“Is this old man acting wild?” Meng Wu Ya asked as if he had heard the world’s funniest joke, a grin appeared on his face from ear to ear, but suddenly his complexion turned cold, then he scolding said, “What can you do, even if this old man is acting wildly?”
While speaking, he just randomly threw out a slap.
*Shunt!* with this sound Hu Man’s face became pale, he was about to protect Long Jun, but Meng Wu Ya was lightning fast. Hu Man just saw him lifting one hand and in the next moment a resounding sound rang out from Long Jun’s face unexpectedly.
Two teeth flew out and Long Jun flew with them for a few meters, then with a *dum* sound, he dropped to the ground.
The people from Blood Battle Gang became frightened instantaneously; Hu Man also felt an icy coldness from his body.
They were simply unable to believe how the old man did it. When he was standing at a distance of 50 meters from Long Jun. The palm strike which hit did not even give them enough time to even react.
Can this be achieved by an Immortal Ascension Boundary powerhouse? Even if the person is at the peak of the Immortal Ascension Boundary, it would still be impossible for them to leave all the people at the scene to be at a loss.
Hu Man thought that if the leader of High Heaven Pavilion would have thrown this punch he was about 90% sure he would be able to keep it off Long Jun.
Is this someone at Immortal Ascension Boundary peak, if it is why does it have such a big disparity?
Long Jun had also been dumbstruck by the flick of that palm, after falling to the ground, he staggered and crawled, after several moments when he was able to find the correct direction, he again looked at Meng Wu Ya. Now he was dreading his previous action with his whole face becoming panic-stricken.
His right cheek swelled up greatly, although he does not have any internal injuries, that slap which was given to him by Meng Wu Ya, for a person who always covers up his shortcoming in presence of everyone being slapped caused him to feel humiliated, something which he hasn’t felt up till now in the presence of bystanders.
“Old Man has acted wildly again, so now what are you going to do?” Meng Wu Ya asked, calmly standing at the same place boldly. He again waved the palm of his hand.
*Pa…* Just like earlier, Long Jun took off again. Blood Battle Gangs many experts did not even have time to react.
“Fuck. You claim that this old man is acting wildly, but do you really know what is wild?” Meng Wu Ya declared boldly with his foul mouth. He waved his hands hitting Long Jun till he was black and blue.
Finally, Hu Man was unable to bear it any longer, he angrily said, “Senior, you are a person of high skill, why are you bullying a junior, doesn’t senior fear becoming a joke in other people’s eyes?”
“Ha! If I began, does he even have any life remaining? This was only a slight lesson.” Ming Wu Ya said sneering, and then he quietly said, “Come here, boy!”
One hand moved forward, and then a huge suction was created towards Long Jun, who was on the ground and had not even started crawling yet. In mid-air, Long Jun tried to make threatening gestures, but his facial color displayed his terror, then he shouted loudly, “Master save me!”
“Senior!” Hu Man moved forward a step forward and shouted fiercely.
Meng Wu Ya paid no attention to him and raising Long Jun by his neck. With a black look, he replied to Hu Man, “This old man has a debt to settle due to injustice, this old man is only looking for Long Zai Tian today! Boy, you are the grandson of Long Zai Tian, obediently tell me where is he?”
After Long Jun suffered the two attacks from Meng Wu Ya’s hands he had become cleverer than a rabbit. There were no signs of haughtiness remaining. Suffering from pain in his two cheeks, with a trembling voice he replied,” Grandfather is with the group at present.”
“Where is he then?”
“In the mining area!”
“Show me the direction.”
“That way!” under the threat of death. Did Long Jun dare to hesitate? Meng Wu Ya asks a question and he replies with an answer. Even if his cheeks were burning with pain, his words were coming out quite agilely.
Meng Wu Ya’s appearance shook a little, then ropes made of twisted bamboo strips became visible which covered Long Jun directly then he soared in the direction of the Blood Battle Gang mining area.
“Sect Master!” The group of people looked at Hu Man with urgencies in their gazes, awaiting his decision.
“Let’s follow them!” ordered Hu Man. He really did not know how Long Zai Tian provoked this person of such high skill. The opposite party had still not clarified that point.
In Hu Man’s heart firstly he is mad at Meng Wu Ya who has been acting persistently unreasonable and bullying them too much. Second, he is mad at Long Zai Tian who has eyes but failed to see and offended such an expert, but this situation has also helped him in controlling a fire directly.
The Long family had for many years been acting petty and Hu Man had to bear it. Because the Long Family is the right hand of the Blood Battle Gang, even if Hu Man wanted to take action against this malignant tumour, he actually didn’t dare to start this matter himself, once he started to take action against the Long Family perhaps at that time the Blood Battle Gang would immediately disintegrate and their overall strength would decrease even further.
If not for the fact Hu Man did not have a son, would the group have such a poor prospective future? As long as there is a son, Hu Man can vigorously train him, making him resist the Long family, would the Long family have guts to become so noisy?
The Long family provoking such a Master this time has provided Hu Man with a turning point. If he can borrow this master’s shadow the Long family’s power and influence can be disintegrated and shattered within the Blood Battle Gang, creating a good deed from this bad situation.
Therefore no matter what, Hu Man needs to see how things will turn out in the end.
Meanwhile, in the Black Wind trade center, it was still extremely busy.
Yang Kai had a total of 22,000 dollars, while walking in the trade centre, he first spent 10,000 to buy Yang stones, he left some money in reserve, then he sought an open area, sat cross-legged at that spot, picked up the advertisement which had been dropped by someone on the ground, wiping off the things written on it, he conveniently wrote several characters.
“Purchasing the seeds of Yang attribute grass and spirit fruit!”
He placed the advertisement in front of himself. He then no longer paid attention to anything else and started revolving his True Yang Secret Art, secretly absorbing the energy from Yang stones near his chest.
Some time ago Li Yun Tian also tried to help Yang Kai to search for seeds, but they were unable to harvest anything, thus the scarcity of these seeds can be seen.
Here Yang Kai was also trying his luck, extracting the energy from Yang stones also required a lot of time. However here martial artists sell and purchase without disturbing others.
After half a day had passed, finally, the energy from the twenty Yang stones which he bought had been exhausted.
Each Yang stone could make two drops of Yang liquid, so the twenty stones were equal to forty drops of Yang liquid. His Dantian was full once again, checking his Dantian’s situation slightly, Yang Kai as very satisfied.
If he was once again placed into a situation like that night, he could display his full potential again.
But after half a day of time, nobody was selling him seeds.
Standing up, Yang Kai looked towards the guard log cabin of High Heaven Pavilion, Su Yan must be inside.
Yang Kai wanted to greet her, tell her that he had come back. Thinking again they were neither old friend nor had a deep friendship between them. Moreover, given her noble ice-cold temperament, she was an unattainable goal. Yang Kai too didn’t have a great urge to contact her.
Looking at her cold personality, if he contacted her there really will not be any meaning to it.
When he was about to go home, suddenly someone walked in front of him. Squatting down their body to read Yang Kai’s advertisement, which had caught their eye, they asked, “Are you buying seeds?”
Lowering his head to look, he discovered that standing in front of him was a young female. She was about his age, seventeen-eighteen and was quite attractive. Her facial features were quite delicate, pupils like water, tender skin with a good figure, particularly that abundant chest which didn’t have an equal, really can’t imagine what she ate to grow them to that level. She has got quite the sum with her. In her squatting position, Yang Kai had a commanding position. Her chest (which was tender, snow white and slippery) was directly in his view.
*En.* Yang Kai said putting that entrancing view aside and nodded his head.
The female straightened her body, and then asked again, “I have some seeds with me. But I don’t know if you can pay for them?”
“Really?” Yang Kai became interested immediately, “Let’s see what kind of seeds you have with you?”
This female was wearing a High Heaven Pavilion uniform. Thus she must be a High Heaven Pavilion Disciple. Given both of them were from the same side Yang Kai naturally had a kind feeling towards her.
“I will take them out for you to have a look.” With both hands, the female loosened the pouch from her waist and gave it to Yang Kai.
Yang Kai received it and opened her pouch, from inside of the purse, out came two seeds.
These two seeds truly contained the Yang attribute energy. Moreover, these two seeds when compared to the previously bought Three Sun’s fruit seeds, were of a higher quality.
Three Sun Fruit is an Earth Low-Grade herb, then these should be either Middle or a High-quality seed.
“These two grains of seed I want to buy. How much will you sell them for?” Yang Kai is very satisfied with the seeds.
The girl gave a sweet smile and then said. “1200!”
Yang Kai’s brow wrinkled. Although he couldn’t say it out loud, her smile truly was very attractive. That smile increased her beauty, applying an extra layer of glow to her. But unfortunately, this price couldn’t get Yang Kai’s agreement.
If he wanted to, Yang Kai could buy those seeds for 1200 without haggling over the price. But since Yang Kai possessed the Yang Drops, which could reduce the amount of time needed for the plant to bear fruits, spending 1200 to buy these seeds would definitely result in a loss for him.
This female sure had an appetite as big as a lion. This made Yang Kai’s fresh and warm feelings he had for her to disperse into thin air.
“Senior Sister isn’t your price a little too high?” Although Yang Kai had 12,000 dollars to spare, he still wanted to use the money to purchase Three Leaved Chaos Spirit Flower and Dead Jedi Tree Grass as well. This being the case, he couldn’t spend them freely.
“High?” female gave a slight smile, “It’s not high at all. This is a seed of an Earth Mid Grade herb, a Pure Heartseed. After they mature, they will have many uses. In eyes of an expert, they may cost even more than 1200.”
Yang Kai forced smile. “You still need to wait for it to mature. How many years will it take?”
Female purses her lips: “Since you want to buy these seeds, then you must have the patience to wait for it to mature. Could it be that you want to plant this seed and reap the rewards immediately? In this world how can there be such good and easy deed? Furthermore, these seeds are rarely seen, making its cost at 1200 to be reasonable. I also had to suffer many hardships to get these seeds.”
Yang Kai was helpless. Pondering for a moment, he then carefully nodded his head saying. “Fine, then we’ll settle on this price.”
If he bought it for 1200, it was still profitable. Moreover listening to her explanation, she must have suffered a lot of hardships to get these two seeds, so she must get some benefit out of it.
Besides, she is a fellow Disciple, so Yang Kai will definitely not bargain back and forth, also saving himself some trouble and breath. Letting her take some advantage will not affect him too much.
He gave 1200 dollars for the purchase; on the girl’s face was a large grin. She held the money cautiously, and then looked at Yang Kai. “Junior Brother you are quite good, so I will give that pouch to you. That pouch was personally embroidered by me.”
Once over, she walked away in a joyful mood.
Yang Kai was stunned. Turns out this female Senior Sister also knew that he was from the same Sect. She had this big lion big while knowing this fact; if he was someone else this would definitely be a big loss.
Although he was butchered by her, Yang Kai was not angry. In any case, business is business. If there ever was a next time and he would just have to be on his guard while trading with her.
He stood waiting at the same spot for some time more, in hopes of finding anyone else who was selling seeds. Tiding up, Yang Kai prepared to go buy some Three Leave Chaos Spirit Flower and some Dead Jedi Tree Grass.
Before he even had the chance to walk a few steps, the ground suddenly began to quack fiercely. After shaking several times, the three Sects’ Disciple in Black Wind Trade fell into chaos.
Before anyone knew what was going on, the earth suddenly began to split. At that moment, everyone began to panic and run in all directions.
After that moment, it seemed that loud shouts could be heard from a distant place. Unfortunately, those voices were not clear.
Those enraged shouts naturally came from Long Zai Tian and his fellow clansmen. After hearing the enemy’s intense rage, Yang Kai’s face gleamed with joy.
When he heard the word “Kill,” Yang Kai Immediately knew that Meng Wu Ya was about to take his revenge.
The intense fight that was ongoing at the Bloody Battle Gang’s mining area could be heard dozens of kilometers away! Even from such a distance, Yang Kai could feel the Yuan Qi fluctuations from those experts in battle!
So powerful!
Yang Kai could not help to stare in awe. His eye’s glimmered as he anticipated the day he would be able to reach such an altitude in cultivation.
Suddenly, Yang Kai could hear several doors being opened from the Black Wind Trade City.
A few known figures came out. High Heaven Pavilion’s Su Yan, Bloody Battle Gang’s Hu Jiao Er, Storm House’s Fang Ziji. All three of them held dignified auras as they looked towards the position of the battle grounds. All three simultaneously flew, changing into afterimages, together heading to the battle grounds.
Su Yan was the fastest, next was Hu Jiao Er and finally, Fang Ziji.
After those three flew off, a few people emerged from their dwellings. Some were in fear while others were startled due to the chaos. However, one young boy was interested in the chaos and shouted out, “something is happening over there! I’m going to have a look!”
After that boy ran forward, followers began to emerge and ran forward as well. Shops in the district closed as the people in Black Wind Trade City got over their fear, which turned into interest, and ran towards the battle ground to see what was happening.
“This must be an Immortal Ascension Boundary Expert level battle! It has to be! Quick! We must take a look! Who knows how many years it would take before we could see such a rare battle again?” A Storm House Disciple said to his fellow apprentice with an excited look.
“Wait! We should not go. If we were to be caught up in the cross fire, wouldn’t we die a miserable death?”
“Come on! We are only going to look from a distance! They are experts. Certainly, they have the ability to stop their attacks when it is going to accidentally hit an innocent bystander”
Without saying any further, the excited Storm House Disciple ran forward.
Yang Kai’s facial expression slowly changed. He realized that Old Man Meng had gone too far. This fight was so devastating that it was going to attract the attention of the three influences.
Yang Kai stood at the same spot for a while, considering his next plan, before dashing into the crowd carefully. Even he was curious of the final outcome of this battle.
~ Back to the Mining Area
After Meng Wu Ya raised Long Jun and dashed here, he directly looked for Long Zai Tian. The latter, had not fully understood the entire matter at hand before a killing strike was directed towards him. Meng Wu Ya’s actions were unjustifiable. Long Zai Tian had never met this old man but was attacked. Even if he wished not to fight, as the vice-master of the Bloody Battle Gang, he had no choice but to uphold the clan’s reputation and fight. Only a coward would turn tail and flee.
However, it took less than ten moves before Long Zai Tian was knocked down from the air by Meng Wu Ya.
Unfortunately, Hu Man and his other clansmen could not allow their vice-master to die in the hands of Meng Wu Ya. They had no choice but to get involved in their fight.
Although Hu Man was glad to see Long Zai Tian suppressed, he could not simply allow the vice-master of the Blood Battle Gang to get one-sidedly beaten up and killed. That man held the reputation of the Blood Battle Gang. If he were to fall, he would drag down the clan with him.
Even if Hu Man did not act, his fellow clansmen would.
Ten Immortal Ascension Boundary Experts charged at Meng Wu Ya. However, like an unbeatable god, he remained unscathed. He had shown that he had the strength to back up his arrogance.
However, the attacks he dealt were not only physical; they were also verbal. Like a viper, he managed to provoke and shame Long Zai Tian.
Long Zai Tian’s face turned purple from shame as he spat out a mouthful of blood. He cursed Meng Wu Ya. With only twelve moves, Meng Wu Ya had managed to completely suppress him. His dignity and pride as the vice master of Bloody Battle Gang was completely destroyed. How was he ever going to recover his reputation?
At this time, Meng Wu Ya retreated upwards. Meanwhile, the Bloody Battle Gang’s experts were all standing on the ground. Both sides halted, waiting for the next confrontation.
Long Zai Tian clenched his jaws, while his mouth was full of fresh blood. His body trembled as he endured the humiliation, not daring to be so dissolute in front of such power. “May I ask this excellency, where have I offended you such that you need to humiliate me to such a degree?”
Long Zai Tian was not willing to further annoy Meng Wu Ya. The old man had sufficient strength to kill him. How would he possibly be foolish enough to enrage this man?
However, even if Meng Wu Ya was attacking him, Long Zai Tian needed to know; why was Meng Wu Ya attacking him? What injustice did he do to this old man? Even in death, he had to know the reason he died for.
Meng Wuya gave an arrogant snort and said with disdain, “you have neither wronged me nor annoyed me!”
Hearing his nonsensical words made Long Zai Tian tremble with indignation. He lifted his trembling hand and pointed it to Meng Wu Ya, cursing, “you…,” Long Zai Tian’s voice was hard to hear due to the blood clogged in his throat. Nonetheless, the rage in his voice and facial expression was obvious.
Long Zai Tian did not do any wrong to Meng Wu Ya. Why would the old man hit and scold him? This was completely unjust.
Meng Wu Ya sneered, “are you feeling aggrieved now? No matter. If I wanted you to die, do you think you could resist?”
Long Zai Tian kept silent and breathed out slowly. He no longer dared to make any sudden movements in fear that Meng Wu Ya would be further provoked.
Meng Wu Ya scorned at Long Zai Tian’s cowardly response and angrily cursed, “I will destroy your eighteen generation of heritage! Even if you feel aggrieved, you are incapable of revolting! However, I must let you and all else know. Your treatment today is for the bitter experience my precious disciple endured!”
Long Zai Tian’s eyes widened as he asked, “Your disciple?”
Murderous intent could be seen from Meng Wu Ya’s eyes as he voice sunk lower, “It’s all because of your descendants! They dared to make a move on my precious disciple! Fine! I will also make a move on your entire family!”
“Can your excellency be clearer?” Long Zai Tian asked slowly. He had finally realized that this old man truly had a just grudge against him. How would he further dare to provoke Meng Wu Ya?
“Any clearer? He He He!” Meng Wu Ya’s complexion turned cold and severe. Shouting loud and clearly, “why don’t you hear the reason from your grandson in hell? Ask him what that little bastard did a few days ago!”
Long Zai Tian’s complexion turned for the worst as he asked, “what happened to Long Hui?”
“Does it matter anymore?” Meng Wu Ya sneered.
Suddenly, Long Jun opened his mouth “Grandfather, I had not seen younger brother for nearly a month now. The last time I saw him, he brought Master Wen out to handle matters. Till this day, he had not returned.”
After hearing the depressing news, Long Zai Tian had the expression of a dead man. From Long Jun’s explanation, Long Zai Tian could deduce that Long Yuan must have been killed. Since it was his own grandson, Long Zai Tian had also guessed the cause of his grandson’s downfall. It must have been due to a beautiful female apprentice.
(I don’t know WTF kind of grandfather you are to be able to guess that…)
When Long Zai Tian connected all the pieces and understood the whole story, his heart ached with pain and anger. What pained him was his grandson’s death and what angered him was the boy’s inability to judge the background of others. Unexpectedly, the boy managed to provoke someone of such high martial ability.
“Good that you realize that this was all caused by that grandson you raised!” Meng Wu Ya’s anger peaked as he shouted, “today, I have come for only your head. To remind you that there are some people in this world that you cannot offend!”
Meng Wu Ya took a deep breath and slowly raised his hand. As his hand rose up, the entire world seemed to change colour.
The Bloody Battle Gang and various people had a panic stricken look and simultaneous fled to Long Zai Tian’s side. Gazing at Meng Wu Ya’s movements, preparing for his strike.
Once Meng Wu Ya shouted “Death!”, his hand rapidly fell and waved maliciously towards Long Zai Tian’s position. A giant palm suddenly appeared from the empty space. It was made up of the prestige of the world, with unstoppable force, capable of shaking the heaven and earth!
At that moment, The Bloody Battle Gang’s experts also displayed all their most powerful killing strikes, to counter Meng Wu Ya.
Yuan Qi from the two sides collided, blowing away the sand and stones on the ground. However, even against ten experts, Meng Wu Ya’s giant palm did not slow down. At this moment, Meng Wu Ya seemed much more reliable than his usual self.
A big bang echoed as the giant palm landed on top of all the Bloody Battle Gang’s clansmen. In a flash, the ten experts were forced to squat on the ground, their eyes almost bursting out of their sockets due to the force, as they circulated their Yuan Qi with all their might to resist the attack.
The ground cracked. One slit, followed by another.
Underneath them was the Bloody Battle Gang’s mining area. Due to the many tunnels underneath them, the force of the collision caused the underground tunnels to collapse.
The crashing sound of the tunnel’s collapse reverberated for kilometers. Those experts, resisting Meng Wu Ya’s strike took the opportunity of the falling speed to escape from his strike.
The giant palm finally landed on the ground, leaving a deep imprint on the ground.
Due to the protection of the ten experts, Long Zai Tian had not died. Unfortunately, that did not mean that he escaped Meng Wu Ya’s attack unscathed. Long Zai Tian continued to spit out mouth full of blood as his complexion continued to grow worse; becoming even paler. The other Bloody Battle Gang experts also had ugly complexions. They had not anticipated that Meng Wu Ya’s strength to be so profound. How was it possible that Meng Wu Ya was in the Immortal Ascension Boundary? How was possible for him to be this strong? Moreover, those martial skills that he had used were all extraordinary. They were definitely a rank above the martial skills they practiced.
In spite of their impressed reaction, Meng Wu Ya’s face remained indifferent as he snorted. Although he wanted to pursue them and continue to strike them down, there was a sudden burst of Yuan Qi from underground that made his own Yuan Qi fluctuate.
Meng Wu Ya’s attention turned to the source of this disturbance and was shocked beyond words.
The next moment, a fiery ray of light burst out from the ground. This ray of light soon turned into a fire dragon. Following closely to the dragon was a blue light, which turned into a majestic ice phoenix, flapping her wings.
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“Beast Souls?, Meng Wu Ya’s eyes stared fiercely at these two huge forms.
Extraordinarily strong Monster Beasts, even if their mortal bodies had withered away, their souls could still exist in this world. Their souls could even wait until an opportunity for resurrection. Since the dragon and the phoenix were considered the king of Monster Beasts, naturally, they both had the ability to maintain their souls.
Even with Meng Wu Ya’s experience, the first time he saw the Monster Beasts, he had thought that these were their souls. However, upon closer inspection, he frowned. He could not feel any soul from these two forms. They were both soulless.
These two huge beings were unexpectedly, purely made from the world’s gathering of energy to form a dragon and phoenix shaped seal.
“This place…” The strange phenomenon made Meng Wu Ya vigilant, as he scanned the area to find a cave within the ground, about 70 meters deep. He could feel remnant traces of a broken restriction.
The restriction (something like a seal to the place) must have been broken by the battle earlier. This caused the dragon and phoenix energy to escape from the cave.
It was unbelievable that such a discovery was made by accident! Meng Wu Ya looked towards the Bloody Battle Gang’s clansmen, to discover that they were all rooted to the ground. They all stared at the dragon and phoenix, with confused expressions on their faces.
Didn’t they know about the existence of this place? Meng Wu Ya’s brow wrinkled. Since there was a restriction here, he wanted to know if they had explored the cave before or not. Since none of them knew of the existence of the cave, he could not demand an explanation.
As Meng Wu Ya further pondered, the two giant forms turned into one. The fiery red and the ice blue both blend mutually together, producing a beautiful sight. However, the form emitted out a kind of unapproachable burning hot and cold energy attack; so strong that no one felt confident enough to resist.
“Retreat!” Hu Man shouted angrily, forcing his clansmen to fall back.
Even with his profound strength, Meng Wu Ya also fell back. He too had felt that he was unable to resist the energy attacks.
Suddenly, the dragon roared. The sound was so powerful that people could feel their ears splitting. Following the dragon, the phoenix made a resounding cry.
As they both continued to circle about in the sky, the people who were more superstitious considered this as a good omen.
After a long time, the dragon and phoenix both simultaneously flew back into the cave.
As the two forms reentered the cave, a loud bang could be heard. The earth started to tremble as a much larger burst of Yuan Qi fluctuation spread out from the cave. The energy this time was much more powerful than the time the dragon and phoenix appeared. The whole mining area became bright, as though a ray of sun light continued to engulf this area.
After a while, the ray of light dissipated gradually as the Yuan Qi fluctuations also calmed down. It was slowly returning to the previously tranquil environment.
Meng Wu Ya, who was floating in midair, looked down upon the cave quietly. His eyes and cheeks shivered as he muttered out, “Heaven’s Cave Inheritance?”
His excitement overwhelmed as he could not help but move forward to check his suspicions.
This must be a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance! There is no doubt!
Now, above the cave, there was a thin light barrier, about 33 meters from the surface, preventing anyone from looking inside of the cave. Mysterious writings could be found on this light barrier.
How could this be? This small place has a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance? Meng Wu Ya thought that he must be in a dream; after all, such matters were truly out of his expectations.
A Heaven’s Cave Inheritance was formed from a profound cultivator at the time of his death. The place holds the opportunity to grasp all the valuable secrets and knowledge that the cultivator had experienced in his lifetime. Such an opportunity to study the cultivator’s knowledge is indispensable. Moreover, the cave must have held some treasures that this cultivator had held onto at the time of his death. For example, Medicine Pills or Secret Treasures.
For someone to be able to form a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. How strong must the cultivator be? He must have surpassed the existence of the Transcendent Stage, living as a god.
What were Immortal Ascension Boundary martial artists to this cultivator? They were an existence comparable to ants!
It can be said that the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance is simply buried treasure waiting to be taken. Whoever obtained the inheritance would one day have the opportunity to reach the same realm of cultivation as the cultivator who created this cave.
Moreover, there was a chance that there were multiple cultivators of the same level that died together with the one who made the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance, meaning, there might be more than one inheritance!
Meng Wu Ya’s excitement was simply unspeakable. However, the Blood Battle Gang clansmen were even more excited than him.
Buried underground was such an unimaginable treasure. How could it not be good news for the Blood Battle Gang? Moreover, Hu Man and the others managed to identify this cave as the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance in legend! Knowing very well the treasure that could be found inside the cave.
However, at the same time, they were aware of the gravity of this issue. Due to the battle earlier on, the other two schools must have been alerted. They must also be aware of this cave. Thus, the Bloody Battle Gang would not be able to monopolize the cave.
If the Bloody Battle Gang were to try to monopolize the cave, the two other schools, Storm House and High Heaven Pavilion would definitely join up to eradicate the Bloody Battle Gang and split the treasure amongst themselves.
Knowing this, Hu Man pointed the cave and shouted. “Go!” He feared that with the arrival of the two other schools, they would take away a lot of benefits from within the cave. Hence, he wanted to swiftly take as much as he could before they arrive. Allowing the other schools to only receive leftover treasures.
After he issued the order, Bloody Battle Gang’s ten experts rushed forwards towards the cave, while vigilantly looking at Meng Wu Ya, in fear that he might stop to get rid of them.
Who would have thought that Meng Wu Ya would not do anything but sneer at them?
Hu Man and the others were naturally overjoyed.
The ten experts arrived at the underground cave entrance and moved forwarded.
Meng Wu Ya, continued to sneer as his facial expression was that of taunting them to continue.
As the 10 experts attacked the light barrier, the barrier, like rubber, rebound their attacks and sent each one of them flying away. After recovering from the sudden force backwards, the experts all looked at each other with blank dismay.
“What’s the matter?” Hu Man muttered after seeing the strange sight. He went forward and personally tried to enter the cave but was thrown back much like his other clansmen.
When Hu Man realized that something was wrong, he turned vision to Meng Wu Ya. He noticed that this old man had known that something like this would happen, or else, why would he sneer and taunt them? Hu Man cupped his hands and lowered his stance, “Senior, may I ask what is wrong with this Heaven’s Cave Inheritance?”
Meng Wuya snorted, showing not the least bit of care to Hu Man’s request. With the appearance of the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance, it made him no longer interested in looking for Long Zai Tian. Either way, that man had already received a lot of damage. If he wanted to finish Long Zai Tian off, Meng Wu Ya was confident he could do it anytime.
Hu Man knitted his brows as he tried to think. Suddenly, he could hear multiple flap flap sounds of clothing from afar.
The Blood Battle Gang experts’ complexions turned bitter and astringent and some muttered, “that was too fast…”
In a short while, five Great Elders from High Heaven Pavilion appeared under the leadership of Wei Xitong above the mining area. After a while, the Storm House Immortal Ascension Boundary experts also arrived, under the leadership of House Master Xiao Ruohan
Both schools were shocked after noticing the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. Their vision was now filled with greed and surprise.
Hu Man was fuming with rage, shouting, “this is the Bloody Battle Gang’s mining area! How could you trespass here?”
However, Xiao Ruohan remained calm and gently replied with a smile “Master Hu, our schools have lived as neighbors for hundreds of years. We are all considered as old neighbors. Naturally, after hearing such a big commotion happening we were naturally worried and came to investigate. If your school needs any help from us, as neighbors, we must try our best not to decline. Won’t you say Elder Wei?”
Xiao Ruohan’s words were naturally meant to pressure the Blood Battle Gang, along with showing their temporary alliance with High Heaven Pavilion. At that moment, Hu Man’s complexion turned ugly as he coldly snorted.
Wei Xitong nodded in agreement. “Master Xiao, speaks with utmost reason. Master Hu, this place should be the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance of legends. Although the buried treasures inside are innumerable, it holds many dangers as well. Your Bloody Battle Gang member alone may not be able to tackle such a place. Come; let’s discuss how we are able to help you explore this cave.”
Hu Man angrily retorted “This is my Bloody Battle Gang’s mining area. The restrictions here are naturally ours. However we are unable to explain it and likewise, you think that you could? With your abilities, do you think that you have the qualifications to enter?”
Meng Wu Ya coldly snorted “I will explain the restriction!”
Hu Man awkwardly and bitterly looked towards Meng Wu Ya, not daring to refute this old man.
Xiao Ruohan smiled “Master Hu you should calm down a little. This is a matter that we have to discuss!”
From a distance, crowds of experts were still gathering to see the ruckus. No matter how far away they were, be it in the Black Wind Trade city or in their schools, they were all able to see the dragon and phoenix blend together in the sky. Although many did not know the situation at the mines, if there were going to be more magnificent scenes, how could they not want to watch? Therefore, after the dragon and phoenix flew back down, the people heading there sped up.
Yang Kai, who was hidden in the stream of people heading to the cave, was also excited but was still vigilant.
The dragon and phoenix were well known as good omens. If those beings were an indication of treasure, he expected that there would be a large fight over it. With his current level of cultivation and skills, he would sadly not have any qualifications to participate in such a battle.
When he arrived, he could see the gathering of thousands of people. Everyone’s head was swaying and the noise was like a bustling market!
The crowd was moving forward noisily but was stopped by the experts of the three schools. They encircled the 3-kilometer radius of the Bloody Battle Gang’s mining area, preventing the crowd from going further.
When Yang Kai looked to the middle of the encirclement, he could see the five Great Elders from High Heaven Pavilion. They were discussing intensely with one group of people, quarreling, with faces flushed with anger.
A tall man could be seen with an excited look. Meanwhile, a scholarly-like man was trying to keep everything peaceful.
From the crowd, Yang Kai could here soft discussions. “That tall man is Hu Man from Bloody Battle Gang and the scholarly like man is the Master of Storm House, Master Xiao Ruohan.”
“What has happened here for so many experts to gather?”
“This morning, I heard that the experts have found a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance!”
“What’s a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance?” a curious voice rose.
Yang Kai, who did not know anything, kept his ears peeled. However, he was not the only one. Many from the crowd were also listening attentively.
The one who knew about the place smiled. He excitedly told everything he knew about the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance and all of its advantages. When the groups of people heard the news, warm-blood rushed to their heads as they wished to run into the cave to get the inheritance.
So that’s how it is! Yang Kai had recalled the moment two months ago. He felt that the place had buried some Yang attribute treasure, and gave this information to Hu Mei Er as a gesture of gratitude. However, he had not thought that this place hid a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance!
At that time, the Yang Attribute that Yang Kai had felt must have been the restriction of the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance.
This place’s incidental exposure would benefit Yang Kai the most, seeing how it was connected to the Yang Attribute, the main attribute of his cultivation technique.
The group of people continued to talk but at this point, Yang Kai was not listening. He was now focused on what the three schools would do after finding this cave. It was impossible for one school to monopolize the cave at this point. Although they would wish they could.
However, since this was the Bloody Battle Gang’s mining area, they must be the ones to receive the benefits of the cave first.
As Yang Kai pondered, the three schools enlisted the most profound disciples to enter the cave and search for the situation of the cave first.
Three people, Su Yan from High Heaven Pavilion, Long Jun from Bloody Battle Gang and Fang Ziji from Storm House entered the cave simultaneously.
After a long wait……
Su Yan came back after half a day, followed by Long Jun and Fang Ziji. The three people reported back to their respective schools their findings and then dispersed in three different directions. Meanwhile, the experts of the schools continued their discussion.
It was not till a long time later, that the message was passed on to the lower disciples to inform them to gather. Yang Kai and one crowd of High Heaven Pavilion disciples walked towards the five Great Elders.
“Apprentice Brother Yang!” As Yang Kai was waiting for Wei Xi Tong’s speech, Su Mu and Li Yuntian greeted him from the side.
Yang Kai smiled. “Oh. You came as well!”
Su Mu smiled back, “Such a huge matter. It is only natural that we come to watch the fun!”
Li Yuntian asked, “Fellow Apprentice, you have been missing for twenty days now, where have you been?”
Yang Kai Explained “I had to exit the school to handle certain matters. But, I must thank you for helping clean up my log cabin while I was away.”
Li Yuntian and the others were stunned. “We did sweep the floor outside the log cabin for you but we never cleaned the inside of the log cabin!”
Su Mu let out a chuckle “These lazy groups of people don’t even fold their beds once they get up. How is it possible for them to clean up your log cabin for you?”
“Really?” Yang Kai was stunned. If no one cleaned his log cabin, how was it possible for it to be so clean?
“Silence!” Wei Xi Tong declared with a serious face. With just one word, the two thousand High Heaven Pavilion Disciples immediately looked up at him with their eyes burning.
Everyone knew that the news they were about to receive was about the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance.
Wei Xi Tong coughed lightly and continued, “You all should already know what has happened and what opportunities you may receive inside the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. Even after living for such a long time, this old man and many others have never seen a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. Let alone the entire Great Han Dynasty has never seen this cave for a thousand years! We do not know for certain how high one’s cultivation level must be to create a Heaven’s Cave Inheritance but, we certainly do know there must be countless treasures inside. Spirit Pills, rare Cultivation Techniques, armor and weapons, and finally, the most important treasure of them all, the inheritance of the cultivator who died!”
The audience’s breath turned fiery as they listened to Wei Xi Tong’s words.
Wei Xi Tong continued, “Such treasure will undoubtedly be accompanied by danger! Do remember that inside, the slightest mistake could get you killed!” With those words, those hot heads that were ready to rush in suddenly had their heads cooled down with a slap from reality as their spirits gradually grew more solemn.
Seeing some dispirited faced cause Wei Xi Tong to coldly snorted. “These advantages are there and should be taken! If you don’t take it, another person will! If you were to risk your life to enter in search of an opportunity, would you still be willing to go in?”
Silence descended after Wei Xi Tong’s speech. His threatening vision swept across the disciples to fall on Yang Kai. Suddenly, his pupils cannot help but shrink as he quickly looked past the boy.
After that moment, another voice sounds out. “Great Elder! This is a huge chance! If I were to miss it, wouldn’t it be a pity? Even if there is any risk involved, we must take it on for the opportunities inside!”
“Certainly. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. How could one possibly choose to miss it?”
“We must go in!”
High Heaven Pavilion disciples slowly got excited again. With so many people’s encouragement, and under the enticement of the inheritance, the dangers and risks were well worth it! Birds die for food, while humans die for wealth.
“Good!” Wei Xi Tong nods with a satisfied expression. “My High Heaven Pavilion disciples should be unafraid of danger. They should have courage and uprightness! Your decision has made this old man gratified. All disciples listen to my command! All those over 30, move to one corner!”
Immediately, troops of High Heaven disciples separated. The population of the those at the middle had just reduced to 40%.
Wei Xi Tong looked at the group of disciples that were over 30 pitifully and said “You are unable to enter the cave. There is a limit for those of age 30 and above. Those that are in the realm of Immortal Ascension and above are also unable to enter.”
“How can this be!” The crowd of rejected disciples cried out.
“This is not a rule that we made. The senior who made the cave had set up a few restrictions, which we must abide to. Naturally, he must have his reasons for doing so.” The second elder, Su Xuan Wu shouted.
Wei Xi Tong shouted, “those disciples under the Initial Element Stage move to this side!”
Another group of people had also made another group.
“You are currently able to go in but we can’t permit your entry!” Wei Xi Tong stared at them. “The dangers inside are too much for you. Your strength is currently too weak and going inside would be equal to signing a death sentence!”
This group of people was self-aware and dare not bring forward any complaints.
With those two conditions, the remaining participants only added up to 300-400!
Wei Xi Tong looked at the remaining crowd, “If you do not wish to enter the cave, you can leave now. The school will not force you to enter. Also, those that enter cannot complain if they are reported dead!” However, even with the warning, the enticement of the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance was too much for anyone to choose to leave.
Wei Xi Tong waited for a long time before smiling. “Since you have chosen to enter, I will tell you, all I know about the place so that you all can be mentally prepared to enter.”
All he would know was from the report by Su Yan. Although what she understood was not much, it was better than nothing.
Yang Kai listened to find out that once they entered the cave, their starting points would be different. The Heaven’s Cave Inheritance also had an abundance of world energy, which made it very suitable for cultivation. Moreover, the cave had special exits that had to be used in order to return. Else, the disciples would be unable to exit.
Since all this information was from Su Yan, what Wei Xi Tong knew was not much.
After explaining, Wei Xi Tong said “Because this place was first discovered by the Bloody Battle Gang, they will be sending in 50 people first. After waiting for half a day (6 hours) My High Heaven Pavilion and Storm House disciples will go in. I must warn you, that you must not only be careful of the restriction traps inside. You must also be wary of the disciples from the other two schools. Do not allow yourselves to be able to find a treasure but unable to enjoy it!”
Hearing this, the disciple’s heart turned cold as they imagined the scene where they were back stabbed due to finding treasure.
“Disciples of High Heaven Pavilion. If you bump into each other inside, you must help each other mutually and survive! Am I loud and clear?”
“Yes!” the disciples shouted.
“First, we will dismiss you. Find a place to rest and prepare. When the time comes for us to enter, we will inform you.” Hence, the disciples dispersed and sought for an appropriate place to meditate.
Li Yun Tian pulled a long face as he jealously looked at Su Mu and Yang Kai, “Young Su, Senior Brother Yang, I am unable to go in…” Li Yun Tian was currently at the Tempered Body’s ninth boundary.
Su Mu smiled. “Who Asked you to be so lazy with cultivation? You get what you deserve! Look at Yang Fellow apprentice! He worked so hard and is now in his in the Initial Elementary Stage. By the way, what level of cultivation are you?”
Yang Kai calmly responded, “Seven.”
Su Mu stared dumbfounded with Li Yun Tian. They seemed to be staring at a monster! It took a long time before they were able to get over their shock.
“I must hurry and cultivate as well…” Su Mu said dejectedly. Meanwhile, Li Yun Tian tactfully left. “Senior Brother Yang, I should not disturb you any further. You need time to restore…”
Yang Kai nodded and found a peaceful place to meditate. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, waiting for the moment to arrive!
Yang Kai was secretly rejoicing in his heart. Never had he expected that his purchase of Yang Stones to be so important. This was especially necessary when he needed to enter somewhere as dangerous as the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance.
After meditation, his dantian had now stored about fifty drops of Yang liquid. This should be sufficient for any danger he would face in the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance.
While sitting in meditation, Yang Kai felt the presence of someone’s gaze. When he looked over, he found Su Yan. Immediately, when their gaze nearly connected, she withdrew away. Su Mu, who noticed this, bowed to Su Yan with a dignified face and glimmering eyes. Yang Kai looked away, not caring.
Suddenly, a sound could be heard from Bloody Battle Gang. It was time for the 50 people from the Bloody Battle Gang to enter Heaven’s Cave Mansion.
Naturally, these conditions were made while the three schools had their discussions. Bloody Battle Gang wished to monopolize the whole Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. However, with the two schools present, that is impossible. Similarly, although High Heaven Pavilion and Storm House both desire the treasures inside the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance, Hu Man and the experts from the Bloody Battle Gang could not simply allow these intruders to take advantage of them. As a result, the schools agreed to pay 1 million in cash and allow the Bloody Battle Gang to send 50 of their disciples to enter the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance half a day earlier as compensation.
When Yang Kai looked through the 50 disciples from Bloody Battle Gang, he knew that these were elites of the schools. Likewise, allowing them leeway for half a day first would definitely result in them discovering and stashing most of the treasures.
Strangely, the Hu sisters (Hu Mei’er and Hu Jiao’er), were in the center of an encirclement formed by the 50 expert disciples.
Both sisters look exactly alike. Similar to twins. They were both gorgeous individuals, who would attract any kind of male. Their beauty certainly reached the level whereby males would gratefully throw their lives away in order to gain the sister’s affection. Naturally, if one were to win either one of their hearts, the man would certainly die without regrets.
In a short span of time, the half of the 50 people entered the cave and disappeared without a trace. When the Bloody Battle Gang’s disciples entered the cave, the disciples from High Heaven Pavilion felt low-spirited.
Suddenly, a form appeared, flying at high speed towards the sky above the cave.
Hu Man and many other experts instinctively shouted, “Who dares?!”
“Naturally, it’s me!” Meng Wu Ya shouted in an angry tone as his raging pupils fiercely stared at the Bloody Battle Gang’s experts. Meng Wu Ya waved his hand and gently shouted. “Come here!”
Hu Man and the other experts from Bloody Battle Gang stared at this approaching figure. As Hu Man had expected, she was a beautiful girl! Although her face was covered by a veil and most of her features were hidden, her limpid clear eyes and gracefully enchanting stature is not something as an ordinary girl could possess. However, her beauty was not the only thing that shocked Hu Man. The girl’s strength was astounding! Unexpectedly, she was at True Element Boundary Stage!
Hu Man looked towards Long Zai Tian with discontented eyes. The man curse, “What has great did your grandson has done!”
Long Zai Tian did not reply. Instead, he stared with a gaze filled with hatred towards the pair of master and disciple. However, he was unable to unleash his rage. Meng Wuya’s strength far exceeded his. If he were to enact his revenge for his grandson right now, he would certainly die without a corpse. It was hopeless!
Naturally, that girl was Xia Ning Chang. She had been closed up (Something akin to meditation training in a secluded place) in High Heaven Pavilion. After receiving Meng Wuya’s instructions, she hurriedly flew to meet him. However, even the mighty True Elementary Boundary Stage practitioner hid behind her master’s back after noticing the gaze of serval thousands of people, all focused on her.
“My precious disciple,” Meng Wuya said with a gentle tone. He pointed towards the cave, “There are great opportunities there. So go!”
Xia Ning Chang nodded aggressively. She took a glance at the light barrier. Quickly, her gaze scanned around her surrounding as though she was looking for someone. Unfortunately, it was currently nightfall and she was unable to find the person she was looking for.
Noticing her actions, Meng Wuya once again urged Xia Ning Chang to quickly enter the cave. Not daring to oppose her Master, Xia Ning Chang bit her lips with a painful expression and flew into the cave.
From the beginning to the end, none of the Bloody Battle Gang took action against those two. Nobody dared to oppose Meng Wuya.
Likewise, Wei Xitong and the other 4 Elders looked at this scene and was speechless! They had never known that the man acting as the Contribution Hall’s Store Keeper would be unexpectedly so aggressive! Even in the face of the entire Bloody Battle Gang, he had a calm composure. With just a few words, he had completely overridden the agreement between the three schools! Allowing his own disciple to enter the cave without any repercussions from Hu Man and the others!
Just what kind of situation was this?
Xiao Ruohan brow wrinkled as he was left without an answer for this situation. “Hu Master, What is this about? Isn’t this against the agreement that we have agreed upon? Why can a High Heaven Pavilion’s disciple be allowed to enter at this time?”
After hearing Xiao Ruohan’s words, Hu Man wished he could take a sewing needle and permanently shut that mouth of his. Meng Wu Ya is such an arbitrary person. If he were to be provoked any further, Hu Man feared that his fate would be more unfortunate than fortunate. Therefore, he would rather Meng Wuya get away with this incident, just to hopefully clear their past enmity.
However, who would have thought that Xiao Ruohan dares to stirrup trouble!
Thankfully, Meng Wu Ya simply sneered and ignores them.
To appease both sides, Hu Man had no choice but to present a valid reason to Xiao Ruohan. “Actually, we were only able to manage to find this place due to this Senior’s skills. Naturally, we can’t complain if he were to send in his disciples. After all, without him, we would not have this opportunity in the first place.”
Xiao Ruohan Sneered. “Then why didn’t Hu Master mention this matter earlier when we were discussing?”
Hu Man was at a loss for words. Although he had tried to explain the situation, he too truly had no good reason to present. Even he himself was truly unable to resist the will of Meng Wu Ya.
Xiao Ruohan continued to press the matter. “Hu Master, isn’t this considered to be bullying my Storm House? For High Heaven Pavilion’s disciple to be allowed to enter, shouldn’t we be treated the same as well?”
“Nonsense!” Hu Man cursed angrily.
He turned his head in all directions to see that the last Bloody Battle Gang’s Disciple was about to enter the cave and quickly shouted. “Whoever you are, you are not allowed in! You shall give your position to this Senior’s disciple!”
Who would have expected that this youth, that was denied entry, was Long Zai Tian’s older grandson, Long Jun!
Long Jun was extremely excited for this once in a lifetime opportunity to enter the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. He had hoped to inherit the skills and knowledge left by the cultivator who made this cave. However, just when he was about to enter the cave and get a head start, Hu Man’s order resonated inside his ears. The boy quickly looked towards his grandfather with pleading eyes. Unfortunately, Long Zai Tian took a deep breath, closed one’s eyes, and spoke without any strength “As Hu Master had said, Long Jun, you shall wait for half a day.”
Long Jun clenched his teeth and muttered “Yes!”
Hu Man, who was filled with rage, stared at Xiao Ruohan. “Xiao Master, certainly you can’t have any complaints now right? That Senior’s disciple’s slot had been accounted for by my own Bloody Battle Gang’s quota!”
Xiao Ruohan’s brow wrinkled as he snorted and walked away. He could no longer pester Hu Man for a leeway for his Storm House.
Wei Xitong looked at Hu Man with glimmering eyes. “It seems that Hu Man truly fears out Treasurer Meng.”
Su Xuan Wu Chucked. “We have all underestimated our Storekeeper’s abilities.”
Hu Man looked up at Meng Wuya with a smile plastered on his face. “Senior, is this arrangement satisfactory?”
Meng Wu Ya responded with a strange smile. “Of course I’m satisfied. However, once my disciple returns and complains to me about anyone who offended her, I hope that you will not take my actions as hostility towards you.”
Hu Man’s complexion drastically changed. Although he had a smile plastered on his face, he was secretly hiding the hostility within his heart. He gave a hollowed laugh “Of course!”
Hu Man thought to himself. My god, now we have to tell everyone that no matter what if they were to bump into that girl inside, we must treat her with the utmost respect. We definitely cannot allow her to encounter any form of danger!
Thus, without any further delay, Hu Man quickly spread this warning to the rest of the Bloody Battle Gang’s disciples.
To see Meng Wuya as such a strong figure; made all High Heaven Pavilion disciples surprised. Who would have thought that the lewd Storekeeper was so powerful and tyrannical? Even the Great Elder Wei Xitong does not have the ability to make Hu Man so obedient.
After a while, the place became tranquil again. All of them continued to focus on meditation, waiting for the time to arrive. They all wish to be in their best condition to get the greatest chance of receiving the inheritance.
Suddenly, Su Xuan Wu sighed. “We can’t say for certain that the loss of our disciples will account for our gain in treasures.”
On the other hand, Wei Xitong was more hopeful. “Inside, if one can obtain the inheritance, he would certainly become a person of tremendous potential and ability. Far surpassing us!”
“Let’s just hope so…”
The dim light from the night sky and the rustling of the forest wind continued as the time slowly passe3d. Suddenly, experts from three of the schools shouted out, alerting everyone that it was time. Simultaneously, all the disciples woke up.
The Bloody Battle Gang’s elite disciples have already been inside for half a day. It was time for the whole group to enter the cave!
From High Heaven Pavilion, Su Yan and Xia Hong Chen took the lead. Behind them were two lines of disciples that formed in an orderly manner. They all took their turn to walk into the cave and vanish from sight.
Yang Kai and Su Mu were walking side by side. When Yang Kai looked over, he could see Su Mu anxiously rubbing his hands.
“If only we are able to arrive at the same location together…” Su Mu said in a low voice.
“We can hope, but that is not what the Great Elder said would happen once we enter. It would also be unlikely that we are going to land at the same spot.”
“Yang Fellow Apprentice, do you know what inheritance this is?”
“How would I know?”
“Do you know of the dangers inside?”
“No…”
“Ah, I’m so anxious right now!”
Originally, Yang Kai was not anxious at all. However, while he was whispering to Su Mu, he could not help but feel his heart tightening.
When it was their turn to enter, Yang Kai’s vision narrowed. He wanted to know what exactly happened to him after he passed through the light barrier. When he entered, he could see a flower underneath his feet. Inside a void; he was all alone. The flower rotated for a while and suddenly vanished. Yang Kai immediately fell.
The whole scenery quickly changed as he gently landed on a field. The looked up the sky to find it to still be blue but without any clouds, moon, sun or stars. On top of him was a black portal.
When Yang Kai shifted his gaze from the sky to the environment around him, he saw that he was surrounded by numerous stone pillars of various heights] and dimensions. Some were 4 meters high while others could even be a simple sand pile.
When Yang Kai felt the environment around him, he could easily tell that the world energy here was much denser than the outside world. If he were to sit in meditation and cultivate, he could estimate that his efficiency would increase 3-4 times that of when he cultivated outside. Sadly, he had no time to cultivate. He and his competitors were all here for the inheritance. Taking time to purely cultivate was akin to giving up the search for the inheritance.
When he looked around for people around him, he discovered that he was separated from Su Mu even though they both entered at the same time.
Suddenly, Yang Kai could see a shadow on the floor. The shadow grew bigger as a figure quickly dropped down from the portal. This person was surprisingly Lan Chudie!
The girl quickly got up and stood firm. She looked around her and quickly noticed Yang Kai.
To think of all the disciples he could get the chance to pair up with, it had to be her! Yang Kai quickly exclaimed, “It’s you!”
Lan Chudie seemed happy to meet the boy and walked towards him. “Well, aren’t you skillful?!”
“Did you just reach here?” Lan Chudie asked.
“Yeah, that’s right.” Yang Kai nodded in response.
“There are many people that entered this cave together. Since we do not know where each person will be placed, should we wait for a moment, to see if anyone managed to also get placed here?” Lan Chudie proposed.
“Sure, why not.” Yang Kai did not have any objections. After all, this place was unpredictable and dangerous. It would be wise to move together in a group. In case they met with any difficulty, the group could work together to fight it off. Of course, that would mean the treasure would be split. However, considering the risk of losing one’s life, being in a group was a much safer method to get treasures. Naturally, once he got to know the place a little better, he could assess the situation and see if it was safe for him to leave the group to self-explore.
Thus, the pair stood there waiting.
After a while, three more people fell nearby.
Out of these three people, one was a High Heaven Pavilion Disciple, and the remaining two were from the Bloody Battle Gang and Storm House; respectively.
As the five people gathered, in this special place, they did not care much about their background. Surprisingly, they were all harmonious.
After waiting again, no one appeared. Thus, Lan Chudie spoke. “Since no one else is appearing, shall we head off?”
With her beauty and self-confidence, her manner and speech, she immediately became the center of attention within the group.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Before we start, we should be familiar with each other first. It’s good to know each person’s cultivation level, so as to know who can deal with the more dangerous tasks. I shall start first. My name is Lan Chudie and I am from High Heaven Pavilion. Qi Transformation Stage, level 7. How about you?” the girl asked and looked to another High Heaven Pavilion disciple.
The disciple quickly flatters the girl. “Senior Apprentice Sister, I have heard of your famous name! To think I would be in such luck to meet someone as beautiful as you today.”
The disciple’s flattery was beyond obvious, causing Yang Kai and the other two to despise this boy.
Lan Chudie was an exceptionally attractive person. Her whole figure was not only enchanting; her pair of magnificent mountains was enough to make anyone’s eyes glued. If a man could have her, to only be able to hold those pair of magnificent mountains, he living in heaven!
Lan Chudie gave a smile, “and you are?” she asked, showing little care for the boy’s words.
The boy proudly puffed out his chest and received his abdomen, lowered his voice and said. “I am Fellow Apprentice Nie Yong. I am a Lower Base Disciple at Qi Transformation Stage Level 4!” The boy smiled mischievously, “Senior Sister, you can feel relieved. If there is any danger, I will be there to help you!”
Lan Chudie’s eyes scanned the boy as she showed a faint and sweet smile. “Junior Apprentice Brother, I will keep your words in mind.”
She then turned her vision to another person. This man was tall and bulky. He had a broad and sturdy build, taller than Yang Kai by an entire head. Although he looked rough, he also seemed to be simple and honorable. “I am called Zuo An. A Bloody Battle Gang Disciple at Qi Transformation Stage level 5.” After he spoke, he stood there silent. It seems that this Disciple does not enjoy talking very much.
Afterwards, Lan Chudie bowed and her vision turned to another person. This time, the disciple was a female. Her stature was quite slender. She was not tall but looked delicate. Moreover, ever since she first arrived, she had a shivering smile on her face. It was obvious that this girl was extremely shy as she avoided eye contact.
“I’m called Du Yishuang. I am from Storm House. Please call me Little Sister Du. I am a Qi Transformation Stage level 6. Nice to meet you.” Du Yishuang lowered her head respectfully.
Everyone’s eyes were immediately glued to this girl. No one had ever imagined that this girl, who looked to be 14 to 15 years old, to be at Qi Transformation Stage level 6! This delicate girl was the second strongest person within the group!
Lan Chudie smiled. “Well, this is certainly interesting.” She looked up the portal and asked. “Maybe the portal sorted us according to strength?”
The group of people looked at each other and seemed to agree with Lan Chudie’s inference. So far, all of them were in Qi Transformation Stage and were all in ascending order, from level 4 to 7.
“Oh that right! What are you? What Qi Transformation Stage level are you currently in?” Lan Chudie looked towards Yang Kai and asked.
Due to the pattern, Lan Chudie naturally thought of Yang Kai as a person in the Qi Transformation Stage. Although he was not at that stage, if he were to use his full strength, it would certainly be comparable to someone in those stages.
Yang Kai embarrassingly starched his cheek and said. “I’m only in the Initial Elementary Stage, level 7. I’m from the High Heaven Pavilion, called Yang Kai…”
Zuo An’s gaze immediately turned to that of despising as he mutters out “Unlucky!”
“You are the infamous Yang Kai?” Lan Chudie’s facial expression turned to that of surprise as she continued to inspect him. With Yang Kai’s reputation, Nie Yong was also doing the same and Lan Chudie.
“En.” Yang Kai nodded. He knew that his name was infamous throughout the whole entire school. This reaction was almost bound to happen after people knew of his current cultivation level now.
Quickly, Yang Kai realized that Nie Yong’s gaze turned hostile as Lan Chudie was one that was still full of interest.
It was not surprising that Nie Yong would be hostile to Yang Kai. After all, Nie Yong was a Lower Based Disciple and should be friends if not in a click with Wei Zhuang and Xie Hongchen. The previous time, he had humiliated both Wei Zhuang and Xie Hongchen. It was no surprise that a grudge would be borne by Nie Yong as well.
However, since this was the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance, Yang Kai knew that Nie Yong would not do anything rash. Thus, it was safe to assume that he would not dare attack Yang Kai.
Lan Chudie withdrew her gaze and looked towards all 4 people. “Alright. Since everyone knows each other, and none of us knows the location of any treasure, if we were to discover any, we will collect and respectively assign each one their piece fairly. If there are insufficient treasures collected to be equally distributed, we will settle this with money. How does that sound?”
Nie Yong hastily nodded. “Senior Apprentice Sister Lan is right. I hope that you will maintain fairness for all of us.”
The rest did not object to Lan Chudie’s proposal and just like that, Lan Chudie had already established her position as leader of this group.
When Yang Kai traded with her, he noticed that she was not a person that was willing to be taken advantage of. Likewise, Lan Chudie was certainly a person of ambition, and will never agree to be oppressed by another person.
“Since this matter has already been decided, let’s go. I will lead the way first. After 2 hours, the person leading the way will be changed.” Lan Chudie stopped talking and quickly walked. Those that were behind quickly caught up as they obediently followed her. Nie Yong, quickly ran to Lan Chudie’s side and walked shoulder to shoulder with her. The boy continued to flatter the beauty. However, none of his words were taken seriously by Lan Chudie.
Lan Chudie’s face would often appear to be smiling, as she continued to chat with the boy, further encouraging him to compliment her.
Zuo An, the robust man, who was directly behind the two was listening to their conversation and showed little care for what they said.
Yang Kai, who was behind them heard Little Sister Du quickly walk up to him. This shy girl quickly walked to his side and whispered to him in a soft voice. “Don’t worry. You can certainly reach Qi Transformation Stage in the future.”
Yang Kai turned to look at the girl and smile. “Don’t worry, I don’t really care all that much.”
“…” Du Yishuang’s whole face turned red after Yang Kai turned his head. She thought that the boy did not dare speak due to Zuo An’s remarks earlier and merely wanted to comfort him.
“Ha Ha” Watching her reaction was quite cute as Yang Kai chuckled. “Little Sister Du, you seem to be younger than me but how is it that your cultivation level is so high?”
Since this girl took the effort to comfort him, she had left Yang Kai with a good impression of her. The boy wished to further get to know this girl. After all, it was better to have friends than enemies.
“I am 19 years old. How am I younger than you?” Du Yishuang explained in a soft voice.
“Oh…” Yang Kai exclaimed in awkwardness.
As they walked, the two pair of people continued to talk. All except Zuo An, who was a loner.
Suddenly, after walking, Yang Kai could feel the Yang Origin Seal in his chest act up. It was pointing him in front.
Yang Kai could feel it. About 300 meters in front, there is definitely some kind of Yang Attribute material. As the five advanced, they finally saw the thing Yang Kai felt.
Lan Chudie suddenly shouted in surprise and Nie Yong hastily looked in front. “Yang Stones and Yin Stones?”
What they saw was a huge pile of crushed stones. Moreover, these stones were not ordinary Yin Stones and Yang Stones. These stones were the equivalent quality of those found in the Black Wind Trade City, sold by Bloody Battle Gang! At least medium or even high quality stones!
Each stone was worth $520 and this pile here definitely contains more than 1000 stones. In other words, if they were to collect and sell all of the stones, it would be worth at least $502,000!
Since all five disciples were ordinary members within their respective schools, they were not that wealthy. Never had they seen so much wealth before!
At that very instant, everyone’s breath was heavy. However, Lan Chudie still remained alert and quickly everyone. “Wait! Check if there are any dangers around first!” It was strange for such wealth to be displayed without traps.
The five people quickly spread out and scouted the area. Fortunately, they did not discover any traps.
Even after scouting around, Lan Chudie did not feel relieved. She picked up a stone and inspected it. When there was absolutely no reaction that occurred, she took a breath of relief and nodded. “Alright, it’s safe.”
The five members looked at each other first before they all hastily collected the stones. The other member would quickly bag all the stone but Yang Kai was more selective. Since he only needed one type of stone, he only collected Yang Stones.
After picking for a while, Lan Chudie’s smile suddenly stiffens up. She took another look at the stone in her hand and let out a sigh. Letting it drop to the ground.
Her actions immediately brought doubt to Nie Yong. “Lan Female Apprentice. What’s wrong?”
“Stop collecting the stones.” Lan Chudie said. “ If we were to bring such a heavy bag of good with up as we explore, it would only consume our strength. Likewise, if we encounter any danger later it will only slow us down when we try to escape. If such a scenario occurred, we would probably lose it in the end.”
After hearing listening to reason, everyone responded with disappointment. They had forgotten their safety due to their own greed.
Lan Chudie continued. “Furthermore, we have just entered this place. There are bound to be more treasures here. Think about it. There are no traps here. Certainly, if this was that valuable, there would be traps set up here right? So, it is only reasonable that to think that these stone are not worth much as compared to the other treasures this place has to offer. The real treasures are waiting for us to be found!”
Nie Yong nodded in approval. “Yes. It is as Lan Female apprentice said.”
Zuo An also nodded in agreement.
Du Yishuang gave a reluctant look to the stones in her hands and tossed it back to the ground.
Only Yang Kai continued collecting nonchalantly. He continued as though Lan Chudie had not said anything. His actions made Lan Chudie’s brow wrinkled.
Yang Kai explained while he was sorting the stones he collected. “If we truly encounter danger, it will not be too late to abandon the stones.”
Lan Chudie did not further make any remarks. “Do as you please.” She turned around and began to walk. “However, we will not wait for you to sort the stone. Just make sure you don’t take too much.”
Yang Kai nodded in agreement. “Sure, you guys should go on first.”
Thus, Lan Chudie no longer wasted a single second as carried on. Meanwhile, Zuo An looked at Yang Kai with a demeaning gaze. On the other hand, Nie Yong was more vocal of his opinion. “Apparently, you do not realize the dangers this world contains! You will lose these stones sooner or later. Why even bother collecting them!”
Du Yishuang, was unlike the others. She held a good opinion of Yang Kai and supported him. “It’s okay. I’ll stay here with you.”
Yang Kai quickly replied, “No. It’s alright. It’s best you join the group. Don’t worry I will catch up later,” as he continued to sort the stones nonchalantly.
Since Yang Kai had insisted, Du Yishuang no longer pursues the matter. She gave a nod of acceptance and ran to join the group.
After the four of them left, Yang Kai quickly started to cultivate True Yang Secret Arts. The Yang Stones that were close to him began to lose their color as the boy continued to absorb the Yang energy from the stones. Later, Yang Kai managed to absorb enough Yang Energy to form 20 drops of Yang Drops within his Dantian.
This is enough, Yang Kai decided. Although there were many Yang Stones here, Yang Kai is not able to absorb all of them in such a short period of time. It was as Lan Chudie had said, this pile of stones were probably one of the most useless treasures in the Heaven’s Cave Inheritance. Hence, Yang Kai decided not to waste too much time here, so as to have time to pursue the other treasures.
After 30 minutes, Yang Kai had managed to catch up with the group. The moment he joined, he could tell that the other 3 members, except for Du Yishuang, were looking at him with displeased eyes.
In terms of strength of cultivation, Yang Kai was the lowest in the group. He was an obvious burden and it was not surprising that the others would think of him as worthless. If they were not from the same school, it is estimated that Lan Chudie and Nie Yong would not allow Yang Kai to join them.
“This place is unexpectedly huge. It’s best to rest up before we proceed anymore.” Lan Chudie’s delicate eyebrows wrinkled. “Let’s look around for a place to rest first, before deciding anything else.”
Everyone in the group nodded.
After resting,
“It has already been 2 hours. Now, who should be chosen to lead the way?” Lan Chudie asked as her gaze swept the four members.
Since the dangers here is unknown, the person leading the way would definitely be the most likely person to stumble onto a trap. Therefore, it was best to alternate between members, so as to reduce her own chance of getting caught in a trap.
“Since the first one to lead is from High Heaven Pavilion, the next person should be from either Bloody Battle Gang or Storm House.” Nie Yong proposed, while looked as both Zuo An and Du Yishuang.
Zuo An’s brow wrinkled but did not speak. Du Yishuang said in soft voice “Ok, I’ll lead.”
Yang Kai sighed in his heart. Within this group, although it was a small team of five, everyone had their own plans. This was except for Du Yishuang, who was kind at heart and did not scheme. In short, this group not united at all. If they were to encounter great danger, it could be expected that the group would disband to escape.
After for walking for an hour, the group found themselves in an open area, surrounded by numerous stone pillars. Finally, they were outside of the region they were in and were excited.
Under the leadership of Du Yishuang, the group managed to rapidly get deeper into the area.
After a while, the group entered another area. Instead of stone pillars, there were stone figures of life-like humans. There were more than a hundred different stone figures carved with different people with different height, wearing and weapons.
Seeing these conspicuous statues, the group became more cautious. Instead of simply exploring the area, Lan Chudie and Nie Yong probed the area first. When the two discovered that this area was safe, Du Yishuang then leads the group deeper in.
Although Yang Kai knew that it was safe, he had a bad feeling about this place. His heart palpitated even faster as the group went deeper into the area.
While walking, the group members would look around. Naturally, most of their gaze would land on the statues around them, not being able to help but to highly appraise these statues to be life-like.
As Yang Kai looked around, he noticed that one of the statues had a faint dark red colour on it. When he moved closer, he could smell a tinge of blood scent from the statue. Immediately, Yang Kai’s instincts kicked in as he retreated hastily shouting. “Watch out!”
Suddenly, the surrounding statues all simultaneously moved!
Hastily, the four group members tried to retreat. Unfortunately, Du Yishuang, who was at the front, did not react with enough time as her window of opportunity to retreat closed.
The two statues beside Du Yishuang raised their fist and quickly pounded her. Their strength was enough to crumble rocks. With a fist size of a cooking pot, even with Du Yishuang’s cultivation level, she would still be seriously injured.
When Du Yishuang realized the impending danger, she quickly released her Yuan Qi. Immediately, the peaceful and good-natured girl had a change in an aura.
Being able to release Yuan Qi was one of the symbols of being in the Qi Transforming Stage. In this boundary, the Yuan Qi in the body will be calm and steady. However, once a person releases their Yuan Qi, their whole body releases a powerful and oppressing aura. If one’s control is not good, they might end up letting the power control them instead. Becoming like a wild beast that acts based on instinct and emotions.
However, Du Yishuang showed amazing proficiency in controlling her strength as not once did her face showed fear, panic or anger. Instead, she remained calm and composed.
She turns around, placing her palm to redirect the attack of one of the stone figures. Meanwhile, she also moved her body backward, to avoid the other stone figure’s attack. However, she underestimated the speed of the second stone statue’s attack as its palm was about to land on her slender shoulder.
Du Yishuang panicked. She quickly took some of the Yang Stones in her bag and threw it towards the fist. The Yang Stone flew like meteors as it collides with the statues fist but under the fist’s tremendous strength, hardly managed to slow it down. Fortunately, the small force managed to redirect the fist, such that it only managed to scratch Du Yishuang’s clothing.
Suddenly, Du Yishuang heard a voice behind her. “Move!” her body became light as someone pulled on the collar of her clothing. In front of her, a palm stretched out and hit the first stone statue’s fist.
Once the first stone statue’s fist was going to land a clear distance away, Yang Kai quickly jumped as he pulled Du Yishuang back. Hastily, the two took the opportunity to retreat.
*Bang*, the sound of the first stone Statue’s fist finally landed on the ground. The five retreating figures all had cold sweat run down their spine. Suddenly, they hear the sound of galloping as the earth slightly trembled. When they looked back, they found that the hundreds of stone statues were managing to chase up to them. No one would expect that these stone statues were capable of moving at such high speeds!
“Don’t look back, Run around the stone pillars to lose them!” Lan Chudie shouted.
Everyone’s thoughts seemed to alight as they started to shuttle between the stone pillars.
After a while, they managed to escape from the stone statues.
It was only those two stone statues that attacked Du Yishuang, who was close enough to constantly keep up with Yang Kai and Du Yishuang.
“Yang Kai you bitch! Don’t bring them to me!” Nie Yong runs away while he roared at Yang Kai.
On the other hand, Yang Kai completely ignored Nie Yong as his complexion sank.
Lan Chudie, who was hiding behind a stone pillar, peeked out to look at Yang Kai and Du Yishuang. There were no stone statues chasing after her but, she hesitated to get involved with Yang Kai and Du Yishuang.
However, after a few seconds, she made the resolve and shouted. “Stop running! If it’s only against these two stone statues, we can win!”
Once they heard her, the group member’s heart trembled.
“Earlier, Yang Kai and Du Yishuang managed to ward off their attack. This shows their low prowess in martial combat!” Land Chudie’s expression becomes confident. “Zuo An, you divert one of them while the four of us will attack the other stone statue.”
Zuo An’s brow wrinkled but did not rebuke. He turned around and smashed his fist against the gigantic fist of the stone statue.
The stone statue, unexpectedly has its fist chipped from Zuo An’s attack and staggered!
It was truly weak in martial arts. Zuo An calmed down as he realized that it was possible to defeat these stone statues.
Yang Kai and Du Yishuang both ran 300 meters away before turning around. They had to make sure that there was sufficient space between the two stone statues.
When Du Yishuang attacked with her martial skill, her whole palm produced a golden light. When her palm crashed onto the stone statue, it immediately staggered as some crack linings could be seen at the place of impact.
Apparently, these stone statues did not experience pain. Even after it was hit, the stone statue continued to counter-attack.
Du Yishuang quickly retreated from the counter-attack as Lan Chudie and Nie Yong joined to encircle the stone statue. Nie Yong, as though holding a grudge, stared bitterly at Yang Kai, blaming him for the stone statue chasing him earlier.
It was only thanks to Lan Chudie’s powerful observation skills that the group managed to uncover the stone statue’s weakness. Else, Nie Yong could expect himself to be forced to run for a longer period of time.
Although these stone statues’ attacks were powerful, it meant nothing if they didn’t connect with the target. Likewise, the stone statues’ response timing was slow. Thus, they were not significant threats to anyone who was proficient in battle, so they could easily avoid the attacks.
Over time, the stone statue that was besieged by the four showed obvious signs of falling apart as the cracks on its body became more pronounced after each strike. With victory in sight, the four’s attacks became more ferocious.
In the end, the stone statue was completely turned to rubble. Although the four managed to beat the thing uninjured, they exhausted a lot of their Yuan Qi.
Lan Chudie went closer to the rubble. Her eyebrows wrinkled as she muttered, “strange…”
By logic, these stone statues should be moving based on a kind of power source. However, upon closer inspection, she did not manage to find anything of that sort.
Without any more delay, Lan Chudie shouted. “Let’s go and help Zuo An!” before walking off.
With much haste, the group once again circled the other stone statue. The group maintained silence as everyone all concentrated on dodging and attacking the stone statue. After 10 minutes, they managed to turn the second statue to rubble.
After the battle, all five were breathing heavily. Although this fight was not extremely dangerous, it consumed way too much Yuan Qi.
With time to breathe, Nie Yong turned to Yan Kai and shouted. “Yang Kai you bastard! Do not think that I will not harm you because we are from the same school!”
Yang Kai rolled his eyes. “What?”
“Why did you lead those two stone statues to me earlier on!?”
“Did I?” Yang Kai’s eyes looked somewhere else while maintaining his calm composure. He only cared about running away just now. Why would he care about others?
Lan Chudie puffed out her gigantic chest and shouted “Stop quarreling!” as she searched the rubble.
Nie Yong coldly looked at Yang Kai and said, “If this happens again, do not blame me for being impolite!”
“Oh?” Lan Chudie exclaimed after she found something from the rubble. There was a fist-sized, small stone baby hidden within the rubble. Her surprise brought the attention of the other group members as they gathered to take a look at the small stone baby in her hands. The small stone baby seemed to be made out of jade while, cleanly curved out, translucent and glittering. Amazingly beautiful.
Inside of the stone baby was red vein linings. If one were to count the veins, there would be 30 strands of veins.
“This is…?” Zuo An stared with a curious expression. Meanwhile, Du Yishuang and Yang Kai were walking toward Lan Chudie to see what was going on.
“What is this stone baby made out of?” Nie Yong asked, as though there were mineral experts around him.
“I’m not sure…” Lan Chudie shook her head. She was unable to tell what this stone baby was made up of while not being able to feel any energies from the stone baby. However, those veins within the baby were extremely peculiar.
“What do you think?” Lan Chudie looked up as she asked the others.
“Is it possible that we are able to control those statues if we can control this baby?” Zuo An thought of the possibility.
Lan Chudie shook her head. “That’s very unlikely. Not everyone of these stone statues contained this stone baby. Also, how would we be able to control these stone babies?”
Yang Kai suddenly opened his mouth. “Do the red linings remind you of anything?”
“Like what? Do not interrupt unnecessarily when you’re only a trivial Initial Element Stage!” Nie Yong refuted as he stared at Yang Kai with despicable eyes.
Yang Kai no longer spoke as the corners of his mouth turned into a sneer. Although he has a good temper, it is not a great idea to continuously provoke him.
Lan Chudie realized Yang Kai’s implied words and hastily asked. “We are both from the same school. Can we not quarrel? Yang Kai, what do you think this looks like?’
Yang Kai’s eyes glimmered as he spoke. “Don’t you think these red lines look a lot like the Meridians in our bodies?”
Nie Yong taunted, “Like we don’t know that!”
Lan Chudie ignored Nie Yong and asked. “What do you mean?”
Yang Kai confidently replied. “These red linings should teach us some kind of Martial Skill Cultivation Technique!”
“What a joke!” Nie Yong snorted. Du Yishuang went beside the boy and screamed at him with a cold and gloomy voice. “Shut Up!”
Nie Yong immediately looked at Du Yushuang, startled as he no longer dared to speak. Although he did not fear Yang Kai, Du Yishuang was two small layers above him. If they were to fight, it would most likely end with his defeat.
Zuo An also looked at Nie Yong with a despising glare, “You’re bothersome.” This was his own opinion and not because he supported Yang Kai.
Nie Yong’s complexion becomes red as he was unexpectedly humiliated by these two people. Due to his weak strength, he dares not rebuke. Instead, he sulkily stared at Yang Kai with even more hatred.
Lan Chudie seemed inspired as she spoke, “Let’s test if Yang Kai’s theory is true.”
Immediately, the group members understood what she meant and nodded.
Lan Chudie smiled, “Then. Please, protect me while I test this out.” She closes her eyes and revolved the Yuan Qi within her body, imitating the path on the stone baby.
A while later, Lan Chudie opened her eyes with a surprised look, quickly turning her gaze to Yang Kai. “It is as you said. These stone babies are actually containers of a Martial Skill.”
The others immediately had a change in expression.
“Although I did not fully study its contents, I know that is it at least an Earth middle-grade Martial Skill! However, I don’t know what type of martial skill it is…”
Since the Stone baby had 30 line veins, it meant that the cultivator must make use of all 30 veins of the meridians within their bodies in order to activate it. It was as Lan Chudie had said, Earth middle-grade Martial Skills would need 30 or more veins of meridians to activate.
Hearing her words, not only were the three people feeling breathless, Yang Kai also felt a sense of great excitement.
After that night at Nine Yin Mountain Valley, Yang Kai realized why he was unable to beat others easily. That was due to the fact that he lacked a Martial Skill to use. Without an attack Martial Skill, Yang Kai was only able to fight with the Yang Drops. This made his battles inefficient. If he had a Martial Skill when he fought at the Nine Yin Mountains, it would not be so taxing on him.
It was unfortunate that Martial Skills required a lot of contribution points to receive from the school.
Unexpectedly, Yang Kai could receive a Martial Skill here! Moreover, there were more and a hundred stone statues! That meant, he could at least receive one Martial Skill!
It was not only Yang Kai but the others as well. Everyone knew the great value of a Martial Skill!
Lan Chudie secretly rejoiced in her heart. If she had not decided to destroy both the stone statues, they would never have discovered this treasure trove!
“What do you think?” Lan Chudie looks at everyone while the corners of her mouth wipe into a radiant smile.
“Yeah…” Zuo An said in a hoarse voice.
“Since these stone babies contain Martial Skills, naturally, we can’t let this opportunity slide!” Nie Yong was dancing with joy within his heart. “This place is truly a treasure trove. Only after entering for such a short time, we already discovered such a treasure!”
Yang Kai and Du Yishuang nodded.
“Good! Since everyone agrees, then we will be staying here for a while.” Lan Chudie smiled, “I’ll take this stone baby first. After we collected all the Martial Skills, we can redistribute later. Don’t worry, I won’t secretly pry for the Martial Skill inside of it.”
“Don’t worry Senior apprentice sister Lan, I believe you”. Nie Yong said, showing his loyalty to Lan Chudie. He turned his head to the others, “Senior apprentice sister Lan is very well known for her trustworthiness in High Heaven Pavilion. She will surely not betray you.”
After Nie Yong spoke, Zuo An and Du Yishuang did not object. After all, they had no other methods of processing the Martial Skills.
After the discussion of treasure, distribution was settled, they discussed the methods to subdue and destroy those stone statues. Naturally, everyone knew that these stones statues were fast and strong. They would have to be in a team to strike one of them down. Thus, they decided to run around the stone pillars to draw one away from the crowd and gang up to destroy it.
When fighting a stone statue, one person would draw out the attack with the others would take that opportunity to attack. This was the quickest and more efficient way to destroy the stone statue.
However, there was an issue none of them brought up till the last minute. Who was the one that was going to be the bait to lure these things away from their group? This was by far the most dangerous role as that person would have more than a hundred stone statues chasing after him. If that person was not careful, he would easily lose his life.
Everyone knew that this was a risky job as they mutually looked at each other. Finally, Nie Yong looked at Yang Kai with despising eyes. “Since you are not strong when it comes to attacking, shouldn’t you be the one that lured these statues? If you select the route carefully, you wouldn’t be taking any real risk. Also, a moment ago, I saw that you were actually quite fast. So shouldn’t you be the one that lured that?”
Yang Kai grinned, “Ok”
Filled with worry, Du Yishuang pulled Yang Kai’s cloth, closer to her. “Yang Kai!” She remembered moments ago, where she was in utter fear from the two stone statue’s pursuit. After surviving the ordeal, she did not wish for Yang Kai to experience the same thing again.
“It’s alright” Yang Kai smiled, trying to console her.
Lan Chudie looked at Yang Kai, surprised. “How can you be so confident? If we cannot determine how safe it will be, why don’t we take turns to draw them out?”
“It’s fine. I have 80% assurance that I will survive. Yang Kai answered.
Although it looked to be risky, the speed Yang Kai had shown was not his full speed. That night at Nine Yin Mountain Valley, Yang Kai manage to find out that True Yang Yuan Qi, although is not a genuine Martial Skill, it is capable of promoting his speed.
Compared to fighting the stone statues, he would rather act as a lure for those Stone Statues. It was hard for Yang Kai to do any real damage unless he used his Yang drops. However, such ability was best kept a secret as a trump card.
“Since you continue to insist, then we will try once more. If something goes horribly wrong, we are going to switch around.” Lan Chudie said in a persistent tone.
The discussion continued as the group continued along the path, back to the area with all the stone statues.
Upon reaching close to the area, Lan Chudie scouted around for a spot that was best used for ambush.
“Yang Kai, Thank you!” Du Yishuang expressed her gratitude to Yang Kai for coming to her rescue earlier.
Yang Kai chuckled. “Don’t worry about it.”
Du Yishuang shook her head. “No, I have to thank you.”
The group slowly arrived at the same place they were earlier. As they walked, they noticed that the stone statues were all back at their original positions.
When Yang Kai looked around the same bloodstained place he was at previously, he found two corpses lying on the ground. Although he did not know which school these disciples were from, it was a pity for them to die here.
“Are you prepared?” Lan Chudie asked anxiously.
Yang Kai nodded. “En.”
“Once you are pursued by them, run over here. Nie Yong and I will lure two stone statues away from the group. Meanwhile, Little Sister Du and Zuo An will look for any opportunity to attack one of them and split the two up again. If one is defeated, go and help attack the other stone statue. Be aware that our utmost priority is safety. Yang Kai, do not go back to bait more here before we finish this one off. Only once we are ready to battle again, then you can go back to lure another one here. “
With Lan Chudie’s clear explanation, they all understood and nodded.
“Ok, Yang Kai you can go now. Do be careful.” Lan Chudie looked at Yang Kai, doing an encouraging pose.
Yang Kai placed his Yang Stone back on the floor and walked towards the crowd of stone statues.
The group gazed at him intensely, under the enticement of Martial Skills, even Nie Yong was worried that Yang Kai would fail and die; leading to him being the next bait for the team to use. After all, it was by his logic that Yang Kai was proposed to do this in the first place.
“Don’t be useless!” Nie Yong said in a soft voice.
Yang Kai walked close to the stone statues but maintained a safe distance from them. He would avoid their attack range if possible, so as to make sure that he would not get hit by a surprise attack.
He proceeds cautiously towards the stone statue, placing his hand out, trying to trigger them. However, Yang Kai soon discovered that once he stepped a within reach, the stone statues would begin moving. The initial movements were slow but quickly accelerated.
Without wasting another second, Yang Kai turned around and ran back to the position that the group agreed upon.
Pursing behind Yang Kai was more than a hundred stone statues.
When the stone statues dashed close to the spot, the four people that lie in ambush quickly lured two stone statues out of the crowd. Lan Chudie and Nie Yong in one group, while Zuo An and Du Yishuang in another. They moved the two stone statues away from each other and began attacking.
So far so good. With two people in one group, they will be able to sooner or later defeat the stone statue.
Meanwhile, Yang Kai had the most relaxed role. He only needed to run and hide around the stone pillars and very easily make the stone statues lose sight of him. Although there were many stone statues initially, after a few times of repeating this strategy, the group chasing him got smaller and smaller.
After 15 minutes, there were only 3 stone statues chasing after him.
Yang Kai looked around and decided not to make them lose sight of him. Instead of following the plan and losing them entirely, he led the three back to the ambush spot. After all, after such a long time, the fight there should have ended and they should have gotten enough rest.
As Yang Kai expected, as he was running towards the ambush spot, he saw all four of them sitting in meditation, waiting for him to return.
While they were waiting, the earth suddenly tremored as the three statues ran towards them.
The four people quickly opened their eyes and Nie Yong shouted in rage. “That useless waste! To think he would direct the stone statues here! Should we retreat first?”
To him, he thought that Yang Kai did not manage to shake off these stone statues. Thus, without any other option, he directed them back here.
Lan Chudie hesitated for a moment but shook her head. “Yang Kai should not be such a person. What’s more, if you listen carefully, you can tell that there are at most 2 or 3 stone statues chasing after him.”
“There are three!” Zuo An explained. “My hearing is better than the average person!”
“He did this intentionally!” Lan Chudie smiled. “Everyone, prepare to attack!”
During their little chat, Yang Kai’s figure could. From a distance, he made certain hand signs, directing towards them.
Finally, the form of the three stone statues showed itself.
He directed them to follow the plan as before. However, this time, Yang Kai would divert one away while they focused on the other two. When the fight ends, Yang Kai would return with the remaining one for them to destroy.
“I see. That’s a good plan…” Lan Chudie smiled to Yang Kai. In her plan, they were to be in groups of two when confronting the stone statues. Since there were three, she had initially thought Yang Kai wanted them to fight all of the stone statues as the same time.
After the battle,
Yang Kai excitedly thought of how he would have a look at the spoils of the battle earlier. Unfortunately, the battle ended up with no treasures as the other four looked around but found nothing.
However, this time, they were lucky. Out of the three stone statues Yang Kai lured in, one of them contained a stone baby!
This stone baby had the same number of red veins inside as the previous one but they were all in different locations. This was a different type of Martial Skill.
Du Yishuang passed the stone baby to Lan Chudie.
Lan Chudie accepted it with a bow. “The first time, we got one out of two stone statues. Now, we got one out of 5 stone statues. It seems that it is entire up to luck that we will be able to receive this…”
Nie Yong grinned, “If there are about a hundred stone statues, if we managed to destroy all of them; that would mean that we can at least obtain 20 stone babies!”
If one were to split 20 stone babies in a group of 5; that would mean that each person would obtain 4 Martial Skill each!
The vision of everyone burnt with greed.
However, Lan Chudie controlled herself, as her composure still retained some semblance of elegance. “Let us restore first. When we are well rested, we can do this again!”
Everyone nodded as each member took out a Medicine Pill from their bags and sit in meditation. That is all except for Yang Kai, since he cannot afford a Medicine Pill. However, he does not need one since he had only been running around.
Nie Yong, wanted to flirt with Lan Chudie. When they were about to sit in meditation, he also wished to sit next to Lan Chudie. However, this time, Lan Chudie had a cold expression on her face as she cast the boy away.
Yang Kai sneered secretly. Lan Chudie was a female with ambition. For such a woman, who has self-confidence and a man like Nie Yong would never be able to tame her. At most, he would just serve as her pawn.
To obtain Lan Chudie’s heart, one must surpass her in strength, confidence, and influence. Only when she adores you, then you would be able to win her heart.
Although it is unpleasing to hear, Lan Chudie is a realist! Although she seems to be quite elegant and gentle, Yang Kai knows that this is just a front. She is arrogant and narcissistic. Knowing her own beauty, she will only bring herself close to men who have potential or strength. In other words, Nie Yong is nothing to her.
While the four were meditating, Yang Kai moved to the area, where he had discarded the Yang Stones. Due to the thing only adding to his weight, being a burden, he had no choice to place leave it on the ground. However, right now, since the group was all resting, Yang Kai could take this opportunity to absorb more Yang energy into his Dantian.
He carried the bag of Yang Stones to a secluded location and began absorbing. He needed to make sure that no one was aware of his abilities.
After half a day, everyone was fully rested and ready to go. Meanwhile, Yang Kai had managed to absorb half of the Yang Stones that he had carried with him. So he walked back to the group prepared for their second assault!
The four people were done resting for a while now. They were all waiting for Yang Kai to get back. Meanwhile, Nie Yong was whispering to himself, cursing Yang Kai.
After Yang Kai arrived, Lan Chudie took a deep breath. Her gigantic chest expanded, till the clothes around them stretched to its extreme limits. She looked at all the member and asked: “Is everyone done?”
“Yeah!” Nie Yong said excitedly.
“Then we will do it again.” Lan Chudie turned her vision to Yang Kai. “Do you want to change roles?”
Yang Kai shook his head, “There’s no need. After the first attempt, I have already experienced the dangers and I’m confident in surviving now.”
He was not willing to battle with those stone statues. After all, hitting them with his fist would also injure him.
“Alright then. Looks like we will be depending on you again.” Lan Chudie smiled while she schemes.
Whenever she smiled, Yang Kai had a vague feeling that it was a gift for someone venturing into danger.
If she was smiling to Nie Yong, it was for encouragement. However, this was not the case for Yang Kai.
Without delving too much into it, Yang Kai ran back to the area to lure the stone statues.
This time, although Yang Kai did his task perfectly, the group messed up. When it was time to lure two away, they were blocked by another stone statue. Dealing with three stone statues confused their positions and nearly cause some casualties.
After those three were dealt with, Yang Kai came back with two more and they were also quickly destroyed.
Even after the incident, the group’s moral was high. They had managed to receive two stone babies!
Now, the group has managed to collect four stone babies. With just one more, the group can finally distribute amongst themselves.
Yang Kai was filled with excitement. After all, the thing he most lacks in combat was finally going to land in his hands. Naturally, he wished for them to be already able to divide the Martial Skill Technique.
Over the next few days, the group repeated the same process. They would lure, then battle, and then rest for half a day before starting again.
Unfortunately, after destroying their 30th stone statue, they were unable to receive any stone babies. Each time they looked forward to searching the rubble remains, they were all excited, to only end up with a disappointed expression.
What’s worse, each time Yang Kai lured them, it became increasingly harder to isolate two from the group. Likewise, the stone statue’s strength also strangely increased.
There was one time where Lan Chudie and the rest tried to isolate two of the stone statues, to only be chase by numerous stone statues. They ended up being only capable of fleeing before regrouping again.
As they continued their attempts, the situation gets harder. The whole thing quickly becomes increasingly dangerous. However, the fifth stone baby did not appear. Finally, the group had a discussion.
“If we continue on like this, we would definitely have some kind of incident.” Nie Yong spoke with worry in his voice.
Zuo An spoke in a low voice. “Now, we only have four sets of Martial Skill but five people. If we don’t continue, how do we divide?”
Everyone was silent. Nobody would be willing to let go of a Martial Skill. After all, they had worked so hard for these past few days just thinking about obtaining one Martial Skill themselves.
Nie Yong thought of an idea and smiled at Yang Kai lightly, “ Lan Female Apprentice had said it before. We will allocate the treasures based on contributions. Since Yang fellow apprentice is the weakest out of us four, then, shouldn’t you resign your rights to the Martial Skill Techniques?”
Yang Kai sneers at Nie Yong.
Nie Yong continued, “Naturally, Yang Fellow apprentice also worked hard and we must compensate you with some money?”
Zuo An’s brow wrinkled but did not speak. After all, he also supports this proposition.
Naturally, Du Yishuang supported Yang Kai, “How is that fair! Like any of us have enough money to compensate for a Martial Skill Technique!”
Yang Kai continued to sneer. Although he was looking at Nie Yong, at the corner of his eyes, he was secretly looking at Lan Chudie, waiting for her response.
Lan Chudie’s decision will decide Yang Kai’s following actions from this point on.
As expected, Lan Chudie kept silent, causing Yang Kai to sneer even more.
After a moment of silence, Lan Chudie said, “We will try one more time to see if we can obtain another one of those stone babies. It is not good that one of us is left with nothing. But, I will guarantee that if we cannot obtain another stone baby, I will go back to school and do everything in my might to compensate!”
Her words seemed to be addressed toward the group but Yang Kai knew that it was meant for herself.
“This is our last chance. Yang Fellow Apprentice, note that our intentions are good.” Lan Chudie stood up as she looked towards Yang Kai. “Yang Fellow Apprentice, you must be exhausted.”
Yang Kai did not look back at her and nodded, setting out to walk towards the stone statues.
Realizing his desolateness, Lan Chudie’s pupils flashes through a light apology but quickly vanishes.
After repeatedly doing the same thing, Yang Kai was already familiar with the task and could carry it out with ease. However, this time, he had other plans.
As usual, he lured all the hundreds of stone statues back to the ambush point. Lan Chudie and the others would then take the opportunity to lure two out of the group but this time, it was different.
Lan Chudie’s complexion changed “Nie Yong, lure two of them out!”
“Why me?” Nie Yong shouted, startled.
Du Yishuang coldly ridiculed. “Did you not say that baiting them was an easy task? Since Yang Kai could lure a hundred, what are two stone statues?”
“Who said that it was easy?” Nie Yong cursed. However, he did not have the means to oppose the will of these two females. Without a choice, he went out to attack two stone statues and lured them out of the group. Once they were lured out, he ran back hastily.
Although they had planned on luring out only two, Nie Yong accidentally lured out three. This made matters difficult but after experiencing combat for a while, they would now be able to beat three stone statues.
While the four people were fighting, Yang Kai routed back, close to the combat zone. He climbed on top of a stone pillar to look behind him to find that there were still some stone statues chasing after him.
So far so good. Yang Kai exclaimed in his heart as half of his plan was already made successful.
Yang Kai had the idea of luring all the stone statues back to trap Lan Chudie and others while they were fighting. However, Yang Kai changed his plans as he did not wish to be too evil.
With three stone statues, it would take the group a longer time to defeat them. That was good enough already. All Yang Kai needed to do was to delay them. Else, the group may figure out his plans.
Either way, Yang Kai would not do this if he could trust the others. Since Lan Chudie is too realistic and cares for herself, more than the group’s well-being, Yang Kai could not place faith in her to make matters fair for himself.
If they did not obtain a stone baby, Yang Kai would definitely not get anything in return. She would definitely lead the group out of this area and give the excuse; we tried.
Hence, he only had himself to depend on.
For the past few days, Yang Kai had been wondering, why are these stone statues chasing after them? Perhaps, deeper within the area, they were protecting something!
This thing should be more valuable than any kind of Martial Skill that the stone statues contain.
This may only be a guess but it is worth it to try.
Yang Kai directed the horde chasing after him, further from the center. After having a distance away from the area, he revolves his True Yang Yuan Qi within his body and produced flames at the bottom of his foot. Hastily, he ran back to the area where the stone statues rest.
This time, his speed was incomparable to his normal running speed. Unfortunately, these methods of usage of True Yang Yuan Qi cannot be considered to be a Martial Skill. They can only be considered as a skill.
However, there was a downside to using True Yang Yuan Qi. It was too consuming. In just a short 7 minutes, Yang Kai’s meridians dried up.
Fortunately, using 1 Yang Drop manages to completely restore his meridians.
After consuming four Yang drops, Yang Kai finally returned to the stone statue’s area.
When he went deeper, the flat grassy floor turned into concrete. Without much time till the stone statues all return, Yang Kai did not take much time to check every area for safety.
Hastily, he ran deeper to check if his theory was right. Finally, he saw it. At the center of the area, there was a gigantic pit. Around this pit and inside were guarded by stone statues that seemed to be more aggressive than the ones he normally baits around.
That’s it!
Yang Kai knew that this place was extremely dangerous and became more cautious. He quietly and slowly walked closer to the pit. In his experience, once he approaches too close to these stone statues, they would start moving. However, he could not fight them right now. The group of weaker looking stone statues could come back and surround him while he fought.
As Yang Kai slowly walked closer to one of the stone statues as he moved towards the pit. However, he was shocked to find that they were not moving.
[??]Yang Kai continued to probe the stone statue, to make sure it was safe. However, no matter how close he got to it, the thing did not respond. Thus, Yang Kai grew more courageous and tried to weed out trouble. Without allowing these things to start moving, Yang Kai revolved his True Yang Yuan Qi and fiercely pounds onto the stone carvings; Aiming to destroy it in the shortest span of time.