The 1980s: With God-Tier Breathing, I Am a Living Legend of Qigong

Synopsis:

In the 1980s, qigong reigns supreme. Those with a “sense of qi” are superior; those without are treated like beasts of burden.

My name is Zhang Lin, and I am the “meridianless” good-for-nothing who isn't even fit to be a beast of burden.

My father is gravely ill, my mother has run off with the money, and I take our only family heirloom, an ancient book, to sell it and save his life. But a qigong apprentice publicly tramples me underfoot and calls me a delusional fool!

Consumed by rage, I throw the book into the furnace, only for it to reveal a page containing a divine breathing technique!

From that moment on, the so-called “sense of qi” means nothing to me!

You say you've practiced the Iron Bell Cover for ten years? Sorry, I can master it with one glance, and I'm even tougher than you!

You say this Flame Palm is your sect's secret art, passed down to no outsiders? What a coincidence, I just learned it too, and my flames are a tiny bit hotter than yours!

A qigong master declares my father is doomed to die? Three silver needles from me, and he'll be up throwing punches that very evening!

Everyone calls me a once-in-a-millennium martial arts prodigy, a born qigong legend.

Only I know the truth: I don't have a sense of qi at all.

Everything I have comes from that secret that even a raging fire couldn't destroy!