Loan Wusheng

Chapter 8: Practice your muscles, bones and skin externally, and your breath internally!

After resting, Zheng Jun followed his brother-in-law and Da Liu to the workshop.

When we arrived, it was already bright outside and alleys were filled with various shouts.

The city accommodates 140,000 people and occupies a very large area. There are cities and districts, and the city is divided into 23 districts of varying sizes.

Zheng Jun, Zhou Pu and "Big Liu" Liu Yaozu were in charge of a street called "Lingongfang".

In order to maintain public order, the market town has its own strong clerks stationed there.

Police officers like Zheng Jun and Zhou Pu are responsible for "mobile posts" and can move around quickly.

Lin Workshop is bustling with people and is considered one of the more prosperous neighborhoods in the county. The patrols of Zheng Jun, Zhou Pu and Liu Yaozu are actually just inspections in the most critical places to deter pickpockets, hooligans and the like from causing trouble in public.

What happens behind the scenes is none of their business.

"When I fought with Zhao Er, I just struggled and broke free, and slashed with my scabbard. At most, I took one step. How could I add ten points to my progress?"

Zheng Jun was thinking.

Maybe it’s because the mentality is different when drawing the knife?

Zheng Jun felt that he knew too little about this 'Great Martial Book'. He only had the sword technique of the Pi Gua Dao for reference, which was still too little.

Watch more and practice more.

"Old Zhou, Zheng Sanlang, there is a sweet water shop in front, would you like some tea?"

At this moment, Zheng Jun heard Liu Yaozu's topic.

Listening to Liu Yaozu's words, Zheng Jun glanced at the sweet water shop in front of him and immediately said, "We are patrolling the streets, can we still drink tea?"

"Who would dare to commit murder in broad daylight?"

Liu Yaozu laughed and said, "Just take a walk for your own good intentions. Patrolling the streets all day is not only tiring, but also uncomfortable for ordinary people."

Hearing this, Zheng Jun didn't say much. He looked at Zhou Pu, who was worried. Zhou Pu finally came to his senses and went to the sweet shop for tea with Liu Yaozu.

The three of them sat together in the sweet water shop. Liu Yaozu was quite experienced. He ordered two small dishes and drank some tea while talking and chatting.

"Sanlang, you just beat up Zhao Er, it was really refreshing! To be honest, I have been unhappy with that guy for a long time, but I was afraid of Zhao Da's power and did not dare to..."

Liu Yaozu was a talkative person, and he and Zheng Jun began to chatter: "That Zhao Da is an expert in body tempering! Fortunately, he didn't make a fuss today, otherwise it would have been a difficult ending..."

Hearing this, Zheng Jun silently added a cup of tea and asked curiously, "Brother Liu, what does this 'Body Tempering' state mean? I hear people talking about body tempering and qi accumulation all day long, but I don't understand the mystery behind it at all. Brother Liu, can you explain it to me?"

"Well, haha..."

Liu Yaozu scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: He had also heard it from everyone he met, so how could he understand the logic behind it?
Apart from these two levels, he had only heard about the outer Gang general and the Yuandan martial saint in the books he listened to. As for the martial arts, he only knew that it required both internal and external training. In addition to the swordsmanship, internal training was also required.

He was not an experienced constable. Like Zheng Jun, he was a replacement after the previous county lieutenant brought a lot of constables and fast hands into Black Mountain and a large number of them died. His uncle was a clerk in the sixth room, so he was able to use the back door.

He knows nothing about these matters.

Just when Liu Yaozu was embarrassed, Zhou Pu suddenly spoke up: "For martial artists, whether it is swords, spears, swords or halberds, in the final analysis, they still have to rely on strength to win, to see who has stronger strength and faster speed. After the body is polished to a certain degree, it is necessary to refine blood to temper the body."

Blood refining?

Zheng Jun was refreshed and asked sincerely, "Brother-in-law, what does this blood refining mean? If I want to refine blood, what preparations do I need to make?"

"Your performance just now shows that you can absorb Qi. When I return later, I will ask to see the official and pass on the Zhuang Gong method to you."

Zhou Pu sighed lightly, "The so-called blood refining is nothing more than practicing the internal strength of Zhuanggong, refining the true energy between heaven and earth, taking it into the body, and circulating it along the blood essence in the body, circulating it positively in the body."

"Every time the Qi circulates with the blood, 99% of it will dissipate, leaving only a trace of Qi flowing in your blood. With this accumulation day by day, you will be able to temper your martial body and reach perfection."

"As for storing Qi, it means that your body can hold enough Qi, and the scattered Qi gradually condenses and gathers in Dantian, and then becomes your own Qi."

"I see!"

Zheng Jun understood immediately.

There is only one reason why I have not been able to temper my body.

I just lack this inner strength. But why is this inner strength so rare? Are there any prerequisites?

Zheng Jun asked why.

"If you want to practice Qigong and refine blood, you need to have a strong body, open your muscles and bones, and replenish your Qi and blood!"

"If your body is too weak, practicing the standing meditation will only damage your foundation."

"In the mildest cases, you will need to rest for several years. In the worst cases, you will be paralyzed for life. In the worst cases, you will bleed to death. You must practice some moves to strengthen your body."

"So the knowledgeable constables all went to the martial arts schools. Through the special tricks of the masters in those schools, they ate meat day and night, which enabled them to quickly reach a state where they could contain their true qi, so as to avoid the blood and qi surging and causing a blood explosion and death."

Zheng Jun suddenly realized.

There is a threshold for practicing internal strength. If the threshold is not high enough, internal strength cannot be practiced.

It seems that the song is well sung.

Train your muscles, bones and skin externally, and train your muscles internally in one breath!

"So that's what it is."

Liu Yaozu on the side also nodded frequently, feeling that he understood the subtlety of it, and made up his mind to eat more meat after the court was over.

The topic ended briefly, and then Zhou Pu only knew that the realm above Qi accumulation was Wai Gang. The county magistrate who had served in Heishan County for nine years was a Wai Gang person.

Zhou Pu once saw the county magistrate in action from afar. He was able to use his internal energy to cut down trees even from a distance of several meters. This was an extraordinary feat.

As for the Yuandan and Fashang often mentioned in storytelling, to Zhou Pu, they were no different from myths.

Then, Zhou Pu pointed at Zhao Da again.

Perhaps because of the presence of an outsider, Liu Yaozu, Zhou Pu was reluctant to speak openly and could only reveal a secret, mentioning that the old man of the Zhao family made his fortune by usury.

Zhou Pu stopped at that point, and Zheng Jun was not stupid either.

Usury is also called loan sharking.

How can a loan shark be someone you can get along with?

After having tea and drinking some water, which took more than half an hour, the three of them were ready to continue patrolling the streets.

But as soon as he stood up, Zheng Jun realized something was wrong.

The surroundings were unusually quiet.

There is no more hustle and bustle.

Zheng Jun frowned slightly.

Something is wrong, nine out of ten is wrong!

The old constable Zhou Pu standing by also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"Let's go."

Liu Yaozu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He stood up and walked out of the shop without saying anything.

Seeing this, Zheng Jun quickly stood up.

Just as Liu Yaozu stood up and walked out of the shop, a cold light suddenly flashed in his sight.

Liu Yaozu didn't realize this at all and continued talking non-stop.

Speaking of this, Zheng Jun hurriedly pulled Liu Yaozu back and avoided a blow from a club!
After pulling Liu Yaozu down, Zheng Jun's hair stood on end. He almost instinctively drew his knife and stabbed the man in the face of the door!

"what!"

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