Chapter 82 Come and hit me!
Chapter 82 Come and hit me!
Leng Xiao's repeated defeats, as reported in the local tabloids, became a topic of conversation among martial arts enthusiasts.
In the past, both Leng Xiao's grandfather, Leng Youyi, and his father, Leng Lingtong, were top-tier masters in the martial arts world. Everyone lamented that if the Wanjie Sect were to fall into Leng Xiao's hands in the future, it would probably decline.
The fact that he can't beat anyone is enough to show that Leng Xiao's martial arts skills are not very good.
Thinking of this, Wen Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
But he quickly realized the problem.
He hadn't personally witnessed Leng Xiao's martial arts skills and dared not make a judgment, but everyone in Ningzhou Prefecture knew about Wen Zhao's martial arts prowess.
In the previous Hundred Escort Competition, the younger generation of hundreds of escort agencies of all sizes in the Great Hui Dynasty competed in escorting goods, with martial arts being the most important aspect.
At that time, Wen Zhao outshone all the other contestants in the competition of 100 escorts. In the end, if Wen Ran hadn't informed Wen Zhao in advance, on the grounds of human relationships, that she should have saved face for the number one escort agency in the world, Fengtian Escort Agency, and avoided causing trouble for her own agency by showing off her skills, Wen Zhao would not have held back in the duel with Tianji, the son of Tianjiu, the chief escort of Fengtian Escort Agency.
Even so, Wen Zhao did not lose; he only managed a draw with Tianji in the end.
Tianji had studied his family's secret swordsmanship manual, "Heavenly Sword," since childhood, and was more than ten years older than Wen Zhao.
If it weren't for the fact that Fengtian Escort Agency was the host of the Hundred Escorts Competition, and would have at least sent someone to participate, Tianji shouldn't even be participating in the competition at his age.
Even Tian Shang, who was watching the battle, praised Wen Zhao's performance highly. Tian Jiu, the current chief镖头 (chief镖头, head镖师, of Fengtian镖局), is Tian Shang's only son.
As the true decision-maker of Fengtian Escort Agency, Tianshang resolutely awarded the title of champion of the Hundred Escort Competition to the little-known Wen Family Escort Agency of Ningzhou Prefecture.
Wen Zhao disdains social niceties and is competitive, so she will not easily admit defeat.
To be able to fight Wen Zhao for an entire afternoon without being defeated, Leng Xiao was clearly no pushover either.
Wen Ran suddenly understood why Leng Xiao had approached Wen Zhao.
Wen Ran then inquired about the incident from Xiao Xu in front of him. After learning that Leng Xiao had indeed deliberately lost to Wen Zhao, he understood that the defeats of Leng Xiao reported in the martial arts tabloids were probably intentional.
Wen Ran had no idea what the sneer was trying to do. All he knew was that his stubborn daughter had gotten entangled with the young master of the Wan Jie Sect. She felt uncomfortable whether she lost or won.
After all, intentionally losing and being unable to win are two completely different things.
"The fight started at noon, why did you only come to inform me after sunset?"
"Chief镖头, you have no idea how spectacular the fight between Miss and that young master of the Myriad Tribulations Sect was! That young master of the Myriad Tribulations Sect is truly a remarkable figure. He also wields a spear, and I think his spear is called something like the Silver Wing Demon-Slaying Spear. It was truly... I've never seen an opponent who could fight Miss to a standstill... Not just me, everyone else's eyes were glued to it, and they're still enjoying their fight to this day..."
"Alright, stop sighing and take me to see it!"
At the same time, in the pine forest of Nanshan, Leng Xiao and Wen Zhao were locked in a fierce battle.
The two spears clashed back and forth, their fighting spirit surging and spreading, drawing applause and cheers from the onlookers.
"Miss, beat him up!"
"This young master of the Myriad Tribulations Sect is actually so powerful! The martial arts pamphlet I bought said he lost every fight he had, so how come he hasn't lost against the young lady after so long?"
"Who cares? Nobody can beat our young lady anyway!"
The bodyguards from the Wen Family Escort Agency, who were out on a mission, gathered together and chattered amongst themselves. Even though it was already late afternoon, none of them were in a hurry to return to the agency.
Wan Xiaoxiao sat atop a large pine tree, writing furiously, his forehead already beaded with fine sweat.
"This time we don't have to worry about what to put in the next issue of the underworld tabloid..."
She muttered to herself, her gaze shifting between the notebook and the two young men fighting below.
At this moment, Wen Zhao and Leng Xiao were clearly not as relaxed and calm as they had been at the beginning. When they separated again, their eyes met with obvious shock and doubt.
Wen Zhao learned her marksmanship from her father, Wen Ran. After only three months of learning, she was already able to easily defeat Wen Ran in their matches. She never lost again, and even Lan Xiang, who came from the Liangyi Sect and worked as a steward in General Yun Que's mansion, could not dampen her spirit.
It should be noted that Lanxiang not only comes from the Liangyi Sect, but is also a disciple of Ye Yijun, the former head of the Liangyi Sect. Even now that she has returned to the Liangyi Sect, all the disciples of the Liangyi Sect have to respectfully call her "Uncle-Master". Her martial arts skills are naturally incomparable to those of ordinary people.
Wen Zhao never expected that the young master of the Wan Jie Sect, who looked as delicate and beautiful as a woman, could actually fight her for an entire afternoon and remain undefeated.
Standing opposite Wen Zhao, Leng Xiao, panting heavily, never expected that he, the young master of the Wan Jie Sect, possessing the family's internal energy technique One Thought Reincarnation and the complementary spear technique Reincarnation Demon-Slaying Spear, would be unable to defeat a little girl from an unknown escort agency in Ningzhou Prefecture...
The key issue is that before this, he had already used nineteen moves from the Reincarnation Demon-Slaying Spear, all of which were easily dodged by Wen Zhao's agile movements and on-the-spot performance. At most, Wen Zhao could only retreat a short distance in a sorry state before immediately counterattacking with the spear, so he didn't get any advantage.
He couldn't understand why Wen Zhao, who looked thin and frail, could wield such a powerful and heavy spear. Could it be that this guy was born with superhuman strength?
The later moves of the Samsara Demon-Slaying Spear are more powerful and tend to be fatal.
Leng Xiao was now caught in a difficult choice: he couldn't win without using the later moves, but using them might hurt Wen Zhao.
Although he thought Wen Zhao was an impolite and irritable girl, he didn't have any deep-seated hatred for her, so it wasn't worth fighting her and seriously injuring her.
If word got out that he, the young master of the Myriad Tribulations Sect, was bullying a young girl by relying on his family's secret spear technique, how could he ever show his face in public again...?
Leng Xiao didn't really want to fight anymore, because it was pointless. He wasn't competitive, and if it weren't for his anger towards his father, he wouldn't have spent money to hire Wan Xiaoxiao, a member of Baiwen Academy, to follow and record his defeats against different young masters. It was all just to make his father lose face and be embarrassed.
As the sun began to set, he glanced at Wen Zhao not far away with a cold smile and made a move to put away his gun.
"Boring, I'm not playing with you anymore."
But he didn't realize that while Wen Zhao's martial arts skills were comparable to his own, his verbal skills were far superior.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you fighting? I heard about this from my older brother and the others when they listened to the storyteller. Didn't your family have a Reincarnation Demon-Slaying Spear? What, you still can't win even using your family's spear technique? Are you going to go back and get your pants pulled down and spanked by your dad, and then cry to your mom?"
"You...you've gone too far..."
Wen Zhao scoffed at the sneering remarks, instead pointing a finger at the young master of the Wan Jie Sect who was standing not far from her, rolling her eyes, and sticking out her tongue.
"Hey hey hey, come and hit me, you idiot."
"..."
The setting sun cast its glow over the two figures facing each other with guns drawn, and a thought suddenly surfaced in Lengxiao's mind.
It is tolerable and unbearable.
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