Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 154: Understanding the Martial Arts World
After Wang Li and the Long family father and son finished their competition that morning, Long Zhan's father sighed: "You are so young and have such strength. There is no one before you and no one after you!" Even the top ten masters of the late Qing Dynasty would not be your opponent.

Most of them should be at the peak of Hua Jin, not at your level. I would venture to guess that you have reached Dan Jin now, right?
Wang Li nodded. After seeing this, Long Zhan’s father said with envy: You are really a martial arts genius. You have such strong strength at such a young age. It will be impossible for me to reach Dan Jin in my lifetime.

I only have the strength of the middle stage of Hua Jin now. As I get older, my strength has begun to decline, and my Qi and blood are no longer vigorous. I have no chance of reaching Dan Jin. It all depends on whether Long Zhan has the opportunity and talent to reach the Dan Jin level.

After listening to Long Zhan's father's words, Wang Li asked curiously: Uncle, have you ever seen the ten great masters in the late Qing Dynasty? Who are they?

Long Zhan’s father said: I have never had the chance to meet them, but when I was young, I went out to explore the world for a while, and I heard from people in the martial arts world that their lowest strength is the Hua Jin.

The top ten martial arts masters of the late Qing Dynasty refer to Dong Haichuan, Wang Wu, Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, Wang Ziping, Du Xinwu, Han Muxia, Swallow Li San, Sun Lutang, and Guo Yunshen.

In fact, these people are not the most powerful, they are just masters of folk legends.

There are also some ancient martial arts schools, and there must be many masters above the level of Hua Jin within each school.

As far as I know, when Xiaobenzi attacked Longguo, there were many masters of Longguo who helped the country. But because Xiaobenzi's guns were too powerful, many masters were lost.

Alas, this is the sorrow of us martial artists. After practicing boxing for a lifetime, we may not be as good as a bullet. This is a sad era for us martial artists.

When Wang Li heard him say that there were some other martial arts schools, he immediately showed an interested expression and asked hurriedly: "Uncle, can you introduce me to the martial arts schools you know about? I have been practicing martial arts for many years, and I have not met any other masters except you."

Long Zhan’s father said: Okay, since you are interested, I will tell you about it.

As far as I know, the longer-standing schools include Wudang, Shaolin, Taiji, Xingyi, Baji, etc. There are also some hidden families, Tantric Buddhism, Miaojiang masters, etc.

Most of these sects have been around for a long time and have many disciples. Their elite disciples are very powerful. If you encounter them in the future, be careful, as there will definitely be Dan Jin masters among them.

Perhaps, the current Xinlong government will also have many such experts.

After all, since ancient times, there has been a saying in Dragon Country that heroes break the law with force. I believe the government also has some experts to suppress the forces in the martial arts world.

Although these masters are not very useful on the battlefield, their personal strength is extremely strong, especially for people like you and me. If the opponent does not have a master to protect them, it is very easy to be assassinated by people like you and me. Now that we have come to this point, I will not hide it from you. In fact, our family is a family of masters in the inner court of the Qing Dynasty. Our ancestors participated in the struggle for the succession of the imperial court at that time, but ended up standing on the wrong side and were driven out of Kyoto.

In fact, this is not necessarily a bad thing, because as far as I know, several other families like ours that are masters of the imperial court have disappeared in the dust of history, and now the only one left is ours.

Think about how glorious our ancestors were when they entered the Pass, and then think about how decadent they are now. Alas, times have really changed! I didn't expect that even the Bannermen's dynasty is over!
Brother Wang Li, through our contact these days, you have a certain understanding of me, and I am also familiar with you.

I won't beat around the bush with you. You can already see that our family's Dragon Elephant Body is a physical training method.

In fact, it is mainly used for fighting on horseback. Our physical skills are very poor, and now we can no longer fight on horseback, so our skills have great flaws.

Through the sparring with you these days, I can see that your body movements are very good, you must have practiced some body movement secrets.

I have an unwelcome request. I would like to exchange my family's Dragon Elephant Body Secret Book with yours for the Body Movement Secret Book. What do you think?
After hearing the request from Long Zhan's father, Wang Li was slightly stunned, then he said with a smile: Uncle, you are too polite, you don't have to be so formal, I can teach you how to practice your body skills, so there is no need to exchange.

Long Zhan's father said very firmly: No, let's put one thing first. Only if we exchange the secret books can I feel at ease and you won't suffer any loss.

Besides, it’s already a new era and we should communicate with each other, otherwise the inheritance of our national martial arts will be cut off in the future.

Wang Li had no choice but to nod in agreement and said: "Okay, I will write the contents of the body movement secret book for you later, and then I will guide you in practicing it."

When Long Zhan's father heard this, he felt relieved and said happily: "Okay! I will get the secret book for you in a while."

In this way, Wang Li obtained another secret book on physical training. In fact, this also made up for the shortcomings in martial arts training of other people in Wang Li's lineage.

After all, only Wang Li can practice the Golden Body Sutra, while others, including Zheng Lan and his father, cannot practice it. Now with the secret book of the Dragon Elephant Body, they can finally make up for their shortcomings.

And through this exchange, the Long family can make up for their own shortcomings in flexibility. This is the benefit of learning and communicating.

(End of this chapter)