Born Like the Stars: Cloudwalker

[“Welcoming the 20th National Congress: Youth Write a Glorious Chapter” Themed Writing Contest] [Fiction]

Martial arts are meant to stop violence. They are also a way to serve one's family and country. One should never take pride in one's martial skills or bully the weak. Let's bring martial arts to life through social media.

In this flourishing China, everyone, no matter how ordinary, is born a star. Millions of stars come together to form the glimmer on the national flag. At this moment, Martial Universe stirs the world, and clouds sweep across the sky.

Story synopsis:

Watching so-called traditional martial arts masters online tarnish the morals and reputation of Chinese martial arts, Jiang Yun'an wants to change people's misunderstandings and prejudices in his own way. But the events of the past hold him back.

It turns out that when Jiang Yun'an was young, his grandfather saw how much he loved martial arts and took him to study under a master. The master's rules forbade bullying the weak. But while helping someone, Jiang Yun'an accidentally injured a person. The injured person's parents came to the master's door, disrupting his life and forcing him to pay compensation out of his own pocket. Everyone who heard about it said the master had trained a disciple with no martial virtue, but the master never blamed Jiang Yun'an. To stop himself from causing his master any more trouble, Jiang Yun'an, still in elementary school and far too immature, deliberately fought and bullied others in front of his master. He disappointed the master completely, was expelled from the school, and even declared he would never train again. When his grandfather suddenly passed away, Jiang Yun'an returned home to pay his respects, only to run into his former master. After clearing up the misunderstanding, Jiang Yun'an went through a painful recovery. He then led a group of young students in using social media to spread the culture of Chinese martial arts, only to discover that his master had believed all along that he would never make that kind of mistake.