Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 191
"You are Zhao Lin?"

In the courtyard, under the banyan tree, on the rock.

Sitting upright was a bald man in a crimson robe. He looked about forty years old, with a medium build, but his shoulders were broad, giving him a very tall feeling.

Seeing Zhao Lin coming in, the bald man asked without waiting for him to speak.

The voice is thick and powerful, full of air.

"This is Chief Yang." Hu Xuancheng reminded.

"Disciple Zhao Lin, I have met Headmaster Yang."

While saluting, Zhao Lin quickly glanced at Yang Lin's face.

Yang Lin has thick eyebrows and round eyes, and a mustache with the tail of the beard turned up, matching with a big bald head with a bright tile.

The whole person feels extremely oppressive, like a big villain who has stepped out of a painting.

Zhao Lin had heard about Yang Lin's deeds and knew that this person was not simple.

Yang Lin was gifted and aggressive since he was a child, and became the chief disciple of the inner court at the age of 22.

He participated in a total of three martial arts competitions, the first time he entered the top eight, and the next two times he reached the semi-finals. His record is the best in the past 50 years of the Dai Viet Dynasty.

With this credit, he was awarded the title of "Marquis of Martial Arts" in Dayue, and it is said that he still has a fief in Yanzhou.

Originally, he devoted himself to the pursuit of martial arts, ignoring the affairs of the sect.

However, due to Xingyunzong's poor performance in the martial arts competition in recent years, he came out of the mountain to serve as the head of the inner court under the repeated pleading of the head.

In addition to Yang Lin, there are three other teachers in the yard, named Liu Shengnian, Zhou Qing and Wei Hong, all aged between thirty and forty.

After Hu Xuancheng's introduction, Zhao Lin stepped forward to salute one by one.

"I've heard everything about you, your talent is very good."

Yang Lin nodded slightly, "Let me ask you a question, do you know why many peerless geniuses are not as talented as the top talent in the end?"

"It is often said that it is already hours, and it may not be good when it is big."

Zhao Lin should have said, "I don't know," but he didn't intend to answer that way. After thinking for a while, he said, "I know a thing or two."

"Oh."

Yang Lin raised his eyebrows, "Let's listen."

Zhao Lin thought about it for a while and said, "There are three reasons. The first is pride. A person with great talent can learn everything faster than others. He can master something that others can only master after ten days of practice."

"In order to show that he is different, he will never practice for one more day, just to show that he is better than others."

Yang Lin nodded, "Go ahead."

Zhao Lin continued: "Secondly, there is no longevity. Whether it is learning literature or martial arts, the most important thing is to have perseverance and not be afraid of hardship."

"But gifted people learn everything quickly and have never experienced long-term persistence. It is difficult for them to settle down and focus on one thing."

"Third, I like opportunism. Because I am smart, I like to take shortcuts. It is a pity that there are no shortcuts on the road. In the long run, it is not as good as a person who walks steadily step by step."

Hu Xuancheng looked at Zhao Lin in surprise, but he didn't expect him to be able to say such a truth.

Little did he know that these were the experiences Zhao Lin had summed up from his previous life, which was why even though he had a spirit beast map, he never relaxed his demands on himself and practiced day after day.

Yang Lin praised: "Since you understand everything, I won't tell you the truth. I hope you can do what you say and don't make these mistakes."

"In the past few years, Dayue's achievements in the martial arts competition are hard to describe, and Xingyunzong is not much better. There must be changes!"

"Although I have participated in three competitions, I have never won the first place. I have always regretted it deeply. I hope that someone can fulfill my long-cherished wish for me."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Lin with burning eyes.

"Disciples do their best."

"It's not about doing your best, it's about doing your best!"

"Yes."

Yang Lin smiled heartily, stood up and said, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, let me see how far you have practiced now."

After speaking, he strode out of the Red Banyan Pavilion and brought everyone to the inner school grounds.

Under the corridor in the northwest corner of the school grounds, there is an eight-legged tripod.

The whole body of the tripod is pitch black, with a thick iron foot protruding from the front, rear, left, right and four corners, which are deeply inserted into the ground.

There is an iron stele in the middle of the eight-legged tripod. The iron stele is wrapped with thick animal skins, and it looks like it is used for beating.

Zhao Lin came to the front with the crowd, looked carefully, and found a three-foot-long crystal pillar above the eight-legged tripod.

What's interesting is that there are scales marked on the crystal pillar, and there is a ball at the bottom, which holds a ball of silver liquid.

Looks like a big thermometer.

"Do you know what this is?"

Seeing Zhao Lin's puzzled face, Hu Xuancheng asked with a smile.

"Looks like a punching target."

Zhao Lin guessed.

"Yes, but this is not an ordinary boxing target, and it can also measure the strength of the boxing."

Hu Xuancheng explained: "When a fist hits the iron monument, it will vibrate the mercury in the crystal column. The heavier the punch, the higher the mercury will be stirred up."

"From this we can estimate the strength of the fist."

As he spoke, he walked to the eight-legged tripod and punched casually.

The eight-legged tripod made a low sound, and the mercury in the transparent crystal column roiled and rushed upwards until it stopped at the position of 73 on the scale.

Moments later, the mercury flowed back to the bottom.

At this time Yang Lin said: "The development of martial arts has changed ever since, but it remains the same. It is strength, speed, skill and kung fu that determine strength."

"Among them, strength is particularly important in the martial arts tournament. Do you know why?"

Zhao Lin thought for a while, and replied: "If you lose ten times with one force, you will not lose if you are strong."

Yang Lin chuckled, "That's right, but there is another reason, strength determines your ranking in the martial arts tournament!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Hu Xuancheng.

Hu Xuancheng understood immediately, and said: "There are hundreds of participants in each martial arts competition, and their strengths vary. If you directly compete in groups, the strengths of the groups may vary from group to group."

"For example, the strongest people are just divided into a group, and some groups are full of mediocre people. The result is that the weak are promoted, but the strong are eliminated. Naturally, it is very unfair."

"So before the real competition, a strength test must be conducted, and then ranked according to the results, and the strengths and weaknesses will be grouped together."

"Although strength does not fully represent strength, the two are related, and it is much more fair than age or lottery, right?"

"That's the truth." Zhao Lin agreed.

In fact, he understood as soon as he heard it. This is very similar to the cup competition in the previous life. The ranking is determined before the competition, and some "seed" players are set up to prevent two high-ranking players from meeting prematurely due to accidental factors of the lottery.

In this way, strength does matter.

Yang Lin interjected: "In the past, we only paid attention to actual combat ability, but we didn't know that if we were not strong enough, the ranking would be low. We had to fight hard against strong opponents all the way. We suffered a lot in the martial arts competition."

Having said that, he looked at Zhao Lin, "Try a punch and see how powerful your punch is."

(End of this chapter)