Start the liver experience with push-ups

Morning.

Riverside Park.

Fang Cheng, bare-chested, stood with his legs wide apart, assuming a horse stance.

This was a stance exercise he had learned from Ma Jianguo yesterday, said to be a fundamental introductory practice.

Traditional martial arts have a saying: 'Before learning to punch, stand in stance for three years.'

This refers to the many benefits of practicing stance work, which not only stretches muscles and bones but also helps to invigorate Qi and blood and increase physical strength.

Among all stance exercises, the horse stance is the simplest, easiest to learn, and most common.

Of course.

Common doesn't mean shallow or inferior; it precisely indicates its excellent effects and numerous benefits, which is why it is so popular and widely spread.

In addition to strengthening muscles, bones, Qi, and blood, practicing the horse stance also has immediate effects on practical combat.

For example, when sparring, only by rooting your feet and stabilizing your posture can you fully unleash your techniques, while preventing others from easily shaking you.

"Chest in, back out, head suspended..."

"When you achieve waist-horse unity, you can root your feet and generate power like thunder..."

Fang Cheng recited the mantra, constantly adjusting his posture while carefully feeling the changes in his body.

For him, who regularly practiced squats, holding a horse stance for a short time was not difficult.

The key was to feel the subtle sensation of Qi and blood surging, as described by Ma Jianguo.

When he first started, he was in a relatively relaxed state.

As time slowly stretched on, his legs gradually began to swell, heat up, ache, and go numb.

Using this method of experiencing pain, Fang Cheng vaguely found a trace of Qi surging upward from the soles of his feet and abdomen.

This was a sign of the leg muscles and bones being stretched open, and also a sign that physical strength was nearing its limit.

The horse stance looks simple, but it is actually the most arduous and tests one's patience the most.

To reap benefits, the only method is the "endurance mantra."

The longer one persists each time, the more obvious the effect, and it is also a means for martial artists to train their minds and temper their will.

The east was about to dawn, and the red glow gradually dyed the sky.

The surrounding figures thinned out, and various scenes became clearer.

"Hoo-roo-roo—"

Fang Cheng fixed his gaze and concentrated his mind, exhaling and voicing.

His entire body, shoulders, and torso trembled slightly, and a faint sound emanated from his abdominal cavity with his exhalation.

This was the breathing method taught by Ma Jianguo—the "Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound Technique."

In the eyes of martial artists who practice internal family boxing, this sound, like a tiger snoring and like thunder in the sky, is extraordinary and regarded as the supreme martial arts mystery.

They believe that this sound is extremely deep, able to penetrate to the extremities of the body, and is the result of vibrations originating from the dantian, generating internal breath.

Therefore, this resonance phenomenon can be used to exercise muscles, bones, skin membranes, and internal organs, while also healing internal injuries from practicing and toughening the body.

However, the specific practice method has always been a martial arts legend, only to be understood intuitively and not explained, and no one has ever proven it.

Ma Jianguo's technique, whether inherited from his ancestors or obtained from elsewhere, had a very complete set of cultivation steps.

Most people have never heard the sound of a tiger or leopard snoring.

But cats, as the ancestral masters of felines, are very common animals.

Ma Jianguo simply had Fang Cheng hug his family's lazy, fat orange cat, carefully stroking and feeling it.

Fang Cheng did not seek to immediately master it in his first practice; it was enough to gain some understanding.

With a breath of stale air exhaled, he smoothly dissipated his energy.

Fang Cheng shook his arms and shoulders, and kicked his legs.

A strong wind was generated.

He only felt that his legs were more flexible and free when exerting force, as if they were equipped with springs.

Looking at the red sun that peeked out halfway from between the high-rise buildings, he estimated the time.

This horse stance practice had lasted for at least an hour.

[Congratulations, you have diligently practiced your skills, gained an initial understanding, and successfully mastered a fitness skill]

[Unlocked skill: Stance Work lv0 (0/100)]

The panel flashed, and a prompt message appeared before his eyes.

"Eh, isn't it Qigong?"

Fang Cheng couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation upon seeing this.

Surprised, he saw the words "fitness."

Immediately, he nodded slightly, understanding that the nature of this skill was actually similar to squats and push-ups.

The Qigong practice methods taught by Ma Jianguo included various stance exercises, breathing methods, Tai Chi routines, and a recipe book on how to eat for health.

Among them, stance work was the practice method, breathing methods and recipes were the nourishing methods, and Tai Chi belonged to the fighting method.

It is said that after entering Qigong, there is also a very special visualization method.

However, Ma Jianguo said that Fang Cheng was still in the foundation-laying stage, and early contact would be harmful rather than beneficial.

So he had not yet seen it.

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After Fang Cheng moved his body and limbs, he turned to look at the other gains from today's morning exercise.

[Focus experience +4]

[Sanshou experience +4]

[Muay Thai experience +5]

[Jujutsu experience +10]

[Push-up experience +12]

[Squat experience +13]

[Leg Raise experience +15]

[Pull-up experience +15]

[Back Bridge experience +10]

[Handstand Push-up experience +15]

............

In order to make time for stance practice, Fang Cheng appropriately reduced the amount of empty strikes and other training items.

Today's morning exercise was also more focused on the Sanshou skill, which was about to be upgraded, focusing on practicing various leg techniques.

Therefore, he successfully upgraded it to the master level.

[Sanshou lv2 (0/500)]

Fang Cheng's gaze swept across the panel, looking at the two enhancement reward directions that he had not made a choice on before.

[Enhancement 1: 8 free attribute points]

[Enhancement 2: Skill special effect, Dance of Lightning]

He made a decision at this time and chose the second item.

[When using leg techniques, each time a target is hit, the user's movement speed is increased by 60%, which can be continuously stacked on targets within a five-meter radius, with an attack limit of 10 times, and the effect is lost beyond the distance]

This special effect, as the name implies, means that you can kick 10 times in rapid succession in a very short period of time.

It seems that the increase in basic attributes is not significant, but the more it is stacked later, the faster the speed may be, possibly as fast as teleportation.

It's simply a god-tier skill for group battles!

Fang Cheng thought to himself that he would inevitably encounter a one-to-many siege situation similar to the one in the night market.

With this skill special effect.

Even if the other party has a large group of people, they may not be able to react in time and all fall to the ground instantly.

While thinking, a burst of noisy voices came from around.

Fang Cheng glanced at the old men in the distance who were coming to practice health-preserving boxing, and then turned and left the park.

Today's training ended a little later than usual, so he had to act more quickly.

........................

A Yang Bathhouse.

Fang Cheng, who had finished his bath, greeted the neighborhood aunties, carrying a bag of clothes, and walked to the street.

He came to the breakfast stall he often patronized as usual and bought steamed buns and soy milk.

On the way home, he thought about today's sparring class arrangements.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a small, slender girl figure beside the large black trash can not far away.

She was趴over the mouth of the barrel, seemingly looking for discarded cans and cardboard boxes.

Because she was not tall enough, she tried hard to stand on tiptoe, pulling hard inside with her small hands.

In the cold wind, her body swayed, appearing a little unsteady.

Fang Cheng stopped, his gaze cast over.