Chapter: 3020

However, by the Qing dynasty, foreign powers had opened up China with guns and cannons, leaving countless practitioners of martial arts realizing that their lifelong dedication was even no match for a single Westerner's rifle or cannon.

Initially, many patriotic martial artists also had a strong sense of loyalty and a desire to serve their country. However, in the face of modern weapons, their abilities were essentially worthless.

The most regrettable event is when thousands of義and 团 surrounded the Eastern Gate of Chang'an for several hundred Westerners, besieging them for 56 days but failing to breach the gates.

From that moment on, a large number of practitioners of martial arts suddenly turned from their previous love of martial arts into its greatest opponents. The reason is ultimately because they saw a huge gap and realized that one lifetime's effort was no match for a single bullet.

After that, China was plagued by internal turmoil and external threats for many years, while the development of weapons accelerated at an unprecedented pace, further widening the gap between martial arts and weaponry.

As a result, martial arts began to decline from the Qing dynasty onwards, and it never truly recovered until now.

Originally, with a population of over 300 million, China had millions or even hundreds of thousands of people practicing martial arts. However, with a current population of over 1 billion, there are only tens of thousands of martial artists.

Many internal styles gradually fell out of transmission during this period, so that many martial artists today no longer have access to complete internal styles for training and cultivation. This is indeed a great sorrow for the decline of martial arts.

However, martial artists today still possess the same passion for martial arts as their predecessors did back then.

Take the He family for example; in fact, the He family has always longed to fill in the gaps of their incomplete internal styles, but unfortunately they have never found any relevant clues.

As far as Ye Chen is concerned, internal styles are not particularly impressive.

The "Nine Heaven Classic" contains many internal styles, and he doesn't even bother practicing them because he has already surpassed the level of martial artists. These internal styles mean nothing to him.

However, if he were to randomly select one from the internal styles recorded in the "Nine Heaven Classic", it would probably cause all martial arts families under heaven to vie for it.

Interestingly, among all Chinese martial artists today, only the recently started and unaffiliated little chili pepper Qin Ao Xue has mastered a complete internal style.

She is currently secretly practicing the "Four Spirits Palm" from the complete internal martial art method she found in the "Nine Heaven Classic". Therefore, Ye Chen opened his mouth to say to Su Ru Li: "In the future, if the time is ripe, I can provide a complete internal martial art method to He's family. At that time, perhaps it could help them take another step forward!"

Su Ru Li heard this and was completely startled and excited.

She didn't doubt that Ye Chen had a complete internal martial art method, but she didn't think he would be willing to give it away to He's family.

Although Ye Chen didn't say he would definitely give it away immediately, he did mention that he would give it when the time is ripe, which means that as long as the timing is right, he is willing to take it out and give it to He's family.

Su Ru Li was very clear about the significance of a complete internal martial art method - just how big of a deal it is.

So after hearing this, she was eager to hope that He's family could become Ye Chen's trusted assistant and also receive the internal martial art method that Ye Chen would give them as soon as possible!

This made Ye Chen feel a bit curious.

Generally speaking, Tang Si Hai doesn't contact himself often, but whenever he does, it's usually something very important.

So, he quickly connected his phone and asked, "Tang Family Elder, won't you find me for some urgent matter?"

Tang Si Hai smiled slightly and said, "Young Master, I didn't find you for any urgent matter. It's just that there's a matter that might require your opinion."

Ye Chen asked, "What kind of matter is it?" JrNovels.com