Book 36 - Chapter 9 – A Promise Worth One Thousand In Gold (1/2)
At the beginning, it was only the niwan, one acupoint – that continuously throbbing, but then the tianling acupoint and the left and right yongquan acupoints on the bottom of the two feet followed At once the two boys felt their entire body itch, their four li was uncomfortable beyond description; fortunately their bodies were hidden inside the snow, so that the ice-cold snow lessen their suffering soe indeed if they did not separate and give up
This moment, naturally they could not break the snow and come out even more, and were forced to endure the pain and defend their property to the death
The true qi inside their body was continuously circulating, going back and forth endlessly Very soon all the acupoints on their whole body were throbbing at the saood fortune that they were so up and down, rising and lowering The innate true qi pierced through the top of their head and bored into their feet, while they maintained their tranquility as if they were dead, co was that because previously the two boys were buried inside the snow, their true qi had reached the level of dried up oil lah this process, it was just like after severe winter, the spring was returning to the earth, the dried-up strearass and trees happily came back to life
The pri process; inside the snowy forest before, they unintentionally released the prih to stabilize it But now they really transfor it into all acupoints, big and s was that the snow surrounding their bodies was for a sealed up snow cavity, so that the primordial qi was contained inside and would not leak outside; as a result, the two boys were enjoying an even bigger benefit
As Kou Zhong’s true qi was growing cold rapidly, Xu Ziling’s true qi was also growing hot rapidly; one yin, one yang, blending with each other, yet to the two boys, it was a natural course, they let it circulate at its own pace, neither urging it nor slowing it down, neither helping it nor neglecting it Using the trainingLife, they applied the empty-but-not-actually-e together to be one entity, vague and indistinct as if they were returning to the Great Emptiness realy] started the creation It deeply matched the Taoist School’s realer [the seven mansions of the west sky] reed cauldron is on [the sevenout of the abyss’ [sorry, it’s beyond ether the wind and the fire in the stove, the water and eather, for continuously, covering the two boys’ head Outside breathing auto Not only there were no wear and tear to the true energy, the flow of the true qi inside the body was circulating even e visions, dees appeared in their mind, but the two boys’ heart and e it just the saress of the martial art way
nobody kne much time has passed, the two suddenly ‘woke up’ All the acupoints on their body stopped together, their meridians swelled to the point of about to snap The two autoround, before falling down heavily
‘Bang!’
The two boys’ true qi clashed fiercely against each other, and thus it reversed direction outward, s up, filling the whole sky, creating a nificent spectacle
It was only this mo fro up, the pain fro meridians disappeared without any trace, their body felt comfortable, relaxed, and peaceful; they felt unspeakably restful
The heavy snow finally stopped Above the snowy plain, the sky was grey and hazy
The two caether they looked far and near; the snowy plain was desolate and empty, the mountain forest was void and silent, there was no shadow of the ene said in horror
Xu Ziling understood what hetiht, at least it should be dusk Although they could not see the sun, they could feel that the sun was still in the middle of the sky, behind the black cloud It did not , he pondered over, and then said, “How’s you tu subconsciously rubbed his stoinally it was full of qi, but now that you er; I just want to eat a big meal”
And then, shocked, he blurted out, “Are you saying that we spent one day and one night in the snow, and that now it is noon the next day?”
Xu Ziling said, “Even if we have been going three, four days without a single grain of rice entering our belly, we can’t possibly be so hungry like this moment On the third of the New Year we ate until our belly was full, our intestine was fat On the fourth, early ’an On the fifth, by sunrise, we cahth Do you thinksaid, “If that’s the case, then thereto us, two brothers Do you also feel like your power is advancing for several years?”
Xu Ziling unleashed his skill of looking inside hi in the world? However, whatever it is that we get froht us up a level; we are h The circulation of the true qi inside our body is greatly different fro for several years”
‘Qiang!’
Kou Zhong drew the Moon in the Well, rapid and fast beyond human comprehension he swiftly hacked three times; each saber force was identical, but the speed was faster than the previous one The execution hat the heart wishes, the hand acco s was du on here?”
Kou Zhong stood with the saber across his chest; laughing aloud, he said, “If this is not great advance his head, Xu Ziling said, “I a about sharp increase in your power, but the way you ht, with easy and understated bearing; co and ruthless saber technique, it has a co was stunned “You are right,” he said, “The fact is that I did not feel ress, but the circulation of the true qi inside the body is certainly free and unobstructed, following my heart’s desire Come! Let’s play a couple ofway’ really is”
Before he even finished, Xu Ziling’s childish heart greatly aroused, he flashed toward Kou Zhong’s right side like a ghost Copying shi+ Zhixuan’s Huan Mo Shenfa, he struck Kou Zhong with his elbow, but the real killersuddenly flashed across and swept his saber to chop, while laughing heartily and said, “You think I would fall into your kicking trick?”
Xu Ziling extended his thu’s blade Qi power made contact with each other; neither one expected it, but both of the said, “How did you knoas going to kick?”
Stunned, Kou Zhong stopped Scratching his head, he said, “You are right That was purely co, this tih is certainly no small matter I want to look for Wan Yaonu or Ke Dazhi to testshouted, and sent out a punch
Kou Zhong could see that this punch ithout the slightest qi power He laughed and cursed, “Are you thinking of using that pain-in-the-butt Treasure Vase Qi to trick Laozi? Ha! Huh?”
The fist poas no longer like a highly concentrated ball, but like a wall pressing down straight at hi felt that he could not block this attack, simply because he did not knohere to chop; without any choice, he flashed away to evade
Xu Ziling pulled his fist back and said with a laugh, “This is the Treasure Vase Qi being transformed into Treasure Wall Qi, I learned it from shi+ Zhixuan who personally tutoredLife laid the foundation for us, the Jade Annulus of He Clan transformed our meridians, and the Demonic Emperor Relics substantially improved the effectiveness of our acupoints As a result, we can reach this kind of playing-with-the-true-qi-with-divine-transfor the saber into its scabbard, Kou Zhong stretched out hisis washi+ng theone’s reatly beneficial to our escape back to Pengliang”
Muttering to hi that we really spent two, three days in the snow, the eneht think that we have reached Tongguan or going to that direction In that case, ill follow our original plan to go to the Yellow River and see if there is any convenient boat that we can take!”
Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Convenient boat is definitely not convenient I don’t kno difficult it is to get one”
‘Qiang!’
He pulled the Moon in the Well again and said, “My hand is terribly itching; how about we travel and fight at the sa aloud, he said, “Bring it on! You think I a his saber, it turned into a yellow rainbow, chasing to kill Xu Ziling
The two boys, you-chase-ed blows on the snowy plain Not only these tere on par in term of power, but due to their different characters and preferences, as well as different luck in life, each one developed martial art skill that was of entirely different style froeniuses and outstanding wonder-talents in thea free hand in practice like this, they did not need to worry about error and negligence, holes and flaws; each one was exquisite, bright, brilliant and varied, both sides enjoyed great benefits They fused and thread together everything that they had learned these last few days Thewas that they deeply felt, as well as experienced – that currently they had reached the next level of attaine that the two boys were able toDaoqi, shi+ Zhixuan, Zhu Yuyan, or the like, people who turned up their noses on the crohere could they find the opponents? Therefore, they could only think hard and grope about alone, they did not have the convenience like these two boys, blessed-by-the-Heaven, in that they have a partner in their research
Just like when they were buried inside the snow a ot self in their practice; the ht, the faster theyrepeatedly used the full set of his Eight Methods of the Well: ‘No Attack’, ‘Striking Strange’, ‘Using Sche Troops’, ‘Chess Abundant’, ‘Battle Decision’, ‘Rapid Battle’, and ‘Perimeter’ [Translator’s note: I realize the last one is different, but it’s what the text says] Every tiht, different changes
Since his coained fro Que, it was only here and now that thehas been successful in -any-trail the ‘Nine-Character Incantation Ies wereacross the skies [idiom: unconstrained in style]; each break [in sequence] did not leave any traces
Merely from this difference in style one could differentiate the two boys’ characters Kou Zhong’s saber technique was bri-the-world flavor Just like when two arainst each other, the ey and tactics, and showing off one’s ability
Xu Ziling was full of Buddhist and Taoist withdrawing-fro, cluenuine conveyance in thea river but not exactly a river
Their heroic exciteer reo to the Yellow River, so they fought and fought, paused and paused, and only when the sun was on the Dong Shan [lit east mountain (yes, it’s east, not sure if it was a typo, or the nath was exhausted, the two boys dropped on their butts on the snowy ground, they both sensed an unprecedented carefree, joyful feeling
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “Hypothetically speaking, if one day o brothers – uess what the outco said, “You are talking nonsense again But guessing ga, Kou Zhong said, “It is definitely a match where both sides suffer Do you think there will be any other outco shook his head and said, “It should be that I suffer defeat and get killed”
Greatly astonished, Kou Zhong said, “How could you have this unexpected idea? I really don’t have the slightest amount of either the assurance or the confidence to defeat you”
Xu Ziling analyzed, “If we really have to fight a life and death decisive battle, then naturally we have becoet that you have your Shao Shuai Army, the martial art masters under your cole around, I am still one who has chosen to follow a solitary path If I looked for you for a decisive battle, if that is not tanta awaysolemnly said, “Let’s not talk about that this situation will never happen, even if it did happen, you wanted to killto do with other people Ha! The inal subject!”