Chapter 133 - Clarence Learns Martial Arts

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With Selina out of the way, Clarence’s clinic opened for business as usual.

Since Master Williams had come to Thirteen Hall, the number of patients coming to Thirteen Hall had grown through word of mouth.

Cecilia, who had been at the clinic during the three days that Clarence had not eaten or drunk for, went home that afternoon. She said she would come back tomorrow.

Clarence also asked Jeremy and Johnson, who had spent three days at the clinic as well, to go home and get some sleep.

Clarence personally consulted the patients in the afternoon and cured seven or eight of them.

He noticed another green strand glowing in his necklace with a cross.

He had also stopped thinking about the divorce and was now in a much better mood.

They had gotten a divorce anyway, so it was no use continuing to think about Miranda. The arrogant Miranda would never ask him to restore their marriage.

At nightfall, the clinic sent away its last patient and closed as usual.

“Gunther, come here,” shouted Clarence.

Gunther immediately walked over. “Master Howard, what can I do for you?”

Clarence shook his head slightly. “Stop calling me Master. Since you’re staying in my Thirteen Hall, you’re one of us now. You can call me Clarence or Brother Howard.

“I’ll call you Brother Simmons from now on, too.”

Gunther was flattered. “No, I don’t deserve that!

“If you don’t like ‘Master’, then I’ll call you Mr. Howard.”

Gunther believed that since he was protecting Clarence under Julian’s orders, he should not dare to cross the line.

As a martial artist, he knew respect and inferiority best.

Clarence looked at Gunther with interest. “Alright, I’ll call you Brother Simmons. You can call me whatever you want.”

“Yes, Mr. Howard.” Gunther nodded respectfully.

Then, Clarence asked curiously, “By the way, Brother Simmons, do martial artists like you keep your martial arts skills to yourself?

“Do I have to formally ask you to be my mentor if I want you to teach me how to cultivate my internal energy?”

“Do you want to learn martial arts, Mr. Howard?” Gunther was surprised.

Clarence nodded and explained, “Yes, that incident with Chadwick has landed me in a crisis. I’m physically stronger than average, but I can’t help capitulating if there are too many people.

“If I had internal energy and became a martial arts master, maybe things would be different.” Clarence laughed.

If Clarence had been able to take down Chadwick and his crew as fast as he possibly could have when he had initially reached the rooftop, this would not have happened.

Gunther made a fist-and-palm salute to Clarence. “I’m sorry, Mr. Howard. I failed to protect you.”

He was full of remorse.

If he had protected Clarence, Clarence would not have ended up in the hospital due to serious injuries, and Miranda would not have misunderstood him. She would not have divorced Clarence either.

Clarence wore a relaxed smile. “It’s not your fault.

“You haven’t answered me yet. If I want to learn martial arts, do I have to formally ask you to be my mentor?”

“Hahaha, you’re kidding me, Mr. Howard. You don’t have to do that.” Gunther shook his head as he laughed and touched the back of his head in embarrassment.

“Besides, what qualifications do I have to be your mentor, Mr. Howard?

“There are a lot of basic entry-level moves in martial arts, as well as ways to cultivate internal energy. To be honest, my practice method is of the common kind, Mr. Howard.

“Family cultivation methods like Mr. Julian’s are the best.”

Clarence looked at Gunther with piqued interest. “Is it something like martial arts?”

Gunther chuckled. “Pretty much.

“Mr. Howard, just talk to Mr. Julian if you want to learn martial arts.

“With your relationship with Mr. Julian, you can learn the Wright Mental Cultivation Method directly from him. Why learn from me?”

Clarence shook his head. “I don’t want to bother Brother Wright for this. I just want to learn casually.”

“You’re right, Mr. Howard. Martial arts isn’t something you can learn in a day. I practiced martial arts for more than twenty years before I got to where I am today. Although I have a certain internal energy, I’m not a master of internal energy.” Gunther laughed.

He thought Clarence had just taken a sudden interest in martial arts.

After all, practicing martial arts required years of hard work and painstaking effort. One could not become a master in only a day or two.

Clarence’s eyes lit up. “Master of internal energy?”

Gunther explained, “Yes, martial artists only practice martial arts moves and physical strength at the beginning.”

“We also need to cultivate our minds at the same time. We usually have to do that for three to five years before our body even possesses a trace of internal energy.”

“I’ve been practicing martial arts for more than twenty years. Although I have internal energy in my body, it’s not strong. Mr. Julian is just like me. He has practiced martial arts for more than twenty years, but with the help of the Wright Mental Cultivation Method and Mr. Julian being born a martial arts prodigy, he’s managed to activate his governing and conception vessels. The internal energy in his body is four or five times stronger than it is in regular martial artists.

“It’s also because of Mr. Julian’s strength that he became vice president of the Martial Arts Association’s Mediterranean City Branch.”

Clarence was intrigued. “If that’s the case, does that mean you can be a master if you’ve activated your governing and conception vessels?”

Gunther looked proud. “Of course. There are fewer than ten masters in Mediterranean City who have activated their governing and conception vessels.”

Gunther was not as good as Clarence when it came to medicine, but ten Clarences were not as good as one Gunther when it came to the knowledge of martial artists.

They were specialized in different fields.

Clarence smiled as he asked, “Do you have a mnemonic chant I could use if I wanted to learn martial arts?”

Gunther frowned. “Yes, but it’s tough. You’ll have to endure the hottest day in summer and the coldest day in winter. Mr. Howard, are you sure you want to learn martial arts?

“If you really want to learn martial arts, you must stick to it and not give up halfway.

“Mr. Howard, I’ll supervise you, unless you really give up one day. Never give up halfway.

“Can you do that, Mr. Howard?”

Gunther took martial arts seriously.

Clarence was quite surprised to see Gunther that serious. Clarence’s face froze. “I’m sure. You can supervise me, Brother Simmons.

“If I can’t stick to it and I end up giving up, I’ll never touch martial arts again.”

Gunther stared at Clarence. “Okay, I’ll write my mnemonic chant for you and draw you a vital energy movement diagram.

“Just practice whatever’s on it.”

“Thank you, Brother Simmons.” Clarence immediately grabbed a pen and paper.

Half an hour later, Gunther had written a mnemonic chant on how to work the vital energies, and he had drawn a meridian map. He handed them to Clarence.

After Gunther’s explanation, the mnemonic chant was not too difficult to understand. Since Clarence knew 720 Anatomy Acupoints, he understood the meridian diagram for vital energy movement after only one glance.

Clarence thought about what had been stated in Chapter 60 of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Transmission of Acupuncture: Plain Questions of Acupoints Along With Skeletal Indentations. The conception vessel started from the middle extreme acupoint and went up through the pubic area, the stomach, the upper pass acupoint, the throat, the jaw, around the face, and finally into the eyes.

The governing vessel started from the middle of the lower abdomen. In women, it started from the vaginal orifice, where it was also at the edge of the urethral orifice.

His eyes lit up suddenly. “Brother Simmons, will it work wonders if I activate the governing and conception vessels before I start practicing?”

Gunther paused to laugh as he shook his head. “Mr. Howard, everything in martial arts novels is made up.

“Unless your internal energy is strong enough, you won’t be able to activate the governing and conception vessels before you start practicing martial arts.”

Clarence asked again, “What if I activate it beforehand?”

Gunther frowned, thinking that Clarence was a little whimsical and not grounded at all.

He was already regretting teaching Clarence the martial arts mnemonic chant. “If you can activate the governing and conception vessels before you start practicing, you can improve your martial arts abilities with half the effort and make rapid progress..”