Chapter 363: Attack

Xu Yang opened the courtyard gate and saw a tall, straight man standing at the door, with a purple sun embroidered on his chest.

There were hundreds of inner sect disciples in the four peaks of the Purple Sun Sect, and he hadn't seen everyone.

So he didn't recognize this person.

However, just as he was puzzled, the person spoke first: "Is this Junior Brother Xu Yang? I am He Song, a disciple of Heaven Authority Peak."

He Song?

Xu Yang cupped his hands and said: "May I ask what advice Senior Brother He has?"

He Song smiled: "I wouldn't dare give advice. I have come because the inner sect Mission Hall has something to arrange for Junior Brother Xu, and I have come to notify you to execute the mission."

Xu Yang’s eyes narrowed. Elder Huoyun had just left, and sure enough, someone couldn't sit still. It was highly likely to be that old dog Liu Qingyuan.

With his status, only someone at Liu Qingyuan’s level could casually arrange a mission for him, letting him leave the Purple Sun Sect.

"Please tell the Mission Hall on my behalf that my cultivation has reached a critical juncture and it is not suitable to delay. Please have them arrange for someone else."

Xu Yang refused directly, too lazy to even ask what the mission was.

The smile on He Song’s face froze instantly, and he reminded him: "Junior Brother Xu, this is a mission arranged by the Mission Hall. Is it good for you to refuse like this? You are a direct disciple; how can you refuse a mission given to you by the sect?"

"I am not refusing; it is just that my cultivation has reached a critical juncture and I cannot get away."

Xu Yang corrected him: "The Purple Sun Sect is full of talent. Please help me tell them to ask another disciple to execute it."

"Alright!" He Song squeezed out a smile with difficulty: "I will pass it on, but how the Mission Hall arranges it is not something I can control."

He was just an ordinary disciple. Even if he were Elder Liu Qingyuan’s direct disciple, he had no management power over other disciples of the Purple Sun Sect.

He had just come to notify Xu Yang to do the mission and didn't have the ability to force Xu Yang to execute it.

"I can only let Master handle it," He Song thought.

Master Liu Qingyuan wanted to hide behind the scenes and arrange for Xu Yang to leave the sect so that the Song family’s people could take action and kill him. Unexpectedly, Xu Yang was vigilant and used his cultivation reaching a critical juncture as an excuse, unwilling to leave the Purple Sun Sect.

Xu Yang narrowed his eyes and watched He Song leave, then immediately went to find Gao Lin.

Gao Lin had been a manager on Li Huo Peak for many years. Although he was now ruined, he was still Elder Huoyun’s direct disciple, and his words still carried weight. Moreover, Gao Lin was one of the people who knew about the grievances between him and Liu Qingyuan and the Song family, and even more so, he knew his true talent.

To speak arrogantly, as long as Gao Lin wasn't stupid, he should know who he should choose between him and Liu Qingyuan and the Song family to be the most rational.

"He Song is Liu Qingyuan’s disciple. Master has left, so Liu Qingyuan can’t sit still."

Gao Lin sneered: "You refused very well. Don't be afraid of them making trouble again. What a Li Huo Peak disciple should do is not something a Heaven Authority Peak Elder can arrange. If they come again, go directly to the Peak Master. The Peak Master hates outsiders interfering in Li Huo Peak’s affairs the most.

Even if the Sect Master wants to do something on Li Huo Peak, he has to get the Peak Master’s nod. A mere Liu Qingyuan is not qualified to point fingers at Li Huo Peak."

With Gao Lin’s words, Xu Yang felt much more at ease.

He was actually worried about Liu Qingyuan or Song Yushao taking action to kill him personally. If Elder Huoyun were here, he would definitely take this opportunity to trap and kill some of the Song family or Liu Qingyuan’s people.

"You all are too idle." Xu Yang returned to the courtyard and began to organize his things.

Night-travel clothes and the Green Water Blade!

He had previously thought about waiting until he broke through to the Heaven Origin realm before slowly settling the score between him and the Song family and Liu Qingyuan. Now it seemed that would be sitting and waiting for death. He had to find some things for these people to do, so they wouldn't be idle all day, always pondering how to kill him.

"You all probably don't know what it means for someone barefoot not to be afraid of someone wearing shoes." Killing intent surged in Xu Yang’s eyes.

It’s not that I fear you, but that you should fear me!

The Song family!

One of the ten great families of Qingyang City, with properties everywhere and a vast number of clansmen.

The Liu family, where Liu Qingyuan belonged, although shallow in foundation, still had over a dozen members and numerous shops.

When he was in the Yunling Mountain Range, he had chatted with Gao Lin about the situation of these two families and learned quite a bit of useful information.

……

The night was like ink!

The Liu Family Apothecary!

Liu Xunfeng was facing today’s ledger, clicking away on an abacus, calculating the day’s accounts.

His Liu family were originally rustic farmers, generations of them scratching a living from the soil. Fortunately, the heavens opened their eyes; decades ago, his Liu family produced a martial arts genius who successfully ascended the dragon, joined the Purple Sun Gate, and eventually broke through to the Heaven Origin realm, becoming one of the four great Elders of the Heaven Authority Peak of the Purple Sun Gate.

This person was his father, Liu Qingyuan.

After he was born, although his talent was poor, he had a father who was an Elder of the Purple Sun Gate. Whatever business he did in Qingyang City flourished, and families of all sizes scrambled to curry favor with him.

The Liu Family Apothecary was opened with his father’s help in managing it.

He didn’t know how to refine elixirs, but that didn’t matter; he had an elixir quota at the Purple Sun Gate and just had to go pick up the goods on time every month.

He didn’t even need to pick them up; when the time came, his father, Liu Qingyuan, would arrange for disciples under his sect to deliver the elixirs to him. Over a dozen years, the reputation of his Liu Family Apothecary had gradually grown, and now it could be said to bring in a thousand gold pieces a day.

"Three hundred and thirty taels!"

After calculating the final entry, Liu Xunfeng revealed a smile. Today’s net profit was three hundred and thirty taels, a bit more than yesterday.

"Three hundred and thirty a day, that’s nearly ten thousand taels a month, one hundred and twenty thousand taels a year."

Liu Xunfeng closed the ledger with satisfaction and was about to stand up to blow out the candle and go find the concubine he had married just a few days ago to have a good time and expand the Liu family population, but his five senses transmitted a feeling that made him somewhat terrified.

"Who?" Liu Xunfeng shouted.

Although his talent was average, he couldn't be stopped because he had a father who was a Heaven Origin powerhouse, who had used spiritual herbs to forcefully pile him into a martial artist with Marrow Cleansing cultivation. If someone appeared within three zhang of him, his five senses would capture it immediately.

It was just that the opponent’s cultivation was so tyrannical that it exceeded his imagination. Before his words had even fallen, a large hand was already gripping his neck.

"Don't move around, if you move around, your neck will break."

A hoarse voice rang out, Liu Xunfeng’s whole body trembled, and a look of terror appeared on his face.

Someone who could make him have no power to resist and subdue him in one move could definitely snap his neck easily.

"Friend, don't act rashly. I am Liu Xunfeng, my father is Liu Qingyuan, an Elder of the Heaven Authority Peak of the Purple Sun Gate. If you, friend, are short of money, feel free to name a number. My Liu family loves to make friends in the Jianghu and will never be stingy. Harming me won't do you any good," Liu Xunfeng said hurriedly.

Better to stabilize this daring madman first.

"I don't want money, do you have spiritual herbs?"

The hoarse voice rang out again. Liu Xunfeng looked up and saw that the other person was wearing a mask, unable to see their true appearance.

To actually not want money, only spiritual herbs—this was definitely a martial artist who had gone mad for cultivation and would do anything.

"Yes!" Liu Xunfeng said hurriedly.

Spiritual herbs were certainly important, but his little life was more important.

As long as he satisfied the other party’s conditions, the other party shouldn't kill him.

"Where are they? Take them out quickly, don't think about playing tricks!"

Xu Yang hadn't expected there to really be spiritual herbs.

He had initially just wanted to play the role of a bandit, but he hadn't expected that in this inconspicuous apothecary, there really were spiritual herbs.

"Friend, wait a moment!"

Liu Xunfeng took a key from his waist, stood up, and lifted a painting on the wall, revealing a hidden compartment inside.

He inserted the key into the compartment and turned it, and an iron box appeared before his eyes.

Liu Xunfeng stepped forward, took a jade box out of the iron box, and lifted a corner of it. He saw a perfectly preserved Dragon Whisker Root lying quietly inside the jade box.

A flash of light appeared in Xu Yang’s eyes. He hadn't expected it to be the Dragon Whisker Root, the main ingredient for refining the Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Elixir.

"Friend, you can let me go now, right?" Liu Xunfeng smiled.

Xu Yang took the jade box and smiled: "Naturally."

The next moment, a golden blade qi emerged, and the surroundings were filled with rolling heat waves; it was exactly the Blazing Sun Steel Blade that Xu Yang hadn't used for a long time.

In Liu Xunfeng’s desperate eyes, the golden blade qi pierced through his body, bringing up a burst of blue smoke.

"Puchi!"

He didn't even have time to let out a scream before Liu Xunfeng was split into two on the spot, and a burnt smell filled the air.

Xu Yang stepped forward and opened the iron box hidden in the wall, seeing a thick stack of silver banknotes inside, as well as some rare medicinal herbs, several of which were items needed to refine the Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Elixir.

Using a bag he had prepared long ago to pack everything up, Xu Yang turned into a black shadow and soared into the sky, quickly disappearing into the dark night.

"Ah..."

Not long after, a scream pierced the night; it was Liu Xunfeng’s concubine, who had been waiting for him and found her way here, only to be scared unconscious by the scene she saw.

Soon, the Liu family guards at the apothecary arrived.

"The Blazing Fire Blade Guest, it's the Blazing Fire Blade Guest! This beast has come out to commit crimes again."

Based on the traces, the Liu family guards quickly determined that it was a case committed by the notorious Blazing Fire Blade Guest. While their faces changed drastically, they hurriedly reported the matter to the Qingyang City law enforcers.

A group of Qingyang City law enforcers arrived at the Liu Family Apothecary. When they learned that the person killed by the Blazing Fire Blade Guest was the son of Elder Liu Qingyuan, they hurriedly sealed off Qingyang City while sending people to rush to the Purple Sun Gate overnight to report it.

……

Heaven Authority Peak.

Late at night, a figure quickly ascended Heaven Authority Peak, heading straight for Liu Qingyuan’s main hall.

"Who goes there? Stop!"

He Song emerged from the darkness, blocking the person who had come up from the foot of the peak. He saw that the other party was wearing the uniform of a Qingyang City law enforcer, panting heavily, and wondered what they were doing at Heaven Authority Peak so late at night.

"I am a law enforcer from Qingyang City. Take me to see Elder Liu immediately; Young Master Liu Xunfeng has met with an accident," the man shouted.

He Song’s expression changed drastically.

"Ah, I’ve got it."

Liu Qingyuan slapped his thigh suddenly, finally thinking of a way to deal with Xu Yang.

Elder Huoyun was protecting Xu Yang, and the Peak Master of Departing Fire Peak did not allow outsiders to interfere in the affairs of his peak. Even as an Elder of Heaven Authority Peak, he could not force Xu Yang to leave the Purple Sun Sect.

He had been thinking about how to make the Peak Master of Departing Fire Peak stop protecting Xu Yang, but now he realized he had been stuck in a dead end.

Given Xu Yang’s talent, the Peak Master of Departing Fire Peak and Elder Huoyun would never give him up. Even if Zhang Jingyuan himself stepped in, Departing Fire Peak would still protect Xu Yang. Trying to get to Xu Yang through Departing Fire Peak was simply impossible.

Didn't Xu Yang have a younger sister? He heard that Xu Yang doted on her greatly. As long as he had her moved away from the Purple Sun Sect and under his control, he could manipulate Xu Yang however he pleased.

"That’s it!" Liu Qingyuan laughed.

Initially, he only wanted to kill Xu Yang because of the matter involving Liu Xunjiang, but after Xu Yang achieved Great Success in Marrow Cleansing, his reason for wanting to kill him was no longer just Liu Xunjiang.

"Master, something bad has happened."

Suddenly, he heard the voice of his disciple He Song ringing out from outside, filled with panic and anxiety.

Having just thought of a way to deal with Xu Yang and feeling in high spirits, he couldn't help but frown: "What are you panicking about? Tell me clearly what happened."

He Song pushed the door open with a look of grief: "A Qingyang City law enforcer came to report that Brother Xunfeng was murdered by a villain."

His own son had been murdered?

Boom!

A terrifying aura erupted from Liu Qingyuan, nearly blowing the roof off. The entire main hall trembled slightly, and dust fell in showers.

A terrifying, piercing light shot from his eyes as he said, word by word: "Say that again!"

He hoped he had misheard.

He Song knelt on the ground, saying sorrowfully: "Please, Master, restrain your grief."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyuan’s body swayed as if struck by lightning. His tyrannical energy shattered the bed beneath him, causing it to collapse with a crash.

Yet, he seemed unaware of it all, his mind filled only with the news that his son, Liu Xunfeng, had been murdered.

"Master, the incident just happened. The Law Enforcement Hall has already sealed off Qingyang City. If you take action yourself, you might be able to catch that villain and avenge Brother Xunfeng," He Song reminded him.

Now was not the time for grief, but for rushing to Qingyang City to find the murderer and root out that animal, the Blazing Blade Guest.

"Right, revenge. No matter who you are, I, Liu Qingyuan, will tear you limb from limb and slaughter your entire family."

Liu Qingyuan’s eyes were bloodshot, and the terrifying murderous intent almost materialized, causing a blood-red light to surge over his body.

Liu Xunfeng was his only son, and his only child.

Martial artists at the Heaven Origin realm were transcendent, making it extremely difficult to conceive offspring. This only son was born before he had even broken through to the Heaven Origin realm.

"Gather everyone immediately and have them head down the mountain at once to await my orders!"

With a flash, Liu Qingyuan’s figure vanished from the spot, his voice drifting from far away.