Chapter 827 - 825: 5 Tribes of the Blood Marsh

Chapter 827: Chapter 825: 5 Tribes of the Blood Marsh

"Miss Liou is quite heavily injured, but she can’t afford expensive healing medicine, so she can only rely on herself to recover. But after so long, she should be almost completely healed by now," Liou Sanqian thought with a bizarre expression.

He had originally thought that the relationship between Xu Yang and Liou Xueyan was quite unusual. After all, Xu Yang had taken such a huge risk to save her in the Four Symbols Demon Evil Valley.

To his surprise, upon returning, Liou Xueyan’s resources were completely exhausted. Even as a top ten ranker on the Dragon and Tiger List with a Purple-level Heaven’s Edge Order that granted her discounts, all her resources and wealth had been entirely consumed during the pursuit. She simply couldn’t afford top-tier healing medicine.

Yet, Xu Yang didn’t help her at all. Even if Xu Yang couldn’t afford it either, he could have bought it on credit using his status as a Dragon and Tiger Venerable. Chen Yingchuan would have been more than happy to let him do so.

However, Xu Yang completely ignored the matter. This made Liou Sanqian find the situation extremely peculiar. Just what exactly was the relationship between those two?

"I’ll go check on her later," Xu Yang said casually before pondering for a moment. "Mr. Liou, how much does Heaven’s Edge Tower know about Blood Marsh?"

Liou Sanqian smiled. "To you, Mr. Xu, Heaven’s Edge Tower will share everything we know. To be honest, no one truly knows exactly how powerful Blood Marsh’s forces in the Eastern Continent currently are."

Xu Yang’s pupils contracted.

"They obtained the inheritance of the Blood Marsh Mansion. Considering that the Blood Marsh Mansion once caused all the top immortal sects to join forces to besiege them, you can imagine how astonishing their numerous Secret Techniques and methods are.

"It’s rumored that they might have also obtained a shocking supreme treasure from the Blood Marsh Mansion. Coupled with the nurturing and reviving effects brought by the Starry Extreme Night, their strength is unimaginable.

"From what we currently understand, Blood Marsh is internally divided into five divisions: the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Divisions.

"Each division is led by a Lord. Under them are as many as twenty to thirty Golden Immortals, or at least over a dozen, and none of them are weaklings.

"The five Lords of the five divisions are all experts at the Late Stage of Golden Immortal. Above them is the Blood Marsh Hall, the true upper echelon of Blood Marsh. Even the Lords have to pass trials to join the Blood Marsh Hall. No one knows how many people are in it or how strong they are; it is incredibly secretive."

Liou Sanqian sighed and said, "Although Blood Marsh only does things for money, and even ordinary top-tier prodigies wouldn’t dare provoke them, their appearance has caused all the major immortal sects to secretly search and investigate. Yet, to this day, no one has found their main headquarters."

Xu Yang’s expression turned extremely solemn. The strength of Blood Marsh was simply dozens of times more terrifying than he had imagined.

Five divisions, led by five great Late Stage of Golden Immortals. And they didn’t even have the qualifications to enter the Hall? The experts within the Hall had to be, at the very least, top-tier experts among the Late Stage of Golden Immortals, or perhaps even in the Golden Immortal Extreme Realm. Combined with their various treasures and methods, they were impossible to guard against.

Thinking of Ghost Eagle, the Lord of the Fifth Division, a sharp glint flashed through Xu Yang’s eyes. Ghost Eagle had claimed he needed to communicate with his hidden employer, but as for the mastermind pulling the strings, Xu Yang could think of almost no one else to suspect.

The Yang Family, Yang Yuan!

Would they give up? Absolutely impossible.

Xu Yang knew very well that as long as he remained on the Black Fire Immortal Mountain, Yang Yuan would never have a day to shine. In fact, the reason Blood Marsh knew so clearly about his Ninth Grade Immortal Foundation this time could very well be due to the Yang Family’s leaked information.

Yang Yuan wouldn’t possibly give up, and with Blood Marsh losing so many men to him, how could they just let the matter rest? He still needed to be extremely cautious.

"By the way, our Tower currently knows of one Blood Marsh stronghold," Liou Sanqian suddenly said.

"A stronghold?" Xu Yang’s eyes lit up.

It was impolite not to return a favor. If given the chance, he definitely had to teach Blood Marsh a lesson and let them know he wasn’t someone to be trifled with. When facing an assassin organization like this, submitting or showing weakness was never a wise move. The only way was to make them fear and feel pain.

"Heaven’s Edge Tower has also accepted missions to protect those hunted by Blood Marsh assassins. We’ve had our own cultivators fall at their hands, so we started investigating in secret," Liou Sanqian explained.

"Currently, our Tower only knows of this single stronghold and hasn’t made any rash moves.

"The strength of this stronghold usually consists of seven or eight Golden Immortal cultivators, including some at the Middle Stage.

"But we can’t guarantee the exact details."

After pondering for a moment, Xu Yang said in a deep voice, "I’ll have to trouble you to compile the information on this stronghold, Mr. Liou. I’ll go check it out in a few days.

"If the opportunity arises, I’ll give Blood Marsh a taste of suffering first."

"You’re going alone, Mr. Xu?" Liou Sanqian was startled. "Heaven’s Edge Tower can also lend a hand in this matter."

"There’s no need. I am enough on my own." Xu Yang smiled faintly. "If I do need help, I won’t hold back from asking."

Seeing Xu Yang’s firm attitude, Liou Sanqian nodded slightly, though he was incredibly shocked inwardly. Mr. Xu’s strength had likely improved once again. Especially when thinking of his battle record in the Four Symbols Demon Evil Valley, a sense of shock welled up within him once more.

As expected of a Ninth Grade Immortal Foundation. A Ninth Grade Immortal Foundation—indeed, only a challenge like this was worthy.

For Xu Yang, choosing to go alone wasn’t out of arrogance. Fewer people meant more convenience. With more people, even if Heaven’s Edge Tower’s cultivators could be trusted, any accidental leaks—regardless of the aspect—would not be a good thing. After all, who knew how the people of Blood Marsh kept themselves hidden?

However, according to Liou Sanqian’s description, as long as there were no unexpected surprises, taking down this stronghold’s forces wasn’t impossible. He still had two Celestial Spirit Earth Demon Poison Elixirs left, as well as the Star Fury Elixir.

To be honest, this recent trip had also depleted most of his resources. If he wiped out this stronghold, the benefits he could reap would be unimaginable.

At this thought, Xu Yang made his decision.

After bidding farewell to Liou Sanqian, he arrived outside the courtyard where Liou Xueyan was staying and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Xu Yang pushed the door open and walked in. At the same time, Liou Xueyan walked out from the room. Her complexion looked rosy, and her aura had completely stabilized. She had recovered to about sixty or seventy percent of her peak.

"How does it feel to be renowned across the Eastern Continent?"

Xu Yang, who was just about to speak, paused slightly upon hearing her words. He then shook his head. "Not so great."

"Do you plan to keep hiding?" Liou Xueyan was very curious about his plans.

"I’ll lay low for now. The outside world is too turbulent. The moment I show my face, all sorts of monsters and demons will swarm over."

He didn’t mind sparring with the top prodigies on the Dragon and Tiger List, but under the current circumstances, many people were bound to doubt his strength. There would be too many challengers, making it far too troublesome. Once he showed himself, he probably wouldn’t be able to leave anytime soon.

"My injuries are mostly healed. If you need my help with anything, just say the word," Liou Xueyan said solemnly. She owed Xu Yang one.

"Hmm..." Xu Yang’s heart skipped a beat. Being asked this suddenly sparked an idea in his mind.

Seeing Xu Yang fall into deep thought, Liou Xueyan raised an eyebrow slightly. She then walked over to sit down in the courtyard, silently waiting for him to speak.

After a long while, Xu Yang’s eyes lit up brightly.

"I have a simple plan."

"Let’s hear it."

"I’m going to cause some trouble for Blood Marsh, but it would be best if there’s a massive commotion outside to draw everyone’s attention. At the same time, it can divert many people’s gazes. I want you to disguise yourself as me and show up to stir things up." Xu Yang gazed intently at Liou Xueyan.

As for how she would escape, it wouldn’t be a big problem. This woman’s strength was not to be underestimated. After going through that pursuit, getting injured, and then recovering, she would definitely have made some improvements.

To deal with Blood Marsh, he had to strike proactively at least once to make them feel the pain. It was the perfect opportunity to seize their resources and upgrade himself. Using an enemy’s resources to strengthen oneself was undeniably an incredibly satisfying feeling.

Liou Xueyan stared deeply at Xu Yang before suddenly saying, "Set the location within the Vajra Sect’s territory. I’ll disguise myself as you and challenge Situ Ke to an open and honest battle. I want his seventh-place rank on the Dragon and Tiger List."

"Huh?"

Xu Yang’s eyes widened into perfect circles.