[Comprehensive martial arts] Holy Monk

By the autumn of the next year, Fang Tianzhi had practiced Zhuang Gong for a full year.

The rumors about his innate supernatural power were endorsed by the elders of the Kongzi generation in the temple, and spread throughout the entire Shaolin Temple, causing a bit of a commotion.This monastery has not seen a monk with innate supernatural power for hundreds of years, and it is a rare sight to have one appear out of nowhere.According to the word of mouth passed down by the brothers and nephews, the six-year-old Fang Tianzhi was able to lift an adult monk with ease to pull out an old tree with both hands, just like a legend.Many monks who have never dealt with Fang Tianzhi believed in it out of their ignorant pride in this monastery.

Nowadays, when Fang Tianzhi walks in the temple, brothers who practice hard kung fu often greet him enthusiastically, asking him if he wants to lift the stone lock or join hands to compete for strength, Fang Tianzhi naturally shakes his head like a rattle.

Just kidding, how can he compare with adult monks practicing hard kung fu now.If he had known that everyone's receptivity was so strong, he would have set the patch to ten years!

Thanks to this rumor, when Fang Tianzhi was carrying water again, no one cared about Fang Tianzhi going up and down the mountain with the bucket in his hands.After all, everyone knows that Yuanyi is different from others, and has great strength.Not only that, but when practicing Zhuang, Yuan Zhi also had strict requirements on him. For example, when testing the stability of the foot of the novices, he kicked him much harder than others.

For another example, now Fang Tianzhi is standing obediently, walking behind him quietly, sticking out a wooden stick and poking at his knee.Fortunately, Fang Tianzhi's basic skills are indeed solid, otherwise he would have squatted on the ground.

Yuanzhi poked him twice, seeing that he was as motionless as a mountain, he couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

In mid-autumn afternoon, the scorching sun scorched the green brick square in front of Arhat Hall.Fang Tianzhi and his friends stood still on the pile, feeling their skulls were cracked in the sun, sweat dripped down their necks, and the back of the monk's clothes was wet, but they could only pretend not to feel it.Yuan Zhi was carrying a wooden stick to patrol back and forth, and the young monks not far away gathered together and practiced their fists and feet, which was extremely enviable.In the entire square, only their phalanx did not move at all, as if a group of wooden stakes had become spirits.

How other people feel, Fang Tianzhi doesn't know.But he himself didn't think it was particularly hard to bear, it was just a little boring.This year's pile has stood down, and I haven't suffered any hardships.The emphasis on martial arts training is "three nines in winter and three days in summer". Fang Tianzhi has only been exposed to the snow in the freezing cold of the dripping water, and exposed to the sun in the scorching heat of the hot summer. What kind of.What's more, a year has passed, and his two invincible secret skills have also opened one-twentieth of the seal, and his strength is no worse than that of a teenager, and ordinary training is not a problem at all. Happy!

Fang Tianzhi was bored, so while Yuanzhi turned his back to him, he quietly glanced around.As soon as he looked to the left, he saw a gray-robed monk standing quietly not far away. Fang Tianzhi was taken aback, because this monk was none other than the head of the Arhat Hall. He stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

Fang Tianzhi quickly turned his head back, and continued to stand in a serious manner.In the blink of an eye, Yuanzhi turned around and saw Kongxiang immediately, he hurriedly walked a few steps over and saluted: "Master!"

Kong Xiang nodded, and did not expose Fang Tianzhi's desertion just now, but said: "I have seen it, you taught it very well. In addition to practicing piles, they can also start practicing boxing in the future."

Yuan Zhi is also quite satisfied with his teaching results, so it should be.

Fang Tianzhi and the others couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard this affirmation, but they got used to it naturally, and everyone still stuck firmly in place, motionless.Kong Xiang paused for a moment, walked slowly to the front of the phalanx, let go of his voice and said: "All monks, stop for now."

Fang Tianzhi and the others responded in unison, stepped back and stood up straight, with dozens of pairs of eyes looking at him eagerly.

Kong Xiang has an ordinary appearance, he is old, has gray beard and hair, and is not tall, but standing still on the green brick floor for a while, it looks like a towering mountain standing in front of him, which is daunting.Yuanzhi stood behind him, much taller and stronger than him, but looked like a handful of mounds in comparison.His eyes lingered on the monks, and finally settled on Fang Tianzhi, saying: "From today onwards, the first set of boxing you will learn is Shaolin eighteen-way Arhat boxing. Arhat boxing is Shaolin martial arts A set of introductory boxing techniques in Hesi Wushu, all practiced from here on.” He slowly moved his eyes away, looked at each novice, and said slowly, “This set of boxing, at first, only 36 After hundreds of years of extensive collection and revision, it was expanded to [-] styles and reached [-]. After hundreds of years, dozens of eminent monks in our temple participated in the research and reduced it, and finally reset this set of boxing to one Eighteen moves. These eighteen moves are the essence of Shaolin martial arts, so don't underestimate it just because it is an entry-level boxing method!"

When he said this, his tone was quite severe, Fang Tianzhi and others hurriedly responded solemnly.

Kongxiang nodded: "I know that many of you have secretly watched other monks practicing boxing. Today I will practice with you the Eighteen Ways of Arhat Boxing, so as to teach you the basics of this boxing technique." The essence is here. All the monks must look carefully—”

As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his mouth and took a breath, slowly opened his feet and stood still, raised his arms sideways by himself, crossed his elbows to shoulder level, and put his palms together on the Tanzhong point.

As soon as the other party made such a move, a little monk let out a "huh".Gein's hand gesture is exactly the one that everyone has practiced from dawn to dusk over the past year, and it is called Hunyuan Qiqi.Yuan Zhi's tiger eyes stared at him, scaring the little monk into silence like a chicken.But Kong Xiang didn't hear his ears, his eyes didn't see him, he raised his hands and stood still for a moment, suddenly he circled his right arm around his head, lifted his legs and retracted his body, then squatted down with his hips low, hooked his long arms deeply, and stepped back. Hit out with a punch.This is as quiet as a child, moving like a rabbit, once retracted it is as stable as a rock, and once it is released it is as fierce as a tiger. Wherever the punch reaches, the sleeves are blown like a real object.

He made this move, and said in a calm manner: "Arhat looks at the Buddha!" ​​After saying that, he kicked his feet non-stop, returned his hands to his chest, crossed his elbows and fisted, and the fists came out with each step. But it is always the same, just like holding an incense stick, "Push a stick of incense!" Spread your arms apart, stand up in a lunge, punch out from the center, hit from the top, and then stretch your arms to lean on the fist, and walk with your arms , turned around and stepped forward, and punched three times backwards, "Backing the mountain and wrapping the rattan!" He turned around and hid his hands, took a step back, and immediately his fists came out straight up and down. Hold it back and shrink your body with empty steps, "ten finger lotus"!

Fang Tianzhi stared intently at Kongxiang as he punched out the eighteen Arhat fists one by one, and heard him recite the names of moves such as "Hiding the moon under the armpit" and "Putting the flowers with the Buddha's hand" in his ears. The piles were connected one by one like clouds and flowing water.After finishing the [-]th round of Kongxiang, the boxing style changed, and he practiced backwards from the last style "Bafang Fumo" to the first style "Arhat Watching Buddha". , Divide up these eighteen moves, one move "Golden Ou Covering the Top", followed by "White Lion Clashing the Sun" after three or four moves, and then "Horizontal Playing the Pipa" a few moves away.

The more people watched, the more dazzled and fascinated they became. They only felt that the Kongxiang fist was moving, with the combination of strength and softness, all in one body. The fist has the might of an arhat vaguely, which makes people respect and fear.Many novice monks watched and couldn't help clasping their hands together to see his boxing.

The last move of Kong Xiang's third round of punches was "Holding the Heavenly Drum Backwards". After this punch, he slowly retracted his power, and stood still on his feet again, his breathing was still steady, and his eyes were deep.He said to Fang Tianzhi and other novice monks: "If you can practice this eighteen-way Arhat boxing perfectly, it will be considered as a step forward in our Shaolin martial arts. If you go to the depths, you can only use this set of boxing. Not necessarily incapable of defeating masters in the rivers and lakes. Old monk, I have practiced this set of boxing for more than forty years, and I dare not say that I have mastered it. Every time I practice, I get what I want."

Not only Fang Tianzhi and others were watching his heart-stirring punches, but the other monks who were practicing martial arts could not help but stop to watch.Hearing what he said, he was naturally convinced and respectful. All the monks in the square clasped their hands together and responded loudly.

Kong Xiang said again: "This set of boxing will be taught from Yuanzhi to you in the future. You must memorize the boxing formulas and understand them carefully, and if there is something that doesn't make sense, you should ask your seniors and brothers for advice in time. , don’t swallow jujubes wholeheartedly, in the end you only practice a plausible punch, remember!”

Everyone said respectfully: "I will obey the order of the chief seat!"

At this point, Fang Tianzhi finally learned boxing in Shaolin Temple.

The routine taught by Yuanzhi remains the same, instead of teaching boxing, let everyone still stick to it.Change one pile every half an hour, and at the same time teach them to recite the formulas of Luohanquan.In his words, that is "whether you understand it or not, you should learn it well with me before you talk"!

Fang Tian thought to himself, well, let's memorize it with you first!

But he is a talented player with an unforgettable memory, and he can memorize it fluently after listening to it once. Yuanzhi is a little scratching his head because of this, why can't he just single out Junior Brother Yuanyi and teach him first?After persisting like this for a few days, and forced to wait until all the novice monks had memorized it by heart, Yuanzhi realized that this problem had to be solved when he started to talk about boxing one by one. A lot faster than everyone - even a lot.

Learning boxing is no better than practicing piles.Practicing piles is a basic skill, and has nothing to do with human talent. No matter how talented you are, you still have to practice step by step. Practicing boxing is different.From the beginning of learning boxing, the level of the monks has gradually widened regardless of will, which is an innate gap that cannot be made up by hard work.

Speaking of it, this is also a rather bitter reality.Some monks will never be able to enter the Prajna Hall, let alone the Bodhidharma Academy——

And some people are born martial arts geniuses, destined to soar into the sky and become famous all over the world.

The novice monks who grew up together knew from the time they were sensible that Tianzhi was born with supernatural powers, and his bones were excellent.But it's just ignorant to know that this is a good thing, just envious and curious.It wasn't until they had practiced Arhat boxing together that they suddenly realized what it meant and how they were different from Tianzhi.

On the 20th day when Yuanzhi began to teach them the boxing, all the monks just knew how to perform each style of the Eighteenth Route Arhat Boxing, but they still didn't look good when they played it. It has to be correct, and if you type it out next time, it will still be inaccurate.At this time, Fang Tianzhi was able to perform the entire set of Arhat Fist coherently.

On that day, all the novice monks had finished standing on the stakes for an hour, and were about to continue practicing boxing, they heard Yuanzhi say: "Junior Brother Yuanyi has already learned the Luohan boxing well, and in the future, he will learn how to dismantle the moves." .”

All the novice monks were startled, and couldn't help looking at Fang Tianzhi.

Fang Tianzhi was still wearing a tea-brown monk's robe, standing quietly in the center of the first row.His stature is fast, and now he is as tall as a young monk who is several years older than him. When the sun shines, the skin on his neck, head, and face is as white and smooth as jade, and he is not like a martial arts student who has been struggling. , looks like a prince and grandson.

Yuan Zhi continued: "Brother Yuanyi, from now on, apart from practicing the pistol every day, you should go to Brother Yuan Ye and practice dismantling moves with your fellow nephew."

Fang Tianzhi's face was clear and peaceful, he clasped his hands together, and said, "Yes, senior brother!"