Chapter 7: Crane in the Clouds
The person who shouted the obscene words soon revealed his true face.
I saw a thin but tall figure standing on the top of the wall. He had a small mustache and spoke in a hoarse and sharp voice, seeming to be out of breath. In his hand, he held an iron clawed steel staff that was slightly longer than his forearm...
What is most noteworthy is that, judging from his posture, his lightness skills are quite impressive!
In comparison, both "Kun Travels in the Void" and the original "Lingbo Weibu" are closer to "body skills", which means that the movements in battle are very flexible and delicate.
As for "qinggong", it refers more to the ability to run long distances and rush on the road...
"Kun Travels in the Void" can be equipped on both "body skills" and "light skills" at the same time. Naturally, it also has the effect of light skills, but the effect is not as prominent as on body skills.
Just like in the original novel, when Duan Yu and Qiao Feng were competing in leg strength, Qiao Feng thought that his internal strength was not as good as Duan Yu's, but in terms of leg strength, the two were evenly matched after running a dozen miles...
Although Qiao Feng's martial arts skills are very high and comprehensive, his strength is not in lightness skills. When Duan Yu, with his internal strength still superior, used Lingbo Weibu to teach him, he was unable to win quickly. This shows that if used to travel long distances, it can only be regarded as "good lightness skills", and it is not as outstanding as when used as a physical skill!
It was probably the same for Kunyou Xukong. When Chu Luren saw the lightness skills of the thin man in black, he knew that he was probably no match for him in terms of leg strength.
And he could also guess this person's identity - he was probably Yun Zhonghe, the last of the Four Evils of Yipintang!
"Princess, be careful!" Zhu Danchen was in a hurry and did not care that after Dao Baifeng moved into the Taoist temple, she was not allowed to be called the princess. Obviously, he had guessed the identity of this person.
After all, this guy is a well-known rapist in the world!
As a retainer of the Duan family, Zhu Danchen could not allow the princess's reputation to be humiliated at any cost.
Chu Lu Ren hesitated for a moment, then pretended to be relaxed and asked tentatively: "Who are you, you dare to say such a thing... You call yourself 'Yun Lao Si'? I wonder what my good disciple Yue Lao San calls you?"
Although there was a suspicion of taking advantage, Yun Zhonghe's expression became a little more serious when he heard this - he had seen Yue Laosan before, as if he had suffered a loss at the hands of someone. Not only did the girl he kidnapped disappear, but he was also sulking all day long, muttering from time to time "I would rather be your apprentice than be a coward and a bastard" and so on.
Although Yue Laosan's lightness skill is far inferior to Yun Laosi's, the other person's ranking is higher than his, and of course there is a reason for that!
However, Yun Zhonghe still believed in his own judgment. The boy in front of him was so young, how high could his martial arts be? It was probably because Yue Lao San was too stupid that he fell into the trap. He even encouraged himself and said, "Are you the guy who plotted against Yue Lao San before? Humph, Yue Lao San, that idiot, will be fooled, but I won't!"
When Chu Lu Ren saw his reaction, he was relieved - it seemed that Boss Duan, Ye Er Niang and the others were not there. It was probably that Yun Zhonghe himself could not bear it anymore, so he was "hunting" everywhere and happened to meet him.
Even if there was another Ye Erniang, the Chu Lu people would still have a headache. If Duan Yanqing was also there, the Chu Lu people could only think of ways to outsmart him - for example, selling out Duan Yu to see if he could use the protagonist's halo to defeat the opponent, or selling out Duan Yu to make Duan Yanqing recognize him as his father.
But if Yun Zhonghe is alone...
"Young Master Chu, let's join forces!" Although Zhu Danchen knew Chu Luren's battle record, he had not seen it with his own eyes after all, so he still only regarded him as a young hero in the martial arts world.
"No, this guy has great martial arts skills. If he is determined to abduct people, we may miss something when we fight him... Fourth brother Zhu, please take good care of Miss Mu and Taoist Yuxu. I will go to meet him." Chu Lu Ren whispered to Zhu Danchen.
Chu Lu Ren’s reason made it impossible for Zhu Danchen to refuse.
"Old Fourth Yun, today I, the hero, will eliminate this harm to the people and cut off the root of your troubles!" Chu Lu Ren stepped forward and deliberately attracted a wave of hatred.
"Hehehe, everyone can brag like that, but let's see if you have the ability to do it." Upon hearing this, Yun Zhonghe flew over with a strange laugh.
He was not very annoyed, after all, people like Yun Zhonghe often encountered "heroes" in their daily lives.
Those who were incompetent made him notorious, and there were many "heroes" who were capable of killing him, but most of them were not as good as him in Qinggong...
Yun Zhonghe stretched out his body and stabbed Chu Lu Ren with the steel stick grabbed by the crane, but Chu Lu Ren simply leaned back without moving his waist. His whole body defied gravity and he only leaned back on his heels to avoid the guy's fatal move!
Yun Zhonghe, who was already very wary of Chu Lu Ren because of Yue Lao San's few words, now took him even more seriously.
I saw him stretch out the crane claw stick in his hand and make it fly up and down, as if it were a part of his arm.
The claws are like those of a crane, and the stick is like that of a snake - these are Yun Zhonghe's famous unique skill, "Eight Strikes of Crane and Snake".
Not only is his Qinggong graceful, his body movements are also amazing, and the claw stick in his hand is dazzling...
However, what was even more confusing than him was Chu Lu Ren's body movements!
Zhu Danchen and Dao Baifeng watched for a long time and thought they were just two figures of Xuanqing, sometimes chasing each other, sometimes tangling with each other. They were secretly surprised that Yun Zhonghe's lightness skill was well-deserved. In Dali, perhaps only Sikong Ba Tianshi could compare with him. They were even more surprised that Chu Lu Ren, who looked young, had such skills.
Chu Lu Ren also secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this time...
When fighting with Yue Lao San, after the opponent got serious, Chu Lu Ren had to have a sudden realization before he could hold his ground, and then use the characteristic of "Kun Traveling in the Void" to secure the victory.
However, Yun Laosi's martial arts skills are not as good as Yue Laosan's, and unlike Yue Laosan's fierceness, Yun Laosi mainly relies on fighting.
When Yun Zhonghe attacked, sometimes there were traces of claws, and sometimes there were swirling snake forces...
Chu Lu Ren exchanged more than fifty moves with him in a blink of an eye. Although he was mostly dodging and only fought back three or two times, he was still not at a disadvantage.
The so-called "crane and snake eight strikes" is more like a way of grappling than a "strike" in the eyes of the Chulu people, using cranes to grab and snakes to entangle...
Of course, grappling techniques are not necessarily non-offensive. For example, Shaolin's "Dragon Claw Hand" can break bones and tendons and cause blood and flesh to fly as long as the external power is in place. Yun Lao Si obviously does not have any powerful hard skills, so he created the Crane Claw Steel Rod, a unique weapon to match the "Crane and Snake Eight Strikes"!
Although he was able to use the weapon as easily as his own arms at this time, it was ultimately just a trick and he lacked the dexterity that a grappling hand should have.
More importantly, Yun Zhonghe had neither powerful moves nor strong skills, and he had been wasting his internal energy in the fight. Moreover, because his kidney essence was weak, his internal energy was superficial and impure, making it easier for him to be "absorbed", which was exactly what Chu Luren wanted.
"Aren't you trying to get rid of harm for the people? How can you be considered a hero if you keep hiding here and there?" Yun Zhonghe said angrily, but he didn't stop practicing his kung fu.
"I am just a passer-by in the world, naturally I can't be considered a hero..." It would be strange if Chu Lu angered him.
Yun Zhonghe's kung fu is not as strong as Yue Laosan's, and his style of moves is also restrained. Chu Lu Ren doesn't even need any sudden realization and still has a great fight with Yun Zhonghe.
Although he didn't fight back much, Yun Zhonghe could naturally sense something strange. He seemed to be in a very bad state today, less endurable than usual, and his internal energy was consumed very quickly... After a hundred moves, Yun Zhonghe gradually became weak.
At the same time, the shadow of the Kun fish around Chu Lu Ren gradually solidified!
Yun Zhonghe didn't have any martial arts baggage, so he immediately used his dismantling hand when he saw the situation, and then used his lightness skills to retreat: "Two beauties, there are some vulgar men who are in a bad mood today. I will come to have fun with you another day!" After saying that, he floated away.
