Huayu 1995

Chapter 69 I am Yuen Woo-ping

It's really here!
All that effort for just this one second!
Su Chao stopped doing the splits, flipped off the stone block, and carefully began to play the fish.

Last time I learned it from... wait, from which old man?

There are so many old men, and I've taught him things from them all, so I really can't remember them all.

Playing fish is a skill.

Su Chao had seen several overconfident anglers lose their fish because of improper handling.

There are also videos of "Man vs. Wild" that I watched in my past life. I was starving for several days, and I finally managed to catch a fish, but it went back into the water.

Although he felt sorry for the guy, it didn't stop Su Chao from gloating.

For the same reason, he didn't want to be laughed at today.

This fish is being incredibly ungrateful. If you dare to get off the hook, I'll jump in and kill you.

After fiddling around for a while, Su Chao finally saw what it looked like.

A large silver carp.

Damn, it must weigh at least ten kilograms!

"Hahaha~"

The old man who had already moved to a different spot gave Su Chao a disapproving look, then moved his small stool to another spot.

Even a lunatic can catch fish.

Damn, this is so unfair.

Why is it that even though I'm so handsome, I'm losing my hair and can't catch any fish?

Su Chao carefully placed the large fish into the fish basket and put it in the water.

We can't throw this fish away.

If we throw it back into the river, and it calls its grandfather over, Su Chao will most likely be dragged down with it.

Su Chao climbed back onto the stone block and started practicing his singing while doing the splits.

The next fish arrived very late.

Although he got some bites along the way, Su Chao didn't catch any more fish.

It wasn't until the hour-long fishing session was almost over that Su Chao caught his second... or rather, his third fish.

He threw the first baby fish to call its grandfather.

The third one isn't very big, maybe a pound or two at most, but its shape is rather unique.

You bastard...

It was a turtle!

When Su Chao lifted it up and helped it unhook the hook, it almost bit his hand.

Damn it, believe it or not I'll chop your head off.

I wonder if chopping off your head would count as turning you into a eunuch.

Time's up, let's begin the settlement.

Daily task completed.

[Receive a guaranteed reward of five yuan]

[Fishing for a small fish earns you 50 cents; catching a silver carp weighing 3.6 jin earns you 7.5 yuan; catching a small soft-shelled turtle weighing 1.5 liang earns you 3 yuan; you also receive +13 Beginner Martial Arts experience points, +4 Beginner Dialogue experience points, and +1 Beginner Performance experience point.]

Not bad, not bad, the reward alone is more than ten yuan.

Turtle sons are quite valuable.

Giving him basic martial arts experience is unnecessary, as his own fighting ability is already very strong.

He can easily defeat ordinary opponents, but against those armed with firearms, no matter how strong they are, he can only dodge and weave...

If you can't dodge, just lie down on the ground.

No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you can't withstand more bullets.

However, after gaining more experience, Su Chao felt that he had gained a slightly better understanding of some martial arts moves.

This was something no one had ever taught him.

Is there this function?
Doesn't that mean that if he gains enough experience points, he'll definitely become a grandmaster in the future?

The +4 experience points from the dialogue didn't seem to have any effect, but Su Chao knew they were there and already working; he just needed to accumulate more.

The only thing I'm annoyed about is the system's black scale.

Such a large silver carp must weigh at least seven or eight pounds, if not ten.

I could barely lift it.

You actually said three catties and six ounces!

And this huge soft-shelled turtle, weighing several kilograms, was only labeled as weighing one and a half ounces.

A soft-shelled turtle is fine, but to call it a "little soft-shelled turtle" is quite romantic!
I packed my things.

Su Chao glanced at his watch; he still had time to practice Tai Chi for a while.

"Here he comes, here he comes, the little master is here~"

Today...there are so many old men!
Even the bespectacled old man and the bald old man that Su Chao had met were among them.

When Su Chao met these two old men, he learned how to fish from them. It turned out that the bald old man was actually He Bing's father.

Su Chao nodded to the two old men.

Then he started practicing Tai Chi on his own.

The two old men were dumbfounded.

They heard that there was a Tai Chi master here who would teach Tai Chi for free.

free……

This word is so appealing, especially when it refers to an expert.

So they followed a few elderly men who had caught wind of the situation.

They never expected that the expert who arrived would be the same junior air force veteran they had encountered a few days ago.

Su Chao played very slowly.

The main purpose is to make it easier for the elderly to see.

Even so, many elderly men were still scratching their heads in frustration.

The eyes said it could do it, but the hands and feet were fighting each other.

You're nothing special. If you're so capable, then you do it.

"Young man, don't just hit us without saying anything. You need to teach us how to practice. Are you mute or something?"

An old man couldn't hold back any longer.

“He’s not mute. I’ve spoken to him. I told him yesterday that he wasn’t practicing correctly, and he hasn’t said a word since.” Several elderly men at the scene recognized Su Chao.

Among them was that old man whose Tai Chi technique was seriously flawed.

Anyone can see that Su Chao plays better than him.

He was the one who was wrong.

He's realized it now.

"He can talk. I just saw him yelling and fishing over there, which scared all my fish away."

Where did you get the fish?

"Of course it is! It was almost pulled up when he yelled and the fish got off the hook."

"Blaming the outhouse for not being able to poop..."

The two old men argued more and more fiercely, and they were almost about to roll up their sleeves and fight.

Let's fight to the death; it's either you or me.

"Stop arguing, watch carefully, let's start the second take..."

This time, everyone finally watched the boxing match in peace and quiet.

Su Chao typed it three times before deciding to end today's silent lesson.

"You played very well, why don't you teach me properly?"

Someone stopped him; the person moved quite nimbly, clearly showing some skill in footwork.

Yu Chenghui?
Su Chao immediately recognized this folk swordsman.

He's an old man too!
However, by the time Su Chao transmigrated, this old man had already passed away.

The person standing next to this old man is also a celebrity.

Yuen Woo-ping!
Although they live behind the scenes, they are still considered public figures.

He and his younger brother, Yuan Xiangren, look very alike.

Yuen Cheung-yan is the one who gave Stephen Chow the Tathagata Palm technique.

Su Chao was lamenting yesterday that there are many people named "Peace," and today he met another one.

"Are you Master Yu Chenghui? It's not that I don't want to teach, but I haven't even graduated myself, so I'm not qualified to teach others."

Su Chao did not pretend not to know him.

With the movie "Shaolin Temple" being so popular, it would be a lie to say you don't know Yu Chenghui.

"But you were clearly teaching."

Yu Chenghui isn't blind; Su Chao definitely wasn't practicing martial arts for him just now.

"I saw that old man practicing Tai Chi the other day, and he was making so many mistakes, so I came up with a way to correct him..."

Su Chao sighed.

This is a bit of an overreaction.

However, it wasn't without its gains.

Sure enough, Yu Chenghui took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him.

And Yuen Woo-ping.

Two big fish have taken the bait!

If the media ever asks him about the secret to his success, he'll say, "Get up early and go to the river to pick up old men."

"Who taught you Tai Chi?"

So it turns out there's a lineage of masters and disciples, which certainly means they place more emphasis on rules and regulations.

Yu Chenghui could understand.

Just like him and Yu Hai, they both belonged to the Mantis Sect, only from different branches and factions.

"My grandfather, my home is in Luotuan Village..."

Su Chao introduced himself, there was nothing to hide, in fact, having a proper family background makes it easier to be respected.

As for those characters in novels who can identify a sect simply by exchanging a few blows, Su Chao certainly doesn't have that ability.

He hasn't seen anyone with that ability.

Moreover, the martial arts school and the academic school are two different systems. You can say that Yu Chenghui is the most skilled martial artist in the academic school, but that doesn't change the fact that he is an academic martial arts master.

Su Chao and his group belonged to the Jianghu (江湖, a term referring to the martial arts world or the common people) faction.

"Hey, you from Bajiwo, what's your name? Is your surname Zhang or Li?"

Yu Chenghui was a martial arts fanatic, and since Hebei and Shandong were not far apart, he had visited this place many times.

"His surname is Su, Su Chao."

Su Chao knew why the other party asked that question, because Li Dazhong and Zhang Keming founded the North-South Martial Arts House, and the Li and Zhang families had the most martial arts practitioners in the village.

What skills did you learn?

It's actually a bit impolite to ask that, but Su Chao is just too young.

When Yu Chenghui visited Li Junyi, he addressed him as a brother, so he could be more casual.

"I learned a little bit of boxing and spear techniques, but it's all just scratching the surface, I'm just practicing blindly..."

Su Chao is very humble.

He's neither surnamed Zhang nor Li, and he can't integrate into the core circle, so he's just practicing blindly.

"You've learned to shoot? Then it's definitely not just random practice. We can exchange ideas sometime."

Yu Chenghui didn't believe he had only learned the basics.

Bajiquan is indeed a large place with Zhang and Li as its residents, but it has a strong martial arts atmosphere, and many martial arts masters have settled there.

Many of the older men still have work to do.

"Really? Then I look forward to learning from Master Yu. And this... is this Master Yuen Woo-ping? Forgive my poor eyesight, I'm a little afraid to recognize him."

Seeing that the time was right, Su Chao struck up a conversation with Yuen Woo-ping.

"Yes, I am Yuen Woo-ping."

Yuen Woo-ping kept sizing up Su Chao.

He simply saw how leisurely the old men were by the river and thought that when he got old, he would move here too and enjoy the last days of his life.

I never expected to encounter such a promising talent.

Where are you going?

Su Chao could probably guess it.

At this point in time, Yuen Woo-ping's visit to the mainland is most likely to be to see Wu Jing.

(End of this chapter)