84: The mysterious old man is in charge of the Talent Recruitment Hall

However, the old man still used the same move as before.

With a sudden burst of his Aura, he instantly blasted the people back.

"Is there anyone else who wants to help me up?"

The crowd looked at each other.

A few more people went forward to assist the old man, but none could withstand his Aura.

After those few were defeated, the scene fell into dead silence.

No one dared to contend with the old man again.

Just at this moment, a familiar and pleasantly surprising voice for Zhong Mingyi rang out at the entrance.

"The stone statue behind you is quite beautiful."

"I wonder what relationship the person represented by this statue has with you."

While speaking, Yang Yi walked into the Hall of Seeking Talents with Yang Ming.

Seeing the footprints pressed into the floor, Yang Ming was filled with admiration, while Yang Yi remained expressionless.

He crouched down and picked up a tiny wooden splinter from the trodden floor.

He blew on it gently, and the wooden splinter drifted toward the old man like a leaf.

Sensing the danger rushing toward him, the old man's expression changed abruptly.

He took a step forward, his Aura even more fierce than before.

The drifting wooden splinter was instantly crushed into powder and scattered in the air.

The people around were shaken and retreated repeatedly, some of them turning deathly pale.

Yang Yi clapped and praised, "Good technique."

"May I ask what business you have here?"

"Are you a friend of the Zhang family?"

"Or a friend of the Yang family?"

"Please tell me immediately."

"The Yang family is currently going through a tumultuous time."

"We have no time to tangle with you."

Upon hearing these words, the old man was slightly taken aback.

He had not expected Yang Yi to ask his doubts so directly.

He had originally wanted to play with this group of fellows to see what kind of skills they actually had, but he did not expect them to ask so bluntly.

He laughed heartily and stepped toward the upper floor.

He walked very lightly, not breaking a single stair.

Yang Yi followed closely behind, with Yang Ming and Zhong Mingyi trailing after him.

The remaining people stayed downstairs.

The group arrived upstairs.

The old man placed the statue heavily at the top of the stairs, then walked into a room and sat down firmly.

Yang Yi and his two companions sat opposite the old man, staring at him curiously.

The fact that the old man did not break the stairs just now indicated that he did not want to be an enemy of the Yang family.

If not an enemy, then he must be a friend.

"Do you have a grudge against the Zhang family?"

Zhong Mingyi blinked his eyes and asked, quite curious and excited.

If this person had a grudge against the Zhang family, then the Yang family would gain a great ally.

This old man's strength was quite formidable and would surely be able to dampen the Zhang family's arrogance.

The old man laughed heartily.

"Isn't this Hall of Seeking Talents of yours established just to deal with the Zhang family?"

"I came here naturally with the same idea as you."

Yang Yi immediately explained, "The Hall of Seeking Talents is not for dealing with the Zhang family, but for my Yang family."

"Please make that distinction clear."

"If you wish to join the Hall of Seeking Talents, you must also think clearly about who you will be working for in the future."

The old man frowned and his face turned cold.

"I have only come to deal with the Zhang family. I do not care about other matters."

"Then you may stay here temporarily. There is no need to join the Hall of Seeking Talents."

When these words were spoken, Yang Ming and Zhong Mingyi were astonished, complaining that Yang Yi shouldn't have spoken so rigidly.

The Yang family already had few experts. Since one had finally arrived, they should be polite.

If he were to be scared away, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Yang Yi clearly had not thought in that direction. He was thinking more long-term.

If the old man was willing to serve the Yang family, he would naturally treat him with respect.

If it was only for the sake of the Zhang family, there was no need to be polite to the old man.

"You fellow are quite different. But I like it."

"I came here just to deal with the Zhang family. Once this matter is finished, I will naturally leave."

"Prepare a good room for me. Place this statue at the top of the stairs."

"If people from the Zhang family come, have them come to the Zhaoxian Pavilion first. They can talk after they pass my test."

Yang Yi was extremely pleased and immediately had Zhong Mingyi arrange a room for the old man.

Afterward, he took Zhong Mingyi and Yang Ming back to the Yang family.

The three people arrived in the small courtyard.

Yang Yi had the two sit down and said to Zhong Mingyi:

"I originally intended to stop the invading enemies in front of the Yang family, but an old man appeared with impressive strength."

"If people from the Zhang family come, let them go to the Hall of Seeking Talents first."

"As for the people in the Hall of Seeking Talents, arrange them well."

"You must turn the Hall of Seeking Talents into a mountain of blades and a sea of fire, making it the burial ground for the Zhang family."

Zhong Mingyi nodded and suddenly said:

"I plan to return to Dragon Tiger City."

"What are you going back there for?" Yang Yi asked.

In fact, he had already guessed Zhong Mingyi's thoughts.

Returning to Dragon Tiger City was nothing more than wanting to bring in some reinforcements.

However, he believed it was unnecessary.

The people of Dragon Tiger City might not necessarily help him.

As for the City Lord's Mansion, although they could help him, the power of the City Lord's Mansion could not contend with the Zhang family and would instead bring about a fatal disaster.

But Zhong Mingyi did not think so.

He felt that having strength in numbers was also a manifestation of power.

Even if they couldn't win, standing on the side to cheer was also not bad.

That was how it was when dealing with Yang Yi back then.

Zhong Mingyi insisted on it, so Yang Yi did not say anything more and told him to go and return quickly.

Zhong Mingyi got up to leave and hurried back to Dragon Tiger City on horseback.

In the courtyard, only Yang Yi and Yang Ming remained.

Zhong Mingyi had his own things to do, but Yang Ming currently had nothing.

He glanced at Yang Yi with some resentment.

"Family Head, you should arrange something for me too. Why are you arranging everything for outsiders?"

Yang Yi shook his head and smiled.

"You and Zhong Mingyi, one manages the outside and one manages the inside."

"He manages the Zhaoxian Pavilion, and you manage the Yang family."

"A mountain of blades and a sea of fire has already been set up inside the Zhaoxian Pavilion."

"Our Yang family must set up a net from which there is no escape."

"Once the people in the Hall of Seeking Talents fail, the people from the Zhang family will inevitably come to the Yang family."

"So, what you need to do now is to build the Yang family into an iron bucket, able to enter but not leave."

"I don't care what kind of people from the Zhang family come; as long as they step into the Yang family, I will ensure they have no path for return."

"Understood." Yang Ming nodded heavily.

He was secretly competing with Zhong Mingyi, thinking that he must build the Yang family inside and out into an iron bucket.

No matter who came to the Yang family, they must not be allowed to leave.

He must do better than Zhong Mingyi.

However, there were not many experts within the Yang family.

How could he make the Yang family an iron-bucket-like existence?

He wracked his brain but couldn't think of a strategy.

After returning home, he told his wife about the doubts in his heart.

His wife gave Yang Ming an idea.

Since there were no experts, then he could only make use of numbers.

If one person couldn't beat the people from the Zhang family, then use two.

If two couldn't beat them, then use three, four, one hundred, one thousand.