Chapter 403

In the evening, he braced himself and climbed to the third floor, his gaze dodging, not daring to meet Xu Yang's eyes.

"Brother Cao's complexion is a bit ugly; were you intercepted and killed on the way here?" Xu Yang asked with a look of concern.

Cao Rong's heart trembled and he said, "No, it's just that something went wrong with my practice today."

Xu Yang smiled and said, "How could you be so careless? Something going wrong in practice can be fatal. Brother Cao, it would be better to be more careful in the future. Sometimes, being too eager for quick success might cost you your life."

He knows—he knows I participated in Xiao Hua's ambush on him.

Cao Rong's pupils contracted violently; he instantly heard the threat in Xu Yang's words.

"Xu Yang, I was threatened by Xiao Hua; I didn't do anything. How about we call it even? This matter will rot in my stomach; I will absolutely not tell a third person.

If you are not satisfied, I can compensate you; I only ask to call it even," Cao Rong said in a low voice.

Although his Cao family still had people in the inner sect, Cao Jin's cultivation was not as good as Xiao Hua's. Xiao Hua was dead, so what did Cao Jin count for?

Whether it was Xu Yang who did it or Xu Yang had someone behind him, he couldn't afford to provoke Xu Yang anymore.

Xu Yang looked surprised: "Brother Cao, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"

Cao Rong was stunned. Could he have guessed wrong? Was the death of Xiao Hua and Gao Peng unrelated to Xu Yang?

Otherwise, since he had already said things to this extent, Xu Yang wouldn't need to continue playing dumb.

"Nothing, if you don't understand, forget it."

Cao Rong felt as if a heavy stone had been lifted from his heart, and his tone became relaxed: "Brother Xu, leave this place to me."

He decided that he would never provoke Xu Yang again in the future.

This person was somewhat evil; Gu Haoming and Li Qiang, who wanted to kill him, were both dead, and there was also Kong Yu, who died halfway.

Yue Gui and those people were the same; not long after drawing a line with Xu Yang, they were also slaughtered by someone.

"Good!"

Xu Yang wore a smile on his face as he turned and went downstairs.

Two more days passed quickly. Xiao Hua's failure to appear finally attracted the attention of the Profound Heaven Sect. An outer sect elder mobilized people to search, but discovered that Xiao Hua had vanished into thin air, without a trace.

They only knew from a few mountain-guarding disciples that Xiao Hua had left the Profound Heaven Sect three days ago in the afternoon and never returned.

They searched all over Qingyang City, but still couldn't find Xiao Hua.

After searching for two days, they could only announce Xiao Hua's death.

Cao Rong didn't want to invite trouble; he thanked heaven and earth that he could extract himself from this matter and didn't think about using this matter to mess with Xu Yang.

So Xiao Hua just died like that, and Gao Peng also died silently.

……

Su family!

"Big Brother, Xiao Hua is dead!"

Su Jiangong found his big brother Su Jianye in the study and reported the news of Xiao Hua's death.

Hearing this, Su Jianye's brows furrowed: "Who has such guts to dare kill a Profound Heaven Sect deacon?"

Su Jiangong shook his head: "I don't know who did it; even the bones weren't found."

How is this somewhat similar to Su Qiming and Su Jie?

This thought flashed through Su Jianye's mind, but he didn't think deeply about it.

Qingyang City is located in the hinterland of the Yunling Mountain Range, surrounded by deep mountains and old forests, where wild beasts and exotic beasts appear.

If one really kills someone and throws the body into the mountain forest, it would be gone within a day or two.

Many people killed outside cannot find their bones.

"Wasn't he going to find that Xu Yang for revenge? Could it be that he was killed by Xu Yang?" Su Jianye said.

Su Jiangong shook his head: "That Xu Yang is only Gang Qi Major Success; how could he kill Xiao Hua? I think it must be an enemy Xiao Hua provoked in the past coming for revenge, otherwise how could the father and son die unexpectedly one after another?"

Su Jianye also felt he had thought too much and said: "What about Xu Yang?"

Su Jiangong said: "Naturally, he is fine; he is currently guarding the Divine Weapon Pavilion."

Su Jianye nodded: "If Xiao Hua is dead, don't worry about it. Regardless of whether it was Xu Yang who killed Xiao Chen, this matter has nothing to do with my Su family anymore."

If Xiao Hua were still alive, the Su family would naturally continue to maintain a good relationship with him.

Now that Xiao Hua is dead, let alone just suspicion, even if it really was Xu Yang who killed Xiao Chen, it has nothing to do with his Su family.

The Su family is currently precarious; they should protect their wings rather than making enemies everywhere.

"What, Uncle Xiao was killed by someone? Who killed him?"

Hearing the news of Xiao Hua's death, Su Man showed a face full of sorrow.

The maid Xiao Cui shook her head: "The Profound Heaven Sect didn't find out; it seems he disappeared for a few days before the Profound Heaven Sect noticed, and even the bones weren't found.

By the way, Miss, the Family Master has already ordered that the Su family should no longer manage the affairs of the Xiao family and Xu Yang."

"Impossible!"

Hearing this, Su Man instantly turned angry: "He is the one who harmed Xiao Chen; he must die."

Since Xiao Hua determined that it was Xu Yang who harmed Xiao Chen, then it must be related to Xu Yang. Since Xiao Hua is dead, she will continue to seek revenge.

"Miss, if the Master doesn't care, how will you find Xu Yang for revenge?" Xiao Cui said.

Although Su Man also practices martial arts, she is only at Gang Qi Minor Success cultivation so far and cannot kill Xu Yang.

"Zhe will help me," Su Man said with a face full of resentment.

It's not that her father doesn't care, so she has no way to kill Xu Yang.

Her younger brother Su Zhe is a Ten Elites genius of the Profound Heaven Sect, ranked even higher than Xu Yang; killing Xu Yang wouldn't take much effort.

……

Time flowed slowly. Cao Rong found that he and Xu Yang had returned to the state of casual conversation as before. Although it was only a few greetings every day, he felt that he and Xu Yang were about to become true friends.

When Xu Yang spoke to him, his tone became more and more cordial, and he would chat with him for a few sentences every day before leaving.

"It was I who thought too much before. How could he have the ability to kill Xiao Hua? His temperament is easygoing; being a friend is not bad," Cao Rong thought, looking at Xu Yang's departing back.

A Ten Elites genius—even if he couldn't pull him into his Sharp Wind Hall, being friends wouldn't have any harm. The three-year outer sect term was about to expire; if he could form an alliance with Xu Yang to do the assessment mission, he wouldn't need to beg his uncle Cao Jin for the inner sect.

Xu Yang left the Divine Weapon Pavilion all the way, not returning to the Profound Heaven Sect, but coming to the courtyard he had bought.

The underground alchemy room had finished its renovation. Yesterday, he had moved the alchemy furnace here and had already bought the other medicinal herbs needed to refine the Yuan-Gathering Pill.

Cleaning the alchemy furnace, he began to refine pills.

The next day, accompanied by a burst of pill fragrance, the furnace lid shook; this batch of Yuan-Gathering Pills was finished.

"Luck is not bad."

Xu Yang uncovered the alchemy furnace and saw eleven Yuan-Gathering Pills lying inside.

Having not used pills to cultivate for a long time, he immediately took one, put away the rest of the pills, and only then rushed to the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

"Sorry, I was delayed by something and came late; I hope Brother Cao will forgive me," Xu Yang said, cupping his hands.

Cao Rong smiled and shook his head: "Brother Xu is too polite. Between you and me, there is no need for such polite words. If there is really something important, it doesn't matter if I help you guard for a few days."

Xu Yang felt slightly strange; he didn't even know when Cao Rong had started treating him as a friend.

"Brother Cao is righteous; leave this place to me."

Smiling as he watched Cao Rong leave, he sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Mountain-Crushing Bear Sutra to change his tendons and cleanse his marrow.

Time flowed slowly. In the blink of an eye, he had been guarding the Divine Weapon Pavilion for nearly two months.

"Junior Brother Xu, we are back."

This day, Xu Yang returned to the Profound Heaven Sect and saw the three of them sitting in the courtyard, carrying an aura of killing intent that had not yet dissipated.

"Congratulations to Senior Brother for breaking through your cultivation base to Gang Qi Major Success!" Xu Yang said with a smile, cupping his hands.

This time going out to take refuge, Sun Tao had said that he wouldn't return until he reached Gang Qi Major Success.

Now that they were back, they must have reached Gang Qi Major Success.

Sun Tao shook his head: "I don't even know if we could survive. That beast Xiao Hua didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Xu Yang smiled: "Senior Brother, didn't you ask when you came back? He was slaughtered by someone when he went out; he has been dead for more than a month."

Xiao Hua is dead?

Once these words were spoken, Jiang Ping and Zhang Yong both shouted.

They had joined forces with Sun Tao and were also afraid of being targeted by Xiao Hua. Now that Xiao Hua was dead, they all breathed a sigh of relief and could stay in the sect for a few more days.

"Dead?" Sun Tao showed a look of shock.

Jiang Ping and Zhang Yong simply thought that Xiao Hua was really slaughtered by someone when he went out and didn't suspect Xu Yang.

But he knew that it must have been Xu Yang who did it.

Since Xiao Hua had arranged for Xu Yang to guard the Divine Weapon Pavilion, it was impossible for him not to act. The story about being killed when going out must have been that he was killed in return by Xu Yang when he intercepted him.

Xu Yang actually already had the strength to kill a Marrow Cleansing Minor Success martial artist! ===== CHAPTER 404 =====