Start with push-ups to gain experience

Chapter 188 Tai Chi Upgrade "Energy Dissipation"

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In the dark corridor, the sound of iron bars being opened was heard.

The room was brightly lit and the TV was playing the latest hit drama with the sound of dialogues coming from it.

Grandma Zhou, who had just returned from praying and chanting sutras at Gufeng Temple, sat on the sofa in the living room wearing reading glasses, staring intently at the hero and heroine on the screen.

Fang Cheng walked out the door, turned around and looked at Zhou Xiumei who was seeing him off, and said:
"Remember tonight, don't forget to close the iron gate again."

Zhou Xiumei nodded and said "hmm", her cheeks slightly blushing, and then said gently:
"I'll remember that. You should be careful too."

Fang Cheng smiled and replied:

"With so many police officers guarding downstairs, we can at least sleep peacefully tonight."

After saying goodbye to Zhou Xiumei, Fang Cheng took out his keys and walked towards his home.

With a creaky sound, he pushed the door open and walked in.

In the darkness, the room was silent.

The furniture was arranged exactly as it was before I left, completely unchanged.

Fang Cheng did not turn on the lights.

Instead, he pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, then quietly walked to the balcony and looked at the situation downstairs through the window glass.

Although the rain has lightened a bit, the police officers are still on duty.

Three plainclothes detectives could be vaguely seen sitting in the car, eating instant noodles.

According to Zhou Yongnian, the blockade will last at least three days.

The specific situation depends on whether there is still a so-called "source of infection" in the tube building.

Of course, a few policemen cannot stop someone from coming and going freely.

But when he thought of the two special search team specialists who appeared at noon, Fang Cheng still couldn't help feeling a little worried.

From the overheard conversation, one can guess the general purpose of the mission the two men came here to carry out.

In addition to helping the criminal investigation team inspect the scene and confirm that there are no other hidden "monsters".

It seemed that more of them were coming for the masked man who fought with the zombies last night.

That is - Fang Cheng himself!
Tick, tick.

Raindrops slid slowly along the surface of the glass, and the streets seemed to be covered with a layer of dark and hazy fog.

It was also pitch dark inside the house. Fang Cheng stood in front of the window, thinking silently.

When I looked up, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a faint flickering red light in the building opposite.

It seems like... someone is using night vision goggles or something like that to observe the scene on this side of the tube building.

Fang Cheng's heart trembled, but then he remained calm and slowly drew the curtains together.

Then he turned and walked into the living room and pressed the light switch on the wall.

Click.

The warm yellow light instantly brightened the dark rental house.

Fang Cheng turned on the TV, sat on the sofa, and watched the soap opera that Zhou Xiumei and Grandma Zhou next door were also watching.

His eyes were fixed on the tragic drama performed by the infatuated couple on the screen, but his heart was thinking about his own affairs.

Although it is not certain whether the special search team members are staying around to monitor.

But the red light he saw just now gave Fang Cheng a warning.

In order to avoid the other party from being aware of it, he did not linger on and looked carefully.

At a quick glance, I could only vaguely see a blurry figure in a room in the building opposite.

Fang Cheng tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers, frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought.

No matter what the truth is.

In this environment where you may be spied on at any time, it is best to temporarily suspend the training plan for a period of time.

At the very least, adjustments should be made.

This is to prevent your overly shocking physical training from being accidentally discovered by others and thus leaking your secret.

What's more, after the tube-shaped building was blocked, the food stored at home could not guarantee the nutritional supply required for high-intensity exercise.

If you just order takeout or make large purchases, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the police.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng's heart moved slightly.

A light blue screen then appeared before his eyes, blocking the TV screen.

Looking at the skills listed on the panel, after checking them repeatedly, his eyes fell on two of them.

[Speed Reading Level 1 (203/250)]

[Tai Chi level 0 (78/100)]

Considering the current environment and actual conditions, these two skills are obviously best to practice during the lockdown.

Tai Chi was originally included in my plan to strengthen my practice.

Speed reading was actually close to being upgraded a month ago.

However, after synthesizing the talent of "omniscient language", I have not focused on studying, and thus have been negligent.

Now that we have plenty of time, we can take advantage of the opportunity to break through our skills, further enhance our spiritual attributes, or obtain new skill effects.

So……

Next, focus your main energy on these two skills and strive to achieve a breakthrough in a short period of time.

After making careful plans in his mind, Fang Cheng immediately stood up, turned off the TV, and walked into the bedroom.

Looking at the textbooks and academic works stacked on the bookshelf.

Then I picked out two thick books and took them out.

"World History" and "Criminal Psychology".

These two books are extracurricular reading materials. I used to flip through a few pages when I had free time, but now I can read them through in their entirety.

Fang Cheng placed the book on the table, sat down upright, and looked like he was ready to study.

Then he glanced out the dark window and drew the bedroom curtains.

Then, he opened the title page of World History, his eyes fell on the table of contents, and he silently said in his heart:
"Speed reading skill, activated."

In an instant, Fang Cheng's eyes calmed down and he immediately entered a learning state.

His fingers turned the pages of the book quickly.

Hua Hua Hua——

The sound of flipping pages suddenly began to sound, with the pages turning every three seconds.

At the same time, his eyeballs moved rapidly, scanning the densely packed text on the paper.

In just over half an hour, the thick book had already turned to the last page.

[Speed reading experience +2]

"call……"

Fang Cheng let out a sigh of relief and felt very relaxed.

The biggest advantage of using a mental skill alone is that the experience efficiency is increased by about twice.

With my current mental attributes, I can maintain a relatively concentrated mental state even without using concentration skills.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the surrounding environment must be quiet enough so that you can devote yourself to learning.

After Fang Cheng finished reading, he closed his eyes and randomly recalled a certain page or paragraph in the book.

At least about 80 percent of the specific content can be recalled.

Compared with the previous level where I just swallowed the content whole and could only remember the outline, the effect has been greatly improved.

Obviously, after breaking through 40 points of mental attributes, his memory has also been greatly improved.

Take a break.

Fang Cheng then opened the second book, "Criminal Psychology", and continued to practice his "speed reading" skills.

About three hours later.

The book was closed. Fang Cheng let out a long breath and rubbed his forehead gently.

Several prompt messages about increased experience floated before my eyes.

[Speed reading experience +7]

[Speed Reading Level 1 (210/250)]

After reading the two thick academic works three times in a row, I can say that I have memorized them by heart, as if they were engraved in my mind.

No matter what content he recalls, Fang Cheng can grasp the sentences accurately and recite them fluently.

Even if I compare it with the book again, there are almost no differences or omissions.

The only drawback is that each time you read it more, the experience you gain becomes less and less.

The first time you read it, you get +2 experience points; the second time you read it, you get +1 experience point; the third time, the two books combined only give you 1 experience point.

I guess by the fourth time, there will be basically no experience gained.

After all, I have completely memorized the contents of the entire book.

Fang Cheng raised his head and glanced over the piles of textbooks, dictionaries and literary works on the bookshelf.

In the next two days, you can reread these books and memorize them all in your mind, and you should be able to upgrade smoothly.

I just don’t know what kind of outstanding results the master-level “speed reading” will have?

Feeling a little tired, Fang Cheng put away his book, stood up, and stretched himself nicely.

Then he looked at the window blocked by the curtains, and a pair of pupils hidden behind the lenses flickered slightly.

Although it is not known what special abilities the special search team specialists have, or whether they have mastered incredible skills like "clairvoyance".

It's never wrong to be cautious.

Now that I have been studying hard for several hours, I naturally need to exercise and stretch my muscles.

It shouldn’t be too much to practice Tai Chi, right?

Fang Cheng waved his arms and kicked his legs.

I simply practiced a set of 24-posture Ma-style Tai Chi slowly and leisurely in the small bedroom.

Each move was well-measured, and although it looked soft, it was actually very graceful and elegant.

Because it does not emphasize strength like previous boxing practice, and does not pursue the goal of killing with one blow.

On the contrary, Fang Cheng felt that the more he practiced, the smoother he became, and the more relaxed he became.

His body slowly stretched out with the movements, like a cloud floating in the wind, or a gurgling stream.

It is done in one go and continuously.

The whole body feels extremely relaxed and natural.

Gradually, even my mood began to calm down.

All the hidden dangers in the external environment and the many anxious thoughts accumulating in the heart are constantly dissipating and passing away with the smooth movements.

During this deliberately slow boxing practice, an unprecedented feeling vaguely emerged in my heart.

Fang Cheng suddenly remembered the usual teachings of Ma Jianguo and Wu Datong, and gradually gained a deeper understanding in his heart.

Tai Chi is a form of boxing that emphasizes both martial arts and health preservation.

In the practice process, "slow practice" is regarded as a crucial principle.

This training method is not only about improving skills, but also contains profound Taoist philosophical thoughts.

This is what is called using softness to overcome hardness, using stillness to overcome movement, the balance of yin and yang, and the unity of inside and outside.

In terms of moves, soft and slow movements are used to respond to hard and impatient attacks, so as to achieve the effect of using the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force and strike back first.

All kinds of fighting techniques, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad, all pursue strength and speed, emphasizing the victory of the big over the small, the fast over the slow, and the strong over the weak.

Only Tai Chi does the opposite. It views the size, speed, strength and weakness in confrontation from a dialectical point of view. It believes that there is no eternal and impermanent strength and weakness. When strong reaches a certain level, it will become weak, and when weak reaches a certain point, it can defeat the strong.

Therefore, if you want to truly master this special style of boxing, you cannot just think about how to knock down your opponent as quickly as possible like learning boxing or Sanda.

We must abandon the inherent habits formed over a long period of time and cultivate the spirit and state of mind to remain calm and unmoved even when faced with a huge crisis.

It is not easy to do this.

There is an old saying: "Tai Chi does not require going out for ten years."

What it means is that practicing Tai Chi goes through the process from basic skills to confrontational practice to fighting against the enemy, which takes a very long time.

First of all, you need to learn standing postures and routine moves to overcome the stiffness of your limbs and make your movements smooth, coherent, and flexible.

Then comes the practice of Tai Chi Push Hands, a two-person fight, mastering the skills of listening to the force, receiving the force, leading the force, transforming the force, and releasing the force, constantly verifying what you have learned, which requires a lot of effort.

If you want to reach a higher level and use Tai Chi techniques in fierce actual combat, you must not stick to the moves themselves. Instead, you must forget all the moves and face the enemy with your heart.

With the help of the panel, Fang Cheng can make great progress every time he practices.

At present, the technique has been mastered to an extremely high level, and it is time to break through and reach a higher level.

By practicing boxing slower than usual, Fang Cheng vaguely figured out something, but it was not quite clear.

When he thought of this, his eyes narrowed slightly and he had a plan in mind.

"Focus, turn on!"

With a silent recitation, all the surrounding noise quickly faded away.

Fang Cheng seemed to have entered a space that belonged only to him.

His eyes were fixed ahead, on the man who stood tall and majestic, like a small mountain.

The man's head almost touched the ceiling, his skin was blood red, and his naked muscles were so developed that they looked like dozens of crisscrossed steel bars, giving off a sense of oppression.

It was the powerful enemy that Fang Cheng had fought against before, the experimental subject with terrifying power.

I saw this old rival rolling his eyes like copper bells and grinning with a mouth full of sharp white teeth.

Then, he growled like a wild beast, swung his big hand like a dustpan, clenched it into a fist and smashed over heavily.

This time.

Fang Cheng did not dodge, nor did he engage in a head-on collision with the opponent. He just performed Tai Chi slowly and leisurely.

When the subject's fist was about to attack him, his body responded almost instinctively.

He chose to take a half step back in the direction of the opponent's punch and turned sideways.

Then he gently caught his fist, and with the help of the inertia brought by the impact, he added a little pulling force, which instantly made his attack become a spent force, deviate from the direction, and finally hit the air.

The experimental subject's attack missed and he roared violently, trying to twist his body and turn around to kill his opponent.

At this time, Fang Cheng took the initiative to lean against him, following the force of his retreat, and suddenly exerted force. With his arms shaking, he pushed the other party to stumble and almost fall.

The experimental subject couldn't help but become even more furious, and attacked madly again, like a mountain crushing down on him.

There was still no fluctuation in Fang Cheng's eyes, as if he was the calmest lake, responding calmly.

Gradually, it seemed as if all the Tai Chi moves that I had performed skillfully were forgotten, and I just changed with the changes in the movements and postures of the imaginary enemy.

With my hands pushing and pulling, I feel as if the sea is vast and the sky is sky, free and unrestrained.

The body moves forward and backward, just like the shapeless and formless flow of water, adapting to whatever happens.

Just like what a certain martial saint said.

Water is always relaxed and at ease, yet it is always ready to rush. In the seemingly calm waiting process, it never gives up its flowing nature.

It can be water in a cup, water in a pot, water in a bottle, still as water or moving as a fountain.

When you hit the water hard, it will not be hurt because it looks so soft, but it can penetrate the hardest substances.

Fang Cheng raised his hand and waved it, then raised his knees and took a step forward, his movements unfolding as smoothly as flowing water.

Although he seemed to be practicing Tai Chi slowly, he actually entered a mysterious state of enlightenment.

At the same time, prompt messages about increased experience flowed by like water.

Suddenly, the panel flashed with an extremely dazzling light.

[Congratulations, you have deeply comprehended the essence of Tai Chi, and your skills have reached expert level]

[Tai Chi level 1 (0/250)]

[Get enhanced rewards, skill special effect "dissipate strength"]

(End of this chapter)