Chapter 277

Young Master Gu said with a laugh.

The middle-aged man clashed with Gu Qian Yue in a single strike.

Amid the heavy impact sound, he stumbled back five or six steps, barely stabilizing his body.

He held a horse-cutting saber and gave Gu Qian Yue a rough grin.

"We're just trying to make a living."

"The family gives us resources, and we serve the family—that's our duty."

Even though in front of everyone, the family looks down on these guard squad leaders,

he dare not criticize the family.

Gu Qian Yue nodded lightly, without intending to say more.

He merely saw the opponent's skill was not bad and offered a couple of praises.

If the opportunity were right, pulling him into the Gu Family as a guard squad captain wouldn't be bad.

But since the man is loyal to the family, Gu Qian Yue also can't be bothered to split him up.

Boom!

In a moment, they exchanged over ten moves.

Compared to Gu Qian Yue, whose expression remained unchanged, he only breathed a little more heavily.

That middle-aged man, however, was already struggling, gasping heavily.

Continuously striking with full force is a burden for anyone.

Gu Qian Yue, however, seemed tireless, swinging his heavy sword again.

Bang!

This time, the middle-aged man still exerted all his strength.

but he could not resist Gu Qian Yue's attack.

In the heavy reverberation, he let out a muffled groan and his body heavily slammed into the railing of the Martial Arts Platform.

Seeing this, the Zhang Family elders' faces all darkened,

"Trash!"

This middle-aged man is the guard squad leader of the Zhang Family.

They have enjoyed so many resources from the family, yet they can't even defeat a young Martial Master.

If such a person were to become a guard squad captain, they probably couldn't even do gatekeeping!

One Zhang Family elder immediately ordered,

"Drive Lei Chen out of my Zhang Family!"

"From today on, Lei Chen is no longer a member of my Zhang Family!"

A few Zhang Family elders nearby frowned upon hearing this.

Lei Chen also did not lose on purpose; he was simply outmatched. Why go to such extremes?

But they also didn't want to create unpleasantness over a mere guard with the elder who gave the order.

So they didn't speak up to plead for Lei Chen.

Just like that, Lei Chen, who had fainted, never imagined that he was clearly fighting for the Zhang family and had even given his all.

But the Zhang family directly dismissed him from his position as captain of the guard squad.

All of this, Gu Qian Yue on the Martial Arts Platform, naturally remained unaware.

After seeing the healers help Lei Chen down to treat his wounds, he felt relieved and continued challenging others.

Next, the attention of most of the people present focused on Gu Qian Yue.

Because not only Lei Chen, but also five Martial Master peak experts from other families were defeated one after another by Gu Qian Yue!

"Who is this Gu family member wielding a heavy sword? How can he be so fierce?"

"In less than half a cup of tea's time, he has already defeated six or seven Martial Masters, right?"

"Moreover, those defeated by him are actually six Martial Master peak experts! Could it be that only a Great Martial Master can handle him?"

"But according to the rules, a Great Martial Master cannot actively challenge a Martial Master; even if possible, winning would not be glorious."

"Today's six-clan grand competition actually let the Gu family members really show off a lot."

"It feels like the other five great families have become the Gu family's foil."

"As the saying goes, the law does not blame the many; Ben Lang Guo has even less control over the people's speech."

"These people's unrestrained discussion made those of the five great families who heard them look terrible."

"Originally, the six-clan grand competition should have seen outstanding members from each family stand out, ultimately ending in an even split."

"No one expected that their five great families would all become mere green leaves."

"And the Gu Family is that sole red flower!"

"Gu Qian Yue understood the principle of knowing when to stop; after defeating nine opponents, he didn't even think of challenging a Great Martial Master, and voluntarily stepped down from the Martial Arts Platform."

"Seeing this, people from all the great families let out a sigh of relief."

"At least they didn't let Gu Qian Yue achieve a ten-win streak."

"Otherwise, even if Gu Qian Yue still chose to voluntarily give up the upcoming challenges."

"The faces of their five great families, in the eyes of the people of Han Shan Cheng, were as if they had been stepped on and rubbed in the ground!"

"Meanwhile, Li Kaishan, mingling in the crowd, watched Gu Qian Yue walk down the Martial Arts Platform, his eyes holding a hint of admiration and a hint of hostility."

"Even in Heavy Sword Peak, such an outstanding disciple is not commonly seen."

"Based on Li Kaishan's vision, he still believes Gu Qian Yue could at least rank among the top thirty percent of all Heavy Sword Peak disciples."

"You should know, the disciples of Heavy Sword Peak are all outstanding talents among the younger generation of various cities in Jiannan Prefecture."

Anyone who can join Heavy Sword Peak is without exception the outstanding talent of each city.

Like the Zhang, Li, and Wang clans of Han Shan Cheng, they also have younger generations in Heavy Sword Peak.

Gu Qian Yue being able to rank among the top thirty percent of these talents is already quite remarkable.

But since Gu Qian Yue and Gu Han are of the same group.

Li Kai Shan instinctively classified him among the enemies!

"Before dealing with Gu Han, I'll deal with you first!"

Li Kai Shan gave a cold smile.

Originally, if Gu Han could be made to inherit the position of family head of the Gu family.

These people would naturally become subordinates of Gu Han, which is equivalent to being his subordinates.

The Gu family possesses such a talented younger generation, he naturally also takes pleasure in their growth.

But because of that woman meddling, inheriting the Gu family can be said to have no hope at all.

Then he will use Gu Qian Yue's blood to give the Gu family a lesson!

Thinking this, Li Kai Shan locked onto the direction Gu Qian Yue was leaving and quietly approached.

"Brother Qian Yue, how did you train? You actually managed to defeat nine Martial Master peak cultivators in a row!"

"Under Brother Gu Chen's devilish training, we barely managed to contend with the younger generation of the clans of Han Shan Cheng, and you actually defeated them without breaking a sweat!"

Gu Lin and the others also defeated some of the clan youths.

But those people were only initial-stage Martial Masters.

Compared to opponents who are Martial Master peak, their value is still somewhat lacking.

Gu Qian Yue hearing everyone's almost fawning tone, instead of getting carried away, he patiently said,

"Our talent is not as good as Gu Han and Gu Chen's, so we can only stay grounded, taking each step firmly."

"As long as we put in the effort of sweat, we don't need to worry about stagnating."

"For them, strength is perhaps ninety-nine percent talent and one percent sweat."

"But even if we have only one percent talent, as long as we put in ninety-nine percent sweat."

"Even if we can't compare to those heavenly prodigies, could we still not be inferior to others?"

Upon hearing Gu Qian Yue say this, the Gu family juniors who had become numb from special training and wanted to take a shortcut instantly blushed with shame.

Even Gu Qian Yue chose the training of taking each step firmly, staying grounded.

They actually still harbored thoughts of taking a shortcut and soaring to the heavens.

Truly shameful!