Inner Power
In the blink of an eye, three palms clashed head-on.
In the back hall, it sounded as if muffled thunder was exploding inside, and everyone in the room felt a loud rumbling in their ears.
At the same time, they were all shaken by this extraordinary energy, their chests felt tight and their vision went black.
"Good lad, your kung fu isn't bad!"
Huang Yaoshi, unusually, offered a word of praise.
Ji Boying was quite surprised to see that Huang Yaoshi was on par with him.
"Island Master Huang is truly skilled; I admire him greatly."
Ji Boying never expected that he would not gain the upper hand in the palm of the other's hand.
Although Ji Boying was most comfortable using swordsmanship, his most powerful skill right now was his palm technique.
It possesses the Heart Severing Palm from the Nine Yin Manual, the Ice Breaking Palm from the Quanzhen Sect, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms from Hong Qigong, and the Iron Palm Technique from the Iron Palm Gang.
Each of these four palm techniques is unique in the world.
It has already been initially integrated into my own style. In terms of martial arts alone, it is slightly better than Hong Qigong's Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Once I have mastered all these palm techniques and can truly innovate, I will be able to create something new.
Then my palm technique must be far superior to Hong Qigong's.
Each of the Five Greats has its own strengths, and Hong Qigong's ability to be ranked among Five Greats is naturally due to his palm techniques, which are one of his greatest weapons.
With his current palm technique, he was actually unable to defeat Huang Yaoshi.
Following the method used to deal with Huang Rong's Falling Blossom Divine Sword Palm, disregard her feints and let her attack with hundreds of moves, strike directly at her main body with a single move.
However, it's obviously not effective against Huang Yaoshi.
It's simply because Huang Yaoshi's martial arts skills are superior, especially since this palm technique was created by himself, and his mastery of it is unparalleled in the world.
The essence of the Falling Blossom Divine Sword Palm technique—five feints and one real, eight feints and one real—can be instantly transformed into eight real and one feint, or five real and one feint, in Huang Yaoshi's hands. Any feint can be converted into a real move.
He used the Quanzhen Sect's Three Flowers Gathering at the Summit Palm Technique to simultaneously unleash three of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
They were all blocked by Huang Yaoshi's Falling Blossom Divine Sword Palm technique, which turned the illusory into the real.
Huang Yaoshi, in particular, not only knew the Falling Blossom Divine Sword Palm, but he also created the Green Wave Palm Technique based on the waves of the East Sea.
The Green Wave Palm Technique is not difficult and is a beginner martial art for Peach Blossom Island.
However, this palm technique, with its progressive layers and the wave-like strikes, though seemingly simple, already embodies the true essence of Peach Blossom Island martial arts.
Especially since the user is Huang Yaoshi.
With these two palm techniques and Huang Yaoshi's skill, he was able to block them, making him evenly matched with Ji Boying in terms of palm strikes.
"Dad, please stop fighting. We're all family. If anyone keeps fighting, I won't stand for it!"
Huang Rong suddenly darted out at that moment.
She stood stubbornly between the two, determined not to let Huang Yaoshi make a move.
This was naturally something Ji Boying had arranged long ago.
Huang Yaoshi was a proud man, and ordinary people were not qualified to talk to him, let alone advise him to do anything.
Especially now that Guo Jing has taken someone else's sweetheart, the moment they meet again, there's already a hint of dislike, let alone any attempt to persuade him to help.
If you want to persuade him, you have to first get him to lower his expectations.
Otherwise, Ji Boying would have to use his skills to let Huang Yaoshi know that Ji Boying was qualified to talk to him. Now that they had exchanged three blows, Huang Yaoshi was not in a hurry to make a move, which meant that it had already worked.
Ji Boying believed that his skills were already extraordinary. If he were to fight Huang Yaoshi, he would not only gain the upper hand, but he would also put Huang Yaoshi in a difficult position, which would make him look bad. So, he took advantage of this opportunity to have Huang Rong intervene and stop the fight between the two, so that both of them could save face.
Of course, not gaining any advantage in this exchange of blows made Ji Boying realize that he had overestimated his skills.
Huang Yaoshi naturally understood the slight doubt in Ji Boying's expression, and he didn't bother to keep it a secret.
He then snorted.
"Kid, your palm technique is indeed impressive. Once you master this skill to the core, Old Beggar won't be a match for you."
Hong Qigong primarily uses his palms for attack. If Ji Boying's palm technique is superior to Hong Qigong's, then dealing with Hong Qigong will naturally be much easier for him. This is one of Huang Yaoshi's sources of pride, as he only believes that he is superior to Hong Qigong.
"Your palm technique is based on the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, complemented by the Quanzhen Sect Palm Techniques, and you can even vaguely see some traces of the Iron Palm Technique. Hmph, the old beggar is quite generous, actually passing on the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to Wang Chongyang's descendants. It seems he's going to shoot himself in the foot."
Although Huang Yaoshi kept mentioning Hong Qigong, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Judging from the way he said this, he clearly praised Ji Boying's new palm technique to the skies. Only someone who knows Huang Yaoshi would not be able to tell the extent of his praise.
Comparing oneself to Hong Qigong is essentially comparing oneself to oneself.
Five Greats of the Martial World all admire each other's martial arts skills.
"Island Master Huang flatters me. What are my skills compared to others? Some time ago, I met with Master Seventh Master and listened to his teachings. I even dared to spar with him occasionally. He has also made great progress in his skills. My skills are probably not even worth mentioning now."
While this statement is made modestly, it also contains a degree of truth.
Although Ji Boying's ordinary swordsmanship, Primordial Chaos Technique, and Jade Breaking Fist could only amuse Hong Qigong.
Looking at his self-created Heavenly Palace Five Directions Sword, which contains some of the essential techniques of the Pure Capital Purple Minor Divine Skill, as well as the Heart Severing Palm, Nine Yin Divine Claw, and Great Demon Subduing Fist, Hong Qigong was able to draw inferences from them and gain a lot.
If given three to five months, he will surpass the other three of the Four Greats of the World.
Upon hearing Ji Boying's words, Huang Yaoshi's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of seriousness.
Regardless of how much truth there is to this statement, it seems that the Old Beggar's skills have indeed improved.
Huang Yaoshi did not want to be overshadowed by him.
It seems I'll have to work harder these next few days and create two more formidable skills...
Just as she thought of this, she turned her head to look at Lu Chengfeng's disabled legs, then looked at her daughter, and stood nervously in the middle, unable to help but sigh again.
Never mind, I'll just have to bear with it.
The flowing water doesn't compete to be first; it competes to flow endlessly.
After a fight with Hong Qigong, even if he suffers some minor losses, he will know where Hong Qigong has improved and will always find a way to deal with it and catch up.
"You don't need to be overly modest. I'm afraid no one in the younger generation has your strength. With your skills, you would have been qualified to participate in the Mount Hua Sword Conference back then. If you were here this year, the Five Greats of the Martial World would probably become the Six Greats."
"Although I'm praising you like this, you're still wondering why there was such a big difference in skill between us when we exchanged palm strikes, aren't you?"