Douluo: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 4 Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a required subject in college and there is an exam before the holidays of each semester. As a student of medical university, Jiang Li naturally knows it.

Tai Chi is mainly divided into five major schools, namely Chen style, Yang style, Sun style, Wu style and Wu style Tai Chi. Each school has its own characteristics.

Chen Style Tai Chi: Created by Chen Wangting, it is known for its fierceness and powerful force. The movements are open and closed, and it focuses on the cultivation of combat skills and internal strength.

Yang Style Tai Chi: Developed by Yang Luchan of Yongnian, Hebei Province based on Chen Style Tai Chi. It has gentler movements and focuses on body coordination and relaxation. It is suitable for people of different ages and physiques.

Sun Style Tai Chi: Created by Sun Lutang, it combines elements of Xingyiquan and Baguazhang. It has flexible movements and is suitable for fast movement and responding to emergencies.

Wu Style Tai Chi: Created by Wu Tunan, the movements are slow and continuous, focusing on the cultivation of internal strength and relaxation of the body. It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to practice.

Wu Style Tai Chi: Created by Wu Yuxiang, the movements are simple and clear, focusing on the natural movement of the body and the use of internal strength. It is suitable for beginners and those who pursue natural and smooth practitioners.

The origin of Tai Chi can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, known as "Tang Hands". It was revived in the Ming Dynasty and known as "Thirteen Postures". The Tai Chi community respects Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang Mountain as the founder of Tai Chi. Tai Chi consists of theoretical systems such as Tai Chi Classics, Tai Chi Theory, and Tai Chi Songs, which are combined with Chinese medicine meridians, Tai Chi philosophy, Five Elements, and health preservation. Tai Chi not only has the function of self-defense and anti-violence, and defeating the enemy, but also emphasizes self-cultivation and internal and external cultivation.

Regular practice of Tai Chi can also regulate the body and dredge the meridians, enhance immunity and improve physical fitness.

In addition, Tai Chi, Xisui Jing and Yi Jin Jing are collectively referred to as foundation exercises.

However, due to the reasons of the world in the previous life, coupled with the loss of the secret method and the fact that Tai Chi is easy to learn but difficult to master, there are very few famous Tai Chi masters, and it eventually became just a tool for old men in the park to strengthen their bodies.

What Jiang Li learned was an adaptation of Yang Style Tai Chi, which was simpler and easier to master than traditional Tai Chi.

After going over the thoughts in his mind, Jiang Li put away his martial soul, got out of bed and started practicing Tai Chi.

"Taiji is born from Wuji, the mechanism of movement and stillness, and the mother of Yin and Yang. When it moves, it separates; when it is still, it unites."

Tai Chi emphasizes using stillness to control movement, and using softness to overcome hardness. Tai Chi trains the mind rather than the form. As a student of Chinese medicine, Jiang Li has naturally studied Tai Chi a lot, and he is even quite good at it. He cannot be called a Tai Chi master, but at least he is a master. He just gave up Tai Chi after graduation due to work reasons.

Moreover, as Tai Chi is an internal martial art, one needs to keep one's mind calm when practicing it. One should not be too rigid about the moves and let one's mind follow one's heart.

As for why he didn't practice before his martial soul awakened, it was of course because he was too young at the time, and his physical condition did not allow it. Now that he is six years old, he is at the right age to practice martial arts, not to mention that he has awakened his soul power so he can practice with confidence.

Jiang Li made a starting gesture and then began to practice boxing slowly. The basic moves of Tai Chi include standing, walking and various boxing movements, such as single whip, cloud hands, white crane spreading wings, etc. The advanced moves include sweeping the bird's tail, moving the fence and other moves.

After adjusting his breathing, Jiang Li started practicing Tai Chi from standing still.

Beginners should practice Tai Chi slowly, as slowly as possible, because Tai Chi is a slow process that can only be mastered through steady practice. You will not be able to practice Tai Chi well if you are impatient for quick results.

Starting from the most basic standing still, to walking forms, to single whip, and then to cloud hands, Jiang Li performed each move with ease, with an indescribable beauty.

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Half an hour later, with the last movement completed, Jiang Li's arms fell leisurely, his palms gently caressing the sides of his legs, his posture upright, his breathing long. His left foot returned to its position, his feet together, his mind calm, his mind at peace, his forehead still stained with sweat from practicing Tai Chi.

"Huh, I haven't practiced for a long time, I'm a little rusty, but... um? My soul power and body?" Jiang Li wiped the sweat from his forehead after practicing Tai Chi and complained a few words. Suddenly, he found that his soul power increased a little, and his physical fitness was a little stronger than when he awakened his martial soul.

"Tsk tsk tsk, so that's how it is. It seems that it is really due to the environment." After Jiang Li figured out the situation, he also understood why his soul power and physical fitness increased.

The reason was actually due to the difference in the world. In the previous life, there was no spiritual energy, and the Tai Chi skills were lost, which resulted in him being able to only strengthen his body. In this life, because he was in the Douluo Continent, the air was filled with soul power. Just now, when Jiang Li was practicing Tai Chi, he unconsciously absorbed the soul power in the air, which improved his soul power and physical fitness. However, this was his first time practicing Tai Chi in this world, and the effect was very obvious. It is estimated that his performance will not improve so much in the future.

"It may be because it's the first time I practiced Tai Chi. It will probably increase little by little in the future. But it's okay. At least it's better than not increasing it. Maybe I can rely on this thing to absorb spirit rings of higher levels." Jiang Li thought to himself.

Now that you have decided to follow the path of Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, the quality of the soul ring must not be bad. According to the law of conservation of energy, the energy required for evolution is much higher than under normal circumstances. Whether it is fairy grass or soul ring, they are all a kind of energy, but they have different functions. Fairy grass can change a person's foundation, and soul ring can help a person break through. If the energy is not enough, the evolution of the martial soul will be a long way off.

Not to mention anything else, at least the first soul ring must be a hundred years old. Jiang Li doesn't want the first soul ring to be ten years old, even if it is extremely suitable. This will slow down his development speed too much, or the upper limit is not that high, and he cannot bear the consequences. No matter how talented he was in his previous life, he was a genius, otherwise he would not be able to be on the operating table within two years of graduation.

"Forget it, let's wait until school starts. I'll practice Tai Chi during this period, and I'll practice swordplay after I go to school. After all, I never came into contact with swordsmanship in my previous life, and I don't understand it. Not to mention that I can't get in touch with swordsmanship in this life. I can only see it in the school library. It just so happens that the knowledge about soul beasts is also there." Jiang Li thought to himself.

Because he had never touched a sword in his previous life, Jiang Li couldn't practice swordsmanship even if he wanted to, not to mention that he had just awakened his martial soul and was practicing swordsmanship. Swordsmanship was not sold anywhere, even the basic swordsmanship was not allowed to be sold. Want to learn it? Yes, there are schools, or it is passed down in the family, or you have to join a certain force, otherwise you have no way to learn it.

The Spirit Hall must have it too, but his Blue Silver Grass is worthless. After all, Blue Silver Grass is the most useless thing. Even if it has soul power, it is just luck and is not worthy of being used in public. Fortunately, Jiang Li is a time traveler. It would be impossible to use it on ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)