On October 5th, Zhao Lifan's injury was almost better, except for some too strenuous exercises, the rest was the same as a normal person, last night Hong Tianlai also taught Zhao Lifan the method and skills of pulling out the muscles and bones when standing on the pile, and got up in the early morning, Zhao Lifan couldn't wait to start standing up in accordance with the latest way.

Sure enough, even if he stood for three or four hours, he wouldn't feel how hard it was, but after standing for less than an hour today, the soreness of his whole body pulled him back from the state of concentration, and saw that his body was a layer of fine oil sweat, sticky, and particularly uncomfortable, Zhao Lifan hurriedly found the prison guard and applied for a bath.

Coming out of the bath room, Zhao Lifan felt that he was full of Tai, and the soreness in front of him was also swept away, and he was in good spirits after standing on the pile, and after using the method of stretching muscles and pulling bones, his body was also very comfortable, a bit like the feeling of practicing the routine in the realm of concentration, but it was another experience.

When Zhao Lifan arrived at the prison, Master Hong Tianlai also got up, he didn't stand with Zhao Lifan in the past two days, in his words, now his understanding of Yi has reached a certain level, what he has to do now is to understand what is meaning, what is strength, find his own way, impact the realm of strength, after all, it is not his own set, Zhao Lifan is not very helpful to him.

Hong Tianlai saw Zhao Lifan come in and called him to the library, where there are usually the least people, Zhao Lifan thought that Hong Tianlai was going to pass on his gossip, and he also had a little expectation in his heart.

"Lifan, a few days ago I told you about the origin and realm division of the inner fist, the inner fist generally belongs to the external power, do you know why it is called the external power?" Hong Tianlai sat opposite Zhao Lifan, and the old god was there.

"Hmm, is there still internal strength?" Zhao Lifan was a little disappointed when he saw that the master was not passing on his own Baguazhang, but this topic also successfully aroused his interest.

"Of course, there is internal strength, where can there be external strength without internal strength!"

"Are you saying that the internal strength in martial arts novels hurts people, is that true?" Zhao Lifan was shocked.

Hong Tianlai knew that Zhao Lifan would be like this, when he first knew the existence of internal strength, he was not much better than him, looked at Zhao Lifan with wide eyes, and said slowly:

"Although it is different from what is described in the novel, it is not very far away. ”

Zhao Lifan slowed down for a while before digesting this information and raised his doubts:

"Master, since there is internal strength, then why haven't I seen the media report it, can they really hide it so well? I don't believe it very much, there are basically no dead ends on the Internet now. ”

Hong Tianlai pondered for a while and said:

"This should be related to the threshold of internal strength and the secrecy of those people, internal strength is not like in novels and TV, as long as there are cheats, anyone can practice, internal strength is about practicing refinement, qi, and spirit, so how to practice, this is to talk about the innate qi in the human body.

As the spirit of all things, although it is an acquired thing, but everyone has a wisp of innate qi in their body, the innate qi is exhausted, and the person dies, the cultivation of internal strength is to control this wisp of innate qi with intention, and constantly refine the process of refining the Jin law in the body into true qi, Jin law is the essence of the human body, and qi and blood are called double treasures, and the threshold of internal strength is how to find their own wisp of innate qi, called qi sense.

Some people will have a sense of qi in a short period of time, some people will not have it in a lifetime, the ancestors have counted and thought that if there is no sense of qi in nine hundred and eighty-one days, they will not be able to practice internal strength, of course, there are exceptions, it is said that Yue Ting, the son of the prince of Yue in the Song Dynasty, has a sense of qi in a year, but this comparison is very rare, and he has known it for thousands of years. ”

Hong Tian glanced at Zhao Lifan, who was full of seriousness, and continued:

"As for the secrecy and not announcing it, it is simpler, after hundreds of years of changes in the world, the secret books of the internal martial arts are basically in the hands of the ancient martial arts family or the secret sect, and they are also secretive about their own exercises, for fear of being known and causing trouble, because not every generation has people who can practice internal skills and protect their own families or sects.

Therefore, those who have the exercises may not be able to cultivate the internal strength, and those who can practice may not necessarily have the exercises, and there are fewer and fewer people who know the internal strength, and even fewer people who practice the internal strength, and even many exercises are lost because no one cultivates them. ”

Hearing Hong Tianlai say this, a trace of regret flashed in Zhao Lifan's eyes:

"Master, does internal strength also have a realm division, and what is the difference between it and internal boxing?"

"Of course there is, I told you earlier, internal strength is to practice refinement, qi and refinement, the ancient sages divided internal strength into refining qi, practicing qi and transforming gods, practicing gods and combining voids and entering the Tao several realms, referred to as practicing qi, turning gods, merging voids, and entering the Tao.

During the Qi training period, the innate true qi is intended to be controlled, the body is refined and the law is the true qi, the dantian is stored, and the dantian is exercised and expanded.

During the transformation period, you can refine the true qi with the innate qi of the will, remove the turnip and retain the essence, and finally the will and qi are combined, and the true qi will not be dispersed from the body.

During the period of condensation, the true qi is condensed and liquefied, feeding the innate qi, the innate qi is growing, the recovery speed of the true qi is accelerated, almost endless, as for the initiation period, it is the same as the innate fist of the inner boxing, it is just a legendary existence, and it is said that at that time, the innate qi can refine the void aura to replenish itself, and the life span is greatly increased.

As for the similarities and differences between Neijiaquan and Neijian, it is also very clear that Neijiaquan is to resist strength with intention, pay attention to refining internal strength from its own muscles, muscles and blood essence, and appear at will when it is used, and hide it in the flesh when it is not in use. The internal power will be used to refine the innate qi with the intention of the imperial envoy, and the true qi will circulate in the meridians in order at will, and the true qi will be stored in the dantian when not in use. ”

As Hong Tian finished speaking, Zhao Lifan's face was full of yearning, and he wished that he could also cultivate his internal strength immediately, and at the same time asked with anticipation:

"Master, isn't the internal strength much more powerful than the internal fist?"

"How can you see it?" asked Hong Tianlai strangely.

"Master, the internal power can be used to defend and attack, you see how powerful the One Yang Finger and the Six Veins Divine Sword are. Zhao Lifan said as a matter of course.

"You are right, the internal strength is the cultivation of the true qi can be released, this is its characteristic, but the internal strength can not, and the internal strength has been developed for thousands of years, all kinds of internal martial arts emerge in endlessly, people will also play the internal strength through martial arts to the extreme, which is only valued by everyone during the Republic of China The inner boxing does not have, especially in the use of weapons, the inner boxing is even more lacking.

But internal strength also has its own limitations, the threshold of qi is put aside, the internal strength method has exercises and martial arts, which is the same as the physical use of Xingyi Fist, the exercise is how to refine the innate qi and store the qi, and the martial arts is how to defend oneself and hit the enemy's skills in the true qi practiced by the exercises, whether it is the innate qi refining and qi qi, storing qi, or the true qi operation required by martial arts, it must be based on the meridians and acupoints.

The meridians of the human body are not tubes like blood vessels, but the route between the virtual and the real, once the innate qi runs once, it will remember the direction of running, and if you want to change it in the future, you will pay a great price, so there is a reversal of the meridians, and the direction of the martial arts true qi running in the meridians must be matched with the exercises you cultivate.

But don't worry about these things in the inner boxing, the internal strength does not go through the meridians at all, it is much safer to practice, there is no such thing as going crazy, and the cultivation and use of the internal strength are all in motion, even the standing pile has to stretch the muscles and pull the bones, the refining of the internal strength is angry, but it is the most taboo for others to disturb, and it needs to be practiced quietly, so the control of the body of the internal family boxing is much more proficient than that of the internal strength practitioners.

Therefore, the inner fist is not inferior to the internal strength, but its heritage is insufficient, the internal strength to the stage of the god can be released to hurt the enemy, but the dark stage of the inner fist can also be silent, ups and downs unintentionally, the internal strength has the golden bell jar such a defensive miracle, but it may not be able to prevent the inner fist, as long as the internal strength reaches the body, the penetration is much stronger than the true qi. ”

Knowing the advantages and disadvantages of internal strength and internal fist, true qi and internal strength, Zhao Lifan's fiery heart slowly calmed down, since his Xingyi Quan does not have to have poor internal strength, what do he envy internal strength, and he doesn't think that he can pass the level of qi, after all, it is similar to winning the lottery, and he has never won the lottery.

"Master, what are you talking to me about?" The mood calmed down, Zhao Lifan suddenly felt that Hong Tianlai was very strange today, why did he talk to himself about internal strength, is it to increase his own knowledge, so that he can have a guard against internal strength in the future?

"What if I say that I have an internal martial art that I want to pass on to you?" Hong Tian looked at Zhao Lifan and said with a smile.

"What, Master, will you have internal strength?" Zhao Lifan's calm heart rippled again.

"I said that I have exercises, but I didn't say that I have cultivated by myself, I have no sense of qi, I can't cultivate, if I can really cultivate, I won't fall into ......" Hong Tianlai's eyes showed a thick look of loss, and he didn't say the rest of his words.

"Master, don't think so, didn't you just say, our internal martial arts are no worse than theirs, and I don't learn internal martial arts, just my own Xingyi Quan and Master's Baguazhang, I have enough cultivation in my life, how can I have the energy to cultivate both internal strength and internal martial arts. ”

Zhao Lifan saw the master's lost appearance and hurriedly comforted.

Hong Tianlai cleaned up his mood and said to Zhao Lifan with a smile:

"Hmph! You kid is not greedy, and you can also carry your own catties and taels, and the teacher wants to pass on your internal exercises is not to let you practice to a very advanced level, as long as you practice true qi, don't you like Chinese medicine? This is very helpful for your future acupuncture and moxibustion skills. ”

"Can internal strength really save lives and help the wounded?" asked Zhao Lifan.

"Of course, internal strength is based on meridians and acupoints, which is also the basis of traditional Chinese medicine, and there must be similarities, but there is no martial arts for internal strength healing, only a book of internal strength exercises and some skills for the application of true qi to acupuncture, after you cultivate true qi, you can test the efficacy of these skills, and forget some regrets for the teacher. ”