Chapter 15: The Famous Teacher (Part 2)

  "Yes! Don't worry, Father, I won't disappoint your expectations!"

  Wang Xu solemnly nodded, but then couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked: "I don't know what Master's story is. Can Father tell me about it? Otherwise, if he mentions it casually someday, I won't know anything, wouldn't that be disrespectful to Master?"

  "Well, okay! Then I'll just simply tell you!" Seeing Wang Xu being so understanding, Wang Yan smiled with relief and began to explain slowly.

  "The specific deeds of Dao Zhang are not very clear to his father, but he has a great reputation among scholars and martial artists. Not only because of his astonishing martial arts skills, but also his cultivation and knowledge. Dao Zhang had single-handedly resolved the disputes between various martial arts schools on multiple occasions, and often traveled extensively to teach and guide the people. Moreover, his knowledge was extremely profound, and many famous scholars had received guidance from him. In addition, he was also highly skilled in medicine, and many difficult and complicated illnesses were easily cured by him. Therefore, Dao Zhang has a great reputation among scholars, martial artists, and ordinary people."

  "Oh! It's that amazing!" Wang Xu originally only had some slight admiration, but thinking about the medical skills, he suddenly felt a surge of joy.

  In Wang Xu's memory, many great generals of the Three Kingdoms period died of illness. After all, there were only a few famous doctors, and they ran around the world, not always easy to find. Moreover, many famous figures were treated by famous doctors, but they thought they were not ill, resulting in their untimely death.

  So at this moment, he had already made a decision in secret, and must get the medical skills of Xu Wei Dao Chang, so as to avoid his own generals suddenly dying like in history. This is more practical than his original idea of abducting Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing and other famous doctors!

  Then Wang Yan and Wang Xu talked a lot about rumors of Xuan Wei Dao Chang, and Wang Xu listened to it as if listening to a story.

  In the evening, Wang Yan specially set up a banquet for Xuan Weidao and invited Wang Hao and Wang Qian's families. Wang Xu's siblings naturally gathered together again in this situation, although he and Xu Shu were not very interested in playing with them, but what can they do? They are also kids after all... The adults always arrange things like that...

  The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, Wang Xu got up and washed. Then he came to a vacant lot in the backyard with an excited mood, this is the martial arts hall built by Wang Yan for Wang Xu to practice martial arts! Such morning exercises had been Wang Xu's habit for many years, let alone today was the first day that Xuan Wei taught him, he didn't want to give the other party a lazy appearance and make them feel disgusted.

  Just then, when he rushed to the Wu Institute, he saw that Xuan Wei Dao Zhang was already standing there.

  Wang Xu was startled and quickly walked over to apologize. "Master! Sorry, I overslept and came late!"

  Xuan Wei Dao smiled warmly and waved his hand, saying: "I've just arrived too, you're earlier than I expected. Not bad, let's start at this time from now on!"

  "Ah!"

  "What's your best weapon?" The mysterious Taoist priest didn't waste any words and got straight to the point after setting a time.

  "Master! Because I've always been learning family-style martial arts, and the family-style martial arts have become very mixed up due to being passed down for a long time. There hasn't been anyone in our family who has excelled in martial arts for many years, so my father didn't know what I should learn either. Therefore, except for internal skills and mental methods which are the only ones that are unique, I've practiced all sorts of weapons but up until now there isn't one that I'm particularly good at." Wang Xu rubbed his head awkwardly, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

  "Oh?" With a slight hesitation, Xuan Wei Dao Chang saw Wang Xu's embarrassed look and smiled again, shaking his head. "It doesn't matter! You're still young, you have plenty of time. Then go ahead and use all the skills you know for now!"

  Although he knew his kung fu was no match for the Three-Legged Cat, Wang Xu still steeled himself and went ahead. After all, there was nothing to hide from his own master; deceiving him would be tantamount to harming himself.

  He quickly ran to the weapon rack, picked up his weapons and without saying a word, began to show off the results of his five years of hard practice. Unfortunately, it was a bit too messy, using nearly 10 different types of weapons in succession, including the large knife, long knife, sword, spear, large axe, and more!

  He waited until he had fooled everyone, only to find that the Daoist priest was frowning in thought and didn't even notice him. Wang Xu was smart enough not to disturb him and just stood quietly beside him waiting.

  After a long time, Xuan Wei Dao finally raised his head and looked at Wang Xu: "Just now, I saw you using various weapons, although they were all somewhat unorthodox, but in my opinion, the family's traditional martial arts you've been practicing are not ordinary, and your internal energy is also thick and long. However, you haven't grasped the techniques of combining these moves with your internal energy, and the way you use them is also very clumsy. But these aren't the most important things - your biggest problem is that you don't have a deep understanding of these moves at all, which means you've lost the core essence. No matter how much you practice, it's just playing with weapons, and you can't enter the true martial arts hall!"

  Upon hearing Xuan Wei Dao Chang's ambiguous words, Wang Xu was even more confused. Only the noble quality of asking when not understanding was displayed: "Master, I completely followed the basic requirements in my practice, why is it that my moves are not up to par? Also, how do I need to comprehend it? I only practiced the basics and didn't know anything else, please teach me!"

  Not answering Wang Xu's urgent question, Xuan Wei Dao Chang smiled and said: "Hehe! In fact, this is the best for you, it can be seen that your father really spent a lot of thought on it!"

  "What? What does Master mean by this?"

  "Has your father only made you practice the moves until they're familiar, then repeatedly do basic exercises, but never taught or guided you to comprehend and understand?"

  Upon hearing Xuan Wei Dao Chang's question, Wang Xu suddenly came to a realization. His father seemed to have never done anything except teach him how to practice and had never explained or lectured on anything, at most just urging him on.

  Seeing Wang Xu's bewildered expression, Xuan Wei couldn't help but smile slightly. "Your father is doing this for your own good. He was originally a scholar and martial arts are not his forte. If he were to impart his understanding to you at such a young age, it would leave a deep impression on your mind. Your future growth would be restricted, and it would be extremely difficult to correct later on. It's possible that for the rest of your life, mastering martial arts would be an unattainable goal. That's why he only urged you to practice the basics and lay a solid foundation, while seeking out renowned masters everywhere!"

  It turned out to be like this, and I was worried for nothing. Wang Xu looked at Xuan Wei Dao Chang with a sullen face, his master liked to explain from the beginning, which often led to misunderstandings.

  "The disciple understands his father's painstaking efforts and will surely work hard to practice martial arts, not disappointing the old man's expectations."

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