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The master who came to the door

  The master who came to the door

  After the beheading incident, Li Ruoruo was afraid that the gang would retaliate and did not allow Jiang Zihan to go back to school for training. Jiang Zihan repeatedly argued with her but could not persuade her. Later, Jiang Zihan compromised and said he would stop for two weeks, but the Giant bicycle at home had to be returned to Gu Wangshan as soon as possible. He didn't have Gu's contact information and could only return it in person.

  On Monday morning, Jiang Zhihan set out two hours later than his mother had instructed. Li Ruoruo said that there would be more people later and it would be safer. When he arrived at school, he didn't see Gu Wangshan but instead met the white-haired Yang Bo. Yang Bo told Jiang Zhihan that Gu Wangshan had come an hour ago and asked him to pass on a message saying that he would be going out for over a month and probably wouldn't return until the start of term. Jia Ante then asked Jiang Zhihan to take care of things in his place.

  "I heard you were heroic and chivalrous?" Yang Bo said with a smile.

  Jiang Zihan felt a bit embarrassed and said, "I still don't know how the kid who was beaten up the day before yesterday is doing?" The police officer said that maybe they would look for me, but there has been no news.

  Yang Bo said: "I've inquired about Gu Wangshan, he's been injured quite badly, but he's already out of danger." Jiang Zhihan heard this and felt a great sense of relief. He had taken a risk himself, and it seemed like there was some return after all.

  Yang Bo asked about the course of events, and Jiang Zhihan also considered him a friend who forgot his age, so he told him everything in detail.

  Yang Bo listened and smiled: "The kung fu of running away is still pretty good."

  Jiang Zhan laughed: "I'd love to take on those seven guys with sticks bare-handed and teach them a lesson, but unfortunately I don't know the art of disarming opponents. It would be great if I knew some pressure point techniques, then I could make each of them hold their position for 24 hours without moving. Yesterday when I was throwing stones, I was thinking it would be awesome to have Huang Laoxie's divine finger shooting technique."

  Yang Bo smiled and said, "I've been watching you for a month now. You're resilient and your character is not bad either." He paused for a moment, then said, "As it happens, I know some exercises that can strengthen the body. Do you want to learn?"

  Jiang Zihan was stunned: "You, you're not joking, are you?"

  Yang Bo glared at him: "What I practice is called Yang Family Fist, an ancestral skill. If you want to learn it to strengthen your body and improve your health, come find me here tomorrow morning at 5:30", threw Jiang Zihan an address, and floated away.

  Will there be any other martial arts masters around? How does Yang Bo look like one? Jiang Zihan shook his head, really couldn't think of a reason why Yang Bo would deceive him.

  In the evening, he went home and told his parents that he had changed to a new place for early exercise, and there were old people taking care of him. The next morning, Jiang Zihan arrived at the address on the paper as promised, but what he saw was a quadrangle courtyard. Before moving into the apartment building, Jiang Zihan's family had lived in a quadrangle courtyard for seven or eight years, but they shared the yard with several other families.

  Yang Bo was already standing in the courtyard, wearing a cyan-colored martial arts uniform. Jiang Zhihan sneaked a peek at his watch and found that he wasn't late, so he walked up to Yang Bo and bowed respectfully. The saying "clothes make the man" is really true, Jiang Zhihan thought to himself, as Yang Bo's martial arts uniform made him look like a master of martial arts rather than an ordinary person.

  Jiang Zihan said respectfully: "Mr. Yang, may I ask you a few questions?"

  "Ask."

  "How many years have you been practicing?"

  "Fifty-Nine Years."

  Jiang Zhan was shocked: "Fifty-nine years? How old are you?"

  Yang Bo said: "This year is sixty-six."

  Jiang Zhan said: "Then shouldn't I be addressing you as 'Yang Grandfather' instead? But, you look like you're only around 50 years old."

  Yang Bo said: "Some people call me Old Master Yang, you can also follow suit and call me that."

  Jiang Zhan asked: "Can you do lightness skills?"

  Mr. Yang said: "Jumping and dodging are a must for martial arts practitioners."

  "Can you jump higher than Zhu Jianhua?"

  "Cannot."

  Jiang Zihan felt slightly disappointed. "Will I enter Baizhan with empty hands?"

  "Okay."

  "Can you dodge bullets?"

  "No."

  "Is it an indestructible skill?"

  "I won't."

  Old Master Yang's face sank as he said: "You young fellow usually look steady, but sometimes you're also quite mischievous. You've read too many martial arts novels, have you become infatuated?"

  Jiang Zhan shivered with fear: "Where, I'm just a little curious, used to dream of meeting a martial arts master. Old man, one last question, do I need to kowtow and become your apprentice?"

  "No need. Our Yang family's rules have changed over the years. Apart from passing on our skills to inner disciples and inheriting the school, we also want to spread the ideas and skills of Yang family boxing to the outside world. However, most of what is spread outside is only superficial and short-term group classes, which will have limited effect. I'm teaching you alone because I think you're a good person and a promising student. I hope you can strengthen your body and protect yourself better if you encounter something like what happened the other day again. It would be even better if you could make some contributions to society in the future. But if one day you use my Yang family boxing skills to show off or do evil, I will also have the obligation to come forward and punish you. Do you understand?"

  "Hmm, am I really a talented material? Have you pinched my clavicle? The foundation is good?" Jiang Zihan asked curiously.

  Yang Lao Ye Zi cried and laughed: "My door rules are very simple. The first one is that when the master speaks, no one is allowed to interrupt."

  He then instructed: "Come over here and I'll teach you a simple set of breathing exercises. Go over there and squat in a horse stance for half an hour."

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  He assumed the most standard posture, but Jiang Zihan couldn't hold on for 3 minutes. Yang Bo, now called Master or Old Man Yang, did not scold him. He called Jiang Zihan to his side and explained the key points of breathing and exhaling in detail again. "Yang's fist is known as an internal family fist, so the foundation of breathing and exhaling is especially important," he said. "Don't underestimate this simple breathing and exhaling mantra at the entrance. You must understand it thoroughly before you have a chance to enter. Otherwise, everything is off the table." The old man also said, "You don't have to rush here every day, find a place for yourself, preferably with fresh air, where you can practice. When you can hold a standard horse stance for half an hour and adjust your breathing rhythm, come find me, and we'll start the next step."

  Jiang Zihan nodded in agreement and respectfully said, "Master, may I ask two questions?"

  The old man thought of his irrelevant questions and couldn't help but laugh. "Just call me Old Master, you can ask, just don't ask something irrelevant."

  Jiang Zhan asked, "I have a question. I'm starting to practice Yang-style boxing at my age, is it too late? It's said that this thing should be practiced early."

  The old man nodded and said, "This question is somewhat reasonable. Let me put it this way, if you start learning Yang-style boxing at your age, it's not feasible to inherit the traditional skills. Although people have different talents and physical conditions, starting too late will make many things twice as difficult. For example, most people's daily posture, sitting, standing, sleeping, and walking are all incorrect and unstandardized, which is a big obstacle for those who practice boxing. If you start correcting these habits when you're young, it's easier to change them. Another example is the breathing and energy adjustment we talk about, although it's not like what's written in books that accumulate power year after year. The longer you practice, the greater the regulatory effect on your body will be. Starting from a young age and practicing regularly will have an accumulative effect. Moreover, at that time, your physical condition is not yet formed, like a blank sheet of paper, so if you start with good habits, you'll lay a solid foundation. However, I can only teach you some basic things, and how far you progress depends on your talent and improvement. At the very least, it will slightly improve your skeletal structure, increase your body's reaction ability and speed, which is absolutely beneficial. As for Yang-style boxing's actual combat skills, to be honest, it's difficult. If you want to directly use Yang-style boxing to defeat an opponent, you need a lot of practice. My master said that if you haven't practiced boxing for at least 10 years, thinking about going into battle is absolutely not the right way. Yang-style boxing emphasizes adjusting one's own body's yin and yang, stimulating the potential within, being soft yet strong, and turning steel into silk. Yang-style boxing is not just slow; it's more about borrowing power to strike, feeling the flow of energy, and following the trend. Western modern combat techniques, such as commercialized boxing, emphasize direct physical harm and short-term endurance against physical injury. From its roots, it's walking on a completely wrong path. Look at that so-called greatest boxer in history, who was like a bee sting and moved like a butterfly, but ended up with Parkinson's disease after repeated brain injuries. Why? Because Western combat techniques emphasize directly numbing the nerves, enduring physical blows, and increasing instant resistance to impact. Yang-style boxing emphasizes "he strong, I strong, clear wind sweeps the mountain peak," which is about how you can avoid, dissolve, guide, and even utilize external forces under strong pressure. What I'm telling you now is just empty talk on paper; slowly, if you can progress to a certain level, you'll truly understand. Remember that some things need to be comprehended, and the master cannot explain them all. There are also things that can be explained but are difficult to put into practice. If your comprehension ability is good, I will teach you some grappling and combat techniques. Those things are more practical and relatively easier to learn quickly."

  "Alright," the old man concluded: "You can't swallow a fat man in one mouthful. We'll stop here for today. Future development depends on your determination, wit, and hard work."

  For Jiang Zhihan, who had been fascinated by martial arts since he was a child, this day was undoubtedly a surreal and dreamy day. Although he didn't know how far he could cultivate himself, suddenly he had a master, a set of entry-level practice incantations, and a beautiful goal. Yesterday when the old man told him, he still thought it was a kind joke, although the old man didn't look like someone who would joke around. This morning, he came with some curiosity and doubt, but seeing the old man wearing his exercise clothes in the courtyard, standing in that pose, his heart couldn't help but jump heavily, just like a child suddenly discovering that the beautiful fairy tale world actually existed, although not as magical as imagined, yet tangible. Such joy was truly indescribable.

  With a somewhat unreal feeling, Jiang Zhihan left Lao Ye's residence, still filled with joy, some uncertain tension and excitement about the future, and a eager to try heart. The book says that life is just a series of chain reactions, one domino pushes, and behind it comes a long string of sounds.

  It all started with a dream to change my life for the better by going back to school. I met two friends, got into a fight and then found a mentor. This summer, a butterfly flapped its wings, creating a small ripple in the air, bringing about some subtle changes, but Jiang Zhan's life was greatly altered.

  Jiang Zihan told himself that these seemed to be small matters one by one, but he must seize the opportunity. He remembered his mother's classmate's teachings, seizing every opportunity you can see.

  On the way home, Jiang Zihan couldn't help but secretly laugh to himself, thinking: The great hero Jiang Zihan is in training, today is January 1st of year 0.

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