Chapter 18, the five schools of Shumen

The so-called swordsmanship is not only the Shushan School of the year, but one of the indispensable important martial arts in China, and it also has a high status in traditional martial arts.

From ancient times to the present, there are more than 100 kinds of swordsmanship, which makes the swordsmanship in the swinging exercise, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and there are thousands of postures; In martial arts, you can do whatever you want and be handy.

Moreover, the martial arts cultivation of the sword practitioner will progress by leaps and bounds for a period of time, and if he is gifted and intelligent, he will soon become the best among his peers, or even surpass his predecessors!

The Shushan faction when the sword was the main thing can be said to be described by the ancestor of Shushan, Situ Patriarch: "The sword comes by the wind to eliminate the demons between heaven and earth." The sword is invincible, making countless demons and monsters in the world frightened.

But the good times didn't last long, and in the Shushan faction, the predecessor of the company, there were many masters led by swords, but most of them had two huge changes.

The first is that you can't break through to a higher level of attainment later, in the first twenty years, all the disciples who are excellent in swordsmanship, after arriving at that period of time, almost everyone's martial arts attainments have stopped at that, no matter how talented you are or how diligent you practice, there is no way to break through to the next level. Then he was gradually surpassed by the mediocre disciples of other martial arts sects.

The second deficiency is even more terrifying today's people, after countless unsuccessful breakthroughs, they are carried away by the desire to become stronger, lose their minds, and gradually begin to use some of the cultivation methods of the world's cults, thus reaching a state of going mad.

After thousands of years of such a point, the ancestors gradually summed up such a result. Since the fortieth generation, the current head of the family has changed the cultivation of the sword as the main and the qi as the minor to the cultivation of the qi as the main sword as the supplement.

Qi training is mainly divided into four points: contemplation, keeping one, practicing qi, and guiding.

1. Cunsi: translated as "cunsi". Close your eyes or close your eyes slightly, and contemplate the form and activity of a certain object or god, in order to concentrate your thoughts, remove distracting thoughts, and enter the realm of qi function.

2. Keep one: Its main purpose is to keep the essence, qi and spirit of people, so that it does not have internal friction, does not escape, fills the body for a long time, and embraces the body as one. It is thought that practicing this technique can prolong life and even longevity.

3. Xingqi: also known as refining qi, eating qi, and serving qi. One of the early Taoist cultivation techniques. It refers to a kind of health preservation and internal cultivation method that focuses on breathing and breathing, and is often supplemented by guidance and massage. Generally, there are two categories: the external interest method and the internal interest method. The focus is on using my heart to make my qi, nourish my body, attack my disease, and prolong my life.

4. Guidance: It is a kind of health preservation technique that practitioners use to induce their limbs to do pitching, flexing and stretching, often in conjunction with qi and massage, to exercise the body, which is the dynamic exercise in qigong.

If there are advantages and disadvantages to sword training, of course, qi training is not perfect, and there must be some disadvantages in it. In terms of achievement, there is no such thing as talent and intelligence in Qi training, and the progress of cultivation can only be supplemented by diligent practice. And it has a great correspondence effect with people's state of mind, and the practitioner of Qi must be like a water in his heart, and if there is a trace of distracting thoughts, the progress of cultivation will also be greatly affected. If a cultivator is impetuous and impetuous in order to be happy, not only will the progress not increase, but the achievements he has previously practiced will be greatly reduced.

At that time, many disciples only fancied the rapid growth of sword training, and the progress of qi cultivation was slow. As everyone knows, sword training reaches the end when it reaches a certain peak stage, and although the practice of qi is slow, it is an endless path for the owner. Therefore, because of the youth and vigor, there is no improvement in the study of practicing qi, and only a few outstanding people have certain achievements in the next few generations, so from then on, the prosperous Shushan faction began to decline.

And when the Shumen lineage was separated from the other lineages, because the number of disciples decreased significantly, the ancestors began to pay more attention to the cultivation of qi, and even reached the state of mind that every master should always observe the cultivation of his disciples.

Wang Tiankang looked at Xingyuan, whose legs were trembling because of Zama's steps for too long, and said lightly the history of the development of Shumen's martial arts.

"Boss, can I get up? You've been talking for almost half an hour, and you won't let ... Let me get up, I'm this... I'm afraid I'll have to learn from the little devil in "Raise Your Hands" for the rest of my life. At this time, Xingyuan was already tired and sweating profusely, and even began to tremble when he spoke.

Wang Tiankang chuckled, shook his head and sighed: "Get up, do you understand what I said just now?"

Hearing Wang Tiankang's words, Xingyuan suddenly became interested, and fiercely pushed his two numb legs forward, instantly stood up straight, and said: "Such a simple thing, it is understandable to everyone, practicing swords is like foreign kung fu, practicing the strongest step will be gone in the future, practicing qi is always the inner strength of the heart, there is no strongest, only stronger, as long as you have no distractions in your heart, there is no upper limit to the level, and the longer you live, the stronger you will be!" I'm not wrong, right? ”

"Okay, then I'll start teaching you now, watch it well!" Wang Tiankang said that, and began to give a series of guidance to Xingyuan.

It's been noon for a long time, and the sun is slowly warming, spilling into the world and caressing everything. The wind in the sky also began to slowly calm down, and the breeze was no longer infinitely cool, and it slid quietly without a sound.

"Senior brother, although it is said that it is mainly qi just now, there is still a sword behind it, even if you don't let me practice swords, don't you send me a competent blade, if you encounter an enemy, why can't the people of Shumen use this qi training body to pick up other people's swords?" Xingyuan, who was meditating on the ground, asked Wang Tiankang opposite him.

"Isn't that smart head, little one? What era is it now, if you go down the mountain and walk around with a big iron lump on your back, someone will already report it to you, and the people's police will not confiscate it for you! ”

Xingyuan asked helplessly: "What should I do?" You don't really want me to catch someone else's machete with my fist, do you? ”

At this time, Wang Tiankang, who was still easy-going just now, began to get a little angry, and said in a slightly angry tone: "Stop fighting for martial arts!" Our Shumen martial arts is used to strengthen the body, a kind of cultivation of your will and quality, so as to make you tenacious and advance in the face of difficulties. It's not for you to be competitive, to fight, to bully the weak, you kid still have a little martial virtue! ”

Seeing that Wang Tiankang's tone was aggravated, Xingyuan learned that what he had just said did indeed live up to the careful teaching of the senior brother in front of him in the morning, and hurriedly nodded and apologized: "Senior brother, the old man is wrong, he shouldn't say these insulting words about Shumen martial arts, for the sake of the old man, I have just started, don't be angry!" If you have the opportunity to go down the mountain together in the future, I invite you to eat the best hot pot in Chengdu! ”

Wang Tiankang looked at the young man in front of him, and he was also helpless in his heart, maybe guiding him to learn Shumen martial arts was a special test for himself by the master. He shook his head and sighed, "Old and young! It's my brother's fault, I didn't fully understand it when I taught you the key to qi cultivation just now. ”

"And? Boss, might as well tell me about it? As soon as he heard the story again, Xingyuan instantly became energetic.

"Did you read a novel before you went up the mountain?" Wang Tiankang asked

As soon as he said this, Xingyuan suddenly became interested, this is what he can talk about the most, and he talked directly in his mouth: "Of course, boss, you don't know, in my high school, in that boring math class, almost every student sitting in the back row had a machine, not to mention that situation!" I'm all reading novels, what's the fantasy, online games, and the city. It's so fucking much! ”

"And that is in those novels you read?"

"Which one? Wouldn't it be that you want to practice this skill and swing your sword from the palace? Xingyuan asked with a grin.

"That's what you think about your palace?"

"You just want to go to the palace? No, isn't it a person from this dignified Shumen? No wonder the eyes of the third guy are so strange these days! Xingyuan's expression froze instantly, and then the corners of his mouth began to twitch continuously.

"You kid, where do you want to go? What I asked was if you had ever seen such a sentence...... "When Wang Tiankang's words were about to be spoken, Xingyuan's expression began to focus at this time.

"After the age of forty, I don't care about bringing things, plants, trees, bamboos and stones can be swords, and since then I have been refined, and gradually in the realm of no sword is better than a sword."

As soon as Wang Tiankang said this, Xingyuan in front of him unceremoniously directly took the topic again: "Dugu seeks defeat?"

"Young, I'm not telling you anything about being alone and seeking defeat, you have to remember that if you practice qi for more than ten years, you can reach the realm of no sword and better than a sword!"

Wang Tiankang's words were not finished yet, this time Xingyuan did not answer, and directly grabbed the topic: "What does the boss mean, if I have been practicing qi for more than ten years, I will be the next Dugu to seek defeat?"

"Hey, you old and young, tell you this head, you have to pick up the other head, I also handed over the method of practicing qi to you, come here every morning in the future to practice for me! When Master comes back and gives him a good look at the results, I will leave you alone if I have anything to do! After lunch, you go to Master's hall, and the second child says that he wants to teach you the metaphysics of Shumen! ”

Looking at the back of Wang Tiankang leaving, Xingyuan slowly stretched his waist, a cigarette was lit immediately, and he said disappointingly: "Hey, it's really boring!"

In the lively dining hall, everyone was helplessly looking at Chen Jianhong, who was gobbling up, he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and stuffed the rice into his mouth with chopsticks.

"Third child, what's wrong today, don't you usually say that my cooking is bad? Is this the sun hitting the west and coming out? Jin Hui, who was holding the dishes, looked at the strange scene in front of him in surprise.

"Don't laugh at me, yesterday I was punished by the master and his old man for drawing three hundred talismans in a row, and I painted them directly in the second half of the night, and I just fell asleep this morning, and I was hit with boiling water. I saw that the boss was practicing qi in the cultivation field, and I didn't have anything to do today, so I didn't bother. I went back to the house to sleep, but I didn't just wake up and realized that I hadn't eaten all day yesterday. Chen Jianhong said hesitantly, and then continued to eat wildly.

Jin Hui didn't care about Chen Jianhong, turned his head to look at Xingyuan, who was stirring a bowl of soup with chopsticks beside him, and asked, "Old, how did you learn in the morning?" ”

"It's okay, the boss said, if I concentrate on cultivation for more than ten years, I will be the next Dugu to seek defeat." Xingyuan continued to move on his hands and replied calmly.

There was a soft sound of "poof", and Chen Jianhong, who was still eating jujube just now, heard Xingyuan's words, and the rice in his mouth directly squirted out in one breath, and the quasi-accurate attack was on Jin Hui opposite him.

At this time, Jin Hui held his hands tightly and trembled slightly. The chest rose and fell violently, as if a large balloon was about to explode, the meridians on the neck stood up tremblingly, and the face was flushed, from the neck to the back of the ears, like a Guan Erye had gone up.