I practiced my spirituality alone in Hong Kong.

Chapter 96 Go quickly and invite Anzai here!

"Card!"

Seeing Li Chang'an stand in front of Huang Zhengli, blocking the powerful kick for Chen Yuanlong.

Director Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that it was good he had brought Anzai over, and then shouted "Cut!"

He quickly signaled the crew to check on Chen Yuanlong's condition. Seeing that Longzai only had a few bruises and was otherwise unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Huang Zhengli didn't put on any airs of a senior at this time. Instead, he quickly walked over and apologized to Chen Yuanlong in broken Cantonese mixed with a little English.

Chen Yuanlong, being an easygoing and carefree person, laughed and waved his hand, saying, "It's alright, Master Huang. In our line of work, it would be unprofessional if we didn't have some accidents."

Moreover, it was my lack of skill that prevented me from keeping up with your pace, so this scene needs to be reshot. I should be the one apologizing to you.

After saying that, he turned to Li Chang'an and sincerely thanked him.

"Anzai, you saved me once, and I, Chen Yuanlong, will remember you for the rest of my life."

Before Chen Yuanlong could say more words of thanks, he was helped aside by staff to apply liniment and rest for a while before filming additional scenes later.

After seeing that Chen Yuanlong was alright, everyone on set quickly dispersed and returned to their posts to rest.

Feeling his still slightly numb and trembling calves, Huang Zhengli approached Li Chang'an and exclaimed in surprise, "Anzai, your legwork is even stronger than your hand skills! You've reached the Ming Jin level!"

Li Chang'an hesitated for a moment, just as he was thinking about how to explain.

Huang Zhengli, however, took the initiative to explain on Li Chang'an's behalf.

"I'm sorry, I was being stupid. You have a great master who is skilled in martial arts, and you have practiced martial arts for many years. You must have practiced more than just hand skills."

His expression was complicated, and he repeatedly praised, "You've been hiding it too well, Anzai. In the past, when you practiced martial arts, you only showed your hand skills, but I never thought that your strongest skill was your leg skills."

"Not even twenty years old, yet he's already mastered the Ming Jin (a type of internal energy cultivation technique); truly, the younger generation is formidable!"

"Master Huang, you flatter me. I always thought your strongest skill was your legwork, but I didn't expect your wrist strength to be so powerful. No wonder Director Yuan would let you, who is known for your legwork, play the role of the Eagle Claw Sect leader."

"Haha~ Let's not flatter each other." Huang Zhengli laughed heartily, "Anzai, the better you are now, the more I want to spar with you later————"

He was filled with emotion. After leaving the military for many years, he never expected that what would rekindle his passion for martial arts would be a young man from the Hong Kong martial arts world, whom he thought was all just flashy moves.

The two began chatting about their understanding of kung fu and martial arts, quietly waiting for Chen Yuanlong to finish resting.

After Chen Yuanlong had calmed down, Director Yuan whistled to signal everyone to get ready and resume filming.

On camera, Jian Fu and Shangguan Yiyun, the leader of the Eagle Claw Sect, engage in their final battle.

After fighting for dozens of rounds, Jian Fu, who combined snake-style boxing with claw techniques better, ultimately prevailed.

He seized upon a slight opening in Shangguan Yiyun's defenses, and suddenly leaped up, like a large cat with its fur standing on end.

Then she locked her legs firmly around Shangguan Yiyun's neck.

He then used a snake-shaped punch to pierce Shangguan Yiyun's throat repeatedly.

Shangguan Yiyun groaned and fell to the ground. He reached out unwillingly to pull Jian Fu down with him, but Jian Fu's hand turned into a cat's claw and grabbed his temple first. The outcome was already decided!

In the final scene, Jian Fu and Bai Changtian playfully bicker along a sunlit mountain road.

Bai Changtian said, "Jian Fu, you're really smart. You know how to use Snake Fist combined with Cat Claw to suppress Eagle Claw Kung Fu. But the name Snake Fist Cat Claw doesn't sound good."

"Master, please give me a name."

"How about we call it Snake-Shaped Clever Hand?"

"Alright, let's call it Snake-Shaped Eagle Hand!"

Jian Fu smiled happily and assumed the starting stance of the Snake Fist, facing the sky.

"Card!"

As Director Yuan shouted that the scene was successfully completed, everyone on set immediately burst into applause.

Hwang Jung-ri, who was lying on the ground pretending to be a corpse, also came to his senses and stood up.

Chen Yuanlong took the initiative to come over and shake hands with Huang Zhengli. He used the English sentence he had just asked Li Chang'an to express his gratitude: "Master Huang, I have benefited a lot from working with you this time. I have learned a lot from you."

Huang Zhengli had a good impression of Chen Yuanlong. Although he was still a minor figure at the moment, Huang Zhengli had seen a lot of people and could tell that this young man was a potential star.

Who knows, maybe one day we'll catch a favorable wind and take off.

So he showed unusual patience towards younger generations other than Li Chang'an, and gave Longzai some advice on his future plans in the industry.

Although Chen Yuanlong couldn't understand some of the words Master Huang was saying, he tried his best to write them down so he could ask Li Chang'an for help later to find out what Master Huang had said.

Meanwhile, Director Yuan sent someone to find Master Ma, who was resting on the bus, to do his makeup, so that they could finish filming the last and more important opening action scene as soon as possible, and then announce that the crew had wrapped up filming and prepare for a celebration banquet.

He walked up to Hwang Jang-lee and asked, "Master Hwang, do you want to rest a bit more before starting filming with Master Ma?"

Huang Zhengli shook his head. "Let's start early. Anzai and I want to have some time to spar."

Director Yuan nodded and told someone to quickly touch up Master Huang's makeup.

The crew members did their makeup very quickly; about ten minutes later, Master Ma came over wearing a gray long vest.

He looked disheveled and like he was on the run.

"Photography, lighting, sound recording, get ready!"

"start!"

As Director Yuan finished speaking, Master Ma began to flee in a disheveled manner on the hilltop, bursting into the frame.

At that moment, Huang Zhengli somersaulted and landed, blocking his way.

Master Ma immediately assumed the starting stance of the Snake Fist.

Facing the nervous Master Ma, Huang Zhengli remained calm and strolled over to him with his hands behind his back.

Although Master Ma had previously relied on his seniority, as a veteran actor, he quickly got into character. He said coldly, "Shangguan Yiyun, your Eagle Claw Sect destroyed all the martial arts schools of my Snake Form Sect in eighteen provinces and wiped out three thousand of my disciples. You are truly vicious!"

Huang Zhengli looked down at him and said calmly, "Eagle Claw and Snake Form have been irreconcilable enemies for a hundred years. Today, the Snake Form Sect has perished at the hands of my Shangguan Yiyun. It can be said to be the will of Heaven, hehe~"

"————"

Li Chang'an watched the two facing off in the distance and suddenly remembered what the narrator had said when he first met Chen Yuanlong:

In the martial arts world, the Snake Claw Sect and the Eagle Claw Sect have a century-old feud, with endless killings. Now, the Eagle Claw Sect has gained considerable power and, after killing the leader of the Snake Claw Sect, intends to completely wipe out the Snake Claw Sect from the martial arts world.

Young man, with your chivalrous spirit and courage, are you willing to step forward and help the successor of the Snake-Style Fist lineage, safeguarding their last glimmer of hope?

"So that's how it is. The opening lines of the narration were actually the opening scene that Director Yuan is currently filming."

"No wonder the narrator didn't react at all to Master Ma, who played the head of the Snake Gate."

From the narrator's perspective, Master Ma was already a dead man who had died at the hands of the Eagle Claw Sect leader. How could a dead man trigger the plot?

At this point, the two people in front finished their polite lines and officially began the fight scene.

Huang Zhengli's feet sank, and his body swooped down like a vulture, kicking out in mid-air before he even moved.

Master Ma ducked to avoid the kick, then seized the opportunity to counterattack with the "Snake Emerging from its Cave" move, attempting to poke Huang Zhengli's eye.

As a result, Huang Zhengli transformed his hands into claws, like an eagle's claws grabbing a snake's vital spot, accurately hooking Master Ma's snake-style fist every time, making it difficult for him to exert force and maneuver.

Master Ma fought back fiercely, but the more he fought, the more he fell into a disadvantageous position.

Finally, Huang Zhengli seized the opportunity, first grabbing his right arm with a grappling technique, rendering him unable to move.

Then Huang Zhengli's right claw slashed horizontally like an iron hook, parrying Master Ma's snake-like palm, and then tore apart the clothes on his chest and the blood pack hidden inside, causing a large patch of blood to stain Master Ma's chest red.

Master Ma looked down and was somewhat surprised.

What amazing finger strength!

The original design for this bloody scene was that he would find an opportunity to cut open the blood pack on his chest with a blade, but unexpectedly, Hwang Jang-lee simply and cleanly tore it open with his bare hands.

Without the blood pack and the protective gear hidden inside, this grab could have really disemboweled him!

No wonder this Korean guy looks down on everyone in the martial arts world; he's really skilled!

Master Ma swallowed hard. Seeing Huang Zhengli's momentum growing stronger and his attack coming in, he quickly defended himself.

As a result, because Huang Zhengli's eyes were filled with murderous intent, Master Ma subconsciously felt a little scared and failed to execute several moves well.

Ultimately, because he failed to keep up with the pre-planned rhythm of the movements, he was kicked to the ground by Hwang Jang-ri.

"Cough cough————"

Master Ma clutched his abdomen, coughed a few times, and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Card!"

After calling for a pause, Director Yuan frowned.

What's going on? Master Ma always brags so much, but his performance is not even half as good as Longzai's!

Huang Zhengli went over and helped Master Ma up, saying, "Sorry, I kicked a little too hard."

Master Ma shook his head and generously accepted his loss.

"The skill gap between us is too great. Many times I couldn't keep up with your pace, and I couldn't even coordinate with the pre-designed routines."

"Let's do it two more times then."

"OK."

The two resumed fighting, but Director Yuan was still not satisfied and kept yelling "Cut!"

Several martial arts instructors from the Yuen Clan were discussing the action scenes between the two actors next to Director Yuen.

"Master Ma played quite well in the beginning, and there was a sense of eagle and snake facing off, with both sides evenly matched."

But after Master Huang made him bleed, Master Ma was completely overwhelmed by the other man's imposing manner and couldn't fight back.

"Master Huang has a strong presence, but it's unreasonable that his performance is inferior to Ah Long's."

"It's probably because Master Ma only recently arrived. For the first half month or so, he was filming on another set and didn't come to our set for rehearsals."

Director Yuan shook his head: "No, this fight scene is the opening of the entire movie, it's of utmost importance."

Although Master Ma must ultimately lose, in the opening fight scene, one can lose in terms of physical strength, but not in terms of momentum!

"The action has to be intense and exciting enough to grab the audience's attention and keep them watching."

He hesitated for a moment, then called out, "Let Anzai come over here and be Master Ma's stunt double, so he can spar with Master Huang again!"

Master Ma frowned when he heard that Director Yuan wanted to send a younger man to replace him and fight against a formidable opponent like Hwang Jang-lee.

Even he couldn't handle Master Wong, so how could that young man possibly do it?

However, Master Ma ultimately did not raise any objections.

Because Hwang Jang-lee had previously praised Li Chang-an, he wanted to see how Hwang Jang-lee fared when he fought the kung fu genius he had hailed as his own.

If Li Chang'an performs poorly, it would mean that although Huang Zhengli is skilled in martial arts, he lacks discernment.

Saying things like "that guy Anzai has a tiger-like eccentricity" or "genius" will only make him feel embarrassed.