"The main reason is that not only can't make money from practicing martial arts, but also costs money, and national arts like competitive ones will also cause damage to the body."

"In addition, now that the legal system is sound, martial arts have lost the most important significance of self-defense, and only the role of fitness remains, which is why Taijiquan is popular, and other offensive and defensive national arts are declining!"

Jiang Sheng said with deep understanding.

Xie Zhirong heard Jiang Sheng's words and fell silent for a while.

Jiang Sheng said that these problems are indeed unsolvable, modern young people are very busy and hard at study and work, and they have no time or energy to learn national arts, and there is a lack of a huge group of low-level martial arts practitioners, and the development of national arts is naturally stagnant.

Seeing Xie Zhirong's expression, Jiang Sheng could also understand his feelings.

It is not difficult to see from today's chat that the other party is a person with feelings, and he really hopes that the national art can develop better and better.

He comforted: "Teacher Xie does not have to be disappointed, the country is also constantly promoting the development of national arts. The opening of Zhonghai UFC Fight Night is equivalent to Tesla's entry into China before, which will have a catfish effect. ”

Xie Zhirong nodded, "Hopefully!" ”

After another half an hour at the gym, everyone went back.

Dong Chenghai arranged for Xie Zhirong and Chen Jun to stay in the town hotel, while Jiang Sheng and Cao Jie returned to the garment factory to continue practicing and standing on the pile.

When Jiang Sheng went to bed at night, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and saw a text message notification.

【China Overseas Marathon: Dear Jiang Sheng, congratulations on winning the lottery and qualifying for the 2023 China Overseas Marathon. For more information, please log on to the official website xxxxxx]

"Hey, I can't sign up to participate?"

Jiang Sheng didn't pay attention to this aspect before, and he didn't read the detailed rules of the event, thinking that he could participate as long as he signed up, but when he saw the text message, he realized that he still needed to draw lots if he wanted to participate in the marathon.

"That's right, if you don't draw lots, it is estimated that there will be countless people who sign up."

I couldn't help but feel embarrassed in my heart, and I said that he had won the bonus, and if he didn't win the lottery, he wouldn't even be eligible to participate, so what kind of bonus would he talk about.

Then he couldn't help but feel excited, and the $55,000 prize was one step closer to him.

He hurriedly clicked on the official website to check the details of the competition.

The entry details require that participants should go to the designated place 48 hours before the competition to receive the race bag, and on the day of the competition, they need to prepare various equipment such as watches, heart rate belts, headphones, salt pills, energy gels and so on.

Of course, there are also essential things such as ID cards, clothes storage bags, pins, and number bibs.

In addition, there are strategies along the way, such as various energy supply stations and so on.

He carefully watched the strategy and memorized the location of each energy supply station.

After all, it's 42 kilometers in Malaysia, and it's no joke.

……

Jiang Sheng had already learned the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar, and he should have returned to Zhonghai according to the plan, but because Cao Jie's family had a complete set of platoon tools, and Cao Jie himself also cultivated the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar and knew how to arrange the bell, the two of them happened to practice together.

So he made a phone call to his wife Chen Wenjing, explained the situation, and stayed here to cultivate the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar.

For the next few days, he spent most of his time every day on platoons, and the experience points of the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar steadily increased.

In addition to beating himself with his fists, Cao Jie slapped his back with a stick.

At first, the stick was gently slapped against the acupuncture points on his back, and then the force would continue to increase, and even his chest cavity and internal organs could feel the vibration, and he could clearly feel the damage caused to his body by the beating gong of the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar.

What's more, the most painful thing is that Cao Jie will bring out a large bucket and let him "take a salt bath" after the platoon fight.

This salt bath is not the salt milk in the bathing center, but the same coarse salt as when he practiced "Cloud Piercing Hands", and it is pure salt, without adding water.

He needs to strip off his whole body and stand in a large vat, and then pick up coarse salt to scrub his whole body constantly, and his body's limbs, chest and back, even his face and genitals, all need to be constantly scrubbed with coarse salt.

Because when practicing Pai Gong Gong, the skin is red, swollen and bruised, and the cells are also broken under the epidermis that cannot be seen by the naked eye.

It's all about rubbing salt on the wound.

It's just that the wounds on his body are very small, painful but not violent, but his whole body is like countless ants gnawing at it, and he is so uncomfortable that he wants to roll on the ground.

This method can speed up the roughness of the skin and increase its ability to resist blows.

If it weren't for the belief that he could eliminate the damage caused by his practice after leveling up, he really wouldn't have the courage to continue practicing deeply.

During the practice, Cao Jie would supplement him with gua sha, cupping, and moxibustion.

What Jiang Sheng didn't expect was that Cao Jie's level of scraping, cupping and moxibustion was very high, and his movements were smooth and smooth in one go.

It's also one of his favorite parts of the day.

Jiang Sheng joked: "If your garment factory can't go on one day, you can go to a health care store, and the business will definitely not be bad." ”

Cao Jie suddenly laughed proudly, "Borrow Brother Jiang's auspicious words, when I really can't get mixed up, I will definitely go to a health care store, and invite Brother Jiang to join you when the time comes." ”

"Okay, a word is a certainty!"

Under such an almost masochistic high-intensity cultivation, it only took less than five days, and at five o'clock in the afternoon on the day before the New Year's Day, the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar was successfully upgraded.

Jiang Sheng could feel that with the increase of his level, his understanding of the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar was much deeper, including the movements of the platoon fight, the strength and the location of the acupuncture points, etc., and he was already able to do a "subconscious" action.

But some specific things still need to be strengthened in the follow-up exercises, so that they can truly become their own things.

He opened the properties panel and looked at it.

[Constitution: 9.87/10.03]

[Power: 8.76/8.91]

[Dexterity: 8.92/8.97]

[Spirit: 9.98/10.02]

[Exercises: Eight Vajra Techniques LV1 (356/500) Cave Guarding Dust Technique LV1 (291/500)]

[Skill: Iron Sand Palm LV2 (15/1000) Cloud Piercing Hand LV2 (556/1000) Heart Liuhe Fist LV1 (126/500) Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar LV1 (1/500)]

[Attribute Point: 1.05]

The Golden Bell Jar upgrade fully rewards 1 attribute point, which is very good.

Jiang Sheng was full of emotion, "What's the matter, it's not in vain that I beat myself thousands of punches every day these days, take hundreds of sticks from Cao Jie, and take a salt bath~!" ”

Just as he was thinking about where to add this 1 attribute point, an itching sensation suddenly appeared on his body, first on his chest and back, and then on his body, limbs, and other places.

He raised his arm and found that his arm, which had been rough and red from cultivating the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar, was now cracked.

Almost immediately, he thought of the situation when Iron Sand Palm was upgraded.

Looking left and right, Cao Zhuo went to deliver the goods, and he was alone in the sun room where he practiced, and he was sure that there was no one else, and he was not standing under the camera, so he reached out to tear the chapped skin.

He pulled the upturned skin back gently, and as a result, his arm was like a snake shedding its skin, and at once it was pulled to the crook of the arm, and a large piece of skin was torn off, revealing the new tender skin under the arm.

"Hahaha...... After the Pure Yang Golden Bell Jar is upgraded, it can actually eliminate the physical damage caused by practice! ”

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh excitedly.

In the future, when you practice, you don't have to worry about irreversible damage to your body.

He then went to the shower room, and first looked in the mirror, and sure enough, his face was chapped and upturned.

He also stripped off all his clothes and looked at them, as did his chest and back, his thighs, his calves, and his toes, including his reproductive organs......

I took a hot shower and scrubbed all the chapped skin off my body, revealing a brand new skin.

Especially a face, these days with coarse salt scrubbing, the skin has become rough and red, accompanied by bloodshots, but now after molting, a face has regained the same sense of purity as before, and even brightened a lot.

"Damn, how do you explain Cao Jie's return? Forget it, let's go back to Zhonghai first! ”

Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and he wants to go back to Zhonghai to celebrate the holiday with his wife and daughter.

I was going to leave at night, but now I decided to leave immediately.

He went back upstairs to pack his luggage, then called Cao Jie and Dong Chenghai to say goodbye, and then called a hitchhiker back to Zhonghai.

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