Chapter 34: Launching Martial Artists Against Each Other

  "Speaking of Xiao Wu, previously the warriors in the War Academy couldn't see through my cultivation level, was it you who did it?"

  Xiao Wu nodded, and with a showy tone said, "As long as I'm inside your body, I can conceal your boundary aura. Unless someone is two levels higher than you, they won't be able to detect your true strength."

  Hu Gao fell silent for a moment, calculating the benefits of doing so. Being two levels higher meant that currently only Explosive Yuan Boundary experts could see through his cultivation, which seemed beautiful but in reality would give other warriors an extremely mysterious misconception about his boundary, thus having the opposite effect and being unable to truly pretend.

  "Can't we just give others wrong boundary information instead of directly covering it up?" Hu Gao said with a sly face.

  "This is naturally okay, what does the boss want to do?"

  Hu Gao thought for a moment, he was currently in the ordinary hall, and the strongest was a sixth-order warrior. He adjusted his strength to fifth order, so that he wouldn't be disturbed by small fries, and could also deceive those who were stronger than him, killing two birds with one stone.

  Under the conspiracy of two households, Hu Gao embarked on his own journey of painting in a different world.

  The sky had already brightened, and Hu Gao thought for a moment before summoning Xiao Wu back into his body. He then headed out the door. The harvest from last night was really too much, so it would be better to deal with it first. At the same time, he could take a look around to see if there were any good things to buy. After all, he still had quite a bit of gold on hand, and using it for investments was better than spending it on himself.

  "Xiao Wu, this is within the city walls. Don't run out again in a moment. If you have something to say to me, just communicate with your heart and mind directly." Hu Gao couldn't help but remind him that if they were to encounter some delicious food later on, this guy would definitely rush out again, which would absolutely lead to disaster. The appearance of the divine beast was truly too terrifying; if it got out, the entire Ning City might be destroyed.

  "Alright, don't worry, Big Brother. Once I reach the second stage, I should be able to awaken my original life mantra. At that time, I'll look for a mantra that can change my physical form. If I change my body, others won't be able to recognize me." Xiao Wu obediently hid inside Hu Gao's body; as his Totem, he was originally supposed to stay within Hu Gao's body.

  Early in the morning, there were already many people at the market. As the saying goes, "The early bird catches the worm." It seems that the people of this other world also understand this principle.

  On the main road of the market, there were also teams of guards patrolling, with a "Wei" character written on their chest clothes. It seems that this piece of fat meat is managed by the Wei family, which is the arch enemy of the Hu family.

  Hu Gao walked quietly and low-key along the roadside shops, sweeping one by one, because he came alone, it was easy to be deceived, this was also Wei's territory, so he just stepped on it, understanding the basic situation.

  The market in the East City is actually not big, and there are only about twenty real shops. In the previous life, it was considered a small scale. The things covered by the business seem to be some basic things, more like a small supply point. There are several food stalls for eating alone, and one is more high-end than the other.

  Apart from the shops that didn't sell weapons and equipment, there were several Dan medicine workshops, woodworking workshops, food material workshops, and finished clothing workshops. There was even a bookstore that sold Yuan Jue, Hu Gao went in to take a look at the prices listed, and found that Yuan Jue of the same grade were slightly more expensive than those at the Martial Institute, which meant that the Martial Institute was still relatively fair.

  After searching for half a day, I didn't see the legendary auction house. It seems that when I encounter extreme happiness, I will have to consult him about the basic situation in Ning City. Otherwise, running around like a headless fly like myself is really a waste of time.

  Time is life, and for Hu Gao now, it's even more precious. In order to defeat Hu Wu Shuang, he must race against time and quickly increase his strength.

  After a not-too-careful investigation, Hu Gao packaged all his gains and sold them to a pawnshop. This shop was quite interesting - no matter what you brought to sell, they could give you an estimated price and take everything, although the price would be much lower than if you handled it yourself.

  Hú Gāo wanted exactly this kind of easy way, after a simple haggle, they sold more than 4,000 gold coins in total, which was quite a harvest, especially that snake gall, one piece alone sold for 1,000 gold coins, and he didn't even know what its important use was.

  As I was about to leave, the boss of the pawnshop suddenly came out. He was a fat middle-aged man who didn't look quite right, with a face as black as charcoal. If he had a crescent moon painted on his forehead, he would have looked just like Judge Bao from ancient TV shows.

  The man shouted to stop Hu Gao, who was about to turn and leave. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and after a moment, he said, "Little brother seems to have many secrets on him, but I, Fat Head, don't care about that. When you're going to the Dragon Scales Mountain Range, would you mind coming back to my little shop? There's something I need to ask of you at that time."

  "Master, I also can't see through this guy's boundary." Xiao Wu reminded.

  Hú Gāo Lěng le, now the little five can see the strength of a Bao Yuan Jing Wu Zhe, could it be that this guy who would be thrown into the coal pile and then into the furnace is an extraordinary master? If so, what does he need me for, can't he just handle it himself?

  Maybe this guy also has a way to cover up his breath, otherwise why would he take the initiative to talk about his own secrets?

  Hu Gao didn't want to have much contact with this person of unknown origin, but he also didn't directly refuse the other party. Instead, he nodded and said, "The price I want is very high."

  "This is no problem, I'll be here waiting for you next time." The fat boss didn't say anything more and turned around to go back into the shop.

  On the way to the War Institute, Hu Gao and Xiao Wu studied for half a day but still couldn't figure out their weakness. As a successor of the Hu family, Hu Gao felt that it was necessary to let Hu Yin Xue know about this matter. Having such a strange person on the Wei family's turf wasn't exactly a pleasant thing.

  Once again entering the ordinary hall, many martial artists began pointing and discussing Hu Gao, with everyone's gaze falling on him.

  Many of them still had a fierce glint in their eyes, and they didn't take Yang Le's warning to heart yesterday. Even if they were punished, they wouldn't give up the opportunity to challenge Hu Gao, especially when several condensed shadow sixth-stage warriors discovered that Hu Gao was only at the fifth stage, they felt even more secretly pleased.

  They are now afraid that Hu Gao will be intimidated by Wu Qiong yesterday and will no longer accept any challenges from anyone, after all, Yang Le's warning is there, whoever dares to move him casually, the consequences will definitely be very serious.

  "Haha...... So these people still want to challenge me. I was worried you wouldn't come to challenge me. Now it's easy. I'll just wait for you to come and challenge me."

  With a carefree expression, Hu Gao didn't head towards the Ten Halls, but instead walked directly towards the Martial Arts Arena. He casually threw out a sentence: "Today is the same as yesterday, I will only accept challenges from four people. The reward they offer must be at least 5,000 gold coins. Also, before I arrive at the Martial Arts Arena, occupy the four seats in the arena, so I don't have to go look for who wants to challenge me when I get there. Of course, if you're afraid of being caught by Yang Le, then just go watch the excitement."

  After saying that, Hu Gao didn't care about the reactions of the crowd, his hands behind him, slowly walking towards the martial arts stage, not in a hurry at all, wanting to leave some time for these students.

  Hugao's sentence was almost spread to all students in the ordinary hall within two minutes.

  The entire ordinary hall was once again boiling over, as figure after figure rapidly converged on the Martial Arts Arena.

  Because of Hu Gao's words, the entire Ordinary Hall was stirred up, and almost all the students ran out of the classroom, rushing towards the Martial Arts Arena.

  They can't imagine that after yesterday's bloody battle, Hu Gao is still willing to accept someone else's challenge, it's simply too crazy.

  No, to be accurate, it wasn't him accepting someone else's challenge, but rather he was the one who issued a challenge to others.

  It was almost as if he had issued a challenge to everyone in the ordinary hall.

  Even if he lets others take more than 5,000 gold coins as a prize, while he himself takes nothing, no one will care about this point, and no one will go to care about the prize.

  Everyone is looking forward to the next battle, will Hu Gao be as bloody and desperate as yesterday, and in the end, Hu Yingxue will show up and capture all those who challenged him.

  If it's really like that, then he will lose face big time.

  "Hmph... All of you want to defeat me and prove your own life's worth?"

  Hu Gao quickly arrived at the foot of the martial arts stage, seeing a sea of black heads in front of him, and smiled happily in his heart. Let you be excited now, wait for your shocking moment later.

  His cultivation broke through to the sixth stage of the Condensing Shadow Realm, and Hu Gao no longer thought that there was anyone in the Ordinary Pavilion who could be his opponent. Not to mention the Ordinary Pavilion, he now even wanted to try and see if his strength could fight against those from the Entry Pavilion.

  Four figures stood on the martial arts stage, each with a somewhat disheveled and worn-out appearance, as if they had just gone through a brief but intense challenge, defeating their opponents before standing firmly on the stage.

  However, their aura was exceptionally strong, and Hu Gao saw that one of them was Wu Yun, while the other three were not much weaker than him.

  "Hu Gao is here, quickly make way and keep a distance from him. Otherwise, Yang Le will bring the law enforcement team later and we'll all be caught."

  "Not bad, those people were unlucky yesterday, we'd better learn a lesson this time."

  "Afraid of losing? Wait till these four people finish their challenge, I still have to continue challenging afterwards. Hope Hu Gao can hold on under the hands of these four people."

  "And you? Don't think that just because you have a bit of real skill, you're really something special. Hu Gao's cultivation may not be high, but his combat strength isn't something to be taken lightly."

  Hú Gāo approached the Martial Arts Platform, and the students below him retreated one after another, clearing a path for him to head towards the platform.

  Hearing the crowd's discussion, Hu Gao couldn't help but feel amused. It seemed that no matter where he went, there were always these ignorant onlookers. Looking at the four people on stage who appeared somewhat disheveled, they were just a bunch of clowns. He had only used a small trick to make them fall into his trap automatically, and it was really too boring.

  But, without regard for face or dignity, just for that countless gold coins, let's settle these scoundrels once and for all today.