Full-Time Martial Saint

Xu Baiwei skillfully activated the detection equipment, and while personally fitting Chen Cong with the corresponding sensing devices, she said:

"The simulation system will automatically generate an opponent based on your overall physical abilities, and you need to defeat it in the shortest time possible."

"This is actually quite troublesome. If you're a martial arts student, it would be much easier to just apply for a virtual world account."

Virtual Reality Account?

Smelling the faint fragrance emanating from Xu Baiwei, Chen Cong blushed slightly: "What is that?"

Xu Baiwei slipped the last bracelet onto his wrist, took a step back, and explained, "As the name suggests, the Void Realm is a virtual world that can encompass the entire Blue Star."

"With a virtual world account, you can log in and spar with martial artists from all over the planet, explore virtual fusion rifts, and fight powerful alien races; unfortunately, only martial arts students or martial artists above the entry level can apply for an account."

Upon hearing this, Chen felt an overwhelming surge of excitement.

Currently, it seems his cheat ability can analyze martial arts techniques. If he could obtain a virtual world account and enter the virtual world to spar with other martial artists across the entire planet, wouldn't that be...?

"Chen Cong?"

Xu Baiwei looked at him with a smile on his lips and a dazed expression, and frowned as she called out.

Chen Cong snapped out of his daze and realized he had been somewhat out of line. He cleared his throat and changed the subject: "Can we begin?"

Xu Baiwei nodded: "Get ready."

After saying that, she left.

[Simulated combat system is starting up. Opponent has been generated. Please prepare.]

A cold, mechanical female voice rang out, and the scene before Chen's eyes instantly changed.

Everything around disappeared, replaced by a desolate Gobi Desert, and everything felt so real that it was as if you were actually there.

Not far away, a tall figure, completely covered in black training uniform, walked slowly towards them. Judging from her build, she was a woman.

Perhaps because Chen was not holding any weapon, and the other party was also unarmed, he stopped more than ten meters away and slightly clasped his hands in a fist salute.

Chen followed suit and was about to return the greeting with clasped hands when the virtual figure suddenly burst forth and charged straight at him!

Disregarding martial ethics?

Chen Cong was slightly stunned. The woman's punch was already upon him, the sharp wind of the punch carrying a faint sense of pressure, forcing him to raise his arms to defend!

Bang!

Chen took the punch head-on with both elbows, then used the momentum to retreat several steps, creating distance and gaining ample time to react.

The virtual opponent on the other side seemed to have seen through Chen Cong's weakness of insufficient strength in one blow. His attack was blocked, and he charged at him with a straight punch again!

Chen Cong narrowed his eyes slightly, assumed the "Grasp the Sparrow's Tail" stance, and skillfully parried the opponent's incoming fist with a "Peng" force. Immediately following was a "Entangling Arm and Strike Elbow"!

With his left arm tightly wrapped around the other woman's right arm, he unleashed a series of powerful blows with his right elbow, slamming it into the woman's chest and head!

Having achieved some mastery of boxing techniques, Chen Cong had already grasped another essence of Bajiquan—embracing and entangled fighting.

This is a style of boxing that emphasizes powerful and explosive attacks; fists, elbows, knees, and even the head are all deadly moves. The maximum damage is achieved by entangled with the enemy and "holding" them close to the body.

The woman was hit by several elbows in succession before she suddenly broke free and tried to create distance.

However, she had only taken two steps back when Chen instantly changed his stance, directly using another deadly move from Bajiquan—

A fierce tiger stubbornly climbs the mountain!

Suddenly, he leaped up, his left arm striking the woman's jaw with an elbow strike, while his right hand slammed down on the top of her head!

Bang!

The elbow and palm struck vital points almost simultaneously!

With just this one move, the opponent generated by the simulated combat system was instantly defeated.

[Simulated combat session ended. Scoring pending.]

The illusory Gobi Desert in front of him slowly disappeared, and the scene returned to the training room. Chen Cong let out a long breath, his eyes fixed on the screen in front of him.

Your martial arts skill score is 578 points!

The test results popped up on the screen, accompanied by a cold, mechanical female voice.

Outside the simulated combat system, Xu Baiwei was stunned upon hearing the result.

Having also reached the threshold of minor mastery in Bajiquan, she could tell at the school's martial arts hall that Chen Cong's comprehension was slightly stronger than hers, and she also anticipated that his martial arts skills score would be higher than hers.

However, in Xu Baiwei's opinion, Chen Cong's Bajiquan had not reached the minor level of mastery, and a score of 470 or 480 would be the highest he could achieve.

But what's going on with these 578 points?

"Bai Wei, how do we remove these things?"

Inside the simulated combat system, Chen Cong spread his arms, looked at the sensors covering his limbs and body, and spoke somewhat awkwardly.

Xu Baiwei snapped out of her daze and hurriedly stepped forward to help him take the things off one by one.

"Chen Cong, your Bajiquan... should have reached a minor level of mastery by now, right?"

Looking at the thin boy in front of her, Xu Baiwei, even though she didn't want to believe it, still asked the question that had been bothering her.

Chen Cong picked up the bottled water next to him, took a sip, and didn't hide anything, nodding and saying, "I didn't have any originally, but this morning at the martial arts hall, after receiving personal guidance from Teacher Zhang, I suddenly had some insights."

"You should be at the minor completion stage now."

Upon hearing his admission, Xu Baiwei opened her mouth in astonishment, her face filled with disbelief.

If Chen Cong had listened to her lectures for a month and grasped Bajiquan to a similar level as she had, Xu Baiwei would only think that this person's comprehension was indeed stronger than hers, but far from being to the point that she admired or was amazed.

But now...

In an instant, Xu Baiwei felt the same helplessness as Chen Cong had just felt.

How can there be such a big difference between people who are both seventeen years old?

"Um... Bai Wei, it's getting late. Let me share some of my boxing experience with you."

Seeing Xu Baiwei's astonished silence, Chen Cong broke the silence in a slow voice.

It was almost lunchtime, and he had eaten breakfast early, so he was already starving.

Xu Baiwei came to her senses, shook her head slightly and sighed: "I thought you had only touched the threshold of minor success, so this deal was fair."

"But now that you've already achieved some success, I'm the one who's benefiting from this deal."

The two tests themselves didn't cost much. Chen Congruo only touched the threshold, and the two of them were exchanging ideas at the same level, so it wasn't a big deal.

But now that Chen Cong has already reached a minor level of mastery in Bajiquan, asking him to impart his insights would no longer be considered an exchange, but rather guidance.

The Xu family controls one-third of the private martial arts instructors in Xiangcheng, and most of them are only at the minor mastery level in martial arts; those who have reached the major mastery level are the ones who can serve as private instructors for entry-level martial arts practitioners.

"Well then, I can't take advantage of you, so I'll treat you to lunch," Xu Baiwei said suddenly after thinking for a moment.

Chen Cong was about to refuse when Xu Baiwei activated the bracelet on her wrist: "Prepare two high-quality nutritional meals and bring them to my training room in a bit."

"Yes, miss."

A respectful response came from the bracelet. Xu Baiwei ended the call and turned to Chen Cong, saying, "There's a private quiet room here. I'll record your thoughts later. You don't mind, do you?"

Chen Cong thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded: "Okay."

The two went to the quiet room together, and Xu Baiwei turned on the holographic recording function and sat down opposite her.

"Let's begin."

Chen Cong nodded: "You should know the basic formulas of Bajiquan. At the martial arts hall, you could tell that my Bajiquan had reached the threshold of minor mastery, which means that your own understanding is not much worse than mine at that time."

"I won't go into the simple stuff, let's start with the techniques."

"My personal experience is that when practicing this boxing style, one needs to 'first practice brute force like a madman, and second practice soft, supple, and closed techniques.'"

Xu Baiwei looked somewhat bewildered upon hearing this: "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Cong explained: "That is to say, the practice of kung fu should be divided into levels. First, practice instinctive and clumsy strength, then practice softening techniques, and finally achieve a balance of strength and softness."

"You can't expect to soften a technique with brute force; you have to wait until the technique is perfect before unleashing power in an instant."

"In actual combat, Bajiquan emphasizes 'attacking from above with cloud-like movements, striking from the middle with thrusts and squeezes, and attacking from below by taking root and burying the root.' This style of boxing focuses on close-quarters combat, and 'entanglement' is its essence..."

Chen Cong spoke very seriously and without reservation; Xu Baiwei, sitting opposite him, became more and more surprised as she listened.

Even at the very end, she vaguely felt that the boy in front of her, who was the same age as her, had a more refined understanding of Bajiquan than Zhang Kui, who had mastered the art.