Not only ’Tiger Form Boxing’.
There’s also ’Crane Form Boxing’.
"Qi sinking to the elixir field, refilling with energy."
"Inner and outer unity, light and dark dual strength."
"Five Elements Transformation, mutual generation and inhibition."
"Five points gold landing, rooting."
"Stretched generously."
"Flexible and changeable."
Ren Qiushan watched increasingly in awe. He wasn’t from Taikang, nor from Jian Province, but from Peng State, Shenqiu County. His main study was the ’Zonghe Fist’, one of the four major branches of ’White Crane Fist’, emphasizing ’Zong strength’, combining yin and yang, and he also understood the other three branches.
Watching Yan Chuan practice ’Crane Form Boxing’, in a daze, Ren Qiushan seemed to see the authentic ’White Crane Fist’ in Yan Chuan’s hands—
"Yin and yang, this is ’Zonghe Fist’."
"Fierce and brave, this is ’Minghe Fist’."
"Stretched generously, this is ’Flying Crane Fist’."
"Flexible and changeable, this is ’Feeding Crane Fist’."
The essence of them could all be seen in Yan Chuan’s boxing.
Ren Qiushan was shocked, and he watched intently—
"Turtle back crane body, shrimp retreat dog sect body."
"Two hands like bamboo cords, two feet like wheels, advancing like a fierce tiger leaping into the forest, retreating like an old cat watching a mouse."
"This is ’Zonghe Fist’!"
"See Power and generate Power, See Power to Power, See Power to Get Power, See Power Abandon Power."
"Notice without focusing on Qi, focus on Qi without focusing on power."
"So that’s how it is!"
"So that’s how it is!"
Ren Qiushan was immersed in it, and as Yan Chuan practiced and explained, he began to practice his own set of ’Zonghe Fist’—
"Swallow, spit, float, sink!"
Three Battles, Four Gates, three points, Five Plum Blossoms, Crane Wing, Five Steps,...
After a round of boxing, Ren Qiushan felt exuberant, his heart like a tide, joy endless—
With Ren Qiushan’s enlightenment, feedback from his thoughts arrived, and Yan Chuan kept practicing. The previous last bit of silt that he couldn’t break through was now like spring rain, easily resolved—
Yan Chuan also realized it—
[Your ’Crane Form Boxing’ has been upgraded, Seventh Realm: Transcendent → Eighth Realm: Peak.]
After ’Tiger Form Boxing’, Yan Chuan has another peak-level boxing technique!
In the training ground.
Ren Qiushan’s breakthrough was visible to everyone.
But Yan Chuan’s breakthrough, at a higher level, was more concealed. While Ren Qiushan attracted the attention of Shao Yancong and others, no one noticed the qualitative change in Yan Chuan’s boxing.
Yan Chuan didn’t mind either.
He continued practicing boxing.
After ’Tiger Form Boxing’ and ’Crane Form Boxing’, next was ’Thousand Pounds Fall’!
[Your ’Thousand Pounds Fall’ has been upgraded, Seventh Realm: Transcendent → Eighth Realm: Peak.]
[Your ’Gongzi Fuhu Fist’ has been upgraded, Seventh Realm: Transcendent → Eighth Realm: Peak.]
[Your ’Ten Forms Boxing’ has been upgraded, Seventh Realm: Transcendent → Eighth Realm: Peak.]
[Your ’Iron Wire Fist’ has been upgraded, Seventh Realm: Transcendent → Eighth Realm: Peak.]
[Your ’Tiger Crane Double Forms’ has been upgraded, Seventh Realm: Transcendent → Eighth Realm: Peak.]
[Your ’Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist’ has been upgraded, Sixth Realm Refining → Seventh Realm: Transcendent.]
[Your ’Five Forms Eight Techniques Fist’ has been upgraded, Sixth Realm Refining → Seventh Realm: Transcendent.]
Ten days of martial arts competition.
Martial arts competition for ten days.
During the martial arts competition, these days, under the attention of thousands, Yan Chuan sometimes guided Yu Jinpeng, Jin Yutang, Wei Quan, Che Qi, or unrelated martial artists, or during his own competitions, explaining, guiding, analyzing from himself and his opponents.
Mutual teaching and learning.
From hundreds of ordinary martial artists covering various styles in the audience, to all kinds of famous and unnamed experts inside the arena and under the ring, to top masters like Cheng Fengxiao, Luo Liang, the Seven Immortal Swords, Songhe Five Elders, and even Guangling Academy’s professors and Ten Elders.
From low-level to mid-level to high-level.
Yan Chuan continuously explaining, continuously receiving feedback from these thoughts.
One form of boxing after another.
However, the amount of feedback was overwhelming, and what could be digested on the spot was ultimately a minority. Yan Chuan had to ponder and digest every day when he returned to the Martial Arts Hall, but he still couldn’t keep up with the speed of absorption, nor with the feedback speed of ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, leading to accumulation.
Until today, Yan Chuan finally found time, focused, and digested.
Boxing breakthroughs like a dragon!
Couldn’t stop at all!
With successive breakthroughs in these boxing techniques, inspiration surged like a tide, and the progress of [Task Two] advanced continuously.
[Research Project Name: Huashan Mixed Elements Skill (Difficulty: Xin ★)]
[Completing the task can earn ’experience +5000’, ’Spiritual +5000’.]
"It’s really not easy!"
The research progress of ’Huashan Mixed Elements Skill’ was finally completed.
This is a ’Xin Level’ task, far more difficult than any martial arts Yan Chuan had researched before, of course, except for ’Yijinjing’. But during these ten days, he was not staying at the Martial Arts Hall, but going out to the martial arts competition arena, using ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ to draw inspiration from martial artists young and old, at a speed more than ten times faster than usual when in the Martial Arts Hall or Advanced Study Hall!
Yet even so, it still took ten days.
"Without an occasion like the martial arts competition, it would take at least three months, even longer, to gather enough inspiration."
Yan Chuan felt fortunate—
The martial arts competition came just in time.
The difficulty of ’Huashan Mixed Elements Skill’ was just right.
Everything was just so timely.
Including the timing of completing ’Huashan Mixed Elements Skill’ now, just so perfect!
In his study, Yan Chuan consumed inspiration to initiate enlightenment, clearing his thoughts—
"Goose head phoenix wings, hunchback, shoulder and elbow sinking."
"Two arms like holding a tree, two feet in the middle of yin and yang, raise wings for a large spread, constantly cultivate one yang qi, fill it up to the life point!"
Yan Chuan worked diligently on writing, completing three volumes of manuals in one go, countless mysteries, vividly captured in words.
Marvelous marvelous marvelous!
The Mixed Element Skill, truly marvelous!
This ’Mixed Element Cultivation Technique’ encompasses many key points such as ’breathing’, ’striking skill’, ’nourishment’, ’loosen and tighten’, ’mind’, all derived from knowledge Yan Chuan had either encountered, witnessed, learned, or comprehended, and compiled into three volumes of ’Mixed Element Skill’ with the continuous sorting of inspiration accumulated through ’Derivation Skill’.
"Upper volume, Breathing Technique."
"Middle volume, Bone Shrinking Technique."
"Lower volume, Yin Yang Skill."
"With Mixed Element Skill, from outside to inside, I can transform my entire ’Cheng Family Boxing’ cultivated ’Inner Strength’ into ’Mixed Element Power’, ’Mixed Element Inner Power’ that combines both internal and external cultivation!"
"Still have three days!"
"Enough time for me to fully transform!"
Yan Chuan was overjoyed, starting today, his ’Inner Strength’ cultivation was finally methodical, systematically structured.
From this point on, Yan Chuan’s foundation was finally forged!
Yan Chuan stayed behind closed doors.
Except for normal martial arts practice and lectures every day, all other times, he was in intense cultivation.
Yan Chuan never avoided people’s eyes when practicing boxing.
Shao Yancong stayed at the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall for the past few days and saw Yan Chuan practicing boxing every day. Besides teaching apprentices ’Cheng Family Boxing’, Yan Chuan was also practicing ’Fu Fist’, ’Six Harmonies Fist’, ’Great Success Boxing’, ’Six Sand Palm’, ’Taixu Fist’, ’Coiling Silk Fist’, ’Tai Xing Yi Boxing’, ’Witch Fist’, ’Five Ancestors Crane Sun Fist’, ’Character Gate Fist’, ’Drunken Immortal Fist’, ’Floral Fist’, ’Wind Fire Fist’, ’Wensheng Fist’, ’High Fist’, ’General’s Hammer’, ’Arhat Eighteen Hands’ and ’Yellow Dragon Fist’—these are the Eighteen Widespread Boxing Techniques of Guangling Academy!
Eighteen families of boxing!
Yan Chuan became proficient in all!
Beyond the Eighteen Families.
Also including the ’Eight Diagrams Dragon Palm’ from Immortal Mist Mountain, and the ’Crane Linked Fist’ from the Songhe Sect, Yan Chuan grasped their essence as well.
Numerous boxing techniques.
Yan Chuan kept contemplating, meticulously.
Shao Yancong watched from time to time, he saw: "It’s not just ’Cheng Family Boxing’; in all the boxing techniques, Yan Chuan is making progress. Every next look always finds him stronger than the last. His progress is unbelievably fast!"
Shao Yancong had marveled more than once, amazed at Yan Chuan’s talent.
In these recent three days.
Even more so beyond measure.
He was determined in mind: "Yan Chuan! Must persuade him! Must get him to join Taikang Academy!"
If Yan Chuan joins Taikang!
It would absolutely be Taikang’s fortune.
"Yan Chuan’s talent is indeed astonishing, in these days of the martial arts competition, rapid progress and martial arts sublimation."
"As a result, his confidence continually grows, his fighting spirit rises, ultimately, forty challenge letters, inviting battle with forty Guangling Academy elites."
"Yan Chuan wants to ascend to Grandmaster in one battle, completely unblocking the ’Grandmaster Path’, forging the strongest ’Grandmaster Realm’, unleashing invincible momentum, building an invincible state of mind, becoming the strongest Grandmaster of all!"
"He’s too impatient!"
"In this battle, even with his current strength, the odds of victory are still slim. And once he loses, the invincible mindset is broken, the invincible momentum is broken, the Grandmaster Path would be hindered—"
"With one vigorous effort, it thrives; with second, it fades; with third, it exhausts."
"The Grandmaster Path becomes hard to traverse again."
"Yan Chuan might be reduced to obscurity among the common people."
Ren Qiushan’s face showed concern.
Two days ago, the news of Yan Chuan challenging forty Guangling Academy elites had spread throughout Guangling City, shocking the entire city, with Ren Qiushan and Shao Yancong being no exceptions.
Yan Chuan had a promising future, yet chose to take such a reckless action.
Once this move was made, the atmosphere was set, and there was no way to persuade, no way to retreat.
"Too many young talents, due to a single reckless thought, ultimately see their Grandmaster dream shattered, reduced to mediocrity."
"Yan Chuan, going through the martial arts competition, ’Shadowless Kick’ dominating a school, that day almost killed Ten Elders Wu Qi, his intentions skyrocketed to the peak, he must advance!"
Shao Yancong understood Yan Chuan.
Yan Chuan was pressured by Wu Qi, and the Grandmaster Path, the more fought, the stronger.
After Wu Qi, who was stronger?
At least, in Guangling City, couldn’t find!
Yan Chuan had to use quantity to replace quality.
He held his momentum there, no advance means a retreat.
What seemed like Yan Chuan’s arrogance was, in fact, a helpless action.
"Just hope he can defy the odds, gather chestnuts from the fire!"
Shao Yancong sighed, holding little hope.
Ren Qiushan also sighed, watching Yan Chuan practicing ’Character Gate Fist’ in the distance, eyebrows furrowed, puzzled: "At such a time, instead of wholeheartedly cultivating ’Cheng Family Boxing’, why is he wasting effort on other boxing techniques?"
Looking, it didn’t seem so!
Ren Qiushan couldn’t understand.
Shao Yancong kept watching, after three days, he still didn’t understand: "Yan Chuan’s boxing has reached the peak, maybe, he has his own considerations."
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Wait for tomorrow to see!