Chapter 188: Golden Elixir or Calculus (2/2)

Many novels had said that when an evil spirit took on the form of a human, they would still have that monstrous aura to them. Any superior Daoist would be able to see through them at ease.

But for the more superior evil spirits, they could hide their aura. Then when they were about to devour their victim would they show their true form and unleash their aura.

And the greatest monsters could eat at person still without showing their monstrous aura. This was not unsimilar to the monkey who had reached enlightenment. And in this one moment, the monster became the Buddha, and the Buddha became the monster.

“Master, I have a question.”

After Wang Chao spoke, Huo Ling’er stood forward to look at Yong Xiaolong and then at his arms where several streaks of blood could be seen.

“What’s your question?” Wang Chao nodded at her.

“I’ve heard once that Shaolin martial arts tempered the hands into being as hard as steel and could crush stone. So why was it when instructor Yong and you fought, his arm was injured? I’ve heard that in the old customs of the Jianghu, the usage of hidden weaponry was despised upon. So when instructor Yong used coins as a weapon, wouldn’t that be a shameless action?

When Huo Ling’er spoke, a commotion was immediately brought into uproar.

Practically everyone then looked to the arms of Yong Xiaolong.

In an instant when Yong Xiaolong was scratched by Wang Chao’s fingernails, several bloody streaks were formed. But when Yong Xiaolong retreated backwards, the wound had already cloted and had the remaining blood wiped away by his clothes. Almost everybody had missed the fact that his arms were scratched however.

Wang Chao had known about that, but he wasn’t willing to squabble over such a minor thing. He was after all planning on either killing or crippling Yong Xiaolong.

He wasn’t willing to split hairs over such a minor issue.

For a grandmaster like him, there was no reason to do so.

Huo Ling’er’s eyes had been like the eyes of an eagle a thousand meters in the sky. From her perch, she could see the hidden hare down below and pay attention to such an insignificant detail.

This woman was not only a woman focused on martial arts. Even her wits were sharp and would not allow this chance to slip away, so she immediately raised the issue with everyone.

“You’re playing with fire!” When he heard Huo Ling’er, he became furious immediately! In the moment after Huo Ling’er spoke, his eyes flew to glare viciously at Huo Ling’er.

In Yong Xiaolong’s eyes, a look of naked killing intent could be seen.

When Yong Xiaolong had looked at him, Huo Ling’er’s hair had immediately stood on its end. It was almost as if the hair on her body had been struck by lightning.

But Huo Ling’er had shown no signs of weakness and instead smiled coldly at him.

“This master and apprentice–they won’t be an easy pair to deal with.” Yong Xiaolong had thought to himself as he shifted his glance towards Wang Chao.

But Wang Chao had looked as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened as if he hadn’t noticed the fact that Yong Xiaolong had been glaring spitefully. He had offered up no complaint either.

It had only served to warrant even more caution in regards to dealing with Yong Xiaolong.

Yong Xiaolong knew that the reason why Wang Chao had offered no complaint nor killing intent was because there was no need.

When an expert lost all sense of feeling, it would be a dangerous time for them.

When the thousand students heard what Huo Ling’er had said, they had all concentrated their gazes to Yong Xiaolong. The young monk had not been embarrassed at all. Instead, he coughed once to clear his throat and explained, “When a practitioner of internal martial arts expel Jin, their hair stands on its end, their tongue sharpens, their fingernail scratches out, and their teeth can bite away at the flesh. When the four extremities of the bodies expel Jin in unison, the fingernails gains the property to dent even iron. Instructor Wang Chao is a man capable of strengthening his fingernails to reinforce it to be sharp even to draw blood. Thus, it would not be strange at all. But to use the fingernails to scratch at the opponent in a match of martial arts is a conduct similar to how a shrew might fight. Thus, we of Shaolin martial arts do not use the fingernails to fight.”

Wang Chao could only smile. “Everyone must take heed that when fighting with a person on the battlefield, it becomes a fight where only one person will walk away alive. If something can kill a person, use that thing by all means. In the case of hidden weaponry, even a paper could kill a person if used correctly. Just then, instructor Yong had ambushed me and used the coins in his hands as a weapon expertly. Everyone should take heed and study from this.

These words had been spoken in contrast to how Yong Xiaolong spoke.

“Ah, so Shaolin martial arts in its essence is the use of ambush tactics and hidden weaponry! I understand now, we’ll make sure to study and learn well from it!”

“Hidden weapons and sneak attacks, and yet they still get injured? How unbelievable Shaolin is.”

“He attacks out of nowhere and uses hidden weapons and still has the nerve to say that fighting with fingernails is how a shrew or prostitute fights? The army doesn’t need an instructor like that. Leave already, or we’ll get the institute to deal with you!”

After one or two students, the rest of the students had started to jeer at him.