Chapter 367

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Ping and Zhang Yong looked at Xu Yang in surprise.

This tail of the Ten Elites had finally reached the Major Success of Gang Qi.

Although it was later than other Ten Elites geniuses, it didn't tarnish the prestige of the Ten Elites. To date, except for the Ten Elites geniuses, no other disciples had reached the Major Success of Gang Qi.

"Congratulations on your great progress in cultivation!" The two hurriedly cupped their hands to congratulate Xu Yang.

"By the way, what about Li Qiang? Did that pig-and-dog-like beast not find trouble for you?" Zhang Yong asked suspiciously.

Knowing that Xu Yang, Sun Tao, and Li Qiang went out to do missions together, they had truly broken into a cold sweat for the two.

Li Qiang was shameless and base; it was very likely he would take this opportunity to eliminate Xu Yang and Sun Tao.

Sun Tao said: "Dead. We suffered an ambush by Blood Lotus Sect experts, and he and Gu Haoming both died."

What? Gu Haoming and Li Qiang are both dead?!

Jiang Ping and Zhang Yong were stunned, then burst into loud laughter.

"Good, good, good! Died well! Heaven finally opened its eyes."

Jiang Ping almost laughed until tears came out, his emotions very excited.

These two could be said to be the people he hated most.

Gu Haoming kicked him away after using him, and Li Qiang caused him to lose an arm, becoming half-disabled. He thought he would never be able to take revenge in his life, but he didn't expect both great enemies to die together.

"They got off easy!" Zhang Yong shouted.

Li Qiang and Gu Haoming were also his enemies. He had long harbored the determination to kill the two, but he didn't expect that before he had the strength to take revenge, the two were already dead.

"This matter is worth a big drink. Let's go to the restaurant. My treat, let's drink together for the death of these two beasts!" Jiang Ping waved his remaining arm.

Having gnawed on dry rations for several days, Xu Yang's mouth had long been bland.

With someone treating him, he naturally wouldn't refuse, and the group of four immediately rushed to the restaurant.

"Xu Yang has actually reached the Major Success of Gang Qi!"

"Ten Elites is Ten Elites. Although Xu Yang dragged his feet a bit, he is also the tenth disciple to reach the Major Success of Gang Qi."

"Not many, not few. The eyes of the people who listed the Ten Elites list are really poisonous."

Soon, the news that Xu Yang had returned alive and reached the Major Success of Gang Qi spread in the outer sect.

Regardless of how late the time to reach the Major Success of Gang Qi was, in a situation where most people hadn't even reached the Minor Success of Gang Qi, the Major Success of Gang Qi was a shocking thing.

Sharp Wind Hall!

Cao Rong received the news immediately, his face extremely gloomy.

Whether Xu Yang reached the Major Success of Gang Qi had nothing to do with him, but Gu Haoming was dead.

Gu Haoming was his capable subordinate; the Major Success of Gang Qi was not a problem, and he could become his help in the future.

Yun Feng was dead, Lu Ren was no longer a person of the Sharp Wind Hall, and now that Gu Haoming was dead, he didn't have many usable people in the Sharp Wind Hall.

"Four Blood Lotus Sect experts ambushed, why did an expert like Li Qiang die, but Xu Yang, who just broke through, could return alive?

And Sun Tao could return alive, how could Gu Haoming die?"

He had inquired, and Xu Yang and Sun Tao returned basically intact, not looking like they had escaped death at all.

The words Xu Yang made up were full of holes in the eyes of someone like him who intended to investigate.

Two people who were at odds with Xu Yang died, and only Sun Tao, who had a good relationship with him, survived. How could there be such a coincidence?

There must be some hidden story behind the deaths of Li Qiang and Gu Haoming.

"Xu Yang, don't let me find out that you killed Gu Haoming," Cao Rong said coldly.

Although he hadn't reached the Major Success of Gang Qi, his uncle Cao Jin was an inner sect disciple and had plenty of means to deal with Xu Yang.

"You got off easy."

Lu Ren also heard about Xu Yang reaching the Major Success of Gang Qi, but he didn't care much. What he regretted was not being able to kill Gu Haoming with his own hands.

His hatred for Gu Haoming was no less than Zhang Yong's and Jiang Ping's.

At the same time, the news of Xu Yang reaching the Major Success of Gang Qi didn't just spread in the Profound Heaven Sect, but even reached Qingyang City.

The great families of Qingyang City had already begun to pay attention to the Dragon Ascension disciples of this session.

After all, they had been in the Profound Heaven Sect for two years, and in another year, the three-year outer sect period of the Dragon Ascension disciples of this session would be full, and they could enter the inner sect.

Once they entered the inner sect, they would truly be disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect.

A true Profound Heaven Sect disciple was something few families in Qingyang City could ignore.

They might not be useful now, but what about in a few years or a dozen years? Relationships couldn't wait until they were needed to be pulled.

"Send someone to contact Xu Yang and let him be used by my clan," a clan elder of a great family issued such a voice.

No matter what Xu Yang's reputation was, being able to reach the Major Success of Gang Qi in two years meant his talent had been verified. Reaching Marrow Cleansing and entering the inner sect was only a matter of time, so he could be won over.

It wasn't just one family that spoke; many families began to take action.

Of course, it wasn't just winning over Xu Yang; they began to win over the geniuses on the Ten Elites list who could be won over.

Li Chuyang, Du Chuan, and Jiang Fan had backgrounds, so no one looked for them.

The fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh geniuses were all approached by great families, only the eighth Lu Ren and the ninth Su Zhe were not approached.

Su Zhe was a person of the Su family, so naturally, no one in Qingyang City would look for him.

As for Lu Ren, many people didn't know why no one won him over.

Even with Jiang Fan explicitly stating he wouldn't retaliate against Lu Ren, someone should have recruited him, but not a single great family came to recruit Lu Ren, this genius.

One had to know that the time he reached the Major Success of Gang Qi was even before Xie Zhan, who was sixth in the Ten Elites. Logically speaking, this kind of talent should be welcomed by the great families of Qingyang City.

"Why is no one recruiting Lu Ren?"

Someone in the outer sect asked curiously, and finally, someone gave the answer.

"It is said that Lu Ren's background is cold, belonging to the kind who had no clothes to cover his body and no food to fill his stomach. But he was lucky enough to be discovered by a wealthy family surnamed Huang in Qingyuan County to have Grade B-plus innate talent, so they spent money to send him to a martial arts hall for training, funding his martial arts practice, hoping that Lu Ren would achieve success in martial arts and feed back to the Huang family.

Who would have thought that Lu Ren would achieve success in martial arts and immediately leave the Huang family, turning to the Gu family, which had more strength, leaving the Huang family with nothing.

Such a person, even if he were the first of the Ten Elites, the great families of Qingyang City wouldn't dare to recruit or win him over. His character is too poor."

For a time, Lu Ren's reputation became even stinkier.

Didn't expect that he followed Gu Haoming because he betrayed the family that pulled him out of the mud. No wonder the great families of Qingyang City didn't recruit him.

"Simply farting!" Lu Ren was furious when he heard this.

He didn't know which bastard spread it, only saying he left the Huang family, not saying that the Huang family forced him to marry a woman who had been defiled by a flower-picking thief.

Back then, when he left the Huang family, besides being forced to marry a defiled woman, the Gu family also pressured him, and he had to make a treacherous move.

They ruined his reputation, but kicked him away without caring if he lived or died.

So after Gu Haoming drew a line with him, he angrily ambushed Gu Haoming.

He also wanted a great family to recruit him and provide resource help, so he wouldn't have to go to the Yunling Mountains to risk his life again.

He explained it to the outside world, but no one listened to him at all.

"Is this Brother Xu, the Ten Elites Xu Yang?"

This day, Xu Yang returned from the dining hall and saw a man walking toward him quickly.

Xu Yang was puzzled: "Who are you?"

The man said: "I am Ding Xu. I came here to invite Brother Xu to become a retainer of my Ding family."

Xu Yang had heard of the Ding family!

No one could count how many families there were, big and small, in Qingyang City, but this Ding family was absolutely famous, even more powerful than the Yuan family, Zhu family, or Su family. If a strength ranking were conducted for the families in Qingyang City, the Ding family would definitely rank in the top ten.

"What are the conditions?"

Xu Yang didn't directly refuse and offend them. With the Ding family's strength, even if he had already reached Marrow Cleansing, it wouldn't take much effort to crush him to death.

Of course, he didn't reject becoming a retainer. He also wanted to take fewer detours. If the conditions were good enough, what was wrong with being a retainer of the Ding family?

He still understood the principle of enjoying the cool under a big tree.

Ding Xu smiled: "First, my Ding family provides Brother Xu with a Profound Origin Qi-Transforming Pill every month, and a monthly allowance of three hundred taels; second, my Ding family's martial arts library is open, and Brother Xu can choose a martial art at will.

Once you reach Marrow Cleansing, you can get another opportunity to choose a martial art, and the corresponding treatment will be improved."

Xu Yang's eyes flickered, and he was somewhat moved.

The Ding family had existed for over a hundred years. The person with the highest achievement in the Profound Heaven Sect from the Ding family was said to be a peak master of one of the four peaks.

The martial arts collected in such a family's library were absolutely not bad.

Ding Xu saw that Xu Yang was moved, a smile curled on the corner of his mouth, and he continued: "Brother Xu, don't be in a hurry, there's more.

Third, when the three-year period expires, if Brother Xu wants to enter any peak, the Ding family will mobilize connections to help, and will fully assist Brother Xu in completing the assessment mission."

Xu Yang directly filtered the third point. He was confident in taking the top three in the outer sect competition.