After Master Liao Yuan passed away in 1962, Chen continued studying under Wu Hsiu-hai, becoming a 32nd-generation member of Zen Buddhism's Rinzai Sect. For four years Wu Hsiu-hai trained Chen in martial arts and northern-style swordmaking, and also taught him about a wide variety of sabers and swords from both northern and southern China.
一九六二年，了圓法師圓寂後，陳天陽再拜吳修海為師，成為臨濟宗少室維陀門第三十二代弟子，四年的時間裡，吳修海除傳授他武術外，還教他北方鑄劍法和認識各種南北刀劍的形制。