Chapter 288 Ancient Powerful Man, Getting Better
Slowly, after Li Quan digested all the huge information of the Five Animal Exercises, his head no longer hurt. He had successfully learned this extremely precious ancient practice method.
You really don’t know until you learn.
More than a month ago, when he was reading Hua Tuo's Five Animal Exercises, he unexpectedly grasped the essence of it.
I thought that even if it couldn't be as powerful as the Five Animal Exercises taught by Hua Tuo himself, it could at least have 70% to 80% of the power of the real one.
Now that he has learned it, Li Quan understands that without the breathing method of the Five Animal Exercises, even if one understands the essence of its movements, it is still just an ordinary set of physical fitness exercises.
At best, the effect of physical exercise is slightly better than ordinary gymnastics.
If you understand the essentials of the movements and the essence of the moves, and combine them with the breathing method, then it will be amazing. It has become a real practice method, and is no longer limited to ordinary physical fitness.
For example, the Five Animals Exercises without the breathing method is just a mortal-level martial art no matter how hard you practice it. The Five Animals Exercises with the breathing method is a true immortal-level martial art.
Of course, this is just an analogy.
Whether there really are immortal-level skills in the world is an unsolved mystery in the world.
But there are definitely powerful cultivation methods. And the more ancient you go, the more powerful the cultivation methods are.
Li Quan made a comprehensive inference based on the many unofficial histories and official histories he had read.
Take China as an example.
The earliest record is from the Yanhuang period. At that time, human warriors could directly control ferocious beasts such as bears, tigers, and elephants to fight.
One of the sentences reads like this.
"The Yellow Emperor cultivated virtue and strengthened the army, controlled the five elements, cultivated the five elements, comforted the people, measured the four directions, and trained bears, badgers, pixiu, leopards, and tigers. He was a horse-riding emperor ."
It can be seen that the ancient people at that time were very powerful.
In ancient times, there were no modern firearms and high technology, and human equipment was very backward. To tame those powerful beasts, it all depended on physical strength.
Although the ancients were able to tame wild beasts, make them submit, and ride them and kill enemies on the battlefield, wisdom played a part in this, but it accounted for a very small proportion.
Why do I say so?
Because the thinking mode of wild animals is simple and crude, they believe in the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak.
If you are weaker than them, no matter how smart you are, they will still treat you as a snack.
Isn't the fox smart? It is recognized as the wisest animal.
At least smarter than tigers and lions.
But has anyone ever seen a fox taming a tiger or a lion and commanding them to kill the enemy?
So, if anyone thinks that humans can tame powerful beasts by relying solely on wisdom, that is nonsense.
Not to mention taming a ferocious and violent beast, even taming a wild horse requires great strength.
The first time you ride on its back, if it jumps and runs wildly but fails to throw you off its back, then you win. The next time you ride on it, it will be obedient.
And it only recognizes you as its master.
If someone wants to ride it, it will be thrown off the horse without mercy. It is even difficult to get close to it.
From this we can see that the ancient people in the Yanhuang period must have been very powerful.
According to Li Quan's speculation, the reason why the ancients were so powerful was related to their lifestyle.
The ancients ate raw meat and blood, ate raw animal flesh and wild fruits in the mountains. In order to obtain these foods, they had to run and exercise in the mountains and forests every day, fighting and killing various beasts.
It is these primitive lifestyles that made the ancient people of the Yanhuang period much stronger than modern humans.
The ancients in the Yanhuang period could fight against elephants, lions, bears and other ferocious beasts. In modern times, everyone would be a superman.
Next, we come to the humans of the pre-Qin period.
This is a watershed moment.
Why not talk about the earlier Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties?
Because before the Qin Dynasty, there were still many super-powerful people in the human race. Some people even believe that the human race in the late Shang Dynasty and the early Western Zhou Dynasty was even more powerful than that in the Yanhuang period.
Later, because of the war, all the strong men died, and mankind began to decline rapidly from the path of super strength.
The Investiture of the Gods in Chinese history is just a mythological novel.
But it is possible that part of the content in the book is true.
No one can verify this.
In the descriptions of wars before the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the shadows of superpowers can be seen everywhere.
Then in the early Qin Dynasty, the description of human warfare and generals changed.
It was no longer a case of one general killing thousands of enemies, but more people began to pay attention to strategies and began to research sharper cold weapons, more solid shields, and bows and arrows with greater penetrating power.
Why did humans begin to intensively research these weapons?
On the one hand, it is the progress of human civilization, but on the other hand, it also reflects that humans must rely on external forces to continue to rule the world and fight against those powerful beasts.
To sum up, the pre-Qin period was a watershed for mankind, and the super strong ones were gone forever.
It is difficult to see any trace of them or hear any description of their heroic deeds anymore.
More descriptions are of Qin Shihuang's strategy to destroy the six kingdoms.
Although the humans of this period were not as strong as those of the Yanhuang, Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, they were still very strong.
I believe everyone who has read the history of the Three Kingdoms knows this.
Each of these peerless military generals is not given for nothing.
Fierce Zhang Fei defended the Changban Bridge alone, and with a loud shout, he frightened a general of Cao's army to death. He also showed his strong strength that one man could hold the pass and ten thousand men could not break through.
He single-handedly stopped Cao's army from pursuing him.
In addition, I believe everyone has heard of Red Hare among horses and Lu Bu among men.
Lü Bu is known as the Tyrannosaurus Rex among men, and he was able to fight against three of the Five Tiger Generals alone and still not lose. This is enough to show how terrifying Lü Bu's strength is.
You should know that the fierce Zhang Fei who just mentioned defended against the attack of thousands of troops with his own strength was one of the Five Tiger Generals.
Based on these descriptions, Li Quan inferred that from the Qin Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, humans were still very powerful.
Even beyond the imagination of modern people.
After that, after the Tang and Song dynasties, and until the Qing dynasty, there were fewer and fewer stories about powerful people among humans.
Instead, martial artists and masters of the martial arts world began to appear.
Each of them is good at boxing, palm techniques, sword techniques and so on.
In fact, this is very similar to modern Sanda, free fighting, and martial arts.
Some of the martial arts masters of this period may have really cultivated the legendary internal strength, but they certainly could not compare with the strong men of the pre-Qin and Three Kingdoms periods.
It is even more incomparable with the Yanhuang period.
However, even at the end of the Qing Dynasty, one could still occasionally hear stories about martial arts masters killing foreign invaders or fighting violence and protecting the good.
Their strength should be closer to that of modern Sanda champions, boxing champions, etc.
In modern times, human physical fitness has become extremely weak.
Even an adult man may not be able to beat a larger sheepdog or wolfdog with his bare hands.
This would have been unimaginable during the Yanhuang period.
For people of that period, killing lions and tigers was probably as easy as playing.
As for wolf dogs, in front of the ancient people of the Yanhuang period, they were probably no different from rabbits. They could be crushed to death with a backhand.
The Five Animal Exercises breathing method that Li Quan learned was created by Hua Tuo.
Hua Tuo lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
This is a little earlier than the Three Kingdoms period.
From this, it can be inferred that the Five Animal Exercises training method created by Hua Tuo should be ranked in the second level, that is, the level of the strong in the pre-Qin period.
If Li Quan succeeds in his training, he will probably have the same powerful strength as the generals of the Three Kingdoms.
All this is just Li Quan's personal speculation.
Whether it is true or not, we will have to wait until he practices to find out.
Realizing the power of the Five Animal Exercises breathing method, Li Quan made up his mind not to pass it on to others casually.
There's no problem passing it on to your future wife.
But if it is passed on to some people with bad morals, they will really have a powerful strength far beyond that of martial arts masters after learning it, and then use their strength to harm the people.
That would be troublesome.
The Five Animal Exercises breathing method is divided into five levels. If it is only used to treat leukemia, learning the first level of the breathing method is enough.
Even if he really wants to pass it on to others in the future, Li Quan is only planning to pass on the first level.
As for the later cultivation methods, he would never pass them on to outsiders easily.
To prevent harm to society.
"Hey, dear, what are you thinking about while you're staring blankly at the book?"
Sophie woke up without knowing when.
She waved her hands, and her slender white fingers swayed in front of Li Quan's eyes.
"Haha, nothing. I was thinking about some principles in the medical book." Li Quan put down the medical book. "By the way, I boiled some new Chinese medicine for you. Let me check the temperature first."
Li Quan touched the outer wall of the glass pot with his hand and found it was warm.
This temperature is just right.
When drinking tea, taking medicine or eating food, the food should not be too hot or too cold.
If you drink boiling hot tea frequently, it is easy to burn the esophageal mucosa, which can easily lead to cancer after long-term accumulation.
Many cases of laryngeal cancer are caused by eating very hot food for a long time or drinking boiling hot tea.
This point must be paid attention to.
"Take the medicine first and then have dinner, okay? I guess your mother has gone out to buy food and should be back soon." Li Quan glanced at the time on his mobile phone.
It's already past seven in the evening.
"Honey, can I make a request?" Sophie looked at the big pot of black Chinese medicine, feeling a little hesitant.
These Chinese medicines are really bitter.
"If you ask to add sugar to the medicine, then don't mention it. You can't add sugar to this Chinese medicine." No matter how much Li Quan loved her, he had to be cruel.
Good medicine tastes bitter, so ensuring its efficacy is the top priority.
Only in this way can her illness be cured.
"Okay, you guessed it right! I want to drink it in big gulps this time, is that okay?" Sophie stuck out her tongue aggrievedly and looked at Li Quan with a pitiful expression.
"Of course. But you mustn't choke."
Li Quan readily agreed.
Sophie poured the Chinese medicine into a bowl and drank it in a few big mouthfuls. It was so bitter that she stuck out her tongue, and her nose and eyebrows were squeezed together, forming countless wrinkles.
"Great! There's about one and a half bowls left. Come on!" Li Quan cheered her on.
"Honey, can I rest for a few minutes before drinking the second bowl?" Sophie was so bitter that tears came out.
"Okay!" Li Quan thought of something and stood up and said to her. "I'll go out for a while and be back soon."
After saying that, Li Quan quickly walked out of the ward.
After about five or six minutes, he came back panting.
"Where have you been? Are you going to the cafeteria to see my mom?" Sophie asked with a smile.
Sophie's mother had returned by then.
The food I bought was placed on the bedside cabinet.
The ward is very small with four people in it. I hope Sophie can recover and be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.
You will be free then.
"I won't tell you now. After you finish drinking the medicine, I will give you a little surprise." Li Quan smiled mysteriously.
"Hmph, you're still keeping me in suspense!" She snorted, poured a bowl of Chinese medicine, and drank it in a few big gulps.
Then, without taking a breath, he drank up the last half bowl.
"Okay, I've finished drinking. Where's the surprise?" This little girl is always so arrogant.
Sophie's mother was standing by and watching the young couple having fun, laughing.
“Dangdangdang!”
Li Quan took out a bag of salt-soaked white ginger from his pocket like a magic trick.
"Hey, give it to me, give it to me quickly!"
Sophie had just gritted her teeth and drank two bowls of extremely bitter Chinese medicine, and her stomach felt very uncomfortable. She wanted to vomit.
When she saw that Li Quan bought salted ginger for her, her eyes lit up.
It was like a little kid seeing the popsicle he had longed for.
"Haha, look how greedy you are. Ginger can increase appetite, stop vomiting, and promote blood circulation and dispel cold, but it can easily cause internal heat, so don't eat too much. Each time you drink the Chinese medicine, you can only eat a small piece."
Li Quan tore open the package and let Sophie choose one for herself.
She picked a piece that was neither too big nor too small and put it into her mouth happily. Then she showed an expression of enjoyment on her face.
The churning in my stomach slowly subsided.
No more nausea .
Ginger is very effective in treating vomiting and nausea.
Moreover, it can be taken at the same time as most Chinese medicines without interfering with the efficacy of other Chinese medicines.
Precisely because of these characteristics, some old Chinese medicine practitioners call it the pure lotus among medicines.
What does it mean?
It is used to describe it as a lotus, which grows out of the mud without being stained, and will not mix with the medicinal effects of other Chinese medicines.
"You just finished drinking the Chinese medicine, so you can't eat now. You can eat in half an hour. Now, just watch us eat and swallow your saliva secretly."
Li Quan teased her with a smile.
"Hmph! I'll hit you!"
She waved her pink fist and made an angry expression as if she was going to hit Li Quan.
I have to say, a beauty is a beauty, and the way she punches someone is so breathtaking.
“Haha~!”
Sophie's mother was delighted to see her daughter getting better and showing signs of energy.
"Xiao Li, this meal is for you. You two stay inside. I'll eat outside."
She carried her own portion and walked out of the ward.
After Li Quan finished his meal, he was still thinking about teaching Sophie to practice the Five Animal Exercises.
Not only should we teach her the key points of the movements, but also the breathing methods.
It certainly wouldn't be appropriate in a ward.
Maybe a TCM research office would be a good place.
There was usually no one there, except for the first researcher Li Quan, who sometimes went over to sit for a while.
I don’t know how Professor Aixen and his team are doing after they extracted Sophie’s blood and bone marrow samples?
As for entertaining these American experts, Li Quan doesn't need to worry about it at all.
The hospitals are making profits and treat these American experts like treasures.
A special person is assigned to be in charge of meals.
When American experts are conducting research, whatever they need is provided promptly by dedicated personnel.
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After Sophie finished her dinner, Li Quan took her pulse to see if the medicine had taken effect.
"Wow, the pulse is clear, long, and strong, and it's rising steadily. This is really a pleasant surprise." After Li Quan took her pulse, he finally felt relieved.
My heart is filled with joy and anticipation.
This hurdle can finally be overcome.
There will be all kinds of hardships in a person's life. As long as you grit your teeth, they will eventually pass.
It had only been about an hour since Sophie drank the Chinese medicine, but her pulse had already shown such a gratifying change, which showed that Qian Yi's prescription was effective.
However, if this prescription is used alone, the effect will be much worse.
Must be performed together with acupuncture treatment.
"Honey, how are you? Am I feeling better?" Sophie herself couldn't immediately feel whether her body was getting better.
After all, taking Chinese medicine does not have the immediate effect like acupuncture.
It will only help the body recover little by little, slowly.
