Chapter 1743: Chapter 1743: The Order from the Main Hall Mission Hall
"Is this trial mission arranged by you, Headmaster?" Yang Xiaotian couldn’t help but ask.
Tang Chang and Xie Qiu exchanged glances, then Tang Chang shook his head, "This trial mission was not arranged by me; it was designated by the Main Hall Mission Hall."
"Designated by the Main Hall Mission Hall?" Yang Xiaotian was surprised.
Missions like this for the branch campus were never meddled with by the Main Hall Mission Hall before.
Why did they directly designate it for the Heavenly Fire Branch Campus this time?
And it’s such a dangerous trial mission at that.
Normally, trial missions just involved killing bandits or Demon Race disciples, with a moderate level of danger; this Black Ant Sea trial mission this time is ten times more dangerous than before.
Even more than ten times!
"This Black Ant Sea trial mission is indeed very dangerous, but since it is the decision of the Main Hall Mission Hall, we cannot change it," Tang Chang said helplessly.
He certainly knew the danger of this trial mission, but since it’s the order from the Main Hall Mission Hall, he has no power to alter it.
Tang Chang continued, "Moreover, the Main Hall Mission Hall stated that this trial mission requires all Outer Sect Disciples to participate without exception. Anyone who doesn’t participate will be dealt with as a traitor to the academy!"
To be handled as a traitor to the academy!
Being considered a traitor is an extremely heavy offense.
Once labeled a traitor by Hongmeng Academy, you’d become someone despised throughout the continent, finding a place to hide on the Three Pure Continents would be difficult, and you’d face scorn from others everywhere you go.
Xie Qiu opened his mouth slightly, hesitant to speak.
"Do we know whose idea it was from the Main Hall Mission Hall?" Yang Xiaotian asked in a deep voice.
"This, we are not sure of, we only know it was a directive from the Main Hall Mission Hall," Tang Chang shook his head.
After sitting for a while, the two took their leave.
Watching their departing figures, Yang Xiaotian’s face turned grim.
He had the feeling that this trial mission was specifically targeted at him.
Entering the Black Ant Sea to kill three hundred Black Ants within three days is already very difficult, let alone killing three thousand within three days. Many disciples would likely fail this trial mission.
Moreover, entering the Black Ant Sea with a Saint Realm is practically seeking death.
The Main Hall Mission Hall actually issued this kind of directive?
He really felt that someone within the Main Hall Mission Hall was targeting him!
But who?
However, only the Deputy Hall Master and the Hall Master have the power to issue such directives.
The Main Hall Mission Hall has two Deputy Hall Masters and one Hall Master.
Trying to use this trial mission to kill him?
Too bad, they miscalculated.
Since there was a whole month left, Yang Xiaotian didn’t waste any time, and with Lao Lu went to the slave market to purchase a large batch of Saint Peak slaves again.
Saint Peak slaves aren’t particularly useful to Yang Xiaotian, but he can cultivate them into the Great Saint First Layer Realm and organize an intelligence network to gather information for him.
Right now, he had too much information to gather, such as the Myriad Domains Holy Vein, Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique, Buddha’s Holy Water, as well as information about Ms. Meng, Black Master, and others.
Just Zuo Meng, Li Gu’s group of over a hundred people was far from enough.
He still had too few people at his disposal.
This time, he purchased 324 Saint Peak slaves at once.
slaves, divided into groups of 108 each, practicing the Stars Sword Formation, just right for three groups.
After purchasing a large batch of Saint Peak slaves, Yang Xiaotian then bought a large batch of ingredients to refine Saint Pills, planning to make Seven Tribulations Heaven Grade Saint Pill for everyone’s cultivation.
Having done all this, with some time remaining, Yang Xiaotian focused on cultivating the remaining eleven Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Techniques.
A month passed quickly.
On the day of the trial.
When Yang Xiaotian arrived at the Hongmeng Academy plaza to gather with the new students, he found all the new students fully armed, with everything they might need equipped on them.
Seeing that everyone was present, Tang Chang glanced around at the crowd and said, "Since everyone is here, let’s set off now!"
Originally, a trial mission would be led by a particular Elder, but as this Black Ant Sea was dangerous and involved Yang Xiaotian, both Tang Chang and Xie Qiu decided to lead personally.
Immediately, under the lead of Tang Chang and Xie Qiu, Yang Xiaotian and the rest boarded the academy’s ship, heading towards the Sword Tomb Empire’s Black Ant Sea.
As for Lao Lu, he secretly followed behind.
In fact, not just Lao Lu, but also experts from Fenglin Commerce Guild and numerous other forces secretly followed.
After all, this Black Ant Sea is overly dangerous, and various forces were anxious about their Family Disciples.
Yang Xiaotian sat in meditation in the ship’s secret chamber, but he could not calm his mind.
His concern was not the Black Ant Sea but Sword Tomb Peak.
For years, he had Lao Lu and others investigate the appearance of the Death Sword Servant at Sword Tomb Peak, but since the last emergence of the Death Sword Servant, it had vanished without a trace.
Also, who was it that severely injured the Myriad Prison Sword Master?
Why would this person hide in Sword Tomb Peak?
Since he couldn’t calm his mind to cultivate, Yang Xiaotian turned to the books he had obtained over the years.
Over the years, whether from Hu Dong or the ten-something Demon Sect experts of Star Robe Empire’s Nine Sha Hall, he had acquired quite a few books.
Earlier, he had only casually flipped through them and not read them carefully, now was a good time to delve into them, learning a bit about the Hu Family’s and Nine Sha Hall’s Cultivation Techniques and Holy Techniques.
The Hu Family was one of the strongest families on the Three Pure Continents, while the Nine Sha Hall was the First Demon Sect of the Star Robe Empire; their Cultivation Techniques and Holy Techniques were worth learning from.
As Yang Xiaotian was studying the Cultivation Techniques and Holy Techniques of Nine Sha Hall, suddenly, there was a fierce fluctuation outside, indicating a large-scale battle of masters.
Many disciples came out to watch the commotion.
Yang Xiaotian sensed the presence of Demon Sect disciples and came to the bow of the ship.
Ahead, the disciples were engaged in a fierce battle, with one side surprisingly being from the Star Robe Empire’s Nine Sha Hall.
"It’s unclear what happened with Star Robe Empire’s Nine Sha Hall, they’ve been capturing sect disciples from various prestigious sects like mad these past years!"
"I heard a few important disciples from the Nine Sha Hall were killed at Silver Demon Ridge, and since then, they capture any suspicious parties they encounter."
"Important disciples? Could they be the illegitimate children of the Nine Sha Hall’s Hall Master? Seems like the Hall Master does have illegitimate children in Nine Sha Hall."
Several Hongmeng Academy disciples discussed.
"Don’t know who dared to kill the Nine Sha Hall’s disciples, even burning the bodies, now the Nine Sha Hall is pursuing some high-ranking pharmacists skilled with fire."
Yang Xiaotian maintained a calm expression, refraining from watching the Nine Sha Hall disciples’ battle, he returned to the secret chamber to continue poring over Cultivation Techniques and Holy Technique Secret Tomes.
However, he only read them, without practicing.
Once this Black Ant Sea trial is over, he plans to make another trip to Ghost Dragon Tomb; previously, Ghost Dragon Tomb had seven layers, and he only opened the first layer.
Now, not only had he broken through to the Saint Realm, but his Primordial Dragon Divine Body had transformed into a Sacred Body, allowing him to open the second layer of Ghost Dragon Tomb.
The first layer of Ghost Dragon Tomb contained over a thousand altars of the Tenth Layer of Dao Holy Water, and two plants of Hundred-Million-Year Divine Medicine, who knows what the second layer holds.