Sword Emerges

After the battle between Huang Yaoshi and Hong Qigong concluded, Wang Ming proposed a challenge.

Both Hong and Huang hesitated for a moment.

Huang Rong understood immediately. Her eyes darted around, and then she smiled faintly, saying, "Sir, my father and master have both expended a great deal of energy in their recent fight. If you were to spar with them now, even if you won, you would be branded as someone who won unfairly."

Wang Ming's face suddenly flushed. He had been so eager to spar that he'd rushed into proposing the challenge, forgetting their exhaustion. It truly gave the impression of taking advantage of someone's weakness.

Of course, Wang Ming wasn't someone who cared about such things; he was the type who preferred to strike when someone was down.

However, his purpose in coming to Mount Hua was to verify his own skills and find new directions. Playing such games was meaningless.

He immediately apologized to the two: "My apologies. I was so caught up watching your duel just now that I forgot myself. My apologies."

Hong and Huang didn't mind, exchanging a few polite words.

Huang Rong suddenly added, "Sir, if you are so eager, Rong'er has a method that will allow you to duel quickly without the appearance of taking advantage."

Everyone asked to hear it.

Huang Rong confidently presented her idea. "You can spar with Brother Jing. Whoever defeats him the fastest, and uses fewer moves, will be declared the winner."

Hong and Huang immediately showed signs of agreement. Fighting someone of the same level was indeed risky and could easily damage their camaraderie. Moreover, without the Nine Yin Manual as a prize this time, their fighting spirit wasn't as high.

Wang Ming, however, was unwilling. This method was originally proposed by Huang Rong, but Guo Jing's strength was nowhere near that of the Five Greats. Both Hong and Huang had held back when fighting him.

Furthermore, this went against his original objective.

He immediately spoke up before Hong and Huang could nod in agreement, saying, "It was my oversight just now. Please sit and recover, sirs. I will wait."

He then turned to Guo Jing and said, "Jing'er, although I haven't taught you martial arts hand-in-hand, I am considered your half-master. Let me see how much you've grown over the years."

"Mochou! Go spar with your senior brother," Wang Ming called out from behind.

Wang Ming didn't want Huang Rong to continue adding to Guo Jing's role, so he quickly found something for Guo Jing to do.

Li Mochou had witnessed the duel between Huang and Hong, which had completely extinguished her fighting spirit. Therefore, she tried her best to remain inconspicuous, not wanting to be noticed. She had heard that Hong Qigong particularly enjoyed punishing evil and eliminating wickedness, and she had done many foolish things in previous years. She was terrified of Hong Qigong noticing her, but she hadn't expected her master to call her out.

Although Li Mochou feared Hong Qigong, she feared her master even more.

She stepped forward and approached Guo Jing, saying, "Senior brother, please guide me."

Guo Jing, always a good child who respected his elders, did not refuse and immediately engaged Li Mochou in combat.

Although they had spent some time together, they were fleeing for their lives from Mongolia, so they had no time to spar. They parted ways once they reached the Central Plains.

Huang Rong, however, watched their harmonious conversation and exchanged glances, suddenly disliking Li Mochou.

Perhaps women dislike other outstanding women appearing around their beloved.

Li Mochou immediately unleashed the Jade Maiden Swordplay, launching a continuous offense against Guo Jing. She was probing him.

After a few exchanges, Guo Jing steadily suppressed Li Mochou.

The Jade Maiden Swordplay was not inferior to the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms. Unfortunately, Li Mochou had been expelled from the Ancient Tomb early on and had only obtained the swordplay, not the accompanying internal energy cultivation. Fortunately, Wang Ming later gave her the internal energy section of the Nine Yin Manual. The Nine Yin Manual was hailed as the supreme manual of all martial arts, and it was not an exaggeration. Her internal energy could complement the Jade Maiden Swordplay.

However, Li Mochou had only recently begun cultivating the Nine Yin Manual, and she was not the protagonist.

Protagonists were unreasonable beings; they only needed to focus on staying alive, and heaven would take care of the rest. Cars, houses, money, and women would naturally come to them.

Li Mochou had gained a deep understanding of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms by observing the fight between Hong and Huang. Now, she had also tested Guo Jing's skill level.

Guo Jing's Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms were still far from Hong Qigong's level of breaking all techniques with a single palm strike. His internal energy was indeed stronger than hers, but she was not afraid of him.

At that moment, Li Mochou drew the Gentleman Sword she carried and used a fused version of the Jade Maiden Swordplay and the Quanzhen Swordplay.

"Wandering the World"

With two swords, one orthodox and one unusual, she calculated Guo Jing's every move, ensuring he would be hit by one of the swords regardless of how he changed his technique.

Several times, she was close to being struck in the palm. Huang Rong, watching from the sidelines, was extremely nervous, fearing her beloved would be harmed.

Although Huang Rong didn't particularly enjoy practicing martial arts, she had a discerning eye. She thought to herself, "If this continues, at most thirty more moves, Brother Jing will undoubtedly lose. This won't do; fighting empty-handed is too much of a disadvantage."

Huang Rong retrieved an iron xiao from her father and threw it into the dueling arena with force.

Huang Rong shouted, "Brother Jing, catch!"

Guo Jing caught the iron flute as he heard her.

Although Guo Jing had the iron flute, he couldn't fight back at close range.

He was not skilled in using weapons, but after being forced to spar with Ouyang Feng in the Western Regions' stone cliffs, his swordsmanship had greatly improved.

Martial arts generally possessed both offensive and defensive capabilities, but Guo Jing's weapon skills were eighty percent defensive and twenty percent offensive.

It should be known that the weapon techniques taught to him by the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were not considered top-tier martial arts. After learning the Nine Yin Manual, he further refined them in the stone house in the Western Regions. At that time, his sole aim was self-preservation, and he had no time to injure the enemy. He used his long sword to block Ouyang Feng's wooden staff and developed many methods for self-defense and neutralizing attacks. Now, using the xiao as a sword to block Li Mochou's exquisite sword techniques proved very effective.

Huang and Hong were not entirely unaware of Li Mochou and Guo Jing's spar. They were quite astonished by the swordplay Li Mochou was using.

They slowed down their recovery progress, dedicating most of their attention to observing Li Mochou's swordplay.

Initially, they hadn't paid much attention to Wang Ming, believing that although his skills were good, it would take at least ten years for him to pose a threat to them.

However, the swordplay Li Mochou suddenly displayed completely shattered their perception.

No matter how they tried to devise a counter-strategy, the outcome was always failure.

This swordplay was practically perfect; it was impossible to break it through sheer technique.

The sword techniques were one righteous, one peculiar, one yin, one yang, complementing each other's weaknesses.

If you attacked the weak points of the Yang Sword, you would be like a fool rushing to your death, delivering yourself to the edge of the Yin Sword, and vice versa.

In the end, the two reached a consensus: when Wang Ming used this swordplay, one should not get entangled with him. Instead, they should directly overpower his technique with brute force, break his moves violently, or drag out the fight until his internal energy was depleted.

Guo Jing ultimately couldn't withstand Li Mochou's offensive and lost to her swordplay.

Wang Ming had anticipated this outcome and wasn't surprised at all.

Twenty years later, Golden Wheel Monk and Guo Jing were of similar strength, but he was easily defeated by Little Dragon Girl.

You must understand that before the dual sword technique was unleashed, Little Dragon Girl and Yang Guo combined were no match for Golden Wheel Monk. However, once this swordplay was employed, the tide of battle immediately turned.

This shows you how terrifying the boost in combat power from this swordplay was.