When Mu Fusheng made the first strange move, Xiao Hei and Fang Qiong also stopped, staring at the courtyard gate in front of them with slightly furrowed brows.
"There's someone there." Fang Qiong asked directly, "How did he get in?"
Each top-tier courtyard has a unique way of opening it, and this method requires a trace of the owner's divine soul power to be inscribed into it. Only the owner of the courtyard can open it at will.
It can be said that no one except the master can step into this place unless someone with an extremely high level of cultivation forcibly breaks through it!
Who could it be?
Mu Fusheng wanted to observe further and took out some talismans as well.
Xiao Hei, however, simply pushed the door open and entered.
Mu Fusheng couldn't stop him, and could only follow with a helpless expression and a wary look in his eyes.
Fang Qiong was also ready to activate the formation at any time.
As the three entered the courtyard, they saw a barefoot man wearing a straw hat lying on a stone bench with his hands behind his head and a blade of grass he had torn off from the ground in his mouth.
"Oh, so you're the new owners of the No. 1 Heaven Character Courtyard No. 1?" The man's lips curled slightly as he stood up, looked at the crowd, and took off his straw hat, laughing, "I remember the previous one was... Yu Cheng?"
Fang Qiong said from the side, " Yu Cheng is dead."
"Dead, huh?" The man scratched his unkempt hair and said calmly, "Looks like he messed with the wrong person."
"Oh, by the way, do you need to introduce yourself?" the man suddenly asked, pointing to himself with a smile.
At this moment Mu Fusheng whispered, " Gu Sheng."
"Oh?" The man's lips curled into a slight smile. "How did you know?"
Mu Fusheng said directly, "We don't know each other, and you seem to know a lot about this place, but you don't know about recent events, such as Yu Cheng's death. This means you haven't been at the academy recently."
"Being able to freely enter and exit the Heaven Character Courtyard No. 1 indicates not only exceptional skill but also a deep familiarity with the courtyard."
"Only one person meets all the above conditions: the Gu Sheng."
"Hahaha!" Gu Sheng laughed loudly, giving Mu Fusheng a thumbs up. "Your brain works pretty well, doesn't it?"
"Alright, I was just a little nostalgic for this courtyard. Now that it has changed hands, I should be leaving." With that, Gu Sheng stepped onto the wooden clogs placed to the side and walked out of the courtyard.
Xiao Hei then stood in front of the Gu Sheng.
The Gu Sheng glanced at it and chuckled, "I didn't steal anything from you."
When Mu Fusheng and Fang Qiong saw the excitement in Xiao Hei's eyes, they couldn't help but cover their faces.
Well, my senior brother's bad habit has struck again.
Little Xiao Hei grinned and said, "I heard that Brother Gu Sheng is very strong."
The Gu Sheng tilted his head and nodded with apparent difficulty. "I don't think so, but others do."
"Would you like to have a friendly spar?"
Having reached the Mid-Stage Ancestor Realm, Xiao Hei now urgently needs to have a thorough and satisfying battle with a powerful opponent.
Upon hearing this, the Gu Sheng carefully examined Little Xiao Hei, pinched Xiao Hei's arm, and said, "A body cultivator? But your cultivation level seems a bit insufficient."
Xiao Hei threw a punch directly at the Gu Sheng's face!
You'll only know if you try!
The Gu Sheng still wore a faint smile on his face and did not move.
Fang Qiong frowned slightly as he watched this scene. Was there no way to avoid it?
Or are you planning to tough it out?
Even if one's cultivation level is higher than Xiao Hei's, one wouldn't dare to take Little Senior Brother Hei's punch head-on with their own face, would they?
Mu Fusheng frowned slightly.
The enormous roar seemed to shatter the Gu Sheng's eardrums!
When Xiao Hei's fist appeared to hit Gu Sheng's face, it was as if it had struck thin air, passing right through him!
A powerful surge of energy transformed into shockwaves, causing the courtyard wall to tremble violently!
Xiao Hei was taken aback. Upon closer inspection, he saw that Gu Sheng had tilted his head slightly without moving his body. Xiao Hei's punch grazed Gu Sheng's shoulder and cheek!
How... did they do that?
Xiao Hei was filled with surprise. His eyes were fixed on the Gu Sheng, but he didn't notice any movement from Gu Sheng!
Even Mu Fusheng frowned slightly.
This isn't an act; these are Mu Fusheng's true thoughts.
This person is unlike any of the opponents we've encountered before!
In Mu Fusheng's understanding.
The combat abilities of cultivators at the same cultivation level can be divided into three categories.
The first is the ordinary, the second is the prodigy, and the third is the absolute master who stands on top of the prodigies!
Even when both are at the same level, the second type can crush the first, and the third type can defeat the second.
The second type includes Tan Zongzhao, Jiu Xuan, and Xuanming Holy Son.
However, the Gu Sheng undoubtedly belong to the third category.
The Gu Sheng touched his face and said, "That punch really had power."
Xiao Hei frowned, and as he withdrew his fist, he bent his arm and delivered an elbow strike directly towards the side of the Gu Sheng's face!
At the same time, he bent his right knee and struck the Gu Sheng's lower abdomen with his knee!
Seeing this, the Gu Sheng sage showed no sign of panic, and continued to reach out with both hands while smiling.
With a swift movement, he grabbed Xiao Hei's elbow with one hand and blocked the knee strike with the other.
"You're quite strong. To have such physical strength at the Mid-Stage Ancestor Realm, even someone at the Late-Stage Ancestor Realm would likely suffer a great loss if they fought you."
"When you are in the same situation as me, perhaps I will have to be careful."
After he finished speaking, the Gu Sheng's arm began to tremble visibly!
This trembling wasn't caused by pain; the trembling sensation reached all the way to the palm of the hand.
With a flick of his wrists, the Gu Sheng sage...
Xiao Hei then felt an irresistible force surging forth from the Gu Sheng's palm!
It sent him flying!
The Gu Sheng smiled and said, "Is this the end of it?"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a phantom image of a Devil God appeared in the direction where Xiao Hei had fallen!
A dark red, blood-red shadow burst forth from it!
"Continue!"
Seeing this, the Gu Sheng sage smiled wryly and said, "Why are you getting so worked up over the fight?"
However, the Gu Sheng's gaze held less casualness and more seriousness.
He bent down, grabbed a thin stick from the ground, pushed off with his legs, and did a backflip, throwing the stick at Xiao Hei as he retreated!
The wooden stick, which was originally ordinary, is now like the sharpest sword in the world!
With the force of tearing through the air, it pierced directly into Xiao Hei's fist Bloodline Burning!
Kong Kong Kong Kong!
Although the wooden stick shattered, Xiao Hei's fist was also pierced with a bloody hole!
Its forward momentum remained undiminished.
Upon seeing this, the Gu Sheng sage moved his legs quickly, grabbed the sides with both hands, and his body began to spin rapidly in place!
A massive gale erupted from the Gu Sheng, soaring into the sky!
Those outside looked in horror toward the direction of the Heaven Character Courtyard No. 1.
There, a tremendous gale and a towering, illusory figure of a Devil God stood facing each other!