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Chapter 18: The Value of Life
Chapter 18: The Value of Life
Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi were shocked.
Ji Jingqiu, on the other hand, felt a sense of unease.
Closing the door, he knew that this was a matter for his family to handle.
He didn't think he possessed any extraordinary talent.
After waking up from a deep sleep, he found himself capable of cultivating energy surges and improving his foundation stance breathing technique... All of this was thanks to the Bodhi sapling.
The only thing he could do was to cling tightly to the Bodhi sapling and ensure that he worked hard enough to strive towards the Five Heavenly-Human Limits and the Innate Reversal.
Ji Jingqiu initially wanted to make excuses, but two sharp gazes, like needles, pierced him from both sides.
If looks could kill, these two gazes would have sliced Ji Jingqiu to shreds, leaving him nowhere to hide.
Not only that, if the conditions were right, they might even perform an on-site dissection to see if he had cultivated energy surges and how he had done it.
Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi stood on either side of him like two pillars.
Whenever these two were in the same place, they would inevitably position Ji Jingqiu in the middle, using him as a demarcation line, keeping their interactions strictly professional.
Seeing the Yang Shi sending him a look full of expectation, Ji Jingqiu had no choice but to steel himself and speak, "The key is to eat more and practice more! When you eat more, your blood qi becomes more abundant, and practicing the foundation stance becomes twice as effective, also accelerating the refinement of blood qi."
Ji Jingqiu shifted his gaze upwards, not meeting anyone's eyes, and repeated the teachings from the Yang Shi's first lesson, trying to maintain his composure.
The Yang Shi's words were undoubtedly correct; if you didn't understand them, it was your problem! Heavens, let him talk about his insights on modifying the Coiling Dragon Pillar, and he might even throw in some useful information.
After all, the wisdom light's blessing was like a divine revelation, granting him endless inspiration, and the essence was still within himself, not just a simple cheat point.
But asking him to talk about cultivating energy surges was just too difficult.
He couldn't very well say, "Sleep more," could he?
Or directly mention that he practiced breathing techniques in the inner world while in a meditative state?
He hadn't even told the Yang Shi about that.
On the other side, upon hearing the first two words, "eat more and practice more," Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi fell into deep thought.
Could it be that having a big appetite was truly a martial talent?
Seeing the atmosphere turn a bit tense, Ji Jingqiu decided to share some valuable insights:
"These past few days, I've been pondering the Yang Shi's words, 'Body Like a Mountain, Qi Like Clouds,' and I've gained some significant insights.
If we consider the human body as a mountain, with bones and muscles forming the continuous mountain range, and the meridians as rivers and underground streams connecting the inside and outside of the mountain...
Then, the blood qi, or energy surges, are like flowing water, moving along the mountain's contours, giving life and vitality to the human body's mountains and nourishing the limbs and bones..."
Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi fell silent once again.
"Body Like a Mountain, Qi Like Clouds"? How come they had never heard the Yang Shi mention this before? Was it a private lesson?
Yang Yan's gaze burned intensely, fixed on Ji Jingqiu.
Even he hadn't expected Ji Jingqiu to come up with such a profound statement.
Vital energy flowing like water, moving along the mountain's contours, carving its way through, twisting and turning...
What a magnificent landscape! This insight was even more delightful surprise than Ji Jingqiu cultivating energy surges in a single day.
Most people, even if they practiced the foundation stance to the point of opening their meridians and condensing their true essence, would rarely have such an understanding.
To progress further in martial arts, to go higher and farther, it's not just about piling up and strengthening the physical body.
After strengthening, comes "integration."
This is the most crucial part.
Some people can only exert four or five parts of their strength, while others can exert twelve parts. This is the difference that "integration" brings.
How can scattered strength compete with a mountain? The Coiling Dragon Pillar emphasizes that only by subduing the trapped dragon within can one truly master the power of the physical body, and it also stresses the importance of integrating the body's internal and external aspects.
Only by firmly grasping the rope tied around the trapped dragon's neck can you make it submit to your will.
Although Ji Jingqiu's understanding was still rudimentary, it indicated that he was on the right path.
Yang Yan was amazed in his heart, wondering how Ji Jingqiu could, in just a short two days, modify the Coiling Dragon Pillar to perfectly suit himself.
(End of Chapter 18)
This martial wisdom, truly a revelation that shocks the world!
For some reason, he interrupted Ji Jingqiu's speech on the pretext of making a point.
The determination that had already been made in his heart suddenly wavered.
He sighed inwardly and then pointed out something to Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi before turning away.
...
After finally getting through it, Ji Jingqiu breathed a sigh of relief.
But all the way until evening training ended, Ji Jingqiu felt uneasy.
It was as if someone was constantly watching him from a corner of the training ground.
Before dinner, Ji Jingqiu glanced at the students of the martial arts academy on the training ground outside.
These days, he had clearly noticed that compared to last week, there were significantly fewer people coming to train at the academy.
Mostly, it was the gang of tattooed burly men, the gang's offspring.
Those around his age, on the other hand, had increased rather than decreased.
He wondered if the lower levels were about to engage in another firefight.
In Tai'an City, the lower levels were places where the sun's rays never reached, the darkest and most chaotic places in the city, and the black market that operated on the fringes of society.
Even the Public Security Bureau rarely patrolled there.
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In that place, the only ones who could speak were the gangs.
And the most common thing was the gangs' ever-changing flow of people.
After dinner, Ji Jingqiu patted his stomach and strolled home.
The area he was walking in still belonged to the upper-middle district, and at the end of the street, he could see the setting sun, a faint orange hue that still retained a hint of warmth.
The traffic lights ahead suddenly lit up.
The tram roared past in front of him.
In this twilight, Ji Jingqiu felt a rare moment of tranquility.
These past few days of martial arts training had been so fulfilling that he felt happy, and the visible speed at which he was cultivating gave him a sense of motivation.
The former him had always been thinking and searching for what he could do in his life, but he found very little.
Life, for him, had been filled with suffering and injustice from the very beginning.
But now, he had finally found a path that opened up to him.
He suddenly realized that it was precisely the hardships and difficulties he had experienced in the past that allowed him to walk smoothly on this path called martial arts.
He felt the need to thank his past self, to thank him for enduring.
"Boom—"
Amid the deafening roar, light and fire intertwined.
It was like pressing the shutter.
In that moment, time seemed to stretch infinitely in Ji Jingqiu's eyes.
The evening breeze had just gently brushed past his ears when, in an instant, the sound of a mountain-shattering, torrential wave explosion followed by the howling of the wind and waves swept towards all directions!
The sound of shattered glass windows seemed insignificant amidst the explosion.
And there were panicked screams amidst the explosion.
The massive blast came from the neighboring street, and the tram that had passed in front of Ji Jingqiu was now overturned, with its rear half in the explosion zone.
Ji Jingqiu stared at the tragic scene in the distance.
The sudden calamity left him dazed.
An explosion of this magnitude was definitely not an accident.
A terrorist attack?
He didn't stand there in a daze but quickly rushed towards the overturned tram, carefully kicked away the shattered glass, and carried out the crying child from inside, shouting loudly for uninjured bystanders to help rescue the trapped passengers.
Just then, the distant sound of intense gunfire suddenly rang out.
Most of those who had gathered from all directions to help changed their expressions and turned away.
Ji Jingqiu's skin tightened, and the heart fire in the depths of his mind reminded him that this was a dangerous place!
But he didn't choose to leave.
Because no one understood the value of life better than he did.
He was never afraid of death.
He just didn't want to die.
Ji Jingqiu's entire body tensed, and the energy within him surged, as if a mighty river was finally flowing downstream.
With power far beyond what he had before, he quickly opened a passage, helping those trapped in the tram to escape.
Chapter end
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