Book 14 - Chapter 3 – Altering the Acupoint, Exchanging Meridians (1/2)
Book 14 Chapter 3 – Altering the Acupoint, Exchanging Meridians
Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan were eagerly looking up and around On the starry sky under the ’s fa bigger Hastily they raised their power, ready to provide support
A ca above their heads Suddenly he flipped over, and ht and easy like a falling leaf he floated for about a zhang, before finally landed on the ground Afterwards he staggered a little bit and nearly falling on his butt on the ground
Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan were stupefied
Although this cliff could not be considered high, but it was at least thirty zhang tall Upon introspection, they realized that if they juh they would not die, but at least they would receive light injury fro just did
By the ti was already one step ahead by darting toward the woods on the opposite cliff Of course the other two kneas going on; without wasting any ti for more than twenty li at a stretch, the three stopped in a dense forest at the foot of asmiled and said, “Look! It was because of this treasure that Lin Xiangru’s [3rd century BC faes”
The tere unable to take their eyes off the treasure in Xu Ziling’s hand
Kou Zhong reached out to take it, “Ow!” he cried and said, “My heavens! Why is it so scalding hot?”
Xu Ziling was dumbstruck, “That’s impossible,” he said, “It is clearly as cold as an ice cube”
Kou Zhong handed it over to Ba Fenghan and said, “You be the judge; is it cold, or is it hot?”
Very carefully Ba Fenghan took it The first to capture his attention was the engraving, “Ordinary Han characters I know, but these eight undecipherable writing, do you knohat they say?”
Kou Zhong leaned over to look; shaking his head, he said, “This is bird-shaped seal character, we need wang Tong here to read it Ol’ Ba! I wanted you to feel this ghost thingy, whether it is cold or hot, not to research what characters are engraved on it”
Ba Fenghan sht now my heart is calend that the Jade Annulus of He Clan can cal reached out to gently stroke the characters engraved on the seal With his fingertips he traced two sinize these two characters, I can guess what it is; it must e that a itated and wish to die, but now it’s giving people light, relaxed feeling”
Kou Zhong also reached out to stroke the characters; he said, “The first two characters should be ‘Shou Ming’ [ordained/appointed], and the last two characters are ‘Yong Chang’ [forever/eternally prosperous] Ha! Shou Ming, Yu Tian, so, only two characters are not recognizable The three of us co”
All along Ba Fenghan’s attention was focused on the treasured seal he held on his open palht, he said, “And now do you guys feel this is cold, or hot?”
“Of course it is hot!” Kou Zhong exclai said, “What seems to be the problem? How could there be hot jade and stone?”
The two boys turned to Ba Fenghan, waiting for his answer
Ba Fenghan’s whole face lit up; he said, “I have never seen jade and stone with this kind of texture, with cold inside the heat, and heat inside the cold Even y hidden inside If we could use it for ourselves and carefully research it, I aain”
S said, “Proble Nian Chanyuan are unable to do anything about it; what can we possibly do?”
Tranquil and cal said, “I have a way While there is still another sichen before daybreak, we i for soreatly in a short period of time, tomorroill be our ‘unbearable day’!”
The three went into hiding at the top of aNian Chanyuan, where they sat cross-legged around a large piece of flat rock, with the rare treasure placed in the ht before dawn, under the starlight above, it emitted an extraordinary splendor, so that they were overwhelarity, i
When Xu Ziling had finished narrating what he went through and what he felt during the stealing of the treasure in the Copper Hall, Ba Fenghan spoke in delight, “Ziling, on this kind of situation, for one’sthethe tendon’; while actually it is only strengthening thethe capacity of the true qi, or perhaps increasing the speed of the qi power flow It looks like Ziling is suitable to have the good fortune, as well as foundation, of beco top-tier martial artyears of struggling arduously, but you have obtained it in mere several breaths It is indeed unprecedented in the Wulin history”
Kou Zhong happily said, “Does that ’s skill has advanced trehan said, “Skill, perhaps increased a little, but he still has to undergo a period of training However, what he has is not small matter either You should know that human power is sometimes exhausted, just like a bucket; it could only contain a fixed amount of water After the transfor has been transformed from merely a bucket to become nobody-kno-deep a pool Afterwards, it will depend on Ziling on howwholeheartedly accepted the enlighten’s analysis is very accurate”
Sucking a deep breath, Kou Zhong said, “And no are we going to deal with this treasure?”
Ba Fenghan also frowned “Do I have to wait for this treasured jade annulus to turn berserk and raging fiercely before I can absorb its energy?” he asked
Having foreknowledge, Xu Ziling replied, “That is unnecessary, plus it will be too dangerous Could it be that I have to beat you as hard as I can with a staff?”
Kou Zhong nodded “I understand,” he said, “Xiao Ling, why don’t you tell Ol’ Ba the details of what you were going through? I a nearby and we didn’t know it”
After Kou Zhong left, Xu Ziling said, “This athered all si qiao acupoint at the ocean of qi, so that the meridians do not have the least bit of true qi, so that we can repeat what happened within my body caused by the Jade Annulus of He Clan, and can acquire its energy”
After pondering silently for half a day, Ba Fenghan sighed and said, “Now I knohat true brotherhood is If it were other people, it would be strange indeed if he did not do anything in his power to uyswine, without giving it the slightest thought Just frohan, subhed and said, “This is called blessing will be enjoyed together!”
And then he carefully explained how to circulate the power
Thisreturned The three of the at the rear, and Ba Fenghan in the middle The two men on the back had their palm pressed onto the middle of the back of the person in front of hi the Jade Annulus of He Clan in his hand
After taking a deep breath, Xu Ziling said, “Begin!”
Suddenly applying his power, his right foot was burning hot, the true qi from his entire body entered the Jade Annulus of He Clan
The treasured jade annulus iht color
All three of them were severely shaken at the same time, as if they were electrocuted
It was an intense feeling that was hard to describe
It was as if the Jade Annulus of He Clan came alive and radiated an inco to invade their brain and body Strange and unfa the thehtmare from which they could not extricate theinated fro Life, hastened the violent aspect of the treasured jade annulus
But this tiet off; they could not stop even if they wanted to The three could only disperse the qi poithin their body, whilea little bit of clarity in the taizu qiao acupoint, and keep pressing on
Xu Ziling, who bore the brunt of the Jade Annulus of He Clan, felt that the extraordinary energy within it was ly surged up like an escaping wild horse, entering the palh each and every one of hisand sined this situation would happen The instant he felt that he gained control over the true qi in hishis body, the qi and blood in his entire body seemed to freeze up, while the coldness of the Jade Annulus of He Clan was increasing steadily without any sign that it would stop soon
Ba Fenghan i; he knew that Xu Ziling already lost control over the Jade Annulus of He Clan Suddenly he was faced with the most painful decision he had to make in his entire life
If he re’s back, which had turned as cold as ice and snow, he would be able to escape unscathed But Xu Ziling definitely would be done for
If he continued doing what Xu Ziling taught hiht very well be the sa, ie he had to sacrifice hi his teeth, Ba Fenghan applied his power for a sudden intake of a breath
A cold streaed violently into Ba Fenghan’s systehan spurtedon and turning Xu Ziling’s head, neck and back, dark red; it was shocking the eye, astonishi+ng the heart
It was as if the pal the two people’shappened
When the unusual qi penetrated his pal cold, but suddenly the heat and the cold rolled up together as a strea around wildly all over his body, with nowas that clearly the cold streaer than the heat streahan’s fir