Chapter 287

The four peaks of the Purple Sun Gate each had their own inheritance: Medicine King Peak for alchemy, Leaving Fire Peak for weapon forging, and Beast King Peak for raising exotic beasts. No matter which one it was, as long as one had the corresponding talent, one could get by in the Purple Sun Gate.

In fact, Xu Yang was also interested in the exotic beast inheritance of Beast King Peak, but he didn't have extra contribution points to exchange for it.

After chatting with Sun Tao for a while longer, he said goodbye to Sun Tao, found Xu Qing, gave her two Spirit-Gathering Pills, and returned to Leaving Fire Peak.

Having not slept for two days, he fell asleep as soon as he lay down, and when he woke up, it was already the next morning.

He was washing up when Gao Lin came to find him, informing him that they had to rush to the Earth Vein Fire Valley today to set up, transport the raw spirit iron ore, and various supplies, and told him to go to Elder Huoyun's Great Hall to assemble in a while.

"Has it started?"

Xu Yang was calm inside, carried Cold Abyss on his back, and made another cloth bag, inside which he put the Spirit-Gathering Pills and Crystal Lotus Root needed for the next half month, before slowly going out.

The spirit herb Crystal Lotus Root was something he used to prevent injuries.

Spirit herbs had extraordinary effects; not only could they be used to break through barriers, but when injured, this kind of thing was also a top-tier healing product.

After eating in the dining hall and rushing to Elder Huoyun's Great Hall, the others had already arrived, about ten or so people.

Of course, only he and Zhuang Tao were the protagonists, and the rest were there to help them transport things over.

Soon, after Elder Huoyun opened the warehouse, the furnace engraved with patterns and boxes of raw spirit iron ore were moved out, and the ten or so people took the things and rushed to the Earth Vein Fire Valley.

After about an hour's journey, the familiar valley appeared before their eyes, and the surroundings were still desolate.

Gao Lin directed everyone to move the raw ore and the furnace into the mountain cave to start setting up, while Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao began to clean their own rooms.

After the two finished cleaning and the cave was set up, Gao Lin walked over and handed a bag to Xu Yang and his companion, saying: "These are signal fireworks; if something is wrong, set them off.

The others are Pulse-Protecting Pills and Ice Spirit Pills. You two are responsible for selling them to those Outer Sect disciples, and you can take one percent of the proceeds."

Xu Yang's eyes lit up; one percent was not a small amount.

He remembered that when Song Runshu and Liu Youzhen sold these two types of pills, they had an income of several thousand taels every day. In half a month, the two sold forty or fifty thousand taels of silver, but in the end, it all went to the Blood Lotus Sect people.

At that time, he thought it was a business the two had set up themselves, but now it seemed they were also working for others, and the real boss should be Elder Huoyun.

Soon Gao Lin and the others left, leaving only Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao in the valley.

"Junior Brother Xu, you are responsible for guarding the first half of the night, and I am responsible for the second half, how about that?" Zhuang Tao said.

Although there were the third and fourth senior brothers in the dark, Zhuang Tao didn't dare to be negligent, giving the safer first half of the night to Xu Yang, while he was responsible for the second half of the night when things were most likely to go wrong.

Because he had minor accomplishment in marrow-cleansing, it was safer for him to guard the second half of the night.

"Okay!" Xu Yang said.

When it got dark, after eating some dried meat, the two entered the fire cave. Zhuang Tao began to sleep, while Xu Yang sat in meditation at the cave entrance, running the Golden Steel Skill to temper his body while paying attention to the situation around him.

"I can't cultivate the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture for the time being."

The Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture consumed too much mental energy, and every time he finished cultivating, he had to fall into a deep sleep. Now in this kind of place, if something happened while he was in a deep sleep, he could only wait for death.

Moreover, Zhuang Tao was right beside him, and cultivating the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture would expose his true cultivation.

[Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture · Entry (1537/5000)]

In nearly a month and a half, the progress of the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture had reached 1500. At most, in another three months, he would be able to cultivate this technique worth 1000 contribution points to minor accomplishment, and by then he could cultivate blade intent.

With the dominance of his Golden True Qi, plus the semi-spirit weapon Cold Abyss, he might be able to trade a few moves with Heaven Origin experts.

Of course, these were all his guesses, because he hadn't seen Heaven Origin experts take action and didn't know how strong this realm really was.

However, even if he couldn't trade a few moves with Heaven Origin experts, there shouldn't be much of a problem in killing warriors with major accomplishment in marrow-cleansing.

Glancing at the sleeping Zhuang Tao, he released all his five senses, and his mind spread out toward the outside of the valley like a large net.

One hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

His mind only reached its limit after spreading out three hundred meters.

"Two gazes?"

In the darkness, he felt two gazes watching the valley, carrying a bit of pressure.

He hurriedly withdrew his mind.

"Third Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother should both be warriors with major accomplishment in marrow-cleansing."

Two warriors with major accomplishment in marrow-cleansing lurking in the dark made him feel much more at ease.

Time soon reached the second half of the night, and Zhuang Tao woke up to replace him.

Nothing happened all night!

The next day, following a sound of footsteps, Gao Lin brought a dozen Outer Sect disciples into the valley.

Xu Yang and his companion walked out of the mountain cave, and after saluting Gao Lin, Gao Lin brought these Outer Sect disciples into the fire cave.

Qiao Yong hid in the crowd, keeping his head down the whole time, afraid of being noticed by Xu Yang.

"Xu Yang!"

He felt fierce in his heart. As a genius who was the first of the Ten Heroes, when had he ever been so aggrieved?

But Xu Yang had already reached marrow-cleansing, and he was still at minor accomplishment in true qi, so he couldn't afford to provoke Xu Yang at all, and could only hide all his grievances and unwillingness in the bottom of his heart.

Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao sat outside for a while, and then a banging sound came from inside. Immediately after, Gao Lin walked out, greeted the two, and left directly.

"Junior Brother Xu, you keep watch. I'm going to sleep for a while. When they come out in a while, you sell the Ice Spirit Pills and Pulse-Protecting Pills to them." Zhuang Tao found an excuse to leave.

Xu Yang nodded, stood up to get the Pulse-Protecting Pills and Ice Spirit Pills, and waited in the valley.

In a certain mountain area of the Yunling Mountain Range, a dozen figures sat around a campfire. On the fire rack, a wild boar was roasted golden yellow, sizzling with oil.

They didn't know how long they had lived here, and the ground was already piled with white bones.

Not far away, several huge iron boxes were stacked, and it was unknown what was inside.

"Brothers, you've all performed well. When the Lotus Messenger appears, I will definitely ask for credit for you all!" Li Shao smiled.

As he spoke, his gaze swept over the iron boxes not far away. Inside these were all the goods he had led people to snatch from Purple Sun Gate disciples, including medicinal materials and special ores.

"Many thanks, Blood Messenger!" A group of people was overjoyed.

Li Shao said: "Everyone, follow me, Li Shao, and I naturally won't treat you badly. However, after the matter is over, I hope you can do me a favor."

"Blood Messenger, please speak. Your business is the brothers' business," someone said, patting their chest.

"Li Shao, do you want to go kill Xu Yang to avenge your brother again?" Zhang Sai, who was beside him, changed his expression slightly.

Li Shao's face sank immediately: "That Xu Yang has already reached marrow-cleansing. If I don't kill him now, in a few years, I won't even have the qualifications to find him for revenge.

If you stop me this time, don't blame me for falling out with you."

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Zhang Sai was just about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of breaking air in his ears. He couldn't care about saying anything more, stood up from the ground with a swish, his whole body tense.

"Be careful, someone is coming!"

The others also reacted, standing up one after another, and scattered into the forest on several sides like ghosts to lurk.

Li Shao narrowed his eyes, looked in the direction the sound came from, and gave a gesture to his subordinates who were hiding, letting them wait for his gesture before taking action.

A few breaths later, a figure wrapped in a black robe stepped on the branches and appeared, with a blood-red lotus flower embroidered on the chest.