Chapter Thirty-Four: Dreams Take Flight

  More than two months have passed in the blink of an eye, during which Wang Wei's emotions were like a zigzag line, from being full of enthusiasm at first, to having thoughts of giving up halfway through, and then rekindling his passion later on.

  In Li Yuan's words, Wang Wei inherited the talent of his father Wang Quanfu in martial arts and even surpassed him. Originally, Li Yuan had already given up on the idea that Bagua Taiji Fist would be lost, but after seeing Wang Wei's talent for learning fist, Li Yuan's idea of passing down Bagua Taiji Fist was rekindled.

  As a result, Wang Wei's training became increasingly rigorous. For the first 15 days, Wang Wei stood in stances every day, using Li Yuan's words, these basic skills must be learned, otherwise the subsequent punches can't even be made out. Not to mention the attack. Therefore, Wang Wei spent more than 10 hours a day standing in stances for the first 15 days, which was unavoidable. During this period, Li Yuan changed his face greatly, changing his previous kind attitude, and with that whip, if Wang Wei didn't stand well, Li Yuan's temper would go up.

  This made Wang Wei suspect that the words Li Yuanzhi had previously said to him were not true. Under such unscientific training, Wang Wei thought he would not be able to hold on for a few days and would get tired, and Li Yuanzhi would also let go of himself. Unexpectedly, Li Yuanzhi got many medicinal wines from somewhere, some for drinking and some for applying to the body. It actually made Wang Wei not only not fall down but also become much stronger.

  Fifteen days later, Wang Wei felt that he had lost weight, but he was more energetic. Especially every time he took a bath, Wang Wei felt that the flesh on his body became more compact and powerful. And sometimes he could feel the existence of internal energy.

  On the sixteenth day, Li Yuanzhi suddenly decided to start teaching Wang Wei the eight-level fist routine. First was the Golden Vajra Eight Forms, followed by the Six Big Openings and the Small Frame of the Eight Extremes. Then came the Large Splitting Hanging Palm and others.

  The result was that Wang Wei's performance surprised Li Yuan, the master of the martial arts world. Every routine Wang Wei only watched twice and could remember it. At first, Li Yuan thought that the movements of Bajiquan were simple, so it was natural for Wang Wei to learn quickly, but still holding a glimmer of hope, Li Yuan tried to teach Wang Wei several Yanqingquan routines, and as a result, Wang Wei still learned them after watching twice.

  This made Li Yuanzhi, who had been immersed in martial arts for a lifetime, unable to calm down. He simply handed over the entire routine of Yanqing Fist to Wang Wei, and Wang Wei did not disappoint Li Yuanzhi. After watching it twice, he was able to perform it with great skill.

  Later, Li Yuanzi gritted his teeth and handed over the routine of Bagua Taiji Fist to Wang Wei. As expected, Bagua Taiji Fist was indeed the most difficult fist among the three, and it took Wang Wei a whole five days to complete the entire set. When he saw Wang Wei successfully completing the entire set of Bagua Taiji Fist, Li Yuanzi was overjoyed in his heart. It seemed that Bagua Taiji Fist would not be lost in his own hands after all.

  At first, when he was teaching at the National Martial Arts Academy, his students couldn't learn this set of boxing techniques no matter what. Under duress, Li Yuanzhi simplified the Bagua Taiji Fist. Although the revised Bagua Taiji Fist became much easier to learn, it also lost its original power. This made Li Yuanzhi feel very helpless. Originally prepared to lose the transmission of this martial art, who would have thought that heaven suddenly gave him a successor for the Taiji Bagua Fist, and more surprisingly, this person was none other than Wang Zhaofu's son, his disciple and also his adopted son.

  When Wang Wei learned three boxing routines, he suddenly regained his enthusiasm from a somewhat tired mentality. Because learning the three boxing routines made Wang Wei see the hope and interest in learning boxing again.

  Just as Wang Wei was rejoicing, Li Yuanzhi poured a bucket of cold water on him. Li Yuanzhi told Wang Wei that although he had performed the boxing techniques with flair, they were all just empty gestures and didn't have any real power. To make Wang Wei believe that he wasn't cheating, Li Yuanzhi even made a special effort to exchange blows with him. As a result, Wang Wei was thoroughly defeated.

  This made Wang Wei return to the basic practice of ten hours a day, but this time Wang Wei did not feel more and more boring like before when practicing basic skills. Instead, every day after practicing basic skills, Wang Wei would feel the change in power contained in the boxing routine during the punching process.

  The two intersected to form a benign cycle, making Wang Wei practice boxing more diligently and progress faster.

  Wang Wei was so focused on his training that he lost track of time, just like Uncle Ben said in the cross-talk show. Wang Wei felt like he closed his eyes and when he opened them again, two months had passed.

  Before he knew it, the Spring Festival was approaching. Wang Wei also had to end his life of learning martial arts. Originally, Wang Wei planned to delay his trip to Hong Kong and learn from Li Yuan for a few more months before going to Hong Kong. But he was "ruthlessly" driven away by Li Yuan. Li Yuan told Wang Wei that if he wanted to master the fist, he couldn't just practice in isolation, but had to constantly seek out people with superior martial arts skills to exchange and engage in real combat. This was the only way to take his fist to a higher level. Now, everything that needed to be taught to Wang Wei had already been taught. What Wang Wei lacked was only internal power and actual combat experience. Even if he continued to stay, it would be pointless.

  As a result, Wang Wei could only 'end on time' his own boxing career. On the 30th of December, Wang Wei was supposed to take Li Yuan back to his own home, but Li Yuan refused, saying he didn't like noise, otherwise he wouldn't have lived with his son in this desolate mountain village under the willow tree.

  Wang Wei met Li Zhongyue, the son of Li Yuanzhi, while learning boxing from Li Yuanzhi. He was a very honest person who looked refined and elegant. According to Li Yuanzhi, the middle character "Zhao" in Li Zhongyue's name was given by his father himself.

  Because Li Zhaojue didn't like learning fist techniques since he was young, and Li Yuanzhi also didn't like forcing his children to do things they didn't like, so Li Zhaojue didn't learn Li Yuanzhi's fist techniques.

  Li Zhao Yue was delighted when he heard that Wang Wei was the son of Wang Zhaofu, and pulled Wang Wei to ask him questions. He also told Wang Wei that when he was young, if someone bullied him, other brothers did not dare to stand up for him because of Li Yuan's orders not to use martial arts to bully people. Only Wang Zhaofu, Wang Wei's father, would take him to teach the bully a lesson every time. As a result, they would be beaten by Li Yuan every time they returned home, but Wang Zhaofu still helped him out.

  When it came to the time when Wang Zuo Fu's death news was received, Li Chao Yue cried in front of Wang Wei like a tearful person. Moreover, while crying, he scolded himself for being useless and unable to help Wang Zuo Fu avenge. Wang Wei could see from Li Chao Yue's performance that his feelings for Wang Zuo Fu were really deep.

  Because Li Yuanzhi dislikes noise, Wang Wei simply brought two bottles of Denis XO and a few small dishes to run to Li Yuanzhi's residence to spend New Year's Eve with him. Wang Wei, Li Yuanzhi, and Liu Shu, the three of them, raised their cups to invite the bright moon, and got drunk on wine together.

  On the other hand, Wang Wei's mother also had a lively New Year's Eve. Lin Fengjiao, who played the female lead in the courtyard, received a substantial payment for her role. With the money Wang Wei gave to the Lin family, Mr. Lin renovated their originally dilapidated house, making it much larger than before. So on New Year's Eve, the two families came together at Lin Fengjiao's home to celebrate. Lin's mother also brought her grandson along with Wang Wei's mother to spend the 70th New Year's Eve together at Lin Fengjiao's home.

  The yard's deep success made many directors notice Lin Fengjiao, a newcomer who had just debuted. So before the New Year, Lin Fengjiao received several scripts and wanted to try out for roles. Lin Fengjiao handed the scripts over to Wang Wei to help her choose, and Wang Wei finally chose one called "Dragon City Ten Days". According to Wang Wei's memory, this film should have started shooting in 1969, but he didn't know why it was put on hold until now. However, these were not what Wang Wei cared about; all he knew was that the female lead of this film later won the Best Newcomer Award at the 9th Golden Horse Awards.

  Because the crew had to rush to shoot, Lin Fengjiao left with the crew to shoot on location after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Wang Wei, on the other hand, spent the tenth day at home before packing up and heading to Hong Kong.

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