Bearing the blue sky

"Toes, ankles, wrists, calves... all form the foundation of lower back strength!"

"This power is accumulated over time and released gradually. A single hair can affect the whole body. When the blood and energy surround the lower body, it can be as firm as a rock, firmly rooted to the ground and unmoving."

"Gu, the emphasis of waist and horse stance training is on the lower body, while the upper body relies on combat techniques to prevail..."

Zhu Ge read this book, "Waist and Horse Techniques," very carefully.

This book, "Waist and Horse Stance," is not a martial art with wide-ranging movements like "Wrathful Vajra Palm," nor is it a martial art that emphasizes speed and agility like "Xu Family Swallow Fist."

This is a defensive martial arts manual!

In short, it involves assuming a horse stance and then defending against attacks from the front!

The more stable your stance, the better your upper body can withstand attacks.

The calf is the body's second heart.

According to the book "Waist and Horse Techniques," Zhu Ge himself believes that the book places great emphasis on leg skills.

According to the book, people with thin calves have heart problems.

The core reason, as we understand it, is blood circulation.

The lower body, particularly the legs and feet, is furthest from the heart, making it much more difficult for blood to reach the extremities than to the torso.

This is the reason why many people have cold hands and feet.

If the calf muscles are well-developed, they can act like a water pump, continuously pumping blood to the ends of the legs and feet, and also pumping blood from the ends of the legs and feet to the heart.

This can greatly reduce the pressure on the heart.

Therefore, the calf is called the second heart.

The stronger this "heart," the less burden the heart in the chest will bear.

"I've learned something."

After reading the classic texts, Zhu Ge immediately began training.

"call……"

He practiced the horse stance as instructed in the book, assuming the correct posture, and focused his energy on circulating blood and qi in his calves.

In an instant, Zhu Ge felt as if her lower body had taken root.

The soles of the feet gripped the ground, the ankles were like needles, and the veins bulged.

It was as if a force suddenly appeared in his body, causing him to involuntarily follow the instructions in "Waist and Horse Stance".

It twisted its waist, shook its torso, tilted its body to the right front, lowered its right shoulder, and then extended a claw.

"Whoosh—"

The wind howled, disturbing the leaves of trees several meters away.

That wasn't all. After Zhu Ge extended his right shoulder and right claw, he spun around his waist, while simultaneously extending his left arm behind him.

With power exerted from both arms, the body spun like a top, the blood and energy clearly surging in the calves, yet creating waves throughout the entire body.

The waves start at the legs, layer upon layer, and by the time they reach the hands, the force is immense.

"Splash—"

"Whoosh—"

After using a series of moves, Zhu Ge was drenched in sweat, and all his vital energy was depleted.

However, it was this very set of moves that instantly made Zhu Ge feel something different.

"Is this... body tempering?"

Zhu Ge squinted and looked down at her calves.

In his perception, his calves had become several times stronger after that one round of "Waist and Horse Stance" exercise.

This is very similar to the effect of his body tempering using the "Great Sun Lapis Lazuli Body"!

"It seems that the fisherman in the straw raincoat is indeed extremely eager for defense and close combat."

Zhu Ge suddenly realized something.

Perhaps each dish has its own unique strengths.

Fishermen are not good at close combat, so the fishermen in straw raincoats need to make up for this.

Could the congratulatory song do the opposite?

Everyone knows that martial arts are invincible in close combat, so people will definitely keep their distance from martial artists.

If he prepares some long-range attack moves, wouldn't that be exactly what he wants?

Upon realizing this, Zhu Ge was startled, and cold sweat immediately broke out on her forehead.

"This means that many things I subconsciously assume may actually be false."

There's no reason why Zhu Ge could think of something that others couldn't.

Everyone knows that Confucianism and Taoism are not good at close combat, but the Master went against the grain and paid special attention to body-refining techniques such as the "Great Sun Glass Body".

Anyone who thinks they can rest easy just by getting close to Mr. is bound to get beaten up by him.

"I am currently practicing martial arts, but in the future I will pick up Confucianism and Taoism again, and cultivate both Confucianism and martial arts."

Zhu Ge made up her mind.

Then he began practicing the "Waist and Horse Stance" again.

Although he currently only has three streams of blood energy in his body, if used properly, these three streams of blood energy can achieve an inexhaustible effect.

Because the response time is fast!

Once all the blood energy is used, a mid-grade spirit-level move like the Swift Fist can completely tear apart a demon beast at the same level as Zhu Ge.

However, the Swift Fist was too powerful; if he couldn't kill the enemy in three moves, his health would be completely depleted, leaving Zhu Ge with no choice but to fight in other ways.

Besides the Vajra Palm, Zhu Ge has now also mastered waist and horse stance, making him quite complete in skill.

However, this is not the end.

Zhu Ge then looked at several other books, and then picked up another one to start reading.

"Lighting Incense" uses the toes as fire and the earth as incense. To light incense, one needs to have graceful movements. It is a martial art that can be used for fighting or escaping.

"Tea and Water Swordplay" uses tea as a metaphor, viewing the sword as tea floating in water. When brewing tea, there is a swirling force, and the tea leaves sink when the water is still.

The "Thirty-Six Great Swings" is an inheritance from the blacksmith. When it is run, the whole body rotates like a top, with the left and right hands each holding a hammer. It strikes a total of thirty-six times, with the thirty-sixth strike being an explosive attack, which is quite powerful.

These four books don't seem difficult, but to master them to the point of being able to break through to the Mountain-Crushing Martial Artist realm at any time, like the "Wrathful Vajra Palm," is still very difficult.

Fortunately, after learning them, Zhu Ge didn't intend to master them all to perfection.

Instead, it's through this that they find their own path!

"Bang!!"

Zhu Ge smashed a large tree with the Thirty-Six-Style Giant Swing, shook his head, which was spinning wildly, and then looked down the mountain.

Once you've mastered most of the skills, go down the mountain to hunt monsters!

Martial arts skills can only be developed through practice.

While hunting monsters, they could also see if they could tame one or two to serve as their servants.

"Let's go down the mountain!"

Zhu Ge immediately hurried down the mountain.

Three poles in the sun.

Zhu Ge practiced from late at night until dawn, and then from dawn until noon, but he was not tired at all.

His body was filled with a continuous flow of blood energy, making him incredibly energetic.

As soon as I came down the mountain, Hua Liusha came to mind.

"Brother, are you going hunting?" Hua Liusha asked with great interest.

"Yes." Zhu Ge smiled. "Have you finished digesting the souls of those demonic beasts?"

After he killed the demonic beasts, Hua Liusha devoured their souls.

However, the Hua Liu Sha of the second realm naturally needs to be digested.

"Mmm!" Hua Liusha's voice was cheerful: "Just like when I was alive, swallowing living souls is like eating. I'm full!"

"Okay." Zhu Ge nodded. "I'm going out hunting now, so you can eat more."

"Brother is so good..." Hua Liusha exclaimed, then sighed, "When I was alive, I was always hungry. I never imagined..."

"I never imagined that becoming a ghost after death would allow me to eat souls to my heart's content..."