Chapter 27: Sudden and Violent Advance

  In the Qin family's martial arts arena, nine young figures gathered on the spacious and empty grounds. The nine youths were currently moving at high speed around the grounds, dodging the long wooden boards that constantly came crashing towards them from all directions.

  The scorching sun was high in the sky, and even the temperature of the sand seemed to penetrate through their shoes. Sweat covered their flushed faces like a dense mesh, occasionally gathering into small streams that flowed down from their cheeks.

  The loud vibration in the middle of the long wood was extremely frightening, but not a single person stopped for a moment to wipe away the sweat on their face, let alone leave the scene.

  The person in the middle walked with a light and quick pace, with an indescribable sense of agility. It was Qin Hao.

  At this moment, Qin Hao is walking calmly and unhurriedly in the midst of a sudden and violent attack by the Longmu group, his footsteps are light and leisurely, but beneath that calm demeanor, there seems to be brewing a fierce and violent power.

  Around him, eight young men scattered around, also moving quickly, with some awkwardness in their movements, and from time to time they would be hit by the long wood, making a hissing sound, but vaguely it seemed that something was transforming on their bodies.

  Qin Hao took a deep breath, his body leaped up, and he strode out three steps, entering the most violent impact zone beside him.

  Dozens of long wooden beams alternated in a swinging motion, with an intimidating momentum, countless collisions formed a web, sandwiched with strong gusts of wind, covering Qin Hao all over the sky.

  Qin Hao's mouth curled up slightly, and his body suddenly floated like a duckweed, lightly drifting back and forth among the tall trees, his feet constantly taking small steps, effortlessly avoiding all the fierce attacks.

  In these five or six days, Qin Hao had been practicing his body technique and martial skills diligently, and as a result, he had accumulated quite a few injuries on his body. Although he was still only standing at the threshold of "Thousand Miles Wind Chasing", and hadn't even touched its core yet, at this moment, Qin Hao already had a clear understanding of the trajectory of this body technique's movement, as well as the changes in his footsteps. Using it to evade attacks of this level wouldn't be difficult for him.

  Qin Hao kept moving and changing positions while also observing the situation of those eight people.

  For the past five or six days, these people have been learning martial arts while avoiding endless attacks, and the situation is extremely embarrassing.

  The injuries they sustained on the first day of learning martial arts were even more severe than the total harm they had suffered in the previous three days. However, from the second day onwards, their bodies seemed to have undergone a transformation, and the stiffness gradually dissipated, replaced by a hint of agility that was beginning to take shape.

  What delighted Qin Hao even more was that they were using the mysterious energy to slowly but surely perfect themselves at an almost imperceptible speed.

  Mastering the use of Xuan Qi allows one to fight with the agility of a wolf, swift as the wind and fierce as fire, rather than charging forward like a ferocious bull.

  This is what Qin Hao really wants them to understand.

  With a quick press and release of his right knee, Qin Hao swiftly jumped to the side of the slightly chubby young man and whispered in his ear: "Qin Ze, one on the left, three at the back, don't rush, remember the changing route of the steps. Light and agile, like a shadow following."

  That slightly chubby young man was still a bit flustered at the beginning, but Qin Hao's words instantly calmed him down. In that instant, he closed his eyes and relied solely on his senses to respond to the incoming gust of wind.

  At that moment, his somewhat stout body was like a nimble lynx, and with several small leaps, he narrowly avoided this round of attack. Only a long wooden strip on the left side grazed a corner of his clothes.

  Qin Hao's face showed a hint of approval, but when he turned back to see the tall and thin boy who was arguing with Qin Ze at that time, busily setting up a confrontational stance against the six long wooden poles coming towards him, his eyebrows furrowed together.

  With a swift movement, Qin Hao flashed to his right side and shouted loudly: "Qin Chao, your strength is insufficient, you can't defend against it. Take three small steps to the left, three small steps to the right, and tread in a circle with small fragmented steps."

  Qin Chao stopped talking and immediately moved according to Qin Hao's words, successfully dodging it.

  Qin Hao nodded and smiled at him, then quickly moved away to another place without lingering.

  "Qin Xing, remember the two words 'light and agile', don't concentrate all your xuan qi on the soles of your feet to dodge quickly, that's a waste of effort."

  "Qin Ri, at the time of rotation and connection, it was too stiff. Remembering the steps is not to make you memorize them rigidly."

  "Qin Tu, when the mysterious energy is circulating, it seems to have a flaw. Remember to use your heart to experience that smooth and harmonious feeling."

  ………

  The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the bright moon hangs high, the cool moonlight shines obliquely and pours down. The gentle breeze carrying the fragrance of green grass blows by, the dense tree shadows sway gently, and the soft white light that seeps through the gaps between the leaves covers the quiet martial arts arena.

  Qin Hao sat quietly on the stone floor of the martial arts arena, his eyebrows and eyes revealing a hint of fatigue.

  The eight young men were scattered in front of Qin Hao, some lying down and others sitting, with their hands and feet limp.

  "I didn't think you could last until today." Qin Hao said with a hint of satisfaction: "It's really beyond my expectations. I suppose you also know where your previous reckless fighting style went wrong?"

  The spacious martial arts arena was silent. No one opened their mouth to answer him, only the whistling sound of the night wind blowing by echoed faintly.

  "It's pointless to say any more." Qin Hao stretched out his palm, and with a light flick of his wrist, eight glittering dark crystals flew towards the person opposite him.

  Eight youths, though exhausted, still managed to stretch out their hands, some quickly and others somewhat hastily, to grasp a Xuanjing crystal each.

  "You should be clear about this, the Sealing Mystical Array. This kind of Sealing Mystical Array can be used to recover one's mystical energy and warm up the meridians. These days, you have repeatedly exhausted your mystical energy. Although using up all your mystical energy and then recovering it has some benefits for your cultivation, if this goes on for a long time, it may also cause damage to your meridians."

  "And what I'm giving you can help repair your injuries, and when you're exhausted from practicing martial arts, use this to quickly recover your vital energy. This way, one Seal of the Mystic Array should be good for about three uses for you all. You don't have much time left. From now on, practice on your own."

  Qin Ze played with the Feng Xuan array in his hand, and asked somewhat suspiciously: "Qin Hao, where did you get this thing from?"

  Qin Hao smiled and said lightly, "Recently, the Tian Nan Fang has been selling various Xuanxuan arrays. I happened to see the effect of this Xuanxuan array and bought it back on a whim. These eight small things cost me years of savings. So you can't waste my hard work."

  The crowd fell silent for a moment.

  Qin Hao paused for a moment, then said very seriously: "My requirement for you now is that in a few days, you will go and challenge those family guards again. How about it?"

  Another silence.

  Only slightly chubby Qin Ze opened his mouth with a hint of doubt after a moment of contemplation: "Do you want us to challenge again?"

  "Yes. After practicing for a few more days, you can go challenge them."

  "Do you think we won?"

  "We can't win." Qin Hao said naturally.

  "So what exactly do you want us to achieve?"

  "It shouldn't be my request." Qin Hao looked at them straight in the eye, enunciating each word: "You should ask yourselves what you are thinking?"

  "Alright, I promise you." Qin Ze hesitated for a moment before turning his gaze to Qin Ze, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

  "I agree too." Qin Chao echoed. The two of them made their stance clear, and the other six people, although still somewhat hesitant, also nodded firmly in agreement.

  "So from now on, it's up to you all."

  Qin Hao finished speaking and turned around to walk out of the martial arts arena.

  "Qin Hao, thank you." Qin Ze suddenly shouted out loud towards Qin Hao's back.

  Then came a wave of voices echoing with thanks. Suddenly, the quiet martial arts arena was filled with a burst of noise.

  Qin Hao stopped in his tracks, let out a soft laugh, but didn't turn around. He stretched out his right hand and waved it behind him before continuing on his way.