Chapter 27 The Relationship between Hidden Weapons and Basketball Shooting
Iron Shirt, the Art of Vajra, after reaching the perfect state, can the body be indestructible? Or as hard as a diamond?

He doesn't understand it now, but he estimates that it is most likely as strong as diamond.

If that's the case, the iron shirt won't do much to improve the feel.

Eagle Claw Kung Fu, a martial art that cultivates both internal and external skills, is something that really cannot be practiced. If one practices it to perfection, his hands should become tougher, not more flexible.

His sight passed over Xingyiquan and looked at the fourth kind of kung fu below, the Flying Locust Stone.

This hidden weapon skill is used to hunt birds and wild beasts. There is a lot of wild game in Hongluo Mountain, and he and his father need a lot of meat to practice martial arts. They use guns to kill large animals and locust stones to kill small ones.

Later, his father passed away. After killing someone, he left Hongluo Temple and abandoned the skill of Feihuangshi, and remained at the great success realm forever.

"Hidden weapons? Shooting basketballs? What do they have in common? They both involve throwing something out, but one is a stone and the other is a basketball."

This thought flashed through his mind, and he felt something.

The locust stone has the greatest killing power in a short-distance straight line, but it can also be thrown in an arc at a long distance.

This required a carefully polished flat, round locust stone, which had to be thrown at an extremely fast speed and with extremely high skills, so that it could be thrown in an arc like a skipping stone. His great achievement realm had already reached the level of being able to throw an arc.

So, in fact, locust stones and basketball shooting have something in common in this respect.

For example, for a close two-point shot, the arc should be negligible. In other words, a shot at the edge of the restricted area and a short-distance straight-line locust stone throw are largely similar.

Mid-range and long-range shooting also have something in common with throwing arcing locust stones.

The bank shot and the locust stone have so many similarities, but what about the hook shot? The hook shot doesn't require much feel and the arc is not big.

Since there are these similarities, can he use the skills he learned from the martial art of Locust Stone to bank shots and hook shots?
If the locust stone can be used for these two types of shooting, then his big problem can be solved as quickly as possible. Even if Xingyiquan cannot improve his shooting feel in the future, he can still make a living in the penalty area.

Once this idea came to my mind, I couldn't hold it back and wanted to find a place to try it immediately. However, it was already past twelve o'clock, so I had to give up.

While He Zhongqiu was thinking about the problem, the news of him breaking the backboard by dunking in his debut had already begun to spread on the Internet and television media in the United States.

On December 12th, the Knicks did not schedule any training.

He Zhongqiu got up at seven o'clock as planned yesterday. After emptying his mind and washing up, he practiced the three-body standing meditation that he had to do every day for half an hour.

It has been more than two years since I reached the Grandmaster level in Zhuang Gong, and I have only accumulated a little over a thousand points of proficiency. To advance to perfection, I need five thousand points of proficiency.

In the past, I had to stand for at least two hours a day, and sometimes I had to stand for two hours at a time. Now I have less time to practice, only an hour in the morning and evening combined. I gain two levels of proficiency a day, and I am afraid it may take five years to complete it.

"Mid-Autumn Festival, good morning."

When he went downstairs, Philip and Xia Song were both up. They were talking about something, and when they saw him, Xia Song greeted him.

"Morning, is there anything to eat?" he asked.

"There's bread and milk in the refrigerator, as well as apples, juice, cereal, eggs, and beef. I'll fry you a steak." Xia Song said as he stood up.

"I want my steak well-done," he said quickly.

"I'll help." Philip also stood up.

"Let's do it together, faster."

He Zhongqiu also went into the kitchen. He has been able to cook since he was a child. His food is not very tasty, but he can cook it well.

"Are you in a hurry?"

Xia Song took out a piece of beef that had been stored at room temperature and asked while slicing it.

He said, "Basketball and martial arts both require time to practice, and what I lack most now is time." Xia Song thought for a moment and said, "Zhongqiu, you should focus on basketball now, can you put martial arts aside for a while?"

He smiled and said, "Some martial arts can be given up, but some cannot. Brother Xia, my physical fitness comes from martial arts. It is impossible for me to give up martial arts completely. I also hope to further improve my fitness through martial arts."

"That's true."

Xia Song didn't know much about martial arts, so he didn't say anything more.

"Wellington, what used car can I buy with two thousand dollars?"

When He Zhongqiu came here from China, he exchanged all the 70,000 yuan he had saved into U.S. dollars, a total of 7,500 U.S. dollars. He had used part of it to pay rent in advance and reserved some for living expenses, leaving only 2,000 U.S. dollars to use.

"Pickup trucks are good. Buy an older used pickup truck. You can get one that is 50% to 60% new for two thousand dollars," Philip suggested.

"Then buy a pickup truck. We'll do it after breakfast." He nodded.

Philip said at this time: "Zhongqiu, I have been communicating with you in Chinese from yesterday to now. Now I suggest you use English to create an English environment, which will help you quickly improve your English listening and speaking skills."

"it is good."

He also wanted to improve his English as quickly as possible, so he agreed immediately.

By 8:30, breakfast was ready. Xia Song grilled a steak for He Zhongqiu, which was about half a pound and well-done, but the heat was not controlled well so it was a little burnt.

"Zhongqiu, do you want to hire a nanny? There are too many trivial matters at home. It would be more convenient and time-saving to hire a nanny."

Philip asked the question in English, and then explained it to He Zhongqiu bit by bit so that he could understand what it meant.

"How much per month?" He Zhongqiu asked in Mandarin.

"Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to say it in English," Xia Song reminded.

"So what do you mean?" he asked.

Philip said it immediately in English, and then began to teach him again and again until he could speak it out stutteringly.

"Speaking English takes so damn time." He felt helpless, but he had no choice but to learn it.

"You, Yao Ming and Da Ba started your NBA career at almost the same time, and started learning English at almost the same time. Now let's compare and see who will become famous first, who will learn English first, and who will adapt to the NBA league first." Xia Song said in English.

"Brother Xia, what are you talking about? You haven't even told me the questions I asked." He said helplessly in Mandarin.

Philip smiled and said in Mandarin: "The salary of a nanny is similar to that of a fast food restaurant worker or waiter. It is a low-hourly wage job with no technical skills.

Currently, the hourly wage for a nanny here is about $6.5, not including food and accommodation, and working 10 hours a day, so the cost is not much.”

Xia Song said: "You can only be at home half of the time, 15 days a month, 10 hours a day, that's 150 hours, and the cost is at most one thousand dollars a month."

Philip said: "10 hours a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner can be prepared for you, and you don't need to take care of the hygiene at home. With your income, it's no problem at all."

"Then please one."

He also felt that cooking was a waste of time, so he made the decision immediately.

"OK, leave this to me, you just need to tell me your requirements." Philip said.

"You have to have clean hands and feet and not take drugs," he said.

"OK, let's go buy a car later and take care of this matter at the same time." Philip nodded.

(End of this chapter)