I practiced my spirituality alone in Hong Kong.

The moon on the Ghost Festival is a full moon, exceptionally large and exceptionally bright.

It hangs in the sky, casting its moonlight into Kowloon Bay.

Ang ang ang—

The roar of engines broke the silence of the bay.

As the race was about to begin, all the motorcyclists were ready. They turned on their headlights and slowly twisted the throttle.

As the tires rub against the ground, they generate heat and produce wisps of white smoke that rise and linger.

Fu Zongze's Ducati firmly held the top spot, and no one dared to challenge him for the starting position, making Li Chang'an, who was behind him, the target of everyone's criticism.

Li Chang'an also noticed countless unfriendly gazes falling on him. He knew that once he started, these people would try to cut off his position.

Being in second place is extremely dangerous; it's very easy for an accident to happen.

The best approach is to choose a position slightly ahead of the middle section and wait for the drivers ahead to make mistakes or have accidents due to intense competition before taking the opportunity to overtake.

But... Li Chang'an refused!

His opponent is Fu Zongze, and if he chooses a safer approach, he will inevitably fail to catch up with him.

If they don't even dare to compete for the lead, how can they expect to take first place?

"preparation--!"

The referee raised his voice to get all the drivers' attention.

Just then, a plane from Kai Tak Airport roared past at low altitude.

The shadow of the aircraft swept across the road, and the wind noise it created mingled with the sound of the waves crashing against the bay, creating a sense of oppression.

"start!"

Bang--!!

The starting gun pierced the silence of the long night. Amidst the scattering smoke, the silver-white Ducati beneath Fu Zongze sprang forward almost instantly, like a wild beast unleashed.

Behind him, more than a dozen motorcycles started up almost simultaneously, their roars echoing.

However, none of these motorcycles have the same low-end torque performance as Fu Zongze's Ducati. They need to rev the engine higher to accelerate, and they fall behind by about two body lengths from the start.

At the same time, thanks to Li Chang'an's exceptional reflexes, he noticed that as soon as he gave the order, someone was already impatiently attacking him!

A driver wearing a green helmet accelerated toward Li Chang'an the instant the car started moving.

On the narrow and cramped waterfront promenade of Kowloon Bay, one side is the sea with waves surging under the moonlight, and the other side is a rocky cliff.

As the green-helmeted rider pressed close, the car slammed against him, trying to force him toward the bay cliffs.

He bet that Li Chang'an, this young man, would be too nervous and fearful to back down and give way.

Li Chang'an maintained his balance with his waist and abdomen, and gripped the handlebars tightly with both hands.

He blocked his own path, and instead of giving way to the green-helmeted rider who was squeezing in, he deliberately rammed into him!

The green-helmeted driver never expected Li Chang'an to have such a strong heart.

Did he treat motorcycle racing, a high-risk sport where you're practically wrapped in metal, like a bumper car, and then turn around and ram into him?!

"madman……"

The green-helmeted rider cursed under his breath and quickly dodged.

Instead of pushing Li Chang'an aside, he nearly crashed into the wall because of his own rhythm error.

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

Li Chang'an's courage and victory at the start immediately deterred the other drivers from launching any further attacks in the short term.

He finally cleared the interference behind him and could now fully twist the accelerator.

Ang ang ang—

The Honda's four-cylinder engine roared at full revs under the moonlight, accelerating wildly with the powerful exhaust from the Ducati's rear end.

Fu Zongze glanced at Li Chang'an's figure in the rearview mirror, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He didn't expect Li Chang'an to break free from the interference of the other drivers so quickly.

However, Fu Zongze looked in the rearview mirror and saw Li Chang'an tightly gripping the rear of his car, using the airflow from the car in front to accelerate and gradually narrow the gap, but he was still not in a hurry.

On the straightaway, he has a lead and won't give Li Chang'an any chance to cut inside and overtake.

Moreover, the track is about to turn into a steep, uphill mountain slope.

Based on Fu Zongze's understanding of motorcycles, his Ducati has stronger low-end torque, so there is no need to downshift frequently when going uphill.

However, Li Chang'an's car needs to be revved up to provide enough power to keep up when going uphill.

However, running the engine at high RPMs continuously on a long, steep slope will cause the engine temperature to rise sharply, and the vehicle body will be prone to shaking and instability, which in severe cases may even cause fatal swaying.

"Let me see what this interesting young man can do. I hope he can bring me some fun."

Fu Zongze squinted at the road surface that suddenly rose up ahead. As he tightened the accelerator, a long, steep slope rushed towards him.

The Ducati beneath me steadily climbed the steep slope thanks to its powerful low-end torque.

Fu Zongze even had the leisure to glance behind him through the rearview mirror.

As expected, Li Chang'an's Honda has encountered the situation he predicted.

The tachometer needle in that Honda was probably turned to its maximum position by Li Chang'an, and it began to sway uncontrollably from side to side on the steep slope.

And the amplitude is getting larger and larger, which is a precursor to death swings.

As the engine casing continued to heat up, Li Chang'an's trouser legs, which were pressed against the car body, were also scorched and began to emit wisps of white smoke.

Based on his experience, Fu Zongze made a judgment.

Both the motorcycle he was driving and his condition, affected by the burns, had reached their limits.

He's still a young man, too inexperienced.

If he doesn't stubbornly stick to himself and doesn't compete with him here, but instead accumulates strength and waits for the bends in Feie Mountain to come up with his strength.

Perhaps after I make an unexpected mistake, I'll still have a chance to overtake.

But now, it's too late.

But the next second, the composure in Fu Zongze's eyes froze instantly, and he even showed a look of surprise.

What did he see?

He was surprised to see that Li Chang'an released the handles with both hands as soon as the car began to sway!

Then Li Chang'an lowered his center of gravity in the car, as if he were... practicing a horse stance?

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The horse stance was originally a basic skill that ancient people had to train for when riding horses.

In ancient times, when riding a horse at full gallop, one had to squeeze the horse's belly with both legs, spread out the hips, and lower the center of gravity in order to remain as stable as a rock on the bumpy horse's back.

During the Kangding era of the Song Dynasty, in order to counter the Western Xia cavalry, Guo Zi, a famous general who fought against the Western Xia, was inspired by the posture of riding a horse and created the infantry barricade with long spears.

The so-called "barrier" is actually called the "barrier step".

The strategy involved having the infantry form a square formation, using the chevaux-de-frise stance to ensure their stability, and wielding long spears to counter the charge of the steppe cavalry, thereby ensuring that the formation did not break apart.

Later, Shaolin Temple refined the military formation horse stance into the Siping horse stance, which was established as the foundation of all martial arts skills.

The horse stance, refined over generations, now emphasizes in kung fu philosophy the head being upright and suspended from the crown, the waist and hips relaxed, the crotch rounded and the hips drawn in, the qi sinking to the dantian, and external stillness with internal movement.

In the terms of Xingyi Quan, it is "The rising and falling crouching body is like a galloping horse, and the body and spirit open up when suspended in mid-air!"

Ang ang ang—!

On the steep slope, the front of the Honda motorcycle beneath Li Chang'an began to swing back and forth at a high frequency, indicating that the vehicle was about to go out of control.

This is like galloping wildly on horseback.

Once a horse loses control and starts swaying wildly, the more forcefully the rider pulls on the reins and tries to resist the momentum, the more the inertial shock from the horse's back will engulf the rider's entire body.

There's only one outcome: everyone will be wiped out!

Therefore, Li Chang'an simply gave up holding the handlebars and did not try to use the brakes to counteract the motorcycle's inertia.

He lowered his body like a python gathering its strength, squatting and undulating, sinking his waist and dropping his hips, assuming a horse stance, his body rising and falling in accordance with the inertial movement of the car.

Furthermore, the arms are naturally bent, allowing the wrists and waist to sway in the direction of the car's movement.

This inspiration came from Li Chang'an practicing boxing on a bus. Practicing boxing in a bus is like a snake swimming in water.

By moving in accordance with the inertia of the water, one can accurately control the exertion and release of force in every inch of the body's muscles.

Like a snake, it uses the turbulence of the water to propel itself, employing gentle strength to disperse the waves.

After Li Chang'an broke through the threshold of 1.0 in all attributes, his muscle control reached the level of the human body limit.

This potential for muscle control is almost unprecedented.

Before this, no crisis had ever forced Li Chang'an to concentrate on controlling his muscles and unleash this potential.

At the moment when the motorcycle was about to lose control uphill.

Li Chang'an softened his entire body with snake-style boxing, using only a horse stance to grip the motorcycle for stability. To avoid shifting his center of gravity, he didn't even sit on the motorcycle.

But at that moment, he finally realized the limits of his control over all his muscles.

As he squatted down, his buttocks didn't feel like they were floating; instead, they felt very stable.

Because his lower body muscles are actively simulating the sensation of sitting in a car seat.

With his lower body in mid-air, he felt as if he were riding a horse, galloping through the night mountains, even more stable than before!

Li Chang'an looked up at the full moon hanging high in the night sky.

I felt a clear and bright mind, and even though the car was shaking violently, my heart remained calm and undisturbed.

All the kung fu skills you've mastered can be used naturally in combination with the current conditions without you having to think about them.

The saying goes, "The body rises and falls like a galloping horse, and the spirit soars into the air." This is the realm of a martial arts grandmaster.

But perhaps it was the blessing of the martial god's innate talent, or perhaps it was the burst of potential that occurred at the critical moment when the motorcycle went out of control.

Li Chang'an, by sheer chance, grasped the essence and charm of it all!

Young man, you have grasped the ultimate essence of the horse stance while galloping on horseback. Your Snake Form Fist experience +15 (Beginner 85/100)