Chapter 30: Rupture

"Come over!" Huang Jin beckoned.

Xu Yang and Lu Ren walked quickly into the pavilion and bowed: "Greetings, Fifth Master!"

Huang Jin nodded and said: "I called you over for no particular reason. Liu Guangfa committed an offense, and I intend to distribute the money he handed over to Weiyuan Hall to the two of you."

The money for Weiyuan Hall is handed over every three months. With the Huang family's status, it was naturally impossible to ask Weiyuan Hall for a refund of a few silver taels.

"Thank you, Fifth Master!"

Xu Yang bowed again, not expecting that Liu Guangfa's incident would have such a good thing.

Lu Ren, however, was puzzled and said: "Why not give it all to me? Giving it to him is just a waste. If you give it to me, I can break through faster and serve the Huang family."

Today, he was no longer the timid youth who stuttered when he spoke. Even when talking to Huang Jin, he carried a sense of composure.

With his talent, even if he offended the Huang family, there would be plenty of people willing to cultivate him.

Huang Jin looked at Lu Ren deeply: "Xu Yang's entry time into the Turtle-Snake Great Stance was only one day later than yours."

Changing so quickly, could such a person really be used by the Huang family after growing up?

Lu Ren didn't speak again, knowing his wings hadn't fully grown yet.

"You just need to practice diligently. If your subsequent performance is good, the Huang family will naturally increase cultivation efforts based on your performance."

Huang Jin still comforted Lu Ren and looked at Xu Yang: "I have decided to set your share as Body-Strengthening Soup. If you want to exchange it for other things, you can tell me."

Xu Yang shook his head: "It is all up to Fifth Master's decision."

The Body-Strengthening Soup was very good. With this one silver tael of Body-Strengthening Soup, he would have twelve bowls of soup every month, and he could drink one bowl every three days or so. In this way, he could practice the Turtle-Snake Great Stance for more time.

"You may go back!"

The two bowed and exited the pavilion, walking toward the outer courtyard.

"Next, in the cultivation of the Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan, I will let you know that you were just lucky before, and how big the gap between us is."

Lu Ren said, walking away with large strides.

"People, they really change fast!"

Xu Yang could only sigh that Luo Dehu was truly a talent. Lu Ren's changes owed a lot to Luo Dehu; the Lu Ren of the past hadn't been this sharp-edged.

He quickly threw Lu Ren's words to the back of his mind and continued to devote himself to cultivation.

Announcing the severance of ties with Xu Laoer, Xu Laoer didn't come to make trouble.

Time flew by, and it was already the eighth day since entering Weiyuan Hall. This morning, Zhang Yong entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance, and in the afternoon, Zhang Hong's Turtle-Snake Great Stance also entered.

On the ninth day, another person entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance, but it wasn't Luo Dehu, who had Grade D-minus innate talent, but Qian Jiaxing.

On the twelfth day, everyone had entered the Turtle-Snake Great Stance and began to practice the Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan.

It was also on this day that Lu Ren announced that his Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan had entered.

The Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan, which was harder than the Turtle-Snake Great Stance, took him only seven days to enter. Such speed naturally drew another round of exclamations.

That day, Huang Jin was alarmed again, rushed to Weiyuan Hall, and announced that Lu Ren's cultivation efforts would be increased by two taels.

Up to this point, the Huang family's cultivation efforts for him reached thirteen taels per month.

One must know that many true martial artists who serve as retainers for others only have a monthly salary of ten silver taels.

With such an honor, Lu Ren was naturally triumphant. He even provocatively asked Xu Yang, how long will it take for you to enter?

Unexpectedly, the next day, Xu Yang announced that his Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan had also entered.

"Damn it!"

Lu Ren was somewhat unable to hold it together.

The Turtle-Snake Great Stance was like this, and the Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan was also like this. As long as he broke through, Xu Yang would break through the next day, chasing him too closely.

"I admit you have some comprehension, but I want to tell you that martial dao cultivation mainly depends on innate talent."

Lu Ren found Xu Yang with a gloomy face. Xu Yang was chasing him too closely, and he had spent so much money without pulling away from Xu Yang, so he was worried that the Huang family would divide part of his cultivation resources to Xu Yang.

"Doesn't cultivation depend on money?" Xu Yang asked suspiciously: "Oh, right, you have more money than me, and you spent so much money without shaking me off, so why are you talking about innate talent here?"

At this point, the two were publicly ruptured and truly fell out. Lu Ren also gave up the idea of winning Xu Yang over as a subordinate and practiced martial arts even more diligently.

Huang Jin didn't appear, as if the Huang family didn't know that Xu Yang's Mountain-Shaking Xiong Quan entry was only one day later than Lu Ren's. Everyone knew they had been abandoned by the Huang family, including Xu Yang, whose talent was second only to Lu Ren's. ===== CHAPTER 31 =====