Chapter 14 Apprenticeship with Old Huangshi Begin to practice kung fu

Heavy fog enveloped the entire Yellowstone Cliffs.

Chuantao went out early in the morning, but he didn't expect to see anything clearly, only the large part of the grinding plate in front of him could distinguish the high and low. But in any case, Wu Laojiao's still has to be done. The master said that long-term perseverance will bring me endless benefits, so for more than a year, there has been little interruption. Although I only feel energetic every day, and I don't feel any other benefits, I still persevere. Even in weather like this, Chuantao is still the same.

Chuantao was staring into the distance, trying to see the distant scenery through the thick fog, although he still didn't see anything, and he didn't give up. Suddenly he felt someone behind him, so he turned around and saw the Huangshi Daoist holding the ears of a live hare in his hand, standing there looking at him. Chuantao is very strange, such a fog, where does the live rabbit come from for people to catch? So he asked, "Huangshi Daoist, where did this live rabbit come from?" ”

Huangshi Daoren smiled: "Want to know?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then let me ask you first, what did you just do what your master taught?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Did he tell you, what's the name?"

"No, he just taught me to do it every day, and he didn't say the name."

"Then let me tell you, that's my Taoist introductory kung fu, called Taoist Baduanjin."

"You mean, it's kung fu? Then I practiced for more than a year, and I didn't find out that I had any kung fu. ”

"Haha, your master is a half-ass, he didn't tell you anything. Let me tell you, this is not martial arts, this is the basic skill of strengthening the body, laying the foundation for practicing martial arts. ”

"Oh." Chuantao seems to understand something.

"Martial arts are to be practiced separately, do you want to learn?"

"I studied medicine with my master, why do I study martial arts?"

Huangshi Daoist raised the rabbit that was kicking his legs in his hand and said, "Is it okay to do this?" ”

"You caught this?"

"Caught just now, otherwise wouldn't we be going to starve?"

Chuantao was surprised, such a heavy fog, don't say catch a rabbit, even if you go to the ground to pull a vegetable, you can't see clearly. What's more, rabbits are small and good at running, how can they catch them whenever they want?

Chuantao just smiled.

Huangshi Daoist was unhappy and scolded: "What are you laughing at, stinky boy, tell you that this is called light work, get rid of the rabbit, and take off the flying eagle." That day in the valley, a small rocky cliff stumped you, and I could easily go up and down. Got it? ”

"Huangshi Daoist, Chuantao has studied medicine from the master, and he listens to the master for everything. If the master tells me to learn, then I will study hard, and if he doesn't ask me to practice, I will never see a change of mind. ”

"Okay, I remember. Hmph~~" Huangshi Daoist turned around and entered the house.

Chuan Tao to the bamboo garden. A simple pony shed was erected here, the result of a day of three men yesterday. A few small pillars, beams tied with bamboo strips, and a thatched roof. The old horse that Wu Lao bought and the mule that Chuantao rode were all tied inside.

Chuan Tao came to feed the cattle and added a few handfuls of beans.

The fog was lifting, and the outline of the mountain was faintly visible in the distance.

"Eat breakfast~~~~~" Wu Lao was shouting.

"Lailuo~~~" Chuantao responded.

A big bowl of egg soup, a large plate of shredded meat, a large plate of green vegetables, and a large pot of yellow and white nests.

Chuantao didn't start eating immediately, looking at the dishes on the table. I didn't see chickens, where did the eggs come from? I didn't see feeding the pigs, where did the meat come from? Two days ago, I came from Guniu Town, and I didn't buy anything with me, which Chuan Tao knew very well.

"Eat, what's the fuss?" Seeing that Chuantao was stunned and didn't move, Wu Lao urged.

"What kind of egg is this? What kind of meat is it? ”

"Haha, that's it. Then let me tell you, there will be no shortage of these things in this place, and the old road of Huangshi has been preparing them for many years! The egg is a bird's egg, and the meat is a beast. You don't have to buy anything but rice and salt. ”

"Oh." Chuan Tao was thinking, I didn't see a gun anywhere in the room, and it might not be so easy to get the beast.

After breakfast, Wu Lao said to Chuantao: "I brought you here for two purposes: first, you have seen the tea here, but to learn to grow tea and make tea, you have to worship the old Taoist of Huangshi as a teacher; The second is that Huangshi Lao Dao is a martial arts, so far there is no successor, I know that he is generally not looked down on by apprentices, your qualifications I think are not bad, I have also taught you some rough entry basics, but there is no martial arts, you have to worship Huangshi Taoist people to learn martial arts. A doctor does not seek martial arts to cover the world, but seeks to protect his family and defend the country and establish his life. From today onwards, you will worship Huangshi Daoist as a teacher, practice martial arts, and grow tea. ”

Chuan Tao was stunned, he didn't expect that the master would come all the way to bring him to this mountain Jedi for these two purposes.

Since this is the case, Chuantao can only obey the master's orders and worship another master, there is no second choice.

Chuan Tao turned around and saw that the Huangshi Daoist was looking at him with a smile, so he knelt down on his knees and faced the Huangshi Daoist: "The master is above, and the disciple will bow down!" After saying that, he bowed three times. The Huangshi Daoist pulled up Chuantao and asked, "Are you willing to do it now?" ”

"There is a teacher's life on his side, and the disciple is willing. In the future, both of you will be my masters, and I am willing to listen to the teachings! ”

"I don't have to be so literate, it's simple, understandable, and fast!"

"Yes, Master Huangshi."

"From now on, you are not only the descendant of Wu Lao, but also the descendant of my Huangshi. I heard your master say that you can only be here for less than two years, then I will make you suffer a little more and teach you martial arts as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, listen to the master's arrangement."

"Come with me." Chuantao followed Huangshi through the back door of a grass house.

Wow, I didn't expect there to be another cave behind this grass house. It's a huge stone house. The thatched hut in front of it is just in front of the stone house.

The stone house has stone locks, wooden figures and other practice equipment, and a huge stone basin surrounded by stalactites, which is filled with water, like a small swimming pool. Next to the pool is a smooth slate that sits flat and neatly there.

Huangshi Taoist said: "This is the place to practice strength and qi, and after doing the eight duanjin taught by Master Wu in the morning, I will come here to practice strength and qi according to the method I taught." Pulling Chuantao to the edge of the pool: "This pool is not an ordinary pool, I put a number of medicinal materials to strengthen the muscles and bones and invigorate the qi, I must soak in the pool for an hour every day, and then sit on this stone slab to practice qi for an hour, I will teach you the method of practicing qi." After practicing qi, practice strength again, and lift this stone lock until the strength is exhausted. ”

"Disciple understands." I thought to myself, I can't get out of this stone house for three hours a day, and the good days are gone.

"Okay, then strip all your clothes and soak in the pool."

Chuantao stripped naked and stood in the pool. The water in the pool was warm and comfortable, not cold at all, and it was obviously a hot spring.

"Cross-legged, sit in the pool, support the bottom of the pool with both hands, close your eyes and focus on the dantian." Chuan Tao did so.

"Okay, that's it, in an hour, I'll teach you how to do qi."

Chuan Tao sat in the pool, his body was extremely comfortable, and he couldn't feel tired.

"Hehe, it's not difficult to practice martial arts, it's quite comfortable, why not?" Chuantao sat in the pool and was secretly happy.

Unconsciously, an hour came, and Master Huangshi walked in.

"Come out, boy. Put on your clothes, sit cross-legged on the stone slab, fold your hands in the dantian, meditate on the dantian qi, run along the Ren vein from bottom to top in Baihui, and then transport it from Baihui to perineum, and finally close in Dantian. And so on twenty times. ”

Seeing that Chuantao had already done so, the Huangshi Daoist turned around and walked out, leaving only Chuantao to do his work here.

Although this time it was not as comfortable as in the pool, it was not bad, and after running it twice, a stream of hot air rose from the dantian and surged all over the body. There was no coolness in this cold stone house.

As soon as the twenty times were done, Yellowstone came in.

"Lift the stone lock to the end." Chuantao got down from the stone slab and lifted the stone lock, feeling very heavy and barely able to lift it.

"When you can't lift it anymore, you come out." Huangshi Daoist commanded.

This time it was uncomfortable, Chuan Tao was full of strength, sweating profusely, and exhausted himself. Then I ran into the pool, washed my sweat, got dressed and went to a grass hut.

The two masters have already prepared lunch and are waiting for Chuantao to dine together.

"How does it feel?" Wu Lao asked.

"It's okay, it's just that it's a little tiring to lift the stone lock." Chuantao said.

"Ha, the real tiredness hasn't started yet, let's eat first." Wu Lao reminded Chuantao.

Master Huangshi didn't say anything, only glanced at Chuantao's face a few times and smiled a little.

In the afternoon, the people of Huangshi Dao took Chuantao to visit the tea garden. A veritable stroll. In the tea garden, there is no tea picking, let alone tea planting, but walking and telling how tea should be planted, picked, prepared and stored. According to the people of Huangshi Dao, children who grew up in mountainous villages will know it when they hear it. But Chuantao doesn't think so, especially tea making.

"Master, what you said about planting tea, Tibetan tea, maybe I can know a ** after listening to it, but when picking tea and making tea, you must take me with you." Since Chuantao has learned, he will learn well and completely, and he will never learn half-heartedly.

"Haha, okay. That's it, don't feel tired and lazy for me. "Huangshi Daoist is like this, he doesn't speak tactfully.

"Tea is a simple thing, just learn it from me a few times, anyway, there is still more time. But martial arts is different, it will not be able to practice for a while and a half, it is good to have small achievements in more than a year, lay a solid foundation, and insist on practicing in the future to finally achieve success. Shall we go catch hares? "Huangshi Daoist people are more concerned about Chuantao's practice.

"Okay, teach me a few tricks, and I'll do the meat eating in the future." Chuantao doesn't know the depth yet, so he naturally speaks in this way.

"Haha, I believe you in half a year, and now you may only be able to eat the beasts I caught. Light skills are difficult to practice, and they are not something that happens overnight. ”

"Oh, then you said you would take me to catch rabbits."

"Let's go, catching rabbits is practice, as for whether you can catch them, and how much you can catch, it's hard to say."

"Oh, let's go."

In that forest, Huangshi demonstrated and explained the essentials, from how to practice bounce power, how to practice explosive force, how to adjust breathing, and what kind of posture to cooperate all the way to how to be considered a small success and how to be considered a big success. Chuantao remembered them one by one. There was also a plan for the exercise. After that, the Huangshi Daoist jumped into the bushes, and after a few flickerings, the figure disappeared. After a long time, Chuan Tao saw the Huangshi Daoist appear with a pig badger upside down, and in a blink of an eye, he was already standing in front of Chuan Tao.

"How? Can it be done? ”

"No, if you have a speed like a master, I have to practice hard for a long time."

"That's right. Speed is the kung fu of running, bouncing is the kung fu of jumping, and the finger strength, foot strength and waist strength are enough to climb. This is the basis of light work. Moreover, many abilities are shared, so you must work hard in practicing light skills. "The people of Huangshi Dao taught earnestly.

"Well, I'm starting to practice running now. I went~~" Before he finished speaking, Chuantao entered the woods and practiced seriously according to the master's teachings. The Yellowstone Daoist stood on the road, teasing the badger in his hand.

It doesn't matter how long Chuantao has been gone.

When Chuantao returned to the starting position, he was dragging his two legs and almost crawling back, and his clothes were not dry at all, and he was all soaked with sweat.

Huangshi Daoist nodded with satisfaction. Take Chuantao back to the hut.

"Find a set of dry clothes, go to the back pool for a bath, and then come back for dinner." Huangshi Dao people are also very considerate of Chuantao.

After taking a bath in the pool and changing into a set of dry clothes, Chuantao's spirit immediately recovered a lot.

"It's time to eat." Wu Lao is still the chef and has a hearty dinner.