Purple Mist Dao Master
Chapter 237 - 194: The 8 Methods of Tai Chi, Sudden Enlightenment Breakthrough? Not Allowed to Break! Hold it back for your master!

Chapter 237: Chapter 194: The 8 Methods of Tai Chi, Sudden Enlightenment Breakthrough? Not Allowed to Break! Hold it back for your master!

Yan Chuan taught boxing for about an hour, dragging on and on, finally the fight started.

This round——

Yu Jinpeng battles Zhong Le!

The former hasn’t even reached the limit of Qi-Blood, while the latter is already a limit-breaking master.

The former is just a nobody from the old school Martial Arts Hall, while the latter is one of the Ten Masters of Guangling Academy, a top-tier prodigy.

The former is clumsy, with a poor memory, while the latter is smart and learns quickly.

When the two faced off, most of the audience present was betting on Zhong Le, thinking it was a no-brainer.

Only a few people——

"Tai Chi Boxing!"

"Using stillness to control movement, softness overcoming hardness, weakness defeating strength!"

"Yan Chuan is truly talented, creating such a boxing technique. Although the disparity on paper is huge in this battle, the outcome is really hard to say!"

Ni Mengtong sat upright, paying close attention to the ’Tai Chi Boxing’ publicly taught by Yan Chuan. To be honest, she carefully watched and listened, remembering as much as ninety percent of the moves. She thought she had almost learned ’Tai Chi Boxing’, but Yan Chuan taught his students that ’forgetting more’ seems to be a marker of ’learning it better’, which made her somewhat puzzled.

Tai Chi Boxing!

Truly enigmatic!

Jiang Bianliu also found it peculiar: "Just watching him practice, it’s hard to see what’s special about it for now. I guess the wonder of this ’Tai Chi Boxing’ lies in its boxing theory, in its strength, emphasizing intent over form, the techniques are secondary, the impression of the boxing method is the essence."

What is specific about this boxing method can’t be seen just by watching, it must be tested in a real battle to see its true form.

...

In the field.

Zhong Le called out once for Yu Jinpeng to attack.

But Yu Jinpeng, new to ’Tai Chi Boxing’, was still pondering about ’using stillness to control movement’, ’being ready to respond’, and didn’t dare to make a move rashly.

Zhong Le smiled at this sight: "Then let me attack!"

She slid forward, a punch plain and simple, straight towards Yu Jinpeng’s face.

Yu Jinpeng’s expression turned serious at once; Zhong Le seemed to be throwing an ordinary straight punch, but now it appeared in his eyes to contain infinite changes, the simpler the move, the more variations it had, making it more difficult to predict and defend against.

Yu Jinpeng dared not slack, nor dared to truly ’respond later’, he immediately stepped forward half a step, using the ’Lan Quewei’ move from ’Tai Chi Boxing’, with his right foot solid, left foot hollow, employing the ’push’ tactic from the ’Tai Chi Eight Forces’, sticking and following, his right palm already landed on Zhong Le’s left wrist, issuing a cross force.

Zhong Le had long been prepared in her mind, yet, her body uncontrollably rushed forward, being led forward two steps before standing firm.

"Huh?"

The masters present looked on and were all astonished.

Zhong Le is a limit-breaker!

Yu Jinpeng has not yet broken the limit!

This punch, whether Yu Jinpeng dodged or evaded was reasonable, but unexpectedly, he resolved it so easily, instead, Zhong Le rushed forward, the control over her body, at least over her posture and steps, obviously missed by a beat or two.

If Yu Jinpeng were a master of the same level, just this one encounter, just this single round, might be enough to decide a winner, causing Zhong Le to suffer a big loss.

As for now——

"Yu Jinpeng’s hard skills are somewhat lacking."

"He’s still a beginner at this ’Tai Chi Boxing’, obviously appearing unfamiliar."

"Barely broke Zhong Junior Sister’s punch, hastily at that, unable to change moves and seize the victory."

Wang Zhengyi saw it clearly.

Even in just this one round, ’Tai Chi Boxing’ already began to show its formidability.

However, Yan Chuan rebuked——

"Wrong!"

"The enemy is stronger than you, yet your foundation is not solid, how dare you use ’push’ to respond!"

"What is ’push’?"

"It means using force directly on the opponent or pushing onto the opponent, this is called ’push’."

"Against high-level opponents, be cautious with this method!"

With a chief rebuke from Yan Chuan, Yu Jinpeng broke into a cold sweat, realizing he had just narrowly taken advantage of an unexpected opportunity, otherwise, he could have suffered greatly.

Yu Jinpeng suddenly awoke.

At this moment.

Zhong Le stopped and turned, but in an instant came back to attack again.

"What does sweeping force mean? Before guiding and leading, go with the flow of force lightly and deftly, not losing balance. When force is exhausted, it naturally becomes hollow, letting go to hit naturally, and the center of gravity is maintained, do not become leveraged by others."

Use ’sweeping force’!

Yu Jinpeng heard Yan Chuan’s advice in his ear, he immediately composed himself, seeing Zhong Le’s straight punch coming at his face again, he instantly employed ’sweeping force’, sweeping Zhong Le’s right hand and arm to his left side, and the moment Zhong Le’s right punch got stuck, she instantly raised her left punch directly at Yu Jinpeng’s chest, Yu Jinpeng then immediately used ’sweeping force’ to sweep her left hand and arm to his right side.

The two tested their skills with the four hands advancing, retreating, bending, and extending, with countless variations and no pattern to find.

Yu Jinpeng dismantled the moves as they came, regardless of which direction Zhong Le attacked from, he resolved the opponent’s offensive using dissolve, hold, hit, and release, leading to emptiness.

This is the defensive use of ’sweeping technique’.

As for attacking— the so-called ’using stillness to wait for movement, responding later but gaining the initiative’, this is another profound application of the ’sweeping technique’, Yu Jinpeng at this moment, regardless of hard strength or understanding of Tai Chi Boxing, was still lacking some temper, far from being able to use it in practice.

"First secure defense, place oneself in an invincible position, and then think about counterattacking."

"Yin and yang’s mother, the mechanism of movement and stillness."

"In using ’sweeping force’, pay attention to the looseness of the whole body without exerting force, the hands must be relaxed without exerting force. This is called the "wonder hand empty", also called the "Four Ends Empty Hand", grasping the emptiness and looseness of the hands is the first element of the entangling hand."

"Sweeping technique!"

"When force is exhausted, naturally empty!"

"Emptiness is infinitely powerful, when the whole body is loose and empty, you become a loose body, the center of gravity is naturally stable."

...

Yan Chuan lectured on the ’sweeping technique’, and Yu Jinpeng repeatedly used ’sweeping force’.

The master and disciple.

One teaches, one learns.

The point is, Zhong Le also cooperated, not striving for victory or defeat, only wanting to see the wonder of ’Tai Chi Boxing’, she deliberately restrained her strength, giving ample time and space for Yu Jinpeng to learn and grow.

But the more she fought, the more alarmed she became——

"This person!"

"This boxing!"

First, marveled at the mystery of ’Tai Chi Boxing’, the Eight Skills and Eight Strengths just one of them, already endlessly wonderful, unfathomable.

Secondly, astounded by Yu Jinpeng’s rapid progress, ’sweeping technique’, ’sweeping force’ becoming more and more proficient, the power and wonder visibly growing, Yu Jinpeng’s talent, making one exclaim in wonder.

Fighting like this, Yan Chuan had more room to teach boxing, at this time the effect of the lecture of the "Daoist Cushion" was still ongoing, Yan Chuan specifically picked profound and exquisite parts to teach.

From ’sweeping force’, he talked about ’looseness’, then from ’center of gravity’ to ’illusion and reality’——

"Tai Chi Boxing Skill, divides illusion and reality as the first principle, if the whole body sits on the right leg, the right leg is real and the left leg is illusion; if the whole body sits on the left leg, the left leg is real and the right leg is illusion. If illusion and reality can be divided, then turning becomes light and effortless; if they cannot, steps are heavy and sluggish, the body unstable, easily manipulated by others."

"Dividing illusion and reality, left leg real, real solid, right leg illusion, illusion empty; right leg real, real solid, left leg illusion, illusion empty."

’Sweeping force’ is a combat technique in ’Tai Chi Boxing’ that perfectly exemplifies using small force to overcome great force, weakness overcoming strength, leading into void, and leveraging a small amount of force to move a thousand catties and other skillful fighting methods.

"Retreat to advance, lure the enemy in deep, forsaking oneself to follow others, causing them to fall into a trap unconsciously, turning passive into active, later gaining control of the situation."

"This is the ’sweeping technique’!"

"During sweeping, the waist and spine should be the axis, completed with the assistance of changes in the illusion and reality of the two legs and the support of crotch power."

"’Sweeping force’ implies guiding and dissolving, based on sticking, adhering, linking, and following, to lead and dissolve the opponent’s force."

"Left sweep, right sweep, front sweep, back sweep, up sweep, down sweep, sweeping extraction, sweeping grasp, shoulder sweep, elbow sweep, sweeping lean, sweeping sit, sweeping collide, sweeping swing, sweeping return, sweeping wrap, sweeping hook."

"This is the application of ’sweeping technique’."

"But the true application of these combat techniques doesn’t leave the principle of first raising and then sweeping. Therefore, using both wards and sweeps, the aim is to, on the premise of ’sweeping’, disrupt the opponent’s center of gravity causing an imbalance loss of weight, and only then using elastic shaking force to advance, is most convenient."

...

After talking about illusion and reality, Yan Chuan naturally elaborated on the ’warding technique’.

’Bing Energy’ is the mother force of ’Tai Chi Boxing’, the basic force, adaptable and changeable.

"’Bing Energy’ means not stiff and unimpeded, inner and outer unified, energy flows through seamlessly, strength smooth and rounded, inherently integrated, responding instantly, at ease, and naturally having a flexible elastic force in the midst of it. This force changes rapidly between hard and soft, invisibly with no trace, changing as desired, this is known as ’achieving through non-effort’."

"Push it without deflating, pull it without opening, pluck it without rising, press it without lowering!"

"This is ’Bing Energy’."

"’Bing Energy’ is essentially a smooth force, expanding force, hard and soft elasticity force, which is a central stabilized force, no force point, no force source mixed element force."

Ward Technique!

Bing Energy!

This is the mother of Tai Chi Eight Skills, the basic technique.

"What does Bing Energy mean? Like water carrying a boat, first stabilize the Dantian Qi, then suspend the head upwards. The whole physical spring force, expanse and contraction at set intervals, even with a thousand catties weight, buoyant effortlessly."

Yan Chuan, while instructing Yu Jinpeng in actual combat, unfolded the ’Ward Technique’ and thoroughly broke it down for this top student.

From practice to basics, from training methods to fighting methods, Yu Jinpeng felt a burst of inspiration, endless and boundless.

He outwardly felt Zhong Le holding back but as he increasingly understood and artfully utilized the ’Sweeping Technique’ and ’Ward Technique’, could clearly sense Zhong Le getting more serious, until——

...

"Putting forth all strength!"

"Junior Sister Zhong has already given it her all, yet still cannot take down Yu Jinpeng!"

"Although Yu Jinpeng is mostly defending and less attacking, obviously he’s standing firm, his boxing and move sets, seemingly slow yet actually fast, resolving and releasing easily defused Junior Sister Zhong’s repeated attacks, even more fatal moves!"

Wang Zhengyi marveled.

Yu Jinpeng’s practical ability expanded rapidly in just this short battle, right under his nose, even though he hadn’t reached the Qi-Blood limit, he was able to duel back and forth with a limit-breaking level expert like Zhong Le, moreover, faintly, it seemed Yu Jinpeng was grasping the rhythm of the fight.

Incredible!

Inconceivable!

And that’s not all——

"Sweeping technique!"

"Ward technique!"

"Grasping both techniques, he is——"

Wang Zhengyi saw, as Yu Jinpeng gradually mastered ’Ward’ and ’Sweeping’ from the ’Tai Chi Eight Skills’, his Qi-Blood, instead of decreasing, seemed to be increasing, wildly increasing.

Wang Zhengyi, with broad knowledge and experience, realized——

"Enlightenment!"

Yu Jinpeng was having an enlightenment, his Qi-Blood quickly approaching the limit, his full potential being unlocked by the enlightenment, Qi-Blood climbing and climbing, seeming like a limitless increase.

This was clearly heading toward a ’Sudden Enlightenment Breakthrough’!

Aside.

Teng Siqian, Feng Ru, and Gong Yu also noticed, with a look of astonishment, Gong Yu frowned: "He can exchange blows back and forth with Junior Sister Zhong before breaking through; if he breaks through, then what?"

At such times, logic dictates that interrupting Yu Jinpeng would be the best choice.

However, Gong Yu looked at his teammates——

Neither Wang Zhengyi.

Nor Teng Siqian, Feng Ru.

None of them seemed to have this thought.

Even Zhong Le, who was currently sparring with Yu Jinpeng, did not erupt to deliberately interrupt her opponent’s breakthrough.

"Breaking the limit isn’t easy!"

These people all know breaking the limit isn’t easy, each being prodigies, with excellent temperaments and characters, naturally unwilling to cut off someone’s future or ruin their opportunity.

"I’m being too petty."

Gong Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly, swiftly discarding his sinister thoughts from earlier and continued to spectate, meanwhile, sitting and waiting for Yu Jinpeng to break the limit, sudden enlightenment breaking the limit.

With Yan Chuan present, with Yan Chuan, who himself was a bone training limit-breaker, Yu Jinpeng’s breakthrough was assured, without suspense.

But as Yu Jinpeng reached a great enlightenment, a long howl shook the skies——

"Head leading feet stepping, arms suspending, loosen shoulders and sink elbows will naturally raise chest, collapse knee to pull coccyx, sit hips and contract anus, ankle twists spontaneously, crotch rounded, hips tightened, buttocks wrapped inside, momentum twisted and pulled, fusion of mind and form, Bing energy formed."

Ward Technique!

Yu Jinpeng understood!

And in the next moment.

Sure enough!

Yan Chuan moved too.

With a stomp of his foot, at the peak of Yu Jinpeng’s enlightenment and Qi-Blood, Yan Chuan swiftly inserted himself between Yu Jinpeng and Zhong Le, clasped a hand, gently sending Zhong Le off, then with lightning footwork, repeatedly struck around Yu Jinpeng——

Bam bam bam!

This was——

"This isn’t!"

Wang Zhengyi initially presumed it was beyond question, Yan Chuan must be helping Yu Jinpeng break the limit.

However, upon closer look, he realized that wasn’t the case at all.

At this moment.

"Suppress it!"

Yan Chuan’s roaring shout also solidified Wang Zhengyi’s speculations——

Dozens of palms continuously struck!

The peak Qi-Blood of Yu Jinpeng was unexpectedly scattered by Yan Chuan, the almost instantaneously realized limit-breaking level was disrupted right then and there by Yan Chuan!

Enlightenment, over!

Limit-breaking, unaccomplished!

The one who disrupted a student’s path——

His teacher!

Yan Chuan!

...

The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!