Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 19 Hey! You can't hit me!

A clever and lively girl was now on the wolf brother's back. Unaware of the danger, the wolf brother twisted its back, trying to throw her off. But Cha Nan's will prevailed, and the wolf brother lowered its tail and obediently supported Guo Xiang as she paced around the room.

"Wow! It really works, and it's very stable, just like riding a horse!" Guo Xiang exclaimed in surprise, even though she had been prepared to fall off the wolf's back.

"I'll try it too!" Guo Polu was still a young man at heart. Although he was naturally steady, seeing Guo Xiang having fun, he also reached out to touch the wolf's back.

His severed arm was far from fully healed, and now that he was sitting on the wolf's back, he could only rely on his legs to grip the wolf's waist. However, this made it inconvenient for the wolf to move around, and it walked with an awkward, swaying gait.

Although the wolf is a rideable mythical beast, unlike ordinary wolves which cannot carry people, its physical structure is not much different from that of ordinary wolves.

Guo Polu's method of using horseback riding techniques to grip the wolf's back and abandoning hands to control the mount was clearly not suitable.

Of course, the bigger reason is that Cha Nan hasn't unlocked the saddle for riding the wolf. This forced riding method is somewhat difficult for the wolf.

“No, who among you is a better rider? Take him with you!” Cha Nan frowned as he looked at Guo Polu’s unsteady gait.

Guo Xiang and Guo Polu naturally looked at Guo Fu.

Although Guo Fu's martial arts skills were lacking, she was very proficient in skills that were half playful and half practical, such as horseback riding, archery, and swimming.

"Alright, you and your younger brother will ride a wolf together in a bit." Cha Nan said to Guo Fu first, then naturally turned to Guo Xiang and said, "I'll trouble you to take care of him!"

"Ah!?" Guo Xiang was startled at first, then her pretty face turned red.

Guo Fu also showed an unhappy expression, her eyes glaring at Cha Nan like knives, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything in protest, and she was sulking.

The wolf's back is narrow and the space is not large. If two people ride together, they can almost sit close together. So whether Guo Xiang sits in front of or behind Cha Nan, it seems that she will be at a disadvantage.

"Can't you ride a horse? Riding a wolf and riding a horse... there are similarities!" Guo Xiang said.

She originally thought that Guo Polu and Cha Nan would ride one wolf together, while she and her sister Guo Fu would ride another.

“Yes! I don’t know how, but I learn very quickly, you can teach me!” Cha Nan said.

Riding skills are indeed worth learning. He doesn't know if riding skills will still be needed after unlocking the saddle, and if so, it would be best to learn them now.

"I can also teach you how to let Xiang'er and Po Lu ride together!" Guo Fu still expressed her dissatisfaction.

"No, elder sister! If I can't carry the wolf on its back, I won't be able to keep my balance. Xiang'er's riding skills are not good, and she might throw me off!" Guo Polu expressed his opinion without any sense of propriety, offending two women at the same time with just one sentence.

Seeing that Guo Fu was about to get angry, Cha Nan came to Guo Polu's rescue, waving his hand and saying, "Alright, now is not the time to argue about this. Let's get ready... Let's climb out of the house first, and when the enemy shows up, we'll ride wolves away!"

Guo Xiang asked, "Aren't we riding horses?"

Although the wolf-hunting horse looked imposing and seemed fun to ride, her mindset remained unchanged. In terms of riding performance, horses were definitely superior to wolves. Besides, the horses owned by the three siblings were all descendants of Little Red Horse, top-quality horses that were priceless. Riding these horses, even a first-rate martial arts master would have a hard time catching up to them unless they were skilled in light-footed techniques.

Not long after Guo Xiang finished speaking, they heard a commotion downstairs. Upon closer listening, they realized that someone had poisoned all the horses in the stable.

"Let's go!" Cha Nan skipped the explanation and waved for the two hunting wolves to return to the group.

Pushing open the window, the four of them leaped down from the second floor against the cold wind, heading straight into the mountains against the direction of the dock. The cold wind blew in their faces. Although Cha Nan had learned internal energy cultivation, he had not yet mastered lightness skill. He relied only on the light and agile energy contributed by the two hunting wolves to help him move. Gradually, he could not keep up with the three of them and fell behind by several steps.

Guo Fu turned around and grabbed Cha Nan's hand, trying to pull him away to run.

"What a handsome young man! It seems this is the perfect husband that Miss Guo has set her sights on!"

"But who knows if in the future this Beggars' Sect, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, will be handed over to such an empty shell of a nameless brat!" A mocking, aged voice rang out, and then the four of them felt a blur before their eyes, and a figure dressed in gray appeared in front of them, blocking their way.

In the wind and snow, the man was a lean and wiry old man, tall and thin, with a face full of wrinkles and a worried expression. He looked as if he had just been beaten up, or that his wife and children had just died. Anyone who saw the expression on his face would almost feel sad for him and shed tears.

After carefully examining the man's appearance, Guo Fu compared him with the famous swordsmen in the martial arts world that her parents had told her about, and said, "Such a master as you has actually sided with the Mongol Tartars to bully my Han people. What right do you have to ridicule others with such behavior?"

Upon hearing this, the gaunt old man's eyes turned cold, and he said, "Ignorant woman, you were born to be a menace, you must not be allowed to live!"

Having said that, he said no more. Without any sign of drawing his sword, several sword lights pierced through the flying snow and fell towards Guo Fu and Cha Nan.

Crane in the Clouds!
Cha Nan summoned Yun Zhonghe, who once again shielded him in front of her.

Faced with that chilling sword strike, Yun Zhonghe instinctively wanted to dodge, but he could only straighten his chest and swing his steel claws to meet it.

After a few exchanges of blows, Yun Zhonghe quickly found himself at a disadvantage, appearing to be struggling to defend himself.

His strengths lie in his agility and nimbleness, making him adept at hit-and-run tactics. However, now that he had to protect Cha Nan and Guo Fu behind him, he could only engage in direct combat with this withered old man, which immediately revealed his weakness.

The gaunt old man's swordsmanship was not only exquisite and shrewd, but also extremely fast. Sometimes it seemed like he only made one sword strike, but in reality, it was four or five sword strikes combined together. When the weapons clashed, the steel claws in Yun Zhonghe's hands would be heavily knocked away by this fast and fierce sword momentum, revealing many flaws.

If the withered old man hadn't been holding back and not revealing his full abilities, Yun Zhonghe wouldn't have lasted more than a few moves with this fighting style before having to return to the team list and wait to respawn at the stronghold.

"What kind of methods did this kid use? Not only can he turn people into living beings, but he can also turn a famous evil master into his puppet overnight! Could he be a descendant of some evil sect?" The withered old man fought with Yun Zhonghe, but he was still on guard against Cha Nan's sneak attacks.

He had been secretly watching and observing Mian Youyou's explosion earlier.

That's why he didn't immediately storm into the Andu Old Shop. Instead, he used a series of probing methods until he discovered that the four had secretly escaped, at which point he showed up to stop them.

"Get the wolves! Let's go!" Cha Nan summoned two more hunting wolves.

The four men leaped onto the backs of the wolves. The road ahead was wide open, and the two wolves carried the four men without any sign of strain. With a burst of speed, they broke through the wind and snow and rushed more than ten meters away.

"What speed!" was the thought on everyone's mind as they rode the wolf.

Cha Nan waved his hand, pulling Yun Zhonghe, who was about to be pierced through the chest by a sword, back into the air.

"Stop!" The withered old man drew his sword and gave chase. His lightness skill was not weak, perhaps only slightly inferior to Yun Zhonghe's.

However, the wolf hunter was very fast when running straight ahead. The withered old man tried his best to catch up, but he could only see the four people's backs getting further and further away, and they were about to disappear into the forest.

(End of this chapter)