The moment Xu Yang rushed out of the woods, he spotted two masked men walking along the mountain road. He had no idea whether they were stalking someone or had already scored a kill, and he could not be bothered to find out. One look told him they were rotten sorts. Killing them would not weigh on his conscience.
Boom!
A slash of Blazing Sun Saber Qi swept out, and a head flew into the air.
"A robber robbing robbers!"
The remaining man cried out and turned to flee.
But he had not even reached astral qi minor accomplishment. He had taken only two steps when Xu Yang swept past him like a gale. Blood spurted skyward alongside his severed head, and his headless corpse hit the ground with a thud, twitched twice, then lay still.
These people all fancied themselves hunters.
They bought nothing at the auction, merely waited for others to buy something before robbing them.
Searching the two bodies, he found over three hundred taels of silver and a dozen or so contribution points. Both men were actually Violet Sun Gate disciples. He stowed the loot without bothering with the bodies and continued sprinting ahead, soon encountering another group.
This group was somewhat larger, with five people in all. Xu Yang did not care. Even if one or two of them had reached astral qi mastery, he had nothing to fear. If he could not beat them, he could run.
They were all dressed in black with cloths covering their faces, after all. They were certainly no good.
"He wants to rob us! Kill him!"
Seeing Xu Yang charge toward them, one man shouted. Astral radiance flared around him-an expert at astral qi minor accomplishment.
At the same time, the other four unleashed their cultivation. Three had