Chapter 39: Heaven and Earth Great Shift

"Flower Pinching Finger!"

With a loud shout, Cheng Kun forcibly channeled his true energy into his finger and pointed it at Li Xiu. In the blink of an eye, he covered the several meters between them.

Although Li Xiu was as sturdy as a rock, he still couldn't withstand this finger strike. He quickly sidestepped and avoided the attack, the powerful gust of wind causing him to narrow his eyes.

Seeing Li Xiu sidestep the attack, Cheng Kun coldly chuckled to himself. He thought to himself that this young man may have high martial arts skills, but in the end, he was still inexperienced in the ways of the martial arts world.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cheng Kun didn't attack again. Instead, he quickly passed by Li Xiu and leaped towards the palace gate. In just a moment, he was already approaching the entrance.

As long as he could get just a little closer, he could dash out and activate the mechanism to lower the large stone and seal the palace. No matter how high your martial arts skills were, you wouldn't be able to survive for long without food or water.

However, Cheng Kun's plan was disrupted in an odd way. He was unable to get any closer and his body seemed to freeze in mid-air. He also felt a strong suction coming from behind him.

Turning around, Cheng Kun couldn't help but look shocked. Li Xiu was extending a hand towards him, and streams of twisted true energy were wrapping around his entire body.

Cheng Kun could only feel as if he was being held by a thousand pound wrestler, unable to move a muscle and at the mercy of others.

"Where do you think you're going? Come back here!"

Li Xiu activated his Dragon Capturing Hand Skill and, through the several meters between them, forcefully pulled Cheng Kun back and tossed him onto the stone platform.

"Bang!"

Stones flew and dust rose as Cheng Kun felt as if his spine had been broken, spewing out a mist of blood.

Cheng Kun looked at Li Xiu again, his eyes filled with fear and awe. How was it that this young man knew all these strange and ancient martial arts techniques?

The Dragon Capturing Hand Skill was one of the unique skills of Shaolin Temple. Although it wasn't one of the seventy-two ultimate skills, Li Xiu had studied it because he found its effects interesting.

This skill was good at using true energy and internal strength to grab objects from a distance, capture and restrain enemies, and seize weapons.

However, this skill was also quite weak. It was fine for grabbing objects from a distance, but if you wanted to capture and restrain an enemy or seize their weapon, the difference in internal strength between the two had to be more than just a little.

This martial arts skill was almost forgotten in the Shaolin Temple's Collection of Scriptures, on the third floor, covered in dust. Li Xiu estimated that even Shaolin had almost forgotten about this skill.

Li Xiu couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Cheng Kun in front of him. He really took him for a naive little kid.

After suffering the bitter taste of his Azure Jade Sutra, he still dared to approach and attack him instead of hiding in the distance and using the Flower Pinching Finger. His intentions were as clear as day, and Li Xiu had already figured it out.

He deliberately let Cheng Kun pass by him, just to see the amusing look on his face as his smile froze and he suddenly fell from heaven into hell.

Li Xiu activated the Dragon Capturing Hand Skill again and drew the paralyzed Cheng Kun towards him.

As Cheng Kun approached within three feet of Li Xiu, his eyes that had previously been somewhat scattered suddenly filled with a vicious and sinister look. He launched the Flower Pinching Finger and viciously stabbed it towards Li Xiu's jaw, neck, and other vital points.

Desperate to fight to the death, Cheng Kun searched for an opportunity to sneakily attack and harm Li Xiu.

Li Xiu seemed to have anticipated this and his eyes didn't fluctuate at all. He extended a palm filled with Nine Yang true energy, which quickly covered the Flower Pinching Finger like lightning.

The true energy and internal strength collided fiercely, creating a gust of wind.

However, in an instant, Li Xiu crushed Cheng Zhen's internal strength and viciously broke his wrist.

He then violently threw him to the ground and stepped on him.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

Three crisp and pleasing bone-breaking sounds echoed, followed by Cheng Kun's painful cries.

Cheng Kun's face was pale and he was in so much pain that he almost passed out. Li Xiu had actually broken all his other limbs as well!

Only the arm with the broken wrist could still move, and the broken palm was trembling and shaking weakly as Cheng Kun continued to hoarsely cry out.

Feeling that the sharp and hoarse cries were too grating on the ears, Li Xiu used his true energy to knock Cheng Kun unconscious.

The underground palace returned to calm, and Xiao Zhao emerged from behind a stone pillar.

Li Xiu walked past Cheng Kun and went to the front of the Yang Sect Master's withered bone seat. He pressed down with his foot and immediately triggered the mechanism, causing the six stone blocks at the various entrances to the underground palace to lower.

"What are you doing walking around carelessly in front of the Yang Sect Master's seat? How did you trigger the mechanism and seal off the exit?"

After the dust settled, Xiao Zhao exclaimed softly as she discovered that the fallen stone door had writing on it. It wasn't written in the script of central plains, but it was written in a language that she was able to recognize - Persian.

"After the person destined to be here kneels three times and knocks nine times, remember to pass on my Heaven and Earth Great Shift technique. When it is perfected, it can push open the stone door and lead directly to the top of the Bright Summit."

"Heaven and Earth Great Shift? These six stone blocks are actually the Heaven and Earth Great Shift Technique!"

As Xiao Zhao repeated the words to herself, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. This was the Heaven and Earth Great Shift that she had been searching for while secretly infiltrating the Bright Summit at her mother's orders!

"I've always been the one to exert effort and defeat enemies while you watch from the side. Now it's your turn to exert effort."

Without knowing when, Li Xiu silently walked up behind Xiao Zhao and spoke to her.

Xiao Zhao came back to her senses and realized that there was still a dangerous Li Xiu beside her.

"So this is what you really wanted me to do for you!"

Xiao Zhao was quick-witted and soon figured out what was going on.

Taking her to the forbidden area on the Bright Summit was just a side matter; the real purpose was the six-piece Heaven and Earth Great Shift Method stone slab.

"But how did you find out about the secrets of the mechanisms in the forbidden area? You don't look very old, and this must have happened at least twenty years ago."

Xiao Zhao turned her head and asked tentatively,

but Li Xiu still had no interest in answering and stubbornly repeated the same phrase.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask! Just do as I say, start reading!"

Li Xiu's true energy burst out and he cleared a space, sitting cross-legged and focusing his mind.

Xiao Zhao had no choice but to do as she was told and began reciting from the first stone slab, skipping the irrelevant parts of the Yang Dingtian

Legacy...

The heart method phrases came out of Xiao Zhao's mouth and entered Li Xiu's ears. He began practicing according to his luck.

Even for a naturally intelligent ordinary person with exceptional talent, it would take at least a hundred years to master the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, but for a master who has opened up the Two Main Meridians, it would only take three hours. Li Xiu could still catch up with the good show at Bright Summit.

In the past few months, Li Xiu had read almost all the martial arts classics in the world. He was no longer the naive beginner who couldn't practice the techniques he was given, and even the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, a martial arts skill of such level, was not difficult for him.

As Xiao Zhao read on, she couldn't help but think about other things.

The most important thing was that once this wicked person succeeded, she seemed to be of no use, and she also knew a lot about him. Would he kill her to keep her quiet?

Xiao Zhao wasn't sure about Li Xiu's personality, but she had no choice.

If she made a mistake and caused Li Xiu to become demonized and die from anger, she wasn't confident that she could deceive him by changing the heart method.

If she angered him, even if he didn't originally want to kill her to keep her quiet, what if he was provoked into killing her? In addition, Xiao Zhao had no confidence in escaping from him.

As time passed, Li Xiu's appearance became more relaxed as he practiced, while Xiao Zhao, who was just translating, was sweating profusely.