Zui Wu Dao. Vol 2 -Chapter 21.

To my dear readers,

I struggled so much with this chapter. In fact, I couldn’t translate all the sentences. It wasn’t that there were many new terms, I just don’t know how to translate it from Chinese to English.

Ex. 因祸得福 means something bad was supposed to happen, but instead you gained something out of it. But how the heck do I put that within a sentence? There are so many meaningful phrases but they appear in the middle of a sentence, which makes it nearly impossible for me to translate it correctly. *sigh*

It is so hard and frustrating. And by the way, it turns out that I make $0.00105 for every impression I get from ads. That means, if you views my page 10 times, assuming you don’t have adblock, I would get a penny. A PENNY. How sad is that? They don’t even make pennies in Canada anymore (because it cost more than a penny to make a penny, haha).

Life of a poor translator. *sigh* (yeah, I’m in a bad mood. And this chapter is not that interesting either)

Anyhow, here is this chapter in Chinese.

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Chapter 21     Chun Yang Palace and Zi Yang Palace

“What is it?” Xuan Luo halted. During the past two years, aside from when Tian Yu Zi was coaching him, Tian Yu Zi usually had a mischievous smile on his face. Therefore, whenever Tian Yu Zi became serious, he really paid attention. Even if he had questions, he will wait until Tian Yu Zi was finished.

“Do you recall when you first arrived, I told you that Wu Dang has been separated into two different groups? This is what I want to talk about.” Tian Yu Zi continued, “The two groups are Chun Yang Palace and Zi Yang Palace; Chun Yang Palace focuses nei li, while using style to assist. Whereas Zi Yang Palace focuses on style, while using nei li to assist.

Xuan Luo felt a little uncomfortable hearing this. In fact, he had heard other disciples mentioned Chun Yang Palace and Zi Yang Palace before. However, it was during a time while he was practicing behind the mountain. He accidentally heard about it, so he didn’t asked for details. But since Tian Yu Zi brought it up, it must mean the issues between the two groups were very prominent.

“I’m actually the elder that represents Zi Yang Palace. Three days from now, Zi Yang Palace and Chun Yang Palace are going to hold a competition. This competition only happens once every three years.” As Tian Yu Zi spoke, he intently looked at Xuan Luo. “Nowadays, Martial Artists just want to be fast. Hence, they all want to choose the path to practice nei li. There are very few who would support my path because I focus on outer strength. The type of pain you have to endure from my path is not what most people can handle. Everyday, I make you do the same movement a thousand times. Most think it’s boring and senseless. On the other hand, for nei li, as long as you calm your heart down and meditate, you will see results in a matter of days. That’s why Zi Yang Palace has so few disciples. Our people are less than one percent of Chun Yang Palace ‘s. It’s definitely lonely here.”

Tian Yu Zi deeply sighed. Although everyone was from the same Clan, the separation was extremely huge. He couldn’t do anything about it either.

“As a result, each time we have a competition, Zi Yang Palace always loses. Originally, I wasn’t going to tell you this. But your talent is excellent, and your natural abilities are great. Initially, I thought it would take you at least four years to reach ‘success’ for the Tai Chi fist. Yet, within two years, you have already hit close to it. And it’s funny how the time coincidentally matches with the competition. That’s why I am telling you this now. I hope you can represent our Zi Yang Palace to compete in the competition.”

Once Tian Yu Zi stopped talking, Xuan Luo loudly exclaimed, “Old man, are you serious? You want me to participate? Are you sure you don’t have a fever?”

Xuan Luo’s joking tone caused Tian Yu Zi’s forehead to show more wrinkles. Tian Yu Zi knocked on Xuan Luo’s head.

“Prepare for the competition. You’re my disciple I brought up on my own. No matter what, you have to give me face! Or else, don’t even think about learning the sword!” Tian Yu Zi grumbled.

Hearing this threat, Xuan Luo whined, “Noooo. Old man. You can’t do this to me!”

“It doesn’t matter what you say! I have decided!” Tian Yu Zi firmly retorted. He was not going to allow Xuan Luo to even think about it. “In terms of the competition rules, I will let you know when I bring you to Zi Yang Dian later.”

Xuan Luo was sulky. Originally, he thought he was going to finally learn the sword. Instead, Tian Yu Zi was giving him another hard task. But what can he do? Tian Yu Zi was his Master. Although he always forced him to do things, he was used to it. After spending so much time with him, he had gotten attached to Tian Yu Zi. No matter how much he may argue with him, in the end, he will still accept and do as he wished.

As a matter of fact, according to the evaluation, Xuan Luo wasn’t able to demonstrate nei li when he was being tested by Zhang Men. Therefore, he would have only been able to learn wai gong; which was under Tian Yu Zi anyway. But there are very few who are as naturally gifted as Xuan Luo is. Hence, Tian Yu Zi decided right off the bat Xuan Luo would be his disciple (I don’t know why the author keeps bring this up, I get it! You said it like 4 times or something). Surprisingly, it turned out that Xuan Luo could learn nei gong xin fa. But alas, they were going to continue this wrong path.

But Xuan Luo’s mindset was still quite flexible. He was able to agree with Tian Yu Zi’s theory. Therefore, he was willing to spend a vast majority of time practicing the Tai Chi fist. He was able to learn the true essence of Tai Chi. From being unfortunate to fortunate, he even figured out a footwork on his own.

Tian Yu Zi had mentioned many times about the importance of steps. In Jiang hu, there were rarely any books on steps. However, while they were practicing, they needed it. Because without steps, someone can easily see through the sequence and break it.

During these past two years, Xuan Luo didn’t purposely try to cultivate nei li. The only time he meditated was before he practiced the Tai Chi fist. He would meditate to control his breathing and calm his heart down. Yet, this simple action still increased his nei li substantially.

Xuan Luo had stopped going through the ragged book (the one from the forest, Chapter 1), but based on his gut, the ragged book was definitely not as simple as it looks. Perhaps Wu Dang’s xin fa could not even compete with it. Think about it, what type of nei gong xin fa would initially cause so much pain at the beginning?

Xuan Luo had memorized the xin fa from the ragged book. However, there was something that he missed. That is, the nei li has different levels. One time, as Xuan Luo was meditating, he remembered that the ragged book indicated that there were nine levels. Each time one reaches a level, his/her core would explode and restore once more. Each time it explodes, it was as if a butterfly is coming out of the shell of a caterpillar.

The first level trained the body; the muscles increase in strength and the outer power accelerates. This process was very obvious. The second level trained the bones. The strength of the bones accelerates. As for the third level, Xuan Luo hasn’t figured it out yet. But he knows, the answer will be revealed to him once he has gone through that level.

“Hurry and catch up with me. Zi Yang Palace isn’t that easy to find!” Tian Yu Zi said as he looked at Xuan Luo’s zoned out face.

“Okay…coming..” Xuan Luo sighed. He followed behind Tian Yu Zi, and headed towards Zi Yang Palace.