Chapter 1327 - 1326: Du Yueyao’s Magical Combat with Zen Master Huiejue
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Master Hui Jue chanted a Buddhist mantra, his white eyebrows drooping, "Du Yu died protecting the people. Although the Primordial Saint Sect has reformed, it is ultimately the sect responsible for Du Yu’s death, and our Guilan Temple demands an explanation."
"What kind of explanation does Master seek?" Fan Boyu could not help but interject.
Master Hui Jue smiled slightly, "I know that Sect Leader Du has not been on the path for long, and although her future is promising, her current Dao Practice is still insufficient.
If it were before, I could wait, but now I have little time left. I don’t want the enmity between Guilan Temple and the Primordial Saint Sect to continue, so I had no choice but to come here to experience Sect Leader Du’s ’Su Nu’s Divine Prayer Technique’. Let us stop at the right point."
Master Hui Jue’s words were contradictory, but everyone understood his intention.
He simply wanted to teach Du Yueyao a lesson and restore the reputation of Guilan Temple.
Although the Primordial Saint Sect has indeed reformed, Guilan Temple also needs to remind them that we could harm you, but out of consideration for the people, we choose not to engage in bloodshed.
Of course, if by chance the Primordial Saint Sect could win, Guilan Temple would certainly concede since even their top expert would have lost. Unless the Primordial Saint Sect intends to destroy Guilan Temple, Guilan Temple would naturally retreat.
Once this battle is over, the enmity between Guilan Temple and the Primordial Saint Sect would be considered resolved.
Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying both looked at Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng squinted his eyes, about to speak, when unexpectedly Du Yueyao took a deep breath and spoke first, "Alright!"
"Yueyao!" everyone looked towards Du Yueyao.
Du Yueyao calmed her breath, looked at everyone, and shook her head with a smile, "Indeed, this is the fault of the Primordial Saint Sect. Even if the New Sect is seen as traitors of the Primordial Saint Sect, they are still its disciples."
"Since Master Hui Jue has spoken, Yueyao will discuss the method with the master." Du Yueyao smiled radiantly at Lu Zheng, "Besides, isn’t Brother Lu here?"
Lu Zheng nodded, a faint white Cloud Qi appeared around him, the Innate Cloud Qi swirling, exuding a mysterious subtlety.
"I can serve as a witness, if permitted," Lu Zheng said.
Seeing the Innate Cloud Qi swirling around him, Master Hui Jue was slightly surprised by Lu Zheng’s Dao Practice, looking at Lu Zheng with complex, envious eyes, and then smilingly nodded, "Young Master Lu is too modest. If even he cannot serve as a witness, very few in the world would be qualified."
"A—mi—ta—bha—"
Master Hui Jue joined his palms, chanting lowly, the sound stretched, like a line, directly imprinting toward the Sea of Consciousness of Du Yueyao.
Master Hui Jue’s move wasn’t fast, giving Du Yueyao plenty of time to react. She guarded her Divine Soul, directly deploying the ’Divine Prayer Technique’, the sound of prayer resonating throughout the Sea of Consciousness, blocking Master Hui Jue’s Buddhist sound outside.
In the next moment, Du Yueyao’s hands formed a seal, and a complex talisman flickered in her palm momentarily, transforming into a red shadow that flew toward Master Hui Jue.
Master Hui Jue lowered his joined hands, fist clenched, and smashed directly towards the talisman.
"Bang!"
A soft sound echoed, Master Hui Jue’s fist, glowing with golden Buddha light, straightly punched the talisman out of the void, shattering it into scattered light.
As he shattered the talisman with his right fist, his left hand formed claws, reaching for Du Yueyao’s right wrist.
Seeing the talisman shattered into scattered light, Du Yueyao didn’t panic. She flipped her right hand, revealing a Golden Needle between her index and middle finger, needlepoint outward.
Du Yueyao lightly flicked her wrist, a ray of light shone over the needle, then turning her fingers, she aimed the needlepoint at Master Hui Jue’s Laogong point in his palm, meeting him inversely.
Master Hui Jue immediately closed his fingers into a fist, his fist enveloped in a layer of gold light, like a Big Hammer, smashing down on the needlepoint.
Du Yueyao immediately withdrew her hand, resolutely refusing to contend directly with the fist, her arm retracting while drawing an arc, slightly downward, targeting the Shenmen point on the side-back of Master Hui Jue’s fist, the needlepoint flashing red, waiting for his strike.
"Good!"
Master Hui Jue transformed his fist into a palm again, bending his wrist, his palm pointed at Du Yueyao’s wrist.
Du Yueyao changed her move again, retreating her hand while adjusting the needle, stabbing obliquely toward the Hegu point on the back of the opposing palm.
Master Hui Jue vertically moved his palm, avoiding the critical points, golden light covering his palm, reaching directly in front of Du Yueyao, yet she, while fighting and retreating, had already crossed more than half of the tabletop.
Du Yueyao’s eyes flickered, at a critical moment, she flicked her finger, shooting the Golden Needle outward, then reversed her hand into a palm, a dissipating talisman flickering in her palm, confronting Master Hui Jue with a palm strike.
Du Yueyao fully defended, and simultaneously with her and Master Hui Jue’s palm strike, the Golden Needle flashed a red light, touching the Lieque point below Master Hui Jue’s left wrist.
"Ding!"
A soft sound resonated as three factors converged, and since Master Hui Jue did not exert full force, Du Yueyao surprisingly blocked Master Hui Jue’s palm entirely unscathed, although her figure swayed, with slightly turbulent blood and Qi.
"Good!" Master Hui Jue withdrew his palm, smiling faintly, "I heard that Sect Leader Du has only been on the path for a few years and already has such cultivation; the future of the Primordial Saint Sect looks promising."
Du Yueyao took a deep breath, inclining in courtesy, "The Zen Master is too kind."
"The enmity between Guilan Temple and the Primordial Saint Sect is thus eradicated with this stroke," Master Hui Jue said blandly, "I hope Sect Leader Du will lead the Primordial Saint Sect well and not let it tread the old path again, for if so, Guilan Temple and the Primordial Saint Sect might not have personal grievances but would create public resentment."
"Rest assured, Zen Master, the ’Holy Goddess Descent Technique’ has already been destroyed by me," Du Yueyao stated.
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Master Hui Jue joined his palms in salutation, preparing to get up.
"Though the master is not at his peak, he still has considerable longevity, why say time is short?" Du Yueyao suddenly questioned, "Even with a hidden injury, there is no impact on longevity."
Master Hui Jue looked quite surprised at Du Yueyao, then glanced at Liu Qingyan, "Sect Leader Du, befriending Lady Qingyi, your medical skills are indeed profound, and indeed I have a hidden injury, it doesn’t affect longevity."
More than this, Master Hui Jue did not continue to explain but prepared to leave.
Lu Zheng furrowed his brow, asking, "The master’s injury seems to be a result of Buddhist techniques?"
Master Hui Jue couldn’t help but look at Lu Zheng again, his expression filled with astonishment.
It was understandable that Du Yueyao, having exchanged moves and possessing remarkable medical skills, could detect his hidden injury. However, Lu Zheng had solely been a witness, not having engaged or contacted him, yet not only detected the injury but also discerned the nature of it, which was remarkable.
This indicated Lu Zheng’s Dao Practice surpassed even his own.
As a High Monk with over two thousand six hundred years of cultivation, Master Hui Jue judged that Lu Zheng’s Dao Practice must be at least three thousand years!