Chapter - 183 The Cripples of Wuhu (16) (2/2)
Guo Jing and Huang Rong cheered out loud and shouted, ” Excellent Palm Technique!”
Lu Guanying took back his stances and stood in normal position again and turned to face Qiu Qianren who gave a slight smile.
Master Lu asked, ” How is this child's set of palm techniques?”
Qiu Qianren answered, ” Passable.”
Master Lu said, ” If it's far from perfect, I hope Senior gives some pointers.”
Qiu Qianren replied, ” Your son's palm techniques can be used to build up his body but is useless when fighting an opponent.”
Master Lu answered, ” I would like to hear Senior's comments so that he can improve.”
Guo Jing could not understand as well and thought silently, ”Junior Master's skills are not formidable, but how can Elder say that it's useless?”
Qiu Qianren stood up and walked to the middle of the hall and returned back to his seat with a two pieces of bricks, which Lu Guanying had earlier broken. He did something with his hand and a cracking sound was heard as the brick broke into little pieces. He kneaded the pieces and it turned to powder, which floated off the table. Everyone was astonished by what they saw.
Qiu Qianren swept the dust and powder on the table into his clothes and walked to the middle of the hall before shaking off the powder onto the ground. He laughed softly as he went back to his seat and said, ” It is commendable for Junior Master to be able to break the bricks with a palm but think about this: The opponent is not a brick and will not stand there deadly, waiting for you to attack him or her. Furthermore, if the opponent's internal energy is stronger than yours and your palm strikes him or her and she reflects the strike, you will be heavily injured yourself.”
Lu Guanying nodded silently.
Qiu Qianren sighed and continued, ” There are many martial artist these days but only a few can be considered skilled fighters.”
Huang Rong asked, ” Which few?”
Qiu Qianren replied, ” Wulin's well-known five greats. Eastern Heretic, Western Poison, Southern Emperor, Northern Beggar and Central Divinity. However, Central Divinity Wang Chongyang has the most profound skills. As for the other four, they are skilled in their own ways. But a person has strengths as well as weakness. If one knows their weakness, it is not difficult to defeat them.”
With those words, Qiu Qianren shocked Master Lu, Huang Rong and Guo Jing. Lu Guanying did not know of the five greats and did not know why the rest were surprised. Huang Rong was actually in awe of Qiu Qianren when she saw his various display of skills but when she heard his disrespect towards her father, she was furious and gave a polite laugh before asking, ” Then if Elder can defeat the five greats, wouldn't it be great for you?”
Qiu Qianren answered, ” Wang Chongyang has already passed away. I was caught up with some affairs at home during the Hua Shan tournament, and hence, could not attend it, allowing that old Taoist to steal the number one title. That time, five of them were competing for the ”Nine Yin Manual”, saying that the most skilful fighter and winner would get the manual. They dueled for seven days and seven nights and Eastern Heretic, Western Poison, Northern Beggar and Southern Emperor lost. After that, when Wang Chongyang passed away, there was chaos again. I heard that that old Taoist passed the manual to his martial brother, Zhou Botong. Eastern Heretic, Huang Yaoshi rushed there and Zhou Botong was not his match, therefore allowing the former to steal half of the manual away. No one knows what happened later.