333: Chapter 330 What a great company!

At this moment, everything regarding the Eight Trigrams Palm in his mind had gradually finished transferring, and a massive amount of memories flooded in. On the surface, Li Changsheng showed no change whatsoever.

At this moment, Li Changsheng, who previously only had a vague sense of the Eight Trigrams Palm, had finally lifted the veil of mystery, and the full picture of the three great Internal Martial Arts was completely revealed to him.

It felt as if everything had merged into one, much like comprehending a peerless martial art in a Wuxia novel, giving him a complete and foundational understanding of the Internal Martial Arts, and even traditional martial arts as a whole.

It was just like Zhang Wuji, who achieved Fusion of the Nine Yang Manual and the Nine Yin Manual, plus the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, making him invincible under heaven.

Of course, for Li Changsheng, claiming to be invincible was perhaps a bit arrogant, but he definitely felt a sense of standing on high ground.

Like reaching the summit, he now felt a sense of looking down upon all other mountains when it came to martial arts.

"So that's how it is. Xingyi is like a mountain; Baguazhang is like wind; Taiji is like water. I have gathered the characteristics of the three great Internal Martial Arts. Why do I have the feeling that I've collected all the quest items and am about to fight the boss?"

Li Changsheng complained inwardly, while his mind continued to savor the memories of the Eight Trigrams Palm.

As the saying goes, Xingyi uses intercepting force, taking a half-step forward to meet the opponent, stifling their force, pushing without pushing, seemingly pushing yet not.

Baguazhang uses flashing force, changing half-steps to strike while turning, deflecting the opponent's force, letting go without letting go, seemingly letting go yet not.

Taiji uses compliant force, giving a half-step to strike while sticking, catching the opponent's force, adhering and following, neither letting go nor pushing away.

If one were to compare the three great Internal Martial Arts to a person, then Xingyi is the bone, supporting the frame. Baguazhang is the legs, making the frame come alive. Taiji is the flesh, making the frame supple.

If one were to compare the three great Internal Martial Arts to longitude and latitude, then Xingyi is the longitude, like the squareness of the Earth. Baguazhang is the latitude, like the roundness of the Heavens. Taiji is the union, like the harmony of humanity.

"Looking at it now, Master Guo back then had indeed only grasped a fraction of the fur of Baguazhang. It is true that Baguazhang is like pushing a millstone, but one must be rooted to the ground, with powerful steps, like spokes driving a wheel, moving horizontally while striking vertically."

Li Changsheng couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. Looking back at his past battles with the eyes of a Hua Jin master, he could indeed analyze many problems.

Not to mention Master Guo, even his own evaluation of himself two years ago left him with deep feelings.

"My fighting style in the past was still a bit too fierce and rigid. Overall, it was mainly based on wide, open movements, fighting hard and breaking hard."

The combination of Xingyi and Baji Quan did indeed strengthen the lethality of my spear-like strikes and my means of quickly subduing enemies, but it lacked a sense of balance between hardness and softness. Furthermore, my footwork was also a flaw.

If Master Wan had been ten years younger, I would never have been his match when we sparred back then."

Li Changsheng sighed inwardly. As the saying goes: Baguazhang footwork, Taiji waist, Xingyi Fist.

It is not without reason.

It's not that his previous Xingyi and Baji Quan footwork couldn't be used, or that they weren't strong enough; it's just that they had more or fewer flaws.

For example, Baji Quan's footwork and leg techniques, if compared to Baguazhang footwork, would definitely be a car crash.

Even if a Baji Quan master hasn't mastered their elbow and fist techniques to a high enough level, even if they train Baji Quan footwork to the extreme, they are dead meat when facing a Baguazhang master!

Simply put, for close-quarters footwork, Baji Quan footwork might still have some merit, but once the movement starts, with constant pulling and dragging, at the same level, a Baji Quan master would be pulled to numbness.

Especially once the distance is increased and a chase begins, like in a street fight, using Baji Quan footwork to chase someone is simply tragic.

Therefore, clever Baji Quan masters will selectively use Baji Quan footwork only in specific areas. If a chase occurs, even running normally is no worse than that.

Xingyi's shortcomings in footwork are not obvious, but in terms of finesse, it is far inferior to Baguazhang footwork.

As for the training methods, even the elder Sun Lutang once said that Baguazhang is the hardest to train. First of all, the basic training is extremely difficult.

The foundation of Xingyi is the Trinity Stance and the Five Elements Fist. The basic training of Taiji is Standing Stake and walking the frame. But the basic training of the Eight Trigrams Palm consists of only one thing: Baguazhang footwork.

How to train it? It's simple at the beginning.

It is to walk in a large circle, a circle with a diameter of three to five meters. But this must be done fifty times clockwise and counter-clockwise, morning and evening. If you calculate the distance, it's seven kilometers a day, and fourteen kilometers combined for morning and evening!

Secondly, you have to walk in circles with bent legs, which is equivalent to walking while holding a horse stance. The difficulty and hardship are self-evident.

However, if one perseveres and is willing to suffer, it is equivalent to having already mastered Stance Training while practicing Baguazhang footwork.

You have to be willing to suffer for the basics, but you have to use your brain for the advanced levels. At this moment, Li Changsheng's mind was filled with many related footwork patterns such as the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, the Seven Stars positioning, and so on.

It can be said that without some brains and the willingness to suffer, one really cannot master this Baguazhang footwork.

Therefore, the level of concentration of those early Baguazhang masters can be seen; they had no time to attend to anything else, as Cultivating the Eight Trigrams Palm was enough to consume their entire life's energy.

Take the elder Dong, for instance. He castrated himself, perhaps because there were so many things to remember in Baguazhang, and in order not to be distracted or lacking in focus, he was incomparably decisive, and this also achieved his body movement and kung fu that seemed like something out of a Wuxia novel.

Ding!~

The sound of the elevator interrupted Li Changsheng's train of thought. It seemed like he had thought a lot, but in reality, not much time had passed.

"Mr. Li, you seemed to be spacing out just now? Is it convenient to share what you were thinking about?" Latuoqi asked with a smile.

"I was thinking that once I make money, I want to keep that celebrity as a mistress."

Li Changsheng said casually with a smile.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li. You can keep whoever you want as a mistress when the time comes. Anyone in Hollywood is fine. Even if it doesn't work, the boss can use his connections to help you. Believe me, this is a certainty."

As he spoke, Latuoqi even winked at Li Changsheng. That sycophantic appearance was exactly like a pimp, not at all like a researcher.

Walking on the pristine white corridor of the negative twentieth floor again, Li Changsheng appeared very talkative this time.

Seeing this, Latuoqi's expression gradually relaxed, and even the tense nerves of the several armed personnel seemed to loosen up quite a bit.

"Mr. Mocking Nickname, aren't we going to sign the contract? This is..."

He looked at them turning into another corridor, at the end of which was a heavy metal door like a vault door.

The sign above was written in English with words like Restricted Research Area, No Entry for Non-Research Personnel, and so on.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Li. You are just going in for a basic understanding. Doesn't everyone need to understand the department before joining a new one?"

"Mr. Mocking Nickname, what you said is very reasonable. Our company is indeed very humane."

"Yes! Yes! Li! Our company is indeed very reasonable and pays attention to every right of every employee. Believe me, you will have a pleasant work experience in the EP department."

"Mr. Mocking Nickname, don't you need to come with me?"

Seeing Latuoqi and the other armed personnel stop and not move forward, Li Changsheng couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Li, you have seen the signs here, and I am not a department member, nor are they. Only you are. Please go ahead!"

"Then, farewell!"

Li Changsheng waved his hand, unconcerned, and turned to walk toward the door. Surprisingly, just as he reached the door and was wondering how to get in, the door opened automatically.

Watching Li Changsheng enter that thick metal door, the smiling face of Latuoqi instantly vanished.

"Farewell? Yes, next time I will be able to meet you again in the research product, Li!"

Sneering, Latuoqi gave a wink to the armed personnel. Soon, the four armed personnel stood on both sides of the corridor, staying alert, while he himself took off his outer white lab coat, revealing a tactical vest underneath.

Holding his earpiece with one hand, he smiled and said: "The specimen has entered. Send another squad to stand guard."

"Understood!"