My Gold Rush Career Begins in 1984

The real reason why Chapter 45 was banned

When Zhou Jingming led Jin Wang to find Wu Yang in the fir forest on the hillside, Wu Yang was doing push-ups with his feet on a high rock.

He asked, "Can I see it?"

Wu Yang seemed to be holding his breath, remaining silent, only tapping his head where the veins on his temples were bulging.

Zhou Jingming walked closer and sat down to the side. He was immediately surprised when he saw what was there.

For most people, high push-ups are already quite difficult, but the push-ups Wu Yang did were even more difficult. He didn't use his palms to support his weight, but rather his fingertips.

How much finger strength must one have to do that?
Zhou Jingming simply couldn't believe it.

What Wu Yang did next left him speechless, and his thoughts began to crumble.

He didn't know how many high push-ups Wu Yang did using his thumbs, but he saw him use his index and middle fingers to support himself on the ground and do fifty push-ups each, until he was upside down and used his hands instead of his feet to walk nearly a hundred meters on the uneven hillside before the training ended.

Wu Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down next to Zhou Jingming: "Brother Zhou, why did you come up here instead of resting earlier!"

Zhou Jingming shook his head and sighed: "I was thinking before that I might be able to learn a move or two of self-defense from you, but after watching your training just now, I'm terrified!"

"It is indeed very difficult. This set of boxing techniques places extremely high demands on the practitioner's physical fitness, endurance, perseverance, and skill mastery, making it difficult for most people to reach, and it also faces many difficulties in promotion and application!"

Wu Yang looked at Zhou Jingming with a scrutinizing gaze: "If you want to learn, I can teach you, but I'm afraid you won't be able to stick with it."

Although Zhou Jingming's heart trembled as he watched, he was by no means someone who would give up easily: "Brother, tell me properly, just how difficult is it?"

Wu Yang smiled and began to explain to Zhou Jingming in detail.

As a power-based combat style, the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands places extremely demanding requirements on arm strength, wrist strength, and finger strength, requiring practitioners to undergo high-intensity training every day.

For example, Wu Yang's handstand walking training is also known as the Scorpion Crawling Technique.

Not only does it require strong arm strength to support the weight of the entire body, but it also demands a high level of wrist and finger strength to ensure that the body can maintain balance and stability during inverted walking.

Every time you use your hands to support your body and move, you are challenging your physical limits. The muscles in your arms have to withstand tremendous pressure. If you are not careful, you may fall and suffer abrasions, sprains, or even fractures.

In addition to the scorpion crawling technique, special push-up training is also essential.

Every morning and evening, trainees must do fifty standard push-ups using their thumbs, index fingers, and middle fingers. As training progresses, the demands on finger strength increase, and in the later stages, trainees may even need to walk fifty meters upside down using only their index and middle fingers.

This is exactly the Shaolin two-finger Zen kung fu that Zhou Jingming saw in movies and TV dramas.

This special push-up training can effectively improve finger strength, wrist strength, and arm strength, resulting in a comprehensive improvement in hand strength.

However, during this process, the finger joints need to withstand enormous pressure, which can easily cause injury.

In the armed police unit where Wu Yang works, many trainees have experienced varying degrees of finger deformities during training, and some have even broken their fingers as a result.

These injuries, once they occur, can not only affect training progress, but may also cause permanent damage to the body.

Mastering the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands is not something that can be achieved overnight. It requires practitioners to engage in continuous training over many years. Without several years of sustained investment and hard work, it is impossible to grasp the essence of this boxing style. It is not something that ordinary people can persevere in.

In addition to immense strength and tenacious endurance, the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands also involves extremely complex coordination of body movements, footwork, and breathing techniques, further increasing the difficulty of cultivation.

In actual combat, the flexible use of body movements and footwork can help practitioners better evade enemy attacks and find the best opportunity to attack.

Breathing and movement are closely coordinated; there are strict requirements regarding when to inhale and when to exhale. When punching, exhale to release power along with the breath, thus enhancing the power of the attack; when defending, inhale to adjust the body's posture and prepare for defense.

After listening to Wu Yang's explanation, Zhou Jingming suddenly realized that the real reason why the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands was banned was probably not because of its enormous destructive power, but because of its unimaginable difficulty in practicing, which made it difficult for this martial art to be more widely promoted and to achieve results.

Let alone walking upside down with two fingers, Zhou Jingming felt that even those special push-ups would be difficult for him to do, let alone dozens of them.

Ultimately, he came here to pan for gold, not to practice martial arts. Zhou Jingming realized he had oversimplified things.

Based on his observation just now, Wu Yang should have already trained to a certain level: "You've switched to higher push-ups, are you preparing for walking upside down on your fingers later?"

Wu Yang nodded: "I did have that idea. When I was in the team, I did a pretty good job in this aspect of training. Even the instructor said I had talent. I worked very hard at the time... I never thought that I wouldn't be able to go back after I came back."

It was clear that Wu Yang had mastered the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands technique to a high level, and it was also clear that he felt somewhat regretful about being expelled from the Armed Police Force.

Zhou Jingming could only comfort him: "If you can't go back, you can't go back. It's just a different way of living. As long as you put your heart into it, you can still live a wonderful life... Let's leave it at that for today. Starting tomorrow, I'll try my best to come and see what I can learn."

Wu Yang smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, if you think like that, you might as well not learn it. It won't be of much use. I'll just protect you."

"You can't say that. Knowing some fighting skills might come in handy in a critical moment, so that's a good thing!"

Zhou Jingming knew he could hardly reach Wu Yang's level, so he could only settle for second best: "Besides, you can't protect me for a lifetime."

"If you don't mind, I'll stay with you. Anyway, I don't want to go back to farming, and I don't know how to do business..."

Wu Yang looked at Zhou Jingming very seriously: "Brother Zhou, with your abilities, I don't believe you will always be subordinate to others. You will definitely become the boss of Jin in the future."

Zhou Jingming thought for a moment: "I do have that idea, but this path is not easy to follow!"

"We should venture out wherever we are. Take me with you; it's better than going back home to farm and worrying about making ends meet every day. I don't want to go back and eat potatoes and corn stalks every day. I want to eat meat..."

I never intended to live a quiet, uneventful life, otherwise I wouldn't have come to northern Xinjiang. Like you said, I wanted to find a path that would allow me to live a fulfilling life!

Wu Yang's expression turned serious: "That's why I thought of picking up the training of the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands again, hoping it can be of help in the future."

Zhou Jingming never believed that one could truly understand or see through someone after just a few days of getting to know them; only when faced with a real situation would one's choices become clearest.

Having witnessed Wu Yang's abilities, he was indeed intentionally trying to win him over and hoped that Wu Yang could become a trustworthy and capable assistant, but he never expected that Wu Yang would take the initiative to say it in advance.

Therefore, Wu Yang's words actually surprised Zhou Jingming.

He was certainly happy, but he didn't rush to make any conclusions or promises: "Thank you, brother... but it's too early to talk about these things now. I'm nothing right now."

You haven't been involved in gold mining for long and don't know the specifics yet. Maybe after half a year, you won't think that way anymore. Sometimes, living a peaceful life isn't necessarily a bad thing.

"Our priority should be figuring out how to strike it rich."

When Wu Yang heard Zhou Jingming say this, he became a little anxious: "Brother Zhou, I'm serious."

Zhou Jingming smiled and said, "I'm serious. You don't know what kind of path this will take. Take it slow and don't rush. If you still want to go down this path after this year, we can get together again."

Wu Yang lowered his head and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice, "Okay!"

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