4- Martial Arts
After familiarizing the whole place, Mark sat in the expensive looking sofa and waited for Chris.
"What is taking him so long?" He looked at the door of Chris's room.
"Chris! are you not done yet!?" Mark yelled.
"Ah! I'm done! I'm done!" Chris voice came from the door and a little while later, he came out wearing the same pair as Mark's, he seemed to be lost in breath.
"I'm done lets go" Chris said.
"Hey, bro," Mark called out as he elbowed Chris a little.
"What?" Chris asked.
"I know you want to do it but doing it excessively is bad for your health, you could have wait and do it at night" Mark said.
"What do you mean?" Chris asked confusedly.
"You know what I mean, boys things" Mark said with a wink, saying dont worry I wont tell anyone face.
"You!" Chris faced blushed to beet red, he started walking faster towards the elevator.
"Ha, youth" Mark shrugged.
"Shut up and follow me!" Chris high pitched voice boomed to his ears.
"Okay! okay" Mark followed him.
They used the elevator once again and it went down by a floor, it was where Mark's 'Room' was supposed to be.
The elevator door opened and what greeted Mark was not the room that was supposed to be there but a huge gymnasium with state of the art equipments and a huge dojo.
"Whoa, amazing, the room changed very fast" Mark commented.
"Of course, in my place, our workers are professionals and fast workers" Chris proudly said.
"So what's with these things?" Mark asked.
"Like I said earlier, we will have special training" Chris said.
"What kind of special training?" Mark asked.
"You know that playing Alter Online, we will use our brain nerves right?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, that is what I have read from the Virtual Capsule" Mark replied.
"Yes, that means we wont be needing our body to play but only our brains but that is not correct, if our physique improve, then our brain efficiency" Chris explained.
"You suck at explaining, in proper words its like this: Exercise increases heart rate, which pumps more oxygen to the brain. It aids the release of hormones which provide an excellent environment for the growth of brain cells. Exercise also promotes brain plasticity by stimulating growth of new connections between cells in many important cortical areas of the brain." Mark said.
"Yeah, yeah Mister Big Brain, anyway, we have a month to train our bodies and also learn martial arts" Chris said.
"Martial Arts? were you able to find a Martial Arts Master that is going to teach us?" Mark asked.
"Yes, I found one, he is coming right now" Chris said then he turned his head towards the magic circle and a few moments later, it lit up and a figure emerged from the magic circle.
It was a middle aged man with long hair and had a beard, he wore a traditional black kung fu uniform.
"This is Master Wang that will be teaching us Martial arts" Chris introduced.
"Nice to meet you Master Wang" Mark greeted with a cup fist salute, and observed Master Wang calmly, and he could not recognize this person.
Mark has been mingling with tons of masters ever since he was young and he knew many of them but Master Wang didnt ring a bell.
But he did not dare to look down on Master Wang, there are also hidden masters that he have not heard of, maybe Master Wang was one of those.
"Master Wang, this is my best friend, Mark, please take care of us" Chris said.
"Its my pleasure Young Master" Master Wang said respectfully.
"Master Wang, my name is Mark, I'm a fan of martial arts, could you please show us some of your skills?" Mark asked, he just felt there is something wrong with Master Wang after observing him carefully.
Martial Art Master, no matter how they look like, sleeping or even taking a shit, you wont be able to find openings from them, it could be said, their defenses are up 24/7.
But Master Wang was full of openings, Mark had heard from his masters once that there were many frauds lately, they act like a Martial Arts Master but only know some showy moves that has no essence of Martial Arts.
Chris eyes lit up when he heard Mark's proposal, "That is a great idea, Master Wang, I also want to see your skills" Chris said.
Master Wang smiled and nodded, "Of course, please watch carefully as these are the skills I will teach you" Master Wang said confidently and stepped 5 meters away from them.
"First is breathing, its one of the most important things in the martial arts, breathing could enhance your blood flow and let your body move more actively" Master Wang said.
'What he said is close to what those old fogeys taught me, he is a real Martial Arts Master' Mark thought and nodded.
"Then after you stabilized your breathing, sway your body along with the wind, along with the flow like a river, then Mantis Style! Cross Slash!" Master Wang yelled at a high pitch voice and crossed his arms and slashed it forward.
"Next move! Mantis stalks its prey!" Master Wang said and his form changed.
"Falcon Fucking Punch!" a shout resounded on Master Wangs ears and the next monet a fist arrived on his face and sent him flying.
"Damn, I almost believed you" Mark said as he glared at Master Wang.
"What is the problem Mark? why did you punch Master Wang?" Chris asked.
"This guy is a fraud, he knows no shit about what he was doing" Mark said.
"What do you mean young man? you know no true martial arts!" Master Wang said as he held his hand his cheeks which was punched by Mark.
"Yes, Mark, I found nothing wrong with Master Wang's Martial Arts" Chris said.
"Ugh, that is what you see in your eyes, but I also do martial arts and learned a thing or two about it, just let me show you how its done" Mark said.
Chris was still doubtful with Mark but he chose to watch, Mark stepped 5 meters away from them and took a horse stance.
He took a deep breath and punched forward.
*Swish!
As Mark punched forward, the sound of his fist whistling resounded for a moment then a powerful force came from Mark's fist and exploded.
*Boom!
A shock wave came and blew the wind around them and Chris noticed that Mark's fist was covered in flames but Mark just shook his hands and it disappeared.
Mark then breathed out as he pulled his fist back which was steaming, Mark punched so fast that it caused his fist to produce flames.
"That is Martial Arts" Mark said as he gazed back to Chris.
Master Wang Chris looked at him dumbfoundedly.