Chapter 12: The Mind Against the Tide
Yuan Cheng saw that Uncle Chang was drunk and went over there to meditate, so he began to look through this secret book. I saw that the cheats were tattered, and there were no words on the bookcase, only some dried bloodstains.
When I opened the first page, I was greeted by a picture of a man with his feet facing the sky, his head facing the ground, his hands on his chest, just leaning on his head, and just standing upside down on the ground. There are a few words next to it, if you want to practice the mind, you must first correct your posture.
Yuan Cheng muttered in his heart, what kind of crooked and evil skill is this, how is it so weird, the general practice of the mind is to see people meditating, and I have never heard of practicing it upside down.
Yuan Cheng stood upside down according to the book, but at first he couldn't hold his chest with his hands at all, so he pestle the ground with one hand and lift the book with the other.
Yuan Cheng simply didn't practice at first, and looked back, the second page was still a picture, still upside down, with his hands on his chest, but there was a mouthful of Ding on his feet. The words above are, sail against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.
Yuan Cheng quickly turned the page, and each page was a picture, with a few words.
The last picture shows a man hanging upside down on a tree trunk like a bat, surrounded by stars and moons. And that sentence saw Yuan Cheng's shortness of breath and his heart beating. It is written that after practicing this mental method, the meridians and breath can be retrograde, suppressing the opponent's exercises, and even turning the opponent's exercises for their own use.
Isn't it an immortal method? Why do you have such a powerful mental method? Ordinary internal exercises are just to increase endurance, agility, and physical strength, and this exercise seems to be ridiculously strong. Yuan Cheng thought about it and felt a little incredible, so he went to find Uncle Chang Drunk.
"Little brother, are you curious why this mental method is so powerful?" At this time, the uncle was still meditating, and suddenly opened his eyes.
"Uncle Chang drunk, I met you in Pingshui. Why do you want to teach me such a powerful mental method?" Yuan Cheng was suspicious and quite puzzled.
"Someday, you'll understand. Now you don't need to know, just practice well. Even I have only practiced this mental method to the ninth level, which is still far from the highest level. Uncle Chang Drunk doesn't smile, and seems to take this matter very seriously.
"Isn't Uncle Chang drunk only ten times in total, why is it so difficult to practice?" Yuan Cheng asked again.
"Each weight of this mental method is equivalent to the sum of the parts that have been cultivated before, I was already ninefold ten years ago, and after ten years, I have not made any progress at all. Therefore, this last method of absorbing the enemy's skills is impossible for anyone to practice. Hey, if I had been ten years old back then, I wouldn't have lost to that person. Haha, little brother, as long as you practice halfway, you can run rampant. Uncle Chang Drunk sighed and didn't think about anything, then laughed and asked Yuan Cheng to practice hard.
"Uncle Chang Drunk, how vast is this world? I really hope to grow up quickly and walk the rivers and lakes with you?" Yuan Cheng looked at the clear sky with some expectation.
"Let's go and practice, I'm going to leave in about seven days. Before I leave, you should take note and practice slowly. The content of this mental method is obscure, mainly relying on understanding, and those graphics are just a kind of potential, as for the mental method, it all depends on what you think in your heart. Uncle Chang closed his eyes again after speaking.
"Enlightenment? This is not difficult for me. Yuan Cheng quickly flipped through the mental method again, memorized the graphics and words in his mind, and then found a handstand by the peach blossom tree and put his feet on the peach blossom branch.
Uncle Chang Drunk opened one eye at this time and glanced at Yuan Cheng, whose face was flushed and his body trembled, and continued to close his eyes.
At the end of the first day, Yuan Cheng's clothes were covered with mud and grass everywhere, and he was trembling even when he walked. When I returned to the house, I was laughed at by Sister Yao'er for a long time, saying that Yuan Cheng was young, and he pretended to be over the age of old.
The next day it was the same, but there was much less mud and grass on my body, and I didn't shake when I walked.
On the third day, Yuan Cheng was already able to stand upside down for two hours without leaning on the tree, with his hands on his chest and his feet straight.
On the fourth day, when Yuan Cheng was upside down, a slight gray aura overflowed from his body, and then this aura surrounded Yuan Cheng until Yuan Cheng couldn't hold on and fell.
On the fifth day, Yuan Cheng was already able to do a handstand for half a day, and he didn't get a little mud and grass on his body after practicing.
On the sixth day, Yuan Cheng stood upside down all day, but his feet took some strange postures, entering a state of enlightenment. The body is surrounded by gray and white breath, and the nearby peach blossoms are stained with some water vapor to form dewdrops, which is very wonderful.
The seventh day is the day when Uncle Chang Drunk is leaving. On this day, Yuan Cheng made good wine from the house early in the morning, and then took the roast chicken and left the house.
As soon as I arrived at the peach blossom forest, I saw Uncle Chang drunk standing in the peach blossom forest.
"Uncle Chang drunk, if you're hungry, let's eat roast chicken and good wine first. Yuan Cheng shouted.
"Oh, little brother is too polite, I'm so embarrassed to trouble you to send food and drink these days. As he spoke, he took Yuan Cheng's roast chicken and wine and sat on the ground.
"Good chicken, good wine, good fragrance, good food, the most beautiful thing in this world is to drink wine and eat meat. Uncle Chang drunk took a sip of wine, and then hugged the roast chicken and ate it.
"Oh, it's still the best chicken wings, look at this, it's golden and crispy roasted, sprinkled with some pepper and salt, it's really delicious." Little brother gives you a chicken leg. After speaking, he tore off a chicken leg and flew towards Yuan Cheng.
"If Uncle Chang Drunk doesn't leave, I can give it to you every day. Yuan Cheng said while eating, a little vague, looking at the appearance of Uncle Chang Drunk, even he had a good appetite.
"It's still necessary to go, this world is so vast, maybe there are better meats and better wines in other places. Uncle Chang Drunk said casually, eating meat.
After a while, only the skeleton of the roast chicken remained, and half a pot of wine was drunk.
"Little brother, although we haven't known each other for a few days, you and I have a fate. You give me food and drink every day, and I can't do you any wrong. I see you have a weapon tied to your back with a cloth, but I can feel what it is. In this way, since you are leaving, I will teach you another set of knife techniques. Uncle Chang got up from the ground and sucked a thick branch from under the peach tree.
"The internal skill you learned before was called the Reverse Water Heart Method, and now I want to teach you the knife method, which is based on the heart method, the potential is exerted. ”
Uncle Chang Drunk first closed his eyes and stood in the peach blossom forest, and suddenly a whirlpool wind blew around him. Roll up all the peach petals on the ground. Then several peach blossom trees around also swayed with the wind, and then Uncle Chang Drunk opened his eyes suddenly, shook the branches in his hands, shouted "a knife to cut off the water", and split out, only to see a branch-like phantom flying to the water, the small river in the peach blossom forest was separated from it, and the water flew out a few feet on both sides, and the peach blossom trees were full of water.
It's just that at the first move, Yuan Cheng's eyes were straight and motionless.
I saw Uncle Chang Drunk turn around and shout "Dragon in the water", the branches turned, came out of his hands, and rowed out from the water, where he passed, a ravine was generated, and the water was divided from it, and it could not be closed for a long time, which showed that the remaining strength was still powerful.
"What a great knife technique. Yuan Cheng's saliva almost flowed onto the placket of his clothes, and he had always been only interested in body methods, so he stood still, looking at the figure in the peach blossom forest not far away.
Uncle Chang Drunk turned around and smiled at Yuan Cheng, then sucked the wine jug on the ground, took a big sip, and said, "The fish leaps over the dragon gate." Then he caught the branch that flew back, jumped up and turned over in the air, and the branch drew a beautiful arc around the body, and then conjured four or five knife shadows, and flew into the river together, and the river water flew up a few feet high, but Yuan Cheng saw several big pits at the bottom of the river.
Uncle Chang drunk shook his messy long hair in a chic manner, revealing his face that was a little vicissitudes, staring at the river in his eyes, and shouted in a low voice, "The water breaks the stone", the branch is raised, and a branch flies out, this phantom looks the same as the real one, and where this shadow passes, the peach branches are broken.
"Knife Shadow Water Shadow. The branches of the tree split into hundreds of phantoms and fell together towards the river, and a roar sounded in the water. After a while, the river almost dried up in this part of the peach blossom forest, and all the water fell to the peach blossom trees and green grass.
"There is no water in my heart. Uncle Chang Drunk stood in place, the branch floated in the air beside him, and then the branch was divided into dozens of phantoms, each of which was exactly the same as the original branch, the same condensation, and there was no difference between them with the naked eye. And those phantoms scattered in all directions, centered on Uncle Chang Chang, attacking in all directions.
"The knife is water. In an instant, the branches disappeared, and some droplets of water floated from the surrounding peach blossom forests and green grasslands, and then gathered in the hands of Uncle Chang Drunk, and there were ripples and sparkles on the knife condensed by water droplets. Then the knife made of water flew into the distance, and after half a bang, there was a bang in the distance, as if it had knocked down all the rocks in the distance.