Under One Person: Starting with the Dual Cultivation of Body and Soul

Does Master really have so little faith in me?

Zhang Lingyu pursed her lips and secretly made up her mind: she must not let her master down.

But in reality, Zhang Lingyu was overthinking it. The old master said that simply to tease Lu Jin.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin glared at him with an unfriendly expression: "You old bastard, I was wondering why you were suddenly being so kind. So that's what you were up to."

"That's called outsmarting him! Old Lu!" the old master laughed.

Lu Jin took a deep breath in anger and looked at the stage, hoping that Li Chang'an would live up to expectations.

On the training ground, Lu Xue looked at Li Chang'an and said, "Senior Brother Chang'an, don't think I came here just to support you. I heard you defeated Lin Ge'er in one move. I'm definitely no match for you, but I'm still very curious and want to see your skills. I also want to show off my cultivation achievements in front of all the seniors."

"Alright, go ahead and do it," Li Chang'an said with a smile.

"Then I won't hold back, take this!"

Lu Xuejiao shouted, spread her five fingers, and a faint golden light burst from her fingertips. Her left claw reached out and went straight for Li Chang'an's chest and abdomen.

"This is the Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand." The older generation recognized the move at a glance.

But facing this fierce attack, Li Chang'an did not dodge at all, letting Lu Xue's dragon claw hand strike his chest with a muffled thud.

Lu Xue felt as if her fingers had gripped an iron plate. The golden light at her fingertips shattered, and she felt a sharp pain in her five fingers. Instinctively, she pulled her hand back.

"What is this?" Zhang Lingyu's pupils shrank slightly. The Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand was known for its fierce and powerful techniques, but it seemed to have failed to break through Li Chang'an's defense.

Lu Xue on the field was also shocked, but as a lay disciple of Shaolin, she did not panic. She shifted her feet and circled around to Li Chang'an's side, changing her left hand from a claw to a hook, while her right hand went straight for his waist.

This was a tricky angle, and the move was quick; several knowledgeable people in the audience had already nodded in approval.

Faced with Lu Xue's relentless and fierce attacks, Li Chang'an remained standing still. He didn't even make any defensive stance, but calmly watched Lu Xue change her moves, circle around, and attack, as if he were watching someone who had nothing to do with him.

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

Golden energy surged on the stage, and when the Dragon Claw Hand made its move, it even carried a faint dragon's roar, but when it hit Li Chang'an, it only produced muffled thuds and did not splash the slightest bit of water.

Lu Xue circled around Li Chang'an and struck him with over a hundred moves, from his chest and abdomen to his back, from his shoulder to his ribs, her fingers aching from the pressure, blood seeping from under her fingernails.

But Li Chang'an remained standing still, not even blinking.

"It's so hard... my hand hurts so much, what's going on?"

A storm raged in Lu Xue's heart.

She had seen Lu Lin use the Reverse Life Triple Technique before, but wasn't the Reverse Life state just about great strength and strong recovery? She had never heard of such an extremely abnormal indestructible ability!

My Dragon Claw Hand technique can even tear through my senior brother's Iron Shirt skill, which he has painstakingly practiced. So why can't I break through his defense?

Could it be that he secretly practiced some top-level external martial arts techniques?

But external martial arts techniques also require active exertion of energy. I didn't see any sign of him exerting any energy at all!

Lu Xue was on the verge of a breakdown; the more she hit him, the more agitated she became.

At that moment, she suddenly looked up into Li Chang'an's eyes, and an extremely bold idea popped into her mind.

Surely they can't be invincible there either, right?

She suppressed the thought as soon as it popped into her head.

This is a friendly sparring match. Using the Dragon Claw Hand to gouge someone's eyes is extremely malicious, especially since this is one's own elder brother.

However, although she didn't gouge out his eyes, she had a new target. She used her Dragon Claw Hand technique to execute a Double Peak Piercing Ear move, aiming for Li Chang'an's cochlea.

"Bang!"

It was still a dull, muffled thud.

The defenses remained unbroken.

On the contrary, because of the excessive force, the recoil caused Lu Xue's ten fingers to ache terribly.

This scene caused an uproar among the onlookers.

"What's going on? Such powerful defense, is this the capability of the Trinity Sect?"

"I've never heard of the Triple Rebirth Technique of the San Yi Sect being a form of external martial arts!"

"His defense is terrifying! Lu Xue launched a hundred attacks at him in a row, and he didn't even flinch... This is a completely different level of competition!"

"I initially thought she was going up there to show support, but it turns out she went up there to embarrass herself. With such a huge difference in skill level, what was the point of her even going up there?"

"Actually, this girl named Lu Xue is definitely a skilled fighter. If I were to compete, I might not be able to beat her. Yet she couldn't even scratch her opponent. This Li Chang'an is truly remarkable. No wonder Senior Lu held such a grand apprenticeship banquet for him."

"They've just thrown in a bombshell right from the start! I was hoping to show off, but it looks like I have no chance at all. I'm afraid only monsters like Zhang Lingyu and Zhuge Qing can go up and try their luck against Li Chang'an."

The younger generation is discussing it extensively.

Zhuge Qing sat below the stage, his eyes narrowed to slits, his pupils darting rapidly within them.

"How about it? Did you figure anything out?" Zhuge Qing's father, Zhuge Gong, asked with a smile.

Zhuge Qing shook his head: "He didn't move an inch from beginning to end, so we didn't get any useful information. All we know is that this person has extremely strong self-defense capabilities."

"The Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand can't break his defense, and my Bajiquan probably can't hurt him either. However, he might not be able to withstand my unorthodox techniques."

Zhang Lingyu stood aside, thinking to himself: With this level of defense, I wouldn't have any problem using the Golden Light Spell.

Immediately afterwards, he remembered asking his master about the Threefold Reversal of Life before he left.

The master said that this technique is very similar to the Golden Light Mantra, but it is much more complicated.

Is it a more complex version of the Golden Light Mantra, so it also has similar protective abilities?

The younger generation, inexperienced and naive, could only speculate from the audience.

Those elders who had witnessed Lu Jin's Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique also showed expressions of curiosity.

"Elder Lu, the Reverse Life Triple Realm doesn't have such abnormal defensive effects, does it? Could it be that Li Chang'an has also cultivated other protective techniques?" someone couldn't help but ask.

Lu Jin shook his head, his tone extremely certain: "He didn't use anything else. This is the purest effect of the Triple Reversal of Life."

After saying that, Lu Jin looked at Zhang Zhiwei: "Old Celestial Master, what do you think?"

Zhang Zhiwei said, "He did indeed only use the Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique. I've said before that the Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique is a similar technique to the Golden Light Mantra, only much more complex and produces a wider range of effects. Old Lu, this kid's Reverse Rebirth effects are much richer than yours."

"Hahaha." Lu Jin laughed loudly, "There will always be successors."

And at this moment, on the stage.

After gritting her teeth and unleashing another fifty ferocious Dragon Claw Hands, Lu Xue finally stopped, standing still and panting heavily.

She desperately raised her hands. Her once slender and fair hands were now red and swollen, like soaked chicken feet, and were trembling uncontrollably.

Someone in the audience remarked, "This girl is too ruthless to herself; she truly lives up to the reputation of the tough Lu family."

On the field, Lu Xue stared at her hands for a long time, then burst into tears.

"Grandpa!"

With tears streaming down her face, Lu Xue looked at Lu Jin and cried out in grievance, "Brother Chang'an is bullying me!"