“No, no, of course martial arts can be divided into good and evil…” Duan Yu disagreed with Bao Butong, “The Nine Yin White Bone Claw requires practicing it on a large number of living human heads to master, and the Xingxiu Sect’s Rotten Corpse Poison also relies on the living human body to spread corpse poison, which is extremely cruel. Does Brother Bao think these martial arts are not evil martial arts?”
Although Bao Butong has always been eloquent, but Duan Yu was more knowledgeable about the things related to martial arts, so he couldn’t think of how to refute for a moment. He just coldly snorted.
Noticing Bao Butong’s expression, Wang Yuyan covered her mouth and smiled, but thinking that Bao Butong was a retainer of her cousin, she couldn’t see him being bullied too much, so she quickly said, “Young Master Duan might not know, but the Nine Yin White Bone Claw does not need to rely on living human targets. It’s just that Mei Chaofeng was unable to practice the method and misunderstood the sentence in the Nine Yin Scripture, ‘With five fingers, you can break through all the strong points and destroy the enemy’s head, just like walking through rotten soil’.”
Duan Yu was startled. He was quite disapproving in his heart, but Wang Yuyan was the ‘Fairy Sister’ in his heart, so he didn’t want to argue with her. He just said with a smile, “Miss Wang is well versed in martial arts in the world, and I have learned something new.”
Wang Yuyan smiled sweetly, “Young Master Duan is not entirely wrong as well. Some martial arts are indeed extremely sinister, like the Xingxiu Sect’s Rotten Corpse Poison, and the Cosmic Absorbing Power. Regardless of whether the user is good or evil, it will inevitably harm the world and harm human life.”
When Wang Yuyan praised him, Duan Yu felt as if he had drank honey. He giggled and wanted to talk to Wang Yuyan for a few more words. However, he knew in his heart that Wang Yuyan was mostly focused on her cousin on the arena and might not be interested in talking to him. So, he came up with an idea and asked, “Miss Wang, can you recognize the martial arts skills of this monk?”
Wang Yuyan looked at the arena for a while, couldn’t help but frown, “Strange, although Master Zhu is a junior, he seems to be proficient in the Seventy-two Skills of the Shaolin Temple. His palm broke the flagpole two feet away, which should be the Great Skanda’s Palm. If my cousin had not dodged it in time, he would have been struck by this palm. The shock would have shattered every inch of his ribs.”
“So powerful?” Duan Yu took a breath. Although his martial arts was high, his abilities were acquired by chance, so he didn’t have the corresponding eyesight. He couldn’t see what was going on between the two people on the arena just now.
“This skill is indeed powerful, but…” Wang Yuyan hesitated for a moment and continued, “It’s just too domineering, which really goes against the original intention of Bud*ha’s compassion.”
Duan Yu had always worshiped the Bud*ha, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly said, “I think martial arts is the source of all evil. If everyone devoted themselves to the Bud*ha and did good deeds to accumulate virtue, there would be not need for so many martial arts in the world.”
Bao Butong finally found the opportunity to attack and sneered, “It’s just the opinion of hypocritical scholars.”
Wang Yuyan’s thoughts were not on the two of them, so she didn’t notice the argument between the two, and instead stared at the familiar figure on the arena.
Everyone in the spectators seat was talking to each other about this monk who possessed the Seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin, and their voices were full of shock and admiration.
On the other side, Song Qingshu and his group were also surprised.
Zhou Zhiruo lowered her voice and said, “I have heard that each of the Seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin Temple is extremely exquisite. It is rare for a person to master one skill in a lifetime. To think such a young person would be able to master several skills. Could it be that there are such great masters in the Shaolin Temple? They have produced many amazing and talented people over the past hundreds of years. The one who has learned the most unique skills is the current master Xuancheng. He possesses thirteen unique skills and is known as the number one in the Shaolin Temple in the past two hundred years. But this monk may have performed more than thirteen unique skills just now.”
Ah Jiu was also shocked. And while looking at Xu Zhu’s moves on the stage, she counted her fingers, “The Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve, the Animitta Kalpa Finger, the Kasaya Evil Subduing Skill, the Golden Bell Shield, the Great Wisdom Samadhi Finger, Shadowless Formless Legs, the Evil Subduing Palm, the Flower Pinching Finger…”
In the past few years, she had been traveling around the world, and she had met many eminent monks from Shaolin Temple, so she naturally recognized those unique skills. However, the eminent monks she knew were often only proficient in one of the special skills, unlike Xu Zhu who could casually perform so many special skills.
Song Qingshu narrowed his eyes, he didn’t expect Xu Zhu to have learned the sSeventy-two skills of the Shaolin Temple without having the martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect. However, no one could truly master the Seventy-two skills of the Shaolin Temple at the same time. There was only one explanation left, Xu Zhu had learned the Formless Martial Art.
Only by relying on the Formless Martial Art could he perform the Seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin and achieve this kind of concealing effect. On the surface, it looked no different from the Seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin, but one was being forcibly activated by Taoist internal Qi, and the other had to be activated by Buddhist internal Qi. The two were essentially different.
The Xiaoyao Sect has always had a low reputation in the world, let alone the secret Formless Martial Art that the Xiaoyao Sect didn’t teach to outsiders. That’s why even though there were many masters in the scene, no one could see the flaw in it. They only thought that Xu Zhu was really performing the Seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin.
‘Where did Xu Zhu learn the Formless Martial Art?’ A trace of doubt arose in Song Qingshu’s heart. He knew that the Zhenlong Chess Game incident did not happen in this world. There was no reason why Xu Zhu could learn the secret Formless Martial Art of the Xiaoyao Sect, but now that the facts were in front of him, he didn’t have the choice but to believe it.
The fight between the two on the stage had become intense.
After all, Murong Fu was a top expert who had been famous for many years. After the initial shock, he soon came up with all kinds of strange tricks, and finally gradually recovered.
Murong Fu quietly wiped away the cold sweat. Fortunately, he had learned from the incident of Shi Potian and Ah Qing, so he didn’t relax his vigilance towards this ordinary monk, otherwise he might have suffered a big loss from the beginning.
Suddenly Xu Zhu shouted loudly, “Master Murong, take this!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he drew a circle with his palms from the outside to the inside, and slowly slapped towards Murong Fu.
Before the palm force could reach him, Murong Fu was already able to feel the force, and readied himself.
In an instant, Xu Zhu’s palm force surged forward like an angry wave.
After being forced to a corner by an unknown monk, a surge of anger rose in Murong Fu’s heart.
Hearing Xu Zhu’s voice, he thought to himself, ‘You are proficient in Shaolin’s seventy-two skills. So I can’t take advantage in term of technique. Could it be that my internal strength no match for you, a young monk?’
At the moment, a contest of internal strength was the best he could do. What’s more, the Murong family’s Great Cosmic Transformation was best at leveraging strength and was never afraid of competing with others when it came to internal strength.
With a burst of pride in his heart, Murong Fu stopped dodging, moved forward, and waved his palm to meet him.
“Cousin, this is one of the Seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin, ‘One Clap Two Scatters’. You must not face it forcefully.” Wang Yuyan’s beautiful face immediately turned pale, and she quickly stood up and reminded her cousin regardless of the rules.
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