Zhang Hao waited in the room for a few minutes before a middle-aged man walked in.
If Yang Mu were here, he would recognize that the middle-aged man was Guo Zheng who invited him to join Nantianmen that night.
Guo was the person in charge of the Tianhai branch of the "Nantianmen", and Zhang Hao was sent by him to protect Shang Qingdai.
With Zhang Hao's skills, those strong men in the eyes of ordinary people could only carry his shoes and sent him to protect Shang Qingdai. Guo Zheng didn't think there would be any accidents.
Seeing Zhang Hao's bruised nose and face, his expression became serious and he said in a deep voice: "Who beat you like this? Those people from the ancient martial arts family, or the extraordinary people from abroad!"
Zhang Hao said sarcastically: "I don't know what his background is."
"You were beaten so badly that you didn't even know who he was?"
Guo Zheng looked dissatisfied, "Tell me, what's going on! Didn't I ask you to protect Shang Qingdai? Could it be that the other party went for Shang Qingdai, and you fought hard and finally beat him away?"
"..." Zhang Hao's face heated up with embarrassment. It was obviously because he was beaten away.
He coughed dryly: "It's a friend of Miss Shang. She said that her friend was very powerful, so I sparred with him. Unexpectedly, that guy was very powerful and should be a seventh-level ancient warrior. That guy
He also said that we had invited him to join Nantianmen, but he rejected it!"
"Invited him to join the Nantianmen, but he refused?" Guo Zheng frowned and thought for a while, "What is his name, how old is he, and what does he look like. Tell me!"
After a while, when Zhang Hao finished speaking, Guo Zheng said in surprise: "It's actually him?"
"Minister, do you know him?"
Zhang Hao had guessed before that if someone on his side really invited Yang Mu to join Nantianmen, then Guo Zheng, who is the head of the "Nantianmen" branch in Tianhai City, should know about it.
Guo Zheng nodded, with a bit of suspicion on his face: "Of course I know him. I was the one who invited him to join the Nantianmen. But, that's not right... According to my judgment, that kid is at most an eight-year-old.
Grade, how can it be Grade 7?"
Zhang Hao said quickly: "He is definitely not the eighth grade! If he were the eighth grade, I would never be defeated by him with just one move - well, I mean..."
Guo Zheng said angrily: "You've been doing it for a long time, and then you were taken care of by someone with just one move?"
"..." Zhang Hao smiled awkwardly.
Guo Zheng frowned in thought. He still knew Zhang Hao's strength. Although he was not among the top eight-level ancient warriors, it was impossible for an ancient warrior of the same level to knock him down with just one move.
From this point of view, he actually made a mistake. That boy is a seventh-level ancient warrior?
wrong!
If he was a seventh-grade ancient warrior, he would have been able to deal with the "dark list" killer on his own at that time, and he would not need to owe himself and the seventh lady any favors.
Could it be that the breakthrough was just made during this period?
"You are so young and you are already at the seventh level. You are really a talent. Seventh-level experts do not need to take the assessment. As long as their background is good, they can directly join our Nantianmen. Unfortunately, that boy has already refused before and is destined to have no chance with our Nantianmen.
."
Guo Zheng secretly thought it was a pity. As for inviting Yang Mu again?
it's out of the question!
Nantianmen is so noble. If you are rejected once, you will not be invited a second time.
Of course, there are not exceptions. If Yang Mu can break through the seventh level, step into the sixth level, and become an innate powerhouse, then Nantianmen will extend an olive branch to him again.
But in Guo Zheng's view, this possibility is so low that it can be ignored.
Although there is only one level difference between the seventh grade and the sixth grade, there is a natural chasm between acquired and innate.
Countless ancient warriors in the world are stuck at the seventh level. Those who can truly take a step further and break through to the sixth level are only one in a hundred!
He himself entered the seventh rank in his early thirties, and ended up staying at the seventh rank for a full 13 years. It was only through an opportunity that he broke through the bottleneck.
Even if Yang Mu can really break through the bottleneck in the future, if he is already in his fifties or sixties when he steps into Xiantian, then he is still not worthy of a second invitation from Nantianmen.
"There are very few monsters like Miss Seven who directly ignore the bottleneck. Only some geniuses from the ancient martial arts family can compare with her. For ordinary people like us, it is too difficult to cross that natural chasm.
It’s difficult!”
Guo Zheng sighed in his heart, looked at Zhang Hao, and said slowly: "Tell me honestly and clearly, how did you come into conflict with Yang Mu?
Stop talking nonsense about sparring. I asked you to sparring with each other before. When have you ever been so active? As soon as you get outside, you are eager to find someone to sparring with? What a fool!"
Zhang Hao said sarcastically: "Minister, as the saying goes, a fair lady, a gentleman likes to quarrel, I——"
"You are so lustful and jealous that you were beaten into a pig's head, right?" Guo Zheng continued, "I brought you up with my own hands. What kind of virtues do I know?
I can warn you, even if you are a member of Nantianmen, if you do anything illegal, I will deal with you personally!
Since Shang Qingdai's side is protected by Yang Mu, you don't have to go there. From now on, just stay here honestly, and I will train you myself from tomorrow on!"
Zhang Hao almost cried, but he knew very well that if he dared to talk nonsense again, he would be punished immediately. He said:
"I did make a mistake, and I will accept it no matter how you punish me, Minister. I only have one request!"
"What request?"
"In what Yang Mu said, that boy didn't take our Nantianmen seriously at all! It's not me who is making trouble. If not, how come he has no interest in joining us at all?
Minister, can you go find that guy, not to teach him a lesson, but to guide him and let him understand what it means that there is a world outside the sky and there are people outside the world!"
Zhang Hao's eyes were filled with anticipation.
It's not like he really hated Yang Mu because of what happened before.
In fact, he has never thought about pursuing Shang Qingdai again.
Firstly, he couldn't beat Yang Mu, and secondly, he saw that Shang Qingdai had no interest in him at all.
The problem was that it was so embarrassing to act like a dog in front of Yang Mu. He naturally wanted to regain some face and let the other party know how awesome "Nantianmen" was.
Guo Zheng remembered what Yang Mu had said before when he asked for the names of himself and Miss Seven, saying that he would repay his kindness in the future.
That kid really takes himself a little too seriously!
A seventh-grade strong man is indeed capable of walking sideways in the world of ordinary people, but in the world of ancient warriors and extraordinary beings, it is just like that.
If this continues, sooner or later he will fall hard and may lose his life!
'Although he does not join the Nantianmen, he is still an ancient warrior of China...'
Guo Zheng reached out and touched his chin. After a while, he nodded and said:
"Okay, if I meet that kid again in the future, I will guide him. Young people need to be discouraged. Being too conceited will harm himself sooner or later!"
………
"Why don't you talk to me yet? I told you, I was either teasing you or just making a joke. If you are serious, why are you so incapable of making jokes?
During the whole movie, he didn’t say a word to me. Let me tell you, it’s a bad habit to like to play the cold war. Sooner or later, you’ll end up with internal injuries!”
Yang Mu and Shang Qingdai were mixed in with the crowd coming out of the cinema.
The movie has ended, Shang Qingdai's face is expressionless, and Yang Mu is chattering endlessly, like a chatterbox.
Yang Mu was helpless, but it was just a joke that you fell in love with me, so you could just answer "no".
Why am I teasing you and not paying any attention to you?
While talking, Yang Mu seemed to think of something funny, looked at Shang Qingdai's face, and burst out laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Shang Qingdai couldn't hold it in any longer and looked at Yang Mu.
Yang Mu laughed and said, "I have a friend. I went to the movies with her, and she bought a ticket for a horror movie. I thought she was very brave, and the movie couldn't scare her at all.
Unexpectedly, when watching a movie, she was so frightened by the horror movie that her body became stiff, sometimes she would tremble a few times, and she would hold on to my clothes.
You said, how can there be such a weird person in the world? If he is afraid of watching horror movies, why would he buy this kind of movie ticket? Is he a masochist?"
Shang Qingdai blushed slightly and said seriously: "This is a perfectly normal thing. Obviously, your friend just likes to watch horror movies.
People who like to watch horror movies will of course be scared. If they are not scared, then they will just find it boring and have no emotional ups and downs. How can they like it?
Besides, if she’s not scared by herself, why would she take you with her? It’s precisely because she’s scared that you have the value of sitting next to her!”
"..." Yang Mu was dumbfounded.
A powerful businessman really talks nonsense, but it still sounds very reasonable.
"For the sake of you watching a movie with me, I won't care about you teasing me before."
Shang Qingdai wrinkled her nose like a proud white swan, "I will not fall in love with anyone first. If one day I fall in love with a man, then he must fall in love with me first and confess to me first.
OK.
In this life, I just want to choose one person to die with. But he must take the initiative to say that he likes me first, and I will never say it first!"
Yang Mu smiled: "Then if you like him very, very much and he never confesses to you, then you will never speak first?"
"no way!"
Shang Qingdai snorted, I won't speak first, but I can seduce him to speak. As long as he takes the first step bravely, I will take the initiative to run through the remaining 99 steps and stand in front of him.
I don't need too much romance, I just hope that he will say "I like you" first.
Not long after, the two came to a hot pot restaurant.
While waiting for the food to be served, Shang Qingdai looked at Yang Mu: "Next, I will tell you about the ancient warriors, please listen carefully."