Seeing that Wang Ying was a little afraid, Zhang Chengyuan smiled faintly, and instead of appeasing her, he warned: "Wang Ying, listen, although you are not my official apprentice, what I said just now is also to you, I hope you will not arbitrarily pass on the kung fu I taught you before and in the future to others, in addition, you have to control yourself to ensure that you will not do evil with the kung fu I passed on to you, otherwise I can only abolish what you have learned." ”

Wang Ying hurriedly said: "Master, except for showing the kung fu you passed on to me to Master Wu Bin, I didn't pass it on to others, and I will definitely not pass it on in the future, I still understand some taboos in martial arts." ”

"If you know, lest it be difficult for me to do it in the future. In addition, you should not call me 'Master' in the future, because the word 'Master' means a deep responsibility in my heart, and I don't want to take any responsibility to you for the time being, after all, you are not my real disciple yet. ”

"And what shall I call you?"

Zhang Chengyuan pondered for a while and said: "Call me 'teacher', now in China, the word teacher seems to be only used to refer to teachers in schools, and our relationship is like that between teachers and students, they are not very close to each other, so it is more appropriate to call them teachers." In his opinion, the word "teacher" contains far less emotional color than "master".

Wang Ying nodded and said, "Got it, teacher." ”

In her eyes, there is no difference between the words "teacher" and "master", and it was only because the martial arts world used to use the word "master" that she always called Zhang Chengyuan "master", and now Zhang Chengyuan asked her to change her title. Her obedience is. It's not a big deal. And whether it is to call Zhang Chengyuan "master". Or call him "teacher", her respect and gratitude for him will not change.

As for Zhang Chengyuan's warning to her just now, she didn't care too much, anyway, she didn't think of using the kung fu he taught to do evil, after all, this is the era of the legal system and the age of firearms, and few people who practice martial arts will rely on their martial arts to do bad things unscrupulously.

After chatting for a while, the water boiled, and Zhang Chengyuan began to make tea. After a while, it was brewed, and then he poured two cups, handed it to Wang Ying while giving it to himself, and said casually: "This is the tea I processed and made by myself, there are some special benefits, you can taste it." ”

Wang Ying hurriedly stretched out her hand to take it, although she didn't like to drink tea very much, but since it was handed to her by Zhang Chengyuan, she naturally had to drink it. But as soon as I took a sip, I felt that this tea was very unusual. Not only was the taste extremely fragrant and refreshing, but after entering the abdomen, a warm air rose and spread out to all the limbs, immediately dispelling the cold she had just received in the courtyard, making her warm and comfortable.

She was surprised, and a little incredulous, she couldn't help but take another sip, and when she felt the heat again, she believed this fact that made her unbelievable, but at the same time, she was even more surprised, looking at Zhang Chengyuan in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Chengyuan smiled slightly, and asked himself: "Do you know why I didn't invite you to tea last year?" I just don't want you to know the secret in this tea. ”

"What's the secret in this tea? Well, you mean that air current? Teacher, what is this air current? ”

Zhang Chengyuan drank the teacup in his hand and said, "It's my true qi that I cultivated." ”

"Really angry?"

"Well, that's infuriating. Wang Ying, let me ask you, can you crush this teacup with the strength of your fingers? ”

"This teacup is made of purple sand, right? If I try my best, I should be able to crush it. ”

"Can you grind it to the thickness of sand?"

"The sand is so fine? How is this possible? There should be no one in the world who can do this...... Well, teacher, you're saying you can do that? She immediately understood what Zhang Chengyuan was trying to say.

"Well, I can do it, and there are two ways, one is to crush and pinch the teacup little by little with my fingers, but it's too cumbersome, and the other is much more convenient, just a little bit." As he spoke, he pinched his fingers slightly, and saw that the entire teacup instantly turned into fine, but it was held by him with true qi, and it did not fall.

"That's one of the functions of True Qi." Zhang Chengyuan smiled faintly.

Wang Ying was already stunned, but she couldn't speak with her mouth open.

Zhang Chengyuan stretched out his hand and threw the fine sand in the air into the garbage basket five or six meters away next to him, only to hear the garbage basket rustling when it was hit, but not a grain of sand fell outside the garbage basket. Because she is a person who practices martial arts, she knows more deeply that the true spirit of novels and film and television works is made up by writers, but this scene before her completely collapsed her inherent concepts, so how can she not be surprised?

Zhang Chengyuan casually took another teacup, poured the tea and drank it himself, drank a few cups, and saw that Wang Ying's love had stabilized, before he continued: "I know you are surprised and hard to believe, but seeing is believing, I think you should already believe in the storage of true qi, so we can continue to talk." Wang Ying, do you know why I want to show you my true qi tonight? ”

"I don't know." Wang Ying shook her head, although she had some speculation in her heart at this time, she was not sure, so she did not say it rashly, so as not to say the wrong thing and make Zhang Chengyuan annoyed.

She suddenly found that her fear of Zhang Chengyuan had deepened, but it was no wonder that Zhang Chengyuan's ability was so great that anyone who looked at it would be in awe, this was the instinctive reaction of humans or animals to the strong.

Zhang Chengyuan felt the change in her attitude, and was very satisfied, then paused and continued: "The reason why I want to show my true qi is that first, I want to tell you that the way of martial arts is far more profound than what you know, so that you can't be complacent, and second, I want to teach you a set of exercises for practicing true qi. In fact, he also had a purpose, that is, to deter Wang Ying by the way, so that she would not dare to ignore the warning he had just given her.

"You want to teach me the exercises for cultivating True Qi?" After hearing Zhang Chengyuan's words, Wang Ying ignored the other words, only remembered this sentence, and was surprised. How could a martial artist like her not be tempted by such a thing as exercises?

"Yes." Zhang Chengyuan nodded, but immediately changed the conversation: "You don't need to be too happy, with your qualifications and today's weather and vitality, you have to do what I just showed, it will take twenty or thirty years, of course, if you just want to improve your physical quality and martial arts, then you only need to practice seriously for about a year, and the longer you practice, the deeper your skills, the greater the improvement." ”

Wang Ying got up and stood up, clasped her fists and bowed deeply: "Teacher, thank you for your cultivation, Wang Ying is grateful." ”

"It doesn't have to be that way, it's not really a big deal to me." For the time being, he would only pass on to her ordinary exercises, and he didn't feel that it was precious, but of course, for others, it was extremely precious.

"In addition, I made it clear in advance that as long as the fist and foot kung fu I passed on to you is not forbidden by me, you can pass it back to China, but you must not pass on the exercises of cultivating true qi to anyone, even if you want to pass it on to your children in the future, you must first get my permission, if you disobey me, then I have to abolish you."

When it came to the last sentence, his tone was very cold, and he was definitely able to do what he said, not just scare Wang Ying, after all, although he admired her a little, he just appreciated her, and he didn't really care about her.

Wang Ying immediately said: "Teacher, I have memorized your words, and I will definitely not disobey them." ”

"If you disobey in the future, I will definitely make you regret it." Zhang Chengyuan emphasized again.

"Absolutely not." Wang Ying nodded again and again, and then said, "Teacher, can I ask you a question?" ”

"Say."

"Didn't you just say that you didn't think of me as a true disciple? Then why do you want to teach me such advanced skills? ”

"Because everything I have learned comes from China, I have the responsibility to pass it back to China, but because there has been no suitable person, I have not done it, and you may be a suitable person, so I plan to teach you.

But don't take yourself too seriously, although there are not many people who are willing to practice martial arts now, but the huge China will definitely be able to find someone who can be trusted by me and pass on what I have learned, and I will live for at least a few decades, even if I can't find a successor now, but I may not be able to find it in the future.

In addition, as I said before, I have not yet regarded you as my true apprentice, which means that I have not really trusted you, and you are still in the stage of being examined, so I hope that you will not be negligent or make mistakes in the future, lest I change my mind and take back what I have passed on to you. ”

"Teacher, I will definitely abide by your words." Wang Ying hurriedly said.

"Also, it is precisely because I have not yet fully trusted you that I will only teach you a set of ordinary exercises for the time being, and after you gain my trust in the future, I will pass on your more advanced methods."

"It's natural, disciple, well, students don't dare to have objections." Originally, she wanted to call herself a disciple, but thinking that Zhang Chengyuan didn't regard her as a disciple at present, she changed her mind. In addition, although few people in modern society still call themselves "disciples", "students", etc., which may sound very awkward, she is a person who practices martial arts, so she is not surprised.

Zhang Chengyuan nodded and continued: "It's very late now, so we'll do it tomorrow, I'll do it tomorrow, I still have some business, so I won't accompany you, you can do it yourself, by the way, drink this pot of tea before leaving, this will be good for your body, and it can also make you feel qi faster, so after learning the exercises, you can get started faster." ”

"I see. Teacher, I have one more question for you. ”

"What's the problem?"

"What can I do to gain your trust?"

Zhang Chengyuan smiled and said, "It seems that you want to learn more advanced exercises from me, but this is human nature, and it's nothing." As for how to gain my trust, it's actually quite simple, as long as you can always maintain the original intention of learning martial arts and your current character, then I will naturally trust you more and more. Although this process may be long, taking three or five years, or even longer, isn't trust between people cultivated through long-term relationships? ”

"Teacher, I know, I'll work hard." (To be continued......)