Hua Qing Si stared at Yang Kai with hatred and dread, thinking about what she had gone through. She couldn’t help but pout then sit down on the ground and make a scene, “Heartless bastard, you are worse than a dog. I curse you to suffer in hell for all eternity…”
Yang Kai’s face fell and he glared at her in silence, waiting for her to finish her tantrum, yet she didn’t stop grumbling even after a long while, and he could only yell at her, “Enough!”
Hua Qing Si suddenly quieted, choking with sobs, while her fragile shoulders shivered lightly…
“Just look at yourself, you are a great Third-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivator, yet you’re spewing profanity like a street thug. What a disgrace!”
Hua Qing Si said aggrievedly, “What can I do… fight you? I can’t defeat you, and I don’t even have the right to curse you?”
“As long as you obey me, I won’t torment you,” Yang Kai snorted coldly and spoke.
Hua Qing Si nodded repeatedly, saying, “I’m obedient, very obedient.” Not forgetting to wipe her tears and show him an ugly smile.
“You should have done so long ago,” Yang Kai snorted and spoke.
Yang Kai mulled this over for a while, then walked toward Hua Qing Si and stretched his hand toward her.
Hua Qing Si moved back instinctively, seemingly out of fear, but upon noticing that he didn’t harbour any malice, she pursed her lips, summoned her courage, and stretched her hand toward him and let him pull her up.
“Come with me!” As he spoke, he used his power and teleported along with Hua Qing Si.
A flash of light streaked past her eyes for a short moment, and by the time she regained her sight, they had already arrived at a bamboo house, a simple yet graceful bamboo house.
“This place has buildings?” Hua Qing Si was bewildered. “Does someone live here?”
“Yeah, but that’s a matter of the past,” Yang Kai replied calmly.
Many years ago, he brought his friends and relatives from Tong Xuan Realm into the Shadowed Star. During his trip, more than ten thousand people resided in the Small Sealed World, and many houses were still left here.
“Sit down!” Yang Kai beckoned at her then sat down.
Hua Qing Si hesitated for a moment then sat down opposite Yang Kai.
“I’ll ask you several questions, and you have to answer me honestly,” Yang Kai spoke only after she sat down.
Hua Qing Si nodded in response.
“Did you travel to Maplewood City to investigate the cause of Han Leng’s death?” Yang Kai asked.
Hua Qing Si hesitated for a while, but she still nodded in the end. “That’s right!”
“Why?” Yang Kai stared at her.
Hua Qing Si organized her thoughts and words for a moment then said, “Junior Brother Han Leng is my master’s disciple, a banished disciple, and it looked like he had stolen one of my masters’ treasures before escaping from the Star Soul Palace. So, I hunted him down mainly to retrieve that treasure.”
“What is it?”
“I don’t have any idea, as my master didn’t tell me, but he told me that it’s a token.”
“A token?” Yang Kai raised his brows, but he quickly recalled something and took a strange token off his Space Ring. He showed it to Hua Qing Si and asked, “Is it this one?”
The token was pocket-sized with a very special texture, which was neither wooden nor metallic, and the word ‘Dragon’ was carved on its front side, while the design of a True Dragon soaring into the firmament was carved on its backside.
He had gotten this token from Han Leng’s Space Ring, but he couldn’t fathom its function at that time, and that was why he just placed it in his Space Ring and paid no more heed to it.
Now, Hua Qing Si had just told him that she came after this token under her master’s orders, and he immediately realized that the token was anything but simple.
Hua Qing Si was a Third-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivator and her master should be at least a Second-Order Emperor Realm Master, yet he was still preoccupied with the token, which clearly showed its worth.
“Did you find it in Junior Brother Han Leng’s Space Ring?” Hua Qing Si asked.
“That’s right.”
“If he didn’t have another token in his Space Ring, then this should be my mission’s objective,” Hua Qing Si cast a glance at the token with a weird look plastered on her face.
“Can you recognize what it is?” When Yang Kai raised this question, he paid close attention to her expression.
Hua Qing Si first shook her head, then stretched her hand and took the token. Upon examining it closely for a while, her expression changed and her body shook all over. She couldn’t help but cover her mouth and let out a surprised cry.
“Speak!” Yang Kai urged her impatiently.
“If I am not wrong, then it should be the famous Dragon Island Token,” Hua Qing Si said in alarm.
“Dragon Island Token?” Yang Kai furrowed his brows and said, “What’s that?”
“Have you never heard about it?” Hua Qing Si stared at him, seemingly surprised that he didn’t even know the Dragon Island Token. [He is really ignorant!]
But upon casting another glance at his face, she swallowed the mocking words that had just reached her tongue, and said carefully, “Sir, did you ever hear about the Dragon Island?”
“Dragon Island? Does a dragon live in it?” Yang Kai asked back, then chuckled, “I’m just cracking a joke.”
But, Hua Qing Si’s expression was still tense and solemn.
“Does a dragon really live on Dragon Island?” Yang Kai asked sceptically.
Hua Qing Si nodded in response.
“Are you serious?” Yang Kai rolled his eyes at her.
Dragons were one of the strongest Ancient Divine Spirits, and beings the likes of True Dragons and Heavenly Phoenixes were only the talks of legends and ancient records, and they didn’t exist in this world.
Hua Qing Si’s face got flushed and she rolled her eyes at Yang Kai. She said, “If the Dragon Island is real, then a dragon should be living in it, and it isn’t just one or two.”
The corners of Yang Kai’s mouth twitched. He was left speechless!
Hua Qing Si said, “It’s said that the Dragon Island is the most mysterious force of the Star Boundary, and it’s also the strongest because a lot of True Dragons’ descendants reside there, and there are even Ancient and Primordial Dragons. Even the ten Great Emperors dread those ancient beings, but ordinary people such as us still aren’t sure whether it exists or not, and it’s only the strongest cultivators who have access to this secret and it’s also only them who can find the Dragon Island.”
“As for the Dragon Island Token, it’s a token from Dragon Island,” Hua Qing Si added, “Anyone who holds this token can go to Dragon Island and ask for a favour from the Dragon Clan, as long as it isn’t anything overboard which they can’t accept. For example, if I travel to Dragon Island with the token, then I can ask the Dragon Clan to use a True Dragon’s Power to raise my cultivation base into the Emperor Realm, and it won’t be limited to just the First-Order of the Emperor Realm…”
As she brought up this subject, a longing look appeared in her pretty eyes and she held the Dragon Island Token tightly, while her breathing turned rough.
Yang Kai stretched his hand and the Dragon Island Token flew back to his palm. He cast a glance at Hua Qing Si and said, “Go on!”
Hua Qing Si revealed a sheepish smile and hid the zealous look apparent on her face, then said, “Since primordial times, only five Dragon Island Tokens appeared, and it’s still only a talk of ancient legends. It’s said that three of them were used up, and every usage has shaken up the whole Star Boundary.”
As she spoke up to this point, she raised a finger and said, “One of them was eighty thousand years ago. The Northern Territory’s second greatest sect, the Profound Frost Sect was destroyed in one night. None of their tens of thousand disciples had survived and their Emperor Realm Masters also perished. It’s said that a Dragon Aura was left in its ruins and is present to this day. A lot of cultivators visit it to try their luck and seek a fortuitous encounter.”
“The second one was fifty thousand years ago. Some gutsy person provoked the Divine Spirit Shi Huo, and the whole Southern Territory was turned upside down by the infuriated Divine Spirit. Sects were destroyed, families exterminated and innumerable beings perished. Even the ten Great Emperors made a move, to no avail and none could stop the Divine Spirit’s killing spree. If Dragon Island didn’t step in to repel it, all of the Southern Territory’s people would have suffered the brunt of its rage.”
“As for the third time, it was thirty thousand years ago. The strongest master of the Human Clan, Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, died with signs pointing to the Dragon Clan’s involvement in this ordeal. That battle had been earth-shattering, many stars were shifted and World Principles were toppled…”
“The Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was killed by the Dragon Clan?” Yang Kai suddenly interrupted Hua Qing Si and questioned her sceptically.
Hua Qing Si stuck out her tongue. “It’s only a legend and I’m not certain of it, but it’s quite likely. After all, the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was the strongest master of the Human Clan, and his opponents wouldn’t have been able to slay him despite joining hands, and the Dragon Clan’s involvement is the sole logical explanation for this.”
As she spoke up to here, she looked in confusion at Yang Kai, “Have you heard of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor?”
“Are you taking me for a country bumpkin?” Yang Kai looked askance at her.
Hua Qing Si laughed sheepishly and said, “In any case, it’s said that those three incidents are all related to the Dragon Island Token’s usage, and if this token is really the Dragon Island Token, then… You should properly consider how you will use it. After all, it’s a priceless treasure.”
“Since when are you so concerned about me?” Yang Kai snorted coldly.
Hua Qing Si mumbled out of displeasure, “Is it wrong to show any concern for you?”
“Are you sure it’s the Dragon Island Token?” Yang Kai asked.
Hua Qing Si shook her head. “I have never seen the real Dragon Island Token and don’t know what it looks like, but from its design and texture, it can be surmised that it’s this one. If you are still sceptical, then why don’t you ask some knowledgeable person. You may probably get more clues about it.”
“We aren’t even sure whether Dragon Island is real or where it is. It’s too early to give any thoughts into the Dragon Island Token’s matter,” Yang Kai said then put away the token.
He already had a person in mind, and he should question him, as he might have some accurate info about it.
“Sir…” Hua Qing Si said coyly, while twisting uneasily. She stared at Yang Kai and said stammeringly, “I have already told you everything you want to know… So, why don’t you…”
“Enough daydreaming!” Yang Kai rejected her bluntly.
“Do you really plan to imprison me here for life?” Hua Qing Si was quite frustrated. “I’m from the Star Soul Palace and I came here to investigate Junior Brother Hang Leng’s death under the order of my master. If I don’t go back to make a report, then my master will sooner or later come over and he may even trace this back to you.”
As she spoke up to here, she nodded repeatedly, saying affirmatively, “He’ll surely trace it back to you. You don’t want to be eyed by him, do you? He’s a Second-Order Emperor Realm Master, so hurry up and let go of me. Let’s part on good terms.”
“Let’s leave this discussion for another time.” Yang Kai stood up and observed her from above. He couldn’t help but curl his mouth into a faint smile and say, “Actually, if you want to regain your freedom, then it’s easily achievable.”
“What do you mean?” Hua Qing Si shivered and looked warily at Yang Kai. She said, “What are you up to?”
Yang Kai burst into laughter and said, “Relax, relax. I’m not after your body. But, if you really want to regain your freedom, then you have to hand over your Soul Imprint and I’ll give it some consideration. After all, a Third-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivation is pretty good…”
“Keep daydreaming!” Hua Qing Si said through gnashed teeth and interrupted Yang Kai’s speech.
“Then… Farewell,” Yang Kai waved his hand at her then left the Small Sealed World.
He left the dumbstruck Hua Qing Si alone, sitting there in a trance for a long while before she came back to her senses and let out an aggrieved cry, “Come back, come back, come back…”
…
In the room, Yang Kai’s body appeared once again. He stood there in contemplation for a little while before his body turned into a light beam and flew out of the Zhang family’s residence. He was leaving for Maplewood City!
After a short moment, Yang Kai reached Maplewood City, but he didn’t seek Mo Xiao Qi or Kang Si Ran. Rather, he went toward the Qin family’s home.
He had already visited the Qin family once and knew its location. Moreover, after he swept the area with his Divine Sense, he immediately found Qin Yu’s location.
Yang Kai didn’t plan to hide his aura and he just casually walked toward her. In a short while, he reached a room and knocked on its window.
“Who is it?” a shout sounded from behind the door.
Yang Kai responded, and the person inside quieted for a while, then light footsteps echoed as she walked to the window and opened it.
Qin Yu looked in surprise and confusion at Yang Kai. She asked, “Yang… Senior Yang, why are you seeking me so late in the night?”
“Hmm, I have some questions for you,” Yang Kai replied and stuck his head inside to take a look at the room and said. “Can I come in?”
Qin Yu’s face got flushed and she said, “Senior, please come in.”
By the time her voice fell, Yang Kai had already jumped into the room through the window.
Upon seeing this, Qin Yu’s face reddened further. Yang Kai sneaked into her room through the window so late in the night, and if a person oblivious to the truth witnessed this, it would give rise to some awkward misunderstandings.
But, Qin Yu was still at ease as she trusted Yang Kai. After all, if someone with his power had any malicious aims, he could achieve his aims stealthily; he didn’t have to expose himself to her.
The room setting was refined and comfortable, while a pleasant fragrance was present here. This was Qin Yu’s personal room.
Yang Kai was aware that his actions were quite presumptuous, but he didn’t care.
After Yang Kai sat down, Qin Yu offered him a cup of tea and asked, “Senior, what questions do you have for me?”
Yang Kai took a sip of tea and said, “Miss, you are both pretty and exceptionally smart and you’re the most knowledgeable person I have ever known. I have come here hoping that you can dispel some of my doubts.”
Qin Yu pursed her lips and said with a smile, “Senior, I don’t deserve such high praise, I have only read more books than your average cultivator. But, if I can be of any help to you, then just go ahead and ask.”
Yang Kai smiled and said, “I’ll go right to the point, but I hope that today’s discussion…”
“I’ll take a Soul Oath that I won’t divulge it to anyone,” Qin Yu said sternly.
Yang Kai cast a glance at her, thinking, [it’s so easy to converse with smart people], then said, “I have been corrupted by the Demon Qi outside the city and I almost turned into a demon. You must have seen this, correct?”
Upon hearing him, fear flashed past her pretty eyes and she nodded, “That’s right, but Heaven helps the worthy and you have crossed this crisis with no mishap.”
“When I was corrupted by the Demon Qi and was on the verge of turning into a demon, many strange scenes emerged in my mind,” Yang Kai started making things up.
Qin Yu said in surprise, “Many strange scenes?”
“That’s right,” Yang Kai nodded and said. “At that time, we had cast a Secret Technique and we peered into the Ancient Great Demon’s silhouette within Jiang Chu He’s Knowledge Sea, which is likely a remnant will of the Ancient Great Demon hidden within the Demon Qi, and it has retained that demon’s memory and knowledge. After I was corrupted by the Demon Qi, I got a chance to peer into some affairs.”
“You’re not mistaken, and I agree with you,” Qin Yu said, gratified, as if she had just found a soul mate.
“But, what I have seen is completely different from what Jiang Chu He saw. Those scenes were also fragmented and intermittent, and didn’t have the Ancient Great Demon’s silhouette.”
“Huh? What kind of scenes?” Qin Yu got interested in this subject.
Yang Kai revealed a pensive look and said in a low voice, “There were numerous scenes and I have only seen two clearly. One of them has a golden and silver seed, with each colour taking up roughly half of its surface. After that seed had been planted, it grew into a Golden Silver Exotic Tree after innumerable years. The tree emitted overlapping silver and golden radiance and it looked quite mighty!”
“A golden and silver, two-coloured exotic tree?”
Upon hearing this, amazement showed up in her pretty voice, and she let out a cry, covering up her mouth.
“That’s right.” Yang Kai nodded and looked at her. He said, “I wonder whether you know that Golden Silver Exotic Tree?”
“I vaguely remember reading some records about this Exotic Tree.” Qin Yu furrowed her brows and tried to recall some information about it.
A stunned look appeared on Yang Kai’s face and he looked at her expectantly.
But, Qin Yu didn’t provide him with an answer even after a long while, and she only shook her head and said, “Senior, I’m sorry. I have seen records about it, but I can’t recall them in a short while. Please give me a few days and I’ll go to look up some ancient books I read before and look for some relevant records about it.”
“It’s fine, I’m not in a hurry. I’m only a little curious about it,” Yang Kai chuckled in response. He was quite disappointed, but he didn’t let it show up on his face.
“Senior, what’s the second scene you have seen?” Qin Yu asked.
“It’s a token, a pocket-sized token with a strange texture, neither wooden nor metallic. A ‘dragon’ word was carved on its surface and it looked like some ancient script, while the picture of a True Dragon soaring into the sky was carved on its back.”
When Yang Kai finished describing it, Qin Yu gave an answer. She said, “It’s the Dragon Island Token!”
“Is it really the Dragon Island Token?” Yang Kai was quite delighted.
Hua Qing Si had already told him so, but he didn’t trust her completely. Besides, Hua Qing Si couldn’t affirm that it was a genuine one. But, since even Qin Yu had as much, then it was likely genuine.
“If your description is accurate, then that’s the Dragon Island Token.” Qin Yu was so excited that her face turned flushed. “It’s said that only five Dragon Island Token appeared since ancient times, and three had already been used, while only two were left…”
She had recounted the same story as Hua Qing Si, and all details, including the number of the Dragon Island Tokens, their usage date, and locations, were the same.
It could be seen that Hua Qing Si didn’t lie and deceive Yang Kai.
“But…” As Qin Yu continued talking about it, a confused look appeared on her face. She asked in confusion, “Why has a Dragon Island Token appeared in the memory of the Ancient Great Demon’s remnant will.”
“Why wouldn’t it appear?” Yang Kai asked back.
“It’s because it doesn’t make sense time-wise. When the Ancient Great Demon was sealed, the Dragon Island Tokens hadn’t appeared yet… So, why does the Great Demon know of them?”
Qin Yu revealed a bewildered look.
Upon hearing this, Yang Kai lamented inwardly about his awful decision. He had just come to get an answer to his questions from Qin Yu and didn’t expect her to be so shrewd. She had quickly spotted a clear flaw in his story.
“I’m not sure about that, maybe it’s because the Ancient Great Demon detected that the Dragon Island Token posed a threat to it,” Yang Kai said and chuckled.
“That is possible,” Qin Yu didn’t dig into it. After all, those were all matters of the ancient past and she couldn’t get any concrete evidence about them.
“Fine, I have come here just to get an answer to those questions. It’s already so late and I won’t disturb your rest. Farewell,” Yang Kai said and stood up.
Qin Yu also stood up to bid farewell to him and she said, “I’ll quickly look into the Golden Silver Exotic Treem’s matter, and I’ll notify you the moment I find anything.”
“Got it!” He nodded and his body disappeared out of sight shortly after he walked out of the main door.
After a short moment, Qin Zhao Yang appeared suddenly next to the door to Qin Yu’s room and he gazed toward where Yang Kai had just been. He said with a strange look plastered on his face, “Yu’er, why did Brother Yang seek you?”
“It’s just to ask about some matters,” Qin Yu replied.
“What matters?” Qin Zhao Yang asked with a startled look.
Qin Yu stuck out her tongue and said, “It’s a secret!”
Qin Zhao Yang was taken back and he shook his head then said with a bitter smile, “Little girl, are you keeping secrets even from your Old Ancestor?”
Qin Yu said helplessly, “It isn’t up to me, I can’t tell you. But, I can still tell you that what Senior Yang asked isn’t related to Maplewood City or the Qin family.”
Qin Zhao Yang understood her implication and nodded. He said, “Then it’s fine.”
He quieted for a moment, then let out a sigh and said, looking at Qin Yu, “How is your body?”
“Alright!” Qin Yu replied.
“Don’t lie to me!” Qin Zhao Yang’s expression turned solemn. “Do you think I don’t know how much effort you have put into repairing the seal last time? I know that your body can’t keep on any longer.”
Qin Yu didn’t reply and kept her silence.
Qin Zhao Yang sighed and said, “If you didn’t have that constitution… someone with your talent may rise to the same height as our Qin family’s ancestor. But… It’s so frustrating, I’m so weak and can’t do anything to prolong your life or cure you. I’m really ashamed to face you.”
Qin Yu’s eyes turned flushed and she said in a low voice, “Old Ancestor, don’t disparage yourself, if I didn’t have your help, I would have died three years ago. I’m already happy to live for three more years and my sole regret is that I can’t stay by your side and help you, and I have even troubled you.”
“You can set your mind at ease, I’ll come up with a solution, I won’t let you die in your early years,” Qin Zhao Yang said in a deep voice before his body flickered and disappeared.
Qin Yu had just opened her mouth to speak, yet Qin Zhao Yang had already disappeared from her sight.
After she mulled this over for a moment, her pretty face fell, as if she had realized what Qin Zhao Yang was up to.
After Yang Kai returned to the Zhang family’s home, he pushed upon the door of the guest room then entered it, sighting upon the tearful Zhang Ruo Xi sitting there in a daze.
Upon hearing some noise, she raised her head to take a look and her pretty eyes immediately shone with delight. She quickly stood up and said in fluster, “Sir…”
Yang Kai cast a glance at her then said with a smile, “What’s wrong? Did you assume that I have abandoned your Zhang family and left? Are you wiping your tears over it here?”
Zhang Ruo Xi pursed her lips and shook her head slowly.
“Then why are you crying?” Yang Kai asked.
Zhang Ruo Xi said in a soft voice, “Since Ruo Xi followed Sir, she no longer had anything to do with the Zhang Family… Ruo Xi thought, Sir… didn’t want me anymore,” As she spoke up to here, she summoned her courage and raised her head to look at Yang Kai. “Sir, I know that I’m weak and can’t provide any help to you, rather you would have to take care of me. But, I can still serve you tea, make your bed and other trivial daily affairs and I don’t mind becoming your maid…”
After she finished her speech, she was shocked by her bold words and she quickly lowered her head, while her pretty face got flushed. She bowed and said, “Please forgive me, I won’t disturb your rest.”
After her voice fell, she turned around to leave.
“Stop!” Yang Kai yelled suddenly.
Zhang Ruo Xi’s body shook and she stood there nervously, then said in a shivering voice, “Sir, what instructions do you have for me?”
It looked like she had just thought of something in particular and her nervousness was apparent on her face. She put her little hands against her belly and started tangling them unconsciously, while her face turned as red as a peach and the fragile heart hidden behind her modest chest started beating loudly like a drum.
Yang Kai looked at her and said firmly, “Don’t disparage yourself. I have already accepted the madam’s request and I’ll take you with me. Besides, I really need your help in some matters.”
“How can I help?” Upon hearing this, Zhang Ruo Xi’s eyes lit up and she said eagerly, “Sir, what do you want me to do? Can you tell me?”
Yang Kai said with a smile, “I planned to raise your power a little before telling you, but since you are so eager, then I’ll just tell you now.”
As Yang Kai spoke, he took out the Space Spirit Jade he got from the Lu family’s Lu Bai Chuan.
When the Space Spirit Jade appeared, Zhang Ruo Xi’s body shook and she stared at it, mumbling, “This feeling is…”
At this moment, it looked like the Space Spirit Jade had been stimulated by some unknown power, and it had emitted ripples of Space Force, which sent the surrounding space into a mess, as if it would be engulfed by the void at any moment.
Lu Bai Chuan wasn’t mistaken. Zhang Ruo Xi was the crux to inducing a reaction from the Space Spirit Jade. As long as Zhang Ruo Xi was within a certain range of it, it would release a mysterious power, and this power was precisely the reason Lu Bai Chuan had been able to get slight attainments in the Space Force.
Moreover, he still devised ways to eliminate the Zhang family’s remaining power and force it to marry Zhang Ruo Xi into the Lu family. If his ploy prevailed, he would get a lot of opportunities to study the Space Spirit Jade and he might be able to use its distinct Space Force to raise his own power further.
Yang Kai waved his hand and used the Space Principle to seal the whole guest room’s space. He had isolated it thoroughly, preventing any fluctuations from spreading outside.
“What did you detect and feel?” Yang Kai looked at Zhang Ruo Xi and asked.
“I’m not sure.” Zhang Ruo Xi shook her head and said, “But, it’s a familiar feeling. When I was a guest in the Lu family’s residence, I frequently got the same feeling, as if something within it was summoning me. It’s the same feeling as before, yet it never has been so intense.”
Yang Kai nodded. It could be seen that the connection between Zhang Ruo Xi and the Space Spirit Jade ran both ways.
“Can you recognize it?” Yang Kai asked.
Zhang Ruo Xi shook her head slowly.
“I got it from Lu Bai Chuan,” Yang Kai said.
“It belongs to Uncle Lu?” Zhang Ruo Xi was quite surprised.
Lu Bai Chuan had been the Zhang family’s enemy, yet Zhang Ruo Xi still didn’t dare to call him by his name casually and it could be seen that the girl’s mindset was still pure and kind-hearted.
“But, I heard from Lu Bai Chuan that it once belonged to your Zhang family,” Yang Kai spoke again. “And it seems to have been owned by a female ancestor of the Zhang family. At that time, she had married into the Lu family, and this object had been her dowry. She had brought it with her into the Lu family.”
“Since it’s a dowry, then it does belong to the Lu family now,” Zhang Ruo Xi said with a smile.
Yang Kai said, “It doesn’t matter who’s its rightful owner, the crux is that it’s from your Zhang family. Did any outstanding person emerge amongst your Zhang family’s ancestors?”
Zhang Ruo Xi shook her head and said, “I don’t know, but I heard from my grandma that our Zhang family was one of the top families in the past, but we had gradually declined due to some unknown reasons.”
“Then, everything makes sense,” Yang Kai nodded.
“But… Why does this object have such a strange connection with me? What about the other members of the Zhang family?” A confused look was apparent on Zhang Ruo Xi’s face.
“The others didn’t cause the same response and the reason why it’s you is…” Yang Kai paused for a while then said, “There are two possibilities. You either have some Bloodline Power, a Bloodline Power stronger than your other relatives and that’s why the Space Spirit Jade showed some response to you. As for the Bloodline Power, it must have originated from the previous owner of the Space Spirit Jade, one of your Zhang family’s ancestors.”
“Then, what’s the other possibility?”
“You have some kind of Special Constitution,” Yang Kai looked at Zhang Ruo Xi then shook his head slowly. “I don’t think that is possible. I have observed you for many days and you don’t possess any Special Constitution.”
“Then it’s likely the first possibility, isn’t it?” Zhang Ruo Xi said.
“That’s right,” Yang Kai revealed a faint smile. “I’m not clear about the nature of Bloodline Power, but your bloodline is probably quite similar to that said ancestor, and that’s why you can interact with the Space Spirit Jade.”
“Huh?”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ruo Xi didn’t show any strong reaction.
“Aren’t you happy?” Yang Kai looked at her with great interest.
Zhang Ruo Xi furrowed her brows and said, “Sir, why are you asking this?”
Yang Kai said with a smile, “It looks like you don’t know anything, then let me explain it to you. Your Bloodline Power is similar to that said ancestor and you have gotten some sort of recognition from the Space Spirit Jade. So, your future achievements may be on par with that ancestor.” Yang Kai’s voice suddenly turned low and he said, “The Space Spirit Jade is no ordinary object, and if you can become its master, then you’ll be at least an Emperor Realm Master.”
Upon hearing this, it looked like it finally dawned on Zhang Ruo Xi and a stunned look showed up on her face. She said, “Sir, are you implying that I have a good chance to become an Emperor Realm Master in the future?”
Yang Kai nodded in response.
“That’s awesome!” An excited and delighted look appeared on Zhang Ruo Xi’s face, “If I can get such great power, then I’ll be able to help you.”
Upon hearing this, Yang Kai was taken aback. After she learned that she could become an Emperor Realm Master, her first thought was that she would be able to help him. The girl’s concern really warmed up his heart.
“Sir, can I have a look at it?” Zhang Ruo Xi looked eagerly at Yang Kai and asked, then cast a glance at the Space Spirit Jade in his hand.
She was quite concerned about it because it was closely related to her future prospects.
“That’s what I planned to do,” Yang Kai said with a smile and handed over the Space Spirit Jade to her.
He had already studied the Space Spirit Jade several times since he had gotten it, yet couldn’t make any discoveries and he only knew that someone had refined it with a great Divine Ability, and it should be some sort of Artifact, but he didn’t know how to use it.
He was quite proficient in Space Force and had already grasped the Space Principle, yet he still couldn’t fathom the mysteries of the Space Spirit Jade. If anyone could understand the Space Spirit Jade’s mystery, then it would be none other than Zhang Ruo Xi.
After Zhang Ruo Xi took the Space Spirit Jade excitedly, a matter beyond their expectations occurred.
When Zhang Ruo Xi touched the spirit jade, it suddenly shook and emitted intense energy ripples.
As for Zhang Ruo Xi’s body, it had also been shaken up, as if she had been electrocuted.
*Sizzle!*
A peculiar sound reverberated and dazzling flowing light appeared on the surface of the Space Spirit Jade.
Soon after, many bizarre projections emerged out of the Space Spirit Jade and filled the whole room. Those projections surrounded Zhang Ruo Xi and the Space Spirit Jade, and were circling around them ceaselessly.
Yang Kai’s expression turned stern and he couldn’t help but furrow his brows as he observed them. They were flickering rapidly, but he still got a clear look at many of them with his great eyesight power.
Towering pavilions, a mountain hidden in fog, a mass of rubble, towering peaks, flying spirit cranes, and various birds, as well as a mountain spring with clear water…
Those scenes were the stuff of an earthen paradise, and those were all dazzling and attractive sights.
Yang Kai had been stunned!
At this moment, Zhang Ruo Xi let out a soft groan and her aura started weakening, while a pained look appeared on her face. Meanwhile, mysterious Space Force ripples started pervading the room.
Yang Kai sighed upon a pitch-black Void Corridor, which had appeared suddenly in the middle of the room. It was still quite unstable, but it was slowly taking shape.
The Void Corridor’s interior was pure chaos and he couldn’t discern what location it was connected to.
“Throw it away!” Yang Kai let out a shout and used his Source Qi and the Spatial Principle to suppress the Void Corridor taking shape here. Soon after, he exerted his power to jump toward Zhang Ruo Xi and take the Space Spirit Jade off her.
The scenes that filled up the room suddenly disappeared, while the Void Corridor in the middle of the room collapsed.
Zhang Ruo Xi let out a soft groan and fell weakly on the ground.
Yang Kai’s face fell. He didn’t expect that such an accident would occur, simply because Zhang Ruo Xi held the Space Spirit Jade in her hands. If he had known this earlier, he wouldn’t have taken such a risk.
Yang Kai put away the Space Spirit Jade then stooped to pick up Zhang Ruo Xi only to find her drenched. She got drenched in sweat in that short moment.
Yang Kai placed her on the bed then held her wrist and circulated his Source Qi within her body. At this moment, his expression had already turned gloomy.
He had discovered that a lot of Zhang Ruo Xi’s vitality had been forcefully extracted and she suffered serious damage. She was a girl in her teens, yet her body’s internal state wasn’t any different than a person who lived for dozens of years.
These fundamental injuries couldn’t be treated by ordinary pills, and if he didn’t pay heed to her and abandoned her, then the state of her body would quickly deteriorate.
Yang Kai didn’t give this too much consideration. After he had detected that Zhang Ruo Xi’s vitality had been damaged, he used the Sealed World Bead and brought her with him into the vicinity of the Small Sealed World’s medicine garden.
After he placed Zhang Ruo Xi on the ground, he waved his hand, and this seemingly ordinary movement shook the whole world and gave rise to a gale.
The Immortal Tree planted in a distant region emitted a green aura visible to the naked eye, a green aura that flew along with the gale and circulated around Zhang Ruo Xi, enveloping her body thoroughly then flowing into it through her pores.
Since her vitality had been damaged, then he would just have to supplement, and the astonishing Life Force emitted by the Immortal Tree was the best medicine.
As he had expected, after Zhang Ruo Xi got the Immortal Tree’s vitality, her furrowed brows relaxed and the pain apparent on her was replaced by a calm expression.
Yang Kai released his Divine Sense to observe her body, and he discovered that its state had already turned for the better, while her organs and meridians that had aged excessively were now brimming with vigour.
She was suffering from this condition due to external factors, and that’s why the Life Force emitted by the Immortal Tree could easily solve the issue. If it was an old man with a foot in the grave in her stead, then this might not have been enough to supplement his vitality.
Yang Kai waited for two hours before he inspected her body again, ascertaining that she was already fine and well. Besides this, she still got some benefits from the Immortal Tree’s nourishment.
Later on, he brought Zhang Ruo Xi out of the Small Sealed World and put her in her room. She was still asleep for now, but she would shortly wake up.
After this ordeal, Yang Kai had ascertained his previous guess. Zhang Ruo Xi’s current cultivation base wasn’t enough to dig into the Space Spirit Jade’s mysteries, and that’s why her vitality had been forcefully absorbed.
[But… What’s the source of those scenes? Just where is this incomplete Void Corridor connected to?] Yang Kai had many questions about this and he was looking forward to getting an answer for his doubts.
He had a feeling that the Space Spirit Jade was hiding a great secret.
After Yang Kai went back to his room, he set up a barrier and sent a Divine Sense Message to the Zhang family’s matriarch, informing her that he would go into seclusion and wouldn’t receive any guests, then waited for a positive response from her before entering the Small Sealed World once again.
He first checked Liu Yan’s situation and discovered that she was still refining the Luan Feng’s feather strenuously. Contending against the power of Luan Feng contained within that divine feather. Her situation was anything but good, but she wasn’t in danger.
He didn’t pay much attention to her and he quickly looked for a secluded region then sat down cross-legged.
He stayed seated there for two days until he had recovered his peak condition, only then did he wave his hand and take out two objects, a jade bottle and an edgeless sword.
The jade bottle contained a churning scarlet liquid, which would frequently take the shape of a little dragon and run amok. The little dragon was still spitting flames in a vain attempt to burn the bottle, and it looked like this seemingly sentient little creature wanted to get out.
The blood of a Fire Dragon!
Yang Kai had gotten it from the First Stage of the Soaring Dragon Altar in the Five Coloured Treasure Pagoda, but he hadn’t used it since then.
As for the edgeless sword, it was none other than Yang Kai’s Verdant Dragon Bone Sword.
The Verdant Dragon Bone Sword was a piece of a dragon bone found by him in the Shadowed Star’s Flowing Flame Sand Field, and he had only added to it a Dragon Bead to craft a sword out of it and didn’t ruin the original materials.
At this moment, he took out those Artifacts belonging to a true dragon’s body to refine them. He had already refined one Dragon Artifact, the Dragon Scale, and it had been always covering his chest’s vital region. The scale’s great defensive power had helped in a lot of battles.
Despite this, he still couldn’t forget the great pain he had gone through to fuse the Dragon Scale with his body, but this wasn’t the reason why he didn’t consider refining more Dragon Artifacts. It was mainly due to his lacking cultivation base.
Now, he had already advanced into the Dao Source Realm and he couldn’t advance his cultivation further in the near future. So, if he wanted to raise his battle prowess, he could only look for other ways, and fusing the Dragon Blood and Dragon Bone Sword with his body were the most effective methods.
He had the Monster Transformation Secret Art, a Golden Divine Dragon’s Source Power, and they were enough to help him achieve this seemingly impossible feat.
Yang Kai’s gaze paced back and forth between the Dragon Blood and the Dragon Bone Sword for a moment, but he quickly made up his mind and decisively took the jade bottle.
It looked like the little dragon in the bottle had detected his actions and it had turned its tiny head toward him, opened its mouth and shot a fire beam toward Yang Kai’s face.
But, the jade bottle able to store blood from an actual dragon was no ordinary object and it had been refined well. The little dragon couldn’t inflict any harm on Yang Kai and it only looked funny and ridiculous.
Yang Kai curled the corners of his mouth and opened the bottle’s lid. The tiny dragon immediately rushed out of it, swayed its tail, and turned into a flowing light as it tried to escape.
But everything in the Small Sealed World was within Yang Kai’s control, and it couldn’t possibly escape Yang Kai’s clutches.
Yang Kai just had to grasp the void with his hand and the flowing light was immediately stranded mid-air. In response, the little dragon struggled desperately and let out ceaseless roars, yet to no avail. It couldn’t escape from Yang Kai’s clutches.
The power of the World Principles had fallen upon the little dragon and it could only turn back into a drop of Dragon Blood despite its reluctance. The drop was as scorching as magma and it emitted intense heat.
Yang Kai sucked the Dragon Blood toward him then observed it for a moment nervously. But, he didn’t hesitate for long and quickly opened his mouth, enveloped the drop of Dragon Blood with his Source Qi and swallowed it down.
Soon after, he immediately cast the Monster Transformation Secret Art and used his Dao Source Realm Cultivation Base to refine the drop of pure Fire Dragon Blood.
After the Dragon Blood reached his belly, the Source Qi couldn’t bear its high heat any longer and it had been burned thoroughly while heat started rising from his belly, as if it contained an active volcano shooting out scalding lava.
Yang Kai didn’t dare to take this lightly and sent more of his Source Qi into it, trying to erase the drop of Dragon Blood’s weak spirituality.
As time elapsed slowly, the ground around Yang Kai had been turned into charred land. The earth was dry and the trees in the vicinity had withered, while many cracks appeared on the ground. Even the void had been affected and twisted by the intense heat.
Indistinct dragon roars reverberated ceaselessly within Yang Kai’s body as the Dragon Blood’s spiritually put on its last struggle.
At a certain moment, the roars suddenly stopped, while Yang Kai detected that the intense fiery energy in his belly had erupted and rushed into his meridians and flesh.
He couldn’t help but let out a soft groan and his face turned deathly pale.
He swept his body with his Divine Sense and he detected that his flesh and meridians had been wrecked by the fiery energy, and his body had already sustained heavy injuries.
After all, this was the blood of a true dragon and even Yang Kai’s strong body couldn’t withstand it, but fortunately, his Golden Blood quickly showed its strong recovery power and contended with the fiery Dragon Blood’s destructive power and they gradually reached a subtle balance.
At this moment, Yang Kai wasn’t any different than a mortal sitting on an active volcano’s crater and his mind had already turned dizzy from the intense heat.
In his muddle-headed state, he felt like an illusion of an Ancient True Dragon appeared in front of him, an illusion of a scarlet dragon gazing at him with its dignified and terrifying eyes.
Soon after, the dragon let out a deafening roar and opened its large mouth to bite Yang Kai and swallow him down.
“Humph!”
But at this moment, Yang Kai’s eyes flickered and he yelled, “I have waited for you for so long.”
As his voice fell, the Golden Divine Dragon’s Source Power in his body spread out and turned into a golden giant dragon’s phantom image behind Yang Kai. The phantom image bared its fangs, brandished its claws then pounced on the Fire Dragon.
The Fire Dragon who didn’t expect this was taken aback, while surprise and fright appeared in its dignified eyes and it moved back repeatedly.
Every dragon was innately strong, but they depended too much on their Bloodline Power, so Bloodline Suppression had a great and distinct effect on them, while the Golden Divine Dragon was obviously of a higher grade than the Fire Dragon!
The Fire Dragon moved back, but the Golden Divine Dragon didn’t let go of it. It pursued and took a large bite of it.
The majestic Fire Dragon’s body had been easily torn by the golden dragon’s bite, and its whole body was quickly swallowed down into its belly.
The awe-inspiring golden dragon shook its head, wagged its tails, and surveyed the surrounding disdainfully. But it couldn’t find any worthy opponent and it could only go back to Yang Kai’s body lazily.
At this moment, the spirituality of the drop of Dragon Blood had been erased.
After the Fire Dragon Blood’s spirituality had been erased, the pressure on Yang Kai’s shoulders had been alleviated, and he started using his Golden Blood’s recovery power to repair his meridians and flesh, while he also started fusing with the Fire Dragon Blood fearlessly. He started fusing it with every inch of his blood and meridians.
This process put to the test one’s wits and patience, but this wasn’t an issue for Yang Kai, as he wasn’t in a hurry and he carried it out methodically.
…
After an unknown amount of time, the drop of Dragon Blood had been finally refined completely by Yang Kai.
He opened his eyes slowly and stood up, then observed himself with his senses. His cultivation base was the same as before, but he could still clearly feel that he had become stronger.
The great improvement of his power didn’t show up on his fleshly body, but rather on his…
“Dragonization!” Yang Kai let out a shout.
The power of the Dragon Blood in his bloodline was activated and the bones of his hands let out a snapping noise and started bulging. They turned into a pair of Dragon Claws.
As for his arms, a mass of Dragon Scales formed by Source Qi emerged on them. Those Dragon Scales had a fiery scarlet colour, as if they contained the power of fire.
Even the True Dragon Scale on Yang Kai’s belly had been affected by the power of the Dragon Blood and they started multiplying. They turned from one to two, then four, and so on.
In the end, it looked like Yang Kai’s whole body was clad in an armour of Dragon Scales.
As he swung his arms, he could clearly feel the boundless power pouring forth out of his body and he couldn’t help but laugh cheerfully.
After he had refined the blood of a true Dragon, the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’s form became quite different from before.
The first difference was his hands. Previously, only one of his hands turned into a Dragon Claw, yet now it was both, and it went without saying that two Dragon Claws were stronger than one, while the might of those said Dragon Claws was indomitable and they were able to contend against an Artifact befitting someone with his cultivation base.
In the past, his arm had also been covered by Dragon Scales formed out of his energy but they didn’t have a scarlet tint nor a wisp of a Fire Dragon’s aura. They were now obviously harder and stronger than before, while the Dragon Scale Armor formed by the genuine Dragon Scale in his chest provided Yang Kai with pretty good defence.
Refining a drop of a true Dragon’s blood alone had so many amazing effects, and he couldn’t help but wonder what he would get if he refined and fused the Dragon Bone Sword with his body.
As this thought sprung into his mind, he got quite enthusiastic and he dispelled the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique then sat down cross-legged again.
Refining a Dragon Blood was quite simple, as he only had to swallow it down, but the Dragon Bone Sword was different. This was a piece of a dragon’s backbone and he couldn’t resort to the same method with it.
But, he had already refined it roughly once and he could collect it into his body, and as long as he put some time into it, he would be able to fuse with it.
Yang Kai didn’t hesitate and he immediately divided the Dragon Bone Sword’s two materials, the Dragon Backbone and Dragon Bead, then fused them with his body and started refining them.
…
In the serene Small Sealed World, a month quickly elapsed.
In the last month, many people in Maplewood City came over to visit Yang Kai. Among them, the number of Mo Xiao Qi’s visits had been the highest, followed closely by Kang Si Ran, and the City Lord’s Mansion’s people, as well as the various families’ Dao Source Realm Ancestors.
But, the Zhang family’s matriarch had already gotten a Divine Sense Message from Yang Kai, and she knew that he wouldn’t accept any visits during his secluded cultivation. So, she could only brace herself and keep the guests outside.
It hadn’t been difficult for her to deal with Mo Xiao Qi, Kang Si Ran, Duan Yuan Shan, Qin Zhao Yang, and others, as they didn’t embarrass her after hearing about Yang Kai’s secluded cultivation. They had only raised some questions about Yang Kai’s current situation out of concern.
The Zhang family had even gotten close to those few Dao Source Realm Masters through this and they got a lot of help from them.
But the other families’ Dao Source Realm Ancestors didn’t treat them kindly. They had all come excitedly to recruit Yang Kai and invite him to undertake an elder position in their families, yet they had been obstructed by a First-Order Origin King granny, and they all felt like they got the cold shoulder.
During this ordeal, the Zhang family’s granny and beautiful madam had been quite nervous and fearful, and they could only smile apologetically and provide them with an explanation.
After several similar visits, people stopped dropping by.
Even though the Dao Source Realm Ancestors were displeased by the Zhang family’s treatment, they still didn’t dare to make trouble for those orphans and widows, simply because they were under the protection of the City Lord’s mansion. The Zhang family had gotten through this ordeal without suffering any harm thanks to them.
…
After a month, Yang Kai left seclusion safely, and upon getting news of it, all of the Zhang family’s members dropped by to visit him.
The granny enquired about his well-being for a while, then said, “Sir, I have something to tell you. A lot of people came to see you in your seclusion.”
“En.” Yang Kai didn’t inquire about them, simply because he could easily guess who had come.
“In addition, the Spirit Pill Plaza’s Shopkeeper Kang and Miss Mo Xiao Qi both left a jade slip for you,” as the granny spoke, she cast a meaningful glance at Zhang Ruo Xi.
Zhang Ruo Xi understood her intentions and she respectfully handed over two jade slips to Yang Kai then stood next to him with her head lowered.
Upon getting the jade slips, Yang Kai swept one of them with his Divine Sense then said with a smile. “As expected, Brother Kang has been transferred…”
Upon hearing him, the Zhang family’s granny nodded and said, “That’s right, it looked like Shopkeeper Kang has gotten a movement order from the headquarters of the Violet Source Chamber of Commerce and he has already left Maplewood City half a month ago. In his last days, he stayed in our mansion, hoping to see you one more time before leaving, but it’s a pity that you didn’t leave seclusion in time.”
“I hope we cross paths again,” Yang Kai revealed a faint smile.
He had already guessed long ago that Kang Si Ran would be transferred.
After all, Maplewood City was quite small, while Kang Si Ran had already advanced into the Dao Source Realm and it was beneath him to manage a store here. The Violet Source Chamber of Commerce would obviously pick a better place in need of his talent.
Kang Si Ran was a member of a Chamber of Commerce and couldn’t act as he wished. He couldn’t defy an order passed down by the headquarters unless he planned to betray it. But, if he had done so, he wouldn’t have a place for him in the whole Southern Territory.
“Prior to his departure, Shopkeeper Kang said that he didn’t know where he would be transferred to, but he said that he would send a message to you after ascertaining his new destination, and he mentioned that he would be at your call whenever you need him. Furthermore, he said that he felt ashamed that he couldn’t bid you farewell in person and he hopes that you can forgive him,” the Zhang family’s granny reported solemnly.
Yang Kai nodded in response. Kang Si Ran was quite considerate. He had gotten his current cultivation base only thanks to the Dao Source Pill gifted to him by Yang Kai, and he was obviously quite grateful to him.
Yang Kai didn’t comment and he just scanned the other jade slip. When he checked its contents, a surprised look appeared on his face, “Xiao Qi has also left?”
The jade slip’s message was quite simple and it only had several sentences.
“Hateful Brother Yang, why are you still in seclusion? I can’t even see you one last time. Aunt Feng has come for me, and I have to leave. If I don’t leave now, I won’t make it in time…”
Mo Xiao Qi’s origins were quite mysterious, but Yang Kai could still easily discern her outstanding familial background, and from the message left by her in the jade slip, it looked like her relatives had come to fetch her.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but imagine this scene. A rebellious young girl left her home to travel the world, yet they caught her trails and sent masters after her. In the end, she got intercepted and captured by them, then taken back home.
“Xiao Qi’s fate is so pitiful…” Yang Kai sighed. He sympathized with her, but he wasn’t worried about her. She had only said that one of her relatives had come to capture her and take her back home, and it would be unlikely for them to harm her.
Moreover, Yang Kai had once heard Mo Xiao Qi mention Aunt Feng, and it looked like they were quite close, as Mo Xiao Qi said that her Aunt Feng had told her a lot of good stories.
He had only stayed in seclusion for a month, yet two of his friends had already left Maplewood City, and they were forced to leave. He couldn’t help but lament over this ever-changing world.
Yang Kai crushed the jade slips then said, looking at the granny, “Is there anything else besides this?”
The granny replied, “The Qin Family has sent someone to pass a message to you, asking you to drop by their home once you finish your secluded cultivation. They said that they have an answer for your question.”
“Huh?” Yang Kai’s eyes lit up and he said out of delight, “That’s awesome, I’m leaving for the Qin Family right now.”
As his voice fell, he stood up.
Zhang Ruo Xi said anxiously, “Sir… Do you need me to accompany you?”
Yang Kai replied, “That isn’t necessary, stay home and focus on your cultivation.”
“Then… Take care.” A sad gleam flashed past Zhang Ruo Xi’s eyes, but she quickly recalled the previous ordeal with the Space Spirit Jade and got a newfound resolution.
She still couldn’t provide any help to Yang Kai with her current lacking cultivation base, and she had to improve her cultivation to uncover the secret of the Space Spirit Jade and help Yang Kai.
Yang Kai strode forward within the hall, while his body flickered and disappeared before his foot reached the ground.
…
After a short moment, Yang Kai reached the home of Maplewood City’s Qin Family.
This time, he didn’t go inside right away and he stood outside and released his Divine Sense.
In the next moment, Qin Zhao Yang’s laughter resounded within the Qin Family’s home. He said, “Brother Yang, you have finally left seclusion.”
As his voice fell, Qin Zhao Yang had already appeared within Yang Kai’s line of sight. He was as swift as lightning and he quickly reached Yang Kai, then started examining him back and forth with his eyes. Soon after, his pupils contracted and he blurted out, “Brother Yang, it looks like you made a lot of progress in your seclusion.”
Qin Zhao Yang couldn’t really explain what he was feeling. Yang Kai’s cultivation base didn’t improve at all, yet he looked stronger than before, and even his aura had gotten stronger.
But, he quickly understood that Yang Kai should have cultivated some Secret Technique in his seclusion that lasted a whole month.
He didn’t bother with getting to the bottom of this and he didn’t even wait for Yang Kai’s answer. He just said warmly, “Come, please come in.”
Yang Kai revealed a smile and followed Qin Zhao Yang into the inside of the Qin Family’s home.
In the way, all members of the Qin Family greeted him politely with a solemn expression and they all didn’t dare to slight him.
Surprisingly though, Qin Zhao Yang didn’t bring him into the reception hall, rather he went to a certain chamber.
After they reached the chamber, Qin Zhao Yang said with a smile, “Brother Yang, I know that you have left some questions for Yu’er and it looks like she has already found the answer. She’s now inside, please go in and discuss it with her. After you’re done, I’ll come back to have a chat with you. By the way, Yu’er didn’t breathe a word about your questions, and she didn’t tell me anything.”
“I trust Miss Qin,” Yang Kai nodded and pushed the door then went inside.
It was the same chamber as before and Qin Yu had already been waiting here for him for so long. Upon seeing him, she quickly stood up and greeted him.
“Miss Qin, you’re so polite, there are no strangers here.” Yang Kai waved his hand at her in response.
“We must respect basic courtesy,” Qin yu said with a smile.
Yang Kai cast a glance at her with a smile, but his expression suddenly turned strange and his gaze stayed locked into her face for several seconds. In the end, he couldn’t help but furrow his brows as if he had detected something unusual.
Qin Yu opened her mouth and spoke, oblivious to everything, “Sir, you have once questioned me about a Golden Silver Exotic Tree and I have flipped through some books left by our ancestors in the past days and I have finally found some inklings.”
“Go on and elaborate further,” Yang Kai quelled his excitement and spoke calmly.
“Prior to this, I have a question for you,” Qin Yu said.
“What is it?”
“Did the Golden Silver Exotic Tree in the scene seen by you display any special abilities?”
“Why are you inquiring about this?” Yang Kai furrowed his brows.
Qin Yu said, “At the beginning of the world, everything was pure chaos. Even time and space was unstable. At that time, the Firmament Tree emerged and sealed the world with its Yin-Yang Chaos Power, suppressing the void, locking the whole world, and trapping the four seas…”
Qin Yu’s voice was low and indistinct, while her eyes flickered in a silver radiance as she uttered those words. They looked quite profound and mysterious!
“It has been like this until an almighty being cast a great Divine Ability to shatter the seal of the void, destroy the cage and slay the Firmament Tree… The power of Heaven and Earth had finally exploded out for the first time and innumerable Mighty Warriors emerged one after the other in those Primordial Times. They all cast and displayed their Divine Abilities and fought for supremacy.”
“The Firmament Tree which sealed the world and suppressed the void?” Yang Kai’s pupils contracted.
Qin Yu nodded and said, “It’s recorded in old books. The Firmament Tree is a tree that has taken root in the void and its Yin-Yang Chaos Power has pervaded every corner of the world and sealed its power.”
“Is it that amazing?” Yang Kai was stunned.
Qin Yu said with a smile, “Those are only old records and I’m not sure they are genuine. But, the tree described by you looks like the Firmament Tree and it’s probably related to it in some ways…”
“Then the question you have raised before…”
“The Firmament Tree is able to seal the world and its Yin-Yang Chaos Power possesses a great might. If the tree seen by you in that scene has also displayed sealing power, then the Firmament Tree is likely real.”
Upon hearing this, Yang Kai was shaken up. The Golder Silver Exotic Tree planted in the Small Sealed World had also displayed sealing power, and its Golden Silver Power had sealed even an Ancient Great Demon’s Sense and Demon Qi in his belly. It was already evident that it was related to the Firmament Tree in the legends.
“The Firmament Tree has Yin-Yang Chaos Power and it’s able to seal anything and everything…” Qin Yu added and said, “It’s no wonder it has appeared in the Ancient Great Demon’s remnant will, as he likely dreaded its sealing power and couldn’t forget it even after innumerable years.”
“I think so too,” Yang Kai approved of her opinion and kept up this misunderstanding.
“Senior, I have fulfilled your task. Is my explanation up to your satisfaction?” Qin Yu asked with a smile.
“Miss Qin, you’re well learned and I really admire you. I’m quite satisfied with this explanation.”
“Senior, I don’t deserve such high praise.” Qin Yu’s face got flushed and she quieted for a moment then said, “Hum, it looks like the Old Ancestor has something important to discuss with you. So, I’ll have to bid farewell to you for now.”
As her voice fell, she opened the chamber’s barrier and turned around to leave.
But, when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped and turned her head to say, “Senior, if my Old Ancestor’s request is too difficult, you can just refuse it right away. You don’t have to put too much consideration into it.”
After she spoke, she pushed the door and left without waiting for Yang Kai’s response.
Yang Kai stood there with furrowed brows, wondering what Qin Yu was insinuating. But, from what she had said, it looked like Qin Zhao Yang would ask for his help.
Yang Kai was already prepared for this as he had already made insinuations about it last time Qin Zhao Yang visited him. But, it looked like it wouldn’t be easy to help him and fulfil his request.
A short moment after Qin Yu had left, Qin Zhao Yang opened the door and entered.
“Old Mister Qin.” Yang Kai smiled at him.
“Little Brother Yang,” Qin Zhao Yang was seemingly troubled by something and he said absently, “Please sit down and let’s have a talk.”
After they took their seats, Qin Zhao Yang furrowed his brow and kept his silence for a long while, as if he was organizing his thoughts and words.
Upon seeing this, Yang Kai started the conversation and said, “Old Mister Qin, I have observed the state and aura of Miss Qin a while ago… Is anything wrong with her?”
Qin Zhao Yang sighed and said, “Yu’er had always been sickly and you must have noticed it long ago. In the past, I used my power daily to stabilize her condition, but this time…”
“What’s wrong with Miss Qin’s body?” Yang Kai asked.
He felt like Qin Zhao Yang’s request would be likely related to Qin Yu’s matter.
“Since you have already asked, then I’ll tell you bluntly.” Qin Zhao Yang gritted his teeth and continued, “Yu’er is innately gifted and she had an Innate Divine Ability, the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil.”
“The Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil?” Yang Kai raised his brow.
“It’s a type of pupil ability, and as for its power… Yu’er’s cultivation base is still too low, while she’s also quite young, and I haven’t studied it thoroughly yet. But, from what Yu’er has shown until now, she can see people’s fortune and even peer into the future, and she can also observe the void…”
“It looks like it’s a useful Divine Ability,” Yang Kai was quite surprised.
He had already guessed long ago that Qin Yu possessed a special pupil ability, and the little girl had even used her Innate Divine Ability several times in front of him. But, he didn’t know the name of her pupil ability, nor its special power, and only finding out now from Qin Zhao Yang’s explanation.
“If it was just the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil alone, it would have been fine. This Innate Divine Ability didn’t bring any harm to her body and it only affected her a little whenever she used it. But, Yu’er doesn’t just have the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil, she also has the Heaven Earth Tribulation Body.”
“Heaven Earth Tribulation Body?” Yang Kai furrowed his brows.
Qin Zhao Yang nodded and said, “When she was five years old, a Master that passed by Maplewood City had seen her and noticed her peculiar constitution. After he examined her for a while, he told me that she has the Heaven Earth Tribulation Body. If I hadn’t met this Master, I would have never known this.”
“What’s so bad about the Heaven Earth Tribulation Body?”
Qin Zhao Yang sighed and said, “The Heaven Earth Tribulation Body is also a type of special constitution, and that Master said that as long as a person with Heaven Earth Tribulation Body is residing within the world, their vitality would be severed by the world and they won’t live past eighteen.”
“Eighteen?” Yang Kai’s face fell and he asked in surprise, “May I ask how old is Miss Yu’er?”
“She will be eighteen in… eight months,” Qin Zhao Yang said with a sad look apparent on his face.
“Then doesn’t this mean…” Yang Kai said in a low voice, “Miss Yu’er can only live for eight more months?”
“That’s right,” Qin Zhao Yang nodded solemnly.
Yang Kai was left dumbstruck. Generally speaking, whenever a person was born with a special constitution, he was blessed by the world, while Qin Yu didn’t just have a special constitution, she also had the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil at the same time, an extremely rare occurrence.
Unfortunately, the Heaven Earth Tribulation Body wasn’t a good constitution and it had severed her vitality.
Now, he finally understood why Qin Yu had always looked feeble. It was because she wouldn’t be in this world for long.
She had the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil and could peer into the future of people, and she probably could also see her future and the end of her road, but she still didn’t show any fluster or fear in front of others.
Upon thinking of this, respect for her welled up in his heart. An ordinary person couldn’t face death so calmly and fearlessly.
“Then our private discussion is about Miss Qin, isn’t it? How can I help you? Just go ahead and ask,” Yang Kai said firmly.
“Little Brother Yang, you don’t mind helping me?” Qin Zhao Yang was glad to hear Yang Kai bring up this subject by himself.
“I had only a short contact with Miss Qin, but she had dispelled my doubts and I don’t hope for her to die in her early years.”
“Little Brother Yang, thank you!” Qin Zhao Yang suddenly stood up and bowed to Yang Kai.
“Old Mister Qin, you don’t have to thank me,” Yang Kai said with a bitter smile.
Qin Zhao Yang said, “You should first know that it won’t be so easy to achieve this, and even though you won’t face any fatal threat, it would still be a difficult task. If you want to refuse it, then just do so, as it’s a sensible decision. I’ll respect your decision and won’t force you.”
Yang Kai said with a smile, “It looks like it would be quite dangerous. Old Mister Qin, let’s first hear what it’s.”
Qin Zhao Yang nodded and said, “In the past, that said Master didn’t just discover the special constitution of Yu’er, he also told me the way to solve its issue, and it’s seeking a precious treasure, the Tribulation Fruit. As long as she consumes it before her eighteen birthday, she’ll cross the tribulation, and she won’t just live safely for long, the might of her Heaven Earth Tribulation Body will also be unleashed and she will have bright prospects.”
“The Tribulation Fruit?” Yang Kai was startled.
“Little Brother Yang, have you heard about it?” Qin Zhao Yang looked in surprise at him.
“Yeah!”
If this happened a year ago, then he wouldn’t have any idea about this fruit. But, since he got the jade slip inheritance of Gong Sun Mu in Yuan Furnace Mountain, he got an understanding of all plants in the world.
The Tribulation Fruit had been recorded in the jade slip left by Gong Sun Mu.
It was the main material for the Spirit Pill, Tribulation Pill. This pill wasn’t anything good, but a sort of poison.
It was colourless, odourless, and could be easily melted in water. If one consumed it, then even the Yuan Qi of an Emperor Realm Master would be frozen and he would turn into a harmless sheep at the mercy of others.
But, which Emperor Realm Master still drank water? So, even though this pill had an outstanding might, it was practically useless, an impressive-looking, yet useless pill.
The Tribulation Pill was a Poison Pill, and its main material was obviously also very toxic, yet it was necessary to treat the Heaven Earth Tribulation Body. It looked like they were fighting poison with poison.
Yang Kai didn’t express his opinion about this, as he was also not sure if the Tribulation Fruit was useful for Qin Yu or not.
But, the Tribulation Fruit grew either in Extreme Cold Land or under millennials old ice. It was extremely rare!
“I had almost forgotten that you are also an alchemist…” Qin Zhao Yang had suddenly recalled this and revealed a faint smile.
In the past, after that Master asked him to seek the Tribulation Fruit, he had spent a lot of effort to get information about this fruit’s appearance and effects, yet Yang Kai already knew everything about it.
“Since that Master has told you even this… Did he also tell you where you can find the fruit?”
Qin Zhao Yang said in a low voice, “It’s in the Four Seasons Realm!”
“What kind of place is that?”
A weird look appeared on Qin Zhao Yang’s face and he cast a glance at Yang Kai then said, “The Four Seasons Realm is the most famous Sealed World of the Southern Territory, and every time it opens up, countless elite disciples of various great sects will rush into it to seek precious treasures and opportunities.”
An embarrassed look appeared on Yang Kai’s face. It looked like he had shown once again how ignorant he was. He said, “Since it’s a public Sealed World of the Southern Territory, then can’t everyone enter it?”
Qin Zhao Yang said with a bitter smile, “If that was true, then everything would have been easy. Since ancient times, the Four Seasons Realm has been in the hands of the Southern Territory’s great sects and every sect has a specific quota for its disciples while our Maplewood City’s residents don’t have any chance to enter it.”
“Then how can I accomplish this task?” Yang Kai furrowed his brows.
“You have to use this,” Qin Zhao Yang said and took out a token from his pockets.
After he took out this token, Qin Zhao Yang’s old face got flushed.
Yang Kai took it in confusion and cast a glance at it, yet upon seeing it, his body shook and the corners of his mouth twitched. He said, “Old Brother Qin, where did you get this? You’re so old and impudent, does Yu’er know of this?”
Generally speaking, some designs or words would be carved on tokens to show their origin and usage, and the token handed over to Yang Kai by Qin Zhao Yang was no exception.
There weren’t any words carved on the token’s face and there was only a design, a lifelike design of a beauty rising from water.
The patterns and lines of the token looked rigid and rough, yet the beauty depicted on it looked realistic. It was the design of a beauty with beautiful curves and refined facial features. This beauty was just about to leave a pond and her upper body was faintly visible among water droplets…
Moreover, her lower body was also naked, but her pretty legs and nether regions were hidden below the water surface. Anyone who saw this pic would get a strong urge to pull the beauty out of the token and peer into what was hidden from view, which would be shortly followed by frustration born out of failure to satisfy those said urges.
“Damn!” After Yang Kai observed it for a while, and couldn’t help but break into curses. His mood had been dampened!
The person who drew this picture was quite treacherous. He was a person who understood the heart of men well and had deliberately done this. It was so hateful!
Yang Kai flipped over the token and found another design on its backside. It was a painting of a man with dishevelled hair curling up on the ground with a broken and empty bowl placed in front of him.
This was a painting of a beggar, a completely different painting from the beauty on the front side.
Upon observing this painting, Yang Kai felt like he could see the beggar shivering in the cold as wind swept him.
“This beggar…” Yang Kai furrowed his brow and mumbled, “He looks like a certain person…”
As he spoke, the image of a wretched person ran across this mind.
“It’s that Master who has passed it to me,” Qin Zhao Yang provided a weak explanation.
“Brother Qin… are you sure that Master isn’t just a… Swindler?” Yang Kai looked in surprise at him and said, “It looks like this token is made out of ordinary wood, even though the designs should have been painted by a competent Master… But, what kind of Master is so childish?”
“This isn’t ordinary wood,” Qin Zhao Yang said solemnly, “I have observed it carefully, it’s a hundred-year-old elmwood.”
“Does this make any difference?” Yang Kai asked.
The corners of Qin Zhao Yang’s mouth twitched and he could only say, “Nope.”
Every token was a symbol of authority and represented some sort of status or power. This was why tokens wouldn’t be crafted with cheap material such as a hundred-year-old elmwood, and Yang Kai’s Dragon Island Token was even made from materials beyond his knowledge.
As for the Jade Beauty Beggar Token, its materials were very ordinary.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but get sceptical and felt like Qin Zhao Yang had been deceived.
“Little Brother Yang, I know what is in your mind,” Qin Zhao Yang said in a deep voice. “But, why don’t you try crushing this token.”
Yang Kai squinted his eyes and said, “Old Man Qin, are you sure about this? What if I destroy…”
“Then it’ll prove that I have been deceived and it won’t be a loss then.”
Yang Kai nodded and said, “Fine, I’ll give it a try.”
As his voice fell, he held the token in his hand tightly and exerted his power.
A snapping noise echoed out!
Yang Kai’s expression changed, while Qin Zhao Yang revealed a smile, as if this outcome was within his expectations.
The snapping noise wasn’t a result of crushing the token, but rather just the sound of the joints of Yang Kai’s fingers. As for the token held by him, it was still intact.
“How is this possible?” Yang Kai’s eyes widened up in disbelief.
The material of the token was just common wood and it wasn’t a special treasure, yet he couldn’t damage it despite his great power.
Yang Kai couldn’t believe this and he exerted more power, yet he still couldn’t damage it nor twist it.
“Little Brother Yang, did you confirm it by yourself? He’s a real Master,” Qin Zhao Yang looked at Yang Kai’s embarrassing actions and chuckled. “I have suspected this a lot of times in the past years and I have tried a lot of methods to destroy the token, yet to no avail. If I wasn’t sure it’s genuine, I wouldn’t have taken it out.”
“He really is a great Master!” A terrified look was apparent on Yang Kai’s face.
The mysterious Master had used some sort of power on this token, and it had turned the ordinary wood so hard that it was almost indestructible. Ordinary Emperor Realm Masters couldn’t achieve this feat!
At this moment, Yang Kai didn’t have any more doubts and he returned the token to Qin Zhao Yang solemnly then said, “How can I use this token to enter the Four Seasons Realm?”
Qin Zhao Yang said, “The Master has asked me to make a trip to the Azure Sun Temple and ask for a quota from them.”
“So that’s how it is…” An enlightened look appeared on Yang Kai’s face.
The Azure Sun Temple was also one of the Southern Territory’s top sects and its fame and power were second only to the Star Soul Palace. This great sect surely had a lot of entry quotas and it wouldn’t be strange for Qin Zhao Yang to get one with the token.
He couldn’t help but wonder what was the relationship of the token’s Master with the Azure Sun Temple.
“Will the Four Seasons Realm open up soon?” Yang Kai asked.
“Likely!” Qin Zhao Yang nodded then mulled it over for a moment and said, “I’m suspecting that everything is within that Master’s expectations. When Yu’er was five years old, he passed the token to me and asked me to make a trip to the Azure Sun Temple in twelve years. I don’t know if the Four Seasons Realm will open up soon or not. After all, our little Maplewood City has no access to this information, but from what happened up to this day, it’ll most likely open up.”
“Brother Qin, you want me to visit the Four Seasons Realm in your stead and seek the Tribulation Fruit?”
Qin Zhao Yang revealed a bitter smile and said, “If I had half of your power, I wouldn’t trouble you with it. But, you also know my situation. I’m also a Dao Source Realm Cultivator, but I’m not on par with the sect elites, and if I go into it, then I won’t leave it alive. I’m not afraid of death, but Yu’er is… I can only trust you with this.”
“When are we leaving?” Yang Kai went right to the point and raised a question.
Qin Zhao Yang said in surprise, “Did you just accept my request?”
Yang Kai smiled and said, “Why would I refuse? You have provided me with a rare opportunity, and I’ll obviously seize it. I also want to visit the Sealed World of the Southern Territory.”
As Yang Kai said this, he revealed a longing look.
Qin Zhao Yang had asked him to enter the Four Seasons Realm to look for the Tribulation Fruit, but if he looked at it from another perspective, then this was a golden opportunity.
The elite disciples of great sects would all compete against each other to get a chance to enter that Sealed World and it obviously had a lot of precious treasures.
Even if it didn’t have innumerable precious treasures in it, just the talented youths were enough of a reason for Yang Kai. This was a good chance to test his power against them.
“Alright!” Qin Zhao Yang didn’t expect Yang Kai to agree so readily and he had even been worried about his refusal, yet he didn’t even need to try to convince him in the end. He was so overjoyed and he said excitedly, “I don’t know when the Four Seasons Realm will open up, but we mustn’t delay this matter further. Little Brother Yang, if you’re free, then why don’t we set off tomorrow? We’ll have to spend a dozen days on the road to reach the Azure Sun Temple.”
“Fine!” Yang Kai nodded and stood up then said, “I’ll go back to get ready for it. I’ll seek you again tomorrow.”
“Then it’s settled!”
After a short moment, Yang Kai left the Qin family’s residence and went toward the residence of the Zhang family.
…
Shortly after Yang Kai left, Qin Yu suddenly returned to the chamber. She cast a glance at Qin Zhao Yang’s face, then asked in a low voice, as if she had realized the outcome, “Old Ancestor, did Senior Yang… agree?”
“He has agreed readily,” Qin Zhao Yang said out of delight. “I didn’t have to waste time convincing him. Little Brother Yang is a straightforward man.”
“Old Ancestor, did you tell him the danger lurking in it? Killing people and stealing their treasures isn’t any different than drinking water there. The competition between various sects’ disciples is very intense and none will be there to oversee and restrict them. Senior Yang’s power is pretty great, but he’s only a First-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivator, what if…”
Upon hearing this, Qin Zhao Yang quieted and he only spoke again after a long while, “Little Brother Yang doesn’t look like a person doomed to die young…”
“Old Ancestor, since when can you read others’ futures?” Qin Yu said through gnashed teeth.
An embarrassed look surfaced on Qin Zhao Yang’s face and he could only say weakly, “I don’t have a choice. There is no one else our Qin family can trust in Maplewood City other than Little Brother Yang, and I couldn’t find any other candidate. Why don’t I just go by myself?”
Qin Yu’s expression turned sad and she said, “Old Ancestor, if you go by yourself, then you won’t make it back alive. Our Qin family has just taken over the Jiang family’s industry. So, who will oversee the place if you leave?”
She stopped for a moment then said, “Fine, Old Ancestor, give him our Qin family’s Myriads Sword and its usage method.”
“Myriads Sword?”
Upon hearing this, Qin Zhao Yang’s expression changed and he said, “Yu’er, that’s our Qin family’s ancestral heirloom…”
“I know how important it’s, but none in our family can wield this Emperor Artifact now, and even though Senior Yang’s cultivation isn’t high enough yet, he’ll still be able to release some of its might with his power and it may even help him in the Four Seasons Realm and save his life. Senior Yang has put his life in the line for our Qin family, so we must show him our concern. If you don’t do so, I’ll have to live the rest of my days in guilt and unease..”
“Since you have already said so much… Fine, when he drops by tomorrow, I’ll hand over the Myriads Sword to him. I hope he can appreciate your regard for him,” Qin Zhao Yang sighed and gave in.
…
Yang Kai went back to the Zhang family and handed over some instructions to Zhang Ruo Xi. He told her that he would shortly take a trip and asked her to focus on her cultivation at home.
Zhang Ruo Xi had revealed a reluctant look, yet she still agreed in the end and didn’t comment on this. Yang Kai had noticed that the young girl was fired up and she wanted to quickly go into seclusion and raise her cultivation base.
As he mulled this over a lot more, he changed his mind and said, “Why don’t you accompany me?”
“Sir, you don’t mind taking me with you?” Zhang Ruo Xi’s eyes lit up and she spoke in delight.
“I don’t mind bringing you with me, but you won’t always be next to me,” Yang Kai said.
“Sir, I can’t understand what you mean.” Zhang Ruo Xi revealed a confused look.
Yang Kai smiled and waved his hand. As the Source Qi enveloped Zhang Ruo Xi, she let out a soft cry and was sent into the Small Sealed World.
The next day, Yang Kai visited the Qin family early in the morning.
Qin Zhao Yang had already made adequate preparations and he was glad to see that Yang Kai had arrived as promised. He greeted him, “Little Brother Yang, I have something to pass to you before leaving.”
“What is it?” Yang Kai asked.
Qin Zhao Yang gestured lightly at Qin Yu, who was waiting next to him respectfully, and she walked slowly to Yang Kai with a wooden box in her hands and showed him a faint smile.
Yang Kai cast a glance at the wooden box. This was a four-foot-long rectangular box crafted out of exceptional materials and decorated with mysterious designs.
As for the inside of the box, it was emitting unusual energy ripples.
“Huh?” Yang Kai furrowed his brows. He had detected that the object inside the wooden box was anything but simple.
Yang Kai cast a glance at Qin Zhao Yang and the latter only nodded at him, asking him to open the box and take a look at it.
Yang Kai didn’t hesitate and he stretched his hand toward the wooden box and opened its lid.
Sword light emanated out of the box, a sword light so dazzling that Yang Kai had to squint his eyes. But shortly after, he got a clear look at the object inside the box and he said in surprise, “This is…”
As he spoke, he stretched his hand into the box and took a long sword out of it then said, “An Emperor Artifact?”
This was a three-foot-long sword with a heavy three-inch-wide blade. Both sides of the blade were crystal clear, while one little word was carved on the hilt of the sword.
“The Myriads Sword!”
“Once the sword makes a move, it can obstruct the way of myriads of men. This is the Myriads Sword left by our Qin family’s ancestor,” Qin Zhao Yang explained with a solemn look on his face.
Yang Kai raised his brows. “Myriads Sword? What a bold name!”
As he spoke, he raised the sword and infused it with his Source Qi. The sword let out a humming noise and its blade started shivering.
It looked like a heroic spirit, which had been asleep for innumerable years, was finally awakened again. The sword blade emitted a bright halo and a sizzling Sword Qi.
Upon seeing this, Qin Zhao Yang’s pupils contracted. He couldn’t help but say out of frustration and shock, “Little Brother Yang, your power is really far above mine. You didn’t even refine it, yet you could still release such great power out of the sword.”
This was an Emperor Artifact, and even though it had been asleep for innumerable years, it still couldn’t be used by an ordinary Dao Source Realm Cultivator. Even if Qin Zhao Yang had infused it with his whole Source Qi, it might not show any response.
But, what surprised Qin Zhao Yang more was that Yang Kai didn’t show any surprise and excitement upon learning that it was an Emperor Artifact, as if this was only an ordinary artifact in his eyes.
“Brother Qin, what do you mean by this?” Yang Kai tried several moves with the sword in his hand then turned his head to look at Qin Zhao Yang.
Qin Zhao Yang said with a smile, “If you want a horse to run, then you’ll have to feed it grass…”
Qin Zhao Yang couldn’t finish his statement, as he quickly found himself face to face with Qin Yu’s infuriated glare.
“It’s a slip, a slip of the tongue.” An embarrassed look appeared on Qin Zhao Yang’s face and he said solemnly, “Little Brother Yang, take this sword and use it to protect yourself. The Four Seasons Realm isn’t a… safe place.”
Yang Kai said, “Brother Qin, aren’t you afraid I’ll just run away with it?”
Qin Yu next to them then spoke up, “Senior Yang, if you were to do so, then it’ll still be its glory. This sword has been passed through many generations of our Qin family and it has been buried for so long. It probably wants to find a better Master, carry out a new journey and display its magnificent power.”
Yang Kai cast a glance at her. [This little girl is so shrewd and has a way with words.]
After hearing Qin Yu’s statement, even if he planned to run away with it, he would still be too embarrassed to carry it out. But in any case, he didn’t really plan to take it for himself in the first place.
Emperor Artifacts were very rare, but Yang Kai wasn’t short of them and he had more than just one…
Yang Kai mulled this over for a moment then said, “I’ll take the Myriads Sword for now and I’ll return it to your Qin family after leaving the Four Seasons Realm.”
Qin Yu curled her mouth into a smile and passed over a jade slip to Yang Kai. She said, “Senior Yang, this is the Myriads Sword’s refining method passed down by our ancestor. It’ll probably be useful to you.”
Yang Kai received it and nodded. He didn’t bother with observing it carefully and he just threw it into his Space Ring along with the Myriads Sword.
“Then… let’s leave,” Qin Zhao Yang waved his hand and spoke.
Yang Kai nodded and walked outside along with him.
“Senior Yang….” Qin Yu’s shout echoed out behind them. She said, “Nothing is more important than your safety.”
Yang Kai didn’t bother with turning his head around and he just waved his hand at her.
…
After they left Maplewood City, Yang Kai took out the Ship Artifact he got from the Flying Saint Palace and got into it along with Qin Zhao Yang, then he manoeuvred it and flew away.
Originally, Maplewood City had a Space Array, but it had been destroyed by the Drunkard when the city got shrouded by Demon Qi and they couldn’t build another one by themselves in a short while. They could only notify the Star Soul Palace or other great sects and ask them to send people to build the array.
Yang Kai could obviously provide help, but he didn’t want to do so.
He was still quite weak and it wouldn’t be good for him if more people learned that he was proficient in Space Force.
The ship flew at a very high speed, while Yang Kai and Qin Zhao Yang took turns in driving the ship and adjusting its direction. This wasn’t really a hard task!
On the road, Qin Zhao Yang made use of their free time to inform Yang Kai of detailed information about the Four Seasons Realm, as well as some key things he must pay attention to, and Yang Kai had borne everything in mind.
According to what Qin Zhao Yang had said, the Four Seasons Realm’s entrance was located in a valley within the Southern Territory and it would open up by itself every so often. Once it got opened, it would stay open for thirty days, and once this time had elapsed, all cultivators within the Sealed World would be expelled and teleported outside.
The Four Seasons Realm got its name from its strange environment. Its environment was divided into four areas corresponding to the four seasons. the verdant Realm of Spring, the Realm of Summer with its blazing sun, the Autumn Realm known for its cool breeze, and the Winter Realm covered by snow.
Many precious treasures and herbs rarely seen in the Star Boundary were present in the Four Seasons Realm, and there were even some special opportunities in it. Once the elite disciples of great sects entered the Four Seasons Realm, they could choose to enter and search a specific realm based on their necessities and the methods cultivated by them.
As for the Tribulation Fruit sought by Yang Kai, it was present in the Winter Realm. Only the Winder Realm’s cold environment satisfied this spirit fruit’s growth conditions.
The opening of the Four Seasons Realm wasn’t just a chance for the Southern Territory’s sects to collect rare resources, and it was also a chance for them to compete against each other. This was why they allowed the disciples to fight and kill each other, and they used this trial to test the disciples’ cultivation attainments.
The great sects would send their top disciples into the realm precisely for this reason. Every trip there would be an intense and violent competition and the casualties would always cross four-tenths of the participants. The stronger one was, the least likely they were to die.
Qin Zhao Yang wasn’t a member of a great sect and he also hadn’t ever entered the Four Seasons Realm. He learned everything he knew about it from information collected by Qin Yu from various books or word of mouth.
This was why, once Yang Kai entered the realm for real, it would be up to him to determine the most appropriate course of action.
The trip had been safe and uneventful!
Other than chatting with Qin Zhao Yang, Yang Kai didn’t do anything else other than studying the jade slip about the Myriads Sword’s refining method, and he learned a lot from it.
He had many of Emperor Artifacts in hand, but the Myriad was a Sword Artifact, a Sword Artifact at the Emperor Grade, and he might get some interesting insights through studying its refining method
…
After five days, the ship flew over a piece of wilderness.
Yang Kai who was sitting in one of the ship’s rooms and refining the Myriads Sword suddenly detected something and his heart skipped a beat. His eyes suddenly snapped open and he gazed with rapt attention at the void.
Soon after, Qin Zhao Yang had also discovered something and he stopped the ship in the air, then yelled, “May I ask who you are and why are you obstructing our path?”
After his voice fell, Yang Kai jumped from the ship’s rear and looked ahead. A scarlet silhouette was standing three hundred meters from the ship with her back facing them.
The silhouette was covered by blazing flames and her face was hidden from view, but from her curvaceous body and plump butt, it could be seen that it was a woman.
“What happened?” Yang Kai asked in a low voice.
Qin Zhao Yang shook his head and said, “This woman suddenly appeared in front of us and I don’t know if she had always been here or if she…”
“She’s so unfathomable…” Yang Kai’s expression changed after he swept the woman with his Divine Sense.
His Divine Sense couldn’t see anything there, and if he wasn’t seeing her with his naked eye, then he wouldn’t have noticed the red-robed woman.
“Is she… at the Emperor Realm?” Qin Zhao Yang cried in alarm, while a chill ran down his spine.
“She’s no ordinary Emperor Realm Master.” Yang Kai couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
When he had been possessed by the Demon Sense, he fought against three First-Order Emperor Realm Masters, and he had some understanding of their power. He could clearly feel that those three Emperor Realm Masters wouldn’t be a match for the woman even if they joined hands.
In other words, the woman was at least a Second-Order Emperor Realm Master or more. She was most likely a… Third-Order Emperor Realm Master.
As this thought ran across Yang Kai’s mind, his heart sank.
No matter why the woman was standing in front of them, if they ended up incurring her wrath, then they would both die here.
“Yang, Little Brother Yang… Do you know her?”
“How the hell would I know her?” Yang Kai’s mouth twitched.
Yang Kai gave this some thoughts then shouted, “Senior, may I ask for your name? Why are you obstructing our path?”
After his shout, the woman slowly turned around and showed them a side of her face.
She had a delicate nose, rosy lips, and pretty facial features, as well as long hair and a curvaceous body. She had a plump chest and delicate snow-white skin, as well as a pair of watery eyes.
Upon facing the woman’s gaze, even Qin Zhao Yang fell into a daze and got mesmerized by her beauty.
“You’re really so slow,” the woman mumbled, but despite Yang Kai and Qin Zhao Yang’s high cultivation base, as well as their acute hearing, they still couldn’t hear the woman’s voice. She must have used some mysterious power to achieve this feat!
After she spoke, the woman curled the corners of her mouth and looked at the ship with a fake smile.
Yang Kai’s body suddenly stiffened.
He felt like the woman’s gaze had penetrated the void and all obstructions of the ship in its way and fell upon his body directly. He got alerted and he used his Source Qi, getting ready for any conflicts, while he also started pondering over this. [When did I meet this woman and how did I offend her?]
Yang Kai mulled this over for long, yet couldn’t come up with an answer.
He had arrived at the Star Boundary not long ago and he had met only a few Emperor Realm Masters. If he had really seen this red-robed woman, then he would have an impression of her.
Then, there were only two explanations for the current situation. One of them was that the woman was handling some matters here, and Qin Zhao Yang and him stumbled upon her by mistake.
As for the second one, she had been waiting for him and Qin Zhao Yang here…
The second explanation was very unlikely, so it could only be the first one.
As Yang Kai racked his brain over this, the red-robed woman suddenly opened her rosy mouth and spoke in an indifferent, yet pleasant voice. “You are talking to me, yet you still dare to hide within the ship? Daring!”
The woman wore a faint smile at the corners of her mouth, but her eyes were as cold as ever.
After she spoke, she slowly raised her lily-white hand and snapped her fingers. A scorching force suddenly emerged and formed a fist-sized fireball in front of her. That fireball shivered lightly then flew toward the ship.
The faces of Yang Kai and Qin Zhao Yang fell and they decisively flew outside.
*Bang*
A deafening explosion sound echoed out and the large ship had been engulfed by raging flames. Qin Zhao Yang had been swept by the explosion’s terrifying might and lost consciousness on the spot. to only be thrown onto the ground.
Yang Kai had also felt a scorching pain on his back, as if several of his ribs had been broken.
When he regained his balance, he turned his head to take a look and he found out that his ship had been quickly turned into ashes by the raging flames.
“My artifact!” Yang Kai shouted out of distress.
He had gotten a means of transport such as a Flying Artifact only with great difficulty and it was still an artifact of a pretty good grade, yet it had been destroyed by an Emperor Realm Master for no reason on his first trip.
Upon hearing him, the red-robed woman curled the corners of her lips and smiled with her cold eyes. She said calmly, “Lad, shouldn’t you worry over your life rather than your artifact?”
“Senior, who are you and why are you assaulting us?” Yang Kai turned his head to face her and shouted. Flames of anger were raging up in his heart!
The opponent was at least a Second-Order Emperor Realm Master and she had already destroyed his artifact at a slight disagreement, yet it looked like she still didn’t plan to let him off the hook and she wanted to attack him. How could he bear this any longer?
“You don’t have to know who I am.” The red-robed woman revealed a mesmerizing smile and spoke, then took light steps. She had used some unknown Divine Ability and closed in on Yang Kai with only two or three steps. When they were only thirty feet apart, she raised her hand and pointed it at Yang Kai then said, “You’re just an eyesore.”
After she spoke, she swatted the air with her fair hand. The World Principles were suddenly frozen and a formless wave of pressure assaulted Yang Kai’s body. His bones let out a snapping noise, as if they would shortly be crushed by the terrifying wave of pressure.
“Are you sick?” Yang Kai’s expression was unsightly. He never imagined that he would one day suffer such undeserved misfortune. She planned to kill him only because she found him an eyesore.
As he spoke, he used his Source Qi and a three-inch-wide sword appeared in his hand. He shouted, “Myriad Sword Move, a Single Man Guards the Pass.”
As Sword Light shone brightly, the Sword Qi let out a humming noise.
*Sizzle*
At this moment, it looked like the Myriads Sword had turned into innumerable swords that covered Yang Kai’s surroundings and they all shot out like a swarm of locusts.
“Huh? An Emperor Artifact?” Surprise flashed past the red-robed woman’s pretty eyes. But, she didn’t take him seriously and she only said mockingly, “How much of its might can you release with your weak cultivation base?”
*Rumble!*
As she spoke, many sparks broke in the air. It was a result of the innumerable Sword Qi’s collision against the formless wave of pressure.
But, Yang Kai had refined the Myriads Sword for only a short period and his cultivation base was still low. The Sword Qi was impressive-lookinghonourable but pretty weak, and it had been quickly extinguished by the boundless wave of pressure.
The terrifying wave of pressure swept Yang Kai and engulfed the region around him.
“It doesn’t matter how much of its might I can release, as I didn’t count on it to stop your Divine Ability.” Yang Kai’s voice suddenly reverberated behind the red-robed woman.
He held the sword with both hands and exerted all of his brute power and thrust it at the red-robed woman’s long neck.
The red-robed woman shouted in surprise, “Teleportation? Space Force? Interesting…”
As she spoke, she turned around and stared at Yang Kai with a smile. She didn’t plan to dodge his strike.
The sword fell upon her neck and cut her body into two halves, but Yang Kai couldn’t rejoice over this, and he suddenly retreated quickly as if he had been struck by a scorpion tail.
Meanwhile, the red-robed woman suddenly appeared next to his former place and tapped the afterimage left by him.
“You can dodge even this?” The red-robed woman furrowed her brow and mumbled, “It looks like I have underestimated you…”
As her voice fell, her expression suddenly changed and she observed the surroundings with furrowed brows.
A pitch-black hole suddenly appeared next to her and a terrifying suction force emanated from it.
On the other side, Yang Kai weaved hand seals and shouted through gnashed teeth: “Banishment!”
“Do you plan to deal with me…” The red-robed woman revealed a smile. “Through such means?”
The woman only waved her hand and the black hole immediately disappeared.
Yang Kai chuckled bitterly and stood in his place motionless then collected the Myriads Sword.
“Huh? Do you plan to give up?” The red-robed woman observed Yang Kai with great interest and spoke mockingly.
“I can’t beat you, so why would I continue fighting?” Yang Kai said with an indifferent look plastered on his face.
“Then, are you ready to die?” The red-robed woman laughed in response.
Yang Kai replied, “It doesn’t matter! In any case, I’ll only suffer more if I fight back, please give me a quick death. But, I still want to ask you, why did you attack me? How did I offend you?”
“Didn’t I tell you already… I found you an eyesore,” the red-robed woman replied.
“Crazy woman!” Yang Kai said resentfully.
“Pff….” At a certain region in the void, a person was drinking tea slowly, yet he suddenly splurted a mouthful of tea upon hearing Yang Kai’s words and he had almost sprayed it on the face of the young girl opposite him.
The young girl was oblivious to this and she was still observing Yang Kai and the red-robed woman nervously, entreating the man anxiously, “Uncle Li, please let go of me. I’ll go back with you to the island. Why are you making trouble for Brother Yang, he’s only a First-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivator and he’s no match for you.”
“That’s not true,” the man called ‘Uncle Li’ by the young girl shook his head and corrected her, “It isn’t me who is causing trouble for the young lad, but your Aunty Feng and it has nothing to do with me. I’m only drinking tea here…”
“Why? Aunty Feng has never seen Brother Yang, so why is she making trouble for him?” The young girl asked anxiously.
“Xiao Qi…” Uncle Li wore an experienced look and said meaningfully, “The outside world is… very complex, and the outside world’s men are all cunning and shrewd. Your Aunty Feng is doing this for your own good.”
Upon hearing this, Mo Xiao Qi pouted then snorted and said, “I don’t care, if you don’t call back Aunty Feng, then I’ll… I’ll tell her that you peeped while she was bathing.”
Upon hearing this, Uncle Li’s expression changed and his face turned deathly pale, while beads of sweat streaked across his forehead. He said, “Xiao Qi, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. I’m a just and honorable gentleman and I have never done such a despicable thing… Fine, fine, it was only one time, a single time and I was caught by you before I could see anything. Young girl, you really have a good memory. You were only four years old at that time.”
“Don’t try to change the subject, I’m asking you, will you do it or not?” Mo Xiao Qi snorted and said, “If you dare to refuse, then I’ll add interesting details to that story and turn that single occurrence into dozens and dozens then tell them to Aunty Feng one by one…”
“Ah! Spare me! Please!” Uncle Li’s expression turned bitter. “Let me off the hook, why are you making life hard for me…”
“Then will you agree or not?” Mo Xiao Qi looked coldly at Uncle Li.
Uncle Li sighed and said, “If it had been a while ago, then I could still do you a favour, but now…”
“But now, what?”
“The young lad dared to call your Aunty Feng crazy, he’s done for!” Uncle Li spoke, taking pleasure in Yang Kai’s misfortune!
“Ah… No!!” Mo Xiao Qi was scared and she turned her head to take a look. As expected, Aunty Feng had been infuriated and her pretty eyes shone with a cold glint. Those were clear signs she had gotten angry for real, and even Mo Xiao Qi was afraid to see her in this state.
“Lad, what did you just say?” The red-robed woman revealed a sweet smile, but Yang Kai could clearly discern that her voice had turned bone-chilling.
However, the current situation was already bad enough, and Yang Ka had thrown caution to the wind. If the woman dared to attempt killing him for real, then he would open the Golden Silver Seal in his belly and give her a great surprise. At that time, even if he wasn’t a match for her, he could still escape, probably.
But, the sole issue was that he didn’t have enough power to seal the Demon Sense and boundless Demon Qi again. The Firmament Tree still needed more time to accumulate enough Sealing Power.
“Crazy woman!” Yang Kai raised his head high and stared at the red-robed woman.
“Hehe…” The red-robed woman didn’t get angry, but rather laughed in response. However, her voice suddenly turned sharp, “Do you think I won’t kill you right now?”
Yang Kai raised his brows and said in surprise, “Huh? Does this mean… You didn’t plan to kill me?”
As he spoke, his tense nerves relaxed and he said with a smile, “I already found this strange, you’re a Third-Order Emperor Realm Master, yet you let go of everything and ran over here to block our path. What are you up to? I have never seen you and don’t have any grievances with you.”
The red-robed woman sneered and said, “You think you’re clever?”
But upon hearing Yang Kai’s next words, the red-robed woman’s expression changed.
“Ah. Hello, Aunty Feng!”
A startled look appeared on the red-robed woman’s face. She didn’t expect that Yang Kai could see through her identity and disclose it.
She quickly looked toward a certain region in the void. Uncle Li could only spread his arms in response, expressing that this had nothing to do with him.
“Aren’t you Aunty Feng?” Even though Yang Kai was questioning her, he spoke in a confident and sure tone, and he also cast a glance at the region observed by the red-robed woman a while ago. He waved his hand at the void and shouted with a smile. “Xiao Qi!”
In the void, the hiding Uncle Li looked in surprise at Yang Kai and whistled “This lad is quite… attentive.”
“Does Brother Yang know I’m here?” Mo Xiao Qi was also taken aback and she looked toward Yang Kai, who was waving his hand at her in greeting. She quickly tried to give him a reply, but her voice couldn’t reach Yang Kai.
The void had been confined by a powerful force and it had been isolated thoroughly.
Mo Xiao Qi couldn’t help but get anxious!
On the other side, Yang Kai laughed, “Mo Xiao Qi, it’s enough for you to see me. Go back to your family obediently. I hope we will meet again.”
“Huh…” Mo Xiao Qi nodded and said, “Okay!”
She had been dejected for a while because she couldn’t see Yang Kai one last time before leaving, yet upon hearing Yang Kai’s words, she got over her sorrow and laughed cheerfully.
Yang Kai turned his head to face the red-robed woman and said, “Aunty Feng…”
“Who is Aunty Feng and who are you calling?” The red-robed woman gazed at Yang Kai with a cold look plastered on her face.
“Senior…”
“If you dare to say so again…”
Yang Kai took a deep breath and said, “Miss… I already know why you have obstructed us here…”
“You think you’re clever?” The red-robed woman snorted coldly and interrupted Yang Kai.
Yang Kai was taken aback and he could only furrow his brows, “Since you don’t want to admit it… Then I can only…”
As he spoke, he suddenly faced the void and said warmly with an affectionate look plastered on his face, “Xiao Qi, go back home and wait for me. Once I prepare a betrothal gift, I’ll visit your home to ask for your hand.”
The red-robed woman’s face fell and she yelled, “Lad, you dare…”
But, she suddenly realized something midways and said through gnashed teeth, “You’re so cunning.”
At this moment, she had realized that Yang Kai’s words didn’t reach Mo Xiao Qi and he had said them only to her, while her reaction had clearly confirmed Yang Kai’s guess.
“That’s right, I’m Xiao Qi’s Aunty Feng,” the red-robed woman couldn’t continue acting dumb and she could only admit it. She glared at Yang Kai, “I don’t care about your origins nor your prospects. Xiao Qi isn’t a girl the likes of you can covet, don’t ever forget this.”
“Miss, you have come here just to admonish me for lusting over swan meat?” Yang Kai said calmly, “If that’s so, then why didn’t you say so early on.”
“At least, you know your place.” The red-robed woman snorted and said, “You’re quite sensible and I won’t bully you. But, don’t forget my words, if you dare to have any presumptuous thoughts about Xiao Qi, then I’ll make you regret being born in this world.”
“Miss, your threat is so… feeble.” Yang Kai chuckled. “But, you don’t have to worry, Xiao Qi and I are only friends…”
“That is for the best!” The red-robed woman nodded with satisfaction.
Yang Kai chuckled, “I prefer alluring mature women over such young girls, mature women such as… you. I really couldn’t help but fall for you.”
*Splurt*
In the void, Uncle Li splurted a mouthful of tea again and his jaw dropped in shock. After a long while, he came back to his senses and said, while wiping the sweat off his face, “She got teased… She really got teased…”
As he spoke, he couldn’t help but laugh loudly. “A lad wet behind the ears dared to tease Miss Jiu, if the Great Emperor hears of this, he’d have a good laugh.”
“Brother Yang, how can he say…” The face of Mo Xiao Qi opposite him got flushed, “He’s so shameless!”
“Do you like women such as me?” The red-robed woman’s expression turned strange and she observed Yang Kai with great interest. She said, “Those presumptuous words are enough of a reason for me to cut off your tongue.”
“But…” She suddenly smiled sweetly and looked at him coquettishly. She said in a silky voice, “I really like your honesty. If your cultivation base surpasses mine, then I may consider giving you a chance to court me.”
“Haha, then it’s a promise,” Yang Kai laughed and said.
The red-robed woman stared at him for a long while then said mockingly, “Conceited fool!”
As her voice fell, her body flickered and disappeared suddenly.
“Hey! Miss, you have destroyed my Flying Artifact, yet you just want to walk away? Aren’t you too shameless?” Yang Kai shouted at the void.
After his voice fell, a blue light suddenly shot toward him and it stopped in front of him.
Yang Kai observed the blue light for a while and discovered that it was a little wooden boat shrouded by light. It was a three-inch-long boat, emitting the energy ripples of a Dao Source Artifact.
“She has given me compensation for real?” Yang Kai was surprised, but still gladly accepted the wooden boat and put it in his Space Ring, then stood in the air and waited in silence.
After a long while, he suddenly shivered and beads of sweat seeped off his forehead and his clothes quickly got drenched in sweat. He couldn’t help but open his mouth and start gasping for breath, as if he was a fish that had just left water.
The confrontation with the red-robed woman hadn’t been dangerous, but it was still anything but peaceful.
After all, she was a Third-Order Emperor Realm Master and her cultivation base was above Yang Kai’s by many Realms. Even if Yang Kai opened the Golden Silver Seal in his belly, he might not have a good chance to escape from her. This was why he could only try risky moves.
Fortunately, he suddenly guessed her identity at a crucial juncture.
It hadn’t been hard for him to guess it. After all, he didn’t have any feud with the red-robed woman, yet this Third-Order Emperor Realm Master had come specially to make trouble for him. So, she obviously had different reasons behind this.
As Yang Kai mulled it over repeatedly, he could only think of Mo Xiao Qi. Prior to her departure, she left a jade slip and told Yang Kai that her Aunty Feng was coming for her.
Mo Xiao Qi was only a Third-Order Origin King. So, how could she escape from Aunty Feng? She would surely get caught and sent back home.
Moreover, Aunty Feng might have heard about Yang Kai from Mo Xiao Qi after catching her and that was why she had come especially for him to feel him out.
Yang Kai could understand the reason behind Aunty Feng’s actions. If that inexperienced and naive girl mentioned a stranger repeatedly, then she would surely have to go have a look at Yang Kai’s character and see whether he had deceived her.
As for what happened later? It was quite simple. After he learned of the woman’s identity, he realized that Mo Xiao Qi was likely hidden in the vicinity.
As for the red-robed woman, she would surely not kill him.
But, she had used some sort of Soul Secret Technique before leaving and Yang Kai had almost made a fool out of himself due to her brief seduction.
However, Aunty Feng had underestimated Yang Kai’s Spiritual Energy and he managed to draw help from the Soul Warming Lotus to get rid of her influence, or else, he would have made a fool out of himself in front of Mo Xiao Qi and she wouldn’t ever pay heed to him again.
“They should have left, right?” Yang Kai mumbled. He was quite feeble right now, but he still braced himself and went to check on Qin Zhao Yang.
After he checked him briefly, he ascertained that he was only unconscious and didn’t suffer any injuries. It looked like Aunty Feng had knocked him out on purpose to get a chance to talk to Yang Kai in private.
…
In the distance, Uncle Li cast a Great Divine Ability and travelled through the void with Mo Xiao Qi and Aunty Feng.
Mo Xiao Qi was sulking, but the two Emperor Realm Masters didn’t pay any heed to her.
Uncle Li was frequently casting glances at Aunty Feng, as if he had something to tell her.
“What’s on your mind? Just blurt it out, why are you casting stealthy glances at me?” Aunty Feng flew into a rage and glared at Uncle Li with her pretty eyes.
Uncle Li laughed sheepishly, “I’m only curious, how did the lad resist your Soul Suction Technique. How much power did you use? One-tenth… or half a tenth?”
Aunty Feng quieted for a while then said, “Two tenths!”
“Are you making fun of me?” Uncle Li’s eyes widened.
Aunty Feng said, “That brat’s Spiritual Energy is so strange. He’s only a First-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivator, yet his Spiritual Energy is on par with a Third-Order Dao Source Realm Cultivator, and he’s also…”
“What else?”
“It looks like he’s also protected by a strong Artifact… That artifact resisted most of my Soul Suction Technique’s might.”
“Even you can’t detect what kind of Artifact it is?”
“It’s within his Knowledge Sea and I can’t detect it unless I crack open his head and have a look at it.”
“Don’t bring up such scary matters, I’m still here,” Mo Xiao Qi cut into the discussion and reminded them of her existence.
“Moreover, that brat is…” Aunty Feng didn’t pay heed to Mo Xiao Qi and looked at Uncle Li with great interest. She chuckled and said, “His attainments in the Space Force are pretty high and he can even cast a black hole-like Secret Technique. I clearly remember that you weren’t able to achieve this feat in the past at his cultivation level.”
“What are you trying to say?” Uncle Li looked askance at her.
Aunty Feng smiled and said, “It isn’t easy to find a suitable candidate, why don’t you consider taking him in as your disciple? Honestly speaking, that brat is pretty good, and even the Star Boundary’s top sects couldn’t raise a person of his calibre.”
“Pah!” Uncle Li sneered, “What’s so good about having a disciple? If I take one, then I’ll have to waste time teaching him and I’ll still have to worry about him as he may have an early death at any moment… If he was a pretty young girl, then I may consider raising him, but it’s a pity… Tsk, tsk…”
“Then, that’s his loss,” Aunty Feng said with a smile.
“That’s right.” Mo Xiao Qi suddenly clapped and said, “Uncle Li, you and Brother Yang are both proficient in Space Force, why don’t you take him in as your disciple? He can inherit your mantle.”
“I refuse!” Uncle Li didn’t give this any consideration.
Mo Xiao Qi cast a glance at him then turned around and looked at Aunty Feng. She said, “Aunty Feng, when I was four years old, Uncle Li…”
“Hey, hey…” Uncle Li’s expression changed and he suddenly prayed and let out strange cries, “I suddenly think that taking in a disciple is a pretty good idea. If I’m in a good mood, I can teach him for a while, and if I’m in a bad mood, I can call him over and teach him a lesson. Taking care of a mischievous disciple would be a pleasant experience.”
“Uncle Li, are you serious?” Mo Xiao Qi looked at him excitedly.
“Huh…huh…” Uncle Li nodded solemnly, “Once I meet him again, I’ll take him as a disciple.”