Chapter 66: Eye Strike And Dirty Tricks
Two days later, Chen Wujun sat on a box in the warehouse.
‘These two days practicing with henchmen have yielded quite a harvest. I can gradually grasp others’ power. It’s not just using the eyes to see, but using the pores to sense, instantly grasping the opponent’s power.’
The previous two days, Chen Wujun practiced with henchmen, needing to get close before squeezing the person out and throwing them.
Now, he can often instantly feel the opponent’s exertion as soon as he grabs their wrist, following their strength to trip them.
‘But it’s not enough yet. When someone throws a punch, where their center of gravity is, how their muscles move, how to disrupt their center of gravity… all that can be ‘heard’. That’s when it’s starting to take shape, and it’s also practicing the higher level of Swimming Dragon Palm.’
‘The flexibility of Swimming Dragon Palm comes partly from flexible footwork and palm techniques, and partly from this listening to strength, instantly grasping the opponent’s center of gravity, allowing ease in attack.’
‘When Senior Sister fought Beng Zui She that day, she first supported his elbow, then used Python Roll. She must have found and disrupted his center of gravity in that instant of supporting the elbow, preventing him from changing moves immediately, then used Python Roll to hit his armpit vital point… Beng Zui She didn’t even have a chance to fight back.’
The warehouse door opened, and Zhou Qing walked into the warehouse with his hands behind his back, his gaze landing on Chen Wujun like lightning.
“Master, let me first punch a set for you to see.” Chen Wujun jumped down from the box, threw his jacket aside, and then began demonstrating Swimming Dragon Palm.
Zhou Qing nodded secretly while watching.
Actually, last time he came, Chen Wujun’s Swimming Dragon Palm was already practiced well.
The rest was just water-grinding kung fu, and Dragon Strength.
Chen Wujun never needed him to worry much about kung fu.
“You’ve been practicing punches on people?” Zhou Qing asked. He noticed the change from last time as soon as Chen Wujun made a move.
“Yes, I found some people to practice punching with me.” After finishing, Chen Wujun let out a long breath and replied.
“It’s about time to practice on people. Kung fu is fought out, not practiced out. Even if you hide in the deep mountains and practice for a hundred years, reaching Transformation Realm, and then encounter an opponent far weaker than you, you’ll be beaten to death in one clash.” Zhou Qing said with a smile.
“Exactly. Master, when martial artists fight, they can’t be like ordinary people, you hit me once, I hit you once. Martial artists exert full body strength, often thousands or two thousand pounds of force, but muscles and bones can’t withstand such a blow…” Chen Wujun shared his idea.
“You want to learn hardening kung fu? Hardening kung fu exists, of course, but it’s water-grinding kung fu, not something that can be mastered quickly with talent.”
“And why let people hit you? Do you remember how I taught you before?” Zhou Qing asked in return.
Chen Wujun immediately recalled that right after becoming a disciple, Zhou Qing had merely used his heartbeat to make him feel trapped in a battlefield. This ability was extremely terrifying, and he still couldn’t figure out what kung fu it was.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Wujun suddenly realized: “Master, I understand. When two brave warriors meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins!”
“I was wrong! Once you think about defense, you’re naturally at a disadvantage. The core of Swimming Dragon Palm is to drill in—drill into any gap without hesitation. Any hesitation loses the opportunity.”
Chen Wujun immediately realized his mentality was the problem.
“Not bad. It’s just a small gambling battle; when two brave warriors meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins. Hardening, that water-grinding kung fu, can be practiced, but not now.” Zhou Qing nodded slightly.
He had only asked one question in return, and Chen Wujun immediately understood where the problem was.
“Today I’ll teach you another kung fu, to see through and strike in. This kung fu is eye training!”
“They say when traveling the jianghu, first train the eyes. Even thieves and pickpockets need eye for detail, spotting valuables on someone at a glance, let alone martial artists!”
“When new technique reaches Harmony Stage, the five senses sharpen, and some body parts mutate, like the eyes, with vision dozens of times beyond normal.”
“Eye training can’t reach dozens of times normal vision, but it has a similar effect in certain aspects.”
“With trained eyes, any subtle detail can be detected. How the opponent’s muscles exert force can’t escape your eyes. Before their fist even moves, if their legs and waist tense, you notice and know how to respond.”
“Yes!” Chen Wujun got excited as soon as he heard about new kung fu training.
“And this eye training has another benefit. After you reach Qi Refining, and eye training reaches a high level, you’ll naturally master eye strike.” As Zhou Qing spoke, his eyes fixed on Chen Wujun, his gaze suddenly sharp like arrows.
Chen Wujun suddenly felt his eyes sting, almost unable to open them, and a great sense of crisis made all his hairs stand on end. He leaped back four or five meters, assuming Azure Dragon Probing Claw stance.
“This is eye strike. Martial arts masters project their spirit through their eyes. When the opponent’s mind is disrupted, they reveal a flaw.”
Chen Wujun then relaxed his stance, blinked his eyes, wiped his face, and was surprised to find tears all over it.
Just now, it felt like his eyes were stabbed, almost unable to open, tears streaming.
He never expected martial arts to have such a divine skill.
The effect was similar to sound strike, which he knew—even Wolf Fist had it.
In combat, suddenly shouting loudly drives force with sound and startles the opponent, overwhelming them in momentum.
When two people fight, if one overwhelms the other in momentum, they’ve won more than half.
But eye strike was even stronger. Just now, he wasn’t just startled—his eyes couldn’t open. Against a master of equal level, if the opponent did that, he’d be dead for sure.
“Master, how do you train eye training?” Chen Wujun asked impatiently.
“Follow me!” Zhou Qing led him outside the warehouse and looked at another brick house covered in tiles.
“Look at the tiles on it!”
“Glance and remember how many tiles there are, then close your eyes and recall, reopen and compare. When you can clearly see all the tiles on top at a glance, then look at the red bricks on the wall.”
“I’ll give you a medicinal formula. Go back, prepare it yourself, and wash your eyes with it for five minutes morning and evening.”
The entire afternoon, Chen Wujun stared at the bricks and tiles on the opposite house outside the warehouse.
After glancing, he’d close his eyes to recall, then reopen to compare.
By evening, his eyes were blurry, red and swollen, hard to open, only squinting as he went back.
Fortunately, the eye wash formula mostly used common items, and the walled city had plenty of herbal shops where he could get everything.
The most expensive was Magnetic Field Crystal.
One dose required grinding one Magnetic Field Crystal into powder, enough for a week.
After preparing the medicine, Chen Wujun bought a decoction pot, tweezers, and steel file, then returned to A Yue’s place with red eyes.
“Brother Jun, what’s wrong with your eyes?” A Yue was startled seeing Chen Wujun’s eyes and held his face to check.
“It’s nothing! From kung fu practice.” Chen Wujun set down the items, took a Magnetic Field Crystal with tweezers, and filed it into powder bit by bit.
This Magnetic Field Crystal was extremely hard; even he needed great effort to grind it, but soon found he couldn’t file the remaining third.
“Good thing this is enough for most of a dose. Tomorrow ask Senior Sister if there’s a way for the rest.” Chen Wujun thought, then mixed most of a dose, decocted some in water, cooled it, and used it to wash his eyes for five minutes.
As he kept washing with the medicinal water, Chen Wujun felt the swelling in his eyes gradually ease. Blinking, he felt much better.
In that blink, he felt his vision much clearer, even seeing trajectories of dust in the air.
But it quickly returned to normal.
Looking in the mirror, the redness and swelling in his eyes was subsiding.
And his eyes seemed a bit brighter than before.
……
In the dance hall, Sha Jiu lounged on the sofa. On the table in front of her was a girl who had just arrived, her clothes piece by piece landing on the table.
“Found out yet?” Sha Jiu asked while smoking.
“Yes, Yu Wei likes young ones, pretty faces, petite figures, flat-chested. Heard he likes picking them up to do it.” Kai Lun chuckled softly beside her.
“Find a few suitable ones to approach him. Remember to pick those with weaknesses for control, families in urgent need of money. As soon as Yu Wei gets on the arena, the money hits the account immediately.” Sha Jiu instructed.
“Since Li Dong plays dirty tricks to set up Jun Zai, no reason we shouldn’t! Otherwise, they’ll think I’m easy to bully!”
“Put more effort into finding them. Make his legs go soft every day, see how he gets on stage to fight.”
“Got it!” Kai Lun nodded with a smile.
For Sha Jiu, she just needed to win!
How she won didn’t matter.
Even if she had confidence in Chen Wujun, better safe than sorry—she’d eliminate that one-in-a-million chance.
