Afterwards, he went to Wuguan Street to see if there were any hotels.
When he passed by the Azure Dragon Martial Arts School, he found the school's master sitting in front of the door, sighing incessantly, looking dejected, as if he had lost his parents.
Li Yao casually asked, "Hey, are you alright?"
The master of the Azure Dragon Martial Arts School looked up, saw it was Li Yao, and quickly walked over, exclaiming in surprise, "It's you? You recognize me?"
Previously, when Li Yao and Ip Man were fighting, the master of the martial arts school was also at the Ip family mansion.
Therefore, he recognized Li Yao.
Li Yao nodded and said, "I was also present when Jin Shanzhao challenged you to a duel."
The master of the martial arts school suddenly realized what was happening, and his expression darkened. He said, "Alas, if Jin Shanzhao hadn't challenged me to a duel, I wouldn't be in this state now."
Li Yao asked, puzzled, "What's going on?"
The curator sighed and recounted the whole story.
It turns out that after the master of Qinglong Martial Arts School was defeated by Jinshan Zhao, all his disciples felt that his martial arts skills were not good enough and left Qinglong Martial Arts School one after another.
Before they left, they took all the valuables from the martial arts school, saying it was compensation for their tuition fees.
After listening to the innkeeper's account and observing the bustling street around him, Li Yao suddenly had a good idea.
So he said to the martial arts school owner, "Scholar, I'd like to take over your martial arts school. What do you think?"
The curator paused for a moment.
But upon closer reflection, since my reputation is already ruined and I can't stay in Foshan any longer, I might as well transfer the martial arts school to this person and then open another martial arts school in a different location.
Therefore, the two hit it off immediately, and Li Yao smoothly took over the Qinglong Martial Arts School.
Chapter 8 Recruiting Apprentices and Taking Attribute Assessments
Three days later.
A striking sign stands in front of the Qinglong Martial Arts School.
The signboard at the top has four large characters: "Recruiting Apprentices".
Below are a few lines of smaller print: Free recruitment of apprentices. Wing Chun master Li Yao will personally conduct the assessment. Anyone who passes the assessment will be personally taught Wing Chun by Li Yao. There is no limit to the number of students; the more the merrier.
Previously, Li Yao had fought Ip Man at the Ip family mansion and defeated him.
Although their duel was not made public, the onlookers had already guessed that Li Yao had won.
However, the general public did not know Li Yao's real name.
However, someone later learned from the former head of the Green Dragon Mart that the person who defeated Ip Man was named Li Yao.
Subsequently, the news that "the person who defeated Ip Man was named Li Yao" spread like wildfire throughout Foshan.
In less than two days, Li Yao became a household name in Foshan as a Wing Chun master.
Later, Li Yao erected a sign in front of the Qinglong Martial Arts School that he had taken over, saying "Recruiting Disciples".
Soon, the news that "Wing Chun master Li Yao is accepting students for free" spread like wildfire throughout Foshan.
In less than half a day, the entrance to the Qinglong Martial Arts School was packed with people, all of whom came to become disciples and learn martial arts.
Li Yao was startled by the sea of people in front of him.
I never imagined my influence would be so great!
Moreover, Li Yao was surprised to find that there were quite a few people in the crowd wearing police uniforms.
One of the patrol officers, Li Yao, had seen him at the Ye family mansion; that man was Li Zhao, a patrol officer from Foshan.
In the original movie, Li Zhao greatly admired Ip Man and asked Ip Man to take him as a disciple, but Ip Man did not agree.
Now, Li Zhao has actually come over wanting to become Li Yao's apprentice.
In an effort to curry favor with Li Yao, Li Zhao even took the initiative to take on the task of maintaining order at the scene.
After all, Li Zhao was a patrol officer in Foshan, and ordinary people were very afraid of him, so they cooperated with him and lined up in an orderly manner to participate in Li Yao's assessment.
Li Yao's assessment was very simple: he required participants to work in pairs and fight each other.
The first to appear were two thin boys.
Li Yao had the two men stand facing each other, then gave the order: "Begin!"
Unexpectedly, both boys were looking at Li Yao, and neither of them made a move to fight.
Li Yao said irritably, "Why are you looking at me? Go ahead and fight!"
The two boys finally realized what was happening and rushed at each other, swinging their arms wildly and haphazardly, just like children fighting.
Li Yao stared blankly at the battle for a long time, but when he didn't see even a single attribute orb fall from their bodies, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He waved his hand and called for a halt, saying, "Alright, alright, none of them are qualified. Next group, please go up."
The two boys left disappointed!
Next up were two middle-aged men, one tall and one short.
Li Yao and the other two stood in position, then gave the order: "Begin!"
The shorter man reacted extremely quickly; as soon as Li Yao gave the order, he punched the taller man in the abdomen.
The tall man was so angry that he yelled and tried to grab the short man with both hands.
Unexpectedly, the short man dodged behind the tall man and punched him several times in the waist.
When Li Yao saw this, his eyes lit up. He saw a purple attribute orb fall from the short man's body.
That's the attribute of comprehension!
Li Yao immediately and discreetly touched the purple orb.
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Comprehension' attribute, Comprehension +1!"
Li Yao nodded in satisfaction, stopped the fight between the two sides, and pointed at the shorter one, saying, "You, you've passed the test. Next group, you're on."
The short man jumped up excitedly and bowed repeatedly to Li Yao.
Li Yao's method involved two-on-one combat to see who could drop an attribute-enhancing orb.
If someone drops a ball of light of a certain attribute, it means that this person is more outstanding than ordinary people in that aspect, and Li Yao will take this person as his apprentice.
Of course, the more attribute orbs that fall from a person's body, and the higher the value, the more talented that person is in martial arts than the average person.
This is exactly the kind of person Li Yao wants to recruit.
After the assessment, not many people actually received attribute orbs.
Li Yao was not discouraged.
After all, learning martial arts requires talent.
Not everyone is as lucky as him to have obtained the incredible attribute-collecting system, which allows him to learn all kinds of martial arts against all odds.
This time, two people took the stage, one was very burly, and the other was thin.
Li Yao and the other two stood in position, then gave the order: "Begin!"
The slender man was quicker; his fist, accompanied by a gust of wind, struck the burly man's chest muscles.
With a loud thud, the burly man stood firmly in place, a smile on his face, showing no sign of pain.
At the same time, Li Yao saw an attribute orb fall from each of them.
One is purple; that's the comprehension attribute, which fell from the skinny man.
One is yellow; that's a physical attribute, which fell from the burly man.
Li Yao touched the two orbs of light.
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Comprehension' attribute, Comprehension +1!"
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Physique' attribute, Physique +1!"
"Excellent! Excellent!"
Li Yao nodded with great satisfaction.
He then stopped the fight and said to them, "You have all passed the test. Next group, please come up."
Encountering two people with martial arts talent in one go greatly excited Li Yao.
However, in the following groups, Li Yao did not find any people who dropped attribute orbs.
Fortunately, the line was still quite long, giving Li Yao a chance to select suitable candidates.
This time, two young men took the stage. They were both quite muscular, one with darker skin and the other with slightly lighter skin.
Li Yao ordered, "Begin!"
The two attacked simultaneously and immediately began fighting.
Li Yao noticed that the young man's punching movements were methodical and precise, yet he was not bound by fixed moves and could adapt to changing circumstances.
While the young man in white's movements were also quite standard, clearly indicating some martial arts background, his moves were rather stiff and he didn't know how to adapt.
Soon, a purple orb of light fell from the young man.
Li Yao picked up the ball of light.
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Comprehension' attribute, Comprehension +3!"
Li Yao was overjoyed. This was the first time he had encountered someone who had lost 3 points of comprehension during all the assessments he had conducted.
This indicates that this person has exceptionally high talent in martial arts and is most suitable for practicing martial arts. Li Yao most hopes to have a disciple like this.
Then, Li Yao stopped the two young men from fighting and pointed at the dark-skinned young man, saying, "You've passed the test, next group."
The assessment lasted for two days, during which Li Yao selected nearly sixty people from several hundred who were deemed suitable for martial arts training.
In consideration of Li Zhao's hard work in maintaining order for him over the past two days, Li Yao accepted Li Zhao as his apprentice.
Chapter 9: Teaching Martial Arts, Long-Term Investment