Chapter 174 Guidance Style

Gu Fei didn't ask what Baishi Jinglun was visiting for because he knew without asking.

In this day and age where kung fu was on the wane, the various families and factions that persisted in martial arts practice had actually set aside their ancestral prejudices. They interacted with each other quite frequently. For example, Gu Fei's father's generation often invited several like-minded friends to hold a symposium or tea party.

Besides such relatively collective activities, there were also frequent point-to-point private exchanges. For instance, Baishi Jinglun's mention of his father's fight with Gu Fei was actually one of his father's visits to the Gu family, where everyone conveniently exchanged blows and learned from each other.

Although these sparring sessions weren't very formal and everyone didn't seem to pay much attention to them on the surface, everyone actually knew what was going on. On what day of what month of what year, they visited so-and-so's house and defeated so-and-so; and on what day of what month of what year, they visited so-and-so's house and were defeated by so-and-so. To this day, how many times they had fought with so-and-so, how many wins and how many losses. Everyone had such a little account in their mind. They just didn't say it, but they actually cared a lot in their hearts.

In this process, some people even fantasized that kung fu should learn from advanced sports and develop a kung fu league, using a home-and-away round-robin system or an Eastern and Western Conference playoff system, and then hold a kung fu World Cup every four years.

This plan sounded good at first, but it ultimately failed to be implemented. After all, kung fu is different from ordinary sports. It's a skill of fighting and killing! Usually, when everyone shouts about stopping at the point and casually spars, they inevitably suffer some injuries. If they really were to start such a large-scale confrontation involving fame and fortune, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So, until now, kung fu can only maintain the status quo, circulating and spreading in such a narrow circle.

And Baishi Jinglun's visit to the Gu family was nothing more than a very common private exchange, so Gu Fei naturally didn't take it seriously and didn't ask much.

"I was originally looking for you, but you weren't here," Baishi Jinglun said.

"Oh, and then?" Gu Fei had indeed rarely been home since he became a teacher.

"Then... uh, I did get some guidance from Uncle," Baishi Jinglun said.

"He beat you up." Gu Fei's face was suddenly full of sympathy.

"No, it was guidance," Baishi Jinglun insisted.

"It's guidance, but I know his style of guidance," Gu Fei said.

After Baishi Jinglun was silent for a while, he suddenly said, "Damn, I was originally planning to ask you for some guidance."

"Hmm!" Gu Fei nodded without saying much. In fact, as early as when Baishi Jinglun mentioned the sparring between himself and his father ten years ago, he had a faint feeling. To say it was to avenge his father would be too heavy, not that deep. A more appropriate emotion would be to say he was trying to win back some face for his father.

It turned out that Baishi Jinglun and himself had such a subtle relationship, it seemed that the two were bound to fight today. Fighting, Gu Fei was naturally extremely happy, and was now waiting for Baishi Jinglun to speak up.

Who knew that Baishi Jinglun looked at him at this time, and suddenly frowned and said, "Why did you choose a mage!"

This was really pouring salt on the wound, Gu Fei looked dejected, waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it, it's a long story."

"In this case, I think I'll go to your house another day when I have time!" Baishi Jinglun said.

"Don't!" Gu Fei was anxious, "It's just this! It's so convenient! Fight right now, fight to the death, don't be polite!"

Baishi Jinglun was still hesitant, he really felt that in the game, his fighter class had too much of an advantage against mages, it was a bit of an unfair victory.

Gu Fei didn't care at all, and also guessed what Baishi Jinglun was thinking, smiled and said, "Just playing around, don't need to care so much."

"Then... I won't use skills," Baishi Jinglun said. The fighter's skills are all in the punches and kicks, for these experts, it is easy to properly integrate skills into their own kung fu. For example, the move "Yunlong Xianshen" (Cloud Dragon Appears) that Baishi Jinglun used to knock down Xiyao Wu could completely incorporate the fighter's throwing technique "Baoshen Tou" (Embrace and Throw). Baishi Jinglun was just holding back.

At this time, seeing that Gu Fei was a mage, and was already at a disadvantage in terms of class, he also decided not to use game skills.

"Oh, then I won't use spells either," Gu Fei nodded.

The fighter's skills can be used in kung fu, how could a mage's spells be like that? Baishi Jinglun felt very disapproving that Gu Fei would equate the two like that.

"Empty-handed, right?" At this time, Gu Fei asked as he put the sword back in his pocket.

"What empty-handed? A fighter's weapon is a gauntlet," Xiyao Wu shouted.

"That's right, but I am indeed empty-handed." Baishi Jinglun spread his hands to show everyone. Indeed, he was not wearing gauntlets or other in-game equipment like ordinary fighters.

"You can use a weapon." Baishi Jinglun felt that he already had a big advantage in terms of class, and if he didn't give Gu Fei some concessions, it would be boring to fight.

"No need, let's spar with weapons later!" Gu Fei replied.

In this way, Baishi Jinglun really couldn't say anything more. The brothers behind him had very tactfully retreated a distance, leaving a space for the two. Gu Fei's side only had Xiyao Wu, Mangmang de Mangmang, and Wushi Zhi Jian. The three of them mostly had worried expressions on their faces. They were just ordinary players, from the players' point of view, they thought that Gu Fei's best skill was his instant-kill-level spell damage, but at this time, he actually gave up this powerful attack and was going to fight a fighter with his bare hands... They couldn't be blamed for not having confidence in Gu Fei, it was really that outsiders didn't understand, and they were bound to be anxious.

On the other hand, the members of the Baizhan Mercenary Group all had expressions of great confidence. They were already very impressed with Baishi Jinglun's kung fu. Although the opponent also had some skills, the mage class made them feel that their Baishi Jinglun was bound to win.

Besides these two groups, there was also a third party. Keke didn't seem to care much about the two who were about to fight. Instead, she looked at Shui Shen and said, "They're going to fight, why do I feel like you're the most excited?"

"I just sincerely hope that he can be beaten to a pulp by this Baishi Jinglun," Shui Shen said.

No one announced the start, the two suddenly took a few steps forward together, and instantly met in the center.

Gu Fei was the first to strike, raising his leg and kicking towards Baishi Jinglun's chest. Baishi Jinglun didn't dodge, reaching out with his hand to grab Gu Fei's ankle. But Gu Fei's right leg, which had just kicked out, had already retracted quickly, and the leg that popped up had become his left leg. Baishi Jinglun also quickly changed hands, but the grab was also empty again. Gu Fei's foot had already retracted before his hand arrived, and the right leg that had been retracted earlier was now a sweeping kick. Baishi Jinglun still reached out to grab it.

In a short moment, Gu Fei made seven kicks in a row, and Baishi Jinglun also changed his hand shape seven times, but each time he retracted his foot and kicked again before he could touch Gu Fei's ankle. The seven attacks were directed at seven different directions. Everyone was stunned.

For outsiders, in that short moment, they could almost only see Gu Fei's leg shadows. They didn't even know if his feet were touching the ground, it looked as if he had made seven kicks in the air.

"How is that possible, how can his agility be so fast?" Xiyao Wu asked in surprise.

Wushi Zhi Jian and Mangmang de Mangmang naturally didn't understand either. Even among the members of the Baizhan Mercenary Group, only a small portion of those with higher skills could understand.

It wasn't speed that was fast, but rhythm. Ordinary people didn't know the meaning behind it, and only looked at the visual effect, so they naturally thought it was because of the speed.

Although Baishi Jinglun blocked all seven of Gu Fei's consecutive kicks, his own attacks were becoming more and more strained each time. By the seventh kick, Baishi Jinglun's hand could barely catch up. There was no way he could catch the next kick, Baishi Jinglun reacted very quickly and immediately gave up the frontal confrontation, and quickly took a step back.

As a result, the eighth kick didn't pop out.

It turned out to be a false alarm. Baishi Jinglun breathed a sigh of relief.

This round of confrontation was a test for both sides, testing the depth of the other's strength, and more importantly: assessing the other's true strength.

Sparring in the game is ultimately just sparring. The limitations of the data in the game make it impossible for people like them to perfectly exert their strength. In addition, the two people have different classes, and the stat builds will also create differences, so sparring in the game, as Gu Fei said, can only be regarded as playing around. However, it is still feasible to estimate the other party's true strength from their skills in the game.

Baishi Jinglun can play this game and become one of the Five Little Strongs, so he must have spent a lot of effort, and he also has a good understanding of the game. From Gu Fei's skills, he can see that Gu Fei's stat build is all agility. In this way, Gu Fei's attack speed is above Baishi Jinglun's. Baishi Jinglun's stat build is mainly agility, supplemented by some strength.

Although the difference in attack speed caused by agility stats in the game is not very obvious, however, for people like them who continuously make consecutive attacks, this small difference accumulates and eventually manifests itself.

Baishi Jinglun believed that the reason why he didn't have time to block the eighth attack after seven moves was the manifestation of this difference.

"If it was a real fight, I definitely wouldn't be so embarrassed," Baishi Jinglun thought. "But even so, I managed to deal with it. So he can only make seven kicks in a row, there is no eighth kick."

Thinking of this, Baishi Jinglun smiled and said: "Brother Gu is indeed a genius, I didn't expect that the Nine-Cycle Continuous Kicks can be performed in place to make seven consecutive kicks, amazing!"

Gu Fei looked ashamed at this time: "I'm really sorry, I messed up the rhythm just now, and I couldn't continue kicking after the seventh kick."

"What did you say?" Baishi Jinglun was stunned.

Gu Fei smiled and patted his pocket and said: "I forgot that I put my sword away, and now I'm missing 20 points of agility. When using this kind of move, you have to calculate these things clearly, otherwise the rhythm will be messed up."

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