His voice was booming, his face was stern, and his attitude was not warm at all; he was just asking casually.
Next to the burly senior who was speaking, sat two other seniors. They all had one thing in common: they were all exceptionally strong and somewhat ugly.
No wonder nobody's interested; there's not even a pretty girl standing around!
Zhang Yuan pondered to himself.
Seeing Zhang Yuan stop, another boy with a long, donkey-like face stood up next to the burly senior who had been speaking and stuffed a recruitment flyer for the martial arts association into Zhang Yuan's hand.
The white A4 paper reads:
The Wushu Association of Tongcheng University is recruiting new members. Founded in 2017 by Li Hu, a 10th-generation inheritor of Yiquan (意拳), the association has been running for four years and boasts over a dozen members!
Zhang Yuan almost burst out laughing.
With only a dozen or so members, how can you call that a lot?
The purpose of the Wushu Association is to learn Wushu, improve physical fitness, and enhance combat skills!
By joining this association, you can learn Yiquan martial arts for free and use the school gymnasium for martial arts training free of charge. The association will also organize martial arts exchanges for members from time to time to improve their skills.
Those with outstanding skills may be recommended to participate in events such as the Tongcheng City Martial Arts Competition.
Welcome to the group!
"Free lessons in Yiquan? Regular martial arts sparring sessions?"
Zhang Yuan stroked his chin and muttered to himself.
He had just activated the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of his foot today, kicking down a beech tree. Now he was itching to spar with someone and test his fighting skills.
Lin Bao, the vice president of the martial arts association and the burly senior who had just spoken to Zhang Yuan, saw that the freshman seemed interested and said, "Yes, yes, some of our association members are training in the gymnasium today. If you're interested, junior, I can take you to visit!"
The martial arts association's recruitment booth had been set up all afternoon. Seeing the other associations' enthusiastic recruitment efforts, their own association hadn't recruited a single member yet.
Lin Bao, the vice president of the society, was also quite anxious.
If President Li Hu finds out that we haven't recruited a single new member today, he might use martial arts sparring as an excuse to give us a good beating!
"good!"
Zhang Yuan readily agreed and prepared to go to the stadium with Lin Bao.
"You guys keep an eye on the recruitment area. If any freshmen come over, be enthusiastic and don't look at them with those dead fish eyes, understand?"
After giving his instructions, Lin Bao took Zhang Yuan to the gymnasium.
After Lin Bao left, several members of the martial arts association whispered, "Who has such dead fish eyes? I think the vice president himself has dead fish eyes, which is why he can't recruit any new people!"
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let the vice president hear you!"
...
Tongcheng University Gymnasium.
Several boys are practicing Yiquan in the gymnasium.
These boys were all quite strong. Among them was a boy who was 1.8 meters tall, a head taller than the other boys, and he was particularly good at Yiquan (意拳)!
His moves are skillful and stylish, making them very pleasant to watch.
This sophomore is named Wang Biao! He has been studying Yiquan for a year. In the association, Wang Biao's fighting strength ranks among the top three, excluding the president and vice-president. Even the president, Li Hu, praised him as a natural-born martial arts talent.
After practicing their boxing techniques for a while, the martial arts association members began to spar with each other.
Wow!
ha!
Before long, Wang Biao had taken down several members of the martial arts association, including one or two senior students who had been practicing Yiquan for two years.
Lin Bao brought Zhang Yuan to the stadium.
"Hello, Vice President!"
When the members saw Lin Bao enter, they greeted him politely, suggesting that this vice president was quite influential within the association.
Zhang Yuan observed carefully.
President Lin, is this junior a newly recruited member of the association?
Wang Biao saw Zhang Yuan following behind Lin Bao and asked with a smile. He was wearing a black tight vest, revealing his muscular biceps!
Lin Bao gave an awkward smile.
"Zhang Yuan is interested in martial arts, so I brought him over to take a look!"
"Come on, all of you, perform a Yiquan routine for Zhang Yuan!"
After Lin Bao finished speaking, several members of the martial arts association got into position and demonstrated their boxing techniques to Zhang Yuan.
Five Elements Fist!
Dachengquan!
Tiger and Crane in Dual Form!
Wow!
ha!
When the martial arts association members saw that someone had come to observe, they each took out their best moves and demonstrated them in front of Zhang Yuan, an outsider!
After all, the martial arts association hasn't recruited any new members for a long time. It's rare to have a junior student who is interested in martial arts today, so the senior students are practicing with extra enthusiasm!
Watching the members of the martial arts association practice their boxing, Zhang Yuan felt a surge of excitement within him.
"President Lin, may I spar with them?"
Zhang Yuan asked in a harmless manner.
"Of course!"
How many martial artists are not warlike and don't want to show off their hard-earned strength in front of others?
When the martial arts association members saw that Zhang Yuan was coming over to spar, they all rubbed their fists together, eager to try their skills!
They had been members of the association for some time, and many of them had been practicing Yiquan for a year or two. Usually, they were beaten up by the president and strong people like Wang Biao in the association. It was rare for a junior to want to spar with them, so they all rushed to fight.
In the eyes of these senior students, the junior in front of them had fair skin and delicate features, like a pale-faced young man, and did not look like a martial arts expert at all!
hey-hey!
Lin Bao's gaze swept over the crowd, finally landing on Wang Biao, a man with a burly and muscular build.
"Wang Biao, come here!"
Wang Biao is the strongest member of the association besides himself and the president.
Since Zhang Yuan dared to come and spar, he might have some skill, so Lin Bao let Wang Biao, who was stronger, take the initiative.
In the association, the other members are relatively weak. If they were to accidentally lose to a junior student, it would be too embarrassing!
The other members of the martial arts association were immediately disappointed when they saw that Vice President Lin Bao had asked Wang Biao to make a move!
Wang Biao stepped forward with a smacked face, his fingers cracking.
"Alright, Chairman Lin!"
"Go easy on him, don't hurt your junior!"
Lin Bao confessed.
"rest assured!"
Zhang Yuan and Wang Biao walked to the middle of the training field.
After standing still, Wang Biao spread his palms out slightly, bent his knees slightly, and mimicked Ip Man's sparring stance from the movies. Then, smiling, he said to Zhang Yuan, "Junior, please!"
"please!"
Zhang Yuan returned the salute with a fist, and then the two began a formal sparring match.
Zhang Yuan didn't know Yiquan, but he had just learned a set of military boxing during military training, so he planned to use military boxing to fight.
He rushed forward and delivered a powerful punch while in a horse stance.
Wang Biao used a push-hand technique from Yiquan to easily deflect Zhang Yuan's punch and then used his shoulder to knock Zhang Yuan away.
Zhang Yuan was knocked back a few steps.
Seeing this, Wang Biao couldn't help but laugh smugly.
Zhang Yuan took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then threw another hook punch from military boxing. Wang Biao was very agile. Seeing Zhang Yuan launch an attack, he took a step back to the side and dodged it.
Furthermore, after dodging to the side, Wang Biao pushed Zhang Yuan away again!
The members of the martial arts association applauded and cheered.
"Brother Biao's footwork just now was really impressive!"
"Yes, that pusher was extremely skilled!"
No wonder he is recognized by the president as the most talented student in the martial arts association!
Zhang Yuan experienced the Yiquan style taught by the Wushu Association firsthand and was impressed by how much more refined and effective it was than the twelve-form military boxing taught by his instructors.
Zhang Yuan launched two consecutive attacks, both of which were easily neutralized by Wang Biao.
It's worth noting that Zhang Yuan used these two attack combinations to defeat the instructor, but they were ineffective against Wang Biao.
"Junior brother, it's my turn to attack!"
As soon as Wang Biao finished speaking, he rushed forward quickly. His movements were so precise that Zhang Yuan couldn't quite make out his intentions. Suddenly, Wang Biao made his move and threw a powerful punch.
Zhang Yuan heard a faint sound of something cutting through the air.
not good!
The speed was too fast; Zhang Yuan didn't have time to block.
At that moment, he forgot about military boxing and instinctively raised his leg to kick Wang Biao quickly.
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