Chapter 15: No Talent
The tiger's shaking may just want to shake off the dust on its body, but it plays an important role in coordinating the muscles of its whole body, this spiral shaking is the whole body muscles are shaking, it is a kind of integration of all the muscle groups on the spine, joints, limbs, so that they can be twisted into a ball of powerful force.
Whether it is a tiger or a human, if the muscles cannot be integrated and mobilized, it is going their own way, and no matter how big the training is, it will not be able to effectively exert its strength.
It's like a punch, an inexperienced ordinary person, he only exerts the muscle strength of his upper limbs with a punch, but the martial artist can unite his waist and horse, and with the help of the muscle power of the lumbar spine, he makes his fist more fierce and fierce.
Zhou Fan lay on the ground, like a fierce tiger, he first let himself relax all over, intending to achieve a state of emptiness in his whole body.
When Zhou Fan felt that he could, his whole body shook suddenly, and he could hear two extremely slight muffled sounds coming from his body.
Zhou Fan quickly frowned and shook his head, not to mention the rhythm of breathing, even the muscle shaking could not be synchronized, the muscles of his limbs were shaking too fast just now, and the muscle groups in other parts couldn't keep up with the rhythm.
Zhou Fan thought about it, and simply gave up the breathing problem, and he first began to practice the rhythm problem of muscle synchronization when shaking.
The exercises are always boring, and the posture is constantly corrected after repeated failures, and the muscles try to shake in sync.
It took an hour for Zhou Fan to achieve the synchronous shaking of the tiger's muscles, and his posture was impeccable, every time he shook his body, it was a crisp sound, just like the sound of countless military boots stepping on the cement slab together, this neat sound means that he finally achieved the synchronization of shaking.
But Zhou Fan felt a tightness in his chest, he knew that it was because of the wrong breathing rhythm, and he began to try to adjust his breathing in the middle of the movement.
Gradually, another half an hour passed, and every time Zhou Fan 'shook the tiger's hair', his muscles were synchronized in unison, and his breathing became a unique rhythm of three inhales and one exhale.
The tiger shaking was also practiced perfectly by Zhou Fan, Zhou Fan stood up, he punched into the air, and even felt the muscles of his body tremble slightly.
Completing the Tiger Shake is just the beginning, though.
Zhou Fan rested for a while, went back to the house and drank a sip of water, and after his mental and physical state recovered, he stood on the muddy ground in the backyard with a solemn face, turned his hands into claws, and began to practice from the tiger's waist.
After the tiger stretched his waist correctly, it was the tiger washing his claws, and the tiger washing his claws was completed, and Zhou Fan stood upside down with both hands and used the tiger's elastic legs.
Just kicked from the tiger's flicking leg, Zhou Fan quickly flipped over and stood upright because his tiger's flicking leg made a mistake.
What he wants is to connect the four tiger styles together perfectly, which is to complete the cultivation of the four awakening styles of the "Tiger Twelve Styles".
Starting from scratch again, there is no problem with the tiger stretching his waist, the tiger washing his claws, and the tiger bounce his legs, but Zhou Fan still made a mistake when his feet landed and turned to the tiger's hair.
The third, fourth, and fifth times, Zhou Fan's limbs touched the ground and trembled.
There was a crisp sound, three inhales and one exhale, the muscles went from relaxing to tense, Zhou Fan just felt that time seemed to slow down, and he could feel that there was a special qi around his body that wrapped his body flowing.
It's a pity that this qi seems to be separated by a thin film, and it has never been able to penetrate Zhou Fan's body.
In just an instant, Zhou Fan came out of this state.
"Is that qi the vitality?" Zhou Fan's face changed slightly.
Whether it is the manuscript of "Tiger Shape Twelve Styles" or what Lu Kui said, practicing this awakening four styles in one go is to inhale the vitality of heaven and earth, thereby refining the flesh and body, thereby greatly increasing his strength, this can be regarded as crossing the threshold of martial arts and becoming a real martial artist!
As for how to inhale the Heaven and Earth Vitality?
Lu Kui's statement is that if you practice hard, you practice more times, and you have martial arts talent, so you will one day be able to attract vitality into your body.
Zhou Fan was sure that his movements were completely done according to the manuscript of "Tiger Shape Twelve Styles", as long as the manuscript was not wrong, then his movements were absolutely standard, even if there were slight differences, it would not be too big.
Of course, being able to realize the existence of heaven and earth vitality so quickly is also due to Zhou Fan's actions being too standard.
Zhou Fan began to practice again and again, but unfortunately, until the evening, Zhou Fan successfully completed the Four Awakening Postures several times, and each time he could detect the existence of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, but he was never able to let Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi enter his body.
Zhou Fan patted the dust on his body, it is already a great gain to have such progress today, and the matter of attracting vitality into the body may not be in a hurry.
After all, it took Lu Kui a month to cross the threshold of martial arts.
Moreover, Zhou Fan could clearly feel that his strength had increased a lot after a day of cultivation.
It was only when Zhou Fan came to Lu Kui's house that he told Lu Kui about his cultivation during the day that he knew the seriousness of the matter.
"Are you saying that you can complete the Four Awakening Forms in one go, and also feel the existence of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi?" Lu Kui's face was full of astonishment, and he asked again in disbelief.
Zhou Fan nodded affirmatively.
"Then you practice here and I'll see. Lu Kui scratched his head and said.
The hall space in Lu Kui's house is very vast, and Zhou Fan practiced the four awakening styles in the hall, and because he practiced a lot during the day, Zhou Fan, who was already familiar with the four styles, passed it once.
Zhou Fan felt the vitality of heaven and earth around him again, and in just a moment, he was out of that state, he stood up, patted the dust on his palm and looked at Lu Kui.
Lu Kui's face was strange, and there was surprise and confusion in his eyes.
"Brother Lu?"
Zhou Fan called Lu Kui, Lu Kui came back to his senses, and he smiled bitterly: "Afan, I don't know what to say." ”
"Brother Lu will say whatever comes to mind. Zhou Fan also sensed that something was wrong.
"First of all, your four-way movement of awakening......" Lu Kui paused, he scratched his head, "I'm not sure if your movements are right, but when you practice, it makes me feel like a real tiger has just woken up, and I personally think your moves are very ...... It's beautiful. ”
"But ......," Lu Kui said, his brow furrowed again, "something is wrong. ”
"What's wrong, isn't my breathing rhythm wrong?" Zhou Fan hurriedly asked.
"It's hard to see the rhythm of the four breaths of awakening, right, only you know. Lu Kui shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this, but your state is wrong." ”
"State?" Zhou Fan was stunned, he didn't understand.
"Afan, you can complete the four awakening postures in one day, it is definitely the one I have seen the fastest progress, it took me a month to really complete the four awakening postures. Lu Kui said with a complicated expression, "I told you this last night, but what I didn't tell you in detail is that if you really complete the Four Awakening Postures and perceive the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi......
"That body should be able to automatically inhale the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi!"
Zhou Fan's face changed slightly, he understood what Lu Kui meant, that is to say, the problem was that since he had completed the Four Awakening Forms and could feel the existence of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, he should be able to absorb Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.
When he cultivated during the day, Zhou Fan thought that he had not cultivated enough times to absorb the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, but now listening to Lu Kui's words, there was a big problem at all.
"What's the problem?" Zhou Fan said.
"It's not clear. Lu Kui smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just a big boss, and I don't understand why this is happening?
"There is only a method of cultivation in the manuscript, and there is no way to solve the problem. Zhou Fan frowned and asked, "What if you let Brother Lu guess?" Even if it is a guess, it may be useful to me." ”
"If I had to guess. Lu Kui was silent for a moment before he said slowly: "I have two guesses, the first is that your cultivation method may not be right. ”
"My way is wrong?" Zhou Fan thought about it, from the action of awakening the four postures to the movement of the breathed gas in the acupuncture points, he still couldn't find the mistake, "What about the second guess?"
Lu Kui's face showed a look of unbearability, and he sighed: "Maybe you don't have martial arts talent, so you can't attract qi into your body." ”
Lu Kui faintly felt that this was the reason for the problem, and he felt a little sorry in his heart, after all, Zhou Fan was very smart and had a strong comprehension, and it only took one day to complete the four awakening styles, but unfortunately he didn't have any martial arts talent.
"Don't you have talent...... Zhou Fan looked down at his hands, and his mood became delicate.
Lu Kui coughed, and hurriedly comforted: "This is just me talking nonsense, it may not be accurate, in fact, I don't think you need to be too anxious, go back and practice for a while, maybe you will soon be able to attract vitality into the body, after all, I practiced hard for a period of time before I introduced qi into the body." ”
For Lu Kui's comfort, Zhou Fan just smiled, his eyes were clear, and he didn't have any frustration, but asked: "Brother Lu, if there is no martial arts talent, is there a way for a person to smoothly attract vitality into the body?"
Zhou Fan has to prepare for the worst, especially because he has no martial arts talent, if this is the case, then his martial arts path will be cut off, and he will not be able to embark on the martial arts road, and in the future, in the face of those strange things, the danger level will increase dramatically.
"This shouldn't be the case. Lu Kui said so, but there was a hint of hesitation on his face.
Zhou Fan accurately captured the expression on Lu Kui's face, and asked softly, "Brother Lu, is there a way?" and you think it's too difficult or too ridiculous, so you don't want to say it." ”
Lu Kui didn't expect that Zhou Fan would guess, he smiled bitterly: "This is all for you to see, if you want to hear it, then I will say it, but you don't have too much expectations, in fact, I also hear it occasionally, it may not be accurate." ”
"I heard that there is a kind of divine pill in this world, which can make up for the defects of people's bodies, so that a person who cannot step on the threshold of martial arts can easily cross the threshold. ”
Zhou Fan's pupils brightened, and he asked, "What's the name of that elixir?"
Lu Kui shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "Afan, I'm just the patrol leader of Sanqiu Village, do you think I will know the name of that elixir?" I advise you not to think about it, even if the elixir really exists, it is not something that people like us can hope for." ”
"Then how likely do you think this elixir exists?" Zhou Fan thought for a while and asked.
Lu Kui was silent for a moment and said, "I think this elixir absolutely exists. ”
"What's the reason? Brother Lu, you shouldn't be comforting me, right?"
Lu Kui couldn't help but laugh and said: "This is really not to comfort you, I really think so, because I have really heard people say that even if it is an elixir that makes people easily cross a realm, there must exist, and this kind of elixir to make up for physical defects should also exist." ”
"If that's the case, then where is this elixir?" Zhou Fan asked with a sigh.
Lu Kui couldn't give an answer to this question, and the two of them ended up with questions about the elixir, and Zhou Fan began to recite the middle four of the last eight styles of "Tiger Shape Twelve Styles", even if he couldn't get started for the time being, Zhou Fan did not give up learning "Tiger Shape Twelve Styles".
He has already learned the first four forms, so he will learn the middle four styles in advance.
For Zhou Fan's approach, Lu Kui did not stop it, although there is a rule in Tianliang that "Tiger Shape Twelve Styles" is not allowed to be passed on, but Zhou Fan, as a quasi-member of the patrol team, wants to learn, and it is not considered a violation of the rules.
After asking Lu Kui for advice, it was almost late at night, and Zhou Fan went straight home.
Back at home, Zhou Zhou Mu and his wife didn't ask anything, but just urged Zhou Fan to go to sleep.
Zhou Fan also didn't say much, he could see the tiredness that could not be hidden in the eyes of Zhou Zhou Mu and his wife.
Zhou Zhou Mu had to run around for Zhou Fan's affairs during the day, and all the farm work at home fell on Gui Feng, especially the key thing was that Zhou Fan's longevity and the difficulties he would face when joining the patrol team made them under tremendous pressure, both psychological and physical, and of course they would feel very tired.
Zhou Fan couldn't do anything for them for the time being, so he could only be silent, and he didn't even say anything about the problems encountered in practicing martial arts, which would only make the poor parents more worried.
Zhou Fan lay on the bed after washing, looking at the hazy yellow light emitted by the oil lamp, his brows furrowed deeply.
He was wondering if he really didn't have martial arts talent, so how should he do it?
The best way is to find an elixir to make up for the lack of talent, but as Lu Kui said, these elixirs are extremely expensive, how easy is this to say?
Zhou Fan felt a little tired after thinking about it, he closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.
There was still a gray mist floating around, and Zhou Fan sighed as he looked at the familiar mist.