Chapter 40: Practicing the Goose Flying Fist
Chapter 40: Practicing the Goose Flying Fist
When he was still a freshman, Zhou You had heard of Li Hao's name.
Although Li Hao's late father was only a low-ranking officer guarding the city gate, his family barely qualified as an official family.
Due to an unexpected incident, Li Hao's father was killed in battle.
The boy's fate quickly reached a turning point and his family situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
The government's pension was delayed in being issued, and the relatives and clansmen who were originally taken care of by his father also changed their attitude.
Li Hao watched his family property being swallowed up and his mother and younger brother being left without support, so he gritted his teeth and joined Jianxiong Martial Arts School.
He was a competitive person. After two months of training, he became a formal apprentice in the martial arts school.
In this way, with a backer, the clan members did not dare to act recklessly and returned his father's relics.
The government's response was also slow. Naturally, they ignored the issue of pensions and agreed to allow him to take up the job and receive a salary, but he could no longer inherit his father's official position. After all, every job had been taken by someone else.
Li Hao was ambitious and resolutely refused to serve as a soldier in the city gate guard.
He chose to stay in the martial arts hall and vowed to break through the Qi and blood barrier and revitalize his family business.
The Qi and Blood barrier was a level that his father was unable to break through until his death.
With this energy, Li Hao practiced hard after joining the outer courtyard and never wasted time.
Zhou You thinks that Li Hao is quite similar to himself in that they both have many secrets in their hearts and are unwilling to share them with others.
"Relics? I see."
Zhou You had a flash of inspiration. It was said that the relics detained by Li Hao's clan included not only the family property but also the martial arts notes of Li Hao's father.
Li Hao's father was a military officer at the city gate, and he practiced the internal martial arts "Thousands of Troops Breaking Evil Fist"
Since Li Hao entered Jinli, he must have practiced his family's boxing skills and didn't want others to spy on him.
No wonder Li Hao looked reluctant when he heard that Zhou You wanted to be his boxing partner.
Zhou You burst out laughing. What a coincidence! He wanted to practice the Goose Fist in private and didn't want Li Hao to know.
Both of them had secrets, but they reached a tacit understanding invisibly.
The eighth martial arts training ground is located in the outer courtyard, a place that Zhou You has never set foot on.
It is surrounded by tall walls, large pieces of bluestone and shaded by trees, making it a secret place for practicing martial arts.
In comparison, the place where new apprentices practice martial arts is a large open playground with people coming and going.
"Let's make three rules. I like quietness. Unless there is something important, I will try to talk as little as possible."
After Li Hao brought Zhou You to the venue, he spoke to him with a serious expression.
Although they all have a relationship with Senior Brother Shen, personal friendship is one thing and practicing martial arts is another.
Zhou You nodded, "I thought so too. Why don't we divide the venue before it gets dark so that everyone can practice on their own and no one can disturb anyone else?"
"Ok?"
Li Hao was surprised. Why was the other party more reluctant to have a fist fight than himself?
Zhou You’s suggestion was exactly what he wanted, so he agreed without hesitation.
The two men lifted the stones on the ground, drew a line along the center of the training ground, and built a temporary stone wall.
The bluestones used in the martial arts training ground are all high-quality stones mined from the mountains and serve as targets for apprentices to practice their strength.
Pile them up layer by layer, and soon the training ground was divided into two halves, with the left and right sides being exactly the same, no more and no less.
Zhou You looked at the stone wall carefully. It was at least four or five meters high and stacked tightly without any gaps for peeking.
This stone wall is an illegal building. It would be fine if it is not discovered, but once it is discovered, it will definitely be demolished.
Considering that the eldest brother has no habit of surprise inspections, let's keep it like this for now!
"So be it!"
"Unless one party requests it, they cannot invade the other party's venue."
Following the principle of getting along better, the two of them each entered their own half of the training ground and began to practice seriously.
Zhou You heard the sound of breaking air through the stone wall, and Li Hao couldn't wait to start practicing.
He first performed a set of Subduing Tiger Fist, using the moves to mobilize his strength and sort out details inside his body that he had previously neglected.
Lu Qiang's guidance from the perspective of a Qi and Blood warrior was of great benefit to him. After practicing 108 moves, Zhou You was sweating and felt some parts of his body were numb and slightly painful. This was the process of tearing and strengthening the parts that had not been trained before.
Strength is the key to strengthening the body and then cultivating more strength.
Zhou You increased the three attributes to 22 points in one go, which was already higher than many apprentices who had just started learning Jinli.
He was not in a hurry and focused on practicing the Subduing Tiger Fist and his strength, digesting the improvements brought about by the improvement of his physical body.
Half a day later...
Zhou You opened the Yan Xing Quan and read Lu Zhigang's martial arts notes.
Lu Zhigang was born into a commoner family and had a good aptitude for martial arts. After joining a martial arts school, he developed strong strength, became a formal apprentice, and mastered the tricks of the Goose Fist.
As he had been unable to break through the Qi and blood for a long time, the martial arts tricks he had come into contact with only stayed at the Qi and blood level, which happened to be on par with Zhou You's current progress.
But after all, he has more than ten years of experience and is very experienced.
"A fluke, a fluke."
Zhou You closed the booklet and felt a little scared.
The Lu Zhigang he met was not in his peak state, but a defective version who had been displaced and starved.
At that time, Lu Zhigang was so hungry that his muscles had disappeared and his fat was gone. The power of his punch was less than 30% of his peak strength.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been easily killed by the rookie Zhou You.
"Don't blame me, I beat you to death, took your money, learned your martial arts, and borrowed your name, all of which were done out of necessity."
Zhou Youxu prayed silently to Lu Zhigang's spirit in heaven.
Then, he began to formally practice the Yan Xing Fist.
"Peck and stride."
This is the basic step of Yan Xing Quan, because the movements are like a chick pecking at rice.
Zhou You landed silently on tiptoe. The tendons in his calves were like bowstrings, sometimes tense and sometimes stretching.
The Tiger Subduing Fist is about training the bones, making the frame as hard as forged steel, and smashing the enemy into mud.
The Yan Xing boxing is different. Its momentum comes and goes like the wind, extremely fast, and the emphasis is on the use of tendons and muscles.
With each step he pecks the ground, his posture appears light, but in fact he is gripping the ground and leveraging invisible force.
Birds fly over the ground, unlike animals. They hop and jump, and their movements are unpredictable.
The tiger step shows the force of pouncing down, while the bird step shows the force of rising up.
According to boxing theory, if you are fighting a strong opponent, your center of gravity will be unstable and you will need to use hand gestures to adjust your balance.
Therefore, in the theory of Yan Xing Quan, both hands are like wings, coordinated with pecking the ground and leaping forward to attack, flying high and appearing and disappearing mysteriously.
Zhou You benefited a lot and figured out the tricks of the Yan Xing Fist bit by bit.
As long as he mastered the Goose Fist and the Subduing Tiger Fist and integrated them into one, he would be like a tiger with wings, powerful and invincible.
"You practiced the Ground Peck Step for one hour, and your experience points increased by 1."
"You practiced the Goose Flying Fist for one hour, and your experience points increased by 1."
The advantage of the Goose Fist over the Subduing Tiger Fist is that the moves are simpler and the corresponding experience value is higher.
“Name: Zhou You.
Strength: 22.
Speed: 22.
Defense: 22.
Experience value: 632.
Occupation: Boxing apprentice.
Level: Beginner's level of strength.
Skills: Sword Control lv8, Square Step lv8, Tiger Subduing Fist lv10, Ground Pecking Step lv1, Goose Flying Fist lv1."
(End of this chapter)