At age 15 he struck out for Taipei, where he enrolled in the night division of Chienkuo Middle School. In Taipei he met Master Liao Yuan, a 75-year-old Shaolin monk. The pair hit it off immediately, and Chen dropped out of school to become his disciple.
十五歲北上讀台北建國中學夜間部時，巧遇七十五歲高齡的少林和尚了圓法師，一見投緣，就此放棄學業，拜入門下，法號「青雲」，專學嶺南派鑄劍法，開始隨師雲遊各地。