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Chapter 31: Practicing the Strokes
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He looks like a diving eagle, his palms outstretched and the sound of dragon roaring could be heard

The wind went mad, the space distorted, a powerful heat seems to emanate out of Li Xin palm

‘HAH!’ he screams as he unleashes the palm strike to the ground, his white robe flutters like there is raging wind around him, his hair waves wildly in the air, the heat around him seems to condense and distorted space.

As he unleashes the second stroke, the ground which is of six feet distance from his position in the air depressed three inches deep below and just right before LI Xin falls down to the ground, he changes his direction and landed gracefully back in the original position before he jumped

He looks at the ground in the distance and he frowned

‘I lack a bit of the forceful inner energy’

Even though he had recover most of his inner energy earlier, he notices that this second stroke requires great internal strength.

‘I have a doubt’ he said to himself.

He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath but even though he seems calms, his inner energy seems to be boiling and then he suddenly makes a move and the wind roars beside him

He then suddenly uses the first stroke The Dragon is Seen in the Fields, the sound of roaring echoes all around, the palm thrusted forward, the force flew straight.

His palm in in the direction of one of the tree.

In front of the tree is the wooden fence that Li Xin had built. The moment that palm un leashes a force toward that direction, the fence split into two.

In that brief second, it bended, breaks and splits into two, flying in two separate directions.

The tree behind the fence on the other hand exploded like someone had applied great pressure on the middle of the tree trunk.

The area in the middle of that tree exploded, the top falls down, the force continues forward, causing the dry leave sin the ground near the tree to spirals forward and there is a vague outline shape of a dragon formed

Li Xin eyes shines as he could feel the energy in his palm, and he could feel that the momentum of his attack is about to dissipate.

The moment it was about to dissipate; Li Xin quickly changes the stance to prepare for the second move.

he kicks the ground; the force is even more powerful than before. The ground instantly cracks and depressed one feet deep.

He leaps in the air higher than before, the momentum that was about to dissipate had returned and returned even stronger

He executed the second move, the Dragon Soars in the Sky, his palm pointing downward, the ground beneath crack, exploded into pieces, the one feet radius of the area depressed two feet forward, the ripple of energy seems to spread out and then he landed back in his original position.

He then looks at the destruction that he had just wrought

‘This skill is really made to destroy things. Like a wild dragon unleash, bringing destruction wherever it roars’ he thought to himself.

There is a reason why he just executed the two strokes. He wanted to confirm something. And his suspicions are proven correct.

‘It is just as I thought’ he said to himself.

He notices that as he chains this two moves, even though he uses a bit more inner energy than before, the force and power of the two strokes seems to multiplied with each other.

What is important however is to make sure that before the moment tum of the previous attack dissipated, quickly use the other strokes.

‘Chain the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm and it would be an unstoppable and invincible palm skill’ he thought to himself while smiling

But he also understood that if the strokes of attack are interrupted, then he could not chain the attack and as such, the full power of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm could not be shown.

But it requires a powerful skill to try to stop the stroke of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm but the he remember his own sword skill.

The One Sword.

The Twin Dragon Soaring Sword, is one of the swordplay of the One Sword

The Twin Dragon Soaring Sword is basically just like Zhou Botong Skill of Ambidexterity. A different set of sword skill could be used by two swords for each hand

In actual fights, he could use this skill to simultaneously attack and defend against multiple opponents and is even able to create doppelgänger illusions purely from the blazing speed and confusing movements of two styles used simultaneously.

If he faces himself and using the Twin Dragon Soaring Sword against the Eighteen Dragon Subduing palm, even though he could not compare in comparison of the destructive power, he could break the chain if he tries hard enough

‘It is wise not to underestimate this world’ he thought to himself. There is still a lot of things he needs to learn and understand.

But, he is sure that if he truly masters the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm could probably break the moves of Twin Dragon Soaring Sword.

Right now he had mastered two of the stroke. He of course could not stop there. He looks at the stroke The Swan Descends Gracefully [Beginner rank] and he immediately use another 560 points to raise it to grandmaster rank

His eyes shine brightly and he could feel power rushing all over his body

Information streamed right into his mind and his mind could immediately understand the reason why it is called the Swan Descend Gracefully.

It meant to seize to seize opportunity whenever it may come, in whatever form it may surface as.

This palm skill would attack any mistake, never letting go any advantage.

"The Swan Descend Gracefully" simply suggests that upon the return of the geese flock to land, their plumes may be utilized by the womenfolk for decorative purposes.

‘Seize opportunity’ Li Xin thought to himself and he smiles.

He began making his move, this time he did not use his inner energy and instead just executing the moves without stimulating Qi.

The moment he executes it he could immediately tell that this stroke emphasizes on the importance of taking advantage of the enemy mistake.

He should bear in mind the importance of keeping an eye for opportunity, perhaps a moment of weakness in an adversary.

This stroke teaches one to seek out coincidental opportunity and seize it, hence gaining the upper-hand and ultimately, victory.

His inner energy is still very much drained so he did not use any of his inner energy but he performed all three strokes and he could feel the smoothness of transition between each strokes and Li Xian knew he had found the method.

He then slowly and gradually returns to the original stance, put his hand on the side and lower it down from the chest, like some kind of breathing exercise.

When the hand is put down, he felt relaxed and the swelling on is hand and the heat is his body is not as intense as it was before

Li Xin look at his points and sighed.

‘I could use this martial skill points to raise up a lot of things but…haish.’ He thought to himself. Now, that he learned the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm he knows how terrifying this palm skill really is.

He could rely on this to survive in Jianghu. But it really is a point devouring skill.

‘Still, if I uses my aptitude to try to master this skill, who knows how many years it would take me unless I am really a genius’

The thing is Li Xin knows that he is not a genius.

Without the system, Li Xin really thinks the only way for him to survive in this world is either to run far away from the Central Plains or become a merchant.

He could also become an inventor.

Even though his mind is not full of architectural blueprints nor does he have extensive knowledge in all things technology, there are some concepts that if introduced could truly propel civilization.

But since he has the system he could ignore those two paths and instead focused on martial arts.

He knows he should stop now and focus on other skill but once he started feeling the prowess and might of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, it is really hard to stop

‘Ah, screw it!’ he muttered to himself.

He looks at another stroke of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm the Diving into the Abyss [Beginner rank]

Once again he uses 560 skill points to rank it up to grandmaster rank.

The information once again enters his mind.

By now, Li Xin finally began feeling a bit more discomfort around his head.

But, he fought through it and the essence of this stroke is finally understood by him. The stroke is name after one of the great classic texts by Zhou Yi.

Diving into the Abyss.

A dragon which leaps into the abyss is akin to a great person who decides to partake in a course of activity, implying a sense of awe-inspiring presence and suggestively, resulting in great achievement.

Li Xin moves again this time one by one the strokes are executed. Like before he did not use any inner energy.

As such the movement is not as explosive.

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