Chapter 173: Release Power Like a Cat
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Old Ti Tea rembered the pretty girl nad Snowy and the benevolent power in the store and believed that the future of the world was bright.
A benevolent heart might dim, but it would never vanish.
Zhang Zian nodded seriously, “I understand, Grandpa Tea. If I see sothing unfair happen, I won’t let it get by.”
Old Ti Tea nodded satisfactorily, “I trust you. If I had even a little bit of doubt, I wouldn’t teach you Wing Chun Kung Fu. In fact, I have been observing you these days and trying to see if you are a reliable and righteous person.”
Zhang Zian was nervous. He had been making fun of people online all the ti. He also made Lu Yiyun cry one ti. He was eager to find out what Old Ti Tea thought about him as a person.
As if Old Ti Tea could read his mind, it laughed, “I only look at the big picture. As a person, you should remain unmoved by either the carrot or the stick. Young kids always joke around and that is normal. If you were too serious, I would worry that you were faking it. All real benevolent warriors do not restrict themselves in tiny details. The Kung Fu master Ye Wen was a crazy kid when he was younger.”
Old Ti Tea was in its deep mories as it spoke. A smile ca up on its face.
Zhang Zian relaxed.
The smile disappeared on Old Ti Tea’s face. It said seriously, “Being tough is great, but you have to be very clear about your limits. For example, when the seven Rainbow Fighters ca for money, it was an easy decision to get them out of here by simply giving them so money. You have to rember that a real benevolent warrior should be smart and nicely K.O. the enemies without getting hurt.”
“True!” Zhang Zian agreed.
Honestly, Zhang Zian felt scared after the seven Rainbow Fighters left. If those people stabbed him, it wouldn’t be worth it to fight back…
“Similarly, before you turn into a real Kung Fu master, when you see soone in need of help, I’d suggest calling the police,” Old Ti Tea said.
Old Ti Tea’s words made him laugh. He could feel the concern and love from Old Ti Tea through its words.
“Understood,” he said.
Tired of being ignored, Fina was impatient and grumpy. “Are you guys done?”
Zhang Zian looked up and saw that not far from where he was, Galaxy was having fun chasing a group of street cats.
Old Ti Tea smiled, “Queen Fina is pushing us. Let’s begin. I will teach you the Wing Chun formula first. It is okay if you cannot understand. All you need to do is morize it and then understand it through practice.”
Zhang Zian paid full attention and tried to morize.
“Wing Chun techniques are from Shaolin. No actions relate to the animal shape and the five elents. Instead, they focus on movent, power and angle to defeat the strong with less energy. Every move is resolved by another. There is no killing move. Save your power like a snake and release it like a cat…”
Release power like a cat?
Zhang Zian almost burst into laughter when he heard this. No wonder Old Ti Tea could easily defeat the seven Rainbow Fighters! Old Ti Tea used “release power like a cat” to the utmost extre because it was, in fact, a cat.
The so-called “release power like a cat” probably ant to move as quickly as a cat. The essence of Kung Fu was the speed of movents.
Old Ti Tea finished the formula. It said imdiately, without asking the student’s feedback, “Wing Chun is very easy to learn yet difficult to master. You only need to learn so basics, so you should be okay.”
Zhang Zian was offended. What did Old Ti Tea an? I have the sa last na as Zhang Wuji. How co he could beco a Martial Arts master but I can’t?
Of course, Old Ti Tea was not aware of Zhang Zian’s complicated feelings. It continued, “Wing Chun includes three sets of basic Chinese boxing – The Intention, The Search and The Advancent. There are also a sets of wooden dummy practices, a set of knife practices and a set of stick practices.”
Old Ti Tea looked down at its paws and giggled, “I am not going to teach you the knife practice and stick practice because I am not good at it. Also, it is not easy to carry a weapon around nowadays.”
“You are right,” Zhang Zian agreed yet felt pity because he wanted to learn the whole thing.
Old Ti Tea continued, “It is best to master the essence of so movents. It will help you your whole life. For example, the Intention is entry level boxing, but people always say that if you master the Intention, you master half of Wing Chun. From today on, I will teach you from the Intention.”
“First of all, look straight forward, and keep your arms down naturally. Focus your mind on Kung Fu and don’t think about anything else,” Old Ti Tea started.
Zhang Zian followed the instruction to pose a standby gesture and keep his mind focused.
However, he couldn’t help to ask, “Grandpa Tea, how co the standby gesture feels like the broadcast gymnastics I practice at ho?”
Old Ti Tea laughed, “I can’t stand watching you practice that useless broadcast gymnastics so I decided to teach you Wing Chun. It might seem similar at first but will beco very different as you advance.”
Zhang Zian was, in fact, joking with Old Ti Tea. He knew that broadcast gymnastics could only warm up the body and was not very effective in real fitness training… After learning Wing Chun, he didn’t need broadcast gymnastics anymore.
“Okay. Stay focused and let the first movent begin – double direction point. Raise both arms to the front. Put the power in your fingers and poke to the front as hard as possible. Your fingers should remain at the sa height as your eyes.”
Old Ti Tea only taught him a few simple moves which ford the first movent in the Intention. Old Ti Tea had Zhang Zian practice on his own as it jumped up to the wall and observed the environnt. At tis, it pointed out so mistakes in Zhang Zian’s practice.
The movents looked simple, yet they were difficult to practice. Old Ti Tea required every move to be fast and light yet powerful. His eyes had to move alone with his hands and his lower body had to stay firm. Old Ti Tea was normally easy-going but when it ca to Kung Fu, it could not stand any tiny mistakes or slackness.
Zhang Zian ward up quickly. He took off his jacket and threw it on a rock. Fina jumped on his jacket imdiately and used it as a blanket. Zhang Zian was too lazy to complain so he decided to focus on practicing.
The moves were simple and didn’t seem to be powerful. He kept practicing repetitively.
His body felt more and more tired, yet his mind was clearer and clearer.
It seed that every movent would get rid of a bit of distraction and impurity from his body.
He was sweating all over. Sweat ca down from his hair, forehead and neck.
Old Ti Tea was very happy with its new student. Finally, it said, “Let’s call it a day.”
Zhang Zian was so tired. He called to Galaxy, “Galaxy, it is ti to go ho.”
Galaxy ran back quickly. Apparently, it had had fun.
Fina was laying on the jacket and taking a nap.
“Fina, let’s go. It is ti to go ho. I need my jacket back!”
Fina opened its eyes lazily, stood up, and stretched. It jumped up and gave him back his jacket.
It was windy. Although Zhang Zian was warm and sweating, he had to put his jacket back on. Otherwise, he might catch a cold.
After putting his jacket on, his cellphone rang. An unfamiliar number was calling.
“Hello?” he answered.
“Master Zhang, it is ,” Aunt Li said, “A man in a suit is here for you. He looks like one of those white-collar workers from TV shows.”
“Okay. Have him wait there for a minute. I am coming now,” He hung up.
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