Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups-Chapter 168 - 147: The Method of Stealing Heavenly Secrets

Chapter 168: Chapter 147: The Method of Stealing Heavenly Secrets

Nightfall arrived, and lights went out.

In the dormitory, darkness enveloped everything, with only the faint moonlight penetrating through the window.

All things around were immersed in the hazy night.

Fang Cheng sat with closed eyes, his breathing calm and extended.

Accompanied by this sense of tranquility and solitude, his thoughts seemed to drift in the darkness.

Suddenly, noisy voices from next door disrupted the contemplative silence.

Fang Cheng opened his bright eyes and murmured to himself:

"It’s still not working..."

He then glanced down at the mobile phone by his side.

The display showed it was only 7:06.

Meaning that his meditation had lasted just over half an hour.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng shook his head in disappointment, then stretched his legs off the bed and walked to the window.

Outside, the fog was dense, seemingly thicker than in previous days.

The silhouettes of trees appeared intermittently in the mist, as if the entire training camp base had entered some mystical dream.

The town below the mountain and the distant sea blurred into the grey-white fog, completely obscured.

Fang Cheng stood in front of the window, gazing out for a while.

After relaxing his mind, he immediately sat back on the bed cross-legged, preparing to meditate again.

Since Pan Wendi left, the room became empty.

Though living alone was somewhat lonely, it also had significant benefits.

Freedom of movement, making things much more convenient.

Today, after finishing the meditation class and dinner, Fang Cheng immediately returned to the dorm.

He first practiced Air Attack, enhancing the experience of several fighting skills.

Then, he attempted to achieve a new breakthrough in the long-awaited field of Qigong.

After coming to Yong’an Island for the meditation retreat, he had successfully unlocked the skills "Meditation" and "Breathing Technique," and advanced Pile Skill to expert level.

Fang Cheng wondered if he could use this momentum to flexibly apply these three skills and truly master Qigong.

According to Ma Jianguo, Qigong mainly involves Pile Skill, Breathing Technique, Visualization Method, and some fighting skills suitable for exerting strength.

Fighting skills are merely battle techniques, considered secondary and not confined to specific moves.

Moreover, Fang Cheng considered himself no less capable than most combat athletes and martial arts masters.

Regarding the Visualization Method, it essentially belongs to a form of meditation, not much different from it.

So now, Fang Cheng has essentially grasped the prerequisites for starting Qigong.

Indeed, this was the case.

He not only learned how to use the Breathing Technique to resist external pressures to protect his organs from harm and improve internal breathing efficiency.

Furthermore, the warm flow in his abdomen was also gradually growing stronger, Qi Sense was becoming clearer, and he could even use it to accelerate the recovery speed of muscle fatigue.

One could say that Fang Cheng has begun to understand the basics of Qigong and possesses some minor skills in this field.

But this was far from enough!

Because Qigong, besides aiming for health conditioning and life extension, also values the development of human potential and enhancing combat capabilities.

This is also the martial arts philosophy espoused by Ma Jianguo.

Using techniques that nurture health in combination with robust exercise breaks through the limits of the human body and achieves a transformation of both flesh and spirit, thus adequately dealing with those monsters who possess Special Abilities.

Through practical practice, Fang Cheng has explored a method that seems feasible.

Sitting Meditation involves using the mind to actively adjust the state of body and mind, improving from the spiritual level to physiological functions.

And Breathing Technique, in the words of ancient physicians and Cultivators, is also known as Guiding Skill, serving as the power source for Qigong.

Thus, the two can be combined seamlessly.

Fang Cheng plans to practice meditation while employing the Breathing Technique, guiding that strand of warm flow in the abdomen to reach the designated spots at will.

After all, the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound belongs to a full-body resonance method, which is hard to target specific areas.

If he could direct all that warm flow from the abdomen to a specific organ or muscle and bone area, the effects produced would certainly be more significant.

Not to mention restoring the scenes from movies and dramas where Inner Strength is used for healing.

Once mastered, perhaps it can be used outside of the Meditation State, even in combat.

For instance, attaching the "Qi" to the palm and weapon, to create an effect similar to the Sword Blade Storm.

However, idealism is often plump and reality is bony.

Fang Cheng tried twice and both were near successes.

At the beginning of the guidance, the warm flow lingering at the bottom of the abdomen indeed moved slightly, just like when deploying the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound.

Then, following the direction of the thoughts, it showed signs of surging outward.

But as soon as it left that tiny area deep in the abdomen, it would instantly be shackled.

Like a small boat mired in mud, unable to flow freely as before.

This stalemate would continuously feedback to the consciousness.

Causing Fang Cheng’s thoughts to waver and making it difficult to maintain the Meditation state.

At the same time, due to these slight tremors, the warm flow would shake more violently and immediately dissipate.

While pondering, noises of chatter resounded in the hallway again, with people laughing as they passed by the door.

Ever since those travelers checked into the training camp, this usually quiet building has indeed become much livelier.

Fang Cheng felt that his failure wasn’t really due to the environment not being quiet enough.

It was more because the warm flow in the abdomen was too weak and the Qi Sense was still not clear enough.

To solve this issue, one needs frequent practice combined with dietary supplements.

Especially the importance of dietary supplements, which definitely take precedence.

According to Ma Jianguo, there exists an Innate Essence Energy in the human body, also known as Life Energy.

It is a Talent born with an individual, and each person, having a different Constitution, possesses varying amounts.

And as one ages, it gradually diminishes until it’s completely depleted, marking the end of life.

The essence of Qigong practice is cultivating this Innate Essence Energy, trying as much as possible to reverse this process.

By converting part of the food energy ingested through acquired dietary supplements and cultivation methods into Innate Life Energy.

However, as living beings of nature, humans inevitably have a limit to how much Life Energy can be stored.

Relatively speaking, the healthier and stronger a person’s body, the more energy they can store.

Fang Cheng currently has a Constitution of 36 points, yet the Life Energy he possesses does not match it.

This is equivalent to having a large container, but what’s stored inside it only occupies a small portion, appearing quite empty.

This scenario is actually quite normal.

After all, Fang Cheng advanced from an ordinary Constitution of less than 10 points to over 30 in just two months, a progression that can be described as miraculous.

Expecting to supplement the Innate Essence Energy through food in such a short time is clearly not feasible.

Moreover, it seems there are no Heavenly Treasures or elixirs in this world.

Otherwise, those masters at the Martial Arts Research Association would not merely use Qigong as a trick or performance art.

Fang Cheng had once asked Old Master Ma.

With such orderly practice, did he also have to wait until his old age before he could hope to master Qigong?

In that case, apart from promoting health and prolonging life, it held no practical significance in combat, let alone the capability to compete with those monsters.

Old Master Ma, however, smiled mysteriously and gave a legendary solution.

It was Stealing Heavenly Secrets!