"Yes, we lost so miserably today. The challenger was not even a fraction of the North, and only two qualified. In the first round, the top ten players were sent out, but except for one Zhu Jingu, they all lost miserably. Alas, it's embarrassing.
Ah, no wonder Mr. Dong left the table early, even I couldn't sit still."
"Hmph, if you want to blame it, it's Geng Liangchen who made little moves outside the field and deliberately targeted us. If he hadn't lowered our morale from the beginning, we wouldn't have lost so miserably!"
"Okay, they have shown mercy to us, they are afraid that we will lose too ugly!"
"What's the use of talking about this now? Let's think about what to do tomorrow! If this continues, our southern martial arts community will never be able to hold its head high in front of the Yankees in the future!"
night.
In the lobby on the second floor of Jinlou, the heads of various sects in the south gathered together to complain about the disastrous defeat in today's game.
After a day of competition, they saw the fundamental difference between the southern martial arts and the northern martial arts. Now they no longer have dreams of "overwhelming the north". Their biggest hope now is not to lose too ugly.
"How about we also arrange our troops?" Someone suggested, "What do you think about temporarily assigning people to the stage based on their different characteristics?"
"Not very good!" Someone immediately retorted, "Geng Liangchen did this because he knew the characteristics of northern and southern martial arts well, so he could make targeted arrangements. But how much do we know about the north? Apart from Bagua Xingyi Tai Chi,
Do you know what the characteristics of other martial arts are? You don’t know? How can you arrange your troops if you don’t know anything?”
"It's just, it can't be done..."
"Hey, why do you think Geng Liangchen is so powerful? How old is he? How come he knows so much about the martial arts of various sects? He is really a worthy warrior despite his great reputation."
"In my opinion, he has the best ability to teach his disciples! He has only been teaching for a long time, less than half a year! Mad, those disciples are very good! And his self-created martial arts, called mixed martial arts, it's really
It has subverted my understanding of martial arts! Awesome! So awesome! This person will definitely be a big shot in the future!"
"He is now! Alas, at the end of the trial, Geng Liangchen and Master Ye competed. I have no confidence at all now..."
"Who says it's not the case? The apprentices are so powerful, how good is the master?"
"Although Master Ye is good, compared with Geng Liangchen..."
Ye Wen, who had been sitting silently, was still smiling when he heard these comments, but his smile had become less natural.
Geng Liangchen...
I don't know when this junior brother has become a towering mountain in my heart.
A mountain he had to climb.
"Awen, you are the team leader, do you have any good ideas?" Master Dong asked.
Ye Wen shook his head: "My skills are inferior to those of others, so it's useless to say anything."
"Well, the martial arts competition in the ring is not just about martial arts. Ah Wen, you can't stay idle. You have to take the responsibility of leading the team no matter what tomorrow. We southerners can't lose like this. We also have to arrange our troops.
Okay, it doesn’t matter if it’s just a matter of on-the-spot command, in any case, you have to go!”
"I really can't." Ye Wen shook his head and declined.
The philosophy he believed in in life has always been to do more than to do less. Command on the spot? Arrange the troops in formation?
This is definitely an errand that offends people, so it's better not to do it.
"You have to do it even if you don't do it!" Master Rong waved his hand and said without doubt, "Do you know that we have already discussed your matter with Gong Baosen and the others. They said that when things are settled, they are settled. Who knows?
There is no exception! Oh, if there are people in the north, there is no need to go? Then everyone can just find someone to go to the north, and then there is no need to go?"
Ye Wen was startled, and then his face immediately turned ugly.
"Rong Lao, my wife, children, and children are all in Foshan. How can I go north?" Ye Wen's voice rose unconsciously, "Who will take care of them if I leave? Besides, it's not like you don't know that there has been a war in the north. Don't you dislike me?"
In danger?"
"Who doesn't have a wife and children? Who doesn't end up in danger when going to the north?" Master He scolded, "Your wife and children are wives and children, but other people's wives and children are not wives and children? Your life is life, and the lives of others are not.
Isn’t it life?”
"Master He, if you had told me that this was the case, I would not have agreed to this!" Ye Wen said excitedly.
boom!
Master Dong, who had the hottest temper, slammed the table and shouted angrily: "You are also from the southern martial arts world. You are looked after by everyone and sought after by everyone, but you just want to hide away except when something happens. Is it so easy?"
Ye Wen opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
In the end, the party broke up unhappy.
The lonely Ye Wen walked on the deserted street, feeling very heavy in his heart.
People in the arena involuntarily.
No one can understand the helplessness of this sentence better than Ip Man at this moment.
He doesn't want to be competitive, and he doesn't want to leave his hometown to teach his skills in the dangerous north. He just wants to live a peaceful life. Why is it so difficult?
The purpose of learning martial arts is to strengthen the body and pursue a higher martial arts realm. Why is it mixed with so many ambitions for fame, fortune, and intrigues?
Wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to have fun and learn martial arts together and make progress together?
Why is this so?
For this event, he has sent his wife and children back to his parents' home. He has already paid enough, what else do you want from him?
If it was just about competing and being in the limelight, he could accept it, but the burden of the southern martial arts world was too heavy and he really didn't want to bear it on himself.
With his mind on his mind, Ye Wen unknowingly walked to the door of his house and saw a figure standing outside his door from a distance, standing with his hands behind his back, like Yue Zhiyuan Ting.
Geng Liangchen?
Ye Wen recognized this person at first glance and his eyelids twitched.
Although they are brothers in the same school, Ip Man and Su Yi have never communicated or interacted much.
Why did Geng Liangchen come to find me?
Ye Wen was confused, but he hurriedly came over and held his hands to Su Yi: "Junior brother Geng, why are you standing here? Come on in and sit at home."
"No, Senior Brother Ye." Su Yi turned around and smiled at Ye Wen, "I was just walking by here at night, and I thought there was a letter that Senior Brother Chen asked me to send to you, so I will wait for you here."
When Su Yi went out, he knew that Ip Wen and the others were discussing matters on the second floor of the Jin Building, so he naturally knew that Ip Wen was not at home.
"I'm so sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?" Ye asked, "Can you go in and have a cup of tea? How can I let you stand outside the door."
Su Yi smiled and shook his head again: "When the competition is over, I will come to formally visit Senior Brother Ye."
As he spoke, he took out a letter and handed it to Ye Wen: "This is written for you by Senior Brother Chen."
Ye Wen hurriedly stepped forward and took it with both hands.
"How is Senior Brother Chen doing in Jinmen?" Ip Wen asked, "Last time he wrote a letter and said that the Wing Chun martial arts gym in Jinmen has opened. I wonder what the situation is like?"
"Senior Brother Chen has accepted forty-five disciples, including seven or eight good talents." Su Yi said with a smile, "According to our Wing Chun rules, the true inheritance can only be passed on to two people. I guess he is also struggling with what to do now.
Do it, maybe he will discuss this with you in his letter."
"Are there so many people?" Ye Wen was startled, "Times are different, and the ancestral system cannot be copied. If senior brother really wants to receive a few more true inheritances, I think it's okay."
Ip Man is still very enlightened in some aspects.
"Senior Brother Ye, hasn't he accepted any disciples these years?" Su Yi asked.
In fact, he has always been surprised by this. Ip Man only started teaching boxing after going to Hong Kong Island because of the pressure of life. However, he is forty years old this year, but he has never had the idea of accepting a disciple.
If there had been no changes in the war, the Ye family would have always been Pedriye. Then when would Ye Wen plan to accept apprentices and pass down the kung fu?
Ip Man smiled and shook his head: "I learned Kung Fu just because I like it. The inherited sect has a senior brother Chen Rumian. He inherited the master's mantle and went to Guizhou Province to open a martial arts school. There are successors to Wing Chun. Whether I accept disciples or not, in fact, it doesn't matter.
It doesn’t matter.”
You are still a quiet and beautiful man...
Su Yi smiled at Ip Man and said: "It is our obligation and our responsibility to branch out and carry forward the past and the future. As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Brother Ye, actually I hope you can make more contributions to Wing Chun.
Here comes a career."
The golden saying "With great power comes great responsibility" did not touch Ip Man because Ip Man did not think so.
In his opinion, whether I am capable or not is my own business, and whether I am responsible or not is also my own business. Why should I let others make the decision? Or why should I be coerced by the world's circumstances?
He smiled and said, "With you and two senior brothers Chen, Wing Chun will be able to achieve unprecedented glory."
The topic changed: "Junior brother Geng, the mixed martial arts you created is refreshing. This kind of martial arts that abandons moves and integrates martial arts from various schools into one. I think it will become the mainstream of martial arts in the future and the direction of future martial arts development.
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"Senior brother, are you so optimistic?" Su Yi was a little surprised.
"Of course, I was greatly moved by the martial arts performed by your disciples today, Junior Brother Geng..." When talking about martial arts, Ip Man became excited.
He is really passionate about martial arts.
The two chatted at the door for a while. Ip Man invited Su Yi into the house again, but Su Yi declined again.
It wasn't that he didn't want to have in-depth communication with Ip Man, or that he deliberately kept a distance or something, it was just because he had something to do today.
His fifteen apprentices are still waiting for him to go back to "lecturing" and summarizing the gains and losses of today's competition.
Today, all fifteen of Su Yi's disciples participated in the competition, four of them qualified, nine were promoted to the ring master, and two were eliminated.
Such results shocked everyone's attention.
There are nine northern warriors qualifying, four of whom are from Su Yi's sect alone!
There are twenty-one northern champions in total, and there are nine of Su Yi’s disciples alone!
It is no exaggeration to say that Su Yi’s disciples supported “half of the northern martial arts world”!
From now on he will be Geng Banbi!
But Su Yi was not very satisfied with this result, because he carefully selected the fifteen most outstanding disciples, but two of them lost two games in a row and were eliminated!
One of the nine promoted to the ring master is injured and will definitely not be able to survive tomorrow's competition. Being eliminated is already a certainty.
The remaining eight people did not perform at their usual level today, which made Su Yi very disappointed.
Several of them were reluctant to be promoted to champions, and winning was very difficult and thrilling.
Therefore, for Su Yi, it is natural for his disciples to achieve good results, but it is their fault that they did not fully demonstrate their true abilities.
Su Yi was always strict with his disciples. At this time, his disciples were very anxiously waiting for him to go back and lecture them. As you can imagine, a storm of curses was unavoidable.
After watching Su Yi leave, Ip Man felt much better.
At least my junior brother is an easy person to get along with.
Moreover, in the exchange just now, although the junior brother did not speak much, every word he said was able to hit the point and be thought-provoking, which shows that his understanding of martial arts is very advanced.
This made Ip Man very excited. He liked to exchange martial arts with masters like Su Yi.
He is now looking forward to the duel between Qi and Su Yi.
He hopes to compete with Su Yi in the ring to verify what they have learned.
As for the price to pay for this event——
It's useless to think about it, it will only increase your worries, so just don't think about it.
The next day, God was not kind and it started to rain continuously in Foshan.
The rainy days in the south are cold and humid, which northerners are not used to.
The competition in the rain also affected the performance of the northern warriors to a certain extent.
Maybe it was the southerners who had learned from the pain and rebounded, or maybe it was the influence of the continuous rain. The match between the two sides was extremely fierce today, and the southerners achieved better results than the first day.
After one day of competition, a total of thirty-two champions were born, including fourteen from the south and eighteen from the north.
The number of challengers between the two sides is almost the same.
However, there are still not many players from the South who qualify directly, only three players, while there are nine players from the North who qualify for the second day of competition!
In two days of competition, a total of 23 people qualified!
Including Su Yi and Ye Wen who are exempted from the competition, they already occupy 25 places!
There are only thirty-five spots left for the remaining people to compete for.
On the second day of the competition, nine champions were eliminated, including four champions from the south and five champions from the north.
In this data, the South rarely wins.
Of course, after this day of fierce fighting, the total number of people eliminated was 461, which was almost three times the number on the first day!
After the two days of competition, in addition to those who have already qualified, there are a total of fifty people who have been promoted to the championship, that is, all the remaining players.
Tomorrow, the final batch of qualifiers will be determined among these fifty players, but it may not necessarily be the full 35. It is very likely that the final qualifiers will not be enough for the 60 places, and there will be vacancies.
After several masters unanimously agreed, it is better to have a shortage than to overfill, and the vacant places will not be filled through additional means.
In the competition on the second day, two more of Su Yi's disciples were eliminated!
In addition to the disciple who was injured yesterday, he gave up the competition due to his serious injury, and there was another disciple who was also eliminated.
This disciple may have had a backlash from Su Yi's instructions on the first day and was too nervous. As a result, in the first game where he had an advantage, his opponent succeeded in a sneak attack and was defeated.
In the fifth match, I met a master from the South and was defeated cleanly by the opponent. I lost two games in a row and was eliminated.
Of the remaining seven people, four of them have directly advanced, and the other three have one win and one loss in each of the two games, for a total of five games with four wins and one loss. Tomorrow, they will face the final battle that determines their fate.