"If the news of Wu Li single-handedly facing more than twenty knife-wielding thugs and seriously injuring four of them made him famous beyond the martial arts circle—lighting up both the film and sports circles—then after the first episode of ’Seeking Martial Arts’ aired, he had truly beco nationally famous.
For several days in succession, it seed the entire internet was discussing ’Seeking Martial Arts’ and discussing Wu Li. This made both Qi City TV Station and the Mo Yin Platform realize this variety show was on its way to becoming a massive hit. Consequently, Qi City TV Station quickly assembled an edited version of the first episode of ’Seeking Martial Arts’, with a runti of over one hour, complete with subtitles and so comnts from the livestream, and then broadcast it during the pri-ti 8 p.m. slot.
The Mo Yin Platform also released the edited version on their platform, accompanied by various advertisents and links.
The viewership ratings and streaming numbers were extrely gratifying, with various advertisers and sponsors starting to approach Qi City TV Station and the Mo Yin Platform for collaboration talks.
Given the current trend, it might seem that Wu Li’s fee of 800,000 for one episode was a loss, but in reality, he reaped the greatest benefits.
Not to ntion the over one million Fan Values from two livestreams, just the boost in Wu Li’s fa alone was significant. On the Mo Yin Platform, Wu Li’s following had broken through 50 million, ranking him fifth among all users on the platform.
The first and third places were occupied by two major news websites, so considering individuals alone, there were only two top-tier celebrities ahead of Wu Li. Judging by the montum, once ’Seeking Martial Arts’ finished its ten-episode run, Wu Li had a real shot at becoming Mo Yin’s top influencer.
At the sa ti, Wu Li took advantage of the situation to set up his own Weibo account. He was officially verified instantly, gaining over five million followers in just a few days, with the number still rising.
It could be said, in terms of fa and personal influence, Wu Li was now stronger than many top-tier celebrities.
As a result, Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall also benefited, with a surge in enrollnt numbers. The eight branches were swamped with applicants, and Liu Yuanbo was accelerating the recruitnt of coaches, planning to send all new hires to Wu Li for training once the recruitnt was complete.
Wu Li himself was making the most of the ti to instruct Xu Chuan. Once Xu Chuan was ready to begin Bone and Muscle Strengthening, coupled with dication, a significant improvent could be achieved in a short ti, and he would then be capable of standing on his own.
Wu Li planned to train another batch of coaches, after which he would hand over the training duties to Xu Chuan, as he was likely to get busier the further he went.
"Both shoulders should relax and pull with even force, and the sa goes for both hips..." Wu Li was in the Martial Arts Hall, instructing Xu Chuan on the principles of the Outer Three Harmonies of the Standing Three-body Position, while also correcting his movents.
"You’ve been practicing Xingyi for so long now, and you’ve already mastered the power of the Five Elents Fist and the Twelve Forms quite well. However, when it cos to the Three Body Formation, you are still not initiated," said Wu Li to Xu Chuan.
"Master, what counts as being initiated?" Xu Chuan asked, puzzled. When Wu Li had initially taught the Standing Three-body Position to the 35 coaches, he rely made them master the movents of the Outer Three Harmonies and then declared them all passed. Now, Wu Li was telling him that his Three Body Formation was not even initiated.
Wu Li adopted a Standing Three-body Position: "You must achieve both the Outer and Inner Three Harmonies simultaneously—that’s what it ans to be initiated. Only with the Three Body Formation initiated can you start the Bone and Muscle Strengthening and enhance your physique."
"Right now, you haven’t even mastered the Outer Three Harmonies properly!" Wu Li’s expression was stern.
Xu Chuan: "Master, why do we pay attention to the shoulders aligning with the hips, elbows with knees, and hands with feet when standing in stance?"
Wu Li paused, then let out a smile.
This was his first ti being a master, and he actually didn’t have much teaching experience. He relied solely on his high realm and the completeness of his lineage to guide others effortlessly. He had unconsciously taken so things for granted and taught them to Xu Chuan without providing detailed explanations. Only now, upon hearing Xu Chuan’s question, did he realize he hadn’t fully explained the concept.
"Good question," Wu Li nodded. "When you practiced Sandboxing in the past, when you punched, did you often perform a stomping movent?"
Xu Chuan thought for a mont and said, "That’s right."
Stomping, twisting the waist, turning the hips, thrusting the shoulder, and punching—these are the most common techniques in modern martial arts.
"And why do you stomp?" Wu Li asked.
Without hesitation, Xu Chuan replied, "Stomping helps leverage the strength from the ground to drive the rest of the body, which is stronger than relying solely on the strength of the arms."
Wu Li nodded in affirmation, "Correct. As they say, power begins from the feet, with the strength transferring from the ground upward through the knees, thighs, waist, shoulders, and finally to the hands. This process activates the maximum muscle strength throughout the body."
"But the alignnt of muscle fibers in the human body isn’t all the sa. After muscles contract and release, the direction of the transferred force isn’t entirely uniform. In the process from stomping to twisting the waist, and finally to the punch, the muscles in different parts might conflict and impede one another during the release and transfer of power, causing you to be unable to exert your own strength to the fullest."
Xu Chuan nodded. This was not hard to understand. For example, given the sa physical fitness, professional boxers and ordinary people have completely different punching power, and this was the difference in power generation techniques.
Wu Li continued, "Therefore, the goal of the external Three Harmonies is to control key joints such as the shoulders and hips, the elbows and knees, and the hands and feet, to transfer one’s own strength as smoothly and efficiently as possible."
"When you brace against the ground, your shoulders and hips, elbows and knees, hands and feet cooperate to direct all body strength downwards. When you punch, your shoulders and hips, elbows and knees, and hands and feet help you transfer strength step by step upward. This is what is ant by ’connectedness throughout’. When the power can be transferred 100% without any loss, not even a bit, that is Ming Jin Peak. And when you can boost the transfer of strength at each step, like a rocket gaining thrust as it takes off, reaching efficiency beyond 100%, that is the pinnacle of Ming Jin!"
"The power efficiency of ordinary people is roughly only 20% or 30%. Those who have trained in boxing and understand power generation techniques are probably around 40% or 50%. Professional boxers can reach about 70% to 80%. The further up you go, the more difficult it becos. As for what level can be reached when surpassing 100% efficiency at Ming Jin Peak, it depends on how much power the human body itself can withstand. Too strong an effort, and the muscles, bones, and tendons can’t handle it. Therefore, Internal Fist requires Bone and Muscle Strengthening, which fundantally enhances a person’s strength."
"To achieve the external Three Harmonies is to coordinate the strength of the entire body as one when executing moves and releasing power, dismissing brute force, focusing on total power release. In fact, when you practiced Five Elents Fist and the Twelve Forms, you were already achieving the external Three Harmonies. Those power generation techniques and move sequences assist you in achieving total power release, constantly improving your power efficiency. It’s just that when you were standing in the Three-body Position, I specifically emphasized the external Three Harmonies, and you didn’t know how to do it."
Upon hearing these words, Xu Chuan had an epiphany. His aptitude had always been good, and now, with Wu Li’s guidance, he instantly understood. Recalling the movents and techniques used when practicing the Five Elents Fist and the Twelve Forms, he quickly mastered the external Three Harmonies of the Standing Three-body Position.
Watching Xu Chuan’s movents, Wu Li nodded with satisfaction, "Once you’ve achieved the external Three Harmonies and your body forms a natural response and muscle mory, you’ll be close to the Inner Three Harmonies. Then you can start the Bone and Muscle Strengthening."
Xu Chuan nodded. Through Wu Li’s teachings, he knew that Xingyi Fist’s Bone and Muscle Strengthening was the true way to long-term Kung Fu growth. With stronger muscles and bones, it would be easy to achieve the sudden ergence of Dark Force.
Xu Chuan had trained Sandboxing for sixteen years and had reached a bottleneck in Ming Jin. According to Wu Li, he was only a step away from Mingjin Peak. Those top-level professional boxers were all at Ming Jin Peak, and Boxing Champions were even at the pinnacle of Ming Jin. For Xu Chuan to break through in Ming Jin, what remained to be seen was natural talent.
Clearly, after sixteen years without achieving Mingjin Peak, Xu Chuan’s talent in Ming Jin wasn’t exceptional. However, his talent in Internal Fist was recognized by Wu Li. Now just having begun Dark Force, once he completed the early stages of Bone and Muscle Strengthening, a rapid period of growth was inevitable. When Dark and Ming Jin combined, embodying both hardness and softness, his strength would rise to a new level!
Furthermore, Wu Li had told Xu Chuan that once his Dark Force neared great success and his body control power strengthened, it could help him break through the bottleneck of Ming Jin.
So now Xu Chuan was full of ambition, firmly believing that he had chosen the right master, and he felt even more gratitude towards Wu Li.
"Master," Xu Chuan suddenly thought of sothing and looked at Wu Li.
"Recently, many people online are openly challenging you, and so of them are saying very unpleasant things. Master, do you know about this?"
Wu Li smiled, "I know a little."
In the age of the internet, such things are too common, especially in the Martial Arts Circle. Nothing is quicker for gaining fa than defeating a famous master.
Ren Donglai beca famous through several open matches and afterwards, many challengers followed.
So boxers, who beca well-known dostically, joined the Mo Yin Platform, and nearly every day they were challenged by people in videos. There was a boxer with the nickna "Flying Dragon" who beca famous and even sparked a catchphrase: to beco famous, fight Flying Dragon, Flying Dragon will make you a star.
Now, Wu Li’s popularity far exceeded those boxers, and his fa outside the Martial Arts Circle was unquestionably number one. So one could imagine how many people wanted to challenge him, all hoping for overnight fa!
Moreover, so challengers knew they were no match for Wu Li, but they provocatively challenged him in exaggerated ways. For instance, they publicly boasted: Wu Li, I’m going to KO you!
And the challenges beca more and more exaggerated:
"Wu Li, I will KO you in 30 seconds!"
"Wu Li, I will KO you in 10 seconds!"
"Wu Li, I’m going to smash you with my iron fist!"
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These challengers were aware that Wu Li would most likely not fight them, which is why they made their outrageous boasts without restraint. The more exaggerated the manner, the easier to draw attention. After all, if it’s not going to happen for real, why not boast? Who can’t talk big?
Xu Chuan felt infuriated by these people. The more he respected Wu Li, the angrier he beca at them.
"Master, don’t worry. Once I complete the Bone and Muscle Strengthening, I will teach all of them a lesson on your behalf!" Xu Chuan said through gritted teeth.
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