16: Chapter 16 The Seven Wounds Fist Manual Shakes the Winds and Clouds; The Primordial Qi Shocks Heaven and Earth

Lu Chen seemed to have Xie Xun right where he wanted him; he knew that for the sake of revenge, Xie Xun would definitely agree to his demands.

“Hero Xie's martial arts are truly unparalleled in the world.” Lu Chen looked at Xie Xun, a hint of admiration in his tone.

“Your Hunyuan Skill is fierce and overbearing, and your Internal Energy is incredibly majestic.”

“Your Lions Roar is even more astonishing in power, shaking the very soul.”

“Your Thunderbolt Palm has palm winds like knives, with fierce and powerful force.”

“As for your Seven Injury Fist, it is even more peerlessly overbearing—it is truly formidable!”

Lu Chen listed the martial arts Xie Xun had mastered one by one. His tone was flat, as if he were discussing a trivial matter.

But he clearly knew that what he was saying was of immense importance to Xie Xun.

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Xie Xun's heart was once again tossed by stormy waves. He hadn't expected Lu Chen to understand him so well, even knowing every martial art he possessed!

“You... you...” Xie Xun's body shook violently upon hearing Lu Chen's words. He raised the dragon slaying saber in his hand and pointed it at Lu Chen.

“Who exactly are you? How do you know this old man has the Seven Injury Fist Manual?”

“Hero Xie, weren't the thirteen punches you used to kill the Great Master precisely the Seven Injury Fist?” Lu Chen looked at Xie Xun. “Are you willing to follow the rules of my Xiaoyao Sect and hand over your martial arts to the Xiaoyao Sect for a backup?”

“And what if this old man is unwilling?” Xie Xun roared, his voice filled with reluctance and anger.

“Unwilling?” Lu Chen smiled, his tone carrying a hint of playfulness. “Then I'm afraid you'll never know Cheng Kun's whereabouts for the rest of your life.”

Lu Chen's words were thick with threat.

Revenge was the greatest obsession in Xie Xun's heart. For revenge, Xie Xun could give up everything.

Hearing this, Xie Xun's body shook again, his heart filled with struggle.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his inner fury. He looked at Lu Chen and said with a trace of helplessness, “Fine! This old man agrees!”

“But remember, this old man is handing over my martial arts not because I fear you, but to find my enemy!” Xie Xun roared, trying to find a dignified reason to cover his inner reluctance.

“Only by killing Cheng Kun with my own hands can I console the spirits of my thirteen family members in heaven!” Xie Xun's voice was filled with hatred and killing intent. He wanted to tear Cheng Kun into ten thousand pieces to appease the fire in his heart.

After speaking, Xie Xun pulled a manual wrapped in oilcloth from his robes; it was indeed the Seven Injury Fist Manual.

Xie Xun threw the manual to Lu Chen. His movements were somewhat sluggish, as if he were still reluctant to hand over his martial arts, but for the sake of revenge, he chose to compromise.

Lu Chen took the manual and flipped through it casually. He turned page after page at an extremely fast speed, as if he were merely browsing an ordinary book rather than a world-class martial art.

As Lu Chen flipped through the manual, the heaven-swallowing system in his mind had already activated automatically. It began to rapidly record the contents—every word and every illustration was quickly recorded by the heaven-swallowing system, then integrated and analyzed.

By the time Lu Chen finished the last page, the heaven-swallowing system had fully recorded the Seven Injury Fist Manual. A set of three-dimensional dynamic fist forms was clearly imprinted into Lu Chen's mind.

Looking at the manual in his mind, Lu Chen thought to himself, “This Seven Injury Fist is indeed a peerlessly overbearing martial art, but it is also a technique that harms both the user and the enemy.”

He casually threw the manual back and looked at Xie Xun with a hint of mockery in his voice. “One practice, seven injuries; all seven are harmed. First harming oneself, then harming others. I wonder which 'genius' created this.”

“Hero Xie, recite your Hunyuan Skill for me once,” Lu Chen said calmly. “Hero Zhang the Fifth, Miss Yin, you two listen on the side and see how much you can remember.”

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Xie Xun thought to himself, “If I only recite it once, how much could you possibly remember?”

But he knew he had no choice now. He took a deep breath and began to recite the cultivation method of the Hunyuan Skill.

“Hunyuan first opens, Qi is born in the Dantian, power is issued from the limbs, the intent guards the Mysterious Pass...” Xie Xun's voice was low and powerful as he began to recite. His voice seemed to carry a special rhythm, making one feel it was mysterious and profound.

It turned out that this Hunyuan Skill was divided into thirteen layers, consisting of both internal and external work.

Entering this technique was actually simple; even a very dull-witted person could easily start, though it required time to polish.

In just one or two years, one could reach the first layer, directly increasing physical strength by a hundred catties. The second layer would take three or four years, adding another hundred catties of strength.

Xie Xun was truly a natural genius, having actually cultivated to the ninth layer by his forties.

But even so, combined with his original strength, Xie Xun actually possessed a thousand catties of strength!

This was pure external physical strength!

Possessing a thousand catties of force without using any Internal Energy at all was simply shocking in the Jianghu.

This Hunyuan Skill was absolutely a body-tempering technique that cultivated both the internal and external!

No wonder the hundred-catty dragon slaying saber was so light in Xie Xun's hands.

One must know that an average adult would find it quite difficult to wield a ten-catty saber. Even among Jianghu experts, those who could use a hundred-catty great saber were all top-tier experts who practiced both internal and external skills.

“Holy crap!” Lu Chen was greatly shocked. What kind of ghost was this Hunyuan Skill?

Wasn't this clearly the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art?

Lu Chen was overjoyed; this was an absolute divine skill!

For a long time, people of later generations had criticized this awesome divine skill, feeling it didn't live up to its name, saying that reaching the tenth layer only provided a thousand catties of great strength. In fact, they forgot that this thousand catties of strength came from body tempering!

Adding Internal Energy on top of that would be absolutely Heaven-Defying!

Otherwise, back then, how could the Golden Wheel Dharma King have taken on three of the Five Greats alone? If he had relied solely on a thousand catties of strength, it would have been a joke!

“Now that I've obtained this divine skill, I must test its mysteries!” Lu Chen thought to himself, impatient to verify the power of this divine technique.

After all, this top-tier Esoteric Buddhism martial art created by Padmasambhava certainly couldn't be trash!

He wished he could Cultivate this divine skill to the Realm of Major Achievement immediately.

Lu Chen, delighted by his find, looked at Xie Xun and said calmly, “Hero Xie, allow me to grasp the mysteries of your Hunyuan Skill.”

After listening to Xie Xun recite the Hunyuan Skill once, Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu were lost in deep thought on the side.

They wanted to firmly memorize this supreme technique in their hearts.

Unfortunately, the more time passed, the more they forgot!

Zhang Cuishan's heart was filled with a sense of failure; he felt like a dull student who couldn't memorize his lessons.

Yin Susu also wanted to comprehend this supreme technique, but she found she simply couldn't do it. She felt as if her brain were a mess of paste, having already forgotten more than half of the technique.

They looked at Lu Chen, their eyes filled with doubt and confusion.

And while they were still in shock, Lu Chen had already begun to Cultivate the Hunyuan Skill.

Lu Chen naturally wasn't worried about Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu turning on him. Not to mention himself, even Xie Xun would never allow them to touch him in the slightest.

He sat cross-legged on the ground and began to circulate the Hunyuan Skill according to the mnemonic he had just memorized. The aura on his body began to grow stronger and more majestic, and a powerful current of air spread out in all directions with him as the center.

“How is this possible?! He... he actually started Cultivating directly?!” Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu looked at Lu Chen, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.