Chapter 14: Severing Ties

"Huang family, Xu Yang!"

Zhang Yong almost bit his teeth to pieces. Xu Yang initiated the Turtle-Snake Great Stance, but the result was that his own cultivation investment changed from four taels to three.

It was already difficult, and with one less silver tael, he had even less chance of becoming a martial artist.

In the words of martial artists, this was a grudge of blocking the path, an irreconcilable one.

"How miserable!"

Seeing Zhang Yong's wretched state, even Luo Dehu, who was at odds with him, didn't mock him. Zhang Yong's plight was no different from theirs.

"What kind of situation is this!"

Xu Yang also sympathized with Zhang Yong, but it was only sympathy.

Everyone was still struggling in the mud. He wouldn't sacrifice himself to save others, and from the beginning, everyone had anticipated this day. They were competitors, not partners.

Zhang Yong practiced even harder, and while his eyes became more determined, the gaze he occasionally cast toward Xu Yang began to carry a hint of hatred.

The alliance that wasn't an alliance dissolved directly. Zhang Yong no longer spoke to Xu Yang, and when it came time for dinner, he no longer sat with everyone. The ten-person group developed major cracks, with some signs of breaking up.

Because there was one more person who, starting from this day, no longer sat with everyone to eat, and that was the person named Liu Guangfa.

When he dragged his exhausted body home, there wasn't much light left in the world.

Xu Yang pushed open the door, but Xu Qing didn't rush over happily as usual to ask if he was tired.

She sat on a stool, and noticing Xu Yang had returned, she hurriedly wiped the tears from her face.

"Brother, you're back!"

She tried her best to make her voice sound normal, but the voice that had just been crying couldn't be hidden. The tears were gone, but her red eyes remained.

"Who bullied you? Tell Brother!" Xu Yang said in a deep voice.

"No... nobody bullied me." Xu Qing lowered her head.

"What did Old Second Xu do to you!"

Xu Qing didn't say, but Xu Yang could guess.

The little girl was very strong. If she were bullied by an outsider, she would only be angry and come to him to complain.

The only one who could make her cry with anger was Old Second Xu.

Seeing that Xu Yang had guessed, her tears fell again: "Just now he and Zhang Cuiting came to ask me for money. I said I didn't have any, so he wanted to grab that egg-laying old hen, saying it would be just right to nourish Yang Jun's body."

"I wouldn't let him grab it, so Zhang Cuiting held me tightly, and Old Second Xu forcibly grabbed the old hen."

Xu Yang didn't say a word, turned around, and pushed the door out.

The old hen at home was practically the little girl's lifeblood. There was no food at home, so she went up the mountain every day to cut grass to feed it, helping Xu Yang reduce his burden.

The old hen was grabbed to be killed for meat; one could imagine how sad she was.

"Brother, don't..."

Xu Qing chased after him, but Xu Yang's figure had already disappeared into the night. She hurriedly chased after him, but how could she catch up to Xu Yang?

"Old Second Xu, hurry up, A-Jun needs to rest after eating!"

Zhang Cuiting urged. This old hen had been raised for almost three years and was very nourishing. Her son had recently initiated stance training and needed nourishment.

"It'll be ready soon, you hurry and boil the water." Old Second Xu replied.

He was plucking the chicken in the courtyard, and it was almost done.

There were a few more chickens there; he would go grab another one in two days. Once A-Jun became a martial artist, he would be the father of a martial artist master...

Old Second Xu thought happily.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the courtyard gate was kicked open violently, and the wooden door fell apart directly.

Old Second Xu looked up and found his son Xu Yang walking in with a face full of anger.

"Rebellious son, what are you doing?" Old Second Xu was furious.

The little brat actually dared to kick his door; he was simply a rebellious son.

"Old Second Xu, you old bastard, you even rob your daughter's things. You're simply not a human being."

Xu Yang saw the old hen in Old Second Xu's hand, which had already been bled and plucked, its body golden yellow, and his anger could no longer be suppressed.

He took three steps in two, snatched the old hen from Old Second Xu's hand, and then kicked out, kicking the wooden basin used for scalding chicken feathers away, smashing it into pieces in the corner of the wall, water splashing all over the ground.

Old Second Xu was stunned. It was just a chicken; this submissive son was actually this angry.

"Rebellious son, you dare to lay a hand on your father?"

Reacting, he raised his hand and slapped Xu Yang's face. Wasn't it natural for a father to eat his son's things?

But his hand didn't land on Xu Yang's face; it had already been grabbed by the wrist by Xu Yang.

The next moment, Xu Yang's five fingers suddenly exerted force and squeezed tight.

"Ah..."

Old Second Xu felt as if the bones in his wrist were about to be crushed. The sharp pain made him scream out instinctively, and he instinctively stretched out his other hand to pry Xu Yang's hand away, but he couldn't pry it open at all.

At this time, he realized that this son had actually grown so sturdy, his height exceeding his own, and the exposed muscles were like tree roots, showing a bronze color.

For a moment, he almost forgot the pain in his body. He hadn't seen him for a while, and Xu Yang's changes were actually this big.

His eyes were sharp, his expression cold, no longer the boy who was scared into silence by a single look from him.

"Little beast, what are you doing? Daring to hit your father, be careful that God strikes you with lightning."

Zhang Cuiting heard the commotion and ran out, clawing at Xu Yang's face with her hands.

Toward Old Second Xu, he still retained some face, after all, he was his biological father, and it wasn't good to hit him. Toward Zhang Cuiting, a woman with no relation, he had no scruples.

The moment Zhang Cuiting was about to get close, he kicked her directly in the belly.

In an instant, Zhang Cuiting returned the way she came, smashing heavily into the room, and a wail of pain came out. ===== CHAPTER 27 =====