"Xu Yang, you slighted me before. Today, I'll make you understand how foolish you were."
Qiao Yong declared sharply, laying bare the grudge between them.
Ever since his talent had been recognized, everyone he met had fawned over him. Xu Yang alone had ignored him, which, to Qiao Yong, was no different from calling him worthless to his face.
"Xu Yang and Qiao Yong have a grudge?"
Everyone below the arena was startled by Qiao Yong's words.
"They seem to live in the same courtyard. There must have been some friction."
"Not just the same courtyard. They're both from Qingyuan County."
"Everyone in Qingyuan County knows about it. Apparently, Xu Yang once went there to protect Qiao Yong for a few days, then left without saying goodbye. This genius ranked first among the Ten Elites couldn't stomach someone treating him as unimportant."
Below the arena, someone soon explained the grudge between Xu Yang and Qiao Yong.
"Qiao Yong is far too narrow-minded."
"Not saying goodbye counts as a slight? Does he really think everyone has to revolve around him?"
"Best not to make friends with someone so petty."
"He protected him for days, and instead of being grateful, he held a grudge?"
Everyone's gaze toward Qiao Yong instantly changed, filling with disdain.
Qiao Yong had blurted out his grievance with Xu Yang without thinking. He had never expected things to turn out this way, with everyone calling him narrow-minded.
He did not care what these people thought, but representatives of major lineages were also on the raised platform. Leaving them with a bad impression might well make him the next Lu Ren.
He had heard that, because of the Huang Family affair, no major lineage had tried to recruit Lu Ren even after he defeated Xie Zhan, sixth among the