Chapter 7 First encounter

When the mud seal was removed, a faint aroma of wine wafted out, attracting a look from the burly man at the table next to him.

Gu Qingyuan filled the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. A warm flow flowed into his throat, causing Gu Qingyuan to cough uncontrollably.

After drinking three cups in a row, Gu Qingyuan's forehead was covered with sweat. He did not use his internal energy to dissipate the alcohol. He just let the drunkenness surround his heart and only kept a little bit of mind to stay alert.

But he was still a little drunk, and Gu Qingyuan couldn't help letting go of his emotions. He looked around and saw the burly man who kept looking at him. He raised his hand and greeted him, "Big brother, how about coming to have a drink with me?"

The sturdy man thought about it, stood up, took his own food and wine, came to Gu Qingyuan's table and sat down, just pushed the food and wine in front of Gu Qingyuan and remained silent.

It looks like this is a saw-mouthed gourd. Gu Qingyuan smiled in his heart and poured a glass of wine for the strong man: "I'm drinking here alone, please keep me company, brother. If my words are rude or offensive, please forgive me for the sake of Yuanyue wine." After that, he drank a full glass with a bang.

The sturdy man picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's okay. I've seen even the most rude drunken people. My last name is Lu..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Qingyuan interrupted him and said, "Hello, Brother Lu. My last name is Gu. It's a festive occasion, so why don't we just be drinking buddies who only know each other's last names? There will be less conflict over status and position, and we can be more at ease."

The sturdy man nodded, "Brother Gu is so free and easy, it makes people envious."

"He's just a madman who got a little courageous after drinking too much."

"When I was a child, someone gave me a meal, so I followed him to repay him," the big man suddenly opened up, "Thanks to him, I have status, wealth, and the woman I grew up with and love is always by my side, but I feel like he is doing something wrong."

"If you can manage it, manage it. If you can't, just leave. You can't spend your whole life repaying favors. That would be too tiring." Gu Qingyuan didn't quite understand this world that believed in loyalty.

Are you going to leave? Can you still leave? The big man couldn't help but feel a little drunk.

The two of them talked back and forth, one was responsible for saying some nonsense that sounded crazy to others, and the other was responsible for listening silently, and soon a jar of wine was finished.

When Gu Qingyuan had completely poured out his sorrow and staggered to pay the bill, the sturdy man suddenly said, "Do you want to have a fight?"

Gu Qingyuan was stunned: "What?"

"Do you want to fight? Whenever I feel upset, I fight with others and my depression goes away." The sturdy man spread his hands and repeated seriously.

Gu Qingyuan looked at the big man's palm-leaf fan-like hands and felt the true energy in his body. The amount of true energy in a single finger was already far more than that of the grandmaster Zhang Qingxu.

He said: "I might be a better fighter."

"I have some strength too," the strong man said. His unrivalled aura flashed across his face.

Outside the cold and desolate outskirts of Guangping City, the sky is dotted with stars, and a dark cloud floats over, covering the full moon.

Under the moonlight stood two men, each with their own troubles.

The two men stood opposite each other, each occupying one side of the battlefield.

The strong man raised his hand: "Come on!"

The innate can let the true qi leave the body, the master can gather the true qi and condense it into shape. Gu Qingyuan gathered the true qi in his hands, appeared in front of the sturdy man in an instant, and threw a heavy punch at the sturdy man. The sturdy man did not panic at all, and punched out slowly. The two fists collided, and the qi rushed out. In an instant, sand and stones flew everywhere, and strong winds blew.

The sturdy man didn't move at all, but Gu Qingyuan took several steps back.

"The true energy is scattered and not condensed, which is a great waste." The strong man still had the mind to comment. Gu Qingyuan became excited: "Come again." He delivered another punch, and the two fists collided, like a stone breaking the sky. A violent airflow rose from the intersection, blowing the robes of the two men fiercely.

It was like a loud thunder and a strong wind.

Gu Qingyuan unleashed one heavy punch after another with the force of swallowing the sea. The air within ten feet around his body rolled, and the wind swept through like a sharp blade. Anyone who touched it would die.

The sturdy man was not willing to be outdone, and he mobilized the internal energy in his body, attacking back after attack. When fists collided, the internal energy was like an invading fire, eliminating the wind blade, and his fists were like thunder, and the sound of punches was just like the roar of a tiger and the howl of a dragon.

Gu Qingyuan's boxing style is ever-changing and arbitrary. One punch from him can make light weights seem heavy. If an ordinary person takes it, they will be left with flaws. If not, there are still more than a dozen subsequent changes such as pushing, pressing, and hitting.

But his opponent is no ordinary person either. No matter how Gu Qingyuan changes, I can block it with one punch.

Two pairs of hands, four fists, dancing and colliding like fluttering butterflies.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of punches were thrown, and Gu Qingyuan shouted, "Hahaha, it feels so good. Brother Lu, how does my punch taste?"

The sturdy man also became interested, like a tiger king that was awakened, with an arrogant look and boundless arrogance: "It's fast, but it's a little light. Why don't you take my punch? Brother Gu, be careful, be careful..." The sturdy man looked excited, but then his eyes turned cold, "Be careful not to be beaten to death by me."

The sturdy man no longer held back and let out a loud shout. A huge momentum spread out from his body. Strands of golden-red true energy wrapped around his whole body. Endless golden-red glow gathered behind him, like a cloak fluttering in the wind.

The sturdy man opened his hand, and a halberd condensed in his hand. He gripped the halberd tightly and chopped towards Gu Qingyuan.

A bright green light flashed in Gu Qingyuan's hand as he blocked a halberd attack. The strong man bent his left leg and flew into the air. The halberd rotated with his body, drawing a crescent arc.

Gu Qingyuan was knocked back by the chop, but unwilling to be outdone, he raised his sword, and knife-shaped green rays surrounded his body, forcing the strong man back with a whistling sound.

Gu Qingyuan rushed forward with his palms together, and thousands of green knife-shaped rays turned into a torrent, drowning the sturdy man. However, the sturdy man was like a stubborn reef in the turbulent current, and he danced with a halberd tightly, blocking the knife rays outside his body. The two colors of true energy collided and disappeared in mid-air.

Suddenly, the sturdy man's aura burst out, forcing Gu Qingyuan back, and the golden red energy on his body surrounded him like layers of ripples.

A golden-red glow shot up into the sky, dispersing the dark clouds in the sky and actually formed a halberd. As the strong man swung his hand, the halberd pressed down with an overwhelming force, using the halberd blade as the starting point, sweeping away the air. The earth beneath the strong man's feet also bulged and cracked like Moses parting the sea.

Gu Qingyuan stood with a fist in front of his chest, and the green true energy in his body broke out of his body. Two green dragons entwined around his arms and moved slowly. He threw a punch, and the green dragons entangled and bit the halberd blade tightly, finally turning into a ball of green and gold light that exploded in the air, even the dark clouds were dispersed, revealing a bright starry sky in the sky.

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The sturdy man came up to Gu Qingyuan, who was lying on the ground, and stretched out his hand.

Gu Qingyuan raised his hand and pulled hard. The sturdy man was stunned, but did not resist and sat down under the force.

"It really feels much better." Gu Qingyuan took out another glass of wine from his arms and threw it to the sturdy man.

The sturdy man glanced at Gu Qingyuan's collar, said nothing, and raised his head to drink. "Not bad." After a long time, these two words popped out.

"What?" Gu Qingyuan was stunned.

"The wine is not bad, and neither are you," said the sturdy man.

The next day, Flying Wolf General Lu Xianzhi entered Luodu, and Grand Tutor Dong Zhongda followed the emperor's order to serve him.

(End of this chapter)