Chapter 123

Xu Yang took it: "Thank Uncle Qiu for me."

Tian Li and Wu Yongfeng were both envious. If they could have five more taels of silver every month, it would be great.

Especially Wu Yongfeng, he was the first among the few to gather Qi, but he hadn't reached Qi Gathering Minor Success yet.

"Haha... I, Lu Ren, have reached Qi Gathering Major Success!" Suddenly Lu Ren's voice rang out.

The lively inner courtyard suddenly quieted down. No matter what they were doing, everyone looked in the direction the sound came from.

Only to see Lu Ren in high spirits, striding from the outer courtyard.

A strong aura emitted from his body, causing the surrounding wind to surge.

In an instant, many people showed surprise. One must know that Lu Ren had been practicing martial arts until now, and it hadn't even been a full year.

If it weren't for the injury that delayed him for a month, the time to reach Qi Gathering Major Success would have been even faster.

"Congratulations to Junior Brother Lu Ren!"

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Lu Ren!"

Many people walked out of the pavilion, personally walked to Lu Ren to cup their hands and congratulate him, their faces full of envy.

Gu Fang, Jiang Ping, Sun Tao, Zhang Hong, Zhang Yong, etc., all stepped forward one by one.

Even Zhao Zhifei, who had always been the most hostile to disciples from poor families, didn't put on airs at this moment and also got up to congratulate him.

Qi Gathering Major Success, even in the vast Qingyuan, is considered a big figure. There are not many people who dare to neglect the strongest of some families who are only at this cultivation level.

"What are you showing off for? If Senior Brother Xu had his resources, he would have reached Qi Gathering Major Success long ago," Qiu Wenjie complained in a low voice.

But between his words, a trace of envy still flashed in his eyes.

"Effort is really worthless in front of talent and money," Wu Yongfeng felt a bit disheartened.

He gathered Qi earlier than Lu Ren, and he asked himself that he had never been slack in his practice, but he hadn't reached Qi Gathering Minor Success yet, while Lu Ren had already reached Major Success.

Xu Yang didn't speak. Lu Ren had already reached Qi Gathering Major Success. He was pondering whether to say that he had already reached Qi Gathering Major Success in two days.

If it weren't for the Cao family's matter, he naturally wouldn't hesitate, but now exposing the matter of Qi Gathering Major Success might attract the Cao family's attention.

But if he didn't expose it, there were also disadvantages. The first was the money aspect.

The monthly allowance for a Qi Gathering Major Success expert in the Liu family was twenty taels a month. He had been hiding it, so he would lose ten taels every month.

And the Martial Examination's dragon ascension was only less than three months away. If he didn't say it now, he wouldn't be able to hide it then.

Once the Liu family discovered that he had reached Qi Gathering Major Success long ago but hid it, he might be suspected of having ulterior motives, which was also a trouble.

After thinking about it, he decided to report to the Liu family in a few days, because the Liu family wouldn't necessarily publicize this matter.

As long as the Liu family didn't publicize it, there wouldn't be much problem. The martial arts hall could not be considered. If someone asked, he would just ignore it, unless the Master asked.

But the possibility of Lin Cheng asking was almost zero.

In the field, Lu Ren was in high spirits and cupped his hands: "Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers, I have set up a banquet at Fulin Building to celebrate. I invite everyone to attend the banquet tonight."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

"I will definitely attend Senior Brother Lu's banquet."

Many people agreed to attend.

"Naive, Lu Ren just said it casually out of politeness. He didn't invite you personally. If you really go to the banquet tonight, I'm afraid you'll be asking for humiliation," Qiu Wenjie whispered.

Wu Yongfeng also nodded in agreement. With Lu Ren's look of looking at people with his nostrils, how could he spend money to invite some unimportant people to eat and drink? It was just polite words.

At this time, Lu Ren's gaze was cast here. Qiu Wenjie was startled, thinking that Lu Ren had heard what he said and wanted to hold him accountable.

"Junior Brother Xu Yang, with our relationship, you must arrive on time for tonight's banquet," Lu Ren's gaze fell on Xu Yang, revealing a bit of pride, as if to say I have already reached Qi Gathering Major Success, what about you?

In an instant, many people's eyes also looked at Xu Yang.

"We entered the hall on the same day. Master has never said you are a Senior Brother. It's better to call me by my name directly," Xu Yang said expressionlessly.

Lu Ren wanted to step on him to show off his talent.

Lu Ren smiled: "Although we entered the hall on the same day, in martial arts, those who achieve are first, so I am naturally the Senior Brother."

"Being ahead for a while doesn't count for anything. The one who can laugh last is the winner."

Xu Yang had no emotional fluctuations. Now he didn't say he could kill Lu Ren in one move, but he was confident he could kill him within three moves, so he didn't care about Lu Ren's provocation.

Lu Ren laughed when he heard this: "You mean you can laugh last? Haha... you can really pretend. If I didn't know, I would have thought you had already reached Qi Gathering Major Success."

"I can't pretend as much as you. You set up a banquet to celebrate breaking through to Qi Gathering Major Success. If I didn't know, I would have thought you had reached Marrow Cleansing. Look at so many disciples in Weiyuan Hall, who celebrates breaking through to Qi Gathering Major Success?

You jumped from the Huang family to the Gu family, and it took you nearly a year with so many resources to reach Qi Gathering Major Success. I really don't know what you have to be proud of.

The most useless of our batch is you. Everyone relies on their own ability, but you relied on betrayal to get these."

Even a clay figurine has three points of anger. Lu Ren provoked him again and again, so Xu Yang directly exposed his shortcomings.

The surroundings were silent, and everyone had a weird expression.

Everyone knew that Lu Ren had betrayed the Huang family, but no one had said it directly, worried about offending Lu Ren.

Unexpectedly, today Lu Ren showed off his Qi Gathering Major Success in front of Xu Yang and was spoken of by Xu Yang without any politeness.

"You..."

Lu Ren's face turned red with anger, and he felt that everyone's eyes on him were full of contempt.

"You'd better not ascend the dragon at the Martial Examination, and don't meet me on the stage."

He finally didn't dare to make a move in Weiyuan Hall and had to leave harsh words.

As for setting up a banquet to celebrate, after being exposed by Xu Yang, he was too embarrassed to hold it again. The happy event of breaking through to Qi Gathering Major Success became a joke instead.

"Really cowardly, they didn't even fight."

Separated by a wall, Lin Cheng was full of disappointment.

"Father, are you talking about Xu Yang or Lu Ren?"

Lin Wei was curious. This Master actually hoped that his disciples would fight.

"Both are cowardly. Lu Ren reached Qi Gathering Major Success, was exposed by Xu Yang in public, and was so angry that he didn't dare to make a move. He is simply a piece of waste," Lin Cheng scolded.

Lin Wei nodded. Lu Ren was indeed very cowardly.

He had reached Qi Gathering Major Success, and when exposed, he didn't dare to make a move, fearing this and that.

"Xu Yang disappoints me even more. He possesses Wind-Thunder Force and can win against the strong with the weak. Lu Ren provoked him so much. If he jumped out and defeated Lu Ren with Wind-Thunder Force, he would definitely become famous.

Even if he couldn't defeat him, this was also a time to become famous, but he didn't have the courage to make a move, also a piece of waste," Lin Cheng was even more dissatisfied with Xu Yang.

Lin Wei shook her head: "But he doesn't need to fight. He just said a few words and Lu Ren couldn't speak. Why bother to break the rules by making a move?"

Lin Cheng glared at her: "Martial artists look at whose fist is bigger, not whose mouth is sharp."

The inner courtyard returned to calm. Everyone did what they should do. Lu Ren's character didn't matter to them, and most people didn't have the opportunity to associate with Lu Ren.

Xu Yang and Qiu Wenjie went to the place where they often practiced together and set their stance to practice the Turtle-Snake Stance.

"Why don't you practice fist techniques recently?" Wu Yongfeng frowned.

He spent the most time with Xu Yang and discovered the strange thing about Xu Yang recently.

"My stance technique is a bit worse, so I focus on practicing the Turtle-Snake Stance recently," Xu Yang said.

His Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan had reached Major Success, and he used the Diamond Technique to temper his physique and practice true Qi, so he didn't need to practice much.

The Turtle-Snake Stance is a method of nourishing blood and Qi, and it cannot be put down even if it reaches Major Success.

Wu Yongfeng walked away depressed. Xu Yang practiced stance technique, so no one sparred with him in Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan.

Time passed slowly, the sky was getting late, and there were not many people in the inner courtyard. Many people had already left.

Xu Yang ended his stance and planned to leave, but saw Zhang Yong and Zhang Hong walking towards him, and the three of them walked out together.

"You shouldn't have said that to Lu Ren today," Zhang Yong said.

Xu Yang raised his eyebrows: "Are you here to speak for him?"

How could this person change so quickly? Human hearts are really hard to fathom.

They had only been hanging out with Lu Ren, Jiang Ping, and others for more than a month, and they actually helped Lu Ren to accuse him. It was simply beyond his expectation.

Zhang Hong's expression was a bit unnatural, and he shook his head: "No, as friends, we are here to remind you. The Gu family and the Jiang family have joined hands to form a group to achieve good rankings in the Martial Examination's dragon ascension.

Their power is very strong. Most of the Senior Brothers in the martial arts hall have joined hands with them, and there are also people from other martial arts halls who have joined.

As a member, if Lu Ren targets you, others won't stand by and watch. You might not meet Lu Ren in the Martial Examination's dragon ascension, but you will definitely meet people from this group. They will definitely make a move against you."

Xu Yang looked at the two. Zhang Hong and Zhang Yong might really be reminding him out of good intentions, but subconsciously, they were already biased towards Lu Ren, biased towards the group gradually formed by the Gu family and the Jiang family, but they hadn't realized this yet.

They still thought that coming to remind him was out of friendship. ===== CHAPTER 124 =====

Xu Yang looked at the two of them; Zhang Hong and Zhang Yong were perhaps truly offering a reminder out of good intentions, but subconsciously, they had actually already leaned toward Lu Ren, toward the gradually forming group of the Gu family and the Jiang family, only they had not yet realized this point.

They still believed that coming to remind him was out of a relationship between friends.