A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 17 Internal Strength Method
The contract had three pages in total, filled with densely written words. Duan Rong inherited the memory of his original body and could barely understand the text without punctuation.

He skimmed through it quickly, reading only a few key clauses.

Half a year of apprenticeship, three years of internship, and four years of service.

Including the three months as a menial disciple, basically eight years had passed.

The contract also stipulated the monthly payment for each stage. Duan Rong only took a glance at it and signed and put his fingerprints on it.

This contract was naturally full of unfair terms. If he died during these eight years, there would not even be any money for pension or compensation, but he had no bargaining power at this time.

If he doesn't sign, he'll have to go back to doing odd jobs!
As for half a year of apprenticeship, three years of internship, and four years of service.

In fact, this is true in all walks of life.

Even in Duan Rong's previous life, there was already a modern industrial and commercial system, and some traditional folk art industries were still like this.

Ultimately, this is not wrong.

After all, the grace of teaching skills is greater than heaven, who would teach you for nothing?

Kong Bin was still looking at the contract when he suddenly saw that Duan Rong had already signed and sealed it. Kong Bin immediately came to his senses, skimmed through a few places, and also signed and sealed it.

Xiao Zongting's expression slightly changed when he saw that the two of them had signed the contract so quickly. In previous years, those guys were always hesitant and some even asked questions here and there.

But the result is always the same, sign or get out!
These two guys were so straightforward that he actually looked at them with new eyes.

Xiao Zongting looked at the place where the signatures were made, put away the two contracts, and then took out two tattered books from his arms and threw them on the table, saying: "These two books are the copies of the secret manual of the Five Tigers and Sheep Knife. You two go to the courtyard and take a look. Think about it first. I will go and hand over the contracts to the inner courtyard."

Xiao Zongting put away the contract, walked to the door, and suddenly turned back and said: "Don't look at the routines in the front, take a closer look at the inner strength method in the back. I will come back later and focus on explaining the introduction to the inner strength method."

"Internal power secrets?" Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat when he heard these words.

In the past few days, although he had put almost all of his energy into standing still to build up his strength and practicing routines in order to cope with the assessment, even so, when he was standing still every day, he still couldn't help but ponder the internal power of the Five Tigers and Sheep Sword.

In the entry-level Five Tigers and Sheep Knife experience that he digested and absorbed, there was a complete way of standing and operating the first level of internal breath that matched the moves.

However, after a few days, he still hadn't figured out what internal energy was, and he didn't have the time to take the time to delve into this mystery.

Duan Rong and Kong Bin each picked up a tattered secret book with curled covers and broken corners, walked to the stone table in the yard with some excitement, and began to read it attentively.

Although this book is tattered, it is a genuine martial arts secret book!

Duan Rong first browsed through the secret book.

The first half is the complete set of thirty-six moves of the Five Tigers and Sheep Swords, while the second half is the entry-level internal energy technique, that is, the first level of internal energy technique.

The realms of martial arts are divided into entry, proficient, minor success, major success, subtlety, and perfection.

Among them, the first four levels have corresponding internal skills and mental methods.

Because these four levels of mental skills cultivate inner breath, which is the method of Qi circulation in Theravada martial arts, are usually referred to as the lower four levels of mental skills.

This secret book only contains the first level of internal Qi circulation method for the entry level, while the next three levels of internal Qi circulation method are completely missing. It is not a complete set of secret book.

Duan Rong only thought about it for a moment and immediately understood the connection. Zhao Mu was already a trainee escort and had started escorting goods, but he was only at the entry-level level. It was obvious that improvement in martial arts was a gradual process.

Just this incomplete copy is enough for an average warrior to practice for one or two years, or even several years.

After Duan Rong thought about this problem clearly, he opened the secret book and read it carefully from the part about internal power and mental skills.

With the description in the secret book and the experience at the entry level that he had absorbed, many unclear points were solved one by one like a whirlwind. However, there were still a few obstacles that confused Duan Rong.

He stood up several times, stood in a fixed position and tried to breathe, but still couldn't enter.

It's like, he is very skilled at driving, but you can't open the car door.

If you can't get into the car, no matter how good your skills are, you won't be able to put them to good use.

In the experience that Duan Rong absorbed and digested, perhaps opening the car door was too simple, and there was no trace of this place at all. When Xiao Zongting returned to the backyard, an incense stick of time had passed.

As soon as Xiao Zongting arrived in the courtyard, he saw Duan Rong and Kong Bin sitting at the stone table.

Kong Bin kept flipping through the book and scratching his head, looking confused, while Duan Rong sat there, staring at a certain point in the void, deep in thought.

Xiao Zongting coughed and limped in front of the two people.

Both of them turned around, stood up from both sides of the stone table, and looked at Xiao Zongting.

"You've read the secret book? Tell me, what do you think?"

Both of them looked at the ground, silent.

"What does internal breath have to do with it?" Xiao Zongting looked at the two of them inquiringly.

Kong Bin immediately lowered his head even lower. Duan Rong pondered for a moment, then suddenly met Xiao Zongting's gaze and replied, "It's related to breathing and blood."

Xiao Zongting was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Anything else?"

Duan Rong hesitated and didn't dare to say anything for a while.

Kong Bin lowered his head and glanced at Duan Rong beside him.

Xiao Zongting was very satisfied with Duan Rong's answer. He was able to understand it to this extent in just one stick of incense, which showed that this boy's intelligence and comprehension ability were indeed far beyond his peers.

No wonder he can stand out among the crowd of menial disciples!

A normal person's reaction is to be like Kong Bin, who knows nothing about anything.

"Actually, it's also related to mental strength." Xiao Zongting paused and added, "What I'm going to say next is very important, so you two should listen carefully."

"Spiritual power?" For some reason, when Xiao Zongting said these three words, Duan Rong's heart began to beat fast. He felt as nervous as if he was about to grasp something crucial.

Xiao Zongting's gloomy voice echoed in the sunny courtyard.

“You need to feel your breathing and the flow of Qi and blood throughout your body in a deep and detailed way.”

"The so-called internal breath is generated at the intersection of breathing and qi and blood."

"Feel carefully, in the lungs, where the breath and the blood meet and blend. In that hidden place, in that instant, it is the hotbed for the birth of each wisp of inner breath."

"Concentrate your soul, and at the moment when that strand of inner energy is born, integrate it, control it, and let it circulate along a certain circuit in your blood!"

"This is the inner breath and inner strength!"

Xiao Zongting's words seemed to open the door to Duan Rong's heart.

Duan Rong seemed to be hollowed out, and his whole body felt clear and transparent!
He stood there and naturally stood in the Hunyuan Posture with his eyes closed.

The internal breath circulation that had been unable to proceed until then now seemed to be a natural process and continued to flow smoothly.

Duan Rong was immersed in the faint joy that welled up in his heart...

As Xiao Zongting was talking, he suddenly turned his head and saw Duan Rong standing up in the Hunyuan Posture.

In the same standing posture, when the internal breath starts to flow, it will look like the internal breath is flowing.

Although Kong Bin, who was standing by, couldn't see it, Xiao Zongting saw it at a glance.

"What is this?" Xiao Zongting's face changed, and he was shocked. "What is this... has it already stood?"

"This kid is such a fucking...freak! I just explained a few words and he was able to stand up straight away! What kind of fucking talent is this?"

(End of this chapter)