Chapter 478

During the last attack on the Earth Vein Fire Valley, one of them died precisely because Xu Yang concealed his cultivation base; who would have thought it would happen again this time—except for Li Shao, not a single other person died.

"Brother Li, calm your anger. A Blood Envoy with Marrow Cleansing Great Perfection went to hunt down Xu Yang; he should already be dead. Why bother with a corpse?" someone stepped forward and said.

Hearing this, Zhang Sai's expression finally improved slightly: "Let's hope so!"

Yet he still felt a vague unease; after Blood Envoy Xie Bo went to hunt Xu Yang, he had not returned, and no one knew whether he had killed Xu Yang.

This beast hid too deeply, never revealing his true talent or cultivation base; he fled first both times, clearly a cautious and prudent person; Xie Bo might not be able to kill him.

"Stop wasting words. Have Qian Kuan and Xie Bo not arrived yet?" a deep voice rang out from the depths of the cave.

Zhang Sai immediately clasped his hands and said, "Reporting to the Blood Envoy, neither of them has come."

"How long has it been since the agreed time?" the Blood Envoy's voice sounded.

"Reporting to the Blood Envoy, one shichen has already passed," Zhang Sai said.

The Blood Envoy snorted coldly: "These two wastes, I fear it has already killed them."

More than one shichen has passed; they certainly cannot return, otherwise they would not have delayed this long.

Zhang Sai was greatly shocked: "How is that possible? That Xu Yang is merely Marrow Cleansing Small Perfection; how could he possibly kill Blood Envoy Xie, or Blood Envoy Qian Kuan? They separated to flee only after the matter ended."

"Could he have fled with the spirit iron?"

Qian Kuan was carrying a bag full of spirit iron; if greed arose in his heart, perhaps he took the goods and fled, which is why he did not come to rendezvous.

"He does not have the courage; even with ten bags of spirit iron, he would not dare betray the Holy Sect because of this," the Blood Envoy snorted coldly.

These low-level underlings simply do not know the Holy Sect's methods.

"Let's go; we will not wait for them!" the black-robed Blood Envoy stood up and walked toward the cave entrance.

Zhang Sai and the others no longer cared about Li Shao's corpse and followed him out; outside the cave, a Lotus Envoy with a lotus embroidered on his chest had appeared there at some unknown time.

"We pay our respects to the Lotus Envoy."

Li Shao and the others dared not be negligent; they immediately formed the Nie Lian Hua Yin with their hands, knelt, and kowtowed.

"You say that Xu Yang has a cultivation base of Marrow Cleansing Small Perfection?" the Lotus Envoy looked at Zhang Sai.

Zhang Sai nodded: "Reporting to the Lotus Envoy, yes. When the fighting began, Xu Yang revealed only a Marrow Cleansing Small Perfection cultivation base, killed Li Shao, and fled. We successfully killed everyone else. Blood Envoy Xie went to hunt Xu Yang; we do not know if he succeeded; he has not returned."

This boy hid so deeply; with such talent, I fear he is not inferior to Li Li Chuyang and the others.

Malice surged secretly in the Lotus Envoy's heart as he said, "Xu Yang is not dead; he has returned alive to the Ziyang Sect."

He actually did not die?

Blood Envoy Xie, with Marrow Cleansing Great Perfection, personally hunted him down, yet still failed to kill Xu Yang; this fellow's ability to preserve his life is simply too formidable.

"Give me the spirit iron. We need not wait for Qian Kuan and Xie Bo; since they have not arrived yet, they are probably dead."

The Lotus Envoy snatched the bags from Zhang Sai and the others, then vanished into the mountains like a ghost in an instant.

Zhang Sai and the others exchanged glances and soon vanished from here as well.

……

Xu Yang secluded himself for three consecutive days before "recovering" from his injuries; what relieved him slightly was that the sect elders did not suspect him, not even Elder Elder Huoyun came to question him, and they even distributed contribution points.

"My contribution points are still less than four hundred; a single Marrow Cleansing Realm prescription costs over a thousand contribution points. I must undertake some tasks."

Elder Elder Huoyun gave him one hundred fifty contribution points, but even adding his previous points, he could not afford to exchange for a Marrow Cleansing Realm prescription.

While pondering, he arrived at Daofantang, where he saw everyone's gazes turn toward him.

"He really has a big life; so many people died, yet only he survived," someone whispered.

The outer sect disciples did not know exactly what happened, but these inner sect disciples were perfectly clear.

For Xu Yang to survive was simply a matter of having a big life.

"His life is indeed big; I heard he experienced such events twice in the Earth Vein Fire Valley, and survived both times."

"What big life? I think he is a hidden agent of the Xuelian Sect; otherwise, with so many people dead, why did only he survive? Stay away from him from now on."

As soon as these words were spoken, the murmuring around them instantly ceased; everyone turned to look at Luo Xin, who had spoken.

Although everyone suspected Xu Yang was a hidden agent of the Xuelian Sect, no one had spoken it out; saying such a thing in front of so many people clearly intended to bring Xu Yang to death, harboring evil intentions.

Xu Yang strode forward and looked at Luo Xin with burning eyes: "If you have proof that I am a hidden agent of the Xuelian Sect, you may directly report to the Peak Master or go to the Law Enforcement Hall. Dare you slander my reputation again, and I, Xu Yang, will fight you to the death."

With the huge accusation of being a hidden agent of the Xuelian Sect pinned upon him, he simply could not bear it; if the place had not been inappropriate, he would have already acted.

"Whether it is true or not, you know in your heart. Tell everyone: why did experts with Marrow Cleansing Great Perfection die, yet you survived?" Luo Xin snorted coldly.

He paid no attention to Xu Yang's threat; he simply suspected Xu Yang had problems and intended to spread the claim that Xu Yang was a hidden agent of the Xuelian Sect, so that the sect would investigate Xu Yang.