Chapter 85: Headbutting the Face (1/2)
Chapter 85: Headbutting the Face
“A good form of the dragon stance leap.”
When Wang Chao saw the two figures leap seven meters onto the beach, Wang Chao couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.
This was an application of the jumping dragon stance. At the posture of these two men, they looked like lobsters flying out from the waters or possibly like a carp leaping over the dragon’s gate.
A dragon was originally an amalgamation of face of a horse, the horns of a deer, the body of a snake, the claws of an eagle, and the scales of a fish to form a beast of myth. In martial arts, the dragon stance was likewise a combination of many different animals.
Wang Chao’s sigh of admiration was due to when the two men leapt, the winds had begun to whistle as if there was truly a lobster ascending into the sky from the oceans. This was yet another example of where the sound follows the fist, which was then also another indication of becoming a master.
By the coast, experts of martial arts bred like flies. To Wang Chao’s knowledge, there were already many experts in Shandong. Cha Quan, Plum Blossom Praying Mantis Boxing, Six Harmony Praying Mantis Boxing, Shaolin Arhat Boxing, the list went on.
The Guoshu Institute of Shandong was no longer like the one from before. After being open to the world after the reforms, a disciple of Shaolin was completely different. Now, the Shaolin disciples of today were arrogant celebrity masters that preferred acrobatic fighting.
However, while there were still many experts of Guoshu, they were stuck at the Clear Jin stage with not a single one reaching the Hidden Jin stage almost. But when Wang Chao looked at these two, they were definitely at such a stage.
As the two men came 30 meters closer step by step, Wang Chao’s sharp eyes were suddenly able to see just who these two were.
One had black eyebrows that seemed to connect together in a single line and had short hair. His doughty spirit radiated from his body without ever seeming to have a limit.
This man’s appearance was someone he had seen before from the information from the organization. It was the greatest of the Three Tigers of Guangdong and board member of Macau’s Pujing Corporation: Dai Jun.
The biggest casino in Macau was an industry under his name! Such a person was extremely powerful, and as a master of martial arts, not having information on him would be extremely odd.
But what made Dai Jun the greatest of the Three Tigers of Guangdong was because of another reason. He had a grandmaster as his teacher and master. The masters of Zhang Wei and Xu Zhen had to bring up their own reputations by themselves.
But the three men had never competed against each other in a competition. They had at the very least pressed hands together to see.
Furthermore, with the three men’s reputation, there had been no animosity between them. So naturally, there was never a need for them to compete in a battle of life or death.
“Dai Jun and Liao Junhai? I didn’t think that Liao Junhai would be an expert too! This is beyond what the reports had said. Seeing how far he leapt, he isn’t below Dai Jun in strength either. What’s going on? Why didn’t the reports from the organization say such a thing and said that he was only a princeling?”
When Wang Chao saw Liao Junhai, he had instantly recognized him from the ID picture on the papers given to him by the organization, confirming his identity. Previously, the picture of Liao Junhai hadn’t given off any indication that he was an expert. But now, Wang Chao couldn’t help but curse the photographer under his breath.
However, the Liao Junhai from the pictures was completely different to the real him. This was something that everyone else could agree to.
Wang Chao immediately gave Lin Yanan a look, she had a look of be bewildered as well. Leaning closely, her fragrant perfume could be smelled as she spoke with a tiny voice, “Liao Junhai has kept a secretive profile, we had no either he was actually an expert! However, now we know of this, we can report this to the organization and update his profile to a second class level.”
“Master Wang Chao, you seem spirited if you come take a stroll at the beach. If one is a master of martial arts, why haven’t you come to say hello to me? If master Wang had wanted to found a school of internal martial arts, then all master Wang had to do was to say the word and I would be able to help sort it out for you.”
Liao Junhai and Dai Jun got closer and were now 8-9 meters away.
Liao Junhai had been the first to speak and had instantly pinpointed Wang Chao’s identity.
“And you two are?” Wang Chao spoke with narrowed eyes.
“I am Dai Jun, and this is my fellow junior disciple Liao Junhai. We came here today to understand just how strong master Wang is. We wish to see just how strong the one who defeated Master Zhang Wei was in order for him to leap into the ocean to kill himself.
Dao Jun had been blunt and immediately spoken out the reason for their arrival.
The motorboats that had been spearing through the waves hadn’t stuck around and dispersed as if trying to redirect anyone from entering the nearby beach.
“Liao Junhai is a fellow disciple? Then does that mean the two are both disciples of Zhu Hongzhi?” Wang Chao thought. “Ah, Liao Junhai’s report did say he studied abroad in the United States and entered the Chinese Association there. Zhu Hongzhi is a senior figure of the American Chinese Association…”
“So chief Liao and Master Dai of the Three Tigers of Guangdong are together.”
Liao Junhai was an executive of a nationalized business in Shandong. The way he addressed both Liao Junhai and Dai Jun as a figure of the martial arts world was only natural.
“There’s no need to be so polite. We came here today as martial artists, not as chief Liao.” Liao Junhai waved his hand.
“Oh! You said one of you wanted to experience my martial arts, which one of you two wished to try?” Wang Chao walked forward a single step before giving a single look to Zhao Xinglong and Lin Yanan, telling them to leave wordlessly.
Zhao Xinglong and Lin Yanan had given each other a look before calling out to Boulder and the others. Using their phones to call out to the other soldiers, they had immediately cordoned the area.
“It is naturally the duty of the younger disciple. My fellow disciple has no name in the martial arts world, and so there is no burden. This time is merely a match of interest and friendly exchange, not a bet or a life or death fight. Master Wang, there is no need to be afraid. Furthermore, with someone of your stature and background, there shouldn’t be anything to worry about, so please enjoy this match.”
Dai Jun gave a small life that seemed to contain an ambiguous meaning to it.
Even Liao Junhai’s mouth had twitched, showing a mysterious smiling expression.
With a smile, his feet came striding forward gracefully before his vertebrae seemed to extend like a dragon. In an instant, his back arched and flew towards Wang Chao like a spear.
Liao Junhai’s palms came shooting from both sides with a barely restrained power hidden in them as he struck out at Wang Chao’s waist.
“What an amazing dragon stance fighting technique! It’s a bit different from my own dragon stance and has a slightly sinister yet soft Jin to it. There’s some old concepts to the way he moves, this is Xinyi Liuhe Boxing!”
In an instant, Wang Chao had been able to figure out what that deviation in Liao Junhai’s movements came from.
In Xingyi Quan, one fought by striking head on at the median of a person. To press forward and strike ferociously.
While Liao Junhai’s movements had brought him forward towards the median of Wang Chao, both of his hands had struck out at the waists instead. His footsteps had been strong and his frontal attack had been an empty form of what the spear should have been like.
This style of fighting was to fake the frontal and strike the sides with a sinister Jin.
The regular practitioner would often bring up a guard to protect his front when they see a person charge at their front. But in the end, their ribs would end up being crushed.