The news that the Martial Arts Governor's Office and the Japanese envoy agreed that Chinese and Japanese martial arts masters competed on the same stage in the Old Summer Palace was spread all over the country and also to the ears of politicians from all over Asia and Europe.

More than ten days later, the news spread to Kyushu, Japan. Emperor Meiji, who had temporarily lived in Fukuoka Prefecture due to a slight discomfort, put down the telegram in his hand. His eyes moved and he laughed.

"The Qing people were superstitious about martial arts. If they killed their martial arts leader with one sword, they would destroy their confidence and make them willing to enslave their nation!"

Japan has always wanted to occupy China in full. When hearing the Chinese department managing martial arts masters challenged the country, Emperor Meiji felt that it was a god-given opportunity and immediately ordered the Japanese swordsman Shigetaro Chiba to be the best master of Bushido, Ichio Itagaki, and the Tang-hand master of Ryukyu, Fune Yuki, to come to meet the king. He was preparing to let three top Japanese samurai lead Japanese martial arts masters to China to launch a challenge.

Japan must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, defeat the most powerful samurai in China, and destroy the confidence of the Chinese people!

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After the competition, Gao Tai went to find Chen Qimei and Situ Jizan. They knew that they were sensitive to their identities and did not dare to stay for too long. They just said hello and left.

Gao Tai rushed back and invited Sha Zilong to his newly rented courtyard.

Several houses nearby were rented by Gao Tai and used as Chen Buyan, Liu San and others. Originally, Liu San got the advice of Sha Zilong, and thought he could stand behind, but unexpectedly, he met a master of slashing boxing and was beaten down in the second round.

When Sha Zilong first arrived in Beijing, he asked Gao Tai to pick up the big gun. The two of them shook the big gun. At that time, the old man knew that Gao Tai's kung fu could no longer improve, and there was no need to check anything by himself. If he wanted to make progress, he could only rely on his own understanding. Talent, opportunity, and understanding were indispensable to have the opportunity to reach the profound realm of the ancient martial arts ancestors.

When they returned to the courtyard, Sha Zilong no longer advised Gao Tai. They just took an ash stick with Gao Tai every day, and the two of them held one end and shook their guns to exercise their strength.

When you reach the realm of Gao Tai and Sha Zilong, if you use all your strength, you will burst out when shaking the gun, and the wooden stick as thick as a forearm can be shaken off.

However, shaking is not a skill. You need to use your strength in the past and seem to have no change, but touching is like an electric shock to be considered the most brilliant and excellent skill, which is equivalent to practicing the ancient internal strength skills.

Because Sha Zilong saw that each of the fifteen masters had unique skills and had no confidence in his heart, he pulled Gao Tai to practice the final skill of the "Five Tigers Broken Soul Spear" to simulate the ancient internal force's internal force's ability to exercise internal force. According to Sha Zilong's words, internal force is trained into a master of Huajin who is enough to defeat internal martial arts.

Gao Tai and Sha Zilong spent three days in addition to eating, drinking, urinating, sleeping, and using their strength to shake their guns. At the beginning, when the two of them shook their hands hard, they always knocked the wooden stick off due to the force. After practicing for a day, they rarely shook the monkey's face. However, every time they used force, they would always bend and deform the ash wax stick.

The master and apprentice invited Sun Lutang to observe and give advice. Sun Lutang told the Tai Chi skills and the skills he had practiced to transform the strength. Sha Zilong and Gao Tai practiced again after listening to it, and sure enough, they made great progress on the third day.

The master and apprentice were one head of the master and apprentice. The two-meter-long white wax stick was like a big whip in the palm of their hands, and sometimes it was round and sometimes it was square. It seemed nothing strange, and the white wax stick had no change. But if someone touched the white wax stick, he would be afraid that his hand bone would break and he would fall again.

Gao Tai and Sha Zilong took the initiative, and Chen Buyan and Liu San brought the porridge, and put a plate of beef and two plates of pickles on the cool stone table in the yard.

After dinner, a few people changed their clothes and walked towards the Meridian Gate.

Today is the time for the fifteen top-ranking masters in the country to compete in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, in front of the high-ranking civil and military officials, royal relatives and nobles, foreign ministers, and fighting for the position of the leader of the Qing Dynasty's martial arts alliance.

After several days of fermentation, the martial arts conference became the headline news of the Qing Dynasty. Sijiu City wore strong clothes and big waists and round martial arts practitioners several times more than usual, so that the soldiers in the patrol battalion also began to patrol the streets, obviously worried that the people in the martial arts world would disturb the troubles.

Gao Tai, Sha Zilong, Liu San, and Chen Buyan walked to the Meridian Gate without weapons and saw fifteen masters and their disciples waiting.

Gao Tai glanced at the pocket watch and saw that it was eight o'clock in the morning, and said, "It's time to open the door."

Sun Lutang, Li Cunyi, Shang Yunxiang, Huo Yuanjia and several Gao Tai's nearby people came over to talk. After a while, the Meridian Gate was opened. A eunuch came out with two new soldiers without braids and said in a sharp voice: "Everyone! Take the seal from the Martial Arts Governor's Office to line up into the palace. When you go in, don't look and touch, don't talk much."

Because the seal letter entering the palace could not bring relatives and disciples, except for Liu San and Chen Buyan who were co-organized by Gaotai Martial Arts Governor General, the other master's disciples were left outside.

When Gao Tai and others entered, the weak eunuch ordered again: "Follow our family, the Regent and all the adults are waiting in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

Gao Tai had never been to the Forbidden City in his previous life, and now he can't help but take a few more glances at the world's largest palace group and a completely symmetrical Chinese architectural treasure.

After passing through the gate and passing the palace wall, Gao Tai soon saw the ring ten feet in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and there were chairs of imperial relatives, foreign ministers, and senior officials. Today, the sun was shining brightly, and there were still shades of covers on their heads, and there were eunuchs and palace maids standing next to them to serve them.

Gao Tai narrowed his eyes and looked at it. It turned out that Emperor Xuantong was less than six years old. He was just the young man in the robe sitting in the first throne with a demeanor. He should be Emperor Guangxu's younger brother, Xuantong's father, and Regent Zaifeng.

On the way, the eunuchs told the rules that when they met with great figures such as the Regent, they had to bow and bow to him.

It is still the era of imperialism. When he arrived at the local area, Gao Tai could only step forward with expressionless expression and follow the others to kneel down and kowtow, calling for thousands of years.

Zaifeng said softly, Gao Tai and others bowed to thank each other again, and then stood aside.

Xu Shichang ordered the competition to begin, and fifteen people grabbed the numbers separately. One person would have to be bye in the first round. After everyone caught it, they saw that the person who was in the bye was the oldest Su Can.

The remaining fourteen people went on stage to compete in order, and Gao Tai and Zhang Ce were the first round.

Gao Tai tied his waist and stepped onto the stage, wrapped his braid around his neck, waiting for Zhang Ce to come on stage.

Chuck was in his forties, with a sparse beard and thin, but he walked calmly and slowly. When he stepped onto the stage, wood crackled when he stepped on it. Gao Tai raised his eyebrows, and the high-ranking officials and foreign ministers watching the battle were also very curious.

When Chuck stood slowly on the ring, he bent down and took off his shoes, threw a pair of fat boots on his feet aside, made a metallic attack sound, and then changed into a pair of light cloth shoes.

Only then did everyone realize that Zhang Ce was wearing a pair of iron shoes, and the foreign ministers started to discuss in a low voice, and the princes and ministers became more interested.

"Zhang Tiexiang, hey!" Li Shuwen sneered and glanced at Sun Lutang.

Sha Zilong and Sun Lutang stood together, neither of them changed their expressions, and seemed to be very confident in Gao Tai.

"Brother Zhang, I heard that you, Wuhou Tongbei Fist, are so powerful that you are in charge of Zhili Prefectures. You often wear iron shoes and beat black locust trees with your arms. You are so infatuated with martial arts. You are truly a master of your generation!" Gao Tai had heard of Zhang Ce's name for a long time, and knew that this person's fame during the Republic of China period was also very famous. He was called the "Arm Saint". He admired him and said politely.

Chuck's eyes were thin and bright, really like a monkey. He grinned and said, "Come on! The leader of the Spear Club, you take the throne of the president of the Wulin Tongmenghui to attract us to compete. I, Lao Zhang, will come to see the heroes of the world. When we meet, we will do our best. If you win, Lao Zhang will be convinced by you!"
Chapter completed!