Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 7: Superb Understanding

As soon as the name "Li Jichang" came out, the smile on Li Ji'an's face suddenly became even more intense.

The name he registered today was his real name, "Li Ji'an", and the other seven teachers had also looked at his name list just now.

But no one responded.

Wu Cheng almost instantly thought of his past life.

"Li Jichang? Who is this? He sounds familiar." Wu Cheng's words brought back some memories for one of the instructors.

"I have no impression."

"Xiao Wu, could it be the descendant of your old friend?"

……

Wu Cheng glanced at his colleagues and saw that they really didn't seem to have any impression of him. He said calmly, "That's the Li Laoguai you're talking about!"

In the ten years at the martial arts academy in his previous life, except for the doorman Mr. Huang, Instructor Xiao Wu, and the little guy who laughed at him madly, almost all of these people called him Li Laoguai.

It was because he was dismembered by those beasts in his previous life, which caused one of his arms to become deformed and bent outward.

"what?"

"The descendant of Li Laoguai?"

"This……"

"Hiss~ They really do look a bit alike in their eyes and eyebrows."

"Could it be Li Laoguai's son?"

"By the way, Li Laoguai has been missing for five years, right?"

……

No matter what, Li Ji'an was a celebrity in the martial arts academy in his previous life.

It immediately caused heated discussion.

"Did that old guy really cultivate a genius?" Lao Wan was also slightly distracted for a moment.

He still remembered that he once asked Li Laoguai: You are in such a state now, what is the point of learning martial arts?

Li Laoguai, however, did not care: Yes, with my talent, I will never achieve anything, but perhaps I can improve the bloodline of future generations by practicing martial arts, and after passing it down from generation to generation, there may be a generation with superior talent.

"How could Li Laoguai give birth to such a handsome son?" Soon, some apprentices from the martial arts academy were attracted.

They surrounded Li Ji'an and looked at him carefully.

"Are you really Li Laoguai's son?"

"Why didn't Li Laoguai come to the martial arts academy anymore? Did he give up?"

"..."

Facing everyone's questions, Li Ji'an just smiled and said nothing.

"Well, okay, whether it matters or not, it doesn't matter anymore. Come with me." Wu Cheng realized that his unintentional words seemed to have caused trouble for Li Ji'an, so he stopped asking Li Ji'an and hurriedly took him away.

Li Ji'an nodded and followed closely.

"Haha, Old Li has practiced martial arts for most of his life but has only scratched the surface, and now he's sending his son here too?"

"Tsk tsk, he's actually still the same as his father, no one wants him, so he can only become a disciple of Instructor Wu."

"My father once said, 'If a father is a hero, his son will be a hero too.' He's just selling onions and his son is selling garlic. If Li Laoguai can't do it, how much better can he be?"

A group of apprentices behind him were whispering.

After bringing Li Ji'an to his training area, Wu Cheng looked at him and forced a smile, somewhat unnaturally. "Don't listen to those people's nonsense. Old Li was very powerful back then, completely exceeding my expectations. Before him, who would have dared to imagine that someone who started practicing martial arts in his thirties could achieve such perfection?" "So, when it comes to martial arts, it's never too late to start."

"Moreover, talent only determines your upper limit, but not your lower limit. Even if you don't have the hope of winning the martial arts exam, practicing martial arts can still strengthen your body.

Also, when it comes to martial arts, don't compete with others; just do your best."

Li Ji'an bowed solemnly and said, "I will follow your instructions, Master!"

The martial arts in this world are about external strength and internal skills, and they are about practicing external moves and tricks, which are the art of fighting and killing.

Practice the true skills of Qi and blood internally, refine Qi and blood, grind the skin, tamp the flesh, temper the bones, change the blood, cut the marrow, and refine the internal organs, and then be reborn, with Qi and blood as strong as a dragon.

However, external martial arts require internal strength as a foundation, otherwise it will be difficult to perform, or even if it is performed, it will lack strength and speed, and will be no different from fancy moves.

Moreover, the martial arts here are said to have been bestowed by an immortal master, and there was no supernatural power before. Wielding spears and sticks was simply a matter of exerting force and being proficient in routines, and there was no such thing as one against many.

However, the immortal master only bestowed upon the inner strength to strengthen the qi and blood and forge the body, which is the "Golden Strength Skill" that everyone practices, but he did not bestow upon the outer strength.

Practicing internal skills can make your body strong and healthy, give rise to extraordinary energy and blood, transform you into a person of gold and jade, and make you invulnerable to swords and guns.

As for external skills, there are only a few techniques for stimulating and utilizing the qi and blood in the body that have been explored by some martial arts masters with extraordinary comprehension in the past hundred years. Most of them are kept to themselves and are not passed on to outsiders.

The imperial court holds the most information.

Ordinary low-level warriors rarely have the opportunity to practice.

Li Ji'an had practiced martial arts in his previous two lives, but he only practiced the internal skill "Golden Zhuang Gong".

As for external skills, there is only a set of boxing techniques created by the owner of the martial arts school in the town in the first life, which cannot be considered as a set of skills.

Judging from the level of internal strength that Li Ji'an had achieved in his second life of skin grinding, there was basically no difference between having that set of boxing techniques or not. The essence was still the power and speed of physical transformation brought about by skin grinding and muscle strengthening.

One month later, Li Ji'an mastered the standing meditation and officially began to practice the "Golden Zhuang Gong".

The purpose of internal training is to refine the Qi and blood, to coordinate the movement of the tendons and bones with breathing techniques, to refine the tendons and bones. The tendons and bones must be fully grown, otherwise there may be injuries to the tendons and bones, and the body may be disabled. Therefore, before the age of thirteen, Li Ji'an was only proficient in the movements and postures.

Before practicing "Jin Zhuang Gong", you also need to practice standing meditation to strengthen your foundation and replenish your energy, which also requires your muscles and bones to grow.

In his previous life, he entered a martial arts academy at the age of 30. It took him half a year to make some progress in the standing meditation alone.

Li Ji'an reflected on the differences and finally determined that in addition to the successful experience of standing meditation in his previous life, the most important thing was the strengthening of bones and tendons in this life, as well as the improvement of his understanding brought about by the improvement of his mental strength.

After all, standing meditation is not static, nor is it just movements and postures. It needs to match each person's muscles and bones. The subtle differences vary from person to person, and can only be understood by oneself.

If you understand it correctly, you will consolidate your foundation in standing meditation faster. Otherwise, it will take a long time to fully grasp it and you will not be able to truly practice internal energy.

"Your comprehension is so good?" Many people were surprised to learn that Li Ji'an had mastered the standing meditation so quickly.

Ma Yuan's eyelids twitched slightly as he looked at the "genius" he had snatched away.

In the past month, Qingyun hasn't even practiced all 72 stances of standing meditation.

And Qingyun's cleverness in fooling his father since childhood makes it hard to tell whether he is really not serious or just has a poor understanding.

"It's okay, it's okay. It doesn't matter if my comprehension is a little bit off. The most important thing is my bones. As long as my bones are good, even if my comprehension is a little off, I will be able to do it in another month. Once I start practicing internal skills, I will not be comparable to those with poor bones." Ma Yuan comforted himself in this way.

At the same time, he decisively gave up the idea of initially promising to provide Li Ji'an with exclusive medicinal bath supplies for the martial arts academy.

If the two people who entered the martial arts academy together taught an apprentice who was better than the one he taught, especially if the apprentice he chose was more talented, it would have a huge impact on his teaching reputation.

And it was obvious that many people in the hospital had begun to compare Li Ji'an and Qingyun, and many people wanted to laugh at him.

"Can I still let that old cripple's son slap me in the face?"

That night, Ma Yuan paid out of his own pocket to transfer Qingyun from the apprentice dormitory to the small courtyard next to his own, and was determined to teach Qingyun a lesson.

(End of this chapter)