Qin Feng was happier than he knew he should be. But the thought of having the opportunity to exchange blows with an expert - a true expert! That was something that he had been hoping for ever since he started working on his Jade Tree Breathing Method seriously. And since his White Jade Orchid Flower Law had started to improve in an unprecedented manner.Even those a.s.sa.s.sins that had attacked Li Changhai were insufficient to test his cultivation. So this was a chance that he could not miss, wasn"t it? And wasn"t Xu Yanzhi going to restrict herself, to the Completion Realm? That should make it a more or less even fight.
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Or so he hoped.
There were jeers though, as he stepped into the Arena and faced the girl. Who gave him a quick bend of the knee, as he bowed.
"Xu Yanzhi. Snow Swallow Palace. I am looking forward to this."
"Qin Feng. Of no School. I shall try not to let you down."
For a moment, the two of them held back, ignoring the noise from the stands as they stared at one another. Then they both lifted their hands, and charged!
[White Jade Beauty Hands: Sink the Fish!]
[White Jade Hands: Eclipse the Moon!]
Their two moves seemed more like a graceful pairing, a dance in which their hands flickered and slapped at one another. But the loud echo of those ringing blows swept through the audience, shocking everyone who was watching.
But the two partic.i.p.ating in the fight merely gave off grim smiles, as they switched moves, and struck again!
[Entice the Geese!]
[Shame the Flowers!]
[Eclipse the Moon!]
[Entice the Geese!]
This time, there was a blast of air sweeping out from there the two of them clashed, showing everyone that their fight was not something that only looked pretty and alluring. And that the pale white palms that both of them were displaying were lethal, if they caught anyone in the right spot. Their stances were clearly similar, although the two combatants seemed to be backing their moves with different sorts of inner qi.
And again, the two of them paused for a moment, as though trying to figure out what his or her opponent would be trying next.
But in that brief pause, the Arena erupted into applause.
Naturally, all of the cheering was for the lady, who looked annoyed at having all those tiresome flies flickering about her, and she gave them a sour look, even as she spoke to Qin Feng. And did not bother to lower her voice as she did so:
"Hmmmph! Just ugly toads dreaming of tasting the flesh of swans! Don"t bother with them! They don"t deserve my attention at all! Let us continue our dance!"
Qin Feng cringed inside his heart. While you might feel that way about all those people on your side of the Arena, did you have to say it out loud?
And since he had been the one facing her, and she was clearly speaking to him, all of their hatred ended up being transferred onto his head! Which meant that everyone of those disciples from those three Martial Schools and Sects would be hunting him every chance that they get!
Wasn"t that just making things difficult for him?
Which was why he hardened his heart towards this Xu Yanzhi immediately. "Well, now that the warm up is over, shall we get on to the main course?" he asked her imperiously, in a voice loud enough to be heard through the whole Arena. Repaying her recent "favor" for telling off the jeering crowd.
Xu Yanzhi"s eyebrows rose so high that they disappeared behind the bangs in her hair. "You have something new to offer? I thought we were only going to use the White Jade Beauty Hands?"
"True. But don"t you remember that I was the one who showed you that last move? "Weeping at Her Own Reflection" was not something that originated in your Snow Swallow Palace, was it? At least, it was not something that you disciples of Snow Swallow Palace know about.
"What makes you think that I do not have other stances, from the White Jade Hands, that you do not know about?"
Qin Feng did not wait for her to frame an answer, and immediately attacked! This time, he used one of the stances that he had rarely practiced, but there was no disguising the fact that it was one of those from the White Jade Hands!
[White Jade Hands: Her Pillow Soaked with Tears!]
This was one of the most offence-driven stances that he knew. Every one of the palm strikes was supposed to represent a single tear. And each tear was supposed to be filled with the full weight of the wielder"s grief.
While Qin Feng had never felt grief that was tied to romance or heart-break, he had to admit that he was feeling a great deal of unhappiness at the moment. Why did those idiots in the stands have to jeer at him? Did he owe them money? And since they had jeered at him, why are they shocked that there was someone who took his side? Were they jealous? Because the one who mocked them in return was a beautiful woman?
He did not hold back, and thrust all of those ill-feelings, all that anger and bitterness, out at her without hesitation. Let her have a taste of being the brunt of all those jeers and mocking laughs! Let her have a taste of losing!
Qin Feng didn"t really expect Xu Yanzhi to hold to their agreement, and keep to the White Jade Beauty Hands, but she threw up her own [Weeping at Her Own Reflection] immediately, to defend against his move. Of course, he was aware of how that would store part of his force, so that she could "reflect" it back at him.
So he did not give her a chance to do that! He had had that move broken before, when he was fighting Zhou Jinhu, so he knew exactly what its weakness was! So long as she could not find an opportunity to strike back, she could only block! And [Her Pillow Soaked With Tears] was one stance that focused on continuous attacks!
Which made it impossible for her to find any opening, any opportunity, to retaliate! As she quickly realized, and backed away from him at once. Using a beautiful Lightness-of-Body movement that he had only witnessed once before.
"What?! What stance is this? Why have I never seen it before?"
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