Chapter 408

Taking out the silver and contribution points on Guo Huai's body, Xu Yang then paced toward An Ping.

Under the pressure of death, An Ping was almost on the verge of a mental breakdown, begging for mercy, his hands crawling on the ground.

Xu Yang chased after him unhurriedly and stepped out.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of bone breaking, An Ping's body was embedded in the soil, his hands twitched unconsciously a few times, and he died on the spot.

Xu Yang searched the money and contribution points on him and Guo Huai, threw the corpses into the forest by the road, and only then returned to the Profound Heaven Sect.

"Not bad!"

After a count, this robbery and killing yielded ten Ten-Complete Great Replenishment Pills, eighty-three contribution points, and more than six hundred taels of silver.

In the evening, news spread in the outer sect that Guo Huai and others were robbed and killed by an unknown expert after the auction ended. Of the four Gang Qi Major Success experts, only Shen Liang escaped back to the Profound Heaven Sect, while Guo Huai, Tang Xiao, and An Ping were slaughtered.

It is said that the Guo family sent experts to ask Shen Liang, but they didn't ask anything, because the person who robbed and killed them wore a mask, and Shen Liang didn't know the other party's identity at all.

The next day, another piece of news spread.

Cao Rong, the founder of the Sharp Wind Hall, also participated in yesterday's Myriad Treasure Pavilion auction and also didn't return, suspected to be dead.

"Haha... died well, this beast finally followed in the footsteps of Yun Feng and Gu Haoming."

Zhang Yong and Jiang Ping clapped and celebrated, beaming with joy.

Once Cao Rong died, the Sharp Wind Hall was disbanded on the spot. Although with their current cultivation, the contribution points exploited by the Sharp Wind Hall didn't count for much, it was mainly about bullying people and treating them like cattle and horses.

"I don't know who did it. If I find out, I must invite him to drink," Zhang Yong smiled.

These enemies died one after another; there was nothing more pleasing than this.

……

Beast King Peak, Cao Jin was full of killing intent.

"Who did it?"

He couldn't help but shout angrily.

He didn't expect that he just didn't go to pick up Cao Rong this time, and he was killed by someone.

This was another disciple of his Cao family who had hope of worshipping into the inner sect. Once Cao Rong also worshipped into the inner sect, his Cao family would leap to become the first family of Qingyuan County.

By then, what four great families—the other three would all become affiliates of his Cao family.

"Don't know!" Li Shun, who came to report the news, shook his head.

They didn't even find Cao Rong's bones, so naturally, they didn't know who killed him.

Even if they found them, it would be useless. Too many people in the Profound Heaven Sect practice the same cultivation method. Unless seen with one's own eyes, it is impossible to know who the murderer is just by relying on the corpse.

If the murderer were so easy to find, everyone wouldn't rob and kill each other.

"What did he auction?" Cao Jin said.

Cao Rong is Gang Qi Major Success. If he hadn't auctioned good things, ordinary people wouldn't be targeted by experts.

Cao Rong's methods are not weak, and ordinary people couldn't kill him.

"It is said that there was only one bottle of Ten-Complete Great Replenishment Pills."

Cao Jin's brows furrowed deeply: "Is there any other news? Say it all at once."

Li Shun hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "I heard people say that when he left the Myriad Treasure Pavilion, he left with Xu Yang, but Xu Yang didn't have an accident..."

The implication was that Xu Yang might know something.

A trace of doubt appeared in Cao Jin's eyes: "When did he get mixed up with Xu Yang?"

As far as he knew, Cao Rong hated Xu Yang very much, and even suspected that Xu Yang killed Gu Haoming. How did he get along with Xu Yang again?

Li Shun shook his head and couldn't answer this question.

"You go back. I will personally go and ask that Xu Yang," Cao Jin said.

"May I ask Senior Brother Cao, how will the Sharp Wind Hall be handled?" Li Shun asked, gathering his courage.

He ran over eagerly just to know how Cao Jin would handle the Sharp Wind Hall.

He could also be considered Cao Rong's lackey. If Cao Jin didn't manage the Sharp Wind Hall, Zhang Yong and those who hated Cao Rong would definitely vent their anger on him.

Cao Jin waved his hand: "Disband it!"

He had no intention of managing the Sharp Wind Hall. At the beginning, there were quite a few people in the Sharp Wind Hall, twenty or thirty people, but in nearly three years, only a dozen people were left.

A dozen people—how much oil and water could they scrape? It would only lower his status as an inner sect disciple for nothing.

Hearing this, Li Shun's face turned somewhat pale.

He still wanted to say more, but only heard Cao Jin shout: "Get lost immediately."

He ran over eagerly to curry favor, but it was such an ending. Li Shun greeted all the women in Cao Jin's family in his heart and hurried away.

……

At dawn, Xu Yang walked out of the courtyard and saw Cao Jin walking toward him, questioning: "I heard that the auction at the Myriad Treasure Pavilion the day before yesterday, you left with Cao Rong?"

Xu Yang looked sad and shook his head: "It is true that I left the Myriad Treasure Pavilion with Brother Cao. We had a good friendship, and he invited me to return to the sect together. However, I had something to do, so I separated from Brother Cao after leaving the Myriad Treasure Pavilion. I didn't expect such a tragedy to happen."

At that time, many people saw him and Cao Rong leaving the Myriad Treasure Pavilion together. He had expected this long ago and casually made up a sentence.

As for whether Cao Jin believed it, that was Cao Jin's problem.

Although Cao Jin is an inner sect disciple, his cultivation is not yet Marrow Cleansing Minor Success, so he is not afraid at all.

If he ambushes him outside the sect, it would be just right to solve it together.

Cao Jin said coldly: "Do you take me for a fool? How could there be such a coincidence? Besides, do you think I don't know that Cao Rong had no friendship with you at all?"

"What I said is true. If Senior Brother Cao doesn't believe it, I have no way."

Xu Yang's face also turned cold, and he directly ignored Cao Jin and walked away.

"You..."

Cao Jin was furious, raised his hand wanting to act, but finally feared the sect rules and put it down slowly, looking at Xu Yang's departing back with killing intent.

Regardless of whether it was Xu Yang who killed Cao Rong, just because of this attitude, as long as Xu Yang dared to leave the Profound Heaven Sect, he would kill Xu Yang.

Unfortunately, he had people watch Xu Yang for several days, but Xu Yang didn't leave the Profound Heaven Sect.

Time flowed slowly. Sun Tao and the other three left the Profound Heaven Sect again, starting to prepare for this year's outer sect competition. Disciples of the same batch also gathered their strength, wanting to win a ranking in the competition and worship into the inner sect in one fell swoop.

The geniuses on the Ten Elites list were also competing in secret, everyone wanting to be the fourth person to reach Marrow Cleansing.

Xu Yang rested for a period of time and took another mountain patrol mission. Besides cultivating, he would guide Xu Qing in martial arts.

This day, a piece of news spread throughout the outer sect: Han Feng, the fourth of the Ten Elites, announced that he had broken through to Marrow Cleansing, becoming the fourth person among the Ten Elites geniuses to reach Marrow Cleansing.

Once this news came out, it once again proved to everyone that the ranking of the Ten Elites list was not wrong.

Half a month later, Xiong Kun, the fifth, also announced Marrow Cleansing.

"Next, will it be Lu Ren or Xie Zhan?" all the outer sect disciples were curious.

Originally, the sixth of the Ten Elites was Xie Zhan, but in last year's outer sect competition, Lu Ren defeated Xie Zhan and became the sixth of the Ten Elites. Now everyone wanted to know who the two of them really were as the sixth.

Soon, everyone knew who was the sixth, because half a month after Xiong Kun broke through, Xie Zhan also announced that he had broken through to Marrow Cleansing, while Lu Ren was still struggling in seclusion. Everyone thought that Lu Ren winning against Xie Zhan last year was just luck.

"I have no family support; everything depends on myself. If I had family support, I would have been sure of Marrow Cleansing a month ago."

In the room, Lu Ren's face was full of unwillingness. It was not easy to surpass Xie Zhan in ranking, but he didn't expect to be taken back by Xie Zhan again.

He asked himself that his talent surpassed Xie Zhan, but because his reputation was not good, no big family cultivated him, so every bit of his resources had to be fought for by himself.

"This year's outer sect competition, the top three will definitely be Xie Zhan, Xiong Kun, and Han Feng."

"Not necessarily. There is still more than a month until the competition; perhaps Lu Ren can break through."

"Last year Xu Yang didn't dare to participate in the competition; is he still timid this year?"

"He will definitely participate this year, unless he doesn't intend to worship into the inner sect."

"Su Zhe lost so miserably last year; if he loses to Xu Yang again this year, he will be ashamed."

……

As the competition approached, the topics about the competition increased. Xu Yang, as the last of the Ten Elites, was also mentioned, and quite a lot.

Because Su Zhe challenged him last year, but he didn't participate in the competition, many people were looking forward to the collision between him and Su Zhe in this year's competition.

Some people wanted to see him unlucky, and some people hoped he would teach this young master Su Zhe a lesson.

"If Xu Yang dares to go on stage, I can defeat him in ten moves."

Su Zhe shouted to the outside: "Xu Yang, are you going to continue being a shrinking turtle this year?"

He started to challenge Xu Yang from the air again, just like last year.

Xu Qing heard her anger surging. If her brother showed all his strength, he could crush Su Zhe with one finger.

"Brother, you are going to participate in the competition this year, right?" She found Xu Yang angrily: "Help me teach this guy named Su Zhe a lesson. He is too annoying; he actually wants to use you to establish his prestige."

Xu Yang was dumbfounded. Xu Qing's words seemed as if she were the one challenged by Su Zhe.

"He doesn't want to use me to establish prestige; there is a small grudge between us." ===== CHAPTER 409 =====