Wandong captured the conversation between Sun Daobai and Xu Wenchuan from A to Z. He smiled and said in high spirits, "Grandpa, behold, I'm gonna reproduce the duel right here. In the first move, the energy departs from the elixir field and circulates through three veins ― Ren, Dai, Yinyao, via five acupuncture points ― Tianshu, Liangmen, Burong, Zhongfu, Yunmen. Then I curve my palms a bit. Release!"
Accompanied by Wandong's loud yell, he moved freely to and fro, like a wandering dragon drifting in the air. With his hands clasping and separating all of a sudden, Lin Xiao darted a gasp fairly strong energy, which scattered about forthwith with thunder-like booms going off.
"Yaoting, you even figured out the circulating route of Wu Qiujun' spiritual energy? Impressive!"Sun Daobai gasped in amazement and admiration, gazing at Wandong.
The circulating route of spiritual energy was the essence of a warrior's cultivation. In other words, Wandong reproduced the duel not only in appearance but also in essence. That was literally a perfect duplicate of The Cloud-Penetrating Strategy― How could Sun Daobai stay unmoved?
Xu Wenchuan was even more startled. Being too busy to say anything, he hastened to start the running of his spiritual energy in accordance to Wandong's indication. In a short while, a burst of awe-inspiring energy from his palms broke out from his hands, much superior to that of Wandong. A wave of gales came forthwith, along with ear-splitting thunders.
Hardly had Xu Wenchuan rounded off his cultivation, when Sun Daobai hastened to inquire, "Wenchuan, how was it?"
Xu Wenchuan fixed his eyes on Wandong as if he had been a demon and murmured, "You bet that was precisely the essence of The Cloud-Penetrating Strategy. Yaoting, how...how could you manage that?"
All present lapsed into a meditation on hearing Xu Wenchuan's question and cast inquiring eyes over Wandong. Good lord! Within only three moves, Wandong managed to get the hang of the essence of Wu Qiujun's secret martial methods ― he was more than horrifying than a demon.
Faced with the astonished crowd, Wandong had no idea how to explain the way he did it. As it was the magical Taoist energy instead of him that should take the credit.
Taoist energy, superior to the spiritual energy, could help a warrior to know inside out the running of the latter. Any warriors fought by virtue of the spiritual energy were subject to the surveillance and assessment of those who used Taoist energy. Or else, how could Wandong have successfully captured flaws or weak links in Wu Qiujun's cultivation straight away to dodge any possible hazards?
Hardly had Wandong made an explanation, Wu Daozi struck in with a string of laughter, "That goes without saying. It must be his innate talent ―laudable talent! Hahaha...."
That brought a sense of relief to Xu Wenchuan and Sun Daobai as well. They could only attribute Wandong's supernatural power to his innate talent ― that was the only plausible justification that didn't go beyond their conception.
Not willing to dwell on the matter with them any longer, Wandong hastened to remind, "Grandpa, here comes the second move!"
With his suspicion dissolving, Xu Wenchuan went invigorated and said loudly, "Brill! With the three moves in my mind, I can go from particulars to generals ― granted that they were unable to give me a panoramic picture of The Cloud-Penetrating Strategy, it will still help me break through the bottleneck of my cultivation and ascend to the ninth level hands down. Yaoting, it's just as well I have you with me. I would ditch my name if Wu Qiujun stayed unperturbed on hearing your replication, hahaha..."
Well, Wandong was also eager to know Wu Qiujun's reaction to learning that Xu Wenchuan git the hang of his secret treasure ―The Cloud-Penetrating Strategy. That would be much more cringe-worthy than his checkmate to Wandong.
Wandong carried on and said, "In the second move, the energy leaves from the elixir field, circulates through three veins ― Du, Chong, and Yangwei, and via five acupuncture points ―Shangqu, Yindu, Youmen, Jianchuang, and Tianxi. I tighten the upper part of my palms and relax the lower. Release!"
On scrutinizing the second move performed by Wandong, let alone Wu Daozi, even Tang Xinyi could tell it was precisely identical with Wu Qiujun's version, despite the difference between their cultivation levels and their respective momentums of the move. Even their breaths were exactly in sync.
Nailing an imitation of others' martial techniques to such a terrific extent was a manifestation of perfection ― no one would buy it if they didn't witness it with their own eyes.
"Sister Tang, the two moves performed by Wandong were terribly outstanding and mighty. They must fall into the field of sublime martial arts. Did it truly come from Wu Qiujun?" Sun Xiaoya asked Tang Xinyi with uncontrollable amazement on her face.