Chapter 31: My Own Way of Martial Arts
Upon hearing this, Zuo Le couldn't help but look at Qin Ziling in surprise.
Originally, seeing that Qin Ziling had only made a breakthrough in the past three years, he thought that Qin Ziling had average bones, came from a poor family, had no meat or medicine to nourish himself, and had average talent and comprehension. He only made a breakthrough by chance because of his perseverance and persistence in practicing martial arts and luck.
Unexpectedly, Qin Ziling was able to draw such a conclusion from his own words just after breaking through the membrane realm. His comprehension was already very high.
At least Zuo Le didn’t think of this when he just made a breakthrough. It was only after his master pointed it out to him and later after he experienced it in reality that he truly understood this truth.
"You have a good understanding. This is the reason. So, training the muscles and bones is to increase strength and train the power of qi and blood, while training the membranes is to change the nature of the blood and qi. It is to seal the blood and qi in the palms, and constantly use the strength to temper the qi and blood in the palms, so that it can undergo a qualitative change and generate strength." Zuo Le nodded.
"According to this theory, if the membranes in other parts of our body have not been cultivated, it is equivalent to leaking air everywhere, which will inevitably affect the tempering effect. If the membranes in other parts of the body can be cultivated, wouldn't it be easier to cultivate strength?" Qin Ziling said thoughtfully.
"That's true in theory, but as I said before, except for the hands and feet, it is difficult for us to control the strength and blood of other parts of the body. It is extremely difficult to cultivate other parts of the body to the membrane level. You can use your strength and palms to hit the iron sandbag to achieve the effect of tempering and polishing the membrane. Although you can also use your strength on your abdomen and back, it is impossible to control the strength as accurately as your hands and feet, and it is impossible to clearly feel the flow of blood and qi driven by the strength. Besides, other parts of the body are far less flexible than hands and feet, so how can you temper them? You can only use the hands of outsiders to hammer them!"
"But those parts of the body are not only , but are also much more fragile. When you use someone else's hands, the force is out of your control. If the force is not enough, it won't have much effect. If the force is too much, if you can't control it well, you will hurt your body. It's not uncommon for you to become disabled or die."
"Plus, training the membrane is difficult. For example, you have been training your hands for nearly three years. If you want to train other parts of the body, not to mention the great danger, it will take countless years to succeed. By that time, your Qi and blood will have long been depleted, so how can you have the chance to explore the realm of strength? Of course, this kind of training method requires a bottomless pit of financial resources."
"So your idea is good, but it is unrealistic. Only big sects and big families with deep foundations will select talented people from their sects or families, spend a lot of money and manpower, and use secret methods to train the body except for the hands and feet. For example, our Fangqiao City's prefect Pang Qiwei, who comes from our Xiyunzhou state's famous Pang family, has been gifted since childhood and has been cultivated by the family and given the Tongbei Iron Arm Fist. Not only does he have a secret precious potion to nourish his arms, but he also has two powerful martial artists who are good at controlling strength to help him take turns hammering his arms."
"So once his membrane is trained, it will cover both arms, instead of just training the palms or feet like the rest of the family and us. Once a person like him enters the realm of strength, his strength will be more refined and condensed, and he will be able to overpower martial artists of the same realm."
At this point, Zuo Le seemed to have thought of something, with a hint of self-mockery on his face, he changed the subject and said: "Since you asked this question, I have said too much. Just listen to it, don't think too much, it's useless to think about it!"
"Yes, Master Zuo." Qin Ziling replied respectfully , but there was a hint of thought in the depths of his eyes.
As a martial artist who had just broken through to the membrane level, he naturally didn't dare to dream of having a strength master help with hammering. But he had the bronze corpse, and the bronze corpse was connected to his mind, so he could control the strength very accurately. This was much stronger than any strength master.
No matter how powerful a martial artist is, no matter how good he is at controlling his strength, he cannot be in sync with the person who is hammering. There will definitely be errors and deviations in the strength of the hammering, and it will not be just right. This is probably one of the reasons why even with the county governor's natural talent and the secret precious potion, he can only reach his arms.
Not only that, Qin Ziling is also a spirit cultivator at the realm of driving objects. His control and perception of the blood and energy in various parts of the body are far superior to those of martial artists at the same level, and are even not inferior to their control and perception of the blood and energy in their hands and feet.
So for Zuo Le, his words were totally redundant, but for Qin Ziling, it was equivalent to Zuo Le pointing out another path of cultivation that belonged to him.
Zuo Le naturally didn't know this. He glanced at Qin Ziling and continued, "You just mentioned that the membranes in other parts of the body cannot be cultivated, just like leaking air. This is indeed a problem. Therefore, our ancestors have studied various methods of transporting qi and strength, as well as matching secret medicines, in order to achieve the goal of converting qi and blood into strength."
"Compared with other techniques, my Cold Iron Palm doesn't have much mystery or uniqueness in terms of the flow of energy. It mainly involves holding a breath, and using all your strength to circulate the energy and blood throughout your body, and then rushing to your palms in one go, in order to squeeze and refine the energy and blood in your palms and make it undergo a qualitative change. However, some sects and families have some mysterious ways of circulating their energy and blood. For example, the Xu family of Xujiabao outside the city practices the power of overlapping waves."
"It is said that when they gather their strength and energy, the power and blood rushing into their palms are like waves, one after another, which is very mysterious."
"The mysterious and unique feature of my Cold Iron Palm lies mainly in the secret medicine. I raise an exotic bird called the Black Cold Iron Chicken, which is as hard as iron and extremely ferocious. This chicken was hunted by some of my fellow practitioners and I from the depths of the Wuyang Mountains in the early years, and then domesticated. The eggs of the Black Cold Iron Chicken, combined with some precious cold medicinal materials, can be boiled into a secret medicine. During practice, taking this secret medicine can change some properties of Qi and blood, giving it a hint of ice and metallic properties, so that the circulation of Qi and blood power can achieve twice the result with half the effort when stamping and hammering." Speaking of this, Zuo Le showed a hint of pride on his face.
Qin Ziling nodded slightly when he heard this, with a look of enlightenment on his face.
"Do you know the trick?" Zuo Le asked curiously when he saw this.
"Generally speaking, objects will expand when heated and contract when cooled, and metals are much harder and denser than other substances. Master Zuo uses secret medicine to make the blood and qi have icy and metallic properties, which actually has a slight condensing effect. When the condensed blood and qi circulate and impact, the power will naturally be greater, and the effect will naturally be better." Qin Ziling replied.
For these problems coming from another technologically advanced civilization, Qin Ziling could easily explain them using the most basic scientific theories.
