Chapter 82 - 075: The Difficult Tai Chi
Xuanmen Tai Chi, also known as Qingcheng Tai Chi.
It is a secret health-preserving technique unique to the Qingcheng Sect’s successive Sect Leaders. Though it’s Tai Chi, it follows a rare reverse Tai Chi practice theory, possessing the ability to regulate the human body in reverse, combining ’external training of tendons, bones, and skin, with internal training of essence, Qi, and spirit’ into a triad. It’s a very deep health-preserving practice.
The saying ’Conform and become human, reverse and become immortal, only in its reversal’ is the essence of Xuanmen Tai Chi. It is said that at its profound level, it can achieve a unity of form and spirit, achieving the unity of Heaven and Man, the Tai Chi hunyuan of non-action and non-inaction.
Martial arts, though a technique for killing, traces its origins to the health-preserving scriptures of Pre-Qin Qi-practitioners, implicitly containing principles of the Alchemy Dao, interrelating with each other.
The ancient text "Shuoshu·Fan" lists ’longevity’ as a path among the five blessings for health preservation and longevity.
The first scripture in the "Daoist Canon", "Tai Shang Ling Bao Wu Liang Du Ren Shang Pin Miao Jing", states: The Immortal Dao values life, immeasurably saving people.
The "Scripture of Western Ascension" states: My fate is in my hands, not in the heavens.
Various records reveal the subtleties of health preservation. Those who succeed in health preservation must have a great grasp of the infinite potential of the human body, understanding the great benefits and disadvantages of Qi and Blood.
When Nalan Lei displayed this skill, Wang Longhu knew that this person absolutely could not be left alive tonight, although Nalan Lei had not practiced to the Dark Force, and was not his opponent.
However, the subtleties of health preservation are fully reflected in the human body, and if dragged out, Nalan Lei could definitely exhaust Wang Longhu, who had been through many battles.
Bang!