I practice martial arts by adding skill points in modern city

Within the Purple Cloud Palace, there is a rather large ground entirely paved with bluestone bricks, now covered with weathering and grooves over the years.

Wang Longhu stood among the crowd, observing the innermost area of the ground.

He saw two groups of people engaged in friendly exchange, one group dressed in long robes like the Daoists, evidently local Wudang Daoists.

The other group wore Japanese kimonos, most of them short and robust, with wooden clogs on their feet, obviously Japanese martial artists.

"Daoist Liu Feng, I haven't seen you in years, your vital spirit seems much more vigorous."

"Likewise, Mr. Mishima, your practice of extraordinary points is so full, it seems that in these few years, your inner power has refined again. With your talent, you might become your country's grandmaster within five years."

"Daoist Liu Feng, you're too kind."

The two parties seemed to chat amiably on the surface, their lively manner looking like old friends who hadn't been in touch for years.

Surrounded by a noisy crowd and standing a bit far from the Wudang and Japanese groups, Wang Longhu, despite having a Spirit of 4.0, couldn't hear what they were discussing.

Curious, he turned to the young Daoists Changfeng and Three Lakes next to him and asked, "What's the exchange format of this martial arts exchange? Is it 1-on-1 solo or a team fight?"

Three Lakes tiptoed, looking up excitedly, "It must be us sending one person and those little devils sending one as well. Martial artist dueling isn't a brawl, how could there be a team fight?"

Compared to the excitement on Three Lakes Daoist's face, Changfeng Daoist's demeanor was very calm. He sighed pessimistically, "It's likely to be Brother Yuan Mountain and others again this year. If Brother Yuan Bin and his generation don't return, Wudang will never match those little devils, it's self-inflicted humiliation."

Hearing this, Wang Longhu immediately asked, "Daoist Changfeng, is this Daoist Yuan Bin the best fighter in your Wudang?"

"Not exactly, Wudang still has many powerful uncles and masters. Though they are older, Wudang martial arts focus on nurturing life, energy, and spirit. Unless severely injured, the strength of a martial artist won't be too affected,

if those uncles and masters could participate, the martial arts exchange wouldn't be so one-sided. However, those little devils cunningly suggested long ago that only local middle-generation and below martial artists could participate in the martial arts exchange," explained Changfeng.

Wang Longhu was puzzled, "What is the middle generation?"

"It's martial artists aged 35 and below. You know, the passion for martial arts has waned in recent decades, there aren't that many masters emerging, and Wudang has just over a dozen, with even fewer staying here."

With Changfeng Daoist's words, Wang Longhu instantly understood the underlying issue clearly.

To develop in any field to its utmost, one must start training from childhood to lay a firm foundation, just like laying the groundwork for tall buildings.

Ordinary amateurs who start halfway, unless possessing extraordinary talent, find it hard to reach a high position.

For instance, in martial arts, someone like Wang Longhu starting at 25 wouldn't even reach Dark Force, let alone Ming Jin, in this lifetime.

True martial arts clans and powers usually have children start building their foundation at 5 or 6, as this age's children's bones are flexible, making it easier to practice bends, splits, horse stance, and somersaults, achieving more with less effort.

By the age of 12, they start learning proper martial arts routines, such as fists and legs.

And 35 is the golden period of an adult's physiological quality; beyond 35, the body starts to decline. What accomplishments a martial artist can achieve this lifetime largely depends on what they can master by 35.

If one hasn't reached Dark Force by 35, the martial arts ceiling roughly stops here.

In Wudang and the little devils' determination, those 35 and below are the middle generation. Wudang has elders who are strong, but because they don't meet the age criteria, naturally they don't participate to gain face for Wudang.

Of course, even if they were asked to join, they probably wouldn't agree, as that would be clearly an adult bullying a child.

Thus, Wudang finds itself in a very awkward position, as Changfeng Daoist said, their capable middle generation is currently outside.

Three Lakes Daoist didn't care about Changfeng Daoist's words; as long as there was excitement, he was the happiest.

"Wang Longhu, let me introduce you, that pointy-faced, little mustached little devil, he's called Uekawa Jishou, a disciple of the Tenshin Shinyō-ryū, he also attended the last martial arts exchange here,

that square-faced and seemingly silent little devil over there is Mishima Tenun, a disciple of the Takeuchi School, with quite formidable abilities..."

He described the identities, names, and martial arts of those little devils present in great detail, as if reciting from memory.

Though the little devils' land is small, they have their own traditional martial arts, often referred to as ancient martial arts or classical flow martial arts.

The content is not limited to fists and feet but includes various combat techniques from the cold weapon era, covering basic weapons like bows, swords, spears, staffs, peculiar weapons like iron fans, jitte, sickle and chain, rope capture.

To bare-hand combat like jujutsu, capturing skills, body techniques, fists, and even secret weapon techniques like needle spitting, blow dart, and shuriken, forming a complete martial arts system of their own.