White Condor
Ji Boying sat upright in a messy peach grove.
Everywhere there were fallen petals, broken branches, and fragmented tree trunks.
Hold your breath and concentrate, bend your left arm slightly, and face upward.
Gently lift the palm from the Dantian to the chest, changing the horizontal palm to a vertical palm.
Purple Mist Internal Energy flowed slowly through the meridians of her arms, distributed in her palms, formed the Eight Trigrams, and gathered in the Mingtang (a point on the forehead).
With a whoosh, he struck forward with his palm.
The air seemed to tremble slightly, and a fallen petal that had been swept by halfway through the journey turned to dust.
Two zhang away, the last intact peach tree in the peach grove suddenly burst open with a cracking sound, instantly shattering into pieces, peach blossoms flying everywhere, branches and leaves scattered in all directions.
Despite the mess in the peach grove, Ji Boying was overjoyed.
I have finally mastered this set of Empty Palm Strike techniques.
The Dragon Subduing Palm, Iron Palm Technique, and Heart-Piercing Heart-Piercing Palm are combined into one, combining both strength and gentleness.
The subtle and restrained Iron Palm Technique enhances the control over the grand Dragon Subduing Palm, while the insidious and Heart Severing Palm combines the orthodox and unorthodox approaches of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
When unleashed together, the combined force, though only two zhang in length, is already immensely powerful.
"With this skill, we can make up for the missing meridian when facing the Five Greats head-on."
Ji Boying looked at his palms over and over, feeling quite pleased.
If we keep this skill hidden, we can catch the Five Greats off guard and perhaps turn the tables on them.
"It's a pity that making a loud applause is easy, but making a silent applause requires skill and experience."
Making a move silently is something that can be achieved by mastering any martial art.
But this requires a subtle control over the force.
Just like in the original novel, Guo Jing also mastered the wonderful use of the Silent Palm in battle and defeated Mei Chaofeng.
With Ji Boying's current skill level, he can unleash a silent palm strike with either the Iron Palm Technique of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms or the Heart Severing Palm.
In particular, after practicing Iron Palm Technique and Heart Severing Palm, his control over palm techniques became even more refined.
It is quite easy to render the powerful Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, or even the Empty Palm Strike Force, silent and undetectable.
However, now that the power of the Four Gates Palm Technique has greatly increased, the difficulty of performing it is no longer as simple as one plus one.
Therefore, when a Dragon Subduing Empty Palm is unleashed, a faint dragon's roar seems to pierce the air.
While it may seem impressive, it leaves a trace. It's better to strike with a silent palm strike, silently approaching and unleashing a sudden burst of power that is impossible to defend against.
However, compared to the more powerful silent palm strike, Ji Boying preferred to use the loud palm strike.
Firstly, the sound of the Empty Palm Strike was like a dragon's roar, which was truly impressive and satisfied Ji Boying's vanity.
Secondly, the Silent Palm can also be used as a trump card. When facing a strong enemy, the enemy will only think that the sound of the dragon's roar breaking the air indicates the presence of palm force. Suddenly mixing in a Silent Palm will definitely catch them off guard and secure victory.
Ji Boying continued meditating, closing his eyes and focusing his mind to slowly circulate his qi.
Internal energy originates from the Dantian, travels through the meridians past the Jianjing point, circles the elbow and enters the palm, circulates once, and then slowly returns to the Dantian.
The internal energy flows in this way silently, which is to familiarize oneself with the meridian circulation route again and again, to make fine adjustments to the sound palm technique, and to engrave the silent palm technique into the body and make it an instinct.
To deliver a resonant slap, one only needs to follow the major meridians of Yin and Yang.
The Silent Palm technique cannot fill the Yin and Yang meridians with internal energy; instead, it requires mobilizing many tiny, subtle meridians.
The internal force is circulated through multiple small meridians, but one cannot simply pursue silence; one must also ensure that the power is not diminished.
In this way, the distribution of internal energy between the major and minor meridians needs to be gradually harmonized.
Once the internal energy ratio is harmonized and this method of internal energy circulation is refined into instinct, one can freely switch between audible and inaudible states.
This is why the Empty Palm Strike is more difficult than ordinary palm strikes.
No matter whether Ji Boying used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms or the Iron Palm Technique, it was still just a pair of fleshy palms.
The internal force is concentrated in the palms of the arms and never leaves the body, making it easy to control.
Secondly, if you want to strike silently, you can rely on adjusting the strength of your arms.
It can unleash Empty Palm Strike is detached from the body, so the influence of the tendons and bones in the hand is much smaller, requiring more delicate control of internal energy.
You must first properly distribute your internal energy within the meridians of your arm, and then unleash it all at once.
Ji Boying did not hide from others when practicing his skills.
There were originally two people practicing martial arts in this peach grove.
One was Ji Boying, and the other was Lu Chengfeng.
Lu Guanying commanded the Taihu Lake pirates to search for traces of the Jin people.
While studying the Wumu's Testament, Huang Yaoshi trained his troops and prepared to plunder the Great Song's supplies.
Huang Rong and Guo Jing led a group of people to search for the whereabouts of the Mongols envoy.
After Lu Chengfeng's Whirlwind Sweeping Leaf Leg technique was modified by Huang Yaoshi, he first had to meditate and practice Qi cultivation in hopes of restoring some of the function of his legs.
This Whirlwind Sweeping Leaf Leg is no longer the original leg technique; it has completely changed and is unrecognizable. It was a new skill that Huang Yaoshi specially created to help his disciples recover.
However, due to his proud and concerned nature, he still used the old name and refused to admit that it was something he had done on purpose.
The two were peacefully practicing their skills in the peach blossom grove.
But the more Ji Boying practiced, the more agitated he became.
Every now and then, a palm strike would be unleashed, producing a sound like a tiger's roar or a dragon's cry that pierced the air, making it impossible for Lu Chengfeng to concentrate.
Then came the crackling sound of trees snapping.
The peach trees were smashed open, and peach blossoms filled the sky.
Left with no other choice, Lu Chengfeng had to find another place to practice his skills.
If you fuss over such trivial matters, you're failing to be a good host.
These past few days, Lu Chengfeng has moved into the house. Although there are still some minor noises through the doors, windows, and walls, they are no longer a big deal.
The prospect of regaining the ability to walk like a normal person as soon as possible was Mo Da attractive to Lu Chengfeng. He diligently meditated in his room every day, never even leaving the room, and ate, drank, and relieved himself all in the room.
The first few hours before this happened, everything seemed perfectly normal, with occasional astonishing palm strikes.
Lu Chengfeng meditated for more than an hour but could not hear any more noise outside. Puzzled, he put himself in his wheelchair, opened the door, and went out to take a look.
The moment the door opened, Lu Chengfeng's eyelids twitched and his face contorted.
Lu Chengfeng was heartbroken.
That peach grove was the place where I had longed for it for many years.
It took a lot of effort to imitate every plant and tree on Peach Blossom Island, and to cultivate each peach tree for many years, just like the Peach Blossom Formation on Peach Blossom Island, to make it as lush as it is today.
But in just a few days, all the peach blossoms in the garden have fallen and covered the ground in a thick layer, with many places crushed into the soil by human footprints.
The once lush peach trees were reduced to stumps less than a foot long, with branches and leaves scattered all over the ground. The scene was a complete mess, and years of hard work had been destroyed, which made Lu Chengfeng feel a pang of heartache.
"Brother Ji, where did Brother Guo and my junior sister go?"
Lu Chengfeng asked.
"Guo Jing saw the White Condor circling in the sky and recognized it as the eagle he had raised in Mongols. He guessed that a Mongols envoy had arrived, so he followed the trail."