Yongning City, Iron Fist Gym

A small Taoist hall located in the west city of Yongning has become famous for ten years and has many disciples.

First, because the owner of the museum, Zhang Wenwu, achieved the realm of the middle grade with civilian casual cultivation, and created the iron arm gong of the realm of Yijin, with the back boxing method, once he was born, he defeated more than ten Yongning hall owners with the iron arm through the back, and broke through the great prestige of "no two times" and "iron arm unparalleled", and he was a famous strong man in the Yongning Taoist Hall.

Second, it is also because the price of the Iron Fist Gym is affordable, the owner of the middle grade realm, the teaching of the lowest pulse Xiao Zhoutian, or the small class system, such a teacher is comparable to some large gyms in Yongning, but the fee is very close to the people.

Of course, the first two conditions, although tempting, are not the key to Iron Fist Gym's ability to become bigger.

After all, people pay money to the Taoist hall to learn skills, how strong the master is, how low the fee is, this kind of thing is only good if you teach real skills.

If you don't teach the real thing, no matter how little the gym collects, it's also a fraud!

Regarding this point, the people of Yongning are too clear in their hearts, because in the past 20 years, there have been many Taoist halls that only collect money but do not teach real things.

The so-called long-term illness becomes a good doctor, and many people have been deceived, and Yongning people have also figured out a set of ways to distinguish the true from the false.

That is to measure the quality of a gym, not only to see how strong the hall owner and teaching strength are, but also to see how high the success rate is, how long it can make the disciples feel angry, and how long it will take to teach the disciples to enter the product.

Effectiveness is an important indicator to measure the quality of a gym, after all, no one's money is blown by the wind.

If you don't estimate the progress, how can you be willing to invest in it.

And to be able to make a name for itself in such an environment, in addition to the many masters and low fees, the Iron Fist Gym also has two major advantages.

The first is to vigorously promote the "walking Qi" method.

With two hundred big money, you can ask the teachers of the Tongmai realm to help the students "go to Qi" again.

With 300 big money, you can invite the owner of the Zhongpin Pavilion of "Yijin Dacheng" to do it yourself!

The [Feeling Qi] realm, which ordinary people need to cultivate in three or five years, can be practiced in a maximum of one year after entering the Iron Fist Gym.

And this year, the first nine months were still practicing hard skills and boiling up the body.

When the body has some foundation, at most ten rounds of [Walking Qi], the feeling will be successful!

Relying on this method, the Iron Fist Gym soon became the first choice for civilians to practice, and even many disciples from other gyms would quietly come to the masters of the Iron Fist Gym to help them walk.

The second and most important point is that the actual combat effect of the Iron Fist Gate is amazing.

There are not so many bells and whistles of footwork routines, avoiding the real and the false, the disciples of the Iron Fist Gym highlight a fierce and unscrupulous, and they compete with the disciples of other gyms, often breaking each other's bones.

The results are fast, the combat power is strong, the master is fierce, and the fee is low...

Today's Iron Fist Gym is already a famous signboard in Yongning, especially with the large-scale emergence of the "Walking Qi" Gym, these self-proclaimed masters of the "most advanced" cultivation method of the Pavilion boast of being a new school of the Gym, and respect Zhang Wenwu as the leader, which also makes the status of the Iron Fist Gym in Yongning more transcendent.

And this is the first stop of the gym selected by Zhou Shang!

At the main entrance of the Iron Fist Hall, there is a spacious and empty courtyard, a high door tile house in the shape of "Xi", the lintel is hung with the plaque of "Iron Arm Unparalleled", and on the two door pillars on the left and right, there is a pair of couplets with the vigor of the deputy pen.

"The hammer rushes and shakes both arms, and whoever can be the whip!"

The gym exercises can largely reflect the temperament of the gym.

After Zhou Shang expressed his intentions, he was surrounded by the disciples of the Iron Fist Sect who walked out of the hall on all sides.

"I'd like to see who ate the bear's heart leopard gall!"

Zhang Yan, who was surrounded by a group of senior brothers, walked to the center of the compound and asked Zhou Shang, "Boy, what realm are you, why did you come to the Iron Fist Gym to provoke!?" ”

Although it is a kicking hall, Zhou Shang didn't want to make the scene too ugly, so he introduced himself very sincerely: "Tongmai Da Zhou Tian, a medium of loose cultivation, no door and no faction, I have heard for a long time that the iron fist hall has excellent boxing skills, and the skills are unbearable, so I came to ask for advice and learn, and there is no intention of provocation!" ”

"Tongmai Da Zhou Tian!?"

Hearing this introduction, Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and after looking Zhou Shang up and down, he immediately sneered: "I understand, I want to become famous in a fight, so I chose the most famous, I have to say that your idea is not bad, but I can't recognize myself a little!" ”

"Okay, I'll let you see how big the gap is between the Tongmai and the Tongmai!"

"Iron Fist Hall Zhang Yan, Tongmai Da Zhou Tian, please advise!"

Zhang Yan didn't talk too much nonsense, and after making a fist salute, a "crackling" firecracker sound sounded in his arms, attacking Zhou Shang.

The path of the Tongjian is different from the general boxing method, the arms are waved and thrown like an ape swinging a tree, and the long blow is far away, like a whip.

Zhou Shang's heart is sharp now, although it is the first time to face such a strange boxing technique, he is not flustered at all, and he can block it with his hand.

"Smack!"

Like the explosion of the long whip flicking its tail, the fierce long blow hit the small arm that was blocked, and Zhou Shang only felt that he was hit hard by the hammer.

And then there was a series of firecrackers-like explosions!

"Bang bang bang!"

Zhang Yan's arms seemed to turn into two steel whips, splitting his head and covering his face, and the wind and rain were fierce.

In the face of such a sudden and powerful attack, Zhou Shang couldn't find a chance to fight back, so he could only rely on his sharp mental sense to block and dodge, and he was stumbling left and right.

But as the number of fights increased, the pain in the forearm became stronger, and it was clear that his physical strength was stronger than that of the opponent, but in such a short and dense exchange, he couldn't even organize a decent counterattack.

After blocking dozens of times, the arm bones seemed to be broken, and it became extremely difficult to even raise the gear.

Zhang Yan was keenly aware of the fighter, swung his arms, and smashed open the opponent's mid-lane portal with a "wandering hammer", and the "atrium drill" ran to his chest.

"Bang!"

As if he was being hit in the chest by a battering ram, he knocked Zhou Shang away several feet with great force, and hit the courtyard wall with a "boom".

The walls of the blue bricks were sunken in the shape of a human, and the cracks like spider webs spread for several feet before they could digest all the force.

As far as the competition is concerned, the winner has been divided in this way, so Zhang Yan did not pursue, but slowly shook his arms to scatter the merits.

After a few more breaths, Zhou Shang rubbed his chest and stood up from the wall, arched his hand towards Zhang Yan from afar, and praised with excitement on his face: "Cold, elastic, brittle, fast, hard!" The all-arm boxing technique is really wonderful and ferocious, and I admire it! ”

"I conceded."

Originally, Zhang Yan disdained to talk more with the kicker, but when he saw the other party lose, he also praised his own boxing skills, and even pointed out the subtlety, which made him smile a little more on his face, and was even willing to say a few polite words: "Your Excellency's cultivation is also good, with a strong physique and a strong breath, but it seems that you have not practiced any tricks. ”

"Your Excellency has good intentions, but I want to comprehend all kinds of martial arts schools, and finally create the most suitable martial arts boxing technique for myself, so I can't worship under the Iron Fist Gate."

Zhou Shang's face was full of seriousness, and he pointed to the cracked wall behind him and said, "In addition, how much does it cost to repair the wall, I will compensate according to the price!" ”

After a short silence, it caused a group of Iron Fist men to laugh more than once.

"Did you hear that, this weak chicken Tongmai said that he wanted to create his own martial arts boxing technique, hahaha, laughing to death!"

"Don't laugh, maybe this is a martial arts genius like the Thirteen Patriarchs, poof, I'm sorry, I really can't hold back, poof!"

"Poof, if he can create his own exercises, Lao Tzu will be the reincarnation of a martial immortal!"

"Tongmai Da Zhou Tian, but I don't even know how to fight, so I still want to create my own martial arts? Dream of a night! ”

The onlookers of the Iron Fist Sect disciples did their best to mock, and even when Zhang Yan heard this, the corners of his mouth raised three points of ridicule and seven points of disdain.

Just now, he thought that Zhou Shang was a talent that could be cultivated, but after listening to these words, he only felt that the other party was a fool who had no self-knowledge and did not know the height of the sky.

Like such a fool, if you talk a word more, you will lose!

"Alright, let's all go back to practice!"

After raising his voice to the Iron Fist Gate people who were still watching and ridiculing, Zhang Yan waved his hand at Zhou Shang as if to drive away mosquitoes and flies, and said in disgust: "You don't have to pay for this wall, you can go!" ”

"That's it, thank you so much, see you next time!"

Zhou Shang's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't say anything that had to be compensated, politely thanked Zhang Yan, then turned around and walked out calmly.

Seeing the other party's back disappear outside the door, Zhang Yan snorted disdainfully, turned around and returned to the pile room, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Chen Shi, who had just been accepted as a disciple of the outer door by the hall owner, looking at the compound dumbfounded.

Jian Mei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and reprimanded: "Why don't you practice well?" ”

"I... He... I.... He... He.. I! ”

Chen Shi pointed back and forth, incoherent for a long time, and asked, "He... Is he really a big week? ”

"If it's fake, just about Yuan Qi's physique, the other party is even stronger than me."

Zhang Yan raised his head and said proudly: "But what, didn't you see it just now, the other party has no power to fight back under me!" On the one hand, it's because of our mastery of back boxing, and on the other hand, that's what I often talk about, I'm not afraid of a thousand moves, but only a trick. Martial arts practice, the most taboo is to be ambitious, the person just now is the most typical example, there is a realm of empty veins, but he doesn't even know how to fight boxing, he fights by instinct, and he also wants to create exercises. Such a stupid thing, even if it is in the middle grade realm, it can't go more than thirty moves under my hands! ”

The words that were justified and well-founded were so loud that they were applauded loudly by the people of the Iron Fist Gate in the pile house.

Only Chen Shi was not encouraged at all, and the jaw-dropping symptoms were even more serious.

"Why this expression?"

Zhang Yan frowned and asked puzzled.

"Because I... I know that man! ”

Chen Shi swallowed his saliva and stammered.

"You've known each other for a long time?"

Zhang Yan pouted: "He should have been daydreaming for many years, and no one reminded him?" ”

“... No... Big brother, you say... If... If a person who has never cultivated before can cultivate to the perfection of the Tongmai in less than a year... You said... He... Is it possible for him...."

Chen Shi stammered a question, and before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Yan.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Zhang Yan frowned: "Senior brother, are you confused, our new school of martial arts is recognized as the fastest improving martial arts in the world, and through the "Qi Method", the realm of "Feeling Qi" that would have taken several years to achieve was shortened to three months!" You are also in the realm of "Feeling Qi" now, and you should know best that even if you cooperate with the pill throughout the whole process, if you want to get through the twelve canons and the eight miraculous veins, it will take several years of hard work! ”

"This is just Xiao Zhoutian, the so-called Big Zhoutian, it is necessary to penetrate the whole body, although the progress will be faster than before Xiao Zhoutian, but there is no one or two years of effort, and we can't do such a huge project, this is because we are the fastest new school of martial arts, if you change to another gym, you practice hard for ten years, and you may not be able to reach the realm of Xiao Zhoutian!"

"Brother Wei, I don't know where you heard such rumors, but people who have cultivated from scratch to the completion of the pulse in less than a year will never exist in this world. If anyone tells you that, it's 10 out of 10 liars! ”

The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway, and those who can enter the pile house are at least the disciples of the realm of sentiment.

And most of them have been in contact with Taoist cultivation since childhood, and their talents may be strong or weak, but their knowledge is definitely stronger than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, when the other disciples of the pile house heard Zhang Yan's words, they all echoed their words, thinking that in less than a year, it was not enough to go from fitness to pulse, and it was not possible to be an envoy for two days a day, and the one who would believe this kind of lie was definitely a layman who had not really practiced.

But this kind of common sense, doesn't Chen Shi understand!

That's why he was dumbfounded, because he saw it with his own eyes!

“... A few months ago, that person really didn't have any traces of cultivation at all! I have seen him practice little by little, and you must believe me! ”

Chen Shi's words caused all the brothers in the pile house to laugh, and even Zhang Yan was amused.

"Okay, okay, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes! It's been less than a year just now, and now there are only a few months left, and if you keep talking, I'm afraid that this person will have to wake up from a sleep, easy to forge muscles, and become a middle-grade master! ”

Zhang Yan clapped his hands and said to the brothers in the pile house: "Practice and practice, all of them should hurry up and practice, a thousand moves will not be as good as one move, and kung fu is all grinded out by time!" In addition, today is the end of the Dan period, and you need to configure Pei Yuan Dan, come to me to sign up and pay the money in a while! ”

Hearing this, the pile house was full of sorrow for a while.

"Ahh It's Dan period again! ”

"Alas, this whole process of elixir does cost money... I can't afford to use it! ”

"I heard that Qiankun Commercial Bank has cheap Pei Yuan Dan for sale, but the quantity is very small, and it seems to be obtained by grabbing."

"Forget it, I don't need that elixir of unknown origin! The special supply of our gym must be the most suitable for us, I have inquired, the general Peiyuan Dan medicinal power, it takes a round of training cycle, about ten days to fully digest, we only need six or seven days! If we use drugs throughout the process, our diligence will be at least three or four percent faster! ”

"It's also piled up with money, I really don't know when it's a head!"

"Stay up a little longer, and wait for the Tongmai realm!"

The rumors were all episodes, and the brothers and sisters of the pile house quickly discussed the practical issues, and no longer paid attention to the grandeur in Chen Shi's heart.

……

A few days later, the camp canteen

“...... Didn't you tell you to look for Brother Gua for everything, how did it get like this? ”

Under normal circumstances, Wang Gua does not come to the canteen to eat, and is sent to the Danfang by Xiaozao.

But today, for the first time, he appeared here, not to eat, but to deliver medicine to Zhou Shang, "a bottle for external application, a bottle for internal use... I really don't understand, I took a day off to challenge more than a dozen gyms, and I didn't win a single one, what supported you to find a beating over and over again? ”

"Of course, it's because of a dream!"

The New Year is approaching, counting nine in the middle of winter, most of the guards at this time are spread thickly, but Zhou Shang and Wang Gua do not seem to avoid the cold and heat.

The thin and thick clothes on his body are still the same as those in the Spring and Autumn Period, which also allows people to roughly see Zhou Shang's physical condition.

It was really full of bruises, there was no good piece of meat, but Zhou Shang's spirit was so high-spirited.

took the medicine bottle handed by Wang Gua, and grinned brightly.

"I've never heard of anyone's dream to find a beating!"

Wang Gua looked at the toothache, and said angrily: "I've heard people say that when you challenged the gym, many people sent invitations to you, and every time you replied, you want to create your own martial arts." Now it has spread outside, saying that there is a martial nerd in Yongning City, and countless Taoist halls want to beat you up and then mock you. I don't understand, you've challenged so many gyms, you've seen so many martial arts schools, and you don't have anything at all? ”

"How could it not be?"

Zhou Shang was speechless, "If there is nothing, then it will not be a pure beating?" ”

"It's useful to have you!"

Wang Gua was angry: "You don't need to have goods, do you have a hole in your brain, or are you addicted to being beaten!" ”

"Yes, but it's not necessary."

Zhou Shang shrugged his shoulders and said with an indifferent expression: "To experience various martial arts schools, you not only have to use your body, but also let your opponent bring out all the subtleties in martial arts." Then I felt the creator's thinking from the opponent's martial arts moves, as well as the effect that the tricks wanted to achieve, and even expected, to remove the chaff. In this case, if I still hit too hard, my opponent will inevitably panic, his movements will be deformed, and it will be difficult to show the essence of martial arts, which will be contrary to my original intention? So there's no need! ”

"There's no need for it, so why don't you win a few games?"

Wang Gua was angry: "Not all martial arts schools have merits, if you encounter that kind of school that has no merits, it's not too much to win a few games!" ”

"Then it's even more unnecessary."

Zhou Shang looked upright, waved his hand and said: "As I accumulate more and more, it seems that this kind of useless school will only become more and more, but what if there is that kind of martial arts school that is not great, but it is whimsical." If they are all beaten up, and their fame is great, how can there be a small dojo that is willing to accept the challenge, and in the long run, there is no room for improvement. ”

"Could it be that you want to lose all the Daoist Halls in Yongning?"

Wang Gua couldn't believe his ears, and his eyes widened.

"It doesn't matter."

Zhou Shang was unusually calm: "In life, you can win when you have to win." ”

"It doesn't matter? ... I leave you alone...... It doesn't matter to you! ”

The more he thought about it, the more angry Wang Gua became, looked left and right and had nowhere to vent, grabbed the food in front of him, stuffed it in his mouth frantically, and said hatefully while stuffing it: "What do you see, are you not convinced!?" ”

"No, no, eat more if you like."

Zhou Shang stuffed the two bottles of still hot pills in his hand into his arms, and said with a smile: "There are a lot of meals in the canteen, and they are available unlimitedly. ”