60: Chapter 59 A Chance Encounter

Once matters were settled, Li Changsheng and the others accompanied Captain Zhang and his team back to the police station.

There was no choice but to file a statement. Once everything was processed, Li Changsheng and Zhang Youdao walked out of the police station, Li Changsheng feeling a bit dazed.

"What's wrong? Still want the police to provide twenty-four-hour protection?"

Zhang Youdao assumed Li Changsheng was stunned because he was afraid.

"No, it's just that now that the person is gone, does that mean I won't be able to challenge anyone anymore?" Li Changsheng shook his head and said.

"Still want to fight? Heh, don't even think about it for now. Protect yourself well and don't go to isolated places. That madman won't let you go. Xingyi, Bagua, Taiji—there are very few people who practice these here, and there is one right here, he will come looking for you."

Zhang Youdao's words served as a warning to Li Changsheng. "Besides, that person has strong anti-reconnaissance awareness. The police just said that they have already coordinated with the armed police and traffic police to set up checkpoints along the road to search, but there hasn't been any response yet. So you must be careful. If his target really is you, then he will definitely be airtight in his actions."

That's right, he had displayed his Xingyi Fist in front of the other party, which was equivalent to marking himself as a target.

Li Changsheng was speechless.

After parting ways with Elder Zhang near the park, Li Changsheng returned home.

"I cannot gamble on whether the other party will kill me. The best way now is self-rescue: strengthen myself, study Hung Ga, and also Spring Leg. The other party might have mastered other routines, but I will study these two aspects first, and then strengthen my Crushing Fist."

Sitting listlessly in front of his computer chair, Li Changsheng fell into deep thought.

"It's a pity, if I could master all the Xingyi Five Elements—Crushing, Splitting, Drilling, Cannon, and Crossing—perhaps I could remedy some of my shortcomings."

After all, the Xingyi Five Elements belong to the foundation of the Xingyi Fist. With offensive and defensive sparring, mutual generation, mutual restriction, and ever-changing variations, skillful application can handle various types of martial arts.

By comparison, if Crushing Fist is practiced to an extremely high level, like the Realm of Elder Guo Yunshen, one can indeed achieve the ability to break ten thousand techniques with one force, but time waits for no one right now.

Sighing slightly, Li Changsheng rubbed his brow, preparing to take a shower first to clear his head.

However, at this moment, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the fourth stage of the task: Promote Traditional Martial Arts. Completed one appearance on news or trending online topics. Reward: Baji Quan.]

[Now issuing the fifth stage of the task: Promote Traditional Martial Arts. Complete three appearances on news or trending online topics.]

Hmm?

Li Changsheng was stunned. What was going on?

"What did I do? How did I end up on the news and trending online topics?"

Thinking carefully, Li Changsheng felt he hadn't done anything recently; his live streams had been interrupted for two days. Logically, he hadn't done anything, so how had he become popular?

He hurriedly picked up his phone and opened Weibo. He scrolled through the trending searches, and sure enough, at the nineteenth trending topic, he saw a topic that might be related.

#Traditional Martial Arts are actually this capable of fighting?

Looking at this topic, Li Changsheng clicked on it.

Then he saw a video. The footage was clearly the scene of him and Zhang Youdao sparring by the lake in Mo Family Village that day.

"So someone filmed a video earlier?"

Thinking of those anglers, Li Changsheng couldn't help but be dumbfounded. This was truly a case of planting a willow tree unintentionally and having it provide shade.

The footage wasn't filmed professionally, but it perfectly captured the intensity of the two sparring. The fierce exchange of fists and kicks, the relentless offensive like a storm—although it lacked the aesthetic beauty of movie fight choreography, the sense of power was very strong.

Especially every time they threw a punch or a kick, the sound of the wind was even more shocking than any dubbed sound effects.

La Kun: "Holy crap, is this really something Traditional Martial Arts can pull off? Are you sure it's not a pre-rehearsed routine with added sound effects?"

Sister Min: "They were fighting very intensely. It looks quite real. I broke into a cold sweat after watching the video; I was really afraid they would end up hurting each other."

Shishi Ruyi Little Scholar: "I really want to know the younger one. Seems like he's a streamer in the outdoor section of Douyu, the one who livestreams hypnosis."

Senior Brother Yu: "Heh, in my opinion, this is a pre-rehearsed script. They must have hired a professional martial arts choreographer to film it. If they were really fighting, these two probably couldn't even beat an amateur."

Ma Baofang: "@Douyu Streamer Daoist Changsheng, it's you, isn't it? I also host live streams. I practice Hunyuan Wuji Gong, I'm a successor of a hidden sect, and I also practice Traditional Martial Arts. You probably haven't heard of me. Thank you for vindicating Traditional Martial Arts and letting everyone know that Traditional Martial Arts are actually very capable of fighting."

Young Collector: "I didn't expect Great Master Ma to show up too. Wasn't this old guy exposed as a fraud? He's still jumping around? Looks like this streamer is also a fraud. This video is definitely fake."

After reading the comment section for a while, Li Changsheng felt it was within expectations. This was normal; if it weren't normal, that would be the strange thing.

It was just that in recent years, those fake Great Masters had been causing too much trouble. Various "Great Masters" under the banner of Traditional Martial Arts were selling courses and teaching, blatantly grabbing money, and it was even intensifying, as if it were about to repeat the Qigong craze.

Some even hired foreign professional fighters to cooperate in recording fake videos, only to be exposed as frauds later and knocked out with a single punch.

It was also these people's ridiculous antics that caused the reputation of the entire Traditional Martial Arts to be not very good.

Li Changsheng was very disgusted by these people. Just like this person who @-ed him, probably trying to leech off his popularity again.

Shaking his head, Li Changsheng intended to put down his phone. There was nothing worth looking at in these kinds of comments. Since the Opportunity had allowed him to complete his task, that was enough.

At this moment, the memories regarding Baji Quan in his mind had also finished transferring.

"No wonder they used to say the old Baji was terrifying; it really has the real stuff!"

Regarding Baji Quan, Li Changsheng had a certain degree of understanding, but he had only looked it up on Baidu and it was superficial.

The most famous and widely known thing about Baji is the saying: "In literature, there is Taiji to settle the world; in martial arts, there is Baji to stabilize the universe."

But then again, this saying is quite right.

Baji Quan exerts force from the heels, travels through the waist, and penetrates to the fingertips. Its explosive power is among the best in all martial arts styles.

To describe the way Baji exerts force in one sentence: "Shake the shoulders to knock over the sky, stomp the feet to shake the nine provinces."

Baji Quan also has various names, such as "Bazi Fist," "Eight Taboo Fist," "Eight Technique Fist," "Open Gate Baji," "Opening Fist," and so on.

Li Changsheng began to continuously absorb the knowledge of Baji Quan in his mind, starting to digest and assimilate it.

However, just thinking about it wasn't enough; he began to practice according to the memories in his mind.

Baji training emphasizes the practical application of eight parts: head, shoulder, elbow, hand, tail, hip, knee, and foot.

Li Changsheng's movements were extremely tough and vigorous, with force generated from the feet, traveling through the waist, and released through the fists.

It had many points in common with Xingyi, but this was normal. Many fist techniques generate force from the feet; after all, the legs are like an engine. If your footing is unsteady, you can't exert force, right?

"Not bad! Not bad!"

After finishing one set, Li Changsheng couldn't help but praise it repeatedly.

"I don't know how others practice it, but I feel that Baji seems easier to pick up, and the requirements for force exertion are not as complicated as Xingyi's. However, although it is simple, it has the meaning of 'great complexity resembles simplicity.' It is simple but the most lethal!"