Chapter 33: Apologizing

Old Scholar Li's school was in his home.

Xu Yang and Xu Qing walked here, and Old Scholar Li was in class.

The two didn't disturb him, but waited quietly.

After a class ended, Old Scholar Li walked out of the school. Xu Yang hurriedly took Xu Qing forward to salute and stated the purpose of their visit.

Regarding this, Old Scholar Li naturally agreed. After receiving the tuition, Xu Qing could be considered to have entered his school. If she could pass the exam in the future, he would be her teaching master.

Unfortunately, in this world, women were not allowed to participate in the civil service examinations, but there had been a few female martial arts champions in the martial arts examinations.

Watching Xu Qing enter the school, Xu Yang didn't stay here long and turned to leave.

Just after walking a few steps, he saw a woman with a good appearance walking toward him; it was Li Yao, the daughter of Old Scholar Li.

She did have some beauty, and in a place like Baishi Square, she could be called a stunning beauty.

If it weren't for the fact that Old Scholar Li and the current county magistrate were scholars of the same session and had some friendship, with her beauty, she would have long suffered the poisonous hands of the Tri-Union Gang.

"Miss Li!"

At the moment of passing by, Xu Yang smiled at Li Yao, nodded slightly, and then strode away.

This was Old Scholar Li's daughter, the daughter of Xu Qing's teacher; he naturally couldn't be rude.

"Who is this person?"

Li Yao frowned slightly, finding that she didn't know this person who greeted her.

"Father, who was the person who just went out from home?" Walking into the courtyard, Li Yao asked her father.

Old Scholar Li was stunned: "He is Xu Yang. You two often played together when you were children. Don't you remember him?"

Xu Yang?

Li Yao shook her head: "That Xu Yang was skinny and couldn't even get enough to eat. The person just now had a sturdy body and vigorous blood and Qi. How could it be Xu Yang?"

Old Scholar Li reacted: "Oh, you just came back from the city and don't know that Xu Yang has become a martial artist. His temperament has changed greatly, and just now, even father almost didn't recognize him."

That poor boy who used to peek at her often has become a martial artist?

A look of disbelief appeared in Li Yao's eyes. No wonder she only felt somewhat familiar but didn't recognize him.

"Father, why didn't you say so earlier!" She chased after him, but where was Xu Yang's shadow?

Qi gathering was initially successful, and many things were different.

Xu Yang originally planned to go home to change clothes and then rush to the Weiyuan Hall.

Unexpectedly, before he reached home, he saw a group of people blocking his door.

In the crowd, he also saw Xu Lao'er, Zhang Cuiting, and Yang Jun.

"Xu Yang is back!"

Someone saw Xu Yang first, and after shouting, the surrounding people made a path.

Only then did Xu Yang see that at his door, there was also a group of people wearing uniform black clothes, holding thick machetes in their hands, standing behind a middle-aged man with a sharp aura.

Beside the middle-aged man, a person who was tied up and had his mouth blocked was kneeling.

Seeing him appear, the middle-aged man clasped his fists and said: "I am Li Sanhe. Brother Xu is truly a talent; no wonder he has successfully gathered Qi at such an age."

Li Sanhe!

Xu Yang's heart moved, and he clasped his fists: "So it is Gang Leader Li. May I ask what is the matter with coming to find me?"

Li Sanhe pointed to the person kneeling on the ground beside him and said: "I have just found out that this dog thing has been sending people to threaten and want to buy your sister, so I specially sent him here for Brother Xu to deal with. Whether he lives or dies depends entirely on one word from Brother Xu."

The people of Baishi Square were shocked; Li Sanhe actually came to apologize to Xu Yang.

"Want to test me?" Xu Yang thought to himself.

Li Sanhe was afraid that he already understood that Li Hu and Qian Ming and the others were all killed by him.

The current behavior might be truly admitting defeat, or it might be a test of him.

If he directly killed the person Li Sanhe handed over, it would mean he was ruthless and vengeful, and would retaliate against Li Sanhe in the future.

In order not to be retaliated against by him in the future, Li Sanhe would naturally want to stifle him in advance.

If he let this person go, it would mean there was room for relaxation, and Li Sanhe wouldn't have to risk offending the Weiyuan Hall to stifle him. ===== CHAPTER 63 =====

"So it was this dog thing behind the scenes!" Xu Yang changed his tone and said: "But he is a member of the Tri-Union Gang, and it wouldn't be reasonable for me to deal with him. Why don't Gang Leader Li deal with him?"

Li Sanhe's eyes flashed, and he said: "Then cut off one of his arms and offer two taels of silver to apologize. I wonder what Brother Xu thinks?"

This dog thing was indeed testing him.

Xu Yang clasped his fists: "It all depends on Gang Leader Li's decision."

Li Sanhe gave a wink to his subordinates, and someone immediately stepped forward, drew a knife, and cut off one arm of the tied person.

This person rolled on the ground in pain, wailing loudly, scaring the surrounding neighbors who were watching the show to turn their heads and not dare to look.

"Dog thing, what are you howling about? Why don't you hurry over and thank Brother Xu for sparing your life."

This person endured the severe pain and hurriedly ran over to kowtow to Xu Yang.

Li Sanhe took out the promised two taels of silver and handed them to Xu Yang: "Brother Xu, if you have any use for me in the future, you can come to the Tri-Union Gang to find me at any time. I must take this dog thing back for treatment immediately, so as not to die here and dirty your place."

Li Sanhe left quickly, but that severed arm was left behind.

"Ruthless enough!"

He didn't treat his own subordinates as human beings at all!

Xu Yang bent down to pick up the severed arm, then threw it out with force, and only then returned home.

"Go quickly, you are his father, what can he do to you."

Xu Lao'er's face turned pale. Originally, he came to find Xu Yang to repair the father-son relationship, but this scene shocked him, and he didn't dare to approach Xu Yang at all.

Zhang Cuiting pushed him several times, but he didn't dare to step forward to speak to Xu Yang.

"Look at him, even the Tri-Union Gang sends him money, aren't you jealous?" Zhang Cuiting said again.

Hearing this, the fear in Xu Lao'er's heart was finally suppressed by the silver. If he reconciled with Xu Yang, he could spend as much money as he wanted.

Little did he know that these words were all heard by Xu Yang.

Xu Lao'er approached the door, and he happened to push the door out.

"A-Yang..." Xu Lao'er said in a low voice.

Zhang Cuiting also pushed Yang Jun over and said: "Why don't you hurry up and greet your brother Yang!"

Xu Yang didn't pay attention to Xu Lao'er, his eyes looking at Zhang Cuiting like a knife: "If you instigate Xu Lao'er to climb the relationship again, I will slaughter your son."

Zhang Cuiting's face turned pale instantly. In the past, she would have thought Xu Yang was scaring people, but after what happened just now, she knew Xu Yang could do it.

By the time Xu Yang arrived at the Weiyuan Hall, it was almost lunch time. He found a place and started to accumulate blood and Qi and temper his body.

As the breathing method operated, true Qi surged, washing the tendons and bones like a tide, and the effect was much better than blood and Qi.

"I didn't expect to be lazy just after breaking through!"

"He might think that after successfully gathering Qi, he can play around."

"Born at the bottom, how much ambition can he have? He thinks gathering Qi is getting ahead."

Seeing that Xu Yang came so late, many people couldn't help but shake their heads secretly.

The former Xu Yang was always the first to come, but they didn't come when Xu Yang came.

Unexpectedly, just after successfully gathering Qi, Xu Yang became the last person to come.

Xu Yang listened, too lazy to talk to these people.

At least he was still practicing, but these people ate cakes and drank tea every day; did they have the face to say he had no ambition?

Only when his body became hot and he was covered in sweat did Xu Yang stop his cultivation of the Turtle-Snake Grand Stance. ===== CHAPTER 64 =====