Chapter 738: National Martial Arts Records
Chapter 738: National Martial Arts Records
"The person who could hurt you must not be an ordinary person. It seems that your situation is indeed somewhat dangerous. We have known each other for a while and can be considered friends. I have a healing elixir that I prepared myself. Even if you are seriously injured and dying, it can help you hold on to your breath and stimulate your body's potential. I'll give it to you as a gift."
As he spoke, Lu Cheng casually took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it over.
Tang Zichen wanted to refuse, but seeing Lu Cheng's sincere face, he took it. Out of curiosity, he opened the small porcelain bottle, and immediately a strong medicinal fragrance hit his nose, which made Tang Zichen shudder all over. The blood and energy, which had been a little weak due to the injury, immediately calmed down.
This also made Tang Zichen immediately realize that this bottle of elixir was definitely not simple. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "This gift is too expensive. I can't accept it."
"There is no reason to take back what I give away. Just keep it. If you really feel bad about it, give me a gift in return."
Seeing Lu Cheng say this, Tang Zichen could only nod and said, "Okay, I will prepare the most suitable gift when I go back. If you are free tomorrow, you can come to Tianxing Lake Community in the provincial capital."
Fortunately, the next day was Sunday, so Lu Cheng agreed.
After that, the two chatted for another morning before leaving.
The next morning, Lu Cheng took a bus to the provincial capital.
As soon as they met, Tang Zichen handed Lu Cheng a book: "This book contains the essence of my lifelong boxing skills. I'm giving it to you. It's my gift in return. If there is a chance in the future, I hope you can do me a favor and pass on my boxing skills so that they won't be lost."
"Then I'll accept it."
Lu Cheng was not polite either. He just needed to have a more systematic and detailed understanding of Chinese martial arts so that he could combine it with his own martial arts foundation and forge his own path.
"The basics of Xingyi, Tai Chi, and Bagua are all in this book. Let me tell you the essence of my style of boxing. For example, the essence of Mr. Shang Yunxiang's Shang's Xingyi boxing lies in the bear-eagle combined attack. The boxing of my style is also the dragon-snake combined attack.
The dragon is the horse and the snake is the spear. In ancient legends, the horse is the incarnation of the dragon. Therefore, the dragon and snake attack together means using the horse with the spear. The dragon and snake together can kill hundreds of people like cutting grass...
Tai Chi is the simplest martial art in the world. In summary, it only has two moves. One is the hidden force stance, and the other is listening to the force. Use the pores of the whole body to listen to the force, hear the bones and muscles in the enemy's body trembling, and then accurately grasp the enemy's center of gravity, and be able to judge the enemy's moves..."
As he spoke, Tang Zichen started the demonstration. He came to the martial arts arena, took down a spear, and then came to a stone trough. In the center of the stone trough, there was a lead-mercury ball that was larger than a basketball. The surface was smooth and made of lead. The inside was hollow and contained a moderate amount of mercury. The entire lead-mercury ball weighed three or four hundred kilograms.
Tang Zichen leaped forward like a fierce horse, thrusting the spear in his hand suddenly and hitting the lead-mercury ball. Then the spear tip drew a circle, driving the three or four hundred kilograms of lead-mercury ball to jump up. The smooth ball seemed to be stuck to the spear tip and kept spinning.
Afterwards, the large ball of lead and mercury was picked up by the tip of the gun, jumping and spinning in the air, as light as a feather.
Afterwards, the large ball of lead and mercury fell steadily back into the stone trough without even making much of a sound.
This method of mobilizing every inch of muscles and bones in the body and exerting strength and skills to the extreme has perfectly demonstrated the essence of Tang Zichen's boxing.
Afterwards, Tang Zichen took Lu Cheng to the underground parking garage and said, "Let me show you another gun technique."
As he spoke, Tang Zichen stepped forward, and the spear in his hand went straight under a sports car like a poisonous snake. Then he exerted all his strength and lifted the spear upwards. The sports car was directly lifted up, spun twice in the air, and then landed steadily without any injury.
"During the Southern Song Dynasty, Gao Chong, a general under Yue Fei, encountered an iron pulley lowered from the top of a mountain by the enemy while chasing Jin Wushu. Gao Chong used his spear to knock them away one by one. If the Dragon and Snake Combined Attack is practiced to perfection, it can be like this..."
In today's exchange, Tang Zichen could be said to have explained everything he had learned throughout his life. He also exposed his own shortcomings.
If an enemy of the same level of strength were to obtain such a record of Chinese martial arts, it would probably deal a fatal blow to Tang Zichen.
However, Tang Zichen believed in his intuition and believed that he would not misjudge the person.
After getting the essence of Tang Zichen's boxing, Lu Cheng also returned the favor: "The Kung Fu I practiced actually comes from medicine. It is decisive in killing and strong in health. Since I got your things, I will give you a prescription for strengthening the body, which may be useful to you."
Afterwards, Lu Cheng asked for a piece of paper and wrote down a prescription that could help martial artists strengthen their muscles and bones and improve their physical fitness.
This prescription does not have much effect on Tang Zichen, but Tang Zichen still has many loyal people under his command and a huge organization, so such a prescription will be of great effect.
Tang Zichen did not hesitate to accept the gift.
After returning home, Lu Cheng immediately began to study the book "Records of National Martial Arts".
This national martial arts record consists of several hundred pages and is made of finely crafted parchment. The patterns on it are made of real gold and silver threads. The whole book has been fumigated with musk. It is truly a priceless work of art.
After opening it, most of the first half of the book describes the fighting methods of Chinese martial arts, various practical skills, and the art of killing. It also includes the most accurate human body structure diagram, which details the human nervous system, joint connections, and organ distribution. It also describes which parts of the body can be directly killed by using the open force or the hidden force, etc.
Lu Cheng, the medical saint, knew all this better than anyone else, so naturally he didn't need to look into it too much.
The last hundred pages of this book discuss the essence of various boxing styles, including Xingyi, Tai Chi, Baji, Tongbei, Pi Gua, etc. It simplifies the content and keeps only the most useful things.
In the end, it turned out to be a copy of Lanting Preface by the calligrapher Wang Xizhi by Tang Zichen. Every word, every stroke, and every painting on it contained the deepest artistic conception of boxing and Tang Zichen's understanding of boxing.
Lu Cheng read carefully page by page, absorbing the essence of each boxing style and constantly verifying it. His mind kept recalling his own experience of practicing martial arts, the struggles and touching moments of those years, and he was completely immersed in it without realizing it.
No matter which style of boxing the essence is, it is the accumulation and iteration of lifelong wisdom of generations of talented fighters, and is the result of the collision between various styles of boxing.
In the martial arts world, there are thousands of ships competing with each other. If you work in isolation, you will only be stagnant. A stone from another mountain can be used to polish a jade. Only by learning from the strengths of many schools and standing on the shoulders of giants can you stand higher and see farther.
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