Chapter 547: Inspection

"Ah..."

Song Wenshan let out a heart-wrenching scream, flying backward with a face full of despair. He knew he couldn't escape.

If he couldn't bring the news of Xu Yang back to the family and ask a Heavenly Origin expert to take action and strangle Xu Yang, then in a year or two at most, even the Heavenly Origin ancestor wouldn't be able to do anything to Xu Yang.

"Boom!"

The mud beneath Xu Yang's feet cracked, and he streaked across the night sky like a golden thunderbolt, Red Blood tearing through the air as he slashed out.

Song Wenshan tried his best to prop up his protective Gang Qi, his body moving rapidly to the side, but it was useless. Red Blood was fast to the extreme; before his body could dodge, Red Blood had already slashed onto him.

"Pssh!"

The sharp half-spiritual weapon Red Blood easily sliced open Song Wenshan's skin and flesh, cutting through his bones.

Blood splashed. Song Wenshan's eyes widened, and he was directly split into two while still in mid-air. After landing, there was no longer much vitality on his face.

"My Song family shouldn't have provoked you..." Song Wenshan said with his last bit of strength.

He had already foreseen the Song family's ending.

Xu Yang's most terrifying aspect was not his talent, which was unrivaled in the Profound Heaven Sect, but his forbearance and low profile. Even though his talent was unrivaled in the Profound Heaven Sect, he hid it, not letting outsiders know, without a shred of the arrogance and hot-bloodedness of a young man.

Provoking such a person, if you couldn't kill him immediately, then once he became stronger, you would be the one to die. He was like a hidden poisonous snake; you never knew when he would bite you and inject you with lethal venom.

"Actually, I didn't want to provoke the Song family either!" Xu Yang said calmly.

After Liu Xunjiang brought Song Wenxuan into the mine, he had actually hesitated about whether to help. After all, if he stood by and watched a large clan like the Song family die, he would be remembered with hatred by them.

Unfortunately, the Song family happened to have a close relationship with Liu Qingyuan, so he knew that even if he took action to save Song Wenxuan, it would only be the story of the farmer and the snake. Therefore, he ultimately borrowed the hands of the Four Fiends of Wushan to kill Song Wenxuan and the others.

Song Wenshan could no longer speak, his eyes gradually losing focus.

He knew that what Xu Yang said was likely the truth. Such forbearing and low-profile people feared trouble the most, so Xu Yang truly didn't want to provoke the Song family.

Unfortunately, the Song family, as a large clan in Qingyang City with a Heavenly Origin expert sitting in command, was used to being high and mighty. If others didn't save their Song family people, they would kill to vent their hatred, never thinking about the right or wrong of the matter. They only knew that because Xu Yang didn't save them, their Song family had lost people.

The golden color on Xu Yang's body faded, returning to his normal appearance, and he began to loot the corpses.

The silver on the four people didn't add up to much, only a little over two thousand taels. After all, in a place like the Yunling Mountain Range, even if you had money, there was nowhere to spend it, so they carried little.

What they carried more of were elixirs. On the four people, Xu Yang actually searched out ten Profound Origin Qi-Transforming Pills.

"As expected of one of the Ten Great Families!" Xu Yang sighed.

The biggest harvest was the half-spiritual weapons. All four Song family martial artists at the Major Success Realm of Marrow Cleansing had half-spiritual weapons.

The first two unlucky ones hadn't even had time to draw their half-spiritual weapons before being wiped out.

"There are a bit too many!"

He currently had too many half-spiritual weapons: Cold Abyss, Red Blood, the one carried by Song Wenxuan and the others, the one from the Four Fiends of Wushan, the one obtained in the Earth Vein Fire Valley, the one from Guan Du, plus the current four. He alone had a full ten half-spiritual weapons, which he couldn't even use.

Selling them was also difficult; they were all things that couldn't see the light of day. However, he still collected all four half-spiritual weapons, intending to find a way to inquire after returning to see if there was anyone who dared to accept such items of unclean origin.

Digging a pit to bury the four, Xu Yang took his spoils and snuck back to the mine like a ghost. No one knew that the four experts at the Major Success Realm of Marrow Cleansing sent by the Song family to hunt down the Four Fiends of Wushan had been wiped out by him in one go.

He could actually have avoided solving the Song Wenshan four silently; he could have waited for them to attack the mine before taking action to kill them. In this way, while gaining merit, he could also use the Song family's attack on the mine as an excuse to let the Profound Heaven Sect take action against the Song family.

However, this also had disadvantages. His true talent would be exposed, and he wasn't sure about the result of doing so. Would the Profound Heaven Sect destroy the Song family? After all, the Song family's ancestors were peak masters of a certain peak in the Profound Heaven Sect, and now there were many descendants in the Profound Heaven Sect. Perhaps the peak master of a certain peak now could be the disciple or grand-disciple of the Song family's ancestors, so he speculated that it was unlikely the Profound Heaven Sect would directly destroy the Song family.

If the Profound Heaven Sect didn't destroy the Song family, exposing his talent would only put himself in danger. Therefore, he ultimately decided to kill Song Wenshan and the others silently outside the mine, wanting no merit at all.

Stashing the four half-spiritual weapons with the previous ones, Xu Yang went to bed and woke up the next day as if nothing had happened.

After finishing his morning exercises, he pushed open the door to wash up, only to find that the breakfast that should have been delivered at this time had not yet arrived.

"What's going on?" Xu Yang frowned.

After Zhao Qing arrived, he had managed the mine in an orderly fashion. Logically, he wouldn't forget something like him eating.

After washing up, he walked out of the courtyard and saw that many workers hadn't gone to the mine tunnels but were repairing various parts of the mine. Zhao Qing was also busy with several outer sect disciples.

"Sorry, Junior Brother Xu, I forgot to arrange for someone to deliver your meal." Seeing Xu Yang, Zhao Qing finally realized.

Xu Yang asked curiously, "What are you all busy with?"

Zhao Qing said speechlessly, "You really have cultivated too much. It's only a few days until the New Year, and everyone can't go home. Naturally, the mine needs to be decorated. Also, an elder is coming for an inspection. If they see problems in the mine, we will be held accountable."

Xu Yang then realized that he had been at the mine for more than three months, and it would be the New Year in a few days.

Because the mine was far from Qingyang City, even during the New Year, these miners couldn't go back and would spend the New Year here. Naturally, the mine had to be decorated to let the miners feel the atmosphere of the New Year.

Of course, the most important thing was the elder's inspection.

Three days later, several fine horses pulling a carriage stopped at the mine entrance, followed by a convoy coming to transport the crude black iron ore.

The curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged man with a majestic and handsome face stepped out of the carriage.

He was extremely burly, and under his wide robes, the bulging contours of his muscles were vaguely visible. His majestic aura was like a mountain descending from the carriage.

It was Elder Gongshu, one of the four great elders of the Departing Fire Peak!

The Departing Fire Peak had a tradition of weapon forging, but within this tradition, there were differences. For example, Elder Huoyun and Elder Tie Fu were both skilled in forging weapons such as blades and swords.

And this Elder Gongshu was skilled in forging things like armor and bows.

Xu Yang restrained his energy to the extreme and led Zhou Jiang, Zhao Qing, and others to bow, saying, "Disciple pays respects to Elder Gongshu!"

"No need for formalities!"

Elder Gongshu stepped down from the carriage and walked straight into the mine. Xu Yang and the others didn't dare to be negligent and hurriedly followed. The convoy carrying supplies also followed into the mine.

"Go do your work, no need to follow me." Elder Gongshu said.

Anyway, there was nothing shameful to see. Hearing this, Xu Yang and the others stopped following Elder Gongshu and turned to find Zhu Yuan and the others.

"Senior Brother Zhu, please help me tell the Master after you go back that I wish to return to the sect to go into seclusion for a period of time, and ask him to send someone to replace me."

He had been guarding Moon Lake for three months and could return to the Profound Heaven Sect.

The most important thing was that the Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pills he brought were only enough to support him for one month, and he had to go back to refine another batch.

"Good, I will find the Master to pass the message for you after I go back." Zhu Yuan nodded.

Moon Lake here was basically guarded in turns by the lineage of Elder Huoyun, and originally there was sufficient manpower.

However, in the battle at Earth Vein Fire Valley, the third and fourth disciples of Elder Huoyun both died, and more than a month ago, the fifth disciple, Guan Du, was also slashed by Xu Yang.

It was truly not easy to find someone to replace Xu Yang.

The supplies were quickly loaded into the warehouse. Xu Yang checked the accounts with Zhao Qing and loaded the black iron onto the carts. After finishing, Elder Gongshu, who didn't know where he had gone, also returned, and the so-called inspection ended directly.

"You are Xu Yang?" Elder Gongshu looked at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang bowed, "Disciple is indeed Xu Yang."

Elder Gongshu looked at Red Blood at Xu Yang's waist, "Huoyun actually gave you Red Blood; he really values you."

"It is all the Master's favor!" Xu Yang said modestly.

Elder Gongshu shook his head. This was not just favor; if Xu Yang were his disciple, he would probably value him just as much.

Elder Huoyun being able to receive a genius like Xu Yang made ordinary elders like them envious.

"I heard you killed that alligator dragon in Moon Lake. That guy's skin is a good thing. Do you have any plans to sell it?"

Everyone looked at Xu Yang with envy. Things that Elder Gongshu took a fancy to were likely of great value.

"Replying to the Elder, the battle was too intense, and the alligator dragon's skin was almost completely destroyed." Xu Yang said helplessly.

During the great battle, it wasn't that he hadn't thought about keeping the alligator dragon's skin intact, but that guy was too hard to kill, and he had no mind to consider keeping the skin intact.

Hearing this, Elder Gongshu showed disappointment and didn't stay long in the mine, leaving quickly with Zhu Yuan and the others. ===== CHAPTER 548 =====