362: Chapter 359 Are Ancient Methods Really Good?

"Old Li, your eyes are becoming more and more incredible!"

Seeing the two masters leave, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but tease.

"You can understand if you read more books; you should read more too." Li Changsheng waved the book in his hand.

"By reading this 'Excellent Prescription for Saving the World'? It seems you only just got it not long ago. Tell me, teach me, how do you do that?"

Zhang Zhao was a bit curious, mainly because this trick was quite showy, right?

With just a casual glance, he could see right through someone's foundation, and this was very helpful for martial arts competitions.

"You? ...You can't learn it."

Li Changsheng glanced at the guy and shook his head.

"Why? Don't we both have the same head?"

Listening to Zhang Zhao, Li Changsheng felt helpless inside; he couldn't very well say it was because of the System's solidification, allowing memories to be deeply imprinted into his brain, like a storage device.

"How about this, Master Li, take a look at me. Do you think I have any problems? With my kung fu, or my body, either is fine."

Zhang Zhao simply stood up and casually performed a set of punches.

Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng actually took a serious look, but after just three seconds, he looked away.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is my body in great shape?"

Zhang Zhao was extremely confident in his own physique.

At this moment, he was wearing shorts and forcefully displayed his muscles, which looked like they were cast from steel, and his bronze skin was full of masculinity.

If you ignored that face and his burly build, this guy would definitely be a perfect hunk.

"Hmm, not bad, you are very healthy! Healthy to the point of being abnormal." Li Changsheng nodded.

"Hmm? What do you mean, Old Li? Don't leave your sentences half-finished."

Zhang Zhao frowned, suddenly feeling that something was amiss.

Azure Dragon, who was on the side, also had his attention drawn, curious about what Li Changsheng would say.

He had been watching Zhang Zhao's daily routine recently; it was normal to an explosive degree. Although he was quite careless in some details, he definitely didn't have any bad habits.

He slept on time, woke up on time, maintained a healthy eight hours of sleep every day, and controlled his exercise in moderation.

"You've practiced the Shaolin Virgin Boy Skills, haven't you?"

"That's right! My decades of power from these Virgin Boy Skills aren't just for show. I learned them from an old Shaolin monk, and some of the Qi Circulation methods are also ancient techniques, absolutely without any omissions."

"I started at ten and have practiced for over twenty years now. According to the old monk, the Shaolin Virgin Boy Skills solidify the essence and solidify the Qi."

"Some internal martial arts experts see their essence and Qi decline by forty, but at fifty or sixty, I can still maintain a Qi that pierces the rainbow, lasting long without fading. On the day I die of old age, there will be signs of Qi dissipation before death."

"For a Grandmaster like Grandmaster Dong Haichuan, his single breath took three whole days to dissipate, which is extremely rare."

"If I had the thick Qi of an internal martial arts Grandmaster like Grandmaster Dong Haichuan, one breath could dissipate for over half a month. Even now, being old, it would still take seven days for it to dissipate."

"So, Old Li, don't look at how your breath is longer than mine; it's not certain who will breathe their last first in the future."

As he spoke, Zhang Zhao looked at Li Changsheng with a face full of smugness.

However, thinking about it, he felt quite sad inside. Sigh, think about how at the beginning, he had so much capital to brag about in front of Master Li, but now he only had this one point of leverage.

"Master Zhang, your kung fu actually has this kind of effect?"

Li Changsheng didn't have much of a reaction, but by this time, Azure Dragon was listening and exclaiming repeatedly.

"You don't believe it? That's right, you come from a background of Mongolian wrestling; how would you understand this?" Zhang Zhao shook his head. "Knowing one's time of death before dying is actually not something exclusive to martial artists."

"When ordinary people are terminally ill, they can also vaguely perceive their own time of death."

"Some elderly people can sense it vaguely, while others can accurately tell their children and grandchildren that they will pass away in a few days, entrusting their affairs in advance."

"But these are just passive perceptions. According to Dao teachings, after death, the Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits leave the body one by one."

"After the Tai Guang, one of the Three Ethereal Souls, leaves the body, a person enters a state of trance. Some elderly people staring blankly at the sky before death is exactly this."

"At this time, the Shuang Ling, one of the Three Ethereal Souls, has some sensing—the Shuang Ling governs the light of human nature and wisdom. At the moment of near-death, those senses will be magnified, thereby knowing the time of death."

"An ancient saying goes, 'Those who are born with knowledge are the highest; those who know through learning are the next.'"

"While medical theory has no clear explanation for this, some speculate that it is related to the amplification of the magnetic field after death. Some studies have shown that at the moment of near-death, the brain's magnetic field exhibits strange frequency fluctuations."

"But we martial artists are different from some practitioners. Daoists cultivate the Primordial Spirit, which can strengthen that perception. Martial artists rely more on that breath in their mouths."

"Especially for internal martial arts experts, as time passes, this breath will gradually dissipate. For mediocre hands, this breath dissipates completely before death, while for experts, this breath has not yet dissipated before death. When the time of death approaches and they can no longer hold this breath, Qi dissipation will occur, also known as the phenomenon of power dissipation."

"In ancient times, it was also called 'Soldier Release'."

Azure Dragon nodded repeatedly as he listened; he understood some Xia Kingdom culture, but overall, he was listening in a fog.

Zhang Zhao was quite smug, but seeing Li Changsheng's flat reaction, he felt a bit awkward.

"Old Li, am I wrong?"

"Mostly right, but this condition of yours isn't very good for you."

"Why? I feel that in my current state, I could still kill a cow at fifty or sixty!" Zhang Zhao looked completely puzzled.

He naturally knew his own body very well; he was as vigorous as a Dragon and as strong as a tiger, extremely robust.

"Old Zhang, do you have any offspring?"

"No... no. Before, the old man asked me to pass on my mantle, so a younger generation member of the Family was adopted into my name, and I passed the kung fu down. What's up?"

"Then do you plan to have children in the future?"

"Of... of course... Old Li, don't scare me!"

Zhang Zhao's eyelids twitched; he kept feeling that something was wrong, and it felt more and more wrong.

"Sigh! This is why I said that while your state is good, it's good to the point of being abnormal. Do you not have much desire in that regard now? Although your energy is abundant, you have absolutely no interest in that matter, right?"

"Uh... right..."

"Before you were twenty, was your mind full of those thoughts? But after twenty, those thoughts decreased year by year, yet while practicing martial arts and exercising, you had endless strength and wouldn't get tired, right?"

"And when you sleep, do you often follow the breathing method of the Virgin Boy Skills, and you've never even had a wet dream, nor have you even done any manual labor once, right?"

"Right... right... Old Li, just give me a straight answer; don't sigh and keep me in suspense."

Old Zhang's legs trembled, and he felt a bit dizzy.

Although there were many branches in his Family, his lineage was the only one left!

Li Changsheng didn't care about Old Zhang's thoughts at all and sighed, "Go to the bathroom now and find a way to get some of that stuff out and take a look. Is it sticky like glue, the kind that won't even wash away with water?"

"This... I really don't know. Is there some meaning to it?"

Zhang Zhao was completely panicked. He hadn't released anything in so many years; he had no idea about the specific situation.

"Sigh, it means a lot. You, why did you have to learn that? Ancient methods don't necessarily mean they are truly good; they were meant for monks to practice."

"In ancient times, monks had no problem practicing ancient methods; not releasing for decades didn't affect them. But they didn't need to marry and have children. Do you also want to learn from them and not marry or have children?"

"This stuff, it's only appropriate when it's moderately viscous. Too thin or too thick won't do. You've been holding it in for decades, and you've basically held it in until you've developed erectile dysfunction."

"I won't say anything else... I admire you!"

Crack!~

In an instant, Zhang Zhao felt as if a thunderbolt had roared in his mind, and his eyes gradually became dull.