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Ever since the battle at Xiangyang City, the power of the Beggar Clan had been greatly reduced, and since then, they had always kept a low profile in the martial arts world. In addition, their ultimate technique, the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, had been lost after the battle at Xiangyang City, leaving behind only a few fragmented moves. In the past few decades, in order to make up for the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, the previous Sect Leaders had expended a lot of energy.

However, these Sect Leaders were not talented people, after all, they had some flaws in their additional moves, the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. It was because of this that the current Sect Leader, He Wanjun, practiced the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, which had many flaws, was unable to maintain his breathing and had his body injured.

This Elder Xu was one of the top experts in the Beggar Clan. He had obtained the recognition from He Wanjun, allowing him to take over the position of the alms bowl, and later passed on the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms to him.

However, He Wanjun's actions of passing on the Beggar's secret technique, the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, to Elder Xu had caused another person's heart to be filled with dissatisfaction. That person was the leader of the gang, Ma Kairong, who had led the gang for tens of years. Although he had taken the position of leader and gained power, the first three moves that the leader had only given him were not even comparable to the nine strikes that Xu Nan Lin had received.

This Ma Kailong was from the Purified Clothes Sect, and Xu Nan was from the Filthy Cloth Sect. The two of them were already at odds, and in addition to the Sect Leader being biased, he was already very dissatisfied, but Sect Leader He Wanjun was not well, so Ma Kailong secretly contacted the sect and wanted to become Sect Leader himself to help create momentum for him. However, although He Wanjun was sick, he was not stupid, so when he noticed Ma Kailong's actions, he immediately knew what the boss was thinking.

He decided to choose a Young Sect Leader from the younger generation of the Beggar Clan, and in the future, he would inherit the position of Sect Leader. This caused a huge uproar within the Beggar Clan once news of the election of the Young Clan Master had spread, and although the Elders objected, He Wanjun had already made sufficient preparations to persuade everyone, causing the Elders to agree to his suggestion. At the same time, Ma Kailong's ambition to become Sect Leader was completely cut off.

After that, the Beggar Gang issued the conditions for being able to participate in the selection of the Young Sect Master, which was that the participants would not be older than twenty-five years old and would have decent martial arts skills. At the same time, they would have to contribute greatly to the Beggar Gang and they must have more than three bags of disciples.

Once these conditions were announced, a large number of disciples from the Beggar Clan were blocked outside the gate, but there were many disciples from the Beggar Clan, and quite a few of them met the requirements. After He Wanjun received the list, he had the young disciples go to the main headquarters of the Beggar Clan to prepare the final selection, and at the same time, send out Elder Xu to supervise the matter.

Afterwards, when Elder Xu heard the news that Ma Kairong had some tricks up his sleeves, he went out to investigate by himself. After that, something happened to the gang division in Jiangxi, and he happened to be in Jiangxi, so he didn't expect that there would be no one around to punish the rudder. Thus, Elder Xu decided to go to the secret gathering place of the gang at night, the broken temple that Yu Lianzhou was currently in.

All of the friends in the martial arts world were looking at the gang, so the gang must not be in a mess right now, otherwise they would be mocked by their friends in the martial arts world. Xu Nan Lin slowly walked over to the group of people dressed in clean clothes.

"The four bags of disciples from the Beggar's Gang, we pay our respects to Elder Xu." At the same time, a few people behind him also followed suit to pay their respects, especially the three young disciples. Seeing Elder Xu suddenly appear in the run-down temple, thinking back to how he had just scolded the Filthy Robed Sect, their foreheads immediately broke out in sweat, and their legs trembled a little.

"Forget it." Elder Xu faintly said, then his eyes stared at the white-haired beggar and said to him: "I wonder why Elder Zheng would appear here."

When the white-haired old man heard this, he smiled and asked with an indifferent tone: "Then why did Elder Xu appear here?"

Hearing that, Xu Nan Lin snorted in his heart, and said: "A few days ago, there was a scouting at the west of the river, and something happened. I was just here to check it out, so I came to our secret stronghold to find out more about it."

"Oh, this elder's goal is the same as Elder Xu, and also came here to understand the situation." The white-haired old man replied.

"You …" Elder Xu did not expect Elder Zheng to reply in such a manner. Anger appeared on his face.

"Hehehe … Elder Xu, please calm your anger. This old man was only joking around just now." Seeing the anger on Elder Xu's face, Elder Zheng quickly explained. Although his words were urgent, his expression didn't change and he still had a calm expression.

"Don't you think we, the Beggar Clan, are going to elect a Young Clan Master? Tell me, as one of the four Great Elders of the Beggar Clan, how can I not be worried? So, I have personally dispatched myself to go to the division below to take a look, to see if there are any outstanding young men down there, so that the Sect Leader can be at ease." Elder Zheng said with a smile.

"Elder Zheng is so young, and yet you're still working so hard for us, the Beggar's Gang, to come to this remote area. I have troubled you." Xu Nan Lin sneered in his heart and mocked.

"If it's not hard work, then for the sake of our Beggar's Gang, all of this is nothing." Elder Zheng didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Elder Xu's words, following up with Elder Xu's words.

"I wonder what kind of outstanding talents Elder Zheng found so this old man could clap his hands with."

"Hahaha … I can't say it's outstanding, but compared to others, I do have some ability." Elder Zheng was secretly pleased with himself. Then, he turned to the young man beside him and said, "Diagram of the hall, hurry up and greet our head of the alms bowl."

Hearing this, Hall Master Feng immediately reacted and hurriedly paid his respects to Xu Nan Lin.

"And you two, greet Elder Xu." Elder Zheng instructed the three youngsters behind him.

Elder Xu looked at the calm and composed hall map in front of him and nodded to himself in his heart. He had heard that this young man had become one of the four bags of disciples of the Beggar Gang at such a young age. His abilities were not small, and he had done a lot of things.

There were very few in the young generation of the Beggar Gang who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him. If it was in another ten or twenty years, he would definitely become a mainstay of the Beggar Gang, but unfortunately, this young man had sided with Ma Kailong and would not be able to accomplish much in the future.

Thinking of this, Elder Xu secretly sighed in his heart and said to the crowd: "Stand up."

Then he said to Elder Zheng, "Elder Zheng, thank you for your concern. These youngsters are indeed not bad."

Hearing Xu Nan Lin's words, Elder Zheng laughed out loud: "Being able to get Elder Xu's praise is truly not easy. Alright, since Elder Xu is here, then this old man will take his leave." Without waiting for Elder Xu to reply, he said to the left and right: "Let's go."

With that, he turned around and left, not even sparing a glance at the people in the temple.