Chapter 122 The Successor of Classical Military Spear Skills in the Hospital After walking up two floors, Du Ruo found that he had reached the rooftop. An iron door was half open, and the sound Du Ruo heard came from above. Du Ruo was now even more curious, wondering what kind of person would practice martial arts on the rooftop. Du Ruo had already heard it. The rhythm of his breathing and exhaling was clear, and the sound of the weapon breaking through the air was obvious and in a consistent rhythm. It was obvious that he was a standard martial artist. Walking out of the rooftop, it was a bit messy, with a rusty water tower, messy iron frames, and some broken air-conditioning pipes. It was not much different from the rooftop that Du Ruo had in mind. But there is one difference. There is a straight open space in the middle of the roof. The open space is long and narrow. From the traces on the ground, it can be seen that people often walk on it. Unlike the rough cement particles in other places, the open space is one meter wide in the middle and should be about four or five meters long. At this time, this long strip of ground has been walked on and is smooth, showing that it is out of tune with the surrounding area. As soon as Du Ruo came out of the rooftop, he saw a man practicing martial arts on the road behind the water tower. The man should be in his forties, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, with his back to the rooftop entrance. In this hot weather, he stood on the rooftop, ignoring the temperature of the ground, and practiced seriously with a three-meter-long wooden spear in his hand. Du Ruo was immediately attracted by the man's training movements, and then stood there and watched carefully. The man's movements were simple. He half-squatted in a horse stance, holding a spear in his hand at his waist. He let out a "Hah!" and took a step forward. Then he stabbed out with the spear in his hand, holding the spear in front of his chest with his arm. The man let out another "Ha!" and then took a step forward. He put the spear back at his waist. When he reached the end, he stabbed once and then took a step back. The movements are simple, straight forward and backward, one thrust and one retract, clean and neat, without any fancy moves.
The man performed this simple action seriously, and Du Ruo also watched it seriously. When it comes to spear training, Du Ruo is definitely a master of spearmanship, and his level is not worse than his boxing skills. Xingyiquan, especially the basic Five Elements Boxing, emphasizes on changing the spear into a fist, and you can even use boxing techniques to perform spear moves, and use the gun to perform boxing techniques during practice. So even though Du Ruo practiced more boxing and less spear, they are both universal skills, and only after he picked up the spear did Du Ruo's combat power reach its peak. If it was not an assassination, but a head-on confrontation, when Du Ruo held the spear, his combat effectiveness would far exceed that of holding the Panlong silk. No matter how the marksmanship changes, the essence remains the same. The basic marksmanship is blocking, grabbing and stabbing. Basically, no matter how advanced the marksmanship is, it must be based on these three basic actions. But the man in front of him was different. He was practicing with a spear that was more than three meters long, and he only practiced the stabbing move. He had no footwork at all. He only had a horse stance to stabilize his body. He had a basic and solid foundation, and he was not reckless or greedy for merit. For such moves and training methods, Du Ruo could only think of one term: "classical military spearmanship". That’s right, this is not a school, nor a faction, but it is the most common spear technique practiced by people who used spears in ancient times. The gun was the most commonly used weapon in ancient times, and it also killed the most people, without a doubt, because it was cheap to make. An ordinary wooden stick, a little bit of iron, or even just sharpening one end could become a weapon. Moreover, the length is more than three meters, and ten people form a circle. If the enemy uses a knife or a sword, the ten people can withstand the attack of a large number of enemies. So based on this advantage, guns became widely popularized, used on the battlefield, and came into the hands of soldiers. Then, at some point, someone created a gun technique based on the advantages of the spear. This gun technique is the "classical military gun technique." The movements are simple and single, and even the dumbest person can learn it. Those who practice well can kill one person with one shot. With this set of gun skills, one can achieve great things and change his life, so this set of gun skills has been passed down. Even the bayonet skills during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression have the shadow of this set of gun skills. However, Du Ruo never expected that there would be people still practicing such classical military spearmanship. "Dingling bell~~" Du Ruo was thinking about the classical military spearmanship in his mind, his eyes fixed on it, when a cell phone rang. "Excuse me, I need to take a call." Du Ruo waved his cell phone and smiled at the man who was looking at him. The man didn't say anything. He held the spear, wiped the sweat from his face, took two steps forward, and came to the shaded eaves. "Hey?" Du Ruo saw that it was Yang Chenguang's cell phone number, picked up the phone and asked, he guessed that Yang Chenguang probably couldn't make calls now.
"Du Ruo, where are you? Come to the doctor as soon as possible." It was the voice of Yang Chenguang's wife on the other end of the phone. Since they were all acquaintances, Du Ruo was used to calling Yang Chenguang's wife "Sasha". "What's wrong? Is Chen Guang not working?" Du Ruo heard Sasha's anxious voice and turned around to ask. "It's not him. He has already vomited it all up and is taking activated charcoal now. He just woke up for a while and said that you ate more, several times more than him. You should get checked out right away so that you can get timely treatment if there is any problem." Yang Chenguang's wife was a little anxious. She hadn't thought about it before and was only worried about her husband. She only remembered it when Yang Chenguang reminded her. "Oh, it's okay. I just had a check-up and it's okay. Don't worry." Du Ruo wanted to leave, but when he heard about this, he stopped. Now he didn't feel anything. Obviously, the fungus was not very toxic, and his five internal organs were extremely strong, so the toxin should not have any effect on him. Moreover, Du Ruo's perception was far superior to others. If he was really poisoned, he would be able to detect it immediately if there was any reaction. After repeated explanations, Du Ruo finally hung up the phone. "Mushroom poisoning is very dangerous. Even if your body doesn't react, if your companions have poisoning reactions, you should go get checked." As soon as Du Ruo hung up the phone, the man who was resting nearby started to remind her. "Well, I'll go there soon. Are you a doctor?" Du Ruo asked curiously, his eyes wandering over the man's head. Although the man had a buzz cut, it was obvious that his hair was thick, unlike the sparse hair of a middle-aged doctor. In addition, probably due to long-term exercise, his muscles were revealed. "Well, you're interested in this?" The man simply nodded and shook the spear in his hand. "I like it very much, but I didn't expect that there are still people who practice this kind of classical military spearmanship. So I came over to take a look when I heard the noise just now." Du Ruo nodded and pointed out the name of the spear technique, indicating that he knew something. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you're an expert too. My name is Shi Dong, and I'm a doctor in the hospital. I just practiced the spearmanship inherited from my family. You can call it the Classical Military Spearmanship or the Shi Family Spearmanship." Shi Dong smiled, put his rifle aside, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to Du Ruo and lit one for himself, then sat on the ground beside him and started smoking. "Well, my name is Du Ruo, I'm a villager from Dujia Village, I practice Xingyi, how long have you been practicing this spear technique?" Du Ruo also sat down, and the two strangers sat on the hospital rooftop and chatted about shooting. "I've been practicing since I was a kid. It's been almost 30 years now." Shi Dong thought about it and replied casually. "You only practice this one move? I see that you have a solid foundation, but you don't seem to have practiced anything else. Why don't you consider practicing boxing or something else? In thirty years, if you study systematically, you should be able to achieve more than what you have now." Du Ruo was a little curious. Military shooting techniques were extremely lethal, but because they were simple and crude, they did not train the whole body like boxing or other shooting techniques. They were rather simple. Du Ruo is currently practicing various martial arts, all of which have various training methods. For example, the basic standing skills of Xingyiquan and Xingyi Five Elements Boxing are to train the whole body's spirit, and even the three-body posture can temper one's mind. The tiger's mouth stick, one-step glue, duck step, and Pai Da Gong of the Ziranmen martial arts, in the final analysis, are to train the whole body and cultivate both inside and outside. "Haha, I was forced to learn it at first by my family, but I got used to it after practicing for a while. Now I don't practice martial arts for a career, and I haven't thought about becoming a martial arts master. I just want to relax after work or study. I haven't really learned anything else." Shi Dong laughed, and his laugh was loud and hearty.
"That's great. I'm curious about the Shi family spearmanship you practiced. Can you satisfy my curiosity?" Du Ruo smiled and asked curiously. He was really curious about the level of the other party's spear skills after practicing for thirty years. "Sure, what do you want to see?" Shi Dong nodded without refusing. He just put out the cigarette butt, stood up, patted his butt, grabbed the spear beside him and held it in his hand. It seemed that he was still very happy to show it to Du Ruo. "So be it." Du Ruo also stood up and looked up. There was an air conditioner outdoor unit about five meters away. Du Ruo flicked the half-smoked cigarette in his hand with his fingers. "Whoosh~" The cigarette butt flew out at a rapid speed and got stuck in a gap in the air conditioner outdoor unit, with a flame still burning at one end. “Good technique.” Shi Dong's eyes lit up. Du Ruo's move just now was very beautiful. The cigarette butt was so light, yet it was able to be flicked out so quickly and inserted accurately into the grid of the air conditioner outdoor unit, demonstrating the speed, accuracy and ruthlessness of the hidden weapon. Shi Dong praised, then stopped smiling and put the spear in his hand on his waist. "Whoosh~" Shi Dong did not make any big movements. He thrust out with the spear in his hand. He was already one meter away. The fire from the cigarette butt on the air conditioner outdoor unit was flying everywhere. During the whole process, there was only a shadow of the gun tip passing by and a slight sound of breaking through the air. The gun tip extinguished the cigarette butt but did not touch the air conditioner outdoor unit. (End of this chapter)