Chapter 163

Not long after the Dajiang Gang people left, Qiu Wenjie and his father also rushed over with gifts. Besides the two of them, his eldest uncle and cousin Zhou Hui also followed to offer congratulations.

Compared to the Dajiang Gang people, this time he did not dare to put on airs at all. He respectfully invited Zhou Shunchang into his home and served tea and fruits.

Xu Qing also left the others behind and started to organize the meal to entertain them.

Xu Laoer watched all this, and his heart felt uncomfortable again.

Successively, others sent congratulatory gifts. There were the Liu family, the Huang family, fellow disciples from the martial arts hall, and even some wealthy families in the city that Xu Yang didn't know at all sent gifts.

He was not polite and accepted them all.

Later in the evening, the liveliness finally faded, but a few uninvited guests arrived.

Several Liefeng Hall disciples, led by Kong Yu, who was known as having the best innate talent in this examination, found their way here.

"Junior Brother Kong, if you ask me, Yang Jun was killed by him. Let's arrest him and hand him over to the Master."

Jiang Yi saw Xu Yang, and a look of hatred instantly appeared in his eyes.

This was an attempt to frame him for Yang Jun's death and use it as an excuse to avenge Zhu Yang.

Xu Yang glanced at Jiang Yi and then looked at Kong Yu.

Kong Yu said in a low voice, "Senior Brother Jiang, be rational. Senior Brother Yang Jun was sucked dry of his essence by someone using demonic arts; it cannot be Brother Xu."

He also wanted to avenge Zhu Yang, but he disdained using such framing tactics.

Moreover, Xu Yang had the Weiyuan Hall behind him, and it wasn't something that could be framed with just a word.

"Only he and Yang Jun had a grudge. Besides him, who would kill Yang Jun?" Jiang Yi said.

Xu Yang snorted coldly, "Idiot! If you want to frame me, use some clever methods. I could also say that you killed Yang Jun to frame me."

Jiang Yi wanted to say more, but Kong Yu's face sank, and he had to shut up resentfully.

Kong Yu cupped his hands and said, "Sorry, my Senior Brother Jiang was muddled by the death of Senior Brother Yang Jun and spoke nonsense. We came here to ask if Brother Xu has seen any suspicious people nearby recently."

Xu Yang shook his head, "I haven't seen any."

Kong Yu left with his men in disappointment.

"Demonic arts, could it be Xue Hong?" Xu Yang pondered.

He had no intention of mentioning Xue Hong's matter to cause trouble.

Xue Hong definitely didn't just look for him. If others didn't say anything, he certainly wouldn't either. As long as it didn't affect him, it had nothing to do with him who died.

However, he vaguely felt that the matter should have nothing to do with Xue Hong. Xue Hong was originally planning for them, these Dragon-Ascending people, to go undercover in the Ziyang Sect. Wouldn't killing people at this time tell others that the Blood Lotus Sect people had appeared in Qingyuan?

"It was done by people from the Fentian Sect."

A few days later, Xu Yang learned from Lin Cheng that the matter really wasn't done by Xue Hong, but by a demonic sect called the Fentian Sect that killed Yang Jun.

Because in the past few days, other experts who were injured in the martial arts examination had also met with misfortune. The matter blew up, and someone found out the method of Yang Jun and the others' death, which was related to a demonic sect called the Fentian Sect.

All the major families and the imperial court took action and began to search for the people of the Fentian Sect.

Xu Yang was completely unaffected.

According to Lin Cheng, these people who were killed were all lured by the Fentian Sect and had blood seeds planted in their bodies.

Now that the blood seeds were mature, the Fentian Sect had come to harvest them.

"So Yang Jun was able to reach the Qi Gathering Major Success so quickly because he was planted with a blood seed..."

He only then learned the reason why Yang Jun was able to reach Qi Gathering Major Success in one year.

Time passed slowly, and the injured disciples of the Weiyuan Hall gradually recovered their health and returned to the Weiyuan Hall.

Sun Tao had already returned, but he was busy comprehending the Bear Sutra of Mountain Bearing, so Xu Yang continued to teach the outer courtyard disciples.

Zhang Hong also returned, but his mood was a bit low. Having failed to ascend the dragon, he had been squeezed out of the circle by Jiang Ping and the others. Only Zhang Yong, because he succeeded in ascending the dragon, became more and more comfortable in Jiang Ping's circle.

Soon, most people returned, only Lu Ren and Gu Fang never appeared.

When Xu Yang listened to the inner courtyard disciples communicating, he vaguely heard that after the martial arts examination ended, Gu Fang would no longer come to the Weiyuan Hall.

Once Xu Yang thought about it, he understood the reason.

The Gu family no longer needed a genius to help Gu Haoming charge into battle, so naturally, they wouldn't waste money to win people over. Plus, Gu Fang failed to ascend the dragon, so she had no face to come to the Weiyuan Hall again.

"Not only that!"

Zhang Hong said, "That palm from Qin Ze was not easy to take. Senior Sister Gu injured her heart meridian and won't be able to recover within a year or two."

Speaking of this, he looked at Xu Yang before continuing, "Plus, you defeated Lu Ren, but she didn't manage to win you over. Gu Haoming pushed the blame for failing to break into the top three onto her. Now the Gu family is very disappointed in her.

I heard that the Gu family is already arranging a marriage for her, wanting to use her for a political marriage to stabilize the family's status."

Xu Yang felt a bit of sigh. Gu Fang gave up her chance to ascend the dragon for Gu Haoming, but in the end, she was still blamed by Gu Haoming and ended up in a political marriage.

Of course, he was just sighing. He and Gu Fang had no friendship at all; the words they had spoken to each other added up to no more than ten sentences.

"What about Lu Ren?" Xu Yang asked curiously.

Lu Ren's injuries were severe, but after so many days, with Lu Ren's cultivation, he should have been almost better.

Zhang Hong showed a somewhat strange expression, "He lost to you, and his weight in the Gu family has decreased a lot. He himself is also very decadent.

Zhang Yong and I went to see him once, but he seemed to have no face to see people, and he didn't even see us."

Lu Ren had a high opinion of himself, always looked down on Xu Yang, belittled and targeted him everywhere, and every time his cultivation broke through, he had to show off in front of Xu Yang.

Now that he had lost to Xu Yang, he had become a clown. The blow was almost no different from being publicly humiliated.

Days returned to calm.

The Fentian Sect matter had been noisy for a few days, but no one was caught, and since no new victims appeared, it was gradually forgotten.

Xu Yang ran between Bai Shi Square and the Weiyuan Hall every day. In the morning, he practiced martial arts, and in the afternoon, he went to the outer courtyard to guide new disciples. Sometimes he would also give pointers to Qiu Wenjie and Tian Li on their fist techniques.

The Qiu family's tea business was growing larger and larger. With the name of him, a Dragon-Ascending genius, many teahouses and restaurants cooperated with the Qiu family and bought tea from them.

This day, Xu Yang's mind was clear, as if a layer of fog had been pushed aside. The contents of the Bear Sutra of Mountain Bearing flashed in his mind, and some problems he had been struggling with were instantly understood.

【Comprehension: 80】

After many days of accumulation, his comprehension had also improved to eighty.

"Unfortunately, there is no room for comprehension to be displayed."

The improvement of cultivation base mainly relied on resources and innate talent. He had 80 comprehension but no cultivation method to practice.

The only Diamond Body Technique that had not yet reached Major Success was a slow-grinding effort, and the speed of progress had little to do with innate talent and comprehension.

After practicing the Diamond Body Technique for a while, he got up and rushed to the Weiyuan Hall.

In the afternoon, he walked out of the inner courtyard and came to the outer courtyard to guide the outer courtyard disciples in their cultivation.

Not long after, he saw Sun Tao and An Ye walking out of the inner courtyard and waiting outside the Weiyuan Hall.

"Who is coming to the Weiyuan Hall that the Master actually let Senior Brother Sun and An Ye come out to welcome them together?" Many outer courtyard disciples were curious.

This etiquette was very high. For people of ordinary status, Lin Cheng would never let two direct disciples go out in advance to wait and welcome them.

Xu Yang soon knew who Sun Tao and An Ye were waiting for.

The master of the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall and the four disciples of the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall who had successfully ascended the dragon.

Sun Tao and An Ye led the way in front, bringing the five people into the Weiyuan Hall. Lin Cheng also walked out of the inner courtyard, personally came to the outer courtyard to welcome them, and then led the five people into the inner courtyard, disappearing from Xu Yang's sight.

"The master of the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall, bringing four Dragon-Ascending disciples to the Weiyuan Hall, what for?"

After Xu Yang was slightly curious, he continued to guide the outer courtyard disciples.

"Senior Brother Xu, the Master wants you to come over."

Unexpectedly, after a while, An Ye came to notify him that Lin Cheng was looking for him.

"Okay!"

Xu Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead, tidied his clothes, and walked all the way into Lin Cheng's courtyard.

"Junior Brother Xu, here!"

Sun Tao waved at Xu Yang in the reception hall.

He looked over and found that besides Sun Tao, Zhao Zhifei, Jiang Ping, and Zhang Yong were also there.

All the Dragon-Ascending disciples of the Weiyuan Hall, except for Lu Ren who had never appeared, were all here. Besides that, Lin Wei was also there. With her heroic spirit, she stood quietly behind Lin Cheng.

Seeing Xu Yang come in, she nodded gently to Xu Yang.

In the martial arts examination, her luck was quite good, and she successfully ascended the dragon.

Xu Yang roughly knew in his heart that the people from the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall were here because of the Dragon-Ascending, so he cupped his hands and said, "Disciple greets the Master, greets Senior Tian!"

Senior Tian was the master of the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall, named Tian Wei.

After paying his respects, he sat down next to Zhang Yong.

"I asked you to come over because Master Tian came here hoping that the Dragon-Ascending disciples of our Weiyuan Hall can form an offensive and defensive alliance with the Dragon-Ascending disciples of the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall, so that after entering the Ziyang Sect, they can support each other and make progress together..."

While Lin Cheng was speaking, his gaze swept across the faces of Xu Yang, Zhang Yong, and others, taking everyone's reaction into his eyes.

"The Ziyang Sect is not a monolithic block; there are many factions. Disciples all have different backgrounds and origins. To gain a foothold in the Ziyang Sect, fighting alone is very difficult; you must have allies."

Lin Cheng said this, took a sip of tea, and then continued, "Of course, although you are my disciples in name, entering the Ziyang Sect is your own business, and my hand cannot reach into the Ziyang Sect. Whether you are willing to form an alliance with these geniuses from the Tiger Roaring Fist Hall, I will not force you." ===== CHAPTER 164 =====