That night, Yuan Ba only felt that he slept comfortably, as if his whole body was as light as a feather, lying on the clouds and falling asleep, and some subtle changes began to occur inside his body.

At the third watch, Yuan Ba got up, and he faced the cold morning breeze, climbed out of the wall, and ran towards Qujiang Pond.

Qujiang Pond is half in the city, half is outside the city, it is actually a waterway into Xijing, at this time the sky is not yet bright, Qujiang Pond is deserted, there is no figure.

In the ice and snow, only Yuan Ba ran alone in the dark night, he ran faster and faster, without tiredness, the extreme exhaustion yesterday was gone, the muscle soreness all over his body disappeared, he only felt infinite vitality.

Yuanba already understands a little bit of the principle of building a foundation, that is, the basic practice of ancient martial arts, easy tendons, shrinking tendons, squeezing qi, easy bones, teng membranes, easy marrow and other steps, the principle is the same, but the words and methods are different.

In fact, the internal strength in martial arts novels is based on ancient martial arts, but it is slightly exaggerated, which makes people feel incredible.

But ancient martial arts have existed since ancient times, but the inheritance is too narrow, and they are unwilling to write books on paper, and the Jianghu sect is strictly forbidden by the imperial court, so that many exercises are gradually lost and disappeared in the long river of history, coupled with the rise of modern thermal weapons, a five-year-old child can kill the top martial artists with one shot, which makes the ancient martial arts useless, and the inheritance becomes more and more rare, and finally becomes a kind of physical sports.

Zhang Xutuo's foundation building is divided into four stages, the induction period, the entry period, the stagnation period and the breaking period, and the other foundation building is the same as these four steps, but the saying is different, last night Yuanba's feeling of being as light as a feather was to enter the induction period.

Then it begins to enter the introductory period, which takes about three to four years, during which the martial arts improve the most rapidly.

But after building the foundation to a certain extent, progress will slow down, or even stagnate, this period is called the stagnation period, and it is also the longest period of time, the average person has to go through five to eight years, and nine out of nine people can no longer break through, and eventually become a mediocre martial arts practitioner, able to serve as a low-level officer, can rely on martial arts to mix rice, be a martial artist or be a dart master.

The reason why it is very difficult to break through the stagnation period is because there is still a time limit for building the foundation, and the bones and veins of ordinary people will grow by the age of sixteen or seventeen, so they must break through during the growth period in order to have the possibility of continuing to transform the muscles, bones and blood marrow.

Therefore, the average martial artist has not broken through the stagnation period after the age of seventeen, and it is basically stereotyped, but if you want to really become a fierce general on the battlefield, you must make a breakthrough again, which is the fourth stage that the general martial arts practitioner does not know, called the breaking period, after entering the breaking period, the ability will be greatly improved, and the potential of the person will be exerted to the limit, become infinitely powerful, have the ability to learn more exquisite martial arts, and eventually become a brave general.

But even if they also enter the breaking period, there will be a world of difference, some people can become Li Yuanba, and some people can only become Cheng Yanjin.

Zhang Xutuo's main method of building the foundation was to make Yuanba recover after extreme exhaustion, and the potion at night was actually to allow him to recover quickly from exhaustion.

Then use the pill to promote the growth of his body organs and regulate the balance of yin and yang of essence, qi and blood, so that his physical fitness can rise in a spiral, and then train him in knife and archery skills, so that his muscles and bones can become thicker and stronger day by day, so that his internal organs and blood are sufficient, and his physique is different from ordinary people.

Yuan Ba's qualifications are excellent, after he experienced such cruel training yesterday, he has become full of physical strength today, this is the miraculous effect of the elixir that Zhang Xutuo gave him.

"Master!"

Yuan Ba walked outside the pavilion and bowed to give a salute, Zhang Xutuo turned his head and glanced at him coldly, "If you arrive late for a stick of incense, you will be punished for running around the lake." ”

"Yes!"

Yuanba didn't dare to argue, he turned his head and ran, Zhang Xutuo stopped him again, "Wait a minute!"

Yuan Ba stopped, Zhang Xutuo slowly walked to his side and asked him, "How did you feel when you slept last night?"

"Master Hui, sleep very sweetly!"

Zhang Xutuo saw that his attitude was very respectful, it was estimated that he tasted the sweetness last night, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, he dared to scold himself for being a thief yesterday, this kid is rebellious in his bones.

He asked, "What else is there but sweetness?"

"Back to the master, I didn't get up all night!"

Yuan Ba hesitated, he didn't know whether to say or not, "And.... It's that I feel that my whole body is light and fluttering, turning into a feather, flying in the sky, and my body is very light and light. ”

"What did you say?"

Zhang Xutuo was taken aback, he never dreamed that Yuanba's physique was so good, and he entered the foundation building induction period on the first day, and ordinary people would have to be at least ** days later to have this feeling of being as light as a feather when sleeping, and when he was a child, he had to feel this way three days later.

Zhang Xutuo stepped forward and pinched the muscles on Yuanba's thighs, "Do you feel sore?"

"It didn't hurt at all, I felt like I had a lot of energy and wanted to run. ”

Zhang Xutuo showed a rare smile of admiration on his face, he actually met a genius who practiced martial arts, he took out another pill of pills, handed him the wine gourd, "Eat the medicine!"

Yuan Ba swallowed the medicine, and after a while, he felt as uncomfortable as fire in his chest and abdomen, Zhang Xutuo patted his little shoulder, "Go run! ”

Looking at the immature little figure of Yuanba, Zhang Xutuo turned over and got on the horse, and slowly followed, at this time it was still the fourth watch, it was the darkest time before dawn, only to see the Qujiang Pond, a small figure running quickly in the night, and a horseman behind him followed him unhurriedly.

Since then, Yuanba began an ascetic-like martial arts career, Zhang Xutuo did not teach him every day, but assigned him homework, Zhang Xutuo would teach him one day every five days, and the pills and bubbles were also given to him for five days at a time, if he found that Yuanqing was lazy at home, waiting for Yuanba would be a merciless whipping.

Time is like an arrow, three years have passed, and the time has reached the first month of the seventeenth year of Jianyuan, and Yuanba has turned eight years old.

"Bang-Bang!"

In the distance, there was a knock on the husband's watch, the sky was already three watches, the door of the small room next door creaked, Shen Qiuniang was immediately awakened, she couldn't help but sigh softly, this child is obsessed with learning martial arts, and his will is extremely firm, it has been three years since he learned martial arts, and he gets up at three watches every day, never stopping.

She looked at her daughter again, sleeping soundly, like a little pig, in comparison, Niuniu was far worse than Yuanba's perseverance, I really don't know how he developed his perseverance.

Shen Qiuniang didn't know that Yuanba had been swimming in Qujiang Pond for an hour every day since three years ago, especially the cold bath in winter was a great test for people's willpower.

Although Yuanba is the grandson of the Yang family, the Yang family ignores him at all, and the living conditions are so difficult that even the children of the little housekeeper are not as good.

But Shen Qiuniang didn't care about these at all, she was afraid that the Yang family would attach importance to Yuanba and take Yuanba away from her, she had raised Yuanba for five years, and she had already regarded him as her own son.

Shen Qiuniang also turned over and got up, she wanted to start copying books, in the past, their monthly money was just enough, but since the two children began to practice martial arts, they gradually began to make ends meet.

In particular, the amount of Yuanba's rice has risen sharply, the drought in Guanzhong in the past two years, the price of rice has risen sharply, it has risen to 80 yuan per bucket, they have just enough money to buy six buckets of rice on five dollars in January, and Yuanba has to eat four buckets alone, they have to buy slightly cheaper coarse grains, fortunately, they have been accustomed to a poor life, and the green vegetables and tofu are also eaten deliciously every day, and Aunt Liu in the kitchen likes Yuanba and Niuniu, and will always secretly send a few pieces of braised pork to the two children every three or five days.

Now the main thing is that Niu Niu also needs money to learn martial arts and build a foundation, poor and rich in martial arts, learning martial arts is a very money-consuming thing, tuition, medicine money, meat, equipment, the cheapest master also charges twenty dollars a month, and the average poor child can't afford to learn at all.

Among them, the medicine is the most expensive, fortunately, Shen Qiuniang herself knows martial arts and can make pills, so many times Shen Qiuniang goes to the city to collect medicine by herself, but some medicinal materials still can't be collected, so you have to spend money to buy them.

Shen Qiuniang took a job as a copyist three years ago, copying twenty books a month, earning four yuan, barely able to maintain Niuniu's minimum money for medicinal materials.

Shen Qiuniang lit the oil lamp and began to lay paper and copy books, recently she received a very good job, copying thirty copies of the Diamond Sutra before the fifth day of the first month, and can earn ten hanging money, so that she can make a new dress for the two children, especially Yuanba grew too fast, only eight years old, the figure is already as tall as a twelve-year-old child, the pants are obviously shorter, usually she goes to the clothes store to buy the cheapest old clothes, but the New Year to wear new clothes, today is the third day of the first month, he is still wearing old clothes.

Shen Qiuniang couldn't sleep anymore, she had to hand over these books no matter what today, get the money, the child needed to buy cloth to make new clothes, but there was only ten yuan left at home, and this month's monthly money has not been sent so far, she didn't want to go to the tent horse steward, she felt that the horse steward had not looked at her very right recently.

In the courtyard, Yuanba was ready to practice knives.