Although the reason why Yi Yun could tear off her strap had to do with her being distracted, it was still impressive. It was because Yi Yun had managed to avoid her palm strike.
Lin Xintong was surprised that Yi Yun could progress so quickly from just a day’s fight.
She never gave Yi Yun pointers on his movements, and Yi Yun grasped them all by himself.
Yi Yun having managed to avoid her palm may sound simple, but it was hard to do in practice. It had a special name for it, known as, “Minute Subtlety”, by using the smallest of moves to avoid an enemy’s attack, one could reduce greatly the flaws in one’s movement. It could also allow one to stick closely to the enemy, and counterattack when the enemy’s move is almost done.
To be able to do this at twelve years old, Yi Yun would be considered quite a genius. Of course in terms of genius, it only referred to his perceptivity and his body’s coordination.
Besides…
The thing that made Lin Xintong most concerned about was the strange reaction within her meridian channels at that moment…
In this world, few people were born with Yin Meridians. Compounded with the fact that people with Yin Meridians were considered to have a terminal condition, these people could not live long. Commoners with the condition would usually die around the age of twenty; even in a martial family, few families would spend the resources needed to nurture a person with this terminal condition.
So there were very few records of Yin Meridians, just a few records that said something along the lines of “Yin Meridians are terminated meridians, without cure, without chance of practicing martial arts”. Lin Xintong was searching for a way to open up her Yin Meridians.
Now, although Yi Yun’s body had resulted in a mysterious phenomenon for Lin Xintong, she did not know what it meant.
“Yi Yun,” Lin Xintong softly spoke.
“Yes, Sister Goddess, what orders do you have?” Yi Yun appeared very obedient and his speech was sweet to the ears.
Lin Xintong descended from the pine tree, “The move, ‘Tiger Claws Smite Rocks’ that you used, formed a tiger phantom image from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi behind you, did you notice that?”
A tiger phantom image formed from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi?
Yi Yun shook his head. When he used ‘Tiger Claws Smite Rocks’, he only had one thought, and that was to not lose totally, and as for the strike having an impressive aura, he was not aware of it.
Yi Yun remembered that in the wuxia dramas he had seen, when skills such as the ‘Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms’ were used, there would be a golden dragon flying in the sky. The phantom image formed from the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi he punched out was probably similar to that.
Lin Xintong said, “A warrior’s every move and gesture can affect the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. At a certain level, when a warrior attacks, the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi will automatically form a phantom image. This is usually an ability people have only after reaching the Purple Blood realm. But you are just in the Qi Gatherer realm. Logically speaking, you should not have such an ability.”
“But, since you have ‘Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse’, your meridian channels are wider than an ordinary warrior’s. It might be wider that those of a warrior at the middle stages of the Purple Blood realm, so that’s why you can punch out a phantom image formed from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi!”
“By infusing Heaven Earth Yuan Qi into your moves, it can strengthen and increase the speed of your moves! Besides that, the movement you used to avoid my palm strike, that is the introductory stage to a movement technique known as ‘Minute Subtlety’. By using the smallest actions to avoid an enemy’s attack, this is known as ‘Minute Subtlety’! This ‘Minute Subtlety’ technique, after the introductory stage is known as the small success stage, which can borrow the opponent’s ‘force’ to aid in avoiding. Even if I said more, it will be hard for you to comprehend. Everything will depend on your own enlightenment.”
“By being able to do those two things in the Qi Gatherer realm is quite impressive. You need to slowly chip away at it to understand its wonder.” Hearing Lin Xintong’s compliment, Yi Yun scratched his head. Heaven Earth Yuan Qi phantom image, Minute Subtlety movement…
Yi Yun did not know anything about this, but after being reviewed by Lin Xintong, he had learned a lot from her. At least in the short run, he had a goal which was to ponder over the two techniques.
As for the Minute Subtlety’s small success stage, by using the “force” to avoid. These things that sounded too mysterious to him were ignored.
“Yi Yun,” Lin Xintong opened her mouth again.
“Yes Sister Goddess, what’s the matter?” Yi Yun had noticed that Lin Xintong had something on her mind but was hesitant on saying it.
“Hmm…” Lin Xintong bit her lips as she looked at Yi Yun’s palm.
The both times she had felt that strange phenomenon was when she touched Yi Yun’s body.
The contact with Yi Yun’s body during their battle had been fl