With the successful development of the ’Five Forms Eight Techniques Fist’, Yan Chuan realized that he lacked knowledge and foundation, and there was another place to spend money—
"Books on martial arts theory."
"Various widely circulated techniques."
Yan Chuan needed to read books, needed to accumulate.
The Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall didn’t have many books, so he could only rely on his senior brothers to search outside and then purchase them.
One volume after another!
All required true gold and silver!
In this aspect, little by little, a volume and scroll didn’t seem much, hundreds or even dozens of coins could get a book of past experience. But Yan Chuan wanted not just one or ten, but the more the better.
In this way, the money spent was like it fell into a bottomless pit, never-ending, never enough. But to accumulate, Yan Chuan had to buy and read.
Just started the ’Advanced Study Hall’, slightly alleviating the ’cash flow’, and for a moment, fell into a lack of money again.
"Ways to make money—"
"The ’Advanced Study Hall’ is one, as the word spreads, the entire Guangling Academy is my source of students."
This was a plan Yan Chuan had for the transformation of Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall in these years. Previously worried that Master wouldn’t agree, he never brought it up.
First, Cheng Fengxiao was somewhat relaxed, consecutive setbacks, plus Yan Chuan’s success, made him more accepting of the new faction.
"I started the ’Advanced Study Hall’ not to help the new martial artists of Guangling Academy, but to absorb them and strengthen myself."
"My boxing progress is real and solid."
"As long as I talk with Master, he’s reasonable and won’t disagree."
Today is not like yesterday.
With the ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, Yan Chuan, when running the ’Advanced Study Hall’ and instructing those Guangling Academy disciples, could also grow more, not delaying his time, energy, martial arts, or boxing progress but promoting them.
Learn from others to control them?
In this way, Cheng Fengxiao would be too happy to object.
"With the court promoting martial arts, the entire Fifteen States of Great Yan see an increasing number of martial arts practitioners, masters emerging one after another, new and old schools mixed, resulting in many evil people, villains acting unlawfully, committing all kinds of evil like rape, plunder, murder, and arson."
"The court offers rewards."
"They also have money on themselves."
"If I can catch them one by one, making a fortune quickly is not difficult."
With Yan Chuan’s current strength, he was confident enough to handle most of the villains.
To be on the safe side—
"It’s best to wait until the ’Divine Movement Transformation’ is successfully developed!"
Yan Chuan was as steady as a rock, not in a hurry.
The first month after Master went on a long journey, thinking of him.
Yan Chuan was still at the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall as usual, teaching and resolving doubts.
"How to stand in the ’Horse Stance’?"
"Bend your knees into a half-squat, thighs slightly parallel, toes pointing inward, five toes gripping the ground, center of gravity falls in the middle of the two legs, knees outward and vertical to the toes."
"Head straight, neck upright, chest in, stomach in, anus lifted, waist standing, hips open, shoulders sinking, buttocks tucked!"
"Each key point should be remembered and done well, so the horse stance and pile skills will be effective."
"I see some people, lazy! It’s not physical laziness, but mental laziness, unwilling to think and ponder, just blindly working hard, body exhausted, outsiders might think you’re diligent, but it’s fake, can only fool outsiders and yourself!"
"Are you practicing martial arts for me?"
"It’s for yourselves!"
"’Horse Stance’ is the foundation, in a month, it should be practiced well. Look at others, also beginners for a month, their ’Horse Stance’ is already proficient, ready to further cultivate the ’Cheng Family’s Unique Skill’ or ’Twelve Bridge Hands’, some of you? How old, how much family background? Not anxious?"
"Where is it difficult? It’s been this difficulty for years, don’t talk nonsense with your eyes open, ’Cheng Family Boxing’ is very simple. Sometimes, find your own reasons, after so many days, has your mind improved, have you practiced seriously?"
At the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall, in the training field, Yan Chuan was dedicatedly teaching ’Horse Stance’.
The last ten days of last month, the first batch of twenty-one disciples who joined the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall had been enrolled for a month. Most of them couldn’t get into martial arts academies or foundation establishments, wanted to join a sect or martial arts hall but were too dull, basically in their early twenties, had already resigned themselves to their lack of talent, realizing their martial talent was insufficient.
But they were not willing to give up, they wanted to have a skill to rely on for a better livelihood.
Under the influence of the ’Cheng Family’s Unique Skill, Guaranteed to Learn, Small Success in Two Years, Great Success in Eight Years’ recruitment brochure that Yan Chuan had Wei Quan and others promote, they arrived at the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall, saw Yan Chuan’s ’Absolute Skill’, and reignited their passion.
They came for the ’Cheng Family’s Unique Skill’, such as ’Iron Arm Skill’ and ’Pai Da Skill’, which were rudimentary and powerful martial arts.
However, except for Yan Chuan, no one expected that in a month, under Yan Chuan’s instruction, these new disciples, each achieved rapid progress in ’Horse Stance’ as if they had taken medicine.
Wei Quan, Jin Yutang, and Yu Jinpeng were responsible for teaching these people’s horse stance movements and pile foundation, exhausting their tongues, it was extremely difficult; these people were too dull, both teaching and learning were tormenting.
But as long as Yan Chuan intervened, with a few words, personally guiding, those accumulated doubts and much confusion eased, like spring wind turning rain, quickly understood.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and among the twenty-one, fourteen had their ’Horse Stance’ acknowledged by Yan Chuan, considered to have ’Basic Insight’.
The progress was surprisingly fast!
Yan Chuan felt confident, many of those new disciples regained confidence, half changed their minds, no longer thinking of practicing rudimentary ’Absolute Skills’, but shifted to ’Cheng Family Boxing’—
As long as the senior brother was willing to teach, growth and success seemed faster.
Thus, seven switched to ’Cheng Family Boxing’.
Another seven, stubborn, not confident, or, to put it nicely, more pragmatic and steady, didn’t think they could achieve anything in the complex and profound ’Cheng Family Boxing’, still opted for ’Cheng Family’s Unique Skill’, just for a steady skill.
Yan Chuan let them be, fulfilled all their wishes.
These fourteen had begun practicing ’Twelve Bridge Hands’, or ’Iron Arm Skill’, really considered entry-level.
But there were still seven who hadn’t had enlightenment, along with a second and third batch of disciples who joined Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall through various channels this month, about twenty in number, still practicing ’Horse Stance’.
Yan Chuan spotted daily in teaching that even with ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, if a person’s mind wasn’t on it, or if they were unwilling to think or ponder, even a 50% improvement in understanding ability was useless.
Even a good teacher had to be blind.