The journey to the Red Moon Camp went smoothly, but there was no danger along the way. Ye Ling and others picked up a carriage to transport expensive goods at the Red Moon Camp and returned along the original route.

"What exactly is inside this box?" Li Feng curiously glanced at the fine iron box on the carriage, which was covered with seals.

"It doesn't matter what it is. Even if you know it, do you dare to take it? The precious item escorted by the sect will be hunted down by the sect if opened. What's important now is that we need to complete the task as soon as possible and earn that 20000 contribution." Ye Ling said.

Li Feng smirked and touched his head, he was just purely curious.

With only 30% of his energy left, and his injuries not fully recovered, after the long journey, Xiao Yun's face looked somewhat unattractive and even panting.

"Senior Brother Xiao, are you tired? Do you want to take a break?" Ye Ling came up and asked.

"No need, there are still forty miles left. Let's keep moving forward." Xiao Yun shook his head.

"I've said it all, this guy is a useless person, and taking him with you is a burden. Look at him like this, if he can't help, it's okay. We'll have to split up and take care of him," Huo Lian said in a strange tone.

Ye Ling was about to argue when suddenly a loud bang came from ahead. Giant rolling stones and logs rolled down the slope and hit the ground, blocking the original road.

The horse was frightened and ran free.

Immediately after, more than ten masked people appeared on the hillside, holding weapons and looking down with fierce eyes at Ye Ling and others below.

"No, they are Cangshan bandits..." Huo Lian quickly shouted.

Upon hearing these three words, Ye Ling and others changed their faces.

Any disciple who has stayed within the Tianluo Sect for a year and a half will have heard of the Cangshan Thief.

This is a group of thieves active in the Tianluo Sect area, all of whom are composed of martial arts practitioners. They burn, kill, loot, and use extremely cruel methods.

"They have fourteen people, far more than us, and there is also a martial arts cultivation with nine levels of Qi refining. There is no other way, we must give up this task. If we lose something, the big deal is that the task will fail. If we stay here, we will definitely die."

Huo Lian turned his gaze to Xiao Yun and gestured, "You! Get out and distract them, so that we can buy time to leave."

Xiao Yun ignored Huo Lian.

"What's the use of asking you to distract a few people without even moving, useless person?" Huo Lian angrily said.

"Huo Senior Brother, don't go too far. The other party is Cangshan Thieves. There are so many of them. If you ask Xiao Senior Brother to stop them, wouldn't you let Xiao Senior Brother go and die?" Li Feng couldn't even see it.

"If it's a big deal, let's give up the task, Senior Brother Xiao. Don't worry about those things anymore. We just need to retreat," Ye Ling gritted her teeth and said.

Compared to tasks, life is naturally more important.

If the task is gone, you can still take on it. If your life is gone, then there is nothing left.

"There's no need to retreat, let's take action to deal with them." Xiao Yun looked at the fourteen Cangshan thieves located above the mountain slope.

"Not only are you useless, but you are also hopelessly foolish. Do you really think that with your cultivation of seven levels of Qi refining, you can deal with the Cangshan Thief? If you don't leave, then you'll just wait here to die." Huo Lian said coldly.

"I'm not really smart, but compared to you, I'm still smarter."

Xiao Yun looked at Huo Lian and said, "The bandits of Cangshan are fierce and cruel, and no one can live in the places they pass by. For so many years, our Tianluo Sect has not been able to completely eliminate the bandits of Cangshan, which shows how strong the bandits are. If those guys are bandits of Cangshan, do we still have a chance to survive?"

Huo Lian's eyes flickered, unwilling to meet Xiao Yun's gaze.

"Forget it, I don't want to waste time with you anymore. Surround them for me." Huo Lian suddenly waved his hand and the 'Cangshan Thieves' located on the hillside rushed down one after another, surrounding Xiao Yun and others.

The faces of Ye Ling and others changed once again, even a fool could tell that these 'Cangshan bandits' were with Huo Lian.

"Why?" Ye Ling gritted her teeth and stared at Huo Lian.

"Why? Of course it's for the 20000 contribution. Originally, four people were evenly divided, but I already felt it was too little. You even brought in a useless person and wanted five people to share equally? I don't want to share equally, I'll take all the contribution!" Huo Lian grinned and looked at Ye Ling's well proportioned and charming figure without restraint.

Ye Ling is a great beauty, one of the top female disciples. She is just careless about dressing up, but her foundation is very good.

Huo Lian has been salivating for a long time, but he hasn't had a chance. Today is an opportunity. Let's catch Ye Ling later and have fun.

Huo Lian couldn't help but lick his slightly dry lips as he thought of this.

"So, you're looking for someone to ambush here, pretending to be a bandit from Cangshan, trying to scare us away. Now that you can't scare us away, you have to force yourself?" Ye Ling stared at Huo Lian.

"Your body is useless, but your head is not, so what?" Huo Lian grinned.

"Huo Lian, you and the outsiders have taken the items from our Tianji Temple. If Tianji Temple knows about this, you and these outsiders will definitely be wanted. It's best for you to let them retreat, let's treat this as if it never happened," Fei Yan said in a low voice.

"Will Tianji Temple know? No, because dead people don't speak," Huo Lian laughed.

Ye Ling and others had a sudden change in their faces, and to her surprise, Huo Lian was going to kill them.

"Ye Ling, don't worry, I will give you a chance to live. As long as you serve me well and satisfy me, I will give you a way out. As for the two of you, I will give you a chance. Whoever kills this useless person first, I will let him live." Huo Lian pointed to Xiao Yun.

Li Feng gritted his teeth, and Fei Yan's face was tense. Their faces were all a bit pale.

"I'll kill you!"

Ye Ling wielded a sword and slashed towards Huo Lian, releasing the eighth level cultivation of Qi refining. The green sword fell from the air like a fallen leaf, seemingly slow but actually very fast.

Huo Lian sneered and directly reached out to grab it. A row of sharp iron claws appeared on his five fingers, directly gripping the sword.

The sword was caught, and Ye Ling couldn't escape immediately, so she could only stand still in place.

Li Feng and Fei Yan quickly attacked Huo Lian from the other two directions. Only by joining forces to defeat Huo Lian first, and then using Huo Lian to threaten these 'Cangshan thieves', could they survive.

"Get the hell out of here!"

Huo Lianzhen opened Ye Ling and kicked both legs on Li Feng and Fei Yan's shoulders. The two were kicked back on the spot and injured on the spot.

Ye Ling's face showed a stern expression, but she didn't expect that the three of them, together, could not even defeat Huo Lian.

"Relying solely on you, still deluding to be enemies with me?" Huo Lian snorted coldly.

"Let me do it!" Xiao Yun jumped up and before Ye Ling and others could speak, he had already drawn his sword from behind and chopped towards Huo Lian.

"A useless person who can't handle their own abilities, let alone you. I won't crush your head." Huo Lian's claws grabbed Xiao Yun's head at lightning speed.

At the moment of touching Xiao Yun's head, Huo Lian smiled. As he was about to crush Xiao Yun's head, he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness in his fingers.

Got it?

Huo Lian's smile froze, and when he looked at Xiao Yun again, he had already disappeared into place. What came into his eyes was a terrifying sword aura.

What

Huo Lian felt the crisis of life and death and tried to avoid it, but the speed was too fast. He could only reluctantly lean to avoid the key point.

But half of the shoulder, along with the left arm and left foot, were cut off by the knife's aura.

Accompanied by a mournful scream, Huo Lian fell to the ground.

Knife repair

Ye Ling and the others were stunned, staring blankly at Xiao Yun, who was surrounded by sword energy.

Only through sword cultivation can the sword energy be released.

Wu Xiu, who pretended to be a bandit from Cangshan, turned pale in fear and dispersed on the spot. Although they had the highest cultivation level of nine levels of Qi refining, they were not sect martial artists, but scattered cultivators invited by Huo Lian for money.

The scattered cultivation of the Nine Elements of Qi Refining is generally much weaker than the martial cultivation of sects, and may even be unable to defeat Huo Lian, just to recharge the field.

"You take me with you... I'll give you twice, no, three times the price..." Huo Lianqiang shouted in agony, but those scattered martial arts cultivators wouldn't bother him. They had already run away without a trace.

Seeing Xiao Yun approaching, Huo Lian's face turned pale.

"I am a descendant of the Huo family. If you dare to kill me, my Huo family will not spare you. There are people from my Huo family who belong to the Inner Sect..." Huo Lian gritted his teeth and said.

Inner Sect Disciple

Ye Ling and others suddenly turned pale.

There is a great fundamental difference between disciples of the Outer Sect and disciples of the Inner Sect. The former can only be considered as half of the disciples of the Tianluo Sect, while the latter is the true disciple.

If there were anyone in Huo Lian's inner sect, killing him would probably cause big trouble.

Sensing the expressions of Ye Ling and others, Huo Lian gritted his teeth and said, "Are you afraid? If you're afraid, then quickly help me up. Also, you useless person cut off your arms. When I notify my cousin to come over, I will deal with you. Also, the 20000 contribution must be handed in..."

Suddenly, Xiao Yun stepped on Huo Lian's right arm, accompanied by the sound of bone fractures, and Huo Lian let out a scream.

Seeing Xiao Yunmou's murderous intent, Huo Lian quickly shouted, "Don't kill me. I don't want anything, and I don't want any contribution either..."

"It's already late." Xiao Yun's refined iron sword slashed Huo Lian's neck.

Killing Huo Lian is not a burden for Xiao Yun, because such a guy deserves to die. If he doesn't kill him, Huo Lian will definitely retaliate wildly afterwards.

Not only myself, but also Ye Ling and others will suffer along.