The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#235 - Finger and palm

Chapter 234: Finger and Palm

Wen Xiaoqian originally intended to just take a few glances and leave after gauging Lu Jing's approximate strength.

But she didn't expect that once she started watching, she wouldn't be able to take her eyes off him.

Neither Lu Jing nor Yan Yun were people who dilly-dallied. Since they had already decided to fight, they quickly adopted their stances after a few brief words.

Because of Lu Jing's suggestion, neither of them used weapons, only engaging in hand-to-hand combat, but the intensity was no less than if they had used weapons.

Lu Jing first used the 'Mountain-Splitting Palm'. This was a palm technique he had obtained from his master, Zhang Sanfeng, and like the 'Little Vajra Strength', it was a common martial art in the Jianghu world.

It was especially favored by those street performers, who loved to practice two martial arts: 'Iron Shirt' and 'Mountain-Splitting Palm'.

The former could be used to perform 'breaking rocks on the chest', while the latter, when mastered, could be used to split bricks with bare hands, both of which were popular entertainment for the common people.

However, such a performance-oriented martial art displayed terrifying power in Lu Jing's hands.

At the same time, she finally made her move, using her fingers like a sword, pointing one finger towards Lu Jing's chest!

Wen Xiaoqian's eyes lit up when she saw this finger strike.

Born into the Wen family, and with several of her sisters' husbands being top martial arts experts, she was naturally a connoisseur. Compared to Lu Jing's amateurish palm technique, Yan Yun's finger-sword technique was clearly a rather brilliant martial art.

Whether it was the timing of the finger strike or the changes it contained, it far surpassed Lu Jing's Mountain-Splitting Palm.

As expected, Lu Jing was forced into a somewhat embarrassing situation by this finger strike, hastily changing his move midway. Although his reaction seemed incredibly swift to ordinary people.

However, in a battle between experts, the difference lies in the slightest margin!

Yan Yun saw the flaw exposed by Lu Jing, so her fingers followed up, precisely striking Lu Jing's Huizong acupoint.

In Wen Xiaoqian's eyes, it was as if Lu Jing had sent his arm to Yan Yun's fingertips himself.

This finger strike was truly exquisite.

"Is Young Master Lu underestimating me? Since you've decided to fight seriously, please show some sincerity and stop testing me with such flashy moves."

Yan Yun retracted her finger and stood in place, shaking her head.

After a pause, she continued, "If Young Master Lu is not proficient in hand-to-hand combat, we can switch to weapons."

Lu Jing couldn't help but blush when he heard this. He had indeed started with the Mountain-Splitting Palm with the intention of testing Yan Yun's strength, but he didn't expect that instead of finding out her secrets, he almost got himself into trouble.

The ninth-grade palm technique at the minor success stage was more than enough to deal with ordinary people, but unfortunately, the woman in front of him was destined to be different from ordinary people from the moment she started learning martial arts.

However, martial arts moves were not Lu Jing's strength. His real reliance was the incredibly strong inner force in his dantian, plus the Fire Scale Armor that he had cultivated to the third level.

Yan Yun had held back in her previous finger strike, retracting her inner force at the last moment, only gently touching his Huizong acupoint, which inadvertently prevented his inner force from counterattacking. Therefore, from the perspective of the scene, Lu Jing was indeed at a disadvantage in this exchange.

So Lu Jing stopped talking nonsense and just looked up at Yan Yun again, then kicked towards her face.

The speed of this leg was very fast, like thunder from the sky, falling straight to the ground from the clouds!

It was the second path of 'Wind and Cloud Transformation'—Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain.

The art of war says: 'As swift as the wind, as gentle as the forest, as fierce as fire, as immovable as a mountain.'

This leg technique also perfectly demonstrated these four phrases.

When moving, it was like a whirlwind, a raging fire burning the city, and when still, it was like a towering mountain, swaying trees. Moreover, it could switch freely between movement and stillness, making it even more difficult for opponents to resist.

When Yan Yun saw Lu Jing change from palm to leg, the contempt in her eyes changed to seriousness.

However, she didn't change her martial art, still using the previous finger technique.

After exchanging about twenty moves with Lu Jing, she was unable to find any more flaws, but Yan Yun was not in a hurry.

Since she couldn't wait for her opponent to reveal a flaw, then she would create one herself.

Having made up her mind, Yan Yun finally stopped dodging Lu Jing's attacks and took the initiative to meet him, pointing a finger towards Lu Jing's calf.

This was the first head-on collision between the two!

Yan Yun had always been very confident in her inner strength realm, especially among her peers, her inner strength cultivation was unmatched. From childhood to adulthood, almost all those who came to challenge her were suppressed by her.

However, this time, the true energy emitted from her fingertips not only sank into the sea without a trace, but soon a more violent true energy drilled into her meridians along her index and middle fingers!

Fortunately, Yan Yun's dantian reacted in the next moment, and the Nebula Divine Art spontaneously operated, dissolving the true energy that had invaded her body in the blink of an eye.

Even so, a hint of surprise flashed across Yan Yun's face.

She obviously didn't expect that she would be the one to suffer in this exchange of inner strength.

But how old was the guy opposite her? He seemed to be two months younger than her, and in the previous exchange, Yan Yun also confirmed one thing, that the true energy Lu Jing cultivated was indeed the genuine Little Vajra Strength.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Yan Yun would have found it hard to believe that someone could actually cultivate this entry-level mental cultivation method, which could be said to be useless, to a first-class realm.

What a terrible perseverance and obsession!

On the other side, Wen Xiaoqian was also very surprised, because she had just seen Yan Yun take half a step back, which was the first time Yan Yun had retreated since the two sides had exchanged blows.

Seeing this scene, Wen Xiaoqian couldn't help but rub her eyes, wondering if she had seen it wrong.

Before she could think about it, she saw Yan Yun rushing up again. This time, the chief disciple of Yunshui Jingci Nunnery took the initiative to attack, while Lu Jing adopted a defensive stance.

Yan Yun still seemed very patient, but the finger wind suddenly became sharp, which meant that she was starting to go all out.

For a time, all Lu Jing could see in front of him were the shadows of the girl's fingers! Covering all the acupoints on his body.