In chaotic times, one can become a martial immortal.

Chapter 111 Forbidden, Second Round

Lu Yuan glanced at the man in blue indifferently, without saying a word.

If they really face off later, he certainly won't hold back.

Did you offend him?

Bai Xiaotang asked with a look of surprise.

"It's not so much that I offended him, he's probably just a super-powerful guy!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said.

"I think I've seen this guy before. He should be a direct descendant of the Chu family of Shangwu County, named Chu Xiong. Although he is not a martial arts prodigy, he is still an extraordinary top-tier fighter, and his strength should not be weak."

Bai Xiaotang pondered for a moment, then continued, "Of course, with your strength, you might be able to suppress him. However, it's best not to go too far. Although the Chu family behind him cannot compare to top-tier families like the Lanling Xiao family or the Langya Wang family, they still have a strong foundation. You'd better not easily make a mortal enemy of them."

"Does being from a powerful family mean you can do whatever you want?"

This question wasn't asked by Lu Yuan, but by Jiang Ying, who was standing to the side.

"Although I hate to admit it, it is true. The reason why the Unity Alliance was born is because our families had to unite and stick together to fight against the suppression of the three major families, Cui, Xie and Qiao."

Bai Xiaotang sighed softly and said with some helplessness, "I believe you have all felt it by now. The aristocratic families have never stopped targeting and suppressing us poor geniuses. Especially those geniuses whose family backgrounds are not even as good as ours and whose status is even more humble, they only have two choices."

"You either become their dog, or you'll be completely trampled into the mud; there's no other choice."

Lu Yuan deeply sympathized with Bai Xiaotang's words.

That day, Cui Yunhao, the second young master of the Cui family, gave him only two choices: either become the other party's guard captain or die.

But he would neither choose to be the other party's dog nor sit idly by and wait for his death.

His choice was to make himself stronger, so that he would have enough power to resist.

Of course, he has basically achieved that by now.

With his current cultivation level, although he still couldn't contend with the entire Cui clan, he at least possessed enough power to resist.

Unless the Cui family is determined to fight him to the death for the sake of Cui Yunhao, he still has time to continue to grow.

Moreover, given the authority of the Suspended Sword Division, once he joins, he will likely not only be at odds with the Longevity Sect, but also inevitably become an adversary to sects like the Ziyang Sect, as well as so-called aristocratic families like the Cui and Chu families.

Therefore, Lu Yuan would not provoke so-called aristocratic families, but if trouble insisted on getting involved, he would not be afraid.

"Aren't there any poor but talented individuals who, after growing up, take revenge on the powerful families?"

Jiang Ying suddenly asked.

"have!"

After looking around, Bai Xiaotang lowered her voice and continued, "He was a taboo existence. Before he grew up, he suffered greatly from the suppression of aristocratic families. Several times, he was almost on the verge of death. Perhaps it was because of this that after he became a martial arts grandmaster, he began to take revenge on aristocratic families."

"My father told me that all the powerful families who had targeted him were eventually slaughtered by him, leaving no one alive, not even those who were related to him."

"Later, he became even more reckless, and as long as it was a powerful family, regardless of whether he had any grudges against them, he would spare no effort to carry out a great purge."

"At that time, it was a bloodbath that stained three thousand miles, causing many powerful families to tremble with fear. In the end, they had no choice but to unite and launch a frantic attack on him. It was only at the cost of more than a dozen grandmasters that they were finally able to completely suppress and kill him."

Although Bai Xiaotang's words sounded heavy, Jiang Ying seemed quite excited and even couldn't help but clench her fist.

"This is true heroism. If any powerful family were to suppress me like this, I would grow stronger and do the same, slaughtering them one by one!"

A pure smile appeared on Jiang Ying's slightly chubby face, revealing her little tiger teeth.

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood—that's certainly true!"

Lu Yuan nodded, not thinking that the other person had gone too far.

This is the law of cause and effect. When I was weak, you targeted and suppressed me, and even tried to kill me. So when I become strong, I will repay you a hundredfold.

If he had enough power now, he would not let go of either Cui Yunhao or the Cui family behind him, in order to eliminate any future troubles.

"The Martial Academy is actually not that bad. The suppression of geniuses from poor families by the sons of aristocratic families is not that severe. If you go to the Ziyang Sect, it can be said that the path to advancement for geniuses from poor families has been almost completely blocked by the sons of aristocratic families. They will have almost no access to resources or cultivation techniques."

Bai Xiaotang gave the two of them a deep look, then said, "In fact, if a talented student from a poor family progresses too quickly and displays extraordinary talent, they might even secretly kill him and crush him completely!"

"Don't the higher-ups at the Ziyang Sect care?"

Lu Yuan asked in surprise.

"We can't control it; the Ziyang Sect doesn't forbid its disciples from fighting or even killing each other."

Bai Xiaotang shook her head and explained, "Most importantly, the elders of the Ziyang Sect fight even more fiercely. My father told me that two inner sect elders of the Ziyang Sect almost slaughtered the entire opposing family for an extremely rare super resource."

"In short, once you enter the Ziyang Sect, unless you are a martial arts prodigy or even a saintly genius, you either have to join the ranks of aristocratic families and become their dogs, or you have to endure their crazy suppression and even various life-and-death crises to survive."

At this point, Bai Xiaotang smiled at the two of them again: "In short, choosing to join the Suspended Sword Bureau was actually the best decision for us, because the powerful families in the capital are even more so."

Lu Yuan wasn't actually surprised by Bai Xiaotang's words.

Although he did not go to the Ziyang Sect, he had already learned from Zhu Xi that it was extremely difficult for ordinary disciples of the Ziyang Sect to grow up.

Because the Ziyang Sect is not lacking in geniuses; the so-called top-tier geniuses there are almost no different from ordinary geniuses.

If one doesn't possess martial bones or even a holy body, then one can only desperately complete sect tasks to earn contribution points in exchange for resources and cultivation techniques.

However, those tasks that were easy to earn contribution points were basically monopolized by the sons of aristocratic families. They could hardly get them and could only do tasks that were either extremely dangerous or yielded very little contribution.

Of course, there may be internal struggles within the Sword Suspension Bureau as well.

So, as the saying goes, only when you are strong enough can you deal with all kinds of troubles.

"What I want to say is that although most of you have passed this round of assessments, the next assessment is the most important. It will determine whether you can enter my Ziyang Sect, and in what capacity you will enter!"

At this moment, Wu Dong spoke to everyone with a faint smile in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at him with anticipation.

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