Chapter 31: Martial Arts Competition on a Dark and Windy Night
"Miss." Grandpa Gao was walking in front and suddenly said, "The person we are going to visit later is not a good person. In my opinion, although he is capable, he is rude, has bad character and is a little crazy. Please be careful, Miss. No matter what, I will protect you."
"Thank you, Grandpa Gao." Jiang Ruohua nodded and kept it in mind, "I'll remember it."
Why did Grandpa ask her to find such a person? Jiang Ruohua had doubts in her heart, but before she met that person, she had no way to solve all the doubts. But since Grandpa said that this person could help her, he must have some skills. In this case, she must go to meet him and learn a little, so that the trip will not be in vain!
The slightly shabby courtyard house is considered a relatively large and good house in this area, but it is inevitable to see broken bricks and missing tiles on the wall, and there are inevitably some tiles missing on the eaves. These marks do not seem to be due to long-term disrepair, but rather the result of a fight between masters.
Looking at the marks on the wall, it seems that the force is not small.
Grandpa Gao knocked on the door, and Jiang Ruohua was still staring at the marks, thinking that she might have to use 80% of her strength to match the power of this blow.
"Come here, come here!"
A crisp and cheerful female voice sounded from inside the door. The one who opened the door was a girl who was half a head shorter than Jiang Ruohua, holding a candle in her hand. Under the light, her big watery eyes were pure and moving. She was the kind of person who could not help but feel intimate when they met. The girl's eyebrows were harmless and pure, her smile was kind, and she was naive. After seeing Jiang Ruohua behind Grandpa Gao, she nodded as if she had realized something.
"Are you the young lady that Master was talking about?" The girl threw the candlelight to the little carrot-headed girl following behind her, and smiled as she stretched out her hand to Jiang Ruohua, "My name is Hu Xingxing, and I am the most powerful female disciple of my master. My master does not accept anyone, even if you have the Master's token. Before Master comes, let me try to see how capable you, the delicate young lady, are!"
She held her palm forward, ready to strike.
"Jiang Ruohua." Jiang Ruohua introduced herself out of politeness. The girl in front of her, named Hu Xingxing, was different from her appearance, and was probably a tough guy, "Please."
As soon as the voice fell, Hu Xingxing pulled out the long whip from her waist and whipped Jiang Ruohua, slashing through the air, and the whip hit the ground where Jiang Ruohua had just stood, leaving a white mark on the broken bluestone bricks!
Jiang Ruohua did not bring any weapons with her when she went out this time. It was obviously a bit difficult to fight Hu Xingxing's long whip with her bare hands. However, she had been practicing martial arts for many years and it was no joke. Her father had never let her down when teaching her martial arts. She nimbly dodged Hu Xingxing's fierce whip and jumped onto the eaves!
Sweeping across the courtyard, there was a child standing in the courtyard and a man standing in the main house. Their strength should not be weak.
"Watch out for the whip!" Hu Xingxing's long whip was fast and sharp. It broke bricks and tiles wherever it went. It was amazingly powerful. She didn't make any moves in a messy way. Every time she whipped, it seemed to have calculated Jiang Ruohua's escape route!
What a wonderful whip technique!
If she was hit, I'm afraid her skin would be torn apart.
Taking a few steps back, the whip came with great force, but the routine seemed unchanged. Jiang Ruohua was agile, like a fish floating in the air, surviving in the gap of the whip, her breath was not disordered, and her feet were full of wind. She always cleverly dodged the whip falling from the air again and again. Compared with Hu Xingxing, her physical strength was greatly preserved. While dodging nimbly, she also seized some opportunities.
"Snap!"
The whip swept across, Jiang Ruohua leaned back, and the whip was opened and closed. At this moment, Hu Xingxing's vitals had already been exposed in front of her. She only needed to support herself with her hands to kick Hu Xingxing in the heart, but it was not the right time yet.
At first glance, Hu Xingxing seemed to be going all out, but after these dozens of moves, she still didn't look tired, which showed that her basic skills were solid. It was hard to say whether she had any tricks left. Jiang Ruohua was not an impatient person, and unlike Hu Xingxing, she didn't have a weapon in her hand that she was used to. She was not in a hurry, and she had to force the opponent to use all her strength, otherwise rash actions would leave opportunities for the opponent to take advantage of!
Now, defense is the best, and she has plenty of spare energy to observe Hu Xingxing's techniques while taking care of herself. She attacks directly, feints, and sneak attacks from behind. Hu Xingxing's movements are very fast, and the whip is like an extra hand she has grown. She hits wherever she points, without any ambiguity!
Jiang Ruohua is calm and relaxed, with agile feet. This is the ancestral martial arts of the Jiang family. As a woman with a light body, she uses this set of footwork better than her father, and she can deal with Hu Xingxing with ease, but this does not make her proud and careless. Instead, she is more alert and calm, and observes her movements while consuming Hu Xingxing's physical strength bit by bit.
Deliberately losing her balance, the whip brushed past her head, Jiang Ruohua slid down from the roof, flipped over in the air and landed, but she didn't fall in a mess, instead she quickly adjusted her breathing to be alert to where Hu Xingxing would attack from!
Hu Xingxing raised her lips: "Miss, didn't you bring a weapon? There is a weapon rack over there, you can pick one that is handy."
After a glance, the rack is very comprehensive, but...
"No need." Jiang Ruohua said.
This was very arrogant in Hu Xingxing's eyes. She accidentally lost her position and fell from the roof. Did she want to fight with her long whip without a weapon?
"Then I won't be polite!" Hu Xingxing's eyebrows tightened, and she waved the long whip down, "Watch me!"
Jiang Ruohua jumped up and took a few steps back quickly. The soil on the ground was also overturned by Hu Xingxing's whip. The yard was not big. The little carrot head who followed Hu Xingxing earlier had already hidden in the house. It seemed that he was afraid of being affected!
After coming down, Hu Xingxing attacked fiercely, and there seemed to be more attacks. Jiang Ruohua pretended to attack, but was blocked by the long whip. A long whip can attack and defend, both defense and attack. Jiang Ruohua felt that it was wonderful. She had been in the boudoir for a long time. Under the oppression of the third wife, she had less and less contact with martial arts. When she was young, she could follow her father and fight with capable people in the army.
Since she grew up and her father was far away at the border, there were few noble ladies in the capital who were proficient in martial arts. Even if they were descendants of military generals, most of them just inherited the heroic character of military generals. It was rare to see women who would study martial arts painstakingly, and there were even fewer who practiced to perfection.
After all, the goal of the noble ladies in Beijing is not like this. Even if they are interested in this, they have to spend their time learning to read and learn etiquette, managing the family, and the extra time is music, dance and women's clothing.
Martial arts competition is extremely rare. She was very happy to have been dealing with Hu Xingxing for almost half an incense stick. She was inevitably a little excited while calm. It has been a long time since she last moved her hands and feet. Hu Xingxing's martial arts are not bad. It is rare to meet someone who can fight. How can Jiang Ruohua not be happy?