Cultivating From Obtaining Experience - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: There Are Notifications For Everthing

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After dinner, he went downstairs for a walk. Once he came back, he began to do strength training.

He planned to do a hundred push-ups and squats every day.

For the first set, he did twenty push-ups, which felt a little difficult. For the second set, he could only do fifteen before he had to stop. For the third set, he did ten, and only did five for the fourth.

Still, he persisted and did all one hundred push-ups in a few batches. He was panting heavily, and his face was red. His arms were trembling in pain, and his heart was beating extremely fast.

[You completed a hundred substandard push-ups. I believe this is a good start.]

Wang An rested for five minutes before starting his squats.

A hundred squats were equally difficult. After he finished, he felt his legs heat up, swell, and tremble.

[You have completed 100 squats with substandard form. You need to correct your posture, or you risk your knees getting damaged.]

The system’s notification caught Wang An by surprise. His push-ups were also not up to standard, but there was no such notification.

“Did I hurt my knees?” He looked down at his knees.

He began to search for the standard squat form on the internet.

Before he knew it, it was already nine o’clock. He washed up, laid on bed, and massaged his stomach. He massaged it clockwise to promote the digestion of his stomach.

[You massaged your stomach 200 times, which effectively stimulated your stomach and slightly improved digestion.]

“I didn’t expect that.”

Through these few events in the past two days, Wang An also realized the specific use of this system that he had obtained.

It could make a simple summary of what it had done.

Practicing Tai Chi, doing push-ups and squats, and even watching videos could all be summarized. Through this summary, he could know whether what he did was right or wrong, which activities were useless, and which actions would cause harm to his body.

It was equivalent to a guide. It would not directly interfere with or change his body, but it would constantly guide him to do the right thing through feedback.

Before going to bed, he lay in bed and thought about how to make the most of his cheat. So far, the most important task was undoubtedly to recover his health as soon as possible. With the combination of exercise, diet, and some medicine, he believed that he would be able to complete this mission very quickly.

With that thought, he slept till dawn.

He woke up at 7:40 am and went to the park to practice the ‘Wuji Stake.’ When Li Juewen arrived, he joined him.

The old man realized that Wang An had grasped Tai Chi very quickly after he familiarized himself with the first six forms. This time, he taught him twelve more forms.

[Tai Chi experience +5.]

[Tai Chi experience +3.]

He practiced for the entire morning. When he returned home for lunch, Wang An realized that his appetite had increased.

Tai Chi looked slow and easy, but practicing it for an entire morning was very exhausting.

After lunch and rest, Wang An went out in the afternoon. He had wanted to find a swimming pool to practice swimming since yesterday. Swimming was one of the best ways to exercise. It could work the whole body, help lose weight, and shape the body up without causing any strain to it.

He had already searched for swimming pools in Hu An City on the Internet and looked through them. In the end, he chose one and applied for a monthly membership.

600-yuan a month with unlimited usage.

After applying for a membership card, Wang An bought a swimsuit, swimming cap, and other useful items from the swimming pool and went straight into the water to try them.

When he was young, he had learned a bit about swimming in his hometown, but he had only learned how to paddle, not how to swim properly.

At this time of the day, there were very few people in the pool. Wang An asked the swimming coach beside him for advice on swimming skills.

The coach agreed since he felt that he had nothing better to do. It was rare for someone to ask for advice, so he went into the water to teach him.

He started with freestyle, which was simpler. This kind of swimming style did not require strong upper body movements. He only needed to paddle rhythmically, and breathing was relatively simple.

After some explanation and demonstration, Wang An began to practice in the pool.

Freestyle was much easier to master than Tai Chi.

[You’ve practiced swimming, and your whole body has been trained. It will be beneficial for your body to persevere.]

[Swimming (Beginner)]

A new skill appeared on the skill panel.

‘Only beginner level?’

After training in the water for more than half an hour, he came out of the swimming pool. He felt tired since swimming was very exhausting. After taking a shower, he left the swimming pool.

“I will practice Tai Chi, swim, and do push-ups and squats to restore my body to a healthy state as soon as possible. The plan is settled!”

At night, while surfing the internet, Wang An accidentally found a Tai Chi forum. There were many Tai Chi enthusiasts in it, and some of them even posted some of their experiences and insights about practicing Tai Chi.

Wang An clicked on a post with the highest click rate. The person who posted it was called Taiji Yan.

[I have been practicing Tai Chi since childhood, having studied the Chen style, Yang style, and Wu Dang. I’ve been learning martial arts for over a decade, and I have some insights into the Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi. Today, I am here to exchange knowledge with all of you.]

[Thirteen Postures? Aren’t there the Thirteen Forms of Wu Dang, the Twenty-Four Forms of Yang Style, and the Thirty-Eight Forms of Chen Style?]

[The comment above, please read carefully. It’s ‘Postures,’ not ‘Forms.’ The Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi refer to Ward Off, Roll Back, Press, Push, Grab, Split, Elbow, Shoulder, Advance, Retreat, Look Left, Look Right, and Center.]

[These are the backbone of Tai Chi. They are the fundamental principles underlying all Tai Chi techniques. Whether it’s the Twenty-Four Forms, Eighty-Five Forms, or any of the other four sets of Tai Chi routines, they all have this as their foundation.]

[Tai Chi sure is complicated. I’ve learned a lot.]

[May I ask, what’s the story behind the famous saying ‘Four ounces deflect a thousand pounds’ in Tai Chi?]

[The idea behind ‘four ounces deflect a thousand pounds’ is actually skillful techniques. It involves using leverage, borrowing force, and employing minimal effort to overcome greater force.]

[Ward off, rollback, press, and push must be executed with utmost precision. Coordinating the upper and lower body makes it difficult for the opponent to advance. Let them attack with great force and use the principle of ‘four ounces deflecting a thousand pounds’ to redirect their energy.]

Taiji Yan explained clearly and logically,

There were all kinds of questions.

There were even people who asked if they could live for more than 200 years like the legendary Zhang Sanfeng and ascend to immortality if they persisted in training Taiji Fist.

[Tai Chi experience +2.]

A notification suddenly appeared.

“I’m getting experience from all sorts of things.”

[May I ask if this picture concerns Tai Chi? What are the red lines on it? Is it a method of qi circulation for internal cultivation?]

A picture suddenly appeared in the post. On it were a few small people. From the looks of it, the posture seemed to be the posture of Tai Chi, but there were some red lines on the bodies of those small people.

It was like the legendary meridians.

[This appears to be a martial arts manual. The red lines on it might represent the path of energy circulation. Where did you obtain this image?]

[A relative of mine bought it from abroad. Can I practice it?]

[It’s best if someone guides you. If you practice on your own, you could make a mistake.]