The middle-aged man visibly trembled violently. His expression instantly hardened into a ferocious one, and he coldly said, "Believe it or not, I can kill you right now. After I kill you, I'll go to the driver's seat. Those metal doors won't be a problem for me."
"Of course I can't stop you. You're a martial artist, Late Bone-Forge Realm martial artist."
Gu Chen's words terrified the middle-aged man. He roared, "Who are you?!" With that, he threw a punch at Gu Chen's face.
Snap!
Gu Chen reached out with his other hand and grabbed the middle-aged man's fist just as it was about to strike him. With both hands restrained, the man tried to use his Inner Breath to get closer to Gu Chen, but he couldn't. He was like someone bound in water, with the strong water pressure all around him making it difficult for him to move.
The middle-aged man instantly realized he had encountered a master, and his face darkened considerably.
"Sit down and talk." Gu Chen easily released his grip and pulled the man back to his seat. After this brief interlude, the train emerged from the tunnel, and the blazing sunlight once again flooded the carriage.
Under the bright light, the middle-aged man stared coldly at Gu Chen, without uttering a word.
"Why do you want to die?" Gu Chen asked, unconcerned.
From the moment this person got on the bus, Gu Chen sensed something was amiss. Relying on his powerful Divine Sense as a cultivator, he not only detected that this person was a martial artist, but also possessed extremely negative emotions. Furthermore, there was a short knife in the bag he was carrying, clearly indicating that his purpose was not pure.
In that instant, all Gu Chen could think of was carjacking and suicide, so when the car entered the tunnel and the man made a move, Gu Chen reacted immediately.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Gu Chen continued, "You don't have to answer me, but I see you're still young, probably not even forty yet. It would be a pity to die like this. So I advise you, no matter what happens, death won't solve anything. Your strength is quite good, already at the Late Bone-Forge Realm. If you encounter setbacks in martial arts, or any other bottlenecks, I can guide you."
Although Gu Chen only looks like a teenager, his strength gives him the right to say such things!
"You're giving me pointers?" The man was taken aback, then sneered, "Your strength is not bad. You can suppress me for a while, but not for long. After I get off this train, I'll find another one and find someone to die with me."
Gu Chen frowned. This person was too extreme!
They're absolutely determined to die!
But seeing him, Gu Chen couldn't help but think of the time on Heavenly Nether Star when his sect was destroyed and he and his junior sister were forced into a corner. At that time, because of his resentment and injustice, he also had an extreme demonic obsession in his heart. He even had the terrible idea of slaughtering a village when he saw a peaceful secular village!
However, he didn't do it in the end; he held back and pulled himself out of that emotion!
"What did you encounter?" Gu Chen asked. "The aura of your cultivation technique feels very familiar to me."
"You're so young yet you're stronger than me, you can't be some nobody. By the way, there's Aristocratic Family Assembly going on recently, are you Kang Zuoqing from the Kang Family or Cao Miao from the Cao Family?"
"Them?" Gu Chen sneered, "None of them. They are my defeated opponents."
"So you're Fan Yingqiu from the Fan Family?"
"I am not Fan Yingqiu." Gu Chen shook his head again.
The man sneered, a look of disdain flashing in his eyes, and said, "No matter who you are, you've only reached this level by relying on your family's resources. What's there to be proud of?"
Did it rely on family resources to accumulate wealth?
Upon hearing the man's words, Gu Chen chuckled. This statement might have been appropriate for any genius, but for him, Gu Chen, it was utterly impossible!
What does he have? No family, no power, no background! A typical "three-nothing" product!
Having reversed time and returned, he reached this level through his own hard work, earning the right to contend with the major families of Huaxia! He earned all of this with his own hands; no one helped him, and no one would help him!
To Gu Chen, the accumulation of family resources was nothing but irony and a joke!
Noticing the expression on Gu Chen's face, the man's contempt deepened. He said, "What, you still don't want to admit it? Even the most talented martial artist doesn't believe he didn't receive help from his family! And you're probably not even twenty years old yet. To have reached your current cultivation level, you should have a place in the top five of the Tiger Ranking, right?"
"The Tiger Ranking?" Gu Chen looked at the man and asked, "You know about the Tiger Ranking?"
"Why wouldn't I know?" the man retorted.
Gu Chen thought about it and agreed. If it was the Early Bone-Forge Realm, then ordinary martial arts sects or families, such as the Limitless Sect, could probably cultivate such individuals. However, the Late Bone-Forge Realm definitely had intricate connections with ancient martial arts families.
"You just said that any genius needs the accumulation of family resources," Gu Chen said calmly. "From what you're saying, you seem quite dissatisfied with this?"
"Of course I'm dissatisfied!" the man sneered, "However, that's not entirely true, because I'm an exception. Since I started cultivating, I've never used anything from my family. I've reached my current level entirely through my own efforts."
As the man spoke, he was filled with arrogance, and of course, deep resentment.
"Then tell me, what family do you come from?" Gu Chen said, "Why did your family treat you this way, even to the point that you had suicidal thoughts?"
"What good would it do you to tell me?" the man sneered. "We've only just met, do you really think you'd help me? Besides, even if you were willing, you don't have the power, and neither does your family!"
"How do you know I don't have the ability if you don't tell me?" Gu Chen smiled faintly and said, "Fine, even if you don't tell me the reason, at least you can tell me your name."
The man hesitated for a moment, but somehow, seeing Gu Chen's confident and certain expression, he subconsciously spoke up, saying, "Zhuge Kun, my name is Zhuge Kun!"
"Zhuge Family?" Gu Chen's expression changed, and he looked abruptly at the man, saying, "Your surname is Zhuge Family? The Zhuge Family?"
"It's the Zhuge Family of the Six Great Families!" Zhuge Kun sneered, his eyes filled with hatred. "You should come from a martial arts family in the Land of Heaven and Earth. You should know what a towering tree this family is, a world-class behemoth!"
Gu Chen remained silent for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "Fate is truly strange. I never imagined I would meet Zhuge Family's people on the train to the Shangjing. Interesting, extremely interesting!"
No wonder he felt that Zhuge Kun's technique was familiar; it turns out that he and Zhuge Wangyue came from the same source!