"I understand."
Xu Yang's expression remained unchanged. He wasted no words, knowing that nothing he said would help.
Xiao Hua must have arranged everything before handing him this assignment that required leaving the Mountain Gate. Unless Xu Yang could find someone more powerful to intervene, he had no choice but to carry it out.
"It's dangerous down the mountain. Be careful." Xiao Hua made no attempt to conceal his killing intent.
Whether or not Xu Yang had killed Xiao Chen, he would not spare him.
Things had reached the point where both knew perfectly well that the other wanted them dead. There was nothing left to hide.
"I'll certainly be careful."
Xu Yang spoke earnestly, leaving Xiao Hua with nothing to do but snort coldly.
After leaving the Task Hall, he found Qiu Wenjie and asked him to help exchange for one Mystic Origin Qi-Transforming Pill, while he exchanged for another himself.
Xiao Hua had already bared his fangs. All Xu Yang could do was meet the challenge and strengthen himself as much as possible before facing him.
With the two Mystic Origin Qi-Transforming Pills, Xu Yang plunged into his room and began secluded cultivation. He circulated the Mountain-Bearing Bear Canon to change his tendons and cleanse his marrow. Once his astral qi ran dry, he took a Mystic Origin Qi-Transforming Pill to replenish it, then continued.
Three days passed in a flash, and both Mystic Origin Qi-Transforming Pills were gone.
[Mountain-Bearing Bear Canon, Marrow-Cleansing Chapter; Entry (1571/3000)]
Fortunately, his progress through the beginner stage of marrow cleansing in the Mountain-Bearing Bear Canon had passed the halfway mark. Only half the journey to minor marrow cleansing remained, and the gap between his cultivation and Xiao Hua's had narrowed a little more.
With the Golden Astral Skill as well,