Zhang Ye wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

He knew that now he and his mother had broken up.

But he didn't regret it.

Destiny is your own, you must take it into your own hands and must not let others arrange it.

Even if this person is the mother.

Zhang Ye sighed softly, and held the copper thick-backed knife tightly with one hand.

The relatives are alienated, but fortunately, he still has a thick-backed knife.

Perhaps, from now on, this thick-backed knife will be his closest companion.

People will change, but swords will not.

May this knife be able to lie in his palms intimately and fight with him forever.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Ye's mouth, and he closed his eyes and learned the sword technique.

...

Three days later, there was a total of nine bells from the Zhang Mansion.

The nine bells sounded, which means that the Zhang family’s competition was about to begin. The dozens of young men in the Zhang family will fully demonstrate their strength from years of cultivation starting from this day and win a good ranking for themselves.

After the nine bells rang, Zhang Ye slowly walked out of the courtyard and came to a huge martial arts training ground. At this time, the martial arts training ground was full of people, and people consciously stood in groups according to their identities.

The first one to have a seat is the elder seat. The elder seat is located on the martial arts competition platform in the middle of the martial arts training ground. There are six elders in the Zhang family in Sanhe Town. The six elders with the lowest cultivation level all have the strength of the fourth level of martial arts in the middle stage, and the highest-strength elder has the strength of the fifth level of martial arts in the middle stage. When you sit on the seat, you will have a momentum that people dare not look down on them.

In the middle of the elder's seat, there was an empty chair. This was the seat of the head of the family. Zhang Chengtian, the head of the Zhang family, who usually recovered from seclusion all day and year, was a middle-aged man with white face and no beard. At this time, he was sitting steadily on the seat. He had the strength of the late fifth level of martial arts, and his aura of a person was faintly in line with the aura of the six elders.

After the elder's seat, there is a place where the deacons stand. There is no seat for the deacons, and the ten deacons of the Zhang family can only stand in a row.

Behind the deacon, there are the protagonists of this competition - the Zhang family, aged 16 and under. Although the Zhang family in Sanhe Town is not big, there are more than 100 teenagers aged 13 to 16 in each room. These people usually go out to practice, do family tasks, or concentrate on martial arts, and it is rare to get together. Now because of this competition, they are all gathered together.

At the end were the women in the Zhang Mansion. Because they were far apart, if they wanted to see their son clearly, they could only bring some high things to put under their feet.

Seeing that the time had arrived, Zhang Chengtian, the head of the Zhang family, slowly stood up. He glanced at the audience. His faint but majestic gaze made many people dare not look at him.

When Zhang Chengtian's eyes swept to Zhang Ye, Zhang Ye did not bow his head, but looked at Zhang Chengtian lightly.

Zhang Chengtian's eyes stumbled slightly on Zhang Ye, and then he said, "Now, the period of the competition has arrived again. I won't say the meaning of the competition, I believe you understand it. That's right! The competition is to select the strongest from you. The wild world is a world where the strong are the best. Our Zhang family also regards the strong as the top priority and the strong are the most respected! Today, you will show your strength, hone yourself well, and attack the path of the strong!"

Next, the great elder Zhang Chengdi announced the rules and prizes of the competition. There are only four main rules of the competition. First, no sudden heavy hand should be used to kill people, second, no attacks should be taken while the opponent has just come to power, third, no poisonous weapons and hidden weapons are allowed, and fourth, no attacks should be carried out after the opponent admits defeat.

In this competition, the first place will become the successor of the head of the Zhang family in Sanhe Town and be trained by the family with all efforts. If the first place is unwilling to be the successor of the family, the successor of the family will be decided collectively by the elders and the head of the family. The first place will have the right to nominate the next head of the family and can vote for his own vote.

The second and third places can get the opportunity to enter the Qingsangcheng Zhang family to practice. The fourth places can get three Qi Gathering Pills and a sharp sword; the fifth places can get two Qi Gathering Pills and a knife, and the sixth places can get one Qi Gathering Pills. If it is the second level of martial arts, the Qi Gathering Pills can be replaced with the Body Tempering Pills.

After reading the rules and prizes, Zhang Ye suddenly noticed a slight commotion around him. He turned around and saw a group of teenagers surrounding Zhang Jin. These teenagers were holding gold tickets in their hands and whispering in a low voice:

"I'm quite short of Zhang Que! I'll weigh 100 taels of gold!"

"I'll also suppress one hundred and two chapters!"

"Haha, I think Zhang Qing is more powerful. I'll buy Zhang Qing fifty taels of gold."

"I'm optimistic about Zhang Yun! Twenty taels of gold!"

After listening to it, Zhang Ye finally understood what these people do. These people were taking the rankings of the competition to start the bet!

Zhang Ye shook his head slightly and was about to walk away. The Zhang Jin, the farmer, paid attention to him at some point. Zhang Jin smiled and said loudly: "Zhang Ye, don't you want to know what your odds are?"

Zhang Ye said quietly, "No interest."

Zhang Jin smiled and said, "I have to say it even if you are not interested. The odds for you to get the first place are thirty in one place, which is the highest odds. In other words, everyone is not optimistic about you. What do you think about this?"

Zhang Jin intended to save Zhang Ye's face, and spoke very loudly, and people from far away could hear it clearly.

Listening to Zhang Jin's words, Zhang Ye's eyes flashed and thought, "The last time Qinglian was teased, it is likely that Zhang Jin was promoted by him. Zhang Jin has a flexible mind and many evil ideas. If he doesn't teach him a lesson, he still doesn't know what tricks he will come up with in the future..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Ye turned his body and walked towards Zhang Jin with big strodes.

The improvement of cultivation made Zhang Ye have a terrifying aura in every move. He went straight to Zhang Jinxing, and Zhang Jin felt a tightness in his heart. He was afraid that Zhang Ye would hurt others, so he pretended to be calm and shouted loudly: "Zhang Ye, what do you want to do? Let me tell you, this is the Zhang family competition venue, and it is not allowed to do it privately..."

Zhang Ye glanced at Zhang Jin and said lightly: "Don't be afraid, I am a reasonable person. As long as I don't offend me, even if the other party is a waste, I will not take action easily."

Listening to Zhang Ye's words, Zhang Jin's face turned red. He wanted to make a counterattack, but he remembered Zhang Ye's beaten up a few days ago, but he couldn't speak.

At this time, Zhang Ye took out a gold ticket from his arms and handed it to Zhang Jin's hand, saying, "Five thousand taels, I will win the first place if I buy it."

"What...what!" Zhang Jin looked at the golden ticket in his hand, and his hand couldn't help but trembled, almost shaking the 5,000 taels of gold ticket. He glanced at the golden ticket, and then glared at Zhang Ye: "You, how could you have so much gold?"

"Five thousand taels? Are you joking? It's not a fake gold ticket, right?"

"Oh, it's really a gold ticket of 5,000 taels!" Someone's eyes were sharp-eyed, and he could not help but screamed when he saw the numbers on the gold ticket.

"What, it's really five thousand taels!"

The boys stared at Zhang Ye with wide eyes.

You know, gold is not so easy to make. With so many industries like Zhang's mansion, the annual income is only more than one million taels of gold. However, not many young men of the same age as Zhang Ye have a net worth of 100 taels. Now, Zhang Ye, a thirteen-year-old man, took out 5,000 taels of gold at once, and immediately shocked all the young men.

Zhang Ye ignored other people's eyes and said to Zhang Jin: "What? I won by myself, don't you dare to accept Zhang Jin?"

"Receive, answer, answer! Why don't I dare to accept it!" Zhang Jin never considered the possibility of Zhang Ye winning the first place. He collected the gold ticket and issued a receipt to Zhang Ye, and laughed and said, "Zhang Ye, I didn't expect you to be so rich. However, after the competition, your five thousand taels will be mine!"

Zhang Ye smiled and left alone.

Seeing Zhang Ye leaving without saying a word, Zhang Jin couldn't help laughing and said, "Zhang Ye is just a product that relies on medicine to improve his cultivation. Want to win the first place? Unless you dream! This time, I picked up 5,000 taels for nothing! Haha..."

"Yes, yes, there are Zhang Que, Zhang Qing, Zhang Yun, Zhang Shui has so many experts, it is impossible for Zhang Ye to get the first place! Zhang Jin, you have made a lot of money!"

"Ye really doesn't know that the world is so strong that he dares to buy himself first! He really thinks he is what he is!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Zhang Jin, you kid has made a lot of money this time, so you want to treat him!"

Zhang Jin smiled so hard that he couldn't stop and waved his hand and said, "Haha, it's okay to say it, I'll treat you tonight..."

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