Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 193 Step Diagram

Zhao Lin took a few breaths and gradually regained his composure.

Killing hundreds of spotted-tailed wasps in one breath, and at the same time quickly dodging the pursuit, consumes a lot of energy.

Although the Spirit Beast Picture had absorbed the poison, the place where the spotted-tailed wasp stung was still itchy.

Yang Lin came over and said in a deep voice, "Although you killed all the spotted-tailed wasps, you relied on your anti-toxin physique, so you didn't perform very well."

"The footsteps are messy, and the advantage of speed has not been brought into play. Haven't you practiced the rainstorm pear flower legs? You only practice leg strength, not footwork?"

"You have to know that leg skills are not just for kicking people, footwork is the key!"

Yang Lin's tone was not harsh, Zhao Lincai could not be proficient in everything, but the problem still needs to be pointed out.

Zhao Lin hurriedly said: "The disciple has been taught."

When Elder Shui Jing was teaching leg skills, he also taught him a set of footwork, but Zhao Lin felt that his speed was fast enough and the footwork was of little use, so he didn't study it deeply.

Now it seems that this is indeed my shortcoming, and I thought shallowly before.

"Footwork is the most easily overlooked kung fu. If you have a good foundation, it is not difficult to practice."

A smile appeared on the corner of Yang Lin's mouth, and he turned to a teacher and said, "Wei Hong, you come and teach him."

"Yes." Wei Hong replied.

"That's it, let's do it again in a few days."

After Yang Lin finished speaking, he took the other three instructors and left.

"Junior Brother Zhao, do you want to take a break?"

Wei Hongsheng has big hands, big feet, big ears, broad shoulders, fat hips, thick waist, thick legs, and thick neck, which is what the saying goes.

He speaks slowly and softly, which doesn't match his rugged appearance.

The four instructors in the inner courtyard each have their own strengths, and Wei Hong is best at leg skills.

"Thank you Wei Jiaoxi for your concern, I don't need to rest." Zhao Lin said.

"Okay, let's go to the practice room for footwork."

Wei Hong led Zhao Lin out of the courtyard, walked through the corridors and paths, and came to a stone room.

The stone room is spacious and bright, and there is nothing in the room, except that the ground is a little different. It is composed of many large and small bricks and stones of different colors to form a Bagua diagram.

In the center of the pattern is a yin and yang fish, and on the outer layer of blue bricks and stones are engraved Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui, pointing to eight directions respectively.

Extending outward layer by layer, the color of the bricks and stones turns yellow, with the words Lv, Ding, Yi, Jie, Jiji, Mingyi...etc written on it.

Zhao Lin counted silently, and there were 64 bricks in total.

"This picture is called Bu Gua Tu, which is used to practice footwork. The characters on it are called Gua Bit, which represent the direction and position."

"Don't look at only 64 hexagram positions, but it can produce infinite changes."

Wei Hong explained seriously.

"You memorize the picture first, so that as long as I say a hexagram position, you can immediately react and move over."

Zhao Lin said "Okay", walked up to him, and carefully looked at the diagram of Bu Gua.

His hearing is far superior to that of ordinary people, and he often has to process a large amount of information. Over time, he has exercised his mind to be flexible and has a superb memory.

In less than a cup of tea, I kept the whole picture in my heart.

"Teacher, I'll remember it." Zhao Lin walked to the center where the Yin-Yang Fish was.

Wei Hong nodded, and said softly, "Dayou."

Zhao Lin didn't even look at his feet, he took a step forward, and was stepping on the brick of Dayou.

Wei Hong showed satisfaction, and continued: "Qian, Guimei, Lin, Wuwang..."

Read it in one breath, and don't stop until the No. 18 hexagram "Zhongfu".

Zhao Lin was startled, seeing Wei Hong looking at him with a smile.

Looking down at his feet, he realized that he had stepped on the wrong one and was standing on the "shoe" next to Zhongfu.

"Teaching..."

Wei Hong smiled lightly and said, "It's okay, you've already learned very quickly."

Zhao Lin pondered quietly, and quickly figured out the cause of the problem.

Although I have memorized the picture, I still have a biased understanding of the size of each hexagram.

The hexagram positions are big inside and small outside, and the closer they are to the outside, the denser they are. When I was walking just now, I subconsciously thought that each grid was the same size, so it was naturally easy to make mistakes.

Thinking of this, he walked around the step hexagram from inside to outside repeatedly, and measured the distance between the hexagrams with his feet.

After walking for a while, Zhao Lin raised his head and said to Wei Hong, "Xi, I want to try again."

"Ben, Tai, Tongren, Zhen..."

Wei Hong read more than 20 hexagrams consecutively, and Zhao Lin made no mistakes from beginning to end.

"not bad."

Wei Hong praised, and took out a book that was as thick as two fingers from his arms.

"The footwork is actually not difficult to practice. Practice makes perfect. Now that you have memorized everything, just practice according to the formula in the book."

There are three words written on the cover of the book: Baibuji.

Zhao Lin opened the book and saw all kinds of footwork were recorded in the book, and every page was filled with dense hexagrams.

"Teaching, I can practice on my own, you are busy."

Wei Hong said with a smile: "Teaching a disciple like you is just to save your worries, so I won't accompany you." After speaking, he left the stone room.

The first step of Baibuji is called "Flying Shuttle Step", which has more than 200 hexagrams.

Zhao Lin was pacing in the stone room with the book in his hand, reading aloud at the same time.

After reading it for a while, I realized something in my heart.

"Wonderful, the positions of the hexagrams are like musical scales, and the footwork is the melody. When applied in actual combat, every step coincides with the eight trigrams and the laws of the five elements."

"Thinking about it now, Liuhequan's footwork is the same, but the changes are not so subtle."

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Lin memorized the Feishuo steps by heart, and then walked according to the footwork.

"Big animal, festival, no, salty..."

After walking more than 120 steps, Zhao Lin felt that something was wrong. Looking down, he realized that he had gone wrong again.

"What's going on? I have memorized every position, but I still made mistakes."

Zhao Lin walked again in disbelief, this time he deliberately stopped at the [-]th step, and saw himself standing in the hexagram position of "Da Zhuang".

Although the position is correct, half of his foot has already stepped on the crack of the brick, and landed on the hexagram position of "Guimei".

My heart suddenly opened up.

There are more than 200 hexagram positions in the flying shuttle step, and there is no room for deviation.

As long as each step deviates by a fraction of a centimeter, accumulating to tens or hundreds of steps, the deviation will become larger and larger, eventually causing dislocation!

"I see."

After figuring this out, Zhao Lin calmed down and walked around the Bu Gua diagram again.

Not only should the picture be engraved in the heart, but also every brick should be remembered by the body.

After repeating this, I don't know how many times, Zhao Lin finally successfully completed the shuttle step, and returned to the last "small fault" position accurately.

"It's not easy, it's finally done once!"

Zhao Lin happily said to himself, thinking back on the route he had traveled, he suddenly understood why this set of footwork is called Feishuo.

Connect the hexagrams that have passed through, overlap up and down, and intersperse left and right, just like weaving cloth, no wonder it was named this way.

Zhao Lin regained his energy and was about to continue practicing when suddenly a cock crowed in his stomach, and he suddenly felt hungry, and he was so hungry that he couldn't lift his strength.

When I walked out of the stone room, I found that the sky was dark, and I was too involved in the practice, and I forgot the time.

(End of this chapter)