Anxi Mansion is the most remote state capital in the north of the Great Qian Dynasty, although the area is vast, but because it is connected to the northern barbarian court, there are often wars, coupled with bandits and bandits are rampant, the people live a very miserable life. However, this has also led to the fact that the people of Anxi Mansion are fierce and very martial, even if they are scholars, there are many who practice martial arts.

In March, the sun is shining, the ice and snow are melting, everything is recovering, and the world is full of life. Zhang Ming's home is a little dull and the atmosphere is sad.

Zhang Ming is sixteen years old, handsome and chic, full of bookishness, he has already been admitted to Xiucai at a young age, he should be high-spirited, but now he has sorrow and grief between his eyebrows.

Zhang Ming's father worked in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Kyoto, although he was only a small official, but he had a lot of power, his father was outstanding, honest and honest, and had strong work ability.

At the beginning of February, my father returned to his hometown, and most of his life's money was robbed by bandits, and he was seriously injured and returned home, but fortunately, two large truckloads of books were preserved.

Zhang Ming was boiling medicine outside the house, looking focused.

"Ahem......"

There was a coughing sound in the room, Zhang Ming poured the medicine, brought it in, and saw his father's face pale and bloodshot at the corners of his mouth, and he was immediately shocked: "Father, how are you?"

The father looked at Zhang Ming and said weakly: "Ming'er, don't be sad, the limit for your father has come, and it can't be cured by medicinal stones." ”

When Zhang Ming was very young, his mother died, and his father brought him up. Now the only thing my father can't rest assured about is just Zhang Ming.

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Ming said, "Father, you drink the medicine first, and your injuries will definitely heal." Children will listen to your teachings and honor you. ”

The father shook his head and said freely: "Ming'er, my father is not afraid of death, and my father is very relieved to see you as a talent." All the money I brought back was robbed by the bandits, and the family did not leave you a good land and a beautiful house, after your father left, your life will be very hard. ”

Zhang Ming looked firm and said, "Father, bitter, the child doesn't care, the child only hopes that you can recover." ”

There was relief in his father's eyes: "Ming'er, you have been kind and righteous since you were a child, you don't have any bad habits, it's rare, as long as you maintain such a character, your achievements in the future are limitless." You have to read the books at home, which is the wisdom left to you, the wisdom of the ancient sages. ”

"If the marriage between you and the second miss of the Sun family can be successful, it should be the best, if it doesn't work, you must also treat it with a normal heart. ”

Zhang Ming and Miss Sun Jia's second child have been married since childhood, the two can be described as talented and beautiful, if there is no change in the family, Zhang Ming will marry Miss Sun next year. But now, with the situation of the Zhang family, I am afraid that there is no hope for this family business.

Zhang Ming nodded and said, "Father, I understand. The Sun family is a wealthy family, and our family is too shabby, and Miss Sun and I are not in the right household. "Once my father passes away, the Sun family will never agree to this family business.

Two days later, Zhang Ming's father died. Zhang Ming handled the funeral for his father, and planned to keep filial piety at home for three years.

"After that, I will be the only one left in the Zhang family. Father, rest assured, I will live well and live well. Zhang Ming looked at most of the books in the room and said firmly.

Reading, you can be reasonable, you can understand and absorb the wisdom of the ancient sages, Zhang Ming will continue to read according to his father's wishes.

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Early morning.

Zhang Ming went out with a book, and today he was reading Confucian classics. I don't know when it started, as long as Zhang Ming reads, his heart is pure and free of distractions.

There are three ways to read, the eyes, the mouth, and the heart.

There are very few people who really do it, and one of the 100,000 readers may not be able to do it.

Fortunately, Zhang Ming did it, although it was only a beginner, but this is already very rare.

Zhang Ming's reading voice is very charming, the more silent he is in the book, the more pure Zhang Ming's mind is, his wisdom continues to appear, and his eyes even flash with a trace of essence from time to time.

"Drink, ha......"

The sound of children practicing in the martial arts training ground on the east side kept coming, Zhang Ming stopped reading, smiled slightly, and walked towards the martial arts training ground.

In Anxi Province, almost every village has such a martial arts training ground, and those who teach children to practice martial arts are generally the strongest in the village.

Only by letting the children in the village practice martial arts, when the barbarian court invades, can they protect the village in the future, and even escape with their lives.

In the past, Zhang Ming was not interested in practicing martial arts, thinking that no matter how strong martial arts were, it was just the courage of a horseman. After the death of his father, Zhang Ming's view of martial artists changed, and if his father had martial arts, the family might not have happened.

As soon as he arrived at the martial arts training ground, a tall man said with a smile: "Ming Gongzi, how can you be interested in watching everyone practice martial arts today?" This man's name is Jiang Kui, and he is the strongest person in the village. Of course, just in the village, put outside, Jiang Kui's skills, that is, barely reached the third-rate level, and any bandit leader could defeat or even kill him.

"Master Jiang, I don't know if you can teach me martial arts. Practicing martial arts can not only strengthen the body, but also protect yourself, and I think that martial arts is a rare skill. Zhang Ming's expression was a little embarrassed, he used to look down on those who practiced martial arts, thinking that it was the courage of a horseman, but now he came to Jiang Kui to practice martial arts.

Zhang Ming felt that he was not a gentleman, but a villain, which violated the way of sages.

Jiang Kui was stunned for a moment, with surprise in his eyes, he thought that Zhang Ming was passing by the martial arts training ground, or came to see the excitement, but he didn't expect Zhang Ming to want to learn martial arts. Thinking about it immediately, Zhang Ming's father was beaten to death by bandits and bandits, and it is not surprising that Zhang Ming had the idea of practicing martial arts.

Zhang Ming's father is the pride of the village and the most learned person, Zhang Ming is also a talent, and Jiang Kui admires learned people very much. Zhang Ming is now coming to Jiang Kui to learn martial arts, which makes Jiang Kui feel excited and frightened: "Ming Gongzi, I, Jiang Kui, just know how to order crops, you want to learn martial arts from me, this is ...... I can't do it. ”

Zhang Ming said with a smile: "I only practice martial arts to strengthen my body, not to become a martial arts master. ”

Jiang Kui nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then I will teach you the basics of martial arts." ”

The foundation of martial arts is not mysterious, as long as you want to learn, you can learn it.

Jiang Kui's martial arts foundation is not much different from the basic martial arts of the sect family. But if you want to rely on basic martial arts to become a strong person, it is impossible. What attracts warriors is peerless cheats.

"It's enough to learn the basics of martial arts. Zhang Ming nodded in satisfaction. Others may not look down on basic martial arts, but Zhang Ming knows that practicing martial arts, like reading, should pay attention to the foundation, otherwise it will be a seedling to help grow, and the future achievements will definitely not be very high.

Jiang Kui introduced: "Martial arts are divided into beginners, practice makes perfect, superb, peaking, and entering the Tao from skill. According to their strength, martial artists are divided into third-rate martial artists, second-rate martial artists, first-class martial artists, innate martial artists, and legendary divine realm martial artists. ”

In fact, not to mention the Divine Realm martial artists, even if they were first-class martial artists and innate martial artists, Jiang Kui had never seen them.

Zhang Ming also knew some information about the martial artist, but he was not as detailed as Jiang Kui said.

Zhang Ming said secretly: "Reading and learning is not as detailed as the division of martial artists, fame does not explain everything, Xiucai's knowledge may not be worse than lifting people, but it is almost impossible for martial artists to fight beyond the level." ”

Jiang Kui continued: "The strength of a third-rate martial artist is more than 1,000 catties, a second-rate martial artist is more than 5,000 catties, and a first-rate martial artist is said to have a strength of 10,000 catties. So I haven't heard anything about it, and that level is not something we can achieve. ”

Jiang Kui is self-aware, and it is impossible to become a strong man in this life. In the entire Anxi Mansion, there are only two innate powerhouses, of course, this is on the surface.

Zhang Mingxin said: "Sure enough, as I guessed, a martial artist almost can't fight beyond the level, otherwise he will be looking for death." ”

The gap in strength has reached a certain level, and it is not something that can be made up by subtle martial arts moves.

Jiang Kui played a set of basic boxing techniques, the big python Hun Yuan Fist, the name sounds very powerful, but in fact, it is just a set of foundation building boxing methods, even if he cultivates to the highest level, he is just practicing a trace of Hun Yuan power. If you want to really reach the power of a giant python, it is simply impossible.

The ordinary martial artists of Anxi Mansion, those bandits and bandits, almost all of them practiced the basic martial arts. This fist method is very simple, there are only nine styles, even a dull person, can be practiced with some effort.

Zhang Ming can read from eye to mouth to heart, and learning martial arts is naturally natural, and it is very easy to get started. Zhang Ming's current realm is already equivalent to the "undisturbed mind" in Buddhism, and he can subdue distracting thoughts.

Jiang Kui only practiced and explained the boxing method twice, and Zhang Ming learned ninety percent of the python Hun Yuan boxing, and this kind of improvement speed made Jiang Kui stunned. Back then, he learned this boxing technique, but it took him more than half a month.

"Wizards, what wizards. Jiang Kui classified Zhang Ming as a martial arts wizard.

Zhang Ming knew that he was not a martial arts wizard, but he had a good heart and was just concentrating.

After mastering the big python Hun Yuan Fist, Zhang Ming left, and the rest could only rely on hard training, Jiang Kui had nothing to teach him anymore.

Five days later, Zhang Ming's boxing finally had a bit of a taste of both rigidity and softness.

After reading the book, Zhang Ming began to practice boxing, the movements are sometimes gentle, sometimes fierce, the footwork is in a certain way, fast and slow, and every movement has a sense of rhythm. The boxing method he is practicing now is very different from the big python Hun Yuan boxing taught by Jiang Kui.

Half an hour later, Zhang Ming closed his fist, sweated profusely, exhaled a long breath of turbidity, felt the rapid flow of qi and blood in his body, and said with a smile: "The big python Hun Yuan fist really has a few unreasonable places, after changing it, it is much smoother, and the whole set of boxing techniques is already smooth." You don't need to be clumsy to stretch your muscles and bones, exercise your qi and blood, and achieve the best fitness results. ”

When practicing boxing, you must also keep thinking, and what suits you is the best. If you follow the old path of your predecessors, you will not be a martial artist without wisdom, and your martial arts will naturally not be strong.