In the early morning, McGhson Park is exceptionally quiet.

The veil is like a mist, flowing softly between the lush canopy. The manicured lawn is soaked in crystal clear dewdrops, revealing a vibrant greenery.

The occasional chirping of birds in the woods, accompanied by a breeze blowing on the banks of the Charles River, seemed to awaken the still sleeping creatures.

In the place where the park is adjacent to the Charles River, along the riverside is a row of weeping willows. The gentle willow branches hang down, full of emerald green new leaves, like thousands of gently fluttering green ribbons in the breeze.

Through the gap between the branches and leaves swaying in the wind, a slender young man can be seen practicing Tai Chi on the water platform. I saw that his movements were from the inside to the outside, and his strength was continuous, his strength was like a bow, and his strength was like an arrow, and he obviously had a deep attainment.

After Li Jingwei returned from New York, he immediately returned to a regular rhythm of life. I woke up at 5 a.m. every morning, ran from my accommodation to McGson Park, and started tai chi.

Since being instructed by Song Ziyu in the cold pools of the Tianshan Mountains, Li Jingwei's Tai Chi exercises have been completely different from the now popular Chen Tai Chi or Yang Tai Chi. What he practiced was the authentic ancient Tai Chi exercises.

The cultivation of ancient Tai Chi exercises focused on refining and transforming qi, practicing qi and transforming spirits, practicing gods and returning them to the void, and returning them to the void. From the realm, it can be divided into the inner holy realm, the selfless realm, the transformation god realm, and the void realm.

According to Song Ziyu's judgment, when he was in the cold pool of the Tianshan Mountains, Li Jingwei was in the realm of Xiaocheng in the Inner Saint Realm. If it is placed in the past, it can be regarded as officially entering the path of cultivation.

According to the current division of the Tai Chi cultivation realm, there are only three realms: the Inner Saint Realm, the Selfless Realm, and the Transformation God Realm. With Li Jingwei's cultivation, it belongs to the realm of selflessness.

The current division of the Tai Chi cultivation realm is different from the era in which Song Ziyu lived, not only does there be no realm of the Void Realm, but the realm level is also much lower.

In today's China, among those who practice Tai Chi, Zhang Longcheng of Wudang belongs to the half-step divine realm. If you don't consider the situation of the hermit family, as far as Li Jingwei knows, Zhang Longcheng is the first person in Chinese Taiji today. However, if according to Song Ziyu's division, Zhang Longcheng should belong to the realm of selflessness and consummation, and has not really entered the realm of transforming gods.

At present, with the speed of Li Jingwei's progress in cultivating the ancient Tai Chi exercises, if Song Ziyu saw it, he would definitely be very surprised. Since the two of them talked in the stone room of the Tianshan Mountains and Hantan until now, it has only been about two or three months, and Li Jingwei's cultivation has already reached the realm of consummation of the Inner Saint Realm from the Inner Saint Realm. This speed can be described as a thousand miles a day.

Of course, this is partly due to the power of true yuan contained in Zhang Sanfeng's "Tai Chi Xuan Yao". After Li Jingwei absorbed the power of True Yuan, his realm improved by leaps and bounds. It's just that Li Jingwei himself hasn't fully realized his improvement.

Not far behind Li Jingwei, an old man in a white Tang suit was also boxing on the lawn, which seemed to be Tai Chi, but it was very different from ordinary Tai Chi.

In China, there are different schools of Taijiquan, such as the famous Yang's Taijiquan, Chen-style Taijiquan, etc., all of which have some differences in boxing techniques. Li Jingwei's earliest Taijiquan practiced with his grandfather was evolved from Wudang Taiji, which is different from Yang's Taijiquan and Chen-style Taijiquan.

According to my grandfather, although there are differences in Taijiquan exercises, there is no great difference between the advantages and disadvantages of the boxing method itself, and the ultimate practice goal is the same, which is to pursue the nature of Taoism, to achieve the unity of form and spirit, and to return to the Tao of void. Therefore, Li Jingwei didn't pay much attention to the difference in Tai Chi that the old man played after he first noticed it.

Li Jingwei, as usual, was ready to leave after practicing. At this moment, he noticed the peculiarity of the old man's Tai Chi method. He found that the old man's moves seemed to have no definite pattern, but more like a random move, one move after another. He hadn't even seen this situation in Zhang Longcheng.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the old man had stopped, Li Jingwei took the initiative to come forward to talk.

"Hello, old man, I haven't seen you boxing here before, do you also live around here?" Li Jingwei stepped forward to greet the old man.

"Hehe, yes. But I've only been here for a short time. The old man said kindly, "Are you studying here?"

"My name is Li Jingwei, I teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and I live near here, so I often come here to exercise. Li Jingwei replied respectfully.

Since they are both Chinese, there is no language or cultural barrier to communication, and in a foreign country, the communication between the two is very pleasant. As the chat deepened, the two gradually got acquainted.

Li Jingwei learned from the chat that the old man's name was Cao Tianzheng and he was from Hong Kong. Because his daughter jumped from the University of Southern California to work at the Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University, she was too busy to take care of a few young children, so she called him and his wife over to help take care of the children. Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!

This old man Cao is none other than Cao Tianzheng, the great elder of Hongmen. In terms of force value, it can be said that he is the first person among the elders of the Hongmen Sect to enter the WTO. According to the current division of the Tai Chi cultivation realm, his Tai Chi Gong is already the realm of transforming into a god, and even among today's Wudang factions, there are few opponents.

It's just that in the past ten years, under the leadership of Bai Jingchun, Hongmen has been smooth sailing, and there are no major things to trouble him, so he basically no longer cares about the affairs of the door, except for occasionally listening to the reports of Bai Jingchun and other elders, it can be said that he has almost left Hongmen.

This is also related to the old man's temperament, which does not like worldly affairs. When I came to the United States this time, I obediently followed under the coercion and temptation of my daughter and wife. However, the feeling of children and grandchildren around his knees during this time also made him happy.

Perhaps because they all practice Tai Chi exercises, Old Man Cao seems to be quite close to Li Jingwei. The two chatted and chatted, and then talked about the cultivation of Tai Chi exercises.

"Jingwei, I just observed your Tai Chi exercises, I feel that there is more than softness and not enough rigidity, and there seems to be something lacking in the tricks, you said that you have been practicing Tai Chi exercises for more than ten years, which makes me quite surprised. Cao Lao expressed his doubts.

Cao Tianzheng can see that Li Jingwei's cultivation level in Tai Chi Gong is already very high, and according to the current division, he is already in the realm of selflessness at a young age, which shows that he has a very high talent in the cultivation of Tai Chi Gong.

However, what he didn't know was that although Li Jingwei had been practicing Tai Chi for a long time, in the stone chamber of the Cold Pond of the Tianshan Mountains, he was taught by Song Ziyu to start practicing the ancient Tai Chi exercises, which was different from the kung fu he had practiced before. So far, it has only been about two or three months, although I am familiar with the moves, and the comprehension of the artistic conception of the moves is still insufficient.

Of course, Li Jingwei's shortcomings in his moves are completely inconspicuous to ordinary people. I'm afraid that even his grandfather, Xiao Chufeng, may not be able to detect it.

However, for Cao Tianzheng, who is in the God Transformation Realm, he can still easily discover this deficiency. In his opinion, if Li Jingwei had practiced this kind of exercise for more than ten years, there should be no shortcomings in this kind of moves. Because, this deficiency is obviously caused by the lack of cultivation time, not that there is a problem with the move itself.

In addition, the so-called softness is more than rigid and not enough, which stems from the control of qi. In Tang Jifeng and the others, Li Jingwei seemed to be able to accurately control his strength. Even Li Jingwei himself thinks so.

In fact, what Li Jingwei can do now is just to exert his own efforts. In the words that Zhou Chenggang said to Li Jingwei on the plane to Wushi before, it is "do what you want", but it is not "do what you want".

This situation occurred, on the one hand, because Li Jingwei's entry was too fast, and his adaptability to the improvement of the realm was not enough; on the other hand, it was because Li Jingwei's absorption of Zhang Sanfeng's true yuan power hidden in the "Taiji Xuanyao Chapter" Although his own strength has been completely integrated, it does not come from himself after all, and it will take some time to completely control it at will.

Cao Tianzheng's words made Li Jingwei fall into thought for a while. Then, he began to mobilize the ancient Tai Chi exercises, using the Tai Chi True Qi around him, and carefully understanding the shortcomings of what Cao Tianzheng said.

Soon, Li Jingwei entered an ethereal state, just like he was in the cold pool of the Tianshan Mountains before. The only difference is that this time he completely ignores external objects and instead enters a state of introspection.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Jingwei recovered from his ethereal state. He saw Cao Tianzheng waiting on the side, and hurriedly said, "Old Cao, the kid lost his temper just now. ”

"Hehe, your comprehension is good, your heart and roots are in line with the cultivation path of Tai Chi Gongfa, over time, you will definitely achieve the Great Dao, and it is not impossible to reach the realm of Sanfeng Ancestor. Cao Tianzheng was not angry, but very happy. It is extremely rare for Li Jingwei to be able to enter an ethereal state so quickly, forgetting things and me.

As a person who has achieved success in cultivating martial arts, Cao Tianzheng is very concerned about the inheritance of martial arts, which is also the reason why Chinese martial arts culture can originate from a long history. Therefore, he is actually very pleased to see that there are young people who can inherit the way of Tai Chi.

"Old Cao, you have a good reputation. I have just experienced it carefully, and I feel that the reason why there is the deficiency you mentioned is that I have recently improved my entry into the country by chance, but the foundation is a little unstable. In terms of pneumatic control, there are still many deficiencies. Li Jingwei truthfully said his true feelings of introspection just now.

"Practicing the Tao of Tai Chi will go through a process of physical control, to mind control, and then to natural access. With your current cultivation, you can already control your mind well, but you can't achieve perfect mind control yet, and you still need to continue to cultivate and precipitate to achieve natural access in the future. Cao Tianzheng said.

Then, he encouraged Li Jingwei and said, "At your current age, it can already be said that you can reach such a high level of cultivation, which can already be said to be amazing. So, don't rush either, take your time. The reason why I just said that you are more than soft and not strong is because you said that you have been cultivating for more than ten years, and you have not taken into account the problem that your realm has improved too quickly recently. ”

"You should be able to condense qi into a blade by now, right?" Cao Tianzheng asked again after saying the above words.

"That's it. However, in the process of fighting people, he didn't dare to use it easily, because he couldn't control the range of his force attack. "At present, although Li Jingwei can condense qi into a blade, it cannot be used in the actual combat process, because he cannot control it accurately.

If you are fighting against the enemy, it is fine, but if you are friendly with others and you can't control your strength, you may accidentally injure the opponent.

"Based on my own boxing method, combined with Zhang Sanfeng's Tai Chi Thirteen Styles, I have created a set of qi control methods, which seem to be able to make up for your lack of qi use. However, to practice this set of exercises, one must be able to condense qi into a blade. Cao Tianzheng explained.

When Li Jingwei heard this, he immediately felt a little incredible. He heard his grandfather say that Taijiquan has gone through thousands of years, except for Zhang Sanfeng, Yang Luchan and other amazing geniuses, there are not many people who can really create one move and two styles, not to mention a set of qi control methods.

Old Man Cao's careless two sentences made Li Jingwei feel inexplicably frightened. He knew that Master Cao was not an ordinary person, and his attainments in Tai Chi were also the most unfathomable in his life. But even so, it was unbelievable for him to create a set of qi control methods.

Li Jingwei bowed deeply to Cao Tianzheng and said solemnly: "Old Cao, I don't thank you for your kindness, I will definitely engrave this kindness of your old man in my heart." In the future, wherever there is a need for my service, the boy will do his best. ”

When Cao Tianzheng heard this, he smiled and waved his hand, and said, "You kid, what are you doing so seriously, I'm just an adult." You're very talented in Tai Chi, and I just hope you'll be able to take it a step further, so don't take this matter personally. ”

"In addition, cultivation is both self-cultivation and mental cultivation. To practice Tai Chi, the mentality must be suddenly enlightened, and do what you want without exceeding the rules. Don't ask for help, but accept the kindness of others. Pay attention to natural and mellow behavior, and don't have a knot in your actions. In this way, you can have the state of mind to practice Tai Chi. “

After speaking, he asked Li Jingwei again: "Do you have anything to do this morning? If not, I will pass on this method of controlling qi to you now." ”

When Li Jingwei heard this, he was naturally very happy, and immediately agreed: "It's nothing to do this morning, there is Lao Cao Lao." ”

At that moment, Cao Tianzheng carefully explained this set of qi control methods to Li Jingwei, including the performance of moves and the operation of breath, etc., and told Li Jingwei the essentials. Then, he rehearsed it himself.

Li Jingwei is extremely talented, coupled with the cultivation of ancient Tai Chi exercises, his understanding of Tai Chi exercises is also very accessible. In addition, Cao Tianzheng's set of qi control methods was originally derived from Tai Chi exercises, and after Cao Tianzheng personally practiced it, he had basically comprehended seventy-seven eighty-eight.

Cao Tianzheng saw it in his eyes, and he was also shocked in his heart. He could see that Li Jingwei was extremely talented in cultivating Tai Chi exercises. However, Li Jingwei was able to comprehend the essence of this set of qi control methods so quickly, which still surprised him inexplicably.

If Bai Jingchun and Cheng Zongquan were here, they would definitely be envious of Li Jingwei. Old Man Cao has never accepted apprentices, even if he is his son-in-law Cheng Zongquan, he also cultivates the Xingyi Fist Method, and he has not learned much kung fu from the old man. Usually when I encounter a problem with cultivation, although the old man will give me some pointers, most of them will scold him by the way.

It's not that the old man is unwilling to teach, it's more that Cheng Zongquan is old, and the long-term practice of Xingyiquan and Taijiquan are completely different from each other in Qi training, and it is simply unrealistic for him to give up Xingyiquan and practice Taijiquan instead.

However, the old man scolded and scolded, and the occasional guidance still benefited Cheng Zongquan and Bai Jingchun a lot. Therefore, every time the two of them were scolded, they made up their minds not to ask the old man again, but once they got the opportunity, they would ask the old man for advice. Later, the two slowly got used to being scolded.