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Chapter 206: Chapter 174: Skill Summary, Fusion Goal
It’s six o’clock.
Under the slightly bright morning light, Old Factory Street is exceptionally serene and peaceful.
Buildings in the distance are barely visible, as if the entire city has yet to fully emerge from the deep veil of night.
Fang Cheng grips the water pipe with both hands, his body suspended in mid-air.
He has a gunny bag full of bricks tied to his waist with a hemp rope, dragging the heavy weight while practicing Pull-ups.
"98."
"99."
"100."
After completing a set of Pull-ups with more than 200 pounds of weight, Fang Cheng catches his breath and single-handedly grabs the gunny bag, jumping down as gently as he can.
He unties the rope that bound the bag, then squats in place with a fixed stance, silently practicing Breathing Technique to ease muscle fatigue.
Next, he places his hands on the ground and lifts his feet off, suspending his body in the air to start practicing Handstand Pushups.
Today is the first official morning workout since returning from the meditation journey.
Given that his Constitution has broken through the 40-point threshold, Fang Cheng decides to increase the intensity of his training once again.
According to the newly established plan, he must complete 500 Hanging Leg Raises with 200 pounds of weight, 500 Pull-ups with both hands, and 500 Deep Squats with both legs.
Add to that 600 rises from Iron Plate Bridge, 250 Handstand Pushups with both hands, and 600 eight-finger Push-ups.
To be honest, this training volume is still somewhat excessive.
Without the mastery of Qigong and the proficient use of Breathing Technique to assist in training, completing all tasks within two to three hours would clearly be unrealistic.
Fang Cheng now follows every set of exercises with immediate stance breathing, circulating True Qi throughout his body.
This massages the muscles, tendons, joints, and ligaments all over the body, eliminating lactic acid buildup and various toxins.
Several sets of Skill practice later, the effect is very prominent.
Of course.
In terms of training efficiency, it still can’t compare to high-pressure weighted training at the bottom of the deep sea.
Moreover, the environment is different now, and the body’s sensations have changed accordingly.
Adapting to intense land exercises all of a sudden, Fang Cheng starts off a bit unaccustomed, appearing slightly breathless.
The main reason is the change in atmospheric pressure, which means his bodily functions have not fully adjusted.
This is what medical science refers to as "decompression sickness."
Decompression sickness, also known as diver’s disease, caisson disease, or dysbaric illness, is an occupational disease commonly found in divers. In mild cases, it can injure the skeleton, muscles, nerves, and lymphatic system throughout the body; in severe cases, it can even be life-threatening.
After training at Yong’an Island, Fang Cheng would adjust and adapt using Breathing Technique after surfacing from the sea.
However, long-term stays at the bottom of the sea inevitably result in some chronic disease effects.
With his current physical fitness, his daily life is not too affected.
It’s just that during exercise, the sensation from this occupational disease is amplified many times over.
Fortunately, physiological functions and the central nervous system can be adjusted through Qigong, enhancing the body’s adaptability to environmental changes.
As the morning workout continues, the skyline of the city gradually brightens.
Golden sunlight, like arrows, pierces through the thin mist and falls onto the rooftop.
It illuminates every muscle line and every droplet of sweat on Fang Cheng’s body, making them exceptionally clear and shiny.
After completing all the training content of Prisoner’s Six Arts.
Fang Cheng jumps onto a concrete water tank like a ground-bound spring onion.
Then, facing the slowly rising sun, he practices Air Attack on this small patch of ground.
Punching and kicking, advancing and retreating logically, the sounds of breaking air are like firecrackers popping continuously without end.
Until the practice of the five Fighting Skills is complete.
The last part is the Qigong conditioning.
"Hu-lu-lu—"
Fang Cheng focuses intently and circulates True Qi, emitting a barely audible sound from his nostrils.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble————
In an instant, muscles, joints, and blood all through his body jointly tremble, producing a continuous resonance.
After a few breaths, his body becomes like a steamer, creating an extraordinary phenomenon.
His legs, hands, shoulders, and head begin to emit wisps of white smoke, which rise and float upwards.
When the gradually brightening sunshine disperses the thin fog and shines on his flushed face.
One can clearly see the condensed sweat droplets glistening brilliantly, rolling slightly, but sticking to the skin without falling.
Fang Cheng practices with his chest drawn in and back arched, his waist sunk down, legs rooted like an old tree.
Maintaining the same position, continuously inhaling and exhaling, the cycle repeats, practicing without weary.
At this moment, introspecting himself.
One can clearly see the Inner Breath, enveloped by True Qi, surging like tumultuous waves, continuously flowing towards the heavily exercised parts of the body, flushing through obstructions until becoming hot and swollen.
After half a moment, his entire body seems boiled, skin flushed red, veins prominently visible, and sweat evaporating to form white vapor becomes even more dense and apparent.
"Roar!"
Fang Cheng’s eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance, as if a tiger or leopard roared abruptly.
Immediately after, he propelled himself from the ground, straightened his waist, and with a leap, he stood up again.
At the same time, the sweat that clung to his entire body instantly fell to the ground like rain, streaming down rapidly.
Then, all the pores on his body relaxed violently, and streams of visible white sweat gushed from head to toe in an instant.
It was like a tightly closed valve had been fully opened, releasing a long-suppressed wave of steam that continued to surge impressively.
This sight was too striking, astonishing to the world.
Fortunately, at this moment, he was alone on the rooftop, with no one gazing from the distant buildings.
After successfully dispersing his Qi Gong, Fang Cheng took a long breath, shook his arms and shoulders, and then kicked his legs a couple of times.
He felt an immense sense of comfort throughout his body, with every pore feeling exceptionally unobstructed.
Looking at the notification that emerged before him.
[Qi Gong Experience +3]
He then conducted introspection on his Dantian, observing the specific effects of practicing Qi Gong.
With each circuit his Inner Breath completed around the periphery, the True Qi would be depleted slightly but also replenished.
Depletion was necessary to enhance metabolism, treating various hidden injuries and chronic illnesses throughout the body.
Replenishment came from the nutrition and postnatal energy in the blood and energy meridians, transforming them.
After subtracting and adding, there was no significant change.
As for the depleted nutrition and energy, they could easily be replenished through daily meals.
"This is the health nurturing aspect of Qi Gong!" Fang Cheng couldn’t help feeling emotional.
Seeing that the sun was high and time was getting late, he immediately jumped down from the water tank, ready to take a bath and prepare a hearty breakfast.
Later, he still had to go to work.
Having taken so many days off from the club, he needed to make an appearance and fulfill his regular responsibilities.
As he put on his jacket and pants, Fang Cheng’s gaze fell on the panel, checking the experience gained from this morning’s training.
All the martial arts and fitness skills he had mastered appeared one by one before his eyes.
[Boxing lv2 (182/500)] (Iron Fist)
[Sanda lv2 (249/500)] (Lightning Dance)
[Jujitsu lv2 (96/500)] (Bounce)
[Muay Thai lv1 (142/250)] (Steel Bone)
[Tai Chi Boxing lv0 (28/100)]
[Push-ups lv3 (12/1000)] (Strong Wrist Master, Kirin Arm)
[Deep Squat lv2 (489/500)] (Lone Highness)
[Lifting Leg lv2 (135/500)] (Ape waist)
[Pull-ups lv2 (167/500)]
[Back Bridge lv2 (103/500)] (Iron Plate Bridge)
[Handstand Pushups lv1 (192/250)]
[Gun Skill lv2 (132/500)] (Ghost Shooting, Eagle Eye Vision)
[Blade Technique lv2 (129/500)] (Shadow of Blade, Sword Blade Storm)
[Qi Gong lv1 (127/250)] (Poison Resistance, Endless Spring)
During his time on Yong’an Island, besides the numerous gains from extreme underwater training,
The three battles that subsequently occurred had caused the originally slow-progressing fighting skills to skyrocket.
Among them, Sanda had the fastest improvement, adding 106 experience points.
Next was Qi Gong, with a substantial increase of 50 experience points.
Truth be told, compared to the few experience points gained from strenuous exercise, combat was the best way to level up.
However, suitable and powerful opponents weren’t so easy to find.
If he were just bullying the weak, it wouldn’t be much different from regular training with Air Attack, being a sparring partner at the club.
Thinking this, Fang Cheng’s gaze sharpened as he looked at several skills on the panel with flickering arrows.
Bone Setting, acupoint, massage, meditation, Tai Chi Boxing.
These were all skills similar to Qi Gong, which could serve as materials for fusion.
According to the notes provided by the panel:
[Exclusive skills can be upgraded through the fusion of other skills, to gain more targeted Skill Effects]
Apart from excluding meditation and observing Tai Chi Boxing,
It might be useful to spend more time on the other three common medical skills, practicing them to the maximum level and then merging them with Qi Gong.
By doing so, Qi Gong could be promoted to a higher level more quickly, obtaining special Skill Effects.
Fang Cheng scanned over the panel, planning the focus for future practices.
Finally, his sight settled on the relatively highest progress bars of "Deep Squat" and "Handstand Pushups," as well as "Tai Chi Boxing," which he had neglected for a long time.
Next, he would aim to achieve breakthroughs with these skills.
