Martial arts mastery? But I'm just a spoiled brat!

"Something doesn't seem right. Didn't my senior brother say that his successor was only at the peak of Ming Jin? But now it seems that he has already mastered An Jin and has entered the initial stage of An Jin. Could it be...?"

Following behind was Li Cunxiao, a Xingyi master entrusted by Steward Cao. He had also noticed that Yan Qing had gone out, so he followed closely behind. However, he did not expect that the strength Yan Qing displayed was not the peak of Ming Jin as his senior brother had said, but that he had already mastered An Jin.

"It seems to be related to the Baguazhang master who entered the Yan family a few days ago."

Li Cunxiao didn't think his senior brother was lying to him. In addition, he had seen a master enter the Yan family two days ago, so there was only one possibility... that Yan Qing had broken through the Ming Jin stage and entered the An Jin stage in just a few days.

"But this is too fast... No wonder my senior brother said that as long as we protect him until he reaches the peak of his internal energy cultivation, this speed..."

Li Cunxiao was somewhat shocked to think that Yan Qing had advanced from Ming Jin to An Jin in just a few days.

The power exertion habits in the Ming Jin stage are completely different from those in the An Jin stage. For an ordinary martial artist to change these habits after relearning a martial art, it usually takes nearly a month, let alone practicing a highly difficult martial art like Baguazhang.

Although Li Cunxiao was shocked, he did not slow down at all and continued to follow behind the two at a leisurely pace.

Even if a martial artist simply travels on foot, their speed is by no means slow.

Before long, the two arrived at a residential building in the south of the city.

"Young Master~"

Wanxing emerged from the shadows and approached Yan Qing. Without much formality, she led the way. Occasionally, figures would flash by in the surrounding darkness, indicating that the area was completely fortified.

Finally, the three of them walked until they reached the door of a tailor shop before stopping.

"It seems these two are well-prepared."

Seeing that the wooden planks on the tailor shop's main door were not erected, and that the small door to the side was half-closed with flickering firelight inside, Yan Qing knew that the people inside must have already noticed and even knew that they couldn't escape.

However, when Yan Qing looked up and scanned his surroundings, seeing gunmen lying in ambush on rooftops and throughout the streets, he could understand it all.

Masters of internal strength are extremely lethal to ordinary people, and can cause great casualties if assassinated. However, when faced with a large-scale, well-trained, armed soldiers actively encircling and suppressing them, escaping is still a pipe dream.

Lan Yue placed one hand on her thigh and led the way toward the small door of the tailor shop, with Wan Xing and Yan Qing following closely behind.

Upon entering, the anticipated ambush did not occur. Inside, two people were sitting around a brazier, throwing things into it to burn.

*Smack!*

Yan Qing closed the door behind him. Hearing the door close, the two turned to look at the three of them, with most of their gazes falling on Yan Qing.

Clearly, the two had expected someone to come and attack them, but they never expected that Yan Qing, the third young master of the Yan family, would be among them.

The two exchanged a glance, without communicating, but their actions were perfectly synchronized. Upon seeing Yan Qing, they both chose to attack simultaneously.

One of them slapped the brazier with his palm, while the other reached out and pulled out a pair of iron scissors about a foot long.

The two moved in perfect unison, their eyes fixed on Yan Qing, their target extremely clear.

However, they were fast, and Lan Yue and Wan Xing were not slow either. Lan Yue had just finished tilting the brazier when the short knife tied to her thigh was already unsheathed.

The blade sliced ​​through the air, and with a gentle flick, it cleared the brazier and the embers inside.

Then Lan Yue faced the person holding the scissors with her short sword.

"Wanxing, let me do it!"

Wanxing intended to face another person, but then she heard Yan Qing's voice.

As she spoke, Yan Qing had already passed her and rushed straight towards the person who was patting the brazier with his hand.

Upon seeing Yan Qing appear, the man's face lit up with joy, and he then slapped Yan Qing directly with his palm.

*Smack!*

The man slapped his hand with great force, and a crisp sound could be heard even in the air.

"Well done!"

Yan Qing did not retreat, but instead went straight to meet him.

However, this time Yan Qing did not use the fierce Bajiquan elbow technique, nor did he use the Baguazhang palm technique. Instead, his hands wrapped around the opponent's wrists like snakes.

When Yan Qing's palm touched the other's wrist, it coiled upwards like a snake, first the wrist, then the arm, and only when Yan Qing's palm finally rested on the other's shoulder did the hidden force in his hand burst forth.

"Click~"

Although Yan Qing's hidden force was not strong, it struck the weak point of the joint with great precision, and a crisp sound came from the man's joint.

But Yan Qing's movements did not stop; his other hand had already reached for the other person's waist.

*Smack!*

As Yan Qing's palm made contact with the opponent's waist, he unleashed another burst of hidden force.

Then Yan Qing tightened his arms from top to bottom while twisting his waist.

"Snap! Ah!!!"

Another cracking sound rang out, followed by a loud scream.

Just as Yan Qing climbed up, wrapped his arms around her wrists, wrapped them around her waist, patted her shoulder with one hand and her waist and abdomen with the other, and finally tightened his grip with both hands, the series of actions were completed in an instant.

This is actually just one move. Many people only know that Bajiquan is fierce and powerful, but they don't know that in addition to its fierce and powerful fist techniques, Bajiquan's small entangling and large entangling techniques are also unique.

The Eight Extremes Small Entangling Hand and the Great Entangling Body are both techniques, and the move Yan Qing just used was the Eight Extremes Great Entangling.

The reason he was able to defeat his opponent in one move is because this move is a grappling technique, which actually relies heavily on the martial artist's strength, specifically the level of Ming Jin (manifested strength). In addition, Yan Qing combined it with An Jin (hidden strength), which allowed him to strike the opponent's joints with great accuracy, disrupting the opponent's point of force.

Thus, the combination of obvious and hidden strength ultimately made this move, Bajiji Entanglement, effective.

Just after the other party screamed in pain, Yan Qing's clasped hands loosened.

"Pat-pat~"

As Yan Qing released his grip, the man's entire body collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, unable to move his limbs, only screams escaping his lips and eyes filled with terror.

This was the entire spine that was forcibly broken by the immense force of Yan Qing's embrace.

"This hidden force is really useful! The effect is so obvious."

After quickly eliminating one person, Yan Qing's eyes lit up.

In the past, unless it was a sneak attack or a sudden outburst, Yan Qing could only rely on his powerful burst of internal energy and the fierceness of Bajiquan to fight his opponent to a standstill.

However, after mastering the hidden strength, Yan Qing had more options and fighting styles.

The Eight Extremes Entanglement technique just now is an example of this. Yan Qing's Eight Extremes Entanglement technique relied on the precise damage to the opponent's joints from the burst of internal force, combined with the powerful burst of external force to achieve this. Both are indispensable.