Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Eight Extremes Thunder Fist is an evolution of Eight Extremes Fist by Zhao Xinglong.

"In literature, we have Taichi to pacify the world, in martial arts, we have Eight Extremes Fist to stabilize the universe."

Zhao Xinglong began to speak, his face showing a touch of pride.

"The Eight Extremes Thunder Fist I am going to teach you all originates from this Eight Extremes Fist."

"To learn it, you must first understand Eight Extremes Fist."

Although Su Jie knew of Eight Extremes Fist, he did not understand the specific moves and techniques.

Zhao Xinglong did not play coy and revealed the essence of Eight Extremes Fist—

Eight Extremes Fist, "Eight Extremes" means that the force can reach extremely distant places in all directions. Its movements are simple and straightforward, fierce and swift, with many forceful stomping actions.

As Zhao Xinglong demonstrated, his movements generated a vigorous breeze. The force started from his heels, travelled through his waist, and extended to his fingertips, embodying the might of "shaking the heavens with a sway and trembling the nine provinces with a stomp."

Even this expanse of the Taixu Illusory Realm seemed to tremble.

"Eight Extremes Fist is one of the styles of Chinese martial arts, it employs six different opening techniques as the core of its skillset to penetrate the opponent's defenses.

The term 'Eight Extremes' follows the ancient saying 'Beyond the Nine Provinces are the Eight Yins, beyond the Eight Yins are the Eight Hong, and beyond the Eight Hong are the Eight Extremes,' implying the idea of reaching 'extremely far in all directions'."

After demonstrating a set, Zhao Xinglong spoke about the history of Eight Extremes Fist.

As a result, Su Jie also learned a lot about the origin of Eight Extremes Fist.

For example.

The full name of Eight Extremes Fist is "Open Door Eight Extremes Fist."

The revered Lai Daoist is recognized as the first generation, Wu Zhong as the second.

Wu Zhong had a daughter in his middle age, named Rong, who studied martial arts for nearly 30 years before marrying into the Dai family, who practiced Long Fist in Haifeng.

Adhering to the spirit of "open door," she refined and modified boxing techniques such as Taizu Fist, Taizu Fist, Flying Tiger Fist, and Peach Blossom Scatter, according to the style of Eight Extremes Fist and brought them back to Meng Village.

Afterward, those wanting to learn Eight Extremes Fist increased day by day.

Around the fortieth year of Qianlong's reign, Wu and his cousin Wu Zhongyu began teaching openly, attracting dozens of apprentices. Apart from the local Wu and Ding families, there were also aspiring students from places like Luotuan.

To this day, Eight Extremes Fist has spread throughout Huaxia and to foreign lands.

Its style has diversified significantly, including the simple, dignified, and practical Huo-style Bajiquan; the nimble and rapid Ma-style Tongbei Bajiquan; the smooth and lively Wu-style Eight Extremes Fist; the rhythmically distinctive Taiwan Praying Mantis Eight Extremes Fist, and so on.

The Eight Extremes Fist Zhao Xinglong taught integrated elements from all these variations—

With the head and feet as heaven and earth, the shoulders, knees, elbows, and hips as the four directions, and the opposite arms in front and behind, with the Dantian embracing the origin in the center as the essence of creation.

Lead the energy with the intent, crush with the energy, unify the three planes and six points inside and outside, the momentum grand, power radiating in all directions, the whole body is observant, every part is capable of action, movement brings change, change brings transformation, and transformation brings agility, its wonder limitless.

"Eight Extremes Fist emphasizes crushing, shocking, and sudden assaults."

Zhao Xinglong continued to speak, his waist twisted, his arm punched out with the force of a collapsing mountain, grand and overwhelming, with a roaring wave of energy.

This is the crush.

Afterward, a ten-meter-high rockery appeared in front of Zhao Xinglong.

He unified his stance and body, leaned forward, and struck with his elbow.

Boom!

The ten-meter-high rockery immediately collapsed.

The shock is to shake mountains to their core.

And sudden assaults are about sharp, unpredictable moves, each one surprising the opponent about where the next punch will land.

Zhao Xinglong commanded the Taixu Illusory Realm to conjure up hundreds of enemies. Using real combat as the method, he fought against the horde, practicing all the punches with crisp and precise movements, eliciting admiration from all the students.

After completing the demonstration, Zhao Xinglong said, "From now on, you will practice this. I will correct each of your movements one by one."

Jos raised his hand and asked, "Instructor, can we learn this in two months?"

This was a worry shared by most.

Two months was too short.

"In this Taixu Illusory Realm, our sense of time is different from the outside world. Here, one month is equivalent to one day outside. Hence, you can practice here for half a month today," Zhao Xinglong said slowly. "Whether you can learn it or not depends on your own capabilities. At the very least, the students I've taught all mastered the fundamentals."

This put everyone at ease, and they began to practice.

It seemed like everyone had forgotten about the Eight Extremes Thunder Fist.

But Su Jie had not.

"Instructor, what about the Eight Extremes Thunder Fist?"

"We'll discuss that once you've mastered the Eight Extremes Fist," Zhao Xinglong answered expressionlessly. "You're still at the stage of learning to walk; don't dream of flying. I mentioned the Eight Extremes Thunder Fist only as a motivation."

"If you manage to learn it within a month, I will naturally teach it."

"If not, the thirty thousand you paid for tuition has gone down the drain."

"Moreover, you should feel fortunate, for in the past, thirty thousand would have been laughed off as too little for the quintessence of my Eight Extremes Fist even in your dreams."

Su Jie was well-aware of this.

In the past, if you wanted to learn real kung fu, it wasn't just about not having 30,000, even with three million, you might not be taught.

Those true martial arts masters were rather traditional, only passing on their knowledge to their own direct bloodline; if there were no offspring, then they had to wait until they grew old, and the disciple supported them, and at the last moment, the real kung fu would be passed on.

However, today's Ming Lun has changed that tradition.

The reason, Su Jie could probably guess some.

The most crucial point is that Ming Lun does not need students to support and repay them. In addition to the school, they have other industries that can adapt to society's subsistence and even change the development form of the society.

After all, his father said that more than ten years ago, practicing martial arts couldn't earn you a living.

But now, vitality, spiritual cultivation, and the way of martial arts have become especially important. Even if most people's vitality is still at the 0.7 stage, it doesn't change the pursuit of talents with high vitality by various big companies.

The enhancement of vitality is an all-around improvement!

Physical strength, brainpower, all will far exceed the average person. It could be said that every person with a vitality above 1 is an exceptional talent.

Thinking of these, Su Jie even had an epiphany: everything must change with the times, and things that never change lack the ability to innovate and are eliminated; isn't that what should happen?

Not being eliminated is the real anomaly.

Clearly, Ming Lun has done extremely well in this regard, keeping up with the times, even leading the era, making the whole world change following its lead.

"Fist like a shooting star, eyes like lightning, waist like a snake, feet like a drill; tailbone upright and spirit penetrating the crown, hard and soft, round and active, connecting above and below; body loose but internally solid, spirit concealed within, full of lightness with head suspended; yin and yang, emptiness and solidity rapidly transforming, life-intent's source within the waist interval."

As Su Jie chanted the mnemonic silently, following Zhao Xinglong's practice, he was reminded by Zhao Xinglong, who said, "When you recite the mnemonics, don't do it silently. Open your mouth and say it out loud, follow my rhythm!"

"Fist~ like a shooting star~ eyes~ like lightning······"

As Su Jie followed Zhao Xinglong's recitation, after one round, he found his breathing at times rapid, at times relaxed, eventually returning to calm.

Is this the mnemonic?

Perhaps the contents of the mnemonic are the essentials of the fist technique, but the way of chanting is the true corresponding Breathing Skill for fist technique cultivation.

Indeed!

A true teaching is found in a single phrase, a false one in an entire book.

While the contents of a book may be true, without grasping the essence, one ultimately cannot cultivate anything of value.

It's like mnemonics, in today's networked society, all sorts of pill formulas and mnemonics can be searched for, true or false isn't what makes the difference; the question is how to read them correctly.

After all, in ancient times, when they recorded and wrote things, there were no punctuation marks.

Zhao Xinglong is very responsible for every person, regardless of whether they are his compatriots or foreigners.

Since they have all paid, he must treat everyone equally.

And during his time at Ming Lun, his mind has also broadened quite a bit, understanding that judging whether someone is one of us is not based on skin color, hair color, or the color of their pupils, but on the culture they identify with.

Just like what the martial school's headmaster holds in the highest regard—Van Ling.

If human beings themselves can't tolerate each other, then how can one talk about Van Ling?

It can be said that every teacher at Ming Lun Martial School looks up at a higher level of spiritual realm, as only an expansive heart can reach the supreme realm.

One's innate talent and race determine the lower limit of a person's growth, but the firmness of one's will, the grandeur of one's dreams, and the openness of one's spirit are what determine a person's upper limit.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed in the Taixu Illusory Realm, and everyone has learned the routine of the Eight Extremes Fist.

Of course, that's just having learned it.

The physical body in the classroom, although it instantly received the memories brought back by the return of the spirit, could not digest them instantly and required some time to temper.

Over the next month, Zhao Xinglong led them to the field for training, letting these students experience the true meaning of the Eight Extremes Fist with their real bodies.

Su Jie and Jos fed each other moves, and what surprised Jos was that although Su Jie had no talent for deep sleep, he learned the fist techniques incredibly quickly. Yоur suppоrt оn М|V|L8ЕМРYR kееps this sеriеs gоing.

In fact, having spent just half a month, he had already grasped the essence of the Eight Extremes Fist. Coupled with the rich diet provided by Ming Lun, his vitality had increased by 0.1 in a short half-year, reaching the level of 0.8.

This surprised Zhao Xinglong somewhat.

However, he also came to understand Su Jie's situation—he wasn't suitable for the deep sleep cultivation pursued by the masses nowadays; he was more suited for the traditional Chinese martial arts path, starting with practicing fist techniques until skipping the deep sleep phase and entering the meditative state.

Still, this meant that in a month, the young man might really qualify to learn his Eight Extremes Thunder Skill.

Could it be that this time he would really be at a loss?

In the blink of an eye, another half month passed, and Su Jie's fist technique had become wondrous, even providing pointers to other students during practice.

When he threw a punch, there was even a faint echoing sound.

He had achieved the Ming Jin stage!

These days, most people are pursuing the enhancement of vitality, the distinction of power levels had become obsolete. It's unexpected that Su Jie had managed to achieve Ming Jin with the Eight Extremes Fist.

Impressive!

This kid was naturally cut out for practicing the fist!

Yet perhaps because he couldn't enter the deep sleep phase, while his fist technique had developed strength, his own vitality had not increased further.

His body had become saturated.

Unless the Mental Realm breaks through and one's fist techniques reach the level of Dan Jin, vitality cannot further breakthrough. Otherwise, even if one achieves An Jin or Hua Jin, it just brings the body into the best possible condition.

Relying on these three levels of Jin, one can barely compete with someone with vitality at level 1, but their endurance would still be far less than those with vitality at level 1.