While Su Fan and Liu Ye were nestled together in tenderness.
Citizens Village, Tai Chi Martial Arts School.
"Dad, something terrible has happened."
Chen Tai was teaching several disciples in the courtyard to practice boxing when his daughter Chen Ruoshui burst in, flustered.
"Making a fuss over nothing, with none of the demureness expected of a young lady; how will you ever get married acting ?"
Chen Tai chided Chen Ruoshui, but his eyes were gentle and kind, and there was no real reprimand in his tone.
"Dad, I'm not making a fuss—it really is a serious matter."
Chen Ruoshui explained urgently.
"Over a hundred members of the Blood Wolf Gang have been severely injured, and the third hall master, Zhao Wei, has even had one of his legs broken, resulting in a lifelong disability."
Upon hearing this, Chen Tai was also shocked.
"Who did this, the Baihua Society, or the Great Knife Association?"
"In Yang City, these two are the only ones with such strength."
Chen Tai pondered aloud.
The words that followed from Chen Ruoshui nearly caused Chen Tai to lose his footing.
"It wasn't Baihua Society, nor the Great Knife Association. It wasn't done by any faction, but by a single master, alone, one man's doing."
Chen Tai repeatedly shook his hands in disbelief.
"That's impossible. Although the men of the Blood Wolf Gang aren't martial arts masters, they are all thugs, ruthless and more formidable than average people. Even I could, at most, handle three or four dozen of them. To fight a hundred by oneself, that's simply inconceivable."
"Unless, of course, it's done by a top-tier internal martial arts master, but there's no such powerful figure in Yang City."
"Dad, why won't you believe it? Look, that person used our Chen family Tai Chi techniques."
Chen Ruoshui handed her cellphone to Chen Tai.
It was the video from that day, Su Fan single-handedly defeating a hundred members of the Blood Wolf Gang in the rain.
However, due to the heavy rain and dense mist, Su Fan's face was not clear, and only a rough outline of his figure could be seen.
But the moves he executed were all too clear.
"It actually, actually is our Chen family Tai Chi's twelve foundational techniques."
Chen Tai's face showed shock and disbelief.
Beside him, Chen Ruoshui sighed and said,
"This person's moves are proficient, with a perfect combination of yin and yang, and a mastery of the real and the feigned. He has clearly mastered the essence of the twelve foundational techniques to the core, with each move reaching perfection. I've been practicing for so many years and haven't achieved half of what he's accomplished."
Chen Tai, snapping out of his shock, echoed her sentiment,
"Don't say you, even I am ashamed to compare. This person's achievement in Tai Chi far surpasses mine."
"It seems we're in for trouble."
Speaking, Chen Tai's expression grew more somber.
Feeling Chen Tai's mood become heavy, Chen Ruoshui asked, to which Chen Tai sighed and said,
"To cultivate Chen family Tai Chi foundational techniques to this extent, it could only be someone from the Chen family lineage. It seems that those people have come; after hiding for so many years, we've still been found."
"I don't think so necessarily."
Chen Ruoshui objected.
"If it were a high-ranking person from the Chen family, why would they only use the twelve foundational techniques when fighting against the villains, and not the core Tai Chi techniques of the Chen family?"
Chen Tai furrowed his brow; it was indeed a puzzling question.
"Perhaps the opponents were too weak, and they simply didn't need to use more powerful methods."
"Dad, maybe we should move?"
Chen Ruoshui suggested nervously,
but Chen Tai just waved his hand.
"Forget it, this matter is bound to be resolved eventually."
"Let's just wait for them to come to us."
As they were speaking, a group of people rushed into the place.