Romance of Dragons and Snakes

Chapter 75: Chen Aiyang’s skill

Chapter 75: Chen Aiyang’s skill

When it came to the history of Guoshu, there had always been an unavoidable dispute with the Japanese.

Wang Chao had studied up on the history of Guoshu and thus had a clear understanding of it.

That was not mention the fact that “Karate” had originated from the “Chinese Hand”.

Not to mention that “Aikido” had been formed shortly after Morihei Ueshiba fought in Manchuria against Russia for Japan and learned Taichi during his time there.

“Kyokushin Karate” master Mas Oyama had lived in Manchuria during 1932 to 1938. During that time, he had learned southern Chinese martial arts “18 Fists”.

Three years into the Republic of China, Xingyi and Taichi master Hao Enguang from the Chinese Warrior Society had crossed over to Japan and tauch Chinese martial arts to the Chinese in Japan. In the end, a Japanese Kendo master pretended to be Chinese and learned under him. In the end, he had challenged and beaten Hao Enguang who later died in grief.

In Shanghai, Huo Yunjia’s Chin Woo Athletes Association had a dispute with the Japanese dojo in the Hongkou district. This dispute had later been transformed into the movie Fist of Fury, along with several other novels and legends that had been seen by many people.

No matter if it was an adult or child, everyone had heard of the famous saying, “The Great Wall will never fall, and the Thousand mile Yellow River will flow continuously…”

The series of disputes within the recent history between China and Japan was enough to fill several volumes of history textbooks.

When Wang Chao had heard from Chen Bin’s mouth that the disciple next to Xu Zhen was from Japan, the question he originally had had suddenly made sense.

“So that’s the reason, no wonder she jumped out like that then. Despite the anger Xu Zhen has towards me, as a martial art master, just how would he have a disciple that knows nothing of the rules?”

It could be said that after this victory, Wang Chao’s name would spread throughout the southeast Chinese martial arts world.

If he were to lose to anyone even in his injured state, then that person would immediately become famous. This was a temptation that wasn’t small by any normal means even though he was very injured.

“That ‘Little Arm Saint” is a man with the air of a master. But why has he brought a Japanese girl with him to watch this fight?” Wang Chao spoke with confusion.

“Xu Zhen’s Tianle Corporation has many business deals with the Japanese industries. The girl’s name is Yagyu Haruko. Her father is Yagyu Suimei, a board member of Mitsubishi. She herself is an expert of the Goju-ryu Karate and came to Xu Zhen to exchange notes. But in the end, the vengeance for the death of a disciple is something for us Chinese to take care of, just how could we let a Japanese martial artist decide what to do? You beat Zhang Wei, but if you let that Japanese girl beat you, just where would the reputation of Xu Zhen go as one of the Three Tigers of Guangdong?”

The founder of the Goju-Ryu Karate could be traced back to Chojun Miyaji in 1906. After learning the Shaolin White Crane Fist, he went back to Japan had founded the Goju-ryu Karate.

The Goju-ryu Karate name had originated from the secretly passed down book Wubei Zhi from the White Crane Fist where it mentioned to “Take in hardness and softness and change at any time.”.

Chen Bin smiled and her eyebrows crinkled to form the shape of the crescent moon. Looking at Wang Chao, she spoke, “Your stunt back there with your lungs had caused it to tear apart. If it weren’t for your health and martial arts, then you would have gone into shock. At the very least, you would have been unable to fight anyone for half a year.”

Chen Bin was also an expert of martial arts. Although she was still far away from her brother Chen Aiyang, her perception was still very strong. She deeply understood the human body, and after talking with Wang Chao for a moment, she had already figured out how severe his injuries were.

The tearing of the lungs and bringing blood into the windpipe wasn’t like any regular fracture of the bone. If one wasn’t careful, then they could lose their life.

An internal injury was far more dangerous than an external wound. An external wound was only scary looking, but that could be healed with time.

But an internal injury wasn’t the same. It was a warning sign of the body. If a person didn’t know, then their inner organs could slowly degrade and slowly makes it way to the epidermis of the skin or any other part of the body.

So for the most part, when a person finally detected that they had an internal wound, it was far too late. With it flaring up, there was no hope of it being cured.

Although Wang Chao’s martial art had not yet tempered his inner body and his organs, they were still somewhat stronger than the average person. He could feel the damage in his body and knew how serious it was.

The lung was involved in the breathing process, and martial artists would often breathe heavily. In fact, “the fist comes from the mouth” was a saying that explained at the moment of contact, a single breath would be given, just how much power would come from such a motion?

Wang Chao’s damage in his lungs had essentially made him feel it hard to breathe. So just how much power did he lose?

After he was speaking with Chen Bin, all of the other martial art masters had already left on their own high speed motorboats.

“Zhao my friend, let’s go.”

Wu Yingda, the smartest of the three princelings was already thinking of a countermeasure for the things that had happened today and was unwilling to stay here for much longer.

This was the boat of the Chenshi Corporation. He didn’t wish to be rude and plot on top of their boat. The Chenshi Corporation were business partners with the Ike Corporation after all.

Seeing Chen Bin smile at Wang Chao, Wu Yingda had known that the Chenshi Corporation was willing to pull Wang Chao into their group.

Although the Ike Corporation had a deal with the Chenshi Corporation, the Chenshi Corporation were free to follow the ideology of “the enemy of my friend is my enemy” or not. In the end, both the Ike Corporation and the Chenshi Corporations were both major powers that would eventually cross paths. There was no such thing as an eternal enemy, just an eternal pursuit of profit.

Zhao Jun had already turned pale from the loss he had incurred this day. Wu Yingda was afraid that his anger may flare up and cause something despite the situation they were in. Quickly pulling aside Wang Xiaolei and speaking a few words to him, he ordered someone to carry Zhang Wei’s body and left.

No matter what anyone said, Zhang Wei was a martial artist for their corporation, burying his body was the right thing to do.

An hour later, the boat was completely devoid of people. Even Xue Lianxin and his disciples had boarded another boat off towards the direction of Fujian and Taiwan.

At that moment, the entire boat had only Wang Chao, Zhao Xinglong, Yao Xiaoxue, Chen Bin, Chen Aiyang and a few other bodyguards.

“I will be taking my leave as well.” Wang Chao had wanted to leave a long time ago, but Chen Bin had kept talking to him. Now that everyone was gone, he had wanted to leave too.

“Don’t be in such a rush, we’re friends aren’t we? Come sit down.” Chen Bin’s smile had been splendid, but no matter what angle he looked at her, Wang Chao felt like Little Red Riding Hood and she was the wolf.

“Master Wang.” A soft sounding voice could be heard as Chen Aiyang came walking forward. “You and I are both martial artists. I can see that your wounds are quite heavy, please allow me to call for some doctors to help treat you. Don’t see this as an act of courtesy, but rather an act of friendship. Being hurt in a competition is a common occurrence after all.”

When Wang Chao saw how insistent the brother and sister was, he couldn’t argue any more.

The group had walked into the hold of the ship with Zhao Xinglong looking around everywhere in surprise. The boat had been superbly amazing and was even more superb than a five-star hotel. Even the floors were draped with a handmade purple and gold rugosa rose carpet.

From the perspective of an outsider, the Chenshi Corporation was grand, rich, and high-ranking. It definitely had well over a billion RMB in assets and could compare to the rich Shanxi Mining company that often had famous car shows.

“Master Wang, please sit.”

As they entered an expansive room, several interesting bookshelves could be seen with a yellow rosewood chair and mahogany table at the side. There was also several shelves and a diagram of all the meridian channels in the human body. On the table, there was an ink stone with a sword hanging overhead for everyone to see.

This had let Wang Chao feel as if he had entered the modern day room of a scholar.

“Master Chen, if you would please.”

Wang Chao nodded politely before sitting down.

“Your breathing rate isn’t smooth, allow me to take a look.” Sitting down, Chen Aiyang went straight to the main topic and began to look at him.

Seeing how Chen Aiyang would be helping him, Wang Chao nodded. Extending his arm, Wang Chao allowed for Chen Aiyang’s fingers to press against the meridian channels in his arms.

Wang Chao could only feel the two fingers of Chen Aiyang press against his finger before sending in energy through the pores in small waves.

Chen Aiyang was breaking out with Hidden Jin, but it had been extremely soft. Instead of it being the normal needle like sensation, this time was more like cotton.

“What a guy, he could force his Hidden Jin to become soft.” Wang Chao had been extremely shocked. Although he himself was at the Hidden Jin stage, he was only able to break out with Hidden Jin in the form as a needle and could not make it as soft as Chen Aiyang was doing.

To be able to manipulate the Hidden Jin in this fashion, one must have their martial arts permeate their inner organs and be able to use their heart to break out with Jin precisely.

“It’s no wonder he is called the number one expert of the southeastern Chinese martial arts world. Compared to him, I’m far away from his level.”

“Master Chen is quite skilled I am quite ashamed of my inferiority.” Wang Chao sighed.

“This is nothing much. I’ve eight years more food than Master Wang, that’s all.” Chen Aiyang spoke, showing that he was older than Wang Chao by 8 years at the very least.

“Might I ask what level of martial arts Master Chen has reached when stepping in the water? Does it go past the knee?” Wang Chao suddenly asked.

“Ashamed as I am, the water reaches up to my thighs. There is still three inches above my knee.” Chen Aiyang replied. At first, he had been confused before realizing Wang Chao was also a Taichi practitioner.

“Ai, for the water to reach only my knee, that is considered the pinnacle of strength. I am still lacking three inches, but each inch will require another five years at the very least. Whether or not I can reach this pinnacle however is not something that time can make up for. It depends on one’s comprehension and degree of enthrallment. I can only dream of it for now.”

Wang Chao sighed, “This dream is something that any ordinary practitioner can only dream about even after a hundred years.”

Chen Aiyang’s fingers dropped as he smiled, “You have this dream too I see.”

“That is the realm of our predecessors. In our current world, such men cannot be seen so easily anymore. Xue Lianxin and Zhu Hongzhi had reached the Transforming Jin stage at the age of 45. Even those in the military in Beijing were close to this realm. But those of us still living on this stage like you and I, Xu Zhen, and Zhang Wei, we are only at the Hidden Jin stage.”

“Eh?! Could master Chen not yet fully mastered the Hidden Jin in his entire body?” Wang Chao asked.

“I am not yet at such a stage.” Chen Aiyang spoke before changing topics straight away. “You’ve indeed torn your lungs–it won’t be easy to heal. Fortunately, there is an ointment within our Taichi discipline that is meant to help such a state. It should help you nicely.”

Afterwards, Chen Aiyang grabbed a medicinal bottle from the shelves and began to pour it onto a small spoon.

The medicine had been dark in color and had the scent of a loquat.

“Pei Pa Koa?” Before Chen Aiyang had taken out the medicine, Yao Xiaoxue had been extremely excited. She had seen many movies where there had been magical herbs that could increase one’s strength. Pills made from alchemy that were unparalleled in efficacy, thousand year old ginseng, ten thousand year old Chinese knotweed, etcetera etcetera. Who knew that the medicine that Chen Aiyang was talking about was Pei Pa Koa, the syrup that she herself used when she had a cough?

TL Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin_Jiom_Pei_Pa_Koa

“Almost. However there are a few more ingredients in this than the average Pei Pa Koa.” Chen Aiyang spoke, “This is how medicine works. To treat an injury, the right things must be absorbed. If it is not absorbed correctly, then the medicine will instead cause damage.”

“Sister, please take miss Yao on a tour.”

After Chen Bin took Yao Xiaoxue around, Wang Chao took off his shirt and allowed for Chen Aiyang to apply some of the ointment to several pieces of cloth to Wang Chao’s chest and back.

After applying them, his hand moved in a circle before suddenly breaking out with Hidden Jin!

Wang Chao could only feel the Pei Pa Koa enter through his pores and into his lungs.

Immediately his lungs felt refreshed and the burning sensation from before had began to cool down.

Chen Aiyang patted the back of Wang Chao lightly. “The medicine must reach through all the way. As long as the Hidden Jin is applied for half an hour, the medicine will go all the way through. Recuperate for half a month, and you will recover.”

The ordinary person would take medicine orally with the majority of the medicine would be wastefully leaked out. One would need to eat everyday for months. Furthermore, the medicine would have to pass through the intestines and kidneys which would lead to harm after a while.

But Chen Aiyang had transmitted the medicine directly through the usage of the Hidden Jin and delivered the medicine to the lungs without any of it being wasted.

This was the difference between the two methods. The earth has its soil, but the heavens has its clouds.