Martialism

Chapter 9's

Ji Lingfeng adjusted her long white sleeves and wore a veiled straw hat that was behind her back.

Yi Ping asked, “What are you doing that for? It's not that you can't be recognized by anyone. I will definitely be able to recognize you even if you turn into ashes.”

Yi Ping said that because he had a blood feud with the yellow-clothed girl and whoever made a veil irritated him.

Ji Lingfeng did not seem to mind. In fact, his thin brows had a mischievous expression. He immediately chuckles softly, “You will know soon. Is it true that even if I turn into ashes, you will still be able to recognize me? I didn't know you were so concerned about me. If you were a pile of ashes, I would definitely not be able to recognize you.”

Yi Ping did not want to argue with him. He said in a hurry, “Let's leave now. It's getting dark. You don't have to constantly adjust your clothes and tidy yourself up on the river bank.”

This time, Ji Lingfeng was not too happy. He muttered, “Just a few minutes. Why are you so impatient?”

Yi Ping heard it and he said, “I've been waiting for you for the past two hours. First, you start fixing your clothes and now you tidy up your clothes. Isn't that enough?”

Ji Lingfeng said, “During the commotion with the bastards from the Eternal Ice Palace, they have tore part of my clothes off. Of course I have to fix my clothes to make them look neat. Don't you think so too? Anyway, I am a girl and I have to protect my modesty.”

Yi Ping said, “That's not what you think. And please don't use harsh words on them. A beautiful girl like you won't say dirty words.”

Ji Lingfeng laughed softly, “Unfortunately, this is my mouth and not yours. If you don't want to listen to me, you can get away from me.”

Yi Ping had never met a girl like her before. He fell silent and he began to sit on the grass. He didn't know how long he had to wait for her.

Actually, he felt bad arguing with her. It was because he had saved his life and instead of being grateful, he was now arguing with her. It was just that he could not help feeling that he was trying to fool her.

Suddenly, he thought, “What if he becomes that old master? Who would give away their secret martial skills just like that?”

Just as he was about to question her again, he said. “I'm ready. Let's go now.”

Yi Ping was about to question him when he realized that he was already very far away. What an amazing speed move he had!

Therefore, he had no choice but to chase after her.

Yi Ping immediately realized why he was so attentive to her clothes. In this wilderness, there were many biting insects. Now he knew why his eyes were secretly beaming with laughter. In a short time, he was bitten by many insects. He quickly took out a few extra clothes from his bundle and turned them into makeshift cloths to cover his face.

Ji Lingfeng was a unique woman. It seemed that his expression was describing his emotions. Even if he did not speak, his mannerisms and facial emotions told him everything. He had very thin eyebrows, his eyebrows and forehead had many expressions the entire time.

When Ji Lingfeng turned around and saw Yi Ping hurriedly covering her face and looking for a robe with long sleeves, she was seen clenching her hands to her mouth as she bent to and fro. He was clearly enjoying what happened to Yi Ping.

Yi Ping was covered in sweat from running as he complained loudly, “You .. did not warn me!”

But he had no more strength to complain any further since he had turned around and danced again. He had no choice but to follow his white figure in the distance.

From time to time, he would pause to chase after her, but once he got close, he would keep moving again.

Yi Ping was stunned by the speed of his movements and breathing techniques. He thought, “How long has he been training to reach this level of skill?”

He was instantly embarrassed by his own martial achievements.

He did not know how long he had been running. There were a few times he lost her and she panicked. But every time, he would appear in front of her.

It's already night. Yi Ping was grateful that there was a full moon tonight and thousands of stars lit up the darkness. But even with the full moon, he could barely see any path. Several times he stumbled and fell.

When he lost his footing again and slipped down the dangerous slope, Ji Lingfeng suddenly appeared above him and gripped his shoulder.

His grip was surprisingly strong and Yi Ping was pulled from the slope.

Yi Ping instantly thanked him as he said, “Thank you!”

Ji Lingfeng reprimanded him gently, “Do not misunderstand. I'm just worried about the wine jar.”

His grateful eyes immediately turned grim as he said breathlessly, “Maybe you could help bring a jar of wine ..”

But before he finished speaking, he said coldly. “Pull deep breath and follow me.”

Immediately, Yi Ping could feel a powerful force pulling him forward with him as he held his hand. This time, his running became much easier even though it was still as usual.

Ji Lingfeng was waiting for him to collapse to the ground or begging him to stop. But he didn't do it. Worried about his injuries and guilty of misleading him, he supported his run with his martial power and pulled it with him.

Even so, it would not be easy for Yi Ping as he had to run at his speed even though the pressure on his breath had been considerably reduced.

Yi Ping heart skipped a beat as he touched and held it with his left hand. He started to blush as his ears became extremely red as he felt his silky smooth hand. Even the smell was so intoxicating so close to him.

This was the first time Yi Ping had actually watched him closely even though it was from behind.

He looked relaxed and it was as if he was taking a walk while he was half dead from climbing and descending the hill! But looking at it, made him forget about his fatigue …

Ji Lingfeng almost messed up her breathing arrangement as she was distracted by thoughts about him; she could feel the warmth of her right palm in her hand. It was a convincing palm, strong and comfortable. This was the first time she had held the hand of a man other than her brother. It was an incredible feeling yet he could not describe it …

After running for some time, Ji Lingfeng was secretly amazed by his endurance despite his breathing technique and speed skill being mediocre. He really could not believe that he had survived until now even though he looked as if he would faint at any moment!

Shocked by his inhuman endurance, he thought, “Is he human?”

Yi Ping was dazed and he had already seen the stars as he thought, “Is he human? How could he have run up and down the hill all this time.?”.

Ji Lingfeng had already felt the stress of taking out her internal strength to support her and she was tired.

Yi Ping was not even aware of the passage of time when Ji Lingfeng coldly said to him, “It looks like I have found the valley. Lucky us!”

As soon as he removed his grip from his hand, Yi Ping fell to the ground in exhaustion.

Yi Ping almost died from exhaustion. Now he really knew what he meant by he was traveling fast! He quietly sighed, “I never want to travel with him again.”

Ji Lingfeng suddenly let out a long sigh, “We have climbed ten hills and got lost. This valley was actually just beside the third hill we had passed through. We really got lost.”

When Yi Ping heard that, he did not know whether he should laugh or cry. He felt like banging his head into the ground in misery.

Ji Lingfeng said, “This downward path will lead us to the valley. Let's go now. This time, I won't take you there.”

He started to move but when his sharp ears did not catch any signs of movement from behind, he immediately turned around.

Yi Ping was still lying on the ground.

He asked gently, “Hmph, are you there?”

There's no response.

He asked again, “Are you okay?”

Still, no response.

Draining all his strength and having reached the limit of his endurance, Yi Ping fainted.

Suddenly, he started to remember when he was a five-year-old. Mother fragile. At that age, he had already helped her gather wood among many other menial tasks …

Shui Yichi looked dreamy as she stared out the window, hoping that every day she could see her husband again. He was weak and his health deteriorated every day. He was afraid that he would not be able to live long.

If there was something he could not let go of in this world, it was his only child, Yi Ping.

Although she had been the Emerald Mistress of the Eternal Ice Palace before she handed over the leadership to her younger sister, Shui Yixian, she had not missed her glorious position before. He had no attachment for his sister or anyone in the Eternal Ice Palace. Although she had once been close to Shui Yixian and they had spent five decades together, their affection towards each other cooled down over the years.

It might be the Emotionless Rhythm they trained that made them indifferent to each other even though they were in the same sect together.

Or maybe because they are both the best in many generations and do not want to disappoint their mistress, they strive to perfect their skills.

It was also precisely why he did not have a protege.

Shui Yixian was fighting for the ninth level of Divine Emerald Skills and was at her last stage breaking through to the eighth level of Divine Emerald Skills. As for him, he stopped his Divine Emerald Skill at the eighth level and focused on the Jade Icy Fingers. With her deep understanding of Jade Icy Fingers, her Icy Heavenly Tears were even more complicated than Shui Yixian, even though they had both reached the ninth level of the Icy Heavenly Tears.

In the future, he had even developed his Icy Jade Finger into a Jade Icicles Finger. So complicated was his understanding later on that he was able to prolong the reaction of the Cold Heavenly Tears and was even able to choose the right time for himself. Even the time he needed to recover his martial level was more than half that!

Although Shui Yixian was a martial expert and had reached the ninth level of the Heavenly Tears when she was eighteen while she had only reached the same level when she was thirty years old, the Heavenly Tear Energy of his Ice Tears was always purer.

He accepted the challenge of mastering the Jade Icy Fingers perfectly. It was a very difficult and monumental task but eventually he had overcome all the difficulties and he had even created the Jade Icicle Fingers.

When he had reached the Jade Icicle Fingers, his Icy Tear Heavenly Tear energy became so pure that he could even neutralize the defensive power of the Shui Yixian Divine Emerald Skill!

But it was also the creation of the Jade Icicle Fingers that caused a lot of damage to him. Through the Jade Icicle Fingers, he finally found a possible way to overcome the weakness of the Cold Heavenly Tears and began to look for another way to breakthrough in his current cold Heavenly Tear state. Hence he started experimenting with other skills he created with the pure negative energy of the Icy Heavenly Tears and Jade Icicle Fingers, Eternal Heavenly Tears.

At this moment, he had handed over the leadership of the Eternal Ice Palace to Shui Yixian because he had found the love of his life, Yi Tianxing, a man who dared to challenge the Eternal Ice Palace.

When he thought of Yi Tianxing again, his eyes were teary again and his heart began to ache greatly with overwhelming grief.

After leaving the Eternal Ice Palace, Yi Tianxing had given him Divine Revelation, an intricate formula and mediation skill similar to the Emotionless Rhythm. He was inspired by it and started writing with his fingers in a cave near the Eternal Ice Palace about his untested theories about the Icy Heavenly Tears and even on the hidden stages of the Divine Emerald Skill which he wanted to practice after he had fully done so. mastering the Jade Icicle Fingers and the Eternal Heavenly Tears.

Since he was afraid that outsiders might discover his inscription, he sealed the cave as a precaution even though only the direct proteges of the Eternal Ice Palace could possibly understand it. In addition, he considered the theory too dangerous to convey. He himself would not practice the theory because he had found a safer way in the Eternal Heavenly Tears.

And with her protege sister, Shui Yixian at the current level of martial arts, there was also no need to test her unproven theories and waste years of time.

He had no idea that more than twenty years later, his protege Shui Yixian was still unable to progress any further because he had been too hasty in his Heavenly Tears in previous years. In fact, he was forced to spend the next twenty years researching the Heavenly Tears that Icy had repeated over and over again to combat the impending Divine Disaster that had killed their protege mistress.

And Shui Yixian coincidentally found the inscription she left behind…

When she was eight months old with a child, her husband Yi Tianxing was betrayed by her foster brother. His depraved brother even tried to anger him and hurt him. As she was in the heavy stages of pregnancy and as she had yet to fully master her Jade Icicle Fingers, she had blatantly exerted herself and damaged her health, damaging her, losing much of the internal strength he had gained painfully over the years.

His mind was suddenly interrupted by little Yi Ping who accidentally blistered himself. He gasped weakly upon seeing her but Yi Ping did not say anything or cry.

He looked at Yi Ping, his beloved son who was boiling hot water for him with the firewood he had collected in the forest. Her heart ached for him when he saw her many bruises and knew that she was being bullied by the neighborhood children again. But she would never cry in front of him.

It was as if his son could feel his sadness and sadness even at a very young age.

Suddenly, five people broke into the house. When they entered the house, they were stunned to see her dazzling beauty. It was because they never expected to find such beauty in this desolate countryside.

The strongest of the five, who appear to be leaders, break the silence, “Our brothers are lucky. We have heard that there is a beautiful widow here but I never expected to find peerless beauty here.”

The other four started laughing wickedly. Their laughter was filled with hatred and ill will.

Little Yi Ping started shouting and attacked the leader.

Shui Yichi flinched loudly, “Nak, don't!” But it's too late…

But the leader just laughed and he kicked Yi Ping very hard. This kick was so powerful that it made Yi Ping fly backwards and he was thrown against the wall violently!

Shui Yichi's eyes became red and teary. He leaned his hand against the side of the wall as he walked as fast as he could towards his son. He was very weak and his movements were limited.

But before he could walk up to his son, the five men had surrounded him and started catching him in all directions.

Suddenly, the five men could feel a chill piercing through their spine. It was so cold that it felt like their skin had burned. They could feel their bones cracking and when they fell dead to the ground; their eyes were wide open in disbelief.

In an instant, Shui Yichi had struck them with his Jade Icicle Fingers. Although he had lost a lot of his internal strength, his Jade Icicle Fingers were still an extremely powerful skill against ordinary men.

Shui Yichi comforts his son, “Son, are you okay?” He sobbed and hugged little Yi Ping into his arms.

Little Yi Ping muttered, “Bu, I'm fine. Are you okay?”

Shui Yichi cried even harder, “Son, your mother is fine. Don't worry about me ..”

Little Yi Ping bled from his nose and mouth but he said, “Bu, you know how to fight? Can you teach me how to fight?”

Shui Yichi hugged her tightly, “I'll do it. Son, you must be strong .. You must not die ..”

Little Yi Ping said, “Bu, I will not die. I also don't want mom to die ..” She has bleached completely but she still refuses to cry.

Shui Yichi crying, “See, my son.”

He sketched his hand in front of him. Soon, the air around them became extremely cold.

The air was so cold that small flies around the house began to fall to the ground.

Shui Yichi cried as he placed his hands on the small body of his son, “My son, you will feel tremendous pain, even a very terrible pain but you must not be afraid. You're not gonna die. But it's gonna hurt a lot. “

Indeed, little Yi Ping must have felt tremendous pain because he was now shedding tears and his body was trembling nonstop. But she did not cry out loud or beg her mother to stop. He just didn't want to make his mother sad and scared.

Negative energy, especially negative cold internal energy like the one Shui Yichi had was not suitable for treating internal injuries. Moreover, hers was an extremely cold negative energy. If the recipient was seriously injured, their body would not be able to receive it. It would be so excruciating that it would only aggravate their injuries.

But Shui Yichi had no other choice as he began to transfer all of his internal strength into his son in an attempt to save his life.

When he finished imparting the entire Icy Heavenly Tear energy into her, Yi Ping little eyes were still open even though her face had whitened completely.

Little Yi Ping shivered and bit his purple lips, “Bu, I'm fine. Teach me how to fight .. I want to protect you ..”

Shui Yichi smiled weakly as he woke up. He immediately showed seventy moves, eighty horses and ninety punches. All of these moves were the most ingenious fighting moves Shui Yichi had ever known; it was gathered from the vast martial scrolls of the Eternal Ice Palace and the many opponents he had fought all his life.

After Shui Yichi finished displaying those profound fighting moves, he fell to the ground, never waking up.

And this fighting move should be deeply embedded in little Yi Ping's mind. In the future, he will slowly remember it again intuitively …

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