Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 4 My Learning of Xingyi Quan
The glow of dawn spills the sea, melting gold liquid.

A lone gull cuts through the frosty ridge.

Standing on the soft sand, feeling the salty sea breeze on his face, Guan Yi gazed into the distance at the horizon, then looked up at the blue sky and white clouds of the One Piece world. His mood wasn't exactly wonderful.

The moment he was enveloped in the golden light of the secret realm passage, the "Secret Realm Changes Destiny, Helps Achieve Dreams" plan in his mind naturally opened, erasing and imprinting new words.

[Recipient: Guan Yi]

[Secret Realm to be Conquered: One Piece]

[Helping Party's Secret Realm: Kengan Ashura]

[Project Vision: Through targeted assistance within secret realms, fundamentally enhance the strength of the recipients and help them complete their One Piece conquest.]

[Wealth: 0]

[Fate Value: 0 (Note: A character's fate influences the fate of the secret realm. When the person being helped performs an event that affects the future of the secret realm, they will receive a fate value reward, which can be used to assist in the secret realm.)]

The specific support measures are as follows:

[I. Infrastructure Development: Seeking renowned Kengan masters to provide Guan Yi with intensive basic martial arts training. The first year is free; tuition increases annually thereafter. (During this infrastructure development period, the consciousness enters the Kengan Asura Secret Realm, where time remains frozen.)]

[II. Practical Sparring: This can be conducted after three years of infrastructure development. It allows players to find opponents to spar with, learn from their strengths, and improve their own weaknesses. The first spar is free; subsequent sparring sessions require a certain amount of funds and life points to invite a suitable opponent.]

[III. Celebrity Interaction: Unlocked after accumulating ten victories in actual combat. Consumes a large amount of life points to invite a celebrity opponent for a sparring match and guidance.]

[IV. Forging a Legend: This stage is available after defeating a star opponent and consuming a massive amount of life points. Enter a state of enlightenment to create your own martial arts style.]

[Practical training, celebrity interaction, and legendary projects are not yet feasible to launch.]

[Is infrastructure construction feasible at present? Should it proceed?]

It's very impressive; time seems to stand still during the infrastructure construction phase, but why...?

Is it Kengan Ashura?

This is also an anime from Guan Yi's past life, but if I remember correctly, Kengan should be a 'fighting manga', right?

The strongest one inside could only break a large rock. Help me defeat the Pirate King? Its power level is only enough to help me defeat Krieg!

"Alright, something is better than nothing. Besides, learning some martial arts and acquiring practical combat skills will definitely be of great help to me in establishing myself in the pirate world."

Guan Yi quickly figured it out.

Let's try it out first and start the infrastructure development!

Infrastructure construction projects are underway.

Please select the teacher and martial arts style:
1. Wen Yunshen, Master of Xingyi Quan
2. Takemoto Hisaaki, master of the Takemoto school of martial arts.

3. Darren Sack, Master of Barton Techniques

The memory is too distant. To be honest, Guan Yi has some impression of the latter two schools, but he can't quite recall what they are exactly.

Then let's choose Xingyiquan; you can't go wrong with that.

The scene before my eyes changes.

Time flies!

……

"I had originally decided not to take on any more disciples, but I couldn't refuse my old friend's request, so I will personally teach you for a year. How much you learn depends on your own martial arts aptitude."

"At 18, you've already passed the best age for laying a foundation. Although it's not too late, you still need to put in more effort than others."

“When learning Xingyi, the most important thing is stance training. You may have heard of the ‘San Ti Shi’ (Three-Body Stance), but when you first learn martial arts, you should start with the more basic ‘Wu Ji Shi’ (Limitless Stance) and ‘Ba Jue Shou’ (Eight Absolute Hands).

The Wuji stance is meant to 'change energy'. You need to change your original power generation habits and make the distinction between emptiness and fullness in all parts of your body clear. Follow me..."

"Huh? Still looking around?!"

A deep, authoritative shout brought Guan Yi back to his senses. A gentle breeze stirred, and peach blossoms drifted down from above. He looked at Wen Yunshen, the Xingyi Quan master with white hair, a mustache, and a youthful face, and was filled with awe.

"...Yes, Master."

Seeing Wen Yunshen's face grow increasingly grim, Guan Yi knew what she had to do and quickly imitated Wen Yunshen's Wuji stance.

Wen Yun Shen nodded slightly, took two steps forward, and patted Guan Yi on the shoulder: "Straighten up, use your inner strength, stay relaxed, tighten your waist and legs slightly, don't be stiff, and open your legs naturally immediately."

Guan Yi tried to adjust himself, and Wen Yunshen looked him up and down and said with satisfaction, "You have some foundation. It seems you have done some basic training before."

That's natural. Guan Yi was a professional athlete in his previous life, and he has plans to enter the secret realm in this life. He has been training himself scientifically, and his body is well-proportioned and shapely with obvious abdominal muscles.

Snapped--!
Distracted for a moment, Guan Yi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his buttocks. Wen Yun Shen had somehow produced a wooden stick in his hand and struck him hard on the buttocks.

"Don't get distracted and relax! Really?!"

Holy crap! That old man's ruthless!

Guan Yi hissed and quickly adjusted his posture, no longer daring to lose focus. This stance, though seemingly simple, required extreme relaxation and a clear distinction between emptiness and fullness, making it several times more difficult than Guan Yi had anticipated.

Even though she had trained herself, Guan Yi's legs started trembling after just half an hour.

And then... *smack!*

"What about emptiness?"

A dozen seconds later, *smack*!

"In reality?"

Snapped!Snapped!
"Is it real? Or is it illusory?"

The morning passed just like that, and in the last hour, Guan Yi was only able to rely on instinct, and she couldn't even understand the words "real" and "illusion."

When Wen Yun Shen said, "That's it," Guan Yi finally collapsed to the ground. The sweat from his body had soaked a patch of the ground, and he felt like he could barely breathe.

Wen Yunshen's eyes showed satisfaction. He turned to look at the disciple who was peeking from the corner and said, "Go get him a meal, with plenty of meat."

"Ah, yes, Master!" A minute later, Guan Yi, who was slumped on the ground, twitched his nose. Rice and beef stew with potatoes?!

His depleted strength gave rise to an intense hunger. A surge of power, seemingly from nowhere, allowed him to stand up again. He mumbled "Thank you, senior brother," then snatched the lunchbox and wolfed down the food.

In just two minutes, he swallowed a box of food. He wasn't even full yet, so he tentatively asked, "Master, could I have half a portion more?"

"Let's go inside and eat. Don't overeat, we still have to practice the 'Eight Absolute Hands' this afternoon."

As a master of Xingyi Quan with a family tradition of martial arts, Wen Yunshen owns a courtyard house in Beijing, which would never bankrupt him. Inside the house, Guan Yi met his five senior brothers and two senior sisters.

The oldest of the seven was over 40, and they were all looking at him curiously, wondering why their master, who had said he would not accept any more disciples, had taken on a young one. But they all seemed kind.

"Come on, junior brother, sit here and eat!"

"Come over here, senior sister."

"...Thank you, senior sister!"

For a period of time after that, every day at the crack of dawn, Guan Yi was required by Wen Yunshen to stand in the Wuji stance in the courtyard, and in the afternoon he would practice the Eight Extraordinary Hands.

Although the soreness in her body almost never subsided, Guan Yi had a strong will and never complained about the hardship or fatigue, nor did she ever slack off.

When the body reaches its limit, willpower will lead him to break through the encirclement. Of course, the most important thing is that Wen Yun Shen's wooden stick really hurts!
It was somewhat painful at first.

Then they gradually adapted.

Wen Yun Shen didn't offer any praise, but he was probably satisfied. Two months later, Guan Yi finally had more contact with her senior brothers and sisters outside of mealtimes.

His Eight Extraordinary Techniques are beginning to take shape; he can now practice a few moves with his senior brothers and sisters.

Although it is called the Eight Ultimate Techniques, there are actually only four basic techniques: receiving, advancing, stepping forward, and changing hands. Different combinations of these techniques give rise to the Eight Ultimate Techniques.

It seems simple, but it is actually profound and complex. Every choice determines the outcome. When they first started sparring, Guan Yi couldn't withstand three moves from his senior brothers and sisters. It took him a month to be able to exchange blows with them. Although he would eventually lose, he wouldn't be so badly beaten when they met.

Now he was finally able to learn the Three-Body Stance.

"The Three-Body Stance is the foundation of all forms in Xingyi Quan, and its requirements are far stricter than those of the Wuji Stance."

It was the same familiar courtyard, but the peach trees were bare with the arrival of late autumn. Wen Yunshen demonstrated the standing posture: "Both feet should be weighted equally, not one foot. Weighting one foot does not mean that one foot is on the ground and the other foot is suspended. It simply means that the front foot can be either light or heavy, but the weight should be placed on the back foot."

Guan Yi paused for two seconds: "Master, can you speak Mandarin? My classical Chinese is only so-so."

In my past life, I was a sports student.

I've never read classical Chinese in my life!

Wen Yun Shen remained silent for two seconds, then turned around and picked up the wooden strip, saying, "Stand here for a while, and you'll understand."

Guan Yi's face turned bitter.

I could hear my senior sister giggling from next door.

Three more months passed. While learning the San Ti stance, Wen Yun Shen also taught him the "Twenty-Four Methods of Alignment," which involves precise adjustments to various parts of the body. This is also a prerequisite for learning Xingyi Quan.

At times like these, Guan Yi felt like a puppet, being manipulated and turned around by her master, neglecting the overall picture and making people laugh.

But without realizing it, Guan Yi discovered that she had become able to skillfully control every muscle in her body!
"You can start learning the Five Elements Fist now."

Wen Yunshen's affirmation kept Guan Yi awake for half the night. After half a year of hard work, he finally came into contact with the core techniques of Xingyi Quan!

Chop! Drill! Boom! Cannon! Horizontal!
"The way of Xingyi Quan is extremely easy to practice, yet extremely difficult. Its form is extremely simple and easy, but one can easily become tired of its simplicity and find it unpleasant to watch."

Master habitually nitpicks over words, but at this moment Guan Yi could deeply grasp the meaning. Xingyi Quan seems to not only train the body, but also temper the mind.

Occasionally, when practicing boxing in the early morning, Guan Yi could even experience the state of mind his master described as "empty and hollow in the heart, neither existent nor nonexistent, neither existent nor nonexistent".

He was completely immersed in the beauty of the boxing technique until one day, his master suddenly found him and said, "The one-year period has come to an end. From now on, you must study on your own and not disgrace the name of Xingyi."

Behind Wen Yun Shen, his senior brothers and sisters all looked at Guan Yi with reluctance.

[Infrastructure construction (one-year term) completed]

[It can cost 100000 Berries to extend the infrastructure construction period by one year.]

Oh, right.

I almost forgot where I came from.

Has a year really gone by so fast?
It takes 100,000 Berries to extend the supply for another year? That doesn't seem like much in One Piece, but I don't have any Berries on me right now!

Before she could even say goodbye, the sound of rolling waves reached Guan Yi's ears.

The long-lost beach, the ceaselessly rushing waves—it all happened in a fleeting moment, yet it felt like a lifetime ago. Guan Yi clenched his fists, full of ambition, his spirit completely different from before!

Right now, he could take on ten of them!
"The vast ocean—where can't one go?"

Half an hour later, at the dock.

Guan Yi pointed to the goods on the ground and asked, "Move this onto the ship, it's 80 Berries a bag, right?"

The merchant ship manager nodded: "Yes."

Guan Yi then picked up the two bags in each hand, put them on his shoulder, and strode towards the boat.

The merchant ship's manager exclaimed in alarm, "Wait! We'll have to pay for any damage!"

"Don't worry, I've studied Xingyi Quan," Guan Yi said nonchalantly without turning his head.

"Oh……"

The merchant ship manager was stunned, and after a long while, he frowned in confusion: "What is Xingyi Quan?"

Is it very powerful?

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