Chapter 161: Dragon’s Iron Elbow, Liu Yi (1/2)
Chapter 161: Dragon’s Iron Elbow, Liu Yi
“Two months is two months then. I should be leaving anyways.” Wang Chao stood up to leave after hearing Huo Qiyun speak.
“Master, where do you plan on going?” Huo Ling’er’s eyes blinked rapidly in anxiety.
“It’s only natural that I return to Laoshan. My school is still there. If Nguyễn Hồng Tú wishes to stall for time, then staying here would not be the wise choice. I will go and come back to Shanghai when the time for the match is here.”
“Master Wang, since this match was because of my younger sister, it’s only natural that my Huo family will make the proper arrangements for everything.” Huo Qiyun spoke. “However this will not be an ordinary competition. You must be careful; Nguyễn Hồng Tú has plenty of power in Thailand and has the support of the military. I’ve even heard from a telegram that on the day of the competition, several military leaders from Thailand will spectate the match and give morale to him.”
“That much is to be expected.” Wang Chao’s eyes gleamed with light. “This will be considered a contest of Muay Thai and Kung Fu. Even if the match were to be even larger in scale, that would be proper and to be expected. We shall talk about it when the time comes.”
To be truthful, when Wang Chao heard Huo Qiyun say that several military leaders from Thailand would come spectate the match two months from now, his heart had skipped a beat.
“Ever since my appearance in the world, I have fought in plenty of matches in front of many. Excluding martial arts itself, I have fought with Zhang Wei and Cheng Shanming in a proper match between masters of martial arts. They were not underground matches, and neither were they done in private. But this match with Nguyễn Hồng Tú will be the largest one yet.”
This competition between he and Nguyễn Hồng Tú had startled even the military of Thailand. This would mean that the Military Commission wouldn’t stay silent either. Wang Chao had a premonition that this match with Nguyễn Hồng Tú would be the biggest gathering he had ever been in since his debut.
Even without including the military of Thailand and the Military Commission of the Central Party, there was still the Huo family along with the powerful princess Han Xiaoqing and the other powerful youths. Like a swarm of bees, they would definitely bet on the outcome and definitely ensure that this would be no minor gathering.
Furthermore, this matter would also involve the Korean scholar of fighting, the ninth-dan of Taekwondo, the originator of the Jang Baek Style, “Iron Fist Hwarang” Choi Jang Baek.
With so many major figures involved in the initial invitation cards, plenty of powerful figures would for sure keep an eye on the match.
Wang Chao had another premonition that this match would definitely be the most astonishing to everyone.
“In this entire lifetime of battle, my most dangerous one had been in the park against Zhou Binglin. No one was around but Cao Jingjing playing the spectator. In my biggest battle yet, it will be against a master of Muay Thai. Ah, how interesting.”
A decisive battle with an expert had taken place within a small park. A decisive battle with a hired hand would be in front of a massive crowd. This gave Wang Chao a very realistic feeling of the world.
Presently, Wang Chao’s martial arts had already reached an unbelievably deep water of understanding. Walking on the path to perfection, he was already scaling to the next peak from his current height. Nguyễn Hồng Tú might be strong in martial arts and famous in name, but to Wang Chao, there should be no need to see him as a major enemy.
“Master, I’ll go with you to Laoshan!” Huo Ling’er had declared when she saw that Wang Chao would be leaving. After learning under Wang Chao for that moment of time, she had been given a taste for growth. Having experienced that taste, there was no way she would give it up so easily.
“Fine. You may not be my official disciple just yet, but your parents have already agreed, so there should be no problems. As you will be the disciple that will uphold my name in the future, your age and skeletal structure now is at a very crucial and golden time to learn. To delay even a day more would be a damaging loss. Come with me then.”
Wang Chao had naturally agreed to her request.
After gathering up their things, Wang Chao took along the sword he had taken from Jiang Hai. With some change of clothing, he gave a call to Chen Aiyang before preparing to leave for the trip.
“It’s a shame Zhu Jia is currently gathering news overseas. It’d be nice to meet up and talk.”
Zhu Jia was still working at CCTV International so Wang Chao had planned on meeting her when he came by Beijing. But the timing had been off and Zhu Jia had applied to use some money from work to travel abroad for a documentary.
Wang Chao knew that Zhu Jia had always wanted to film a documentary on the lives of the overseas Chinese, but he didn’t think that she would be able to accomplish it so soon.
“Liao Junhua has said that the Chinese living overseas has created many factions and gangs. There’s plenty of danger, so I hope that nothing will happen to Zhu Jia.”
When Wang Chao thought about the fact that Zhu Jia was overseas, he couldn’t help but think about Tang Zichen who had changed his life. Unable to stop himself, Wang Chao let out a deep sigh.
“Master, why are you sighing? I don’t know why, but I can always hear you sigh. Are you unhappy?”
Huo Ling’er was approximately two years older than when Wang Chao begun to learn martial arts, making the difference between the two rather small. Even the average boyfriend and girlfriend would be within this age gap. But with Wang Chao’s history within the forest of spears and hail of bullets that was the secular world, he had far more experience than she did.
The Wang Chao of today was far more experienced and mature than his contemporaries.
“What? Master Chen, you want to come to Shandong to see my school? Then that’s great, we can go together.” As he was speaking with Chen Aiyang over the phone, Chen Aiyang had suddenly mentioned that he had wanted to go to Shandong to see Wang Chao’s school. For that, Wang Chao was more than glad to agree.
After the phone call, the group of three had arrived at the airport. Huo Ling’er consigned the sword through the proper procedures before they boarded the airplane towards Shandong.
“This match of yours and Nguyễn Hồng Tú has caused quite the stir.” Chen Aiyang mentioned grimly after sitting down. “Nguyễn Hồng Tú has the backing of the Thai military, so even I was able to hear about this match.He and Zhou Binglin are good friends, so not only will this match be for the sake of taking Huo Ling’er as a disciple, it will also be for dealing out justice for Zhou Binglin. The martial art circles within Beijing all already know about Nguyễn Hồng Tú fighting you now.”
“Nguyễn Hồng Tú is not an opponent for me.” Wang Chao stated. With his level of martial arts, he could more or less figure his chances of winning.
“I’ve heard that Nguyễn Hồng Tú has persevered for a long time after his battle with Zhang Guangming; even after he departed the arena with broken ribs. For the sake of revenge, he traveled to India and learned the secrets to Yoga. After that, his martial arts saw a large increase in improvement. It would be unwise to underestimate him. Did you know? He is currently with Choi Jang Baek and is learning the Sun-style Taichi under Zhou Binglin himself. With his understanding of martial arts, two months is plenty of time to breakthrough. You cannot afford to underestimate him.”
“Oh, so I see. No wonder he wanted to schedule the match to months from now.” Wang Chao’s eyes brightened for a moment, but his face did not show any change in expression. “This would be the rational thing to do by handing down the Sun-style Taichi to Nguyễn Hồng Tú. Zhou Binglin must know that Nguyễn Hồng Tú is no match for me and is afraid that he would die by my hand. The way I see it, the reason why Choi Jang Baek and Nguyễn Hồng Tú are substituting for Zhou Binglin is so they can inherit the Sun-style Taichi.”