Chapter 136: The Ancient Family
Long Qing also pricked up his ears, when he was young and learned martial arts, the master at that time also mentioned to him that there were ancient families in Kyushu, and there were many masters among these families, which was a force that could not be ignored in Kyushu. But at that time, Master only mentioned it slightly, and did not say much. Now that Zhang Lao talked about these ancient families again, he was immediately interested.
"Hehe, I know a little bit, but it's just scratching the surface, I'll just tell you to listen to it, and it's a story. Uncle Zhang took a sip of tea and said softly, "When I was young, I was obsessed with martial arts, and I wanted to find masters from all walks of life to perfect my martial arts. Finally, one time, I met a teenager who was younger than me, in an underground gym. ”
Xia Yu couldn't help but interject: "There is still an underground boxing gym in Kyushu?"
Uncle Zhang glanced at Xia Yu: "The gray area cannot be completely eliminated in any country, and Kyushu is the same, even today, there are such underground boxing gyms. And there are no less. As far as I know, there is an underground boxing gym in Haicheng, a neighboring city in Jiangcheng. Uncle Zhang continued, "At that time, in order to learn martial arts with others and make money, I participated in the challenge in that gym, and as long as I could win five fights in a row, I could win 1,000 yuan." I won the first four rounds almost effortlessly. In the final round, I expected the gym to send a great mission, but to my surprise, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who went into the ring!"
"Fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, a teenager would actually go to an underground boxing gym?" Xia Yu opened his mouth in some surprise, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy is now a high school student, it is hard to imagine that such an age will appear in an underground boxing gym where life and death are killed, if it is abroad, it will be fine, but it still happens in Kyushu! This completely subverts Xia Yu's past perception of society.
"Hey, aren't you surprised?" Xia Yu saw Long Qing's appearance of Gu Jing Wubo, and asked a little angrily, in her opinion, Long Qing was pretending to be deep.
"Ah, that's a surprise. Long Qing's eyes widened in hindsight, pretending to be surprised. In fact, he was not surprised at all, because he had already experienced something more cruel than this at a younger age.
Uncle Zhang continued: "At that time, I was as surprised as you, firstly, I didn't expect that a teenager would appear in a bloody and dark place like an underground boxing gym, and secondly, I didn't expect that this teenager would be the last champion, you know, at that time, only those who won more than 50 fights were qualified to be the champions. I tried to talk to the boy, but the boy was very cold, and he told me that only people of strength were qualified to talk to him. ”
"It's crazy. Xia Yu said angrily, "Did you teach him a lesson at that time?" ”
Uncle Zhang smiled: "I thought the same as you at the time, the young man pretended to be old, so he wanted to teach him a lesson." Although he was the champion, I didn't think he would be very powerful at the time, after all, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, neither physical strength nor experience was far from the peak. But as soon as I started it, I realized that I was very wrong. This young man's kung fu did not show a little immaturity in line with his age, but an unexpected old spiciness, which was the result of a hundred battles and could not be pretended at all. I was so impressed by the boy's strength that I was more and more frightened that I was finally defeated after five minutes. At the time, I was twenty-five years old. ”
"How is that possible?" Xia Yu was shocked and couldn't help herself. Although she couldn't figure out Zhang Lao's kung fu, Xia Yu could faintly feel that his kung fu was boundless from the previous communication with him, at least she could only look up to it. How could it be possible that such a powerful Uncle Zhang, at an age when he had almost reached the peak of his physical strength and experience in his life, would be defeated by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy! If it weren't for the fact that Uncle Zhang didn't have the slightest joke on his face, Xia Yu would almost think that Uncle Zhang was making up a story.
"Unbelievable! Uncle Zhang smiled, "At that time, I couldn't even believe myself, but that's the truth." I tried almost everything I could, but I was defeated by him. I was lying in the ring in frustration, but he came up to me and said to me in a tone that did not look like a young man: 'You are good, you are the only good master I have met in so many days in the martial arts hall. My surname is Ao and my name is Ao Sheng. After saying this, he turned and got out of the ring. ”
"Ao Sheng, Ao, what a strange surname!" Xia Yu whispered to himself, but he couldn't help but imagine the scene at that time: a young master, tall and arrogant, after defeating a fierce opponent, drifted away, and did not stay for thousands of miles, what a fascinating scene this is!
Long Qing's heart moved, and he asked, "Could it be that this young man is the person from the ancient family you are talking about?"
Uncle Zhang nodded and said: "After I was defeated, I was very decadent for a while, and I almost wanted to commit suicide, but after being enlightened, I practiced martial arts hard, thinking that one day I would find that young man to fight again and win it back." I inquired about the boy while practicing martial arts, but to my disappointment, the boy Ao Sheng never appeared in the underground gym again after that fight. I searched around for news, but I didn't find any news about him, it seems that this young man with strong martial arts appeared out of thin air. Finally one day, in a chance gathering of martial artists, I heard people talk about the power of Kyushu martial arts, and for the first time I knew that there was a mysterious ancient martial arts family!"
"Gu Wu Family?" Xia Yu frowned, as if it was the first time he had heard this term.
Uncle Zhang moistened his throat and continued: "The so-called ancient martial arts family is the name of some ancient families who have practiced martial arts for generations, and their family history is very long, often hundreds or even thousands of years. According to the man, these families include the Ji family, the Jiang family, the Ying family, the Mi family, the Ao family, the Li family, the Zhao family, the Wang family, the Xie family, the Feng family, the Yao family, the Liu family, etc., among which the three families of Ji, Jiang and Ying are known as the three families of Guwu, and the other nine families are known as the nine small families of Guwu, these twelve families are the backbone of the Guwu family in Kyushu, and any family can be comparable to the inheritance in a major sect, or even surpass. ”
"So, that young man Ao Sheng is a member of the Ao family in the Guwu family?" Xia Yu raised his head and asked.
Uncle Zhang nodded: "It should be." ”
"Shouldn't you find him?"