Quickly conquer the martial arts world, and let your fists dominate the heavens!

Chapter 81 If the Gong family wants face, they'll earn it themselves!

Chen Zhan stood with his back against the vermilion gate of the Gong family. Tian Jingjie stood not far behind him without saying a word, seemingly unaware that Chen Zhan was challenging the martial arts world of Fengtian alone.

Before them stood two elders leading disciples of the Chuojiao and Fanzi schools, flanked by numerous disciples of the Gong family on either side, along with other martial arts figures who had also brought their disciples.

They were all taken aback by Chen Zhan's words.

Although Gong Baotian has passed away, his body is still warm, and it will take some time before the tea cools down after his death.

Someone with ulterior motives wouldn't make a move at this time.

The Gong family tree, though hollowed out from the inside by Ma San, still appears lush and verdant on the outside.

Chen Zhan, however, wanted to kill Gong Er and the old steward Jiang Ming, and not spare the other two elders either.

audacious in the extreme.

Gong Er's expression changed. She had initially been watching Chen Zhan's attack on the two elders with a detached, spectator's attitude, but now she realized that Chen Zhan was an enemy, not a friend.

The little monkey on Old Jiang's shoulder seemed to understand its master's thoughts, hissing and growling at Chen Zhan.

"Girl, I'll teach him a lesson."

After Old Jiang finished speaking, he took the knife and stroked the little monkey's neck joints with his right hand, stroking them up and down and clockwise and counterclockwise a few times.

When he was young, he worked as an executioner in the Qing government. At that time, executioners would keep a monkey as a pet, because monkeys have the same cervical vertebrae as humans. When they had nothing to do, they would stroke the monkey's cervical vertebrae to hone their knife skills.

Upon arriving at the execution ground, he aimed carefully, made a cut at the second vertebra of the spine at the back of the neck, and the head fell to the ground with precision.

During the Qing Dynasty, he was an executioner, and Gong Baotian was the commander of the imperial guards. They became acquainted and became friends. He followed Gong Baotian for decades, from the Qing Dynasty to the Beiyang government, and now to the Nationalist government. Through all the changes, his habit and skills in raising monkeys have never diminished.

Before Gong Er could speak, she shuddered, and the little monkey, understanding her meaning, jumped off her shoulder.

“Young man, I am older than you and of a higher generation, but you deserve to be so rude.”

Old Jiang's footwork in the mud was extremely skillful.
He was a master with a knife, but Chen Zhan was unarmed, so he couldn't fight him with a knife.

The Baguazhang is highly skilled, using the hand as a knife to strike the ribs with a horizontal strike, like a dragon probing with its claws!
Suddenly, he twisted his waist and turned his palm into a slashing motion, the edge of his palm like a thick-backed cleaver slashing diagonally across his chest and abdomen.

"Enough with the nonsense! Even if Gong Baotian were alive, we'd settle this with our fists!"

Chen Zhan also used a hand-blade technique against the opponent's blade, slashing horizontally with even shorter power generation time. However, when he struck the chest with the palm heel, he unleashed a burst of power the instant he touched the body.

Old Jiang believed that his Baguazhang move, "Azure Dragon Probing Claw," was fiercely unpredictable and had the advantage of a forward-rushing momentum.

The plan was to achieve success with a single strike!
However, the fight was different from what he had imagined. His own hidden strength was activated, and he was instantly overwhelmed by Chen Zhan's hidden strength. He felt as if his hands were being stabbed by countless fine golden needles.

With the force of wind and snow, the hidden strength was severely damaged!

"You possess true strength! You are a master of transformative power!"

Old Jiang stumbled back three steps, his palms tingling. He had sparred with Gong Baotian many times when he was young, so he naturally knew the power of a master of internal energy.

The disciples who had been killed or injured by Chen Zhan before couldn't be tested at all.

"Ha, you're quite knowledgeable."

Old Jiang was shocked. This young man was even younger than Gong Baotian when he entered the Transformation Realm. His future was limitless.

Given the current state of the Gong family, it would be unwise to make enemies of such a master.

"Young man, Chuojiao and Fanzi are not members of the Gong family. It is none of my business if you want to make things difficult for them. But why do you have to do it at the Gong family's doorstep?"

Chen Zhan nodded: "You're right. I have no grudge against the Gong family, and we even have some connection in terms of martial arts. But since it happened to be the right time, I said I would take them down. It's just bad luck for your Gong family."

"I won't leave until I've beaten these two old bastards to death. If your Gong family wants face, earn it yourselves!"

It is true that Chen Zhan killed two traitors and villains, but to do so legitimately, he needs to have his fellow martial arts practitioners witness it. Now that so many people are present, it would be perfect.

The Japanese, having made trouble over two dead men, could only follow the rules of the martial arts world.

Of course, it was also true that they wanted to give the Gong family a hard time!
He wanted the Gong family's things, but he couldn't just go to their door and kill them all, or seize them by trickery and force.

Killing traitors is different from killing fellow countrymen.

Moreover, the Gong family is inflexible; they can't get anything real from you through coercion or bribery.

Therefore, he made multiple preparations, and today was just the first move. But if the Gong family insists on intervening, Chen Zhan wouldn't mind sending them to another funeral.

“Uncle Jiang, come back.” Gong Ruomei said.

Jiang Ming turned back without daring to make another move. "Miss, this boy is at the Transformation Realm, his skill is incredibly high, even Master might not be able to subdue him."

"fine."

Gong Ruomei took a few steps forward, first looking at her two treacherous uncles behind her, and then turning to Chen Zhan.

"Sir, you are a disciple of Xinyi Liuhe Hall. The Gong family also has Xingyi. To put it bluntly, Xingyi Quan all comes down to Master Lao Neng. I'm not saying this to get close to you, but to make a deal."

Chen Zhan was somewhat interested. Gong Ruomei was willing to follow the Dao to avenge her father, and she never married, passed on her teachings, or had children. She was quite an extraordinary woman.

There were quite a few remarkable women during the Republic of China era.

"Miss Gong, please tell me."

"Sir, your skill is great. I admit that I cannot defeat you in a full-fledged fight. Besides, we are not mortal enemies. How about we limit ourselves to ten moves, Xingyi versus Bagua? If Mei loses, I will give you the courtyard to use as you please, and I will also give you a thousand silver dollars. What do you say?"

Chen Zhan naturally understood Gong Ruomei's meaning: it was simple, if they couldn't decide a winner in ten moves, he would be considered defeated.

"Oh? Fine, if I can't defeat you in ten moves, I'll leave the mansion immediately, but I don't want any money!"

"Yes, sir, please speak. As long as the Gong family has it, anything that isn't too difficult to obtain will do."

Chen Zhan nodded, but remained silent, facing Gong Ruomei, his lips moving slightly.

She could read lips and instantly knew what Chen Zhan wanted. Although she was somewhat surprised, she still agreed.

"Please go first, Second Miss," Chen Zhan said.

Gong Ruomei adopted the starting stance of the Yin-style Baguazhang, and then quickly glanced at the movements.

Also known as the swimming trap.

The palms are divided into yin and yang, with the right hand higher than the left. The feet are divided into solid and empty stances. The feet are pointed in a bow stance. The eyes look in all directions, as if strolling leisurely in a courtyard.

Gong Ruomei made a quick move, without using the muddy steps to dodge and wait for an opportunity to strike. Instead, she directly unleashed a fierce attack, suddenly stepping diagonally and striking the neck with her right palm while attacking the ribs with her left palm.

Pull the bow from both ends.

Chen Zhan, however, did not adopt a starting stance. He only raised his hand to parry when Gong Ruomei's palm strike came. The way to neutralize force is to overpower others.

With just a simple movement of her arms, the force of their combined strength was enough for Gong Ruomei to feel the powerful and complete force, the hidden energy surging like a tide, making her unable to withstand it.

It will separate upon contact!

Of course, he dared not linger; to challenge a master of martial arts would be courting death.

Moreover, her plan was to fight fast with lightning speed, and if she could withstand ten moves without winning or losing, she would consider herself the winner.

Baguazhang emphasizes twisting the waist and rotating the hips, which is essentially turning around.

Because the power originates from the waist and abdomen, the twisting force in Baguazhang is all in the "spinning of the body".

When her first attack failed, Gong Ruomei twisted and pulled her already half-turned body, then turned around and lashed out with her whip!

He feigned retreating, but actually turned and struck with a backhand palm strike, whipping his temple!
This happened very suddenly. The pores on Chen Zhan's temples stood up. The wind and snow reached his face first, and Chen Zhan's face was already ashen.

Just consider this whipping of the temple. A top-level master of internal strength could easily deliver hundreds of pounds of force with a single lash. Even a master of neutralizing strength isn't indestructible. If hit, it would be like a sledgehammer smashing a watermelon.

Brain matter splattered everywhere.

Gong Ruomei was surprised that Chen Zhan was so unprepared, which gave her a glimmer of hope for victory!

The strategy of remaining undefeated for ten moves is a last resort, a desperate measure to preserve the Gong family's reputation and to legitimately ask Chen Zhan to leave.

But if you can win, who wants to lose?

He turned around and added more force to the whip, making it even faster.

Of course, Chen Zhan couldn't possibly be hit by her. The reason he waited until she was almost in front of him before moving wasn't because he was being arrogant; he had been waiting for this moment!
(End of this chapter)