The next morning, as usual, Wu Li got up at six, on which Chen Ling was most satisfied with him—he never slept in.
Wu Li took out the dicinal wine prepared by Liu Yuanbo from the cabinet and took a big gulp.
This wine was specifically for strengthening bones. In the past, many martial artists used tiger bone wine for this purpose, but with the enactnt of national laws, genuine tiger bone wine had almost disappeared. Fortunately, not every martial artist had access to tiger bone wine in the past, and so had found substitute dicinal wine which worked just as well. The one Wu Li used was one of these substitutes.
After taking the dicinal wine, Wu Li quickly started his stance practice. Half an hour later, his body warm and toasty, he stopped his stance practice, took out another kind of dicinal wine, and began to apply it on his body, focusing on his limbs and waist area.
This was a topical dicinal wine, specifically used for relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation.
These two bottles of dicinal wine alone required gathering nurous Chinese herbs and, added to the cost of labor, amounted to about forty thousand yuan. Moreover, the two bottles would last only about three months.
Thus the saying goes, "the poor take to literature, the rich take to arms," and it had been so since ancient tis.
However, tis were progressing. With the advancents in science, modern dicine and biology were definitely far more advanced in studying the human body compared to the past. dicines used in the past to aid body training might not necessarily be the best choice in modern tis.
Wu Li suddenly thought, if one could use modern dicine to conduct an in-depth study of a person’s body and then tailor a specific diet for them, developing dicines and physical training thods specifically designed to enhance muscles and bones, such as using electric currents to stimulate muscles, and combining that with the Stance practices of Internal Fist, enhancing the physique both internally and externally—what would the result be? Was it possible to surpass the human limit?
However, such research and experints would definitely require top talents in relevant fields and top-level laboratories, all of which couldn’t be achieved rely with money. Wu Li could only put this idea aside for now and continue enhancing himself with the existing dicines.
After applying the dicinal wine, he didn’t want to disturb his parents who were still sleeping, so he went downstairs to the residential area and started practicing his martial arts.
After completing a set of Twelve Forms Fist, feeling his body ward, the dicinal wine slowly seeped into his skin. Wu Li then went back upstairs, and by that ti, it was already 7:30 a.m.
For the next few days, Wu Li stayed at ho without going out, practicing martial arts and strengthening his muscles and bones with dicinal aid. Of course, he still spent two hours livestreaming every night, during which he continued to practice his martial arts and occasionally chatted with his followers, explaining his techniques.
And surprisingly, the livestream was quite effective. Many male followers loved watching Wu Li perform his martial arts and listening to his explanations of martial arts techniques, while many female followers, needless to say, simply found Wu Li’s martial arts performance attractive, enamored by his good looks.
On New Year’s Eve, Wu Li went with his parents to his maternal grandparents’ ho to celebrate the New Year.
Wu Li’s grandmother had passed away when he was very young, and his grandfather died when he was in the second year of junior high school. Ever since, the Spring Festival had almost always been celebrated at his maternal grandparents’ place.
Wu Li’s maternal grandparents also lived in Shudu, and it was easy to get there by car. Upon arrival, a bunch of relatives gathered, exchanging pleasantries warmly.
In the eyes of these relatives, Wu Li had always been a troublemaker who liked to fight, until he got into a university, which slightly improved their impression of him, though they still weren’t very warm toward him.
But this year was different; the Wu family had a star in the making!
The news that Wu Li would soon appear on "et with Lu Yu" had been shared by Chen Ling in "Happy Family," a nationwide group chat, portraying him as a prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf.
Although everyone didn’t yet know the extent of Wu Li’s current wealth, they still looked at him differently, surrounding him with nurous questions and continuously praising him for his achievents.
Wu Li responded politely while his cousins of the sa age looked on with complex expressions. As children, they had often been at the receiving end of Wu Li’s "bullying"—in their eyes, their cousin was nothing short of a violent maniac.
In the past, they could complain to their parents to seek redress, but now that their family mbers had all "defected," praising Wu Li profusely, it left a particularly bad taste in their mouths, akin to a girlfriend constantly praising another man right in front of them...
While responding to the elders, Wu Li sneakily glanced at his mother, Chen Ling, and noticed that she looked secretly thrilled, which he found amusing.
He could understand his mother’s feelings; because of him, she had always felt inferior among these relatives. Later, when Wu Li got into a key university, she could finally hold her head high, and now, she could proudly puff out her chest.
Although the relatives had been lukewarm towards Wu Li before, and he rarely bothered with them, this ti, to give his mother a boost of joy, he patiently chatted with the group of relatives.
After dinner, the family sat together watching the Spring Festival Gala. Wu Li did not start a live stream but sat to the side, head bowed to his phone, busy responding to ssages.
Liu Yuanbo, Zhang Jia’er, Chen Dong, Wang Xuecheng, and others all sent festive ssages, not to ntion a bunch of high school and university female classmates...
After responding to them, Wu Li considered for a mont and proactively sent a festive ssage to Li Ruqi, also inviting her out for a al when he had so ti, as he hadn’t had the chance to properly thank her after she helped him last ti.
Wu Li had just sent Hong Wenbo a blessing text ssage, having previously received his help that allowed his parents to visit him at the police station. Hence, Wu Li had proactively asked Hong Wenbo for his phone number, and the latter had given it to him.
"Hmph, at least you have a conscience. As for dinner, let’s talk when I’m free one of these days." That was Li Ruqi’s reply.
"Happy New Year, let’s have dinner together when I’m free." That was Hong Wenbo’s reply.
Wu Li was not surprised by Li Ruqi’s response, but he was puzzled by Hong Wenbo’s favorable treatnt—it was just because he could fight?
"Master, do you have a minute? I need to discuss sothing with you," Liu Yuanbo suddenly sent a WeChat ssage.
Wu Li replied, "Wait a mont."
Then he got up to go to the balcony, preparing to call Liu Yuanbo back.
Watching Wu Li head to the balcony, everyone in the room began to express their admiration.
"Wu Li has really made sothing of himself, seems busier than us."
"He started his own business, no wonder he’s busy."
"Chen Yunnan, look at your cousin, how accomplished!"
"You should learn more from your cousin."
...
Amidst these praises, Chen Ling couldn’t hold back any longer, her face breaking into a brilliant smile, though she modestly said, "Not really, he’s just ssing around."
On the balcony, Wu Li got through to Liu Yuanbo’s call.
"Hello, Master, Happy Spring Festival!"
"Happy Spring Festival, what’s up?"
"Well, just before the company holiday, I hired a batch of trainers, and together with the original trainers in the gym, there are 35 people. I plan to bring them all to Shudu to learn the Xingyi Fist basics and advanced techniques, to prepare for opening more branches."
"Huh?" Wu Li was a bit surprised, "So many of you coming to Shudu? When?"
"We’re planning on the fifth day of the new year, what do you think, Master?"
"Is it convenient? Are they willing to travel so far?"
"The company is covering plane tickets, food, lodging, and even providing a travel allowance. I’ve asked, and they’re all happy to co."
"That’s great; face-to-face teaching is, of course, the best." Wu Li had no objections.
Initially, the plan was to teach so people in person and others online via video lessons, then, depending on how well they grasp the techniques, assign them to different stores as trainers. Now that everyone could co to Shudu, having them all taught by him in person would definitely yield the best results.
"Alright, I’ll start booking tickets then. Master, could you also look for a place to teach in Shudu these days?"
"Sure, I’ll start looking these next few days."
After hanging up the phone, Wu Li thought about the large group of people who would be learning martial arts from him soon and couldn’t help but find it very interesting.
Master Wu is about to go online!
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