Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 318: Still Not Working Hard
"What's wrong?"

Lu Zheng took a sip of his tea and said, "If you are willing to protect even someone like that, you might get murdered yourself one day."

Lu Zheng paused, then asked curiously, "Or is this the tradition of your Wanjian Sect?"

"presumptuous!"

Wang Fang was furious when he heard this. A surge of spiritual power surged out of his body and rushed towards Lu Zheng with overwhelming force.

"Snapped!"

Mi Gu slammed the table, and golden light of the divine way spread out.

A golden barrier stood between Lu Zheng and Wang Fang.

Mi Gu's expression darkened slightly as he spoke, "Friend Wang, this is my residence."

Wang Fang was shocked when he heard this, and quickly restrained his temper, saying apologetically: "This boy slandered my sect, and I lost my composure."

Mi Gu is the City God of Yongzhou, a top deity in the four realms, and a member of the royal family of Chu. Wang Fang dare not be arrogant.

Lu Zheng looked calm and composed. He said, "I'm just asking out of curiosity. How can you say that I'm slandering you? You're already old. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. There are outsiders here. It wouldn't sound good if it got out."

Wang Fang's forehead veins throbbed when he heard this. This guy's words were really infuriating.

A nameless anger rose in his heart, and Wang Fang wanted to draw his sword.

He suppressed his anger and said, "Young man, you really like to show off your tongue! When you go out, you are not afraid of offending others with your words."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng said, "I speak with reason. Of course, discussing things is not what I am best at. Since you are not on the same page, how about we fight to see if we can prove it?"

Wang Fang's eyes flickered. He didn't expect Lu Zheng to take the initiative to mention such a thing.

Wang Fang's eyes were dim, "You want to fight me?"

Lu Zheng said calmly, "Isn't this what you want? I've heard that people in your sect like to reason with their fists."

Wang Fang's expression flashed with a hint of unnaturalness. He always felt that there was sarcasm in Lu Zheng's words, saying that he was a warrior.

Wang Fang said calmly, "I've heard that although you're a Confucian scholar, you're also a master of martial arts. If I challenge you, it wouldn't be considered bullying a younger person... Let's ask the City God of Mi to be a witness. Whoever admits defeat first will apologize and compensate."

Lu Zheng said, "I'm not at fault, why should I apologize? As for compensation, let's just treat it as a prize. Whoever loses will pay out 10,000 spirit stones. How about that?"

Lu Zheng is currently in need of spirit stones to transform his small world, and this Qi Refiner has arrived at the right time.

Wang Fang frowned when he heard this, but being able to have a duel with Lu Zheng was already what he wanted, so he didn't want to ask for too much.

Wang Fang nodded and said, "Okay!"

Mi Gu saw that the two men were going to fight seriously. Zhao Ming had also exchanged two moves with Lu Zheng before, and guessed that Lu Zheng was really capable of fighting against a cultivator of the fourth realm.

Seeing that Lu Zheng was fearless, he really couldn't stop him or interfere.

Mi Gu said, "Well, I'll be the witness. I happen to have a martial arts arena in my house. But if you two fight, please be moderate and don't damage the relationship."

Mi Gu asked Zhao Ming to write a fighting contract, which stipulated that no matter who won or lost, neither of them could have any thoughts of revenge afterwards.

After all three parties have signed the contract, they will go directly to the training ground.

The training ground is spacious, with a ground made of a hard black stone and a formation arrangement.

To prevent any accidents, Mi Gu called a few more subordinates to watch the venue.

As Lu Zheng and Wang Fang walked into the martial arts arena, a large formation was triggered.

The two sides were separated by several dozen feet, which was enough distance for each of them to use their own methods to avoid being attacked by surprise.

Wang Fang shook his sleeves, and a green light flashed in his sleeves.

"Young man, are you ready?" Wang Fang said.

Facing Lu Zheng, Wang Fang did not underestimate the enemy, and since he was entrusted by someone, he had to show some real skills.

Previously, he was traveling in Yongzhou and was found by a man who told him about his nephew and paid him a large sum of money to entrust him to deal with Lu Zheng if he had the chance.

Wang Fang found out about Lu Zheng and understood the client's intention.

But he is not stupid, and he will not really kill Lu Zheng and offend someone he should not offend.

However, he could use the matter of his nephew to help test the waters, causing Lu Zheng to suffer some harm and gain some benefits from it.

Lu Zheng looked at Wang Fang not far away, his eyes flashing, ready to respond at any time.

As soon as he thought about it, Zhang Liangzhu appeared and he held it tightly in his hand.

When Mi Gu saw Lu Zheng take out a big iron hammer, he couldn't help but look surprised.

I had heard earlier that Lu Zheng had an iron hammer as a weapon, and now he actually saw it.

Mi Gu touched his chin and muttered to himself, "The scholars of Anguo are full of martial virtues..."

When Wang Fang saw the iron hammer in Lu Zheng's hand, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes. How could this kind of brute force weapon used by warriors compare to his flying sword?

Lu Zheng said, "Your Excellency, please make the first move!"

After hearing what Lu Zheng said, Wang Fang did not hesitate or refuse. He raised his hand and waved his sleeves. Dozens of sword energies flew out from his sleeves and attacked Lu Zheng with the force of thunder.

Just make a random move first to test your opponent's strength.

When Lu Zheng saw Wang Fang waving his sleeves, he suddenly took a step forward.

The hard black stone under my feet left shallow marks.

In an instant, Lu Zheng disappeared from the spot, so fast that a shadow appeared.

In just a blink of an eye, Lu Zheng leaped into the air, and Zhang Liang's spines smashed towards Wang Fang with tremendous momentum and pressure.

When Wang Fang saw Lu Zheng leap high and come towards him waving a sledgehammer, he felt an inexplicable chill down his spine.

He found himself being locked in by a powerful pressure.

Wang Fang quickly formed seals, and countless sword energies were released. Some of them attacked Lu Zheng, and some of them formed a thick sword energy barrier in front of him.

Lu Zheng's momentum was unstoppable. As Zhang Liang's hammer swung, the sword energy was shattered wherever it passed. Then, Lu Zheng, hammer and body, pierced through the sword energy barrier.

With a hammer strike, Wang Fang's figure exploded like glass, turning into starlight, and the black stone below also cracked into traces.

The terrifying air waves swept in all directions, making explosive sounds.

Mi Gu raised his eyebrows. It was doubtful that his subordinates could withstand this attack.

On one side of the martial arts arena, Wang Fang's figure appeared.

He was shocked. He didn't expect Lu Zheng to be so powerful. The big iron hammer in the opponent's hand was not an ordinary weapon at all. It was filled with a power that made him feel palpitating.

If he had not reacted quickly enough and cast a spell of Mirror Flower and Water Moon, his physique would not have been able to withstand the hammer.

Lu Zheng looked to the side and saw Wang Fang appear. He moved again and came with the force of a whirlwind.

Wang Fang raised his hand and performed sword techniques, countless sword energies raged, forming a constantly rotating wind wall.

"Certainly!"

Lu Zheng shouted loudly, his mouth filled with righteous indignation.

The "Hundred Character Classic" in the Wen Palace turned, and each character shone with brilliance, followed by the release of the invisible power of the text.

The sword energy and wind wall suddenly stagnated.

Lu Zheng held Zhang Liang's hammer in his hand and smashed the wind wall in one blow, dispersing the sword energy.

"thunder!"

Lu Zheng said another word.

Then a bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere, and struck Wang Fang with a flash of light.

Zhao Ming was shocked and couldn't believe it, saying, "This, this is just a matter of words?"

What practitioners call "words come true" means that with just words, they can activate some difficult-to-cast spells.

Mi Gu's eyes sparkled as he shook his head, "That shouldn't be the case. With his realm, how could he possibly say something and it come true? He's not a great scholar... This should be the rhetoric of a scholar, but that doesn't make sense..."

The rhetoric of Confucian and Taoist scholars is to use literary language, often based on the words of sages or poems and songs, to bring out the power of the textual content.

To master the art of using single words, one must have reached a very high level of practice.

Mi Gu suddenly thought of something and whispered, "It's the enlightenment book he wrote."

Zhao Ming recalled what he had said and thought to himself, "So that's how it is."

It would be too exaggerated to just recite a single word and become a master without relying on any masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.

Wang Fang on the field didn't know the reason behind Lu Zheng's move, he just felt shocked.

Lu Zheng said a few words, but it seemed that they were not very powerful and he was not good enough to deal with such a person.

He then turned his voice like a bell, "The sage said, 'Those who appear fierce but are weak inside are like villains...'"

As soon as the words were spoken, an invisible force rushed towards Wang Fang.

The words of sages are not ordinary magical powers and are difficult to resist. Most importantly, they affect the mind.

When Wang Fang heard this, he, who already had something to hide, felt his heart tremble and he could not calm down.

In a daze, Lu Zheng was already close.

A righteous spirit swept over like a huge wave, directly suppressing Wang Fang.

Wang Fang's face changed drastically, and he bit his tongue lightly, forcing himself to calm down.
Suddenly, a green light shone brightly on Wang Fang's body, and a tiny flying sword turned into green light, piercing through the thick righteous energy and piercing Lu Zheng's eyebrows.

When Mi Gu saw this scene, his expression changed, but it was too late to stop it.

It's too late, but it's soon.

When the flying sword was less than a finger's distance away from Lu Zheng's eyebrows, it suddenly stopped.

It was as if there was an invisible wall blocking the flying sword's path.

How is this possible... Wang Fang was shocked. He didn't expect that Lu Zheng had enough strength to block the flying sword. The other party's soul must be stronger than his.

In Lu Zheng's small world, the sun, moon, mountains and rivers are blooming with brilliant colors. The power of strange phenomena is lingering around Lu Zheng, forming an invisible defense that prevents flying swords from getting close.

Lu Zheng had already figured out how to deal with the flying swords of the Qi Refiners.

Unable to hit the target, Wang Fang quickly controlled the flying sword to turn around.

Lu Zheng's eyes were as sharp as torches and his words spoke with righteous indignation.

"I have fought in battles over three thousand miles, and my sword has been as powerful as a million men!"

For a moment, Mi Gu and others outside the martial arts arena were also shocked by an extremely powerful aura, which made people feel uneasy.

As soon as the poem came out, the righteous energy released from Lu Zheng's body instantly condensed into a sword light.

The sword light flashed and chased straight after the flying sword.

Before Wang Fang could recall the flying sword, the sword light had already disappeared into the flying sword.

The flying sword suddenly vibrated and hummed, and lost control all of a sudden.

Wang Fang felt like he was struck by lightning, his head was splitting with pain, and the scene in front of him changed from black to white.

At the same time, Lu Zheng came with big strides, and smashed down quickly with the Zhang Liang hammer in his hand.

"I surrender!"

Wang Fang shouted in panic while casting a spell.

Lu Zheng paused, and Wang Fang had already retreated dozens of feet, his face looking pale and ugly.

Lu Zheng looked at Wang Fang and asked, "Are you giving up? I haven't even put in any effort!"

(End of this chapter)