"Really?"

On the other hand, Chen An learned the news and said with a smile: "So, he really won?"

Of course, what he said was not referring to anyone else, but to Bai Changming.

"yes."

Bai Changren nodded: "The last battle was extremely fierce. Cao Zhong was not in vain, he was very powerful, but in the end he still fell under Bai Changming's hands."

Cao Zhong is the leading genius of this generation of the Cao family. His status is the same as that of Bai Changming in the Bai family, and he is a well-deserved number one.

But even a person like this still lost when facing Bai Changming.

Chen An was actually not surprised by this.

Judging from his previous duel with Bai Changming, as long as he is still at the inner energy level, it is probably impossible to defeat Bai Changming.

In the level of inner energy, Bai Changming is really too strong. Both his martial arts and inner energy have been refined to the extreme, making it impossible for anyone to compete with him.

Chen An estimated that even if he raised his inner energy cultivation to perfection, continued to improve his martial arts, and then went to fight Bai Changming in a decisive battle, the final outcome would only be between 50 and 50, and there was no certainty of victory.

Even on that day, Bai Changming did not use all his strength and probably hid something.

Therefore, Chen An had already expected Bai Changming's victory.

"That's fine."

He smiled and said, "If an outsider wins in the Bai family's competition, it won't be very nice after all."

The fundamental purpose of this Bai family competition is not only to test the practice of the younger generation of the Bai family, but also to promote the prestige of the Bai family.

If in the end, it is an outsider who wins the final victory, then where should the Bai family put their face?

Letting Bai Changming win is a good choice.

"That's true."

Bai Changren nodded and agreed.

After chatting for a while, Chen An turned around and left.

After walking out of the restaurant, he did not go back to his residence, but walked to another place.

Not long after, a large hall appeared in front of you.

This is the deacon hall of the Bai family. Under normal circumstances, only the core figures of the Bai family can enter it.

Chen An, as Bai Qing's guest in the past, was not qualified to be here.

The main reason why he came here today is because he won the competition.

Although in Chen An's view, the top four is not considered a winner, there is still a generous reward.

This reward is about twenty body tempering pills, some rare medicinal materials, and a banknote worth tens of thousands of taels.

Just twenty Body Tempering Pills are equivalent to tens of thousands of taels of silver, and they are the kind that have a price but no market.

Not to mention other related rewards, calculated piecemeal, there are probably nearly 30,000 taels of silver.

This is only the reward for the top four, it is definitely generous.

In addition to these things, Chen An also has many other gains.

For example, the silver he invested in himself before, plus the money he got from Bai Changyue, totaled a total of ten thousand taels.

In addition, Bai Qing gave another reward before, and Chen An’s previous savings...

Unknowingly, Chen An became a rich man again, but he still didn’t know how to spend his money.

He has no shortage of martial arts skills for the time being.

Because Bai Qing has already told him that he can choose martial arts on his own, but the number is still limited and he can only choose two more.

But this is enough.

In the final analysis, as long as the martial arts is sufficient, practicing it too much will have no effect.

Therefore, the cost of martial arts would be directly eliminated by Bai Qing.

Regarding the remaining internal refining methods, Bai Qing also said that he would help Chen An find a solution.

This also led to the fact that for a while, Chen An had no place to use his money.

I'm afraid some people won't believe it if I tell you.

There are people in this world who don’t know how to spend money.

But Chen An’s daily expenses are indeed not large.

The main reason why he was short of money before was to purchase exercises.

Now that there is no shortage of skills, he naturally has no motivation to spend money.

Originally, he might still be able to pursue a magical weapon, but now that he has the sword that Bai Zhilan sent before, Chen An doesn't even lack weapons.

So Chen An looked at it for a moment, and it seemed that he no longer needed money.

Of course, just because you don’t need it now doesn’t mean you won’t need it in the future.

So at least for now, Chen An is still working hard to save money to avoid being asked for money again in the future.

After taking away his reward from the Deacon Hall, Chen An was about to leave, but was stopped by someone.

"Elder wants to see me?"

Listening to the words of the servant in front of him, Chen An was stunned, and then quickly responded: "Please help lead the way."

He spoke politely and asked someone to lead the way while he followed behind.

As he walked on the road, he was also thinking in his mind.

Every elder of the Bai family is the backer of each major branch, and at least they are all figures in the Gang Qi realm.

The status of such a person in the Bai family is second only to the head of the family. Why would he want to meet an outsider like him?

Did you see his previous performance, routine encouragement, or something else?

This thought flashed through Chen An's mind, his face remained calm, and he continued to walk forward.

Soon, he came to a room.

The light in the room was a bit dim, no better than outside, and there was a medicinal smell everywhere, which made people frown secretly.

But the moment he walked into the room, Chen An ignored all of this.

His mind completely shifted, and his eyes were fixed on the person in front of him.

It was an old man wearing gray clothes. He looked very old. He looked very old and his body was thin.

With this look, how does he look like a powerful warrior? He is clearly a bad old man.

If you just look at it from the outside, I'm afraid a strong man could push the old man to the ground with just a push.

The effect of using it to blackmail people is definitely very powerful.

But Chen An did not dare to relax at all.

Following the gaze of the old man in front of him, Chen An's entire body began to tighten subconsciously, as if he instinctively sensed danger.

Danger!

The body was instinctively warning, as if it had seen something terrifying.

But this feeling goes away just as quickly as it comes.

In just a moment, as the old man's sight became calmer, the unique feeling in Chen An's body also disappeared, and he was able to regain his calm instantly.

But he did not dare to take it lightly and quickly lowered his head: "Fourth Elder."

Yes, the old man in front of me who looks like a bad old man is the elder of the fourth family.

In other words, he is the ancestor of Bai Zhilan.

"Get up quickly."

Looking at Chen An's appearance, the fourth elder smiled and looked very kind. His first sentence was: "The house is relatively simple, so please don't mind."

Before Chen An could reply, he continued: "I heard that you are engaged to that girl Zhilan?"

Was it so straightforward from the beginning?

"yes."

Chen An nodded respectfully and said, "Thanks to the respect of Miss Qing and Master Li, I am engaged to Miss Zhilan. This is my blessing."

He said it habitually, his tone seemed particularly sincere and sincere, as if he was very happy to get married.

If Bai Qing, who was used to Chen An talking, was here, he would be able to see through his disguise at a glance and give him a blank look.

But the fourth elder obviously didn't know Chen An that well. Hearing Chen An's words, he believed them to be true: "Really? That's good."

"Well, that girl Zhilan has been spoiled by her grandfather since she was a child, so that she still acts like a wild girl. It's great that you like her."

"But if you...marry that girl Zhilan, then we will be a family. Naturally, I can't let you suffer..."
To be continued...