God of Pets

Chapter 531 Familiar Rhetoric

Gong Mingwang had just arrived in Taishan City when he heard about this major event and hurriedly headed towards the North Gate.

Over the past ten months, he has completed his fourth awakening and was just thinking of coming to the Heroes' Gathering to see what it's all about.

Upon reaching the city wall and looking outside, their pupils contracted instantly: "Zi Donglai... the person with Bai Xiuyan is Zi Donglai..."

He hurriedly ran towards where the Gong family members were gathered. When he arrived at his family's gathering place, he saw the person in charge of the Gong family there, his eldest uncle Gong Xuezhi, and quickly went up to him to pay his respects and asked, "Uncle, have any of our family members gone to fight against Zi Donglai?"

"What do you mean, 'Purple Eastward'?" Gong Xuezhi was slightly taken aback.

“That’s the person with Bai Xiuyan, he’s Zi Donglai,” Gong Mingwang said quickly.

"Who is Zi Donglai?" Gong Xuezhi thought for a moment, but couldn't remember which family the name belonged to.

"It's hard to explain in a short time." Gong Mingwang reported the matter of Zi Donglai and the Soul Devouring Divine Vegetable Garden to the family's higher-ups, but Gong Xuezhi had been guarding Taishan Town, so he didn't know about Zi Donglai.

"In short, it's best to be on good terms with this person, not to be his enemy. Even if you can't be on good terms with him, don't let your relationship with him get too bad. If no one from our family has volunteered yet, then don't send anyone to make things difficult for him," Gong Mingwang said.

“Invincible has gone out and hasn’t returned yet. The people I sent to find him haven’t come back either, and we can’t find a suitable person to fight for the time being.” Gong Xuezhi laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The person you called Zi Donglai is indeed something. His secret technique that combines offense and defense is very strong, but if Invincible goes on the field, he will definitely win against him.”

“We can’t win…we really can’t win…we absolutely cannot let my cousin play…” Gong Mingwang hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Gong Wudi is indeed invincible. If he were to face anyone else, even the top geniuses from the ten great families, or even some experts with the five senses, Gong Mingwang would not believe that Gong Wudi would lose.

But if that person were Zi Donglai, Gong Mingwang felt that even someone as strong as Gong Wudi couldn't win.

Gong Xuezhi frowned inwardly. He already disliked Gong Mingwang, and now he disliked him even more.

Gong Mingwang's talent is top-notch, but instead of cultivating properly on his own, he insists on engaging in team battles.

While large-scale military operations are certainly important, in this day and age, there are many talented generals and many capable commanders. The Gong family has plenty of generals like Gong Mingwang, so there is no need for Gong Mingwang to personally lead troops.

In Gong Xuezhi's view, Gong Mingwang was simply not doing his proper job, so he had never liked this nephew.

Now that he says Gong Wudi is inferior to this Zi Donglai, Gong Xuezhi is even more displeased.

Because Gong Wudi is Gong Xuezhi's son, and to this day, Gong Wudi has never been defeated, making him Gong Xuezhi's pride.

He didn't think Gong Wudi was inferior to Zi Donglai; he believed that among those of the same level, Gong Wudi was invincible.

The other families couldn't beat Zi Donglai, that's because they're not good enough, but Gong Wudi definitely can.

“Mingwang, you’ve only just advanced to the Cave Heaven realm and aren’t familiar with its affairs yet. Why don’t you stay here and observe first, and learn from your experience?” Gong Xuezhi said with a smile.

Gong Mingwang saw that Gong Xuezhi didn't believe him at all and wanted to say something more, but Gong Xuezhi was no longer looking at him, clearly not wanting to listen anymore.

Gong Mingwang had no choice but to shut up for now, thinking to himself, "Fortunately, my cousin isn't here. Let the other families fight with Zi Donglai. As long as our Gong family doesn't get involved, it's fine. If there's an opportunity later, I can try to build a good relationship with Zi Donglai." With that thought, Gong Mingwang looked towards the outside of the city.

Zhang Xuanqing was speaking face to face with Chen Guan at this moment, unlike Shang Feiyu, who would start a fight at the slightest disagreement.

"In our contest, will you choose a literary contest or a martial contest?" After respectfully exchanging a few words with Bai Xiuyan, Zhang Xuanqing turned to Chen Guan and asked.

Chen Guan found these words somewhat familiar and couldn't help but ask, "What about a literary contest? What about a physical contest?"

"A fight is a contest where we each rely on our own abilities. Except for the prohibition of using pets, there are no restrictions on any means of combat until one side falls."

Before Chen Guan could speak, Zhang Xuanqing continued, "A literary contest is simply a matter of drawing up the lines and establishing the rules. If you win, you win; there's no need to take it too seriously and fight to the death."

“Between you and me, there is no recent grudge or past enmity. There is really no need to fight to the death. How about a literary contest?” Zhang Xuanqing said.

"What kind of path are you drawing, what kind of rules are you setting?" Chen Guan looked at Zhang Xuanqing with great interest.

He was very familiar with this matter; he used to say these words to others, but it was interesting that Zhang Xuanqing was saying them to him today.

Zhang Xuanqing drew a large circle on the ground, drawing both of them inside. Then he said seriously, "I see that your protective divine skill is very strong. I also happen to be good at protective divine skills. How about we make a rule based on this? I will stand still and let you hit me, and you will stand still and let me hit you. Neither of us will dodge. We will just rely on our protective divine skills to withstand the blows. Whoever is knocked out of this circle first will lose, okay?"

Chen Guan looked at Zhang Xuanqing with a complicated expression. This guy was saying exactly the same thing he had said before, with only slight differences.

The spectators were also very puzzled. Chu Jianxiong asked, looking at Jiang Yunxiang, who had just been able to stand up and was watching the battle from the city wall, "What is Zhang Xuanqing up to? When did he become skilled in protective divine body techniques? Why is he not using his advantage and insisting on playing a game of one punch for another? Is he out of his mind? Did he develop some kind of mental disorder from testing drugs?"

"Don't worry, although Zhang Xuanqing is a bit eccentric, he's a reliable person. There shouldn't be any problems. He must have his reasons for doing this." Jiang Yun was quite confident in Zhang Xuanqing.

They had been fighting against the demons in Taishan City for some time and had participated in many battles together. They highly recognized Zhang Xuanqing's strength.

In some ways, he even felt that Zhang Xuanqing was somewhat unfathomable.

Among people of the same level, even Gong Wudi would not give Jiang Yunxiang such a feeling.

It's not that Zhang Xuanqing is stronger than Gong Wudi, but rather that Zhang Xuanqing possesses a wide variety of strange abilities. While they may not be considered exceptionally strong, they often surprise people.

Therefore, even if Zhang Xuanqing's raw strength may not be as strong as Gong Wudi's, Zhang Xuanqing is even more unpredictable.

“Alright, then let’s do it your way and have a literary contest. But we need to agree on who goes first.” Chen Guan agreed to Zhang Xuanqing.

He knew that Zhang Xuanqing must have some means to win, just like Chen Guan had done in his previous literary duel with the Eighth Prince, but he still agreed.

“I proposed these rules for the literary contest, so naturally you should make the first move. Otherwise, I would be suspected of cheating,” Zhang Xuanqing said readily.

(End of this chapter)