Chapter 5: Amazing progress

Zhou Hong is very incomprehensible at the moment, this place belongs to the Southern Regions, even in winter, it will not be very cold, and the grass and trees will not wither too much, but at this time, the grass and trees on this mountain are obviously more withered than the plants and trees on other mountains.

Looking at the disciple who was sincerely standing in front of him, Zhou Hong sincerely felt very relieved, after some tests just now, this apprentice he picked up halfway turned out to be a martial arts wizard, in just three months, his internal strength has reached the middle of the day after tomorrow, and his physical cultivation has also improved greatly, and he can resist things weighing more than 800 catties, with such strength, this is also an elite disciple in some major sects, and this kind of cultivation speed is enough to make people red, and he is still a child.

Zhou Hong was proud, and there were more smiles on his resolute face than in the past twenty years.

At this time, Lin Cheng's expression was very calm, the immaturity on his face had receded, he had matured a lot, and his eyes had become much deeper. The body is stronger, the muscles are bulging, it is very strong, and the blood is vigorous.

Zhou Hong gathered his thoughts and said with a smile: "Apprentice, I am very happy for the teacher, you have passed the test, you are a martial arts practitioner." From today onwards, I will start to teach you what I have learned all my life, and I hope you will not let you down. ”

Lin Cheng said excitedly: "The disciple must live up to the high expectations of the master!"

"Okay, sit down, and tell you something. Then sit down.

Lin Cheng also sat down and waited quietly for the master to speak.

Zhou Hong said slowly: "I believe you also understand the common sense in the martial arts, so I won't say more about being a teacher, what I want to talk about today is about practicing martial arts." Martial arts lies in refinement, not in many, specialization can go further, miscellaneous but not refined, in the end it is empty, you have to remember. ”

"Yes, the disciple remembered. Lin Chengdao.

Zhou Hong continued: "The level of martial arts is divided into acquired and congenital, each level is divided into three realms: before, during and after, the vast majority of martial artists in today's martial arts are acquired, only a small number have reached the congenital, this person's qualifications, efforts, opportunities are related, the vast majority of people can not step into the innate realm in their lifetime. There is a qualitative difference between the innate realm and the acquired realm, the acquired realm is mainly to practice qi, accept the aura of heaven and earth in the dantian, when the internal force of the dantian reaches its peak, it is necessary to carry out quantitative changes, and the internal force in the dantian is transformed from gas to liquid state existence, and then the internal force is qualitatively changed, in order to enter the innate realm. ”

Zhou Hong sighed when he said this: "This step is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, but it takes a lot of opportunity to do it, how many people can't do it." ”

Lin Cheng suddenly asked, "Master, you should be congenital, right? Can you fly when you reach the innate realm, or fight people in the sky?"

"Fly?" Zhou Hong didn't understand why Lin Chengcheng asked, but he still explained: "Flying is unwilling, that's counterintuitive, we are mortals, not immortals." However, there are some advanced light skills in the martial arts that can be temporarily stuck in the air, just like the Ling Xubu I taught you, and you can also stay in the air for a short time when you cultivate to a high depth. ”

"Mortal, immortal?" Lin Cheng's eyes were complicated, and he kept responding to Master's words in his heart, and he didn't even pay attention to what Master said about footwork.

Zhou Hong said: "The innate is not only different from the acquired in the quality of martial arts, but it is also beneficial in the life span of people, and those who practice martial arts, as long as they reach the innate level, basically their life span will increase by decades, and some even increase by hundreds of years." ”

Lin Cheng was surprised, he couldn't imagine that martial arts training could have these benefits.

Lin Cheng seemed to think of something, and asked again: "Master, I want to ask, is there a realm above the innate sky?"

"Above the congenital?" Zhou Hong was surprised that Lin Cheng would ask this question, and after thinking about it, he said: "I'm not sure if it's above the congenital, for many years, people in the martial arts have reached the innate realm, and they are looking for the realm above the innate level, but they have never found it, and there is no way to get started, so it is generally believed that the highest realm of martial arts should be the congenital." It is rumored that there are cultivators at this time, maybe they will know whether there is a realm above the innate Dao, but rumors are rumors, no one has ever seen them, and they can't be taken seriously. ”

Lin Cheng's face was silent, his expression was complicated, he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

Zhou Hong didn't notice Lin Cheng's expression, and continued: "There are good and evil people in the rivers and lakes, but there is no difference between good and evil in martial arts. Those of my generation who practice martial arts are happy to take revenge, but they must not bully the weak, and they must not lose their human nature. Okay, I won't say much about the rest of the words, so I'll tell you what I learned for the teacher!"

Zhou Hong paused and said: "Martial arts has internal strength, there are martial arts, the mantra I teach you is the internal strength, and the footwork I teach you is martial arts." Ling Xubu you have learned, when you learn to penetrate its essence, it can be said that the world is so big, you can't go to it. As for the internal strength of the mind, it was obtained by the teacher by accident, and it has no name, but the power is no worse than that of any school. There are three layers of this internal strength, the first layer corresponds to the acquired realm, and the second layer corresponds to the innate realm. “

"What? Master can't succeed in practicing?" Lin Cheng was shocked, he couldn't even practice Master, what kind of internal skill is this, Lin Cheng has studied hard during this period of time, he is no longer a rookie who has just come into contact with martial arts, Master's cultivation, he can probably know the Dao, although Master never says, but even Master can't practice successfully, can he do it? Lin Cheng couldn't help but feel a little unconfident.

Zhou Hong said with a smile: "Martial arts, sometimes it depends on chance, if you don't succeed in cultivating for the teacher, it doesn't mean that you can't, today the teacher will teach you all this internal strength and mental method, success or failure depends on you, and the teacher also hopes to see what the third layer is like." As he spoke, he took out a strange paper-like thing from his arms and handed it to Lin Cheng.

Lin Cheng took it and let it go, the material was very old, and it was very rough to the touch, but it couldn't be torn a little bit harder.

Zhou Hong said: "You write down all the formulas, and then give it to me, you can't put this secret book on your body, with your current strength, if it is discovered, it will be a curse or a blessing." “

"Disciple understands!" Lin Cheng responded, picked up the thing, looked at it carefully, and silently remembered it in his heart.

Zhou Hong waited quietly and stopped talking.

After almost an hour, Lin Chengcai handed the secret book to the master and said, "Master, the disciple has already written it down." Since he had already practiced the first layer, Lin Cheng started to memorize directly from the second layer, although there were not many words, it took a long time to remember.

"Okay, let's start teaching you the master's martial arts - the sword. Zhou Hong said solemnly.

Lin Cheng started cultivating again, but it was no longer a task from now on, but Zhou Hong personally guided him. Lin Cheng first cultivated his physical fitness every day, chopping trees and moving stones, and then cultivating Ling Xubu, Nameless Cheats and Absolute Sword Technique, and his life became more fulfilling.

The days passed day by day, and a year passed in a hurry, and Lin Cheng was taller, almost the same as a twenty-year-old man. And his physical training is already able to lift 1,500 pounds of things, and the tense muscles all over his body are full of explosive strength. Ling Xubu had also cultivated to the point where he could touch Zhou Hong's clothes within ten breaths. The internal strength of the mind has learned the second layer, and when the internal force reaches the late acquired realm, it is just a few perceptions and opportunities to be able to enter the innate realm and become a real master in the world.

There are a total of six styles of the absolute knife method, which are one knife to break the sky, one knife to dominate the sky, the knife is ruthless, the knife has no return, the world is peerless and there is no knife, and each knife method has a variety of variations. The first five styles of this sword method cheats have cultivation instructions, but the last one --- no knife, without any explanation, Zhou Hong only told him one sentence, and he relied on his own comprehension, so he didn't say more.

Lin Cheng has learned that he can fight against his master, only practice makes perfect, as for whether he can go to the next level, it can only depend on his personal understanding and experience.

Another three years passed in a hurry, and Lin Cheng's progress made Zhou Hong numb. However, it is a pity that the first five styles of the knife technique have been learned, and Ling Xu's footwork is even comparable to that of the master

, only the internal strength has not been able to enter the innate realm for a long time, and the strange thing is that Lin Cheng's internal strength is still growing, getting deeper and deeper, and there is no limit. The vegetation around the valley where they live has died and does not regenerate, and there is a tendency towards desertification, which Zhou Hong is puzzled by.

It seems that if you don't experience wind and rain, you can't make progress, and it's not a good thing to work behind closed doors. So, Zhou Hong finally made a decision, and he seemed to let go of something in his heart, and sighed with relief, but there was a thick complicated color on his face.