Chapter 397

The entire Qingyang City belonged to the Profound Heaven Sect, and the Profound Heaven Sect naturally had many industries in Qingyang City. The Divine Weapon Pavilion was one of the Profound Heaven Sect's industries, mainly selling weapons forged by Departing Fire Peak disciples during their practice. It was said that even half-spiritual weapons were sold there.

The Profound Heaven Sect's industries, in order to prevent the guarding disciples from colluding with the shopkeepers and waiters in charge of business to steal the sect's wealth, generally changed guarding disciples every three months.

Along the way out of the Profound Heaven Sect, the few gradually became familiar and began to introduce their names.

That person with Major Success in Gang Qi was named Zhou Zhichao, a person from Tanshan County.

The other two were named Li Yi and Xu Jun, and they were of the same clan as Xu Yang.

From the conversation of the few, he knew that these three, like him, didn't want to do this task, but were assigned by the Task Hall.

They were all people who had been tempering and roaming in the Yunling Mountain Range all year round and looked down on the meager contribution points given by the guarding task, but since the sect task came down, they had to execute it.

Gao Peng's words were somewhat flickering, also saying that he was assigned by the Task Hall to do this guarding task.

"Brother Xu, have you reached perfection in Gang Qi?" Zhou Zhichao smiled.

He had already reached Major Success in Gang Qi. In this year's outer sect Grand Competition, his goal was to win the top twenty, and Xu Yang could also be said to be a competitor, so he was naturally curious about Xu Yang's cultivation.

As soon as these words were spoken, the others held their breath and listened carefully.

Xu Yang smiled, "Still a bit away."

Zhou Zhichao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I heard people say that a month ago, Han Feng and Xiong Kun had already reached perfection in Gang Qi and started to break through to the marrow cleansing realm. I don't know if they succeeded."

Xu Yang shook his head, "Marrow cleansing is so difficult. Even when Li Chuyang and Du Chuan reached perfection in Gang Qi, they spent two or three months breaking through the bottleneck before breaking through to marrow cleansing."

Li Yi said, "I really envy those geniuses. We haven't reached Major Success in Gang Qi, and they have already cleansed their marrow."

While talking, Qingyang City appeared not far away. The few didn't talk anymore and soon entered the city, finding the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

As the shop with the highest quality weapons in Qingyang City, the Divine Weapon Pavilion was built extremely luxuriously. It was only three stories high, but it was four or five zhang high, with flying eaves and bucket arches, carved beams and painted buildings. The walls were painted with red lacquer, and the tiles were also painted golden.

In front of the door were two huge stone lions and a row of horse-tying stakes.

The few took the token to find the Divine Weapon Pavilion shopkeeper and were soon assigned tasks.

Li Yi and Xu Jun, who were at Minor Success in Gang Qi, were each issued a waist blade and were directly arranged to guard the main gate, becoming guards standing post.

The two were somewhat unhappy, but could only accept it.

Gao Peng was also issued a blade and was alone to guard the back door, even more miserable than Li Yi and Xu Jun.

Xu Yang and Zhou Zhichao, who were at Major Success in Gang Qi, followed the shopkeeper to the second floor. Zhou Zhichao was arranged to guard the second floor, and Xu Yang was responsible for the third floor.

He went up to the third floor with the shopkeeper, only to see that the floorboards and wallboards were reinforced with steel, and even the windows were iron.

There were very few weapons here. Xu Yang counted, and there were only six.

Two blades, two swords, a great spear about a zhang long, and a battle halberd.

Because the blades and swords had sheaths, their quality couldn't be seen, but that great spear and battle halberd were definitely half-spiritual weapons.

The aura they emitted was exactly the same as the half-spiritual weapon Blue Blade he had seen at the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion auction.

"Except for the people I personally bring, whoever approaches here, just kill them for me," said the shopkeeper Fan Chongde.

Xu Yang nodded and asked curiously, "Shopkeeper Fan, are these weapons all half-spiritual weapons?"

"Not bad!" Fan Chongde nodded.

"What is the price?" Xu Yang said.

He was bankrupt, but he should be able to afford a half-spiritual weapon. If he had a half-spiritual weapon, what Xiao Hua, he could blast him to death in a few moves.

Fan Chongde said, "The cheapest sword costs ten thousand taels."

Xu Yang was shocked, "I once saw a half-spiritual weapon auctioned at the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion auction, and the transaction price was less than six thousand taels. Why are the half-spiritual weapons of the Divine Weapon Pavilion so expensive?"

The cheapest one cost ten thousand taels, and he couldn't afford it even if he was bankrupt. He seemed to have underestimated the price of the Divine Weapon Pavilion's weapons.

He had known before that everything sold by the Profound Heaven Sect was expensive, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive.

Fan Chongde said proudly, "The things auctioned at the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion, how can their quality compare to my Divine Weapon Pavilion? Even if they are both half-spiritual weapons, the differences are huge. The spiritual gold mixed in is different, and the craftsmanship of the forging master is different, so the price can differ by several times."

"My Divine Weapon Pavilion's half-spiritual weapons are all forged by the elders of Departing Fire Peak. How can they be compared to those half-spiritual weapons forged by wild paths?"

Xu Yang found that the status of a weapon-forging master might not be lower than that of an alchemist, and the ability to make money might be even stronger.

A half-spiritual weapon cost ten thousand taels, while refining a furnace of elixirs with great difficulty only brought in an income of several hundred to a thousand taels.

In the position next to him, there was a meditation cushion for the guards. Xu Yang went over and sat down with his eyes closed.

At noon, Fan Chongde personally brought him lunch. Xu Yang ate it and still felt unsatisfied, asking him to bring more next time.

Fan Chongde was dumbfounded.

Martial artists could eat, but he was the first time he had seen someone who could eat like Xu Yang. Xu Yang's stomach seemed to be a bottomless pit. One person ate the portion of three or four people, yet still felt it wasn't enough.

One must know that these were not ordinary meals, but exotic beast meat specifically prepared. Ordinary people would feel full after eating a few bites.

At dusk, Fan Chongde brought a man up. It was Cao Rong, who came to replace him and was responsible for guarding at night.

"So the new person guarding is Brother Xu. What a coincidence," Cao Rong smiled.

Xu Yang sensed slightly and found that Cao Rong's cultivation had reached Major Success in Gang Qi, so he also smiled, "Indeed a coincidence."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he went downstairs. Because the person replacing him came early, Zhou Zhichao and the others had already left, and only Gao Peng was still there.

"Brother Xu, how about we go together?" Gao Peng smiled.

Xu Yang nodded, "Alright!"

He thought Xiao Hua would make a move today, but he found that even until he reached the Profound Heaven Sect, Xiao Hua didn't appear.

"It should be because it's the first day of the task. If I, the guarding disciple, were killed on the first day, the higher-ups would definitely investigate."

Xiao Hua's caution exceeded his expectations.

Over the next few days, Xiao Hua didn't make a move either.

Zhou Zhichao and the others sometimes returned to the Profound Heaven Sect with him, and sometimes even Gao Peng didn't wait for him, as if he didn't have the intention of deliberately approaching and monitoring him.

This day, Cao Rong came very late. It was almost dark when Cao Rong came up from downstairs, full of apologies, "Something delayed me, I came late, please forgive me, Brother Xu."

Xu Yang stood up from the cushion and shook his head, "No problem. Perhaps one day I might also be delayed by something and come late, and at that time, please forgive me, Brother Cao."

"Brother Xu is still the one who understands reason. I guarantee that such things won't happen again in the future," Cao Rong said with feeling.

Because Xu Yang was going to die today, so it was absolutely impossible for such things to happen again in the future.

Xu Yang nodded and walked toward the second floor.

"It's a pity for a Ten Elites genius. Who is bad to offend, but you have to offend a deacon."

Looking at Xu Yang's departing back, Cao Rong's gaze gradually turned cold.

He and Xu Yang had no grudge. The only grudge that could be said was the matter of Gu Haoming, but he didn't intend to provoke a Ten Elites genius because of a dead person like Gu Haoming. It was irrational and had no benefits.

Xiao Hua came to the door, then it was different. Not to mention that he already suspected that Xu Yang harmed Gu Haoming, even without Gu Haoming's matter, he wouldn't refuse to cooperate with an outer sect deacon. Anyway, it was a sure thing, so why refuse?

"Brother Xu, today it's just the two of us left."

Downstairs, Gao Peng smiled, as if the person who replaced him to guard also came late today.

"Brother Gao, let's go." ===== CHAPTER 398 =====