I'm almost 45 and the system is just coming

Chapter 60 Five Animals Play

The next day, when a ray of sunlight shone into Zhou Tian's eyes from the window, he opened his eyes helplessly, looked out and saw that it was already bright outside, stretched himself, got out of bed, put on his underwear, and went to the living room.

Although it is almost December, the heating in the villa has been on for a week. The house is not cold, but rather a little hot.

When I arrived in the living room, I saw Wang Fen was already busy, carrying two bowls of porridge and four fried dough sticks and placing them on the table.

"Wife, did you do this?"

Sitting on a chair in the living room, Zhou Tian looked at the fried dough sticks and porridge in front of him and asked in surprise. As far as he knew, although his wife could cook a lot of things, she couldn't cook fried dough sticks so well. As for the porridge, he was not surprised.

"I made the porridge, but I bought the fried dough sticks!"

As if she knew what Zhou Tian wanted to say, Wang Fen couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"You just said that the dough sticks I made were not good? Just say it if you want to!"

She already knew her husband's bad taste very well, so she naturally didn't care.

"Hey! I didn't say that!"

Zhou Tian laughed, reached out to pick up a fried dough stick, and ate it with porridge. After breakfast, he watched his wife clean up the dishes on the table, and he couldn't help muttering: "This is life!"

As he spoke, he stretched, put on his clothes, walked out of the house, and came to the yard. Listening to the birds singing outside, his spirits were suddenly slightly lifted.

They spread out their stance in the yard and began to practice the Five Animal Exercises. It is said that the Five Animal Exercises originated from Hua Tuo, but after several rounds of modifications, it had long since departed from the shadow of the early Five Animal Exercises and became a unique style in its own right.

Zhou Tian inherited many traditional Chinese martial arts, but the only one he could perform in front of others was the Five Animal Exercises. Even with this he didn't dare to show his skills. Now he finally had his own yard and the surroundings were well secluded, so he naturally wanted to try out the effects of the Five Animal Exercises.

The five animals in the Five Animals Exercises are tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. Legend has it that practicing the Five Animals Exercises all year round can prolong one's life. As recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Biographies of Fangshu, Biography of Hua Tuo, "I have a technique called the Five Animals Exercises: one is tiger, two is deer, three is bear, four is ape and five is bird. It can cure diseases and improve the hooves and feet. It can also be used as a guide. If one feels unwell, one can do the Five Animals Exercises. One will feel refreshed and sweat. Then one can apply powder on the body and feel light and hungry. One can practice this technique and the person will be over 90 years old. His ears and eyes are sharp and his teeth are strong and intact."

This means that after practicing the Five Animal Exercises, even when you are over 90 years old, you will still have good hearing, clear eyesight, and intact teeth.

Of course, this is actually just one of the abilities of the Five Animal Play. According to the records of the Five Animal Play passed down in his mind, it is more than just that. The fighting ability of the Five Animal Play is also quite strong.

It's just that compared to the fighting ability, his health-preserving ability is more outstanding. According to the records of traditional Chinese martial arts in my mind, as long as the Five Animal Exercises are practiced to a certain level, one can live to over 380 years old.

You know, according to historical records, the oldest person ever lived, Zhang Sanfeng, only lived to be over 200 years old.

Of course, people who can achieve this have been extremely rare from ancient times to the present, and the most famous among them is the legendary Huashan Sleeping Immortal Chen Zhuan.

As for whether it was true or not, Zhou Tian didn’t know, but the record of the traditional Chinese martial arts in his mind was recorded like this.

Zhou Tian looked like a tiger at one moment, a bull at another, and a deer at another. Each move he made was extremely strange. If people saw him, they would probably think he was a lunatic.

But only he himself knew that as he practiced the Five Animal Exercises, he could clearly feel the changes taking place in his body. Unlike other types of Chinese martial arts, the Five Animal Exercises seemed to be more about enhancing his vital energy.

Every time he changed his movements, he always felt a stream of energy flowing into his body from somewhere, turning into a cold breath that circulated in his body and then flowed into his Danzhong point. Then some subtle changes would appear in his body.

The energy turned into a loud explosion, as if sweeping away all the harmful substances in the body. The feeling was simply indescribable.

It was like a weakened version of the cleansing of the essence and marrow, and it was still going on endlessly.

"Husband! What are you doing? Why are your movements so ugly?" At this moment, Wang Fen's voice suddenly sounded behind him, but at this moment Zhou Tian was immersed in the changes of the Five Animal Play and ignored his wife's question.

He did not stop until he had practiced the Five Animal Exercises five times. A stream of sweat flowed down his forehead, and even his entire body was soaked with sweat.

"I'm practicing the Five Animals Exercises!"

Zhou Tian wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand and said that at this moment he felt extremely refreshed all over, but the wet clothes on his body made him feel uncomfortable.

"Five Animal Exercises?"

When Wang Fen heard what her husband said, she couldn't help but feel curious. Originally, she was not interested in these things, but after practicing the new Tai Chi with her husband, the various changes in her body made her develop a strong interest in what her husband practiced.

"Can I practice?"

Although she had just seen some of her husband's movements when he was practicing the Five Animal Exercises and they were ugly, she didn't care as long as it worked for her.

"cannot!"

Zhou Tian turned his head and glanced at his wife, shaking his head. Seeing that his wife seemed a little dissatisfied, he explained: "You can practice the Five Animals Exercises on the Internet, but the Five Animals Exercises I just practiced are different from those on the Internet. As you can see, the physical fitness requirements are very high! Moreover, the flexibility and some of the tricks are even more complicated!"

"With your current physical condition, you can't practice at all!"

Zhou Tian did not lie to her about this. Although the Five Animal Exercises were not considered to be very powerful in the traditional Chinese martial arts, they did have many requirements, especially some tricks. Whether it was in terms of breathing coordination or physical fitness, it was simply an impossible task for modern people.

First of all, in terms of posture, no one can persist in it. Take the tiger posture for example, which not only involves walking, lying down and standing, but also requires both spirit and form to be prepared, otherwise one will get a stitch in the side if one is not careful.

In addition, it also involves breathing techniques. Even if Zhou Tian wanted to teach Wang Fen, she would not be able to learn it because there are too many things involved.

It is simply not something that ordinary people can learn, especially the Five Animal Exercises that he passed down, which is the closest to Hua Tuo's original version. If you don't read Chinese medicine thoroughly, it is basically impossible to learn it.

"Humph, if I can't practice, then I won't practice anymore?"

When Wang Fen heard her husband belittling her like that, she couldn't help but snort in displeasure and turned back into the house.

Zhou Tian shook his head indifferently. In fact, he knew what his wife was thinking without having to guess. In fact, even if she could practice, Zhou Tian didn't want her to practice.

After all, his second book is about to be completed. If he can get the fitness techniques in the book, it will be much more useful than practicing the Five Animal Exercises.

At the same time, whether in terms of safety or ability, it can be said that there is a world of difference. With such fitness skills, why should I let my wife suffer?

Thinking of this, he walked into the house and started taking a bath.

After taking a shower, Zhou Tian changed into sportswear, left the villa and walked towards the park. Now that he had a villa, he no longer needed to exercise with those uncles like before.

But Zhou Tian thought very clearly that in life, he could not live away from group life, and life would not be smooth sailing. If he encountered something he could not solve, he still had someone to ask for help.

Just like the matter of his father's eye transplant, if it weren't for Uncle Zhou's help, he would never have been successful. Connections and relationships are always a topic that cannot be avoided, and he naturally would not give up the connections he has obtained.

Although he wanted to live an ordinary life, he also understood that as his abilities grew, such a life would gradually drift away from him.

(End of this chapter)