Starting with the divine power of the Great Vajra, he traversed the heavens.

Chapter 271 A single thought is all it takes; there's no room for recklessness!

In the world of martial arts, the most famous palm technique is none other than the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms".

This palm technique is powerful, domineering, and upright, making it the most masculine and protagonist-level martial art.

Furthermore, because of the great hero Xiao Feng's unwavering dominance in the martial arts world, which rendered all the heroes of the land helpless, his reputation and prestige have soared to the heavens.

Therefore, if a protagonist transmigrates into a Jin Yong novel, nine out of ten of them will learn the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms." This is because it is the most beloved martial art in the hearts of countless martial arts fans, a martial art that evokes their youthful dreams.

Of course, if Xiao Feng were to attack you with "Kanglong Youhui", probably no one would like it.

What if Xiao Feng had an external cheat code, an infinitely enhanced version of himself?

Ren Jianshen was in a terrible mood.

In an instant, he felt his breath catch in his throat, and the burly man's palm strike was like a raging torrent, unstoppable, rushing towards him.

Ren Shaoyang's heart tightened, his body shrank, and his right palm suddenly pushed against Xiao Feng's arm. He shrugged his shoulder and stepped one foot between Xiao Feng's legs at the same time. He used the move "Erlang Carrying the Mountain and Chasing the Sun" with force rising from the ground, which was extremely violent.

Back then, this move was unleashed in a flash, easily knocking Feng Xiao'ai, one of the "Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon" formations, to the ground. He simply couldn't withstand the force of that crisp, powerful strike.

However, he inexplicably failed when facing Xiao Feng.

He burst into laughter: "Want to wrestle with me?" He flipped his hand, changing his push into a press.

One force is like the sky falling, the other force rises from the earth.

The two powerful forces collided with a loud thud, their force causing the bluestone bricks beneath their feet to churn like waves, and even the entire pavilion to shake violently.

Xiao Feng exclaimed "Eh!" and said loudly, "Good brother, you adjusted very quickly!" He drew a circle with his hand and then performed another move, "The Dragon Regrets."

Ren Shaoyang felt a strange sensation again, whether it was observing the opponent's approach with "Eye-Brightness" or sensing the aura with "Emperor's Aura Observation Technique".

The opponent's attacks were all simple palm strikes, each strike clear and aimed directly at the core. No matter what moves I used, I would eventually meet his attack.

There's no escaping it, no solution to it, no way to avoid it!

Ren Shaoyang's two or three moves, which he had been racking his brains over in an instant, were all useless. Feeling dejected and astonished, he had no choice but to counterattack head-on.

With another "thud," he made contact with Xiao Feng's palm, and felt an endless force strike him, making half of his body numb.

Ren Shaoyang suddenly flew up and slapped his palms wildly backward like a storm, the palm winds swirling and crisscrossing, forcing Xiao Feng back a step, and then kicked the pillar with his foot, using the force to slide out of the pavilion.

"Hey~!" Xiao Feng stretched out his arm, his five fingers spread wide, and reached out to grab him. "You still don't understand? Why are you in such a hurry to run away?"

Ren Shaoyang felt a gust of wind blowing against his face, as if something was being poured into all seven orifices, making him feel extremely suffocated. With a flash, he flew to the side like a drifting cloud.

But little did they know that the large hand was like the Buddha's palm, with its five fingers slightly bent.

A mysterious suction force suddenly pulled Ren Shaoyang back into the pavilion!
It even sucked up the soil, grass, and wildflowers on the ground, creating a small pit that splashed everywhere.

"The Dragon-Capturing Skill?" Ren Shaoyang asked.

Xiao Feng chuckled: "Exactly!"

Ren Shaoyang sighed, "Your Dragon-Capturing Skill has an astonishing pulling force. The moment it touched me, I couldn't breathe through my mouth and nose, and even my true energy seemed to be about to leave my body." He said seriously, "Hero Xiao, this is not the Dragon-Capturing Skill at all, it's clearly the Absorbing Power Technique!"

Xiao Feng laughed and said, "I'm just a bit stronger, unlike my third brother who can absorb other people's internal energy."

"Is it Third Master Duan Yu?" Ren Shaoyang asked. "Is he also on this island?"

Xiao Feng said, "Yes, even Murong Fu is on the island."

"Murong Fu?" Ren Shaoyang was taken aback, suddenly recalling the stern-looking old man from earlier. "That was Murong Fu? You two actually moved in together?"

Xiao Feng said, "Back then, Xiao Family Fortress suffered a great upheaval. My third brother, Murong Fu, and I fought our way out of the encirclement and sailed from Zhoushan to this Lonely Cloud Island to live out our remaining days."

"After this battle, Murong Fu and I can be said to have buried the hatchet. Over the years of sparring, he has never been able to defeat me, so he has always held a grudge against you and would shout for your life whenever we met. It was all my fault."

Seeing Xiao Feng's somewhat apologetic look, Ren Shaoyang sighed softly: "Hero Xiao, what's the deal with Murong Fu's 'successor of Tianshan'?"

Xiao Feng said, "Back then, I beat him so badly that he fled to Tianshan. He was lucky enough to find the Divine Machine Cave, where he had his internal organs replaced and his right hand turned into a dragon claw, becoming a true dragon of his time. He then called himself the 'Successor of Tianshan,' possessing demonic strength that was no less than mine."

Not inferior to you?
And then you beat him up for the rest of his life, huh?

"However," Ren Shaoyang was somewhat stunned, "how come there is a Divine Machine Cave in this world? Murong Fu became the 'Heir of Tianshan' before Wu Dingyuan. Could it all be because of the 'Chief,' this transmigrator?"

"Or is this world the same world as our original world?"

Xiao Feng glanced at Ren Shaoyang and noticed his sullen expression. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Ren, I am nearing the end of my life, so it's understandable that I feel down. You are still young, and you have a long future ahead of you. You must not lose your spirit!"

“Master Xiao,” Ren Shaoyang couldn’t help but say, “Why do you keep saying discouraging things? You fought those moves just now with great force, making rapid progress every day. I think you’re perfectly healthy and will definitely live to be a hundred years old.”

Xiao Feng shook his head and laughed, "I'm different. Ordinary people die from weakness, but I die from extreme strength."

"Extreme strength leads to death?" Ren Shaoyang frowned. "What kind of logic is that?"

Xiao Feng said, "After I realized that 'the universe is in my hands,' I entered the realm of oneness with heaven and man, without thought or desire. Later, I established Xiao Family Fortress outside Yanmen Pass and suppressed foreign tribes for twenty years." "Hero Xiao is so heroic!" Ren Shaoyang gave a thumbs up. "To think that one man could face a thousand troops alone makes my blood boil."

"I established Xiao Family Fortress for two reasons: first, to herd horses and cattle with A'Zhu outside the pass; and second, to assist my elder brother."

Xiao Feng smiled slightly and continued, "Back then, my elder brother recovered Yanyun and made unparalleled contributions. After the battle of Shaoshi Mountain, he disappeared. I couldn't bear to see his hard work go to waste, so I established Xiao Family Fortress to suppress the various tribes outside the pass."

"But later, the Divine Machine Cave reappeared. Wanyan Jue of the Jin Kingdom used the Divine Machine Cave to influence the dragon vein of Yanmen Pass, thousands of miles away, causing Xiao Family Fortress to be destroyed by the earth dragon's reversal. I was also severely injured in that natural disaster because of the backlash from the dragon vein."

"Dragon vein backlash?" Ren Shaoyang asked, bewildered. "Is it that mysterious?"

Xiao Feng said, "For twenty years, my energy has been integrated with that of the Xiao Family Fortress, thus making up for the lack of manpower. My divine energy is activated, and the connection is seamless, making me almost invincible."

Ren Shaoyang suddenly realized, "So you used the rules to restrict yourself, but in the end you became the rules yourself!"

Xiao Feng was taken aback, stared at Ren Shaoyang for a long time, and suddenly said, "Did you come up with this yourself?"

"Is that so?" Ren Shaoyang said. "Isn't that right?"

“Very apt.” Xiao Feng nodded solemnly. “There is no perfect solution in this world. My ‘Universe in My Hands’ is powerful, but it is easy to become a ‘mental demon’. Only by using Xiao Family Fortress to calm my mind and using my finite body to practice the infinite path can I be free from obstacles.”

Ren Shaoyang sighed, "It's just that Wanyan Jue of the Jin Kingdom destroyed Xiao Family Fortress with despicable means, which also allowed the 'inner demons' within you to run rampant."

“Yes,” Xiao Feng said frankly, “I have suppressed it for decades, but now I can no longer control it. If you had come a few days later, I would have already gone into seclusion.”

"I understand~"

Ren Shaoyang reached out, and with a clang, a blue weapon floated out of his palm, as soft as a ribbon yet as hard as iron.

"What a wondrous sword!" Xiao Feng smiled, raising his tiger-like eyes and staring intently at him. "I want to ask you, do you wield the sword, or does the sword wield you?"

Ren Shaoyang frowned: "What do you mean?" But when he met his imposing gaze, his heart tightened instantly.

Xiao Feng shouted, "Is the sword in your hand, or in your heart?"

Ren Shaoyang held the sword in his hand and answered earnestly, "I wave my hand and let my eyes follow my heart."

"Wrong! Wrong!" Xiao Feng shook his head and sighed, "You're overthinking it!"

Ren Shaoyang said, "I see countless possibilities. Shouldn't we choose the optimal solution?"

Xiao Feng asked, "Why did you make that choice?"

"I will make a choice once I have thought about it."

Xiao Feng scoffed: "Do you need to think before you walk, eat, or raise your hand?"

Ren Shaoyang was taken aback, thought for a long time, and then said, "We need to analyze each specific problem individually."

Xiao Feng pointed to a green bamboo tree ten zhang away and asked, "How many steps does it take you to get from here to there?"

Ren Shaoyang estimated for a moment and said, "Walk five steps, use your lightness skill to take one step, and the sword thread crossing the void will only take an instant!"

"Too much!" Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "The more you think, the less sharp your first thought becomes. As the thinking continues, it turns into worry."

"Then what should I do?" Ren Shaoyang looked at him and said in a deep voice.

"The moment a thought arises, the body moves accordingly! Do not linger, do not worry," Xiao Feng said calmly. "A single thought is the fastest; disregard the constraints of heaven and earth, and the sword will strike in an instant!"

As Lao Tzu said, "If you concentrate your vital energy and become as supple as an infant, your thoughts and actions will be naturally unhindered. This is what is meant by 'one thought is all it takes'."

"It can be resolved in a single thought?"

Ren Shaoyang stood solemnly outside the pavilion, making no move, when suddenly there was a "whoosh".

A flash of blue flame appeared ten feet away, like a thunderbolt striking a clear sky.

The bamboo leaf drifted down.
With a soft sigh, Ren Shaoyang's face shone brightly as he looked at the divine sword flowing like water on his wrist and murmured to himself.

"With clear thinking, one can understand one's true nature. A single thought is all it takes? Isn't that simply the fulfillment of one's desires!"

"Ah!"

Xiao Feng shook his head and laughed, "Brother Ren, don't be so happy yet, you haven't even mastered the basics!"

Ren Shaoyang turned his head and looked at it, saying, "Is it that different?"

"They're way off!"

Xiao Feng laughed heartily and suddenly struck out with his palm, causing the bamboo leaves in the forest to rustle.

"When you no longer hesitate when facing my 'Universe Cares Hand,' then you can talk about mastering it!"

(End of this chapter)