Chapter 20: Third-rate warrior

Chapter 20: Third-rate warrior

  "The force is too strong. Do you practice martial arts just for revenge?"

  Gu Changsheng leaned his back against a huge rock, holding a wine pot in his hand, drinking from mouthful to mouthful, and was instructing Ye Lan to practice martial arts.

  "Master, I practice martial arts only to avenge the tragic death of my entire family!"

  Ye Lan was practicing a set of boxing meticulously with a firm tone.

  "Don't call me Master, I'm not your master."

  Gu Changsheng shook his head,finishing the wine in one gulp.

  After getting drunk that night, he suddenly found that he actually liked drinking, and this kind of old wine that was more than ten years old was the best.

  He would occasionally meet Ye Lan's brother and sister, and sometimes he would give them some pointers when he was free.

  The Ye family has its own family boxing, which was not taught by him.

  Gu Changsheng still has integrity in this regard.

  "Little Ye Nan, don't be like your brother in the future. It will be very tiring for him to live like this."

  Gu Changsheng shook his head and said to Ye Nan who was also practicing boxing.

  Ye Nan smiled and showed a few white fangs, and looked at Ye Lan: "I will do whatever my brother wants me to do in the future."

  "Tsk..." Hearing this, Gu Changsheng felt that he was a little redundant.

  He didn't know what the Ye brothers and sisters had experienced, and the Ye brothers and sisters were also very smart and didn't ask about him at all. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

  After drinking a pot of old wine, Gu Changsheng turned the gourd upside down.

  Sure enough, there was not a drop of wine in it.

  "Well..."

  He stretched and squinted comfortably, but soon opened his eyes.

  "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first, and you should go back early."

  "Remember, practicing martial arts requires a balance of activity and rest; otherwise, it could harm your body."

  Gu Changsheng advised, waved his hand, and left in a cool demeanor.

  If your'e not directly involved, don't judge right or wrong.

  Without personally experiencing other situations firsthand, he really can't empathize.

  ...

  "Brother Bear, I'm here!"

Gu Changsheng returned home, refilled his gourd with wine, hung it on his waist, and ventured into the mountain forest. With a shout to the woods, he called out,

"Roar!"

Moments later, the ground trembled slightly as a large black bear emerged from the forest.

  As the saying goes, enemies are particularly jealous when they meet!

  There is still a little fate between Gu Changsheng and this big black bear.

  He once accidentally ran into this black bear when he was picking a ginseng that was several decades old, and then the two had a fight.

  It can only be said that there was no winner, and each went back to his own home.

  After that, Gu Changsheng often came to fight with this big black bear.

  This can also be regarded as honing his martial arts in actual combat!

  A heavy palm fiercely slapped Gu Changsheng.

Without uttering a word, it followed up with another forceful blow aimed at him!

  Gu Changsheng raised his hand and executed the cloud palm technique flawlessly. With the support of the blood and fascia strength in his body, he clashed with the bear's paw, resulting in a stalemate.

His Cloud Palm also exuded its unique aura.

It constantly shifted, earning it the moniker of the Flowing Cloud Palm, which possessed a sinister edge!

  The way of Cloud Palm is ever-changing.

  Gu Changsheng can be sure that the person who created the Cloud Palm, or the founder of the Chuyun Martial Arts School, must be an old sinister person!

  He really has a great enlightenment.

  The collision of their power is quite intense, but it takes a toll on the surrounding trees. As they engage in combat, trees in the forest occasionally suffer collateral damage. While larger trees can withstand the force, smaller ones are torn to pieces. After fighting for a while, even the formidable big black bear shows signs of weariness.

  With a roar, he wanted to hug Gu Changsheng and knock him down.

  But Gu Changsheng had been on guard for it for a while, and his flexible movements were very graceful!

  "Come again!"

  The two separated temporarily, Gu Changsheng took a breath, took the wine pot on his waist and drank a sip of wine, and hooked his finger at the big black bear opposite with a little provocation.

  Can this big black bear endure?   

  He rushed towards Gu Changsheng again.

  "Huff, huff, huff..."

  The black bear was sticking out his tongue, and Gu Changsheng was bending over to catch his breath. They looked at each other again, but neither of them had the intention to fight again.

  They slowly retreated and went back to their own homes.

  It was another pleasant and beautiful day with no winner or loser!

  "Come again next time, Brother Bear!"

  Gu Changsheng shouted at the back of the big black bear.

  He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to see the big black bear's footsteps suddenly stagger while running.

  It should be an illusion, right?

  Gu Changsheng scratched his head and took another big sip of wine.

  ...

  In the fourteenth year of hiding in the mountains, Gu Changsheng was already a 38-year-old man, and he was about to turn 40.

  One day, he suddenly felt something in his heart.

  After taking a large amount of decades and hundreds of years of old medicine, he finally successfully broke through to the realm of a third-rate warrior.

A third-rate warrior strengthens his flesh and blood!

  There is indeed a significant difference between a warrior and a third-rate warrior!

At least now that he has just broken through, if he were to fight his former self, even if there were two of them, it wouldn't matter.

  Strength, reaction and physical fitness have all been greatly improved.

  "I am invincible!"

  After the breakthrough, Gu Changsheng laughed up to the sky.

  He almost made a "jiejiejie" sound.

  If he were to join any palace, he would at least become a protector!

  ...

  A few months later.

  Gu Changsheng was instructing Ye Lan and Ye Nan, the brother and sister, to practice martial arts.

  "Four years have passed since he first encountered these two people.

They were just slightly immature boys and girls back then.

Now, they have gradually grown up.

  Ye Lan's hair was tied back with a ribbon, and his face exuded a delicate yet strong demeanor.

Ye Nan's hair reached her waist, and her facial features had matured.

  Fortunately, she didn't grow ugly, and her appearance was almost as cute as before.

  Gu Changsheng would often meet these two siblings every few months or so and occasionally guide them in their martial arts practice.

  Therefore, he was not too behind in understanding the news from the outside world.

  After years of intense conflict in the current Chu State, the weaker factions have been nearly wiped out, leaving only a handful of relatively powerful princes.

  What Gu Changsheng didn't expect was that the Purple Scarf Army, which could be said to be the fuse that caused the collapse of the Chu State, has not been eliminated until now.

  Not only has it not been eliminated, but it has become more and more powerful.

  It firmly occupied Chenzhou, Yunzhou, and part of Yuzhou of the former Chu State.

  That's right, it is including this large area of ​​Yuzhou City.

  Now outside the mountain is the sphere of influence of the Purple Scarf Army.

  The leader of the Purple Scarf Army has become a king, named Xuan Wang!

  It can also be said to be the Xuan Wang Army!

  Throughout the dynasties, no matter at the end of which dynasty, the first person to rise up and rebel will often have the worst end.

  A broken ship still has three thousand nails!

  But the Purple Scarf Army actually held on.

  This made Gu Changsheng say that he couldn't see through it!

  Will the Purple Scarf Army ultimately dominate the world?

  Gu Changsheng was thoughtful...

  But he still lacked a lot of important information, and it was impossible for him to figure it out now.