Chapter 146 Martial Arts, Dance
"Good morning, you guys are up early too, aren't you planning on hiking today?"
Du Ruo was also curious. Tourists like Long Zhirou would usually be eager to climb the mountain after arriving. Climbing Huangshan Mountain is a very tiring thing. If you plan to stay on the mountain for a day, it would be relatively easy and you can see a lot of scenery. In this case, you can go up the mountain at any time.
But generally speaking, guests staying in Duruo B&B will basically come back to stay at night. They will choose to see the best scenery of Huangshan in one day, and then continue to stay in the B&B for another day, and then visit the surrounding attractions the next day.
But in this case, they need to get up very early and avoid queuing. They should queue up at the earliest time to start climbing the mountain. Only in this way can they be relatively comfortable. Naturally, they will just buy a breakfast and leave. They will not sit in the breakfast shop and eat breakfast leisurely like Long Zhirou.
"We plan to visit some ancient towns around here first, and then go up the mountain and stay there for a day, so there's no rush."
Long Zhirou smiled at Du Ruo.
"That's good too, but you should check the weather first. I think it will rain in the next few days. It's not easy to climb Huangshan in the rain, especially when you have to carry equipment."
Du Ruo has already ordered breakfast. Du Ruo has a big appetite and usually orders a whole portion of whatever is available at the breakfast shop. There will be no leftovers anyway, so he will finish it soon.
Xiang Yuanyuan sat on the side without saying a word, but she actually no longer had that hostility towards Long Zhirou. The inexplicable jealousy she felt yesterday made her a little nervous, but after chatting with Li Qiyao for half the night, she seemed to have calmed down.
In fact, she could also see that Du Ruo was just being polite to Long Zhirou. Perhaps the only thing she liked about her was that she also practiced martial arts, which made Du Ruo naturally like her. But for some reason, when she saw the two of them talking and laughing, she always felt insecure.
"Let's not worry about that for now. We're not in that urgent anyway. Boss Du, are you free today? There are a lot of things to do with martial arts. Why don't we discuss and study them together?"
After Long Zhirou finished speaking, she looked at Du Ruo with a serious look on her face, which made it difficult to refuse. What she said was research and discussion, not asking for advice. Perhaps in her mind, Du Ruo might be very good, and she herself was not bad at all, and the two were on the same level.
Du Ruo didn't say anything, but just glanced at Xiang Yuanyuan subconsciously.
"Why are you looking at me? You didn't invite me."
Xiang Yuanyuan took a big bite of the pancake and took a sip of the soy milk.
"Then are you going?"
Du Ruo asked with a smile.
Xiang Yuanyuan rolled his eyes at Du Ruo, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Instead, Long Zhirou next to her laughed softly. In fact, martial arts was what she was best at, and she had definitely achieved the highest achievement in this field.
If a martial arts routine can reach the level of a Wuying-level athlete, it is already top-level, at least in terms of athletes.
However, there are no particularly high-level competitions for her to show herself in this area, so she must seek a breakthrough. Joining the Wushu Association is a possibility, but she is too young and she is unlikely to be taken seriously even if she enters.
Opening a martial arts school is also an option, but in the same way, the reality of modern society is that it is costly and has a small audience, so she turned her attention to the Internet. Organizing teaching materials online and teaching people martial arts is actually a good choice, even if the unit price is lower, but the platform is large, and all she needs to do is to build up her fame. There will be unlimited possibilities in the future.
Coming here to shoot a segment in Huangshan is actually just an extra part. Relying on Du Ruo and even Xiang Yuanyuan's popularity is the important part.
After all, she practiced martial arts, and a Wuying-level athlete could deal with ordinary people with bare hands, but the Internet is not satisfied with this at all. It would be extremely difficult for her to squeeze in. Moreover, she could not, like others, expose fakes to attract attention, or commit fraud to enhance her fame.
Because the most important future for Wuying-level athletes is to film movies. Whether they are martial arts stars or stunt doubles, they can quickly enter the film and television industry and have a higher starting point than others, so her online personality is very important.
After choosing and choosing, Xiang Yuanyuan, who is very popular but doesn't seem to be so fame-seeking, and who also knows Du Ruo, who has never thought about becoming famous and making money on the Internet, is the best choice.
Except for parents, no kindness comes without reason, otherwise how could Long Zhirou deliberately make friends with Du Ruo as soon as she saw him.
Eating breakfast naturally doesn't take up much time, even if Du Ruo eats a lot. After all, no matter how much carbohydrate food he eats, it can't actually satisfy Du Ruo's consumption.
The "essence" fire that Du Ruo saw yesterday explains everything. As Du Ruo's body becomes stronger and stronger, even if he does not take action and does not use his "essence", he still needs to supplement with a large amount of meat every day for daily consumption.
Sometimes Du Ruo thought, it would be great if there was so-called spiritual energy from heaven and earth. By absorbing the spiritual energy from heaven and earth, he might be able to practice fasting and feed himself by eating air. Who knows how much food expenses he could save every month.
"Yesterday I saw that you had local tea at the front desk, so I bought some. It tastes fresh, sweet and refreshing when brewed, but I don't know if it's brewed correctly. Does Boss Du know anything about tea? It's just right that we have a pot of tea after breakfast." As they walked on the road, Long Zhirou whispered in front. No matter what her starting point was, she still had her own way of doing things and treating people, at least it was hard for people to be disgusted by her.
"How can I make tea? I'm just a rough guy. I don't like drinking tea that much. I usually prefer drinking wine. But I still want to thank you. The teas displayed at the front desk are all grown by the villagers themselves. They are placed there to let more people know about it. If you like it, you can help promote it more."
Du Ruo said whatever he wanted to say, and this was not something shameful, so he asked the other party to help promote the tea.
"That's a good thing. I really like this tea and will definitely help promote it."
Long Zhirou smiled, but nodded seriously.
As she spoke, she pushed open the door to the yard. There were teapots and teacups on the table in the yard. It was obvious that Long Zhirou was not joking, she really drank the tea.
"I don't have any wine here, and I'm afraid that no matter how good the wine is, it won't be as attractive as the medicinal wine that Sister Yuanyuan has, so we can only drink tea."
Long Zhirou invited Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan to the tea table and started to make tea.
"Sister Zhirou, how long have you been practicing martial arts? I see you are quite thin, unlike those martial artists I have seen who are all strong and muscular."
Xiang Yuanyuan drank tea and started chatting. She was not a novice anymore. Following Du Ruo, she had seen many martial artists. To be honest, Long Zhirou was definitely the thinnest martial artist she had seen.
"I have been practicing martial arts for about seven or eight years. I started with Tai Chi, and I have also dabbled in other forms such as Xingyi and Bagua. As for my figure, I am a girl after all. And although there are no rules for practicing martial arts, I think it is more advantageous to have a well-proportioned figure, a lean and strong body, a lighter weight, and a smaller frame, so that the movements I perform can be more aesthetically pleasing."
What Long Zhirou said was very euphemistic, but in fact it was the real situation. In today's martial arts competitions, what matters is whether the movements are accurate, whether the rhythm meets the standards, and whether the body shape is beautiful. These are the criteria for judging.
They don't care about strength, power or speed.
It is because of such standards that many people work hard in this area, which is actually contrary to traditional martial arts.
Practicing traditional martial arts is about generating strength from the ground, so the most important thing is the strength of the lower limbs. If you want to stabilize your lower limbs, then standing still is the basic skill you cannot avoid.
However, standing in a horse stance, whether it is the Santi Shi of Xingyi, the Ma Bu of Tai Chi, or the Xing Zhuang of Bagua, all require a lot of leg exercises. In this case, the lower limbs will inevitably have obvious muscle lines, that is, the thighs will become thicker.
Therefore, those who practice martial arts and want to take exams or participate in competitions, especially girls, have to abandon this part of basic skills. So it is understandable why martial arts is said to be a dance art.
After all, many of the top leaders of the Martial Arts Association do not practice martial arts, or they may be doing this on purpose. Anyway, no one knows what they are thinking.
The two of them chatted like this, but Xiang Yuanyuan asked more questions and Long Zhirou told her everything she knew. Du Ruo took a sip of tea occasionally and didn't interrupt much, but from Long Zhirou's words he gained a better understanding of the current martial arts circle.
In the martial arts world, there are people like Long Zhirou and Wu Jing who practice routines, win awards and participate in competitions, there are also people who actively perform online and recruit disciples, and there are people like Yang Huaming and Shi Dong who still stick to tradition in their various industries.
All I can say is that martial arts have always been around us and have never been cut off, but many people have never been exposed to this circle.
"Boss Du, I know you are also an expert in martial arts, how about a performance?"
While chatting, Long Zhirou suddenly changed the topic to Du Ruo, who was not talking much, and started talking about business.
"Forget about me. My boxing skills are not as good as yours. But I have never seen a performance by a Wuying-level athlete. Why don't we open our eyes today?"
Du Ruo smiled and shook his head. The good-looking ones are the routines, the fragmented ones are the training methods, and the fighting methods are those in which a move is repeated thousands of times.
Of course, Du Ruo is very comprehensive, and if he performs the routines, it will definitely be more standard and beautiful, but he thinks it is meaningless. He doesn't want to get a license, nor does he want to be a martial arts superstar.
"That's fine, but can I record it?"
Long Zhirou smiled and made a request. If they could record the video now, then when they had more exchanges, they could naturally include Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan in the video. If they took more videos, wouldn't they be able to gain some popularity?
"Well, of course no problem."
Xiang Yuanyuan and Du Ruo looked at each other. Now they both saw through Long Zhirou's purpose. However, she was not annoying after all, so it didn't matter. They didn't lose anything anyway.
(End of this chapter)
