Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

Chapter 429: Chapter 427: Fist to Flesh [5th Update, Extra for Recommendation Votes]

What?

Yu Jian asked Lu Xiaobu if he dared?!

Do you say he dares?!

”Come on, one couplet one slap.” Lu Xiaobu raised his eyebrow: ”Do you dare?”

”You!”

Upon hearing ’do you dare?’ Yu Jian was instantly furious!

It was I who asked you if you dared?

Not you asking me!

”Fine, let’s do it! One couplet per minute!”

Yu Jian said through gritted teeth.

He didn’t wait for Lu Xiaobu to respond and directly posed his question.

He wanted to set the matter in stone!

Yes, a shameful person with shameful tactics!

Of course, there was also a silly air amid the shame!

Poor child, not only blinded by wealth but also tainted with a sour and rotten demeanor.

Hopeless!

”Monk paints the lotus flower on the painting!” Yu Jian hurriedly said.

This was the first of his prepared ingenious couplets.

This upper couplet seems ordinary, but if read backward it’s the same phonetically, which is the mystery of this couplet.

In fact, this couplet was far inferior compared to the one presented by Liu Chen before.

It would just take some thinking time to match it.

But now, what he needed was time; if Lu Xiaobu couldn’t respond in one minute, he would win!

”Scribing the Han ink as scholars do!”

Lu Xiaobu waved his hand.

Zhang Meng went up and slapped him.

”Slap!”

This time it wasn’t the face; after all, swelling the face might hinder speaking and could be called cheating.

However, even if it wasn’t the face, this slap was more than Yu Jian could bear.

A classic faceplant!

”Pah!”

Yu Jian got up from the ground, spitting out a mouthful of dust.

”Everywhere flowers bloom brightly!”

Yu Jian posed another question.

Again, an inverted couplet!

”In all places lush trees thrive deeply!”

”Slap!”

Another slap!

”Snow reflects the beauty of plum blossoms.”

Yu Jian roared out.

He couldn’t believe that for three consecutive inverted couplets, Lu Xiaobu could respond so quickly!

Even the most talented person would run out of inspiration!

Yet.

”Orioles suit the willow catkins, willow catkins suit the orioles!”

Just a second again.

”Pfft!”

Yu Jian hadn’t even been slapped yet, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

This was from sheer anger!

Then.

”Slap!”

He received another slap.

Zhang Meng secretly used a bit more strength.

Knocking the lad out cold!

Liu Qing was shocked on the side.

These couplets were not ordinary ones.

All were inverted couplets requiring some skill.

Even he would need a bit of time to ponder.

But what about Lu Xiaobu?

A few seconds?!

Could it be that Lu Xiaobu’s specialty was inverted couplets?!

However, it didn’t matter anymore.

Now, it seemed that the previous ones were nowhere near Lu Xiaobu’s limit.

His heart’s fire of battle was ignited once again.

But before he could further stoke his fire, another had already ignited.

The female academic prodigy—Zhang Shilin!

”Water, mountains, everywhere so clear and splendid!” The female prodigy’s eyes were filled with admiration, seeking guidance, and ready to battle.

Lu Xiaobu couldn’t help but be amused when he saw this.

Well, after today, you’re under my command.

It’s fine to play with you today.

”Sunny rain, good mood at all times, full of wonders!”

Zhang Shilin: ”My upper couplet has a variation. It can be read backwards, and each repeating character also forms a reverse couplet: Show brilliance everywhere, mountains and rivers are everywhere.”

Lu Xiaobu: ”What a coincidence, my couplet can also be read backwards: Wonders, good mood at all times, rain or shine!”

Zhang Shilin’s admiration became even stronger: ”My upper couplet can also be laid out in a stepping grid, and can be repeated in cycles: Bright by water, splendid by mountain, everywhere waters and mountains are bright and splendid!”

Lu Xiaobu waved his hand: ”You reminded me again, my couplet has a stepping grid too, and can also be repeated in cycles: Good when sunny, amazing when rainy, always wonderful rain or shine!”

Zhang Shilin conceded: ”Mr. Lu has great talent, I have overestimated myself!”

”Wu Qianmin, take this!” Wu Qianmin also went crazy: ”No mountains would match the beauty of Wu Mountains.”

When this couplet was presented, Liu Qing also raised his eyebrows—Not bad.

Didn’t expect Wu Qianmin, usually so low-key, actually has some real skills—A homophonic couplet, impressive!

”Hear, hear, beware of house rules when you return.” Lu Xiaobu swept his gaze up and down, causing Wu Qianmin’s pretty face to flush red, but he still responded: ”What other water can be as clear as river water!”

”Excellent!”

Liu Chen couldn’t help but cheer.

No mountain... Wu Mountain? What water... River water!

Perfect match!

People from the literary club couldn’t help themselves either.

They were all literature enthusiasts, and naturally, the scene prompted their unstained expressions!

”A crow flies into a flock of egrets, bringing coal in the snow.”

An enigmatic couplet, both a traditional Chinese puzzling riddle and a couplet.

”The phoenix stands beside the mandarin ducks, adding flowers on the brocade!” Lu Xiaobu pinched Wu Qianmin’s pretty cheek, punishing her.

The couplet speaker conceded with a bow: ”Can’t help myself, please forgive me!”

”Swallow in one gulp water from two springs, three rivers, four seas, and five lakes!”

Another person couldn’t hold back.

He, and the previous one who offered a couplet, were among the top in the literary club, always competing, and naturally unwilling to be outperformed.

A riddle couplet, both a riddle and a couplet.

”Dares alone to enter the doors of people in ten directions, hundreds of towns, thousands of households!”

Lu Xiaobu took a sip of coke, spoke in a muffled voice.

The answer to the riddle is a thermos!

Seeing Lu Xiaobu being so approachable, the literary club members were all excited.

”A white snake crosses the river, carrying a red sun over its head.”

Another riddle couplet.

Lu Xiaobu: ”A green dragon hanging on the wall, draped in ten thousand golden stars!”

”The sky is the chessboard, the stars are the pieces, who can play a game?”

Lu Xiaobu: ”The earth forms a lute, the paths form strings, who dares to play?”

”Wind starts the deep cold, frost falls in front of the house forming light snow!”

Lu Xiaobu: ”Sun shines on Dragon Boat Festival, Clear and Bright under the water, seeing the Double Ninth Festival!”

”North geese fly south, wings split east and west above and below!”

Lu Xiaobu: ”Previous cart follows the ruts, two wheels moving left and right, up and down high and low!”

”Old crow steps on old branches, crow flies branch falls!”

Lu Xiaobu: ”Returning crane to the fairy ravine, crane’s cry echoes the stream!”

A long string of battling couplets!

Lu Xiaobu still answered easily without any hesitation.

Swiftly answered all ten upper couplets!

”Great!”

The crowd from the literary club cheered, all extremely excited.

So thrilling!

Too thrilling!

Never have they seen such thrilling battling couplets!

If previously Lu Xiaobu and Teacher Liu Chen were fighting like immortals, now it was as if they were in close combat.

Though it missed a lot of gracefulness, it had more punches landing satisfyingly!

Not only were they excited, even Liu Chen couldn’t help himself: ”The tree is only half-hauled, cease the axe.”

This also counts as a peculiar couplet.

He wasn’t trying to trouble Lu Xiaobu, just couldn’t repress the excitement within.

”Indeed, totally unrelated!”

Lu Xiaobu put down his coke, stood up, and went to the river to wash his hands.

”Excellent!”

Liu Chen almost jumped up.

He was excited, the people from the literary club were baffled.

How did it turn into an immortal fight again?!

They looked helplessly towards Liu Chen, hoping for an explanation.

Clearly, they felt this couplet was completely unrelated, with different meanings entirely.

How could Teacher Liu say it was good?

Can we avoid these mythic tricks of Outer Heaven Flying Immortal?!