Chapter 90: The Interesting Little Fellow

  That night, Gu Chao's battle against Xu Chi had a few spectators.

  At this time, on the dark green tile roof of a house some distance away from the commercial street, stood a beautiful young woman. This beauty was none other than Xiao Yu, the proprietress of the Silver Fish Tower, famous for her stunning looks, gentle disposition and a hint of cunning.

  Another middle-aged man, lazy and carefree, lay on the tiles, blowing in the cold spring breeze.

  "Hey, Ding Jian, how's this little guy doing?" Xiaoyu said casually.

  Right on!

  In the Tai Shan sect, there is a very famous person named Ding Jian. That is the Lightning Knife Guest Ding Jian of the Five Great Knife Guests of Tai Shan. Could it be that the middle-aged man lying lazily on the roof tiles is actually the Lightning Knife Guest Ding Jian who is renowned in Tai Shan and its surroundings?

  The middle-aged man lying on the roof tiles looked at it and said, "It seems pretty good."

  The beautiful young woman smiled slightly: "Not bad, this is a good seedling I found."

  "This is indeed an interesting little guy." The beautiful young woman, Xiaoyu, said: "This little guy has only been practicing the Gale Knife Technique for ten months and has already reached the realm of perfection. Moreover, this little guy is quite interesting, when he fought with Xiong Wu, first breaking the floorboards, then letting Xiong Wu fall from the floorboards and lose his balance before launching an attack, a very clever little guy."

  Ding Jian furrowed his brow, having mastered the second-level martial skill in just ten months since he started learning, and was also very clever during fights, knowing how to use his surroundings to his advantage. This was indeed impressive, but it shouldn't be enough to shock him, Ding Jian, who was already standing at the pinnacle of the Tai Shan Sect.

  The beautiful young woman Xiao Yu said: "I've seen this little guy record every battle and then repeatedly ponder over it."

  Ding Jian listened and immediately understood.

  A young man with great talent, intelligent, hardworking, meticulous, and able to record every battle, repeatedly pondering, has indeed already qualified to become a inner sect disciple.

  "It seems like he's a pretty good kid after all." Ding Jian smiled: "But there's no rush to meet him, I'm not interested in things that are too hasty."

  Ding Jian blew a whistle: "Anyway, there's the Outer Sect Disciple Grand Competition, this is the final selection of talents. Let's see how far he can go in the Outer Sect Disciple Grand Competition later, I'm looking forward to it."

  "Hey, little fish, are you going to stay in the Tai Shan sect forever? We have many good men here, why not find one and get married?"

  Little Fish smiled and said: "You seem like a good man, why don't I marry you?" After teasing Ding Jian, Little Fish turned serious and said: "I'm waiting for news from Big Sister."

  "Is that the young lady?" Ding Jian looked up at the sky, his tone seeming to imply that this young lady was a big shot, an even bigger deal than himself, a top-tier figure of the Tai Shan sect.

  ……

  The next day, at dawn.

  Many people flocked to the Silver Fish Tower Restaurant.

  As experienced fighters who often participate in battles, how could they not know that the best time for those who study confusing and illusory attacks is at night? They must have attacked Gu Chao at night, and now everyone wants to go to Yin Yu Wine House to see if Gu Chao can withstand the attack of those who study confusing and illusory techniques.

  When they arrived at the Silver Fish Building, they found that on the second floor, the boy in blue was sitting there steadily.

  The boy in blue was unscathed all over, with a calm expression on his face.

  That is to say, the night's confusing illusion-type attack failed, and it was unknown who launched the attack. Immediately, a discussion began one after another, and immediately someone revealed that the person who made the move last night was Xu Zhi. Xu Zhi, who had practiced the Fog Concealment Step and Fog Concealment Knife to a small success, nearing the realm of great success, was undoubtedly a very famous master.

  As a result, Xu Chi also lost to Gu Chao. It seems that the confusing illusion-type attack had little effect on Gu Chao.

  Gu Chao sat on the second floor, continuing to wait for new challenges here.

  However, it's clear that there are many fewer people coming to challenge today. After all, Gu Chao has been sitting here and has won thirty consecutive games, including Liu Zhe, the fastest sword in the post-heavenly realm, Xiong Wu, the invincible tyrant, and Xu Chi, a famous figure known for his confusing illusions. All three of them have lost, so there aren't many people who dare to challenge Gu Chao again.

  So, on the second day of Gu Chao's stay at the Silver Fish Tower, things were a bit dull, with only an occasional challenger showing up.

  "Gu Chao, I challenge you." The girl sitting next to him with a veil covering her face stood up in front of Gu Chao. This was Yi Shuiwu, whose mother was one of the Five Knives of Mount Tai, Yi Yun, also known as Water Cloud Knife Guest. Yi Shuiwu's strength wasn't actually that strong, but she thought she was quite powerful and didn't know others were just letting her win.

  Yi Shui's figure was straight and slender, the goose feather knife suddenly emerged from its scabbard, people followed the mist to hide, the knife followed the hidden disappearance, around Gu Chao's body there seemed to be a faint mist.

  Yi Shuiwu was quite skilled, but couldn't compare to Xu Chi. Gu Chao could break through Xu Chi's swordsmanship, so how could he not break through Yi Shuiwu's? With his rich battle experience, Gu Chao quickly sensed the location of Yi Shuiwu's sword and slightly shifted to avoid the attack. At the same time, he changed his footwork and counterattacked with the back of his sword towards Yi Shuiwu's back. Yi Shuiwu reacted swiftly and raised his Yanling sword to block.

  But Gu Chao immediately found a flaw, and with a slight downward movement of the knife, he struck the flaw with a backhand slash.

  Yi Shuiyu lost his balance and fell from the second floor with a loud thud.

  My butt hurts!

  No, Gu Chao just caught the flaw, which was precisely the buttocks of Yi Shui Wu. This made Yi Shui Wu feel both ashamed and annoyed. She couldn't believe that he dared to attack her buttocks with the back of his knife. Yi Shui Wu gently rubbed her slightly sore buttocks with her right hand: "Gu Chao, remember this, I've got you noted."

  She felt as if many people around her were laughing at her, and she was hit in the buttocks. Her face suddenly turned red, and she used the Hidden Mist Step to instantly move far away.

  She bit her teeth hard when she left, Gu Chao, I remember you. This is a rare humiliation for Yi Shuiwu.

  Did he unintentionally offend a noblewoman? Gu Chao didn't care too much about it, this was originally just a small matter anyway. Although Yi Yun is a woman, she can sit in the position of the Five Knives Guest of Mount Tai, so she must have the demeanor of a great person, so it's unlikely that she would look for trouble with him. As for Yi Yun Lao's subordinates, if they came to challenge him, he would just take it as an opportunity to hone his skills.

  A knife will be sharper with more whetting.

  The next day, there wasn't an opponent as brilliant as the first day, and the number of challengers decreased a lot. Gu Chao won against seven people on this day.

  On the third day, a character with very fast knife skills appeared, estimated to be on par with Ryūza's speed. Unexpectedly, there was still such an opponent hidden, but in the end, Kōsuke defeated him cleanly and swiftly. On this day, Kōsuke defeated five opponents in total.

  On the fourth day, there were even fewer challengers, and Gu Chao only defeated three opponents.

  On the fifth day, there were fewer challengers and Gu Chao only defeated two opponents.

  Day after day passed, and fewer and fewer people dared to challenge Gu Chao.

  Unconsciously, it has been ten days already.

  Gu Chao was still sitting in his usual spot at the Silver Fish Tower Restaurant.

  "Bang!" Gu Chao didn't move, but with a single turn of his blade, he had already knocked down one attacker from the second floor to the street below.

  A large crowd shouted: "The fifty-fifth one, it's the fifty-fifth one!"

  That's right, this is the 55th opponent defeated by Gu Chao since he sat here.

  Even as an old man of the Taishan school, it's not easy to defeat 55 opponents in a competition, let alone as a newcomer like Gu Chao, Gu Chao is truly an outstanding newcomer!

  After defeating the fifty-fifth person, no one else came forward to challenge Gu Chao, and time was running out.

  Finally, the tenth day has passed.

  And this day was also exactly the thirtieth day of the quota token battle.

  At some point, the crane-haired and youthful-looking Nan Gongyuan elder had already appeared in front of Gu Chao. He arrived instantly, and Gu Chao didn't even see how he got there. Nan Gongyuan's eyes interestingly sized up Gu Chao. In fact, when he handed over the nameplate to Gu Chao initially, he hadn't expected that Gu Chao could hold onto it. He just wanted Gu Chao to go experience the competition and gain some fighting experience. As a result, Gu Chao unexpectedly won in the competition.

  "Congratulations, you have secured a spot in the Nameplate Competition and will have the opportunity to enter the Xiantian Cave." said Nan Gong Yuan.

  It's finally over!

  Gǔ Chāo also let out a breath, in fact, after ten consecutive days of fighting, Gǔ Chāo was also somewhat tired. This was also the reason why he didn't fight at first but instead hid. Thirty consecutive days of fighting would be unbearable even for an iron-clad body. Gǔ Chāo went straight to Xīn Xuě Mountain Villa. On the way, many people cast sideways glances at him. At present, among the outer disciples of the Tàishān Sect's post-heavenly realm, Gǔ Chāo was also considered famous and many people recognized him.

  Gu Chao ignored these people's gaze, rushed to his own seventh dormitory, and fell onto his bed, starting to snore loudly. He was really tired, so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger.

  After an unknown period of time, Gu woke up.

  But Gu Chao woke up to find his entire body undergoing a strange transformation.

  Ancient superiors discovered that in their own extraordinary eight channels, namely the Ren channel, Du channel, Chong channel, Dai channel, Yin Qiao channel, Yang Qiao channel, Yin Wei channel, and Yang Wei channel, as well as the purity of the internal energy in the lower Dantian, has greatly increased. The internal energy becomes even more pure and unparalleled, and not only in quality but also in quantity, there is a significant increase.

  Recently I haven't taken any medicinal pills or absorbed yuanqi stones, so how did the quality of my internal energy improve on its own?

  Gu Chao was somewhat perplexed.

  And the increase in internal energy, whether in quality or quantity, made Gu Chao feel very comfortable all over his body.

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