Chapter 74: The First Person of Xue Shan Manor

  Murong Ying lowered his head.

  His head was bowed very low.

  Humiliation!

  At this time, Murong Ying felt infinite humiliation.

  Murong Ying gripped the hilt tightly, he had always considered himself the number one person of the Tenth Mountain Villa.

  Neither Gu Chao nor Fang Yin, Lin Yuan or Zhang Tao were his match.

  Before, Gu Chao used the water flow to lead the sand into the ground, preventing the three-headed sand snake's ultimate move, the Sand Raising Technique. Murong Ying only slightly furrowed her brow, thinking that Gu Chao was just a bit cleverer than herself. In terms of true combat strength, she was still superior to Gu Chao, but now, Murong Ying had no choice but to admit that Gu Chao was stronger than herself.

  Murong Ying's pride as the number one person in the tenth mountain villa was thoroughly crushed.

  That's right, Gu Chao is indeed a bit inferior in terms of internal strength.

  However, his martial arts skills were too outstanding. He had mastered the 72 Knife Techniques of the First Stage, the Gale Knife Technique and the Gale Footwork of the Second Stage. The three-headed giant snake that Murong Ying couldn't deal with also died at Gu Chao's hands.

  Murong Ying lowered his head, and after a long time, he finally raised it. As soon as he lifted his head, there was an endless aura of pride: "Gu Chao, last year in the Wooden Man Alley, you said that one day you would surpass me. I didn't believe it at the time, thinking it was absolutely impossible, thinking you could only touch my hem. Now it seems I was wrong, this time you won over me, and on this point, I must admit."

  Murong Ying said faintly: "However, you can surpass me, I will surpass back, the first person of the tenth mountain villa, will be me."

  Gu Chao looked at Murong Ying.

  The two people's gazes were fixed intently on each other in mid-air.

  "Alright, I'll wait for you at the first position of the tenth mountain villa. However, I will also keep advancing and become as strong as one of the top ten outer door disciples, or even enter the inner door disciples. I hope you won't be left too far behind by me."

  "Of course." Murong Ying nodded.

  Gu Chao and Murong Ying are actually quite similar.

  Murong Yingao.

  Gu Chao was also proud, but Gu Chao's pride wasn't on the surface. On the surface, Gu Chao was a very easy-going, polite, and courteous person who understood human relationships, but deep down, his pride was absolutely not inferior to Murong Yu's.

  As they looked at each other, Zhuang Feihe muttered: "Those two are really arrogant, and the junior brother of the tenth mountain villa is not to be underestimated."

  Lin Yi furrowed his brow: "I sense the presence of Master Zong on them." Master Zong, naturally referred to the ninth mountain villa's Zhuang Bufan, known as an extremely powerful pre-heavenly boundary expert.

  Hong Qian said: "Little geniuses are always the same."

  Whether it's Zhuang Nuo Fan or Gu Chao, or Murong Ying, they can all be called little geniuses, but still a distance from the name of genius.

  After Gu Chao killed the three-headed sand snake, everyone else didn't stay around and left to hunt for more sand snakes. After others had gone, Gu Chao arrived at the place where he had hidden the sandbag earlier. He carefully buried it with sand so that no one would find it. This was Gu Chao's cautious nature. He tied the twenty-kilogram heavy sandbag back onto his leg and after a slight movement, the speed of his legs slowed down again.

  Gu Chao first found a high ground, using binoculars to observe the surroundings where there were still residual sand snakes, drew a spatial map of the surrounding sand snakes, and only then packed up everything and remounted his horse.

  "Let's go!" Departure, and then go find sand snakes again.

  The sand boa in Linhe County has been almost wiped out, and Gu Chao had to use binoculars to find the last five sand boas, while others found even fewer.

  Finally, this time the battle to eradicate the sand snake has ended.

  This is truly over.

  Gu Chao also let out a sigh of relief, and it could be said that he had helped Linhe County resolve this major crisis.

  "Drive, drive." Gu Chao returned to the county seat of Linhe County, in that Rujia Inn. On the way back, he saw many common people thanking him and some even wanted to give him all sorts of food, such as eggs, roast chicken, and some merchants also wanted to give him silver.

  The people of Linhe County also received the news that there were outer disciples of Mount Tai who came to eliminate the demon beast, and judging from the current situation, they had almost eliminated the demon beast, so the people of Linhe County sincerely thanked the outer disciples of Mount Tai.

  Gu Chao was also embarrassed, but his heart felt a little warm. It turned out that being chivalrous and righteous felt this good. Of course, with Gu Chao's personality, he couldn't be a complete pushover. He would help those who deserved it, but not those who didn't. Gu Chao's nature was originally neutral, leaning towards kindness.

  ……

  Gǔ Chāo finally returned to his residence, the Rújiā Guesthouse, planning to get a good night's sleep. Throughout the process of eliminating the sand snakes, Gǔ Chāo had been using the fragmented sleep method. Normally, a person needs eight hours of rest per day to feel fully refreshed. However, with fragmented sleep, sleeping for one hour at a time, six times a day, he could achieve an effect similar to that of eight hours of sleep in just four hours.

  Making good use of all the small methods and tricks mastered in past lives and this life to achieve better results and victories, that is Guchao's way of doing things.

  Gu Chao entered the Rujia Guest House and found Liu Ya, Fang Yin, Lin Yuan, and Zhang Tao staring at him with shocked eyes. What were they doing? Don't be so surprised. In fact, Liu Ya, Fang Yin, Lin Yuan, and Zhang Tao were indeed infinitely shocked at this moment.

  Murong Ying has always been the absolute number one of Xin Xue Mountain Villa.

  Zhang Tao, Fang Yin, and Lin Yuan, although they often loudly claimed that they wanted to defeat Murong Ying, in fact, they also knew that the gap between themselves and Murong Ying was getting bigger and bigger. They shouted with their mouths but had long since acknowledged in their hearts that they were not as good as Murong Ying and couldn't catch up with her. Of course, they thought they could have a chance to catch up with Gu Chao.

  As a result, the news that has been circulating is that Murong Ying lost to the three-headed sand snake at the 9th level of the Post-Heaven realm, while Gu Chao defeated the same three-headed sand snake at the 9th level of the Post-Heaven realm. Therefore, although these two have not truly clashed before, based on this battle's results, Gu Chao has indeed surpassed Murong Ying.

  Murong Ying was originally the first person in Xue Shan Manor, which means that Gu Chao took away Murong Ying's position as the first person in Xue Shan Manor.

  Unconsciously, Gu Chao had already surpassed Murong Ying.

  In those days, Gu Chao was actually one of the top three nominees in Xin Xue Mountain Villa, and his strength has increased so quickly.

  Moreover, Zhang Tao, Fang Yin and Lin Yuan had also fought against the sand snake before. They were in danger when dealing with a post-heavenly sixth-level double-headed sand snake, and they couldn't even defeat a post-heavenly seventh-level double-headed sand snake, escaping in disarray amidst the chaotic smoke. Now, Gu Chao actually defeated a post-heavenly ninth-level triple-headed sand snake.

  Unconsciously, Gu Chao is so strong!

  Zhang Tao was still thinking of revenge after losing to Gu Chao, but now he's desperate. Gu Chao's strength has improved too quickly, and Zhang Tao's face is gloomy.

  And Liu Ya's eyes widened, shooting out an extraordinary light, what a super ancient being.

  It doesn't matter about those people now, I'm a bit tired, let's sleep first and recharge before talking about other things.

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