Chapter 154

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Xu, on taking the Dragon-Ascending spot."

Sun Tao came up to offer congratulations, his face full of smiles.

"Congratulations!"

Zhang Hong and Zhang Yong also walked over, their expressions complex.

Defeating Lu Ren and successfully ascending the dragon were all things they had always wanted to do but couldn't.

"The Huang family is truly regretting it to the point of their intestines turning green this time."

Zhang Yong was a bit gloating; he still had resentment toward the Huang family's unfairness back then.

How blind the Huang family was, picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons, choosing Lu Ren and losing Xu Yang, himself, and Zhang Hong; now it was all for nothing.

"I have no chance, but you still have the chance to continue walking with Xu Yang." Zhang Hong said with a bitter expression.

He was eliminated, and Zhang Yong only needed to win one more match to ascend the dragon with Xu Yang.

He thought that squeezing into the circle of Jiang Ping and others would be helpful for the martial arts examination, but now he realized it was useless at all; these aristocratic children only wanted to use them to charge and fight.

Not only did they not get any benefits, but they also drifted further and further away from Xu Yang, a friend who had originally had a good relationship, and had a rift.

"Brother Xu, can we have a chat!"

Just at this moment, Gu Haoming walked over, accompanied by Jiang Ping.

Zhang Yong and Zhang Hong's faces flashed with unnatural expressions, and they retreated to the side.

Xu Yang said: "Brother Gu, speak your mind."

Gu Haoming revealed a hearty laugh and said: "Then I will speak directly; I hope to form an alliance with Brother Xu to consume the true qi of my opponents in the upcoming battles.

As a reward, after entering the martial arts sect, those of my line will advance and retreat with you, and your enemies will be my enemies."

Xu Yang had already obtained the Dragon-Ascending spot; after the duels for all the Dragon-Ascending spots in this round were out, there would be duels for the top three.

The rules for competing for the top three were different; the loser would be directly eliminated, not like before where they could still fight one more match.

So for those who aspired to compete for the top three, everyone remaining would be an enemy; the more true qi he could consume from an opponent, the more chances he would have.

And his line, Lu Ren lost to Xu Yang, whether he could ascend the dragon was still a question, and even if he could ascend the dragon, he basically had no combat power; he needed someone to take over Lu Ren's place to fight for him.

"Sorry, after consecutive battles, my true qi has been exhausted, and I am unable to fight again. I hope Brother Gu will forgive me." Xu Yang politely declined.

He sneered in his heart; he wanted him to sell his life for a hollow promise, his abacus was truly ringing loudly.

People like Gu Haoming, for the sake of the top three, could even sacrifice his own sister; forming an alliance with such a person was no different from seeking skin from a tiger.

Gu Fang originally had some hope of ascending the dragon, but was blasted by Qin Ze with a palm, and now her internal organs were heavily injured, and she had already been carried away.

He didn't want to be the second Gu Fang; the promises made by people like Gu Haoming were not worth a fart, and he didn't want to sell his life for others.

"Brother Xu, consider it again; if you don't have friends in the sect, you will find it difficult to move an inch." Gu Haoming continued to say.

He naturally didn't believe Xu Yang's nonsense; if Xu Yang had no combat power, how could he have found him.

"Junior Brother Xu, more friends mean more paths; those of our line have a strong influence in the sect, and in the future, they will become your backing. We all come from the Weiyuan Hall, and in the future, we should support each other."

Jiang Ping also spoke at this moment, helping to persuade Xu Yang.

When my strength was weak, why didn't I hear you say we should support each other?

Xu Yang's heart sank: "Brother Gu, Senior Brother Jiang, forgive me; I am exhausted and really unable to fight again."

Gu Haoming's words seemed like a reminder, but in reality, they contained another layer of threat.

When we reach the sect, if you and I are not friends, we are enemies; if you don't help me today, I will make it difficult for you to move an inch when we reach the sect.

Sure enough, one shouldn't be too conspicuous; once you show your skills, these aristocratic children will want you to be their knife, sell your life for them, and charge and fight for them.

"Hmph, let's go!"

Gu Haoming's face was ashen, and he turned and left with Jiang Ping; his narrow-mindedness was revealed all at once, and Jiang Ping still barely maintained some demeanor.

"Dog-like thing, it's your blessing that this young master looks up to you, yet you dare to refuse; wait until we reach the sect and I'll deal with you."

He really didn't expect that with his status and strength, Xu Yang would still lose face and refuse him after he said such words of alliance that could be called being respectful to the virtuous.

"It's all that trash Gu Fang; she spent so much money in the Weiyuan Hall, yet she didn't recruit anyone, and only lacked the key Xu Yang."

He thought of Gu Fang again; if it weren't for Gu Fang's narrow-mindedness, joining forces with Lu Ren and others to exclude Xu Yang, how could Xu Yang refuse him today.

Jiang Ping saw Gu Haoming's angry face, not knowing that he was actually blaming Gu Fang, who had lost her chance to ascend the dragon for him, and comforted him: "Brother Gu, don't be angry.

This Xu Yang is cautious; if he doesn't agree to help you, he definitely won't agree to offend us for others.

We can't win him over, and others can't win him over either, so it can be considered as having eliminated a potential opponent in advance."

"These words make sense, but daring to refuse me, I will definitely make him look good when we reach the sect."

Hearing this, Gu Haoming's expression improved a lot.

"Not knowing how to appreciate favors, he really needs to be taught a lesson, so that these mud-legged people don't think that just because they learned martial arts, they can be on equal footing with aristocratic children like us."

Having his face rejected by Xu Yang, Jiang Ping was also very uncomfortable.

It would be fine if he wasn't familiar with Gu Haoming, but he refused even when he, a Senior Brother, personally spoke; it was simply not knowing how to appreciate favors.

……

Gu Haoming left, and a few others came over, all hoping that Xu Yang would help consume the true qi of his opponents in the upcoming battles; Qin Ze and Han Xing both came.

The conditions offered were also different, but in general, Gu Haoming was the most shameless; no one offered conditions like forming an alliance that had no substantive use, and all gave real gold and silver.

Xu Yang still declined with the same reason.

He had already obtained the Dragon-Ascending spot and didn't intend to seek attention again; unless he encountered Fierce Wind Hall disciples like Jiang Yi and Kong Yu, he wouldn't make a move again.

The fighting continued; Zhang Yong was defeated by an opponent in this match, and Sun Tao was also defeated.

In the second match, Lu Ren's luck was good, encountering someone whose injuries were more severe than his, and he successfully killed his way into the top sixty, obtaining a Dragon-Ascending spot.

Sun Tao resisted an opponent's punch, blasted the opponent off the ring, and also successfully advanced in this match, obtaining a Dragon-Ascending spot, while Zhang Yong was defeated in another match.

In the third match, he finally had good luck, drawing an opponent who could barely stand, and barely advanced to obtain a Dragon-Ascending spot.

"It's truly not easy!"

When Xu Yang and the others came up to congratulate him, he was so excited that his whole body trembled, and his wounds burst open.

If it weren't for good luck, he couldn't have obtained a Dragon-Ascending spot.

Up to this point, of the fourteen disciples of the Weiyuan Hall, six actually fought their way into the top sixty and successfully ascended the dragon.

Including Sun Tao, Xu Yang, Zhang Yong, Lu Ren, Zhao Zhifei, and Jiang Ping.

"The Huang family is truly amazing!"

Sun Tao swept his gaze around and sighed.

Six people from the Weiyuan Hall ascended the dragon, and actually half of them were people selected by the Huang family back then; if it weren't for the Huang family, the Weiyuan Hall might only have three people ascending the dragon today.

What was even more amazing was that these three people didn't become retainers of the Huang family at all, and all had nothing to do with the Huang family.

"Trash, stupid pig!"

On the viewing stage, Huang Xu was already furious and slapped Huang Ping a few more times.

Three!

Just because of this short-sighted, stingy guy, the Huang family not only lost three Dragon-Ascending geniuses but also had to become a joke in Qingyuan.

He felt his heart was bleeding; if it weren't for nepotism and handing things over to Huang Jin, it would never have been this result.