Martialism

Chapter 2's

When Yi Ping regained his senses, he found himself inside a dimly-looking cave. His first thought was that he was dead and he was in hell. But when he saw that his wounds had been bandaged and that he was in pain, he knew that he was still alive.

That's because the dead will never feel pain.

Then he saw that there was a small campfire inside the cave that kept the cave warm.

He tried to sit down and it took all his effort. As he looked in front of him, suddenly, he saw the young and very beautiful girl he had seen before. She seems to be mediating but before she can say anything, the girl moves her alluring little lips and speaks, “You should rest more. Your injuries are very severe and you may lose your life because of it.”

Yi Ping looked at him while daydreaming. He couldn't imagine it was real.

The alluring girl immediately flushed red as she interrupted gently, “Why are you looking at me? Don't you know it's a rude attitude to stare? And who are you?”

Yi Ping gasped from his trance and he quickly bowed with his hand, “Girl, I thank you for saving my life from the Three Evils. Me, Yi Ping owes you a debt of gratitude. May I know my benefactor's name?”

The alluring young girl said coldly, “They are not the Three Crimes of the West. They were impostors and their martial skills were mediocre. Or even with the Heavenly Ice Tear Energy protecting you, you still won't die.”

Yi Ping was puzzled and asked, “What is the Energy Heavenly Ice Tear?”

The alluring young girl fell silent for a moment before she said, “You can call me Maiden Xian. Let me ask you. Who is your master teacher? Why did you come to the Heavenly Mountains?”

Yi Ping replied, “I don't have a protege teacher. All my skills are self-taught..”

Maiden Xian opened his eyes and interrupted angrily, “Omong is empty! I've checked your pulse before and your pulse is emitting Pulses of Heavenly Ice Tear Energy. That is what protects your heart from danger. Or even if you have ten lives, you still won't survive!”

Yi Ping was stunned and confused, “Gadis.this is the first time I heard that name..”.

Maiden Xian looked at her intently for a while before she said, “Do you know Shui Yichi?”

Yi Ping said, “Girl, I don't want to lie to you. She is my late mother!”

Maiden Xian was stunned for a moment when she was heard saying in a low voice, “She is no longer in this world?”

She seemed to be shaken by the news before she asked, “How long was it?”

Yi Ping was curious as he said, “He died when I was a child ..”

Her eyes were covered in tears as she recalled her miserable childhood. “Girl Xian, do you know my late mother?”

Then he stopped and almost punched himself. How could he know his mother? He looked younger than twenty. Even he himself, older than her.

Just as he recovered from his foolish words, he gave him another surprise.

“Indeed! She's my little sister. He left the Eternal Ice Palace twenty years ago because of one man. He must have given all of his martial energy to you.that explains why I was able to find the complicated energy of our sect in your meridians.

Just as he wanted to ask who he really was, an evil laughter filled the cave; a large man of large stature with a red beard had just appeared.

The red-bearded man laughed, “If not for this bonfire here, I would never have found this place! What do we have here? Couple?”

Maiden Xian said, “He is Huo Fu the Flaming Fist, the sect leader of the Fire Tablet Sect. He should be here to look for an opportunity to plunder the Eternal Ice Palace.”

The red-bearded man laughed, “I didn't know I was so famous that even a junior boxer could identify me. Don't we all have the same motives? I became cold and this fire is good!”

But suddenly, she looked at Maiden Xian's dress a second time and said, “You are from the Eternal Ice Palace?”

Maiden Xian looked at him hatefully and replied coldly, “That's right!”

Huo Fu laughed, “Good, good! You have two choices. Either you show me the way to the Eternal Ice Palace or be subjected to my merciless torment. I can assure you that I will not let you die easily.”

She took a deep breath before laughing again, “After all, I can see that you are a rare beauty and I will not let you die easily.”

Yi Ping was shocked when he stood up, the “Secte Fire Tablet might not be an orthodox clan but they have a reputation in the martial fraternity. How can you say such a thing?”

Huo Fu had an evil smile on his face, “Who does not covet the martial secrets of the Eternal Ice Palace? Now that the Heavenly Elf had died, many legions of boxers had headed here. Among them, were a few alleged heroes from orthodox clans. Of course, they did not dare to use their real names. Some did not even dare to travel boldly and disguised as they were people of high repute in the fraternity! When it was time for them to attack, they would make all sorts of excuses like passing by and claiming that they justified the mistakes of the bad guys!”

Yi Ping hummed coldly.

Huo Fu looked at him, feeling his hostility. “I thought you were on my side. The Eternal Ice Palace was a forbidden place for men. Surely, you cannot be from the Eternal Ice Palace as well?”

Then Huo Fu patted his right hand on the palm of his left hand as he said, “The martial fraternity tricks cannot be underestimated!”

He pointed his finger at Yi Ping and said, “You must have tried to seduce this young girl here and almost succeeded. You are trying to be the first to sneak into the Eternal Ice Palace, right?”

Yi Ping was silent. He replied coldly, “Senior, you think too much!”

Xian girl threw away face. His cheeks immediately turned red because of his courage.

Huo Fu laughed, “Young ones use their wits while old ones use their strength!”

Yi Ping was angry and he raised both of his palms to attack Huo Fu, “Senior, prepare for my attack!”

Huo Fu suddenly smiled as he raised both of his palms and heard thundering clapping sounds as his palms collided. Yi Ping was thrown and thrown backwards, crashing into the cave wall and smashing into him!

Maiden Xian got up as she shouted, “Wait!”

But it's too late! It happened too fast! He could see that this Huo Fu was an experienced exponent. He deliberately provoked Yi Ping to attack him so that he could see what attitude his opponent would use. Since Yi Ping was with him, and was still wary of the Eternal Ice Palace war therefore he used a ruse.

Huo Fu laughed, “Stupid base! I was expecting some form of secret projectile. Despite knowing that I am the sect leader of the Fire Tablet Sect, he still dares to accept my Fire Palm. When she attacked me, I already knew her depth.her martial power!”

He looked at Maiden Xian intently, “You seem to be smarter than him but unfortunately, your reaction is too slow. It shows a lot of differences in our martial power. If your martial skills are on par with mine, you will be able to prevent it.”

This Huo Fu, although he was big and big, seemed sloppy and slow, but he was actually a cunning and experienced exponent.

Otherwise, how could he survive in such a dangerous martial fraternity? He'll die a hundred times over!

Maiden Xian had no choice but to nod slowly. Even though he looked calm, he was very upset right now.

Huo Fu laughed out loud, “Now girls, will you choose to tell me the location of the Eternal Ice Palace on your own accord or will you choose to die slowly?”

Maiden Xian's full name is Shui Yixian. Shui Yixian was none other than the Heavenly Fairy and the sectarian leader of the Eternal Ice Palace.

But why is he here? She should have died? Wasn't she a ninety-year-old woman?

The Heavenly Ice Tear Divine Skill was a secret martial skill of the Eternal Ice Palace. When practitioners reached the ninth and final stage, they would stop aging.

Unfortunately, every thirty-six years after reaching the last stage, the martial power of the practitioner would be lost for thirty-six days. In order to regain the lost martial power, the practitioner would have to relearn the complicated formula of the Heavenly Ice Tears again.

He had reached the ninth stage of the Icy Heavenly Tears when he was eighteen years old. That was why he stopped aging and looked like eighteen years old! He was considered a martial miracle.

For hundreds of years, no past practitioner had ever reached the ninth stage of the Icy Heavenly Tears before they were fifty and half of them had not even reached the seventh stage of the divine skill.

Even her martial arts protege mistress reached the ninth stage of the Icy Heavenly Tears when she was only fifty-five years old.

There are only two exceptions. One was her and the other was the sister of her eldest protege.

Her protege lover has two other direct learners. He's actually the youngest. The eldest protege's older sister is Shui Yichi and the second protege's sister is Shui Yisi. Shui Yichi is also a martial arts expert. He had reached the ninth stage of the Icy Heaven Tears when he was thirty years old. At that moment, he was only fourteen years old and had admired him.

Although they all had the same surname Shui, they had no family connection as they were orphans who did not even know who their parents were.

But when he had reached the ninth stage of the Cold Heavenly Tears through hard work and self-cultivation, her second protege's sister was envious and she began plotting against her protege's mistress and her eldest protege's sister.

Fortunately, the plot was discovered by the mistress of her protege. Her second younger sister had her martial skills disabled and was expelled from the Eternal Ice Palace!

So this powerful enemy of his knew that he would lose all of his martial power during this period. Who else besides his second little sister knew the timing of his martial weakness? Who else besides him would spread rumors about his death and arouse the passions of the boxers in the glorious secret martial fraternity of the Eternal Ice Palace?

Fearing for his life and needing a secular place to regain his lost martial power, he chose a cave from the Eternal Ice Palace to meditate on because the location of the Eternal Ice Palace was known to his nemesis.

In turn, she left the Eternal Ice Palace to her two protege disciples, Beautiful Sword Fairy Shui Meijian and Jade Sword Fairy Shui Yujian to take responsibility.

Unfortunately, his two protege disciples were not very talented in martial skills. He hoped that nothing would go wrong until he returned. But he knows that even if he comes back, he still has to fight with a lot of boxers who won't give up at this point.

The crowd of boxers trying to cross the Heavenly Mountains did not know the exact location of the Eternal Ice Palace, therefore they randomly combed through the mountains in search of clues and routes to the mysterious Heavenly Mountains.

Unfortunately, one group of boxers found him and he was forced to flee. And that was when he first met Yi Ping.

He only had ten more days before he could fully regain his martial power but that day would not come. While Huo Fu was talking to him, he had already forcefully started channeling all of his internal energy into his fingers.

This way, he would regain half of his martial power for a while but after that, he would definitely die from the strong exertion!

And he was already preparing to die!

When Huo Fu had just stopped talking, he attacked her with both fingers! His speed and the force of the wind accompanying his fingers completely shocked Huo Fu as he quickly raised his Fiery Palms in retaliation.

There was a huge thunderclap sound as Maiden Xian's finger hit Huo Fu's palm.

Huo Fu could not believe his eyes as his large and bulky body was sent flying backwards and out of the cave. He truly did not believe that this young girl here could possess such overwhelming strength!

Maiden Xian coughed up blood but his focus was still on his enemy. He staggered out of the cave to look for Huo Fu. But he had already fled very far away. He could see his large and large figure in the distance as he staggered about; for he had been severely injured.

It was said that the speed movement skill of the Fire Tablet Sect, the Fire Hunter was one of the emblematic movement skills of the martial fraternity. His claim was definitely not a pride. If Huo Fu had not been injured, he might not have even seen her given the start she had.

Since he had no more strength to chase after her, he returned to the cave.

He's now surprising. He had forcefully gathered his internal energy and unleashed his vital force. Without internal energy, it was only a matter of time before he died!

His eyes are one of sadness. He doesn't care that he's dead. But if he were to die, the lives of over a hundred Eternal Ice Palace's students would perish as well! Why is fate so cruel to her?

He staggered onto the collapsed wall that Yi Ping had fallen on.

When he reached it, he convulsed with blood in his mouth. He straightened it out and placed his palm on the back of his head.

He began to use his last vital energy in an attempt to clear his injured blood vessels from the blood blockage.

Although Yi Ping was severely injured and in a daze, he could see that this young girl was suffering from internal injuries and from the looks of it, her condition was extremely critical. He's very pale now. If he tried to treat his internal injuries now, he would definitely lose his life!

And it was something that Yi Ping did not want to see!

Looking at him, he had forgotten about Huo Fu. He could only remember after he was hit, he lost consciousness for a while. When he regained consciousness, he was beside her.

Yi Ping said weakly, “Girl, don't waste your vital energy on me. It's futile. You and I are both dying. I don't want to see you die before me! Even if you expend all your vital energy for me, my injuries are really too severe.”

Maiden Xian said softly as she looked at him curiously, “If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't hurt yourself and be in such a miserable state. Even if you can't be saved, let fate decide alright? As for me, I'm already dying. Nothing in this world can save me now. As for you, young hero, you still have a chance to live. So, don't let it go to waste .. “

Yi Ping's entire body trembled and his eyes were covered in tears, “I don't want you to die! Why would a kind girl like you have to die while I live? I don't want to live if you die!”

Shui Yixian's tears streamed down her cheeks as she smiled weakly, “Foolish boy! You sound as if we are ..”

Her cheeks started to redden for a moment as she added, “pair.”

He added quickly, “If you only know how old I am, you won't want me. Moreover, the only reason why I saved you is because you are the son of my eldest protege's older sister ...”

Yi Ping turned around and looked at him gently, “You are you. I liked you the first time I saw you.”

It came from the bottom of his heart and his honest thoughts.

When someone is dying and in a daze, they tend to only speak the truth. At this moment, Yi Ping had thrown away the severity of his painful injuries and was speaking from the bottom of his heart.

Shui Yixian looked into her eyes with a thousand affections. She cried again as she cried, “Yi Ping ..”

Suddenly, he began to throw away his iron shell, forgetting that he was the sect leader of the famous Eternal Ice Palace. She was now a young girl again, unleashing her emotionless years of cultivation that left her cold and emotionless! For her protege, she had always been the mistress of a hard protege.

How could she forget how touched and grateful she was when Yi Ping saved her from the three evil men? Just when he thought that he had escaped from bad luck, the others suddenly fell on him?

Yi Ping grabbed her hand and said gently, “Since we are both dying, why don't we become husband and wife here?”

Yixian nodded without hesitation while wiping away the tears with her sleeve, “Suami..”.

Yi Ping said gently, “My wife ..”

Yi Ping held his hand as he bowed to the ground, “Heaven on top, I, Yi Ping, am willing to take Maiden Xian as my wife, be it through joy or sorrow, he will always be in my heart!”

Shui Yixian bowed to the ground as well and said, “Heaven above, I, Shui Yixian, am willing to be Yi Ping wife, be it through likes or sorrows, through all crises, am forever his wife!”

They bowed again to the ground three more times after they said together, “The sky and Earth bear witness to us!” Then they fell into a hug together.

Although they did not exchange words anymore, they knew that they were now the happiest and most contented couple to die in each other's arms.

Suddenly, Yi Ping pointed to the same carving and wall image, “What is it?”

Shui Yixian opened her eyes and she started looking at the wall Yi Ping was pointing at. There were many words and images on the wall just like Yi Ping had said.

Shui Yixian's eyes shone as she flinched, “This is the intricate formula of our Heavenly Icy Tears and Divine Emerald Skills. Someone must have carved it on the walls of this cave and then sealed it after that. And we accidentally barged into it. closed section.”

That sealed part of the wall was revealed earlier when Huo Fu sent Yi Ping crashing into him.

Yixian used all her efforts to stagger into the wall as she inspected it, this ninth stage of Icy Heavens Tears is a little different from what I have trained …” Her eyes beaming with tears.

Yi Ping was curious as he asked weakly, “There's something wrong?”

Shui Yixian nodded, “This one version is more polishing than the one I have trained and it seems that someone from our sect has rewritten the complicated formula here.” He immediately pointed to the carvings and words on the wall for Yi Ping.

Yi Ping could not understand the meaning of the wall carving, therefore he replied wryly, “We are dying now. Even if there is a divine skill in front of us, we have no life to practice it.”

Shui Yixian said gently, “Other people may not be able to but I can!”

As he spoke, he had already memorized and arranged all the small details of the complicated formula in his mind. It usually took years of dedicated effort even to understand complex formulas and use them, but he easily did.

He immediately identified the true essence of the complicated formula and found a solution to losing his martial power status. He immediately proceeded to sit in a mediating pose and soon there were three wisps of smoke emerging from his head.

He opened his eyes once more and wiped off his sweat droplets before saying, “Yi Ping, I have recovered half of my internal strength. Let me help you first!”

Before Yi Ping could protest, he had flown to his back and channeled his vital energy into his body

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