Chapter 51: The Grandmaster
Although Hao Datong has advanced by leaps and bounds with the help of Su Zhihang, this rapid progress has stopped at the B level at most. Of course, this situation is not limited to martial arts, in fact, Su Zhihang, who has no low attainments in all aspects, can clearly feel that blindly following the footsteps of others, being able to achieve perfection is already the limit, and if you want to go further and reach the realm of a grandmaster, no matter what aspect, you need your own deep understanding after all.
Just like Su Zhihang himself now, the sword inheritance of Dugu in the Dugu Sword Shrine has come to an end, how can he go one step further after reaching perfection? Su Zhihang also knew it.
If you want to become a grandmaster, you must at least sum up your own unique perceptions. Blindly imitating others, at most he can be regarded as a "master craftsman", and he can never be called a "master master".
For example, why can Xingyiquan, which was created by predecessors imitating various animals, be able to torture all kinds of animals? As long as it reaches a certain level, it is not difficult for the monkey to beat the wild monkey with the monkey fist, the Shaolin tiger claw hand to the big worm, etc., why can the "student" surpass the "teacher" so easily?
The reason is very simple, although it is only imitation, but human beings have much better learning and creative ability than animals, and gradually achieve detachment in imitation.
Although the beasts rely on instinct to keep hunting, but they will not reflect and summarize, although nature has endowed them with incomparably excellent instincts, but this evolution accumulated by blood and tears in countless times is strong, but the unconscious accumulation of beasts is too slow, when humans consciously study and imitate, they can soon surpass the past.
The grandmaster of martial arts is similar to this, there is no one who has not practiced the martial arts of his predecessors, but the more advanced the martial arts, the more it will leave room for the practitioner to understand, at most it is to guide the practitioner to think and comprehend for himself, rather than simply and rudely imprisoning the thinking of future generations. Therefore, only by going out of your own way can you be considered successful.
Note that this is talking about going out of your own way, and this does not mean that it can be done by casual momentary feelings. Just like Lao Zhang back then, the inspiration for Tai Chi has long been there, but it still took a lot of effort to establish it.
What is the essence of Tai Chi? It's very simple words: "Overcome rigidity with softness, beat fast with slowness", I believe few people don't know, but do you know this sentence to create a set of Tai Chi? Inspiration is needed to become a grandmaster, but inspiration alone cannot be called a "grandmaster". This kind of comprehension must be polished very mature before it can be qualified, and it is not a momentary sigh or whimsy that can be worthy of the word "grandmaster".
Of course, this is Su Zhihang's understanding of the road ahead. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Hao Datong, who has B-level strength, plus the other three B-level people, is enough to ensure true peace.
Besides, although Su Zhihang can slightly understand the mentality of "Magician" Pang Ban who actually created opponents for himself in order to pursue a breakthrough, he obviously has not reached the point of fanaticism. As Ouyang Feng, who has a great enmity with Quan Zhen, although it is very likely that he will break through to the B-level to improve the evaluation of Su Zhihang's main mission, and even if Ouyang Feng becomes B-level, he will not get out of Su Zhihang's control.
This approach looks very good and foolproof, but Su Zhihang just didn't take it, without him, and he didn't want to. Since comprehending the sword, Su Zhihang has rarely forced himself to do things that go against his heart, even with the temptation of reward points.
Now that the biggest opponent has been ruled out, Su Zhihang can leave Zhongnan Mountain with peace of mind and carry out his plan. Su Zhihang hoped that Ouyang Feng would dare to come to Zhongnan Mountain to provoke and take a look, and he could only pray that he would not be frightened again.
Of course, if Su Zhihang wants to create the true in his mind, it is definitely not enough to improve the strength of the seventh son. However, many of Su Zhihang's plans require a lot of time, as long as he waits until the end of Huashan's sword, the most important thing Su Zhihang lacks is a lot of time, and at that time, there will be a lot of free time to play (adjust) and create (teach) Quanzhen.
When the four months were full, Su Zhihang and Hao Datong came out of the Yuxu Cave, and when they saw the six sons who came to congratulate, Hao Datong had a rare sense of banter and showed off: "Yo, all the brothers and sisters are here, I have been reborn in the past four months, envy me for having such a good apprentice." ”
Liuzi was stunned in an instant, and found the difference between Hao Datong and Hao Datong in an instant. If it is said that Hao Datong before entering the customs made the appearance of the whole person appear restrained because of the perfection of the whole heart and law, but the moves that were only proficient revealed a sharp meaning, with a trace of contradiction.
It's like when Su Zhihang first came down the mountain, although his appearance was ordinary, Qian Qianhai still keenly discovered Su Zhihang's extraordinary. Although in the end, it was because of Su Zhihang's lack of experience that the other party estimated part of Su Zhihang's strength, Su Zhihang's moves that were also only proficient were also a big inducement. After all, as a master, Qian Qianhai is not a kung fu idle egg to pay attention to whether each visitor has a footstep problem.
Liuzi found that Hao Datong was a little similar to Su Zhihang beside him, except for his temperament, he was completely no different from ordinary people, which is self-evident. But these are not the point, although the original Hao Datong is more gentle and tolerant, but he has always been solemn and serious, how can he ever have such a frivolous tone now? And the language is showing off, which is really different from the previous image.
It was Ma Yu who reacted first, and vaguely understood something: "Senior Brother Hao did accept a good disciple, but Senior Brother seems to have changed a lot. ”
Hao Datong also knew that the change in his personality was a bit big, and quipped: "Senior brother is wrong, now I am the original character, senior brother has not found out, it seems that senior brother's eyesight is still not enough, and he needs to exercise." Through the spiritual exchange with Su Zhihang, Hao Datong comprehended not only the essence of the moves, but also the growth of mentality.
To tell the truth, the original Quanzhen Seven Sons, except for Ma Yu's original personality, which was originally gentle and generous, the rest of his temper was very hot, and his lack of heart naturally affected the growth of strength, and like Hao Datong, he needed to reflect the majesty of his ancestor on weekdays, and habitually suppressing his own heart greatly affected the progress of martial arts.
After returning to his nature, Hao Datong actually felt a little like an old naughty boy, of course, it was just a little similar. The heartless character of the old naughty boy is actually inseparable from his own personality, although Hao Datong's character is a bit lively, but it is not so exaggerated, not every cultivator has to be like the old naughty boy to be considered superior.