"Countless variations of the Four Ways Boxing, use Liao Yin kick first."
"Heroine Zhong’s ’Liao Yin kick’ still lacks control, the timing of the leg technique is good, but the strength—"
As he ’explained,’ Zhong Hui passively listened to the lecture, but also provided feedback and comprehension to Yan Chuan.
The duel of the two boxing styles, Yan Chuan had his own thoughts, and so did Zhong Hui.
Two heads are better than one.
Their combined thinking gave Yan Chuan a deeper understanding of boxing techniques.
"’Fu Family Boxing’ is fundamentally a form of Boxing that uses the characteristics of five animal images: Dragon, Tiger, Snake, Crane, and Monkey."
"With free elevation, hidden or manifest, winding and coiling, infinite changes, this is ’Dragon Form.’
"Brave and good at pouncing, crouching and leaping, eyes like lightning, intimidating without movement, this is ’Tiger Form.’
"No feet, good at hopping, enter when you see an opening, folding and coiling, curving and stretching naturally, this is ’Snake Form.’
"In motion, there is stillness, interchange of motion and stillness, standing alone, enduring and stable, this is ’Crane Form.’
"Climbing and jumping, agile and light, alert and sensitive, this describes ’Monkey Form.’
Why is it said that if you master one boxing technique, you can master all?
The reason lies here.
In the ’Fu Family Boxing,’ there are characteristics and impressions of ’Tiger’ and ’Crane,’ while in ’Cheng Family Boxing,’ there are likewise ’Tiger Form Boxing’ and ’Crane Form Boxing,’ including Yan Chuan’s self-created ’Tiger Crane Double Forms.’
The ’Monkey Form’ resembles the ’Walker Fist’ in ’Five Ancestors Crane Sun Fist.’
Martial arts from various schools, through hundreds or thousands of years of development, have exchanged and borrowed techniques from each other, copying from one another before eventually merging, developing, and changing, ultimately leading to a hundred schools of thought, each with its unique features.
But in the end, no change leaves its roots.
As long as one’s boxing skill is high enough, you can effortlessly access various martial arts styles.
To put it more straightforwardly, like ’Cheng Family Boxing,’ it is a collective term and actually encompasses multiple boxing styles like ’Copper Bridge Iron Horse,’ ’Tiger Form Boxing,’ ’Crane Form Boxing,’ ’Gongzi Fuhu Fist,’ ’Ten Forms Boxing,’ and ’Iron Wire Fist.’
These boxing styles have the same origin and are closely related, allowing for step-by-step improvement.
If someone can achieve Divine Transformation, innovate, and turn the obsolete into the extraordinary, it’s possible to fuse ’Cheng Family Boxing,’ ’Fu Family Boxing,’ ’Six Harmonies Fist,’ ’Great Success Boxing,’ ’Five Ancestors Crane Sun Fist,’ and other styles into one.
The difficulty is too high, making it even more challenging for average people to learn.
As Yan Chuan was boxing, his thoughts scattered, but his ’Tiger Crane Double Forms’ were Divine, already surpassing his match with Lu Qing back then.
Facing Zhong Hui, it was truly easy.
Use strength against strength.
Even with Zhong Hui’s best temperament, being beaten and ’humiliated’ by Yan Chuan , it ignited her anger—
Pointing and Nudging!
Zhong Hui raged inwardly, her Qi-Blood surged, switched her leg technique from entwining to attacking, holding back no longer, she launched a kick—
Strength pierced through the air!
Yan Chuan’s boxing was Divine, and before Zhong Hui’s outburst, he had already foreseen the need to counter. As her kick came—
"Crane Strength Tiger Tail Kick—"
The ’Tiger Tail Kick’ is a famous move in ’Tiger Form Boxing,’ named for its resemblance to a tiger extending its tail when executed.
But in ’Tiger Crane Double Forms,’ it blends the whip power of ’Crane Form Boxing.’
One kick delivered, with the surprise of ’Tiger Tail Kick,’ and the swiftness of ’whip power,’ it was faster with lethal force.
The two exchanged kicks, hard against hard, Zhong Hui’s Qi-Blood fully erupted, terrifyingly intense. Yan Chuan quickly realized his own Qi-Blood was inferior to Zhong Hui, relying on a ’Kui Star Kick,’ skillful and relying on techniques.
Zhong Hui flew backward, flipped four or five times, barely stabilizing herself, her Qi-Blood turbulent.
Yan Chuan retreated three steps, stabilizing with Two-character Clamping Sheep Horse, his expression unchanged.
This bout, Yan Chuan won decisively!
Yan Chuan and Zhong Hui, both faces were filled with shock.
Yan Chuan was surprised; he heard from Chen Ze that Zhong Hui had narrowly lost to Lu Qing recently, so at most her strength was similar or slightly higher than Lu Qing, theoretically still subject to Yan Chuan’s dominance.
Yet in the confrontation, Yan Chuan indeed pressed Zhong Hui down, but in the final attack, Zhong Hui no longer held back her Qi-Blood, fully erupting, the threat suddenly escalated. If not for Yan Chuan’s Divine mastery from ’Copper Bridge Iron Horse’ and ’Tiger Crane Double Forms,’ under Zhong Hui’s Qi-Blood suppression, he might not have been able to withstand it.
This Qi-Blood intensity, at least above thirty!
"This is her real strength!"
"Far superior to mine!"
With Zhong Hui’s strength, even if her mastery of boxing was slightly weaker, her physical quality alone compensated greatly.
How could with such strength, she have lost to Lu Qing over a month ago?
Zhong Hui was also shocked: "In this month, I’ve made rapid progress, not only achieving Great Success in Fu Fist, but my Qi-Blood and muscle/bone also skyrocketed. Yet, Yan Chuan, a month ago, was just one step ahead of Lu Qing. A month later, he could easily suppress me?"
This month of arduous trials and life-and-death experiences greatly boosted Zhong Hui’s confidence.
Returning to the Academy.
She actually came with a ’playing through the mortal world’ attitude, never really considering the old-school martial artists outside the academy, especially the young ones in their twenties, as serious opponents.
But the result of this battle, beyond imagination, was incredible!
"Master Yan’s ’Cheng Family Boxing’ is indeed formidable."
Zhong Hui, proud yet acknowledging her defeat in boxing and kicking to Yan Chuan, remained unconvinced: "No matter how good in boxing and kicking, it still fears weaponry. I wonder how Master Yan fares with weapons skills."
She wrapped her foot around and picked up the sword—
The sword was unsheathed!
A sharp sword indeed!
This month, her greatest progress wasn’t in boxing or Fu Fist but in Swordsmanship!
"I’m not skilled in Swordsmanship."
"I’ll use a spear then."
Yan Chuan, undaunted, grabbed a Red Tassel Spear and flicked it, resuming the duel.
"First Way Hidden Sword, Coiling Cloud Sword."
"Second Way Hidden Sword, Two Dragon Sword."
"Third Way Hidden Sword, Three Talents Sword."
"Fourth Way Hidden Sword, Chuanlin Sword."
When Che Zheng arrived at the Advanced Study Hall with Yuan Zhi and Yang Bing, they saw a woman fiercely battling Yan Chuan with a sword. Che Zheng’s discerning eyes quickly recognized the origin of the woman’s sword technique, clearly from ’Fu Family Boxing’ swordsmanship.
These Four Ways of swordsmanship each had a unique charm, particularly the ’Four Ways Through the Forest Sword,’ which was most impressive.
Yuan Zhi, having watched, exclaimed: "The mastery of this ’Chuanlin Sword’ could make even the lecturers and teachers at Guangling Academy hard-pressed to surely win. This Zhong Hui, the ’Chuanlin Swordsman,’ certainly lives up to her name!"