Kunlun Mountain!

Kunlun Mountain!

The little building shook violently, its walls cracking open with sharp cracks, while the bald giant man collapsed to the ground like a heap of mud!

Mirror Master has killed 13 bandits, obtaining 25 points of Source Power!

Gu Shaoshang glanced at the message.

The car door opened, and Zhao Aiguo stepped out. Then two fully armed soldiers climbed out of the trunk.

"This..."

Zhao Aiguo's mind was a little muddled. He had originally only meant to test things out, to see what abilities this expert his son could not stop praising actually possessed.

He had placed even greater hopes on the special operations squad behind him.

Who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary youngster would be so formidable once he made his move!

"Uncle Zhao, they're all taken care of!" Gu Shaoshang said with a smile, glancing at the sharp, capable soldiers behind him.

"Impressive! Truly impressive!" Zhao Aiguo exclaimed again and again as he grasped Gu Shaoshang's hand.

A trace of awe involuntarily appeared in the eyes of the two soldiers behind him.

Those in the military revered the strong even more. Only these two soldiers could understand the terror of one man killing over a dozen gun-wielding bandits barehanded!

Only then did Zhao Liang slowly walk over, his face still pale with lingering fright.

Zhao Aiguo shot him a glare, then called for everyone to get into the car.

At that moment, a squad of fully armed soldiers lying in ambush in the grass finally emerged from all directions.

Gu Shaoshang's heart tightened. These soldiers were clearly elite; every single one of them possessed martial skill!

If it had been a squad like this just now, Gu Shaoshang would not even have dared guarantee that he could rescue Zhao Liang!

So this is what the legendary special forces are like? The thought flashed through Gu Shaoshang's mind.

"Shaoshang! I'm afraid this matter isn't over yet!"

After they got into the car and Zhao Liang finished recounting all the information he had heard over the past two days, Zhao Aiguo took the initiative to speak.

"These bandits are from the Big Circle Gang, a Chinese syndicate from North America! I hear they came to the mainland over an antique deal, and we captured one of their key leaders!"

Zhao Aiguo's expression was grave.

The Big Circle Gang was a Chinese gang force that had suddenly risen to prominence in the seventies. The moment it arrived in North America, it swiftly swept through every syndicate on that complicated land!

Its influence in North America surpassed the Tang Sect! It surpassed Hongmen!

It even surpassed many deeply rooted, homegrown underground forces. Even Mexico's major drug lords and the powerful old organizations of the Mafia feared this locust-like syndicate by three parts!

Every leader among the organization's core members was valiant and battle-hardened, highly skilled in combat—simply the sort of figures who looked like fiends incarnate.

They repaid every slight with the fury of Yazi. Even if an outsider touched a single hair on one of their own, they would risk their lives and charge forward one after another to exact revenge tenfold, a hundredfold. Thus their vicious reputation spread far and wide, and their ferocity was known abroad!

"Of course I'm not afraid of them! But, Shaoshang, you..."

Zhao Aiguo hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back.

"Hey! What are you hemming and hawing for, old man? Brother Shang isn't an outsider!" Zhao Liang impatiently shoved his father, then looked at Gu Shaoshang.

"Brother Shang, my dad means he wants you to go to the army with me! No matter how formidable the Big Circle Gang is, would they dare challenge the military?"

Gu Shaoshang waved his hand. Though it was good to cultivate within the Six Doors, the restrictions he would face after truly joining the system were not something he could accept.

"When soldiers come, generals block them; when water comes, earth dams it!" Gu Shaoshang smiled faintly, a strange light gleaming in his eyes.

Halfway through the journey, Gu Shaoshang declined Zhao Liang and Zhao Aiguo's attempts to keep him, got out of the car with a card Zhao Liang had given him.

"If the Big Circle Gang finds you, there's no need to hide anything for me! Tell them everything!"

From afar, Gu Shaoshang waved his hand.

"Hidden Force is the result of the Inner Three Harmonies: heart and intent joining, intent and qi joining, qi and strength joining. The heart and intent are the source of Hidden Force's power, so to train Hidden Force, one must first train one's will and understand one's own heart."

Gu Shaoshang pondered his master Ba Liming's words: "Once you cross this chasm, martial skill becomes the art of the Dao. Only then will you truly obtain the essence of Guoshu."

"The Outer Three Harmonies! The Inner Three Harmonies! Heart! Intent! The Six Harmonies! Xingyi Quan! Practicing Righteousness Quan! Heart-Intent Quan!" Gu Shaoshang rolled the words around in his mouth, a feeling beyond description rising in his heart.

Gu Shaoshang let go of everything!

The thirty mediocre years before his transmigration, the ten years of fear and unease on the Vast Continent, Giant Man Qi Gang, the many martial arts of the Dragon-Snake World, killing people... all passed through his mind one by one.

He wandered aimlessly into the mountains, mostly following mountain paths or deserted country trails. He seldom encountered anyone, much less spoke with them. Along the way, there was only silence, stillness, and walking.

Gu Shaoshang gradually forgot the clamor of the mortal world, and his soul took flight into the sky.

Feeling out the intent and forms of the fist, his body rose and fell. He forgot everything, leaving behind only the countless essentials and movements of martial arts.

At times, his waist and hips moved naturally as he sprang up through the grass, like a great serpent slipping through the undergrowth!

Even his toes continuously curled and flexed, until the great tendons throughout his body became linked as one. With a movement of his toes, he could even tug his ears!

Gradually, human habitation grew sparse; sometimes he would go a long while without seeing another soul.

Gu Shaoshang's short hair gradually grew long. His clothes became tattered beyond repair, and after walking his shoes to pieces, he simply threw them away and went barefoot...

His mind was like a rough, stubborn stone; every step he took was like a process of grinding and carving it smooth.

The restlessness and unease within him were swept away. His heart became as still as the sea, without a ripple on its waters, leaving him indescribably light and at ease.

The farther he walked, the freer he felt; the farther he walked, the more peaceful he became!

Xingyi, Bagua, Taiji, Bajiquan, Tiger Roar... all kinds of martial arts manifested unconsciously through his body. Gu Shaoshang no longer practiced a single move, yet it was as though he practiced boxing every day.

Even the slightest twitch of his ear seemed like the throwing of a punch!

He walked from summer into autumn, from the depths of winter into early spring. When thirsty, he drank mountain spring water; when hungry, he ate game he had hunted or gathered wild vegetables.

Not only did his body fail to weaken, it grew stronger and stronger. Upon a frame of bones like refined steel, streamlined muscles lay evenly coiled.

Most striking of all were his eyes. At first, they burned like flames; in the end, they returned to placidity, like a calm sea concealing surging, towering waves!

Gu Shaoshang had even forgotten his purpose, forgotten where he was.

He just kept walking, kept walking...

The horizon rose higher and higher, and the flatlands gradually turned into a plateau.

Gu Shaoshang raised his eyes, and one snow-capped mountain after another entered his sight!

The mountain range was like a winding giant dragon raising its head. A vast, desolate, majestic aura rolled forth, shaking the heart!

It was an enormous mountain range, countless perilous peaks rising straight from the earth. Snow spread from their summits, looking from afar like a single white line.

Yet in the valleys at the foot of the mountains, a hundred flowers bloomed together, grasses and trees grew thick and deep, and countless animals lived among them.

This was the Kunlun Mountain range!

Beginning in the west at the eastern Pamir Plateau, it stretched across three provinces for roughly 2,500 kilometers. Kunlun Mountain rose from the Pamir Plateau, with an average elevation of 5,500 to 6,000 meters and a width of 130 to 200 kilometers. Narrow in the west and broad in the east, it covered a total area of more than 500,000 square kilometers.

Nuwa refining stones to mend the heavens, Jingwei filling the sea, Queen Mother of the West's grand peach banquet, White Snake Lady stealing the immortal herb, and Chang'e flying to the moon—this sacred mountain was indispensable to countless familiar legends!

Kunlun Mountain held the illustrious status of "ancestor of all mountains" in the cultural history of the Chinese people. The ancients called Kunlun Mountain the "Dragon Ancestor Vein" of China!

Gu Shaoshang stood in ragged clothes, this legendary sacred mountain reflected in his clear, bright eyes.

Then, he began to climb!

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