C65 Part1

Translated by An Edited by An

‘TaiJi Pushing Hands’ accentuates the practitioner’s soft style and uses softness to overcome strength.

Yang QiQi resembled a smart and charming immortal fairy dancing freely when she demonstrated the entire set of movements. However, each of her actions also held a concealed energy in store. The movements seemed sluggish at first glance but all of them were closely linked and were full of murderousness. Once an opening was found, the practitioner would be able to begin attacking continuously, up till the opponent was annihilated.

“For this technique, the deeper the effort, the better the power. You need to give your opponent a feeling of gaining control over yourself and the match. It is essential to make them feel that you’ll be defeated almost any time.” Yang QiQi explained: “Pushing Hands is a technique that requires constant permutation and combination; you have to use strategies and your strength. When fighting with the opponent, you must, first, pay attention to not let the opponent stabilize their 'center' . You have to be good at ‘footwork’; second, you must transfer the enemy’s focus on your body and guide their attacks into the void; third, you must direct and transform this energy, store it and then launch it against themselves. It means that when the opponent applies force, every joint will seem to be disconnected from each other but your bodies will be linked together as if they’re bound by some chain, thereby allowing the opponent’s strength to go nowhere and paralyzing them. When you yourself are exerting force, it is necessary to input it steadily in small amounts, so that the strength from your core channels through your fingers unchanged. There is also the change of vision, making the opponent avoid the real image and attack the virtual one. This is how you use softness to overcome strength and use your skills to neutralize your shortcomings. All this while, your footwork needs to be as light as a cloud and you have to be agile…”

Although Ling Yue’s innate talent wasn’t as good when compared to Xiang BuChen’s, as the top ranker in the Nursery Hall, he was also one in a million young males. With Yang QiQi’s explanations and demonstrations, he was able to get a good hold on it rather fast.

After sending the three young male beastmen to practice separately, Yang QiQi strode around and examined their movements. She pointed out and corrected some of their mistakes and then finally began her own set of exercises.

‘Sigh~’

In her previous life, she had been training hard for nearly 20 years since she started learning martial arts when she was just four years old. After crossing over, her body had shrunk into that of a little loli of about ten years, thus dissolving a major chunk of her hard work. God couldn’t be blamed if she was born with an ill fate. ‘So, this Sister… will start afresh.’

Xu had been watching her quietly; he watched as she taught those three teenagers one by one, and then as she began honing her own attribute.

“Do you need a sparring partner?” He asked.

With a loud snap, the thorned vine struck a mark on the ground. She stopped and turned her head: “Of course I need one ah! But, are you sure? Being my sparring partner is not easy~”

“Let me see how difficult it is ah.” He smirked and stood in front of her.

‘Oh~ This little guy still dares to look down on this Sister~’

‘If you take me lightly because of this small body, then this Sister will let you have a taste of its power ah!’

Roaming Flower Steps + the two long and short thorny vines + Immortal-Slashing Whip and occasionally ‘Shadowless Legs’ for a little while. With the combination of these techniques, she successfully forced Xu to retreat again and again. However, the latter couldn’t fight back with all his strength for fear of hurting her. After a while, the back of his hand was struck and beads of blood appeared on it.

Yang QiQi raised her small chin and looked at him with satisfaction: ‘You dared to disdain this Sister. Now, do you know how good I am?! Even if my strength is much lower than before, I can force you back till you are at a loss to know what to do.’

“Not bad.” A faint smile emerged on Xu’s face as he raised the back of his injured hand to his lips, and licked the blood that came out with his tongue. “Continue.”

‘Cough! Handsome brother, you mustn’t do this kind of an action ah. It’s really, truly, too provocative. As a handsome guy practicing celibacy, you must follow your determined path unswervingly and be sure to maintain the good habit of treating females like viruses.’

Yang QiQi muttered 'form is emptiness' in her heart several times before adjusting her train of thoughts and swinging the vine again…

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