The demon lived a life of working in a blacksmith shop, sleeping in a shack, and catching fish in the river. However, compared to before, the demon added two things, at the beginning of the blacksmith shop to practice casting and forging alloys, and the second was to throw stones by the river.

Another year has passed, and the demon is ten years old. Due to a long time of casting and forging alloys and throwing stones, the muscles of the demon's whole body are much more developed than those of his peers, and he has not yet reached the age of growing tall, so he looks short and fat.

The demon has also added two abilities:

1: You can swing a 5-pound hammer for a long time to accurately hit the red-hot alloy block according to the requirements of the casting and forging alloy master, and it is no longer a miscellaneous work in the blacksmith shop, but an apprentice.

2: The demon's ability to throw stones has risen, and a fist-sized stone can be thrown for 80 meters, but there is no accuracy. A rock the size of a corn kernel can hit a target 10 meters away with a 50% chance of accuracy, and the force can be embedded in the trunk of a tree.

Spring goes to autumn, and reed flowers bloom. The swallow flew back again.

Zhao Laosan appeared next to the shack again. This time, Zhao Laosan did not appear at night like a ghost like last time, but appeared next to the shack reflecting the sunset of early spring.

The demon who was throwing stones saw it at a glance, and ran in front of Zhao Laosan excitedly, shouting, "Uncle, you are here." ”

Zhao Laosan leaned his hand on the demon's wrist, put it down after a while, and said, "Not bad." It was better than I expected. ”

"Youyou, you throw a stone at me. Big rocks, small stones were thrown at me. ”

"Good. The demon agreed. I found a rock the size of an egg and threw it out. The stone drew a parabola. Crossed the river, fell to the opposite bank, bounced up and rolled twice, and threw it out for a full 100 meters. The demon picked up another stone from the mouth of the bowl and threw it, and the stone drew a parabola and crossed the river. Landing in a small forest 50 meters away from the river, two unknown birds were startled. The demon bent down, picked up three more corn-grain-sized stones, pointed to a single reed 15 meters away and said to Zhao Laosan, "I'll interrupt it." ”

With a wave of his right hand, the demon sent out the first stone. It's a pity that the stone missed and didn't hit the reed. The demon sent out a second one, grazing the reed stalks, and it did not break. The demon sent out a third stone, which hit the reed pole, and the reed broke in one fell swoop.

Zhao Laosan nodded and asked, "Demon demon, how old are you?"

"Eleven years old. ”

"It's a little younger. If you're five or six years older, the strength, the accuracy will be higher. The stones are uneven, the shape is irregular, and you can beat it so well. If you are interested, you can practice the hidden weapon.

There are two types of hidden weapons

One, heavy. Such as flying knives, flying swords, flying fans. The power is high but the accuracy is low, it is inconvenient to carry, and it is conspicuous when it is used.

The other is light, as small as a flying needle, iron particles. It is easy to carry, inconspicuous, and easy to hide, but it is less powerful, and it has to hit the eye and throat to be lethal. Therefore, in order to increase the power of the hidden weapon, some people apply medicine on the hidden weapon. There is poison, there is anesthetic. In the future, try to hide as much as possible when you see a hidden weapon.

But the focus is still on the concentration method, melting and exploding energy, and the muscle burst method. These three are the foundation and should not be neglected. ”

"Uh-huh," the goblin kept nodding.

"I just looked at you with an inward view. Your concentration method is okay, and when you gather your essence to a certain extent, I can teach you the method of refining essence. Jing is the abbreviation of essence, and the full name of refining is the method of refining essence. Zhao Laosan continued.

"The purpose of concentrating essence qi is to refine essence qi. What is the essence of concentration: to make an analogy, the water is continuously poured into the bucket, the essence is like water, and the dantian is like a bucket. Concentration is to make more and more water in the bucket, and at the same time, the bucket of water has to be bigger and bigger to hold more water. In order to hold more and more water, another method is to remove the impurities of the water, and at the same time put pressure on the water to make the water thicker, this step is called refining essence qi. ”

"Refining the essence qigong method, each faction, the individual difference is a bit big. Let's start by telling you some common sense about the exercises.

General exercises: It has been tested by predecessors for thousands of years, and has been proven to be very safe, and the requirements for practitioners are relatively low; Safety refers to the probability of going mad and the evaluation of the consequences of going mad.

High security means that the probability of going crazy is low, and the consequences of going crazy are relatively mild, easy to deal with, and there are almost no sequelae. In the same way, low security means that the probability of going mad is high, or the consequences of going mad are serious.

Remember: high security means low probability and mild consequences, use the word and. Low security is a high probability or serious consequence, the word or is used.

The ancestors were all pursuing a kind of exercise that can be both fast and safe, but they cannot have both, so according to the individual, each person's talent, personality, level of effort, and luck are different.

Talent refers to someone who learns something very quickly and has a high level of understanding.

Personality refers to some people chasing fame and fortune, and some people are indifferent. Some are impatient, some are calm.

Hard work means that someone is diligent, but not brute. Some people are lazy, three days of fishing, two days of drying nets.

Luck is too hard to say, and the winning side of ninety-nine will also be lost. One percent wins. But every time I put my hope in luck, I will die without a place to be buried.

Each exercise is a summary of the experience of previous people, and they are all of great value. But for the younger cultivators, according to their talents, their personalities will produce extremely suitable, suitable, average, unsuitable, and extremely unsuitable.

Extremely suitable is that the cultivation speed is extremely fast and the safety is extremely high.

The right fit is that the cultivation speed is extremely fast and the safety is high.

Generally speaking, the cultivation speed is extremely fast and the safety is average, or the cultivation speed is fast and the safety is high.

If it is not suitable, it is that the cultivation speed is fast and the safety is average, or the cultivation speed is extremely fast but the safety is low.

Extremely unsuitable means that the cultivation speed is fast and the safety is low, or the cultivation speed is extremely fast but the safety is extremely low.

It is extremely unsuitable for some people to practice. Some people chase fame and fortune or want revenge, and they are eager to improve their cultivation level, even if they are extremely unsuitable. There are also those who are lucky, but most of them fail. Some exercises are not used much after practice, and the risk is almost non-existent. Some exercises should be used frequently, and in the process of using them, there will also be situations where they will fall into the wind, and the high risk will always be accompanied. Everyone's trade-offs are different.

So I have prepared 2 books for you to refine the essence of the exercises, one is for Luoxia Guan, the Taoist sect, and the other is for the Luohan Hall, the Buddhist sect. There is also a practice of refinement that I practice. You try all three and find the one that works for you. ”

"Uncle, how can you have Luoxia Guan, Luohan Hall's refining method?" the demon asked curiously.

Zhao Laosan thought to himself: "This is obtained by robbery." But if I can't say this to you, it will affect your mind, and then it will affect your cultivation. Just said, "Luoxia Guan, Luohan Hall are all famous factions, and there are many disciples, and the good and the bad are uneven." Some disciples took out the exercise books and traded them for things. ”

The demon asked again: "Is it the effect of the exercise book or the role of the master?"

Zhao Laosan replied: "Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and all of them are indispensable. The exercise book is a collection of many people's opinions, commentaries, and ways to deal with all kinds of madness, which is very valuable for reference. Master, you can point out the deviations in your practice in a timely manner and correct them in time. Therefore, the exercise book is very valuable, and it is difficult to find a good master. In a word: The Gongfa book is a collection of what many people say, and the master is what the family says, but it can correct the deviation in time. ”

The demon asked again, "Is the exercise book very expensive?"

Zhao Laosan replied: "Of course, the cheapest exercise book is at least a thousand taels of silver. Not everyone can write exercise books, and some exercise books are commented on by a few bad reviews, and no one wants them. Because the famous lords want to cultivate their own strong people, they are buying exercise books on a large scale, including rich people in the rivers and lakes, and things are scarce and expensive, so the exercise books are very expensive. ”

The demon asked again, "Can't you copy a copy of the exercise book, and then take the original or copy and sell it?"

Zhao Laosan replied: "Yes." Here's the thing: no one wants the manuscript that didn't appear with the original. This is because someone deliberately made a mistake in transcribing the manuscript at a critical place, and then tried to send it to the enemy; after the enemy practiced according to the wrong copybook, there was a high probability that he would go mad and wait for him; this is murder without seeing blood. After the famous lord acquires the exercise book, it is generally not sold again. Famous lords have a lot of financial and material resources, and they can train many strong people, and if people are different from each other, they need many kinds of exercise books. Therefore, after the famous lords acquire the exercise books, they generally do not sell them but trade them with other people, that is, they exchange the exercise books with each other. And the Jianghu sect does not sell exercise books, because the exercise books are the relics of the ancestors of this sect, and they can be said to be the treasures of this sect. Therefore, there are very few exercise books circulating in the market, and they are generally stolen or robbed. Zhao Laosan thought to himself: "Oops, I missed my mouth." ”

Zhao Laosan quickly diverted the topic: "Okay." Demon, you immediately start trying to practice these three exercises. Don't be reluctant, stop if you don't feel right, tell me what the situation is, and I'll give you a reference. ”

Eight days passed. Zhao Laosan said: "Demon, I think Luoxiaguan's refining method is the most suitable for you, Taoism talks about indifference and emptiness, and it is not far from your character." What do you think?"

The demon nodded and said, "I also think that Luoxiaguan is the most suitable for me." ”

"Then focus on practicing the refining method of Luoxia Guan. Zhao Laosan said.

Half a month has passed. Zhao Laosan's voice came again: "Demon demon, it is the refining method of this Luoxia Temple, which is very suitable for you." ”

"The problem of refining is solved. Another method to teach you is to integrate the explosive energy of the whole body muscles into the lower limbs, including the thighs, calves, soles of the feet, and various joints.

"This technique increases the speed at which you move for a certain amount of time. It can be used to run away or chase opponents and prey. If it is well coordinated with the waist and body, it can increase the flexible turning in high-speed exercise, which is also the basis for practicing light work. There is no danger in this exercise, as long as you don't go to the precipice to practice. Of course you're going, and I'm not against it. There is only a distinction between knowing and not being able to do this exercise. You can practice in the water, or you can practice in the woods, the resistance in the water is large, the main practice is explosive, the practice in the woods is flexible, there are many branches, it is easy to hang clothes, take off and practice. Proficiency makes perfect, practice well. ”

"Cultivation has to be learned, and fighting experience is also very important. I'll tell you what "the world's martial arts, only fast and unbreakable". Zhao Laosan said.

"The world's martial arts, only fast and not broken" is conditional. The fast in this sentence means fast. Birds fly faster than wolves run, are you afraid of wolves or birds. There is no accuracy, no power, and the so-called fast or speed is useless. And where does the speed come from? What is needed is the strength and explosiveness of the muscles, as well as the coordination of the body, these things are not just a mouthful, nor are they just the book taught by the immortals, and it takes a long time of practice and exercise to have. I have to admit that people are different, some people are born, the strength and explosiveness of the muscles, as well as the coordination of the body, can reach a height that ordinary people can't reach, coupled with long-term practice and exercise, it is even more difficult for ordinary people to match. ”

"In battle, whether it is between people or between people and other creatures, speed is roughly manifested in three aspects, one is fast attacking, one is defending, and the other is moving. Some venomous snakes can bite you even if their head is cut off. It's the same with people, even if some people have their necks cut off, their hearts stabbed with a sword, and their spines cut off, they can inflict heavy injuries on those who attack them. Human willpower and vitality are very tenacious. Just be fast, only attack and not defend, even if you kill the opponent first, the opponent can seriously injure you. ”

"Defense is just as important as attack. There are 2 types of defense, one is dodge, and the other is hard resistance. As a result, the martial arts cultivators of this dynasty were divided into two directions. One direction is the pursuit of high evasion and high speed, and high speed does not contradict high evasion. Without wearing any armor, it is popular in the rivers and lakes, and the advantage is that the attack and movement speed is amazing, and in the case of fighting alone, this kind of martial arts cultivator is basically the winner. But the shortcomings are also obvious, when there are many enemies, the sky is full of hidden weapons or crossbow arrows, and this kind of martial arts cultivator can only become a hedgehog. ”

"The second direction is the pursuit of high defense, wearing 2 or 3 layers of armor, with only 2 eyes exposed, which is popular in the army. The advantage is that it can survive in the crossbow arrows flying in the sky, and more than 100 injuries are small injuries, and they will not hurt the muscles and bones. The disadvantage is poor movement and flexibility, with the help of tools, such as horses, to obtain high mobility, and poor cold and heat resistance, wrapped like a zongzi, poor ventilation, falling into the water or mud is very sad, can not get up by themselves. ”

"Nowadays, people are looking for high defense, and high dodge is not popular. However, 2 or 3 layers of armor are not for everyone to wear, so all kinds of equipment are produced, which is why good tools and equipment are very valuable and in high demand. I don't understand more specifics, but when you have a high level of cultivation or more experience with people, you will naturally understand. ”

At night, Zhao Laosan disappeared into the night like a ghost.