Chapter 667: March

The next day, after Elder Liu Liu Qingyuan was buried, Xu Yang learned from Gao Lin's mouth that Huo Huo Xiaochen had issued a threat forbidding him from ascending the Dragon a second time.

"Although the Sect Master suppressed this matter, that Huo Huo Xiaochen is young and fiery; perhaps he only bowed temporarily because his cultivation base is inferior to the Sect Master's. Master instructed me to remind you: when you ascend the Dragon a second time, you must be extremely careful with this person.

Master said that Elder Liu Liu Qingyuan once saved Jiang Wang's life. Yesterday's incident was likely just an excuse Jiang Wang found to target you and Master. Do not be careless." Gao Lin's face showed solemnity.

A genius with perfect bone structure—just thinking about it gives one a headache. Even if he doesn't kill Xu Yang, as long as he ruins Xu Yang's future during the second Dragon Ascension, the consequences would be equally unbearable.

Originally, Xu Yang had a high probability of ascending the Dragon; now, it is somewhat dim.

Once Huo Huo Xiaochen suppresses Xu Yang during the second Dragon Ascension, Xu Yang will almost certainly have no chance of ascending the Dragon or entering the Tiance Academy. Even if he knows Xu Yang is hiding something, the result would be the same.

Because Huo Huo Xiaochen broke through to the Heavenly Origin realm months ago, while Xu Yang, even now, has not yet perfected Bone Marrow Washing.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Gao, for the information!"

Xu Yang clasped his hands, not caring too much about Huo Huo Xiaochen.

Of course, he could not tell Gao Lin this, or he would face a lecture and reminders next.

Time passed slowly; in the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by. The Dragon Ascension disciples of this generation had already arrived at the Ziyang Sect seven days ago.

This generation of Weiyuantang had three disciples successfully ascend the Dragon. Someone found Xu Qing and Qiu Qiu Wenjie, saying they wanted to visit Xu Yang, but he refused them.

Although he and the Weiyuantang disciples came from the same Master's door, they had no friendship; naturally, he could not act as a backer for these people.

Even for Qiu Qiu Wenjie and Tian Li, he did not give much help, let alone people with no friendship at all.

Not just these two disciples from Weiyuantang, several people from Liu Qingyuan County sent messages wanting to visit, forcibly pulling connections. One even dragged the connection to his maternal uncle, Zhou Wenli, but Xu Yang still did not see this person.

Such distant kinship, where a pole cannot even reach, he also did not care about. I don't even care about the life or death of my own father; would I care about a relative I have never even met?

This day was the annual Outer Sect Grand Competition.

This Outer Sect Grand Competition should have started more than half a month ago, but it was delayed because of the matter of Elder Liu Liu Qingyuan being killed.

Early in the morning, Xu Yang descended from Lihuo Peak.

Unknowingly, it has been a full three years since Xu Qing came to the Ziyang Sect. For this Outer Sect Grand Competition, Xu Qing also had to participate to fight for the top three and exempt herself from assessment tasks.

"Brother!"

Xu Qing walked over with Qiu Qiu Wenjie and Tian Li, her face full of excitement.

She had long since perfected Bone Marrow Washing, but at Xu Yang's request, her cultivation base had never been revealed. Today finally arrived the moment for her to make a stunning debut; how could she not be excited?

"Senior Brother Xu!" Tian Li and Qiu Qiu Wenjie clasped their hands.

"Junior Brother Qiu, Junior Brother Tian!" Xu Yang nodded to the two.

The two had always stayed in the Ziyang Sect, never venturing out on adventures, so their current cultivation base was still the early stage of Qi Condensation, and they did not participate in this Grand Competition.

Of course, although their cultivation base was low, because of Xu Yang's connection, no one dared to bully the two. The two were very satisfied with this, only waiting to serve in the Ziyang Sect for ten years before returning to Liu Qingyuan County to become local tyrants.

Immediately after, he looked at Xu Qing: "If you can't win, admit defeat. Not getting into the top three is nothing; I will do the assessment task for you."

The little girl raised her snow-white neck and said proudly: "Rest assured, I guarantee the top three."

After consuming the Eight Treasures Lotus Seeds to improve her bone structure, her talent improved greatly. Plus, over the past year and more, Xu Yang occasionally gave her Long Hu Great Jin Dan or Leopard Fetus Sinew-Changing Pills. Although she had not yet perfected the early stage of Bone Marrow Washing, she was not far off.

Let alone the top three, she was confident even in first place, but she planned to learn from Xu Yang and just secure third place.

Moreover, in their generation, several people with good talent were already dead. Now, besides her, only two had successfully perfected Bone Marrow Washing; securing the top three was as easy as picking something up from the ground.

"Truly amazing!" Xu Yang gave a thumbs up.

The three quickly arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, where heads were already crowding.

"Senior Brother Xu!"

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xu!"

"Hello, Senior Brother Xu!"

Wherever Xu Yang passed, those senior disciples greeted him one by one and actively made way.

"Who is this person, that so many senior disciples actively speak to greet him?" A new disciple asked in surprise.

These senior disciples are very arrogant. After us new disciples entered the sect, they mostly looked down on us with their noses in the air, never giving us a proper glance. Now, however, they are like wagging-tail begging poodles, bowing and scraping to greet this handsome young man, with very low postures.

"This is Senior Brother Xu Yang, a disciple of Lihuo Peak, the number one on the Ziyang Sect Top Ten Heroes List, with a high probability of ascending the Dragon a second time. In the future, when you see him, do not offend him." A senior disciple whispered a reminder.

Once this words came out, the new disciples around were full of shocked expressions. He is actually the number one of the Top Ten Heroes; no wonder these senior disciples are flattering him like dogs.

Liu Qian stood in the crowd, looking at this scene with complex emotions. Several scars like centipedes ran through her entire face, looking extremely terrifying.

Once upon a time, when Xu Yang saw her, he had to respectfully bow and call her Fifth Young Lady. Now, she does not even have the qualification to approach and speak to Xu Yang.

Overpowering geniuses like Li Li Chuyang and Jiang Fan, ascending to the number one spot on the Top Ten Heroes List—who could have thought that the youth who once worked as a guard in her Liu family for a few taels of silver could reach this step?

And this step might even be just the starting point; the real stage is at the Tiance Academy.

For decades, Xu Yang could be called the most brilliant talent in Liu Qingyuan County.

"Where is Qin Ze?" Xu Yang also saw Liu Qian in the crowd.

But he discovered that Qin Ze, who had always been inseparable from Liu Qian, was actually not by Liu Qian's side this time.

As if seeing through Xu Yang's confusion, Qiu Qiu Wenjie stepped forward and whispered: "A few months ago, Qin Ze and Liu Qian joined forces to enter the Yunling Mountain Range to seek treasure. They encountered a powerful strange beast, and Qin Ze was buried in the strange beast's mouth."

Qin Ze is actually dead!

Xu Yang was somewhat dazed. Of the disciples who ascended the Dragon in their generation, there are probably only a few left now. Those who did not enter the Inner Sect and still wanted to advance further are estimated to have all died in the Yunling Mountain Range.

Even in Xu Qing's generation, he discovered that many people were also gone.

The Grand Competition started quickly!

When it came to Xu Qing's turn to ascend the platform, she directly revealed her Bone Marrow Washing cultivation base and blasted her opponent off the platform with a single palm, stunning many people.

This obscure woman had actually secretly perfected Bone Marrow Washing.

"Who is this girl? Why have I never heard of her? She doesn't seem to be a genius on the Top Ten Heroes List." Ding Yuan asked in confusion.

Du Qingpu laughed: "Didn't you hear what the people below said? This is Xu Yang's sister. Not only did Old Ghost Li misjudge Xu Yang, he also misjudged his sister.

You, Outer Sect Elder, should stop working; you are misleading the disciples. You don't even know that a disciple has broken through to Bone Marrow Washing."

Li Li Songhe widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief. How could Xu Qing's talent have perfected the early stage of Bone Marrow Washing so quickly?

This brother and sister had slapped his face several times.

"Xu Yang's sister, that is quite normal."