Lingzhang

Chapter 47: Planting Golden Lotus in Fire

The touch is so soft that it can be described as silky, and the low whimpering sound is so close.

In just a moment, Yue Hanzhang suddenly woke up from the ecstasy of breaking through the realm of martial arts.

What did I do in this mysterious state of being truly "carried away by success"?

The passionate self in the previous moment seemed to suddenly jump into a deep icy cave at this moment.

My blood ran cold.

Yue Hanzhang opened his eyes in disbelief and realized that—

He was leaning on the huge and well-proportioned body of the Shadow Tiger Leopard, and then clamped the Shadow Tiger Leopard's neck between his arms.

Even though the action was frozen at this moment, his hands were still holding the tiger and leopard's head.

At this moment, the low whimpering vibration seemed to be transmitted through Yue Hanzhang's hands, to Yue Hanzhang's whole body, and then directly to the depths of Yue Hanzhang's soul.

Yue Hanzhang's deeper life instincts seemed to be aroused at this moment. A tingling chill suddenly emerged from the top of his head, then passed along Yue Hanzhang's neck and spine, and was transmitted to Yue Hanzhang's whole body.

And almost at the moment when the coldness passed, Yue Hanzhang's originally cold blood suddenly burst into warmth again.

The greater sense of shock than ever before inspired a greater passion than ever before at this moment.

Blazing! Scalding!
However, this thrilling feeling, this overwhelming and scorching heat, along with Yue Hanzhang's improvement in martial arts, did not emanate from his body and mind at this moment.

Using the Nine Palaces as a furnace, this invisible martial arts cauldron has sealed too many things inside it, and regarded too many things as firewood.

In an instant, the transmission of emotions, through the spread of mental power, suddenly flowed around Yue Hanzhang's body along with the circulating energy and blood.

This intense emotion was integrated into the entity of qi and blood and poured into Yue Hanzhang's martial arts practice field.

The blazing, scorching heat was like a flame that melted everything anew.

Almost in the space of a breath, Yue Hanzhang could clearly feel that there was some kind of mysterious existence, which was emerging from his boiling blood at this moment, and then transmitted back to his mind through the unity of body and spirit of the power of blood and qi.

A flood of memories surges.

At this moment, Yue Hanzhang suddenly clearly realized that the terrifying scene when he first saw the shadowy tiger and leopard became blurred in his memory.

The mysterious existence and the pure artistic conception contained therein are integrated with each other.

Furthermore, something similar to emotion but not emotion, similar to will but far more resilient than will, at the moment of its birth, became blurred between form and spirit, turning from reality into illusion.

That is the prototype of the will of martial arts, and that is the path of the will of martial arts of the artistic conception school that Mrs. Wei talked about!

And it was with the birth of the embryonic form of martial arts will, and with its integration into his own martial arts practice, when he carefully comprehended it, that Yue Hanzhang could feel that there was some kind of illusory connection similar to inspiration, which was established at this moment between the "Nine Palaces Hunyuan Palm" and the other offensive martial arts he mastered.

Yue Hanzhang had tried this before. When his mechanical mind was pondering and interpreting various martial arts, he had "sneaked" to the end and also allocated computing power to deduce in advance how these martial arts could be integrated with the Hunyuan Palm.

But at that time, he didn't know what was missing. For the first time, in the roaring music in the mechanical mind, Yue Hanzhang gained nothing, as if there was still an insurmountable gap between the fusion of these martial arts.

But at this moment, Yue Hanzhang understood that this "gap" was the prototype of the will of martial arts and the foundation on which all martial arts could be melted into one.

It is the bridge of everything. So at this moment, changes happen between breaths, and everything becomes clear between breaths.

When Yue Hanzhang felt the whimpering vibration of the shadow tiger again, he suddenly realized that he was frightened just now. The frightening mood and emotion were too strong.

But after being frightened, was I afraid? Frightened?
The blazing heat surging throughout the body is proof of this, as is the embryonic form of the martial arts will that permeates the entire body.

The connection between the various martial arts became more and more obvious, and Yue Hanzhang's courage grew with every breath.

On the contrary, as Yue Hanzhang's understanding became clear, when he turned his head to look, he saw the tiger-leopard head that was held in Yue Hanzhang's arms for a moment. The pair of dark golden animal eyes full of spiritual light burst out with an unprecedented look of confusion and helplessness.

At this moment, it seemed that Shadow Tiger Leopard was even more "numb" than Yue Hanzhang.

Thinking of this, when I listened carefully again, I found that the low whimpering sound seemed to reveal some timidity.

So, in such silence, in such silent gaze.

Suddenly, Yue Hanzhang's hand, which had stopped, continued to move. The huge head of the shadow tiger leopard swayed left and right in Yue Hanzhang's arms, swinging with his gentle force.

Yue Hanzhang couldn't let go of the soft hair that seemed to be glowing under the moonlight.

Soon, Yue Hanzhang stroked the back of the Shadow Tiger Leopard's head with one hand, all the way to its back. His hand was like a galloping horse, galloping across the vast and endless "black grassland".

Yue Hanzhang's other hand gently supported the shadow tiger leopard's head and scratched its chin like a cat.

It was as if it had never been treated like this before. Almost in an instant, the shadow tiger and leopard seemed to have their fur standing on end, but then, that frightened reaction disappeared completely.

Yue Hanzhang's palm stroked its body back and forth, and he could clearly feel the relaxation of the tiger and leopard's whole body after that moment.

Then, the pair of round dark golden animal eyes narrowed as if enjoying it at this moment.

As a result, the low whimpering sound in the throat seemed to have changed its tone and turned into some kind of gentle snoring.

At this moment, the spiritual light in the dark golden eyes of the Shadow Tiger Leopard overlapped with a certain instinct of being a supernatural monster. With the help of Yue Hanzhang's strength, the Shadow Tiger Leopard tilted its head slightly, as if it was going to stick out its tongue to lick Yue Hanzhang's cheek.

Yue Hanzhang smiled silently, but hurriedly avoided the tiger's tongue. The textbooks said it very clearly, and Yue Hanzhang also saw it clearly under the moonlight. The tiger's tongue was full of sharp and tough barbs. If it was bitten by the tongue, he was afraid that half of his face would be disfigured.

And it was precisely as Yue Hanzhang dodged, perhaps because his hands stopped moving, or perhaps because his silent smile was seen clearly by the Shadow Tiger and Leopard.

Then, the shadowy tiger leopard tilted its head and shook its whole body. Some powerful and irresistible force gently threw Yue Hanzhang aside.

Immediately afterwards, the tiger and leopard leaped up into the air, and when they looked again, their figures had disappeared into the darkness deep in the alley, completely vanishing.

"Ha, you're still shy."

As early as an unknown time, probably the moment when the embryonic form of the martial arts will was born, the symphony that originally belonged to the mechanized mind had stopped.

This means a lot.

This means that at least Yue Hanzhang and Shadow Tiger and Leopard have already classified each other as "familiar".
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At the entrance of the alley, bathed in the mist rising from the moonlight, Mrs. Wei arrived quietly. She seemed to have seen the whole process, and then, as she was about to say something, her figure suddenly turned into mist and dissipated.

It came and went suddenly, but the young man didn't know it.

(End of this chapter)