The burly man, seeing that Cangwu was thin and seemed a bit dim-witted, sneered, "So what if you can't lift him up?"

"If he can't pull it up, I'll give you money."

Lu Li walked through the crowd, stood in front of the burly man, and spoke.

"Okay, please."

After saying that, the burly man took a step back. Cangwu grinned at Lu Li, stepped forward, and grabbed the stone lock squatting on the ground with one hand.

He absentmindedly lifted it up, but the stone lock didn't budge.

"Hmm?" Cangwu frowned and immediately scratched his head.

This stone lock doesn't look very big, but it's so heavy?

Even Lu Li raised an eyebrow at this moment. For Cangwu, such a small stone block was no problem at all, so why didn't he pick it up?

"Kid, are you even up to the task?" the burly man scoffed.

Cangwu was furious. He mustered all his strength, grabbed the stone lock on the ground with one hand again, and shouted, "Rise!" But he still couldn't budge the stone lock at all.

The people around immediately burst into laughter.

Cangwu's face turned ashen; this was the first time he had ever suffered such humiliation!

hateful!

"Haha, young man, if you can't handle it, don't try to be brave. This thing is no joke! What if you get hurt?" The burly man laughed smugly, his words full of sarcasm.

"Hmph, who...who said I can't do it?" Cangwu snorted coldly, exerting force with both hands at the same time, his face turning red, but Shisuo still did not react.

"Kid, give up." Seeing this, the burly man became even more smug.

Those around him shook their heads. This kid looked like a weakling; how could he possibly lift this heavy stone lock? What wishful thinking!

Beads of sweat dripped from Cangwu's forehead, his face turned a deep purplish-red, his whole body trembled from the exertion, and his teeth clenched so tightly they made a grinding sound, but it was all in vain.

"Give up! You can't pull it at all!" the burly man continued to sneer.

Lu Li squinted at the scene before him, a strange look flashing in his eyes, as if he had just understood.

"Cangwu, step back and let me handle this."

Unexpectedly, Cangwu panicked and turned to Lu Li, saying, "No...no! I...I can pull him up!"

Lu Li immediately shook his head helplessly. There was something fishy about the stone lock; it would be strange if he could pull it up.

But Cangwu let out a long sigh of relief. His eyes changed instantly, and his inner strength poured out!

Among the crowd, a young man's eyes lit up when he saw it.

"Internal energy leaking out? Could this person be a minor grandmaster? At the very least, he should be a peak ninth-level martial artist," the young man murmured.

Cangwu's internal force actually blew the burly man back several steps. The burly man looked at Lu Li in shock. Such a thin and weak little guy, and he was a martial artist?

"Get up!!!"

Cangwu roared, gripped the stone lock with both hands, the veins on his arms bulging, and suddenly lifted it upwards.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at him, afraid of missing any detail.

Click~

With a crisp sound, the stone lock, which had been completely still, suddenly broke in the middle and fell to the ground with a clear and pleasant sound.

The scene fell silent. Everyone stared at Cangwu in disbelief, looking as if they had seen a ghost!

"This...how is this possible!" The burly man was filled with disbelief. He rubbed his eyes hard, and after confirming that what had just happened was not a hallucination, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine and broke out in a cold sweat.

Cangwu actually managed to break the stone lock! How much strength would that take?

However, Cangwu then discovered something fishy.

"You...you cheated!!!"

He pointed at the barbs on the ground and shouted angrily at the burly man.

Lu Li had already guessed that a small stone lock was no problem for Cangwu. The fact that he couldn't lift it meant there was something fishy going on.

A hook was inlaid on the stone lock, and an iron ring was inlaid on the ground. Even if Cangwu had immense strength, he could not shake the earth.

The burly man, his face immediately changed after being exposed, and he quickly said, "You said you could pull up this stone lock, I never said there weren't barbs embedded underneath."

Seeing that the burly man was still arguing, Cangwu was about to take action, but Lu Li quickly stopped him.

They were just passing through the State of Chu, and Lu Li had no intention of causing any trouble.

"You just said that you'd give him a gold ingot if he pulled him up. Here you go!" Lu Li said with a smile.

Now it was the burly man's turn to be embarrassed. He didn't have any money to lend, otherwise he wouldn't be performing his tricks for money here.

He said that because he was certain that Cangwu couldn't be saved.

But to everyone's surprise, Cangwu actually broke the stone lock.

"We were talking about pulling up the stone lock, but he... he broke it. I'm being lenient by not making him pay!" the burly man argued, his face flushed.

Before Lu Li could speak, the people around him began to criticize him.

"You're still being stubborn even though you've clearly lost, how shameful!"

"Exactly! You tried to be clever, but they broke your stone lock. Hurry up and pay up!"

"Give me the money! Give me the money!"

The crowd's spittle was practically spraying all over the burly man, whose face turned bright red, wishing he could disappear into a hole in the ground.

Lu Li frowned and said, "In that case, let's forget about the loan shark and go."

With that, Lu Li led Cang Wu away from there.

"Hey...hey hey, young master, please wait!" a young man in the crowd shouted.

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