Cultivating through increasing my stats in America-Chapter 27 - Thank You for Letting Me Win

Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Thank You for Letting Me Win

Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Thank You for Letting Me Win

Li Ang’s movement technique’s coherency and the speed of his footwork surprised Wu Song, who quickly adopted a defensive posture.

Facing Li Ang’s covering hand to the middle courtyard hammer, Wu Song’s response was to entangle his hand and turn his body sideways, planning to attack Li Ang’s armpit.

However, Li Ang’s response was faster than he anticipated, swiftly changing his move, and the two solidly connected with a palm strike.

“Smack!”

Both men staggered backwards two steps.

“Young man, did you tell me you’ve only practiced for three years?”

Wu Song saw that Li Ang’s proficiency in each move was not at all inferior to his own, and even in terms of reaction ability, Li Ang was slightly better.

It was only that Li Ang’s upper body strength was a bit less than his own, otherwise Wu Song might not have been able to handle that last move.

After the real exchange, Li Ang also understood that it was nonsense to think one could spot flaws just by the opponent standing there.

Unless one is a beginner, wouldn’t everyone at least be familiar with the starting stance?

Only during the confrontation, by seizing the inadequacies in the other person’s movements or the weak points in their strength, could one really find flaws.

In that last exchange with the head coach, Li Ang felt as if he had struck a truck tire, making his own palm throb with pain.

He realized that his physical training was still lacking, which was currently his greatest disadvantage.

Having understood this, Li Ang’s fighting style began to change.

He no longer chose to clash head-on with Wu Song. After all, real combat was about using one’s strengths to exploit the opponent’s weaknesses.

Li Ang’s advantage lay in his fast reaction. Currently his [Reaction] had reached 10.40, and including the 10% reaction increase from the [Tongbei Fist] trait, he was fast enough to outpace the majority of ordinary people.

Further, his power-generating technique and understanding of the moves were a bit more sophisticated than those of his opponent. Mastery level [Tongbei Fist] was no joke.

Li Ang directed each attack towards Wu Song’s vulnerable points, completely ignoring any flaws that couldn’t cause effective damage.

At the same time, when facing Wu Song’s counterattacks, he would dodge if he could, focusing on using movement to dissipate force.

Several rounds later, Wu Song had not gained the upper hand at all. Several times, he could only withstand a couple of Li Ang’s strikes in order to land just one on him.

But this method, in terms of [Tongbei Fist] technique competition, meant he was already at a disadvantage.

In other words, if this weren’t on a sparring stage, Wu Song could definitely win with all his might.

But the problem was, they were precisely engaging in a martial arts exchange.

Even the less professional eyes of the students below the stage could see that Coach Wu was clearly at a disadvantage.

His moves and actions were already being dominated by Li Ang.

Wu Song wiped the sweat from his forehead and chose to call the match to a stop.

“Let’s end it here. To say that your Tongbei Quan isn’t Virgin Boy Skill, I simply wouldn’t believe it.”

What Li Ang had shown was not just proficiency in techniques, but more frighteningly, his footwork.

He could only use one term to describe it, stable as an old dog, such firmness of stance he had only seen in his master, the owner of this martial arts hall.

“Coach Wu, thanks for letting me win. If we were really fighting seriously, I surely wouldn’t be your match.”

Li Ang also gave a fist salute, offering the other a way out. He had come for an interview today, not to challenge the establishment.

After stepping down from the stage, the adrenaline receding, Li Ang began to feel the burning pain in his arms.

Looking over at Wu Song, besides a few hits to the ribs, other areas hadn’t really been damaged; instead, it was Li Ang’s own hands that ended up hurting.

“Does this mean I’ve passed?”

Li Ang asked with a smile.

Wu Song rolled his eyes and answered:

“If you couldn’t pass, then our martial arts gym wouldn’t need to recruit anyone.”

After that, Wu Song briefly explained to Li Ang about the work hours, salary, teaching methods, and so on.

And he indicated that he wouldn’t be assigning any students to him in the short term.

After all, being good at fighting was one thing, teaching was another.

Li Ang nodded his head in understanding; he wasn’t in a rush, especially since he had found a better sparring partner.

While the two were talking, Hua Tianming and the gym’s head returned.

“Xiao Li, how do you like it? The gym’s environment isn’t bad, right?”

Hua Tianming looked at his gym with some pride as he spoke to Li Ang.

Li Ang promptly delivered extravagant praise.

“It’s not just good, it’s luxurious.”

Upon hearing this, Hua Tianming became even happier and led the group to the reception area.

“Comrade Xiao Li, don’t worry about it. Teaching kids is pretty simple. Plus, you’ll get your full salary during the period you don’t have any students assigned to you.”

The gym’s head coach listened to the special treatment Li Ang was getting and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly; he hadn’t seen anyone else receive such special treatment before.

“Kids? But wasn’t I just hired as a coach for the adult group?”

Li Ang was a bit confused by Hua Tianming’s words.

Hearing this, Hua Tianming also looked at the head coach with a confused face.

“What’s the situation?”

The head coach was equally befuddled and turned to Wu Song, asking:

“What’s the situation? Didn’t I tell you last night? Arrange a position for the young man as a coach for the youth group. What did you hear?”

At the same time, he felt increasingly dissatisfied with Li Ang. He was given a coaching position right away, but he was still picky, aiming to be a coach for the adult group straight off the bat. You’re an adult yourself? Then go ahead.

“Uh…”

Wu Song stumbled over his words, hardly able to speak.

Damn, so that was the arrangement? But your attitude last night didn’t seem like you were going behind anyone’s back?

He thought to complain internally, but of course, he wouldn’t dare talk back to his master.

All he could do was admit his mistake honestly:

“It seems I misheard last night.”

“Since it was his mistake, then Xiao Li, for now, you can lead the kids…”

The head coach almost relaxed when Wu Song softly interjected:

“But he indeed passed the test as a coach for the adult group just now…”

“Whaddya say?”

The head coach was so shocked he even let out his Sichuan dialect.

“It’s true; everyone saw it just now. It was during the test on the practice stage.”

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Wu Song’s interjection left the head coach speechless.

Hua Tianming was even more delighted and laughed, saying:

“It seems Comrade Xiao Li has made progress during this time! That’s good, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.”

With confirmation, Li Ang was also relieved; if he was to teach kids, he would’ve been too lazy to come.

Then, Hua Tianming stood up and began walking outside while saying:

“How about I try a few moves on you? To see if you’ve digested and absorbed what I taught you last time.”

“That sounds great.”

Li Ang was naturally very willing; the proficiency he gained the last time Hua Tianming coached him had been on his mind for quite a while.