Chapter 33: A mutual understanding (1/2)

Chapter 33: A mutual understanding

“So there are hoodlums even here, just what does it take to put an end to them?”

Wang Chao had been listening to what Zhao Xinglong was telling him with a keen interest. This wasn’t a world where a regular high school student could come in contact with.

There was a small amount of regret in his heart, but there was also ambition burning within him. In his mind, even more notions of “Within the large depth of society, there lies hidden dragons as numerous as the clouds”.

Zhao Xinglong was not a weak person by any normal means, but he was still considered a third or second-rate fighter and was unable to enter the bigger fighting scene.

“Those who reached the Hidden Jin level are not any regular persons.” Seeing how sis Chen’s martial arts had reached a perfected stage, Wang Chao had thought that it would be easy. It was only after he started practicing for real that he knew how painful and bitter the path was.

Sis Chen’s Jin had already reached the Transforming Jin stage. He himself had only practiced for two painful years almost, and the farthest he had reached was the basis of the Clear Jin stage. At the very most, he could make a crisp sound when he attacked, and his strength was stronger than most people.

But those that used Hidden Jin to fight could strike like lightning with needle like precision. They were also capable of bending steel, but Wang Chao was still a far distance away from such a feat.

Hidden Jin and the art of offense and defense were two different things. The art of offense and defense was separated with different skills, but Hidden Jin was derived from perseverance and effort.

Wang Chao knew that he was diligent and enthralled with martial arts; he also knew that he was quite talented and comprehended the world of martial arts to a good extent. But in the end, his knowledge was still superficial and not enough to carry him to success.

But he was still very curious about Zhao Xinglong’s coastal experience. After all, the rich and powerful gathered over there. He wasn’t even 20 years old yet, and while reading books had matured him, he was still eager to fight against the fighters there.

Yet Wang Chao wasn’t so eager and rash to run to the coastal area to fight those experts.

It was after Wang Chao had listened to Zhao Xinglong that he understood. The fearsome were not the ones that were strong in Chinese boxing or had a good amount of achievements, it was the ones with power.

For those who practiced martial arts and had no financial backer or support, then they would not go far. Even if one had a strong amount of power and won against one of the experts, if they were to say anything too excessive, they might find themselves vanished by the second day.

It was only in the hands of the rich and powerful that strength could be seen.

Even the Taichi master Yang Luchan and Xingyi master Guo Yunshen had to rely on the capital officials in order to spread their teachings of their predecessors for their successors.

Even the number one master of the Republic of China era, Sun Lu-tang had been the master of Duan Qirui, the commander of the Beiyang Army.

Even if one was an unmatched paragon, it was all in vain. This was especially true in today’s society.

Wang Chao had studied the true life experiences of the past Guoshu master as well as Zhao Xinglong’s personal experiences. Thinking back to his own life, he then thought about Cao Yi, Li Wanji, Zhang Tong, and how even the Taekwondo dojo operated as a business.

After such a comprehensive study of all these aspects, Wang Chao had a good understanding of the reality of life.

But just as he was having this minor revelation, his train of thought had been interrupted by the commotion downstairs. With a dampened spirit and unhappy face, he spoke to Zhao Xinglong, “Let’s go see what’s happening downstairs.”

By this point, Zhao Xinglong was already at the stairwell and was peering down. With a final chug of his beer, he spat out a mouthful into his cup and followed Wang Chao down after wiping his mouth.

Pa pa pa! A bald male with a gaudy looking tiger tattoo on his chest began to slam down onto the table with a solid black rod. With the entire group blocking off the entrance to the restaurant, the shop owner and waiters were hiding in the kitchen along with the rest of the staff.

The other eaters had already disappeared without a trace.

“Tch!” Seeing the onlookers, two of the youths walked to the door and began to strike at it with the rods in their hands, “What are you all looking at?!”

The two men immediately slammed down the gate, isolating the restaurant from the outside world immediately.

“Call the cops if you want, but you’ll still end up paying us. After cursing and then hurting our brother, why haven’t you given us the money for his medical bills? If I, brother Lei were not around, how would our brothers fare?” The bald headed tiger tattoo person looked as if he was the boss. When the gates had came crashing down, he slapped the table with a rod once more.

Needless to say, when the gates came down, the entire restaurant went quiet in fear.

Even the female student who had spoken at first began to tremble as her three friends shrieked and huddled closed together. The two male students with them had started to go gray in the face.

“These gangsters know how to put fear into people. With the gates closed, are they going to commit a crime?” Wang Chao thought as he looked at the commotion with a small smile.