Chapter 310

Xiao Hua looked up and saw Xu Yang, and couldn't help but be greatly shocked.

Not only did Xu Yang return alive, but he hadn't even suffered any injuries. Were those mountain bandits in Qingfeng Stronghold vegetarians?

Xu Yang nodded: "That's right."

Xiao Hua's face darkened: "The three leaders of Qingfeng Stronghold are not weak. If you haven't completed the mission, say so truthfully; at most, you will be fined some contribution points.

If you haven't completed it but falsely claim you have, Elder Liyang will not spare you."

He suspected that Xu Yang hadn't gone to Qingfeng Stronghold at all; otherwise, how could he have returned alive?

Of course, he still hypocritically reminded Xu Yang, waiting for Xu Yang to tell the truth and then punish him for the grave crime of falsely reporting a mission.

Xu Yang smiled: "How would I dare to lie? The three leaders of Qingfeng Stronghold are indeed powerful, but I used contribution points to invite a Senior Brother with Major Success Gang Qi cultivation, and we directly uprooted Qingfeng Stronghold.

If Deacon Xiao doesn't believe me, you can go to the Yuan family head to verify it. The heads of the three leaders of Qingfeng Stronghold are still at the Yuan family."

What?!

Invited a disciple with Major Success Gang Qi to help?

Xiao Hua's expression stiffened, and he was stunned on the spot.

Why hadn't he thought of the point that Xu Yang could invite people to help? Now, he was afraid he would be lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet, letting Xu Yang show his face in front of Elder Liyang.

"Little beast, count yourself lucky!"

Xiao Hua secretly hated himself for not considering this point. It seemed that to kill Xu Yang, he couldn't use underhanded means; he had to do it himself.

Relying on missions to kill Xu Yang had too many variables.

But he was a Mission Hall deacon; his status in the Profound Heaven Sect was only slightly higher than an outer sect disciple. He was just a cow or horse with a bit more power, and he also had a pile of things to do every day; he couldn't just leave the Profound Heaven Sect to kill whoever he wanted.

An outer sect deacon, to put it bluntly, was someone who couldn't make it in the inner sect and was sent to the outer sect to shine and heat. Although he had the title of deacon, his status wasn't even as good as an ordinary inner sect disciple.

Fortunately, Xu Yang was only at Minor Success Gang Qi; he had time to slowly find opportunities to kill him.

"Good, I will settle it for you right now, but if it is verified later that you lied, you will bear the consequences yourself," Xiao Hua said, gritting his teeth.

Seeing Xiao Hua thwarted, Xu Yang felt secretly pleased and said: "Since Deacon Xiao takes such good care of me, how would I dare to lie and deceive you?"

Hearing this, Xiao Hua felt his Qi and blood surge again, and he reluctantly gave Xu Yang twenty contribution points.

"Thank you, Deacon Xiao."

Xu Yang cupped his hands and turned to leave the Mission Hall.

Just as he walked out the door, he heard a commotion all around; all the outer sect disciples who came here stopped and looked in one direction.

Xu Yang also looked up curiously and saw a woman walking out as if from a painting; her black hair was like a waterfall, her willow waist was slender, and her face was as white and delicate as a boiled egg, as if it could be broken by a blow.

If he really had to count, this woman was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, without one.

Even Lin Wei couldn't compare to her; her temperament was ethereal and refined. It was no wonder she appeared here, leaving these outer sect disciples stunned.

"Ye Qiuling!"

He remembered this woman; she was the inner sect disciple who sold the Blood-Coagulating Pill formula at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

However, he knew Ye Qiuling, but Ye Qiuling didn't know him.

Xu Yang took a curious look and left directly.

"Is it him?"

In fact, Ye Qiuling also knew Xu Yang; after all, he was the fellow disciple who bought her Blood-Coagulating Pill formula, so how could she forget?

"I wonder if he has learned the Blood-Coagulating Pill yet."

Glancing at Xu Yang's back, Ye Qiuling stepped into the Mission Hall, and in an instant, countless gazes looked over.

Ye Qiuling was already used to this situation and continued to walk inside with small steps.

"Why is she here!"

Xiao Hua noticed the atmosphere in the Mission Hall was wrong, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Ye Qiuling walking toward him. His heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition.

Others didn't know Ye Qiuling's identity, but an outer sect deacon like him did.

Ye Qiuling's master was Elder Liyang.

She didn't come early or late, but Ye Qiuling happened to come at this time; he didn't think this inner sect genius pill master came here to play.

"Greetings, Junior Sister Ye. What brings you to the outer sect?"

Xiao Hua stood up and cupped his hands, a fawning smile on his face, like a dog seeing its master; there was no trace of the high-and-mighty attitude he had when facing Xu Yang.

Ye Qiuling's voice was ethereal, but it carried a chill: "Master wants me to notify you to roll to Qingshan immediately to guard for one year, and return after one year."

Wow!

Once these words were spoken, the Mission Hall was in an uproar, and everyone's gaze looked at Xiao Hua.

He was actually sent by Elder Liyang to guard Qingshan.

Qingshan was no good place; it was located deep in the Yunling Mountain Range and was a mining site of the Profound Heaven Sect, often harassed by exotic beasts and the Demonic Sect, and was in a state of war all year round.

Being punished to go there, he might just die there after a year.

Xiao Hua's face turned pale; he knew that his targeting of Xu Yang using the Yuan family matter had been exposed. It was probably the Yuan family's doing; Xu Yang didn't have this ability.

"Damn it, Yuan Jie has been dead for years, why is Elder Liyang still protecting his family? Could it be that as the rumors say, Elder Liyang has a penchant for men, and Yuan Jie was not Elder Liyang's disciple, but his lover?"

Xiao Hua trembled all over and hurriedly cupped his hands: "I was wrong. Please, Junior Sister Ye, help me plead for mercy. I won't dare to do it again."

Guarding Qingshan for a year, even though he was already at Minor Success Marrow Cleansing, was very dangerous.

"You must leave the mountain gate within today, otherwise bear the consequences yourself."

Ye Qiuling glanced at Xiao Hua faintly and turned to leave.

How could she help Xiao Hua plead for mercy? They weren't even close.

Moreover, she herself had walked out of the outer sect and also hated deacons like Xiao Hua who used their positions to kill outer sect disciples.

"It's only a year; the time is very short!"

A deacon walked over, his face full of schadenfreude.

Recently, Xiao Hua, relying on his marriage alliance with the Su family, had become increasingly arrogant in the Mission Hall, wanting to have a hand in everything, and had already offended many people.

"Sun Ke, stop gloating. I'm only going for a year, not dying," Xiao Hua snorted coldly.

Sun Ke smiled: "Then why don't you hurry up? Tsk tsk... guarding Qingshan for a year, I hope you can return alive."

Xiao Hua gritted his teeth; it was all that little beast Xu Yang.

If it weren't for him, why would he be punished by Elder Liyang?

"When I return, I will definitely take your life."

Returning after a year, Xu Yang would at most be at Major Success Gang Qi; by then, if he wanted to kill Xu Yang, it would be like pinching an ant to death.

Xu Yang left the Mission Hall and rushed to the peach forest to cultivate. Until evening, he dragged his exhausted body back to the courtyard.

"Junior Brother Xu, great news!"

Just after returning to the courtyard and taking a bath, he saw Sun Tao running over, full of excitement.

Xu Yang asked curiously: "Senior Brother Sun, what great news?"

Sun Tao was a bit incoherent: "Liyang... Xiao Hua, no, that old dog Xiao Hua provoked Elder Liyang and was reportedly punished to guard Qingshan for a year, and is only allowed to return to the sect after a year. At noon, he left the sect like a dead dog."

Xu Yang was a bit surprised; the relationship between the Yuan family and Elder Liyang was really strong, and they actually punished Xiao Hua.

He also knew about that place, Qingshan; the guarding mission was hung in the Mission Hall all year round. Disciples who had just entered Gang Qi cultivation would get forty contribution points a month for guarding there.

Minor Success Gang Qi got sixty contribution points a month, and Major Success Gang Qi got one hundred; it was no good place.

"I hope he dies there directly!" Sun Tao showed hatred.

Since Lin Wei's incident, he had been walking on thin ice for months, fearing that he would die one day.

"Elder Liyang is powerful!"

Xu Yang sighed, finally having a clear understanding of the power of the four peak elders. With one word, he made an outer sect deacon lose his comfortable Mission Hall job and go to a dangerous place like Qingshan to guard.

At the same time, his tense spirit also relaxed; he had also been walking on thin ice, fearing that Xiao Hua would personally make a move to finish him off.

Now that he had a year, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After a year, even if he couldn't kill Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

The move of forming an alliance with the Yuan family was the right one.

If he hadn't agreed to the alliance, perhaps Yuan Gang, to retaliate against him for refusing the Yuan family, wouldn't have helped him deal with Xiao Hua at all.

In fact, he had considered this aspect at the beginning.

The Yuan family might not be able to help him much, but wanting to harm him would be just a matter of a word.

"Junior Brother Xu, do you know about this Elder Liyang?" Sun Tao suddenly leaned over sneakily and whispered.

Xu Yang was stunned for a moment. Elder Liyang was an elder of Medicine King Peak, with pill-refining methods said to be second only to the Peak Master of Medicine King Peak. Who didn't know this?

Sun Tao whispered: "That's not what I'm talking about."