Qian Quan's mood was off for the entire morning.
It wasn't because he was bested in technique.
Victory and defeat are common in martial arts. Even with Grandmaster-level Wing Chun skills, he never considered himself unbeatable.
With almost 8 billion people in the world, who could claim invincibility? Who could truly say they were undefeatable?
Furthermore, there's a saying in Wing Chun: with a Master, you understand limits; with an opponent, you know your standing.
However, Qian Quan didn't want to lose to Shimizu Ichiro's uncle.
Because he had observed that the opposition wasn't seeking a victory in martial arts. They wanted to seek clarity from history, to address an old score.
It was a matter of principle.
For Qian Quan, a top student of history, that period of history was irrefutable. Anyone trying to distort, embellish, or tamper with it should be refuted and eliminated.