Travel through the heavens

Two days later, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

Fang Muye specially ordered four signature dishes from Yunhe Tower in the morning. In the evening, the waiter from Yunhe Tower delivered the food boxes to his home.

Fang Muye threw a piece of silver to the waiter and said, "If you have more, I'll give you a reward for running errands."

The waiter immediately smiled and said happily: "Thank you, Lord God. I will come back tomorrow to get the food box. Lord God, please enjoy your meal. I will take my leave now."

As soon as the waiter left, Fang Muye turned around and went to Uncle Yu's house next door, carrying the food box in one hand and a jar of Zuisankong in the other.

Without knocking, he pushed the door open with his shoulder, walked in, and then closed it with his shoulder. Then, as he walked into the yard, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Uncle Yu! Uncle Yu!"

Seeing Uncle Yu coming out of the house upon hearing the voice, he continued, "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, I came here to celebrate the festival with you."

Uncle Yu's eyebrows lit up immediately, his old face beaming with joy: "That would be great."

Uncle Yu walked closer, looked at the food box in Fang Muye's hand, sniffed it, and said happily: "The signature dishes of Yunhe Tower, lotus leaf steamed pork, Yunhe duck in sauce, black rice tofu, and one more..."

Having said this, he sniffed hard again, but frowned, as he couldn't smell anything.

"There is also the moonlight over the lotus pond. You are really amazing. You can smell it through the food box." Fang Muye replied with a smile. He placed the wine jar and food box on the stone table in the yard, opened the food box, and placed the dishes on it one by one.

Uncle Yu went to the kitchen to get two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and the two began to drink from each other and chat.

Before they knew it, the two had already had enough food and drink, and a full moon hung in the night sky, casting its bright moonlight all over the world.

Uncle Yu held the wine bowl, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed for a long time: "Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family all the more during every festive occasion."

Seeing that Uncle Yu was homesick and missing his family, Fang Muye opened his mouth and wanted to ask Uncle Yu why he didn't go back to reunite with his son, but then he remembered that he had asked the same question before and Uncle Yu avoided the question, so he didn't ask again this time.

"Want to ask me why you don't go back?" Unexpectedly, Uncle Yu saw that he was hesitant to speak and guessed the doubts in his heart.

Fang Muye nodded: "Yes, if it is inconvenient for you to say it, then you don't have to say it."

Uncle Yu smiled and said, "It's not that convenient or inconvenient."

He didn't say anything when Fang Muye asked before because he didn't want to get too deep into someone's past. But now, after spending a few days together, they have become somewhat close friends, and he has another plan in mind, so he continued, "I got into a fight with someone a few years ago and lost. Since then, I've been unable to return home."

Fang Muye couldn't help but feel surprised and asked in astonishment: "You also know Kung Fu?"

Uncle Yu usually looks leisurely and calm, and you really can't tell that he knows Kung Fu.

"I have been practicing since I was young, and have been practicing for more than 40 years." Uncle Yu said in a low voice, as if he was recalling the time when he was young when he trained in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer.

Fang Muye asked curiously, "What kind of Kung Fu are you proficient in?"

"Xingyiquan!" Uncle Yu said in a sonorous voice.

Fang Muye murmured and repeated: "Xingyiquan."

He had heard of the name Xingyiquan from various channels when he was on Blue Star. He only knew that it was a very powerful style of boxing, and he had no idea about anything more.

"Yes, Xingyiquan, do you want to learn it?" Uncle Yu asked with a smile.

"Ah?! Can I learn it?" Fang Muye was really shocked.

Uncle Yu said seriously: "If you want to learn, I will teach you!"

Fang Muye was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he finally came to his senses. He immediately stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to Master Yu: "Disciple Shen Sanyan greets the Master!"

Uncle Yu laughed loudly and stretched out his right hand to lift Fang Muye's clenched fists. Fang Muye felt a surge of strength and stood up involuntarily.

Uncle Yu said happily: "Hahaha, I didn't expect that after wandering for half my life, I, Yu Huacheng, would actually receive a good disciple like you when I'm old. I'll give you a drink." After saying that, he drank the wine in his hand in one gulp.

Yu Huacheng became famous at a young age. He had few rivals among the younger generation in Zhili for his Xingyiquan. As a result, he was a little arrogant and overconfident. During a duel, he made a solemn agreement that "the loser would never appear in Zhili again", and then he was defeated.

He was still young when he was in Zhili and had no apprentices. Later, he wandered around the world without a fixed place to live, and did not meet a suitable apprentice. He thought he would take all he had learned with him to his grave. However, he never expected that after moving to Shiban Hutong in Jiaxing Prefecture, he would meet Fang Muye.

After several contacts with Fang Muye, I found that although Fang Muye was the chief constable of Jiaxing Prefecture, he was not corrupt and tyrannical as most officials nowadays. Instead, he treated people with courtesy and behaved in a well-controlled manner.

He is upright and kind but not pedantic, versatile but not cunning. He is a very principled person who knows what to do and what not to do.

After all, Yu Huacheng didn't want the kung fu he had practiced for more than 40 years to be interrupted. After the other party Muye recognized him, he wanted to take him in as a disciple and teach him martial arts.

Yu Huacheng pointed to the stone bench and asked Fang Muye to sit down. He then asked, "I heard that you often practice weapons at home. What do you practice?"

After all, the two houses were only separated by a wall, and he could always hear the noise of Fang Muye practicing weapons in the yard.

"I practice the Yuenu Sword." Fang Muye did not hide it.

"The Sword of the Yue Girl?" Yu Huacheng thought for a moment. He had been in the martial arts world for many years, but he had never heard of this sword technique. He asked, "Is this the sword technique you used against Chen Asan that day?"

"Yes. Master, you were there that day too?" Fang Muye really didn't notice it that day.

Yu Huacheng said: "Yes, no wonder I felt your saber skills had some sword power that day."

Fang Muye used his swordsmanship with his knife. Although Yu Huacheng felt it was sharp, he did not perceive the essence of it. However, since he had been wandering around the martial arts world for so many years and had never heard of the Yue Girl Sword, he thought it was not a powerful martial art, so he did not pay too much attention to the conversation and continued to ask, "Have you learned boxing?"

Fang Muye shook his head: "No."

Yu Huacheng said calmly, "It's okay. Chinese martial arts are flourishing, with over a hundred types of boxing alone, including three major internal boxing styles, namely Tai Chi, Baguazhang, and our Xingyiquan."

"Xingyiquan regards Yue Wumu as its founder. It takes off the spear and uses it as a fist. It is also called Xinyi Liuhequan. The shoulder and hip are combined, the elbow and knee are combined, and the hand and foot are combined. These are the external three combinations. The heart and mind are combined, the mind and qi are combined, and the qi and strength are combined. These are the internal three combinations."

Having said that, Yu Huacheng stood up, walked a few steps toward the center of the yard, and continued.

"I learned Li's Xingyiquan, which mainly includes the three-body stance, five-element boxing and twelve-form boxing."

"The three-body stance is the most basic training method for Xingyiquan to achieve the six-harmony and roundness. All the variations of Xingyiquan are inseparable from the three-body stance."

"The Five Elements Fist is the most basic form of Xingyi Quan and is also the mother form of Xingyi Quan. Among them, the chopping fist belongs to metal, the collapsing fist belongs to wood, the drilling fist belongs to water, the cannon fist belongs to fire, and the horizontal fist belongs to earth."

"The Twelve Forms Boxing borrows the characteristics and images of twelve animals and incorporates them into the boxing techniques. It is divided into twelve major forms: dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, chicken, swallow, kite, snake, eagle, bear, tuo, and shearwater. I am good at the dragon form, tiger form, monkey form, and eagle form."

As Yu Huacheng spoke, he practiced the standing meditation and boxing techniques one move at a time. His speaking speed followed the progress of his movements, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. When he finished speaking, he put his fists away and stopped.

After taking a breath, Yu Huacheng continued, "Today I will first teach you the three-body posture. You must know that 'if you practice martial arts without practicing gong, it will all be in vain when you grow old'. The three-body posture is the practice of gong, so you must practice it well and don't slack off."

Fang Muye replied respectfully: "Yes, Master!"