But the next second, Gu Yu moved, and he reached out and grabbed the old man's fist.
"Old man, you are truly vigorous for your age!" Gu Yu said.
"Young man, you're not bad either." The old man breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed his judgment was correct; Gu Yu was indeed a master.
“Old man, if this is all you’ve got, you’re going to lose,” Gu Yu said, then squeezed the old man’s hand slightly tighter.
Feeling the strength in Gu Yu's hand, the old man's face changed instantly. Then, he suddenly exerted force with his fist again, and the force made Gu Yu take a few steps back. The hand that had been holding the old man's fist was also a little numb.
"Internal strength?" Gu Yu looked at the old man and realized that he had misjudged him; the old man was actually an internal strength martial artist.
Gu Yu was no stranger to martial artists with internal energy. In his previous life, he started his cultivation by filling his blood vessels with internal energy.
Internal strength can also be called source energy. However, unlike Gu Yu's current cultivation, internal strength does not rely on absorbing external source energy. Instead, it is cultivated by strengthening one's physique and continuously enhancing one's own source energy to form internal strength. Then, it fills the blood orifices and expels impurities. This method of cultivation is dozens of times more difficult than directly absorbing source energy to fill the blood orifices.
The reason for this method is quite simple: there is no cultivation method that directly absorbs source energy. Of course, this method also has its unique advantages.
"Young man, be careful, I'm going to go all out." After saying that, the old man moved his fists, his internal energy flowing, and punched Gu Yu one punch after another.
Gu Yu took a deep breath, and wisps of Origin Qi flowed within his blood aperture, seeping out of his skin, and instantly met the old man's fist.
In the dozens of punches exchanged between the old man and the young man in an instant, Gu Yu gained a rough estimate of the old man's cultivation level.
This old man had probably filled thirty-nine blood apertures. According to the current classification of human martial artists, he was a mid-level internal energy martial artist, about to cross the threshold of the advanced level.
"Old man, I'm afraid your stamina isn't up to par!" Gu Yu didn't attack from beginning to end, he only defended.
"Young man, you are very strong." The old man stopped and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Gu Yu. He knew very well who was stronger and who was weaker, and he was indeed completely exhausted at this moment.
There was nothing he could do; youth has an advantage, and he knew that Gu Yu's skill level was higher than his.
"Old man, you're not bad either," Gu Yu said, bowing with his hands clasped in return.
"Alas! I'm already this old, and I have no future. But young man, your future is limitless, and you have the potential to become a grandmaster." The old man was somewhat dejected at first, but then looked at Gu Yu with great anticipation.
"Thank you for your kind words, sir." Gu Yu clasped his hands in a fist salute again. A grandmaster is nothing more than someone who has opened meridians. In his previous life, Gu Yu was an emperor, and even had one foot in the divine realm.
"Young man, would you like to have a chat?" the old man said, gesturing for him to join in.
Looking at the old man in front of me, a mid-level internal energy martial artist, I'm afraid his identity is not simple. After all, martial artists have a very high status in this world, but ordinary people can't come into contact with them and consider them just legends.
Don't you think about how those generals in ancient times managed to fight against a hundred men? Take Xiang Yu, for example, who was strong enough to lift a tripod. In the Battle of Dongjun, he fought against ten thousand men with only three hundred men and still won a great victory. What was the secret to his success?
“Since the old man wants to chat, then let’s chat.” Gu Yu didn’t feel inferior to the old man and, without any politeness, walked forward following the old man’s gesture.
They stopped at a pavilion and sat on a stone bench. At that moment, someone brought over tea and placed it on the stone table.
"Young man, please." The old man gestured again, and Gu Yu sat down accordingly.
"My surname is Mo, and my given name is Tai," the old man introduced himself. "Martial arts practitioners do not care about age, but only about the level of their cultivation. Young man, your cultivation is above mine, so you may call me by my name."
“Old man, what you say is true, but you are older after all. If I call you by your name directly, it would seem impolite of me. How about I call you Old Mo?” Gu Yu said. Mo Tai was indeed not simple, because Gu Yu sensed that there were several people hiding in the shadows, and these people were all fully armed with guns.
"No problem." Mo Tai was delighted to hear Gu Yu's words. "May I ask your name, young man?"
"My name is Gu Yu," Gu Yu replied.
"Then I'll call you Brother Gu!" Old Mo said. "Brother Gu, are you still in school?"
There's really no need to ask this question. Gu Yu is wearing a school uniform, so what else could he be but a student?
"I'm at school," Gu Yu replied. There was no need to hide anything. The reason he was so polite to Mo Tai was because he valued Mo Tai's identity. Now that he had been reborn, he needed to get to know some people, some powerful people. Someone who could be secretly protected by armed forces and was a martial artist, could his identity be simple.
As for why Mo Tai treated me this way, it's obvious without even thinking that it was because I was so young yet possessed such cultivation, and Mo Tai wanted to win me over.
"Where does Brother Gu go to school?" Mo Tai asked.
“At Mocheng No. 2 Middle School,” Gu Yu replied. “Mr. Mo, if there’s anything you need, please speak frankly. Meeting you is fate, and if it’s something I can do, I will definitely do it.”
"Hehe..." Mo Tai chuckled awkwardly, "Since Brother Gu is so straightforward, I won't beat around the bush. I see that Brother Gu's cultivation is extraordinary. I wonder if you would be interested in joining the city guard?"
"The city guard? Is Elder Mo from the military?" Gu Yu had already guessed, but he was still quite surprised! He hadn't expected that after cultivating in the park all night, he would encounter a member of the city guard early in the morning, and one of them was of a high rank.
"Yes, I am the commander of the city's garrison." Mo Tai did not hide his identity and directly stated it.
"Commander?" Gu Yu was genuinely surprised! The commander of the Mo City Guard was one of the most authoritative figures in Mo City. Even the city magistrate of Mo City probably wouldn't dare to provoke Mo Tai. After all, although the city magistrate was the ruler of a city, he seemed to be inferior to the commander of troops.
It's obvious that if the enemy with troops is unhappy tomorrow, they might just surround you with their troops. What can you do about it?
"I'm afraid I can't join the city guard," Gu Yu thought for a moment and then refused directly. "I'm still in school."
"Brother Gu, please let me finish." Mo Tai was not surprised to see Gu Yu refuse, because he had also thought about recruiting other martial artists, but they had also disagreed.
In the age of firearms, although martial artists do not have the same status as in ancient times, how terrifying would it be if a martial artist carried firearms? You should know that China has several special forces units, each with only seven or eight people, but their combat power is equivalent to that of several divisions. And those people are all martial artists. You can imagine how terrifying it would be if an army composed of martial artists were formed.
“Brother Gu, you’re just joining the city guard in name only, holding a position. You don’t need to manage it normally. Of course, I’ll give you the treatment of a captain in the Mo City city guard battalion. I just hope you can lend a hand when Mo City needs you,” Mo Tai said.
"That works too." Gu Yu thought about it for a moment, thought it was acceptable, and agreed.
"That's settled then." Hearing Gu Yu's reply, Mo Tai was very happy. Looking at Mo Tai's behavior, Gu Yu felt as if he had been tricked.
"Elder Mo, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now," Gu Yu said.
"Young Master Gu, actually..."
"Is there something you need, Elder Mo?" Sure enough, Gu Yu's feeling was right; he had been tricked. Mo Tai's behavior clearly indicated that he had something for him to do.
“Brother Gu, you are a martial artist, you must have heard something, right?” Elder Mo asked tentatively.
"What?" Gu Yu was completely baffled. How did he know what Mo Tai was talking about?
"The Source Gate," Elder Mo said mysteriously.
"The Source Gate?" Gu Yu was somewhat surprised, but then he remembered Mo Tai's identity and understood. In his previous life, he only learned that the Source Gate had already appeared 12 years ago when he entered cultivation.
There were three in total, and two of them were destroyed by nuclear bombs at great cost to various countries! It is said that 80% of the world's nuclear bomb stockpile was used.
As for the third source gate, it's strange that it was empty, with no intruders present, but it contained a lot of resources. Humanity's ability to resist the invasion of source gate creatures was largely due to this third source gate, and Gu Yu's rebirth was also related to this source gate.
Therefore, this source gate is called "lifesaving" by humans.
"On December 12th, 2012, there was a prophecy that it would be the end of the world. People were terrified, but nothing happened in the end." Seeing Gu Yu's surprised look, Mo Tai thought that Gu Yu did not know about the existence of the Source Gate, so he explained, "Actually, something big happened that day. Three huge, dark portals appeared in the United States, Russia, and China. At first, those portals emitted pure energy. That energy could quickly awaken any humans, animals, and plants that came into contact with it, giving them power several times greater than before."
“That’s Origin Qi,” Gu Yu said.
"Yes, but some people also call it celestial energy. At first, everyone thought it was the descent of the immortal gate, while others said it was the arrival of the gates of hell. So experts from various countries went to study it. However, they didn't expect that many strange but extremely powerful things would emerge from the source gate. They were like giant beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. They were ferocious and destructive, but ordinary missiles had no effect on them. Seeing more and more giant beasts emerge, countries decided to take nuclear strikes to destroy the source gate. However, what no one expected was that destroying those two source gates would consume 80% of the world's nuclear weapons." Mo Tai said, a hint of fear in his eyes. After all, humans are curious about the unknown, but they are also afraid of it.
“As far as I know, the Origin Gate of China is in Kunlun, and no creatures have ever left it,” Gu Yu said.
“So you do know something.” Hearing Gu Yu’s words, Mo Tai nodded. “That’s right. There are no invaders in the Origin Gate of China, nor in the Origin Gate World, but there are plenty of resources.” Mo Tai said.
“I know that,” Gu Yu said. Moreover, Gu Yu also knew that Kunlun’s Origin Gate was not opened in 2012, but earlier; it was just that the other party claimed it.
"Young Brother Gu, you should know that some powerful individuals who have returned from exploring the Source Gate say that more Source Gates will appear, perhaps even accompanied by more and stronger invaders?" Elder Mo asked.
"I know." Gu Yu nodded. What a joke. Right now, probably no one in the world knows this better than him. He experienced it firsthand.
“Since you already know, I won’t explain too much. When those two Source Gates were destroyed, some of the invaders survived. Of course, although these survivors lived, they were also greatly damaged by the nuclear bombs, and they went into hiding,” Motai said. “Over the years, various countries have killed many of the surviving invaders. However, some native animals on Earth have mutated due to the appearance of the Source Gates, and some of them have become involved with the surviving invaders.”
"You're not saying there are some in Mo City, are you? And you want me to kill them?" Gu Yu's expression changed. If he still couldn't guess Mo Tai's thoughts, then he was a fool.
"Hehe..." Mo Tai chuckled twice to cover up his embarrassment at being exposed by Gu Yu.
"Elder Mo, don't joke around. If you can't do anything, how could my meager cultivation possibly kill them!" You must know just how terrifying the strength of an invader who can survive a nuclear attack is. Even if the attacker is seriously injured by the nuclear attack, it is still not something that Gu Yu, a cultivator who has just filled sixty blood apertures, can match.
“Brother Gu, the one that appeared in Mo City is not a surviving invader, but a mutated leopard, and its strength is not great,” Mo Tai explained.
"What kind of strength? Could it be that even the city guards, armed with firearms, couldn't handle them? Then I'm even less of a match for them," Gu Yu said. With his current strength, he could kill them with a single shot at most.
“That leopard is extremely fast. We might not be able to surround and kill it if we have too few people. Of course, if we send more people, we will definitely be able to kill it. But that would be too big a show of force, and it would be difficult to explain later. After all, the matter of the Source Gate cannot be known to the public. Otherwise, people will panic, and uncontrollable things might happen.” Mo Tai said.
"Why don't you just say you're arresting drug dealers?" Gu Yu suggested.
"If I hadn't met Brother Gu, this would have been the only way I could have done it." Seeing that Gu Yu showed no sign of agreeing, Mo Tai thought for a moment and said, "Brother Gu, do you know anything about Origin Stones?"
"Source Stone? You have one?" Gu Yu certainly knew what a Source Stone was. It was a crystal containing Source Qi. What did Gu Yu lack most right now? Source Qi, of course. If he had a Source Stone the size of a fist to cultivate with, Gu Yu wouldn't have to worry about not having enough Source Qi when he reached the stage of filling his Blood Aperture.
"Of course I don't have any," Motai said, shrugging.
Hearing Motai's words, Gu Yu was somewhat disappointed. This old man, what was he even saying? He made Gu Yu excited for nothing. But then he thought about it.
"You mean that leopard has Originium?"
"It should be there. According to the intelligence, the leopard did have a stone in its mouth, but whether it was an Originium is unclear," Motai said.
"What is the strength of that leopard?" Gu Yu asked. He always felt that the old man was scheming against him, but for the sake of the source stones, Gu Yu had no choice.
"It's estimated to be equivalent to an intermediate-level internal energy martial artist, but given its extremely fast speed, even an advanced-level internal energy martial artist would probably find it difficult to kill it," Mo Tai said.
"Damn!" Gu Yu was stunned. Why didn't you just say that the leopard was a high-level internal energy martial artist? What's the point of all that nonsense? "If he has the speed of a high-level internal energy martial artist, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be his match."
Advanced internal energy martial artists have already filled 40 to 60 blood apertures, or they have already opened their meridians. Once they open their meridians, they can rely on their main meridian to release their source energy, doubling their combat power. Gu Yu would probably be killed by one of their claws.
Unless that leopard is really just a high-level internal energy martial artist, Gu Yu can give it a try. You have to know that between people of the same level, animals are much stronger than humans.
“Brother Gu, our city guard has several martial artists, although they are only at the initial stage of internal energy. I think if you join forces, you have a great chance of winning,” Mo Tai said, noticing Gu Yu’s hesitation.
"How many are there?" Gu Yu asked. The more he looked at the old man, the more displeased he became. He had originally intended to take advantage of the old man, but before he could even begin, the old man was the one taking advantage of him.
“Five,” Motai said.
"Why don't you come too? You're an intermediate-level internal energy martial artist, and with you joining us, we'll have a much better chance of winning," Gu Yu said to Mo Tai.
"Me?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Mo Tai's expression turned somewhat grim, but it quickly softened. "Alas! Brother Gu, it's not that I'm unwilling to go, but if something were to happen to me, this Mo City would likely..."
"Alright, I was just joking, don't take it seriously. I'll make some preparations for this." Gu Yu said. With the help of five beginner-level internal energy martial artists, they could try to deal with that leopard. He didn't believe that the leopard could fill more than sixty blood acupoints and open its meridians.
"Brother Gu, if there's anything the military needs to prepare, just let us know," Old Mo said generously upon hearing Gu Yu's agreement.
“I need Originium,” Gu Yu said.
“I really don’t have that,” Motiejunas replied.
"What about Source Armor?" Gu Yu asked again. Source Armor is a type of armor created by humans using technology, and Gu Yu wasn't sure if such a thing still existed.
"You even know about this?" Mo Tai was surprised this time. The existence of the Source Armor can be considered a secret, and Gu Yu actually knew about it. This young man is really not simple.
"Just tell me, does it or not?" Gu Yu asked. The Source Armor can be considered a crystallization of human wisdom, a product of high technology, allowing ordinary people to possess combat power comparable to cultivators. In his previous life, it was the most important thing for humanity to resist invaders.
“We don’t have the Source Armor in Mo City yet,” Mo Tai replied. “This thing is still in the experimental stage. Large cities may have it, but remote small cities like Mo City do not yet have it.”
"Never mind then, I need three days to prepare." Gu Yu said and left, leaving only a phone number for Mo Tai.
Inside the lottery shop, Gu Yu looked at the lottery ticket in his hand and the winning numbers, feeling a strange excitement in his heart.
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