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This time, out of the goodness in his heart, Treasurer Meng gave Yang Kai a few extra clippings of the herbs, but he still refused to let go of the matters pertaining to his cultivation. He constantly asked Yang Kai, how the boy had managed to improve his strength so quickly.
It looked like the news of Yang Kai beating Su Mu’s underlings had even reached Treasurer Meng’s ears.
Towards Treasurer Meng, Yang Kai still had a reasonably good impression. Although the old man was a bit crazy and thick skinned, he was very likable when measured by Yang Kai’s standards.
This situation wasn’t easily explained, so Yang Kai could only say that when he was in Black Wind Mountains, he ate a special fruit which allowed him to gain enlightenment on how to cultivate.
After contemplating for a while, Treasurer Meng thought back to the time period when Yang Kai entered the mountains and his current behavior. This explanation was the most reasonable and believable explanation, so Treasurer had no choice but to accept it.
Exiting the Contribution Hall, Yang Kai was deeply worried.
All of his contribution points had been used to purchase these herbs and by his estimation, they would only last him three to four days. Afterwards, what would he use to get these herbs?
Even though he was able to earn two contribution points from his daily challenges, these points could only be accessed on the eighth day of every month. With his calculations, he would need to wait twenty days. How could he possibly wait until then?
Without being able to think of a solution, Yang Kai became depressed and could only continue training.
A few days passed by in a blur, and Yang Kai’s Tempered Body Sixth Stage cultivation began to stabilize and he marched towards the Seventh Stage.
In comparison to Yang Kai’s good mood, Su Mu’s followers felt like they were thrown into a flaming abyss. These past few days, Yang Kai would come to find them and cause trouble, causing them to feel vexed beyond compare. They couldn’t contend against him in strength and couldn’t hide from him, it was stifling beyond compare.
While Su Mu personally held some confidence at his chance of victory should he fight Yang Kai, unfortunately for the others the gap between them and Yang Kai was too large. They couldn’t challenge him — Su Mu still thought that Yang Kai was at the Tempered Body Fourth or Fifth stage.
Su Mu knew that this could continue no longer. If it continued any longer, then all his underlings would leave.
Thinking for a while, Su Mu prepared to do something heartless and called-up all the High Heaven Pavilion Disciples who had been beaten by Yang Kai. Speaking with a frown on his face, he said, “Tonight, we shall raid Yang Kai’s hut and wipe away all shame you have suffered!”
Since they couldn’t win by following the rules, they won’t follow them at all!
Everyone jumped up, startled. “A raid?”
*En* Su Mu nodded his head.
“This isn’t good.” Li Yun Tian was hesitant: “Although that guy Yang Kai is a bit dishonest, he at least openly challenged and defeated us all. If the news of us mounting a sneak attack got out, we would be unable to escape punishment.”
Li Yun Tian’s statements got the agreement of all the people present.
Su Mu indignantly replied. “But he is simply too much! He has completely disregarded us Fellow Disciples and comes at us every day. If we don’t give him a proper lesson, who knows how long this ferocious act will continue. Regardless, tonight I will definitely go cause some trouble for him. All those willing to do so, follow me, as for those who are unwilling I won’t force you. If anything were to happen, I swear that I, Su Mu will bear all consequences and won’t involve you.”
Su Mu’s words were sincere, and even if they still felt that it wasn’t honorable, they couldn’t refute his position. After all, Su Mu had promised to carry all the consequences on his shoulders, showing the utmost benevolence.
Thinking for a bit, Li Yun Tian spoke, “This is also good. If this succeeds, then we will be able to teach that bastard that we aren’t so easily provoked. Young master Su, this time; this Disciple will put his life on the line and join you!”
“We’ll go.” The remaining people chorused.
Nodding and smiling, Su Mu cried out. “That’s right!”
That night, with everybody’s spirit trembling in excitement they gathered in Su Mu’s room waiting until sunset.
“Is everybody ready?” Su Mu inquired.
They nodded their heads.
“Good. This time we must make this moment unforgettable for that bastard!” Su Mu shouted while putting a black cloth over his face, leaving only a slim gap from which his evil gaze leaked out. Their emotions roused, the others followed suit.
“Set off!” Calling for action, Su Mu issued the move out order.
Ten or so shadows flashed out of his room, quickly merging into the night’s darkness.
During the night, High Heaven Pavilion had Disciples posted about patrolling the premises. Unfortunately, Su Mu and his group were High Heaven Pavilion Disciples too and were all too familiar with the patrol routes, allowing them to easily avoid these patrols.
Otherwise, why would a family thief be hard to ward against? Su Mu’s current actions were a model example of this saying.
Shortly, Su Mu’s group gathered in front of Yang Kai’s small wooden hut. Standing about ten to twenty feet away, they suppressed the sounds of their breathing, their indignation flared at the memory of the injustice they had suffered.
“There are no lights inside the hut; Yang Kai must be asleep already.” Calming his heart, Su Mu turned his head to face Li Yun Tian at his side: “Yang Kai’s strength isn’t weak. So later you and I will hold him down, while everyone else beats him, remember to use all your strength.”
“Okay.” Li Yun Tian nodded his head.
“As long as it’s not life threatening, you can hit however you want.” Su Mu reminded, and they all promised.
“Go!” Waving his hand, Su Mu shot towards the wooden hut. Ten shadows flickered against the night, rushing onwards. Those who cultivated could run without making the slightest noise, they just needed to suppress the noise of their breathing to hide their presence. With their imaginations running wild, all their spirits rose as they thought about how Yang Kai would look injured and bloody.
These past few days, they were tormented miserably by Yang Kai.
Even though they were still around ten feet away, the cold gleam in Su Mu’s eyes became more intense and his lips couldn’t help but curve upwards.
As the distance shrunk, the wooden hut’s wooden door could be seen, in the blink of an eye, Su Mu had already started to reach out to push open the door.
Suddenly, a sweet fragrance entered his nose. Smelling this fragrance, Su Mu felt that this fragrance was very strange. It didn’t smell very nice, nor did it smell very bad, it truly was a fragrance that he had never smelt before.
Although he was a bit suspicious, Su Mu didn’t give it any more thought and continued to charge forwards.
Stepping forward, Su Mu’s body became soft, he narrowly avoided falling. Breaking out in cold sweat, Su Mu recalled just moments ago it felt like all his strength had been sucked out from him. His brain buzzing he became mind became muddled, tiredly he steadied himself.
Taking another step caused Su Mu to directly fall to the ground, nose first. Then two warm streams flowed down from his nose filling his mouth with the metallic taste of blood.
*Pa, pa, pa……..* A series of sounds were converged towards the wooden hut originating from the High Heaven Pavilion Disciples that had followed Su Mu. One by one, each of them, like Su Mu, fell to the ground. Each of them felt weak and powerless, all had bloody noses and battered looks. Their anguished wailing resounded out in the quiet night, making it all the livelier.
“What’s the matter?” Struggling greatly, Su Mu turned his head towards Li Yun Tian and asked.
Li Yun Tian struggled to drag himself back upright, but he was powerless and could only lay on the ground gasping for breath. This expression was horrendously ugly, hesitatingly he spoke. “Young master Su, I’m afraid that we have been poisoned.”
“Poisoned?” Su Mu turned pale in fright.
“In addition, it’s a very powerful poison…..” Trembling, Li Yun Tian reached out with his hand: “Young……master Su, I’m afraid that I can’t hold on any longer. You…..you must get revenge for me!”
After he finished passing on his last will and testament, Li Yun Tian’s head fell and he ceased all movement.
Overwhelmed by shock, Su Mu desperately and repeatedly called out his name. But no matter how many times he called out, he couldn’t wake him. When he turned his head around again, he saw that of the Brothers that he had brought with him, none had escaped. All without exception were lying still, making no sound.
An indescribable sense of panic and mourning filled his heart, unexpectedly, Su Mu’s was able to calm his mind in this situation.
This was the territory of High Heaven Pavilion, how could they be poisoned? And this poison’s effect was this potent, not even three breaths had passed before their lives were taken, one by one.
In his heart, Su Mu was cursing Yang Kai but that did not last long as he had rapidly begun to lose consciousness.
[Fuck! Could it be that this master will die like this?] This poor young master who was full of ambitions, and before these ambitions could be fulfilled, he will die an early death. [The heaven’s must be jealous, the heavens were just too jealous! ahh!]Stepping lightly, Yang Kai walked over to the group of fallen Disciples. Crouching down, he took off their face masks, only to discover that they were all people he was familiar with.
After thinking for a bit, Yang Kai realized what they had wanted to do. It was probably because he had tortured them too miserably these past few days, so they had come for revenge during the night.
But they really had some bad luck.
Playing with the incense burner in his hands, Yang Kai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
This really was an accident, but they were really too unlucky. Usually, he would have long since recalled the incense burner back into the black book, but today’s training was too exhausting. So by accident, he had fallen asleep. And before the remainder of the herbs had been burned, Su Mu and his group had unfortunately come and ended up inhaling the incense.
The incense that came from within the burner was very powerful, and when Yang Kai had first been subjected to the effects, he could only manage to take three steps before collapsing onto the ground. And this was with the Golden Skeleton within his body, so how could Su Mu’s group hope to withstand it?
They didn’t have the support of the Golden Skeleton for recovery, so he estimated they would need to cultivate for a couple of days before they would regain their strength.
Although through their arrogance, they caused this situation, he must bear some responsibility for the current situation since this also happened due to his negligence. Not to mention, if they were fast enough to stop inhaling the moment they had smelled the incense, then they wouldn’t be in such a pitiful state.
“Hey, why did you come here?” Sighing loudly, Yang Kai stored the incense burner back into the black book, while looking at the pile of bodies strewn about his floor awkwardly.
Pondering for a moment, Yang Kai decided to drag all of them to a random area and leave them there.
When he returned to his wooden hut, he went back to sleep.
Because of that incident, Yang Kai became more vigilant. He must quickly breakthrough into the next Tempered Body Stage. Currently, he could only use the incense burner outside of the black book, but if he quickly broke through and neared the Initial Element Stage, then it would no longer be so inconvenient to use. At that time, even if the incense burner was still inside the black book, he would be able to use it. The only requirement would be that he still had the energy to channel into the black book.
The next few days, Yang Kai trained bitterly, despite using the two herbs sparingly, they decreased steadily every day.
On the third morning, after he had completed his daily Tempered Body Record training, he faced the east to breathe in the rich Qi. While doing so the energy in his meridians suddenly stirred and rose rapidly. It was like they were little insects scuttling about his meridians.
His face straightening, Yang Kai quickly paused to check his body.
The shuttering of this energy also caused his muscles and blood to tingle, numbing his entire body. He didn’t know how long this numbing feeling persisted for, but suddenly, Yang Kai felt his body lighten, while his abdomen began to heat up. The mad stuttering of his atmospheric energy immediately dissipated.
The warm feeling in his abdomen seemed to come to life, meanwhile, Yang Kai was in ecstasy.
[Yuan Qi!] He had finally broken through! He was now in the Tempered Body Seventh Stage and had started to develop his Yuan Qi.In your life, the first bit of Yuan Qi that you develop comes from within your Dantian, but this Yuan Qi was a very nominal amount. It was unable to support the usage of even one martial skill in a battle. This was because as soon as you used this strand of Yuan Qi, it would disappear. In order to regain it, you must expend a large amount time and energy.
But because of this little strand of Yuan Qi, a practitioner could now be able to start their cultivation of martial skills.
The High Heaven Pavilion basic fists and kicks were not comparable to the might of a martial skill. A martial skill called upon one’s Yuan Qi in order to be executed, and they were the foundation of strength for all martial practitioners.
For a simple punch, the power that came from the Tempered Body Seventh Stage was far superior to that of a Sixth Stage. If the Tempered Body Sixth Stage punch could produce a power of 100 kilograms, then with the aid of Yuan Qi, the punch from the Tempered Body Seventh Stage could produce 250 kilograms or even 500 kilograms of power.
Of course, when you were in the Tempered Body Stage, a practitioner wouldn’t easily use martial skills because it wasn’t easy to recover your Yuan Qi. Only when you reached the Initial Element Stage, could you freely use martial skills as you pleased in battles. When you reached that stage, Yuan Qi was quick to be recovered.
The main issue was how fast one could recover their Yuan Qi.
So once you entered the Tempered Body Seventh Stage, a practitioner must use that small stand of Yuan Qi to create their foundations and slowly increase their Yuan Qi.
A common method was to cultivate martial skills!
Every martial skill required several strands or even dozens of strands or even the strands from various meridians to execute. With different paths and orders, one can form many different martial skills.
While you were cultivating martial skills to increase your Yuan Qi, you would open your body’s Zhou Tian and naturally progress to the Initial Element Stage. Every practitioner would do this.
Yang Kai was no exception.
Once he knew he had reached the Tempered Body Seventh Stage, Yang Kai immediately calmed his beating heart and rushed back into the wooden hut to call out the black book.
He flipped directly to the fourth page and earnestly scanned the page.
During these past days, as soon as he had broken through, he would try to unlock the fourth page. Unfortunately, he had never succeeded. Yang Kai guessed that he needed the Tempered Body Seventh Stage to unlock it, as soon as he reached the Tempered Body Seventh Stage the fourth page began to morph.
His guess was indeed correct!
After floating around for a short while, the wisps of golden light covered the page. Separating from the page, these gold beams of light directly entered Yang Kai’s mind.
Within his mind, new information appeared suddenly, True Yang Secret Art! This was the reward that the black book had bestowed upon Yang Kai for breaking through. Going over the information, his expression became distorted.
This True Yang Secret Art was slightly different from common martial skills. Normal martial skills had set paths of sequences, and although they could change, they were only superficial changes; they didn’t change the base of the skill. They didn’t stray from their base, if they did, then it would a completely different skill altogether.
But this True Yang Secret Art didn’t. It didn’t have set activation sequences and changed constantly. It could be described as arbitrary or you could say that it actually didn’t have any singular form.
This was the first difference.
The cultivation method for the True Yang Secret Art was also quite simple, but there were conditions to cultivate it.
You must cultivate in an environment with plenty of Yang energy to cultivate the True Yang Secret Art.
But through this secret method, once the cultivated Yang Yuan Qi reached a certain point, it could be condensed into a liquid form and stored within the Dantian.
This was something no martial skill or secret art could achieve. Because there will always be a moment when one’s body would be filled. Once a martial practitioner was filled with Yuan Qi, there was no way to increase the amount, unless you broke your limit or make a breakthrough.
But the True Yuan Secret Art was different. When you cultivated your Yang Yuan Qi to the limit, your Yang Yuan Qi would condense into a liquid form and stored within your Dantian. This would cause your meridians to empty, thereby allowing you to continue to cultivate Yuan Qi. In other words, if you practised this Cultivation Technique, there would be no limit to the amount you could cultivate, however you needed Yang Qi to be able to practise it without any limit.
This was the second difference. With these differences and the origin of the True Yuan Secret Art, it clearly displayed how this skill was far from ordinary.
When he started to cultivate his Yang Qi, he would be able to use his liquefied Yang Qi to attack.
Contemplating for a while, Yang Kai decided to cultivate the True Yuan Secret Art.
Firstly, he had no other alternatives; due to the lack of contribution points, he was unable to obtain any Cultivation Technique from the Main Gate. Secondly, it was because he had great confidence in anything that came from the black book. The skills obtained from the Main Gate might not even be comparable to the True Yuan Secret Art.
As for the training environment, it wasn’t anything to be concerned about. The sun also had a Yang attribute, so as long as there was sunlight, he would be able to cultivate the True Yuan Secret Art. However, the efficiency would be quite low.
After all, the sun had to shine over an enormous area of land and given it was providing this in the form of an equally large expanse of light. How much of this could a human possibly absorb?
With his decision finalised, Yang Kai walked out of his hut and found a patch of ground bathed in sunlight. Sitting down, he closed his eyes and imagined the path within his Meridians for the True Yuan Secret Art. Concentrating, he began to focus and control the thin strand of Yuan Qi within in his Dantian and direct it according to the path from the True Yuan Secret Art.
For everything, the beginning was the most difficult part; this saying was not wrong at all. Yang Kai could connect himself to that thin strand of Yuan Qi, but to take it and let it travel through his Meridians was difficult beyond measure.
Under the blazing sun, he trained for the entire day and only increased the thin strand of Yuan Qi by a tiny bit. Not to mention, the travelling speed of his Yuan Qi was as slow as a turtle. But in the end, it was the first time he attempted it; so, the results had already left Yang Kai to be very pleased.
This was a cumulative type of training and was not something that could be completed overnight. But in regards to this, Yang Kai was in no way lacking patience.
After three days of hard work, Yang Kai finally managed to guide his Yuan Qi from his Dantian to his chest Meridian. With a single thought, the small and considerably weak strand of Yuan Qi surged up from within his chest and surged around his chestal acupoint.
Following the black book, he knew he must first establish his Origin of Yang. This was the first step to cultivating the True Yuan Secret Art.
The Origin of Yang had no other use apart from assisting him in sensing the Yang Qi around him. All in all, Yang Kai’s strength was far too low and he still had yet to form his own Divine Sense, thus he was completely unable to probe the area around him to find a dense Yang Qi area.
However, with his Origin of Yang established this would no longer be a problem. As long as this was created, then within a certain area, he would be able to pick up even the faintest hints of Yang Qi.
With his strand of Yuan Qi moving non-stop within his chest area, Yang Kai’s face became tense; he could not allow the slightest carelessness. To form his Origin of Yang was a very complicated and meticulous task if there were any errors in the forming process than all his previous work would go down the drain and Yang Kai would need to start over again.
One hour passed, two hours passed and Yang Kai who had been sitting under the sun the entire time was soaked from head to toe in his sweat. Given the length of time he had been sweating for his body naturally began to show signs of dehydration; his lips had even turned pale, but Yang Kai’s face remained firm. He continued to spur that strand of Yuan Qi to revolve around his chest acupoint with no signs of irritability or discouragement.
Without knowing how much time had passed, Yang Kai suddenly felt a strange sensation from his chest and a piercing pain followed like a red-hot iron had been pressed to his skin.
Abruptly, Yang Kai opened his eyes and clenched his teeth.
This pain came fast and left just as fast. It only occurred for the time it took you to blink, then his chest returned to normal. In fact, it even felt cool and refreshed, but his brain was still reeling from the severe pain and wouldn’t allow him to forget about it that easily.
Faintly, Yang Kai felt that something external had appeared in his chest, but when he looked down there was nothing there.
[Has the Origin of Yang been formed?] Creasing his eyebrows, Yang Kai began to contemplate. [The Origin should have been successfully formed, but I can’t see it physically.] [If the Origin of Yang had been formed, then it should have some reaction with the Yang Qi. But why is it that there doesn’t seem to be anything? Could it be that in this area, there was no dense Yang Qi?]Keeping this thought in mind, Yang Kai stood up and walked towards the centre of High Heaven Pavilion. As he walked, he paid careful attention to any movement within his chest.
He hadn’t been walking for long when a warm feeling spread out from his chest. Yang Kai’s expression jolted in surprise!
It seems that this was the case. The Origin of Yang had been successfully formed and the reason why it had displayed no reaction earlier was that there was hardly any Yang Qi around. Now there was a reaction, it meant that there was the area with dense Yang Qi in the vicinity.
Yang Kai’s face revealed his excitement, in order to cultivate the True Yuan Secret Art, there were very harsh requirements. If the density of Yang Qi was high, then the speed you would be able to cultivate would also be faster. Looking back at how Yang Kai had relied on the sun’s Yang Qi, the speed would inherently be slow due to the low density.
Follow his Origin of Yang’s perception, Yang Kai madly ran and soon entered a room.
As soon as he entered, a very familiar voice sounded: “Eh, little Yang Kai, why did you come over here at such a time?”
Lifting up his head, Yang Kai saw that it was Treasurer Meng behind his counter looking at him strangely.
I turned out that this place was the Contribution Hall!
Glancing at Treasure Meng, then glancing over at the back hall, Yang Kai rolled his eyes! The origin of the Yang qi was clear, it was most definitely originating from something Yang attributed in the Contribution Hall’s stock.
But……but this was the Contribution Hall, so if he wanted that object, then he could only obtain it by exchanging contribution points for it. Yang Kai’s current balance was zero, for all of his points had been exchanged for the Three Leaved Chaos Spirit Flower and the Dead Jedi Tree Grass herbs!
Understanding this point, Yang Kai became very disappointed. He didn’t even bother to answer Treasurer Meng’s question and only lowered his head dejectedly and trudged out.
“What’s your problem?” Old man Meng also became gloomy.
Walking aimlessly around High Heaven Pavilion, the Origin of Yang would occasionally have a reaction and lead him to Yang Qi dense areas. But these Yang Qi dense areas were either a domain of powerful person or they were already in someone’s bag.
Yang Kai even thought about disguising himself to steal the Yang filled object from them, but when he looked at his small and weak physique, and then looked at their strength, Yang Kai could only dispel such thoughts.
Although he was unable to obtain these Yang attributed treasures, Yang Kai was not left without some gain. Through his many experiments and constant use, Yang Kai’s Origin of Yang could now sense any Yang Qi within five hundred feet of himself.
Once his search range reached the distance of five hundred feet, he could no longer increase it. It was probably related to his own strength. Once he stepped into the next stage, this area would most likely increase again.
After two or three hours of walking hurriedly around High Heaven Pavilion, Yang Kai had almost visited all the places, apart from some forbidden areas. Yang Kai had come up with no results, but thinking back, anything that the Origin of Yang could sense was most likely quite valuable. [Since they were so valuable, I doubt that I could manage to find one just lying on the ground right?] Yang Kai thought of his initial childish optimism to be too hilarious.
[Should I just make another trip to Black Wind Mountains? The mountain range should have some Yang attributed items right?]Just as he was considering the feasibility of this idea, the Origin of Yang within his chest heated up again. As though he was following his Origin of Yang almost by reflex, Yang Kai began walking in that direction.
After walking for a short while, an enormous ravine appeared in front of Yang Kai; it literally stretched across the heavens and earth. A powerful gale blew towards him as if it was greeting him, nearly knocking him over in the process.
Turning around and lifting up his head Yang Kai stared blankly ahead.
[How could it be here?] The channel in front of him was a thousand meter wide and appeared almost bottomless; it was one of the most mysterious and dangerous places in High Heaven Pavilion – Coiling Dragon Stream! [Now that think about it, the very existence of this mountain stream was very strange…] This was because High Heaven Pavilion wasn’t even located in a mountain range, but rather on a flat piece of land. Although it was called a mountain stream, it would be more suitable to call Coiling Dragon Stream a giant crack in the earth itself. It was just that this crack; was a bit too big.Coiling Dragon Stream was the most forbidden place of all the forbidden places in High Heaven Pavilion! This is because once you entered, fierce winds blew. A single moment’s carelessness could cause you to slip and fall, plummeting to your death.
This place was also where exiled or traitorous Disciples were sent. In the past several hundred years, whenever a Disciple committed an unforgivable act, they would be given a few rations and exiled to Coiling Dragon Stream.
This made Yang Kai extremely confused. For if a Disciple really committed an unforgivable act, wouldn’t it better to immediately execute them rather than exiling them? Giving them a few rations and abandoning them there is equal to death itself.
Of course, apart from being the place where traitorous Disciples were exiled, it was also the number one choice for lovers to commit suicide.
There were many such stories floating around High Heaven Pavilion. These stories were certainly tear jerking and heart-wrenching. They were about lovers who came to Coiling Dragon Stream to die once their partner had perished.
In the school, each male Disciple would tell one or two of these stories when they were chasing after girls. If they could make these beautiful females cry, then they would then use their broad and warm chest to comfort these crying females.
You couldn’t know how many hearts were stirred by these heart-wrenching stories, but nevertheless, they were all kept in the hearts of the male Disciples when pursuing love!
In regards to the information Yang Kai held on Coiling Dragon Stream, he reviewed it once more in his mind. Slowly, he took a few steps forward and looked ahead in doubt.
[How could there be Yang Qi inside? Not to mention that this reaction was different from all the previous reactions. This time it indicated there was a very strong concentration of Yang Qi and it is also slowly drifting upwards.] Even though he was standing next to this place, Yang Kai could still sense a small warm feeling from the open air.This warm feeling was not from the sun, it was several folds purer than the sun’s energy.
Thinking for a while, Yang Kai ended up simply sitting down on the ground and diligently started to absorb the energy, disregarding the reason for the dense concentration of energy. To cultivate the True Yang Secret Art, the more concentrated the Yang Qi was in the area, the quicker he would be able to cultivate it.
Since his current amount of Yuan Qi was very small, the transfer speed of his True Yang Secret Art was also slow, but with all this Yang Qi to aid him; his speed should be greatly increased.
The sun had set and it was now evening, even without the sun’s Yang Qi, Yang Kai could sense that his efficiency was much higher than it had been the past few days.
With his cultivation, he had unexpectedly cultivated the entire night away. It was only the next morning, that Yang Kai opened his eyes and inspected his progress.
Cultivating with Yang Qi and without Yang Qi, it was truly different. Although he had previously trained under the sun’s light, it took him three entire days to produce that one small bit of Yuan Qi. But with just one night’s cultivation, he had already achieved the same result that took three days’ worth of cultivation; such results had truly left him speechless.
The amount of Yuan Qi within him had also increased; it was no longer like a flickering flame caught in a storm.
Also, with the increase of his Yuan Qi, his control over it had improved.
Since it was the start of a new day, Yang Kai didn’t continue but instead stood up to practice his half an hour of Tempered Body Record Training.
Next to Coiling Dragon Stream, Yang Kai sweated profusely. Although he had trained the entire night, he didn’t consume much stamina, and his mental health was bursting with vigour.
After he completed his Tempered Body Record Training, he quickly went to complete his daily sweeping. Afterwards, he hurried (bounced back happily) back to Coiling Dragon Stream.
Since he had just about consumed his stock of his Three Left Chaos Spirit Flower and Dead Jedi Tree Grass, the incense burner was temporarily unusable. That left him with only one option of training.
Originally, Yang Kai had wanted to go and find Su Mu’s group and challenge them to a duel, but it was very strange. Ever since that night, Su Mu’s group of people had vanished into thin air, never to be seen in High Heaven Pavilion again.
Although Yang Kai had some problems with them, it wasn’t to the point of utter hatred and revenge seeking. And his finding them to battle was only to find some entertainment whilst also verifying his growth. So he wasn’t offended over their night raid.
If he was bullied, as long as he gained enough strength, he would retaliate and make them suffer so as to never to have the idea to come and bully him again.
Sitting down next to Coiling Dragon Stream and ignoring the blistering cold wind, strong enough to blow a human away, Yang Kai closed his eyes and concentrated. Slowly, the Yuan Qi within his Meridians surged and started to circulate.
The circulation of his Yuan Qi felt like it was pulling out a mysterious inner power. This caused all of the pores in his body to open up and suck in the Yang Qi in the air into his body; like a kitten who had just smelt a delicious fishy scent.
His entire body heated up like he was bathing in hot water, making Yang Kai feel extremely comfortable.
Two days flew past in a blink of an eye and Yang Kai’s work has been very rewarding.
After these two days of cultivation, the Yuan Qi inside of Yang Kai had expanded greatly. And within this Yuan Qi was a small ball of flaming Yang energy.
This was a distinct characteristic of cultivating the True Yang Secret Art. Since the Yuan Qi within him grew by absorbing Yang energy, it would naturally be Yang attributed.
Yang Kai didn’t know the average amount of Yuan Qi that someone in Tempered Body Seventh Stage would have but at the very least, they shouldn’t have as much as him. Although the accumulation speed was slow, the True Yang Secret Art allowed him to absorb the Yang Qi around him. Just how many Cultivation Techniques allowed one to do such a thing?
After Yang Kai finished his training, he slowly opened his eyes.
Over the past few days, the accumulated Yang Qi had gradually become denser and the warm; the feeling in his meridians had also become more distinct. Yang Kai felt that the absorbed Yang Qi would soon reach its limit.
Once he had absorbed enough to reach the limit, the Yang Qi would condense into a liquid state. This liquid Yang Qi would then be stored within his Dantian. This drop of Yang Qi could be then used in battle, giving him access to unimaginable power, causing Yang Kai to anticipate such a time in the future.
Opening his eyes, Yang Kai prepared to adjust his posture when, from his peripheral visions, he caught sight of a person standing not too far away from him. His expression changed. Since he had been so immersed in his training, he hadn’t sense that person approach; leaving Yang Kai to wonder when they had arrived.
The person was standing off to the side and was wearing a cyan robe. His sleeves were elegant and he was tall with a straight stature, white hair, a moustache and a thin wispy goatee hung down from his chin. Looking at him his age should be about the same as the Contribution Hall’s Treasurer Meng, but their auras were vastly different.
At first glance, Yang Kai felt that his brain had up and gone with the wind. This person’s aura and Treasurer Meng’s lecherous hoodlum attitude starkly contrasted each other. When compared together, one was up in the heavens and the other was down in the earth.
Currently, one of the man’s hands was behind his back while the other one was stroking his beard while he stood over there gazing down into Coiling Dragon Stream. His gaze was very strange; it was so strange that it was even strangely complex.
[This man was must be a wise sage, while also being an excellent martial elder!] With this in mind, Yang Kai quickly stood up and called out the standard Disciple greeting: “Disciple Yang Kai has seen this Senior.”Surprised by Yang Kai’s voice, the elderly man casually turned around and kindly looked over. Nodding his head, he replied, “En!”
“How should this Disciple address you?” Although he knew that this person was a powerful person in High Heaven Pavilion, he had never met him before. It was natural to ask, so as to avoid mixing up the seniority rankings and address him incorrectly.
Muttering to himself, the elderly man’s eyebrows knitted together as if Yang Kai had asked him an exceedingly difficult question. After a good, while he spoke, “You can just address me as the Eleventh Elder.”
[Eleventh Elder?] This caused Yang Kai to become slightly suspicious. Although there were a few elders in High Heaven Pavilion, there couldn’t be an Eleventh Elder. But since this person was his senior and he wished to be called that, then Yang Kai could only comply. Immediately he paid his respects. “This Disciple greets the Eleventh Elder.”The Eleventh Elder smiled and his expression became kinder, gently he asked: “Are you practicing your Cultivation Techniques?”
“Yes.” Yang Kai nodded his head.
“And it’s a Yang attributed martial skill?”
“Yes.” The opposite party’s strength was definitely not weak, otherwise, how could he sense Yang Kai absorbing the Yang Qi to cultivate?
“How’s your progress?”
“It has only been a few days since I started practicing so the progress is not bad.”
Eleventh Elder once again asked a few more questions and Yang Kai responded to each one, with his heart slightly moved. This Elder was very amiable and gentle, since he treated such a low leveled Disciple with such care, easily allowing one to have a good impression of him.
With great care, Yang Kai thought of a question to ask. “Eleventh Elder, after practicing for a couple of days, there is something this Disciple doesn’t understand.”
“Oh, say it so that I may hear it.” The elders’ spirit was suddenly peaked.
“Why is there Yang Qi rising out from below Coiling Dragon Stream?”
Laughing for a bit, Eleventh Elder replied. “The answer would be that there is a Yang attributed treasure located down there.”
Yang Kai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, for this, he could naturally guess. He just had no idea as to what that treasure was.
“Do you know how this Coiling Dragon Stream was formed?” Eleventh Elder suddenly asked a random question.
Although Yang Kai didn’t know the senior’s intention he could only shake his head.
Gazing towards Coiling Dragon Stream, the Eleventh Elder calmly said: “This was created by a someone’s sword strike.”
Yang Kai’s heart shook as though he was struck by lightning! Coiling Dragon Stream exceeded at least a couple of thousand meters in length! It was unfathomably deep yet it was unexpectedly created by someone’s sword strike? If it had been another person who had told him this, he wouldn’t have believed them. However the person who had told was the Eleventh Elder, and there wouldn’t be any reason for him to lie to him.
But, what type of person was able to create such a rift with a single sword strike? And what level of cultivation had this person reached?
“Several hundred years ago, this was not High Heaven Pavilion.” The elder’s eyes grew distant and seemed to contain a hidden depth, his voice became lower.
Yang Kai knew that this senior was going to reveal some secret or hidden affair, and held his breath in rapt attention, staring intently at the elder.
“Back then, when the founder passed through this land, he met a profound monster by chance. Here, those two fought a great battle. The details of the battle, no one knows, but towards the end, the intelligence of that monster wasn’t low, he took out a sword.” As he narrated the story, the Eleventh Elder also was using his hands to gesture around the east and west directions of Coiling Dragon Stream. “With one strike for the sword Coiling Dragon Stream was created! The monster then escaped inside, with the founder pursuing closely behind. With great effort and suffering and equal hardship, the founder managed to kill and behead that monster!”
“But that monster’s strength was too profound and when he died, his spirit vanished into thin air. However the founder was not relieved, so he founded High Heaven Pavilion here and guarded Coiling Dragon Stream for some years. Once he confirmed that nothing associated with the monsters spirit would arise again, he floated up and left. This is the origin of High Heaven Pavilion.
“Coiling Dragon Stream has already existed for a few hundred years, and its bottom is so deep that it is pitch black, unreachable even by the sun’s light. After the founder left many Disciples who broke the school’s rules were sent there, which resulted in the rare birth of a Yang attributed treasure, from which you have been absorbing Yang Qi.”
Nodding his, Yang Kai asked doubtfully: “Eleventh Elders purpose of coming here is also to go and see this treasure?”
“Me?” The Eleventh Elder’s expression became queer and shook his head. “I didn’t come here for the treasure, but instead to meet someone.”
“Meet someone?”
Laughing he replied, “As I’ve grown older, I find that I speak out more often. Let us end our conversation here for now and you should continue to diligently practice. But, do not have any ideas about descending down there. There are many dangers down there, and even I do not dare to go down there casually.”
As he had finished speaking, the Eleventh Elder left. Yang Kai’s heart and mind were both touched, he was left with a lot of doubts and unanswered questions but he could only keep them to himself.
Calming his mind down, Yang Kai continued the circulation of his True Yang Secret Art. Now, when he used his True Yang Secret Art, the absorption speed of Yang Qi was many folds quicker than it had been in the previous few days.
A few hours later, Yang Kai felt that his Meridians were bursting, even his Dantian was packed to the brim. It was like eating too much during a meal, so much so that you felt like your stomach was bursting.
Was it at the limit? Yang Kai was not surprised, and steeling his resolve he continued.
Half an hour later, his meridians and Dantian suddenly became light and that bursting feeling he had earlier disappeared without a trace. All of his Yuan Qi had charged into his Dantian and compressed into a scorching hot liquid which slowly formed into a single drop. When that drop entered his Dantian, Yang Kai heard the light sound of water dripping.
[A drop of Yang Liquid! I’ve finally formed a drop of Yang Liquid!]Although his current training was not enough for him to develop his Divine Sense, Yang Kai could still distinctly feel that drop of Yang Liquid within his Dantian. With a single thought, the drop of Yang Liquid begins to move.
This Yang Liquid could be used in battle, but Yang Kai had yet to test it out. In the end, the black book’s explanation was not enough, so he needed test it out first hand to gauge its true potential.
Although he had suffered many days of hardships to reach this point, with the creation of this singular drop of Yang Liquid, Yang Kai felt contented. With a heart filled with excitement, he settled down and cultivated most of the night away.
During the latter part of the night, Yang Kai opened his eyes and stopped cultivating.
For these past few days, he had constantly skipped his meals and gone without sleep. Although this had brought about great results in regards to his cultivation, it had placed a great strain on his body. In order to cultivate well, you must do all things in moderation in order to avoid long-term dangers.
Standing up, he patted his bottom clean of dirt and walked lightly back to his wooden hut.
When he arrived, the door to his wooden hut was ajar, alerting Yang Kai. When he had left, he distinctly remembered that he had closed the door.
Cautiously he walked over and softly pushed open the door. Peering inside, the scene that awaited him momentarily stunned Yang Kai. It was like it had been taken directly out of a painting, something from a dream or fantasy. It was that otherworldly.
Inside his wooden hut, there was supposed to be only his bed inside. But now, on his bed slept a person; more specifically a woman.
With the moonlight pouring into the room via the hole in the roof it fell onto the female asleep on the bed. With the moonlight illuminating the room, Yang Kai saw that both her hands were folded neatly and were placed on her stomach and her well-rounded chest moved up and down rhythmically in tune with her breaths. Under the moonlight, the neck and skin of the lady was as white as sparkling ice, it was accompanied by silky, onyx black hair that spread out around her head. Her shoulders made her seem delicate and fragile, while her earlobes excluded a kind of temptation.
Because she was laying down, her slim legs, her slender waist, and her beautiful body were fully displayed to Yang Kai. He couldn’t see her face due to the cicada thin veil she wore, but on her sleek forehead, there rested a blue gem. This was the only piece of jewelry she wore and although it was not that expensive, he thought it perfectly complimented and highlighted her frosty and pure aura.
The hazy moonlight illuminating the room seemed to enhance her beauty as well.
She looked as if she was an immortal from the Moon Palace, for from head to toe, there was not a single flaw to be seen and not a single part of her didn’t emit a divine aura. She lay there comfortably as if she would never wake. Unable to make sense of the situation, Yang Kai’s heart rate soared to the high heavens.
Usually, Yang Kai wasn’t an emotional person, but this picturesque scene moved him greatly. Even if tens of years passed, he would never forget this scene.
Curious, Yang Kai cautiously walked over, forcibly suppressing his breathing and heart rate, afraid that they might wake her.
Drawing closer to the bedside, the distance between them was now very short, Yang Kai hurriedly observed the situation. He discovered that it was the same as his guess; this female was the same female Disciple that had nearly bumped into him outside the Contribution Hall the other day.
It was just that her aura that day was completely different to the one she was exuding here and now, currently, she exuded a divine and untouchable aura. That day, she appeared shy and timid, with a fresh and adorable feel. Raising his head, Yang Kai took a look towards the hole in the roof and chuckled softly. These past few days the holes that he had never gotten a chance to fix had unexpectedly become very handy.
This series of small laughs alarmed Xia Ning Chang who was currently lying on the bed. By the time Yang Kai lowered his head; the sleeping senior sister had long since woken and was staring at him with wide eyes.
That pair of bright eyes first held some confusion before becoming flustered and embarrassed. In the blink of an eye, Xia Ning Chang’s earlobes had become bright red.
Luckily it was night, and although there was moonlight illuminating the hut, Yang Kai still couldn’t see too clearly thus allowing Xia Ning Chang escape embarrassment.
The two people eyed each other, one on the bed and the other beside it.
Yang Kai’s belly was full of suspicions; meanwhile, Xia Ning Chang wished that she could slap herself unconscious and escape an awkward situation. Her heart was a mess; she did not think that she would be so careless and fall asleep here.
“Ke, Ke……” Yang Kai coughed lightly, and tried very hard to make himself appear somewhat good natured as he asked, “Senior Sister, how should I address you by?”
It was unclear whether it was it due to the current mood or situation, but when Yang Kai asked that question, it didn’t seem quite right. Especially, when a young male and female were together on the same bed, in a room at night.
The question asked was like him asking, “How should I call this prostitute/concubine.”
A hundred percent tasteless.
Xia Ning Chang’s face was as red as blood, but she calmly rose up from a lying position sat upright on the bed. Reaching out her hand, she went to tidy her hair before saying, “My surname is Xia……”
Xia Ning Chang did not have the nerve to give her full name, for today she felt that she had lost too much face.
“So it’s actually Senior Sister Xia. What can I do for you, Senior Sister Xia?”
If there was nothing she needs from him then why would this deity like female come to his hut to look for him?
Under Yang Kai’s questioning, Xia Ning Chang remembered her original purpose and hurriedly took out a package from her side. With her emotions calmed, she explained. “This afternoon, there was a hunter from Black Wind Mountains who came to find you. He waited until sundown, but you had yet to appear. I saw that he was in a hurry to return home, so I went to talk to him. That hunter said that he was very grateful to you for saving his life and asked me to pass on this package to you, and he also said that in the future he would come to personally thank you.”
Hearing her say this, Yang Kai was left at a loss for words for he knew who that person was.
The hunter from the mountains! Last time when he had entered Black Wind Mountains, he had saved both the father and son’s lives.
Reaching out, Yang Kai accepted the package. Nodding his head, he exclaimed, “Oh so it was like this.”
Secretly, Xia Ning Chang raised her eyes and glanced over at him and asked. “I was entrusted with something of yours, and had waited nearly the whole day for you to come back, yet you……..”
And as she waited she fell asleep…..she didn’t have the guts to say that out loud. This was too frustrating for her and she had also unexpectedly fallen asleep in another’s bed.
Yang Kai, now fully understood today’s affair. He laughed out loud. “I have troubled you, Senior Sister, so next time I will make sure to come back earlier.”
Xia Ning Chang didn’t know if it was her own misconception or if the other party had purposely phrased it like that. No matter what, it sounded weird, like a husband promising his wife something.
Nibbling her lip, Xia Ning Chang replied with some dissatisfaction. “It doesn’t matter if you come late or early, the package has already been handed over to you. I shall take my leave now.”
Finishing her sentence, with the swaying of her hips and the stomping of her foot, her figure soon disappeared, leaving only a sweet fragrance behind in the room and around a particular person’s nose.
This Senior Sister Xia really was too shy.
Thinking about that scene, Yang Kai felt a warm feeling. Turning around, Yang Kai went to open the package left behind by the hunter. Opening it, Yang Kai found that it contained two cyan coloured long gowns.
These gowns were hand made stitch by stitch, thread by thread and the needlework was dense and clustered; the handiwork was very meticulous. Yang Kai concluded that it was the hunter’s wife who had made these gowns.
[The hunter has such a kind heart!] Last time when he was battling the Flower Patterned Spider, his clothes had been shredded to pieces. And it was because of that, the hunter had come today to deliver two sets of clothes for him to wear.With a smile on his face, Yang Kai put the clothes away and lay on to the bed. The night was calm and with it, he entered a soothing deep slumber.
The next day, Yang Kai was awoken by a light knocking on his door.
By the time he had crawled out of bed and opened the door, there was nobody outside. But in the distance, a familiar body figure could be seen rapidly running away.
It was Li Yun Tian!
[What is this guy up to?] Perplexed, Yang Kai didn’t know what to think until he noticed a letter had been placed on his doorstep. Opening the letter, he read the contents and was unsure whether to laugh or cry.There were a few words written on the letter but they were written in blood.
“Dear Senior Brother, long time no see. I hope that Senior Brother would be generous enough to comply with this Junior Brother’s wishes and come to Black Wind Forest.”
Bright red these words were, there could be no doubt these words were written in blood. He just didn’t know whether it was chicken blood or a person’s blood; however, Yang Kai was certain it was not Su Mu’s blood.
On the back, there was another row of words and these were far more crude and vulgar than the first message.
“If you have the guts, then come!”
These couple of words conveyed the great arrogance of the writer, clearly displaying the extreme hatred the writer had while simultaneously acting as a provocation.
It was probably because Su Mu was afraid that his invitation would be rejected by Yang Kai, so he added an extra sentence on the back to attempt to provoke him into action. Young people were often hot-blooded and Su Mu had experienced this many times already. He was already long used to this and was very experienced with regards to using it to his advantage.
Scrunching up the bloody letter in his hand, Yang Kai shook his head.
In regards to Su Mu’s provocation, Yang Kai didn’t take it too seriously. Perhaps Su Mu really had some grudge against him, but Yang Kai was different; his mentality was different, his goal was different. With regards to these types of small scale issues, Yang Kai only treated them as an opportunity to measure his development and aid him in his training.
Although the first few meetings between him and Su Mu were unpleasant affairs, through his constant interactions with him later, Yang Kai had discovered that Su Mu wasn’t really that bad. He just had a major dandyism issues.
If you were to develop good relations with this type of person, then they would treat you really well. But if you were to become enemies, they would become like maggots on rotting bones, pestering you to no end.
These past few days, he hadn’t seen a hint of Su Mu’s group; they were probably hiding from him. He didn’t know why they suddenly wanted to duel him again and came running over to issue a letter of challenge.
Originally, Yang Kai didn’t want to pay too much attention to Su Mu, but when he was doing his daily sweeping, he thought about the challenge and decided to go.
Su Mu was undoubtedly a petty person and had chosen to ignore the Main Gate’s rules with regards to issuing a challenge and instead used a letter to issue his challenge. He probably intended to make his fight a group one rather than an individual one as per the Main Gate’s rules.
The selected location also raised many questions. Black Wind Forest was located at the base of the Black Wind Mountains, it was a pine forest and as such a great place to dispose of a person.
Although the group of people who hung out with Su Mu didn’t number that many, only Su Mu had reached the Tempered Body Ninth Stage. Li Yun Tian, who was at the Tempered Body Eleventh Stage, while the rest were either in the Fifth or Sixth Stages. Yang Kai didn’t know whether or not he could win, but he really needed a proper battle in order to fully understand his current progress. Not the kind of fight that Disciples in High Heaven Pavilion usually held!
Currently, Su Mu was personally waiting on High Heaven Pavilion’s road towards the Black Wind Forest, not a single person was hidden in ambush. He stood there valiantly and eluded and aura filled with vigour.
When he thought about his failure a few nights ago, his fully unconscious embarrassing state, Su Mu’s face became really ugly. That night, he didn’t even know what had happened, his entire gang of Brothers who had come with him to Yang Kai’s small wooden hut suddenly fainted. It had happened all too suddenly and mysteriously.
It wasn’t until the next morning, that they managed to wake up. Although it was summer and sleeping outside wouldn’t do them any harm, there were still a lot of mosquitoes. When they woke up, everybody felt like a couple of hundred bumps had formed all over their bodies; an unfathomable amount of mosquitoes had bitten them and drank their blood while they dreamt.
The following couple of days, Su Mu’s group had all been bedridden and were in an extremely weakened state.
After they had healed, all the Disciple Su Mu had taken under his wing had run away from High Heaven Pavilion. If they couldn’t afford to offend Yang Kai, then why couldn’t they run away instead?
Yesterday when he was informed that Li Yun Tian had learned his first martial skill, Su Mu’s flame of revenge was once again ignited. So he sent Li Yun Tian to give Yang Kai a challenge letter with the fight to be held in Black Wind forest.
The reason why this duel wasn’t held in High Heaven Pavilion was because Su Mu didn’t have a lot of faith in Li Yun Tian. If Li Yun Tian were to once again lose to Yang Kai miserably, then the remaining people would flock to spectate. What Main Gate rules, to hell with the rules, for he only wanted to beat Yang Kai until he looked like a pig. If he couldn’t release this resentment within him, then he would surely lose his head.
Just as he was thinking about this, Li Yun Tian hurriedly rushed over.
“Did you deliver it?” Su Mu asked, a fierce light in his eyes.
“En.”
“Good, then let’s wait for that bastard to come.”
There he waited, but no matter how long he waited, Yang Kai did not appear. Su Mu’s face showed his impatience as he paced about before finally asking, “Could it be that, that bastard didn’t have the courage to come here?”
Just as he swore, Li Yun Tian cried out abruptly. “Young master Su, someone is walking over here.”
*Eh?* His mind shook, for he thought that Yang Kai had really come over in search of death. When he went to look, the person who was walking over was not Yang Kai.
“Young master Su, those are people from the Storm House.” Li Yun Tian reported as he continued to observe the approaching group. “And the lead person seems to be Cheng Shao Feng!”
“Cheng Shao Feng?” Su Mu’s expression became cold as he turned his head to look at the incoming group. It really was Storm House’s Cheng Shao Feng who was leading a group of people, they arrogantly approach Su Mu.
“Young master Su, do you want to take a walk and avoid them?” Li Yun Tian asked hesitatingly, for he knew that between Su Mu and that Cheng Shao Feng, there was some history. Both of them were cultivators at the peak of the Tempered Body Stage and had crossed paths many times over these past years, with about the same amount of wins and losses belonging to each. If they were to meet right now, there would certainly be some friction.
“Avoid? Why should we avoid them?!” Su Mu coldly responded. “What qualifications does he have to make this lord move for him?”
Li Yun Tian didn’t reply, for he knew that this matter was related to one’s face for these two. Su Mu was a very proud person, how could he possibly move aside for another? But the number of people in the opposite party was not small, so if they really started to fight then his side would suffer.
As they were speaking, Cheng Shao Feng had already spotted them from afar, and his expression immediately became cheery and he said some things to the people following behind him. Their pace noticeably hastened.
Not long after, the two parties met up with each other. Although Su Mu’s group was occupying the road that leads to Black Wind Forest, this road was a four-way intersection that also leads to the residences of Storm House and the Blood Battle Gang. It also continued through to reach High Heaven Pavilion and its various buildings.
With the positioning of Su Mu’s group, it was equivalent to blocking Cheng Shao Feng’s path.
“I didn’t know who it was that dared to block my way, but it turns out it was actually Su Mu!” Walking up, Cheng Shao Feng looked down at Su Mu in contempt while sizing him up. His voice was slightly mystifying.
Su Mu just rolled his eyes and continued to stand there with a back as straight as a javelin stick. He wasn’t even in the mood to bother with him.
This blatant disregard made Cheng Shao Feng somewhat displeased.
“*Ge, ge, ge,* Younger Brother Cheng, they seem to be ignoring you.” A tender voice sounded, it was pleasant to hear, but gave one an unrestrained feeling.
Following the sound of the voice, Su Mu looked over to see a lovely looking young lady standing behind Cheng Shao Feng. This young lady wore a loose jacket with a hint of her pink shoulder showing while emitting a porcelain doll-like aura. Her skirt barely covered her bottom, revealing half of her moons, her white legs were also revealed and her jade-like feet were enclosed in a pair of wooden shoes. Small and exquisite jewel-like sparkling fingers were accompanied by a pair of seductive eyes.
The young lady and Su Mu’s ages weren’t that far apart, but the way she walked seductively swayed her hips made her seemed more mature than she already was. Not to mention those seductive bursts of vivaciousness coming from her chest, causing those that see it become faint-headed.
At such a young age, she already had the air of a mature woman but this air had yet to fully develop, so it seemed a bit unnatural.
“Hu Mei Er!” When he saw this young lady, Su Mu’s expression couldn’t help but change, his mouth widened into a smile, and his gaze swept across her body. Unconsciously, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Even Su Mu had reacted to such a degree, let alone others with less self-control like Li Yun Tian.
Every pair of eyes were like the eyes of dragonflies and locusts, glued onto Hu Mei Er’s body. As they stared at that well-developed figure, their breathing gradually became ragged and their shameful inner selves were revealed. Although throughout the lands, pretty boys and girls were not scarce, those of exceptional beauty like Hu Mei Er were exceedingly rare. Not to mention, she was only a fifteen-sixteen-year-old girl and still had skin so tender it was out of reach even for those using the latest skin creams, which just added lethality to her body’s killing power.
Li Yun Tian and the others were boys still in puberty, adding to that their vigorous Qi when they saw such a stimulating scene, their reaction was imaginable.
But the various reactions of the boys from the High Heaven’s Pavilion didn’t enrage or disgust Hu Mei Er, to the contrary, she seemed to enjoy their reactions. Placing her hand cutely on her mouth, she spoke. “It seems that Younger Brother Su recognizes this Older Sister.”
Su Mu coughed a bit and forced himself to straighten up his expression. With his face a bit red he replied, “Naturally I recognize you.”
Cheng Shao Feng was the leader of the Tempered Body practitioners at Storm House, while this Hu Mei Er was the leader for them in the Blood Battle Gang. Furthermore, this female’s personal status was not ordinary; she was the daughter of the Sect Master of Blood Battle Gang.
It was just that she was infamous. Especially with the Sect Master of Blood Battle Gang, Hu Man, not being controlling over her, and allowed her to act however she wished. Although Hu Mei Er was still young, the number of people that she controlled was vast.
Only today, the reason why she was walking with Cheng Shao Feng was a mystery. Could it be, that he had also come under her wing?
Thinking of that, Su Mu became envy died out. Previously he had been envious over Cheng Shao Feng’s luck with women, but now he had been subdued by a woman.
When he thought about that, not only did a strange smile appear on Su’s face but when he glanced over to Cheng Shao Feng again, a look of contempt appeared on his face.
His gaze made Cheng Shao Feng extremely uncomfortable, while the High Heaven Pavilion people’s eyes were still glued on Hu Mei Er’s body spinning around in circles Su Mu was staring at him, and placed him in a bad mood. At that moment, he took a few steps forward and cut off their view of Hu Mei Er.
This seemingly casual movement, caused Hu Mei Er to purse her lips in amusement.
“Su Mu, tell your people to make way.” Cheng Shao Feng said with a gloomy face; he didn’t even bother to say a few words of courtesy.
Su Mu only sneered. “*Hehe* The great road goes to the sky, each one walks their own path. So how could we possibly be blocking your way?”
“Move aside!” Cheng Shao Feng replied with a hazy expression.
“What if I do not move aside?” A measure for a measure Su Mu asked, for the tension and friction between the two people was not the kind developed overnight. Due to this, they were each far too clear on each other’s methods, so what did Su Mu have to fear?
“Younger brother Cheng, younger brother Su standing here is nothing important, we can just take a detour. No one will judge you if you chose to do so.” Hu Mei Er suddenly butted in and spoke. It looked like she was trying to peacefully resolve the problem, but in reality, she was fanning the flames.
Su Mu secretly called her a slut, for this woman’s mind, really was too sinister. As soon as she became a member of Blood Battle Gang, she was all too eager for the animosity between High Heaven Pavilion and Storm House to reach the boiling point and for a fight to erupt.
As Cheng Shao Feng heard Hu Mei Er’s words, his originally hesitant expression instantly hardened and became decisive. Sneering at Su Mu, he warned. “If you don’t fuck off now, you will regret it!”
He purposely acted tough in front of Hu Mei Er. How could he back down now?
The corners of Hu Mei Er’s mouth twitched into a smile, while she watched the two people with a gaze full of interest while taking a few steps back in expectation.
“If you have the guts, come and try!” Su Mu laughed coldly back at Cheng Shao Feng, while Li Yun Tian and the others stepped up behind him.
“You brought this upon yourself!” Laughing maniacally, Cheng Shao Feng waved his arm ushering everybody behind him forward. “Charge!”
Following his firm yell, Cheng Shao Feng rushed out towards Su Mu and throwing out a fist at Su Mu’s face. Su Mu laughed and responded with a palm.
At the moment of the collision, Su Mu was pushed back a dozen or so steps before he managed to steady himself, while Cheng Shao Feng had a calm look. His body remained still.
“Did your cultivation breakthrough into the Initial Element Stage?” Su Mu’s face changed greatly, for when they had exchanged fists, the Yuan Qi that Su Mu felt from Cheng Shao Feng was stronger and denser than his own measly Tempered Body Ninth Stage Yuan Qi. This was clearly strength gained from breaking through to the Initial Element Stage.
Cheng Shao Feng continued to charge towards Su Mu, all the while smiling incessantly. “Su Mu, you and I started cultivating at the same time, but there are great differences between people. From now on you, Su Mu, can only follow I, Cheng Shao Feng’s steps. You can only eternally dream of surpassing me.”
Su Mu’s face became ashen with despair, his heart bitter and agonized. The feeling of defeat that Su Mu experienced from Cheng Shao Feng was many times worse than being defeated by Yang Kai. In a moment, Cheng Shao Feng had nearly reached him; turning his body around Su Mu didn’t dare get any ideas. Cultivators in Tempered Body Ninth Stage was strong, but it was clearly insufficient to defend against the strength of the Initial Element Stage of Cheng Shao Feng.
Before Yang Kai even arrived at Black Wind Forest, he could already hear the sounds of battle from afar. Mixed within the sounds, were the cursing and swearing of Li Yun Tian’s bunch, full of humiliation and mourning.
Straining his ears, he listened for a while; Yang Kai felt that something was amiss. It sounded like Su Mu’s group of people had met some type of trouble.
Coming to this conclusion, Yang Kai hastened his pace. When he arrived at that four-way intersection, he surprisingly found Su Mu bloody nosed and with a swollen face, lying on the ground. While a youngster sat on top of him while beating him, with Li Yun Tian and the others clustered around Su Mu. They used all their strength to protect themselves, but it was no use since the number of people on the opponent’s side was too great and their accumulated strength was vastly superior. The Disciples of High Heaven Pavilion were already preoccupied with battle, so how could they pay attention to Su Mu?
“Submit or not?” Cheng Shao Feng slammed one fist down onto Su Mu’s eye. Su Mu’s eye socket had already long since split apart, blood was dripping out.
“Submit to hell!” Su Mu spat out a thin streak of blood towards Cheng Shao Feng’s face.
“Submit or not?” He asked again while slamming another fist down, this time on Su Mu’s cheekbone area and causing it to swell up.
“I submit….I submit to your ancestors!” Su Mu was gasping for breath, yet he was still spitting out sharp phrases.
“Submit or not?”
“Submit to your grandmother’s butt!”
Cheng Shao Feng didn’t waste any more words, he just sent out a fist before asking “Submit or not?”. While Su Mu continuously replied with poisonous curse phrases, causing Cheng Shao Feng’s fists to become heavier and heavier, more and more vicious.
Yang Kai just stood afar, calmly observing the scene. He found out how much guts and courage Su Mu possessed and watching Su Mu like this reminded him of his old self when he met an enemy he couldn’t defeat; although their bodies were littered with wounds, they did not submit.
This was not being foolish, but being unyielding!
Originally, Yang Kai didn’t plan on interfering, and he didn’t know which person Su Mu had offended, subduing him without even room to retaliate.
But Su Mu’s current unyielding character made Yang Kai’s impression of him change.
At that moment, Cheng Shao Feng also became tired from the constant beating, although Su Mu was bloodied and his face swollen with broken eye sockets and his mouth full of blood, the utter contempt and despise in his face and eyes had not diminished at all.
Hu Mei Er once again timely butted in. “Younger brother Cheng, why don’t you spare him for younger brother Su has an unyielding character and this big sister just adores such types of people.”
As soon as this was said, Su Mu twisted his head around and swore out: “Shameless whore!”
Cheng Shao Feng sneered back. “*Hehe* An unyielding character? I also like it!”
As he said this, he casually picked up a stone off from the ground, a pointed it at Su Mu’s head.
Su Mu’s gazed back at Cheng Shao Feng with venomous eyes. Without batting an eye, he spat out! “Cheng Shao Feng! If you don’t kill this young master today, then this young master will never let it go!”
“You are still so foul-mouthed!” The last remaining bit of guilt Cheng Shao Feng possessed was now overshadowed by his rage, as he ruthlessly slammed the stone downwards. This time, if the stone managed to land on his head if Su Mu didn’t die, then at the very least he would be heavily injured.
“Young Master Su!” Li Yun Tian and the others cried out helplessly as they lay on the ground clutching their heads, they resigned themselves to their fate of having the Disciples from Storm House viciously kick their bodies,
A flash of amazement passed through Hu Mei Er’s eyes, her heart couldn’t help but throb continuously. It had only been a disagreement between Junior Disciples but for a Disciple to bash another’s brain in, was different, she hadn’t imagined that things would escalate to this level. If Su Mu really died here, with his status, then High Heaven Pavilion and Storm house would be at each other’s throats in enmity.
Everyone’s thoughts were different, but they were all conjugated at the stone in Cheng Shao Feng’s hand.
As they watched the stone slowly approach Su Mu’s face, an extremely thin hand suddenly shot forward and blocked the stone’s path. That hand didn’t seem all that strong, it even looked thinner than average, and as the tip of the stone collided with that hand, it split the hand open and a stream of blood gushed out.
With the stone’s path obstructed by that hand, it ensured that Su Mu suffered no further harm from it.
With this near fatal strike stopped, the tense hearts of Li Yun Tian and the others immediately released a breath of relief. Anxiously, they lifted up their heads, as they wanted to see who it was that had managed to stop that stone at such a crucial moment. But, when they saw that person’s face, their expressions turned into those of shock and embarrassment.
“Senior Brother Yang?” Li Yun Tian cried out, for out of all the possibilities, he would never have imagined that the saviour was, in fact, Yang Kai; the person they had previously planned to ambush and beat up. At that moment, Li Yun Tian was ashamed and unable to show his face.
The ruckus quickly settled down, the Storm House Disciples stopped their kicking, and the victims, the High Heaven Disciples, took the opportunity to recover.
Standing to the side, Hu Mei Er’s small mouth was left open. She was somewhat in shock as she stared at Yang Kai. She discovered that even though this thin figured young man’s hand was overflowing with blood, his brow hadn’t even crinkled nor had his expression changed from the pain. On the contrary, his face showed signs of excitement and anticipation, his pair of sparkling eyes held a savage glint.
Not knowing why Hu Mei Er suddenly felt that this person was dangerous.
*Drip drip………..drip drip……..*.
The dark red blood dripped down his fingers towards the ground, breaking the ensuing silence.
Cheng Shao Feng’s expression was concentrated fully on Yang Kai, coldly he asked, “Are you a Disciple from High Heaven Pavilion?”
“Yeah.” Yang Kai nodded while the familiar stabs of pain stimulated him further and made the blood throughout his body boil in excitement – itching to battle and causing him to be impatient as he tried to calm down the surges of adrenaline.
“What is your motive in meddling in other people’s business?” Cheng Shao Feng spoke with a condescending tone, while the other Storm House Disciples smiled arrogantly, and slowly enclose and trap Li Yun Tian and the others.
“Other people’s business?” Yang Kai grinned lazily, “I’ve already said that I was a Disciple of High Heaven Pavilion, so how is this considered meddling? Even if that doesn’t count, they still call me Senior.”
“Good, another one has delivered themselves.” Cheng Shao Feng heartily laughed: “Even Laozi, can’t bear to watch you High Heaven Pavilion Disciples!”
“Leave quickly Senior Yang!” Crawling on the ground, Li Yun Tian cried out loudly, “They have too many people so you aren’t their match, leave quickly…..”
Li Yun Tian was quite unfortunate, for his current position was closer to the Disciples from Storm House. And since he was making such a ruckus, a bored Storm House Disciple walked up and chopped down on his neck and silenced him.
While Cheng Shao Feng and Yang Kai were exchanging words, they were bickering with their words and also with that stone. Cheng Shao Feng forcibly used all his strength, but it was like the stone had grown hands, and was clutching onto Yang Kai’s hands.
Cheng Shao Feng had already reached the Initial Element Stage, while the figure in front of him was skinny and lanky; a simple breeze could blow him over and to top it off this High Heaven Pavilion Disciple was only at the Tempered Body level, there was no way such a person could win against him. This caused his mind to flare up in anger.
Immediately he released his hold and called out. “Beat him up for me!”
The surrounding Storm House Disciples heard the command and threw themselves towards Yang Kai. Promptly Yang Kai moved his body, still clutching the stone that was dyed blood red and threw the stone towards a nearby Storm House Disciple.
No matter what, Yang Kai’s fist couldn’t match up to a weapon, but even though he only held a stone, it was still mightier than a simple fist. Taking the opportunity, before the Storm House Disciple reached Yang Kai, he was assaulted viciously on the head by that stone. It cut open the side of his head, revealing the red flesh beneath, while he fell to the ground.
Even though he had hit a person, Yang Kai didn’t stop there. In fact, his movements became sharper and sharper. Like a hawk closing in on a rabbit, he did to same to another Storm House Disciple.
Yang Kai’s strikes were very fierce, and his methods cruel; far from what anyone could have imagined.
In an instant, he had dealt with four Storm House Disciples. Meanwhile, the stone had now crumbled to pieces. Throwing out another fist, the stone bits flew out like hidden weapons, dense and closely packed; the stone bits flew out in all directions.
A wave of miserable cries rang out from the Storm House Disciples clutching their cheeks, for no small number of people had been injured as they hissed and cried out in pain.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yang Kai threw out two more kicks and sent two more Disciples flying away, but he had also started to be drowned by the remaining people.
The number of Storm House Disciples was not a small number, and although Yang Kai had dispatched a couple of people, it was still difficult to match up against enemies from all four directions.
*Ping pang ping pang* the strikes collided, Yang Kai seemed to stumble, meanwhile a few more Storm House Disciples collapsed, their bodies scalding with red hot pain. The True Yang Secret Art that Yang Kai had cultivated had finally, at that moment displayed its might. All of his fists and kicks were enveloped in Yang Qi, so how could they, at the Tempered Body Sixth-Seventh Layers, resist?
Not to mention, these were only ordinary strikes that didn’t even utilise the Yang liquid. If he had used the Yang liquid, Yang Kai’s strength would be even more powerful. It was just that over these past few days, he had only condensed one drop of Yang liquid, so how could he bear to use it here?
The number of Storm House Disciples that were defeated by Yang Kai was no small amount, but he didn’t have an easy time either. After all, he was only at the Tempered Body Seventh Stage. Furthermore, he had yet to cultivate any bodily movement martial skills. How could he possibly avoid all of the attacks rain down upon him by this hoard of people?
Dripping down the side of Yang Kai forehead, his blood flooded, this scene was replicated on his arms and legs with bruises appearing all over his body. But not only were these injuries unable to impact Yang Kai’s fighting strength, they actually made him more and more difficult to attack and caused his strikes to become more and more ruthless.
From his bones, a warm feeling seeped out, causing Yang Kai to have an endless amount of power. Accompanied by this warm feeling, not only was his strength replenished but it also caused his attacks to become slightly more powerful and also gave him a burst of speed.
Yang Kai really didn’t know the mystery behind the Golden Skeleton, but every time he sustained injuries, every time he got hurt, they would stimulate the Golden Skeleton’s healing effects. Injuries and pain would thus only make him even stronger.
The observing Hu Mei Er was subjected to extraordinary scenes again and again; her small cherry coloured lips had yet to close. Originally she thought that this High Heaven Pavilion Disciple would be speedily dealt with, and then brutally beaten by Cheng Shao Feng’s people. But the current battle results were vastly different from her battle forecast, there were about ten collapsed Disciples from Storm House’s side, not to mention the first couple who were rendered unconscious by the stone, the rest were all lying on the ground rolling about in pain. Their skin steamed and was fire red in colour.
Is this person using Yuan Qi to battle? Hu Mei Er was shocked beyond compare, for those Tempered Body practitioners to use their Yuan Qi, the more they used it, the less they had; it was far too hard to recover at the Tempered Body Stage. This was equivalent to digging one’s grave, wasn’t he afraid that his current actions would impact his future development?
The high tension battle continued with Storm House Disciples continually collapsing, but for every Disciple that collapsed, Yang Kai gained a new injury. With his constant battling, Yang Kai’s robes had long since been dyed red with blood, gasping out for breath, the veins on his neck protruded out distinctly; with bloodshot eyes, his entire being seemed to have turned into one of a bloodthirsty beast.
Su Mu, who lay on the ground in pain, was staring blankly at Yang Kai’s mind shaking battle; each time he knocked down an enemy another would rise, leaving an inexplicable feeling within Su Mu’s heart. Today’s affair was caused by him, but Yang Kai was also his enemy. Yet, he had still come to help him avoid certain death.
Although he was determined to help, his strength had been exhausted due to the beating he had received from Cheng Shao Feng.
*Peng!* Sounded out, as another Storm House Disciple was sent flying to the ground when he landed he howled in immense pain. The energy produced from the True Yang Secret Art had entered his body, causing him feel a scorching heat and painful aching.
Yang Kai’s bloodshot eyes glanced over to the stunned Cheng Shao Feng, on his face was a cold and mysterious smile.
Cheng Shao Feng’s heart was in turmoil, for Yang Kai’s savagery left him panic-stricken. Now that his gaze was towards him, his entire body felt like it was frozen to the ground.
Hu Mei Er’s laugh full of scorn sounded out.
This laugh made Cheng Shao Feng feel embarrassed, he straightened himself up and looked to Yang Kai coldly. Calmly, he spoke. “I couldn’t tell that you actually had that much skill.”
Step by step, Yang Kai just walked over, his steps steady, his skinny body emitting a crazy torrent of pressure.
Cheng Shao Feng’s breathing slowly became ragged, his expression changing he suddenly called out. “You are courting death, so don’t blame me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out a sabre from his belt. When he was dealing with Su Mu and the others, he didn’t use his weapon at all because he didn’t want there to be any casualties; the stone was only used because blood had rushed to his head and he wasn’t thinking clearly. But now, if he didn’t have a weapon in hand, Cheng Shao Feng held no confidence.
This blood covered High Heaven Pavilion Disciple was simply too fierce.
“Be careful! He had already reached the Initial Element Stage!” Su Mu begrudgingly informed Yang Kai, albeit unclearly.
“Initial Element Stage…” Muttering, Yang Kai stopped in his tracks.
Cheng Shao Face became pleased, immediately gaining arrogance, he yelled out, “brat, you are only at the Tempered Body level, so how are you my match? Since you have used such a large amount of your Yuan Qi, you would need at least a few months before being able to recover it all. If you continue to battle, it will affect your foundations and don’t even think about breaking through anymore. Now be a good child and kneel for forgiveness, I……”
Without any hesitation, Yang Kai had already rapidly charged forward.
“You…..” Cheng Shao Feng was greatly alarmed. [is this person an idiot? He already knew he was at the Initial Element Stage, yet he still dared to charge over.]
Although he was astonished, Cheng Shao Feng didn’t dare be negligent. Gripping the sabre, he stabbed towards Yang Kai.
In response to this direct attack, Yang Kai did something that no one would have imagined; he opened up his palm and motioned to catch it.
Although this sabre was only an ordinary ranked weapon, it was still a sharp weapon. How could a corporeal human body possibly withstand such a weapon?
Cheng Shao Feng’s expression was pleased, thinking that he was walking down the path to his own demise. Increasing the speed of his long sabre, he went to greet Yang Kai’s open palm.
*Pu* sounded out, it seemed to go exactly how everyone imagined it would go, with the sabre impaling Yang Kai’s hand and blood spurting out everywhere.
Hu Mei Er’s was startled, when she had seen Yang Kai’s confidence and how he welcomed it with grandeur and power, she thought he had some unimaginable and amazing method. But now when she saw that he was so easily injured by Cheng Shao Feng, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
[In the end, the person didn’t amount to much. He is just too foolish!]Before Hu Mei Er’s thoughts were finished, they were changed by one hundred and eighty degrees. Even though Yang Kai’s hand had been pierced, he didn’t stop and still closed in towards Cheng Shao Feng.
In a blink of an eye, the two people were within reach of each other while the sound of flesh on the sabre made others cringe.
*Pa!* Yang Kai’s skewered hand went to grip onto Cheng Shao Feng’s sword hand and the handle.
With the frenzied Yang Kai in front of him, Cheng Shao Feng could no longer hide his fear. As he tried to pull back his sabre, his opponent held on firmly for dear life.
Laughing maliciously, Yang Kai’s pair of bloodshot eyes glinted with a bloodthirsty lustre while he threw a bloody fist towards Cheng Shao Feng’s face.
Frantically Cheng Shao Feng raised his arm to block while also hastily using his Yuan Qi to assist in his defence.
But Cheng Shao Feng had only just entered the Initial Element Stage, how much Yuan Qi did he have within him? Ruthlessly, Yang Kai’s fist smashed into his face, dislodging one of his teeth and his cheek immediately started to swell. The scalding that he felt afterwards was like boiling water was constantly being poured onto his face.
[Such tyrannical Yuan Qi!] Cheng Shao Feng was finally frightened. He discovered that even though he was at the Initial Element Stage, the Yuan Qi inside of him could not block this fiery invasion; in a few moments, he was burnt into dizziness.Distracted, Yang Kai’s second fist arrived, causing Cheng Shao Feng’s mind to become unclear.
Another fist caused his entire body to become limp, causing him to kneel in front of Yang Kai with his head bent and a dazed expression.
Moving his leg back, Yang Kai kicked out and sent him flying away.
In the midst of the ensuing silence, Hu Mei Er was shocked beyond belief. It seemed that this person wasn’t foolish, the reason why he went to grab that long sabre was that he had something planned. Only once he caught the sabre, would Cheng Shao be unable to move or properly attack.
The dozens of Storm House Disciples, even the Initial Element Stage Cheng Shao Feng were completely wiped out!
Turning his head, Yang Kai looked over to Hu Mei Er. Focusing his blood red eyes on her, Hu Mei Er unconsciously shivered.
She had never met such a savage person at only the Tempered Body stage. After all, it was bloody battles that shaped the younger fighters, she had never really experienced such things before,
*Chi Chi…* The noise of people’s aching teeth rang out, meanwhile Yang Kai just calmly took out the sabre that had pierced his hand, letting a river of warm blood flow out.
Throughout the entire process, not even his eyebrows had creased in pain. And after he threw the sabre to the side, he unhurriedly walked over to Hu Mei Er.
This flirtatious to the bone girl shuddered on the spot and panicked. To hide her fear, she forced out a hollow laugh.
As she smiled, Yang Kai had already reached her and had her slender, white neck within his bloody grip.
As her feet were lifted off the ground, she let out a muffled cry. From within Hu Mei Er’s throat, came a fiery cry, and a groan that seemed to be lost in her daydreams.
Leaning over, Yang Kai looked at Hu Mei Er, all the while laughing coldly.
Nervously Hu Mei Er’s heart thumped, and quickly she went attempted to explain. “I’m not together with them! I also have not raised my hand against the High Heaven Pavilion Pavilion’s people.”
“Really?” Yang Kai smiled meaningfully.
*En!* When Hu Mei Er saw that she could still talk with this person, her heart calmed down. Although she was female, she was stronger than Cheng Shao Feng, but she had no real dominance.
That was because of their difference in physique!
“You are……..are such a powerful person.” Picking up her courage, Hu Mei Er extended one green, white, jade-like hand and placed it on Yang Kai’s stomach. Shortly, a few of drops of blood landed on her hand and she didn’t go to wipe them away. She unexpectedly put her finger in her mouth and sucked on it.
In that moment, those ruby red lips appeared thrilling and alluring to touch, her mesmerising erotic eyes flashed with a mysterious light.