Yang Chengye deliberately teased this big black cow, Niu Ma, without using martial arts, but instead lightly tapped his toes and quickly retreated backwards, causing Niu Ma's fist to hit nothing.
The fierce punch came again, accompanied by the whistling wind, blowing Yang Chengye's hair into a frenzy.
Yang Chengye did not expect that Niu Mengzi could make the air produce a loud whistle with just his physical strength, and he was indeed a good seedling for practicing martial arts.
Yang Chengye's feet didn't stop, continuing to retreat while circling around Niu Mang, causing Niu Mang's attacks to fall empty, and gradually Niu Mang's breathing became heavier.
Niu Meng punched out again, Yang Chengye dodged again and stood behind Niu Meng.
"Hey, I'm over here!"
Niu Ma turned around, staring with big eyes and shouted: "What's the point of just hiding? If you have the guts, let's have a real fight."
Yang Chengye stopped in his tracks and faced Niu Mengdao, saying: "Alright, as you wish!"
Seeing Yang Chengye no longer dodging, Niu Mengxi shouted with joy and said: "Look out, I'm coming!"
Only saw Niu Meng's twin fists, one front and one back, attacking Yang Chengye.
Yang Chengye knew that Niu Meng's strength was great, so he slightly mobilized his inner force in both palms. His right palm slapped towards Niu Meng's fist, slapping it aside.
Niu Meng's other fist took advantage of this gap and continued to attack towards Yang Chengye's chest.
Yang Chengye had already sensed it, his mouth slightly hooked, his left palm in front of his chest, grasping Cow Meng's fist, and immediately afterwards, he exerted a slight internal force, instantly pushing Cow Meng back several steps.
Niú Mǎo rubbed his somewhat sore fist, looking at Yang Chengye. He never thought that Yang Chengye, who was so young and had thin arms and legs, would have such great strength.
"Hey, you're quite strong! Try my Splitting Stone Fist again!"
Niu Meng let out a loud roar again, his fists dancing wildly, alternating between front and back, pounding towards Yang Chengye nonstop.
Yang Chengye slapped out with a single palm, continuously deflecting Niu Mao's fists, and then lifted his foot to kick towards Niu Mao's abdomen.
Bang
A dull thud was heard, and Niu Man'gan let out a pained grunt as his body flew backward and fell to the ground.
"Ouch, it hurts so much!"
The ox lay on the ground, wailing incessantly.
Yang Chengye stood leisurely on the spot, with his arms around him, looking at Niu Meng.
Yang Chengye did not use much force and only sent Niu Miao flying, without injuring him, so Niu Miao was just pretending.
The cow mooed for a moment, but Yang Chengye still didn't come over. He turned his eyes around and slowly got up, saying with discontent: "This time doesn't count, actually I just haven't eaten for several days and had no strength, after eating my fill I can definitely beat you!"
"Oh? Is it?"
Yang Chengye smiled and said: "Then you go eat, after eating we will come again to compete!"
Upon hearing this, Niu Meng's face suddenly lit up with joy, but immediately afterwards his complexion changed and he looked embarrassed, his originally dark face turning bright red.
"Uh, uh, I don't have any silver coins, can you...?"
The ox-like man's expression was twisted and awkward, rubbing the hem of his clothes with force, completely unlike a rough and robust man, not to mention how ridiculous he looked.
Yang Chengye couldn't help but laugh and said: "You've managed to get yourself into all sorts of good things."
"Come on, I'll take you out for a meal, follow me!"
"Ah, okay!"
Upon hearing this, Niu Man excitedly said: "I know there's a great hotel up ahead, their meat buns are the best!"
Niu Mao said as he directly shouldered the board axe, led the horse reins, and invited Yang Chengye to mount his horse, while he himself led the way in front.
"Niu Meng, why did you take this name?"
Yang Chengye sat on his horse and asked Niu Meng.
"Hehe"
He scratched the back of his head and said, "My mother is illiterate, she just wanted me to grow up strong like a cow, and coincidentally my father's surname is Niu (Cow), so they named me Niú Mǎng."
"Oh"
Yang Chengye continued to ask: "Where is your home? Are there any other people at home?"
After hearing Yang Chengye's question, Niu Man suddenly fell silent, and only spoke after a moment: "There are only my mother and I at home. My mother passed away last year and told me to go to Lin'an to find my father before she died."
"After I buried my mother, I hunted and exchanged some silver to come to Lin'an. A few days ago, I lost all my silver, so I had no choice but to become a bandit, but I didn't harm anyone."
Yang Chengye also saw it, this cowhide is also a pitiful person.
"So you know where your dad is in Lin'an?"
Yang Chengye took out a steamed bun from his bundle and handed it to Niu Meng.
Niu Ma grabbed the steamed bun and wolfed it down, then wiped his mouth and said: "My dad's name is Niu, my mom calls him Niu Gao. My mom said that my dad was a general who got injured during the battle against the Jin army, and she saved him. That's how I came to be born, so my mom wants me to go to Lin'an to find my dad."
Upon hearing this, Yang Chengye's expression changed, and it turned out that this Niu Man was actually the son of Niu Gao.
Niu Gao, styled Boyuan, was a native of Lushan, Ruzhou. He was a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Jin Dynasty.
Niú Gāo was born into a peasant family and initially served as an archer. He practiced martial arts diligently and excelled at horseback riding and archery.
In the early years of Southern Song Dynasty, he gathered people to resist Jin. In the third year of Shaoxing (1133 AD), he joined Yue Family's Army and Changsheng Army.
Niu Gao used a pair of ji, made of gold, later belonged to Yue Fei, who valued him highly and fought against the Jin dynasty many times, and was promoted to Deputy General Manager of Jinghu South Road Horse Step Military.
Niu Gao had participated in the suppression of Yang Yao's rebellion, successfully capturing Yang Yao alive. After Yue Fei was murdered, because he consistently opposed the peace talks between Song and Jin, he was poisoned to death by Qin Hui.
Niu Gao is dead, how can Niu Mang find his way to Lin'an?
As soon as Niu Man found out about Niu Gao's death, with his temperament, he would definitely stir up a huge disaster and even put his own life in danger. It seems that something needs to be done.
Thinking of this, Yang Chengye asked Niu Meng: "Are you full now? Do you want to fight with me again?"
The cow demon shook its head vigorously and laughed dryly: "I know I can't beat you, and you've already invited me to dinner, so you're my benefactor."
"My father said that if someone helps you with a drop of water, you should repay them with a gushing spring. I say that no matter what, we cannot repay kindness with enmity."
"Ah!"
Yang Chengye sighed and said: "Why don't you just follow me from now on?"
Hearing this, Niu Man stared with his eyes and asked: "Will following you guarantee a full meal?"
Yang Chengye nodded and said, "Of course, you eat as much as you want, I'll take care of it."
Niu Meng sank into thought for a moment, then said: "Alright, from now on you're the young master and I'll follow you."
Yang Chengye said with a sigh: "Don't call me young master, you can call me boss."
"Big Brother?"
The cow looked at Yang Chengye with a bewildered expression and said: "From now on, you are my boss."
Yang Chengye nodded and said: "After arriving in Lin'an, you must not say that you are the son of Niu Gao. Everything will be listened to by me, do you understand?"
Although Niu Meng didn't know why Yang Chengye wanted to say so, he still nodded in agreement with determination due to his trust in Yang Chengye.
As they walked and chatted, they unknowingly covered over twenty miles again. A small hotel appeared in their line of sight.
"Arrived."
"Boss, look! The hotel is just ahead!"
