The First Book: Reborn from the Fire Chapter 44: Even Splitting Bricks Requires a Method

  "Another is the power of the legs. The legs? That's the root of your body, requiring stability like a pine and movement like the wind. Of course, if the leg muscles are solid and explosive enough, it can even play a role in defeating an enemy with one move. Many martial arts masters like to use their legs to attack the enemy, some have even given up training their hand strength for this reason."

  Can't help but say that the masters of the martial arts world are indeed different. 'Qiao Yan Wang' said, while casually demonstrating with a turn of his body and an extension of his hand, the movements appeared extremely powerful and forceful, stirring up a crisp gust of fist and foot winds within the garage, each strike feeling overwhelmingly powerful, leaving no room for defense.

  "And the training method I originally taught you to use when your physical strength is at its limit, is to increase the explosive power and endurance of your body's muscles, pouring imaginary heat energy into your hands and feet. In fact, it's also about actively guiding your own vital energy to flow to the attacking points in your body, not only greatly enhancing your defensive capabilities but also generating tremendous attacking power!"

  "Qiao Yan Wang" stopped the action in his hand, then looked at me with a smile that was not quite a smile and said: "So on that day you were able to split open that green brick!"

  "Why couldn't I split it open again after that? Also, recently when I tried again with my physical strength at its limit using your method, why couldn't I split the brick?"

  A strong desire flashed through my eyes, since the day 'Qiao Yan Wang' forced me to split bricks, no matter how hard I tried, no matter how much I reached my physical limit to split bricks, but it had no effect at all. This thing is now almost considered a supernatural event by both Peng Zhuo and me. At this moment, with the teacher in front of me, if I don't seize the time to ask, then I would really be brain-dead.

  "Ha ha, actually splitting bricks is an easy thing to do. To put it simply, it's just four words: courage and method!"

  When I asked, 'Qiao Yan Wang' actually smiled, and suddenly seeing his smile was a bit unexpected. It felt like our relationship had made some progress, leaving us feeling a little honored and surprised.

  "Courage and method?"

  I stared at Peng Zhen, and we both looked suspicious. We had suffered enough in this place, and every day we were trying to cut the green bricks. My palms still hurt now, and I was almost as good as the two or three steamed buns in our cooking class. But when it came to "Qiao Yan Wang", it was actually so unbearable?

  "Jiao Yan Wang" saw through our thoughts and asked with a cold smile:

  "That day you could split it open, because I forced you to, so you little brat went all out to do it. Do you dare say that when you went to split the bricks later, you used your full strength?"

  "No... nothing!"

  This remark hit the nail on the head, and I couldn't help but respond with a bit of an attitude.

  You know, although I made up my mind to split it open every time, once I thought that this hand of mine is flesh and blood, and the brick is as hard as iron, at the moment when I was about to split it open, my momentum naturally weakened by three points, how could I still say that I used all my strength? On the contrary, 'Qiao Yan Wang' was too arrogant that day, and I just split it open without thinking.

  "Qiao Yan Wang" asked again: "Also, do you know which part of the palm to use for a palm strike and where to strike next is the best method?"

  "I don't know!"

  Alas! Do you still need to ask how miserable I am? Just look at the eyes that are now more longing than ever, and you'll know, aren't you just pretending not to understand?

  "The force should be applied at the root of the palm, and at your current level, when splitting bricks, you should split them at the hollow part, and with enough momentum, you will be able to split one brick after another!"

  He shook his head, and a hint of mocking smile seemed to flash in his eyes. 'Qiao Yanwang' didn't seem too interested in this question, he then said solemnly:

  "It's actually just some street performers' skills, a real master wouldn't be interested in such boring things. To put it bluntly, anyone who has practiced even a little bit can split bricks open, if you don't believe me, try it sometime and you'll understand."

  What's the skill of a street performer? I'm numb! This sentence might have scolded all our reconnaissance troops, anyway I know that the most skilled move of our reconnaissance company is splitting bricks with their heads.

  I remember during the New Year's Eve gala, we watched it and I was so envious at that time. After watching it again, of course, Peng Zhuo and my palms were swollen for several days again. Damn it, even after demonstrating, he still didn't chop it open!

  Today we heard 'Qiao Yan Wang' say that we didn't take his words to heart, thinking he might look down on these small skills levels.

  But that's because he was too proud, when the reconnaissance company asked him to transfer over, they issued a transfer order three times, but he refused to let go of his battalion and didn't have the intention himself, so the reconnaissance company had no choice but to give up, and when he said this, nobody felt anything wrong with it.

  But later I arrived at the Military Region Special Reconnaissance Brigade, and got to know several reconnaissance battalion brothers. Only then did I truly understand that what he said was indeed true. In fact, like reconnaissance companies or some social programs, there is a bit of a deceptive flavor.

  All the bricks are good, complete and intact, and can also guarantee that there is no problem. However, when it's time to perform, as soon as you put the brick down, someone will definitely come to pick it up. If they have experience, they will definitely tap on it. If they hear a hollow sound coming from inside, then the brick will be in high demand and everyone will rush to get it. But if it makes a dull thud? Just watch, that brick will be thrown all over the place. Because although this brick is good, there are still differences in quality, and from this point alone, you can tell that there's something fishy going on in between.

  Of course, if you're unlucky and the poor-quality bricks are all picked out by others, then you'll have to force yourself to accept them. Don't say it's impossible, even experienced people will sometimes hit their head against an iron plate.

  I knew a brother in the reconnaissance company who was unlucky once, ran into a hard nail, and didn't split it open with two palms. It wasn't until the third time that it cracked in half. He also got lucky, but at the time he had a smile on his face. When he returned to the regiment, his hand swelled up like a bun, don't mention how depressed he was.

  But that's a later story, anyway after 'Qiao Yan Wang' finished speaking, we were so excited that it was good that there weren't many green bricks laid out in this garage, otherwise Peng Zhuo and I would have had to climb Tiger Mountain again.

  "After saying so much, it's actually just telling you that the exercise method I taught you is mainly to train your body's muscles and bones!"

  "King of Qiao Yan" was too lazy to care about the little thoughts in our minds, after kicking away the uninteresting topics with one foot, he continued to say:

  "Since you've been training for almost two months and have laid some foundation, I'll teach you another set of fist techniques. For the next ten or so days, practice this set every day. If you truly put your heart into it and have a natural talent for it, it will be enough to benefit you for a lifetime..."