What's more, he also has glasses as a supplement, and can also use the flame chart to train his spirit, so a month will not be wasted.

The next morning, Tang Zhao got up early and put on new gray coarse cloth clothes for practicing.

After finishing the stretching exercises, I walked out the door and saw that all the disciples in gray clothes in the courtyard had already gotten up for morning exercises, some were doing stances, and some were practicing boxing. Judging from their condition, it was obvious that they had been practicing for a long time.

Tang Zhao couldn't help but clicked his tongue and thought to himself: I thought I had gotten up early enough, but it turned out that so many people were earlier than me! It seems that practicing martial arts requires more diligence than studying. It is strange that the ancients said: 'hearing the chicken dance', it seems that I will be more diligent in the future

Diligence is what it takes!

As agreed yesterday, he jogged to Guan Lei's yard and ran to the door, his body already warm.

I don't know when there was a rock in the yard that was as tall as a person. It was not hollow and porous like a rockery, but a solid block that almost sunk the ground.

This person is as tall as a strong man, almost as tall as two of him!

Guan Lei stood by the rock, holding on to the rock that was half a head shorter and said: "Tang Zhao, come here."

Tang Zhao walked over and cupped his fists and said, "Good morning, teacher."

Guan Lei nodded and said: "Azhao, do you know what the strongest animal in the world is?"

Tang Zhao replied without hesitation: "Ant."

Guan Lei was stunned for a moment and said: "Well...cough, that's right. You might say they are tigers and bears..."

Tang Zhao thought to himself: I just said it was an ant.

"But those animals are just big in body. The little ant is the strongest. It can lift several times the weight of its own body. It is really powerful. And I have the longest strength in my skill, which is called 'ant'

Strength'. And you are small and weak, so you are about to learn from the ants. Let's exercise our physical strength, starting from moving the stone. First set a small goal, and ask you to move the stone in one month!"

Although Tang Zhao felt that 'Yi Li Jin' didn't sound impressive enough, he was still excited and said: "Okay!"

Guan Lei thought to himself that despite his small strength, this child was very confident. With such a big stone placed in front of him, he was not afraid of difficulties at all.

Little did he know that the ignorant are fearless. Tang Zhao had no idea about martial arts in reality, but he had unlimited fantasies about martial arts in stories. Let alone a mere stone, he would dare to move a mountain in a month.

Before hitting the south wall, Tang Zhao was a fool in martial arts.

Guan Lei asked Tang Zhao to stand in front of the boulder and push the boulder according to the posture of exerting force as mentioned yesterday.

The boulder naturally did not move at all. Tang Zhao pushed hard for a while, but he had exhausted all his strength and could no longer exert any force.

Guan Lei said: "Tired?"

Tang Zhao was covered in sweat and said: "A little bit."

Guan Lei said: "It can't last long. It's not possible to use extreme force like this. Just use normal force." After saying that, he adjusted his stance, asked him to squat on the horse with his waist down, his arms slightly bent, and gave some instructions.

Tips for exerting force.

Following his instructions, Tang Zhao restrained his strength and continued to push. Sure enough, he saved some energy, but he was still exhausted for a while.

Guan Lei asked him to reduce his strength, but his posture remained unchanged. He just adjusted his breathing to rest. This time, the rhythm of breathing was different. He not only relaxed, but also controlled the breath he inhaled and stored it in his body for a while.

Spit it out.

Tang Zhao followed the instructions and memorized them, confirming in his mind that external training was indeed closely related to the breathing method. Every skill had its own breathing method.

After relaxing, Tang Zhao pushed the stone again, working hard and resting for a while. In the end, his arms were so weak that he could no longer lift them, and his legs were numb.

It wasn't until Tang Zhao was about to die from exhaustion that Guan Lei asked him to get up, gave him the teacup in his hand, and said, "Drink some water and rest."

Tang Zhao took a sip and felt the smell of the medicine hit his nose, making him miserable and unable to swallow it.

Guan Lei said with a smile: "Azhao has good perseverance and can endure hardships. I was worried that you were squeamish before, but it seems that I was worried in vain."

Tang Zhao couldn't help but smile and said: "It's okay, it's just average." He took a few sips.

The herbal tea was astonishingly effective. As soon as he drank it, heat spread throughout his body, and he immediately regained a lot of strength. Guan Lei was not in a hurry, and only asked him to push the stone again after he had rested enough.
To be continued...