Chapter 93: Understanding inner strength is like running water
The experience and wisdom of our predecessors are worth learning from and learning from each other’s strengths. What's more important is that "Qi" is actually mentioned. Wang Anxin was shocked.
“Qi, is it possible that this senior has developed true qi?”
In addition to the small paragraphs of annotations next to these maps, there are also some small words at the back of the book. These words are also some annotations, and they were left by more than one person.
This also reflects the extraordinary nature of this book from another aspect.
A thin book, he studied it carefully over and over again, and firmly recorded the contents in his mind.
[You have learned a lot from reading "Tai Chi Manual". Tai Chi experience +30. ]
He put down the book, went to a corner and practiced Tai Chi in a small space, and realized the movement of force recorded in the map.
Over and over again, the areas that were originally unsmooth gradually became smoother.
[Tai Chi experience +5. ]
[Tai Chi experience +3. ]
…
The Taoist priest on the side was watching with a smile on his face.
“This layman is definitely the one that several senior brothers have mentioned in the past few days who is looking for people to compete with each other. Maybe he got some insights from reading that book and is practicing martial arts here.”
He did not disturb him and just watched quietly from the side. There were fellow disciples coming over. He also stopped them and told them to keep their voices down, for fear that they would affect Wang An.
Wang An practiced for a while, stopped to think about it, and then continued to practice. The strength in his body was like rivers running through his body.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was noon. The Taoist priests in the scripture library left one after another, but Wang An was still reading that book.
The Taoist priest waited aside and did not rush him. In this way, the time passed noon and reached the afternoon.
“Let’s pour it here today.” Wang An closed the ancient book and put it back far away. Only then did he realize that the Taoist priest was still waiting aside. He looked at the sky outside and realized that it was already afternoon.
“I’m really sorry for the long delay.”
“It’s okay, it seems like the layman has gained something?” The Taoist priest said with a smile.
“The harvest has been great. It feels like there is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with bright flowers and dark trees.” Wang An said matter-of-factly.
“Congratulations to the layman.”
“That book is worth reading. If the Taoist priest practices Tai Chi, he might as well read more of it.” Wang An thought for a while and said to the Taoist priest.
The other party is waiting here. Not to mention wasting time, it can be regarded as protecting the Dharma for oneself, and it can be regarded as owing the other party a favor.
“I have read that book several times, but I always feel that some of the things recorded in it are a bit obscure. Even with senior annotations, it is difficult to practice. Do you understand the contents?”
“Slightly gained.” Wang An said matter-of-factly.
After hearing this, the Taoist priest thought for a while and then walked to the bookshelf, picked up the book, opened one of the pages, and pointed to the first picture.
“Can the layman tell you more about this picture?”
"This is the method of exerting strength. The strength rises from the feet, along the legs to the waist, where it can be combined with the strength of the waist and abdomen. The upward path can be divided into two paths, one for the back and one for the waist. On the chest,
This picture is from the upper part of the back, and this picture is from the upper part of the chest and abdomen. "Wang An pointed to one of the pictures, and then pointed to another picture.
“Then I would like to ask, layman, how to sense this power and how to use it?” The Taoist priest was stunned for a while and then asked.
“You have to experience this by yourself, because the power is transmitted along the muscles and bones in the body, and the power is like water, if you don’t mind, Taoist priest.” Wang An raised his hand.
"please."
Then Wang An stretched out his hand and drew a line from bottom to top, which was the route of the first picture.
"This is a rough route. You might as well experience it carefully when practicing."
“Thank you, layman.” The Taoist priest saluted Wang An.
“You’re welcome, Master Taoist. It’s getting late, so I’ll take my leave.”
“The layman walks slowly.”
After leaving the Sutra Library, Wang An went to express his gratitude to Taoist Master Qinghui.
"It seems that the layman has gained something." The old Taoist said with a smile. When a person is happy, it can be seen from his expression and eyes.
“It’s very rewarding, thank you so much.”
Taoist priest Qing Hui smiled and waved his hand after hearing this.
“Ten years ago, a young man also went up the mountain and wanted to have a look at the Buddhist scripture building, but he went in secretly.
After being discovered by the disciples patrolling the mountain, he injured several disciples, and then ran down the mountain and took away two books, one of which was a note written by a Tai Chi master a hundred years ago. "The Taoist priest Qing Hui said.
“What’s that person’s name?”
“He Xiaolin seemed to be a very talented young man at the time, but his personality was a bit worse.”
"If I happen to meet him in the future, I will help ask him about what happened back then." Wang An thought for a while and said.
"Well, be careful. His kung fu was not simple back then. None of the disciples on this mountain could catch him. If he has studied hard and practiced hard in the past ten years, his kung fu must have been one step closer. Ahem."
Taoist Master Qinghui's cough seemed to be a little heavier than yesterday.
“Taoist priests should pay more attention to their health.”
Even those who practice martial arts cannot avoid birth, old age, illness and death. They will still get sick, but their bodies will be stronger than those of ordinary people.
Wang An thanked the Taoist priest again and left.
He slowly walked down the mountain alone, feeling very comfortable. Looking at the beautiful scenery in the mountains around him, it seemed that it was a little more beautiful than the previous few days.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, he passed by an inconspicuous mountain. There was a large rock on the mountain that looked quite steep.
Wang An took one look at the rock and wanted to go up and have a look.
Looking around, there was no one else on the quiet mountain road except him, so he went to the mountain and came under the rock.
In my mind, I couldn't help thinking of the stunts that I saw in the "Tibetan Scripture Tower" not long ago.
He bent down and jumped up to a height of more than three meters. Then he stepped on a protruding rock and used his strength to push forward. He then jumped straight upwards. Halfway through, he felt that the direction was wrong and he was facing away diagonally. And go.
He hurriedly bowed, raised his hand and grabbed a pine tree growing among the rock peaks, and dragged the person to the rock. He grabbed the rock, used his arms hard, kicked off his feet, and the person jumped up again.
He used his hands and feet on the rock and climbed up the rock nearly ten meters high by pedaling four times in succession. The whole process was done in one go.
“Huh, it turns out that it’s just what you see on paper. You know that you have to practice it. You can’t master this ladder just by looking at it. The skill of exerting force straight up and down needs to be mastered through continuous practice.”
The rocks above are oval-shaped and covered with cracks, just like a huge turtle shell.
In the largest crack grows a pine tree, more than one meter high, a little thin, but very stubborn. A gust of mountain wind blew, and the branches and leaves swayed.
Wang An stood on this boulder and looked around. When he became interested, he started practicing Tai Chi on it again.
The mountain breeze blows on my face, and there is gurgling water in the mountain stream not far away.
Wang An looked very relaxed, and the energy inside was flowing like water.
On the mountain road in the distance, two tourists came down from the mountain and were about to go down.
“Look, is there a person there?” One of the people pointed in the distance, looking at some abrupt rocks.
"where?"
“That, on that big rock.”
“Hey, it’s true, hey, could that be the tall man on top of the Golden Dome a few days ago?”
“Nine times out of ten, let’s go and have a look.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll take a photo first and send it to Moments!”
“Hurry up, it’s too late and no one is around!”
The two people hurriedly ran towards the rock where Wang An practiced boxing.
On the rocks, Wang An felt the mountain breeze. In a dazed moment, he felt that he had become a wisp of breeze.
"This is it, it's so high. It's like five stories high. How did you get up there?"
The two men came to the foot of the rock where Wang An practiced boxing. They looked at the unreachable rock and the deep canyon on the other side.
“There’s no need to say it, it’s just Qinggong.”
The conversation between the two people was heard by Wang An at the top.
“Is there anyone down there?”
He glanced down and happened to see two people looking up.
“Look, there’s someone there.”
“Exalted person!”
The two men hurriedly waved and shouted to Wang An on the stone.
“I didn’t expect that people would come here.” Wang An sighed helplessly. He looked at the deep valley in front of him.
“Just get down from here.”
He looked down, and then came to the edge of the rock. He raised his legs and body and fell straight down. He fell four or five meters away. He raised his hand to grab the rock, paused, let go, and continued to fall. .
Like this, he soon fell into the valley, landed on the trees in the mountain, and landed on the tree trunks. He shuttled through the dense trees like an ape.
He jumped from one tree to another, so nimble and light that he startled a crowd of birds.
“Where is this master? Why hasn’t he come down yet?”
“Perhaps you don’t want to see us?”
“Then he will have to come down sooner or later!”
"Look, there are many birds flying in the forest. Do you think the expert jumped into the valley and left?"
"It's really possible. How about we chase those flying birds?"
"good."
After a while, a figure suddenly emerged from the forest, carrying some leaves, vines, and cobwebs with it.
Bah, he waved his hand and swept away the debris wrapped around his body.
This forest is completely different from the forest in my hometown. The plants inside are more lush, and some vines are wrapped around the trees and hanging in the air. I almost tripped when I entered suddenly.
Seeing that there was no one around, Wang An quickened his pace and went down the mountain.
On the empty mountain road, the two people were still looking for traces of him. They searched along the road next to the valley for a long time. They looked around carefully and almost fell down, but they didn't see a single figure.
(End of this chapter)