Acupuncture Point-Pressing Technique

The atmosphere throughout the bar abruptly fell silent, almost frighteningly so.

Everyone felt a chill slowly radiating from Xiao Honghua, cold enough to make them shudder.

At the back of the crowd, the eldest and second brothers clearly hadn't expected Jun Wangchen to say something like that. Knowing Xiao Honghua was Brother Kai's woman, they didn't dare hesitate and hurried upstairs to fetch their third brother for help.

"Very good. You're the second person who dared speak to me like that. Just so you know, the first is already dead!" Xiao Honghua narrowed her eyes, then suddenly smiled, but that smile was chilling no matter how anyone looked at it.

She was already furious after losing money gambling with her no-good friends that day. Now, while teaching a mere waitress a lesson, she had been challenged by some idiot. If word got out, how could she show her face?

As she spoke, Xiao Honghua loosened up her body, her joints crackling. She clenched her fists and slowly advanced toward Jun Wangchen.

"Ah, this kid is done for. Xiao Honghua isn't just some trophy girlfriend. I heard she won several fighting championships in college!" Someone in the crowd sighed, clearly pitying the miserable fate awaiting Jun Wangchen.

Hearing this, everyone else turned their eyes toward Jun Wangchen, their gazes filled with sympathy.

The waiter who had spoken up for Kang Lele earlier had also retreated far away, terrified of getting caught up in it.

As Xiao Honghua approached step by step, Kang Lele's heart was in her throat. She wanted to say something but didn't know how to begin. She wanted to do something but could do nothing at all.

Only at that moment did she realize just how powerless she was.

Jun Wangchen, standing at the center of the storm, remained unusually calm. All that occupied his mind was the section on the Acupuncture Point-Pressing Technique in Hundred-Year Acupuncture.

The Acupuncture Point-Pressing Technique was a skill that applied medical knowledge to actual combat. It encompassed the Twelve-Hour Pressure-Point Method, Twenty-Four-Point Seizing Method, Thirty-Six Lethal Pressure-Point Method, and Twenty-Six-Point Striking Method, making it highly practical.

Zhang Zhongjing had once used the Acupuncture Point-Pressing Technique on numerous occasions to repel officials trying to seize him and take him back to serve as an imperial physician.

After familiarizing himself with the Acupuncture Point-Pressing Technique, Jun Wangchen signaled Kang Lele with his eyes to move away from him. Then he stepped forward to meet Xiao Honghua head-on.

"You're asking for death!" Xiao Honghua's gaze turned icy. She swept out a fist, striking viciously toward Jun Wangchen's chest like a starving tiger pouncing on its prey.

Her fist was blindingly fast and carried tremendous force, seeming to make even the air hum faintly.

Though the hungry tiger's pounce is fierce, the monkey's tucked stance evades its force. Turn and strike the occipital point, and the golden claw crumbles at your touch— Occipital Point Strike! Seeing Xiao Honghua's ferocious attack, Jun Wangchen didn't dare take her lightly. Reciting the verse silently, he immediately dodged right in the monkey's tucked stance, making her attack miss completely.

At the same time, Jun Wangchen swiftly turned left, using the twist of his waist and hips to drive his left hand. Treating his finger as a silver needle, he struck the occipital pressure point at the back of her head.

The instant his strike landed, Xiao Honghua's entire body froze. Cold sweat poured from her forehead, her face turned pale, and all her strength inexplicably drained away. She staggered, nearly collapsing to the floor.

"Huh?" The onlookers all murmured in surprise at the sight.

Many of them had witnessed Xiao Honghua's prowess before. She was a truly formidable woman, skilled enough to take on five opponents at once.

On one previous occasion, several of Brother Kai's enemies had brought more than ten men to deal with him, only for Xiao Honghua, a woman alone, to beat them into cripples. His enemies had fled in terror and never dared make trouble for Brother Kai again.

But what was going on now?

Had Xiao Honghua, an expert fighter, actually fallen behind against a slender young man?

Kang Lele and the waiter were both stunned by what they had witnessed. Clearly, neither had expected someone with Jun Wangchen's slight build to get the better of Xiao Honghua.

"Not bad. So you've had training. No wonder you dared act so arrogantly in front of me. That last move was pretty strong." After steadying herself, Xiao Honghua stared at Jun Wangchen. Though she appeared unruffled, inwardly she had grown deeply wary.

That single finger strike from Jun Wangchen had caused the strength inside her body to dissipate in an instant. Someone with that kind of ability was clearly no ordinary person.

"You flatter me. They're just a few minor tricks," Jun Wangchen said calmly, waving a hand.

"I understand what happened between you and Lele. As far as I know, the servers bring shredded squid and fish slices to every customer who comes to the Blue Night Charm Bar. In other words, Lele was simply following the bar's rules.

"Yet you slapped her over something like that, then went so far as to make her eat the shredded squid and fish slices you'd stepped on. Aren't you treating the staff with far too little respect?"

"So what? I'm in a bad mood today, and I wanted to take it out on her. What are you going to do about it?" Xiao Honghua planted one foot on a stool and sneered.

Jun Wangchen's gaze sharpened, his expression darkening. "By that logic, if I don't like you, I can hit you too, right?"

"Of course. But before you hit me, you'll have to get past my man." Xiao Honghua gave a malicious grin and pointed toward the entrance.

Jun Wangchen turned to look and saw a red-haired man slowly walking in with a dark expression. Behind him followed twenty or thirty lackeys carrying iron rods and machetes.

"Who bullied my Honghua? Get your ass out here!"

The arrival of the red-haired man and his lackeys stunned everyone. Once they recognized him, their expressions changed, and they cleared a path.

"Brother Kai's here. That kid is in trouble!"

"I knew this would happen the moment that kid provoked Xiao Honghua."

"Brother Kai has twenty or thirty men behind him. No matter how well that kid can fight, I doubt he'll survive all of them ganging up on him."

Brother Kai's appearance immediately set many people whispering. At the sight of him, Kang Lele's face turned deathly pale, and her small frame trembled with fear.

What she had dreaded had finally come!

Standing in front of her, Jun Wangchen frowned. Although he knew the Acupuncture Point-Pressing Technique, it was only suited to one-on-one combat. Against a group, he might not have the advantage.

Under everyone's gaze, Brother Kai walked up to Xiao Honghua and asked grimly, "Honghua, which blind fool upset you?"

A subordinate had just come to tell him that someone had provoked Xiao Honghua and was a decent fighter. He had been eating barbecue nearby, so he immediately brought his men over to the Blue Night Charm Bar.

"There. That kid." Wearing an intrigued smile, Xiao Honghua pointed at Jun Wangchen.

Brother Kai turned and sized Jun Wangchen up, looking rather surprised. "Honghua, this kid looks so frail that one punch would put him in the ground. My men said you got the worse of it against him. That doesn't seem possible, does it?"

He had seen Xiao Honghua's fighting prowess firsthand. On that occasion, his enemies had brought dozens of burly, capable fighters, every one of whom looked stronger than Jun Wangchen. If Xiao Honghua could defeat all those men, how could she fail to beat this skinny kid?

"Brother Kai, don't underestimate him. He may look like a breeze could knock him over, but his martial arts moves are incredibly strange. In a one-on-one fight, I really might not beat him," Xiao Honghua said seriously, recalling their earlier exchange.

"Oh?" Brother Kai couldn't help feeling surprised. Though this kid had provoked Xiao Honghua, there weren't many people she would praise.

After a pause and a little thought, Brother Kai extended an olive branch to Jun Wangchen. "Young man, Honghua says you're pretty good. Want to work for me?

"Don't worry. Stick with me, and you'll live the good life. If the opportunity comes up, I can even let you meet Master Zi."

Everyone was rather taken aback. They had expected Brother Kai to teach Jun Wangchen a harsh lesson, never imagining he would set their grievance aside and try to recruit him instead.

Nothing like this had ever happened before!

Xiao Honghua frowned. Brother Kai was a shrewd businessman. If he wanted to recruit Jun Wangchen, he must have seen something valuable in him. If Jun Wangchen accepted, she would have to restrain herself, however much she disliked him.

Kang Lele and the waiter both looked at Jun Wangchen, certain he would accept. After all, working for Brother Kai came with plenty of perks.

Besides, Brother Kai served under Master Zi. With such powerful backing, even if Jun Wangchen couldn't throw his weight around throughout Jinling City East District, he could at least hold his head high.

Yet just as everyone thought Jun Wangchen would nod in agreement, he shook his head without hesitation. "Sorry, I've always been wild at heart and loved my freedom. You'll have to find someone else to work for you."

Brother Kai froze. He had never imagined Jun Wangchen would turn him down.

"Young man, are you sure you don't want to think it over?"

"No need!" Jun Wangchen shook his head again, his attitude firm.

Brother Kai took out his cigarettes, lit one, and smiled. "Since you won't work for me, there's nothing I can do. But I have no intention of letting anyone who upsets my Honghua get away with it."

Everyone nearby shuddered. As regulars at the Blue Night Charm Bar, they had seen Brother Kai smile like that plenty of times. Whenever he did, it meant someone was about to suffer.

At that thought, they cast sympathetic looks at Jun Wangchen. If he had accepted Brother Kai's offer earlier, he might have had a chance to escape. Now that he had refused, he would naturally have to face the wrath that came with provoking Brother Kai's woman.

"Brother Kai, this has nothing to do with him. It's all my fault. If you want to hit someone, hit me." Kang Lele, who had remained silent until now, looked at his twenty or thirty armed men and gritted her teeth. Finally, she stepped out from behind Jun Wangchen, intending to shoulder everything herself.

Ultimately, none of this had anything to do with Jun Wangchen. If he hadn't been trying to help her, he would never have landed in this trouble.

"It's fine. We can deal with you after we're done with this kid." Brother Kai blew a smoke ring and smiled faintly.

Kang Lele's expression changed drastically. She had never imagined that Brother Kai had intended from the start to spare neither her nor Jun Wangchen.

"Get him!" Taking another drag on his cigarette, Brother Kai waved to his twenty or thirty men.

At once, their faces twisted into vicious grins. They gripped their weapons and closed in on Jun Wangchen.

Kang Lele was consumed by guilt. If not for her, Jun Wangchen would never have been dragged into this mess.

Jun Wangchen's expression remained calm. He was considering how to escape from these twenty or thirty men.

Just as they were about to attack, four figures raced down from the second floor.

"Wait!"