Chapter 88: This time I am convinced

Not convinced?

Huo Xiu glared. Of course he wasn't convinced. For this matter, Huo Xiu had paid a lot behind the scenes, and the planning in all aspects was already in place, but Shangguan Feiyan's betrayal made everything he did go down the drain.

"How did you convince her?"

Huo Xiu stared at Gu Qing. He couldn't understand why a woman who loved money like Shangguan Feiyan would betray the richest man.

Gu Qing looked at Shangguan Feiyan and laughed: "I just stated the pros and cons of all aspects to her. It would be the same for anyone else. If the people of the Green Clothes Tower knew the character of the mysterious First Tower Master, they would also know who the blade should be pointed at."

There were many places for Gu Qing and Shangguan Feiyan to cooperate, and very few places for disagreement.

"People practice the method of fierce battle, not your boy's skill like a eunuch."

Shangguan Feiyan added a knife on the side, shyly.

This precise knife stabbed into the hearts of Huo Xiu, Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, and Huo Tianqing.

"So, Shangguan Feiyan told you everything?"

Huo Xiu gritted his teeth in hatred. He had been busy back and forth on this plan, but a Shangguan Feiyan who knew the plan betrayed him, making him lose everything. This made Huo Xiu feel a sense of frustration that his full wisdom was not as good as a dick.

A complete defeat!

"It was Gu Qing who told me everything."

Shangguan Feiyan said softly: "If it weren't for his reminder, I'm afraid Feiyan would have been silenced by you."

Huo Xiu heard this and looked at Gu Qing.

Lu Xiaofeng also looked over. After Yan Tieshan and Dugu Yihe died, he searched for clues, only to know the strangeness of the matter. But Gu Qing had already seen through the whole situation, which made Lu Xiaofeng very surprised.

"Because I don't believe the news from other people's mouths, I only believe the news I ran out with my own legs."

Gu Qing said lightly: "Shangguan Feiyan told me that Liu Yuhen was once Dugu Yihe's right-hand man, and he was disfigured because of Dugu Yihe. So I specifically caught Liu Yuhen, used the Soul-Shifting Great Law to hypnotize him, and asked everything out."

Liu Yuhen was also a lick-dog of Shangguan Feiyan. Because he was disfigured, Shangguan Feiyan spoke softly to him, so Liu Yuhen worked for Shangguan Feiyan.

Lu Xiaofeng was able to get involved because at the beginning, he was sought by Liu Yuhen, Xiao Qiuyu, and Dugu Fang. Later, the deaths of Xiao Qiuyu and Dugu Fang both involved Liu Yuhen, and he usually circled around Shangguan Feiyan.

Hearing Gu Qing's narration at this time, Lu Xiaofeng shook his head. He just believed other people's words too much, so he drilled into this case and spun around, while Gu Qing directly pried open Liu Yuhen's mouth, leading him too much in all aspects.

"I did underestimate you."

Huo Xiu finally knew where he had failed at this time. And when he heard Gu Qing speak, he also retreated silently, came to a stone platform, looked at Gu Qing, and said: "But you also underestimated me too much. Next, it's time for you to be convinced by me."

While speaking, Huo Xiu fiercely pressed the mechanism on the stone platform.

"Bang!"

A large iron cage fell from the sky, covering Huo Xiu and even the mechanism inside.

Lu Xiaofeng saw this iron cage and felt something was wrong, shouting: "Why did you lock yourself in the cage?"

"Because this is the only way out."

Huo Xiu looked at Gu Qing and said: "This underground palace can be entered but not exited. And after I go out, you will have no food or water here. It won't be long before you die of thirst here. Gu Qing, are you convinced?"

This was entering the cage and starting to provoke Gu Qing.

Gu Qing couldn't help laughing and asked Huo Xiu: "How heavy is that cage?"

"Net weight 1,980 catties."

Huo Xiu said coldly: "No one can lift it!"

"Oh..."

Gu Qing nodded and asked: "How many people are there in total?"

Huo Xiu's eyes turned and looked at Huo Tianqing beside him, as well as the people of the Heavenly Bird Sect, including Shanxi Yan, the Northwest Two Beauties, and the Seven Heroes of the Marketplace. These people all had good martial arts and good strength. Adding them up to lift an iron cage was easy.

Lu Xiaofeng laughed and looked at Shanxi Yan at this time. They had known each other for a long time, and at this time they greeted each other, indicating that they would work together.

Gu Qing also took the time to examine Shanxi Yan at this time... Shanxi Yan was a nickname. In the *Peacock Feather* novel, those who died under the Peacock Feather would have their memorial tablets set up by the Peacock Villa, among which was Shanxi Yan Sun Fu.

Shanxi Yan turned his face directly. Gu Qing dealt with Huo Tianqing, making the Heavenly Bird Sect very unhappy with Gu Qing.

"Heh..."

Huo Xiu raised his hand at this time, preparing to pat the mechanism and escape first.

"It looks like you still don't give up."

Gu Qing walked forward two steps at this time, stood a foot away from the cage, looked at Huo Xiu and said: "Do you believe it or not, I will make you unable to press the mechanism?"

Huo Xiu looked at Gu Qing steadily.

Hua Manlou suddenly asked: "How big is that cage?"

Lu Xiaofeng replied: "Square, all are one foot."

Hua Manlou asked again: "How big is the gap in the cage?"

Lu Xiaofeng replied: "About a span."

A span is the limit distance between the thumb and middle finger when one hand is spread out.

"What weapon does Gu Qing use?"

"Empty-handed."

Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng asked and answered, which also made Hua Manlou understand the current state, and said regretfully: "This is one of the few times I regret being blind, otherwise I must see how Gu Qing stops it."

Huo Xiu also heard Hua Manlou's words, used force on his hand, and patted the button.

From Huo Xiu's hand to the button was only a foot, but in this exertion, Huo Xiu felt a green light flash before his eyes. The cage didn't move, but Gu Qing had actually rushed into the cage, his five fingers like hooks, grabbing toward his forehead!

If Huo Xiu insisted on pressing the mechanism, his head would be grabbed by Gu Qing and five holes would be made first!

"Is it a ghost?"

Such a strange thing made Huo Xiu's heart jump, and he hurriedly raised his hand to block. He had practiced the boy's skill for a lifetime, and his own true Qi was the purest. In the operation, the joints of his whole body exploded inch by inch. This finger pointed to the sky, and the ten-foot space inside the iron cage was all Huo Xiu's true Qi.

Lu Xiaofeng commented on the masters of the martial arts world, and Huo Xiu was one of them. It's just that he was used to being lecherous, and when things happened, he thought of retreating first, so his true ability didn't show. Now Huo Xiu was forced to a dead end by Gu Qing and could only exert all his martial arts to win.

The boy's skill was strong internally and externally, hidden and not revealed. At this time, years of accumulation were released at once, and the momentum was even more shocking.

"Pa pa pa!!!"

The sound of empty-handed clashing came from inside the cage. Most of the bystanders didn't see clearly how Gu Qing and Huo Xiu started their moves and how they fell. The two had already fought into a group inside the cage.

"Why did I hear Huo Xiu's internal energy vibrating?"

Hua Manlou asked in surprise.

"Because Gu Qing's internal energy is continuous, without concave or convex intermittent, and has completely entered the realm of indestructible gold. So no matter how surging Huo Xiu's palm wind is, unless it is a correct move hitting Gu Qing's vital acupoints, everything to Gu Qing is painless and harmless."

Lu Xiaofeng sighed. He really didn't know where Gu Qing jumped out from. In silence, he had such profound martial arts cultivation.

Judging only from the internal energy of the two, Lu Xiaofeng felt that as long as Gu Qing could keep fighting Huo Xiu, the winner would be Gu Qing... Because Huo Xiu's way of applying internal energy consumed too much.

But Gu Qing inside the cage suddenly let out a long whistle, and the internal energy of his whole body surged at this time. Hua Manlou listened to the surging sound of internal energy, like a Qiantang tide, vibrating and shooting, one wave not yet flat, another wave rising. In Hua Manlou's feeling, there were ten thousand waves in front of him, as if facing the head of the waves.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Huo Xiu leaned against the iron cage, connected Gu Qing's three palms, and the iron cage behind him rang repeatedly. And right now in this iron cage, Huo Xiu couldn't retreat, couldn't avoid, and could only cheer up, urging all his known martial arts to win.

But this was just Huo Xiu's wishful thinking.

Huo Xiu felt okay when he took Gu Qing's ten punches. When he took twenty punches, his lungs were already vaguely painful. When he took fifty punches, his mouth and nose were bleeding unconsciously.

Gu Qing's every move and style, force and heavy moves, were all real moves, all with a thousand catties of force. Even if Huo Xiu used the body he had nurtured for many years with the boy's skill, he couldn't stop this kind of endless bombardment of fists. When he took 170 punches, his seven orifices were bleeding, dizzy and sinking, and he couldn't lift his fists anymore. His whole hair was gray and unbearable, and the whole person was like an old man who was about to die, suddenly becoming an old man who was about to die.

"Convinced?"

Gu Qing shouted.

Huo Xiu leaned against the iron cage, already exhausted. His eyelids were about to close. Hearing Gu Qing ask again, he nodded hurriedly.

This time, he was truly convinced.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 89 =====