He couldn't help but view Mo Xie like a true brother, he smiled at the latter and spoke: "Brother Mo, can I propose something extremely weird?"

Mo Xie smiled: "Go on."

Ouyang Chen smiled, he nods his head and spoke: "It might sound really stupid, but I hope that you can I can be sworn brothers."

Ouyang Chen's words came as a surprise, still, with the former's background and his humility, Mo Xie couldn't even think of anything to reject the kind young man, with a nod, he spoke: "Oh, I wouldn't mind, I just hope that my low background wouldn't cause you to be embarra.s.sed."

Ouyang Chen chuckles: "What's the root of another when it comes to being brothers? It's all about compatibility."

Mo Xie couldn't help but smile: "Seriously though, you should pick your words better, compatibility this, compatibility that, just say that you feel warm and deeply affectionate towards me, that will cause less misunderstanding."

Ouyang Chen couldn't help but be speechless; "Brother Mo, that's even more embarra.s.sing."

"It is?" Mo Xie couldn't help but chuckle, he then became serious and spoke: "Young Master Chen, if you're that serious, then, I will be honored."

Ouyang Chen chuckles: "I will swear a heavenly oath, to witnessing the ties between the two of us."

Mo Xie felt a little skeptical about the heavenly oath, after all, it may sound too cliché, but it works like a charm, n.o.body had ever escaped the heavenly oath's wrath once it was made.

Well, there's no history that someone escaped it.

But then, he didn't really wish to destroy a vow when it concerns a sworn brother.

Mo Xie smiled, he nods his head in response: "Then, Brother Chen, please take care of me."

Ouyang Chen smiled as he made his vow: "I swear with the heavenly oath with my life on the line, that I, Ouyang Chen will be, from now on, brother Mo Xie's sword brother, through thick and thin, I will never betray him with my current life and my life after."

Mo Xie smiled, he also sworn his oath afterward.

Although the two were rather quiet, Bingyun heard almost everything; she couldn't help but smile at her brother, but then… 'Why would you pick a scoundrel as a sworn brother?'

Bingyun clearly holds tremendous hate towards Mo Xie, well, it's all within certain measures, after all, the latter had seen everything she has to offer.

As Ouyang Chen and Mo Xie finished their idle chatter, they continued to observe the talents.

Mostly, nothing caught Mo Xie's attention other than the two he picked from the earlier batch.

As the show reached its end, Ouyang Chen chose two of what Mo Xie had picked and another two from his perspective is better.

Ouyang Chen smiled as he looked at Mo Xie: "Brother, how about a wager?"

"Wager?" Mo Xie asked.

Ouyang Chen chuckles: "It's which of the two of our picks will s.h.i.+ne brighter than the other."

Mo Xie felt curious at first, but he sighed hearing the other's want: "Brother, if that's what you want, you'll only lose miserably, I suggest you forget it."

Ouyang Chen chuckles: "Brother? You afraid?"

Mo Xie rolled his eyes clearly indifferent, but his words didn't suit his current mood: "Afraid? Yes, I'm afraid of humiliating your choices."

"Tough words." Ouyang Chen played the villain as he added: "How about a wager then?"

Mo Xie sighed: "What's to be the wager about?"

Ouyang Chen chuckles as he spoke: "How about low-grade spirit stones?"

Mo Xie's ears moved to hear this: "Oh, you guys have low-grade spirit stones?"

Ouyang Chen smiled, he nods his head and spoke: "I currently have twenty with me, and my total stored ones amount to a hundred and eight pieces."

Low-grade spirit stones cost ten thousand spirit stones, unlike ordinary spirit stones within the human territory, a low-grade spirit stone can be used in many other ways. A low-grade spirit stone has spiritual energy equal to a thousand spirit stones, and it's lighter to bring too.

Its primary use is for formations, runes, blacksmithing, but little usage for the alchemy pill dao, mostly for strengthening the alchemy flames for the pill cauldron.

A hundred and eight and twenty pieces, a hundred and twenty-eight pieces, that's a huge amount of wealth for a single person. Truly, Mo Xie couldn't help but envy the rich, that's a total of 12 million spirit stones.

"Brother, it seemed you're actually rich?" Mo Xie chuckles as he started thinking of what to do with the money.

Ouyang Chen couldn't help but chuckle: "Brother, truth be told, that's the leftover, I possess a hundred folds more than that a few months ago, but I already spent it, quite well too."

Mo Xie felt shocked, leftover?

He was about to ask a question but Bei Ming interrupted.

"Now that the display has ended, we await Young Master Chen's choices."

"I hope that those that weren't picked wouldn't be down, the path you chose is an endless pursuit, striving hard will definitely bring fortunes. Now, let's begin!"

"We will first start with the picking of the Alchemy geniuses!"

Bei Mang couldn't help but be satisfied, the performances of the alchemy disciples had all performed above his expectation, so much that he couldn't stop shaking his head with approval. He could only smile at the alchemy direct disciples of the palace master, his expectations had been fully surpa.s.sed.

Ouyang Chen was caught in a surprise; he was too busy chatting with his sworn brother that he couldn't really pay any attention.

"Ahem!" Chen coughs as he cleared his throat and stood up: "Everyone, I am honored to have witnessed everything, but I want to pick first from the martial dao display!"

Everyone waited in antic.i.p.ation, with clenched fists; they prayed hopefully that they could be picked.

Chen was about to speak, but then, Mo Xie tugged at his sleeves: "Brother."

Ouyang Chen looked at Mo Xie and asked: "What is it?"

Mo Xie looked at a direction and pointed at four people: "Brother, the four oddb.a.l.l.s over there, they are the ones I told you about earlier."

Ouyang Chen's brows arch, following the direction of Mo Xie's fingers and saw four crystal clear head: "Oh, those four bronze ranked pract.i.tioners."

Ouyang Chen observed the four, but he couldn't really find anything special, other than…

"Yeah, I can feel it, I couldn't believe I didn't notice it before."

Mo Xie felt awed, to think that this person can actually feel the four's talents?

Sadly, his expectation was too huge.

Ouyang Chen smiled: "Brother, to think that you want me to get four identical people, I couldn't even discern their difference!"

Mo Xie sighed, he shook his head: "Well, just think of it as great bargaining chips, you should just make them your personal disciples."

Ouyang Chen chuckled; he couldn't help but look at Mo Xie with a sigh: "Brother, I would take them as my disciple, but then… What would I teach them? The path I chose is the formation path, I have little attainment for the martial dao."

Ouyang Chen's words cause Bingyun's mood to turn sour, she couldn't help but look at her brother with sympathy.

Then, Mo Xie chuckled; he looked at his sworn brother and spoke: "Brother Chen, if you will take them as a disciple, you won't need to teach them, I'll be the one to hand you the guide for them."

Ouyang Chen pondered for a while, the two of them bowed the heavenly oath that they will never betray each other, and if chances arrive, they will definitely help each other with undying loyalty.

Ouyang Chen immediately knew and without any pondering that Mo Xie only wanted anything but well for him, he nods his head: "Then, brother, I will make them my disciples."

Mo Xie smiled, clearly satisfied with Chen's answer, he then handed the six pieces of scrolls: "Brother, I will give these six scrolls to you, the four red-colored scrolls are for those four oddb.a.l.l.s, there's a description inside in whoever needs to cultivate which, then the black and white one is for you."

Bingyun and Chen looked at each other before chuckling.

Ouyang Chen was about to decline the scrolls but before he could, Mo Xie interject: "Brother, don't try to push it so quickly, I only wish for your wellbeing, the white scroll is so you can pursue your forced formation cultivation, and the black scroll is for when you decide that it's time for the fish to soar as the mighty dragon."

As Mo Xie finished speaking, he shoved the scrolls on Ouyang Chen's hands, he then added: "Brother, those four scrolls for the oddb.a.l.l.s will be my payment. If you lose the bet, then, you can keep them."

Ouyang Chen felt speechless for a while, he looked at Mo Xie and asked: "Brother, do you need to be so confident? I'm losing my face here…"

If Ouyang Chen wins, he can have these four cultivation art scrolls, but then, if he loses, he hands the 128 low-grade spirit stones to Mo Xie and still keep the cultivation art scrolls!

Mo Xie smiled: "There's a difference though, if you lose, you can start making this scroll your clan's property, if you win, you can still teach it to your clan!"

"…" Ouyang Chen felt silenced: "What's the difference again?"

Mo Xie sighed: "Well, just give me the 128 pieces of low-grade spirit stones, you'll lose anyway."

Ouyang Chen chuckles: "Shameless… Truly shameless, brother, you're being a huge thief in broad daylight!"

Mo Xie chuckles: "Well if you win, I'll return these stones to you."

Ouyang Chen isn't thick faced, he immediately noticed Mo Xie's concern in giving this scrolls, if the latter's intent is to help him grow, why would he be a miser then? He chuckled, if the grade of this scrolls is equal or lower to the 128 pieces of low-grade spirit stones, then, he'll call it even, but if the scroll's value surpa.s.ses the 128 pieces of low-grade spirit stones, then, Ouyang Chen is willing to pay ten times the price.

Mo Xie chuckles seeing the former's silence: "Well brother, they are waiting for your decision."

Ouyang Chen smiled, he nods his head and pointed: "You, you will be the first to be the guest disciple of the Ouyang Clan for the alchemy talents!"

Everyone felt speechless, they looked at Ouyang Chen in awe and speechlessness.

Meanwhile, Mo Xie was fairly shocked, he couldn't help but laugh a few seconds later but tried to hold it in.

Then, Bingyun's words made him realize his mistake; "Brother, that's a person from the martial dao performance…"

Ouyang Chen's expression didn't change, but slowly, his face started to change from white to red, he felt embarra.s.sed.