CHAPTER 647: CHAPTER 404 NEWS OF CHENG FENGXIAO, YU JINPENG, AND JIN YUTANG!

Wei Quan was pleasantly surprised.

Yu Renjie and Dai Pu were dumbfounded.

All the apprentices were stunned.

Yan Chuan smiled at Wei Quan: "Can you continue your boxing?"

"Yes!"

Wei Quan was thrilled, his blood boiling. He had always liked to show off, and after the Jian Province Competition, he had been diligently practicing, holding onto a sense of determination to amaze his master when they met again, believing he had made significant progress over the past year.

At this moment, Yan Chuan’s return and his request for Wei Quan to continue boxing ignited his performative nature.

"I shall offer my humble skills!"

Wei Quan clasped his fists in salute towards Yan Chuan, then advanced a small step, moved across one foot, then took a quick step, lifting his front foot, his back foot flying like a galloping horse or leaping tiger, instantly widening the distance to Yan Chuan by one yard and eight feet, showing his swift stepping technique.

"This kid!"

Yan Chuan knew that Wei Quan was trying to show off intentionally.

He smiled, observing Wei Quan’s vibrant spirit as he performed the complete sequence of Xingyi Boxing from the ’Three Body Formation’ to the ’Five Elements Boxing’ and then to the ’Twelve Forms.’ Yan Chuan had already gauged Wei Quan’s boxing level.

After completing one round, he saw sweat on Wei Quan’s forehead and asked, "Can you do it again?"

"Yes!!"

Wei Quan was invigorated, his face beaming with joy. Having completed one round without a word from his master, this was unlike the master he knew, as it wasn’t Yan Chuan’s nature to be silent. His intuition told him: "This time, Master will definitely guide me!"

And so!

Wei Quan became more serious in his performance!

No one knows a child better than their father.

No one knows a master better than their apprentice.

Wei Quan, indeed Yan Chuan’s apprentice, understood his master well.

Faced with this long-unseen third disciple, Yan Chuan felt a sense of closeness. Despite Wei Quan’s still weak abilities, having not yet broken through his limits, his diligent practice and patience paid off, as he had now reached the level of those opponents Yan Chuan faced alone at the Guangling City Martial Arts Competition of old. However, he had yet to comprehend the ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound’ or break through his limits.

With Yan Chuan back, he intended to lend a helping hand.

Yan Chuan had already decided to assign the third Daoist Cushion to Wei Quan, but there was no rush, as "Daoist Cushion" allows for an additional lecture every time a seat is bound or upgraded.

Therefore, even after binding the third seat to Wei Quan, it would be best to wait until both first seat Yu Jinpeng and second seat Jin Yutang were present, maximizing its use.

Despite the sluggish upgrading of the "Daoist Cushion," out of the four main projects, three were already level three, but the "Daoist Cushion" remained level one—

["Daoist Cushion" (Level One): In the Purple Mist Palace, there are six Daoist Cushions that can help listeners better understand the lectures, enhancing the comprehension of the Dao with a "Mutual Teaching and Learning" effect of +1000%. Note: Only two of the six seats have the option to be changed once.]

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"Unity of Four Ends and Three Hearts."

"Unity of Three Joints and Six Harmonies."

"The hand technique and stepping technique should be viewed together."

"Regarding hand techniques, there are single-handed and double-handed methods. Single-handed starts with raising, growing upwards as you drill, and when dropping, contracting as you flip, moving like a falcon darting through a forest, rising compact, and flying stretched. Double hands rise, arms straight yet not straight, curved yet not curved, like lifting a cauldron, with hands dropping like a fierce tiger searching the mountain."

"Yet, the crux lies in five evils—"

...

Yan Chuan used ’Experience,’ instantly putting Wei Quan into a state of Absolute Focus, enabling him to perform boxing better and listen more effectively. Simultaneously, the third-level "Mutual Teaching and Learning" further increased his comprehension efficiency by 100%, enhancing Wei Quan’s listening experience.

Wei Quan was immersed.

Yan Chuan provided targeted guidance based on Wei Quan’s own level—

"The so-called five evils: they are grasping, pouncing, wrapping, shaking, and extending."

"Grabbing is deadly, pouncing like a tiger, resembling a cat pouncing on a mouse; wrapping is protective, with the body not exposed; shaking must be absolute, forcefully extending and relaxing; the heart should be deadly, and the hands like a crossbow."

Yan Chuan’s explanation was as enlightening as the sound of a large bell.

Combining stepping technique with hand techniques, his lecture seemed too profound for many apprentices in the Martial Arts Hall, as they could not reach this level. Even with the "Mutual Teaching and Learning" effect enhancing comprehension efficiency by 100%, they still could not fully grasp, only understanding partially.

However, Yu Renjie and Dai Pu, with their deeper understanding of boxing and Xingyi Boxing, understood much after the 100% improvement in comprehension efficiency.

Yan Chuan’s martial arts lecture was truly a rare opportunity.

The two concentrated fully, not missing a word.

As for Wei Quan, under the dual effect of ’Absolute Focus’ and "Mutual Teaching and Learning," his listening experience still couldn’t match that of the "Daoist Cushion," but having practiced diligently alone for nine months, revisiting Yan Chuan’s martial arts and boxing lecture after nine months of relentless self-refinement and endless insights, various doubts erupted all at once—

"Upper methods focus on the marvel of hands and feet, progress marveling in hands and feet, taking the body as the guideline, utilizing advancing body for exerting force."

"So that’s how it is!"

"The two and three joints must be clear, the four ends aligned, the inner Five Elements unified, the outer Five Elements following, using near and far by timely apply, with a single thought reaching, principles operating externally, issuing over the distant Six Harmonies, connecting above and below, with force like continuous bead arrows, unperturbed by their evil techniques."

"Four Ends and Three Hearts!"

"Three Joints and Six Harmonies!"

"So that’s how it is!"

Every time Wei Quan gained more insight, hearing Yan Chuan speak of ’Xingyi Boxing,’ he naturally recalled the passage from the "Xingyi Boxing Manual" that he had memorized thoroughly but never comprehended its meaning—

[Two forms generate Four Symbols, which generate Eight Diagram, forming the sixty-four hexagrams, all emanated from Tai Chi.]

[Tai Chi, is the fate of one’s nature, akin to one’s heart and intention. Intent is what the heart manifests.]

At this moment, with Yan Chuan’s guidance, suddenly, enlightenment dawned upon him—

"Humans are the spirits of all phenomena, able to connect and respond to all matters, thus the heart internally aligns with the principles of things externally, with things externally comprising the rationale and heart internally, why the intent sincerely in, manifests the forms of all things outside, internally as intent, externally as form, harmonized with the discipline."

"Thus, Xingyi Boxing draws heavily on internal body for the Five Elements, and far from external objects for the Twelve Forms. When the internal and external unite, form arises. Understand this logic, and the shapes and bodies of all things unite, leading to spontaneous comprehension."