Chapter 298: Rock Paper Scissors
The moves personally taught by Lu Xian were naturally brilliant beyond compare. They didn’t need much support; just relying on the profoundness of the moves was enough to triumph over the strong with the weak!
The ‘Immortal Points the Way’ that Lu Bai learned, though only one move, actually had eighteen variations. Its wondrous application depended entirely on personal comprehension! At this moment, Lu Bai used the seventh variation of ‘Immortal Points the Way’—a combination of feint and reality. His right hand, which had been aggressively attacking, switched to a feint to draw the opponent’s attention. While the opponent was still extending his move without retracting it fully, Lu Bai’s left hand, which he had never used before, suddenly shot out like a spiritual serpent!
At this time, Wei Jie’s arm had not yet retracted, leaving the major acupoint under his armpit completely exposed to Lu Bai’s attack. In the blink of an eye, it was struck at the Jiquan Acupoint, rendering him instantly unable to move!
Lu Bai was just about to rejoice when he felt his whole body go numb; unexpectedly, he too was unable to move…
“How could this be?!” Lu Bai nearly fainted from anger. Could this be any more embarrassing?!
“Idiot, your Jiquan Acupoint was also struck!” Lu Song watched clearly from the side. It turned out that after Wei Jie struck Lu Bai’s Waiguan Acupoint, he didn’t retract his move like before, but instead followed through to strike the Jiquan Acupoint under Lu Bai’s right arm…
The Jiquan Acupoint is a major acupoint under the armpit. Once struck, the whole body becomes paralyzed, unable to move a bit until the acupoint is cleared…
Thus, both of them were unable to move again, and even more humiliatingly, this time their bodies were pressed tightly together, with their arms inserted into each other’s armpits, looking just like they were embracing each other and refusing to let go for a long time…
The clan members of the various clans below the stage burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs. They had watched several Grand Competitions, but had never seen such a scene before.
The roar of laughter drew the attention of distant spectators. The distant audience to the side of the two, due to the angle, saw their faces seemingly pressed together.
“How did these two end up kissing while fighting?” Someone chuckled oddly, immediately sparking even greater laughter: “Is this mutual admiration and uncontrollable affection?”
“Could these two have a fondness for men?” People discussed with great interest, chuckling: “Look at Wei Jie, with his fair skin and delicate, fragile appearance—he might really be the little joy…”
“Yes, yes! Lu Bai has such a manly vigor; he must be the big joy!” The noble ladies loved this kind of thing and noticed someone openly recognizing sworn brothers. Now they couldn’t care less about looking elsewhere, all calling friends and swarming over excitedly. “Someone’s sharing peaches! Come watch the fondness-for-men play!”
Now the people of the Lu Clan and Wei Clan were embarrassed beyond measure. Lu Xiu flushed red with shame, wanting to explain a few words but fearing it would only make it worse. Lu Song couldn’t care less and shouted loudly: “Don’t get it wrong; our Lu Bai doesn’t like men!”
Unfortunately, his voice was far too small to make any waves and was instantly drowned out by the girls’ screams. “Together! Together! Together!”
Hearing the shouts from below the stage, Lu Bai wished he were dead. He had previously fantasized about standing on the stage, receiving cheers from the audience like Cui Baiyu, but he never imagined they would be shouting this kind of thing…
Wei Jie across from him also blushed, lowering his eyelids slightly and gazing panicked at the ground, not daring to meet Lu Bai’s eyes.
‘This can’t go on, or my life will be ruined…’ Lu Bai gritted his teeth and said to Wei Jie, who was still unable to move: “Hey.”
“Ah…” Wei Jie responded softly, lifting his eyes to look at Lu Bai, his face flushing even more.
“Why the hell are you blushing?!” Lu Bai felt like dying.
“W-where… no…” Wei Jie panicked in his eyes, his face paling as he said: “Being talked about like this is so embarrassing.”
“True enough.” Lu Bai agreed deeply and said in a deep voice: “Since neither of us can do anything to the other, let’s stop fighting and embarrass ourselves less.”
“I’ll listen to you.” Wei Jie was agreeable but worried: “Then who wins this round?” The Grand Competition required rankings, so victory or defeat had to be decided; there was no such thing as a tie.
“Were there no ties in previous years?” Since they couldn’t move anyway, Lu Bai patiently asked.
Feeling Lu Bai’s breath on his face, Wei Jie felt an unbearable itch and panic, shaking his head: “This situation has never happened before.”
“Then…” Lu Bai gritted his teeth and lowered his voice: “How about this…”
“Ah…” Hearing Lu Bai’s method, Wei Jie brightened up and praised: “Good idea!” Then he actually complained to Lu Bai: “With such an effortless method, why didn’t you say it earlier?”
“…” Lu Bai helplessly said: “I had no choice either…”
Moments later, Wei Jie’s body suddenly trembled; clearly, he had already cleared his acupoint…
But Lu Bai still hadn’t cleared his acupoint. After all, he was cramming on the spot; his acupoint-striking kung fu was no match for Wei Jie, who made his living from it. Moreover, Wei Jie was actually exceptionally talented, just innately deficient in body…
Seeing Wei Jie indeed regain mobility, Lu Bai was greatly shocked inside, thinking: ‘We’re done for…’ He put himself in Wei Jie’s shoes; if he recovered first, he would unhesitatingly punch down, bloodying the opponent’s face to win the match and prove his innocence.
Sure enough, Wei Jie slightly moved his arm, and his right index finger pointed toward him.
“It’s over…” Seeing himself being struck, Lu Bai felt a wave of despair. But the next moment, instead of fainting as expected, his whole body’s true qi began to circulate!
Wei Jie withdrew his hand and stepped back, smiling at him.
“Why did you help me clear the acupoint?” Lu Bai asked in a deep voice.
“We agreed to stop fighting.” Wei Jie said softly: “Of course we have to keep our word.”
“…” Lu Bai was at once amused and bemused, his heart filled with an indescribable feeling.
“Why did you clear his acupoint?!” The Wei Clan people shouted furiously at Wei Jie.
“True love indeed!” But the girls screamed as if fearing the world wouldn’t be chaotic, wishing they could rush up and press the two together.
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On the fighting stage, Lu Bai’s face burned like fire. He awkwardly moved his arms and said dully: “Then let’s begin.”
“Good.” Wei Jie nodded, looking seriously at Lu Bai.
“Come on!” Lu Bai roared: “Three rounds, two wins!” As he spoke, he placed his right hand behind his back.
“Afraid of you?!” Wei Jie similarly placed his right hand behind his back. Both were full of fighting spirit, clearly about to get serious.
“Finally, they’re going to fight!” The clan members of the two clans below the stage, who had endured much torment, saw the two finally assume proper stances and quickly rallied their spirits to cheer them on!
“Stone, scissors, paper!” The two on the stage shouted in unison.
“Oh no…” The crowd below immediately fell backward, collapsing to the ground…
But the two on stage couldn’t care less; even rock paper scissors was a way to decide who advanced to the Top 8!
The result: both played scissors.
“Next, I’ll play paper.” Wei Jie smiled at Lu Bai and put his hand behind his back again.
“Fine!” Lu Bai sneered: “I’ll still play scissors!”
With that, both extended their hands again simultaneously. Wei Jie indeed played paper, but Lu Bai played stone…
“Didn’t you say you would play scissors?” Wei Jie looked at Lu Bai sadly.
“How was I to know if you were deceiving me!” Lu Bai said in exasperation.
“Next round, I’ll still play paper.” Wei Jie said wistfully.
“Hmph!” Lu Bai was expressionless, but his mind was in chaos, unsure what to play.
“Stone scissors paper!” Wei Jie shouted, and both extended fists again.
‘Whatever, let’s go for it!’ Lu Bai thought, and sure enough played scissors.
Looking at Wei Jie, he indeed played paper as said…
One to one.
