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Chapter 130: % Internal Strength, Overpowering Qiu Shui

The land of Western Xia once belonged to the Song Dynasty.

At least in name only.

However, since the first year of Baoyuan (1038) during the reign of Emperor Renzong (Zhao Zhen) of the Northern Song Dynasty, when Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, this land officially broke away from the Song court.

After that, the Song Dynasty and Western Xia fought for years without stopping, with both sides winning and losing.

Nowadays, Li Yuanhao, who proclaimed himself emperor and founded the country, is dead, and Li Qiu Shui lives deep in the harem.

Hong Chen entered the palace, grabbed a guard and asked for directions, and soon arrived at the deep palace.

In the dead of night, the palace was silent and deserted, and the surroundings were pitch black. Only in one hall was there a candle lit, casting shadows of people on the windows.

Hong Chen smiled faintly, landed lightly on the ground, and then pushed the door open and walked in.

Instantly, the woman sitting in front of the dressing table quickly put on her veil, turned her head and looked at him fiercely. There was murderous intent in her eyes, and an invisible pressure followed.

However, this little pressure was like a gentle breeze on Hong Chen's face, causing only his long hair to flutter slightly.

Seeing this, Li Qiu Shui stopped talking and his eyes froze.

The two looked at each other.

Although Li Qiu Shui is nearly a hundred years old, there is no sign of old age on her face, and her figure under the white dress is as slender and graceful as a girl.

After a few breaths, Hong Chen heard a soft and gentle voice.

"Who are you?"

"Hong Chen, I have heard about the wonderful skills of Xiaoyao Sect, so I came here to learn from them."

Hearing the words "Xiaoyao Sect", Li Qiushui's eyes suddenly flashed, and he thought quickly in his mind, then stood up and said: "Hong Chen... I haven't heard of this name, but you look so young, but your skills are so profound, I think you are an unknown person. It seems that I have missed a lot of information in the martial arts world over the years."

"I don't deserve it. I was really unknown before."

Li Qiushui chuckled and walked towards Hong Chen, narrowing her eyes and asking, "The aura on you gives me a very familiar feeling, but according to what you just said, you are not a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect?"

Hong Chen nodded: "Indeed not, but I once found a scroll in the Langhuan Jade Cave and learned the Beiming Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu."

"Oh?" Li Qiushui's eyes suddenly brightened, and then he laughed: "Hahaha, since you can come to my door, you must have known that it was something I left behind. Since you have learned it, why don't you kneel down and kowtow to the master?"

When Hong Chen heard this, he also laughed with her: "Just because of what you said, I will have to slap you more later."

"Haha, really? You are so rebellious and you betray your teacher and ancestors. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"You'd better say less. I'm afraid I'll beat you to death later. If that happens, Madam Wang will be very upset."

At this point, Li Qiu Shui suddenly put away her smile, but her eyes became sharper.

"What is your relationship with Qingluo?"

"friend."

"That's it?"

"if not?"

Li Qiushui glanced up and down, smiled suddenly, and asked, "Is she okay?"

Hong Chen smiled and said, "Very good. She gave birth to a daughter named Wang Yuyan, who looks almost the same as her. However, Madam Wang has been very caring and teaching her carefully since she was a child. Now she is not only beautiful, but also gentle and kind. Madam Wang loves her very much. In this respect, she is much better than you."

Li Qiushui didn't care. "Hahaha, she's better than me. I'm lucky. But it sounds like you have a close relationship with my granddaughter."

"It's OK. She is currently in the city."

"Great! It seems I will be able to see her later." Li Qiu Shui was very happy.

Hong Chen shook his head and said softly: "Look at you, you're overthinking again."

The hall suddenly became quiet.

Suddenly, Li Qiu Shui stood in place and slashed out with a palm, pushing out with the palm force and hitting Hong Chen directly in the face.

Hong Chen raised his hand to intercept, but just as the palm force was about to touch, it suddenly turned around and bypassed Hong Chen's arm, then suddenly accelerated and hit Hong Chen directly in the heart.

The corners of Li Qiushui's mouth curled up under the veil, and her exposed eyes also showed a smile.

However, her smile froze in a moment. Looking at the identical or even more powerful palm force coming from Hong Chen's hand, she did not dare to be careless. Her white dress fluttered quickly like a dance, and she continued to move with ghostly steps.

She stopped suddenly, her brows furrowed, until the palm force passed straight past where she had just been and instantly smashed the tables, chairs and vases behind her.

"You don't know the White Rainbow Palm Power?"

"So this is the so-called White Rainbow Palm Power that can be bent, straightened and moved as desired. After the Qi leaves the body, it can actually control its direction. The martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect are indeed ingenious."

Li Qiu Shui stared: "The stars are changing? No, the stars are changing isn't that fast, and it can't increase the power of the enemy's moves. What kind of martial arts is this?" As she spoke, a hint of interest flashed in her eyes.

Hong Chen patted his shirt on his chest and said, "The 19th move of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms: Revenge for every slight."

Anyone who hears this will think it is perfunctory. After all, not everyone can understand the joke of "There are five of the Four Heavenly Kings".

The same is true for Li Qiu Shui.

"Boy, you dare to play tricks on me?!" She snorted coldly and slashed out with the white rainbow palm power again. At the same time, she stepped on the Lingbo Weibu, her body moved unsteadily, and the palm power changed unpredictably, controlling the kite flying just right.

Moreover, when she faced Hong Chen just now, she was obviously arrogant in her words and demeanor, but now that the fight really started, she was so cautious and careful. This was enough to show that her vision, experience and even thick-skinnedness were beyond the reach of ordinary people in the world.

Hong Chen did not dodge or evade. Since he was not hiding, there was no need to think about which direction the Baihong Palm power would attack from.

He struck back at Bai Hong's palm force with his palm, took a step forward, and his figure moved agilely and nimbly, not a second slower than Li Qiu Shui.

In the hall, two lights, one white and one red, flickered continuously, chasing each other, but only their shadows could be seen, not the people. The furniture and objects around them suffered a great disaster, constantly exploding and breaking, and in a blink of an eye, the ground was in a mess.

moment.

Hong Chen pushed back the Baihong Palm force which had become stronger, but this time Li Qiu Shui did not dodge. Instead, she took the initiative to meet it by performing Lingbo Weibu.

As the palm force was applied to her body, Li Qiu Shui's protective inner energy shook slightly, but the waves that had just emerged disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. It was visible to the naked eye that a bulge appeared under her white skirt, which moved from her chest and abdomen in the palm all the way to her right hand.

It seemed that the white rainbow palm power that had made a complete round trip between the two of them was about to strike out from her body again.

Suddenly, a dragon roar was heard.

Six purple dragons burst out from Hong Chen's body at the same time, and taking advantage of Li Qiu Shui's brief pause, they blocked Li Qiu Shui's movement trajectory from different directions.

Then he suddenly used the Dragon Catching Skill, and a huge dragon claw with every dragon scale visible on it instantly grabbed Li Qiu Shui's entire torso.

Hong Chen pulled back and she flew forward uncontrollably.

Li Qiushui was horrified, and forced the white rainbow palm power out of her body to hit the dragon claw, but the dragon claw just shook slightly. In an instant, the true energy in her body burst out with all her strength, causing the air to explode instantly, and the whole hall shook continuously. The sound rushed out of the hall and echoed throughout the palace.

The dragon claw was shaken away, and Li Qiu Shui instantly used the Lingbo Weibu to escape.

But this time, Hong Chen followed her movement direction closely, and the five fingers of his left hand that stretched out in the air quickly clasped back.

The dragon claw attacked swiftly from behind, and in a moment, Li Qiu Shui was caught again.

This time, she flew towards Hong Chen faster.

In the blink of an eye, the two were only ten feet apart.

Hong Chen's feet shook, and the hard ground instantly broke into large and dense spider web patterns. His body first bent and then stretched, with his right hand first, pushing out from his waist and abdomen. As the stretching momentum began, his entire arm was immediately wrapped by a vivid and realistic dragon head.

The pulling force of the Dragon Capturing Technique combined with the pushing force of the Dragon Subduing Palm caused Li Qiu Shui's pupils to tremble and she was terrified, but it was too late for her to react.

hold head high! ! !
The third move of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms: See the dragon in the field!
It comes out from hiding, so it is called a seen dragon; it is on the ground, so it is called in the field!
The dragon's roar instantly spread throughout the entire Xingqing Prefecture. From the imperial palace outward, countless dark houses lit up one after another, and the noisy and loud sounds quickly filled the capital.

The doors and windows of the main hall were torn apart by the sound waves.

The mimic dragon claws of the Dragon Catching Skill shattered, and the dragon-shaped energy formed by Long Zai Tian hit Li Qiu Shui, but it did not penetrate her body. Instead, it stimulated a layer of true energy shield that was as thin as a cicada's wing but extremely tough.

The internal force of the brutal collision created conspicuous ripples in the air. The thick vermilion pillars broke at the touch of a finger, and the sturdy roof of the temple above was completely blown away!
The dragon soared into the sky and Li Qiu Shui was pushed out quickly.

Hong Chen leaped in pursuit.

A hundred feet away.

Li Qiu Shui was half lying under a giant tree, the invisible true energy on her body surface flashing violently, like the distortion of light and shadow in a raging flame.

She covered her chest with her hands and circulated the Beiming Qi to suppress it several times, but in the end she couldn't hold back the severe injuries and spat out large mouthfuls of hot blood.

After the mouthful of blood dissipated like mist, her delicate skin beyond the veil suddenly began to wrinkle and spot at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But seeing Hong Chen approaching, she had no choice but to stand up. However, she had no strength to attack at this moment, and could only passively accept the attack, and even had to lean her back against the tree trunk to stand firmly.

Hong Chen could see her current condition very clearly, so he simply put down his hands and slowly approached with the Four Direction Steps.

"The Xiao Wuxiang Gong is indeed profound and powerful. I used all my strength without holding back, but I still couldn't break its defense." Hong Chen was deeply moved. Li Qiushui is worthy of being one of the three famous Xiaoyao Elders in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

Li Qiushui's eyes twitched wildly when she heard this: "So what if I have achieved 100%... ahem, do you know how many years of internal energy I have?"

Hong Chen nodded: "I think I felt it, at least twice as much as me."

Li Qiushui practiced both Xiao Wuxiang Gong and Beiming Shengong, and he had been practicing for about eighty years, so it was impossible for him to lack internal strength.

"You used half of my internal energy to injure me so badly, what else are you not satisfied with?" Her breathing gradually became steady, and the wrinkles and spots on her face quickly disappeared. However, she did not heal her wounds first, but instead tried to restore her appearance. She really cared a lot about her appearance.

Hong Chen sighed and said, "You must know better than me that internal strength is not equal to combat power. Besides, if you hadn't been so careless just now and gave me the opportunity to attack, we would have had to fight for at least hundreds of moves tonight before we could see who was better. Even after hundreds more moves, we might not be able to determine the winner."

Li Qiu Shui is stronger than anyone Hong Chen has ever met.

He just seized that fleeting opportunity, although this opportunity was also a trap he deliberately set: people who practice Xiao Wuxiang Gong are very likely to develop a habit of imitating the enemy's powerful martial arts to counterbalance the enemy.

Although Hong Chen didn't know that there would be problems when Xiao Wuxiang Gong imitated the Revenge, even if Li Qiu Shui imitated it successfully, there would be a pause time due to the palm force. This was the opportunity he created and wanted to seize, and it was also the reason why he directly exposed the effect of Revenge from the beginning.

Furthermore, even though Li Qiu Shui was knocked back more than a hundred feet, it was far more appropriate for her to accept the fate at that time than to resist head-on. Otherwise, her injuries would only be more serious than they are now.

These are the unique wisdom and experience of our predecessors.

"Xiao Wuxiang Gong can perfectly simulate the movement of the stars, but when I simulated the operation of your internal force just now, it seemed to be smooth and unobstructed, but when I experienced it myself, I found that there were many obstacles and it was difficult to penetrate. What kind of martial arts is that?" Li Qiu Shui looked solemn.

"Every grievance must be retaliated."

When he mentioned the name again, Li Qiu Shui no longer thought it was nonsense.

"Is this the martial art you created?"

"No, it is a combination of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi, Bei Ming Sheng Gong and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."

If you say that "Revenge for a Grievance" is self-created, then it is completely self-flattering. It combines Tai Chi, Dou Zhuan Xing Yi, Bei Ming Sheng Gong and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a "renovation".

Li Qiu Shui frowned in thought, then quickly shook her head.

"No. I know the Battle of the Stars and I have also practiced the Divine Art of the North Sea. Although I have never practiced the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing, I think it should not be difficult to imitate. Although the moves formed by the fusion of these three martial arts are indeed more exquisite and complex, the basics remain unchanged, so the simulation will at most be slower, and there will be no stagnation or difficulty. There must be something key that you haven't mentioned." Her tone was firm and her eyes were determined.

Hong Chen smiled upon hearing this and nodded slowly: "Senior, you are indeed very knowledgeable. The complete revenge does require the assistance of another martial art, and its role runs through the entire process and is indispensable. But I cannot tell you this martial art."

"Not even a name?"

"No."

(End of this chapter)