Chapter 342

"Su Che was actually killed by the Blazing Fire Blade Guest; Xu Yang's luck is too good."

When they heard that Su Che had been slashed to death by the Blazing Fire Blade Guest, Tang Xiao and the others couldn't help but sigh at Xu Yang's good luck; Su Che went out of the city to kill Xu Yang, only to encounter the killing god that was the Blazing Fire Blade Guest.

"This guy is too bold; how dare he kill anyone? That Su Che is Su Qiming's son." Guo Huai was startled by the ruthlessness of the Blazing Fire Blade Guest.

Daring to kill Su Che, not even bothering to destroy the evidence, just walking away, not afraid of the Su family's revenge at all.

"And no one knows his identity, so why wouldn't he dare?" Shen Liang said.

If it were him, he would dare to kill too.

"Is it possible that Xu Yang and the Blazing Fire Blade Guest are in cahoots?"

A light flashed in An Ping's eyes; if he told the Su family this news, would he get the bounty?

Shen Liang said in a deep voice: "Don't seek death; didn't you hear? That Blazing Fire Blade Guest is a Marrow Cleansing martial artist who killed Su Che with one blade; if he really has a relationship with Xu Yang, you are looking for a path to death for yourself."

He knew that An Ping was trying to forcibly link Xu Yang and the Blazing Fire Blade Guest to make the Su family trouble Xu Yang.

Guo Huai nodded: "Right, don't look for trouble for yourself; didn't someone say the Blazing Fire Blade Guest might be a Profound Heaven Sect disciple? With Marrow Cleansing cultivation, he must be an inner sect disciple.

You want to harm Xu Yang, but don't provoke people you can't afford to provoke."

An Ping felt a lingering fear and immediately extinguished this thought.

……

"So it was the Su family!"

Xu Yang also knew Su Che's identity, but he didn't regret it; in the situation at the time, it was impossible not to kill Su Che.

Fortunately, the identity of the Blazing Fire Blade Guest was very useful; the Su family only put a bounty on the Blazing Fire Blade Guest and didn't trouble him.

"But I must be on guard; in the future, be as careful as possible when going to Qingyang City; the Su family might not necessarily not suspect that I have a relationship with the Blazing Fire Blade Guest."

The matter was too coincidental, and it was inevitable that it would arouse suspicion.

Getting up and walking out of the dining hall, Xu Yang suddenly discovered someone following him quickly from behind.

"Be careful of An Ping!" Shen Liang's message rang in his ears.

Xu Yang's gaze froze, and he heard Shen Liang continue: "He intends to go to the Su family to report that you have a relationship with the Blazing Fire Blade Guest, but I persuaded him against it.

But I don't know if he will have other thoughts; be careful when you go down the mountain in the future."

After saying this, Shen Liang strode away.

He could only warn Xu Yang in this way; he didn't dare to have too much contact with Xu Yang.

Nowadays, Guo Huai and the others didn't like Xu Yang, and he didn't dare to get too close to Xu Yang; those three were too small-minded, and if he got too close to Xu Yang, he would inevitably be ostracized.

He wasn't afraid of Guo Huai and An Ping, but he couldn't afford to offend Guo Huai, this local snake.

"Many thanks!" Xu Yang's voice transmission rang in Shen Liang's ear.

He hadn't expected Shen Liang to come and tell him such things, but thinking about it carefully, he could understand some things.

Shen Liang and An Ping's group were not of the same path, but he didn't dare to completely fall out with the three, worried about being retaliated against.

This could be seen from the auction where the Origin-Gathering Pills were auctioned; Shen Liang truly wanted to be friends with him, but was forced to cut ties with him due to his relationship with An Ping's group.

There was nothing major between them originally; it was just that he had caused An Ping to lose face a few times and they had argued a few times.

He hadn't even thought that An Ping would be so base as to use the Blazing Fire Blade Guest to kill him.

"An Ping!"

Recording this name in his little notebook, Xu Yang strode toward the courtyard.

"Junior Brother Xu, you're back; hurry, I was just about to go find you."

Just as he reached the courtyard gate, he bumped into Sun Tao head-on.

"What is Senior Brother Sun looking for me for?" Xu Yang asked in confusion.

Sun Tao shook his head: "It's not me looking for you; it's the task hall deacon looking for us; hurry."

Task Hall?

Xu Yang, filled with confusion, rushed to the task hall with Sun Tao, only to see that it wasn't just the two of them; over a dozen other disciples had also appeared here and were taken to a side hall.

Xu Yang's gaze swept over and saw Gu Haoming and Li Qiang, whom he recognized; although he wasn't familiar with the others, they were all outer sect disciples he saw every day.

Some were Dragon-Ascending disciples of their batch, and some were Dragon-Ascending disciples of the previous batch; overall, there were fewer Dragon-Ascending disciples from the previous batch.

Everyone didn't know why they had been called over; they argued and made a fuss for a while, but no one could say anything for certain.

After a while, they saw the deacon Sun Ke appear.

"I have seen Deacon Sun!" Everyone cupped their hands in unison.

Sun Ke waved his hand: "Everyone, no need for formalities."

While speaking, his gaze swept over everyone, and after confirming that everyone had arrived, he continued: "Everyone should know that the biennial Martial Arts Examination is about to begin."

All the disciples nodded in unison; it was now July, and if calculated carefully, the Martial Arts Examination would begin in less than ten days.

At the same time, everyone understood that calling so many of them here this time, the matter was likely related to the Martial Arts Examination.

"The Martial Arts Examination is one of the ways the Great Xia selects martial arts geniuses, and it is also the main way for our Profound Heaven Sect to select disciples, as well as the guarantee that our Profound Heaven Sect always has fresh blood.

The Martial Arts Examination must not go wrong."

Sun Ke said in a deep voice: "The sect has received news that during this Martial Arts Examination, people from the Demon Sect might cause trouble; therefore, the Heavenly Power Peak has issued a task for you to return to your respective hometowns to ensure the smooth progress of the Martial Arts Examination."

Xu Yang's heart sank; others might not know the terror of the Demon Sect, but he knew a little.

The Demon Sect plans and then acts, hiding in the shadows, but once they take action, they basically never fail.

During the incident with the Earth Vein Spiritual Fire, two inner sect disciples and two Ten Elites geniuses died; having them face the Demon Sect this time was likely not a good job.

"Rest assured, the Demon Sect might only take action; it's not a hundred percent certain they will appear, and the local garrison will also cooperate with you.

The basic contribution points for the task are thirty; if you encounter an attack by Demon Sect disciples, you will be given another ten contribution points; if you can kill them, you will be given contribution points based on their cultivation base.

Killing a Gang Qi Demon Sect disciple gives twenty contribution points; Minor Success Gang Qi gives forty..."

Sun Ke said a lot and finally took out several tokens, calling out several names, among which was Li Qiang.

"You few are the persons in charge of this task, responsible for leading the disciples of your hometown to be responsible for the safety of the Martial Arts Examination, and after the examination ends, return to the sect."

After distributing the task tokens and finishing the instructions, Sun Ke hurried away.

"Two junior brothers, let's go."

Li Qiang brought Gu Haoming to find Xu Yang and Sun Tao, and the smile on his face never disappeared.

Xu Yang's expression didn't change, but Sun Tao's heart sank to the bottom.

They had already fallen out with Li Qiang, and Li Qiang had long been looking for an opportunity to kill them; returning to Qingyuan with Li Qiang this time was likely to cause trouble.

"Let's go, Senior Brother Sun." Xu Yang patted Sun Tao on the shoulder, giving him a reassuring look.

For the Martial Arts Examination, he happened to be a bit worried about the little girl; going back to keep an eye on things would be good, and he could also settle old scores along the way.

Back then, Ji Yun had pressured him so much, telling all the disciples to kill him if they met him at the Martial Arts Examination; he hadn't forgotten this matter.

If it weren't for the fact that the Profound Heaven Sect didn't allow disciples to return privately, he would have gone back to find Ji Yun long ago.

"Junior Brother Xu, Junior Brother Sun, why don't you go down the mountain to get a carriage; we will wait for you here."

Once out of the Profound Heaven Sect, Li Qiang began to assign tasks to Xu Yang and Sun Tao.

It would take five or six days to go to Qingyuan County, and he didn't intend to walk there; if the four of them drove a carriage, they would still have time to cultivate.

Of course, the main thing was retaliation for Xu Yang and Sun Tao not helping him with the assessment task.

Gu Haoming looked gloating; Sun Tao wanted to argue, but was pulled back by Xu Yang.

Xu Yang said: "That's fine, getting a carriage is no problem, but Senior Brother Li, you have to give us money to buy it; a carriage costs at least several dozen taels, and a good one costs hundreds; Junior Brother Sun and I don't have that much money."

Carriages were things that generally only wealthy families could afford, so the price was outrageous.

Li Qiang couldn't bear to take out several dozen taels to buy a carriage; his family background was average, and every cent he had was earned by himself.

He was the person in charge of the task and could command Xu Yang and the others, but he couldn't force Xu Yang to spend money; in the end, the four decided to go to Qingyang City together to buy a horse.

"Wait until the Martial Arts Examination ends, then I'll deal with you!" A fierce light flashed in Li Qiang's eyes.

He didn't intend to make a move against Xu Yang and Sun Tao now; after all, the Martial Arts Examination still needed manpower, and if the Demon Sect really came to cause trouble, he would be in danger if he lacked manpower.

After the Martial Arts Examination ended and they returned, he could slaughter Xu Yang and Sun Tao on the road and make up any excuse to fool people.

As for Gu Haoming, it depended on whether he was sensible or not.

……

Qingyuan County, the biennial Martial Arts Examination was about to begin, and this small border town became lively again.

This day, four fine horses galloped from the distance, kicking up huge dust along the way, and the people along the way covered their mouths and dodged.

"Alert!" The soldiers guarding the city became nervous.

Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't care about people entering or leaving the city, but with the Martial Arts Examination approaching, their superiors had issued orders to pay attention to outside martial arts people.

The four people on horseback were burly and had fierce auras; one look and they were martial arts people.

In an instant, the four fine horses galloped close; two of them slowly lowered their speed, while the other two didn't reduce their speed at all, looking like they were going to gallop into the city.