Chapter 88: Past Appointment
A Bi and A Zhu have served Li Anran for many years.

Li Anran naturally wouldn't be stingy.

Not only did he pass on to them his own An Ran sword technique and the improved version of Zi Xia magic skill used to build the foundation, he also taught them several peerless martial arts according to their personalities.

A-Bi had a gentle personality and did not like fighting with others, let alone killing people. So Li Anran taught her the Murong family's Dou Zhuan Xing Yi and Zhang Zhenren's "Tai Chi Boxing Classics".

Dou Zhuan Xing Yi and Tai Chi Boxing Classics are two peerless martial arts from different eras, but they have the same effect and are both typical examples of using the opponent's force to counter attack.

A-Bi's personality is very compatible with these two martial arts, and with Li Anran's careful teaching, she has now mastered them to perfection.

In terms of strength alone, it is more than twenty times stronger than two years ago!

However, A-Bi had always been following Li Anran and seldom fought with others. She lacked experience in fighting the enemy. Looking at the palm shadows all over the sky, she panicked before she even made a move.

Li Anran immediately sent a voice message saying, "Abi, don't worry about how he attacks. Just do your best! Use stillness to control movement, and remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations!"

When A-Bi heard Li Anran's voice, most of the panic in her heart disappeared.

He immediately followed Li Anran's instructions and first practiced the Zixia magic skill to enhance his five senses and six consciousnesses to the extreme. Then he raised and lowered his hands and crossed them in front of his chest, which was exactly the "Cloud Hands" in the "Tai Chi Boxing Classics".

Almost at the same time.

Wang Yuyan in the carriage could not help but remind him loudly: "Abi, the monk used the Thousand Hands Tathagata Palm, one of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills. There is truth in the falsehood, and falsehood in the truth. The true and falsehood alternate, and the changes are unpredictable. You must not attack rashly!"

Jiumozhi was wondering about A-Bi's slow and strange moves, and was suddenly shocked when he heard Wang Yuyan's words.

Those short sixteen words are exactly the core essence of the Thousand-Armed Tathagata Palm!
Jiumozhi couldn't help but look back, and when he saw Wang Yuyan sitting in Murong's carriage, he felt ecstatic again.

"Murong Bo really didn't lie to me! He has already mastered all 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills!"

Jiumozhi did not hesitate to offend the Dali royal family and brought Duan Yu to Suzhou from afar.

One was to obtain the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and the other was to exchange the Six Meridians Divine Sword and Murong Bo for the 72 Shaolin unique skills.

The latter is also the agreement between Jiumozhi and Murong Bo.

More than ten years ago, Jiumozhi went to Shaolin Temple under the pretext of exchanging Buddhist teachings, hoping to steal Shaolin's 72 unique skills and strengthen the Nyingma school, the state religion of Tibet, which he inherited from.

But, I never found the opportunity.

Until one day, by chance, he met Murong Bo who was lurking in Shaolin. He used his master's unique skill "Flame Sword" to learn more than 20 kinds of Shaolin's 72 unique skills from Murong Bo, including the Flower-Picking Finger.

Afterwards, Murong Bo said that he still had more than fifty books of the 72 Shaolin unique skills at his home in Yanziwu, Suzhou. As long as Jiumozhi could get the "Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual" from the Duan family of Dali, he would give all the fifty secret books to Jiumozhi.

After Jiumozhi returned to Tubo, he practiced hard for several years and finally mastered all of the 72 Shaolin unique skills, including the Flower-Picking Finger, which is more than 20 kinds. When he was preparing to go to Dali to seize the "Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual" in exchange for the remaining skills, he received the news of Murong Bo's death.

Jiumozhi did not give up his plan because of this. He still planned to seize the "Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual" first, and then exchange it or directly seize the copy of the Shaolin Seventy-two Unique Skills from Chanhe Village.

This led to today’s trip to Gusu City.

At this time, the essence of the Thousand-Armed Tathagata Palm heard from Wang Yuyan also indirectly proved that Murong Bo did not lie to him, and Chanhe Manor really had the 72 Shaolin unique skills!

Jiumozhi's heart was burning with excitement, but he did not forget A-Bi opposite him.

If they want to have an equal trade, first of all, both parties must be of equal strength. If he doesn't show some ability, Murong Fu probably won't agree to it.

Jiumozhi didn't want to wait any longer, so he took a step forward and performed the "Thousand-Handed Tathagata Palm", slapping A-Bi on the shoulder.

But next second.

Jiumozhi's face changed.

His palm clearly hit a solid place, but it seemed to hit empty space, with no place to exert force.

at the same time.

Ah Bi's movements, which were originally slow, suddenly became faster. The "Thousand Hands Tathagata Palm" was a mixture of reality and illusion, unpredictable, and could create countless palm shadows to confuse people's eyes, but these were when the palms were released!
When the palms land on the ground, those thousands of palm shadows will become just one palm!
Ah Bi's right foot was solid and her left foot was empty. She used the "Peng" technique, sticking to each other and following each other, and performed a move from Tai Chi called "Lan Que Wei". Her right palm had already grasped Jiumozhi's left wrist and she pushed it out with horizontal force.

Jiumozhi only felt a huge force coming at him, and he rushed forward involuntarily. He took two steps before he stood still.

Jiumozhi was shocked, but he also felt that his previous guess was correct. This A-Bi was not a little girl at all. He exclaimed: "What a great transformation!" He waved his sleeves and brushed towards A-Bi.

Ah Bi succeeded in her first move and gained more confidence. She then performed the "Hand Waving Pipa" move, moving right and left. She was about to remove the energy from her sleeves when she suddenly discovered that although the sleeves seemed to be full of internal energy, there was actually no energy at all.

not good!

Abiton realized something was wrong, but it was too late, a punch was already within reach.

A-Bi closed her eyes instinctively, and the next second she felt her body rising into the air. There was a muffled "bang" sound in front of her, but there was no pain as she had expected. Instead, she smelled a familiar fragrance.

That was the sachet she sewed for the young master herself!
A-Bi opened her eyes and saw Li Anran standing in her previous position.

Jiumozhi's face turned red, and he took several steps back before he could barely steady himself, his face full of horror.

It was only at this moment that Wang Yuyan's voice finally came: "Abi, be careful! This move is 'The World in the Sleeves'. The sleeves are a feint, and the moves inside the sleeves are the killer moves!"

Jiumozhi no longer cared about Wang Yuyan at this time. He stared at Li Anran for a long time before he smiled and said, "Mr. Murong really has great internal strength! Mr. Murong can rest assured that he has a successor like you!"

Li Anran said, "If you are here just to pay respects and reminisce about the past, I welcome you very much. But if it is really for the Six Meridians Divine Sword as Mr. Duan said, then there is no need to come."

Jiumozhi's expression changed for a while. He finally felt that it was inappropriate to reveal these secrets in public. He said, "I was just joking with Master Duan. How could I do such a thing as sacrificing a living person? I was a close friend of Mr. Murong. It is a regret in my life that I could not see him off for the last time. Now that I have come to Gusu, I must burn a stick of incense in front of his grave before leaving."

Li Anran saw that Jiumozhi was lying, but he did not point it out. He said, "In that case, please let this Mr. Duan go."

Jiumozhi was extremely reluctant, but he could only nod and said, "I only kept Mr. Duan by my side because I saw that he had a deep affinity with Buddhism. If he insisted on leaving, I would not stop him."

"Master Duan? Master Duan?"

Li Anran looked towards Duan Yu, only to find that he was staring blankly at Wang Yuyan. After hearing what Li Anran said, he came to his senses and shook his head fiercely, "I, I won't leave! I want to stay here!"

Li Anran didn't take him seriously and turned around to go back to see the patient.

The two men who had been following Duan Yu and Jiumozhi suddenly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Li Anran. "Funiu Gang disciple Cui Baiquan (Guo Yanzhi) greets Master Murong! The two of us are here today to apologize to Master Murong on behalf of the 167 disciples of the Funiu Gang. We beg Master Murong to forgive us!"

Li Anran was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Azhu and Abi.

Azhu and Abi shook their heads slightly, indicating that they had no idea what was going on.

Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi saw the expressions of Li Anran and Azhu and A Bi, their faces were full of bitterness. This was a matter of life and death for their Funiu Gang, but for the other party in the matter, the Murong family, they were completely unaware of it.

Cui Baiquan immediately recounted the whole story.

Five months ago, Ke Baisui, the leader of Henan Funiu Gang, died at home, and he died from his famous skill, the Hundred Victory Whip.

Some people speculated that the murderer was the Murong family who "returned the favor in their own way".

Somehow this matter got out, and it was spread as "The Funiu Gang believes that Murong Fu is the evil beast that killed Ke Baisui, and they want to go to Gusu to cause trouble for the Murong family."

As a result, those people from the martial arts world who had come to Gusu City for medical treatment and received favors from Li Anran began to gather in groups to cause trouble for the Funiu Gang.

In less than five months, not only did the Funiu Gang's reputation completely ruined, but its disciples were also killed or injured, and it seemed that the gang was on the verge of disintegration.

Ke Baisui's disciple Guo Yanzhi and his junior brother Cui Baiquan could only come to Gusu City to beg Li Anran to show mercy and let the Funiu Gang go.

It turned out that Li Anran and the others didn't know anything about this at all.

Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi kowtowed vigorously, begging, "Master Murong, we have never suspected that you were the one who killed Senior Brother Ke. Those rumors are just lies! We beg Master Murong to have mercy on us, explain this matter to our fellow martial artists, and spare our Funiu Gang this time!"

(End of this chapter)