Though he was nominally born into a wealthy family, in reality, he was the son of a maid, and from a young age, he was subjected to bullying and humiliation, thus he resolved to train in martial arts.
After the court promoted martial arts, Guangling Academy rose in prominence. Jin Yutang continued staying at the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall, but unlike Yu Jinpeng and Wei Quan, his reason was not unwavering loyalty, but because he grew up in lavish surroundings and understood the principle of ’Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.’
The Guangling Academy appeared to hold great promise, but for someone like him, without any background, how could it be any different from his situation at home, disregarded and humiliated?
Better not to risk it!
Better to stay firmly at the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall, perhaps gaining the recognition and focused training from Cheng Fengxiao, and maybe one day becoming a person like Cheng Fengxiao, having a skill to rely on for survival, and having the capability to take good care of his mother.
Hence, Jin Yutang stayed at the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall, not out of loyalty or righteousness, but purely from self-interest.
But that was at the beginning.
Eight or nine years ago, Cheng Fengxiao had many disciples, and he couldn’t even notice someone as mediocre as Jin Yutang.
However, since the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall declined, even though Cheng Fengxiao remained the same, Yan Chuan became increasingly attentive to him.
First, he was his senior brother.
Later, he became his master.
Jin Yutang felt a lot of gratitude and appreciation towards Yan Chuan.
At this moment, hearing how Yan Chuan was so focused and attentive towards him, especially tailoring his teaching to him, focusing on ’Baji Fist’, brought about a qualitative change, achieving great success in boxing skills. All the emotions Jin Yutang had accumulated over the years erupted, and if not for years of restraint, he nearly lost his composure on the spot.
In his heart, he felt grateful for his master’s nurturing.
Yan Chuan, unaware of Jin Yutang’s emotional stirrings, continued from the topic of Jin Yutang and Baji Fist, leading into the next part: "Jinpeng, you are different from Yutang. Your nature is gentler, thus more suited to my style of ’Tai Chi Boxing.’ This style emphasizes overcoming movement with stillness and seizing control after the fact."
Yan Chuan draped the ’White Horn Trumpet’ in front of his chest. His arms hung down, hands back outward, fingers slightly relaxed, feet parallel apart, then slowly raised both arms to chest level, left arm in a half-circle forming a yin palm, right palm turned over forming a yang palm, displaying the ’Tai Chi Boxing’ starting style.
Saying without doing is false practice.
Teaching ’Tai Chi Boxing’, Yan Chuan must demonstrate in person.
"Tai Chi Boxing, power starts from the heel, governed by the waist, expressed through the fingers, issued through the back."
"Its root is in the feet, issued through the legs, governed by the waist, shaped in the fingers; from feet to legs to waist, it must flow continuously."
"Practicing this boxing emphasizes relaxing every joint, releasing fully, continuity throughout the body, connected as one, with the waist as the governor, the hub of continuity, movement originating in the waist, one movement causes a hundred responses."
Yan Chuan started from the ’starting style’, demonstrating move by move slowly, narrating the names of the moves——
Lan Quewei, Single Whip, Hand Raise, White Crane Spreads Its Wings, Hug Knee Retreat Step, Side Body Hammer, Sweep Squeeze Force, Progressive Move Block Hammer...
Yu Jinpeng watched attentively, scrutinizing every detail.
Jin Yutang was also watching, as he watched, he mimicked along, move by move, diligently.
These are Yan Chuan’s two major disciples, placing full trust in him, unwavering and learning earnestly.
But to others, this scene seemed unusual——
"Is he deliberately slowing down the moves so the disciples can see them clearly?" Gong Yu was curious.
Feng Ru also found it strange, she frowned and said, "Teaching boxing , how long will it take for him to finish? Is he trying to drag out the time?"
They both looked at Wang Zhengyi.
Wang Zhengyi knew Yan Chuan wasn’t that kind of petty person, so he watched attentively. Seeing Yan Chuan when he taught the ’Wild Horse Splitting Mane’, he noticed as Yan Chuan’s left palm yang, right palm yin, his gaze focused on his left arm, hands slowly closing, appearing as weighty as a mountain, yet as light as a feather.
Wang Zhengyi suddenly understood——
"This is superior boxing technique, overcoming speed with slowness, overcoming movement with stillness!"
Looking further, he saw every move of Yan Chuan as wondrous, with profound workings, and Yan Chuan’s open and circular hand movements embodied the yin-yang transitions of Tai Chi, creating an unprecedented new realm in boxing.
Unlike ’Xingyi Boxing’!
Unlike ’Eight Diagram Palm’!
Originally thinking these three peak boxing techniques already encompassed the world’s boxing wonders, who would have imagined that Yan Chuan could create a completely unique and brand-new boxing style beyond and above them.
"Up and down, inside and outside, big and small, illusion and reality, open and closed, soft and hard, fast and slow!"
"All are ’yin and yang’!"
"Mutually benefited, gradually change, transform, complement."
"Yin and yang mutually benefit, yin and yang clearly distinguished, yin and yang unified, all changes remain within yin and yang."
Immersed in it, Wang Zhengyi felt intensely profound, temporarily unable to fully comprehend.
Yan Chuan practiced the boxing slowly.
Unknowingly, a set of boxing was completed.
When Wang Zhengyi came to himself.
Yan Chuan completed a round, and then Yu Jinpeng and Jin Yutang practiced through a round as well, and originally exhausted Jin Yutang seemed invigorated after completing the boxing set instead of fatigued.
Yu Jinpeng’s face appeared even more flushed, eyes bright.
No need to mention Yan Chuan himself, his hands forming a Tai Chi style circle, full of energy, as he explained to Yu Jinpeng: "’Tai Chi Boxing’ requires subduing movement with stillness, defeating hardness with softness, avoiding the real and striking the void, using force by borrowing force, advocating starting from the objective, adapting to others is fluid, self-reliance is stagnation. ’If he doesn’t move, I move first,’ ’strike later but arrive first,’ leading the opponent in, causing them to lose balance, or dissipating and transferring the opponent’s strength, exploiting the weakness to enter, launching a full counterattack."