Chapter 98

"You wanted to use force to seize someone else's property; did you not prepare yourself to be beaten to death? Do you think a martial artist's duel is child's play?" he retorted.

Hong Xu collapsed to the ground. In the final analysis, it was greed that was to blame; the Hong family had reaped what they sowed.

They thought they had pinched a soft persimmon, but they didn't expect it to be thorny.

"Hong Xu, before, you relied on Hong Feng's early stage of Qi Gathering to bully my Qiu family; now, this is the cycle of heavenly justice."

The Qiu Yongqiang brothers stepped forward: "Take your son away to be buried; it is you who caused his death."

Hong Xu was struck as if by lightning and said nothing more.

With the strongest, Hong Feng, dead, anything he said was in vain. He didn't even dare to harbor thoughts of revenge, otherwise, it wouldn't just be Hong Feng who died in the Hong family.

"You are well aware of the cause and effect of this matter. If you are not satisfied, you can invite someone to duel me at any time, but if you dare to play dirty, not a single person in the Hong family will remain alive."

Before leaving, Xu Yang still gave Hong Xu a warning.

The Hong family couldn't retaliate against him, but he still had a younger sister, and the Qiu family, apart from Qiu Wenjie, were all ordinary people.

"I wouldn't dare!" Hong Xu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly shook his head.

He knew that Xu Yang had developed killing intent toward the Hong family and only refrained from acting because he was wary of involving the Tiger Roar Fist Hall.

How could he invite any experts? The Hong family was a small, humble household. Hong Feng's status in the Tiger Roar Fist Hall was no different from Qiu Wenjie's in the Weiyuan Hall. It was precisely because they were certain Qiu Wenjie couldn't invite any experts that they had harbored evil intentions; they hadn't expected the surprise of Xu Yang.

If Hong Feng were alive, there might have been some possibility of inviting an expert, but now, there was absolutely no chance.

Xu Yang returned to the Qiu family with Qiu Yongqiang and the others, and the onlookers also dispersed.

Xue Fangsheng and the others returned directly to the Weiyuan Hall.

"Did they fight? What was the result?"

Just as he stepped into the inner courtyard, Jiang Ping waved at Xue Fangsheng from a distance.

Xue Fangsheng didn't dare to delay and trotted over: "Reporting to Senior Brother Jiang, they fought. Xu Yang beat Hong Feng of the Tiger Roar Fist Hall to death in public."

As soon as these words were spoken, many inner courtyard disciples of the Weiyuan Hall showed expressions of astonishment. Xu Yang not only won but also beat Hong Feng to death?

Jiang Ping raised an eyebrow and said: "Was that Hong Feng really at the early stage of Qi Gathering?"

Xue Fangsheng nodded: "It's the real deal. During the battle, Hong Feng even unleashed an attack with true qi leaving his body."

Jiang Ping felt as if he had been slapped in the face: "I didn't expect him to actually win."

Lu Ren laughed: "It's not strange. After all, he is someone who once could chase after my heels. Someone like Hong Feng who took two or three years to reach the early stage of Qi Gathering is no different from trash. It's not strange that he died. Was Xu Yang hurt badly?"

Xue Fangsheng's expression was somewhat colorful: "Junior Brother Xu Yang was not injured. He killed Hong Feng in less than ten moves."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expression on Lu Ren's face froze instantly.

The vast inner courtyard was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Killing an opponent of the same realm in less than ten moves was truly frightening.

Jiang Ping was silent for a moment: "Tell me carefully about the process of the battle."

Could it be that he had missed out on a genius?

Xue Fangsheng didn't dare to delay and immediately recounted the process of the battle between Xu Yang and Hong Feng in detail.

After Xue Fangsheng finished speaking, before Jiang Ping could open his mouth, Zhao Zhifei laughed loudly: "Although I don't know what happened, it was precisely because of that momentary pause by Hong Feng that Xu Yang gained the initiative to strike and injured Hong Feng, which is why he was able to easily beat Hong Feng to death.

His win was entirely due to luck. Hong Feng is truly trash; fighting someone of the same realm and suddenly stopping? Was he worried that Xu Yang wouldn't be able to kill him?"

Jiang Ping nodded: "Junior Brother Zhao's words make sense."

Xue Fangsheng said somewhat belatedly: "I remember now. The moment before Hong Feng made the mistake, I said that Xu Yang was at the early stage of Qi Gathering and that their battle would result in mutual destruction. He must have suddenly heard this and didn't want to fight Xu Yang anymore..."

He understood completely; it was he who had helped Xu Yang.

Even they, the fellow disciples of the Weiyuan Hall, only found out today that Xu Yang was at the early stage of Qi Gathering; how could Hong Feng have known Xu Yang's specific cultivation level?

Jiang Ping laughed loudly: "So that's how it is. I thought my judgment had gotten worse."

Sun Tao said: "Although there were accidental reasons, Xu Yang being able to beat Hong Feng, who was also at the early stage of Qi Gathering, to death within ten moves without getting injured shows he has some means."

No one refuted this sentence. Even if it was luck, being able to kill someone of the same realm in ten moves was definitely not weak.

Lu Ren said: "After all, he is someone who almost caught up to me once. His strength must be something, but not much."

Jiang Ping and the others nodded in agreement, only Xue Fangsheng felt something was wrong.

He felt that even if Hong Feng hadn't been influenced by him, Xu Yang seemed capable of easily beating Hong Feng to death, but at this moment, he didn't dare to contradict Jiang Ping, Zhao Zhifei, and the others.

The Huang family!

Originally, for this selection and cultivation of martial artists by the Huang family, Huang Ping was going to personally oversee and cultivate them, observing their character.

But because everyone selected had Grade C innate talent, in a fit of anger, he threw this matter to Huang Jin to be responsible for, so now Huang Jin was constantly monitoring the movements of the Weiyuan Hall.

At this moment, he was holding a piece of paper in his hand, on which was written exactly the matter of Xu Yang being at the early stage of Qi Gathering and beating Hong Feng to death.

After reading it once, Huang Jin was incredibly excited.

This is the person you all looked down on; he has already reached the early stage of Qi Gathering on his own. If he received the Huang family's support, would he be any worse than Lu Ren?

The most important thing is that he values loyalty and righteousness. Because the Qiu family supported him, he risked his life to stand up for the Qiu family and killed the Qiu family's enemy.

With such a character that values loyalty and righteousness, what does it matter if his innate talent is a bit poor? It's just spending a bit more money.

Picking up the note, he wanted to go find Huang Ping to report it.

But after walking a few steps, he realized that Huang Linger had acted on her own, and the little bit of sentiment between the Huang family and Xu Yang was already gone.

Huang Jin sat down dejectedly: "Huang Linger has ruined our Huang family..." ===== CHAPTER 99 =====