Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

This is the first move of "Wind God Leg", and also the foundation and entry point of "Wind God Leg". Li Xin glimpsed the secret of controlling the wind in this move "Catching the Wind and Shadows".

In the past, when Li Xin used "Wind God Leg", his qi followed his moves, and the moves and true qi worked together to create great power. But now Li Xin has dissipated his power and there is no true qi in his moves. However, when he used "Catching the Wind and Shadows", he still brought up a breeze.

That's right. The movement itself creates air currents. By utilizing these breezes, the "Wind God Kick" can still possess the power of the "Wind God" even without using internal force.

If I can further improve my understanding and application of the "Wind God Leg," I can ride the gale and move freely in it, even without internal energy.

Thinking this, Li Xin used the other moves of "Wind God Leg" one by one. With Li Xin's current understanding and application of "Wind God Leg", even without the assistance of true qi, "Wind God Leg" is still fierce and can be performed smoothly and naturally.

What Li Xin didn't know was that when he used the "Wind God Leg" technique, the iceberg at the summit began to tremble slightly, but because the tremor was so small and Li Xin was focused on comprehending the "Wind God Leg" technique, he didn't notice it.

The three unique martial arts techniques of "Leg, Palm, and Fist" are inherited from the same lineage. After Li Xin finished using "Wind God Leg", "Cloud Dispelling Palm" followed immediately.

When the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm" is exhausted, the "Heavenly Frost Fist" will follow.

At this moment, a thought, imperceptible to Li Xin, began to fluctuate.

"This is... Senior Brother Shuang's 'Heavenly Frost Fist'... I never thought I would see Senior Brother Shuang's martial arts again in my lifetime..."

The other thought remained silent, not responding to the first thought, but instead silently watching Li Xin unleash the "Heavenly Frost Fist".

After using the "Heavenly Frost Fist," Li Xin returned to the "Wind God Leg." With the foundation laid by the "Cloud Dispelling Palm" and the "Heavenly Frost Fist," when Li Xin practiced the "Wind God Leg" again, he had an additional layer of comparison between the "Wind God Leg," the "Cloud Dispelling Palm," and the "Heavenly Frost Fist."

At this moment, the silent thought also fluctuated: "His three unique skills of 'leg, palm, and fist' are slightly different from those that Xiong Ba taught us back then. His martial arts should be passed down from the lineage of Uncle Xiong Wu."

"I think so too."

The earlier thought agreed.

Regardless of the origin of Li Xin's "Leg, Palm, and Fist" techniques, the appearance of this martial art, which had a profound influence and significance on the two minds, still caused a slight ripple in their minds, which had been as still as stagnant water for hundreds of years.

Li Xin was naturally unaware that his martial arts practice was being observed by two mental entities. He continued to practice the three ultimate martial arts techniques of "leg, palm, and fist," sometimes inserting a few moves of "cloud-dispelling palm" while performing "wind god leg," and sometimes interspersing a few moves of "frost fist" while performing "cloud-dispelling palm," gradually fusing these three ultimate martial arts techniques into one.

However, after trying for a long time, Li Xin always felt that there was something hindering his performance. With a thought, Li Xin abandoned the "Heavenly Frost Fist" and used the "Wind God Leg" and "Cloud Dispelling Palm" interchangeably. The clouds rode the wind, and the wind rose and the clouds gathered. With the combined force of wind and clouds, the "Wind God Leg" and "Cloud Dispelling Palm" could be connected without any hindrance.

Li Xin was pleasantly surprised. He felt that his previous attempt to combine "Divine Wind Force", "Void Cloud Force" and "Heavenly Frost Qi" into one was simply superfluous. No wonder "Returning Origin True Qi" was so difficult to cultivate. He had to break through and rebuild with the help of Wu Ji before he could barely master it.

The wind has no fixed form, and the clouds are ever-changing. The harmony between wind and clouds is the natural order. Adding the chill of frost would disrupt the harmony between them and cause them to become obstructed.

It was only thanks to dispersing my own internal energy that I was able to discover this matter. After returning to martial arts training, I only need to combine "Divine Wind Force" and "Void Cloud Force," and forget about "Heavenly Frost Qi." If I want to use "Heavenly Frost Fist" in the future, I can just use "Bright Jade True Qi."

After introspecting, Li Xin realized that he knew too many martial arts. To integrate all the martial arts and reach the "enlightened" state described by Zhen Yuanzhai, he needed to subtract rather than add, eliminating the superfluous martial arts.

This is also a major reason why Li Xin was so resolute in the past, dispersing all his astonishing cultivation.

The electric force of the "Thunderbolt Divine Skill" no longer needs to be retained. The "Wedding Dress True Qi" and "Bright Jade True Qi" complement each other, generating the power of thunder and lightning.

The two volumes of "The Scripture of Wisdom for Controlling All Methods" – "Light" and "Dark" – can be directly incorporated into the extremely Yang "Wedding Dress Divine Skill" and the extremely Yin "Bright Jade Skill".

Using the "War God's Manual" as the general outline, the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill" and the "Bright Jade Skill" as tools, and the "Wind and Cloud True Qi" for harmonization...

Li Xin had a detailed plan for his internal energy cultivation, and he was just waiting to find a quiet place to cultivate after he went down the mountain.

As for external martial arts, Li Xin has no ideas for the time being. He can only say that he should fight and practice more. The more he fights, the more his external martial arts will be integrated into his body.

As Li Xin pondered and practiced his skills, a cold voice suddenly entered his mind from who-knows-where.

"That's not how you use the 'Cloud-Dispelling Palm'."

Li Xin was startled. Who else could be on this mountain peak, which is over 7,000 meters above sea level, besides him?

The snow on the ground suddenly gathered and transformed into a tall figure in front of Li Xin, with blurred features, distinct muscles, and even a cloak that moved without wind.

Li Xin: "..."

This is fucking bizarre!

The snowman didn't give Li Xin a chance to react at all, and directly struck Li Xin with a palm. Li Xin had no choice but to give up on investigating the snowman's identity and struck back with a palm as well.

A fierce battle of overwhelming forces!

Li Xin was forced back two steps by the snowman before he realized with surprise that the snowman was also using the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm"!

Before Li Xin could react, a curtain of snow fell from the sky, and the snowman threw up his "cloak" to cover Li Xin.

Li Xin immediately recognized the move as "Calamity Clouds Descending from Heaven." Knowing the secrets of this move well, Li Xin grabbed his military overcoat without saying a word, swung it into a shield, and used softness to overcome hardness and force to deflect the "cloak" that was falling from the sky.

"Danger Clouds Descend from Heaven" is a move that uses a cloak to carry fierce energy and transform it into a giant palm to trap and kill the opponent from above. Now that the medium for performing the move, the "cloak," has been blown away by Li Xin, "Danger Clouds Descend from Heaven" is naturally declared broken.

Just when Li Xin thought he had broken the "Calamity Clouds Descending from Heaven" move, a terrifyingly oppressive dark cloud appeared in the sky and swept towards him.

Has the "doom cloud" been broken? Wrong! The real "doom cloud" is only just beginning to descend!

Chapter 746 A Deep and Unending Connection

Dark clouds descended from the sky with immense force. Before Li Xin could react, he was slammed into the snow and then completely lost consciousness.

"Senior Brother Yun, you're going a bit too far."

A gentle thought.

Li Xin has no internal energy left and is relying entirely on his physical strength to perform the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm." How could he possibly withstand the "Danger Clouds Descending from Heaven"?

The indifferent thought responded calmly: "I didn't forbid him from using his internal energy."

The gentle thought was somewhat helpless, but he didn't say anything.

Time passed slowly, and as the sun set and the moon shone brightly in the sky, Li Xin finally awoke.

He got up from the ground and looked around. He saw that the snowman was still there, but it was no longer moving. Li Xin clasped his hands in greeting to the snowman and said, "May I ask which senior master is here? This junior, Li Xin, pays his respects to the senior."

Receiving no response, Li Xin was not annoyed at all, after all, he was a senior expert, it was normal for him to be a little eccentric.

Li Xin continued, "May I ask if you have any connection with the 'Cloud-Dispelling Palm' and wish to offer some guidance to this junior who is practicing it?"

Although he was beaten up, Li Xin did not harbor any hostility towards the other party.

For martial arts practitioners, getting beaten up is a frequent occurrence. Getting beaten up isn't important; what matters is whether they learn something from it.

Just now, the snowman used two moves of "Cloud-Dispelling Palm," one of which was "Overwhelming Mountain and Sea" and the other of "Calamity Clouds Descending from Heaven." Both of them were much more advanced than what Li Xin knew. Li Xin learned a lot from them. Just for this reason alone, it was worth the beating Li Xin received!

Still receiving no response, Li Xin scratched his head: "Since senior doesn't want to talk to me, then I'll continue practicing. Please don't mind."

This must be the hermitage of the senior who conjured the snowman. Since I'm practicing on someone else's turf, I should naturally give them a heads-up.

After exchanging greetings, Li Xin continued practicing "Wind God Leg" and "Cloud Dispelling Palm." However, after only a few moves, a "gurgling" sound came from his stomach, and Li Xin realized that he had not eaten for a long time.

But apart from icebergs, there is only snow on the mountaintop, so where can you find food?

Just as Li Xin was fretting, a vulture suddenly fell from the sky and landed right in front of him. A piece of dead wood, which appeared out of nowhere, was swept up and landed next to the vulture, sparking a burst of fire.

"..."

The vulture and the dead tree didn't appear out of nowhere, and they happened to land right in front of Li Xin. Li Xin clasped his hands in thanks to the snowman and said, "Thank you, senior!"

That's about it. Li Xin used snow to make water, dissected and cleaned the vulture with his dagger, and then roasted it on a dead tree.

Although large scavengers like vultures carry a lot of germs and toxins, what could Li Xin care about at this point?

After roasting the vulture until it was almost done, Li Xin, though starving, tore off a large wing and said to the snowman, "Thank you for the food, senior. Please eat first."

A gentle voice echoed in Li Xin's mind: "No need, we don't need to eat, nor is it convenient for us to eat. You eat by yourself, and then go down the mountain. I will stop the strong winds here."

This gentle voice was completely different from the one Li Xin had heard before, and it also used the word "we," which clearly indicated that there was more than one person living in seclusion on this snow-capped mountain; there were at least two.

The gentle voice was also quite intriguing.

He said they don't need to eat, nor is it convenient for them to eat. He also said they can stop the storms that have raged on Mount Tomur for hundreds of years. Does this mean that they control the storms on Mount Tomur?

While eating the pungent and coarse-tasting bald eagle roasted meat, Li Xin bowed to the snowman after finishing and said, "Thank you for your kindness, senior. I need such an environment to hone myself when I go out to train. Please don't stop this gale. I will descend the mountain on my own."

If it were just a matter of going up and down the mountain, why would Li Xin have to dissipate his internal energy? It was precisely to break through his own limitations that Li Xin came here!

"That's up to you."

He spoke softly in a gentle voice.

After Li Xin finished eating, he rinsed his mouth with snow to remove the smell, and then continued his cultivation.

Just as Li Xin finished kicking a set of "Wind God Legs", the snow on the ground changed again, transforming into a tall and elegant figure that attacked Li Xin. The leg shadows fell like raindrops, which was "Stormy Wind and Torrential Rain"!

Li Xin was prepared and responded with "Stormy Rain and Gale," his legs flashing and seemingly evenly matched. However, Li Xin could feel that there were already many snow marks on his body, meaning that he had already been attacked multiple times. It was just that the snowman's "Wind God Kick" had no power and would not cause any damage to Li Xin, or even affect his attacks, thus giving people the illusion that Li Xin and the snowman were evenly matched.

As they attacked each other with "torrential rain and fierce winds," Li Xin's body became covered in snow marks, but he didn't land a single foot on the snowman.

Li Xin could clearly sense that the snowman was no faster than him, and even slower. Despite being numerically inferior, when Li Xin and the snowman simultaneously unleashed "Rain and Gale," Li Xin was at a significant disadvantage.

Most people would have broken down in this situation and developed a strong lack of self-confidence, but Li Xin had no such thoughts at all.

The snow marks on his body represent the flaws in his "storm and gale" technique; the snowman is pointing out the defects in his "wind god legs"!

Li Xin understood perfectly and kept adjusting his "Wind God Leg" to make up for its flaws, but even with all the adjustments and improvements, the snow marks on Li Xin's body continued to increase.

Well, perhaps the Yeti's "Wind God Leg" and his own "Wind God Leg" originated from the same source, but the Yeti pushed the "Wind God Leg" to a level that completely exceeded its original limit.

Compared to the snowman's "Wind God Legs," Li Xin felt that his own "Wind God Legs" were full of flaws and could hardly be shown to anyone!

Fortunately, Li Xin was a man who knew his shame and was determined to improve. While fighting the Yeti, he also absorbed the essence of the Yeti's "Wind God Leg".

The snowman seemed to be deliberately feeding Li Xin his moves, revealing the many secrets of the "Wind God Leg" without any attempt to conceal them, allowing Li Xin to learn them at will.

After using the "Stormy Rain and Gale" move for a long time, the snowman suddenly changed his tactics and began to use "Catching Shadows and Catching Winds" to deal with Li Xin.

"Catching the Wind and Shadows" is the movement technique of "Wind God Leg" and is also the essential skill for beginners. Li Xin used the advanced "Stormy Rain and Gale" to attack the snowman. The snowman's body was as swift as the wind, and no matter how Li Xin attacked, he could not even touch the snowman.

Li Xin simply stopped the "storm and gale" and instead started chasing the snowman by "catching shadows and chasing the wind".

At first, Li Xin was puzzled by the shape of the snowman, but he soon discovered the footprints left by the snowman on the snow and suddenly understood.

Given the snowman's size, it would be impossible for him to leave such obvious marks. Just like when the snowman used snow marks to point out the flaws in Li Xin's moves when he used "storm and gale" to fight against him, the snowman was teaching Li Xin the subtle changes in "catching the wind and shadows" by using footprints.

Li Xin simply followed the snowman's footprints. At first, he felt a little awkward, but he quickly realized that he and the snowman were different in height and size. Blindly copying the snowman would be the worst approach. So he immediately adjusted his steps according to his own size and stride.

Sensing this change in Li Xin, the two gentle thoughts within him couldn't help but show expressions of approval.

Completely absorbed in his work, Li Xin lost track of time and even the strain on his stamina. Just as he was pondering his footwork, he suddenly slipped and fell to the ground, followed by a wave of dizziness, and then lost consciousness.

As the sun rose in the east, the golden morning sunlight shone on the snow, and it was already dawn—it turned out that Li Xin had been chasing each other intensely in the snow all night, and his physical strength was once again pushed to the limit, forcing his body's protective mechanism to make him faint.

After Li Xin fell into a coma, the snowman that had transformed later walked to the side of the original snowman and remained still. The two snowmen stood on the mountaintop, seemingly looking down on the world.

This time, Li Xin was unconscious for a full day and night. He only woke up when the sun rose the next day, stimulated by the morning light. As soon as he woke up, he saw a pile of fresh fruit in front of him. Some of the fruit he recognized, while others he had never seen before.

"Thank you, senior."

Li Xin first thanked him, then immediately grabbed some fresh fruit and started eating. In addition to the fresh fruit, he also ate some of the roasted vulture he hadn't finished earlier.

Although the roasted vulture meat was frozen as hard as a rock, it was still meat, and it could provide Li Xin with more energy.

After eating his fill, Li Xin sat quietly to digest. Of course, his body didn't move, but his mind was not idle. While his stomach was digesting the food, his mind was also processing the martial arts that the two snowmen had taught him.

After resting for an unknown amount of time, Li Xin opened his eyes, his eyes shining with intense light. He stood up, bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to the two snowmen: "Please continue to instruct me, seniors."

It wasn't that Li Xin was being arrogant; rather, he sensed that the senior on Tomur Peak seemed to be intentionally instructing him in martial arts.

Sure enough, as Li Xin spoke, the snowman that used the "Wind God Leg" moved. It walked towards Li Xin and raised its leg to unleash the "Strong Grass in the Wind" move.

"Strong Grass in the Wind" is a move in "Wind God Leg" that combines offense and defense. It can be used to directly attack the enemy or to defend and counterattack, neutralizing the enemy's attack while simultaneously launching a counterattack.

Li Xin used the same "Strong Grass in the Wind" technique to neutralize the Snowman's "Strong Grass in the Wind," then countered. The Snowman, in turn, neutralized and countered with "Strong Grass in the Wind." Li Xin and the Snowman continuously neutralized each other's moves and countered. The same "Strong Grass in the Wind" technique could be neutralized in different ways depending on the opponent's counterattack, and different counterattacks could be launched depending on the neutralization method...

So although Li Xin and the Yeti always used "Strong Grass in the Wind," in reality, their moves were never repeated, and their variations were endless.

In this way, Li Xin and the Yeti who used the "Wind God Leg" kept sparring. When they got tired, they would sit down to rest and think about and digest the essence of the martial arts. When they were hungry, they would eat some fresh fruit and roasted eagle meat. After several days, Li Xin upgraded the "Wind God Leg" completely. With the Yeti holding back, he was able to fight the Yeti to a standstill.

After Li Xin and the snowman exchanged hundreds of blows with the "Wind God Leg" technique to a draw, the snowman suddenly stopped attacking and stood next to another snowman that hadn't moved for a long time.

Li Xin paused and bowed to the snowman: "Thank you for your guidance, senior! You've worked hard, senior!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Li Xin suddenly felt a strong gust of wind on his face. The snowman, which had not moved for a long time, struck with a powerful palm, knocking Li Xin unconscious.

"Senior Brother Yun, you're here again..."

That gentle thought said helplessly.

"Junior Brother Feng, your teaching method is too slow."

The indifferent voice spoke calmly.

Perhaps because he had gotten a good rest and sufficient nutrition over the past few days, Li Xin did not remain unconscious for long this time, waking up after only half an hour.

After waking up, Li Xin sat cross-legged, silently sensing the force of the palm strike he had just received.

That palm strike just now seemed simple and unadorned, but the palm force was incredibly varied. And to feel the changes in palm force, there is nothing more direct than being struck by a palm strike.

After reflecting on his experience, Li Xin let out a long breath, stood up, and said to the snowman who was using the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm," "Senior, I'm ready. Please continue!"