Chapter Fifty Family Competition

  Gu Chao's father Gu Fangde paid more attention to Gu Momo than to Gu Chao.

  Suddenly giving birth to more than a dozen children, it is impossible to have too much affection for each child.

  And this world of martial arts is called the most respected, so naturally and involuntarily poured more emotions on Gu Mengmeng.

  "Gu Fang stroked his beard and said, 'Momo, in the past, our Gu family would take out 5,000 taels of silver to hold a grand family competition. All sixteen of you from this generation would participate. The first place winner would receive 4,000 taels of silver, and the second place winner would receive 1,000 taels of silver.'"

  Five thousand taels of silver is no small sum.

  According to Yiguchao's understanding of economics, one or two taels of silver in this world are roughly equivalent to 500 yuan on Earth. Buying a horse for 80 taels is basically equivalent to 40,000 yuan, and ordinary small households cannot afford it. A reward of 5,000 taels of silver is basically equivalent to a reward of 25 million yuan in the later generations on Earth.

  The magnitude of this reward is really not small.

  This is also where Tao Fangxian spent his blood money.

  Don't think that the richest man in a county town has much money. The total wealth of Tao Fang County's three ancient families added up to no more than tens of thousands of taels of silver, and it's not possible for them to have too much.

  The Tao Fang County's San Gu is so tired of not having a martial arts master for years, now he has made up his mind to turn the Tao Fang County Gu family from a business family into a martial arts family, that's why they are holding such a big family competition, taking out 5,000 taels of silver as a reward, this is truly a costly affair.

  Gu Momo listened and was taken aback for a moment: "That's good, this time the first place in the family competition, I will take it down." Gu Momo's pair of beautiful big eyes flashed with confidence, she had such confidence because her talent was extremely strong, now she was also cultivating in the Golden Level Sect, Yue Nu Jian Zong, and indeed had the qualifications to say so.

  Gu Chao listened quietly on the side, four thousand taels of silver for first place? At that time, he himself spent 1,500 taels to buy a Fei Yan Chong Mai pill, and this time it's four thousand taels, so he naturally wanted to go for it as well.

  Gu Fangde said, "Your greatest opponent this time is not someone else, but your second uncle's son, also known as your cousin Gu Yu. Gu Yu is many years older than you, already twenty years old. He joined the White Silver level sect, Mengshan Sect, which is no ordinary place."

  Gu Momo said: "Don't worry, I will definitely win over him. He's just from a white silver level sect, with average talent, even if he practices for a few more years, what can he do?" The golden level sect is much stronger than the white silver level sect, so Gu Momo looks down on his elder brother Gu Yu, who is from a white silver level sect.

  Jian De Gu was so confident, Gu Fang stroked his beard.

  Gu Fangde turned to Gu Chao: "Chao'er, you should also strive for a good performance this time. Now that you've joined the White Silver rank sect, Taishan Sect, your strength is quite impressive among our Gu family." Of course, Gu Fangde's words were meant to be comforting. In his opinion, Gu Chao's potential ranked around eighth in the entire Gu family, not particularly outstanding. However, since he had joined a White Silver rank sect, he was slightly more promising than those who had joined Bronze rank sects. After all, White Silver rank sects were much stronger than Bronze rank sects.

  Gu Chao also casually responded with a few words.

  Gu Fangde then said a few more words to his children and they all dispersed.

  After the dispersal, Gu Chao walked through the ancient house of the Gu family. At this time, the Gu family's mansion was already filled with discussions and speculations, all of which were about the upcoming family competition. This was also a first for the Gu family, as they had always been a merchant family and had never held such a family competition before.

  This is a family competition that only martial arts families would hold, and it was also held once in the Gu family.

  At that moment, among the family members, those servants felt superior and had a hint of martial arts nobility.

  Look what you're looking at, did you see it? Our ancient family will be charging towards the martial arts family in the future.

  There were also many people discussing this family competition.

  "This time, the family competition has two hot favorites to win the championship. One is the little genius Gu Momo. Miss Gu Momo is indeed a child prodigy, she even joined the Yue Nu Jian Zong. Although she's a bit younger, her current strength is quite impressive."

  "There is another, who is cultivating in the ancient domain of the Mengshan Sect. The ancient domain cultivates a white silver grade sect, and has been cultivating for a long time. He is the oldest member of our Gu family, although his talent and sect are not as good as those of Miss Gu Momo, but his strength is also unfathomable."

  "Others are still somewhat inferior compared to these two."

  Everyone was talking about it, Gu Chao listened to such talk and walked back to his own small courtyard along the memory. It turned out that he had been living with San Furen, but because of his increased strength and becoming an outer disciple of Taishan Sect, he was now assigned a separate small courtyard. Gu Chao entered the small courtyard, where two lovely little maids were arranged inside, one named Chunlian and the other Qiujie, both having a bit of loveliness.

  She took a quick glance at the surroundings and was fairly satisfied with this small courtyard, at least she didn't have to follow Third Madam around anymore.

  Although I'm only twelve years old now, it's normal for me to live with my nominal birth mother.

  But don't forget, Gu Chao is a time-traveler, it's not easy for him to accept everything all at once.

  So living alone in a small courtyard is good.

  After Gu Chao calmed down, he took out the second-level martial skill "Dī Fēng Dāo Fǎ" (Swift Wind Knife Technique) that Nan Gong Yuan had given him before leaving Mount Tai. As he flipped through the technique, he saw that it consisted of 36 forms, fewer than the 72 basic knife techniques, but with a higher level of mastery required. The level of a high-level technique wasn't determined by the number of moves.

  The first move, a strong gust of wind blows from the edge of the sky. This move starts high and ends low, giving a sense of height and distance.

  The second move, swift wind and lightning, this knife method is overbearing and fast, like a strong gust of wind suddenly arriving, and a burst of thunder exploding. This swift knife wind method is indeed a fierce knife move, the second move becomes so fierce.

  The third form, Gale Force Blade. This move is similar to the 72nd form's Gale Force Blade in name and technique, but it's clearly stronger.

  The fourth move, the wind sweeps away the fallen leaves. This knife is in the lower end of the leg area, making a horizontal sweep, as if to sweep away countless fallen leaves. It has its own unique way of drawing out the knife, and it's clearly an attacking move for the lower plate. However, it can also be slightly modified to become an attacking move for the upper body. The move should be used flexibly, not rigidly.

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  The tenth form, swift wind fierce movement, this form is fast, exceptionally fast.

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  The fifteenth form, swift wind and heavy rain, the knife move changes, like a strong gust of wind and heavy rain.

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  The twentieth move, Gale and Rainstorm. This is the fastest and most violent technique. Compared to the previous moves, Gale and Thunderclap, and even Gale, this one is several times more ferocious. Such a fierce technique does not exist in the 72 routes of knife techniques.

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  The thirty-sixth move, Gale. This move didn't have any decorative words added to it, but Gu Chao could clearly feel that this was the most difficult move to practice among the thirty-six moves of the Gale Knife Technique. Having finally finished reading through the Gale Knife Technique, Gu Chao thought to himself in silence, and began practicing the Gale Knife Technique in the courtyard.

  From the first formula to the thirty-sixth formula, I practiced one by one. Occasionally, there were things that I didn't understand, but after practicing again, I could understand a lot more.

  The two maids, Chunlian and Qiujie, also curiously watched Gu Chaoyue practicing his sword. For the two ordinary servant girls, martial arts itself was full of mystery. When Gu Chao's practice reached its climax, his mother, Third Madam, appeared without anyone noticing, saw Gu Chao practicing his sword, and smiled slightly. Her son was working hard, with this effort, her son would have a bright future, and she could also bask in his glory.

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