Song of Adolescence

Chapter 239 Seven Fists to Conquer Demons

When Wuxin pointed at Li Hanyi and said "her", everyone was stunned. Xie Xuan slowly withdrew his hand from Li Hanyi’s back. "You’re looking for her because of what happened thirteen years ago?"

"Yes." Wuxin nodded.

Xie Xuan took a few steps forward. "I can give you an answer. It wasn’t her."

Wuxin still nodded. "I know."

Lei Hong saw that Xie Xuan had stopped and hurriedly asked, "Hanyi’s injuries are cured?"

Xie Xuan sighed. "I’ve helped her to neutralize the Crimson Tears poison. But as for the qi deviation, I can’t think of how to cure that at this moment."

"I\'ll do it," Wuxin said suddenly.

"You’ll do it?" Lei Hong looked at him suspiciously. Considering how young this monk appeared, there was no way he could have superior medical skills compared to Xie Xuan.

Wuxin smiled slightly. "It’s just qi deviation, isn’t it? This monk cultivates Buddhism, and my specialty is in expelling demons and subduing evil spirits." He walked past Lei Hong and came face to face with Li Hanyi.

“nā mó sà dá tuō．sū qié duō yē．ā là hē dì．sān miǎo sān pú tuó xiě,” Wuxin chanted the words

Li Fansong was confused and he asked, "What is he chanting?"

Xie Xuan replied, "This is the Shurangama mantra, which is from Buddhism’s most important Shurangama sutra. Buddhists believe that this mantra contains a great light which can cover everything with the pure virtues of Buddhism and cover the world with a white canopy to protect those endowed with virtue and benevolence. It contains an incredibly mystical power and virtue. Those who chant this mantra can eliminate all animosity, destroy all evil curses, avoid all calamities and subdue all evil demons and externalists! It’s considered the king of mantras among Buddha’s teachings."

Li Fansong exclaimed, "So powerful?"

Lei Hong’s brows tightened in a furrow. "He can cure the demonic obstruction within Hanyi just by chanting a few lines of sutra? I’m hearing it but I don’t believe it."

"nā mó lú jī ā luó hàn duò nán．nā mó sū lú．duō bō nuó nán… duō bō nuó nán… duō bō nuó nán… " Wuxin scratched his head, frowned, and after thinking a long while, he let out a sigh. "Oh well, I can\'t remember the rest."

Li Fansong and Fei Xuan, and even Lei Hong stared at him dumbfounded. Only Xie Xuan understood the monk\'s temper and merely smiled.

"Forget it. I wasn’t following that old monk’s pattern anyway." Wuxin simply gave up, stood in place silently for a while, then he suddenly slapped his palm on Li Hanyi\'s shoulder.

"What are you doing!" Lei Hong yelled angrily, and was about to step forward, but Xie Xuan raised a hand to stop him.

"Vital heart!" Wuxin shouted fiercely.

Li Hanyi opened her eyes instantly. Purple light flowed through her eyes as she stared at Wuxin.

"Expel demon!" Wuxin suddenly raised his right hand and slapped it down on the crown of Li Hanyi\'s head.

But Li Hanyi suddenly withdrew and she retreated a step abruptly to dodge Wuxin. Her purple hair whipped about though there was no wind and she reached for her two swords.

Xie Xuan patted the two swords next to him and released a long sigh. "Luckily I’d taken the swords away earlier."

Li Hanyi stretched out her right hand. "Sword, return!"

"Stay!" Xie Xuan sat cross-legged, flipped his long sleeves and pressed down on the two restless swords.

"Thank you, Mister." Wuxin struck another fist again, aimed right at Li Hanyi, and shouted at the same time, "Expel demon!"

But Li Hanyi met his fist with one of her own, and the two fists collided with a loud noise.

Wuxin stood still.

Neither did Li Hanyi retreat an inch.

Wuxin gasped slightly, "Such powerful martial arts."

On the side, Fei Xuan praised Wuxin, "Such a powerful Buddhist internal strength."

Wuxin suddenly withdrew his fist and aimed another blow at Li Hanyi. This fist was completely different from his usual martial arts. There was nothing stylish about the fist, nor was it beautiful to look at. In fact, it was very plain and simple.

Very hard.

Very fierce.

If Xiao Se and Lei Wujie were here, they would definitely find this fist technique very familiar.

Vajra Demon Subjugation Divine Skill.

"First fist to vitalise my heart." Wuxin threw out a fist.

"Second fist to rid karmic hindrance." Wuxin threw out another fist.

"Third fist to break the sins of evil." Wuxin threw out his third fist.

"Fourth fist to cease adversity."

"Fifth fist to subdue evil spirits."

"Sixth fist to conquer demons!"

"Seventh fist to achieve the great light!"

The seven fists struck successively, each one striking directly onto Li Hanyi’s body. If Li Hanyi had a sword in her hand, Wuxin wouldn’t have a chance of getting near her. Even without a sword in her hand, if she was in a clear state of mind and conscious, Wuxin’s current abilities may not necessarily be a match either. But Li Hanyi had lost her consciousness. Faced with Wuxin’s seven fists, she decided to take them head on. Because considering her present constitution, she didn’t see the need to block such fist techniques.

Wuxin took advantage of this point!

After the seven fists, Wuxin withdrew his fists and released a long sigh of relief. "Luckily, I stole some of shixiong’s Vajra Demon Subjugation Divine Skill back then.”

Li Hanyi was still standing in place but her purple hair settled down. Originally, she had her own qi to protect her body and she wasn’t worried about fist techniques that used external strength. But, this was the Vajra Demon Subjugation Divine Skill.

As Wuxin said, subduing evil spirits and conquering demons was the specialty of Buddhist monks.

"This…" Li Fansong exclaimed in surprise.

Lei Hong and Xie Xuan exchanged a glance, and both held a hint of joy in their eyes.

Li Hanyi vomited a mouthful of black-coloured blood and her purple hair gradually turned black again. The broken expression in her eyes slowly came back to herself and she gazed at Wuxin who was standing right in front of her in his white monk robes. She asked slowly, "Who are you?"

Wuxin clasped his palms together. "Snowy Peak Temple, Wuxin."

Li Hanyi frowned slightly. "Son of Ye Dingzhi."

"Exactly," Wuxin replied frankly.

"Hanyi," Xie Xuan called out from one side and stepped forward hurriedly, "You’ve finally regained consciousness."

Li Hanyi looked at Xie Xuan and caught a glimpse of the two swords behind him. She cried out suddenly, "Armoured Glacier!"

The Armoured Glacier sword instantly flew back into her hand.

She looked again at the other red-coloured sword, and whispered, "Peach Blossom."

The Peach Blossom sword also fell into her hand instantly.

She looked at the two swords in her hand and all the memories from before her qi deviation flashed back in an instant. She recalled fighting the Hidden River Patriarch and the three Tang Clan elders on her own. Then, that stinky Daoist travelled thousands of miles and brought with him a whole field of peach blossoms. She recalled them completing their rites and getting married under the peach blossom tree. And she recalled the body of that stinky priest vanishing into smoke in her arms.

The fury and hate she felt at that moment had finally transformed into grief and sorrow now.

Li Hanyi faced the sky and screamed. The loud cry of anger carried all of the qi in her body, the power in it so overbearing that it shook the mountains and caused all the birds on the mountain to cry out in alarm!

Li Fansong and Fei Xuan immediately vomited a mouthful of blood. Xie Xuan retreated to their side and hurriedly transferred his internal energy into them.

After that loud cry, Li Hanyi could no longer hold up and she fell backwards.

Wuxin hurried to support her as Lei Hong stepped forward and asked anxiously, "How is she?"

Wuxin checked Li Hanyi\'s pulse and shook his head. "She over-exhausted herself and on top of that, the grief overwhelmed her so she fainted. She’s okay."

Lei Hong nodded. "Good."

"Let’s find a place to rest nearby." Xie Xuan noticed the change in Lei Hong’s expression and stepped forward to pat him on his shoulder. "Don’t think you can run away."

Lei Hong smiled bitterly. "How did you know I wanted to run?"

Xie Xuan shrugged and spoke each word clearly, "Because I’ve read a lot of books."