Chapter - 145 Exhausted From Travels (12)

Sun Bu'Er knew what had happened with the incident of Yang Guo expelling himself from the Quanzhen sect. She saw him using his wits and craft to make sure Zhao Zhijing could not back down and make sure it was Quanzhen sect who was in the wrong. She hoped Zhao Zhijing would force him to use his martial arts and chuckled, "That disobedient disciple and traitor to our Quanzhen sect. Killing him wouldn't be anything serious." She is an eminent Taoist, how could she tell someone to kill? Those words were actually meant to scare Yang Guo, wanting him to stop pretending.

Zhao Zhijing had his Martial Uncle's support and was even more daring; he raised his right foot and aimed for Yang Guo's abdomen. The stance Flying Past Heaven's Mountains" had softness within its hardness; in the yang there was yin, it was a really lethal stance. Though this kick was very powerful, it wasn't very profound; it was a stance that is taught when one first enters the Quanzhen sect. It was a very ordinary stance when it is used, and as long as someone knows a little kung fu, they would be able to neutralize it. On the first day of practicing martial arts, the disciples of Quanzhen would first learn the stance of "Flying Past Heaven's Mountains" and then "Force of the Retreating Horse"; this was the stance to avoid the stance of "Flying Past Heaven's Mountains". One attack one defense, this was the most basic set of kung fu.

By using this stance, he wanted Guo Jing and Huang Rong to understand one thing, "Even if I did not teach him advanced martial arts, could it be that I didn't even teach him the basic kung fu of our sect's very first lesson?"

When Yang Guo saw the kick come, he did not use the "Force of the Retreating Horse"; his left hand hung down protecting his abdomen. Zhao Zhijing saw that he was so bold that he didn't even move or dodge, he didn't hold back on his kick and kicked straight across, when the tip of his foot was about three inches away from Yang Guo's abdomen, he saw in the moonlight Yang Guo's left thumb slightly sticking out, aiming for his right foot's ankle 'Large Opening' pressure point.

If he kicked out with power, before the tip of the foot had reached the abdomen, his pressure point will be sealed first; the opponent wouldn't actually seal the pressure point themselves. As the foot strikes his finger, it will be struck on the pressure point, sealing it in the process.

He was the best fighter of Quanzhen's third generation; in the midst of danger he quickly changed his stance, he turned and changed the direction of the kick, his right leg passing Yang Guo's side. At least he was able to avoid the trap but his body was off balance, and his face turned red.

Guo Jing and Huang Rong were behind Yang Guo and didn't see his thumb, they thought it was because Zhao Zhijing was holding back, at the very last second he changed his stance. But Sun Bu'Er and Zhen Zhibing could see this clearly. Zhen Zhibing didn't say a word.

Sun Bu'Er stood up and shouted, "Little punk, very crafty!"

Zhao Zhijing's left palm hung in the air, his right palm aimed to chop across Yang Guo's left cheek; this stance of "Purple Lightning Striking through Words" was a refined stance of advanced martial arts. As the palm arrives halfway, the direction suddenly changes, originally aimed to the left cheek it now was aiming to chop down on his neck on the right side. How could he know that Yang Guo has learned the "Jade Heart Manual" to a very fluent state, the manual was the Black Star of Quanzhen's kung fu. Every lethal fist techniques and palm stances that Wang Chongyang invented were all defeated ingeniously by Lin Chaoying years ago. When Yang Guo saw his left palm hanging in the air, he quickly covered his head with his arms as if he was scared, his left index finger hid itself by his neck on the right side but because he covered it with his right palm, Zhao Zhijing had no way to see it. As soon as the palm arrives, Yang Guo's right hand slanted slightly, a 'bo' sound was heard as the finger sealed the 'Back Stream' pressure point on Zhao Zhijing's palm.

Once again, it was Zhao Zhijing himself who forced his own pressure point to be sealed by hitting it on his finger; Yang Guo knew what the opponent would do and prepared his finger in place. Once Zhao Zhijing's pressure point on his palm was sealed, his arm immediately went numb; he knew he had fallen into his trap. He was furious and his left leg came sweeping out.

Yang Guo called out, "Oh no!" He bent his left arm and placed his elbow two and a half inches above his waist. When Zhao Zhijing's left leg came, the elbow struck his ankle's 'Reflecting Sea' and 'Great River' pressure points. This kick came out of fury; it was kicked with great strength. The pressure points were severely struck, his left leg went numb and he kneeled down on the floor.

Sun Bu'Er saw that her martial nephew was being embarrassed, she stretched out her left arm and pulled him up with her hand and then pushed his back a few times, unsealing his pressure points. Yang Guo quickly backed away. He saw that she unsealed Zhao Zhijing's pressure points with ease. He knew that her martial arts were far superior Zhao Zhijing's. Yang Guo was afraid of her and kept a distance between himself and Sun Bu'Er. Though she had been practicing Taoism for many years, she was still very stubborn and strong. She saw that his kung fu was extremely crafty, it looked like that it was their sect's Black Star; if she fought herself she might not be able to win, so she called out, "Let's go!" She then said goodbye to Guo Jing and Huang Rong. Her sleeve swept out and she leapt out of the study through the window, and then jumped up onto the roof.

Zhen Zhibing had seemed to be out of it all this time; he wanted to tell Guo Jing and Huang Rong what happened when Zhao Zhijing angrily shouted, "What more is there to talk about?" He pulled on his sleeve and the two of them leapt out of the window and then followed Sun Bu'Er.

With Guo Jing's and Huang Rong's awareness, of course they knew that Zhao Zhijing's pressure points had been sealed, but Yang Guo had not stretched out his finger, could it be that a eminent person was secretly helping him?

Guo Jing immediately went over to the window to take a look, where was the person? Guo Jing thought that as Zhao Zhijing was about to kill him, he couldn't bear to and so pretended to have his pressure points sealed and left in the confusion. However, Huang Rong could see this was the doing of Yang Guo, firstly because she was behind him and couldn't see his elbow and secondly, she was not aware of the existence of a martial art skill such as the "Jade Heart Manual". This enabled the prediction of the enemy's reaction and countered the skills of Quanzhen without reply; she wasn't able to understand exactly what had happened. She wouldn't act like Guo Jing and view others with the heart of a gentleman. When she saw the four Quanzhen Taoists sweeping their sleeves and leaving, it was very impolite, secretly, she was furious. She pondered and turned around to see Guo Fu's dark green shoes sticking out from under the bookshelf, she immediately called out, "Fu'er, what are you doing here?"

Guo Fu laughed and came out with a silly look on her face and said, "Me and the Wu brothers are looking for a book to read."