Chapter 32: One against two!

Ding Mian's palm posture changed, and his pair of fleshy palms flew up and down, each move targeting Xin Zhen's vital points, and every palm strike was accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder.

Ding Mian knew that Xin Zhen was an expert swordsman, after all, he came from the Huashan Sword Sect.

What Ding Mian called the dispute between Qi and sword should be that one side believed in swordsmanship, while the other side preferred Qigong.

So although Xin Zhen, who came from the Sword Sect, is an expert in swordsmanship, his internal strength should be relatively weak.

Moreover, considering Xin Zhen’s age, even if he was from Huashan Qi Sect, his internal strength might not be that deep, let alone from Sword Sect.

Things like internal strength rely more on years of practice than swordsmanship, while swordsmanship relies more on natural talent and understanding.

Therefore, Ding Mian poured all his internal strength into every palm strike. Gradually, even the air seemed to become a little sticky, making Xin Zhen feel that he could not control the sword when he drew it.

Ding Mian was delighted when he saw this: This is the right approach.

However, it is extremely difficult to determine the winner at once.

No matter how hard Ding Mian tried, Xin Zhen looked very dangerous, but he just managed to hold on and not be defeated. From time to time he would thrust a sword directly at Ding Mian's palm, which would scare Ding Mian.

The more Yue Buqun looked, the more shocked he became.

In order to see Ding Mian's strengths and weaknesses clearly, Xin Zhen used Huashan's Yangwu sword technique to deal with Ding Mian's attack.

The meaning of Yangwu swordsmanship is "I am good at nurturing my great and righteous spirit". It is quite upright to use and is especially good at defense.

Yue Buqun's nickname in the martial arts world, the Gentleman Sword, comes from this sword technique, which can be considered his signature skill.

He has been immersed in this sword technique for twenty to thirty years and is familiar with its various changes and mysteries.

However, the more he looked, the more surprised he became.

The Yangwu sword technique used by Xin Zhen was much more mysterious and subtle than his own. It was obvious that Xin Zhen's attainments in the Yangwu sword technique were much higher than his own!
Is it because the one who taught swordsmanship was Junior-Master Uncle Feng Qingyang?
Junior Master Feng Qingyang was indeed the best swordsman back then. There was no one in the entire Huashan who could match him. No, it should be said that there was no one in the entire Jianghu who could match him.

Then it is normal that the sword skills taught by the junior uncle are more profound than what I have learned.

but……

Yue Buqun shook his head. That’s not the way it works. The master can only lead you to the path, but the practice depends on the individual.

The ultimate achievement of a set of sword techniques still depends on one's own exploration. It is not possible for a master to impart all the mysteries and changes to the disciple and the disciple will become successful.

If this is the case, there will be no distinction between high and low among the brothers taught by a master.

Ultimately, it all depends on the understanding of the person learning sword.

Seeing this, Yue Buqun became more and more uneasy.

Although Xin Zhen is still very young, his swordsmanship is already so advanced.

How high will it reach in time?
Yue Buqun felt uneasy, and Ding Mian was even more anxious.

He originally wanted to win by relying on his inner strength and end the battle quickly so that it would be easier to deal with Liu Zhengfeng later.

Unexpectedly, he had already used all his strength and his internal energy had already been utilized to the fullest extent.

But Xin Zhen looked caught in a dilemma without revealing any flaws. He guarded the situation tightly and just looked at the danger.

He could also strike out a sword from time to time, and this sword would definitely hit the place that he must defend.

There were several times when my skin even felt the coldness of the sword tip, causing goose bumps to appear on that area of ​​skin!
Seeing that Ding Mian's palm method was ineffective, Lu Bai reminded him, "Brother, use the sword!" Ding Mian suddenly came to his senses. He usually used palm methods and earned the name of Tower-Holding Hand in the martial arts world.

But in fact, they were all from the Songshan School, and their most powerful skills were actually swordsmanship, but they just didn't use it in normal times.

Ding Mian immediately drew his sword, using the eight inner and nine outer Songshan sword techniques, a total of seventeen moves, which he used with grandeur and ferocity.

Especially when used by someone with strong internal strength like Ding Mian, the Songshan Broadsword made a faint sound of wind and thunder, and was even more powerful than when Fei Bin used it.

However, Ding Mian's sword skills were so impressive that Xin Zhen felt relieved watching him. He thrust his sword left and right, and every time he thrust his sword, Ding Mian had to interrupt his sword moves.

Yue Buqun was a little confused at this time. He could understand the Yangwu sword technique before.

But at this time, Xin Zhen's sword moves were neither moves nor styles. He just stabbed east and west like a naughty child playing, which had already forced Ding Mian to roar in anger.

Xin Zhen had an excellent memory. Fei Bin had used the Seventeen Sword Techniques several times in the previous fights with him.

Xin Zhen only needed to use them once to remember all the moves, and when Ding Mian used them again, except for the difference in power, they would not exceed the range of these seventeen moves.

Therefore, every time Ding Mian used the opening moves of his sword, Xin Zhen had already anticipated the next move.

Over the past three years, Xin Zhen's comprehension of the Dugu Nine Swords has reached a very high level. For him, all the sword techniques in the world are just a matter of anticipating the enemy's moves.

The so-called left sword and right sword fighting method is just a response in which no moves are better than moves.

Seeing that Ding Mian was unable to defeat Xin Zhen, Lu Bai winked at Fei Bin.

Fei Bin drew his sword and jumped into the arena, shouting, "Brother, I'm here to help you catch the evil thief!"

The crowd in the hall started to make noise.

Liu Zhengfeng moved his feet and tried to stop Fei Bin, but was stopped by Lu Bai.

Lu Bai sneered and said, "Senior Brother Liu, you better just watch."

Nun Dingyi said angrily: "Lu Bai, to deal with a young man, you Songshan sent two guards, isn't that too shameless?"

Lu Bai laughed and said, "Master Dingyi, when the Demon Cult was dealing with our Five Mountains Sword Sect, did they mention any rules of the martial arts world?
You don't come to help catch the demons, but you are here talking about the rules of the martial arts world, so pedantic!"

Master Dingyi snorted and said nothing.

Fei Bin suddenly joined in and attacked Xin Zhen together with Ding Mian, and Xin Zhen immediately felt a lot of pressure.

Xin Zhen practiced sword alone over the years and never interacted with people from the martial arts world, so he had to learn the sword skills entirely on his own.

When rehearsing in my mind, I only imagined that the opponent was just one person, because there was no way to imagine being besieged by multiple people.

So he could handle Fei Bin or Ding Mian alone with ease, but once there were two of them, the way of dealing with it changed completely.

When he was staring at one person's weakness and wanted to draw his sword, another person suddenly drew his sword. Xin Zhen had to deal with this person's attack first, so he had no time to attack, and the weakness was no longer a weakness.

Ding Mian and Fei Bin have been brothers for many years and have cooperated with each other countless times. Therefore, the power of their combined swords is more than twice that of a single swordsman, it's probably three or four times more powerful!
Lu Bai looked at Xin Zhen who was in a panic, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

Even if you are a master of swordsmanship, two fists can never beat four hands.

Yue Lingshan looked at Xin Zhen, who was in a panic and had already shown signs of defeat. She felt a little reluctant and whispered to Ning Zhongze, "Mother, he is from Huashan after all. Can't we help him?"

(End of this chapter)