"More than a month. There should still be time!"
The carriage swayed as it traveled along the rugged mountain road.
By Liu Qingyuan's estimate, Xu Yang would need three or four months to reach perfection in marrow cleansing. Without a Heavenly Spirit Pill, he could not possibly break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm in a single attempt.
Thus, even if Xu Yang had the potential to reach Heavenly Origin, it would take him nearly a year to break through.
Liu Qingyuan was not in any great hurry to kill Xu Yang. It was only because Xu Yang never left the Violet Sun Gate that he had begun to grow restless.
Perhaps I can ask Brother Jiang to help on this trip, Liu Qingyuan mused.
The greatest obstacle to killing Xu Yang was Elder Firecloud.
Elder Firecloud kept watching his movements. Even if Xu Yang left the Violet Sun Gate, Liu Qingyuan might not have an opportunity to strike.
Before, he could rely on Song Yushao. Now that Song Yushao was dead, he could only find someone else to help kill Xu Yang.
This Brother Jiang was a close friend of his named Jiang Wang, an elder of the Iron Sword Gate.
He had already received word that Jiang Wang had taken in a prodigious disciple named Huo Xiaochेन, whose talent was terrifying.
If he could not kill Xu Yang himself, he could only ask Jiang Wang's disciple Huo Xiaochेन to strike during the second dragon ascension, or kill Xu Yang at the Heavenly Strategy Academy and eliminate this threat.
The carriage was slow. In an entire day, the birthday delegation traveled only a little over a hundred li, and by evening, they were still within the Cloud Ridge Mountains.
Dense trees and clusters of ancient trunks lined both sides.