Martial Arts: Starting with Creating a Genius Persona

Chapter 16 Internal Force Transformation into Qi

Although mosquitoes are not as rampant in autumn as they are in summer, there are still quite a few near the water.

Several mosquitoes flew across the stream, buzzing and circling around his face.

One of them landed on the back of his neck.

He instinctively shrank his neck.

"There are so many mosquitoes by the water," Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

He composed himself, patted the back of his neck, and moved with the ease of brushing away a fallen leaf.

A mosquito happened to hit his finger, was bounced into the stream, and spun around on the surface a few times.

Old Huang stood by the roadside, his head slightly bowed.

His peripheral vision never left the grove of trees on the other side of the stream.

Suddenly, Lao Huang's gaze sharpened.

He noticed Lu Yuan's gesture of shooing away the insects at that moment.

He flicked it towards the back of his neck.

Then it swung back twice.

These two simple actions appear to a normal person as simply swatting away mosquitoes.

But Lao Huang didn't see it that way.

He served in the army during the Great Qian Dynasty when he was young.

He was extremely familiar with this gesture.

It is a special sign language used in the military.

"Enemies are all around. Drive them away!"

Old Huang lowered his head.

He was wondering if Lu Yuan hadn't even noticed these people.

It seems he was wrong.

Lu Yuan had already discovered it.

Not only did they discover it, they also knew the number of people and their location.

The hand that swatted away the mosquitoes pointed in the direction of the group of assassins.

It seems Lu Yuan was just too lazy to take action.

Or perhaps they simply disdain to take action.

"Young Master Yuan, do you think there are too many small insects by this stream?" Old Huang asked tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan

He was overjoyed.

It seems I made the right choice in taking Lao Huang under my wing; he's very perceptive.

"Just some small bugs. Just shoo them away."

Lu Yuan turned his head and glanced at Lao Huang.

Old Huang immediately understood.

His gaze, directed at the assassin, held a hint of murderous intent.

Upon seeing this, the scarred man swallowed hard.

The scarred man's pupils suddenly contracted.

He had previously served in the military.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been valued by Blood Wolf.

He was naturally very familiar with Lu Yuan's gestures.

It seems Lu Yuan has discovered them.

This gesture means to drive them away.

"Oh no, he's spotted us."

The scarred man swallowed hard and said.

"No way, boss?"

"Exactly, he was focused on his fishing rod the whole time, how could he possibly have noticed us?"

The lean and short assassins standing nearby were completely baffled.

"I recognize that gesture."

"What appears to be driving away insects is actually an attempt to drive us away."

The scarred man paused for a moment, then continued.

"He shook his head twice, which means he's about to take action."

He gripped the dagger tightly in his hand.

"No, we've already been exposed. We need to act now."

"I don't believe he can stop the three of us at the early stage of blood clotting all by himself."

Upon hearing this, the other two assassins immediately prepared for battle.

These little tricks of theirs.

Everything entered Lao Huang's eyes completely.

Old Huang stood quietly behind Lu Yuan.

He lowered his head slightly.

Just now, when Lu Yuan said those words about driving away the insects...

Old Huang understood everything then.

It turns out Lu Yuan knew everything.

He knew he was hiding his identity.

He was also aware of the fact that he practiced martial arts.

The reason he didn't make a move was that he was waiting for me to take action.

What he just said.

It wasn't a hint, it was a command.

How can someone so young have such a profound mind?

"Young Master Yuan, this old servant understands! This old servant will go and drive these insects away for you right away!"

After he finished speaking, Old Huang slid a pebble out of his sleeve.

With a light flick of the finger.

"what!"

The wiry assassin's wrist, which was gripping his weapon, was instantly struck.

The knife in his hand flew out of his grasp.

The scarred man turned his head and looked.

The lean assassin's wrist guards had been smashed, leaving a large dent.

The wrist guards were made of fine iron.

It has now completely sunken in.

The wristband stuck to the flesh of my wrist.

If it were cut down another half, the entire wrist bone would probably be shattered.

"There's an ambush!"

"The scarred man shouted."

None of them saw Lu Yuan make a move throughout the entire process.

Lu Yuan is still holding that fishing rod tightly in his hand.

As for the servant behind Lu Yuan...

That's even less likely.

"It's not a hidden weapon."

The scarred man looked around.

There was no trace of any hidden weapon.

There was no one else around.

Could it really be Lu Yuan?

At this moment, the scarred man's hand holding the dagger began to tremble.

He knew there was only one way to achieve that level of success.

"This is internal energy transforming into qi!"

"How is that possible?" the short, stout assassin questioned.

"Transforming internal energy into qi is something only experts at the Meridian Opening Realm can do. How could Lu Yuan, who is only at the Body Tempering Realm, possibly achieve that?"

"Could the Qilin bloodline really be this powerful?"

The lean assassin was already in excruciating pain from his injured wrist.

Hearing this, he was clearly terrified.

The opponent can now transform internal energy into qi.

Then what else did he assassinate?

Why risk your life if the Blood Wolf Gang only gives you that little bit of money a month?

He covered his injured wrist with his other hand, turned around and ran away.

Fear is contagious.

The other two assassins saw the terrified, lean assassin.

They dropped their weapons and ran away.

Seeing this, Lao Huang immediately picked up two more pebbles from the ground.

My wrist twitched twice.

"Whoosh...whoosh..."

Old Huang recalled Lu Yuan's hand just now.

The two backward slides are flat sweeps.

This means to drive them away.

If it's a downward cut.

That means killing when necessary!

Therefore, Lu Yuan's intention was probably simply to drive these people away.

Since the goal is to drive them away, he needs to be careful with his actions.

Do not strike vital organs.

Strike only the groin.

One of the pebbles struck the beast assassin's ankle, while the other struck the short, thin assassin's calf.

The two, struck by the immense impact, fell to the ground.

He fell to the ground instantly.

Old Huang's original intention was to make them give up.

But he forgot that he was in a dense forest.

The ground was covered with dead trees and hard stones.

Coincidentally, as he fell, the lean assassin's head struck a hard rock.

As the short, stout assassin fell, he was impaled in the chest by a dead tree branch.

After two muffled thuds, they never got up again.

Old Huang looked down at his hands.

"...Sigh, I'm getting old. My eyesight isn't what it used to be," he muttered to himself. "I was aiming for the crotch of her legs, though."

It's off-center.

This wasn't the outcome he wanted, but there was nothing he could do; it was the way things were.

He looked up at Lu Yuan beside him.

Lu Yuan still gripped the fishing rod tightly.

His back was straight, and he didn't even turn his head to look.

It was as if he had no reason to worry about the fate of these assassins.

Old Huang looked away.

He threw the third pebble he had picked up onto the ground.

The scarred man had already run far away.

Since Lu Yuan hasn't given any orders, there's no need for him to pursue.

Lu Yuan was staring blankly at the stream just now.

Immediately afterwards, two screams came from deep within the dense forest.

"What's going on?"

Just as Lu Yuan was completely bewildered, the familiar notification sound rang in his mind again.

New entry: 【Enemy Terrified (White)】

[Enemy Terrified (White)]: Those who harbor hostility will involuntarily feel fear when facing you. This effect fluctuates depending on the degree of fear the other party experiences.

[Qilin Bloodline (Green→Blue)]: Added effect: Internal energy is transformed into Qi. Allows internal energy to be released externally for attacks.

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