Time passed quickly. Chen Kan had been in this world for a year and a half. Chen Kan also roughly understood the time in this world, because Huo Yuanjia's daughter Huo Cui was born half a year ago.
Chen Kan still remembered that the little girl died in the hands of Qin Ye's son. The movie did not say how old she was, but it seemed that she should be five or six years old at that time, which means that Huo Yuanjia would leave in another five or six years.
This world is completely different from the history that Chen Kan knows. The time of the Opium War is different. In Chen Kan's historical knowledge, it started in 1840, but in this world it was 1860, twenty years later.
This is probably one of the reasons why some things around Huo Yuanjia are different from those in history.
The biggest change in the past year and a half is in Huo Yuanjia and Chen Kan.
When Huo Yuanjia first became Chen Kan's apprentice, he fought in the ring once every four or five months, but now he fights in the ring once every two or three months. Every time it is a life-and-death ring, and his opponents are getting stronger and stronger.
But at the same time, Huo Yuanjia's strength was also improving. Although Chen Kan couldn't explain it specifically, he could feel it, especially two months ago, Huo Yuanjia retreated for a week, and then gave Chen Kan the feeling that Huo Yuanjia had been reborn.
Chen Kan's progress in the past year and a half is also very obvious. Huo Yuanjia originally wanted Chen Kan to concentrate on horse stance for three years, but Chen Kan's talent and hard work completely exceeded his expectations, and he reached Huo Yuanjia's requirements in a year and a half.
"Hah~!"
"Bang..."
"Huh, it's done, I finally succeeded in entering the Ming Jin!" Chen Kan thought secretly after breaking the wooden stick as thick as a teacup with a punch.
During this period of study, Chen Kan knew that martial artists were divided into Ming Jin, An Jin, Hua Jin and Grandmaster, and there were still higher levels, but Huo Yuanjia didn't tell Chen Kan that it was said that no one had reached the level of Grandmaster for a long time.
"Big Brother, Master is going to fight in the ring. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Okay, I'll change my clothes and come right away!"
Over the past year, Huo Yuanjia has also accepted more than a dozen disciples. Like Chen Kan, they are all young people who were excited after seeing Huo Yuanjia win the ring.
Because Chen Kan is Huo Yuanjia's first disciple, the following ones all call Chen Kan "Big Brother".
The ring in the north of the city.
"The life and death agreement has been signed. The victory or defeat depends on man, and life or death depends on God. Two martial artists, the competition begins!"
It was still the old man. He was also a martial artist who practiced internal martial arts. He had a high seniority in Tianjin. Even Huo Yuanjia had to call him "Master Uncle". Because of his high seniority, he was allowed to be the witness.
The one who fought with Huo Yuanjia this time was the owner of Hongtian Martial Arts Hall in the south of the city. The martial arts he practiced was Xingyiquan.
Xingyiquan emphasizes the fighting consciousness of daring to fight and winning, and moving forward courageously. Simply put, it is to attack and hit hard. At least the owner Chen Kan saw was only at this level.
As soon as he made a move, Chen Kan knew that he was no match for Huo Yuanjia. Now Huo Yuanjia had begun to show the demeanor of a master, because unlike the first time Chen Kan saw him, he was no longer attacking actively.
As for why not attacking actively was considered a master, Chen Kan said that the harm of film and television dramas was too deep. Even though Chen Kan knew that this was wrong now, he still subconsciously thought so.
The owner of the hall attacked Huo Yuanjia with the most lethal cannon punch in Xingyiquan. The cannon punch was fierce and powerful, hence the name, and it was the most ferocious boxing in Xingyiquan.
However, facing such a boxing method, Huo Yuanjia did not avoid it, but directly punched the incoming fist. This was a head-on collision.
When the owner of the hall saw Huo Yuanjia doing this, he was delighted. He knew the power of the cannon punch best, and he also had a long-distance power accumulation. Huo Yuanjia directly punched without any power accumulation.
"Dare to look down on me, go to hell!"
"Da Da~Da..."
Unlike what I imagined, after the two fists collided, Huo Yuanjia did not move, but the Xingyiquan gym owner took seven or eight steps back before stopping.
He put his hands behind his back, looking like a master, but the hand behind his back was rubbing vigorously, he was a face-saving person.
But he obviously forgot one thing, that is, the ring is round and not closed. He thought that this secret work was actually seen very clearly by the audience below.
"Hahaha..." The audience laughed.
After hearing the laughter, the man's face instantly turned red, and he rushed towards Huo Yuanjia again in anger, determined to wash away this shame, but the gap in strength between the two was too big, and it was not something that Guan Gong could reverse.
After five rounds, the man was forced out of the ring by Huo Yuanjia.
"Huo Yuanjia wins!"
"Master Huo, you're great!"
"Huo Yuanjia~Huo Yuanjia~!"
"Master Huo has won nine games in a row, it's really amazing!"
"Yes!"
Huo Yuanjia smiled and clasped his fists to all the elders and villagers.
"Master!"
"Well, Akan, let's go to Guyue Tower, we won't be home until we're drunk tonight!"
"Yes, Master!" Chen Kan naturally wouldn't lose Huo Yuanjia's interest, and went to Guyue Tower with his fellow apprentices. This was Huo Yuanjia's habit every time he won a game, he had to go to Guyue Tower to celebrate.
Guyue Tower.
"Uncle Nong!"
"Akan, did Yuanjia win again?"
"Yes!"
In the past year and a half, Chen Kan and Nong Jinsun have a good relationship. Both of them are scholars, and Chen Kan has a hundred years more experience than him. The two chatted very well.
When the two came out, Chen Kan saw the scene in the movie, a dozen people ran to Guyue Tower - to become apprentices.
"Okay, okay, you are all good men, I accept you all. Come and drink this bowl of wine. We will be brothers from now on!"
"Yes~!"
Nong Jinsun frowned at Huo Yuanjia. He was a scholar. Although he and Huo Yuanjia were sworn brothers and he did not look down on martial artists, he was a little dissatisfied with Huo Yuanjia's indiscriminate acceptance of disciples.
"Uncle Nong, let's talk about it another day. I'll go to the master first!"
"Okay, you go!"
That night, Huo Yuanjia drank very happily. On the surface, it seemed that the person he defeated this time was not an ordinary martial artist. This person had won seven consecutive victories in the ring, but Chen Kan could feel that Huo Yuanjia was really happy because of the breakthrough two months ago.
To put it simply, Huo Yuanjia's fighting power has been different since that time.
The next day, Chen Kan arrived at the martial arts training ground on time at four o'clock in the morning, but he did not wait for Huo Yuanjia. Chen Kan saw Huo Yuanjia at breakfast at six o'clock.
This was the first time that Chen Kan did not see Huo Yuanjia practicing early in the morning after he became his disciple.