Chapter 100

Sun Tao nodded with a smile: "Your duel with Hong Feng was fair and square. If any experts from the Tiger Roar Fist Hall bully you because of this later, you can come find me; the Weiyuan Hall will stand up for you."

The implication was that if the Tiger Roar Fist Hall only sent people at the early stage of Qi Gathering to seek revenge, then you would have to handle it yourself; if someone at the major success stage of Qi Gathering acted, the Weiyuan Hall would intervene.

Xu Yang killing Hong Feng had raised the reputation of the Weiyuan Hall, and he had come specifically to inform Xu Yang of the Weiyuan Hall's stance.

After eating dinner at the Weiyuan Hall, Xu Yang walked back to Bai Shi Workshop under the cover of night.

"Brother A-Yang, wait for me!"

Not long after leaving the city, Xu Zheng chased after him, panting.

Both of them were in the Weiyuan Hall and were both from the Xu clan in Bai Shi Workshop, so they should be able to be close.

But for the past few days, Xu Yang hadn't sought out Xu Zheng, and this was the first time Xu Zheng had taken the initiative to find him today.

"Brother A-Yang, I heard from people in the martial arts hall that you also have Grade C-low innate talent?" Xu Zheng asked.

Xu Yang noticed that the cousin who had previously been somewhat in awe of him no longer had that awe after being selected by the Huang family.

"That's right!" Xu Yang nodded.

Xu Zheng's face showed joy: "So, the possibility of me gathering Qi and becoming a martial artist is very high?"

Xu Yang roughly understood that he wanted to gain some confidence from him, so he immediately said: "In our batch back then, there were four people with Grade C innate talent, and only one person failed to gather Qi."

Four people, one failure; Xu Zheng's smile grew even wider: "The cultivation intensity for our batch is higher than yours; there shouldn't be anyone who fails."

Xu Yang was noncommittal and just continued: "The four of us, apart from the money spent by the Huang family, also invested over ten taels of silver ourselves for cultivation, and even then, one person didn't succeed."

Xu Zheng's smile disappeared instantly. Even with an investment of over ten taels of silver, there was still one failure; no matter how confident he was, he understood the difficulty.

"Brother A-Yang, help me. Once I become a martial artist, I will definitely repay you. When the time comes, our brothers will join forces, and we will surely be able to bring glory to the Xu family." Xu Zheng looked at Xu Yang earnestly.

Finally stopped pretending, right?

Xu Yang said calmly: "I can't help you. If you have confidence, then ask Uncle to support you with all his might."

Xu Zheng said in a low voice: "Brother A-Yang, we are brothers. If I become a martial artist, it will only be good for you."

Wants to become a martial artist, but doesn't want to spend the family's money, only wants to spend his money.

This abacus was loud enough to be heard from miles away.

Xu Yang sneered: "Back then, when Xu Laoer didn't care whether I and Xiao Qing lived or died, you brothers all hid far away when you saw me, afraid that I would ask you for a bite to eat. What kind of brothers is that?"

Xu Zheng's face flushed red, and he explained: "Before... before I was ignorant. In the future, our brothers will support each other."

Xu Yang found that he had still underestimated Xu Zheng's shamelessness. His own words were no different from a slap to the face, yet Xu Zheng still had the nerve to continue speaking, wanting to take advantage of him.

"Does supporting each other mean letting me spend money to help you practice martial arts?"

Seeing this, Xu Yang didn't say anything more and accelerated his pace, leaving behind a Xu Zheng with an ugly expression.

When he arrived home, he was surprised to see Qiu Wenjie and his father waiting there with a few people from the Qiu family.

After a few pleasantries, he learned that they were delivering gifts to specifically thank him for today's events.

Xu Yang didn't refuse. Although taking action was a return for Qiu Yongqiang's support, things like sentiment would eventually be used up, and the Qiu family also wanted to continue to draw closer to him.

If he really didn't accept, the Qiu family would be uneasy instead.

Qiu Wenjie and Qiu Yongqiang soon left with the Qiu family members, and only then did Xu Yang have time to look at the gifts sent by the Qiu family.

There was tea grown by the Qiu family, a wild ginseng of unknown age, and apart from these, the rest were daily necessities like rice and meat, and a bag of silver wrapped in red silk.

Xu Yang opened it, and his eyes were met with a flash of white; there were a full twenty taels.

"Brother, so much money!" Xu Qing looked like a money-grubber; it was the first time she had seen so much silver.

"No ambition, what is such a small amount of money." ===== CHAPTER 101 =====