Chapter 140

"I knew Xu Yang was not that kind of person." Zhang Hong regretted his behavior of drawing conclusions too early.

"Grandstanding? If this kid knew how to grandstand, that would be fine."

Lin Cheng's mouth curled into a faint smile. He actually hoped Xu Yang would be more hypocritical and more flamboyant.

But this fellow was too cautious; it was fundamentally impossible for him to do such a thing.

"It seems we underestimated him somewhat."

Gu Fang had a bad feeling in her heart. The Weiyuan Hall had such a disciple, yet she had failed to recruit him. If the family investigated, her resources would be downgraded.

"It is ultimately said that his talent is not inferior to mine, but it ends here." Lu Ren's tone was already somewhat unnatural.

He also felt a bad feeling in his heart.

In the past, everyone said Xu Yang was about the same as him, but that was just talk. But now, lifting the stone lock was a solid display of martial arts foundation.

If he had used so many resources and still hadn't pulled a large distance from Xu Yang, it was likely that everyone wouldn't think Xu Yang was a genius, but that he, Lu Ren, was too much of a waste.

"He can still continue..." Huang Linger's expression was somewhat flustered.

She saw that after Xu Yang lifted it twenty times, he was not exhausted and was still persisting.

"This is impossible!" Yang Jun's eyes were bloodshot.

He had difficulty lifting the one-thousand-jin iron lock twenty times, yet Xu Yang could lift a two-thousand-jin one.

This mud-legged boy had once again surpassed him and had a high probability of ascending the dragon.

"Thirty times already. He has obtained a C-middle result and has a great chance of ascending the dragon. This child is not bad. The Weiyuan Hall actually has such a disciple; why haven't I heard of it before?" The master of the Tongbi Fist Hall looked toward Lin Cheng.

Lifting the lock thirty times—his martial arts foundation could be called vigorous, and both his true qi and flesh were polished very well.

If his luck wasn't too bad, there wouldn't be much problem with ascending the dragon.

"This is likely a direct disciple Lin Cheng cultivated in secret, without announcing it. Truly insidious," Ji Yun said with sarcasm.

Lin Cheng smiled and didn't speak. He had given Xu Yang resources in secret, which could strictly be considered secret cultivation.

"That's about enough!" Xu Yang thought to himself.

If he performed too well, he would be noticed by those wealthy families and recruited as a thug for their descendants in the sects.

If he performed too poorly, obtaining the spot to ascend the dragon would be very abrupt, which was also unfavorable.

It was fine to be about the same as Lu Ren, which also fit his consistent performance, and everyone would think it was a matter of course.

Lu Ren lifted the lock thirty-three times, and he stopped at thirty-one, using true qi to force out a large amount of sweat, showing an appearance of panting for breath. ===== CHAPTER 141 =====