Book 7 - Chapter 11 – Penetrating Deep Into the Tiger Cave (1/2)

Book 7 Chapter 11 – Penetrating Deep Into the Tiger Cave

Xu Ziling woke up the next day Declining the offer to get together with Xiang Yushan and the others on the lower deck, he sat in meditation alone in his roo, he always felt some kind of contentment and satisfaction, a sense of self-sufficiency that did not co was that he used to be like Kou Zhong, who loved to eat But as his inner cultivation grew deeper, his appetite progressively decreased He was especially sick of etables beca Soand he still had no problem

The reason he wanted to stay alone in his room today was that he left a fantastic development all over his body Unexpectedly he has shed an entire layer of his skin, just like a snake shed its skin

The new layer of skin was smooth and tender, almost like a baby’s skin, so that his co did not care about such changes tooboth hands up, he struck various poses, while at the sa his true qi up to his hands He started to have more and more confidence to his pair of beautiful,and translucent, hands When he concentrated his true qi, even blocking any divine weapon head-on, he was not afraid that he would suffer the slightest injury Besides, there is no divine weapon that was more flexible and follow his heart desires

When he had confrontation with Yang Xuyan the previous day, he clearly felt his progress in theXuyan’s sword-play, in which he er that hard to pin down any Xuyan’s fantastic sword technique that he was able to save Xiang Yushan’s little life

Although Xu Ziling was not aggressive at all, he was fully aware of the Jianghu’s truth that the strong would rule: if you don’t kill, you will get killed; especially in this turbulent era, where justice practically did not exist

This lance, he exclaimed, “Huh? How come you look so lowing”

Xu Ziling replied indifferently, “Haven’t you also changed? Look at your s appearance But please, don’t tellell-aware that he could not conceal anything fro Aardly he sat down by the bed and said hoarsely, “Sos are bound to happen sooner or later”

After glancing surreptitiously to the left and to the right, he went on, “I heard that Xiang kid said that Ren Shao’s martial art differs very little to the Ol’ Die, at most he is only one or half a notch inferior Seems like this matter is extrehan is for asked, “Compared to Ol’ Die, isn’t he a bitknitted his brows and said, “That is really hard to say My guess is that Ba Fenghan is slightly , he is stillsaid, “If we join hands against Ba Fenghan, what do you think our odds of success?”

Kou Zhong pondered silently for half a day; finally he said with a bitter laugh, “Although we have a higher chance of winning, he will surely drag one of us along to accompany him to the nether world This kid is really difficult to deal with That day, were it not for us attacking him while he was unprepared, I ale forever”

Xu Ziling s to differ I disagree with your, Zhong Shao’s judgeain, he will undoubtedly lose, because I have figured out the Yijian Technique; better yet, I have figured out a way to chop Ren Shao said, “This is the first time that I am very excited that you have a different idea Tell aze out of the , at the continuously changing scenery of the river bank With a wistful look on his face he said, “It started e beat back Li Zitong that time, I discovered that mine and your ht to beco power, but I could not think of how to actually carry it out”

Taking a deep breath, he then continued word-by-word, “Last night I finally figured it out”

Kou Zhong stared at him “I understand it,” he said, “It’s the Yijian Technique”

Xu Ziling sighed and said, “It’s precisely Yijian Law Just think, supposing we can grasp the overall situation, and then transcend the battlefield like the chess board [re on our , which we have cultivated since childhood, and join hands to deal with just one person; perhaps even Ning Daoqi, Bi Xuan and other martial art experts their caliber don’t dare to say, but I dare to guarantee that even Ba Fenghan, Ol’ Die and the others will lose their lives, let alone Ren Shaoh, “I really understand!” he said, “Our chess technique’s most formidable feature is the constant permutation, co fish, you are the flying bird; moreover, one cold one hot, who could withstand? Ha! Finally we are nearly unequalled under the heavens [tian xia, China] It’s a pity that we still have to rely onshook his head and said, “It doesn’t matter howwith theht! You lost your ‘Moon in the Well’, what shall you use to replace it?”

Scratching his head, Kou Zhong said, “I a with saber, but I don’t knohat kind of toy I want to play with next?

Xu Ziling said, “That day I noticed that you are very skillful in using the horsewhip Using the flexible whip to break the ”

‘Whoosh’

The long whip lashed across the two-zhang space on the deck With Xiang Yushan, Yun Yuzhen, and a group of Jukun Bang disciples as spectators, first it traversed the deck like a quick snake, and then when it was about three chi away fro’s feet, the tip of the whip suddenly rose up like the snake’s head, and fast as lightning it struck toward Xu Ziling’s lower abdo’s hand, the two and a half zhang long whip becaht thuht at the tip of the whip

The two boys were severely shaken simultaneously, and both recoiled one step back

Losing its forward ’s head, where it looped around five, six ti shook his head, “No way!” he said, “It did not have the sa Xuyan”

Kou Zhong laughed and said, “It was simply because before I moved the whip, I had a quick look at Beautiful shi+fu, so it was hard foron the side, Yun Yuzhen scolded, “You are the one who is inadequate, yet you bla said, “Concentration is not the problee Flexible weapons have flexible weapon’s characteristic, unlike stiff weapon, such as saber, which is constrained by its direction and angle Do you have a way to e its course automatically to attack the position the ene blankly for half a day Suddenly, as if the whip had a head and brains of its own, it lashed toward Xu Ziling When the as about to hit, Xu Ziling suddenly sidestepped Who would have thought that a section of the whip, about six chi long, suddenly bent and coiled itself toward Xu Ziling’s back, and brushed away toward the back of his head?

“Now, that is not bad!” Xu Ziling shouted With a flash of his body, the whip hit empty space

The whip see’s direction; suddenly the entire length of the whip vibrated in a wave-like pattern, beco more than a dozen whip shadohich all fleard Xu Ziling’s face It was brilliant to the extre Yushan, Yun Yuzhen and the others could only stare blankly with ape They all knew that it was the very first ti picked up a whip and used it in a practice, but it was as if he had been using whip for as long as he lived, there was not the least bit of rookie or upstart i was that not only he was able to transh the tip of the whip, he was also able to use his true qi to control the whip that it was able to change direction randomly, to attack the enemy at the position that was impossible to defend effectively

‘Crack!’

Xu Ziling used his pal backward si’s round of attack

Kou Zhong casually pulled the whip back, which, like a snake, coiled itself around his waist Raising his hands high he said, “Whip is gone!”

Xiang Yushan was shaken; he said, “If Kou Dage could use other weapon first to confuse the enemy, and then suddenly take out the whip, it could be evenwas taken aback; and then he raised his thu is indeed very astute, I will follow your advice But you ood saber forwill have to bag his food before he finish eating and go to the nether world”

A Jukun Bang disciple hurriedly took out the saber hanging on his waist and presented it to Kou Zhong, while shouting, “Saber’s co!”

Everybody cheered and clapped; they were in very high spirit

Kou Zhong received the saber ‘Cha! Cha! Cha!’ he chopped the air three ti a hard and sharp saber qi

Suddenly the saber stopped The tip pointed at Xu Ziling

In a flash Xu Ziling already arrived in front of Kou Zhong His two hands turned into pal the earth’ in an overwhel

The saber in Kou Zhong’s left hand rapidly chopped several times Saber and palh the air like a cyclone, forcing the crowd to take several steps back

Suddenly Kou Zhong withdrew His right hand on the whip left his waist and shot toward the pit of Xu Ziling’s stoed course upward to circle around Xu Ziling’s neck The change was so skillful that the spectators could only stare in shock

Xu Ziling stretched out his finger and flicked the tip of the whip Who would have thought that Kou Zhong spun his body around? Not only the saber in his left hand hacked down, the whip in his right hand circled around toward the lower back of Xu Ziling’s body, lashi+ng around Xu Ziling’s legs

Xu Ziling soared into the air, the tip of his palm swept across the saber’s blade, while at the sa’s face His movement looked unhurried, full of confidence and at ease, very nice to behold

The crowd burst into cheering and applause

Chapter 11, Part 2

Like a swihed aloud and said, “Mythe whip too early If I can hack on you that you forget Laozi’s whip, I would have a chance to fix you, this kid, up”

Xu Ziling landed on the deck and solemnly said, “That is exactly the crucial point If you couldoff your attack, the ould have a chance of success, because not even in his dreaht that you would have another killerYushan said, “Even to e has never used left hand saber before Even more unbelievable you have never officially picked up a whip and used it to fight”

After returning the saber to its owner, Kou Zhong walked over with a chuckle He said, “General Xiang’s guess is right; Beautiful Bangzhu ought to have the clearest understanding In the past, at the beach where our boat crashed against the rock and capsized, day and night Xiao Ling and I trained our ht hand and left hand When we are in the mood, wild vine also became our whip Hence now naturally we can easilyadded, “I have to admit that we relyLife’, which continuously flowing inside our bodies Therefore, each part of our bodies can be easily controlled and has freedo becohed in envy She said, “It is still unbelievable You don’t realize how useless you were back then Even with one hand tied behind my back, I would still be able to beat you that you fall face down to the left and tued the subject, “How ? I ae uesses ill arrive in about five sichen”

Yun Yuzhen said with a laugh, “One side calls General Xiang, the other side uses Dage Xiaodi; in the ears of outsiders, your relationshi+p with each other is really hard to understand”