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"Awesome!"

"Is it truly a martial art designed by Xian Yu?"

"Why do all the moves designed by Xian Yu look so cool? The Moonwalk from before as well, it made all the boys in our school imitate it!"

"This time, the Tai Chi is quick too."

...

Xian Yu had once created The Moonwalk at a concert, sparking a frenzy of imitation among countless youngsters.

Now,

The Moonwalk had deeply ingrained itself in people's hearts.

Performances featuring The Moonwalk were common on entertainment stages of all sizes.

Performers even imitated Xian Yu's outfits from that time.

And now,

People who saw the Tai Chi were once again struck with the desire to learn and imitate!

To be precise,

Some had already started taking action!

...

Song Li was a retired man.

Before retirement, Song Li worked in the public sector, so his pension was quite substantial, and he didn't have to worry about his quality of life.

However,

Two years into retirement, Song Li always felt life was boring.

Accustomed to his previous work rhythm, Song Li found it difficult to adjust to retirement.

During these two years, he couldn't really find anything to do, and was thus relegated to sitting at home watching TV and browsing videos.

He was a bit envious of his wife.

She seemed fulfilled every day, calling friends in the evening and joining the ladies in the community square dance.

Ol' Song even thought about joining the square dance to pass the time in his dull retired life.

However, after joining the dance twice, Ol' Song gave up.

After all, the square dance was mainly an entertainment pastime for the elderly ladies; it was rare to see men participate.

Ol' Song always felt out of place dancing along with them.

And because some of the elderly women flirted with Ol' Song, causing his wife to get jealous, he was no longer allowed to join in.

At this time,

Song Li suddenly saw a video on TV.

In the video,

A young man was practicing Tai Chi.

The background music was "Follow Fate," which harmonized well with the martial arts themselves.

However, Ol' Song's interest wasn't in the music but in the young man's martial art!

"What kind of martial art is this?"

Ol' Song's eyes lit up, his mind became lively, and he immediately asked his grandson, who was doing homework in the house:

"Can you help me check if this video can be found online?"

"Grandpa, you watch 'Fish Walking with You' too?"

The grandson laughed. Could it be his grandfather also watched this youth variety show?

Song Li shook his head, "I'm asking about this martial skills..."

"The Tai Chi Chuan of Xian Yu!"

Song Li's grandson, who was in high school, was a loyal viewer of "Fish Walking with You" and immediately recognized it:

"Let me download it for you."

Soon his grandson had downloaded the Tai Chi Chuan video for Song Li, then continued to his room to do homework.

Song Li, however, lay on the couch as if he had found a treasure, and opened the video.

The result,

He liked it more and more!

He felt an inexplicable urge in his body!

Suddenly,

Song Li stood up!

He actually began practicing the movements in the room alone, following the video's instruction!

"Commencing form..."

Before he realized it, Ol' Song had already completed several sequences, "It seems I've still got it!"

Song Li was excited!

He had become captivated by this set of martial arts!

He liked this Tai Chi Chuan the moment he saw it, which is why he asked his grandson to download it.

However, he was worried.

Could his aged body practice this set of martial arts?

This was the helplessness of the elderly, because of their physical condition, often they have the will but not the power.

Let alone practicing martial arts.

Even for him, certain movements in square dancing could feel burdensome.

Little did he know,

This Tai Chi Chuan, even for an old man like him, turned out to be quite doable and wasn't a big strain on his body.

Following Xian Yu's explained movements in the video, after practicing the initial sequences of Tai Chi, Song Li felt no back pain or other burdens. Instead, it was as if his muscles and bones were gradually becoming more agile?

After practicing for a while,

Song Li started to find the room too small, restricting his movements.

Practice in the square?

No.

The square was full of aunties.

He could go practice in the park!

Song Li had made up his mind, and suddenly pulled out his phone and made a few calls.

"Ol' Zhang."

"Ol' Wang."

"Ol' Li."

"Ol' Qian."

"Shall we go out for some exercise?"

"I just learned a set of boxing techniques to teach you all!"

"Don't worry, this set of techniques can be practiced by us seniors as well!"

Quickly.

Song Li's old buddies arrived.

He took out his phone, played Tai Chi: "Let's practice this!"

"Eh?"

"Not bad!"

"This is awesome!"

"Shall we give it a try?"

To everyone's surprise, several old fellows immediately hit it off and took an interest in Tai Chi.

...

The second episode of the variety show "Fish Walking with You" continued the characteristics of the first episode.

Its influence seemed to extend not only to the entertainment industry but also in various fields.

Likewise, following the broadcast.

Major media outlets from Blue Star began reporting on this episode:

"The most fun variety game show: 'Fish Walking with You' Episode 2, game designer Xian Yu goes online again!"

"More fun than games series: 'GOAT Calls Me to Patrol the Mountain,' Xian Yu's new and wacky composition for 'Journey to the West'!"

"GOAT Calls Me to Patrol the Mountain wacky? No, this 'Nervous' song is truly wacky!"

"Nervous' wacky? Maestro: You underestimate the excellence of this song."

Well.

The major media enjoyed taking digs at one another.

However, at least one thing was unanimous among all media, which was the Tai Chi Chuan demonstrated by Xian Yu in the show!

"Martial artist Xian Yu's first online appearance!"

"Xian Yu's Tai Chi Chuan shocks the whole net!"

"Real Tai Chi exists in the world!"

"Expert interviews: Xian Yu's Tai Chi is extraordinary!"

"Experts say: Tai Chi Chuan deserves to be promoted extensively!"

In the show.

Quite a few experts made appearances.

After seeing the Tai Chi Chuan performance, they all praised Tai Chi.

However.

Not everyone had such a good impression of Tai Chi.

In a chat group of a few hundred martial arts enthusiasts, some people mocked:

"What the hell is Tai Chi?"

"I've seen a lot of discussions online, saying it's a new martial skill created by Xian Yu."

"It seems to be from Chu Kuang's martial arts novel 'Heaven-Reliant Dragon Slayer,' right?"

"Pfft."

"Creating martial skills from a martial arts novel, you're not joking, right?"

"Which traditional martial art from Blue Star doesn't have a history of hundreds of years? A celebrity like Xian Yu can create martial skills too, and even gets a bunch of experts to speak for him?"

"What experts, they're more like brick experts."

"It's all commercial hype. Xian Yu probably wants to make money off of it. I wonder which fools will pay the stupidity tax and get fooled by that group of brick experts."

Suddenly.

A group member posted a video: "Here, this is your 'brick' expert."

The video was behind-the-scenes footage.

Xian Yu was performing Tai Chi Chuan, and the expert group kept applauding.

The group owner was so shocked they spoke up:

"Icccc!!! Several big shots from the Blue Star Martial Arts Association, including my idol Mr. Hu, and also from the Gymnastics Association, the Sports Association!"

"Cough."

"These so-called 'brick' experts really hang."

"If they are brick experts, then does Blue Star have anyone who understands martial arts?"

"Just enjoy the variety show and stop making false assumptions."

Many in the group had seen the show and knew Tai Chi was impressive, not just a gimmick.

And those martial arts enthusiasts who had previously criticized Tai Chi and Xian Yu, upon seeing this scene, went into hiding, their faces turning beet red, wishing they could just burrow into a hole.

Wow, damn!

This endorsement lineup is earth-shattering!

All of them are highly-respected big names in the industry; any single one of them could shake the industry. Who dares to call them "brick" experts?

At this point.

There were still some people in the group who were unconvinced, weakly saying, "If Tai Chi is really that amazing, why didn't the Literature and Art Association endorse it too?"

Half an hour later.

Someone posted a picture: "Bro, did your mouth get enlightened? Which temple blessed it, mind sharing?"

The person who saw it almost spat blood!

The Literature and Art Association had really freaking endorsed Tai Chi!

The picture showed the latest update from the Literature and Art Association!

The official account retweeted the Tai Chi video: "Strengthens the body, extends life (thumbs up)"

Although it was just an eight-word comment along with a thumbs-up emoji, the significance behind it was official recognition!

"Daddy Cool, why bother? left the group chat."

The person did it cleanly, directly leaving the group.

A social death in action!

Staying here to celebrate New Year?

And when the next day came, some people noticed:

In the park in the morning, there were a few more old men practicing Tai Chi.