"Fierce?"
Wan Yunting chuckled, "I was already holding back."
Only then did Yue Jiawei and Zhang Tonghe react. They exchanged a look and immediately asked Wan Yunting excitedly, "Young brother, may I ask which sect your master belongs to, and what martial art are you practicing?"
Wan Yunting looked at them and smiled, "I'm sorry, my master has rules, and I cannot reveal his esteemed name."
"Hmph."
Niu Qiuling, standing nearby, couldn't help but snort, knowing he was trying to fool them.
Wan Yunting gave her a sideways glance, ignoring Niu Qiuling. Seeing Yue Jiawei, Zhang Tonghe, and their many disciples looking at him with odd expressions, Wan Yunting felt a bit unaccustomed. He said to Li Shuyun, "Shuyun, you guys carry on with your business. We'll go for a stroll."
"Okay."
Niu Qiuling also wanted to go out with the man to stroll through Chinatown.
"I'll accompany you."
Li Shuyun nodded. Wan Yunting smiled and nodded, then turned and left with Niu Qiuling. Li Shuyun greeted her master Yue Jiawei and the others, and then hurried to catch up with Wan Yunting and the others who had walked out of the martial arts hall. She pointed to an alley on the left, "This way. You'll reach the main street of Chinatown."
"Alright, let's go quickly..."
Niu Qiuling, pulling Wan Yunting's arm, excitedly walked into the alley. Li Shuyun quietly quickened her pace to follow them. After passing through the alley, they arrived at the main street of Chinatown. Both sides of the street were lined with shops of all sizes, mostly owned by Chinese people. The street was crowded with people, both Chinese and foreign faces, mostly tourists...
Women naturally love shopping, and Niu Qiuling was no exception. She naturally linked her arm with Wan Yunting's and walked into a shop selling local goods. She picked this and looked at that, very happy.
Li Shuyun also introduced things to her as they walked. Although she was born in China, she had come here with her parents at the age of five and was considered half Malaysian.
An hour passed unknowingly. Wan Yunting couldn't stand it anymore. "Let's find a place to sit down. I'm tired from all this walking."
At this moment, Niu Qiuling's hands were full of various shopping bags. She turned and glanced disdainfully at Wan Yunting, "You're already calling it tiring after only this short while? You call yourself a martial artist."
"What are you talking about?"
Wan Yunting glared at her, angrily saying, "When you women shop, it's like going to war. Can't you rest for a bit before continuing? Forget it, I'll sit here for a while. You guys go ahead and shop..."
Passing by a drink shop, Wan Yunting plopped down on a leisure chair outside the entrance. He took out his bank card and slapped it on the table, letting Niu Qiuling and the others shop on their own. He would sit here, light a cigarette, and watch the beautiful women coming and going on the street. That would be much more enjoyable.
"Hmph."
Seeing him sit down and light a cigarette, Niu Qiuling also stopped shopping and said to Li Shuyun, "Then let's sit down and have some drinks too."
"Mm."
Li Shuyun had no objections. She was acting as a tour guide at the moment.
The three of them each ordered a drink and some snacks and sat leisurely. Wan Yunting's eyes were not honest, and he kept staring at the passing beauties on the street, drawing Niu Qiuling's disdainful gaze.
"Mr. Wan..."
Li Shuyun held her drink cup with both hands and looked at Wan Yunting, who was leaning back comfortably in his chair, and asked, "What kind of punch was that when you hit Jiang Yuan Ichiro?"
Wan Yunting turned to look at Li Shuyun and smiled, "Bagua Quan!"
"I've heard of it."
Li Shuyun's delicate eyebrows twitched. She had only heard of Bagua Quan but had never witnessed it.
Wan Yunting turned his body, put out the cigarette butt he had finished smoking on the ground, and then picked up a plate of fries on the table to eat. He smiled and said, "Bagua Quan is an internal martial art, divided into twenty-four routes, categorized into upper Bagua, middle Bagua, and lower Bagua. Each of the upper, middle, and lower Bagua is further divided into eight routes..."
Wan Yunting spoke while eating fries, and Li Shuyun stared intently at him, listening seriously. Niu Qiuling also watched the man with interest. He continued, "Bagua Quan's movements are linear, coming and going, with powerful and unadorned actions. It's a direct attack and forceful advance, without much flourish. A blow to a vital spot will result in death or severe injury."
"So I was indeed holding back. Otherwise, that Japanese devil would already be on an operating table right now."
"It's good that you didn't go all out, otherwise, you'd be in trouble now," Niu Qiuling shot him a glance and said with a hmph.
"Heh, do I need you to teach me how to do things?"
Wan Yunting threw fries at Niu Qiuling, knowing she was blaming him for creating unnecessary trouble.
Li Shuyun, sitting between the two, watched them silently. The interaction between Wan Yunting and Niu Qiuling was like flirting, and eventually, Niu Qiuling stopped when she realized something was off.
Li Shuyun thought for a moment and said to Wan Yunting, "Mr. Wan, you..."
"Don't call me Mr. Wan, it sounds strange."
Wan Yunting raised his hand to stop Li Shuyun and said with a smile, "I'm older than you, so just call me Brother Wan, or Brother Yunting."
"Hmph."
Niu Qiuling, standing beside them, snorted yin-yangly again, earning a big eye roll from Wan Yunting. He looked at Li Shuyun and asked with a smile, "Do you want me to teach you martial arts?"
Li Shuyun was startled. He had actually guessed her thoughts. She nodded, "I want to improve my martial arts."
Wan Yunting leaned back in his chair and looked at Li Shuyun. He could actually see that, like Kang Nuolan, she was a martial arts enthusiast, so Wan Yunting guessed what she was going to say. "With your current skill, according to our Chinese martial arts realm, you are in the early stage of An Jin!"
Li Shuyun nodded and said, "I've heard some about the Chinese martial arts realms from my master."
She knew that when internal martial arts reached a certain level, one could achieve the release of internal energy.
"Like this!"
As Wan Yunting spoke, he formed a sword finger with his right hand and pointed at the drink cup on the table. He circulated his internal energy from his dantian and released it as qi. Instantly, the drink cup moved back twenty centimeters as if pushed by some force, startling Li Shuyun's pretty face into a daze. Niu Qiuling's eyes widened in surprise, "Are you doing magic?"
"Tsk, what magic."
Wan Yunting gave her a speechless sideways glance and said, "This is a realm of internal martial arts, called Qi Ji Wai Fang (qi release)!"
"Qi Ji Wai Fang..."
Li Shuyun's pretty face was filled with shock. She had heard her master mention it, and even her master couldn't achieve Qi Ji Wai Fang, yet this guy in front of her had managed to do it.
Wan Yunting turned his head to look at Li Shuyun and said with a smile, "To achieve the release of internal energy, one must at least reach the realm of Hua Jin or above in martial arts!"
Li Shuyun was internally excited, her eyes fixed on him, and she asked, "Then what realm are you at now?"
Wan Yunting's lips curved upwards, and he said proudly with a smile, "Late Hua Jin!"
"Late Hua Jin..."
This time, Li Shuyun was completely shocked. This person in front of her was only about two years older than her, yet his martial arts realm was even higher than her master Yue Jiawei's. How did he train?
"Have you opened your Ren and Du meridians yet?" Wan Yunting asked immediately.
"No."
Li Shuyun shook her head. Although her master had told her that opening the Ren and Du meridians would make practicing internal martial arts easier.
But how difficult it was to open the Ren and Du meridians on one's own! Even her master Yue Jiawei had not fully opened his Ren and Du meridians to this day.