Chapter 97 Simulation: Another Challenge
Ultimately, Chan Yinsha still couldn't produce twenty million.
She only had five million in savings.
"I see, then just pay this time for the hypnotism, one million will suffice." Sun Shisheng nodded then extended his palm again.
"That expensive?"
Chan Yinsha exclaimed, "It's just making me sleep."
"But the improvement you get from this sleep, how long do you think it would take you to train by yourself?" Sun Shisheng countered.
Chan Yinsha fell silent.
She estimated the time and realized that no matter how long she trained, she could never develop such a body; even if she embraced the elixir and sat astride in the future, exerting strength from her qi, her body would only be stronger than it is now.
Though embracing the elixir and exerting qi are extremely powerful, they mainly rely on the application of strength rather than on the enhancement, even the evolution, of the body.
One million is very valuable!
Moreover, Chan Yinsha knew that in the West, some athletes and coaches spend over a million, even tens of millions, on body maintenance every year.
In US dollars, no less.
Now, for just one million, she could obtain a body quality enhanced threefold; it was an absolute steal.
"Here, the PIN is six sixes."
Chan Yinsha handed over a bank card.
But Sun Shisheng pushed it back, saying, "Keep it for now, if there's a need for it later, just take it out then."
Chan Yinsha nodded and put away the bank card.
"Then, should I call you Master?" Chan Yinsha felt that not paying tuition made her feel uncomfortable, so she might as well take the man before her as her master.
Once the master-disciple relationship was established, not only would money not be needed, but she could also learn more divine skills. Wouldn't that be even better?
Moreover, this martial arts gym had her hard work invested in it. If it really came to a point where money was needed, would she refuse to give?
"Let's not."
Sun Shisheng did not want to take on a disciple, "Just call me by my name."
"That works too." Chan Yinsha breathed a sigh of relief and asked about Wang Chao, "Did he also improve his physical abilities through such deep sleep?"
She knew the benefits of deep sleep, but how long would it take her to catch up with Wang Chao?
"What I taught him were breathing methods and visualization techniques; the visualization is to promote deep sleep, the Still; and the breathing exercise is to stimulate movement throughout the body, the Dynamic." Sun Shisheng explained, "Only a combination of movement and stillness, yin and yang united, can create a completely perfect body like his."
"Inner and outer strength dual cultivation," Chan Yinsha mentioned an apt metaphor.
"That's one way to put it," Sun Shisheng nodded.
"Can I learn?" Chan Yinsha asked eagerly, and seeing Sun Shisheng silent, she added, "For a better price."
"For free," Sun Shisheng said.
"Really?"
Chan Yinsha couldn't believe it, silently wondering if Sun Shisheng had taken a liking to her body?
Even though the guy was young, he wasn't bad-looking and was very talented; she wasn't totally against the idea, after all, there's a saying: 'For a woman three years older, gold bricks to hold.'
She was more than a decade older, ready to embrace a mountain of gold!
"Really." Sun Shisheng, naturally aware of the thoughts running through Chan Yinsha's mind, was unconcerned, "After all, we could be considered friends."
"We're friends?" Chan Yinsha was surprised.
"Aren't we?" Sun Shisheng asked.
"Yes," Chan Yinsha said definitively.
The two shared a smile.
Just then, Wang Chao walked in from outside, seeing their smiles, his expression turned odd, "Did I come at a bad time?"
"Yes, so go away!" Chan Yinsha waved dismissively, as if Wang Chao's sudden appearance had interrupted her pleasure.
"Alright, stop it." Sun Shisheng laughed, "Wang Chao, how's your hypnotism training going?"
"Not bad."
Wang Chao reported on his progress.
Hypnotizing Li Liang, Wang Guang, and other gangsters had good effects, but for other martial artists in the Thai Boxing Gym, it was minimal.
After all, martial artists have a stronger will than the average person.
At the very least, no matter their talent or how they train in martial arts, they are willing to endure hardships.
They aren't afraid of pain, they aren't afraid of exhaustion.
"Take it slow, once you've got the knack, it will become a very simple thing," Sun Shisheng encouraged.
"Hypnotism? Can I learn that too?"
Chan Yinsha was also interested.
If she learned hypnotism, she could make a fortune later by serving those with money—cash would be pouring into her pockets.
"Of course, you can," Sun Shisheng nodded.
"Sun, should we rename our gym?"
Wang Chao suddenly brought up another matter.
Since the gym was now theirs, they couldn't just teach Muay Thai; they should teach other martial arts like Tai Chi, Eight Trigrams, Baji Quan, Tongbei, Taekwondo, Karate, Kickboxing, and so on.
It needed to be diverse!
"Just call it Ming Lun," Sun Shisheng thought for a moment and came up with a name.
"Does it have any special meaning?" Chan Yinsha asked curiously.
"Courtesy to the enlightened, recognition of natural bonds, unity of knowledge and action, harmony between man and the cosmos." Sun Shisheng explained the meaning behind it, "To put it more plainly, it's about making people understand the principles."
"Great name!" Wang Chao gave a thumbs up.
Chan Yinsha was quite satisfied as well, "Then, I'll make a call right away to have a signboard made."
"No need," Sun Shisheng shook his head, "leave it blank, I will provide the final character."
"Does the calligraphy you write contain the true essence of martial arts?" Chan Yinsha asked in surprise, "That would really be transcending the ordinary."
"Sun's abilities are indeed great," Wang Chao said proudly, for he had truly witnessed Sun Shisheng's use of transcendent methods, which were indeed divine!
Chan Yinsha also knew of Sun Shisheng's wonders; just the hypnotism and enhancement of physical abilities had already made her deeply admire him.
Afterward, Chan Yinsha took Sun Shisheng and Wang Chao on a walk through the martial arts gym.
This gym was very large, covering twenty-four acres, with a main entrance, a spirit wall, a practice hall, various training grounds, reception rooms, dormitories, indoor training rooms, a cafeteria, Quiet Courtyard, and other traditional structures such as pavilions, chambers, kiosks, and galleries, totaling over four thousand square meters of space.
However, Chan Yinsha's place was mainly by the main entrance, with the other areas being shared with the nearby gyms.
Otherwise, five thousand a month would be far too cheap.
At the very least, fifty thousand!
"Speaking of which, I used to collect franchise fees from other gyms," Chan Yinsha brought up her past.
"Franchise fees?" Wang Chao was puzzled.
"Protection money," Chan Yinsha said bluntly, "anyone who opened a martial arts gym in this area had to be beaten by me and pay up willingly, or they couldn't stay in business."
Wang Chao was somewhat displeased, "Isn't that a bit too overbearing?"
"It's about survival, and besides, they had no real skill. To keep their gyms open, they had to pay me," Chan Yinsha shrugged nonchalantly, "but now, I won't do that kind of thing anymore."
As long as she had learned hypnotism and had a steady clientele, she could earn in one day what used to take her half a year. How could she care about the protection money from those small gyms?
Besides, Chan Yinsha could tell that Sun Shisheng also disliked such acts of bullying the weak.
Fair competition, friendly matches between martial artists.
Acceptable.
Extortion for protection money, however, was crossing the line.
This was also why she had proposed to give away the gym.
"In the future, we can buy up this entire area, and those gym instructors and martial masters could be recruited and signed under contract," Sun Shisheng said slowly.
"But they don't have real skills, all show and no substance," Chan Yinsha didn't understand, "We could recruit other masters, with your abilities, boss, they'd certainly be eager, such as the many masters along the coast."
"Masters from the coast, they've all taken lives, haven't they?" Sun Shisheng asked.
"Yes," Chan Yinsha replied, "Underground boxing matches happen frequently there, but because of that, the people there have real skills, their techniques are extraordinary."
"We'll talk about that later," Sun Shisheng said, "Their killing intent is too strong; it would scare away many students."
"That is a problem..." Chan Yinsha was taken aback, having not considered this aspect. The martial artists from the coast, radiating murderous aura, had even worse tempers than hers.
If they got angry, they could definitely cause a lot of trouble.
According to Sun Shisheng, it meant their spiritual cultivation was insufficient and, in their struggle to survive, their moral standards were very low.
Although it is said: Don't preach goodness to others without understanding their hardships.
That's no justification for inflicting the evils they've experienced onto others.
In a sense, Chan Yinsha had also been walking the path of "evil," but luckily she met Sun Shisheng, who pulled her back on track, and she was now on the right path.
"Boss... Gym Leader!"
An out-of-breath voice came through, it was Li Liang.
He ran over and said anxiously, "Gym Leader, something bad has happened, someone has come to challenge the gym!"
"A gym challenge?!"
Wang Chao rubbed his hands together in excitement, "There's a fight ahead." This+ c^h*ap^te$r was ma^de p*oss$ibl%e- by the M#V_L+EMP^Y+R commu.ni*ty..#
Chan Yinsha stopped Wang Chao and said, "I used to run this place, so it should be me."
She wanted to test her current strength.
Someone coming to the door couldn't be more welcome.
"Let's all go have a look," Sun Shisheng told Li Liang to lead the way, and they arrived at the training ground.
The young man challenging the gym was currently sparring with five students.
Each punch and kick carried tremendous power.
His muscles were bulky, yet somewhat flabby, as if he hadn't trained for a while.
After dealing with the five students, he turned his attention to Sun Shisheng and the others.
"Are you the gym leaders here?"
Pointing a thumb at himself in a cocky manner, the young man said, "I'm Zhao Xinglong. Tell your students to apologize, or I'll smash your signboard."
Despite the loud and intense sparring match between Wang Chao and Chan Yinsha earlier, not everyone was aware of it.
For instance, those who don't follow media reports wouldn't know what had happened today at all.
"Kid, you're quite arrogant,"
Chan Yinsha stepped forward, twisting her neck and warming up her wrists, eyeing Zhao Xinglong coldly.
Just with that one look, Zhao Xinglong felt a chill.
This slender and frail-looking woman in front of him was undoubtedly a master, possibly even having developed visible Inner Strength, a martial art expert of the internal school.
"Words are superfluous, let's have a match,"
As a martial artist, Zhao Xinglong also wanted to see just how much he differed from a real master.
"Wait a minute..."