Chapter 456

Zhang Yong's eyes lit up: "That makes sense, I'll go right now."

Having spoken, he left in a hurry.

"Zhang Yong, wait for me."

Sun Tao chased after him; allies cannot be found casually, and unreliable ones are better left without.

At lunchtime, Xu Yang arrived at Daofantang and found that those who had been named in the morning all had bad expressions, including Lu Ren and Xie Zhan, the two who had already undergone bone marrow purification.

And Chen Yu!

Zhang Yong thought his mission was simple, but Chen Yu also looked deeply worried.

Xu Yang secretly rejoiced at having secured third place in the grand competition, for after listening for a while, he realized these missions were of all kinds: some dangerous, some not, but all very difficult to complete.

For example, one disciple's mission was to slay a notorious bandit, but this bandit had not committed any crimes for over a year, making it impossible to find a starting point.

"Help me with something, how about it?" Lu Ren walked over, forcing a smile with great difficulty.

His mission was extremely difficult; even though he had already undergone bone marrow purification, he had no confidence in completing it alone, so he could only turn to Xu Yang for help.

In fact, his reputation was rotten, but because he had undergone bone marrow purification, the inner sect had no choice but to accept him, so they gave him a mission that was nearly impossible to complete.

Xu Yang had also undergone bone marrow purification; if he insisted on seeking admission to the Medicine King Peak, according to sect rules, the Elders of the Medicine King Peak could refuse to take him as a disciple, but he could still enter the Medicine King Peak to obtain the alchemy inheritance.

However, Jiang Fan's words made him no longer obsessed with joining the Medicine King Peak; the Li Fire Peak might be a better choice.

"I've known you for nearly five years, and this is the first time I've seen you smile while speaking to me." Xu Yang showed a smile.

This was not a lie.

When the two first met, Luo Luo Dehu, that troublemaker, jumped out to stir up trouble, so after knowing each other for nearly five years, Lu Ren was truly speaking to him with a smile for the first time.

The smile on Lu Ren's face instantly froze, revealing an unnatural expression, and he said: "I won't let you act for free; I will give you compensation."

Bowing to Xu Yang and asking for help filled him with deep shame.

But apart from Xu Yang, he could find no one to ask for help; others were not familiar with him and would not help him.

"I am not interested in money!" Xu Yang shook his head.

If Lu Ren had to ask for help, the mission must be extremely difficult, and he would not take such a risk.

The two had no friendship to speak of, and even if they did, he would consider it carefully; as for compensation, he had absolutely no interest in it.

If he wanted to make money, he would not have stayed cooped up in the Ziyang Sect all this time.

"I can give you cultivation methods, contribution points, and anything else you want." Lu Ren still thought Xu Yang wanted something else.

Xu Yang smiled: "Do you think I would risk my life for such things?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ren's face immediately fell, and his smile vanished.

He then remembered that Xu Yang had been in the Ziyang Sect for three years, had never once gone to the Yunling Mountain Range, and only took missions without danger; asking Xu Yang to risk his life for him was basically impossible.

"Zhang Yong, Sun Tao..." He could only turn his gaze toward Zhang Yong and Sun Tao.

"Don't look at me; I have a mission too, and mine is even harder than yours." Zhang Yong snorted coldly.

Seeing that Lu Ren was also in trouble, he finally felt somewhat relieved.

"I agreed to help Zhang Yong," Sun Tao said.

Lu Ren could only leave with a dark face.

Li Fire Peak!

Beside a blazing furnace fire, Elder Tie Fu, one of the four Elders of the Li Fire Peak, stood bare-chested, his muscles coiled like iron poured into shape.

In his hand, he held a massive hammer larger than a human head, swinging it with all his might; every time the hammer fell, a deafening dull boom echoed, and a blade blank gradually took shape.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the blade blank exploded, becoming a piece of black scrap.

"Failed again; when will my Fu Ling Shu be perfected?"

Frustrated, Elder Tie Fu put down the great hammer and picked up a towel from the side to wipe the sweat from his body.

"Master, the second discipleship application has been delivered."

Zuo Mu walked over and respectfully handed the discipleship application in his hand.