Chapter 189: Sharp Edge

"I have already comprehended Wind-Thunder Force."

Facing Yue Gui's question, Xu Yang thought for a while and admitted that he had already comprehended Wind-Thunder Force.

The alliance was initially to avoid being targeted by the Chuying Society and the Ruifeng Hall. Qin Ze came to him mainly because he valued his potential. Appropriately showing some things to prove his weight in the alliance was not a bad thing.

Without connections and background, if you don't even have potential, why should people share important intelligence with you?

The alliance is an alliance of interests, not a charity. Proving your value makes cooperation pleasant.

Yue Gui was shocked: "Good guy, he really comprehended Wind-Thunder Force."

He was actually just asking casually and didn't hold much hope. He didn't expect Xu Yang to have really comprehended Wind-Thunder Force. Looking at this posture, if he hadn't asked, Xu Yang wouldn't have taken the initiative to say it.

Although he was late as always compared to Lu Ren, he still comprehended Wind-Thunder Force.

"Congratulations to Brother Xu for comprehending Wind-Thunder Force. Once you reach Qi Gathering Perfection, Qi Refining into Gang will be much simpler." Chen Jiang stood up with a full face of smiles.

At the beginning, he looked down on Xu Yang and didn't think Xu Yang was qualified to form an alliance with them.

But now that Wind-Thunder Force was out, he became the one least qualified, because among the five, Qin Ze and Yue Gui had long comprehended a force like Wind-Thunder Force.

Although Liu Qian also hadn't comprehended this kind of force, she came from the Liu family and had an elder brother who was third in the previous batch in the outer sect. Her sources of information were many, and her advantages were greater than his.

So now, he had suddenly become the bottom one.

"Congratulations to Brother Xu. With this talent, no wonder you looked down on the conditions offered by my father back then."

Liu Qian also spoke to congratulate him. The conditions offered by the Liu family back then were indeed not enough to move a genius who had comprehended Wind-Thunder Force after practicing martial arts for more than a year.

This talent, even if it couldn't rank on the Ten Elites list, was not much different.

Defeating Lu Ren in the Martial Arts Examination didn't seem to be a fluke.

Xu Yang shook his head: "The conditions offered by the head of the family were good, but I am a person who doesn't like to be controlled."

Liu Qian pursed her lips and smiled: "I know. If Brother Xu were such a person, we probably wouldn't have become allies today."

Qin Ze stood up and said: "Congratulations. I knew my vision wouldn't be wrong. Your talent is on par with Lu Ren's."

Xu Yang comprehending Wind-Thunder Force dissipated much of the gloom brought by the breakthroughs of Gu Haoming, Han Xing, and others.

The alliance's strength had greatly increased!

Yue Gui smiled: "Brother Xu, your personality is not very good. Appropriately showing your sharp edge is not a bad thing. If you had said earlier that you had comprehended Wind-Thunder Force, Li Ruian's target today probably wouldn't have been you."

Li Ruian used stepping on Xu Yang to draw out the Poxiao Society, mainly because Xu Yang was a loose person with no power and no background, and he wasn't afraid of stepping on people he couldn't afford to provoke.

Xu Yang shook his head: "I just comprehended it. It's not like I can take the initiative to tell everyone I've comprehended Wind-Thunder Force. It's not Qi Refining into Gang; maybe it would attract ridicule from others."

Although there were few people who had comprehended a force like Wind-Thunder Force, among the more than three hundred new disciples, there were still twenty or thirty such people.

He added: "And Li Ruian coming to me was probably not because I had bad luck, but because of Kong Yu's handiwork."

Although he didn't hear the conversation between Ji Jincheng and Kong Yu, his five senses could distinguish that the gazes of Kong Yu and Ji Jincheng were different from others.

Qin Ze frowned and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure, Brother Xu?"

If it wasn't bad luck that he was targeted by Li Ruian, but Kong Yu's arrangement, then according to the original alliance agreement, the matter was not Xu Yang's alone, but the alliance's.

Xu Yang nodded: "The probability is likely correct."

Liu Qian, Yue Gui, and Chen Jiang also frowned. Had the Chuying Society made a move after all?

"Then in the future, whether it is the Chuying Society or the Poxiao Society making a move against Brother Xu, we cannot stand by and watch." Yue Gui said.

Chen Jiang was silent for a while and said in a deep voice: "According to the alliance agreement, it should be so. But back in the examination, Xu Yang killed Senior Brother Zhu Yang of Kong Yu. According to another clause of the alliance agreement, this should be considered a private grudge."

If it was a private grudge, they didn't have to intervene according to the alliance agreement.

If it were just the Chuying Society, he wouldn't have said such words, but today's matter, Xu Yang might have already provoked the Poxiao Society.

The Poxiao Society had inner sect background, so he still didn't want to provoke them if he could avoid it.

The most important thing was that Xu Yang indeed had a private grudge with Kong Yu. Many people knew that Kong Yu had always wanted to avenge Zhu Yang, so this matter might not be the Chuying Society's handiwork; it was highly likely that Kong Yu was avenging a private grudge.

Liu Qian said: "It's hard to distinguish between suppression and private grudge."

Qin Ze was about to speak, but Xu Yang took the lead: "Let's treat it as a private grudge. Kong Yu indeed wants to find me to avenge his grudge. I will handle this matter myself; the alliance doesn't need to confront them with me."

He didn't expect Qin Ze and the others to have become good friends who shared blessings and misfortunes, and this matter might really be Kong Yu avenging a private grudge.

If public and private matters are not distinguished, today others are implicated by him, and tomorrow he might be implicated by others.

He still hoped that this alliance relationship would distinguish public and private matters clearly. He also didn't hope for Qin Ze and the others to help him, causing him to have to take action if others were avenging private grudges in the future.

And he also saw everyone's hesitation. It was better to take the lead. He didn't really expect this alliance to solve the problem. For him, this place was just a place to obtain intelligence.

No one spoke, because no one wanted to confront the Poxiao Society. It was best for everyone that Xu Yang could admit it was a private grudge.

Otherwise, if he insisted it was not a private grudge, everyone would either have to bear it with him, or the alliance would dissolve.

However, the alliance could be considered to have a bit of estrangement.

Qin Ze said in a deep voice: "If one day Brother Xu confirms that it is not a private grudge, but suppression from the Chuying Society, we will definitely take action according to the alliance agreement."

Liu Qian said: "If I have relevant news here, I will notify you. Even if everyone doesn't intervene, try to warn Brother Xu if there is news."

The few agreed.

Xu Yang cupped his fists and said: "Thank you!"

Because there was no intelligence to share, this gathering ended quickly.

Xu Yang left the restaurant and rushed to Lihuo Peak to refine profound iron.

Not long after, under the publicity of Qin Ze and the others, many people from Qingyuan County knew that Xu Yang had comprehended Wind-Thunder Force.

"Failed again. The bottleneck of Qi Refining into Gang is far from comparable to the bottleneck of Qi Gathering Major Success."

Lu Ren sighed and walked out of the room.

"Junior Brother Lu, did you fail again?" Zhao Zhifei looked at Lu Ren's complexion and guessed it instantly.

Lu Ren nodded: "Hmm."

Zhao Zhifei comforted: "Don't be impatient. You haven't reached Qi Gathering Perfection for a month yet. It's normal not to break through. Under normal circumstances, even people who have comprehended Wind-Thunder Force have to spend one or two months of precipitation after reaching Qi Gathering Perfection before it is possible to touch the opportunity of Qi Refining into Gang..."

As he spoke, he showed a look of wanting to say something but stopping, as if he had thought of something, and finally chose not to say it.

Lu Ren frowned and said: "Senior Brother Zhao, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Is it because I have been slow to reach Qi Refining into Gang that there are rumors outside?"

He saw Zhao Zhifei's hesitation. Thinking carefully, only his high-profile announcement of reaching Qi Gathering Perfection but failing to reach Qi Refining into Gang could have been made an issue by others.

Zhao Zhifei thought for a while and said: "You promised me not to affect your state of mind after hearing it, okay?"

Lu Ren's eyes turned cold: "Say it. Rumors can't affect my state of mind, and if you don't say it, I can still find out."

As one of the Ten Elites, he had his own confidence.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhifei knew that the matter couldn't be hidden, took a deep breath, and said: "The rumor outside is that Xu Yang has comprehended Wind-Thunder Force."

Lu Ren:...

A kind of uncontrollable panic floated in his heart. Lu Ren only felt as if a shadow was covering him, and the sky turned gray.

He thought that by comprehending Wind-Thunder Force, he had already far surpassed that person, but he didn't expect that, just like in the past, that person would follow closely and comprehend Wind-Thunder Force again.

No matter how well he did or how hard he tried, that person always followed behind unhurriedly, as if carrying a kind of mockery.

A strange look appeared on Zhao Zhifei's face. The rumors of being slow to reach Qi Refining into Gang couldn't affect Lu Ren's state of mind, but the sentence "Xu Yang comprehended Wind-Thunder Force" made this genius among the Ten Elites lose his state of mind. Xu Yang had simply become his inner demon.

Lu Ren took a deep breath and said: "Who spread this matter? Has anyone verified it?"

Zhao Zhifei said: "It seems to be spread by Qin Ze and others who are in an alliance with him. As for whether it is true or false, no one has verified it."

Lu Ren didn't say a word and got up to leave.

Zhao Zhifei's expression changed, and he hurriedly got up to follow.

As the sun set in the west, Xu Yang stepped on the evening glow and walked down Lihuo Peak with Chen Chao and the others, returning to his residence all the way.

In front of the courtyard gate, Lu Ren stood quietly. People coming and going were all curiously looking at him, not knowing why this genius among the Ten Elites would stand here all the time.

Not far away, Zhang Yong, Sun Tao, Jiang Ping, Gu Haoming, Zhao Zhifei, and more than a dozen disciples from Qingyuan County stood together, all quietly watching this scene.

"I heard you comprehended Wind-Thunder Force. Use your Wind-Thunder Force, otherwise you will be injured."

Lu Ren stepped forward with powerful momentum.

One step was one zhang. After three steps, he was already in front of Xu Yang. His palm slapped out silently, without any grand momentum, but there was powerful force lurking between his palm and fingers.

Wind-Thunder Force, light as wind, fierce as thunder.

Xu Yang's expression remained unchanged, and his palm slapped out just as lightly.

The next moment, the two palms collided, and the force stirred.

"Pfft!"