Chapter 48: Xiaolu Takes Action

  Ye Wen looked at this face that he probably couldn't forget, it was Zhang Gui who had given him a heavy slap on the day of his transmigration. In his heart, he secretly said: "As expected, you've come, and what a perfect timing!"

  Indeed, at this time, the hall was filled with guests, and everyone was watching the ceremony of the Shu Mountain Sect. Suddenly, a group of people rushed in, led by Hei Feng, and with a single sentence "Wait!" he drew everyone's attention to himself, his momentum was indeed impressive.

  In Ye Wen's eyes, the more popular it is now, the harder it will fall later.

  "I don't know what Brother Zhang wants to say to me?" Ye Wen simply clenched his fist in a casual greeting, although he knew the other party was there to cause trouble. However, on the surface, he didn't lose his courtesy. It's just that this courtesy was very casual, and it would be better to say that it wasn't even a greeting, but rather just a careless lift of his hand.

  Zhang Gui didn't mind, and casually responded with a smile: "Brother Ye is too polite! But Brother Ye, how come you didn't even give me a heads up about rebuilding the mountain gate? Shu Shan Sect... Tsk, what a great name!" This remark sounded polite on the surface, but actually questioned why Ye Wen had so casually rebuilt the mountain gate using the original name, with only a slight change in tone, which was still an affront to them.

  It's not over yet, Zhang Gui continued to mock Ye Wen with a look of disdain: "I've long heard that Brother Ye is well-read in poetry and books, he's a rare talent on our mountain of books. I didn't believe it before, but now I've seen it for myself! Is this what they call the intelligence of a scholar?"

  Ye Wen remained unperturbed by Zhang Gui's ridicule, only responding after he finished speaking: "You, Zhengquan Gate, have taken the signboard of Shushan School, I admit defeat! But as for this Shushan School signboard, whether or not to use it is still not up to you, Zhengquan Gate, to comment on!"

  This remark is indeed unobjectionable, after all, Ye Wen did not use the Book Mountain Sect's signboard to restart the furnace. The name Shu Mountain Sect is similar to Book Mountain Sect, but it is different after all. The intention of Zhengquanmen this time is to mock Ye Wen for being shameless. If he were still a Jianghu person, he would play less with these evil doors and paths. Then, after standing up to reason and saving face, he would get rid of Ye Wen and his sect in one breath.

  Ye Wen didn't care about Jianghu's face-saving and other things, he couldn't be bothered with them for the time being. Originally a small door and a small household, this little bit of face could still be lost. Moreover, using the name Shu Shan Pai, from a rational point of view, there was indeed no problem. If Zhengquanmen insisted on quibbling with Ye Wen over this issue, the two would probably still not be clear even after dragging it out until next year.

  Zhang Gui is not a fool, so he naturally understands these things. He knows that today's matter still needs to be resolved with strength. He has great confidence in his own martial arts skills, let alone the person he wants to capture is a former subordinate who was defeated by him before.

  Although he had heard before coming that Ye Wen's kung fu had made great progress, and there were rumors that he had defeated Yu Dahai with one palm. As for this rumor, Zhang Gui only believed a part of it. He thought it was possible that Ye Wen had defeated Yu Dahai, but the fact that Yu Dahai was beaten to vomiting blood in just one move was likely an exaggeration by people who had heard it from others and were passing on false information. As for Ye Wen becoming so formidable in such a short period of time, he absolutely did not believe it.

  Zhang Gui didn't say a word, and Ye Wen smiled: "I don't know what Brother Zhang is up to this time. If you're here to observe the ceremony, please step aside, my Shu Mountain Sect will naturally treat our visiting guests with courtesy. But if you've come to stir up trouble... Hmph, we Shu Mountain Sect people aren't afraid of a fight!"

  Yue Wén's words, one by one, were from the Shu Shan School. He was reminding his opponents that whether they acknowledged it or not, this mountain head had been established and today's ceremony had been settled. If the Zhengquan Gate had any objections, they would settle it with their fists.

  Zhang Gui had not yet responded to Ye Wen's words when a voice suddenly spoke up from behind him, "Ye Wen! You have quite an attitude, do you think nothing of Zhengquan Gate?"

  Ye Wen glanced at him casually and asked, "What are you? You also come to talk to me? Don't you know the rules?" Ye Wen was ridiculing him for not knowing his own identity. He was having a conversation with their leader, Zhang Gui, when this little underling suddenly interrupted. Did he think Zhang Gui was nothing?

  The person opposite him suddenly turned pale and then red, but didn't know how to respond.

  Ye Wen didn't give him a chance to react, and directly said to Zhang Gui: "Brother Zhang's subordinates don't understand things! Is the Zhengquan Gate really so unruly? Do I need to teach this guy some discipline on behalf of Brother Zhang?"

  This remark was serious, and even Zhang Gui's face changed. However, it was impossible for him to admit that there were no rules in the Zhengquan Gate, so he could only darken his face and casually answer: "Don't bother Brother Ye, I'll handle this myself!"

  Unfortunately, he didn't finish speaking when a whizzing sound came from beside his ear, followed by a muffled hum behind him. When he turned around, the person who had spoken out of turn was already kneeling on the ground, clutching their chest. Next, he heard the sound of metal hitting the ground. Looking down, he saw a copper plate rolling around on the ground before finally stopping at his left foot.

  "Brass plate?"

  Zhang Gui looked incredulously at the ordinary copper coin on the ground, then looked at his subordinate who was clutching his chest and seemed to be out of breath, whose eyes suddenly contracted.

  "Can a single copper coin knock someone breathless? How much strength does that require?" Zhang Gui suddenly came to his senses: "This internal skill is probably far beyond mine!"

  He turned his head to look at Ye Wen, only to see him still standing there with a smile on his face. Just now, Ye Wen had knocked down one of the Zhengquanmen disciples with just one copper coin, and everyone had seen it clearly. Although it was suspected of being a sneak attack, these people asked themselves, if they were in his shoes, even if they were given a flying dart, they might not be able to knock someone down with one hit, let alone with just one copper coin.

  Ye Wen stood there, expressionless and unimpressed. Others who saw him thought that his ability to knock someone down with a single copper coin was the most ordinary thing in the world, nothing out of the ordinary. But Ye Wen himself felt extremely pleased with himself, thinking to himself: "The Copper Coin skill I asked my junior sister about when I was bored is indeed useful!"

  Originally, Ye Wen had asked his junior sister about the training method of this hidden weapon technique after Ning Ruxue almost made him suffer a great loss when she used copper plates to hit his acupoints.

  It wasn't until later that Ning Ruxue became interested in the Kunwu Yizhi martial art that she had casually mentioned, and in her spare time from practicing swordplay, she studied this technique of throwing coins to injure enemies. Over half a year of constant practice, she really did manage to figure out some of its secrets, and when Ye Wen asked her about it that day, she simply told him about it offhand. Anyway, this martial art wasn't anything special, it just took a lot of time to practice.

  Ye Wen occasionally played twice after learning, but no matter what, the accuracy was not as good as Ning Ruxue's. Even if he hit a fixed target, Ye Wen couldn't guarantee hitting the opponent's acupuncture points. However, in terms of the power of the thrown copper coins, Ye Wen, who had already made some progress in his internal skills, was naturally much stronger than Ning Ruxue.

  In addition, Ye Wen knew some principles of the human body, so he looked at the frequency of that person's breathing, calculated it carefully, and then immediately threw out a copper coin with his inner strength, just in time to hit the chest when the person was full of air, which is why there was such an effect.

  But how can outsiders know clearly what's going on inside? Everyone just thought that Ye Wen's power was profound, and with a casual strike, he could be so fierce. Many people who suspected that Ye Wen's Shu Shan Sect had encountered trouble this time, and wondered if coming to make friends with Shu Shan Sect today was the wrong choice, all calmed down at this moment, no longer doubting whether they had made a mistake this time.

  Yue Hang, who was sitting there, felt the same way. Even though he had never doubted his choice, when he saw Ye Wen reveal this hand, he always felt more at ease in his heart.

  After Ye Wen showed off this move, although he completely fell out with Zhengquanmen, it had the effect of calming people's minds and made his show-off worthwhile, the effect was not bad, after all, it was not a waste of effort.

  Just then, a man standing to the right of Zhang Gui shouted: "You with the surname Ye, do you really think that Zhengquan Gate is easy to bully?"

  Ye Wen replied casually, "Aren't you Zhengquanmen looking down on our Shushan Sect as easy to bully?" Then he asked again, "What is this person's name? Can it be that Zhengquanmen really has no rules? As a junior, they always rush to speak!"

  That man's face turned bright red with anger and shouted: "I am Shi Cui, the chief of Zhengquanmen!"

  Ye Wen finally understood that today's leader of Zhengquanmen was not just Zhang Gui alone, because Zhang Gui was also an executive in Zhengquanmen.

  Zhengquanmen has a master, a deputy master, and four executives below them. Zhang Gui is one of the executives, with a status second only to the master and deputy master. Shi Cui claims to be an executive, so his status is no different from that of Zhang Gui.

  "It was actually Shi Zhi, sorry about that!" But Ye Wen's expression didn't have the slightest bit of respect, and he casually responded with a sentence as if it was just a greeting. His attitude wasn't much different from the Zhengquan Gate disciple who had been dismissed by Ye Wen earlier.

  This made the proud and arrogant Shi Chui unable to bear it, he who was already on the verge of furious anger immediately took a step forward, shouting: "You dare to look down on me, today I'll let you know the ferocity of Shi Chui!"

  Before the words had fallen, he rushed forward a few steps and arrived in front of Ye Wen. His left fist shook, causing a flash before one's eyes, and immediately his right fist shot out straight, using the small zhengquan (straight fist) from the Zhengquan Gate's two sets of boxing techniques.

  Shi Cui put his heart into showing off his skills, and with one move, he used his ultimate technique. He thought that this one hit would be enough to knock the young man out cold, or at least leave him severely injured. After all, everyone in the Zhengquan school knew that Ye Wen had lost to Zhang Gui half a year ago in just a few moves, and at the time, Zhang Gui hadn't even used his full strength.

  Shi Cui, who was on par with Zhang Gui in terms of strength, naturally didn't think that Ye Wen could withstand his full-powered punch, but something that left him stunned happened very quickly.

  Just as his fist was about to hit Ye Wen, Ye Wen waved his left hand and slapped his right hand, dissolving the full force of the punch. Immediately following, his left hand scooped up and pressed onto his own body.