Chapter 88

"Can we start now?" Li Xunzhe, unwilling to waste words with Xia Hou Zhongying, asked after assuming a starting stance.

"Wait a moment." Xia Hou Zhongying stopped him with a gesture.

"What’s wrong with you now?" Li Xunzhe asked, suppressing his anger, feeling helpless.

"Oh, it’s so cold in winter. I was just in a warm room, and now I’ve just come out. I need to warm up my limbs first. If I don’t, I might get injured easily during intense exercise." Xia Hou Zhongying sneered, "You’re supposed to be a martial artist, yet you don’t even know this basic常识."

Li Xunzhe was about to lose his temper, but Xia Hou Zhongying’s words were indeed reasonable. He had no choice but to wait helplessly on the side, using the time to warm up his own frozen limbs.

Xia Hou Zhongying started jumping on the spot, bending his waist, and stretching his legs. Then he jumped again and performed a set of radio calisthenics, all the while shouting out the counts: "One, two, three, four."

Everyone present was almost at their wits' end. What kind of person was this?

Li Xunzhe watched impatiently as Xia Hou Zhongying finished the entire set of radio calisthenics before asking, suppressing his anger, "Can we start now?"

"Sure, sure." Xia Hou Zhongying smiled and waved at Li Xunzhe, saying, "Come at me."

"You want me to attack first? Then you won’t have a chance to counter." Li Xunzhe sneered.

"Alright, stop being so talkative. Let me tell you the truth, I’m a master. You need to be careful." Xia Hou Zhongying said with a grin, "Have you heard of the Flying Sword Technique? That’s the style of martial arts I practice."

Xia Hou Zhongying had recently read the manga "Rurouni Kenshin" and thought the name of Kenshin’s style sounded cool, so he directly adopted it for himself.

The young people present who had read "Rurouni Kenshin" or watched the TV animation immediately fell over. This was too much.

If you’re asking for death, then don’t blame me. Li Xunzhe took a deep breath, stopped talking, and after taking off his suit jacket and throwing it on the snow, he charged at Xia Hou Zhongying.

As he approached Xia Hou Zhongying, Li Xunzhe planted his right foot, rotated his hip to the left, and made a fist with both hands, placing them at his sides. At the same time, he bent his right knee and lifted it, and when his thigh reached a horizontal position, he extended his knee, quickly kicking Xia Hou Zhongying’s chest with his right foot, performing a very standard front kick.

The onlookers from the Jin family were tense, and Jin Taeyeon was almost frightened out of her wits.

"Flying Sword Technique, Dragon Claw Flash." Xia Hou Zhongying watched Li Xunzhe’s kick and smirked. The performance was impressive, with plenty of power and decent speed.

Xia Hou Zhongying’s body shifted to the left, and he shouted, quickly extending his right hand to grab Li Xunzhe’s right ankle. With a strong pull, he sent Li Xunzhe flying. Using Li Xunzhe’s momentum, he threw him to the ground, where he landed face-first in the snow.

The Jin family members were stunned. A fourth-degree black belt in Taekwondo, Li Xunzhe, was thrown by Xia Hou Zhongying in one move? It made them feel like they were in an unreal world.

Li Xunzhe was also dazed. Xia Hou Zhongying’s speed was too fast, and he didn’t even see what happened before his right ankle was grabbed and he was sent flying.

"Hey, Brother Zhongyong, does the Flying Sword Technique have a move called Dragon Claw Flash?" A young member of the Jin family asked Jin Zhongyong, who had also read "Rurouni Kenshin," in a trembling voice.

"It doesn’t seem to. There is a Dragon Spine Flash, but it’s an attack from above." Jin Zhongyong hesitated before answering, "Maybe, well, maybe Zhongying invented it himself."

"Right, it must be that. We’ve never heard of a Dragon Claw Flash either." The young people gathered around Jin Zhongyong, nodding continuously.

One move of Dragon Claw Flash was enough to send the fourth-degree black belt in Taekwondo, Li Xunzhe, flying. The young members of the Jin family were so shocked that their mouths dropped open, and their jaws almost hit the ground.

When they came to their senses, they were all in tears. "What the hell, if you’re so strong, why did you act like a lackey and worship Li Xunzhe before the ancestral worship?" At that time, they had all glared at Xia Hou Zhongying in anger. What a trickster.

Thinking of this, the young people broke out in cold sweat and hurried to curry favor with Jin Zhongyong. Whether to ease the awkward relationship with Xia Hou Zhongying or to learn a few moves from the master in the future, it was necessary to build a good relationship with his future brother-in-law, Jin Zhongyong.

The elders of the Jin family, of course, had not watched "Rurouni Kenshin," so they didn’t know what the Flying Sword Technique was. Xia Hou Zhongyong’s self-proclaimed martial arts style left them puzzled. Seeing that many of the young members of the family seemed to know about it, the elders were even more confused. Could Xia Hou Zhongyong’s style be so famous that even their children knew about it?

Some of the more curious elders couldn’t help but ask the younger members about the Flying Sword Technique. When they learned that it was a martial arts style from a manga, they were both amused and exasperated.

"What kind of martial arts is this?" Li Xunzhe, who had just picked himself up from the ground, still didn’t understand how Xia Hou Zhongying had grabbed his ankle, and couldn’t help but ask.

"I told you, the Flying Sword Technique." Xia Hou Zhongying laughed.

"Are you kidding me? The Flying Sword Technique uses a sword, but you used your hands." Li Xunzhe almost spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling both angry and frustrated.

It turned out that Li Xunzhe was also a manga fan, and everyone fell over.

"Tsk, I told you, but you don’t believe me. Do you still want to fight?" Xia Hou Zhongying chuckled, "If not, I’m going back. It’s cold out here."

"Fight, of course." Li Xunzhe said through gritted teeth.

Li Xunzhe didn’t believe he couldn’t beat Xia Hou Zhongying. He had been caught off guard earlier, and he wouldn’t be satisfied until he figured out what happened. How could he just give up?

"Then hurry up. I need to finish this and go back. It’s cold out here." Xia Hou Zhongying rubbed his hands, jumped a couple of times, and muttered to himself, "I thought a fourth-degree black belt in Taekwondo would be tough, but it turns out I didn’t even get a chance to warm up. They’re not as good as the soldiers I’ve trained with."

After Xia Hou Zhongying’s so-called Dragon Claw Flash, Li Xunzhe put away his contempt and felt a bit nervous. He thought to himself, it looks like I need to use my ultimate move.

Li Xunzhe roared and charged at Xia Hou Zhongying again. He leaped into the air and performed four consecutive flying kicks with his legs, aiming at Xia Hou Zhongying’s chest.

This was the double flying kick in Taekwondo. The jumping kick in Taekwondo involves jumping to make the body airborne and then performing various kicking techniques in the air, including the spinning kick, double flying kick, jumping back kick, jumping split kick, and jumping spinning back kick. These are high-difficulty techniques in Taekwondo.

"Tsk, this is the high-difficulty move in Taekwondo," Xia Hou Zhongying sighed, "No wonder my master looked down on Taekwondo, saying it’s more for show than for real combat."

Being airborne, with no place to borrow force, if the opponent can counter, you’re at their mercy. In Chinese martial arts, there are few such airborne attacks. They look good, but they’re too easy to be caught off guard and put in a dangerous position.

"Flying Sword Technique, Dragon Spine Flash." When Li Xunzhe was airborne and couldn’t change direction, Xia Hou Zhongying quickly moved to the side, avoiding Li Xunzhe’s body. He shouted, lifted his right foot, and kicked Li Xunzhe’s buttocks.

With the speed of Li Xunzhe’s own jump and the force from Xia Hou Zhongying’s kick, Li Xunzhe’s body accelerated in the air and flew a distance, landing headfirst in the snow.

At this point, the Jin family members finally understood. Xia Hou Zhongying wasn’t just boasting; he was truly a master, albeit a bit too casual. Flying Sword Technique? Another Flying Sword Technique.

"That’s not right, Brother Zhongyong, that’s not Dragon Spine Flash." The young people asked Jin Zhongyong, curious about what was happening. Since Xia Hou Zhongying was his brother-in-law, maybe he had taught him something?

"Um, I’m not sure either." Jin Zhongyong laughed awkwardly and said uncertainly, "It must be a modified version of Dragon Spine Flash. You see, Zhongying kicked that guy’s buttocks, so calling it Dragon Spine Flash isn’t unreasonable."

After hearing Jin Zhongyong’s explanation, everyone burst out laughing. Could this be possible?

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