Chapter 470

Each of the four peaks of the Ziyang Sect has its own legacy: Medicine King Peak refines elixirs, Li Fire Peak forges weapons, and Beast King Peak cultivates strange beasts; regardless of which one, as long as one possesses the corresponding talent, one can thrive within the Ziyang Sect.

In fact, Xu Yang was also interested in the strange beast legacy of Beast King Peak, but he did not have enough contribution points to exchange for the Beast King Peak's strange beast legacy.

After chatting with Sun Tao for a while, he bid farewell to Sun Tao, found Xu Qing, gave her two Yuan-Gathering Elixirs, and then returned to Li Fire Peak.

Having not slept for two days, he collapsed directly onto his bed; by the time he woke up, it was already the next morning.

While washing up, Gao Lin came looking for him, informing him that they would rush to the Earth Vein Fire Valley today to set up, transport raw spirit iron ore and various supplies there, and told him to gather at Elder Elder Huoyun's Zhanglaodadian Hall in a while.

"Has it started?"

Xu Yang's heart was calm; he strapped the Cold Abyss to his back, prepared a cloth bundle containing the Yuan-Gathering Elixirs and Crystal Lotus Roots needed for the next half month, and then leisurely went out the door.

The medicinal herb Crystal Lotus Root was something he used to guard against injuries.

The medicinal herb's effects were extraordinary; not only could it be used to break through realms, but when injured, such a thing was also a holy item for healing.

After eating in the canteen, by the time he arrived at Elder Elder Huoyun's Zhanglaodadian Hall, others had already gathered there, totaling about ten people.

Of course, only he and Zhuang Tao were the main figures; the rest were there to help them transport the goods.

Soon, after Elder Elder Huoyun opened the warehouse, the furnace covered in inscriptions and images, along with crates of raw spirit iron ore, were carried out; the ten-plus people took the items and rushed toward the Earth Vein Fire Valley.

After a journey of about one shichen, that familiar valley appeared before their eyes, with desolation surrounding it on all sides.

Gao Lin directed everyone to carry the raw ore and the furnace into the cave to begin the setup, while Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao began cleaning their own rooms.

After the two finished cleaning and the cave setup was complete, Gao Lin walked over and handed a pouch to Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao, saying, "Here are signal fireworks; if anything goes wrong, pull the cord."

"The others are Vein-Protecting Pills and Ice Spirit Pills; you two are responsible for selling them to those outer sect disciples, and you may keep one percent of the proceeds."

Xu Yang's eyes lit up; one percent was no small amount.

He remembered clearly that when Song Song Runshu and Liu Youzhen sold these two types of elixirs, they earned several thousand taels daily; over half a month, the two sold forty to fifty thousand taels of silver, but in the end, it all went cheaply to the people of the Xuelian Sect.

At that time, he thought the two had started the business themselves, but now it seemed they were also working for someone else; the real boss should be Elder Elder Huoyun.

Soon, Gao Lin and the others left, leaving only Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao in the valley.

"Junior Brother Xu, you take the first half of the night watch, and I will take the second half, how about that?" Zhuang Tao said.

Although the Third Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother were hiding in the shadows, Zhuang Tao did not dare to be negligent; he gave the safest first half of the night to Xu Yang and took responsibility for the second half, where trouble was most likely to occur.

Because he possessed a Minor Success cultivation base in Marrow Cleansing, it was safer for him to guard the second half of the night.

"Good!" Xu Yang said.

When night fell, after eating dried meat, the two entered the fire cave; Zhuang Tao began to sleep, while Xu Yang sat in meditation at the cave entrance, circulating the Jin Gang Gong to temper his physique while keeping watch on the surroundings.

"The Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra cannot be cultivated for now."

The Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra consumed too much mental energy; every time he finished cultivating it, he would fall into a deep sleep, and in this kind of place, if something happened while he was asleep, he could only wait to die.

Moreover, Zhuang Tao was right beside him; cultivating the Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra would expose his true cultivation base.

【Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra · Entry Level (1537/5000)】

In nearly a month and a half, the progress of the Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra had already reached fifteen hundred; at most, in another three months, he could cultivate this cultivation method, worth one thousand contribution points, to the Minor Success Realm, at which time he could form the Blade Intent.

With the dominance of his Golden Yang Qi, plus the semi-spirit weapon Cold Abyss, perhaps he could exchange a few blows with a Tianyuan expert.

Of course, these were all his guesses, because he had never seen a Tianyuan expert act, and did not know how strong this realm truly was.

However, even if he could not exchange a few blows with a Tianyuan expert, cutting down a Marrow Cleansing Great Success martial artist should not be much of a problem.

Glancing at the sleeping Zhuang Tao, he released all five senses, letting his mind spread out like a vast net toward the outside of the valley.

One hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

Only when his mind had spread three hundred meters out did he feel the limit.

"Two gazes?"

In the darkness, he felt two gazes staring at the valley, carrying a certain pressure.

He hurriedly retracted his mind.

"The Third Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother must both be Marrow Cleansing Great Success martial artists."

Two Marrow Cleansing Great Success martial artists lying in ambush in the shadows made him feel much more at ease.

Time quickly passed to the second half of the night, and Zhuang Tao woke up to replace him.

Nothing happened all night!

The next day, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, Gao Lin led more than a dozen outer sect disciples into the valley.

Xu Yang and the other walked out of the cave; after exchanging greetings with Gao Lin, Gao Lin led these outer sect disciples into the fire cave.

Brother Qiao Yong hid within the crowd, keeping his head down the whole time, afraid of being noticed by Xu Yang.

"Xu Yang!"

He secretly vowed vengeance in his heart; as the top genius of the Ten Heroes, when had he ever been so humiliated?

But Xu Yang had already undergone Marrow Cleansing, while he was still at the Minor Success Realm of Yang Qi; he simply could not provoke Xu Yang and could only hide all his humiliation and unwillingness deep in his heart.

Xu Yang and Zhuang Tao sat outside for a while; then, the sound of banging and clashing came from inside, followed by Gao Lin walking out, exchanging greetings with the two, and leaving directly.

"Junior Brother Xu, you keep watch; I'll go sleep for a while. When they come out later, you sell the Ice Spirit Pills and Vein-Protecting Pills to them." Zhuang Tao made an excuse and left.

Xu Yang nodded, got up to fetch the Vein-Protecting Pills and Ice Spirit Pills, and waited in the valley.

In a certain mountain range of the Yunling Mountains, more than ten figures sat around a bonfire; on the fire rack, a wild boar was roasted golden yellow, sizzling with dripping oil.

They did not know how long they had stayed here; the ground was already piled with white bones.

Not far away, several huge iron crates had been stacked up; no one knew what was inside them.

"Brothers, you all performed very well; once the Lotus Envoy appears, I will surely request merit for the brothers!" Li Shao said with a smile.

While speaking, his gaze swept over the iron crates nearby; inside were goods he and his men had snatched from the hands of Ziyang Sect disciples, including medicinal herbs and special ores.

"Thank you, Blood Envoy!" the group exclaimed with great joy.

Li Shao said, "Everyone who follows me, Li Shao, will naturally not be treated poorly by me. However, once this matter is concluded, I hope everyone will do me a favor."

"Blood Envoy, please speak. Your matter is the brothers' matter." Someone said, patting his chest.

"Li Shao, you want to kill Xu Yang again to avenge your younger brother?" Zhang Sai's expression changed slightly beside him.

Li Shao's face immediately sank: "That Xu Yang has already undergone bone marrow purification. If I do not kill him now, in a few years I will not even have the qualification to seek revenge on him."

"If you obstruct me again this time, do not blame me for turning against you."

"Whoosh... whoosh..."

Just as Zhang Sai was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sound of something breaking through the air beside his ear. He immediately stopped talking, sprang up from the ground with a swish, and tensed his entire body.

"Be careful, someone is coming!"

The others reacted as well, standing up one by one and scattering into the woods on several sides like ghosts to lie in ambush.

Li Shao narrowed his eyes slightly, looked toward the direction the sound came from, and made a hand signal to his subordinates who were hiding, instructing them to act only when they saw his signal.

A few breaths later, a figure shrouded entirely in a black robe appeared, treading on tree branches, with a crimson lotus embroidered on the chest.