Striking at the Blazing Sun Sect

"Father."

Ye Chen cried out excitedly when he saw his father, Ye Long.

"Chen'er." Ye Long embraced his son just as excitedly. Although they had only been apart for a few months, it felt as though a long time had passed.

Soon, Ye Long released his son and asked how he had been lately. "Chen'er, how have things been since you joined the Black-Yellow Sect?"

"Father, I've broken through to the Body Forging Realm!" Ye Chen said.

"What? The Body Forging Realm..."

Disbelief spread across Ye Long's face. He knew what condition his son had been in before: his meridians were shattered, and he could not cultivate. Even before his cultivation was crippled, he had only been at Body Refining Third Layer, having spent years cultivating to reach it. Yet after only a few months in the Black-Yellow Sect, he had broken straight through to the Body Forging Realm.

It was unbelievable!

When the others heard it, they too felt it was like a dream.

"Good, good, good! My son really is a genius." Ye Long was thrilled. His son was in the Body Forging Realm, the first in the Lineage!

He had thought that the Black-Yellow Sect was only a one-star sect, and reckoned that only its sect master would be in the Body Forging Realm. Yet his son had reached the Body Forging Realm after joining for just a few months.

"Chen'er, doesn't that mean your status in the Black-Yellow Sect is very high now?" Ye Long asked.

"It's all right. I'm Master's eldest disciple. Master has taken in several other disciples, but the one with the highest cultivation is my fourth junior brother. His strength..."

At the thought of his fourth junior brother, Yang Yang, he could not help shuddering. His fourth junior brother was truly terrifying. Not only was his cultivation higher, but his physical body was also far more formidable, and his bearing was growing more frightening by the day.

"He's much stronger than me," Ye Chen said.

"Your fourth junior brother is much stronger than you? You're the eldest senior brother, so didn't he join even later than you?" Ye Long was stunned.

"Yes. All the disciples Master took in are monsters, and the others are also close to breaking through to the Body Forging Realm."

Everyone drew a sharp breath at Ye Chen's words. The Black-Yellow Sect was so powerful!

"What is your esteemed master's cultivation?" Ye Long was very curious.

"I don't know." Ye Chen shook his head. "I'm not sure what Master's cultivation is either, but it's definitely above the Body Forging Realm. Master hasn't told me exactly what realm he's in."

"Chen'er, you must cultivate diligently in the Black-Yellow Sect!" Ye Long urged.

"Yes, Father, I know. This time, Master sent me down the mountain to gain experience. I'll stay home for a few days, then set out," Ye Chen said.

Afterward.

Ye Chen stayed with the Ye Household for a few days before leaving. To gain experience, he naturally had to go somewhere much farther afield, rather than remain in the few towns nearby.

He also kept his master's task firmly in mind: spread the mighty name of the Black-Yellow Sect. That meant he had to stir things up. In short, if he did something good, he would promote the Black-Yellow Sect; if he did something bad, he was a Rogue Cultivator.

Compared to Ye Chen's progress, Yang Yang was much faster. He had already returned to Spirit Yang City, the place where he was born.

"Waiter, bring me ten dishes. Plenty of fish and meat, all of it!"

Yang Yang shouted and took out a large ten-tael silver ingot to show he had money.

At the Black-Yellow Sect, the outer disciples did the cooking. Their food was edible, but the taste was truly mediocre. The Demon Beasts he usually swallowed outside tasted all right and were not disgusting, but he wanted to eat something delicious too. Now that he had returned to Spirit Yang City, he naturally had to feast to his heart's content.

"Honored guest, we'll prepare it right away."

The waiter immediately told the kitchen to prepare Yang Yang's meal.

The food arrived soon enough. Yang Yang ate in great mouthfuls, savoring the delicious food. "It really does taste good."

Before long, he had eaten everything on the table, yet his belly had not even bulged. A group of onlookers stared with their mouths agape.

After paying, Yang Yang kept eating. He ate dozens of big meat buns in one go, and bought baked flatbreads and candied hawthorns. Whatever delicacies he came across, he bought some.

"Well, eating like this, I don't have enough money on me!"

Yang Yang frowned, but soon had an idea. Hadn't Master told him to eliminate the violent and protect the innocent, and to kill any sect disciples he encountered who committed evil? If he killed a rich sect disciple who committed evil, he should be able to get a lot of money from him, right?

As someone who had once lived at the bottom of Spirit Yang City, he had done every kind of work and knew some of the rumors about the upper echelons. He really did know of a sect disciple who committed all manner of evil.

The boss behind the Supreme Bliss Gang was said to be an elder of the two-star Blazing Sun Sect-Xu Can.

Xu Can was permanently stationed in Spirit Yang City and searched for suitable disciples for the Blazing Sun Sect every year. He held a high position in the city, but he committed all manner of evil there. His so-called search for disciples meant that whoever paid more could be sent to the Blazing Sun Sect, provided they had a little aptitude. He also controlled the Supreme Bliss Gang, abducting and trafficking women and setting up brothels, all to amass wealth.

In Spirit Yang City, Xu Can was also known as Master Xu. His cultivation was at the Body Forging Realm, though he was probably only at the second or third layer. After years of indulging in power and beautiful women, he could not bring much of his strength to bear.

"He's the one. Killing him will rid the people of a scourge too."

Yang Yang smiled as he spoke.

Night.

The Xu residence.

Yang Yang arrived there and moved swiftly, heading straight for Xu Can's bedroom.

"Who's there?"

Xu Can drew a high-grade yellow-rank Law Treasure saber and pointed it at the door. He had sensed the slightest movement. Although he did not cultivate very diligently, he was at the Body Forging Realm Third Layer, and his hearing was still keen.

He had already made it out: someone had infiltrated his residence.

Whoosh!

An afterimage flashed past the door, and he immediately gave chase. The moment he rushed out, a figure darted toward him.

Xu Can hurriedly channeled his power into the treasured saber in his hand and unleashed a saber technique, chopping at the figure. But to his horror, his opponent clapped both hands together and snapped his yellow-rank Law Treasure saber in two. Immediately afterward, a hand seized his neck.

That terrifying strength left him completely unable to resist.

Crack!

Xu Can's neck was snapped, killing him instantly.

Just then, some of Xu Can's guards and servants came over. They saw Xu Can, whose neck had been crushed, as well as the masked figure in black. Every one of them trembled all over. "My lord, we didn't see anything."

Yang Yang ignored them and searched Xu Can's body, then searched the room. He found no Storage Bag. "What trash. He doesn't even have a Storage Bag."

What he did not know was that Lin Ye was exceptionally generous, giving every disciple a Storage Bag. In other sects, only the top Body Forging Realm disciples were bestowed with one, or True Qi Realm experts had them.

"Where is Xu Can's treasury?"

Yang Yang asked.

"My lord, it's over there." Several guards led Yang Yang to the treasury entrance. Its doors were secured with a refined-iron lock. Yang Yang gripped the lock, unleashed his strength, and crushed it. The sight made the guards tremble all over. To crush a refined-iron lock by hand, one had to be an absolutely top-tier Body Forging Realm martial artist to have such hard hands and such strength.

Yang Yang entered the treasury and packed all the silver and the few spirit medicines there into his Storage Bag before leaving.

After Yang Yang left, the guards and servants looked at one another. Then, as if by common understanding, they began plundering the other valuables in the residence before fleeing that very night.

Xu Can was dead. Once the Blazing Sun Sect found out, it would surely vent its anger on them, and they would certainly come to a bad end. They might as well plunder some valuables, flee elsewhere, and hide their identities for a while. Only then would they have a chance to live.