Chapter 57: Flower Monk vs. Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King
Lu Zhishen arrived in Yuncheng, and together with Zhang San, Li Si and his younger brothers, he feasted and ate at the Wuda Flavor Restaurant for three days.

Eat and get drunk, sleep when drunk, eat when sleep, it's exactly the life he has always dreamed of.

I wouldn’t change it even for a god!
Cao Jie arrived at the Wuda Flavor Restaurant and saw Lu Zhishen stretching his muscles against a tree. He smiled and said:

"Brother Zhishen, you will be going to Liangshan tomorrow, so I am here to give you a farewell party tonight. Come on, I have invited Wu Xuejiu, Wu Erlang, Ruan Qige, Cao Zheng, and Shi Qian to accompany you. There is also a local guard Chao Gai who is visiting, so I will entertain him as well."

Lu Zhishen smiled naively and said in a deep voice, "Brother Cao, you are too polite. I have so many people to eat and drink, and I really feel bad for asking you to worry about entering the mountain."

Cao Jie picked up the ring on the table, put it on his bald head, and then took Lu Zhishen's big hand and said with a smile: "Brother, why are you being polite to me? Although you and I are not brothers, we are friends in life and death in Tokyo City. If you are polite to me again, it means you despise me."

"I have made several brothers in my life, and Brother Cao is the most loyal one."

He traveled thousands of miles just to save Madam Lin. This alone made Lu Zhishen admire him extremely.

"Brother Zhishen, I have something to trouble you with today. Chao Baozheng came to visit me. He is a man of amazing strength, skilled with a stick, and highly skilled in martial arts. I don't want him to look down on me, so please help me."

Since Chao Gai came here on his own initiative and Master Lu happened to be there, he might as well take advantage of the situation and let him see his own strength.

For a man of the world like Chao Gai, it is better to flex your muscles and convince him with your strength than to talk to him about ideals, the future, and life.

Cao Jie himself does not have this strength, but as the leader, the strength of my brothers is my own strength.

Lu Zhishen immediately patted his chest and laughed, "I may not be good at other things, but I have a lot of strength and my boxing skills are pretty good. I will have a fight with Baozheng tonight to see who is better. I will make sure he doesn't look down on me!"

Tonight, the Cao Mansion was brightly lit and the aroma of wine was in the air. Wu Da cooked several dishes himself, and then Cao Jie sat in the seat above Wu Song, and they enjoyed wine and meat.

In the guest seat, Chao Gai was a little confused about this three-inch-tall man.

Cao Jie pointed at Wu Da, who looked surprised, and said with a smile, "This is Wu Dalang, Wu Song's elder brother. Don't be fooled by his plain appearance. He is responsible for taking care of our brothers' food and drink in Yuncheng. We can be without anyone here, but Wu Dalang is indispensable."

Chao Gai was shocked. He naturally knew the captain Wu Song. He had even drunk with Lei Heng, Zhu Tong and others. He admired his strength very much.

I didn't expect that I had a brother who looked like this.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Zhishen picked up the wine bowl and walked to Chao Gai: "Chao Baozheng, I heard that you have great strength and are known as the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. It's boring to just eat meat and drink tonight. I want to ask you for advice, so that we can have some fun."

Chao Gai also wanted to show his strength so as to make friends with the heroes present.

For example, Wu Song, although he had drunk with him, they were not close friends. Another example is the three heroes of the Ruan family, whom he had never met.

Today I had the opportunity to meet Yan Wangdi and Xiao Mengde, who had been asked for help from Wu Xuejiu several times. At the banquet, I saw their deep brotherly love and high spirits, and I couldn't help but envy them.

He was the head of the Dongxi Village and had made many friends, but the only ones he could mention were Song Jiang, Lei Heng and Zhu Tong, and his friendship was not as strong as theirs.

I sighed in my heart: A real man should be like this!

"Master Zhishen, it is better to obey than to be respectful. Let me tell you, how do we compare?"

"Simple!"

Lu Zhishen drank the wine in the bowl, threw the bowl away, took off his monk's robe, revealing his muscular upper body, and with a low roar, his blood burst out.

In an instant, beneath his muscular skin, a colorful pattern appeared under the stimulation of blood.

The flower embroidery starts from the waist, with a red ball like fire in the middle, and countless petals spreading out to both sides, all the way from the back to the chest, and even the thick chest hair cannot cover it.

When Master Wu saw the bright red embroidery all over his body, he immediately put down the wine bowl in his hand and said in shock: "There are flowers but no leaves, bright red like fire, this is the red spider lily growing beside the netherworld weak water. If it were white, it would be a good omen, but if it were red, it would be a monster disaster. Master Zhishen's bright red red spider lily is really evil..."

"Brother Zhishen has the magical power of the angry eyes of a diamond, so he can naturally subdue him." Cao Jie smiled at Chao Gai and said, "My brother is rude, please forgive me, Chao Baozheng."

"Master Zhishen has made great achievements in refining essence and nourishing qi. I, Chao Gai, admire this strength. Brother Cao, all brothers, I, Chao Gai, will show off my ugliness."

Wu Yong glanced at him and said, "Bao Zheng, show your true strength. Master Zhishen is really powerful!"

Chao Gai was not a talkative person. Today he had met an equitable opponent and a talented general. Naturally, he wanted to compete and use his strength to break into their midst. "Chao Baozheng, let's compete in strength first, and then in martial arts. You are known as the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, but I can also pull up a weeping willow. If you can get my feet off the ground, you will win in terms of strength."

"Easy to say!"

Chao Gai stretched out his iron arms made of fine steel, and the two of them put their arms together. With a "buzz" sound, it was like four steel cables twisted together.

Ruan Xiaoqi was also quite successful in refining his essence. When he saw the power bursting out, he couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Wu Erlang, the strength of these two is not much worse than yours!"

Wu Song nodded and said, "Master Zhishen uprooted a weeping willow tree, and Chao Bao could hold up a pagoda with his right hand. These two are going to have a fight."

"Wu Song, if you go up, can you defeat Chao Gai?" Cao Jie asked.

Wu Song shook his head. "I've been to Dongxi Village and seen him practice martial arts. He's good with spears and sticks, and I'm not as good as him. But when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, he's not as good as me. Just like Brother Ruan Qi, in the water, ten Wu Songs would have nothing to do but wait to die."

Ruan Xiaoqi bared his teeth: "Wu Erlang, don't praise me. Only after leaving Liangshanpo did I realize how big the world is... Hey, could Master Zhishen's soul be that red spider lily?"

Cao Jie looked closely and saw the blood-colored Qi penetrating into the ground from his feet like roots. No matter how hard Chao Gai tried, Lu Zhishen did not move at all.

Chao Gai also displayed his skill of cultivating Qi, and his body was covered with Qi with a metallic luster, making him look like he was made of metal, like an iron tower.

The two of them continued to exert their strength, but neither could do anything to the other.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

With another roar, the bluestone slabs under the feet of the two men cracked, and the stones rolled and exploded, just like a heavy steamroller suddenly crushing the ground.

Cao Zheng, Shi Qian, Wu Da and others were all stunned and astonished by her beauty.

Cao Jie immediately said, "Brother Zhishen, Brother Chao Gai, we have witnessed your divine power. If you continue to fight, I am afraid that you will tear down my house."

"Let's go outside to practice martial arts." Lu Zhishen retracted his strength. He felt that he had not fought very well and his whole body was uncomfortable.

"Very good! I also feel unhappy..."

"boom!"

In the martial arts training ground, Lu Zhishen stomped his feet and rushed forward, the murderous aura in his heart rising straight into the sky.

Force can defeat skill. There is no need for any boxing or palm techniques. No matter how you change, I can smash you with one punch. No matter how steady you are like a mountain, I can knock you down with one palm. No matter how clever you are, I can penetrate the sky with my own strength.

But Chao Gai was as still as an iron tower. He did not practice much martial arts. He could defeat others with his tremendous strength, so why bother wasting energy on martial arts?

Lu Zhishen raised his fist and smashed, one arm punching forward and backward, carrying an unparalleled force that was strong enough to split mountains and crack rocks.

Cao Jie couldn't help but think of the scene described in the book:
With one punch, he hit her nose, causing blood to spurt out. Her nose was crooked, like a sauce shop, with salty, sour, and spicy flavors all rolling out! With one punch, he hit her eye sockets and eyebrows, causing the eye sockets to crack and the black pupils to spurt out. It was like a colorful silk shop, with red, black, and purple colors all blooming out! With another punch, he hit her right in the sun, like a full-scale water and land Taoist ceremony, with chimes, cymbals, and gongs ringing at the same time!

Lu Tijie punches Zhen Guanxi!!!

Chao Gai is naturally not Zhen Guanxi. His iron skin is enough to show that he has made great progress in skin refining. What's more, his strength is not much inferior to Lu Zhishen.

With a swing of his arms, the air also made loud crackling sounds, and every palm strike was like a thunderous explosion.

After more than a dozen rounds, the fight between the two became more and more fierce and brutal.

Cao Jie frowned and looked at Wu Song: "If we continue to fight like this, it will hurt the harmony. Erlang, is it possible to separate them?"

Wu Song tucked his clothes and said with a smile, "Brother, let's see what Wu Song can do."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Song gulped down half a jar of wine, wiped the corner of his mouth, and staggered into the battlefield...

(End of this chapter)