Early in the morning, the mist shrouded the small mountain village in late autumn. Murong Yao and the other two had already woken up early to warm up in the courtyard. Just like yesterday, Zhai Qicheng was already making breakfast.
"Third Brother, you were tossing and turning in bed last night. It seemed like you slept very late. Is there something on your mind?"”
Murong Yao smiled bitterly. He had indeed fallen asleep very late last night. When he closed his eyes, the scenes at the Rebirth Valley's pass replayed in front of his eyes again and again. Murong Yao was a person who liked to ponder. With the accumulation of life experience from two lifetimes and the accumulation of scientific knowledge, he could see things further and deeper than his two brothers. The natural phenomena in the Rebirth Valley could not be explained with the knowledge he had learned. What was the problem? He had thought about it for half the night last night and was still puzzled. However, one thing was clear. To solve this mystery, he had to personally investigate the valley. How to enter it now was a big problem. Once he proposed this idea, it would inevitably attract the opposition of everyone around him. Based on the understanding of ordinary people, it would definitely be connected with the gods and ghosts, which was contrary to the attitude of science.
If he couldn't figure it out, then he wouldn't think about it for now. Murong Yao asked,""Big brother, how many days are we going to stay at Huitou Village?”
"You want to go back?"
"I don't mind. I've almost done what I need to do. As long as it doesn't affect next Wednesday's class, this place is quiet and isolated from the world.”
Niu Zheng said," I still want to go hunting. It would be best if we can hunt big guys. It would be best if Uncle Zhai is free. With him bringing a gun with us, I feel much more at ease. It's best if we don't encounter the same thing as the day before yesterday again!”
At this moment, Zhai Qicheng happened to come over." Then we'll go hunting later. It's too humid in the morning. We'll wait for the sun to come out before we leave. Actually, although it's almost winter now, there will be big prey in such weather. Deer and roe deers will also come out to look for food in winter. " After breakfast, you guys stay in the house for a while. Murong Yao and I will go out together. I still want to see his climbing skills yesterday. Niu Zheng and Wei Wuji didn't think too much about it. After breakfast, Murong Yao followed Zhai Qicheng out of the door. Zhai Qicheng did not say a word in front of him, and Murong Yao did not ask any more questions as he followed closely behind. The two of them walked for about half an hour and came to an open valley. The valley was filled with trees. Although these trees were not tall, they were all seventy to eighty years old. Zhai Qicheng stopped in his tracks and turned to Murong Yao."I called you over to talk about how to make up for your martial arts problems. It's not suitable for the two of them to know. I have my difficulties. I hope you can understand!”
"Actually, your problem is easy to see, but how do you solve it? " I've thought about it for two nights. First, I'll talk about the previous problem. Your kung fu lacks a kind of continuous power. You're a very perceptive person. In fact, your current kung fu has already left the path that you built in Sanjia Village when you were young. You've already walked on your own path. The martial arts of Sanjia Village are still mainly firm and fierce. It lacks an internal power. Some people call this power Internal Strength, while others call it Internal Strength. Actually, it's the same regardless of how you call it. It just requires you to activate an explosive power. It was a kind of constant force. This kind of force was something that you possessed. For example, you could shoot a paper dart as a hidden weapon, but you couldn't do anything about a piece of paper because you didn't pour this kind of internal force into the paper. If you mastered this kind of internal force, the stones you shot at the wall yesterday would be deeply embedded in the wall. Your palm could directly pierce through the wall!”
Murong Yao came to a realization and said,"Is it the one you said yesterday that you have to have both body and spirit?"”
"Yes! If you have inner strength, it will be like adding wings to a tiger. I have these training methods, but I'm not sure how to teach them to you. I can't tell you about my experience for the time being. Do you know about Southern Shaolin?”
Murong Yao thought for a moment,"Is it the Shaolin Temple located in Putian, Fujian?"”
"Yes! You actually know about the Southern Shaolin Temple?"
Murong Yao smiled bitterly and thought, How would I know? However, he had seen it in movies in the future.
Zhai Qicheng continued," I can only tell you that I was once a secular disciple of Southern Shaolin. I joined the Great Revolution before I graduated, so I'm not qualified to take on disciples. Even if I teach you, you can't call me Master. It's urgent. Now, I'll teach you this cultivation method first. You can learn it first. When I meet my Master in the future, I'll report to him before confirming that you've joined the sect. I'm only passing on the technique on behalf of my Master!”
Murong Yao was excited. Uncle Zhai was going to teach me Shaolin Kung Fu. This is the legendary martial arts treasure!
Zhai Qicheng continued," I have two sets of mental cultivation methods here. One is breathing, and the other is the circulation of meridians. The circulation of meridians may be different from the diagnosis methods in traditional Chinese medicine. You can practice according to the mental cultivation methods. These two mental cultivation methods are not written in words and can only be passed down by word of mouth. I started to speak, you listen carefully, Zhai Qicheng narrated very slowly, Murong Yao remembered it very seriously! After Zhai Qicheng finished speaking, he asked,"How much did you remember?'”Murong Yao repeated the two sets of mental cultivation techniques.
Zhai Qicheng was very surprised! "You have a photographic memory?"
Murong Yao smiled bitterly." This was discovered by my father when I was young. It was also forced out by him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone to university at the age of ten and graduated at the age of thirteen!”
Zhai Qicheng was secretly amazed. Otherwise, I was prepared to find an excuse to make you stay for a few days. Looks like I can teach you today!”
After saying that, he pointed at the forest in front of him." These trees are about a hundred years old. They can also breathe. The aura of the trees is the strongest every morning. The older they are, the stronger the aura is. It's very helpful for our cultivation. We can absorb this aura to help speed up the process of our cultivation. Watch my movements.”
Zhai Qicheng faced the forest and slowly opened his arms. His palms faced the tree crown and his hands spread out in the air, slowly forming a circle. As he rubbed, the circle slowly became smaller and smaller. Finally, he closed his palms.
Zhai Qicheng said,"This kind of action, 15 times in two hours!”
Murong Yao thought for a moment,"Then it will be once every eight minutes!"”
"There was no clock in the temple when I learned it. A few times a day was free. It was fine even if there were no big trees or trees in the forest. This was a supplementary practice. Practice the mental cultivation method at night. Take it slowly and don't be too hasty. After a long time, you will feel a force in your chest. This force will slowly grow as you practice and will slowly become a part of your martial arts. It will naturally be infused into your martial arts. At that time, whether it is your hidden weapons or your palm strikes, the power will increase greatly. A leaf can also hurt people!”
Murong Yao knew that Zhai Qicheng was already the second person to guide him in his martial arts. The first person was naturally his predecessor. He had benefited a lot from the teaching just now. As long as he persisted, his martial arts would advance to a higher level. "Uncle Zhai, how should I thank you?”
"Hahahaha! "You are my junior, and you have already called me uncle. This is thanks. However, don't tell Niu Zheng and Wei Wuji about this. My martial arts are different from your Three Family Village. We can't practice together. Niu Yunfeng knows this, but I'm afraid that the two of them will misunderstand. Of course, I won't admit that I'm your master. You're too good at comprehending. Just treat it as if you comprehended it yourself!" However, what if Master really admits that he wants me to teach him in his place? It's not easy to calculate our seniority! Sigh! When the time comes, let nature take its course!"
Zhai Qicheng knelt down facing the south and muttered,""Master, I didn't get your permission and took in a disciple on your behalf. You won't blame me, right? This child has the highest comprehension among us martial brothers and I have seen him practice martial arts. I can't bear to see him take advantage of the world. I hope he can make martial arts great!”With that, he kowtowed three times. Murong Yao silently knelt beside Zhai Qicheng and kowtowed three times towards the south.
In the next two days, the three of them and Zhai Qicheng wandered around the ravine for two days. All they got were little things. Niu Zheng wanted to continue, but Murong Yao still had to go to class. Therefore, the three of them had no choice but to prepare to go home. In the past few days, they had met a group of simple and honest mountain men. These mountain men would go to Sanjia Village in batches to receive military training. Zhai Qicheng was preparing to set up a village self-defense force in Huitouping.
Three days later, the three of them led the ten young men from Huitouping back to Three Family Village. It was November 4th when he arrived home.
At dawn on November 5th, 1937, Japan's newly formed 10th Army, with a total of 120,000 people, under the command of Lieutenant General Yanagawa, suddenly landed on the beach near Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay. On the battlefield of Songhu, the right wing of the Chinese army was the 8th Army under the command of Zhang Fakui. Due to the tight situation on the battlefield, the effective strength of the Eighth Army was drawn to Shanghai. Currently, the Eighth Army was composed of local security forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, except for a small number of regular companies of the national army. These troops were poorly equipped and had lax discipline. Because the battlefield of the Battle of Songhu had always been in Shanghai, the three German Machinist troops of the 9th Army were the main resistance. The 8th Army, which defended the right side of Shanghai, was only used as a battlefield guard. Discipline was lax and vigilance was low. Encountering the Japanese landing troops, they were defeated in one fell swoop. Once the breach opened, the 700,000 Chinese troops in the Songhu area were immediately in a dangerous situation.
The war dragged on until the night of October 8th. The National Government ordered the Chinese army to retreat completely. Due to the hasty order and the loss of control, the retreat turned into a big retreat. On November 12th, Shanghai fell.
In the Battle of Shanghai, the Celestial army suffered more than 187000 casualties. In the subsequent retreat, the Chinese army suffered more than 100,000 casualties. At this point, the Battle of Songhu, which lasted for three months, ended with the defeat of the Chinese army.
The Japanese army was heading straight for Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China!
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