Li Yao said, "What if I insist on transferring Bai San Niang away?"
The chief constable looked extremely embarrassed. Neither the name of the Embroidered Uniform Guard nor the name of Li Yao were people he could afford to offend.
However, he also wanted to keep Bai San Niang.
For a moment, his mind went completely blank, his mouth agape, unsure of what to say.
Li Yao smiled and continued, "I won't make things difficult for you. This is a decision for you, Bai San Niang. Even if you don't want to come to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I won't blame you."
Bai Sanniang hesitated for a moment, glanced at the chief constable, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Chief Constable. However, I, Bai Sanniang, always keep my word. Since I have promised the Commander, I will not go back on my word. I hope the Chief Constable will grant my request."
The chief constable looked helpless. Since Bai San Niang had already agreed, what could he say?
Just then, a tall and imposing middle-aged man walked into the reception room.
When the middle-aged man saw Bai San Niang, a hint of surprise flashed across his face, and he said expressionlessly, "San Niang, it's been a long time."
Bai San Niang's expression shifted, and she immediately went to greet him, smiling as she said, "Old Guo, you're back."
The chief constable immediately stood up, his expression quite respectful, and asked, "Old Guo, how did things go?"
The middle-aged man, referred to as Lao Guo, said calmly, "Don't worry, it's all taken care of."
At this moment, he noticed Li Yao behind Bai San Niang and asked, "Who is this?"
The chief constable quickly introduced, "Oh, let me introduce you. This is the newly appointed commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
A look of surprise flashed in Lao Guo's eyes. He hadn't expected the newly appointed commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to be so young.
That's quite rare!
Then, the chief constable pointed to Lao Guo and introduced him to Li Yao: "This is our Six Doors' chief advisor, Guo Bujing, known in the martial arts world as Guo the Great Hero."
Guo the Great Hero!
He is Guo Juxia, Guo Furong's father!
Because he was the greatest of all heroes, he was respectfully called the Giant Hero, but few people knew his real name.
Li Yao couldn't help but look the legendary Guo the Great Hero up and down.
Guo Juxia's face remained calm and expressionless, making it impossible to guess his thoughts.
Clearly, Guo Juxia is a very shrewd and calculating person.
While Li Yao was sizing up Guo Juxia, Guo Juxia was also sizing up Li Yao.
In fact, Guo Juxia had no good feelings towards the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
However, he was extremely shrewd and rarely showed his likes, dislikes, joys, or anger on his face.
Therefore, others cannot discern his opinion of Li Yao.
Li Yao cupped his hands and said, "Master Guo, I have long admired your name. It is an honor to meet you."
Guo Juxia also cupped his hands in greeting and said expressionlessly, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Li Yao said, "I have long heard that Guo Juxia is meticulous in his thinking and decisive in his actions. He is an extremely rare talent. Therefore, I would like to invite Guo Juxia to serve as the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
"What?"
Bai San Niang and the chief constable exclaimed in unison once again.
The chief constable was even more indignant. This Li Yao had just poached Bai San Niang, and now he wanted to take advantage of Guo Juxia. He might as well just give him the entire Six Doors.
A rare look of surprise flashed across Guo Juxia's face.
Clearly, he hadn't expected Li Yao to ask him to serve as the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Actually, Li Yao's visit to the Six Doors was mainly for Guo Juxia, not Bai Sanniang.
Compared to Bai San Niang, Guo Ju Xia was the real talent.
Moreover, Guo Juxia's Shocking Wave Palm is extremely powerful, and Li Yao is eager to see it for himself.
Guo Juxia said calmly, "My abilities are limited, and I am afraid I am not qualified to serve as the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
Li Yao knew that Guo Juxia would definitely not agree so readily.
Of course, even if Guo Juxia didn't agree, he wouldn't care.
He was mainly after Guo Jing's "Surging Waves Palm".
He smiled slightly and said:
"I know you don't have a very good impression of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
"However, the Embroidered Uniform Guard at this time is no longer the Embroidered Uniform Guard of the past."
"After my thorough purge, the Embroidered Uniform Guard is no longer an appendage of the Eastern Depot."
"But it is a place that truly serves the people and the imperial court."
Do you know what the first case I handled when I became the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was?
Guo Juxia asked calmly, "What case?"
Li Yao said, "It's the case of exonerating Minister Yang of the Ministry of War."
Guo Juxia's face showed a rare moment of emotion as he said, "You think Lord Yang has been wronged?"
Li Yao nodded and said, "I happened to be there and saved Lord Yang's children. I learned about Lord Yang's injustice. Lord Yang is upright and incorruptible and should not be wronged."
Guo Juxia said, "Lord Yang is indeed a very rare and good official. I hope the commander can overturn his case."
Seeing that Guo Juxia was still unmoved, Li Yao stopped pressuring him.
However, he wouldn't let Guo Juxia's Shocking Wave Palm go to waste.
So he said with a smile:
"Since Master Guo does not want to join our Embroidered Uniform Guard, I will not force him."
"However, I have heard that Master Guo's martial arts are superb, and I have always wanted to see for myself."
"Since we've met today, how about we have a friendly spar?"
Before Guo Juxia could speak, the chief constable said, "This... I'm afraid it's somewhat inappropriate..."
Li Yao's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Are you not even going to give me this much face?"
The chief constable was both embarrassed and speechless. In fact, he was worried that Li Yao would not be able to defeat Guo Juxia and would be accidentally injured by Guo Juxia.
Guo Juxia remained expressionless and said, "A friendly spar is not impossible. I am also eager to see the Commander's martial arts skills."
Chapter 142 Outmatched in skill, I willingly admit defeat.
In the courtyard, Li Yao and Guo Juxia stood facing each other.
Bai San Niang and the chief constable stood in the corridor.
Many people in the Six Doors learned that the newly appointed commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was sparring with Guo Juxia, the most skilled martial artist in their Six Doors, so they all rushed over to watch.
Because Cao Zhengchun kept the news secret, outsiders were unaware that Li Yao had fought a major battle with Cao Zhengchun and even defeated him.
Therefore, the people from the Six Doors did not know the extent of Li Yao's martial arts skills.
However, they all felt that Li Yao had brought trouble upon himself.
It should be known that Guo Jing's Shocking Wave Palm is incredibly powerful, even comparable to the Beggars' Sect's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.
Moreover, Guo Juxia's internal strength is unfathomable, and he has few rivals in the world today.
Therefore, Li Yao is destined to lose in a contest with Guo Juxia!
Of course, not everyone thinks this way.
For example, Bai San Niang.
Bai San Niang had personally witnessed Li Yao's terrifying skills in the desert.
Therefore, she felt that Lao Guo might be in trouble with Li Yao this time.
Bai San Niang, worried that Guo Juxia might underestimate his opponent, solemnly reminded him, "Old Guo, the Commander's martial arts are unfathomable, you must be careful."
Guo Juxia felt a chill run down his spine.
He knew Bai San Niang very well, and Bai San Niang rarely reminded him so solemnly.
Therefore, it is clear that Li Yao in front of us must be an extremely formidable opponent.
Li Yao waved his hand and said, "Master Guo, please make your move."
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent and domineering aura rose up from his body.
The overwhelming momentum and powerful sense of oppression made the onlookers, including constables and yamen runners, feel suffocated.
They all paled and took a few steps back.
Guo Juxia stood as straight as a pine tree, his clothes billowing, without taking a single step back.
However, his expression grew increasingly solemn.
He cupped his hands in greeting to Li Yao and said, "Commander, please forgive me!"
Having said that, he waved his hands like waves, and suddenly pushed out with both palms. The enormous force, like a raging storm, swept towards Li Yao.
This is the first move of the Surging Waves Palm: Raging Waves!
Guo Furong's cousin, Guo Qiangwei, frequently uses this tactic.
However, she relied entirely on brute force to unleash her palm power, making its effectiveness negligible.
Guo Juxia, with his unparalleled internal energy driving his palm strikes, perfectly embodied the martial arts principle of 'internal energy as the foundation, techniques as the outward expression'.
Faced with such a powerful palm strike, Li Yao was overjoyed.
He has finally encountered a very rare opponent.
"Excellent palm technique!"
Li Yao exclaimed in admiration, then gently extended both palms.
The force of his palm was like rippling blue waves.