Chapter 415

As the box containing the bamboo sticks was lifted, a group of disciples who signed up began to go up to the high platform one by one to draw lots.

Compared with the martial arts examination, the rules of the outer sect competition were simpler and more brutal. Although four rings were arranged, they were not divided into A, B, C, or D.

There were only two types of lots, A and B. Those who drew A1 would duel with those who drew B1. As for which ring to go to, they could only listen to the deacon shouting.

"There are not many people!"

Xu Yang looked around. Although people died every day, the number of outer sect disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect had always been kept above six or seven hundred.

He roughly estimated that the number of disciples who signed up for the competition should only be about one hundred, and among them, there were some whose cultivation was only Gang Qi Minor Success.

That is to say, the number of outer sect disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect whose cultivation reached Gang Qi Major Success might be less than one hundred.

In fact, many people stay in the outer sect for ten years without reaching Gang Qi Major Success.

Martial arts cultivation, resources are certainly important, but talent is equally important.

"After drawing lots, you cannot exchange with others; otherwise, your qualification will be canceled immediately. Also, don't reveal your number to others. Of course, if you are not afraid of being targeted, you can do whatever you want."

Several deacons reminded a group of disciples while presiding over the drawing of lots.

Xu Yang reached into the box and grabbed casually, looked down, and found that it was written "A27".

This number was neither good nor bad, just in the middle.

Putting away the bamboo stick, he walked off the stage.

"Who is this disciple?" Li Songhe pointed at Xu Yang's back and said.

The people beside him were all blank, and they didn't know Xu Yang either.

Sun Ke ran over and cupped his hands: "Back to Elder, he is Xu Yang."

Li Songhe was stunned: "The Xu Yang who is tenth in the Ten Elites?"

Sun Ke nodded.

"Interesting!" Li Songhe's mouth curled into a smile, waving his hand to let Sun Ke retreat.

"Why does Elder Li pay attention to this person?" someone beside him asked.

This person was none other than the second elder of the Ding family, Ding Yuan.

Li Songhe practiced in seclusion all year round and appeared in the outer sect only a few times a year. He deliberately asked about someone, which must have a purpose. Everyone around pricked up their ears to listen.

Li Songhe smiled and said: "Look down and you will know."

He didn't explain, just kept looking in the direction where Xu Yang disappeared.

Ding Yuan felt that Li Songhe's words had a hidden meaning, but it was not easy to pursue the question.

Although he was the second elder of the Ding family and was invited to the high platform to watch the ceremony, his status was still a bit worse than Li Songhe, the outer sect elder.

"Hey Ding Yuan, I don't remember that your Ding family wanted to win over this Xu Yang? Did it succeed later?"

Someone heard that the young man Li Songhe paid attention to was named Xu Yang, and immediately remembered the matter of the Ding family winning over Xu Yang.

At that time, Ding Xu talked to Xu Yang in front of many people, so the matter spread very widely, and basically all the big families who wanted to win over disciples in the Profound Heaven Sect knew about this matter.

And later, when Xu Yang rejected the win-over of other families, he also used the excuse that he was negotiating with the Ding family. It was just that later, whether Xu Yang joined the Ding family camp, there was no definite news spread.

Ding Yuan shook his head: "Didn't succeed!"

The person who asked was an elder of the Du family in Qingyang City, named Du Qingpu.

The strength of the Du family was still above the Ding family. Hearing this, he was curious: "How could it not succeed? Is it that your Ding family considers itself a high-ranking family and looks down on his farmer background and gave poor conditions?

He rejected the win-over of so many families and kept saying that he was negotiating with your Ding family. If it didn't succeed in the end, wouldn't it delay him?"

Ding Yuan was stunned. Xu Yang didn't become a guest of other families? Still waiting for the Ding family's reply?

For a time, he didn't know what to say.

Say Xu Yang didn't agree to marriage, and his Ding family left Xu Yang hanging for nearly a year without a reply?

"Speak, how could it not succeed?" Li Songhe urged.

He was also curious about what conditions the Ding family offered Xu Yang, which made Xu Yang finally not become a guest of the Ding family.

Ding Yuan braced himself and said: "The conditions offered by my Ding family were not bad. The conditions offered to him were only slightly worse than those offered to Han Feng, but he didn't agree to marriage, so it didn't succeed in the end."

Li Songhe snorted coldly: "You families, apart from marriage, have no other means. Everyone wants to win him over, and everyone wants to marry a daughter to bind him.

You don't think about it. He will be promoted in the future. When the time comes, there will be bigger forces recruiting him, and they will also want to marry a daughter to bind him. Because he has already married someone from your Ding family, wouldn't it cut off his future?"

Some people clearly don't have bad talent, but because of their poor background, they were forced to marry a woman from a small family when they were in a small county.

Then when they arrived at the Profound Heaven Sect, they could clearly become the son-in-law of a bigger family and get more resources, but because they had already married, they completely lost the opportunity to go further.

People of his status naturally understand that for real geniuses, the Profound Heaven Sect is just the beginning.

Getting married at this time is not a good thing.

Li Songhe showed a trace of a smile: "This son can see through this point, it is not bad, not short-sighted."

Xu Yang can refuse the Ding family's marriage. If he walks out of the Profound Heaven Sect in the future, he can marry a more powerful family, and the martial arts path can go further.

He didn't even think that Xu Yang could see through this point and endure the immediate benefits.

If he had seen through this point early, and married a little later, perhaps today he wouldn't be an outer sect elder of the Profound Heaven Sect.

Ding Yuan couldn't help but correct: "Brother Li, you think too highly of him. How could he walk out of the Profound Heaven Sect? The reason why he refused marriage is just that he has the same problem as the young marquis, wanting to marry a woman he truly likes."

And family win-over of geniuses doesn't care how far you will go in the future, the most important thing is to be used by me.

If not used by me, then what if you become the world's number one? So marriage is inevitable.

Li Songhe didn't commit himself and smiled: "Whether he can walk out of the Profound Heaven Sect, it is too early to draw a conclusion now. He still has a few years for his second Denglong. Who dares to guarantee that he can't walk out?

He wasn't favored by the families in Qingyang County, and how many people could think that he would become one of the Ten Elites of my Profound Heaven Sect today."

Du Qingpu was shocked and said: "Brother Li, you actually think so highly of this Xu Yang?"

Li Songhe smiled: "It can't be considered thinking highly, it's just that there is finally some hope. For him, marriage is indeed not a good thing now."

Du Qingpu saw Li Songhe selling a pass and not wanting to explain clearly, so it was not easy to ask, but looked at Ding Yuan.

"Since it didn't succeed, how come other families went to contact Xu Yang, and he said he was still negotiating with your Ding family?"

The Du family also had people contacting Xu Yang, but Xu Yang said he was negotiating with the Ding family, and it ended up with nothing.

Ding Yuan said somewhat awkwardly: "The old man saw that he didn't know how to praise, so he didn't let anyone continue to look for him."

Li Songhe snorted coldly: "So he has been waiting for your Ding family's reply, missing the investment of other families?"

Du Qingpu also snorted coldly: "Your Ding family is so unkind. If the conditions can't be negotiated, just refuse people, let people find another way. The Ding family is wealthy and powerful, you don't make it clear to people, do you dare to agree to other families?"

For a time, both he and Li Songhe didn't have much good feelings for this old fellow Ding Yuan.

Li Songhe is an outer sect elder, naturally he should be biased toward the disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect.

Du Qingpu is not a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect, but the families in Qingyang City all have intricate relationships with the Profound Heaven Sect. Only when the Profound Heaven Sect is good will they be good.

Ding Yuan's behavior is simply misleading people. To put it seriously, this is the hatred of blocking the path.

"I will let people make it clear to him in a while," Ding Yuan said in a low voice.

He also didn't expect Xu Yang to be so honest, actually waiting for his Ding family's reply all the time.

"The three of you, don't talk anymore. It's Xu Yang's turn to go on stage. Let's see if the young man Brother Li thinks highly of really has the ability to walk out of the Profound Heaven Sect." Someone suddenly reminded from the side.

Li Songhe and the three looked up and saw Xu Yang walking slowly onto the ring.

"I am Yang Fu, please give me advice, Senior Brother Xu!"

Xu Yang's luck in drawing lots was not bad. The opponent in the first round was a new disciple who was only Gang Qi Minor Success. He listened to the discussion below, and it seemed he was also the eighth of the Ten Elites of this batch.

"Let him have dog shit luck!"

Seeing Xu Yang's luck was so good, Su Zhe, who had drawn a Gang Qi Major Success opponent in the previous round, was jealous. An opponent of Gang Qi Minor Success, I'm afraid he couldn't force out Xu Yang's real strength, which made his plan to spy on Xu Yang's martial arts style fall through.

If he could know Xu Yang's martial arts style in advance, he might be able to defeat Xu Yang in two or three moves.

"Junior Brother Yang, please!" Xu Yang smiled and cupped his hands.

"Senior Brother Xu, be careful!"

Yang Fu took a deep breath, his gaze became solemn. He didn't expect his luck to be so bad; the opponent in the first round was a genius on the Ten Elites list of the previous batch. ===== CHAPTER 416 =====