Chapter 253

Ye Guhong’s sword and knife skills were so impressive that the heads of the martial arts schools were filled with righteous indignation. They all cried out, 鈥淏rother Zhou, how can you put up with this?鈥�

鈥淏rother Zhou, if someone provoked me like this, I would fight to the death with them!鈥�

“The Five Tigers of Huaquan, if you really swallow your pride like this, you might as well change your name to the Five Rats!鈥�

鈥淏ah, you’re talking nonsense. Back then, the Five Rats caused chaos in the capital, and they were all extraordinary masters. How could they ever bow and admit defeat?”

Zhou Jueyi was filled with hatred. He knew that these people were terrified by Ye Guhong’s challenge to the Taizu Sect, and they wanted someone else to fight in the front line. The best way was to exhaust the energy of the master and his apprentice, so that they could take advantage of the situation. In this way, they could receive a generous reward from the imperial court on the one hand, and weaken their competitors on the other. Perhaps they could dominate Cangzhou alone…

Looking back at his four fellow disciples, he wondered why his school was the most powerful of the sixteen schools in Cangzhou.

It was because the current generation of disciples was of extremely high quality. Apart from the school master, Zhou Jueyi, there were also Li Juecheng, Wang Juexing, Hu Juechen and Hou Jueya, four masters who were strong enough to support the school. They were known as the Five Tigers of Huaquan!

Each of the five had dozens of disciples who were up to the task, so if they split up, they would not be weaker than any of the other fifteen schools.

The four brothers looked unhappy. The second-eldest, Li Juecheng, said moodily, 鈥淔orget it. Since the eldest brother wants to be the first to show off, we might as well give these people what they want. Didn’t we say we wanted to fight our way back to Mount Hua? Emei and Mount Hua are similar schools. If we can’t even defeat his master and disciple, when will we be able to fight our way back home and restore the reputation of the Western Peak Huaquan School?鈥�

After the second brother finished speaking, the others all felt that he was right. For a moment, they felt a little more spirited, and the fourth brother, Hu Jue Tian, gritted his teeth and said, 鈥淟et’s do it! First deal with the young one, and then deal with the nun…鈥�

Ye Guhong saw them whispering and yawned. He looked at the head of the Yin Pistol School and said, 鈥淗ey, didn’t you get angry for the Huaquan School? I think the Huaquan School is a bit timid. Since you’re angry for him, come on, take your disciples and come find me to vent your anger!鈥�

The headmaster was taken aback, and then shouted, 鈥淗mph! I’m not afraid of you. If the Hua Quan School admits defeat and hides like a coward, I, I, I’m sure there will be a hero who will come forward to defeat you!鈥�

Ye Guhong laughed, 鈥淚sn’t that hero you?鈥�

The headmaster stroked his beard and said, 鈥淚’m sixty-five years old. Even if I’m very capable, I have to let the young people get ahead. Otherwise, no matter what fights I fight, how can the younger generation make a name for themselves?鈥�

Saying this, the headmaster pointed to the madman with the staff and said, 鈥淐razy Mad Peng, didn’t you say you wanted to kill these two master and disciple and avenge Shaolin Temple? I’ll let you have this chance.鈥�

The crazy madman was tall and fat, in his thirties, with a full beard. He was a Shaolin Temple disciple who later returned to secular life and went home, establishing the school of madman’s staff. Like the Longmen Escort Agency, which was wiped out by Ye Qingqing, it is considered a Shaolin lineage.

The fat man shouted at the sound of the voice, 鈥淚’m not afraid of him! But my school uses only the staff, and you want me to fight a junior who uses bare-handed palm techniques? Do you want friends in the martial arts world to laugh at me for bullying?鈥�

Ye Guhong looked at the banner behind him and said with a smile, 鈥淏ig fat man, you don’t have to be afraid of people laughing at you. Do you study the Shaolin Temple’s Crazy Demon Staff Method? It just so happens that my Emei School also has a set of Vajra Staff Techniques. How about we test each other to see who is better?鈥�

He was just joking, but unexpectedly, the five Tigers of the Huaquan School all smiled at the same time. The head of the school, Zhou Jueyi, quickly said, 鈥淚 know! Everyone has their own area of expertise, and just as people have strengths, they also have weaknesses. How old is this Ye Kuhong? Look at the palm technique he used against the Taizu Sect. It was truly fierce and peerless. In my opinion, he has probably trained all his kung fu in palm techniques. Besides, the Emei Sect is famous for its swordplay and palm techniques. I’ve never heard that it is also good at staff techniques. If he uses a staff, won’t that be just the right counter for him?”

The other four junior disciples nodded in agreement. Zhou Jueyi thought that this was a golden opportunity and shouted anxiously, 鈥漎e Kuhong, do you really think that our Huaxuan Sect is afraid of you? We were just discussing it. Our school has many unique skills. Which one should we use to defeat you? Since you want to use the staff, heh, our school happens to have the ultimate knowledge of 18 weapons. Do you dare to fight?”

Ye Guhong’s thoughts turned, and he guessed the other person’s thoughts. He deliberately spread his hands and said, 鈥楢lthough I dare, I didn’t bring a staff with me. How about I use my fists to learn how?鈥�

Zhou Jueyi and the other four shouted in unison, 鈥滱bsolutely not!鈥�

Zhou Jueyi quickly added, 鈥淲e are all friends in the martial arts world. If you don’t have a staff, we’ll give you one. Otherwise, if this gets out, people will say that the fifteen schools of Cangzhou are petty!鈥�

Hou Jueya added, 鈥淏ut since you said it’s a weapon, if you give up your weapon, you’ll be considered a loser!鈥�

Ye Guhong pretended to ponder the matter, and reluctantly nodded, 鈥淭hat’s, that’s natural…鈥�

The five were overjoyed, thinking to themselves that this young man is after all young, and has fallen for our trap!

For a moment, they completely forgot about the scene when the dead leader of the Tai Zu Sect schemed against Ye Guhong and ignored the destruction of the Jie Shi Master when the majority oppressed the minority.

Immediately, Wang Juexing personally picked out a 48-jin iron rod and ordered his disciple to bring it. Ye Guhong lifted it up and swung it around, looking a little strained, and frowned slightly, leaning it against his body.

To say that poles, sticks, rods, canes and pestles are actually somewhat similar weapons, from beginning to end, the thickness is consistent, that is poles and sticks, long for long poles, short for short poles, and at the eyebrows for sticks, shorter than short poles, then it is short sticks.

If a knob is added to one end, such as the hexagonal copper hoop or octagonal iron hoop commonly used by Shaolin monks, or even a wolf’s tooth, then it is a rod, such as a mace or a magic staff.

A pestle is a short rod with a thinner end, about the length of an arm.

If it is longer, with one end thicker than the other, it is a cane, which may reach the waist or shoulder.

The one Hua Quanmen gave Ye Guhong was an iron staff of shoulder length.

The five Tiger Faces of Hua Quan looked pleased with themselves, but when they saw that Ye Guhong was neither stocky nor strong, Wang Juexing deliberately chose a very heavy iron staff for him, so that he would have difficulty wielding it and moving around, and they could take advantage of the situation to win.

Zhou Juayi gave his junior a look of appreciation and immediately pointed out 13 disciples who had the best weapons training. Each held a long or short weapon and, along with the five tigers, surrounded Ye Kuhong.

He had wanted to follow the suggestion of the head of the Yinjiang School and directly send out 48 people, but considering that 30 of the school’s martial arts were kicking and punching techniques, he was afraid that Ye Kuhong would use this as an excuse to change to palm techniques, so he simply sent out 18 people.

Mie Jie rode on his horse, looking at his disciple pretending to be serious with an expressionless face, but in his heart he was laughing. He thought back to the time when he took Ye Kuhong back to Emei Mountain and used this set of Master Ke’s Demon Suppressing Staff Method to teach his nephew Fang Wenfang Wu. Ye Kuhong was the first to master it, and as soon as he had learned it, he used this staff method to defeat the famous expert of the Wushan Gang, the ‘Vicious Snake and Evil Beggar’ He San…

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the young boy from back then has become a handsome young man with a reputation in the martial arts world. Looking back, time really does pass quickly.

At this moment, he heard the eighteen members of the Huaquan School yell together. After returning to his senses, he looked again and saw that the eighteen members of the Huaquan School had six long weapons attack first, namely, the spear, the cudgel, the coiled dragon staff, the halberd, the cleaver, and the iron rod.

Then four soft weapons struck Ye Guhong’s lower body from four sides: rope darts, a meteor hammer, a soft whip, and a nine-section whip.

Ye Guhong leapt into the air, the iron staff whirling around him as he performed the 鈥淚mmunity from Demons鈥� technique, knocking away all the long weapons.

As he was about to fall, the six people using short weapons rushed out at the same time, wielding single swords, single knives, double swords, double knives, iron whips, and tiger-head hooks, stabbing, slashing, or swinging.

This was extremely dangerous. Ye Kuhong’s mind raced as he noticed that there was no countermeasure in the Fumu Staff Technique. He suddenly felt a little nervous.

However, Ye Kuhong’s realm had long since not been limited to the moves themselves. Seeing the dangerous situation, he suddenly sank his internal strength, and with one hand, he leaned against the thick end of the iron staff, and pounded the iron staff down heavily. It sank half a foot into the mud, but Ye Kuhong used this to support his body so that he did not fall.

The Huaxuanmen crowd did not expect him to use such a strange move, and all their attacks failed. Ye Guhong was in midair, and suddenly he kicked out, catching the double-sword user off guard. It was like being hit by a sledgehammer, and his head snapped back, sending him flying backwards.

Ye Guhong used the force to turn his body, stamping with both feet in quick succession, knocking the person using the single sword kick-back. He then twisted his waist and drew his iron rod, sending dirt flying in all directions. When the few people from the Huaquan School tried to dodge, the iron rod whirled out.

The man who was using the iron whip was shocked, and raised his whip to block it. He felt the weight of the staff, which was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on the iron whip and causing it to fall straight down. There was a popping sound, and his brain and blood spurted out, his deathly appearance was beyond description.

Ye Guhong then landed gently, and the iron staff whirled around, blocking the two men who were using the iron spike and iron claw, who were rolling along the ground and rushing forward.

Mie Jie was delighted and shouted, 鈥淕ood disciple, well done!鈥�