Chapter 107: Not Fighting Would Be For The Best (1/2)

Chapter 107: Not Fighting Would Be For The Best

A single giant bronze statue could be seen right in front of Wang Chao. This was an ancient artifact of a bronze horse with its hooves raised high and its mane raised in a life-like manner.

This bronze horse had three of its hooves up in front of it while its last hoof was standing on top of the back of a sparrow.

A tiny sparrow, but in that moment, it was able to support the heavy weight of the horse!

This Flying Horse Treading on Sparrow artifact was a symbol of equilibrium. Perfection in skill, and an art stolen from the heavens, this artifact gave off a freakish impression that also left one with a feeling of mystery to it.

“The horse stance is unbelievably stable and has long-lasting power with its raised hooves. Using its gluteal muscles to explode with Jin, the legs will follow up with the abdomen, waist, chest, shoulder, neck, and head. The sparrow stance is agile and can skim through water. The sparrow stance in Xingyiquan uses the leg as well. Soaring high, the legs leap up to strike out.”

Right in front of the “Flying Horse Treading on Sparrow” artifact, Wang Chao and Chen Aiyang both began to observe it.

“That is correct. The fighting style of the sparrow stance uses both legs to fly high. Using both arms for strength, the user will then use their legs to lash out. Using one’s entire strength, it can kill in a single burst of energy. Just like how a sparrow will create a line through the surface of water as it skims across, the sparrow stance will use the human’s median line instead.”

Many disciplines of Chinese boxing did not emphasize lifting the legs. That was because many disciplines relied on using the ground to borrow power. There were many different variations, but when one lifted their legs, it would generally never go higher than the knee. Liao Junhua’s “Dog Passing Water” was an example of one of the few moves that killed using the leg.

“Dog Passing Water” utilized the monkey stance’s crouch, contraction, and then the explosive extension of the body. Its killing potential was normally hidden, but blood would be spilt when it was used. Within Chinese boxing, there was a certain mnemonic, “When one ‘contracts’ and then ‘extends’, it commands one to ‘flee’”

But the sparrow stance in battle would bring the legs into the air to repeatedly kick a person to death.

This was a terribly fierce move that would be classified as a sure-kill move to anyone that saw it.

When in the air, one would not be able to borrow power from anything, they would only be able to use their own inertia to support their movements. If one were to use their entire strength, it would be possible to kill their opponent, but it would also pose a threat to the user themselves.

Wang Chao had a deep understanding of this ideology and would rarely use the sparrow stance because of that. In actual combat, his usage of the Chopping Jin of the tiger stance and the Eagle Claw would rarely have anyone being able to dodge it.

Against an inferior opponent, the first strike would defeat them. But against a superior opponent, the move had to be pure and being open to change! If one was able to chain one killing move after another, then in a competition, one would forever be invincible.

Although Wang Chao would use the Assault of Dragon and Snake as his killing move to turn the tides, if he were to come across a high leveled expert capable of understanding the mysteries of the dragon and snake stances, then they would be able to defend themselves against it. From there, it would only be a windfall for them and a downfall for Wang Chao.

If one’s repertoire of techniques failed to provide any results, then the heart would be devastated. And in an instant, the inspiration would decline.

The most important thing in a competition was inspiration. This held especially true in a match between experts. If the heart were to be disappointed, then no matter how strong one’s martial arts was, they would find it hard to run away from fate.

Therefore, the more killing moves one could pull out from their repertoire, the better. If one technique failed to land, at least there was still one more in reserve. The heart would not yet feel disappointed.

Chen Aiyang had been carefully explaining the profundity of his “Flying Horse Treading on Sparrow” killing move to Wang Chao.

“Take a look at how this horse steps on the sparrow with both hooves high in the air. At this moment, the horse is the sparrow, and the sparrow is the horse. The horse borrows the sparrow’s strength to transform in midair. When the horse flies, it becomes the dragon!”

Chen Aiyang’s arms and legs moved to demonstrate for a moment before he felt a sharp pain in his chest. As a result of his impatience to explain, he had immediately stopped speaking.

“Master Chen, you should rest for now. There will be another time to demonstrate.” Wang Chao spoke in a hurry. In his heart, he was already thinking about just what Chen Aiyang was getting at with his hands and feet.

The horse stance had originally included the dragon stance. Within the dragon stance was the meaning of millions of things. Pratically every single killing move of any animal could be found within the dragon stance. No matter the practitioner, in the end, every practitioner would have a different understanding of the dragon stance. Thus, the form and movements would differ.

“No need to worry, I was merely short of breath.” Chen Aiyang touched the bronze statue. Despite it being an imitation, it was still of excellent handiwork that had only been made after its creator understood the beauty of the original.

“The most vital area of this style is to having a good balance of one’s center of gravity. In that split moment when the horse rises into the air, it kicks out in the way of the sparrow. In the horse, the sparrow is hidden while the sparrow supports the horse. Take a look at this bronze statue. When the horse rises in that moment, all of its power follows the hooves up in front while leaving behind only a little bit in the back. But this center of gravity is extremely small so that it can follow the sparrow’s movements. While small, it is extremely important. Without this center of gravity, the horse would not be able to fly.”

After taking two long breaths, Chen Aiyang and Wang Chao walked out of the room together.

This was the house that Chen Aiyang owned in Singapore. A single-story house with a large courtyard in the back. Within this courtyard were countless of great trees. Each one had a rhythm to growing large so that it was like a giant lush-green parasol that covered the ground beneath from the tropic sun.

Chen Aiyang’s eyes had a sharp glint as he explained Using his own body to demonstrate, he made sure to use that as an explanation for any of Wang Chao’s shortcomings of understanding.