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Chapter 404 - 371 Wu Li’s Mixed Element Xingyi Fist

Chapter 404: Chapter 371 Wu Li’s Mixed Element Xingyi Fist

October 21st, the day after the first round of the group matches had ended.

New York’s Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall, 6 o’clock in the morning, the staff of the Seeking Martial Arts program had already been waiting there.

The camera started the livestream, and at that time it was past 5 PM in Hua Country, yet there were not few people watching the livestream.

"Now it’s 6 AM over there in New York, USA, they’re starting training this early?"

"We haven’t seen anyone yet, it’s all empty."

"I wonder how Zhao Lixin’s injury is?"

...

A few minutes later, a figure appeared at the gate.

"There’s someone coming, let’s see who it is."

Chen Gang’s voice came through as the camera zoomed in, and the person at the gate appeared clearly on the screen.

"It’s Wu Li! It’s 6:10 AM New York Time, the Hua Country Team has their group training at 8 AM, but Wu Li has arrived early," said Chen Gang.

Having co-hosted the program with Wu Li for so long, he was familiar with Wu Li’s daily routine, knowing that every day at 6 AM, regardless of the weather, Wu Li would get up to practice boxing. That’s why he came early to the Martial Arts Hall to start the live broadcast.

"Wu Li," Chen Gang walked towards Wu Li with the cameraman.

Wu Li, somewhat surprised, nodded, "This early?"

Chen Gang smiled and said, "Yes, we were specifically waiting for you."

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is not pre-arranged, Wu Li gets up at 6 AM every day to practice boxing, come rain or shine, and has done so for over a decade," Chen Gang spoke to the camera.

Wu Li smiled and looked at the camera, "Right, it has become a habit for me."

From the day he started practicing boxing, Wu Li had consistently maintained two hours of practice in the morning and evening, even injuries had never caused a delay.

"Indeed, there’s a reason why people become strong."

"No wonder he’s so formidable."

"Anything you stick with for over a decade is bound to become extraordinary!"

"Who says so, I’ve been staying up late every day for a decade and I’m still so ordinary..."

...

After saying a few words to the camera, Wu Li started his boxing practice, starting with the Standing Three-body Position.

Buzz buzz buzz!

A series of deep sounds emanated from Wu Li’s body, as he was using the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound Bone Changing technique.

Having used up an A-grade Virtual Battle Card the evening before, Wu Li had made significant progress with the Bone Changing, and he was now practicing it with his real body.

From last night’s match, Wu Li had earned 8.23 million Fan Value, which he directly used to exchange for two S-grade Virtual Battle Cards (3 million yuan each). Then he finished the remaining 107 minutes of the S-grade Virtual Battle Card he already had, advancing the progress of his Ultimate Move from 68% to 70%.

After continuing the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound for half an hour, Wu Li stopped and stepped forward. His hands drilled up and then chopped down, repeating the Tiger Embrace movement repeatedly.

By this time, others had also begun trickling into the Martial Arts Hall: Li San, Zhao Lixin, Xu Chuan, Wang Ruojun...

Influenced by Wu Li, Xu Chuan, Wang Ruojun, and others had developed the habit of early morning training, while Li San and Zhao Lixin were purely out of personal habit.

They greeted each other, and Li San, noticing Wu Li practicing Tiger Embrace, stood by to watch.

In Li San’s eyes, Wu Li’s Tiger Embrace contained many hidden variations. The stepping incorporated Tiger Form but also concealed Horse Form; the initial movement used Double Snake Form, and with the spine’s power, it could turn into the Killing Move of Python to Dragon, but midway, it could also switch to the movement technique of Snake Grass, changing a forward rush into a side dodge, instantly shifting from a frontal assault to a side attack.

The final chop down with Tiger Form Splitting Fist could smoothly transition into Eagle Form Capture or alternatively into Cannon Fist, Beng Fist...

The simple Tiger Embrace, when executed by Wu Li, seemed to contain countless techniques within.

Feeling Li San’s gaze, Wu Li suddenly changed his style of execution.

The overall movement was still Tiger Embrace, but the details had changed, and this modification made Li San feel completely different:

When Wu Li started, his fists were clenched tight at his sides, at the position of the kidneys. Drilling Fist was associated with water, which corresponded to the kidneys.

After that, his fists drilled upward past the liver. The liver is associated with wood, and Beng Fist also pertains to wood; as the Drilling Fist turned into Beng Fist, Wu Li naturally stepped forward, embodying the generative cycle of water feeding wood!

His fists passed by the heart, which is related to fire, and Cannon Fist is also of fire; once Wu Li completed his step, his fists burst upwards from the heart, with Beng Fist turning into Cannon Fist, this was the generative cycle of wood feeding fire!

With the upward thrust of Cannon Fist, Wu Li’s arms lifted to evolve into the power of the Cross Fist, which is of earth. The transition from Cannon Fist to Cross Fist represented fire nurturing earth!

After lifting his arms, he chopped down forcefully, and at the same time, Wu Li’s breathing also changed, with his lungs expanding. The lungs correspond to metal, and Splitting Fist also belongs to metal; the Cross Fist becoming Splitting Fist was the cycle of earth nourishing metal!

Splitting Fist completed, Wu Li’s arms retracted as his body squatted down again, fists placed at his sides, transitioning from Splitting Fist back to Drilling Fist. This was the transformation of metal generating water!

The whole set of movements encompassed Drilling, Beng, Cannon, Cross, and Splitting Fist Powers, subtly interlinking them with the generative principle of the Five Elements, giving the impression that Wu Li’s practice of the art was as natural and continual as the processes of heaven and earth.

After repeating the sequence several times, Wu Li stopped and looked towards Li San, "How does it feel?"

Li San pondered for a moment, carefully recalling the details of Wu Li’s form, then finally spoke, "Did you create this?"

Wu Li nodded, "I learned a set of health-preserving fists from Sun Yiquan before. While recovering from an injury, I kept practicing and had some insights, leading me to develop this sequence on my own. This is a training method specifically for nurturing the body, but it’s not yet perfect. What do you think?"

Li San looked at Wu Li with some admiration, "Are you trying to use the movement of the Five Elements Fist Power to stimulate the internal organs and regulate the body?"

Wu Li: "Exactly. For example, when using Drilling Fist, the mind should be calm, like flowing water, while simultaneously engaging the kidneys to nourish the body; when using Splitting Fist, the breath needs to change, with the expansion of the lungs clearing the respiratory system... This training method draws a lot from the principles of Eight Pieces of Brocade health exercises, and I still haven’t perfected it."

Li San: "It’s already very impressive, and I believe you won’t take long to perfect it. Also, you mentioned this is a training method—does that mean there is also a combat application?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Li smiled, "Of course there’s a combat application, though it’s also not perfect yet. You’ll have the chance to see it later."

Li San: "I’ll be looking forward to it."

Suddenly remembering something, he laughed, "If you totally perfect this training and combat method, forming a complete system, then you’re equivalent to starting your own school. It would be as if you’ve created a new kind of Xingyi Fist. Have you thought about what name you’d give it?"

Wu Li was taken aback, then joked, "The cycle of the Five Elements is Mixed Element, so why not call it ’Wu’s Mixed Element Xingyi Fist’?"

"Ha?" Li San looked bemused.

The name Mixed Element had already become overly common. Although the concept was right, if Wu Li truly named it Mixed Element, it might give off an unreliable impression.

As they joked, the rest of the Hua Country Team had gradually arrived at the Martial Arts Hall; everyone was present.

After everyone warmed up, Wu Li gathered them into a room to analyze the previous matches.

Analyzing and summarizing after each match is a fundamental quality of a professional athlete; currently, Li Tongyun was assisting the Hua Country Team in reviewing the competition.

The group sat down with a large screen at the front displaying projected videos, while Li Tongyun stood beside it, playing the match videos and explaining.

"Yan Xiaonan, look here, your evasive movement is too wide. If you could reduce the angle a bit while getting into position, you could launch a counterattack faster..."

"Here, when throwing punches from the superior position, the posture is all wrong. Without the correct form, neither power nor speed comes through. You need to practice this more..."

"When defending against a low sweep, you habitually shift your weight back first. That’s not good; you can easily be faked out. It needs to change..."

Li Tongyun first analyzed Yan Xiaonan’s fight, pointing out the areas she felt needed attention, while Yan Xiaonan listened intently, jotting notes in a notebook.

After Yan Xiaonan, Li Tongyun moved on to Wang Kehan.

"Wang Kehan."

Li Tongyun called out this name with the same calm tone, while the others shifted their gaze, flickering with curiosity. They all knew that Wang Kehan hadn’t followed Li Tongyun’s strategy in the last match, and now in the post-match analysis, they wondered what Coach Li would say.

"First look here, this side kick is technically correct, and the force is well-applied, but the timing is off by half a second."

Wang Kehan pursed her lips, reviewing the video segment repeatedly, saying nothing.

Li Tongyun continued, "Also here, you rushed into a counter after blocking the kick. It was too hasty as your balance wasn’t set, which makes your strike less threatening and more prone to being exploited by your opponent."

"The same issue here, too hasty. Attacking should be about seizing the right opportunity, but you’re attacking just for the sake of it, without clear intent."

"And here..."

Li Tongyun pointed out over a dozen errors consecutively, twice as many as Yan Xiaonan had made!

Wang Kehan’s expression grew increasingly grim, a fire blazing in her eyes.

As if completely oblivious to Wang Kehan’s facial expressions, Li Tongyun kept talking, "From this point until the end of the match, there were even more mistakes, fundamentally riddled with errors. I won’t go through them all, as this portion was not so much about technique as it was about tactics. Choosing the wrong tactics led to increased errors."

"And what tactics do you think should have been used?"

A voice rang out, it was Wang Kehan, standing up to speak. With her lips pursed and anger flaring in her eyes, her tone was cold.

Li Tongyun looked at her, voice still calm, "You haven’t competed formally in three years. Although your physical fitness has recovered well, your competitive state needs to be gradually restored through actual matches, so for now, it’s not appropriate to adopt tactics that require a high competitive state."

"My state isn’t up to it?" Wang Kehan sneered sarcastically, "I think it’s your tactics that are inadequate!"

The room stirred at this outspoken challenge from Wang Kehan to Li Tongyun.

"Oh?" Li Tongyun looked at Wang Kehan.

"What’s wrong with my tactics?"

Wang Kehan scornfully replied, "Yan Xiaonan lost fighting with your tactics; Guo Dongyang lost as well, following the strategy you designed in advance."

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