Ask Wudang Chapter 147

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Seeing Ye Qingfeng and Zhou Botong about to compete, the others retreated, making way for them.

In the arena, the two stood facing each other.

Ye Qingfeng’s figure remained still, his aura seemingly harmonizing with heaven and earth. He slowly extended a hand, and a faint ring appeared behind him. This ring was composed of countless characters, such as “Heavenly Profound Part One,” “Heavenly Profound Part Two,” “Earthly Profound Part One,” “Earthly Profound Part Two,” “Human Profound Part One,” “Human Profound Part Two,” and so on. Each Profound had nine parts, and each part had countless branches.

As Ye Qingfeng breathed, these characters continuously rolled, as if deducing the cycles of the universe.

Seeing this, Zhou Botong’s expression gradually became solemn.

It was only then that he finally realized that Yang Guo’s earlier statement about only learning the superficialities was not false. Compared to the profoundness Ye Qingfeng displayed, Yang Guo’s previous performance was indeed merely “ 200” superficial.

“I’ll go first!”

Seeing how formidable Ye Qingfeng was, Zhou Botong naturally didn’t dare to be careless. With a clear shout, he darted forward.

He threw a punch with his right hand, aiming directly at Ye Qingfeng’s face. The punch’s force was faint, almost imperceptible, a move from the Empty Fist called “Empty Bowl Serving Rice.” Against this move, ordinary people would find it impossible to discern the true from the false. Meeting it with a real move was wrong, and meeting it with a feint was extremely dangerous.

However, Ye Qingfeng was no ordinary person. Although this move was mysterious and profound, it couldn’t stump him. He flipped his palm, and the characters in the phantom ring behind him accelerated their rolling. Heavenly Profound, Earthly Profound, and Human Profound merged into one. With a single palm strike, whether it was yin or yang, empty or solid, true or false, all merged into it.

Zhou Botong’s punch force was instantly neutralized the moment it connected with his palm force.

“Good palm technique!”

Feeling his palm force being neutralized, Zhou Botong was both surprised and delighted, and he couldn’t help but shout praises.

While praising, he threw his left fist, another move from the Empty Fist called “Empty House Inhabited.” Ye Qingfeng remained still, responding with a single palm. The result was still without suspense; Zhou Botong’s punch force was instantly neutralized.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

The two fought faster and faster. Zhou Botong displayed a myriad of tricks, with “Echoing Valley,” “Profoundly Hidden,” “Empty-Handed Master,” and other moves falling out one after another, all exquisite techniques from the Empty Fist, truly ever-changing and infinitely wondrous. However, Ye Qingfeng still responded with a single palm. No matter how exquisite Zhou Botong’s moves changed, they could not transcend the cage woven by the three profundities of heaven, earth, and man.

The Empty Fist created by Zhou Botong was a martial art of extreme yin and softness.

Laozi said: “The strong army perishes, the strong tree breaks. The strong and firm are below, the soft and weak are above.” He also said: “Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water, yet nothing can overcome the hard and strong. There is nothing to replace it. The weak overcome the strong, the soft overcome the rigid. Everyone in the world knows this, but no one can practice it.”

The core essence of this Empty Fist lay in the four characters “empty and clear.”

There were also sixteen key characters: “empty, hazy, cave, loose,” “wind, clear,” “rush, poor, middle, play,” “child, ordinary, bow, insect.” Although the names of the moves sounded comical and playful, they were actually first-rate absolute arts throughout ancient and modern times.

And the Grand Profound Divine Palm created by Ye Qingfeng was also a supreme Daoist absolute art.

The core essence of this palm technique was no less than that of Tai Chi Fist. The three profundities of heaven, earth, and man encompassed all changes in heaven and earth, having yin and yang, rigid and soft, empty and solid. Compared to singular yin-softness or singular yang-rigidity, it had half more profoundness.

Although Zhou Botong’s Empty Fist was extremely yin and soft, it was within the three profundities.

Therefore, no matter how he changed, he could always be suppressed by Ye Qingfeng.

The onlookers had different feelings as they watched this fight.

Ouyang Feng, being the strongest in martial arts and having the highest vision, put himself in their shoes and imagined facing the two. He knew he was no match for Ye Qingfeng, and he wouldn’t gain any advantage against Zhou Botong either. For a moment, he couldn’t help but feel somewhat dejected.

Lu Wushuang and Hong Lingbo, though their martial arts were low and their vision limited, had followed Ye Qingfeng for so long and practiced the Nine Yin Manual for a year. They could at least discern some intricacies. And that little bit of insight was enough for them.

As for Yang Guo, he felt it most deeply. In the past, although he knew that the Grand Profound Divine Palm taught by Ye Qingfeng was mysterious and profound, he couldn’t grasp where the profundity lay, typically knowing what but not why. It wasn’t until he witnessed this current exchange that his thoughts suddenly cleared, as if he had discovered a new world within the Grand Profound Divine Palm, and his heart was filled with boundless joy.

In the arena, the two had exchanged over thirty moves. Zhou Botong felt increasingly stifled, while Ye Qingfeng remained calm and composed.

“This won’t do.”

He muttered to himself, then Zhou Botong shouted, “Watch out, the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique is coming.”

As his voice fell, his body swayed, as if he had grown two more arms. Two arms used the extremely yin and soft Empty Fist, and two arms used the extremely rigid and yang Great Subduing Demon Fist. The combination of yin, yang, rigid, and soft actually had a harmonious, unified feel.

In fact, Zhou Botong did not grow two more arms. Instead, he divided his attention and simultaneously performed two different martial arts with both hands. Because the moves were strange and changed quickly, it gave the impression of having two more arms…..

With the added power of the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique, Zhou Botong finally regained a slight advantage, but it was only that.

Ye Qingfeng still responded with a single palm, displaying the demeanor of a grandmaster. As he flipped his hands, his moves appeared ordinary, but the control of his palm force and the transitions between techniques were handled with exquisite precision, like an antelope hanging its horns, leaving no trace, and like a net of heaven and earth, without any flaws. No matter how Zhou Botong struggled, he could never reverse the situation.

After another thirty-odd moves, all seventy-two stances of the Empty Fist had been used, and the moves of the Great Subduing Demon Fist had also been exhausted. Zhou Botong still couldn’t gain the upper hand. So, he immediately feigned a move and flashed out of the battle circle.

“No more, no more, I can’t beat you.”

He looked at Ye Qingfeng, his eyes shining, and said, “I thought I could force you to use more unique skills, but I didn’t expect that just one palm technique from you would suppress me without giving me a chance to breathe. You are truly amazing.”

Ye Qingfeng smiled faintly and asked, “Zhou Botong, how is my Grand Profound Divine Palm?”

Zhou Botong did not stint on praise: “Wonderful, utterly wonderful.”

Ye Qingfeng asked again, “Can it be exchanged for your Empty Fist?”

Zhou Botong said, “Yes, absolutely! Quick, let’s exchange quickly.”

Seeing his eager look, he seemed deeply afraid that Ye Qingfeng would go back on his word.

Ye Qingfeng naturally wouldn’t go back on his word 5.2. His intention was to collect the top martial arts from various schools and factions, absorb their essences, and thus create his own martial path. This was a major direction he had set long ago, so how could he easily go back on it?

Subsequently, the two exchanged martial arts as agreed. Ye Qingfeng exchanged the Grand Profound Divine Palm for Zhou Botong’s Empty Fist, and the Grand Profound Divine Sword for the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique. Both parties traded fairly, without deception, and everyone was happy.

In fact, Ye Qingfeng had originally planned to exchange Wudang martial arts with Zhou Botong, but he reconsidered. Wudang martial arts were created by his esteemed teacher, Zhang Sanfeng, and this world was an extension of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber world. If he spread Wudang martial arts, it might cause some unimaginable butterfly effects. Thinking of this, he suppressed the idea of exchanging Wudang martial arts.

At the same time, he also decided to be cautious about transmitting it in the future, so as not to affect the Wudang Sect of later generations.

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