Romance of Dragons and Snakes Chapter 28

 A shoulder to carry the crotch with the air of a master

By the time w.a.n.g Chao had arrived at the dojo, the entire atmosphere in there was very chaotic. Everywhere, there were both uniformed and motley-robed people. Judging from their ages, they were also students with the school badge on their chests.

These people, no matter if they were students or not, male or female, everyone was excited. The entire area was jampacked as everyone tried to crowd into the elevator.

“What’s going on?” Seeing such a loud cacophony right in front of him, w.a.n.g Chao asked a few of the service women. With such a commotion, it was the only sensible thing to do.

“Ah, it’s instructor w.a.n.g!” One of the females recognized him straight away. At this moment, w.a.n.g Chao was wearing a purple Tang suit with cloth shoes that made him look rather respectable.

After reading and cultivating his Qi, his mindset had underwent drastic changes to the point where even his clothing style was affected. But wearing a purple Tang dress could only be attributed to sis Chen.

“What’s happening, is there a challenger?” w.a.n.g Chao waved his hand as if trying to make sure the others didn’t say anything else.

“Yes, yes, there is.” One of them spoke. “This isn’t like in the past. Previously, it would usually be challengers from other dojos like Karate or Wushu. But they would usually communicate with us beforehand. This time it’s completely different– it’s an university student this time. I’m guessing there was some sort of argument that made him come over. You didn’t see it just now, but that university student is really strong. The moment he entered he was able to beat two instructors. But he’s really arrogant too…He’s definitely a challenger, but he didn’t talk to us beforehand. I don’t know what this challenger is going to do, but he’s definitely gone up the elevator already…”

“Oh!” As he listened to the words of the female, w.a.n.g Chao began to realize what was happening.

“A student from university?”

There was some shock in his heart. He had only worked here for two months, but even he could understand just what generally happened when a challenger appeared. Generally, it would be people from other disciplines or dojos for the sake of improving the reputation of their own.

But even those challengers would ask first before challenging as a peaceful sign. Not a single one of them would storm into here and provoke people into a challenge first.

But this method would also bring about the best excitement.

“A fallout at university caused a challenger to appear…” w.a.n.g Chao knew that the university had no organized structure. The majority of them were mainly clubs with other university students being the presidents, many of them being members of this dojo. Some of them were even black belts as well. Aside from Taekwondo, there was still the Wushu club, mixed martial arts, and even the Wrestling club. Arguments between the clubs were actually a common sight.

But for these arguments to end up becoming a challenge to a dojo, that itself was a rare sight to see.

After all, the dojos had experts that had black belt instructors. They were extremely powerful and were not people that could easily be defeated,

“Would there be experts like that in university? Is that even possible? Or was there such a fast change in today’s society that there are hidden dragons within here?” w.a.n.g Chao didn’t even think about the fact that he was a third year in high school.

At that moment, w.a.n.g Chao’s cellphone range once more. Picking it up, he could hear Li Wanji, “Have you arrived yet?”

“I’m here. I’m asking what happened in the downstairs lobby, just what is going on?” w.a.n.g Chao asked.

“Don’t even bother asking. Hurry up and head up to the top floor. I’ll explain there.” Li Wanji’s voice was a little irritable.

“Okay, I’ll head up straight away.” Hanging up his phone, w.a.n.g Chao got into the elevator and rode all the way to the top floor.

“You’re here.” Upon exiting from the elevator, w.a.n.g Chao could see Li Wanji waiting for him before pulling him along.

“I already know the gist of things. An university student grew angry at another and came here to deal with us.” w.a.n.g Chao spoke.

Li Wanji nodded her head with a serious look, “Even I didn’t expect to see such a terrifying wrestler in university. Several of the instructors were overthrown, and even Liu Wenjun nearly suffered from a concussion after being struck in the head while wearing protective gear. This student is quite excellent with his hands. He cleverly uses his elbows and grapples around the body with a fierce strength. When you face him, you must be extra careful to make sure you don’t get hit by his elbow.”

Li Wanji was a responsible president as well as a woman who carried a strong sense of business. After paying attention to w.a.n.g Chao for the past few days, she had to be very cautious.

“Elbow strikes and is very fierce…” w.a.n.g Chao began to think, “Where is he, I’ll fight him now!”

“Let’s go then.” Li Wanji led w.a.n.g Chao to the fighting arenas where a large group of university students were gathered and a long stream of instructors could be seen exiting.

While anyone was free to enter the fighting arena, it didn’t require one to actually go inside to see what the result had been.

“Ai, one shouldn’t provoke an university student.” Li Wanji sighed. Nodding his head, w.a.n.g Chao followed her into the room only to see another youth standing in the middle.

This youth looked to be around 18 years old as well. He had a tall bridged nose and eyebrows slanted pointedly like a sword. Both of his eyes sparked with a bright glow, and in overall, this youth was well worth the second look.

He wore washed-out jeans and without his jackets, his two well proportionate arms could be seen.

“Where is that instructor you spoke of? It seems that Taekwondo isn’t anything special. If you can’t bring anyone out to fight against us, then don’t even try to start a Taekwondo club at our university and save yourself some face.” Just as w.a.n.g Chao entered the room, a joyful sounding voice could be heard.

Looking at the center, w.a.n.g Chao could see several males standing tall and proud, clearly showing that they were the challengers.

On the side, w.a.n.g Chao could see Zhang Tong wearing her uniform and a wine gla.s.s in her hand. Seeing w.a.n.g Chao, she nodded her head in greeting with her eyes revealing a spark of excitement.

Seeing how Zhang Tong was drinking some wine, it would seem that these youths had appealed to her interest.

“Instructor w.a.n.g, everything is up to you.” Li Wanji clapped a hand on w.a.n.g Chao’s back.

Wehn w.a.n.g Chao had entered, the entire room had gone quiet. The presence of the purple Tang suited person had caused everyone to grow still.

“Are you the instructor everyone is talking about?” After the jean wearing youth took notice w.a.n.g Chao, he was taken aback for a moment before starting to size him up.

“En.” w.a.n.g Chao nodded his head with a smile before speaking in a good-natured tone of voice that his sis Chen had always favored, “You must be the here for a challenge. I am the overseer, if you can beat me, then you win.”

“En.” The youth’s nose let out a snort as he asked, “What’s your name?”

“I’m w.a.n.g Chao, you?” w.a.n.g Chao looked back at him.

“Zhao Xinglong.”This youth looked to be an indifferent person, but when he saw w.a.n.g Chao, his guard had gone up.

“So that’s your name? Let’s go then.” w.a.n.g Chao smiled.

Zhao Xinglong shook his head, “I don’t want to kill anyone again, wear some protective gear first.”

“Kill another, again?” w.a.n.g Chao’s eyebrows creased together, “Did he kill someone before?” With that thought, w.a.n.g Chao immediately shot forward as he raced towards Zhao Xinglong.

Upon seeing w.a.n.g Chao run at him, Zhao Xinglong spoke out quietly, “Then don’t blame me.” Suddenly, his entire body had cracking sound coming out from it as his hair stood up tall and gooseb.u.mps began to form. This appearance was almost like he was a leopard preparing to go after his prey!

w.a.n.g Chao immediately felt an air of danger, “It’s an expert! So he’s an internal pract.i.tioner as well. Judging by his stance, he’s already gone through many battles, no wonder he says he doesn’t want to kill again! Was there such a strong person in university? This world is truly a place where experts hide and where dragons and snakes mingle!”

w.a.n.g Chao’s forward advancement had been an experiment to test for the other person’s strength. He already knew that this Zhao Xinglong was no easy target and this act right now had only confirmed that he was an expert. Because of this, w.a.n.g Chao immediately brought up his guard to the maximum.

Ba! Zhao Xinglong stamped forward with a powerful stride that seemed as if trying to knock down a mountain. His speed had been both fast and fierce, causing the entire ground to shake for a moment.

“Leaning Mountain!” w.a.n.g Chao immediately knew this move wouldn’t be good for him. He had seen this move before in sis Chen’s True Record of Guoshu. This specific move had belonged to the most fierce and vicious cla.s.sical style, the “Eight Extreme Fists”.

The Eight Extreme Fists were split between two stances; the major stance which was for fighting, and the minor stance which was for practicing. While it was possible to practice martial arts and learn to fight with the major stance, the major stance alone would not allow one to cultivate Jin. The Eight Extreme Fists specialized in elbow strikes which derived from the art of the spear. The arms imitated the spear and would strike into a person sharply.

In the highest levels of the Eight Extreme Fists, there was a method to change the marrow that had two sounds, the sounds of “Heng” and “Ha”.

To control the muscles and joints, there was a rhythmic sound of “Heng” and “Ha. With these two sounds, it was comparable to the Tiger’s Thunder.

In the era of the Republic of China, the Eight Extreme Fist master “G.o.d Spear” Li Shuwen and his disciple Lei Diange had reached this realm. Unfortunately, Lei Diange had then became addicted to opium and died. His death had brought about a huge loss to the tradition of the Eight Extreme Fists.

When it came to the history of the Eight Extreme Fists, w.a.n.g Chao knew a decent amount on it. In the past, Wu Zhong had been influenced by the Quran and mixed together many different spear techniques to form the Eight Extreme Fists.

But this Zhao Xinglong was definitely not at that “Heng” and “Ha!” stage of changing the marrow, otherwise, w.a.n.g Chao wouldn’t have tried to fight him.

As the “Leaning Mountain” came closer, w.a.n.g Chao noticed Zhao Xinglong’s arm looked as if it was a bullet of muscle. His elbow was thrown out front where calluses could be seen on it, the entire move making him seem as if he had an arm of copper and an elbow of steel.

w.a.n.g Chao didn’t know just how strong Zhao Xinglong was, but this blow was not a blow he could accept easily. Moving to the side, w.a.n.g Chao arrived at Zhao Xinglong’s left side.

With the footwork from Bagua, his legs moved across the ground as if sliding on oil. w.a.n.g Chao had already made several breakthroughs with his training so that his body could rise like a dragon ascending into the sky, fall like an eagle dropping down onto a rabbit, weave like a snake going through gra.s.s, and pierce like a bear hunting for fish. With his left hand forming a point, w.a.n.g Chao immediately stabbed fiercely into his opponent’s rib.

Crack! The power from within had caused a crisp sound!

At this moment, Zhao Xinglong’s body turned at the same time as his hand. With an inconceivable twist of his elbow and arm, Zhao Xinglong had managed to blocked w.a.n.g Chao’s strike.

“Rotating Elbow!” w.a.n.g Chao immediately took on the eagle posture as his knife hand instantly transformed into a claw hand and caught the elbow coming at him only to feel a sharp pain in his hand.

The Eight Extreme Fists treated the elbow as a spear and was split into four types. Rotating Elbow, Locked Elbow, Forceful Elbow, and Hip Elbow. Each one was incomparably strong, but w.a.n.g Chao had been prepared against this with the eagle form.

A snake like spear, and the claw of an eagle used to defend against the point of the spear.

But Zhao Xinglong had trained his elbow to resemble iron thanks to the strength of his pores and training. When w.a.n.g Chao had tried to grab his elbow, it was as if he was trying to grab a python that was coated with oil. Not only did it get past him, it had also nearly broken his fingers.

As the two continued to circle around each other and trade blows, Zhao Xinglong could tell that w.a.n.g Chao was a formidable opponent and spoke out loud, “Good!”

Abruptly turning around, he began to use the Leaning Mountain with his elbow acting like a spear once more. His entire arm was like a viper in terms of movement as it tried to strike at w.a.n.g Chao in places like his throat, chest, abdomen, rib, and even waist.

w.a.n.g Chao was astonished at the ferocity of his opponent, but he was not afraid. Using the footwork from Bagua, he continued to move around to the side of Zhao Xinglong and strike at his waist with the clawed hand from the eagle posture.

The two continued to exchange blows with an intensity that left all of the outside spectators breathless.

Zhang Tong looked on with shock while Li Wanji clenched her hands nervously. Unknowingly, her forehead had already began to collect sweat.

“If I didn’t make such a large amount of progress with my Jin, then I definitely wouldn’t have been able to be an opponent for Zhao Xinglong!” w.a.n.g Chao thought to himself. The more he fought, the more excited he became. With the Zhao Xinglong’s pores raised up, it was difficult for w.a.n.g Chao to get a feel for his center of gravity.

“Stay down!” Suddenly, Zhao Xinglong spotted a chance. His back suddenly turned over and hunched his head down. Bending his body downwards, he began to lash out with various blows that seemed as if he had even more arms towards w.a.n.g Chao’s abdomen.

“Tongbei Jin!” Too late to react in an appropriate measure, w.a.n.g Chao could only interact with the move he knew best.

a.s.sault of Dragon and Snake! w.a.n.g Chao’s waist crouched down, imitating the movements of a snake. Both of his hands were held vertically before connecting with Zhao Xinglong’s fist. Placing all of his weight onto his backwards most foot, he gave up his center of gravity to fall back and relied on the strength of his opponent’s arm to stay up. This was the “Freedom of the Python” movement of the style of Dragon and Snake.

Zhao Xinglong was gobsmacked. He had absolutely no idea that his opponent would have such a strange move. As he lowered his arm, w.a.n.g Chao had managed to wrap around his arm. He hadn’t thought that like a snake coiled around a stick, w.a.n.g Chao would act in a similar fas.h.i.+on.

Zhao Xinglong could only try to step back in a hurry!

Borrowing onto the spear like arm of Zhao Xinglong, w.a.n.g Chao suddenly stabbed ferociously at Zhao Xinglong’s crouch with an arm.

Zhao Xinglong hurriedly brought both hands to protect his groin. He had no idea that w.a.n.g Chao would have been able to get past like that. While he had brought both of his hands down to protect himself, his entire body had been brought into the air like a spear.

As the dragon ascends into the sky, shoulder the opponent with your shoulder! One shoulder shall lift the other.

w.a.n.g Chao’s shoulder had managed to latch to the crotch of Zhao Xinglong before bringing his entire body higher up into the air.

As Zhao Xinglong lost his equilibrium, he suddenly grew shocked. But before he could react, w.a.n.g Chao immediately swiveled his body and threw the 50+ kilogram body of Zhao Xinglong to the ground!

Zhao Xinglong slammed onto the ground, causing the entire arena to go silent with shock. For a moment, everything stood still before Zhao Xinglong stood back up and prepared to leave with a sigh.

“Wait, you two fought quite nicely. Allow me to treat the both of you to a meal.” Zhang Tong immediately regained her spirit and blocked Zhao Xinglong’s path.

w.a.n.g Chao walked up as well, “Win or lose is common on the battlefield. There is no such thing as an expert that never loses. Your martial arts is amazing, don’t mind the rest. Let us be friends, and with sis Zhang Tong treating us out, let’s eat a meal together.”

WIth that said, w.a.n.g Chao pulled onto Zhao Xinglong’s sleeve to follow behind Zhang Tong without even paying attention to the other students.

As if moved by their enthusiasm, Zhao Xinglong had allowed himself to be pulled out and sat in the car as it drove towards restaurant Star City.

Arriving at the restaurant, Zhao Xinglong had been awkwardly cautious, but w.a.n.g Chao didn’t mind it at all. Taking a sip of his drink, he spoke, “Bro Zhao, I can tell that you’ve learned both the Eight Extreme Fists and Tongbei. You’ve must have gone through a lot of fighting, are you really an university student?”

Zhang Tong had been enthusiastic in her questions as well. After Zhao Xinglong had finished two cups, he grew more and more talkative. Unable to ignore Zhang Tong’s words anymore, he began to talk a little more about himself. “Ai, I learned the Eight Extreme Fists from my father who pa.s.sed it down onto me. Later, I came to the coastal side to work and was noticed by the boss. For the sake of money, I began to fight in the underground rings where I eventually killed the boxer of another boss. That boss had wanted to kill me, but thankfully, I managed to escape with what money I had left. Returning back home to study, I managed to enter university. But now my money is nearly gone. With your Taekwondo dojo intentionally stirring trouble, I couldn’t keep quiet about it. If I could teach the dojo a lesson, the mixed martial arts club would later pay me money to be a challenger, so I came with that intent.”

“So that’s your story…” w.a.n.g Chao nodded his head.

After the meal, Zhao Xinglong began to leave when w.a.n.g Chao hurriedly blocked his path and took out a card from his clothes before handing it to him.

“What are you doing?” Zhao Xinglong was shocked, he knew this card held money in it and tried to return it.

“Take it and listen to me.” w.a.n.g Chao gave Zhang Tong a look before sighing. “To practice martial arts requires one to concentrate on it. This is exceptionally hard. To drift around well is decent, but to drift around badly is to wander the earth endlessly without a steady supply of food and clothes. Often times, they must kill someone. Even if your martial arts is decent, it will be in vain by then. What do you think about master Guo Yunshen and his martial arts? He had to rely on the salary of being a government official. This card has several thousand RMB that I saved up. Guoshu in today’s age is almost all but gone. You are strong, so study hard and make your resolve. This way, your martial arts will soar higher than before. The win or loss of a single match doesn’t mean anything. We can compare notes later in the future.” w.a.n.g Chao stared back at Zhao Xinglong honestly.

Zhao Xinglong had been moved by w.a.n.g Chao. Taking the card, he listened to the pa.s.scode obediently.

Watching Zhao Xinglong leave, w.a.n.g Chao sighed as if he was reliving some memories.

“What a guy, he’ll definitely become a great master!”

As for Zhang Tong who was watching this sight, she was shocked to the core of her heart!