Chapter 45: Great Hero Peng Zeng
The strong man heard this, withdrew his horse spear, leaned down to look at Yun Ce and said: “What did you say?”
Yun Ce came to the side of the fist-furred horse, stroked its curly fur, looked up at the strong man again and said: “I really like this horse, sell it to me.”
The strong man chuckled, hung the horse spear on the saddle, jumped off the horse, continued to lean down looking at Yun Ce and said: “This is a Northern Territory dragon breed Thunder Smoke Beast,”
Yun Ce raised his hand to stroke the long face of the fist-furred horse, this thing affectionately rubbed against his hand, and when the fist-furred horse’s wet nose approached the wristband, he then looked up at the strong man and said: “Name a price.”
The strong man suspiciously glanced at the Thunder Smoke Beast that was very affectionate with Yun Ce, extended his own fist and said: “Take three punches from me, and this Northern Territory dragon breed Thunder Smoke Beast is yours.”
The strong man was fully two meters tall, his arms looked thicker than Yun Ce’s thighs, and when he slightly clenched his fist, the knuckles cracked loudly, and the thick fist calluses were full of deterrence.
Looking at such a fist, Yun Ce couldn’t help swallowing a mouthful of saliva; he didn’t know if such a person, such a fist, could withstand three heavy punches.
Soon, Yun Ce’s heart calmed down; he was no longer the ordinary Yun Ce from Earth, but the super Yun Ce strengthened by the dragon; space travel hadn’t killed him, and he didn’t believe this Great Han native could do anything to him.
The strong man saw the anxiety in Yun Ce’s heart, said nothing, exhaled and shouted, smashing one punch into a nearby tree with a diameter of fully half a foot; the tree trunk didn’t even shake, but with a crack, the big tree broke in half.
The strong man swung his arm to block the falling big tree, and the upper half of the big tree flew three meters away.
1 Yun Ce’s eyes sharpened; the man before him was truly a good man who could run a horse on his arm.
1 Not only Yun Ce was shocked; E Ji’s small mouth was wide open, she stood stunned for a moment, then ran over like flying, hugged Yun Ce’s arm, and fawningly smiled at the strong man: “We can’t afford it, we can’t afford it.”
1 Feng An limped over, cupped his fists in salute to the strong man and said: “Your Excellency is a wandering knight from the legends?”
1 The strong man politely cupped his hands in return and said: “Thunder Smoke Beast Peng Zeng!”
1 Liang Kun also came over to salute and said: “Great hero, are you heading to Pingyuan City?”
1 Peng Zeng smiled and said: “I heard that there are evil thieves in Pingyuan City who massacre the city; I plan to go take the head of the chief culprit and seek justice for the innocent people who died unjustly.”
1 Liang Kun gave a deep salute, then gratefully said: “In the end, there are still people who care about the lives of us commoners; it’s just that the thieves in Pingyuan City are numerous and powerful, and it’s said there’s even a humanoid pig demon mixed among them; Pingyuan City’s city lord Zhang Gong Yaliang had superior martial arts, but he was killed with one punch by that pig demon.
1 Great hero, if you go to Pingyuan City, still be careful.”
1 Peng Zeng nodded and said: “Thank you for the information; in my view, though the thieves are many, they are just a rabble; though the pig demon is fierce, it’s merely an uncivilized beast; when I go, I naturally have complete preparations.”
1 Feng An exclaimed in admiration from the side: “As expected, those with a fierce tiger in their heart fear nothing; in that case, we dare not delay the great hero’s journey, so we’ll take our leave here; when we arrive at Sheyang City, we will surely spread the great hero’s heroic spirit far and wide.”
2 Peng Zeng smiled, saluted and said: “In that case, thank you, thank you!”
2 With the conversation at this point, everyone thought this great hero would immediately mount his horse and charge toward Pingyuan City in a cloud of dust to avenge the dead people.
2 In the end, Peng Zeng didn’t leave, but stared at Yun Ce, who was almost being dragged away by E Ji, and said: “This good man, I haven’t punched yet.”
2 E Ji continued with an apologetic smile: “We’re not buying, and we can’t afford it; please spare us, great hero.”
2 The smile in Peng Zeng’s eyes slowly faded, replaced by a layer of chill, and he said to Yun Ce: “Three punches means three punches, not one less.”
2 Feng An hurriedly said: “Great hero, you are a peerless master; why bother with him? If the great hero is unhappy, I will apologize to you on his behalf.”
2 Liang Kun also repeatedly saluted: “Please forgive us, great hero.”
2 Peng Zeng pushed aside Feng An and Liang Kun who were blocking in front of him, strode over in two steps, looked down at Yun Ce who was tightly held by E Ji, and mockingly said: “I thought you were a real man, but now hiding in a woman’s arms, what does that count for?”
2 Yun Ce pushed E Ji away, straightened his body and said: “If I survive three punches, this horse is mine?”
2 Peng Zeng laughed loudly: “Naturally; who in the world doesn’t know that Thunder Smoke Beast Peng Zeng is an unbridled good man.”
3 Yun Ce nodded and said: “In that case, come on.”
3 Peng Zeng sneered: “If you think I will hold back, you’re wrong; a real man, once he speaks, even four horses can’t pull back his words; today I’ll teach you a lesson—not everyone will tolerate your rudeness just because you’re weak.”
3 Yun Ce looked into Peng Zeng’s eyes and said: “I respectfully receive the lesson!”
3 Peng Zeng laughed loudly, and amid E Ji’s shrill scream, one punch smashed into Yun Ce’s cheek; Yun Ce, who had been standing in front of Peng Zeng, immediately flew back seven or eight meters. After landing, he slid a long distance on the wild grass before stopping.
3 E Ji ran crying and wailing toward Yun Ce, who lay motionless in the distance; Peng Zeng sneered, grabbed the reins preparing to mount and leave; he was very certain that punch was enough to take the life of that insolent boy.
3 Before he could mount, he heard someone behind him say: “There are still two punches.”
3 Peng Zeng’s expression tightened, he slowly turned his head, and saw Yun Ce slowly getting up from the ground; he looked fine, just his nose was a bit crooked; after he twisted it with his hand, the nose returned to normal, but blood surged from both nostrils.
3 E Ji stretched out her arms about to happily shout, but Yun Ce pulled off her sleeve, tore off a cloth strip into two pieces, kneaded them into two cloth balls, and carefully stuffed them into his nostrils to block the surging nosebleed.
3 Looking at Yun Ce who came before him again, Peng Zeng’s face became extremely grave; only he knew that punch earlier, he hadn’t held back—a punch with a thousand jin of force.
3 Feng An and Liang Kun were completely stunned; they knew Yun Ce’s martial power was very strong, even able to charge straight through hundreds of doggies to kill the Doggy King; they never imagined his martial power was strong to this extent.
4 Yun Ce spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and said to Peng Zeng: “This time, don’t hit the nose.”
4 Peng Zeng said: “To withstand one punch from me counts as a real man; I have urgent business today, so I’ll spare your life for now.”
4 Yun Ce opened his mouth upon hearing this, revealing his blood-smeared teeth, and said: “What you said earlier was good— a man can’t go back on his word.”
4 Before the words finished, Peng Zeng’s suddenly thickened and accelerated arm brought his fist whistling through the air smashing onto Yun Ce’s neck.
4 This time, Yun Ce flew sideways, traveling ten meters through the air, then slid another five or six meters on the wild grass.
4 Everyone stared stunned as the fallen Yun Ce stood up again, rubbing his neck bone while coming before Peng Zeng and saying: “Give the right side one too.”
4 As he spoke, he pulled the bloodied cloth strips from his nostrils; after taking a punch, his nose no longer bled.
4 Peng Zeng’s expression was wooden as he stared at Yun Ce: “Who are you?”
4 Yun Ce smiled: “I am the scholar Liu Chang’an from Pingyuan City.”
4 Peng Zeng snorted coldly: “So, our meeting today is an ambush, an ambush from a rebel thief, with the purpose of stopping me.”
5 Yun Ce shook his head: “No, just a chance encounter; we had already avoided you, you came to us yourself; if you had ignored us, with your horse’s speed, you would reach Pingyuan City before dawn tomorrow to start avenging those dead people.
5 Now, hit one more punch, your horse becomes mine, and you’ll take four days to reach Pingyuan City to realize your ideal of revenge for the people.
5 A bit slower, but the result is about the same.”
5 Peng Zeng’s body trembled slightly; in his eyes, this smiling, clear-featured youth became incomparably ferocious.
5 Seeing Peng Zeng motionless for a long time, Yun Ce spat another mouthful of bloody saliva: “One more punch!”
5 Peng Zeng glanced at the horse spear hanging on his saddle, extremely regretting his impulsive behavior; if the first punch was just to kill an arrogant ordinary person using seventy percent of his strength, then the second punch was absolutely the fiercest punch he could muster in his life.
5 But the effect of the second punch was even less than the first.
5 Now, how could he swing his third punch.
5 “This dragon breed Thunder Smoke Beast is my destiny, it cannot be given to others.”
5 Yun Ce’s gentle face became irritable, he said coldly: “Since this horse is your destiny, when I asked, if you had just said not for sale, I wouldn’t have pressed.
6 But you insisted on hitting me three times; let me tell you, if you don’t kill me today and don’t give me the horse, then it’s my turn to kill you.”
6 As early as when Yun Ce was speaking, Peng Zeng’s face gradually turned red, his eyes gradually took on a layer of red, and he began muttering from his mouth; somehow, Yun Ce felt this guy’s arms had lengthened a bit.
6 The next moment, Peng Zeng’s arms flashed out like lightning, his two fists accurately striking Yun Ce’s left and right temples, with a boom, the leather boots under Yun Ce’s feet immediately cracked, and his feet sank more than an inch into the ground.
6 Peng Zeng slowly moved his fists away, thinking he would see a face bleeding from all seven orifices, but instead saw a smiling face.
6 Yun Ce pushed aside Peng Zeng, who was like a wooden puppet, pulled the reins of the Thunder Smoke Beast, and said to E Ji: “Watch closely, our family has a treasure horse now.”
6 E Ji, who had been watching the scene with pounding heart, upon hearing Yun Ce’s words, had her big eyes slowly light up; at this moment, she clearly knew one thing—this seemingly fierce big guy actually couldn’t beat her man.
6 If her man couldn’t beat this person, E Ji had already prepared to collect his body and live as a widow, even prepared to become this person’s spoils of war.
6 Now, since this guy couldn’t beat her man, E Ji felt this big fellow called Peng Zeng should also have the same mental preparation.
