Chapter 1 Self-improvement

　　The color of the sky is slightly bright, silent. 　　Most people in small lake town are still asleep, but Chen Zong quickly opened his eyes, body twist, as if the loach-like flexibility, drilling out of the nest quietly landed, hands and feet nimbly put on clothes and wash up, eat a few mouths of pancakes, hands and feet waist and back each tied on the heavy iron pieces, light hands and feet open and close the door. 　　Outside the house light is dim, silent, deep inhale a breath of fresh air and then slowly spit out, silk coolness in the chest cavity circling, so that Chen Zong spirit of invigoration, activities of the hands and feet after running forward. 　　The body of the heavy iron piece weighs thirty pounds, spare Chen Zong every day to carry, run out a few hundred meters when still panting, but their teeth to endure perseverance. 　　Eat the bitterness of suffering, only to be a man of glory. 　　Run to the small lake stop, rest a few minutes, continue to open legs around the lake running up. 　　Small lake a circle of more than 1,600 meters, weight thirty pounds to run down almost with ten minutes, Chen Zong even ran three laps, sweat soaked through the whole body, the whole person is like just salvaged from the water in general, the skin red, hot, the heart beating like a drum thumping, breathing violently such as blacksmiths store in the big bellows being pulled. 　　The sun rises, the first ray of light shines on Chen Zong's face, intertwining and reflecting with the sweat, the sunlight fills the air, vibrant and full of vigor. 　　Efforts to take a deep breath, Chen Zong feet front and back apart and shoulder width, front leg bent, back leg knee almost touching the ground, heel lifted to the palms of the feet forcefully supported on the ground, the body forward low, the center of gravity distribution of the feet, muscles taut, the left hand into a tiger claw shape in front of the eyes flush, the right hand clenched into a fist in the back of the virtual close to the chin, palms before and after the straight line, such as a fierce tiger entrenched, full of cold and solemn, the eyes have become cohesive and sharp. 　　Poised to strike. 　　"Ha!" 　　Exhale and open his voice like spring thunder exploding, the low crouching body violently forward, waist body force, back spine undulating, as if to rush out forward, the power stirring, right fist along with the trend of full force, like a fierce tiger probing claws. 　　Tiger Power Boxing, Chen family one of the three foundation building martial arts, imitating the movements of a tiger, there are five styles, practiced to the fullest, it can exercise to fifty percent of the body part, can be used as a method to exercise the body to grow the blood qi, but also as a means of attack and defense, Chen Zong practiced so far has been two and a half years, the five styles are basically mastered. 　　The five styles of the Tiger Power Fist Technique were executed in succession, and the wind was generated under his fist, Chen Zong closed his fist and stood, his back was straight, and he exhaled a long breath. 　　"Starting with the Tiger Entrenchment Style and finishing with the Tiger Storming Style, hitting the wind, still at a small level of success, I wonder when I will be able to achieve great success?" 　　Martial arts can be divided into introductory, minor, major and even consummate, there is a saying: major is easy to obtain, consummate is hard to find. 　　Practicing to the grand completion only requires time and enough effort, while the consummation requires comprehending the main points of martial arts and mastering the essence. 　　Tiger Power Fist is divided into four levels: Tiger Form, Tiger Sound, Tiger Roar, and Tiger Power, corresponding to Beginner, Successful, Great Success, and Perfection. 　　Tiger form, refers to the ability to skillfully perform the five styles of Tiger Power Fist Technique, superficially making a posture like a fierce tiger, the power is very weak, almost an empty frame. 　　Tiger sound, on the other hand, can be Tiger Power Fist Technique very coherent performance, with a certain degree of power, out of the hand will be able to hit the sound of the subtle wind, such as a tiger low roar. 　　Tiger roar, can already give full play to the power of the Tiger Power Fist Technique, under the display, like a tiger standing in front of the mouth roar, sound amazing. 　　As for the Tiger Power, Chen Zong had not understood what it was so far, because no one in the entire family had practiced the Tiger Power Fist Technique to its full realization. 　　"A regular person practicing the Foundation Establishment Martial Arts can be initiated in three months, become successful in one year, and become a great success in three years, yet it took me two years to reach the small success, my progress is slow." Chen Zong muttered to himself in a low voice, full of unwillingness, "This damnable innate blood qi insufficiency has caused me to practice hard for two and a half years, not only is it delaying my martial arts progress, my cultivation has only reached the first level of the qi and blood realm, in this case, how can I participate in the clan's martial disciple battle in a month? How can I enter the clan hall? How can I find the precious medicine for Ah Dad?" 　　When he thought of the clan children who practiced martial arts at the same time as him, nowadays, if they were not at the third level of the Qi Blood Realm they had at least reached the second level of the Qi Blood Realm, even the clan children who were a year younger than him now had the cultivation of the second level of the Qi Blood Realm, Chen Zong was filled with unwillingness. 　　"If it wasn't for the lack of innate blood qi ......" Thinking of this, Chen Zong was in a bit of a trance. 　　Back then, when he was still in the fetus, due to the demonic beast attack moved the fetal qi, the birth was difficult, his mother sacrificed herself to preserve him, even so, Chen Zong also fell into the innate blood qi insufficiency of the roots of the disease. 　　Even though the lack of innate blood qi seriously delayed the progress of martial arts practice, Chen Zong had never resented it, only sometimes it was inevitable to feel annoyed, obviously he had to work a few times harder than other people, but because of the lack of innate blood qi and lagged far behind others. 　　"If I can't do it once, I'll do it twice, if I can't do it twice, I'll do it three times, my father said that people, should be self-improvement, I'm just slower than others, it's not that I can't practise martial arts, persevere, and I'll always succeed." With a low roar, Chen Zong set up the Tiger Crouching Style again and practiced again. 　　Destiny is like this, what can be done? 　　Only to rise up and fight, self-improvement. 　　Tiger Entrenchment, Tiger Charge, Tiger Turn, Tiger Leap, Tiger Storm, each style uses all his strength, five styles in a row, his body's blood qi surges his skin red, sweat continuously seeps out to soak his gray rough shirt, leaving many footprints on the ground, crisscrossing the ground. 　　The sunrise rises, golden light shines, sprinkling the earth, awakening all vitality. 　　After three consecutive Tiger Power Fist Technique, Chen Zong had to stop, his limbs were twitching uncontrollably, it felt as if the muscles on his body were being torn apart, the severe pain was like a tidal wave following a wave. 　　"It's not enough, keep practicing." 　　Chen Zong clenched his teeth, with great difficulty, he stretched his arms and legs in order to once again perform the Tiger Entrenchment Style. 　　"I must become stronger, I must become a martial artist, I must surpass the Qi Blood Realm, only then will I be able to find the precious medicine to cure Ah Dad and allow him to regain his cultivation." 　　The intense pain made Chen Zong's forehead veins bulge out his face twisted his body convulsed, but his strong and incomparable will hardened and supported him, once again he set up the Tiger Entrenchment Style, his strength built up, and the Tiger Charge Style. 　　Every day, Chen Zong was exercising himself like this, desperately tapping into his potential. 　　After the fourth practice, Chen Zong could no longer support lying on the ground, his body twitching, his body seems not his own, rest for a moment, Chen Zong hard to get up, his belly drumming like thunder, feel like he can eat a cow. 　　On the way home, a familiar figure walks ahead, cheeks thin, slightly vicissitudes, a gray coarse cloth shirt, hanging hemp rope on the shoulder, the waist sat on the firewood knife, a firm gait, it is the father Chen Zhengtang. 　　"The porridge is cooked, eat it while it's hot." Seeing Chen Zong, Chen Zhengtang said as usual, "Practicing martial arts requires tension and relaxation, don't overdo it." 　　"Don't worry, Ah Dad, I will pay attention." Chen Zong laughed, welcoming the sunrise with a vigorous glow. 　　Nodding his head, Chen Zhengtang walked past Chen Zong, Chen Zong looked back and stared at Ah Dad's thin back that was not as strong as it was in the past, still so straight until it disappeared around the corner. 　　The Chen family was a large clan in Xiaohu Town, with a population of hundreds, and a lot of firewood, rice, oil and salt to be used up every day. 　　Dad Chen Zhengtang was once the first martial artist in the family, but in order to find the precious medicine to replenish their blood and qi, so that they can better practice martial arts, and the demonic beasts to fight, suffered serious injuries qi and blood failure, and finally all the cultivation lost, not only reduced to an ordinary person also fell into the roots of a disease. 　　According to reason, Dad had made great contributions to the family, the loss of cultivation, he is entitled to enjoy the family's support, but Dad's behavior is the same as his name, the hall. 　　He said that he had only lost his cultivation, and was not crippled to the point of being unable to move, so how could he enjoy the family's sustenance with peace of mind. 　　Without cultivation, he could not go into the mountains and forests to look for herbs and hunt, so he did what he could in exchange for payment to support himself and his son, such as cutting down trees and chopping firewood. 　　Chen Zhengtang was teaching Chen Zong with his practical actions, influencing him all the time. 　　Life goes on, self-improvement! 　　After eating the meat porridge and scrubbing the pots and bowls clean, Chen Zong rested while reading a book, practicing martial arts strengthens the body and grasps a powerful force, reading a book accumulates knowledge and enriches the heart. 　　"Brother Zong ...... Zong ...... something big is wrong." A teenager hurriedly rushed in from outside and shouted. 　　"What's so urgent." Chen Zong put down his book and looked over with a smile on his face. 　　A green coarse cloth martial arts uniform, handsome face, eyes especially bright, his name was Chen Yiming, more than a year younger than himself, his father had a good relationship with his father, he and he had been playing since childhood, not a brother but as close as a brother. 　　"Today's energy pills were rescheduled to be distributed just now, Zong's brother your share was taken by Chen Zhigang." Chen Yiming said under his breath, his face full of anger. 　　The Energy Pill was boiled with the essence of five grains mixed with some herbal essences, it contained rich power, and had a significant assisting effect on the cultivation of martial disciples from the first to the third level of the Qi and Blood Realm, it was very valuable, and the Chen Family was so big that it could only provide one pill to the Junior Generation every three months without compensation. 　　"Let's not talk about this first, what's going on with your eyes?" Chen Zong's heart snapped, but he pointed at the bruise on Chen Yiming's left eye and asked in a condensed voice. 　　"I saw Chen Zhigang take away Brother Zong's Energy Pill, so I wanted to snatch it back, only to be sneak attacked by that grandson Chen Zhongjie." Chen Yiming said full of concern, "If it wasn't for the sneak attack, that grandson wouldn't have been a match for me at all." 　　"Aren't energy pills always distributed in the afternoon? Also, don't you have to be there in person to receive them?" Only then did Chen Zong ask in a deep voice, anger circling his chest as Chen Yiming was injured because the Energy Pill that belonged to him was taken away. 　　"It used to be true, but the steward who distributes the energy pills has changed, it is Chen Zhigang's uncle, he said ...... he said that Zong brother you have been cultivating for two and a half years and your cultivation is only the first level of the qi blood realm, it's no different from a waste, the energy pills would be a waste to give to you, so he made the decision to give them to Chen Zhigang." Chen Yiming said hatefully, "This damned guy, relying on Chen Zhigang his father is the number one martial artist in the family, I don't know how many unfair things he has done." 　　Upon hearing this, Chen Zong's anger grew even more, but his voice was incomparably cold, "Perhaps one Energy Pill can hardly allow me to make much progress, but without that one Energy Pill, my progress will be even slower, and this kind of practice is tantamount to cutting off my way forward." 　　"Brother Zong, you have to be calm, don't ever go to Chen Zhigang." Looking at Chen Zong whose chest was rising and falling dramatically, Chen Yiming hurriedly said, "Not only has Chen Zhigang's cultivation reached the peak of the third level of the Qi and Blood Realm, I have heard that his Tiger Power Fist Technique has also broken through the other day, reaching a great accomplishment." 　　"Don't worry, I won't act recklessly." Chen Zong took a deep breath and calmed himself down, he knew very well that even if he was more angry, it would not help, ever since Ah Dad lost all his cultivation with no hope of recovering, the father and son's status in the clan was in tatters, no one was there to dispense justice, if he were to impulsively look for Chen Zhigang to settle the score, the result would be that he would be injured, and would undoubtedly add to Ah Dad's burdens. 　　"I'll endure it now, but I won't just let it go." Chen Zong secretly said.