Chapter 297

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In the room, Xu Yang's body glowed with a pale golden color. Under the nourishment and tempering of Gang Qi, his strength and power slowly increased.

An hour later, he was hot all over, and only then did he stop cultivating the Diamond Body Technique.

After resting for a while, he started to practice the Pure Origin Finger-Splitting Technique again.

【Pure Origin Finger-Splitting Technique · Minor Success (826/3000)】

After nearly two months of cultivation, the Pure Origin Finger-Splitting Technique had already entered the Minor Success realm, and one finger could easily pierce through gold and iron.

Ten days later, Jiang Ping and Zhang Yong left the Profound Heaven Sect with Li Qiang.

Xu Yang returned from outside and only heard about this from Sun Tao. Besides the two of them, Li Qiang also invited a helper, but it was not someone Xu Yang knew.

Xu could see that Sun Tao also wanted to go together.

It wasn't to help Li Qiang, but because his cultivation had been unable to achieve Minor Success in Gang Qi. If he didn't go to the Yunling Mountain Range to fight and experience it, he didn't know when he would be able to achieve Minor Success in Gang Qi.

In fact, after the outer sect grand competition ended, many people in their batch had already stepped out of the Profound Heaven Sect and entered the Yunling Mountain Range to experience it.

Because for most people, the contribution points obtained by doing missions in the sect were too few. Even if they did missions desperately for a month, the contribution points obtained were not enough to buy an Origin-Returning Pill.

If they didn't fight for their lives, it would take five or six years to achieve Minor Success in Gang Qi.

If they really waited five or six years to achieve Minor Success in Gang Qi, those inner sect elders wouldn't accept disciples, and even if they met the conditions, they wouldn't be able to become inner sect disciples.

Fighting for their lives was their only hope for success.

"A few days ago, someone counted and said that of the disciples who ascended the dragon in our batch, only more than two hundred and ninety are still alive, less than three hundred people," Sun Tao sighed.

Xu Yang was also somewhat surprised to hear this: "So many died?"

In a year's time, more than sixty people from the disciples who ascended the dragon in this batch had died.

According to this trend, by the time the three-year deadline expires, less than half of these three hundred and sixty people will be left, and maybe even fewer.

As everyone enters the Yunling Mountain Range to hunt for treasure, more people will die.

Sun Tao nodded: "It is said that the most deaths are among the disciples of Qingyuan County, Kong Yu, Ji Jincheng, Han Xing..."

Sun Tao said a bunch of names.

Xu Yang was speechless when he heard this. Most of the people who died in Qingyuan County were killed by him, and the rest were basically people who joined the Sharp Wind Hall.

"Is Xu Yang there?" A voice came from outside.

Xu Yang and Sun Tao looked at each other, and their expressions changed slightly.

This was exactly Xiao Hua's voice.

Xu Yang gave Sun Tao a look, walked out of the courtyard, and cupped his hands: "I have met Deacon Xiao. May I ask what Deacon Xiao has to teach me?"

Xiao Hua smiled all over his face: "It's a good thing. A group of blind thieves robbed the goods of Elder Liyang's disciple's family. Elder Liyang asked the outer sect to send an expert to solve this matter, and I thought of you, Xu Yang, the first time.

Don't say that Uncle doesn't care about you. This is a great thing. As long as you solve this group of blind thieves, when your three-year outer sect period expires, you will definitely be accepted by Elder Liyang. This is a matter of showing your face in front of the elder."

Xu Yang's heart sank. People who even dared to rob the family of an inner sect disciple must have a certain amount of strength if they were stupid.

If it were really a good thing, it wouldn't be his turn.

This dog Xiao Hua finally couldn't sit still.

"For such a big thing, I'm afraid I don't have the ability to solve it. Don't delay Elder Liyang's big event. If I mess it up, it will be Elder Liyang's face that is lost."

Although he knew that refusal wouldn't be of any use, Xu Yang still wanted to try.

Xiao Hua narrowed his eyes and said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes: "This is a mission designated by the Mission Hall, and the matter has already been reported to Elder Liyang. Are you sure you want me to tell Elder Liyang that you refuse to help him do things?

This is something I fought hard to get for you, looking at your Master's face. Don't cherish it.

Many people want to show their faces in front of Elder Liyang, but they don't have this opportunity."

He wasn't afraid that Xu Yang wouldn't follow. If he dared to refuse, it would be Elder Liyang's face that was lost. In the future, he wouldn't even need to take action himself; there would be plenty of people to clean up Xu Yang.

If he took the mission and couldn't complete it, losing Elder Liyang's face, Xu Yang would also have to eat and walk around.

"Since that's the case, I will try my best," Xu Yang said, still having to show a look of gratitude.

From Xiao Hua's mouth, he roughly heard that this Elder Liyang was not a person with a good temper, and it wouldn't end with a refusal.

And this dog Xiao Hua brought out the Mission Hall, which was not something he could refuse.

"Follow the information on this to complete the mission. After completing it, come to the Mission Hall to find me for settlement."

Xiao Hua threw over a piece of paper, then turned and left.

Xu Yang opened it and saw that the general meaning was that the bandits of Qingfeng Ridge robbed the goods of Elder Liyang's disciple's family, and asked him to go to Qingyang City to find this family and help solve this matter.

As a city in the hinterland of the Yunling Mountain Range, after those treasure hunters had a harvest, the treasures would basically be sold in Qingyang City.

Therefore, every day, a large amount of cultivation resources would be transported out of Qingyang City and transported to various counties or prefecture cities around.

As a result, mountain bandits specializing in robbing passing merchants appeared on various main roads.

Of course, these people generally only dared to rob some small forces or families that didn't give a share.

It stands to reason that since this family has an inner sect disciple in the Profound Heaven Sect and has a relationship with Elder Liyang, no one should dare to take action.

"Could it be that Xiao Hua colluded with the mountain bandits to force me to leave the Profound Heaven Sect?"

Of course, his guess might not be right.

Since this family has experts in the inner sect of the Profound Heaven Sect, why bother sending the mission to the outer sect? Wouldn't that inner sect disciple kill his way to Qingfeng Ridge and wipe out this group of mountain bandits to establish prestige for the family?

"Xiao Hua, the old dog, really deserves to be cut into a thousand pieces," Sun Tao said, his eyes splitting.

He was hiding in the courtyard and had already heard the conversation between Xu Yang and Xiao Hua, and several times he almost couldn't help but rush out and curse.

It wasn't enough to harm Lin Wei, and he even wanted to kill them all.

He didn't know if the mission was dangerous or not, but since Xiao Hua let Xu Yang do it, I'm afraid it was extremely dangerous.

"Junior Brother Xu, I will accompany you," Sun Tao said solemnly: "Two people can take care of each other. Even if we can't complete the mission, we can come back alive."

Xu Yang shook his head: "Senior Brother, you don't need to accompany me. I will go down the mountain to understand the situation first. If I can solve it, I will try my best to solve it. If I can't solve it, I will just drop the burden and not do it.

I don't believe that because of this little thing, Elder Liyang can still personally take action to kill me."

On the note Xiao Hua gave, he didn't introduce the strength of the bandits of Qingfeng Ridge, so he didn't know the specific situation of this mission.

However, no matter how much Xiao Hua wanted to kill him, it was impossible for him to let a martial artist with Minor Success in Gang Qi go and kill bandits with Major Success in Gang Qi or Marrow Cleansing.

Xiao Hua was just an outer sect deacon who could use the power in his hands to make some small moves, but that was all.

He was at least a Ten Elites genius with a name and surname, and Xiao Hua didn't dare to go too far.

He had always been worried that Xiao Hua would personally take action to kill him. As long as Xiao Hua didn't personally take action, he wouldn't be afraid.

So he guessed that the strongest of the bandits of Qingfeng Ridge was probably Minor Success in Gang Qi, and at most there were more of them.

Of course, if this was a trap set by Xiao Hua and these mountain bandits, then there might be experts with Major Success in Gang Qi hiding.

However, without Marrow Cleansing, he was not afraid of any Major Success in Gang Qi now.