The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 451 - 263 Shi Zhixuan

Chapter 451: Chapter 263 Shi Zhixuan

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, May arrived.

While Feng Chaonan was engaged in combining forces and intensively plotting to murder Gong Ziyu, Qing Yu was also busy polishing his Three Elements of spirit, aiming to advance further without the slightest delay.

The closer a major event approached, the more Qing Yu realized the importance of strength, and he dared not relax even in the slightest.

However, today, Qing Yu had to pause his efforts in honing the Three Elements.

Because today was another opportunity for a random Character Card draw.

"Host has obtained one random Character Card draw opportunity, would you like to draw?" the system’s mechanical voice prompted.

"Draw," he said.

"Random Character Card, drawing······"

A bright silver Character Card spun before Qing Yu’s eyes, finally settling to reveal its face.

It was a refined yet sinister-looking man, draped in a Confucian robe overlaid with a brocade cloak, tall and strapping, with a carefree and handsome appearance, his temples touched with grey, carrying an aura of eeriness.

"Ding, congratulations to the host, you’ve obtained a three-star character card: Shi Zhixuan."

Name: Shi Zhixuan

Realm: Divine Origin Peak

Item: Evil Emperor Relics (already extracted)

Martial Arts: "Heavenly One Heart Method," "Broken Lotus Eight Moves," "Undying Seal Technique," "Illusion Demon Body Method," "Undying Seven Illusions," "Flower Between Travel," "Flowers Between Twelve Branches," "Heavenly Repair Skills"

Evaluation: Neither on this shore, nor on the other, nor in between.

"Shi Zhixuan?" Qing Yu’s eyes rarely showed a look of yearning.

Shi Zhixuan could be said to be a currently brilliant and dazzling figure; his "Undying Seal Technique" melded the secret teachings of both the Flower Sect and Bu Tian Dao, integrating the Buddhist thought of ’neither on this shore, nor on the other, nor in between,’ unifying two extremely opposed and utterly different mental methods. He stepped out of confines to create his own unique Martial Arts.

With his Heavenly Talent, he could have been one of the few Martial Artists capable of shattering the void in that world. Regrettably, his life was full of misfortunes and due to mental fragmentation, his Martial Arts struggled to return to its heyday.

Even at the end, when he forcefully unified with the Evil Emperor Relics, considerable dangers remained. His tendency to be sometimes soft-hearted and sometimes callous seemed to never change until the end.

Eventually, Shi Zhixuan achieved great enlightenment, with the ancient Buddha and green lantern as his companions. At that time, his Mental State must have been perfect, but it was a pity that his Martial Arts skills were no longer with him, otherwise, shattering the void would have been within reach.

"If Shi Zhixuan’s Realm is the Divine Origin Peak, then in the Great Tang World, the pinnacle Martial Artists at the Shattering Void Level in this world would be True Pills, right?" Qing Yu speculated.

"System, I want to challenge Shi Zhixuan."

"Inheritance Space, opening······"

With a familiar blur before his eyes, Qing Yu found himself in the vast expanse of the Inheritance Space.

Soon after, the elegant yet sinister figure, embodying the contradiction between life and death, Shi Zhixuan’s conflicting yet perfect silhouette appeared before Qing Yu.

’Is this Shi Zhixuan?’

Seeing a promising opponent standing before him, Qing Yu’s eyes filled with inquisitiveness.

And Shi Zhixuan, regarding the almost completely white-haired youth opposite him, also couldn’t help but show a trace of curiosity.

Thus, the two appraised each other without moving to attack, simply observing the other, without speaking.

"Young man, you remind me a lot of myself when I was young!" Shi Zhixuan suddenly said.

Anyone who could instill a sense of threat in me must have been my equal in strength. This person’s ability to master such martial arts at such a young age truly showed exceptional talent.

Not to mention the nature of the other’s True Qi. Although cultivated through Daoist Skill, which is different from mine, that contradictory, opposing yet compatible True Qi bore a coincidental similarity to my own "Heavenly One Heart Method."

"Youthful Evil King, you sure failed miserably when you were young. I dare not compare myself to you at that age," Qing Yu shook his head and said with a smile.

Despite admiring Shi Zhixuan’s brilliant talents and his infatuated character in my past life, the current Qing Yu had no desire to become someone like Shi Zhixuan.

It couldn’t be helped. Though formidable, Shi Zhixuan could be considered a textbook example of sacrificially feeding the demon. His greatest failure in life was not being cuckolded by Zhu Yuyan but that he successfully raised a demon.

This was the beginning of his failure.

Afterward, because of this, Shi Zhixuan continued his downward spiral, never recovering a bit of his losing streak despite awakening from the nightmare of his life and creating "Undying Seven Illusions."

Though it seemed grand, he was always headed towards failure.

These words successfully provoked Shi Zhixuan’s killing intent.

Shi Zhixuan could tell that Qing Yu was speaking his true thoughts, and he also clearly understood what was meant by "failure"—not just the incident of being cuckolded by Zhu Yuyan but also his lifelong love—Bi Xiuxin.

"Young man, I must say, you’ve angered Shi Zhixuan," he said.

Before his words fell, Shi Zhixuan’s figure had already appeared in front of Qing Yu. His palms changed unpredictably—mysteriously—as he launched an attack on Qing Yu.

Before striking, there was no murderous aura, no appearance of killing intent—no warning at all. Although Shi Zhixuan disdained the assassin’s career, his style had a flavor of understanding the assassin’s path.

The mental methods of the Heavenly Repair Skills had been ingrained into his bones.

"If the Evil King wasn’t pained by his failures, how could a junior like me provoke you?"

Qing Yu had uttered these words in the blink of an eye, yet his articulation was clear; each word reached the ears and entered...

Into the ears of Shi Zhixuan, who was attacking from the side and back.

Somehow, Qing Yu had already changed his position, now facing the original side and back, watching Shi Zhixuan. A Golden Bell, engraved with numerous Sanskrit Buddhist Mantras, enveloped his form, blocking the palm strike coming from behind.

The frontal attack was but a feint; the real attack still came from the true body that had flashed behind with the "Illusion Demon Body Method."

"Zen Sect martial arts," Shi Zhixuan remarked, his eyebrows raised.

Although there was no Golden Bell Shield in the Great Tang World, Shi Zhixuan had once practiced under the Four Great Saint Monks of the Buddhist Sect, one of whom was the Zen Sect’s Fourth Patriarch, Master Daoxin, thus he was not unfamiliar with the Zen spirit radiating from these martial arts.

Even more so, having successfully masqueraded as a high monk for many years, his Buddha Skills were also profound.

"Boom—"

At that moment, the sound of a great bell resonated. The rebounding force from the Golden Bell Shield, upon being struck, was triggered, propelling towards Shi Zhixuan, who still had his palm pressed against the Golden Bell.

Given Qing Yu’s power at that moment, the rebounding force of the Golden Bell Shield was no ordinary feat, yet Shi Zhixuan did not use his unfathomable "Illusion Demon Body Method" to dodge; he continued to adhere to the Golden Bell Shield, channeling his True Qi silently, the cycle of life and death energies within him.

Undying Seven Illusions·Hitting Stone with Egg.

This technique was deeply rooted in the true essence of "Power Leaning," using a minimal force to move a great weight, borrowing the Golden Bell’s rebounding force and stacking it with his own power, striking back.

"Boom—"

Another bell sound, but this time, it was a cracking sound.

"Cracked again. When will I be able to stand still, just extend my hands, and push over everything that resists?"

Although the Protective Divine Skill was progressing rapidly and the Golden Bell Shield was indeed powerful, the opponents I faced were stronger one after another—especially Shi Zhixuan’s hand with its disgusting Power Leaning technique.

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