The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 150 Seeing Through
The two men faced each other, three zhang apart, each on guard.

The woman's lips were now stained with blood, and her originally pale face had regained a touch of rosy color. To say she had lost her color would be an understatement, but she looked quite disheveled.

On the other side, Wu Chengyu, whose internal strength was inferior to his opponent's, experienced a surge of qi and blood after continuous fighting, and his throat felt sweet. He hurriedly used the Turtle Sun Technique to suppress it, while simultaneously using the Black Tiger Heart-Piercing Technique with all his might. His right arm inevitably became a little sore and swollen.

But at this moment, Wu Chengyu's eyes were subtle, and he became more and more calm. The fight just now had finally made him discover the woman's weakness.

This woman's internal energy appears yin but is actually yang, transforming yin into yang. It is this conflict between yin and yang that makes her internal energy extremely explosive. This is also why her lightness skill is so fast. Although it lacks variation, her ability to accelerate over short distances is extremely strong, and others simply do not have time to react.

However, the nature of this internal force, while it bursts forth rapidly, inevitably reduces the control over the internal force, and in terms of the power of the internal force alone, it is not as good as other masters of the same level.

Taking Hong Qigong, whom Wu Chengyu was most familiar with, as an example, the two should be on the same level.

The woman's lightness skill was far superior to Hong Qigong's, but her internal strength was far inferior. If she had fought Wu Chengyu head-on, it would have been Hong Qigong who clashed with her, and Wu Chengyu would have been seriously injured by now.

So on the surface, women are Wu Chengyu's nemesis. Their superior lightness skills greatly diminish Wu Chengyu's previous advantages. However, considering only the characteristics of internal energy attributes, women are not as effective at restraining Wu Chengyu as Hong Qigong.

Because Hong Qigong's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms rely entirely on the application of power, the Shifting Stars technique is completely useless. However, this woman's control over internal energy is far inferior to that of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. In other words, this time, Wu Chengyu's Shifting Stars technique, which he had always thought was useless against the Five Greats level masters, could finally be put to use.

It is indeed a divine skill. If it becomes useless when encountering a top expert, how can it be worthy of Wu Chengyu's painstaking efforts in using the Quanxing Protective Method to upgrade it?

As for the other point, Wu Chengyu only discovered it during their close-quarters combat just now. Although his body was effeminate, this guy's hands were nothing like a woman's delicate hands. His hands were large, his knuckles were thick, and his pores were large.

Most importantly, Wu Chengyu was shocked to discover that the other party had an Adam's apple, but it wasn't so obvious before because he was wearing palace attire.

Considering that the other party came from the palace, obeyed the emperor, and was quite disdainful of Shi Miyuan, Wu Chengyu realized at this moment that this guy was not a woman at all, but a perverted old eunuch.

So the unpleasant smell of expired rouge on him was simply rouge mixed with the stench of urine.

"What's your name? Are you practicing the Sunflower Manual?"

"What Sunflower Manual? And what kind of flower is a sunflower? My name is Guihua, and this is the Celestial Transformation Technique that I created myself."

Wu Chengyu thought to himself, "Just as I thought. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is set in the Ming Dynasty. The Sunflower Manual is said to have been created by a palace eunuch, but Jin Yong later added that this eunuch was from the previous dynasty."

The term "previous dynasty" here likely doesn't refer to the previous emperor, but rather to the dynasty preceding the Ming Dynasty—whether it's the Yuan or the Song Dynasty, it's possible. In any case, Jin Yong's description is ambiguous and doesn't provide a definitive answer.

So here's the question: sunflowers aren't a native species. They were brought to China by the Spanish during the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty. If they were truly created by eunuchs during the Song or Yuan Dynasties, they wouldn't have been called by that name.

I don't know if this is another bug in Jin Yong's novel, or if Wu Chengyu misunderstood.

However, whether it's Guihua or a celestial being, and given the characteristics of her attacks, it's clearly the Sunflower Manual that Wu Chengyu remembers. This time, he's truly encountered a hidden character from Jin Yong's novel world.

"Guhua, an old eunuch, do you really think you're a woman? No wonder Zhao Feng said you stink."

When Wu Chengyu exposed her identity, Guihua flew into a rage. For many years, no one had dared to call him a eunuch to his face. She pulled out two gold hairpins from her hair and swung them left and right, turning them into two golden beams that aimed straight at Wu Chengyu's brow and throat.

Wu Chengyu made a fist with both hands, creating an invisible force field three feet in front of him. The two golden hairpins, which were originally as fast as lightning, trembled and gradually slowed down after entering the force field, finally stopping an inch away from Wu Chengyu's body.

Then Wu Chengyu waved his hands, and the golden hairpin turned to attack Guhua. With Guhua's speed, she was naturally not hit by the hairpin. She changed position at will, dodging the hairpin, and then pulled out the hairpins from her head one after another, stubbornly shooting them at Wu Chengyu.

This is the problem of his insufficient control over his internal energy. After the hairpin left his hand, the internal energy attached to it was no longer under his control and was completely neutralized by Wu Chengyu's "Shifting Stars and Changing Principles," using the opponent's own methods against them.

Enraged by this, Guihua rushed to Wu Chengyu and attacked his vital points with her hands like knives.

This was the first time Guhua had taken the initiative to attack. She had underestimated Wu Chengyu earlier and hadn't expected him to be so powerful after regaining his true form. Having lost the initiative, she was chased and attacked by Wu Chengyu. Now, she had learned her lesson and took the initiative to strike first, pressing herself against Wu Chengyu and not giving him any space to use the Black Tiger Heart-Piercing Technique.

The Sunflower Manual is characterized not only by its fast movement but also by its even faster attack speed. Wu Chengyu's current lightness skill speed is comparable to hers, and her first step's explosive power is even greater, but her attack speed cannot keep up with hers.

Fortunately, Wu Chengyu, who had seen through the characteristics of Guihua's internal energy, had his own way of dealing with it. He activated the Dou Zhuan Xing Yi technique to its limit, and an invisible force field enveloped his entire body. Although Guihua's attack speed was fast, she was held back by the invisible force field as soon as she got close. Her hands, which could have taken lives in the blink of an eye like a phantom, were no longer as fast as before.

At this point, Wu Chengyu could focus on fighting Guhua without worry. Since he had not reached the Microscopic Realm, he would inevitably be at a disadvantage in a battle of techniques, so he should rely on his own strength to gain the upper hand.

He unleashed the Nine Yin Divine Claw, a claw technique with astonishing finger strength comparable to a sharp blade. He didn't bother with fancy moves; he simply swung his hands with tremendous force and smashed them down on Guhua, completely focusing on offense without any defense.

Neither of them used weapons, but Guihua's hand blade was not as sharp as the Nine Yin Divine Claw. If he struck Wu Chengyu with his palm, Wu Chengyu might not die.

However, Wu Chengyu's immense strength, combined with the Nine Yin Divine Claw, would inevitably break Guhua's already frail body, tearing off large chunks of flesh and blood.

Wu Chengyu's fighting style left Guihua helpless for a time. Wu Chengyu was using foul tactics, especially the mysterious Dou Zhuan Xing Yi, which made Guihua very wary. She was not Hong Qigong and had no understanding of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi.

The longer the fight went on, the slower his arms felt, as if they were wrapped in several layers of coarse cloth. If this continued, he would surely lose.

But this wasn't the most difficult thing for Guhua to adapt to. The key issue was that Wu Chengyu was a heartless man. After discovering Guhua's eunuch identity, during their close combat, he began to intentionally or unintentionally use groin kicks on Guhua repeatedly, or playfully tease her with the Nine Yin Divine Claw.

As she struck, Guhua shouted in shame and indignation, "Knowing I am a eunuch, why are you using this trick on me?"

(End of this chapter)