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Chapter 125 - 112: Tai Chi Divine Fist Master Li

Chapter 125: Chapter 112: Tai Chi Divine Fist Master Li

Wu Li planned to visit a man named Li Lei, a famous Tai Chi Master from Su Province.

In the information provided by the production team to Wu Li, it showed that Li Lei was once the vice-president of the sixth session of the Su Province Martial Arts Association and had trained many martial arts routine champions.

After stepping down as vice-president of the Martial Arts Association, Li Lei opened his own Martial Arts Hall to teach others his self-created Divine Intent Tai Chi Fist.

Initially, his students came through personal referrals and his Martial Arts Hall wasn’t that famous, but everything changed when one night, an apprentice using Divine Intent Tai Chi Fist easily inflicted serious injury on a mugger with a simple punch. Only then did Li Lei’s hall gain widespread attention.

This incident made local news and, as the master of the apprentice, Li Lei came out to give an interview and said that his self-created Divine Intent Tai Chi emphasizes Inner Cultivation. Normally they cultivate the mind rather than body, but in critical moments, it can stimulate the body’s potential and unleash tremendous power instantly!

With that student’s example of causing severe injury with a casual punch, Li Lei’s theory seemed to be well substantiated, so more and more local people started signing up. After a few waves of publicity and hype, the legend of Divine Intent Tai Chi became even more divine: things like developing Spiritual Power, hidden potentials within the body, and achieving in an instant what would take ten years of Cultivation...

Not just empty words, there were also some demonstration videos, such as lightly pressing a palm down and splitting a brick in two; or using Tai Chi’s ’Hua Jin’, to push an oncoming person against the wall...

To those outsiders who don’t understand Martial Arts, these feats were already quite impressive. Further fueled by media promotion and with more and more students coming forward to advocate for the effectiveness of Divine Intent Tai Chi, Li Lei, the Master, became known as ’Tai Chi Divine Fist’ in Su Province!

Upon reading through the information, Wu Li could tell it was fake. Spiritual Power, cultivating the mind over body, unleashing human potential, he found it sickening.

If Li Lei were preaching merely about Tai Chi for wellness, Wu Li would have ignored him, considering him just another health product salesman and letting it be.

However, the trend of his boasting seemed to be inflating. A couple of years ago, he was only promoting Divine Intent Tai Chi’s focus on mind cultivation, but now, he was claiming that Spiritual Power is boundless, that if properly harnessed, even the world’s Boxing Champion would not withstand a single punch!

This trend made Wu Li unable to bear it any longer. Rather than waiting one day for a practitioner of modern combat sports to expose him and gain fame by stepping on Traditional Martial Arts, providing fodder for mockery by critics of Traditional Martial Arts, it was better to expose him himself, as a member of the Traditional Martial Arts community, and enlighten the public on what true Traditional Martial Arts are, to prevent others from being deceived.

On April 12th, with everything prepared, Wu Li and the production team arrived in Sudong City, Su Province.

"Okay, we start now," the director said to Wu Li.

Wu Li nodded. A cameraman in front of him gestured that they were rolling.

At the same time, the live broadcast room on Mo Yin showed Wu Li’s stream.

Thanks to a week of prior advertising from Mo Yin, in which a great deal of ads had been placed, and daily promotions for this variety show by Wu Li, the number of viewers in the live room rapidly increased as soon as Wu Li began his stream.

Today was Sunday, 10 a.m., a time when many were watching the live broadcast.

"Hello everyone, welcome to ’Seeking Martial Arts’. Our purpose is to promote Traditional Martial Arts and to discover folk experts. Right now, I am in Sudong City, Su Province," Wu Li spoke into the camera.

Besides the cameraman, there were the director and five staff members. The director was looking at Wu Li’s live stream on his phone, choosing appropriate questions and comments from the chat to tell Wu Li, so that Wu Li could interact with the viewers in real time.

"The audience is asking why you’ve come to Sudong City," the director said to Wu Li; of course, his voice also broadcasted in the stream.

Wu Li nodded, "I’ve come to Sudong City because there’s a Master Li here, known as Tai Chi Divine Fist. I want to meet with him and see for myself what his divine methods are all about."

"Ha ha, Tai Chi Divine Fist?"

"I know! I’m in Sudong City!"

"Just hearing the name, I can tell he’s a fraud. How can there still be so many fake masters these days?"

"It might not be fake, why would Wu Li go specially to visit him?"

"Just now, the one who said he’s from Sudong City, tell us about this Tai Chi Divine Fist."

...

The comment section was buzzing with activity; by now, the live stream had attracted over ten thousand viewers and the numbers were still climbing rapidly. Clearly, the early advertising efforts were a success, and netizens were very interested in Wu’s variety show. Everyone wanted to know, besides Wu, were there any other hidden masters among the public?

Wu gave a brief introduction to Master Li’s life story and promotional slogans in front of the camera, which immediately set the live stream ablaze.

"Spiritual Power? Knocking out the Boxing Champion with one punch? That’s hilarious!"

"Is Wu here to expose a fraud this time?"

"Ha ha, why am I suddenly so looking forward to seeing Wu blow up that master on screen?"

"I bet the other guy knows who Wu is, he surely won’t dare to spar with him."

...

The director watched the swiftly flickering comments, struggling to keep up. He glanced at the number of people in the live stream room, which had now surpassed fifty thousand. He nodded at Wu, signaling that he could move on to the next step, and then he posted a title in the live stream chat: Seeking Martial Arts, Episode One, Visiting the Divine Intent Tai Chi Divine Fist in Su Province.

Wu said to the camera, "Whether this Tai Chi Divine Fist is real or fake, we’ll know after a try. We’re about to head to his Martial Arts Hall to pay a visit."

"Wow, is this variety show going to challenge others live? Awesome!"

"I suddenly feel like this show will really push the boundaries..."

"This first episode is so lit, love it!"

So, Wu did a sponsor’s commercial and then started heading to Li’s Divine Intent Tai Chi Martial Arts Hall in the vehicle prepared by the production team.

On the car ride, Wu was also interacting with the audience on his phone. By the time they reached their destination, the number of viewers in the live stream had reached one hundred thousand.

The Martial Arts Hall was located in the CBD of the city center, on the second floor. As Wu went upstairs, he saw the four gold-embossed characters, "Divine Intent Tai Chi," at a glance.

Walking into the entrance of the Martial Arts Hall, the two receptionists at the front desk were momentarily taken aback by the cameras following Wu, and then they politely asked, "May I ask who you are?"

Wu replied with a smile, "Hello, I’m looking for Master Li Lei."

One of the receptionists frowned slightly upon hearing Wu calling Li Lei "Master," because everyone who came looking for him would respectfully call him Master Li.

"I’m sorry, but meeting Master Li requires an appointment," said the receptionist.

Wu said, "Well then, could you please inform him that someone has come to challenge him to a martial arts duel?"

Just as the receptionist mentally scoffed, preparing to dismiss Wu, he heard the next sentence and immediately fell silent.

"By the way, my name is Wu."

(Note: The characters and events in this book are fictional and are not specifically targeting anyone, but of course, they could be seen as targeting a certain type of person.)

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