Chapter 278

Chapter 278: Qin Fei, Don’t Even Think About Getting a Hair!

Xiao Yang certainly wouldn’t let Qin Fei off the hook.

Not only did he want Qin Fei to buy the medicine from the Heavenly Medical Sect at triple the price, but he also planned to ambush him and steal the countless spirit stones he used to buy those pills.

He wanted Qin Fei to end up with nothing at all.

Xiao Yang had Nangong Hui stationed outside the Heavenly Medical Sect.

Meanwhile, he, Liu Qingyun, and Superan went directly to a little town several miles away.

This town was just a few miles from the Heavenly Medical Sect.

Most of the townsfolk were herbalists collecting medicine, with some being hunters.

These people had at least some martial skills.

As soon as Xiao Yang and his companions arrived in town, they found an inn and sat down.

It was noon, and the sun was blazing.

Most tables in the inn were occupied.

Xiao Yang and his friends chose an empty table and called for food and drink.

Soon enough, their orders arrived.

The three of them started drinking and eating while listening to the chatter around the inn.

“Have you all heard? The Qingyang Sword Sect is recruiting disciples at the end of this month. Anyone know the exact date?”

At a nearby table, a middle-aged cultivator suddenly asked his companions.

“What? The Qingyang Sword Sect is taking in disciples?”

The other cultivators in the inn looked surprised and turned to the middle-aged man.

“Am I the only one who knew about this?” he said, astonished.

“I heard that too. The Qingyang Sword Sect will openly accept disciples with good talent and physique, and they can directly enter the Inner Disciples. Some might even have the chance to cultivate in the Yuanwu Immortal Domain!” a young martial artist in white said.

“Is that true? Should we give it a shot?”

Excitement rippled through the other cultivators in the inn.

The Qingyang Sword Sect was the top sect in the Northern Realm.

If someone could join the Qingyang Sword Sect, they’d be set for life.

Who wouldn’t want to be strong?

The allure of the Qingyang Sword Sect was immense.

However, everyone knew that gaining entry into the Qingyang Sword Sect was no easy task.

The cultivators in the inn started discussing the news of the Qingyang Sword Sect’s recruitment.

“Hmph, no wonder the Qingyang Sword Sect is buying up so many medicinal pills; it’s to train new disciples!” Liu Qingyun scoffed.

Qingyun Sect was also looking for disciples.

In fact, they needed new members even more.

But once news of the Qingyang Sword Sect’s recruitment spread, all cultivators would rush over, eager to join.

Who would pay attention to their Qingyun Sect?

Liu Qingyun couldn’t help but feel frustrated at the thought.

“Brother, why are you worried? You can’t get fat just by wanting to eat!” Xiao Yang shrugged.

If the Qingyang Sword Sect didn’t have plenty of medicinal pills, they couldn’t quickly help the new disciples increase their cultivation levels.

As long as they had pills, who wouldn’t want to join Qingyun Sect?

After finishing their drinks and meals, Xiao Yang and his group found an inn in town to stay for the night.

What they didn’t expect was that Qin Fei hadn’t left the Heavenly Medical Sect.

So, they had to wait.

Night fell, and the little town grew quiet.

After dark, no one came out.

The town’s streets were deserted.

Suddenly, a dark figure headed straight for the inn where Xiao Yang was.

The figure opened the window and slipped into Xiao Yang’s room in a flash.

“Mo Hongyue, at your service, Master!”

The intruder was dressed in black—it was Mo Hongyue.

“How did you end up here?” Xiao Yang looked at her curiously.

“Reporting to Master, Qin Fei has ordered someone to kill you!” Mo Hongyue responded.

“Wow, he’s moving fast, already calling in Demon Sect experts to kill me?” Xiao Yang couldn’t help but admire Qin Fei’s methods.

How did he even get that message to Mo Hongyue?

“Besides you, who else is coming to kill me?” Xiao Yang asked.

“There’s also the mysterious Demon Doctor from the Demon Sect!” Mo Hongyue replied.

“The Demon Doctor?” Xiao Yang was taken aback.

Now that was a tough opponent.

In his previous life, he had never seen the true face of the mysterious Demon Doctor; he didn’t even know if the doctor was male or female.

However, this mysterious doctor was exceptionally skilled in poisons, making it nearly impossible to defend against.

Moreover, this mysterious Demon Doctor had access to the world’s rarest poisons.

Those poisons could even kill beings in the Holy Realm.

Xiao Yang’s expression turned serious; it seemed that Qin Fei was determined to eliminate him at all costs.

“Qin Fei managed to get that person involved?” Xiao Yang pondered.

“I have no idea how he managed to ask the Demon Doctor for help,” Mo Hongyue admitted, equally curious.

She had never seen the Demon Doctor’s true form either.

The doctor from the Demon Abyss was just too mysterious.

Dealing with such an enigmatic expert was definitely a challenge.

Fortunately, when she came out this time, she brought the Taiyin Dragon Pearl with her.

With this treasure in hand, he wouldn’t need to fear any bizarre poison.

“I also heard that a Half-Step Assassin from the Smoke Rain Tower has recently exited seclusion, and that Half-Saint seems to be coming for you as well,” Mo Hongyue added.

“Seriously?! This is outrageous!” Xiao Yang was really getting angry; those guys from the Smoke Rain Tower just wouldn’t quit.

“Do you know who hired the Smoke Rain Tower to come after me?” Xiao Yang asked.

“Um… I don’t know!” Mo Hongyue genuinely had no clue.

The Smoke Rain Tower was the leading assassin organization in the Northern Realm.

In the entire Northern Realm, no one knew the location of the Smoke Rain Tower’s main base.

Apart from the inner ranks of the Smoke Rain Tower, nobody knew the identity of the employer.

“A Half-Step Saint, huh? Fine!” Xiao Yang’s killing intent began to rise.

No matter who it is, if they want to kill him, they should be prepared to be killed in return.

“Do you know when Qin Fei will leave the Heavenly Medical Sect?” Xiao Yang asked again.

“I don’t know!” Mo Hongyue replied directly, without a hint of hesitation.

“Alright, you can go now!” Xiao Yang frowned and waved her off.

“Understood, Master!”

Mo Hongyue promptly climbed back out the window and soon disappeared into the darkness.

What a headache.

Qin Fei had actually brought in that elusive Demon Doctor to kill him.

That person was a master of poison.

And now a Half-Step Assassin from the Smoke Rain Tower was on his tail.

Neither of them would be easy to deal with.

Xiao Yang wasn’t scared of the Half-Saint.

But they wouldn’t come at him openly.

Assassins specialized in ambushes.

Completely unpredictable!

Moreover, he had Zhao Fan and Liu Qingyun with him this time.

With their strength, facing a Half-Step Saint would be certain death.

Should he send them back to Qingyun Mountain?

It seemed to be too late for that.

Mo Hongyue had already shown up here.

And the mysterious Demon Doctor lurking in the shadows probably had also arrived at this town, maybe even hiding in this inn.

During the day, they had been drinking and eating in the inn.

Thinking of this made Xiao Yang break into a cold sweat.

He didn’t fear strange poisons, but Zhao Fan and Liu Qingyun were different.

If they were poisoned, the result would only be one thing—death!

The mysterious Demon Doctor didn’t show up.

Neither did the Half-Step Assassin from the Smoke Rain Tower.

Both were hidden somewhere.

Xiao Yang was feeling quite annoyed.

He was likely under the watchful eye of the enemies throughout his every move.

After considering it, he decided to summon the Fire麟 Sacred Beast.

At this point, the Fire麟 Sacred Beast had shrunk and was exuding no aura.

It jumped out the window and vanished into the darkness.

Xiao Yang knew that he was on the offense, while the enemy was secretly plotting.

So he released the Fire麟 Sacred Beast to keep watch.

After all, it was a sacred beast.

With the Fire麟 Sacred Beast guarding in the shadows, he felt a little more at ease.

A peaceful night passed.

In the morning, the Fire麟 Sacred Beast returned.

The sacred beast had kept watch at the inn all night but found nothing.

Around midday, Nangong Hui came to visit.

She brought news that the Heavenly Medical Sect was hosting a banquet to send off Qin Fei and his group, and they would leave for the Qingyang Sword Sect in the afternoon.

“Brother and Zhao Fan should head back to the Qingyun Sect first!” Xiao Yang told Liu Qingyun.

“Sure!” Liu Qingyun wasn’t one to be overdramatic, so he took Zhao Fan and left.

He asked Nangong Hui to see them off a bit.

He was worried that trouble would arise.

After all, there was still a Half-Step Saint and that Demon Sect’s Demon Doctor watching him.

They were the targets.

Zhao Fan and Liu Qingyun would be in danger if they remained with him.

Before long, Nangong Hui returned.

Xiao Yang and Nangong Hui quickly left the little town and ventured into the remote mountains.

After making sure no one was tailing them, Xiao Yang changed into a black tight-fitting outfit and put on a mask.

Nangong Hui also donned a red and black coat and wore a bronze mask.

Xiao Yang glanced at the insignia on Nangong Hui’s coat.

It was embroidered with a dark black magic phoenix, a symbol of the Nangong family.

In the past, only descendants of the Nangong family who awakened the True Demon Bloodline could wear clothes with that dark black magic phoenix pattern.

They directly waited at the path leading to where Qin Fei and his group would pass.

The distance between the Heavenly Medical Sect and Qingyun Mountain spanned several thousand miles.

“Here they come…”

Xiao Yang stood atop a peak, gazing towards the Heavenly Medical Sect.

Suddenly, several streaks of sword light appeared in the distant sky.

Qin Fei and his group were flying on their swords.

The streaks of sword light zipped through the sky like divine rainbows in a grand array.

Seeing this, Xiao Yang couldn’t help but chuckle and signaled Nangong Hui to prepare for action.

Just as Qin Fei’s group flew heroically over a mountain range, a massive magic net suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping them from above.

“What…”

Qin Fei was caught off guard.

“This is… the Heavenly Demon Net?”

Qin Fei recognized the source of the magic net immediately.

As the heir of the Demon Sect, he naturally knew about the Nangong family’s existence.

The Nangong family had been hunted for hundreds of years and were still surviving?

Qin Fei roared and acted immediately.

A streak of sword light shot up to tear apart the descending magic net.

Powerful sword energy surged forth.

Jiang Ting, Zheng Fan, and over a dozen Inner Disciples from the Qingyang Sword Sect quickly descended from above, landing on a mountaintop.

At that moment, Nangong Hui, dressed in her bronze mask and dark phoenix robe, charged out.

The mountain range was suddenly filled with Demon Qi.

She retracted the magic net and engaged Qin Fei in a fierce battle.

The two figures moved rapidly through the sky.

Dull crashing sounds echoed from above.

The void itself trembled.

“Demon Sect remnants?”

Jiang Ting and Zheng Fan were alarmed upon witnessing this.

They never expected an attack from the Demon Sect on their way back.

Qin Fei was quite capable, managing to battle Nangong Hui evenly.

Xiao Yang didn’t rush to join the fight.

After all, it was destined for Qin Fei to be subdued on the ground once again today.