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Chapter 374 - 342: Beef Tongue Wrapped in Leaves

Chapter 374: Chapter 342: Beef Tongue Wrapped in Leaves

Li San countered Zhao Lixin’s punches using his spear. After several rapid collisions, his breath became somewhat unstable.

He was, after all, injured and his fierceness couldn’t last. Thus, he changed his movement technique, opened his arms wide in a circular shape, hard yet with a touch of softness, and discharged the force using Tai Chi Cloud Hand.

After neutralizing the incoming power, Li San was about to repeat his old trick, employing Borrowing Force to Strike, attempting to disrupt Zhao Lixin’s balance.

However, just as Li San was preparing to strike, Zhao Lixin stepped forward, and his body suddenly darted away, then swept back in.

After several steps, Zhao Lixin, just like before, swept back again and resumed attacking Li San.

After exchanging several moves, just when Li San had once again sensed Zhao Lixin’s power and planned to borrow it, Zhao Lixin darted away again.

His movements were incredibly swift, perfectly embodying the fluidity of the Bagua movement technique.

Zhao Lixin fought in this evasive manner, giving Li San no chance to employ Borrowing Force to Strike. Relying on his rapid movement technique, he continuously switched positions.

Such a fighting style secretly impressed Guo Dongyang and Gao Jianping, who had still been pondering how to counter Li San’s Borrowing Force to Strike without any clue, only to see Zhao Lixin quickly finding a countermeasure.

Watching this, Wu nodded quietly to himself. Zhao Lixin’s response was indeed commendable, however, if Li San were so easily targeted, he wouldn’t be known as the Hongmen’s Double Flower Red Stick.

Indeed, the situation in the arena changed once again.

When Zhao Lixin once again planned to dart away and distance himself from Li San, Li San preemptively changed his technique and silently launched a kick aimed at Zhao Lixin’s knee.

The kick wasn’t powerful, but the intricate transformation between feint and real caught Zhao Lixin off guard, lightly striking him and immediately disrupting his rhythm.

Li San seized the opportunity to explode with force, his Single Whip rapidly pounding towards Zhao Lixin.

Zhao Lixin, his rhythm disrupted, couldn’t dodge in time and was forced to take the blow.

After a few moves, Li San’s power abruptly changed from hard to soft, his Cloud Hand almost destabilizing Zhao Lixin’s balance.

Zhao Lixin’s eyes shone brightly. Suddenly, he thrust forward a palm strike aimed at Li San’s chest.

Li San responded by lifting his hand upward to borrow the force, ready to disrupt his opponent’s balance with a single lift.

However, just as Li San’s right hand touched Zhao Lixin’s wrist, his expression changed, for he sensed Zhao Lixin’s power shift: it had also transitioned from hard to soft.

Li San was about to adapt his technique accordingly. However, Zhao Lixin’s change was exceedingly fast, much like a cow extending its tongue to graze—it’s simply a quick curl, wrapping the grass into its mouth.

Zhao Lixin’s arm moved downward, his palm swiftly circling around Li San’s arm, coiling it in rapidly.

Li San burst out with full strength, his muscles and bones crackling as he struggled to free himself from Zhao Lixin’s grip. But Zhao Lixin twisted Li San’s arm with his fingers, quickly breaking Li San’s power, and then stopped.

Both men almost simultaneously halted their movements, leaving Guo Dongyang and others baffled, not understanding what had happened.

From a distance, Wu spoke with a hint of surprise, "Ox Tongue Palm?"

A smile appeared on Zhao Lixin’s face as he released Li San’s arm and stepped back, nodding at Wu, "Exactly."

Li San bowed with his fists and said, "Impressive, I admire that."

Zhao Lixin also bowed in return and said, "I had the advantage because you are injured. Once you are healed, we can spar again."

Li San nodded with a smile, "Alright."

Wu came over, smiling at Zhao Lixin, "I didn’t expect you to have mastered that technique."

The most forceful technique of Bagua Palm is the Big Stone Breaking Hand, while the gentlest one is the Ox Tongue Palm, which like the tongue of an ox curling around grass, epitomizes the essence of overcoming the hard with softness.

In that moment, Zhao Lixin had pushed out with a palm and suddenly changed his move to use the Ox Tongue Palm, quickly wrapping up Li San’s arm. Since it was a friendly exchange, Zhao Lixin did not exert his full power; otherwise, that move could have twisted Li San’s arm.

Zhao Lixin looked at Wu, "I’ve made some breakthroughs recently and just grasped this technique; I initially planned to use it to challenge you."

"Haha," Wu laughed, patting Li San’s shoulder, "then you took this hit for me."

Li San shook his head. He wasn’t too bothered about losing to Zhao Lixin in one move; after all, he was injured, which hampered his performance. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have needed to resort to using borrowing force to deal with Zhao Lixin, which gave Zhao Lixin the chance to take advantage.

"Now that you all are here, I will have Yuan Bo call over the professional class students and arrange a training camp for this period," Wu told the group.

"Also, all of you should register for the competition. We need to make a name for Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall in this battle, so I hope you can clinch the top spots."

He said this to Guo Dongyang and the others, then looked toward Zhao Lixin, "Old Zhao, after this competition, I plan to promote a few individuals heavily. Are you interested?"

Guo Dongyang, Gao Jianping, and Dong Yunfei were all eager to make a name for themselves. Only Zhao Lixin, who already had social status and money, might not be interested in stepping into the limelight.

But compared to Zhao Lixin, the others still fell short, and Wu hoped that the kung fu stars promoted by Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall would be as strong as possible.

Zhao Lixin considered it for a moment and nodded, "Yes."

If he hadn’t joined Fenglin Group, Zhao Lixin might have gone to compete in the UFC a long time ago. In recent years, as the external disputes of the Fenglin Group lessened, Chen Zhengyang was inclined to let Zhao Lixin take a different path, hence Zhao Lixin began to reconsider entering the Martial Arts World.

"Wonderful!" Wu was thrilled.

With Zhao Lixin joining, the star-making plan of Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall was almost guaranteed to succeed.

...

Inside the room, Wu was slowly practicing his punches, performing the sequence taught to him by Xu Ming, created by Sun Yiquan by combining the Eight Pieces of Brocade into a healing fist technique.

When Wu initially began practicing this healing fist, he noticed its benefits for Bone Marrow recovery. Now, injured again, he was delighted to discover that this fist technique not only aided Bone Marrow but also helped heal internal injuries!

Initially, Wu’s injuries would have required at least half a year to recover, but with this healing fist technique, he just might heal in a little over three months.

Bai Tao had tempted Wu with his self-created Bone Marrow Skill, partly because it would help Wu recover from his injuries faster—after all, offending so many people, regaining his strength sooner rather than later was beneficial. Although Wu hadn’t acquired Bai Tao’s Bone Marrow Skill, he now had a chance to regain his strength sooner.

Looking back, Sun Yiquan, the Spear King who had forsaken his spear technique to create this healing fist and teach it to others, perhaps subconsciously felt that although martial arts had declined in real combat, they could still serve for healing purposes. Unwilling to pass down his spear technique, he wanted to leave something else behind, thus this healing fist was created.

PS: Sorry, I broke my promise; my condition is too poor, just two updates today.