After reading them all, Xuan Rumeng closed the book with satisfaction. However, she suddenly remembered an important question and immediately asked: "Doesn't this skill have a name?"
"Of course there is!" Ye Xingyu smiled slightly and answered, "The owner of the cave named it "Xuanming Zhenjie". Xuan means 'black' in ancient Chinese, and Ming means 'yin'.
, and it is also connected with the ancient pronunciation of the word "武". Therefore, Xuanming means Xuanwu, and Xuanwu is a strange beast in myths and legends. It lives in the sea of Beiming. The five elements belong to water and are composed of turtles and snakes.
.”
"I know about this, the four great beasts, as well as the green dragon, the red bird, the white tiger and so on!" Xuan Rumeng had heard of it, so he immediately answered.
"Yes, that's what I'm talking about!" Ye Xingyu nodded, "But I felt that the name 'Xuan Ming Zhenjie' was too obscure and not straightforward enough, so I changed the name without permission and called it 'Turtle and Snake Health Care'
Qi training method', so that it becomes easy to understand."
"That's too vulgar, it's better than the original name!" Xuan Rumeng sneered, "What kind of health-preserving skill you're taking doesn't sound classy at all. It's just like those fake qigong masters teaching classes.
A scam used to get tuition fees!"
"That's true!" Ye Xingyu was delighted and couldn't help laughing.
He is a pragmatist and appears to be very casual when it comes to naming. For example, Beauty Lotion and Tongshen Fist are both extremely simple and you will know what they are as soon as you hear them.
"Forget it, let me give it a name!" Xuan Rumeng pulled off his mask, raised his face and thought for a while, and then said, "Why don't we call it Xuanwu Qi Training Technique, what do you think?"
"That's okay!" Ye Xingyu had no objection.
Xuan Rumeng opened the notebook again and neatly wrote the five words "Xuanwu Qi Training Technique" at the beginning.
"Xuanwu is a mythical beast in legend. It is a subjective figment of people. In fact, it does not exist. Its prototypes are two natural creatures, turtles and snakes."
As soon as Ye Xingyu reached this point, Xuan Rumeng stopped writing, so she put away her notebook, sat up straight, and listened to what the other person continued.
"These two creatures are very distinctive. I will give you a brief analysis. Maybe it will be helpful to your cultivation and understanding."
Although he had said before that he would let Xuan Rumeng understand it on his own, he still couldn't help but say a few more words.
Xuan Rumeng also adjusted her posture seriously and listened carefully.
Just listen to Ye Xingyu speak slowly: "Snakes are agile, as soft as boneless, and can walk in a winding way. They have no legs but can fly over eaves and walls, and can also drill holes into the water to disguise themselves. Turtles are immobile and have a hard shell on their backs. They move slowly when encountering
When faced with danger, one shrinks into a ball and is as strong as a liger, tiger or wolf, unable to speak."
He only used a few simple sentences to clearly explain the specific characteristics of the two animals, turtles and snakes.
"In addition, the shape of a snake is like a curved line, while the shape of a turtle is like a closed circle. The two are completely different. However, when resting, it is another situation. The snake will curl up and coil its body.
The turtle stretched its limbs and spread them out, which broke their original shape, and the threads wound into a circle, with several threads extending out of the circle."
Xuan Rumeng listened with great interest and would not interrupt at all.
Ye Xingyu continued: "In addition to these differences, turtles and snakes have many things in common. For example, they are both cold-blooded animals, amphibious on land and water, prefer cold weather, have the habit of hibernating, and can endure hunger for a long time. Several
Yue will not die even if he doesn't eat. He has extremely strong survival ability and lives a long life."
After listening to this narration, the clever Xuan Rumeng could quickly understand that turtles and snakes have both commonalities and individualities, and are opposite yet unified. They are indeed two very wonderful creatures.
"You must know that there are many pictographic fists in boxing, which simulate the shape of animals for offensive and defensive combat, and the practice of internal strength can also refer to all things in nature. For example, the dead wood Zen technique of Buddhism imagines oneself as a lifeless dead tree, and takes reference from it.
Understand the great truth between life and death and prosperity."
Ye Xingyu continued, mentioning the pictograms and mimicry of martial arts, paving the way for the next words.
"Take the Xuanwu Qi Training Technique you just named. It learns and draws on the habits of turtles and snakes, but it is different from Dead Wood Zen Technique. The Tao contained in it is not life and death, nor prosperity and decline, but movement.
And stillness, hardness and softness.”
Xuan Rumeng was listening intently at this time and seemed to be interested. Ye Xingyu patiently explained it to her.
"The Black Tortoise and Snake can fully embody the various changes between movement, stillness, hardness and softness, so it is used as a reference, and many martial arts moves and internal skills are created based on it.
"
Ye Xingyu spoke slowly, each word was profound, and he talked about some big principles that few people bothered to ponder.
"On the surface, snakes represent movement and softness, while turtles are examples of stillness and rigidity. But in fact, they can both be strong or soft, moveable or still, and change depending on the specific situation. They are not absolute.
"
"Snakes will remain quiet most of the time, or even stay still for a long time; while tortoises, when they explode, are incredibly fast, no less than rabbits."
"In addition, the snake's teeth are sharp and hard, and can easily bite through the skin of other animals, and can exert great force when entangled in the body, so snakes are not always soft. The same goes for turtles, which are hard
It’s just the shell, the other parts are very soft and not completely rigid.”
Xuan Rumeng nodded repeatedly after hearing this, deeply convinced.
The snake bone sword she is best at can be either strong or soft, depending on the situation. Of course she can understand the principles Ye Xingyu said and how to apply them to martial arts.
Since the other party could understand, Ye Xingyu stopped talking about the strong and soft movements and asked instead: "Many people know that turtles and snakes live longer, so do you understand the reason?"
Xuan Rumeng shook her head, she really didn't know.
"It's actually very simple, because they sleep for a long time!" Ye Xingyu replied with a smile.
"Sleep?" Xuan Rumeng's eyes widened, unable to understand.
Ye Xingyu explained in detail: "During sleep, metabolism will become very slow, greatly reducing its own demand and consumption of energy. This is true for both turtles and snakes. Even if they wake up, they will
Keep quiet enough and don't move if you can. In addition, turtles and snakes can endure hunger and do not need to hunt frequently, so the pressure to survive will be much less than that of other animals..."
As a knowledgeable old antique, Ye Xingyu carefully analyzed the ways of longevity of turtles and snakes, and explained them one by one so that Xuan Rumeng could understand.