Chapter 18 The Preciousness of Life

Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi were shocked.

Ji Jingqiu, on the other hand, felt guilty.

Only those within their own family know their own affairs behind closed doors.

He didn’t think he had any special talent.

Awakening to develop Qi strength, improved Pile Stance breathing method… all thanks to Bodhi Little Tree.

All he can do is cling to the coattails of Bodhi Little Tree and make sure he works hard enough to advance towards the Five Limits of Celestial Humans and Innate Reversal.

Ji Jingqiu originally wanted to decline, but two sharp, needle-like gazes shot towards her from the left and right.

If gazes could kill, then those two eyes would have already torn Ji Jingqiu to shreds, leaving her nowhere to hide.

Forget about clothes, if conditions allowed, I’d probably do a live dissection to see if he’d actually developed any virility, and if so, how.

Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi stood on his left and right sides respectively, like two door gods.

Whenever these two are in the same place, they inevitably put Ji Jingqiu in the middle, using him as the dividing line, and keep to themselves.

Seeing Master Yang’s expectant gaze again, Ji Jingqiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak:

“The key is to eat more and exercise more!”

Eating more will naturally replenish your blood and qi, making your stance training twice as effective and accelerating the refinement of your blood and qi.

In terms of practice, besides the mind-body unity that Master Yang mentioned, the key is the breathing technique and the fusion of Pile Stance …”

Ji Jingqiu looked up, ignoring everyone, and forced herself to remain calm as she repeated what Master Yang had said in the first lesson.

Master Yang’s words are certainly correct; it’s your problem if you haven’t grasped them!

Thank goodness, if you let him talk about his experience modifying the Fu Long Stance, he can still ramble on and on about some useful information.

After all, the blessing of Wisdom Light is similar to “divine revelation,” giving him endless inspiration. The essence lies within himself, rather than simply adding points to Golden Finger.

But asking him to share his experience in cultivating Qi is asking too much.

You can’t exactly say “sleep more,” can you?

Or you can simply say “Entering Samadhi” and then practice breathing techniques in your inner world.

He didn’t even tell Master Yang about the latter.

Upon hearing the first two words, “eat more and practice more,” Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi fell into deep thought.

Is being able to eat a lot really one of the martial arts talents?

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a bit tense, Ji Jingqiu prepared to share some useful information:

“I have gained a lot from studying Master Yang’s saying ‘My body is like a green mountain and my body is like a cloud’ these past few days.”

Imagine the human body as a mountain, with bones and muscles forming a continuous mountain range, and tendons and veins like river channels and underground rivers connecting the inside and outside of the mountain.

That blood energy, or rather, energy, is like flowing water. The flowing water follows the contours of the mountain, giving the human body and the mountain a vibrant life force, that is, nourishing the limbs and bones…”

Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi fell silent again.

“His body is like a green mountain, and his body is like a cloud”?

Why haven’t they heard Master Yang say that?

Special treatment?

Yang Yan’s eyes were sharp as he stared intently at Ji Jingqiu.

Even he didn’t expect Ji Jingqiu to make such a statement.

Qi flows like water, following the contours of the mountain, carving its way through countless twists and turns…

What a beautiful landscape painting!

This realization surprised him even more than Ji Jingqiu achieving Qigong in a day.

Even if most people practice standing meditation to the point of opening their meridians and condensing True Seed, they will still find it difficult to gain this understanding.

If a martial arts master wants to go further and reach higher levels, it’s not simply a matter of piling up health and strengthening the physical body.

After strengthening comes “integration”.

This is the most important thing.

Some people can only score four or five points with ten points of effort, while others can score twelve or thirteen points. This is the difference in “integration”.

How can a disorganized group contend with a mountain?

Fu Long Stance emphasizes that only by subduing the Dragon trapped within can one truly master the power of the Physical Body, highlighting the importance of integrating the Physical Body’s universe.

Only by firmly grasping the rope around the neck of the Dragon can you make it work for you.

Although Ji Jingqiu’s understanding is still only superficial, it means that she has embarked on this path.

Yang Yan was amazed. No wonder this kid was able to master Fu Long Stance in just two days and tailor it to suit him perfectly.

Such martial prowess is truly astonishing!

For some reason, he interrupted Ji Jingqiu’s speech under a pretext.

The resolve that had been made in my heart began to waver again.

He sighed inwardly, gave Zhang Xingshan and Luo Xi some more pointers, and then turned and left.

…

Having finally managed to get through it, Ji Jingqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Ji Jingqiu felt uneasy all the way until the end of her meditation session in the evening.

It felt as if someone was watching him from somewhere in the training field.

Before heading to the cafeteria in the evening, Ji Jingqiu glanced at the martial arts students in the training ground outside.

These days, he has noticed a significant decrease in the number of people coming to the martial arts gym for training compared to last week.

It was mainly those tattooed, burly men, gangsters.

The number of his peers, who are roughly the same age, has actually increased.

I wonder if Dao is about to have another fight among the lower levels.

In Taian City, the lower level is a place where sunlight doesn’t reach, the darkest and most chaotic place in the city, a black market operating on the fringes of society.

Even the Public Security Bureau rarely patrols that area.

Gang is the one who has influence there.

What’s most common is the constant turnover of Gang members.

After dinner, Ji Jingqiu rubbed her stomach and strolled home.

The area beneath our feet is still in the upper-middle range. At the end of the street, we can see the setting sun, its pale orange hue still retaining a hint of warmth.

The traffic light ahead suddenly turned on.

A tram roared past in front of me.

In the afterglow of the twilight, Ji Jingqiu felt a long-lost moment of tranquility.

His martial arts training these past few days has been so fulfilling that it has made him feel happy, and the visible progress has filled him with motivation.

He had been thinking and searching for something he could do in his life, but found very little.

For him, life was filled with suffering and injustice from the very beginning.

And now, he has finally found a path that has opened its doors to him.

He suddenly realized that it was precisely those past hardships and difficulties that allowed him to walk so smoothly on the Dao Road called Wu Dao.

He felt he needed to thank his past self for persevering; thank you…

“boom–“

Amidst the deafening roar, light and fire mingled.

It’s like pressing the shutter button.

At this moment, time seemed to stretch out infinitely in Ji Jingqiu’s eyes.

The evening breeze had just gently brushed past his ears when, in an instant, came the sound of an explosion like a landslide and a raging tide, along with the sharp howling of the wind and waves, sweeping in all directions like a tidal wave!

The sound of large panes of glass shattering seemed so insignificant in the explosion.

And those panicked screams amidst the explosions.

A huge explosion came from the street next door. The tram that was passing in front of Ji Jingqiu was overturned and the rear half was in the blast zone.

Ji Jingqiu silently gazed at the tragic scene in the distance.

The sudden calamity left him somewhat dazed.

An explosion of this magnitude could not have been caused by an accident!

Terrorist attack?

He didn’t stand there in a daze. He rushed to the overturned tram, carefully kicked open the shattered glass, took the crying child out of the tram, and shouted loudly for anyone nearby who wasn’t injured to come and help.

Just then, a burst of gunfire suddenly erupted in the distance.

Most of the people who had gathered from all directions to lend a hand changed their expressions and turned away.

Ji Jingqiu’s skin was taut, and an inner fire within him kept reminding him that this was a dangerous place!

But he did not choose to leave.

Because no one understands the preciousness of life better than him.

He was never afraid of death.

He just didn’t want to die.

Ji Jingqiu gritted her teeth, her breathing became heavier and deeper, and the energy within her surged forth. What was once just a babbling brook now showed signs of a torrent of water flowing downstream.

His unprecedented power allowed him to quickly clear a passage, helping the people trapped inside the car escape.