Chapter 18 Danger!

"How dangerous!" Jian Gui muttered, looking at the fighter who had knocked him away, "That's a novel skill! To actually disappear during a sprint, I wonder if I can block it again if I try another time!"

This guy... instead of seizing the opportunity to kill me, he's just standing there chattering? Jian Gui was puzzled, but he didn't want to miss such an opportunity. He quickly rolled to his feet and looked at his opponent warily. But he saw that the other man had no intention of continuing the fight. He leaned lazily against a large tree behind him and said to Jian Gui, "Haven't you noticed that your skill's disappearance is different from stealth? It still leaves a shadow behind?"

"Shadow?" Jian Gui was stunned.

But he quickly saw the other man slap his forehead and continue, "Oh, I forgot. In this city, except for this courtyard, shadows never exist."

Jian Gui finally understood. He had always been a little curious about the name of the skill, "Mist Shadow Assault," but it didn't seem to have any real relationship with mist or shadows. Now it seemed that it was a flawless skill in foggy weather. In this courtyard... Jian Gui looked up at the sky. The sun was blazing, and the shadows of every object on the ground were clear and distinct. But outside this courtyard, in the heavy fog, where would there be any shadows? The flaw in "Mist Shadow Assault" would naturally be concealed, and Jian Gui and Gu Fei were completely unaware of this weakness.

But the fact that his opponent had noticed this in an instant meant he wasn't an ordinary character!

"Who are you?" Jian Gui asked.

"I'm called Feng Xian," the other man replied. "Where's the guy with you?"

Feng Xian... one of the top ten fighters, and also a member of Wu Li Kan Hua? Moreover, this person seems to know kung fu like Qian Li. He's not easy to deal with... Jian Gui thought to himself, and urgently sent a signal to Gu Fei.

"Ran into a fighter, seems to know kung fu!"

Upon receiving the message, Gu Fei's first thought was excitement: another opponent to fight! Compared to that, assassinating Giordano was nothing! Gu Fei immediately abandoned his attempt to sneak into the small woodshed and ran along the wall towards Jian Gui, sending him a message, "How are you?"

"I'm fine..." Jian Gui himself was puzzled as to why he was fine. Just from the way the other man had countered his Mist Shadow Assault, he knew how strong the man was, and he shouldn't be a match. But the problem was that the other man didn't seem to want to fight at all. So the question of whether he was a match or not didn't exist.

Knowing he was no match, Jian Gui wouldn't rashly challenge him. If the Mist Shadow Assault skill cooldown ended, he could try again, but for now, he'd wait for Qian Li to deal with him! He always had confidence in Gu Fei.

The two weren't far apart, and Gu Fei arrived quickly. He immediately saw Jian Gui, on full alert, in the courtyard below, and the fighter leaning against a tree.

"I'll deal with him! You go check on the sleeping assassin." Gu Fei sent a message to Jian Gui, and then leaped off the wall.

"Take this!" Gu Fei shouted in the air. A rare opponent, he didn't want to instantly kill him with a sneak attack, so this sword strike not only alerted the opponent, but he also didn't use Twin Flame Flash. Gu Fei actually wanted to confirm the other man's skill, after all, it was Jian Gui who said the man knew kung fu. Jian Gui was indeed an excellent gamer, but his eye for kung fu...

Feng Xian heard the shout and looked up, seeing Gu Fei already attacking. But he remained calm. His upper body bent over until his head almost touched the ground, and his right leg lashed out.

"Skyward Drill!!! How is that possible!!!" This was the most surprised Gu Fei had ever been in the game, so surprised that he hesitated during the attack. The kick landed squarely on his chin. Gu Fei flew backwards, sticking to the wall in a cross shape.

That's right, it was Skyward Drill!! Gu Fei was sure of what he saw. That's what surprised him. Because that Skyward Drill was one of the moves in their Gu Fei family's kung fu. Although there were fewer barriers between kung fu styles now, each family still kept a few signature moves as closely guarded secrets. The Skyward Drill was one of the Gu Fei family's leg techniques that was never taught to outsiders. No one outside the Gu family could possibly use it.

Could someone from our family be playing online games? Gu Fei was confused, because other than him, everyone in his family who practiced martial arts was in their fifties or older. They didn't seem like the type to get involved in online games.

Gu Fei landed from the wall, steadying himself, while Feng Xian straightened up and turned around...

"Gu Xian!!!!!" Gu Fei shouted the other man's name.

This Feng Xian was indeed a member of the Gu family, and a member of Gu Fei’s generation. He was his second uncle’s child, named Gu Xian. Born in the same year and month as Gu Fei, but four days earlier, so he became Gu Fei’s cousin without any hesitation. This kid had shown a talent for kung fu earlier and better than Gu Fei. He was originally the most promising character in the family, but no one is perfect. Compared to talent, this guy had a naturally perfect character, summed up in one word: lazy.

No word could describe Gu Xian so aptly. He was practically the embodiment of the word. This guy was unbelievably lazy. He would never stand if he could sit, and never sit if he could lie down. To avoid walking two hundred meters, he would even endure a day of hunger.

And martial arts training started with building a strong body, which was an absolutely hard and tiring process. Asking a lazy person who felt tired after walking a few steps to engage in so much activity was simply a wishful thinking. The elders in the family had tried everything they could, but they couldn’t change this guy’s lazy nature. They could only watch as this diamond in the rough turned into a useless piece of wood, making everyone stomp their feet in anger.

More than twenty years had passed, and Gu Xian firmly occupied the top spot on the Gu family's list of useless members. Although none of Gu Fei's other cousins practiced martial arts, they at least had their own paths in society. Only this guy was good for nothing. The elders would shake their heads and sigh when they mentioned him. His father, Gu Fei's second uncle, had even threatened to kick this waste out of the house a long time ago, but he was persuaded by the other uncles to stop. Gu Fei had secretly heard his uncles discussing that Gu Xian was not only the most talented but also the most useless member of the Gu family in this generation. He was possibly the most talented and most useless member in Gu family history. Why was this guy so lazy, what was he thinking? This was truly a mystery in the Gu family history.

The Gu family was wealthy enough that they didn't mind supporting such a freeloader. And this guy was also peaceful, never doing anything else that would affect everyone's mood. As he became lazier and lazier, he finally reached a certain level. He was too lazy to even have any bad habits, and just stayed at home quietly all day long.

Speaking of which, everyone else in this generation had gone out to study or start businesses, and only he and Gu Fei, who practiced martial arts, had stayed at home. The two of them were not strangers to each other, but after Gu Fei left home, he hadn't seen this guy in a long time. They didn't contact each other either, because this guy was the type who was too lazy to even answer or make phone calls.

"Video mage? It really is you!" Gu Xian said, smiling at Gu Fei.

Gu Fei wasn't surprised that Gu Xian could recognize him as the video mage. Although he was lazy, he couldn't erase Gu Xian's talent. Gu Fei still remembered that when he was learning martial arts as a child, this guy would just lie lazily on the side and watch, and he could often pinpoint the problems with his movements. In terms of talent, this guy was definitely above him! Thinking of this, Gu Fei couldn't help but sigh. Like the elders in the family, he also felt sorry for this cousin.

"You guys know each other??" Jian Gui could see something was up.

"More than that, we're family," Gu Fei said.

"Oh..." Jian Gui breathed a sigh of relief. With this kind of relationship, it was no wonder the other man hadn't given him a hard time. Thinking that, Jian Gui went to search the sleeping assassin. Sure enough, Gu Xian had no intention of stopping him.

"Why are you being so diligent and playing online games?" Gu Fei asked.

"I need to find some fun, too. What's more suitable for me than this?" Gu Xian said.

"This... you often have to run around, don't you find it annoying?" Gu Fei said.

"Annoying, so I always forcibly disconnect," Gu Xian said.

Jian Gui, who was still listening to their conversation, was really shocked. Always forcibly disconnecting? That meant something pretty serious. The system clearly stated that forcibly disconnecting might cause a rollback, including experience, money, skill proficiency, equipment, and everything else a player could own. This guy always forcibly disconnected, but he was still one of the top ten, even if it was just the top ten fighters, it was still too amazing.

Gu Fei wasn't too surprised. For this lazy guy, running between the offline area and the leveling area every day would be unbelievable. Sticking to one leveling spot and forcibly logging in and out every day might be his way of playing the game.

"What are you doing here?" Gu Fei asked.

"Hehe," Gu Xian said with a smile, "They specifically found me and said they wanted to deal with someone. When I heard it was you, of course I immediately came. You wouldn't have forgotten that bullying you is one of my greatest joys, right?"

Gu Fei gritted his teeth... This really brought back some bad memories. When he was younger, before Gu Xian was so lazy, it was common for him to be tricked into buying him food and drinks. And later, as mentioned earlier, when he was practicing kung fu, this guy would pinpoint his problems, but it was actually just to make fun of him.

Now, Gu Fei was a celebrity in the Gu family, while Gu Xian was just an irrelevant passerby. But Gu Fei knew very well that if Gu Xian wasn't so lazy, his current position would have belonged to him...