Chapter Seventy-one Innate Merit

  "Just then, Tian Boguang continued: 'At that time, my mind was not on him at all, I just wanted to find a brothel. But since the other party had made a move, I couldn't help but respond, so I returned a knife, but unexpectedly, the man laughed and didn't take it, turned around and ran away.'"

  "As soon as I saw him like this, I knew he was going to compete with me in lightness kung fu. Brothers, you think that I, Tian Boguang, am known as the Lone Traveler of Ten Thousand Miles, and while my knife skills and martial arts may not be worthy of a big stage, but when it comes to competing in lightness kung fu, who can surpass me?"

  "That night, he ran ahead and I chased after him. We ran for half a watch without either of us gaining the upper hand. It wasn't until then that I suddenly realized where we were headed - straight for the northwest Kunlun Mountains! And it was only then that I finally knew who this person was - none other than the Green Winged Bat King, Wei Yixiao!"

  Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao, Zhou Bo and Tong Bu Zhen let out another "ah" in unison.

  Who would have thought that Tian Boguang just went to take a peek at a girl and actually met the master of Qingyi Bat King?

  Tian Boguang continued, "As we two were evenly matched in lightness kung fu, I loudly shouted: 'Isn't the one up ahead the Azure Winged Bat King of the Ming Cult? I have a matter to discuss with you!' Upon hearing this, he immediately stopped and asked me: 'What is it?'"

  "I knew that if I directly asked the Eastern Heretic for the 'Ice Palm' manual, he would likely refuse. So I said: 'The leader of my sect, the Eastern Heretic, has sent me to meet with your sect's leader, Zhang Wuji, and I have a letter to present.' The Green Winged Bat King thought for a moment and said: 'Alright, let me take a look at the letter first to see if it's really written by the Eastern Heretic himself. You can't deceive me.' I thought that in this world, there might be only one person who could surpass me in lightness kung fu - the Green Winged Bat King. But after all, the letter was personally written by the Eastern Heretic and was meant to be handed directly to Zhang Wuji, so I didn't agree."

  "The Green Wing Bat King saw that I didn't let him see the letter, and immediately changed his expression. He said 'You're being so evasive, I think you must be plotting against my master. Look at your palm!' Immediately, we started fighting. His martial arts skills were very high, and in terms of lightness kung fu, I was not inferior to him. However, when it came to actual combat skills, I was no match for him. We fought for about thirty moves, and I was caught off guard by his slap, which meant I lost."

  "Defeated by him, it was indeed a matter of inferior skill. I didn't blame him, but rather feared that he would kill me with one palm strike and the letter wouldn't be delivered. Unexpectedly, he didn't immediately kill me, instead asking 'Where's the letter? Let me take a look.' I thought to myself that if I didn't hand over the letter now and was killed by his palm strike, it would be even more troublesome. So I said: 'It's in my chest.'"

  Tian Boguang looked at Dongfang Bubai and coughed twice, saying: "Dongfang Jun, I'm not afraid of him, but I'm afraid that if he kills me, I won't be able to return and report back."

  Dongfang Bubai nodded slightly and said, "En, I know. What happened next?"

  Tian Boguang said: "Later, the Green Wing Bat King tore off a piece of cloth to wrap his hand, took out the letter, checked it, and saw that there was no poison on the letter. He looked at the words on the envelope and said: 'It seems to be true. Well, I won't kill you then. You go back and tell your Eastern Sect Master that our sect is waiting for him at Guangming Peak.' Then he left."

  "I suffered from the icy internal force of the Cold Ice Palm, feeling extremely uncomfortable. I was dizzy and disoriented for two days, fearing that if I returned too slowly, I would die on the way. Luckily, I managed to send out the letter and met my Divine Sect brother on the way, learning that our sect leader was here, so I finally found him."

  His words were extremely clear, although he was injured a bit, but it seems that his life is not in great danger.

  Anyway, the letter was finally delivered, and Chen Xiao felt a lot more at ease. He then carefully tore open Tian Boguang's shirt, only to see a faint blue palm print in the center of his chest. When he put his hand on it, it felt icy cold.

  Chen Xiao, Dongfang Bubai and Zhou Botong gazed at each other for a moment before shouting in unison: "Hàn Bīng Mián Zhǎng!"

  Dongfang Bubai's face turned icy cold, and he angrily said: "You dare to deceive a disciple of the Divine Sect? Your crime is heinous! Tian Boguang, take good care of your injuries. Once you've recovered, I'll make you the vice leader of Fenglei Hall!" He then looked around at the crowd of Divine Sect disciples and said: "Follow me to Guangming Peak!"

  The disciples of the Zhong Ri Yue Shen Jiao sect responded in unison: "Shang Guang Ming Ding!"

  Chen Xiao thought for a moment, then suddenly stopped Dongfang Bubai and pulled her sleeve to a corner, saying in a low voice: "Miss Dongfang, don't be in a hurry, there's something that needs to be figured out first, it won't be too late to leave afterwards."

  Dongfang Bubai listened intently to Chen Xiao's words and curiously asked: "Go on."

  Chen Xiao said: "Dongfang girl, you went to Guangmingding for the Cold Ice Palm. But we must first figure out whether the Cold Ice Palm has a complementary effect on the Sunflower Divine Art. Now Tian San is injured by the Cold Ice Palm, and I think that the palm's power is extremely yin and cold, like a parasite attached to the bone, very difficult to remove. Dongfang girl's cultivation of the Sunflower Divine Art is overabundant with yang energy, why not try using internal energy to treat Tian's injury? If the effect is obvious, then there won't be any problem."

  Chen Xiao's words were reasonable, since they were going to Guangming Peak, they had to clarify their thoughts, after all, this was not a trivial matter, and they had to figure out if it was worth it.

  Dongfang Bubai thought for a moment and then agreed: "Alright. I'll try it out first. If what you said is true, then we'll wait for a few days."

  He came to Tian Boguang's side, stretched out his hand and gently placed it on Tian Boguang's arm, then a small stream of internal energy entered Tian Boguang's body.

  At first, Tian Boguang was really frightened, but in the blink of an eye, he felt a warm current passing through the center of his chest, and the cold ice true energy that had been torturing him all along seemed to be dissipating.

  Chen Xiao had been observing from the side, and at this moment, the pale blue cold ice palm print actually emitted a faint mist of heat, starting to shrink gradually from the surroundings.

  Although it's extremely slow, the effect can still be seen.

  Seeing this, Chen Xiao was overjoyed and said: "It's effective! Miss Dongfang, look, the palm print is shrinking, and the healed skin has recovered perfectly, without any scars."

  No wonder Chen Xiao was so happy, this Cold Ice Palm had been on Tian Boguang's body for so many days, and Tian Boguang himself didn't have any internal energy to begin with, which meant that the ordinary internal energy of the Cold Ice Palm couldn't cure him.

  However, Dongfang Yu's Qihua Shen Gong inner power can.

  This just proves that these two internal force properties can neutralize each other.

  Witnessing this scene, Dongfang Bubai also knew that his own Qigong and the cold ice palm were just right to fill in the loopholes, and he was naturally overjoyed.

  Dongfang Bubai slowly withdrew his inner energy after losing again.

  Tian Boguang's body was still very weak at this time, and it would be easy to hurt the meridians if he put in too much internal energy at once, which wouldn't be good.

  At this time, Dongfang Bubai was resting on the side, recovering his internal energy. Tian Boguang was also exhausted and fell asleep after a while. The Old Villain looked at nothing to do, pulled Chen Xiao's hand, and the two walked far away to the side. Zhou Botong asked: "Fifth brother, are you going to Guangmingding or not?"

  "Go, of course I'll go."

  Zhou Botong thought for a moment and said: "Fifth brother, you currently have no martial arts skills. If you go up to the Bright Peak, it's easy to encounter great danger."

  There's danger, Chen Xiao naturally knew that, but could he not go? With these several ultimate secret manuals in hand, it was just a matter of time before he got the Frost Silk Palm. Moreover, if he didn't go, what would be the point of Dongfang Invincible going there?

  Zhou Botong said, "Alright then, Fifth Brother. My master taught me a set of internal energy techniques back in the day, but I was born restless and couldn't cultivate it. You, on the other hand, are naturally talented, so you should be able to learn this without any issues. Since my master and I are sworn brothers, and we're also sworn brothers with you, passing this technique down to you is equivalent to exchanging martial arts with each other - it's not breaking any rules. What do you think?"

  Old Master wants to teach me martial arts? Chen Xiao's eyes were full of little stars, and his hands rubbed together repeatedly, asking: "Th...that... Zhou Botong, what do you plan to teach me..."

  As expected, Zhou Botong chuckled and said, "Xiantian Gong!"

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  Tomorrow I'll practice martial arts! Finally waited for this day, it wasn't easy... Tears of joy!

  Tomorrow at three o'clock in the morning, I want sugar!

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