Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups-Chapter 169 - 148: Foreknowledge of Slaughter

What is "Stealing Heavenly Secrets"?

Different schools and sects have various opinions.

To martial artists, it means placing oneself at the brink of life and death, elevating one’s willpower to its peak, dispelling all negative effects, thereby breaking through the current realm to reach a higher level of Martial Arts.

This method of practicing Martial Arts, also known as "Grasping Skill," every completion is akin to undergoing a transformation of both body and spirit, rapidly advancing one’s martial skills.

In traditional cultivation culture, Stealing Heavenly Secrets is actually a method of harnessing the natural energy of heaven and earth.

Ancient cultivators believed that heaven and humanity, the ways of heaven and humanity, and the nature of both were interconnected and could be unified.

Once this state of unity and harmony is achieved, one naturally realizes a way of communication, accessing endless vitality and energy from between heaven and earth.

This is what people often refer to as "Unity of Heaven and Man."

Many ancient scriptures and classics record similar phrases, such as:

"Heaven and earth, the thief of all things; all things, the thief of all people; people, the thief of all things."

"Heaven has five thieves, those who see them prosper. The five thieves reside in the heart, carried out unto heaven. The universe in the hands, all things born from the body."

In summary, the prerequisite for Stealing Heavenly Secrets requires placing oneself in an extremely perilous or special environment.

On the Snowy Plateau, there is a popular method of cultivation where ascetic monks climb to the perilous peaks, sitting naked in ice and snow for days and nights in meditation.

They believe this brings them closer to the gods and Buddhas they believe in, allowing them to enter an extremely profound perfect state, inspiring enlightenment, greatly enhancing physical qualities, and even giving birth to legendary supernatural powers.

If conditions are relaxed, Fang Cheng has also experienced it once.

In the early hours of a torrential rainfall, he ran to the park alone to practice Pull-ups, challenging his own limits.

In the end, not only did he achieve a leap in his Spirit Attribute exceeding 20 points, but his Pull-ups skill also successfully advanced.

Fang Cheng believes that the biggest difference between ordinary people and Transcendents.

Lies in not having enough Life Energy to expend, unable to break through the constraints of talent set from the moment one is born.

Even though Fang Cheng has a panel to upgrade skills, it isn’t conjured from nothing; it just overdraws some energy initially, needing replenishment afterward.

If not replenished in time, it can cause unforeseeable negative effects on the body, with hair loss being the most obvious outcome.

Stealing Heavenly Secrets is a method that allows ordinary people a chance to cross this threshold and achieve a qualitative leap in life.

However, this method is extremely dangerous and has many drawbacks.

Ordinary people don’t even dare to think about it, easily failing and not only not advancing in Kung Fu but also being terrified, even paying with their lives.

Only suitable for top experts among ordinary people, who, when nearing breakthrough yet finding no way forward, may take such unconventional measures.

And the prospects are highly reliant on fate, needing consideration of the right time, place, and people.

Missing any of these three conditions means failing to achieve the ideal state of Unity of Heaven and Man, thus, there’s a high chance of failure. freёwebnoѵel.com

Fang Cheng initially was only reliant on his own willpower after the "Potential Activation" hidden skill failed, barely managing to enter that incredibly profound Meditation State, and thus successfully enduring his physical limits.

After Ma Jianguo taught him how to "Steal Heavenly Secrets" in practicing Qigong, he sternly warned him.

This method should only be attempted when no further progress in power can be achieved.

Yet, Fang Cheng is now somewhat hesitant.

Coming to Yong’an Island for a meditation trip, there’s a feeling of being summoned.

It seems that the environment here is very suitable for enhancing his strength.

At least in terms of location and harmony, it appears so.

In terms of location, successfully finding an excellent underwater training spot.

In terms of people, he has had a preliminary attempt at Stealing Heavenly Secrets, and now he has acquired the Water Breathing Talent.

And relying on near-limit high-pressure weight training underwater, continuously succeeding in unlocking and upgrading various skills.

One could say that at present, whether in terms of combat will or psychological state, he is at his personal peak.

Following this momentum, breaking through the almost impossibly challenging barrier of Qigong for an ordinary person isn’t impossible.

The conditions for Stealing Heavenly Secrets are already in front of him, it depends on how he chooses.

If he doesn’t attempt to take further risks, then he can only slowly cultivate Qi Sense and gradually accumulate enough Life Energy.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng’s gaze couldn’t help but intensify.

Qigong is said to be a path entirely different from those monsters and ability users, and not a wicked path that incites bodily potential through potions and overdraws life.

Few people in history have ever successfully traversed this path.

After all, the life energy stored within the human body is finite.

To achieve success, one must overcome unimaginably massive obstacles and exert effort hundreds of times greater than that of an ordinary person.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Fang Cheng was lost in thought.

Images of that deep and unfathomable sea rift, seemingly hiding mysterious unknown forces, surfaced in his mind...

Suddenly, a faint "thud thud" sound entered his ears.

Someone was knocking on his dormitory door.

Fang Cheng’s eyebrows slightly raised, and he quickly gathered his thoughts, got up from the bed, and walked to open the door.

The door creaked open.

There stood a woman wearing a mask and glasses, her figure graceful.

Her eyebrows slightly upturned and her eyes shifting gently, she revealed a hint of charm.

Although half of her face was covered, Fang Cheng recognized her instantly.

It was Lin Chuqiao!

Seeing the surprise on Fang Cheng’s face, Lin Chuqiao raised her hand to remove her mask and smiled:

"How about it, aren’t you welcoming me?"

Fang Cheng quickly turned on the light, inviting her into the room:

"Haven’t you returned to East Capital?"

As he asked, he immediately closed the door tightly, looking at her with full curiosity.

"The ferry service at Yong’an Island’s pier was suspended the day before yesterday, citing abnormal ocean currents nearby."

Lin Chuqiao explained softly, then added another sentence:

"I asked the staff, and they had also received the notice only recently; such incidents rarely occur."

Fang Cheng frowned at this:

"Is it the True Thought Society’s doing?"

Lin Chuqiao nodded her head:

"Only they have the capability and reason to do something like this at Yong’an Island."

Fang Cheng then asked:

"What about Pan Wendi?"

"His health is not a problem now; he also wanted to return to the training camp, but I ordered him to stay in the town."

"So, why did you come back? Aren’t you worried about exposing your identity, being discovered by the True Thought Society?"

"I was just worried about your safety here..."

Lin Chuqiao suddenly replied in a soft voice.

Fang Cheng gave a faint smile and shook his head:

"I don’t plan to get involved in the struggle between the True Thought Society and that mysterious organization. How could I be in danger?"

"That’s uncertain."

Lin Chuqiao immediately restrained her smile, then took out a folded piece of drawing paper from her pocket and handed it to him.

"What’s this?"

Fang Cheng looked in surprise at the paper, about the size of an octavo, which had two rather roughly drawn pictures.

One side depicted a simple scene of slaughter, with dozens of disordered corpses lying on the ground, some oddly shaped, some belonging to normal people.

The other side was more complicated, featuring a platform by the sea, several fiery burning ships seeming to be engaged in a fierce battle.

There were also many people around, some bowing in worship, others screaming in escape, and some struggling desperately after falling into the sea.

"This is a vision I sketched from my mind after using my foreknowledge."

Lin Chuqiao explained, her red lips parting lightly:

"I can predict some things about myself, as well as people and events related to me."

"This morning, I performed a divination predicting that a massacre will occur at the training camp base within three days, and the day after tomorrow is the Sea Festival..."