Chapter 44: The Mysterious Event at the Wilderness Wooden House (Part 2)

  Xiao Shouren and Ge Shu Yun had a sumptuous meal, and after nightfall, the old man suddenly said to them: "Gentlemen, I think you are not ordinary guests, and you will probably know some martial arts. However, if anything happens tonight, you must not make any noise or take action!"

  The girl heard this and asked, "Dad, is it that bad person again? This time I've grown up, I'll help you." The old man's face changed greatly as he scolded her, saying: "Don't you dare move a hand. If you do, I won't acknowledge you as my daughter. Even if I'm beaten to death by someone, you're not allowed to fight back with them. If they want to take you away, you have to go with them. You absolutely cannot avenge me. Did you hear that?" The girl cried out, "Dad, what are you saying?" The old man said sternly, "If you disobey my words, I'll die with my eyes open!" Xiao Shouren heard this and felt the old man was being unreasonable. Ge Shu Yun looked at Xiao Shouren but was disappointed that he didn't say a word. She wanted to offer her help by drawing her sword, but she thought it would be overestimating herself since her injuries hadn't fully healed yet, and she could only exert about 50% of her strength. However, what she didn't know was that Xiao Shouren's martial arts skills were just passable, something he had learned from his past life's experiences in fighting and practicing fist techniques, but not particularly impressive - perhaps even inferior to the young girl in the house. The atmosphere in the room was gloomy, and Xiao Shouren's heart felt heavy as lead.

  This old man seemed to have practiced the powerful eagle claw technique, his eyes shining brightly. At a glance, it was clear that he was an internal martial arts master. However, Xiao Shouren had no idea who he was. There was no way around it - after all, Xiao Shouren hadn't been here for long and didn't know much, pitifully little. Xiao Shouren guessed that this was probably a case of revenge on the Jianghu, coincidentally bumping into them. But if it were a matter of revenge, the person involved would never refuse help from others, yet this old man wouldn't even let his daughter assist him. This left Xiao Shouren completely baffled.

  Xiao Shouren couldn't guess, but beside him, Ge Shu Yun was exceptionally clever and had helped her father Khan manage information about the Central Plains. Of course, this also included the situation in the Central Plains martial arts world. As soon as she entered, she saw it at a glance - the old man's hands immediately reminded her of a high-ranking master in the Central Plains martial arts world, named Lu Qingyun. Ge Shu Yun had heard her teacher mention famous masters from various schools, saying that there was a nearly sixty-year-old elder in the Central Plains who had unparalleled skills in both the powerful Eagle Claw Technique and the soft Palm Technique. The Eagle Claw Technique was an external family's ultimate skill, while the Palm Technique was the most difficult internal family technique to practice. This person could master both internal and external techniques, making him a freak in the martial arts world. Many years ago, he had served the imperial court, but in recent years, he had retired and no one knew where he was. Unexpectedly, they ran into him here.

  The old man was talking to his daughter when suddenly a whistling arrow flew over the rooftop, followed by another and another. The strange sound sent shivers down their spines. This was a warning signal from the Jianghu world, and it was clear that whoever had shot the arrows was confident of being able to capture their opponent. Gu Shu Yun felt a sense of unease - this father-daughter duo's martial arts skills were already rare in the wulin world, so who could be behind this bold move? After the whistling arrows came a thunderous shout from outside: "You still don't come out to answer?"

  The old man's face was full of worry, he slowly stood up and said to his daughter: "You must listen to me!" Then he turned to Xiao Shouren and said: "You guys also don't get involved in other people's business!" After finishing speaking, he rushed out of the house. Xiao Shouren couldn't help but follow him out, turning back to look, that little girl and Ge Shuyun had also come out!

  Outside stood an old man with a red face and a curly beard. As soon as he saw Xiao Shouren following him out, he took a look and sneered: "You're so shameless, you even find someone to help you fight!" Xiao Shouren hastily said: "I'm just a passing guest!" Xiao Shouren knew that in this kind of martial arts feud, if only one person came forward, it must be a pre-arranged single duel. If an outsider happened to bump into them, they should also avoid getting involved. Unless the weaker side had invited their close friends and family to come and help beforehand, then it would be a different story. They probably wouldn't let the main party (the master) see the real thing before taking action. Xiao Shouren should have avoided getting involved, but he couldn't resist the temptation of curiosity, so he continued to watch from afar how they would fight.

  At this time, Xiao Shouren's eyesight had improved significantly due to his recent progress in his skills. In the darkness, he suddenly saw a black shadow moving in the grass heap not far away, near the mountain waist.

  At that moment, the red-faced old man shouted loudly: "Even if someone helps him; I'm not afraid!" With a loud shout, he didn't say another word and fiercely struck at the dark and thin old man. Xiaoshouren stood over ten zhang away and also heard the loud palm sounds.

  The red-faced old man with a long white beard saw the other old man and was like a madman, clapping his palms together and pouncing fiercely. However, the other old man didn't move, he just exerted strength in his feet and shot out two or three zhangs away, shouting "Can you slow down? Let me finish speaking!" The red-faced old man ignored him and chased after him like a shadow, step by step. The old man retreated several times until he reached the edge of the cliff and couldn't retreat any further! The red-faced old man launched both palms at the old man, who quickly split his palms apart, dodged to the side with seven steps, blocked with his right palm, flipped with his left palm, and locked onto the red-faced old man's wrist. At the same time, he stretched out his hand like a whip, probed forward, and swiftly pointed at the red-faced old man's waist with both fingers. The red-faced old man sealed off with both palms, pressed down on the left palm to chop, lifted his leg for a horizontal sweep.

  Geshu Yun watched from the side, staring at Lu Qingyun and the red-faced old man fighting. In his heart, he thought: The red-faced old man's move is not good. Lu Qingyun used the Peacock Shakes Its Feathers technique from the Soft Palm school, halfway through changing it to the Pointing Holes method. The red-faced old man's way of resolving it can only dispel the opponent's palm strength and avoid the pointing holes. His one leg was just a fake move, using offense as defense. Lu Qingyun only needs to take a slanted step forward, and the red-faced old man will be finished. It seems that the red-faced old man came with great momentum, but when it comes to real kung fu, he is inferior to Lu Qingyun by one level.

  Although Geshu Yun's martial arts skills are not top-notch, his eyesight and strength are not bad either. What high-level moves hasn't he seen over the years? When those masters were exchanging moves, Geshu Yun had his master by his side to guide him, so he learned a lot of things.

  Geshun's eyes were sharp and he quickly noticed that Lu Qingyun had shifted to the left, his hand already pointing at the old man's ribs. However, it seemed like Lu Qingyun intentionally let him, making a false move, taking advantage of the old man's dodge, he suddenly darted to the right, leaving the edge of the cliff.

  At this time, the red-faced old man had already lost a move. Xiao Shouren thought that the red-faced old man would stop, but things didn't develop as Xiao Shouren imagined.

  That red-faced old man, however, did not stop. Under the moonlight, the red face of the old man turned purple. He took another arrow step and pounced over, as if he was fighting for his life. This red-faced old man was indeed a bit sinister. His fists were opened, his body was like a flying fish, his steps were like flowing water, and he was circling around Lu Qingyun's body in a blur. His two hands alternated between fists and palms, swift as the wind wheel, and his movements became more and more mysterious. Yet, his feet moved according to the nine palaces eight trigrams positions, without any disorder.

  This time, however, Gao Yun was completely baffled. She had never seen such a palm technique before, and it was beyond her knowledge. In all these years, she had some understanding of various palm techniques, but this one was the first time she had ever laid eyes on it.

  But Xiao Shouren was different, he saw the origin of this palm technique at a glance, and saw through the details in an instant, and was even scared by this palm technique.

  This red-faced old man is using the Nine Palaces Divine Walking Palm. This palm technique secretly contains 72 hand points of the Eight Trigrams and Seven Stars, with "points" referring to acupoint striking and "stars" referring to bone-disabling techniques. Cutting, chopping, pointing, and grasping are all mutually complementary. The orthodox is simultaneously dealing with both internal and external family top-grade palm techniques. Ah! This red-faced old man isn't weak; the move he lost earlier was probably due to underestimating his opponent too much.

  The old man with the red face suddenly made this move, which surprised Xiao Shouren greatly. This palm technique was something Xiao Shouren knew about and had even seen before in his previous life. It was early morning when he would often see the old man who raised him practicing this palm technique in the courtyard. Xiao Shouren asked the old man to teach him, but the old man refused, saying that he would teach him after a few years. Xiao Shouren secretly learned for a period of time and still managed to achieve some small success.

  Old man is talking about this set of Nine Palaces Divine Walking Palm, it's actually Wudang Sect's mountain-settling palm technique!

  How could Wudangquan's martial arts appear here? Wudangquan? There is no Wudangquan yet, no Zhang Sanfeng! What on earth is going on? Xiao Shouren thought about it and got a headache.

  Although the red-faced old man used the Nine Palaces Divine Movement Palm, Lu Qingyun's kung fu was also extremely skilled. The red-faced old man spun around rapidly, and he followed suit, his palm strikes seeming soft and fluffy, but the opponent's fierce palm techniques were all neutralized by him.

  The two of them moved as swiftly as a revolving lantern, darting left and right, advancing and retreating in an instant. After a while, under the moonlight, I saw two dark shadows merged into one circle, flashing by in a lightning-fast turn. Not to mention being unable to distinguish their moves, it was even hard to tell which one was Red-faced Old Man and which one was Lu Qingyun.

  They struck quickly, but upon closer inspection, their strengths and weaknesses could be discerned. The red-faced old man was like a raging lion, while Lu Qingyun was like a soaring spirit crane. Every move the red-faced old man made was heavy-handed and ruthless, whereas Lu Qingyun dodged and weaved with precision, landing several blows that even Ge Shu Yun and Xiao Shou Ren couldn't see how he had avoided. Given his skill level, one would think that if his opponent missed a hit, he could counterattack, but strangely, he only defended without attacking, even when his opponent left an opening. Ge Shu Yun saw an opportunity when the red-faced old man used "Collapsing Hand" to attack from both sides, and Lu Qingyun dodged the frontal assault, counterattacking with a palm strike that would have severely injured the old man if he hadn't suddenly changed tactics and let the chance slip away.

  Geshu Yun knew at a glance that Lu Qingyun was going to lose if he continued like this! The red-faced old man's skills and palm techniques were only slightly inferior to Lu Qingyun, but as soon as he relaxed, it would be easy for the opponent to counterattack. Geshu Yun watched anxiously, wishing he could remind him. After fighting for a while, the red-faced old man suddenly kicked up his leg and hit Lu Qingyun's rib hole. Lu Qingyun caught the opponent's left foot with one palm, and as long as he used force to send it out, he could immediately knock the enemy down. He sank his wrist, intending to press the enemy to the ground, but unexpectedly gave the red-faced old man a chance to perform the Mandarin Duck Continuous Leg technique. The old man's left foot kicked Lu Qingyun's chest fiercely, and Lu Qingyun shouted loudly, releasing his palms. The red-faced old man had already retreated several feet, turned around, and shot three swift arrows at Lu Qingyun. At this time, Lu Qingyun's face was pale, his movements slow, and he couldn't avoid the third arrow, which hit him in the abdomen.

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