Volume 5: The Nine-Tailed Fox Chapter 8: The Five Tigers Gather

  Early morning.

  "Ding, ding, ding......" A loud and jarring alarm clock rang out in the dormitory, and Ouyang Xuan, who was still half asleep, yawned and cursed: "Which bastard put an alarm clock in my room?"

  Feeling his way, he picked up a slipper from the foot of the bed and threw it in the direction of the ringing sound without opening his eyes.

  "Bang!" A crisp sound seemed to have something fall off the table, and the annoying bell stopped immediately.

  "Ah, refreshing!" Ouyang Xuan yawned contentedly and continued sleeping with his head covered.

  Suddenly, someone walked into the room and lifted up Ouyang Xuan's quilt.

  It was almost winter, and the sky was a bit cold. Ouyang Xuan shivered with cold, opened his eyes in anger, sat up straight, and scolded loudly: "Which bastard is making trouble!? Won't let people live!?"

  Suddenly, two heads, one fat and one thin, leaned in close to Ouyang Xuan, emitting a 'sinister' laugh: "Heh heh heh..."

  Caught off guard, Ouyang Xuan was startled and took a step back, scolding loudly: "You two bastards, what are you doing? You scared me to death!"

  "Hey, buddy, did you forget something?" Luo Chuan said with a smile.

  "What's going on!?" Ouyang Xuan suppressed his anger and asked with a bewildered expression.

  "What's going on? You've been saying you'd teach us martial arts, but for the past two days, you've been out early and back late, never had a chance. Today you can't escape, right?" Liu Chuan's face was full of eagerness.

  "My god!..." Ouyang Xuan covered his head and shouted: "Kill these two bastards quickly, do you know what time it is?!"

  "It's five thirty, it's not early anymore, get up quickly!" Roger scowled, his eyes fixed fiercely on him.

  "Bad luck for me!" Seeing that he couldn't sleep anymore, Ouyang Xuan could only yawn, and very reluctantly got dressed, washed up, and was then dragged to the playground by his two best friends.

  The sky was just a little bright, and the playground was almost empty, with no birds in sight.

  "Look, what a vast and empty playground it is! Only we three early-rising birds are here!"

  "Don't be humble, quickly teach us your most skilled martial arts!" Luo Qi said excitedly.

  "Right, right, right, best if the move is cool and can attract girls. Also, it must be easy to learn, with strong killing power!" Liu Chuan counted on his fingers: "Of course, if you can teach us some lost century-old ultimate skill, we'll endure the hardship and bitterness!"

  "Thud—" Ouyang Xuan fainted, bitterly smiling and saying: "You think practicing martial arts is eating a meal, how easy!? And you've even lost the transmission of an absolute skill that's been passed down for hundreds of years, dream on!"

  Luochi and Liu Chuan blinked their eyes, smiling and saying: "Then let's learn whatever we want, just don't hide anything!"

  Ouyang Xuan suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Want to learn martial arts? Okay. But first, warm up a bit. Hmm, you guys run around the playground for two laps, then I'll teach you!"

  Luochi and Liu Chuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, crying out: "No way! Two laps are 1,500 meters, do you want to kill us!? How about just one lap instead?!"

  "Whether you run or not is up to you, otherwise I won't teach anymore!" Ouyang Xuan turned his head around, secretly delighted.

  "Alright, let's go, buddy!" Liu Chuan looked at Luo Qi with a wry smile and started running slowly along the track.

  Luocha took a look and also grabbed blindly, so he had to drive his fat body forward desperately.

  ……

  Two people are usually lazy, running only half a lap and panting like cows. Ouyang Xuan is still shouting excitedly on the side: "Run fast, run fast! With your physical strength, how can you still learn martial arts? Hurry up, hurry up!"

  At the thought of being able to learn superior martial arts and show off in front of MM, Luo Qi and Liu Chuan suddenly became more spirited, roaring like thunder as they accelerated, accelerated, and accelerated, rushing forward with a ghostly howl.

  ……

  Finally, after running two laps, Liu Chuan collapsed onto the ground with a loud thud, panting violently.

  Luó jì jiù gèng bù kān le, wāi wāi niǔ niǔ de chēng dào zhōng diǎn, biàn yī tóu pū dǎo zài dì shàng, xiàng zhǐ sǐ gǒu yí yàng yī dòng bù dòng, zhǐ yǒu chuǎi qì de fèn le.

  "Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at your two physical conditions, really too poor!" Ouyang Xuan disdainfully shook his head.

  "You, you little brat, don't be so gleeful," Liu Chuan said with a huff: "I don't believe you can run 1,500 meters, try it and see!"

  "Haha, just kidding!" Ouyang Xuan didn't have time to go crazy and run that far. He looked at his watch and said: "It's currently 6:10, take a ten-minute break, then I'll teach you some basic martial arts!"

  "Yeah..." Rocky weakly raised two fingers from the ground, he was so exhausted that he was almost out of breath.

  Before long, ten minutes passed and Ouyang Xuan clapped his hands, saying seriously: "Time's up, get up!"

  "Impossible!" The two cried out in unison: "How could we have only felt like five minutes had passed?!"

  Ouyang Xuan coldly sneered, "Learning martial arts is very tough. If you want to learn but can't bear the hardship, then I advise you to quit early. This way, both of us will be comfortable!"

  Liu Chuan and Luo Qi stared at each other, suddenly jumping up together, loudly saying: "Humph, who's afraid of whom? Let's suffer then!"

  Ouyang Xuan was taken aback, not expecting these two lazy guys to have such strong motivation. He scratched his head and smiled wryly: "Since you're so serious, I'll teach you properly!" He then said seriously: "China's martial arts emphasize the way of martial arts, which is to cultivate one's body and mind, protect one's family and country, and not bully ordinary citizens. You two may not be good birds, but you basically meet this requirement. Next, I'll start teaching you some simple moves!"

  "Wait, we're going to learn a special skill!" Liu Chuan suddenly exclaimed.

  "Right, we don't learn simple things!" Rochi also had a disdainful expression.

  Ouyang Xuan fainted, bitterly smiling: "Martial arts have no simplicity or complexity, only differences due to individuals. In the eyes of a master, even the most ordinary moves can defeat the enemy; but in your hands, even the best techniques are useless! Don't believe me? Come and try, I'll use the simplest move, one strike will defeat you both!"

  Liu Chuan and Luo Qi exchanged a look, both somewhat disbelieving, then suddenly made eye contact and simultaneously let out a loud shout as they pounced forward with a ferocity akin to a starving tiger pouncing on its prey.

  Ouyang Xuanle smiled, his body slightly swaying to avoid Luo Qi and Liu Chuan's fists, then in a flash of lightning, he grabbed the collars of both men and gave them a good shake.

  "Bang!" The two people's foreheads collided heavily, letting out two shrill and mournful cries.

  "Oh no, it hurts so much! It hurts so much!" Liu Chuan and Luo Qi cried out in pain, squatting on the ground and frantically rubbing the lumps on their foreheads.

  "How about it? Are you convinced?" Ouyang Xuan crouched down with a smile.

  "Alright, you teach us then, we won't pick anymore!" Liu Chuan said pitifully.

  "Alright, today I'll only teach you one move, the straight punch!" Ou Yang Xuan stood up and demonstrated: "This is the most commonly used method in a fight. If your speed is fast and your timing is good, once you hit the enemy, the damage will be significant. Of course, the target of a straight punch should ideally be the bridge of the nose, which is the most vulnerable part of the face with the densest blood vessels. One heavy blow can knock a person out cold. You try it, come and hit me."

  Luochi and Liu Chuan exchanged a glance, jumped up, and with the momentum, punched Ou Yangxun's face heavily.

  "Bang——bang——" Ouyang Xuan effortlessly caught the two fists, shook his head and sneered: "Really brute force. Remember my words, sink your waist, withdraw your shoulders, straighten your chest, punch quickly, fiercely, and use the strength of your whole body. Come again!"

  "Bang - Bang -" Luo Qi and Liu Chuan were not convinced, following Ouyang Xuan's method, they used all their might to eat the milk force, huffing and puffing again with two fists, but still got caught red-handed.

  "Idiot, still too slow, come on!" Ouyang Xuan said viciously.

  So, on the quiet playground in the morning, three people roared like thunder, two people threw punches, and one person received punches, causing a commotion that sent chickens flying and dogs jumping, kicking up dust everywhere.

  The sun slowly rose, and Ouyang Xuan was concentrating on teaching the two to practice martial arts when someone suddenly said from behind him: "Ouyang classmate!"

  Ouyang Xuan caught the two deadly punches, turned around to take a look, and found that they were two classmates, a boy and a girl. One of them was familiar, it was Dong Hui from the martial arts club, but the other one, a handsome young man dressed in casual clothes, was not recognizable.

  "Oh, it's you, Dong classmate, is there something going on?" Ouyang Xuan had a bad feeling.

  "Ouyang, let me introduce myself. My name is Tang Chun, I'm from Sichuan and I'm the president of the school's martial arts club." The handsome young man wearing a casual outfit walked up, smiling and extending his right hand: "I came to the playground for morning exercise, didn't expect to run into you!"

  "Oh, hello!" Ouyang Xuan also couldn't refuse to shake hands with others, so he too stretched out his hand.

  "By the way, Ouyang classmate, I invited you to our martial arts club, what do you think?" Dong Hui finally caught up with Ouyang Xuan and wouldn't let him go, immediately pulling him in.

  "Terrible!" Ouyang sighed inwardly and smiled: "As for this, I don't want to join any clubs. However, thanks for your kind intentions!"

  "Ouyang classmate," Tang Chun said sincerely: "My martial arts skills are passed down from my family, although they may seem decent to ordinary people, but absolutely not a match for Tanaka Koichi. I still have the self-awareness of this point. If you're willing to come to our martial arts club, I'm willing to yield the position of president to you. Would you consider it again? After all, promoting Chinese martial arts is everyone's responsibility!"

  Seeing how sincere they were being, Ouyang Xuan felt a bit embarrassed: "This, I really don't want to join any clubs! Oh, it's getting late, we should head back for dinner, bye!"

  As they spoke, they quickly exchanged glances with Luo Qi and Liu Chuan, and the three of them suddenly scattered and ran away, leaving Tang Chun and Dong Hui to shout behind them, but they didn't look back.

  As soon as he escaped from the school field, Ouyang Xuan's phone rang.

  "Hello, I'm Ouyang! Oh, got it. Danfeng and the others have all rushed back. Yes, understood. I'll be right there!"

  Ouyang Xuan patted Luo Qi and Liu Chuan on the shoulder, wryly smiling: "Something's come up at the department again, help me ask your wives for leave."

  Rochi blinked and suddenly stretched out his right hand: "Hand it over!"

  "What?" Ouyang Xuan was taken aback.

  "Labour costs, water and electricity fees and whatnot, at least one hundred per person!" Liu Chuan said with a smile.

  Ouyang Xuan's forehead suddenly bulged with anger, and he cursed loudly: "Bastard, you dragged me out early in the morning, and now you still dare to ask me for money. You're asking for a beating!" He swung his fist and pounced on them, instantly thrashing the two of them until they cried out in pain and fled in disarray.

  The two men ran and shouted: "Ouyang, you abused your brother, we're going to tell your wife!"

  Ouyang Xuan was speechless with anger: This is what happens when you're not careful in making friends!