Deep inside a thick forest, Qiu Yi Meng and her group fled with all their might. Behind her, Luo Xiao Man and Bai Yun Feng both had dishevelled looks, and both of them had multiple wounds. In addition, the original dozen True Element Boundary cultivators had now been reduced by two or three.
As she ran, Luo Xiao Man’s proud chest bounced about wildly, like two white rabbits were trying to escape from her dress.
If it was a normal time, Bai Yun Feng and the other hot blooded men would certainly not turn a blind eye to such a wondrous scene, but now these men were in no mood to do so; not knowing if they could survive the next day, how could they have the spare capacity to care indulge in such distractions?
Behind them a group of people were pursuing them, which caused all of them to panic and flee. In this unfamiliar land, they soon lost their way, only able to unconsciously follow Qiu Yi Meng.
Running with such speed, their True Qi was quickly being depleted. Spotting a small hill not far off, the exhausted Qiu Yi Meng quickly ordered, “We’ll take a break once we reach that hill up ahead, our pursuers shouldn’t be able to catch up to us so fast, once we’ve recovered for a while we’ll continue on.”
Hearing her, the group she was leading were slightly relieved. They had continuously been on the run for many days, and none of them could afford such massive consumption.
A short while later, when the group arrived at the secluded hill, each of them found a place to sit down and quickly took out their own Qi recovery pills.
Next to a clear brook which flowed down from the mountain top, Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man quickly moistened their dry throats and washed their faces, refreshing themselves greatly.
That day when they had encountered that flirtatious red-clothed woman was only the beginning of this group’s bad luck.
The only three Immortal Ascension Boundary masters who had been sent with them to this place had been instantly killed by that woman. After that, the remaining dozen or so True Element Boundary cultivators under Qiu Yi Meng’s leadership, began exploring their surroundings, but before they could get a grasp on their situation, they were attacked by a group of Devil Path cultivators. Fighting back, they eventually managed to break through this siege but in doing so they had also alerted more nearby enemies.
The strength of this group was by no means weak. It was just that there were too many enemies for them to face, these days the number of pursuers had steadily increased, causing Qiu Yi Meng to feel a sense of helplessness. Her only choice was to bring everyone deeper into the jungle and try to use the terrain in order to find an opportunity to escape.
The two women sat down, thoroughly exhausted.
“Elder Sister Qiu, where is this place?” Luo Xiao Man asked, her big round eyes full of fear.
Hearing Luo Xiao Man’s sudden question, Qiu Yi Meng hesitated for a moment before giving a hesitant reply, “If I’m not wrong, this is the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land!”
“What! The Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land?” Luo Xiao Man exclaimed, her already frightened eyes filled with horror.
The others around them also looked up in shock. Bai Yun Feng wrinkled his brow and somewhat unsteadily asked, “Young Lady Qiu, why do you think this place is the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land?”
Qiu Yi Meng glanced at him and leisurely retorted, “Besides the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land, where else would there be so many cultivators who have fallen to the Devil’s path? Didn’t you notice their fighting style and demeanor?”
“That doesn’t mean this place is definitely the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land…” Bai Yun Feng still couldn’t bring himself to accept it, “Maybe… this is the site of some evil Sect.”
However, Qiu Yi Meng only chuckled lightly and replied in a confident tone, “I am certain that this is the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land!”
“Then… what should we do?” Luo Xiao Man asked forlornly. Unlike Qiu Yi Meng, who managed to maintain a look of composure as the group’s leader, she couldn’t help her beautiful face from becoming somewhat pale.
“I don’t know!” Qiu Yi Meng shook her head slowly. This time she had only expected to lead a punitive force to High Heaven Pavilion and not suddenly be thrown ten thousand kilometers away into the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land.
The difference between what she had come to do and what had happened was simply too great.
Within the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land, there were countless masters. Devil Path cultivators were everywhere, and this group of hers’ had no masters guarding them. It was fundamentally impossible for them to break through and escape this place safely.
To make matters worse, right now, the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land and the outside world were essentially at war. Once their group fell into the hands of the enemy, the consequences would be disastrous.
This was particularly so for both Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man, each of whom were great beauties. If they were to be captured alive by these sinister cultivators, what was waiting for them would be a fate worse than death.
“Focus on restoring yourselves for now, thankfully the group chasing us does not have many masters or else we would have already been caught!” Qiu Yi Meng deeply sighed.
“En!” Luo Xiao Man nodded and obediently closed her eyes.
The group had spent less than half an hour recovering when Qiu Yi Meng suddenly opened her eyes and quickly said, “Time’s up, someone is coming!”
Hearing this, everyone quickly awakened from their meditation and silently followed her away.
During this past month, Qiu Yi Meng had many times in advance detected the enemy’s approach which had allowed the group to avoid falling into many dangerous situations. Although they did not understand how she was able to do so with just her True Element Boundary Ninth Stage cultivation, but those gathered around her had long ago shown great admiration for her and had no issues following her orders.
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Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo walked calmly through the jungle.
After interacting with her for the past month, Yang Kai found that this bewitching woman was actually quite likeable. She appeared fair and delicate as well as incredibly charming. She appeared to be around twenty-seven years old, but with her divine beauty she seems no different from a girl in her late teens. The only difference being a unique temperament that could only be achieved by a mature woman.
This temperament made her particularly appealing to men; coupled with her seductive charms, there was no doubt that Shan Qing Luo was simply the nemesis of all men in this world, able to ensnare both young and old.
Yang Kai performance during this time was also quite composed, no longer shouting Elder Sister this or Elder Sister that as he did before, which caused Shan Qing Luo to develop some admiration for him.
A seventeen-year-old boy with such a steady mentality was quite rare.
Although the two of them had gotten to know each other fairly quickly, the two of them actually shared very few conversations. Shan Qing Luo didn’t speak much nor did Yang Kai bring up superfluous topics. Mostly he simply followed behind her. The rest of his time was spent in meditative cultivation, not wasting a single moment.
Traveling together with such a beauty was enough to make him feel satisfied; at least he was not lonely along the way.
According to Shan Qing Luo, she had come out this time looking for something. This thing held great significance to her. Her mother had once sought it out, and before her, her grandmother had too. Now it was her turn.
But these plans had been greatly complicated by recent developments. Before she had set out, her strength was transcendent and with it she naturally wouldn’t experience any hardship, but now that she was experiencing the backlash from her Secret Art failing to break through. Her strength had dropped significantly, until now only being able to restore herself to the level of a True Element Boundary Third Stage cultivator, so the place she was seeking out was now too dangerous to reach.
Without her pervious overwhelming strength, going there would be akin to seeking death.
However, the two of them had wandered around the jungle for more than ten days now without arriving anywhere in particular.
As they walked, Yang Kai frowned as he looked suspiciously at her before pausing to ask, “Beauty, I have a question for you.”
“Hmm?” Shan Qing Luo also stopped, glancing back at Yang Kai.
“You… are you lost?” Yang Kai hesitantly asked.
Trembling slightly, Shan Qing Luo’s face showed an unnatural look as she averted her eyes.
“Ah…” Yang Kai was stunned. “You’re not really lost, are you?”
Shan Qing Luo blushed embarrassedly before coldly snorting, “So what if I’m lost? What’s so strange about that?”
Yang Kai wryly smiled, “If you were lost you should have just said so. I thought you had some clear goal, so I’ve just been quietly following you.”
These past few days she had shown neither panic nor urgency, and always maintained a composed aloof manner, so he had never questioned her, but upon seeing some scenery that looked familiar, Yang Kai couldn’t help asking.
But whatever the circumstances, she was also a supreme master, so how could she have gotten lost? Yang Kai felt that the whole situation was somewhat odd.
“You know nothing.” Shan Qing Luo grumbled loudly and wrinkled her nose slightly, “The inside of this forest has a kind of natural spirit array which causes disorientation that encompasses a radius of several hundred kilometers, if I still had my full strength it would be simple to find the way out but now we can only rely on luck!”
Saying this, she glared towards Yang Kai bitterly and complained, “In the end, all of this is your fault!”
“My fault my ass!” Yang Kai angrily retorted.
“Who was the one who stole my energy during my crucial breakthrough? Who caused me to suffer such harsh backlash from my Secret Art, who caused my strength to plummet so far?” Shan Qing Luo rapidly pressed Yang Kai with accusation.
When she brought Yang Kai to this forest, she hadn’t expected to suffer this backlash from her Secret Art, sending the situation completely out of her control.
“Good, good, good! It’s all my fault okay?” Yang Kai still had some guilt over this issue and was also too lazy to argue with her, knowing he’d never win anyways so instead he simply released his Divine Sense but immediately found that the range he could explore had been reduced to less than a kilometer around him.
Shan Qing Luo looked at him with an interested grin, letting out a light sigh, “I’ve thought so before, but you’re a strange one aren’t you? A small True Element Boundary Fourth Stage cultivator actually being able to utilise his Divine Sense, but without reaching the Immortal Ascension Boundary, it is simply impossible to find your way out of here, save your strength.”
“Beauty, we have a problem!” Yang Kai turned his gaze towards her, his expression slightly changing.
“Hmm?”
But he had hardly finished speaking when not far in front of them a wave of whooshing sounds arose as six or seven figures suddenly fell from the air, landing close by.
Shan Qing Luo’s expression also sank, and her eyes narrowed as she examined these newcomers.
Seeing the appearance of these people, her temperament suddenly changed, immediately becoming exalted and domineering.
Yang Kai witnessed this astonishing change and couldn’t help admiring. She was indeed worthy of being one of the six Great Evil Kings. This perennial superior attitude and aura was not something most people could imitate, at the same time though he secretly raised his own alert.
“Huh…” These six or seven individuals had come here after discovering traces of Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo. They were actually members of the group that were pursuing Qiu Yi Meng and her compatriots, but upon seeing Shan Qing Luo’s face and red clothes, all of their faces instantly changed, and they hurriedly took a few steps back.
Shan Qing Luo just pleasantly smiled and casually glanced towards them. Her aura of superiority became even more overwhelming.
Receiving her gaze, those few people’s faces became more depressed. All of them raised their guards as they helplessly waited.
“I wondered who it was that dared block my path, it turns out to be a few of Beast King’s insolent henchmen!” Shan Qing Luo gently grunted while leisurely and calmly speaking. Her demeanor revealed utter disdain with a hint of coldness.
The six or seven newcomers all shivered. Their faces instantly drained of all colour. One of the masters at the Immortal Ascension Boundary Third Stage quickly stepped forward, respectfully cupped his fists, and trembled as he spoke, “Servant Guo Yuan Ming greets Mistress Demon Queen. We did not know that mistress Demon Queen was here, if we have offended, please forgive us!”
As he spoke, his eyes drooped, staring straight at his toes, not daring to meet Shan Qing Luo’s eyes.
“Greetings Mistress Demon Queen!” The other several people also hurriedly bowed, a clear sense of fear apparent in their demeanor.
Everyone raised their cupped fists as they shivered where they stood, apparently extremely terrified.
*Hmph!* Shan Qing Luo snorted, further terrifying these few, “You all have some guts… you dare to stalk after me?”
Speaking so, her expression slowly changed, and her infinitely charming face suddenly flashed a murderous intent.
Hearing Shan Qing Luo ask this, all of them complained incessantly in their hearts as sweat dripped down their foreheads. Why was this devilish woman here? Why were the Heavens so heartless!?
“Of course not!” Guo Yuan Ming involuntarily gulped, “Respected Demon Queen, we servants were simply tracking a group of True Element Boundary cultivators who had broken into the Holy Land, we truly did not mean to offend Lady Demon Queen, we swear to the Heavens!”
“Oh, really now…” Shan Qing Luo replied lightly. Her enchanting voice slightly dropped in tone, but these people hearing this pleasant melody not only did not feel pleasant, but instead felt even tenser. Their backs were covered in cold sweat, and none of them dared to make a sound.
Shan Qing Luo gently lifted her delicate hands and gently brushed one of her exquisite nails. Appearing extremely indifferently as she casually said, “Since you know your sins, why have you not offered your life in apology yet? Do you want to force this Queen to handle you personally?”
Guo Yuan Ming’s trembling increased greatly. His legs buckled under him as he collapsed to his knees, smashing his head on the ground with his blood frozen solid.
The rest of his group behind him also trembled in fear. Big drops of sweat dripped from their faces, and their heads bent so far forward that their chins touched their chests.
Yang Kai’s gaze flickered as he silently stood behind Shan Qing Luo.
This was the first time he had seen this seductive woman’s true methods. She was truly majestic and domineering!
Was this the true face of the Beguiling Demon Queen?
Although he was unclear about exactly what was happening, Yang Kai figured that Shan Qing Luo and the master of these few henchmen had some kind of grudge between them, so she was intentionally making things difficult for them.
Moreover, Shan Qing Luo’s current strength had been greatly diminished so she was probably trying to use this approach to pre-emptively frighten them.
“Hehe…” Shan Qing Luo suddenly smiled playfully and glanced towards the other side, “Get up, taking this Queen’s joke so seriously, you’re all too boring…”
Guo Yuan Ming however did not dare move. There was no way he would believe this devilish woman’s words. If he stood up, Shan Qing Luo might just directly slaughter him…
Instead he just repeatedly kowtowed, “Many thanks Lady Demon Queen for your mercy. Many thanks!”
Coldly glancing over at him, Shan Qing Luo’s voice suddenly became cold, “Go back to your master and tell him this. Our accounts from one month ago, I will soon settle. Get lost!”
Receiving this fantasy like amnesty, Guo Yuan Ming quickly scrambled to his feet, bowed his head deeply, and shouted, “Please rest assured Lady Demon Queen, this servant will definitely bring your words to my master!”
“Within ten breaths, if anyone remains within my sight, they will stay here forever!”
*Shua Shua Shua…*
These six or seven people kicked the ground, Used all their strength to flee, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
*Hmph!* Shan Qing Luo coldly snorted, turned around, and said, “Let’s go!”
Yang Kai silently followed. In his heart, he greatly admired this seductive woman’s methods and majesty.
Shan Qing Luo walked faster and faster, until a moment later she was actually running as fast as the wind.
“Why are you escaping so quickly? Didn’t you successfully deceive them already?” Yang Kai asked confusedly as he chased after her.
“It’s only a temporary measure, Guo Yuan Ming isn’t stupid. After a while when he reflects on it he will no doubt notice some flaws. My relationship with the Thunderbolt Beast King is not very good, I was also recently ambushed and wounded by him and his minions; those people were Beast King’s henchmen, if they catch us everything will be over!” Shan Qing Luo hurriedly explained as she continued dashing forward a hundred meters at a time.
“Heh…” Yang Kai’s expression became strange, “You are also one of the Devil Kings, someone on the same level as that Thunderbolt Beast King, him daring to bring people to ambush you, if you don’t have some kind of serious conflict of interest, it must be him coveting your beauty. The temptation of a supreme beauty is really powerful!”
“You shut up!” Shan Qing Luo glared at him, and her expression became icy cold.
Yang Kai simply grinned as he shrugged his shoulders and obediently stayed quiet.
After those six or seven individuals had escaped more than a dozen kilometers, they suddenly stopped.
“What’s wrong Brother Guo?” Another expert at the Immortal Ascension Boundary Second Stage looked at him and asked.
Guo Yuan Ming frowned and looked back towards where they had met Shan Qing Luo. Seemingly contemplating something as he asked, “Do you think something is off with that whore today?”
“Somewhat off?”
“How could she have let us off so easily?” Guo Yuan Ming grew more and more skeptical. “Master had brought several people to ambush her a month ago, on top of that they also have many past grievances, even just considering the incident last month, us meeting her now should have ended up with us suffering greatly.”
“But if so, why would she just send us on our way?”
As he contemplated, his brow wrinkled further. He hesitated for a long time before continuing, “I heard from those involved in that ambush that although they failed to capture that devilish woman, she still suffered a direct hit from Master.”
“That’s right, and just now she did seem somewhat unsteady. Perhaps she was seriously wounded in that fight and hasn’t fully healed yet?”
“A wound inflicted by Master isn’t something so easy to resolve.” Guo Yuan Ming said as a light flashed across his eyes, “She is definitely still suffering from serious injuries or she would never have let us go so easily! I remember half a year ago, Brother Yuan’s younger brother had only glanced at her once and she immediately killed him… that devilish woman is utterly ruthless, how could she suddenly be so forgiving?”
Hearing this and remembering back, Yuan Shi’s treacherous face flashed a trace anger and hatred, and he viciously cursed, “If it weren’t for her bloodline’s special skills, allowing the previous generation’s Demon Queen to pass on the bulk of her cultivation to her, allowing that little slut already have such high strength, I would have already killed her!”
Guo Yuan Ming swept his eyes over his companions and grinned meaningfully as he said, “If Brother Yuan wants revenge for his younger brother then right now is his chance!”
Everyone hearing these words couldn’t help being startled.
None of them had dared even consider the idea of openly opposing the Beguiling Demon Queen.
“What, are you all afraid?” Guo Yuan Ming sneered. “Her letting us go definitely means she has some scruples. What could that be? Obviously she’s afraid that right now she can’t beat us!”
Yuan Shi nodded in agreement, “What Brother Guo said is reasonable, but… in the end it is just a guess. What if she isn’t seriously injured or if she has already recovered?”
“We have to try to know!” Guo Yuan Ming grinned meaningfully, “That’s why I just said you all have no courage!”
Everyone else remained silent for a time, and each of them glanced around at the others. All of them were hesitant to act. Admittedly, what Guo Yuan Ming said made sense, but everything really was based on a hunch.
Seeing that some of them appeared to be hesitating, Guo Yuan Ming made another push, “My fellow brothers. That is the Beguiling Demon Queen. Don’t you have any desire to taste her? An opportunity to have her under you? Even if we were to die, just to bed this woman, it is worth it.”
Fantasizing about Shan Qing Luo’s delicate body and sweet voice, imagining being able to strip her naked, toy with her as they pleased, and listen to her moan in ecstasy, all of them couldn’t help breathing a bit heavier.
Guo Yuan Ming kept pressing, “Also, if she can pass on her strength to her descendants, what says she can’t pass it on to us! An Immortal Ascension Boundary Ninth Stage master, even if we split the spoils among us wouldn’t everyone at least be able to break through at least one or two minor realms?”
Everyone was finally convinced!
A malicious light flashed across Yuan Shi’s eyes, and he quickly said, “What Brother Guo says is right, being able to taste her beauty and rob her cultivation… it certainly is worth the risk!”
After carefully considering it, the others present also grit their teeth and nodded.
Guo Yuan Ming laughed, “You are all good brothers indeed! Now that we’ve decided, we shouldn’t delay, let’s quickly catch up!”
Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo flew through the forest, constantly changing direction.
But half a day later, from behind them suddenly came the sound of hurried footsteps.
Shan Qing Luo’s expression sank as she grit her teeth, “They really found out.”
Resigned, she quickly came to a stop and took a deep breath to calm her nerves as both she and Yang Kai prepared themselves.
“It’s them!” Yang Kai stealthily released his Divine Sense. Aware of whom their pursuers were, his face also becoming gloomy.
Evidently Shan Qing Luo concerns were warranted. Although she had indeed scared off these people with her domineering demeanour, she had involuntarily revealed too many flaws which their enemies had discovered after carefully reviewing their encounter.
Though it was just a drop of blood in the vast sea, the fierce sharks had still sniffed it out.
“Lady Demon Queen!” A moment later, Guo Yuan Ming and his companions swiftly appeared from the distance. All of them were clearly a bit anxious, but they did not display the same extreme caution and dread from before. Their gazes darted back and forth, and their eyes flashed with meaningful light and dared to spy upon Shan Qing Luo with an obscene glint from time to time.
“What it is?” Shan Qing Luo asked in a cold tone.
“Haha… Lady Demon Queen’s speed is so great it took us a long time to catch up!” Guo Yuan Ming’s attitude was significantly more presumptuous now, as he obviously salivated at the meal before him but also using his attitude to confirm his speculations. He was eighty percent certain but still wanted to make that one hundred percent.
They had clearly parted for only a brief moment before, yet they had spent so much time chasing her down. If she was not hiding something, why would she need to run so fast?
“Enough nonsense, why are you here?” Shan Qing Luo questioned impatiently, her voice became ever colder.
“Please forgive me, this servant had forgotten that my Lord Beast King had instructed that if we were to meet Lady Demon Queen we were to give her this small gift. My lord wishes to send this to Lady Demon Queen as recompense for last month’s offence in hopes that she will not pursue the matter!” While speaking, Guo Yuan Ming threw something from his hand towards Shan Qing Luo.
This item gave off a special aura. It was clearly a high quality artifact.
At the moment he threw this artifact, Guo Yuan Ming had poured his True Qi into it, so though it seemed to have been casually tossed, in reality it contained a hidden attack.
Shan Qing Luo readily caught this artifact, and though she was prepared, she still felt a shock shoot through her tender body, which caused her to tremble lightly as her arm went numb.
Witnessing this reaction, these few men suddenly grinned widely.
“Guo Yuan Ming, you court death!” Shan Qing Luo furiously screamed.
However, Guo Yuan Ming simply smiled maliciously, “Oh oh, please forgive this servant’s carelessness Lady Demon Queen; it seems this one had used a bit too much force before, but with your great strength, how is it that you could not handle it? Is it that you have perhaps… lost much of your strength right now?”
As he asked these questions, Guo Yuan Ming’s tone became more and more rampant, his eyes slowly revealed an obscene light as they wandered all over Shan Qing Luo’s body.
Shan Qing Luo’s expression slightly changed. Understanding that the other party had seen through her current condition, she no longer bothered to conceal things and instead let out a proud laugh, “Hmph! It is true that right now I have lost a great deal of strength, but if it is to kill you few wastes it is still enough!”
As she spoke, her pair of enchanting eyes suddenly shimmered as they released a dense light, seemingly containing an endless attraction, pulling the souls of all those around into them.
At the same time, from all around a strange fragrance wafted about. As soon as they smelt this aroma, every man present had their pulse race as their blood began to boil.
Even Yang Kai’s eyes became slightly confused for a moment, but he swiftly regained his composure. Quickly returning his True Qi to his dantian, Yang Kai summoned the Asura Sword to his hand as the Evil Qi from his Unyielding Golden Skeleton burst forth.
Wrapped in this thick black gas, he quickly struck towards Guo Yuan Ming.
Yang Kai’s reaction was very fast, almost simultaneously attacking the moment Shan Qing Luo used her Beguiling Technique.
Even Shan Qing Luo was secretly surprised that he could free himself from her technique so quickly; without mentioning him only possessing a True Element Boundary Fourth Stage cultivation, even an Immortal Ascension master could not free themselves from her skill so easily.
[What exactly is this scoundrel’s background?]
The Asura Sword shot out from within the black gas, like a snake striking from its hole, and stabbed towards Guo Yuan Ming’s neck.
Guo Yuan Ming’s confused and empty eyes suddenly released a cold light as a disdainful grin appeared on his face. Yang Kai’s face instantly sank, and he quickly shifted from attacking to defense and poured all his Qi into his guard.
*Ding…* Yang Kai tumbled backwards, and eventually landed beside Shan Qing Luo. The hand holding his Asura Sword trembled slightly, and his blood flow was in chaos. Breathing heavily, he tried to steady himself.
“Ha ha ha!” Guo Yuan Ming laughed scornfully with an obscene look plastered all over his arrogant face. Licking his lips as he unscrupulously stared at Shan Qing Luo, he mockingly said, “Demon Queen’s beguiling fantasy technique deserves its reputation, it is truly extraordinary!”
Shan Qing Luo’s beautiful face was filled with an icy cold. Apparently Guo Yuan Ming had long ago been prepared.
“If Lady Demon Queen was at full strength, naturally I would not be able to resist your technique, but now… heh heh!” Guo Yuan Ming crudely laughed, as he cried out, “Brothers! Lady Demon Queen doesn’t seem to be feeling too well, she should be easy prey! Make sure you don’t use too much strength, we don’t want to ruin her body before we get a taste!”
“Brother Guo, rest assured, we’ll be sure to be gentle!” Yuan Shi stepped forward slowly, and obscenely stared at Shan Qing Luo. All traces of fear were gone from his face.
“Heh heh heh …” A burst of wicked laughter rang out. Everyone here had been somewhat uneasy at first, but now seeing how easily they could withstand Shan Meng Luo’s Beguiling Technique, their courage suddenly surged.
Shan Qing Luo was extremely furious, but she maintained an elegant and aloof look and softly quipped, “Do you trashes really think you can take on this Queen so easily?”
Seeing her calm demeanor, without the slightest trace of panic, Guo Yuan Ming’s heart jumped as he involuntarily hesitated.
But after a moment, he grit his teeth and cursed, “Brothers, now that the arrow has left the bow there is no turning back, since we have already offended this cheap whore if she manages to escape you all know what fate awaits us!”
Given Shan Qing Luo’s personality and methods, if she really escaped from them now, even if they all hid at the ends of the earth they would still not be safe.
Knowing how seriousness things had become, these men gripped their fists and nodded heavily.
“Since it has come to this. We only have one choice left! If we’re able to taste the world’s most seductive woman, what need is there to fear death?” Guo Yuan Ming voice suddenly became cold, “Brother Ban, your strength is the lowest, you deal with that little shit over there. As soon as you’re done come assist us!”
A tall lanky man looked over towards Yang Kai, disdainfully laughing, “No problem!”
Shan Qing Luo on the other hand, while maintaining an indifferent smile, had secretly been gathering her True Qi. Suddenly waving her hands forward as she cried out, “Since you dare offend this Queen, you can all go to hell!”
A crystal like white silk thread suddenly filled the sky, shrouding the opposite party.
These six or seven were all Immortal Ascension Boundary masters, but their cultivation was not too high, most of them only reaching the Second Stage, only Guo Yuan Ming had broken through to the Third Stage.
Facing Shan Qing Luo’s sudden attack, all of them hastily circulated their Secret Arts and summoned their artifacts to defend themselves.
Yang Kai also thrust forward his hand and condensed nearly a thousand Sword Qi blades around him. As these blades stabbed forward, Yang Kai simultaneously summoned the thousand petal blades of the Thousand Blossoming Blood Begonia.
With the appearance of this slaughtering artifact, the surrounding space instantly became a sea of blood red petals!
With his opponents all being Immortal Ascension Boundary cultivators, Yang Kai did not plan to hold back.
Such a dense and rapid attack sent the enemy party’s resistance into confusion.
Shan Qing Luo quickly formed a series of hand seals, which manipulated the crystal silk threads to dart and weave, which instantly wrapped up two of the Immortal Ascension Boundary First Stage cultivators.
These two were the weakest members of the enemy group, and facing this surprise attack, they soon found themselves bound tightly by layers of silk thread.
Yang Kai quickly seized this opportunity to launch his White Tiger and Divine Ox Seals and summoned the two crimson Monster Beast phantoms. With an Earth shaking roar, the two phantoms bared their fangs and charged towards the two trapped individuals and ferociously mauled them.
The thousand red petals also shot forth in concert, each piece as sharp as any high quality artifact blade. A short burst of extremely shrill screams rang out, which caused Guo Yuan Ming and his companions to cringe as the sound reached their ears.
*Pu pu pu…*
Blood splattered everywhere!
A surprised light also flashed across Shan Qing Luo eyes. She had not thought that Yang Kai’s attack would have such power. The series of fierce attacks was not something an ordinary True Element Boundary Fourth Stage cultivator could display.
Gripping her fist, her silk threads viciously contracted and instantly dismembered the two already black and blue Immortal Ascension Boundary First Stage cultivators.
Within the span of a few breaths, two Immortal Ascension Boundary cultivators had been brutally killed.
As this happened, another burst of white threads shot out from around Shan Qing Luo’s tender body and wrapped up the remaining enemies.
Her image flashing, she appeared beside Yang Kai, grabbed his arm with her delicate hand and shouted, “Run!”
Yang Kai quickly waved his hand, recalling the thousands petals into his body and activated his Movement Skill and escaped together with Shan Qing Luo.
This devilish woman could now only use strength equivalent to a True Element Boundary Third Stage cultivator. Working together with him to kill two Immortal Ascension First Stage cultivators was already the limit of what she could handle. Although the conflict only lasted an instant, the amount of True Qi she had consumed was certainly not small. If they stayed behind, they would certainly suffer.
“Cheap slut!” Guo Yuan Ming’s angry voice rang out from behind them. He had not thought that Shan Qing Luo would only be able to launch a single attack. It was only after she had left that he realized that she had never actually planned to fight it out with them.
After a few tens of breaths, Guo Yuan Ming and his companions finally managed to break free from their silk bindings. One after another, they stared somewhat fearfully in the direction Shan Qing Luo had disappeared. In the end, a Devil King was still a Devil King, and even if they were seriously injured, they were not so easy to deal with.
“What should we do now?” Yuan Shi asked gloomily.
Guo Yuan Ming ground his teeth in hatred, “If you don’t want to live the rest of your life fleeing from her, we can only catch up and kill her!”
“Brother Guo is right!” The others quickly nodded in agreement.
No longer hesitating, they hurriedly began the pursuit.
When Shan Qing Luo had first grabbed Yang Kai’s arm, she had wanted to drag him along with her as they escaped, but she quickly realized the speed of this little rascal was actually not much slower than her own. Every time his feet moved, he cast some kind of strange Movement Skill that seemed to instantly propel him forward several tens of meters.
Running at full speed, her proud peaks continuously brushed against and pressed onto Yang Kai’s arm, which made Shan Qing Luo’s cheeks blush bright red, and she soon released her grip.
“Don’t!” Yang Kai hurriedly stopped her, “My Movement Skill is only a short-ranged technique and my Yuan Qi is about to be exhausted, at that time I’ll need your help!” Yang Kai hurried held her hand.
“En!” Shan Qing Luo nodded slightly and continued holding Yang Kai’s arm as they dashed through the jungle.
Half an hour later, Guo Yuan Ming and his band were catching up!
They all knew what the consequences would be if they allowed Shan Qing Luo to escape, so they spared no effort in chasing her down.
Shan Qing Luo ground her teeth in hatred and anger, “If this time I can escape, I will let them suffer a fate worse than death!”
Yang Kai quickly quipped, “You should worry more about what will happen if they catch up to us.”
Shan Qing Luo’s complexion suddenly paled as a ripple of fear gripped her heart and sent a shiver through her tender body.
Suddenly, her beautiful face showed a touch of intoxicated blush and she resolutely declared, “If that is my fate will be… before then, I’ll give myself to you first! In any case, you’re not too terrible, at least a bit better than those damn bastards.”
“Ah…” Yang Kai looked towards her in surprise, half laughing half crying, “My fair lady, although I am happy you’d propose so, I know that if I accept your offer I won’t have a good end. So I’m afraid I’ll have to decline.”
Shan Qing Luo glanced at him bitterly and whispered, “So you already know?”
“Of course I know.”
In this life or death crisis, there was no need to hide anything, so Shan Qing Luo sighed and explained, “I have a special constitution called the Poison Widow Body!”
Yang Kai, somewhat scared, quickly said, “What kind of constitution is that, what are its characteristics?”
“When I become aroused, all my bodily fluids become highly toxic, including my breath!” Shan Qing Luo looked at him meaningfully. “Now you should understand why you fainted the last time I kissed you, right?”
Yang Kai quickly licked his lips, recalling the sweet and savory flavour from that experience.
“The more intense my emotional state, the more potent the poison becomes! Last time was just a little punishment. Who told you to be so presumptuous!”
However, Yang Kai simply grinned stupidly, “I also had no choice, who told you to catch me back then for no reason why? … All your bodily fluids, does that include… you know… down there?”
Shan Qing Luo’s face instantly turned bright red, and she violently cursed, “Shameless!”
Yang Kai hesitantly asked, “So if you’re intimate with someone, they die?”
“Yes!” Shan Qing Luo took a deep breath, already deeply regretting telling her secrets to this little bastard. This rogue dared to say anything that popped into his head. He was truly shameless. It was simply unbearable.
Yang Kai suddenly averted his eyes and asked, “Then… how about I get you in the mood then you spit a few mouthfuls of poison at them?”
“Can you at least try to be serious!” Shan Qing Luo really couldn’t stand it. Just what the hell was going through this little bastards mind right now?
“I was being serious.” Yang Kai said bluntly.
Even as the two quipped back and forth, their feet never stopped moving, racing forward as fast as the wind when all of a sudden, the area in front of them opened up, and they rushed out of the jungle.
The two of them suddenly paused, extremely shocked by the scene in front of them.
Not far away, there was actually another two groups of people.
One of the groups had completely surrounded the other, and the ones in the centre were all wearing faces of unwillingness and despair.
As Yang Kai swept his eyes over them, he couldn’t help being startled.
He found that the surrounded group was actually the group led by Qiu Yi Meng, the giant breasted Luo Xiao Man, and the Bai Family’s Bai Yun Feng were among them. In addition, there were three or four other True Element Boundary cultivators along with several dead bodies on the ground, blood constantly flowing from them.
The group encircling them were all staring maliciously towards Qiu Yi Meng’s group. Most of them directed their gaze towards Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man’s bodies. Their eyes exposed an obscene light.
Qiu Yi Meng wryly smiled while Luo Xiao Man’s beautiful face had gone pale. The two women stood back to back, their breath ragged and their True Qi also completely depleted.
After escaping for so many days, they had finally been overtaken by the Devil Path cultivators of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land. Experiencing a desperate battle where several of them had been killed, they had now been completely surrounded.
It was just as they came to understand that escape was impossible that Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo suddenly appeared.
It was not that Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo had been particularly careless, but the two of them had just been engaged in a less than decent conversation and had not expected there to actually be people ahead of them.
When the two appeared, they instantly attracted everyone’s attention.
The people surrounding Qiu Yi Meng and her group were all Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land’s cultivators, their strength and number far exceeding that of Qiu Yi Meng’s side, so now they were just leisurely looking at the two women, ready to enjoy the desperate struggles these two beautiful women would put up.
The resistance of a beauty was always something to look forward to, especially Luo Xiao Man’s, with her full-bodied chest, trembling tremendously, shaking up and down as she panicked, it was nothing short of intoxicating, causing all of these men’s eyes to glow with desire as they stared towards her.
So even though they occupied the absolute advantage, these people were not actually in a rush to attack Qiu Yi Meng’s group. On the contrary, they were simply shamelessly ridiculing them, while lewdly gazing at the two women.
“Hahaha… there’s another one!” When Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo appeared, one of the surrounding men with a cultivation at the True Element Boundary Eighth Stage suddenly laughed, staring indiscriminately at Shan Qing Luo.
Shan Qing Luo was known as the world’s most seductive woman, possessing a near infinite charm, this style and aura was no doubt more eye catching than even Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man.
In particular, this devilish woman was now thoroughly dishevelled, covered in a fragrant sweat, her cheeks flushed red, causing her to appear even more enchanting and inviting.
As this burly man started at Shan Qing Luo with a fiery gaze, he shouted, “Big Brother, look here, another great beauty has come. This one is even more enticing than the other two!”
“Good! Since I was born, I have never had such an amazing woman, once Eldest Brother tastes the meat, we can drink some soup, then Eldest Brother can play with her again, then our little brothers can too! Such a woman, even a thousand times toying with her won’t be boring!” Another person excitedly shouted.
“There are also these two little girls here, although they aren’t quite as good as this woman, they’re still big beauties, the Heavens have truly blessed us today!”
“Ha ha ha …”
The group’s foul language made Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man pale, even Shan Qing Luo’s expression sank.
However, amongst this group, there was one Immortal Ascension Boundary master who, after staring at Shan Qing Luo’s face for a moment, suddenly went white as he roared, “Everyone shut up!”
With this shout, all the laughter and jeers abruptly halted.
“What’s wrong Eldest Brother?” Everyone asked confusedly, none of them understanding why their leader’s face had suddenly drained of all colour.
That Immortal Ascension Boundary master, his forehead covered in sweat, suddenly cupped his fists and bowed solemnly to Shan Qing Luo, “Beast King’s servant Gu Tian Luo, greets Lady Demon Queen!”
While the others did not know Shan Qing Luo, this Immortal Ascension master had obviously recognized her. An extremely seductive woman, with a mole under the corner of her eye, wearing a fiery red dress …
If this was not the ruthless and murderous Beguiling Demon Queen, then who was?
If any man dared act the slightest bit presumptuous towards her, she would rip his corpse into ten thousand pieces.
And now, these brainless bastards kept bragging about how they would play with her till she was broken, constantly talking about how they would taste her flesh and drink her soup.
[It’s all over!] With her personality, none of them would be able to leave here alive today.
While trying to show the utmost respect and courtesy, Gu Tian Luo felt his heart freeze over; the high-spirited feeling of victory and the anticipation of the rewards to come all replaced by an overwhelming fear.
[These damn bastards! Courting death without even seeking it, even if you all want to die, don’t pull me down with you!]
He could have been enjoying the taste of these two little beauties, but instead he had fallen into hell, the change in circumstances was simply too great.
It was easy to imagine just how depressed Gu Tian Luo was feeling.
Moreover, this devilish woman also appeared to be in a bad mood. This time there really was no hope of escape.
Seeing Gu Tian Luo act so respectfully, the others were startled, quickly going over his words, he had called this woman ‘Lady Demon Queen’, in addition to that demonic woman who else would dare call themselves Lady Demon Queen?
In an instant, everyone’s jubilant mood had been completely destroyed, replaced with sheer terror and despair. [How could I have possibly just molested this woman!?]
As the situation continued rapidly changing, Qiu Yi Meng looked over and upon catching a glimpse of who it was who had just arrived, hurriedly shouted, “Yang Kai!”
However, Yang Kai simply grinned towards her and quietly squeezed Shan Qing Luo’s hand, urging her to quickly leave here. There was no doubt the several Immortal Ascension cultivators they were escaping were still chasing.
Shan Qing Luo secretly nodded, purposefully ignoring the crowd before her, not say a word and simply walking away with Yang Kai.
Seeing his attitude and understanding that he was planning on simply ignoring them, Qiu Yi Meng awkwardly wore an ugly smile and pleaded, “Yang Kai, you’re not planning to leave us to die right? Whatever the circumstances, we all came here together.”
Qiu Yi Meng was well aware of just how powerful Shan Qing Luo was; earlier, she had killed three Immortal Ascension Boundary masters as easily as three chickens! Although she felt some resentment towards her, but in the end she was also a fellow woman, falling into her hands was obviously a better choice than taking her chances with these scums.
That day, she had suddenly abducted Yang Kai, and now they had appeared here again, together, and obviously sharing an unspoken intimacy, so Qiu Yi Meng was certain they had developed some kind of relationship and decided to pin her hopes on convincing Yang Kai to help them.
As long as Shan Qing Luo decided to act, they could certainly escape this crisis.
“Yang Kai, please save us!” Luo Xiao Man also pleaded, her eyes filled with a mix of hope and entreatment.
“Ha ha … do we know each other?” Yang Kai smiled and stared at them indifferently.
Yang Kai was also a clay buddha crossing a river, he couldn’t even guarantee his own life right now so how could he concern himself with the wellbeing of others?
Not to mention that because Qiu Yi Meng had brought these people to High Heaven Pavilion, he had been separated from Su Yan. Instead of spending his days happily with her, he was spending every moment fearing for his life!
It could even be said that these two women and their companions were the root of all his current problems, Yang Kai not intentionally acting against them could already be considered benevolent.
“It’s me, Yang Kai, I’m Luo Xiao Man, and we’ve definitely exchanged greetings before!” Luo Xiao Man in her panicked state really thought Yang Kai didn’t remember them, quickly explaining herself in a desolate and desperate voice, “I beg of you, please help us!”
“What benefits do I gain by saving you?” Yang Kai chuckled, still moving away gradually together with Shan Qing Luoy.
“Whatever benefits you want, I and Elder Sister Qiu can give you!”
“Then if I want you, will you agree?”
Luo Xiao Man was suddenly rendered speechless, Qiu Yi Meng also couldn’t help taking a sharp breath, her face clearly showing a trace of disgust.
“It’s time to go!” Yang Kai whispered to Shan Qing Luo. “Before we leave, scare them a bit so they don’t bully those two!”
“Do you like them?” Shan Qing Luo looked suspiciously at Yang Kai.
“No, it just feels awkward if I abandoned them,” Yang Kai frowned. “In fact, I’m actually quite a tender soul.”
Shan Qing Luo giggled lightly, but before she had time to shout, Guo Yuan Ming’s angry voice roared, “Stop right there you cheap whore!”
Hearing this, the pair’s expressions sank, no longer concerning themselves with the situation before them, instead quickly moving to escape.
On the other hand, Gu Tian Luo looked up as his brow wrinkled, loudly shouting, “Brother Guo, is that you?”
Guo Yuan Ming was obviously surprised for a moment but was soon overjoyed, “Brother Gu, quickly block that slut Shan Qing Luo!”
“Ah …” Gu Tian Luo was instantly terrified, thinking that today his eight generations of ancestors must be cursing him from the grave, not only his useless underlings, even Guo Yuan Ming had gone completely insane.
[Even if you’ve all gone crazy, what do you want me to do?]
“This is a once in a lifetime Heaven sent chance, that devilish woman has been seriously injured and has lost most of her strength!” Guo Yuan Ming quickly shouted.
Gu Tian Luo suddenly stood up straight, now understanding why this vicious slut was in such a rush to leave, even directly ignoring all the slanderous offences his men had hurled at her.
[So she’s seriously injured!]
Immediately, the fear and panic on Gu Tian Luo’s face disappeared as he quickly formed a series of hand seals, releasing a golden light from his palms.
Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo had only flown a few dozen meters before this golden light overtook them, suddenly transforming into a shimmering light curtain, blocking their path.
Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo were caught off guard and crashed into this curtain head on, violently being thrown back by it.
As they fell to the ground, Guo Yuan Ming and the others who had been pursuing them immediately surrounded the two.
“Fuck!” Yang Kai cursed loudly, he truly had dog-shit luck today, running into more enemies even as he made his escape.
“Ha ha ha!” Guo Yuan Ming laughed wildly, glaring towards Shan Qing Luo coldly as he viciously cried, “Little slut, you can’t escape, stop wasting your energy!”
Shan Qing Luo coldly snorted as she glared menacingly towards Gu Tian Luo, her voice filled with ice, “Gu Tian Luo, you want to die?”
Gu Tian Luo’s neck involuntarily shrank but he soon let out a dismissive laugh, “Lady Demon Queen must be joking, of course I do not seeking death. Today, several of my underlings acted terribly disrespectfully to you, I just wanted to properly apologize to Lady Demon Queen, so I could only ask you to remain!”
“If you don’t want to die, kill all of them for me and I will forget that today’s offences ever happened!” Shan Qing Luo coldly ordered.
However, Guo Yuan Ming simply sneered, “Cheap whore! Still trying to intimidate all of us, do you really think you’re still at your peak? No matter what means you have left you should never expect to leave here today! Since I’ve dared offend you, I will do things absolutely! “
“That’s right!” Yuan Shi stepped forward and glared towards Shan Qing Luo, “If you want to keep your life, stop trying to resist, it would be a shame to have to kill you without gaining any benefits first!”
Seeing the situation develop to this point, Shan Qing Luo’s eyes filled with disdain as she let out an arrogant laugh, “If I go all out, I can at least force all three of you to accompany me on the road to hell, are you willing to come?”
The several gathered Immortal Ascension Boundary cultivators all frowned at these words, their expressions suddenly becoming awkward.
It was because they feared Shan Qing Luo’s desperate final resistance that even though they had surrounded her, none of them dared to act.
A thin dead camel was still taller than a horse; a rotten boat could still have three nails inside of it. In the end, no matter what condition she was in, the Beguiling Demon Queen was no ordinary master!
“Turns out… you were powerless to defend yourself in the first place!” Qiu Yi Meng stared curiously at Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo, a touch of schadenfreude flashing across her eyes.
But… the strength of this red-clothed woman a few days ago was so overwhelming, how could she have been reduced to such a state today?
Although she derived a moment of pleasure from their suffering, she immediately remembered her own situation and couldn’t help letting out a sigh.
Luo Xiao Man’s eyes once again became hollow and gloomy, like a dark cloud covering the sky, blotting out all traces of light.
She had pinned all her hopes on Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo, but now even the two of them had been encircled, a result far beyond her expectations, turning all of her prayers into one big joke.
“When the fight begins, you find a chance to escape!” Shan Qing Luo whispered softly to Yang Kai as she stared down her opponents.
However, Yang Kai turned a deaf ear to her words as he frowned as if he was deep in thought.
“Hey…” Shan Qing Luo gently nudged Yang Kai who seemed to be in a trace.
Yang Kai suddenly recovered, with a somewhat confused look upon his face as he quietly whispered back to her, “We may still have a chance.”
“Hm?” Shan Qing Luo glanced over in surprise.
“There’s something underneath this place!” Yang Kai tapped the ground softly.
Just now, he had stealthily released his Divine Sense to inspect the surroundings, wanting to see if there was anything nearby he could use to their advantage, but he had not thought he would suddenly discover signs of life beneath their feet.
On top of that… the amount of creatures was quite large, and many of them even possessed extremely potent vitality.
As he glanced around once again, sure enough this place was somewhat different. In this vast jungle, only a radius of about a thousand meters around them was completely devoid of trees, forming almost a perfect circle!
There was definitely something unusual underground, and although he did not know what it might be, he had no other choice but to take a risk on it.
At the very least, he could drag a few of these bastards down with him.
“Attack!” Guo Yuan Ming cried, seeing Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo muttering to one another with their eyes shifting back and forth. He knew that they were certainly plotting something, so he no longer hesitated. Roaring angrily, he ferociously pushed his True Qi and immediately launched a powerful strike.
The others, seeing Guo Yuan Ming decisively act, also began their assault.
“Stall them for ten breaths!” Yang Kai yelled, as he hastily prepared to unleash his long-dormant Star Mark!
“What are you doing!” Exclaimed Shan Qing Luo, also not hesitating, as she hurriedly activated the silver bracelet on her wrist, transforming it into a silver light that darted out.
At the same time, she suddenly summoned a pink cloth fan into her hand. This fan was covered in exquisite images of men and women intertwining with one another, engaging in various indecent acts and assuming all kinds of obscene positions. These patterns were extremely vivid and lifelike.
As Shan Qing Luo poured her True Qi into the fan, she gently waved her hand, which seemingly brought these patterns to life, not only did it give off the appearance of moving men and women, but it even sent out waves of erotic and seductive moans.
A circle of light burst forth and wrapped up everyone in the surroundings with Shan Qing Luo at its center. Upon her enchanting face a charming smile blossomed as she fully displayed her enchanting figure. From her proud chest, her well rounded bottom, her delicate waste and her swaying hips, every part of her body seemed to radiate an irresistible attraction, which blanketed everyone around her.
Everyone present, be they, man or woman, whether it was a member of Qiu Yi Meng’s group or the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land cultivators, instantly looked slightly dazed. Those with slightly lower strength were, even more, affected becoming completely immersed in a boundless fantasy. Their eyes completely glossed over as they become unable to extricate themselves.
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man also began releasing seductive moans. Their legs buckled as they unconsciously sank to their knees, with both of their pretty faces dyed a charming pink…
The men and women on the cloth fan at this moment seemed to have transformed themselves into living creatures and desperately burrowed into everyone’s minds, almost as if they were expressing their joy at being able to meld with all those around them.
Delicate and sheltered girls like Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man, seeing such a vivid scene for the first time, how could they possibly react?
Guo Yuan Ming was instantly frightened, desperately pushing his True Qi in order to resist the silver bracelet’s attack as she yelled, “Everyone be careful! It’s her Qing Luo Fan!”
The various Immortal Ascension Boundary masters also paled upon hearing this, and all of them fell back in a fluster, doing their best to focus their minds to resist this illusory attack.
They all knew about the power of this artifact. This is was an artifact passed down through Shan Qing Luo’s family, and even her own name had been derived from it.
With this Qing Luo Fan in hand, the power of her beguiling technique would be greatly enhanced!
Seeing everyone retreat, Shan Qing Luo smiled even more charmingly as she laughed sweetly, her voice like an enchanting music that swayed a person’s mind.
“Damn slut!” Guo Yuan Ming cursed loudly. His face blushed a bright shade of red, and he ground his teeth as he bitterly resisted this assault, “Let’s see how long you can keep this up! Once you’re True Qi runs out, I’ll strip you naked and ravage you here while everyone watches!”
Shan Qing Luo’s expression suddenly became cold as she waved her hand gently, increasing the speed and ferocity of her silver bracelet’s attack.
All of a sudden, a starry sky emerged, as if day had given way to night, streams of starlight burst out from the back of Yang Kai’s hand!
Violent True Qi fluctuations burst forth, the intensity of each subsequent wave more powerful than the last, even the Immortal Ascension Boundary masters present did not dare underestimate this attack.
Guo Yuan Ming and his compatriots all stared towards Yang Kai in astonishment as they saw him raise his glowing hand, seemingly lifting the starry sky with it.
Light also flashed across Shan Qing Luo’s eyes as she looked at Yang Kai in surprise, she had never imagined he was still hiding such a devastating technique.
If this attack struck any of the Immortal Ascension Boundary masters present, they would definitely die.
As the crowd watched on in horror, Yang Kai unexpectedly smashed his right hand onto the ground.
*Boom…*
Although the earth violently shook, Guo Yuan Ming and the others were all subconsciously relieved, they were all truly worried Yang Kai would choose them as his technique’s target.
*Kacha… ca…*
A distinct cracking sound soon spread out, which caused everyone to look down towards where Yang Kai had struck. From this epicenter, countless fissures began radiating outwards in all directions, spreading at an increasingly fast pace.
Guo Yuan Ming frowned, faintly feeling that something was wrong.
Even if that technique was incredibly powerful, it shouldn’t have produced such an effect.
Hurriedly releasing his Divine Sense to investigate, his expression instantly went stiff as he cried out, “Bad! The ground beneath us is hollow, and…”
Before he could finish, a loud crashing sound rang out, and the ground within a radius of a thousand meters suddenly collapsed and sent everyone tumbling down.
Yang Kai laughed happily, “Go!”
Probing the surroundings with his Divine Sense, he felt that the strong creatures beneath them had been alarmed by this collapse. If they didn’t leave now, it would definitely be too late.
Wrapping his arm around Shan Qing Luo’s waist, the latter simply glancing at him, offering no resistance, Yan Kai quickly shot up into the air.
Of course, Guo Yuan Ming and his companions would not just idly watch them escape. They also took to the air to pursue them, but before they could launch any kind of attack, they heard a series of puffing sounds from below them.
It was almost like someone or something was spitting at them.
“Ah ……” Yuan Shi screamed out. Hearing this, Guo Yuan Ming was thoroughly frightened and hurriedly looked down only to see a massive group of giant spiders. These spiders came in all sizes and colours but more importantly, one of them, about the size of an ox, had captured Yuan Shi in its web, wrapped him up, and was now hauling him away.
It was obvious at first glance just how tough this spider’s silk was, after all, Yuan Shi was an Immortal Ascension Boundary Second Stage master yet he was unable to free himself from his cocoon.
*Pu pu pu…*
More and more silk threads were constantly being spat from these spider’s mouths, quickly forming an inescapable net around all the cultivators present.
After only two breaths worth of time, most of these cultivators had been caught, dragged down to the ground, and wrapped up. Only the most agile amongst them, and those who had reacted the quickest by flying up were still free.
But… it was still too late.
Even Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo had been hit by several of these silk thread projectiles and were slowly being pulled down.
“Damn it!” Yang Kai’s expression changed dramatically, and he pushed his True Qi to its limit, as he madly hacked away at these threads with his Asura Sword.
The Asura Sword was a Heaven Grade artifact. It’s sharpness was extremely high, so even though the Immortal Ascension Boundary masters here couldn’t break free from these threads, Yang Kai could still easily cut through them.
“This is it!” Shan Qing Luo let out an involuntarily shout as she stared towards the ground, “Turns out it was here!”
“Huh?” Yang Kai asked curiously.
“The thing I came out to find, it was right below us!” Shan Qing Luo’s eyes flashed a joyous light.
“You’ve been looking for a spider den?” Yang Kai was momentarily stunned but quickly remembered Shan Qing Luo saying that her special constitution was called the Poison Widow Body.
[Is her Poison Widow Body somehow related to these spiders?]
“Oh no, these silk threads contain poison.” Shan Qing Luo suddenly remembered, her face instantly becoming pale.
If she had arrived here when she was at her peak, she would not be afraid of the toxins hidden in these threads, but now that her strength had dropped so much she was unable to stop this poison from affecting her.
“Why didn’t you say so sooner!?” Yang Kai cried out in frustration as he too began to feel the effects of the poison, his strength draining as his consciousness started to blur.
This must be one big joke! Not only did he not manage to escape, he had instead trapped himself in an even worse situation.
Although Yang Kai knew beforehand that it would be dangerous to provoke whatever creatures were beneath them, he had not thought he would completely provoke so many powerful spiders.
The biggest spider, the one the size of an ox, was clearly a Sixth-Order Monster Beast! And surrounding it were at least twenty or thirty other Monster Beasts.
However, if he hadn’t acted, he and Shan Qing Luo would not have been able to escape Guo Yuan Ming’s clutches. So instead of being captured or killed by them, dragging them down with them could be considered an improvement.
Thinking so, Yang Kai’s consciousness gradually faded.
But before he fell completely unconscious, Yang Kai pushed both his palms forward and shot out a weakly glowing orb of light which quickly made its way into the body of one of the poisonous spiders.
Seeing this gambit succeed, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, tightly embracing Shan Qing Luo as the two of them fell to the ground.
That poisonous spider was stunned for a moment before continuing on as if nothing had happened, spitting more threads from its mouth, wrapping Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo up before dragging them off.
After an unknown amount of time, Yang Kai slowly regained consciousness, his whole body still quite limp, unable to move, completely encased within a thick layer of spider silk.
From the vague shadows and images he could make out of the outside world, Yang Kai saw many silk cocoon-like objects huddled together.
At first glance, these things seemed somewhat familiar, and as he thought carefully, he realized that they looked nearly identical to the white silk chrysalis that Shan Qing Luo had been encased in when she was attempting her breakthrough one month ago.
Many of these cocoons showed traces of movement. Yang Kai slightly released his Divine Sense and immediately found that many of the stronger cultivators had woken up and were clearly trying to find a way to escape.
But with their bodies still poisoned, how could they hope to break free?
Upon his chest he suddenly noticed a warm breath and a faint fragrance wafting across his nose. When Yang Kai looked down, the first thing he saw was a head of soft supple black hair.
Shan Qing Luo, still in a deep sleep, was snuggly nestled in his arms. Their two bodies were pressed tightly together, and his arms were wrapped around her delicate waist. Feeling her supple body in his arms, and two amazingly elastic mounds pressed against his chest, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling a bit stimulated.
After gently calling out to her a few times, Shan Qing Luo did not show any signs of waking.
So as a last resort, Yang Kai could only use his hands to slowly stroke Shan Qing Luo’s smooth delicate waist, gradually applying more and more strength until his fingers involuntarily sunk deeply into her supple lower region and severely massaged it a few times.
Feeling her shapely hips touched so aggressively, Shan Qing Luo finally woke up.
Unconsciously twisting her tender body, a seductive moan leaked from her mouth.
Hearing this, Yang Kai regained his wits and quickly stopped.
Seeing her pair of elegant enchanting eyes slowly open, Yang Kai hurriedly whispered, “Beauty, you have to control yourself!”
Once she became aroused, the consequences would be disastrous. After all, Yang Kai didn’t want to faint again after just waking up.
Her eyes were slightly confused for a while, then Shan Qing Luo quickly composed herself and recalled everything that had happened. Seemingly aware that Yang Kai had just pulled some kind of stunt, this devilish woman actually ground her teeth in frustration and glared at him, “Little bastard, what did you do ? “
However, Yang Kai just grinned and shrugged, “I was just trying to wake you up.”
Without waiting for her to shoot back, Yang Kai quickly re-directed the conversation, “What should we do now?”
Shan Qing Luo’s brow wrinkled as she struggled a little, soon finding that she and Yang Kai were tightly wrapped together by the silk cocoon unable to move about freely or even separate. She also quickly became aware of something hot and hard pressing against her lower abdomen.
Her lashes jittering, Shan Qing Luo giggled meaningfully as she glanced towards Yang Kai.
Understanding her meaning, Yang Kai without an ounce of embarrassment said, “It’s an instinctive reaction, definitely not intentional, you can only blame yourself for being too charming!”
However, Shan Qing Luo didn’t seem annoyed, just a bit shy as her cheeks became slightly pink.
“These spider webs are quite tough, it won’t be easy to break free from them.” Yang Kai frowned as he discussed their situation, “But, my artifact can still cut through them.”
“Don’t!” Shan Qing Luo quickly warned, her expression quite solemn “Right now we are quite weak, even if you can cut open this cocoon there’s no way for us to escape this place with so many Sixth-Order Monster Beast around. If we provoke them, we’ll only end up dying faster.”
Yang Kai nodded slightly. It was because he was worried about this exact point that he had not already tried to cut his way free. Although he had gained control of one of the Sixth-Order spiders before falling unconscious, in their current predicament it wouldn’t be enough to ensure their safe escape. For now, it was better if he simply allowed it to guard his and Shan Qing Luo’s safety.
“Earlier, you said you came here to find something?”
This subterranean cavern was clearly a spider’s nest, and not a normal spider’s nest at that. With so many Sixth-Order Monster Beasts living here, along with countless Fifth-Order and Fourth-Order poisonous spiders, this was definitely not a place to take lightly.
“This is the Spider Mother’s Den!” Shan Qing Luo softly replied, a faint sweet aroma wafting off her breath, like the scent of flowers, gently brushing past Yang Kai’s nose, which caused him some slight discomfort. “My family’s special constitution was acquired from here. It is said that one of my ancestors had come here by accident hundreds of years ago and was bitten by a great poisonous spider. After going back, her physique changed and was from that point on passed down from generation to generation.”
In this world, some people’s constitutions were very special, different from the average persons’.
So far, Yang Kai had only met one such person, Xia Ning Chang who possessed the Sacred Spirit Medicine Body!
And now, he had met Shan Qing Luo, the possessor of the Poison Widow Body. However, comparing the two, Shan Qing Luo’s special constitution was somewhat evil.
Most special constitutions were innate, unable to be inherited by one’s descendants.
But this Poison Widow Body was undoubtedly the kind of constitution that could be inherited!
“Every one of my ancestors, after their cultivation had achieved a certain height, would come here seeking something. Obtaining it would allow them the display the full potential of their physique.” Shan Qing Luo continued to explain “I have never been here before and had only learned the route from my mother, but I did not expect after all those twist and turns to inadvertently arrive here. Perhaps this is the will of the Heavens!”
Letting out a faint sigh, Shan Qing Luo wasn’t sure whether this was a fortunate or unfortunate development.
“Yang Kai?” As the two of them were speaking, all of a sudden they heard Qiu Yi Meng’s voice.
Apparently she had been placed next to them and had just now awoken. Yang Kai glanced around and soon discovered the source of her voice, a slightly struggling white spider cocoon a couple meters away from him.
“Elder Sister Qiu …” Luo Xiao Man’s voice also called out, coming from another cocoon to his right.
This was an unexpected coincidence, these two little girls actually being placed beside Yang Kai.
“Xiao Man, don’t be afraid, don’t move around too much, you don’t want to attract those Monster Beasts’ attention.”
Qiu Yi Meng was still quite calm, even taking the time to comfort Luo Xiao Man.
“En,” Luo Xiao Man swiftly replied, stopping her struggles.
“Yang Kai, I know you are next to me, I clearly heard your voice!” Qiu Yi Meng called out softly. Under such dangerous circumstances, she didn’t dare speak too loudly.
“What do you want?” Yang Kai snapped back. He very much didn’t like this woman. She had unreasonably come to High Heaven Pavilion, acting completely domineering, and without a word launched an attack which caused him to be separated from his companions and his lover.
“Still upset?” Qiu Yi Meng giggled lightly, her voice did not contain the slightest remorse or embarrassment. “Facing imminent death, will such a big man like you care so much about some past grievances with a little girl like me?”
“Little girl?” Yang Kai snorted, “The Qiu Family’s world’s famous first young lady, only twenty one years old yet already a True Element Boundary Ninth Stage master, the Qiu Family’s great hope for the future, the object of every Eight Great Families’ young master’s dreams? You dare call yourself some ‘little girl?’”
Qiu Yi Meng giggled happily, “You seem to know quite a bit about me, are you perhaps an admirer of mine?”
“Hah! Why would I concern myself with you?” Yang Kai spat disdainfully “This Young Master currently has this world’s most charming woman in his arms, her tender peaks pressed right up against my chest! Enough nonsense, if you have something to say just say it!”
Shan Qing Luo gently pinched and twisted Yang Kai’s waist, but her eyes still flashed a touch of pride.
Listening to others praise her charms was normally grating because they were no doubt hiding ulterior motives, coveting her beauty or profaning her in their minds, but somehow Yang Kai praising her felt comfortable. Just his comment about her chest was a bit distasteful.
“Must you use such foul language?” Qiu Yi Meng frowned.
“Then don’t bother listening if it offends you. I’m also too lazy to waste my spit on you.”
Qiu Yi Meng softly laughed, “But you’re right, in the face of the Elder Sister Shan, the dream woman of every man, I really can’t compare.”
Shan Qing Luo watery eyes twinkled slightly, and she softly whispered to Yang Kai, “This little girl really has some a quick wit, she probably has something she wants to request.”
Sure enough, Qiu Yi Meng quickly followed up, “Qiu Family Qiu Yi Meng greets Elder Sister Shan. A few days ago, I was unaware of Elder Sister Shan’s distinguished status, moreover I even offended you. I humbly ask Elder Sister Shan to not mind my impoliteness.”
Qiu Yi Meng had obviously heard Shan Qing Luo’s name, one of the six Great Evil Kings. Although she was currently the weakest, she was also the youngest, so there was no doubt that it would not be long before she could openly hold her own against the other five overlords.
One month ago, she had not known her identity, but now that she did, Qiu Yi Meng naturally did not show any disrespect.
“Hehe…” Shan Qing Luo giggled openly and smiled happily towards Yang Kai before leisurely responding, “Junior Sister Qiu’s tongue is quite sweet, but this Elder Sister Elder Sister you keep shouting about, I believe the gap in our ages isn’t that small.”
Qiu Yi Meng grinned happily and softly quipped, “Though Elder Sister is definitely older, she most definitely looks younger. If we were to go out together, others would only be able to think I am the Elder Sister.”
Hearing such praise, Shan Qing Luo smiled more radiantly, and her charm instantly magnified.
[This temptress!] Yang Kai took a deep breath, and did not dare to stare into her eyes, afraid he might lose control of himself, “Sister Qiu, please be at ease.” Shan Qing Luo quickly asked, no longer teasing Qiu Yi Meng. With the Beguiling Demon Queen as her partner, even this Qiu Family’s first young lady was under no small pressure, always on edge, afraid she may inadvertently anger her.
“What advice does Sister Qiu want to speak?”
“I don’t dare!” Qiu Yi Meng politely replied, “Junior Sister just wished to ask if Elder Sister has any way of escaping our current predicament?”
Shan Qing Luo was the strongest master here, and although she was also currently bound, she was still the best chance they had of making it out of this situation alive, and relying on the others like Guo Yuan Ming was not even worth considering.
“If Elder Sister has any way out of this, could you possibly bring our two Junior Sisters along with you?” Qiu Yi Meng asked cautiously “Elder Sister Shan will not regret doing so, my Qiu Family has a Treasure Bead, a naturally occurring Heaven Grade Top-Rank artifact. By perennially wearing it, it will preserve the beauty of Elder Sister Shan’s face, if you can help us, Junior Sister can have it brought to you.”
Shan Qing Luo’s beautiful eyes suddenly flashed, obviously somewhat interested.
Qiu Yi Meng was indeed the Qiu Family’s first young lady. Although she was young, she was still well versed in reading people’s hearts. If she promised Shan Qing Luo some outstanding Precious Treasures or high grade elixirs she would likely not be tempted, but this artifact specifically useful for maintaining a woman’s beauty was clearly different.
After all, which beauty didn’t want to maintain their youthful radiance and appeal?
Especially a Heavenly beauty like Shan Qing Luo, her face becoming yellowed and wrinkled after merely a hundred years was no doubt one of her biggest worries.
Observing Shan Qing Luo’s silence, Qiu Yi Meng knew that she had found a path forward and immediately pressed her advantage. She quickly followed up, “If Elder Sister Shan has any other request, please don’t hesitate to ask, as long as this Junior Sister can accomplish it, I will agree.”
“Oh… really?” Shan Qing Luo suddenly smiled slyly.
“Of course!”
“Good, then I want you and that little girl named Xiao Man!”
Qiu Yi Meng was startled, quickly wearing a forced smile, “What does Elder Sister Shan mean?”
“I have a little rascal here who seems to be very interested in both of you. If you can serve as his maidservants for a year, I’ll take you with me when I leave this place!”
“Hey…!” Yang Kai couldn’t help pinching the beauty before him, calmly saying, “Why are you trying to pull me into this? I don’t deny that I have some stray thoughts towards them, but that’s just a man’s nature. I don’t actually want to be involved with them.”
“I’m just casually saying things; I don’t actually have a way out of this mess.” Shan Qing Luo grinned.
“Are these his intentions?” Qiu Yi Meng replied, a gentle grating sound was apparent in her voice. Although she did her best to hide it, she was clearly irritated.
“Nope, these are just my whims!”
“Elder Sister Shan seems to be quite good towards him.” Qiu Yi Meng smiled helplessly and wondered why the Beguiling Demon Queen would take such an interested in this little High Heaven Pavilion brat.
[They… they’ve only known each other for less than a month or so. During that time, what exactly happened?]
“Please let me consider Elder Sister’s proposal!” Qiu Yi Meng bit her lip and whispered.
“En.” Shan Qing Luo didn’t force her any further, instead just nodding lightly.
Inside the spider’s sack, Yang Kai looked suspiciously at Shan Qing Luo, “Beauty… have you taken a fancy to me, so you’re suddenly being so generous to me?”
Shan Qing Luo blushed lightly and glanced towards him, “So what if I am?”
Yang Kai was instantly dumbfounded, “So you prefer having an old cow to eat tender grass? Gah… it hurts!”
Shan Qing Luo sneered and maliciously twisted Yang Kai’s chest as she grit her teeth, “Old cow eating tender grass? This Queen taking a fancy to you is your lifetime’s ultimate blessing!”
“I can’t accept such a blessing!” Yang Kai stared at her in shock, unable to believe what he was hearing. “Even if you’ve become taken with me, I have no way to really be with you. Why are you intentionally trying to seduce me?”
Shan Qing Luo’s face instantly became chilly, and she glared at him with a slightly murderous look. “You’ve already done so many bad things to me. Felt and explored every part of my body, yet you still refuse to take responsibility?”
“Simply by touching you a little, you’ve decided it is necessary for you to rely on me?” Yang Kai wryly smiled and stared back at her before he seriously replied, “Besides, I’m just a young kid without any previous experiences; before meeting you, I was both physically and mentally innocent, so in reality I’m the one who’s lost something! But out of fairness and virtue, why don’t we forget about all of that and just carry on as if it never happened?”
“You shameless lying little bastard! Being so skillful and aggressive, how could you have possibly had no experience?” Shan Qing Luo angrily glared at Yang Kai before suddenly revealing an elegant smile, “Each generation of my Poison Widow Body family will only ever develop emotional attachment to a single man. Since you’ve already emblazoned your image into my heart, don’t even dream of being able to escape in this lifetime!”
“…Fuck! How can the Heavens be so cruel!” Yang Kai complained vehemently.
“Hehe…” Shan Qing Luo giggled happily with a proud smile pasted upon her face and a victorious light flashing in her eyes.
But suddenly, a shrill scream rang out from nearby.
Everyone who had awakened heard this scream, held their breath, and perked up their ears to listen only to hear a slicing noise followed by the sound gushing liquid, and then they saw a bright red splash of light just outside the layers of spider silk imprisoning them.
“Young Lord… don’t come out, they’re just outside, ah!” After an anguished shout, there was quickly no more movement.
A moment later, an eerie sound of chewing could be heard.
Shan Qing Luo’s beautiful face slightly paled. Her soft tender body involuntarily pressed closer to Yang Kai, shrinking up into his arms.
“That was one of Bai Family’s man…” Luo Xiao Man’s voice tremblingly called out from beside them, a light whimpering obvious in her words. This girl, although her chest was large her courage was somewhat small. This one month of panicked fleeing had no doubt strained her nerves to their limit.
Usually, Qiu Yi Meng would quickly comfort her, but now that they had been captured and she had been separated from Qiu Yi Meng, she suddenly found herself isolated and alone, the pressure she felt was quickly becoming unbearable.
“Xiao Man, don’t cry, or else you’ll draw those spiders’ attention to you!” Qiu Yi Meng hurriedly called out, eagerly trying to soothe her.
But how could Luo Xiao Man all of a sudden control her emotions after losing control? Although she had quickly clamped her hands over her mouth, her sobs were still gradually becoming louder, leading to an ox-sized eight-legged spider soon arriving in front of her. Frightened by this, Luo Xiao Man let out a loud shriek and instantly fainted.
[We are doomed!] Everyone was certain that this girl had reached the end of her life.
Even Yang Kai couldn’t help holding his breath as he listened carefully to the noises around him.
Fortunately, for some unknown reason, this giant spider simply lingered around in front of Luo Xiao Man for a while before leisurely walking away.
*Haa…* Qiu Yi Meng let out a long sigh of relief. Her worst fears slowly receded, and she quickly discovered that her entire body had become soaked in cold sweat.
“It looks like even if we speak to one another, as long as we don’t make any attempt to escape they’ll ignore us,” Yang Kai said thoughtfully.
Unfortunately for that Bai Family cultivator, he had used some unknown method to escape from the spider sack and was thus condemned to death.
Listening to his hypothesis, everyone couldn’t help relaxing slightly. The sound of ragged breathing suddenly erupting from all over the cavern. Before now, everyone had tried their best to suppress the sound of their breath and even their own heartbeats.
“Brother Guo, Brother Guo…” Yuan Shi suddenly called out.
“I’m here!” Guo Yuan Ming quickly responded, softly whispering, “Brothers, are you alright?”
“Not really!” Gu Tian Luo joined in.
“Right now we’re only wrapped up in these spider sacks and are temporarily unable to move.” Yuan Shi continued, “We’re capable of breaking these webs but Brother Guo knows there are many of those spiders outside, right? How should we deal with them?”
Guo Yuan Ming was unable to reply, twenty or thirty Sixth-Order Monster Beasts. Altogether they only had five or six Immortal Ascension Boundary masters on their side. Clearly, they weren’t worthy opponents. And these spiders’ ability to shoot webs was really overwhelming, even if they were capable of flight they would not necessarily be able to escape.
“Damn it! How did this happen?!” Yuan Shi cursed angrily, “Why are there so many spiders here?”
Shan Qing Luo couldn’t help letting out a light laughter, reveling in these mens’ anguish, sarcastically quipping “Retribution!”
Guo Yuan Ming quickly became enraged, cursing viciously, “Cheap slut! You’d better pray that I don’t manage to escape from here, if I get out, sooner or later I’ll make you suffer a fate worse than death! I’ll make you beg for mercy under this Lords crotch!”
Shan Qing Luo face suddenly went cold as she inhaled a deep breath. She wanted to retort, but eventually didn’t saying anything.
Since no one here could actually fight, in a war of insults, a woman was never a man’s opponent, cursing back at them with any kind of unscrupulous words would only serve to stain Shan Qing Luo’s dignity further.
“Hahaha!” Seeing her chose to remain silent, Yuan Shi burst out into laughter, “Brother Guo, this whore’s fame is legendary, and you alone might not be her opponent! Be careful that she doesn’t suck you dry!”
Gu Tian Luo also lewdly called out, “Good thing Brother Guo isn’t alone! There are so many of us brothers here to help.”
“Fuck yeah! Wait until we escape this storm, with more than a dozen of us brothers taking turns nonstop, I’d like to see how many days and nights this world’s greatest slut can persist for!”
“Elder Brother Yu, you cultivate a yin-yang absorbing art, right? Which do you think is more potent, your Secret Art or her Beguiling Technique?”
That Brother Yu wore a vicious grin, “Between our two Secret Art’s strength, how could I dare compare myself with this wench! Everyone knows this slut spends all night crying out in ecstasy, draining the Yang Yuan force from an untold number of men then tossing their dried up dead husks into mass graves! But if both our Secret Arts aren’t used, this Lord has confidence that this bitch will soon choose to submit!”
“Hahaha! Brother Yu has such great style!”
“Brother Ban, I heard a few days ago you received quite a number of girls; all of them beautiful virgins. After we escape from here, you should contribute a few of them to us, let your brothers share in your fun!”
“Good idea Brother Yu!” Guo Yuan Ming loudly applauded, although he was still slightly unnerved by their current predicament, even he couldn’t stop his breath from becoming heavy, and he laughed wretchedly, “At that time, we’ll cripple this so called Demon Queen’s cultivation, then force feed her some violent stimulants, then while we brothers play with Brother Ban’s new girls, we can watch this slut writhe in agony.”
“Hahaha! At that time, I’m sure this arrogant Demon Queen will cry out and beg us to rape her!”
“After we play with her a thousand times, we’ll sell her to this world’s filthiest whore house so that those beggars, cripples and wastes can have a turn with her! After a few years living there, forget being this world’s most charming woman, I’m afraid even wild dogs won’t be able to stand her rotten stench!”
“Ha ha ha…”
…
As their foul language became uglier and uglier, this group of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land cultivators suddenly found themselves unable to stop, and they released their pent up bitterness by profaning Shan Qing Luo with the most horrid and obscene insults they could hurl.
As these words reached her ears, Shan Qing Luo’s face became more and more cold, and her breathing slowly increased. Her tender body trembled involuntarily, and her beautiful eyes were now dyed completely in murderous light, as her anger reached never before seen heights.
Yang Kai who was with her also couldn’t help becoming indignant.
“I’ll kill them! Sooner or later I’ll slaughter each and every one of them like dogs!” Shan Qing Luo ground her teeth as she clenched her fists. Her mouth constantly murmured such thoughts. She was the Beguiling Demon Queen. Usually no man dared even gaze upon her much less insult her with obscene curses, but now that they had all fallen into the tigers den, these few trash servants of the Beast King had debased her no less than a hundred times.
“Don’t worry, I’ll help you vent your anger!” Yang Kai suddenly chuckled loudly.
“Hmm?” Shan Qing Luo suddenly looked up at him.
“Well, just listen!” Yang Kai grinned mysteriously, and his face slowly became cold.
This group of evil cultivators were still continuing their presumptuous tirade, spewing mouthfuls of base insults, venting to their hearts content, when suddenly one of them screamed out in horror.
All of a sudden this conversation came to an end.
“Brother Yuan, what happened? What happened to you?” Guo Yuan Ming asked frantically. The voice that had cried out no doubt belonged to Yuan Shi, but after that he no longer spoke.
“Brother Yuan!”
Several others also called out, yet Yuan Shi still didn’t respond.
An unknown feeling of dread slowly began to envelop the crowd, but before they could figure out what had happened, another scream rang out.
This time it was that Brother Yu, he cried out in pain, screaming in despair, “Why!? This Lord didn’t try to escape, why are you attacking me?”
As he screamed, this Brother Yu quickly tried to release a Martial Skill.
However this only served to bring more attention to himself, soon drawing many more giant spiders towards him. Within a mere few breaths of time, this Brother Yu had become a shredded corpse.
Everyone instantly fell silent, and no one dared to speak.
Shan Qing Luo’s beautiful eyes filled with an astonished light, and she quickly gazed suspiciously towards Yang Kai, while trying to figure out what secret hand he had played in these events.
However, Yang Kai simply grinned and softly whispered, “It’s not over yet.”
As soon as he spoke these words, another panicked voice cried out, “Brother Ban, one of those spiders is moving towards you!”
“What?” A panicked voice cried out, this Brother Ban clearly didn’t want to sit still and wait for death, so he instantly began pushing his True Qi and with a great roar violently ripped the silk cocoon holding him, but just as he emerged, a sharp knife-like spider leg chopped down on his head.
After a violently blooming crimson flower burst forth, a severed head rolled down to the ground, quickly followed by a fountain of blood spraying out.
“What’s going on!?” Guo Yuan Ming cried out.
All of them had thought that there would be no problem if they spoke as long as they didn’t try to escape, but now it seems like they had unwittingly drawn the attention of these spiders.
At that moment, the sound of movement suddenly came from in front of Guo Yuan Ming accompanied by the faint outline of a giant Sixth-Order Monster Beast spider appearing through the thick white spider silk cocoon before him.
“Brothers, these spiders have started indiscriminately slaughtering, we have to escape now!” Guo Yuan Ming roared loudly, instantly split open the cocoon which was binding him, and launched an all-out assault towards the giant spider before him, using the rebounding force from this attack to fling himself backwards.
Seeing Guo Yuan Ming act so decisively, the others didn’t dare hesitate. All of them used whatever means available to them to escape from these sacks and follow behind him.
*Pu pu pu….*
Instantly, the surrounding twenty or thirty Sixth-Order Monster Beasts pounced onto these evil cultivators, wantonly spitting out threads of silk and captured everyone one by one, not allowing a single one of them to escape, and soon all of them were once more wrapped up and turned into squirming dumplings.
Instantly, everyone was captured again.
A giant ox-sized spider stood watch nearby as this whole process took place. It then slowly walked over to these people, spat some more silk, wrapped them up, and pulled them back into the den.
Seeing that they temporarily didn’t have to fear for their lives, this group of frightened people subconsciously relaxed slightly, but were suddenly somewhat confused about why these spiders had begun to slaughter earlier.
But before they had completely relaxed, the giant spider which had previously been wantonly killing before, again raised its sharp foreleg and mercilessly stabbed down.
*Pu…*
Blood spattered, screams rang out and Guo Yuan Ming’s body was viciously pierced. He struggled fiercely, roaring in pain as he rolled around, but this spider no longer paid him any attention, and allowed the other spiders to haul him away, leaving behind a long bloody streak as he was dragged off.
Not only Guo Yuan Ming, all of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land cultivators were stabbed by this spider. A few of them with bad luck were killed on the spot, while those who didn’t were scared senseless.
Endless screams were heard, and one bloody stain after another was left behind on the ground, a truly gruesome scene.
Qiu Yi Meng’s pair of beautiful eyes was filled with horror. Her face wore a look of sheer panic. After just listening to Guo Yuan Ming’s words, she had nearly made a desperate escape herself.
But if she had really broken free, she most likely would have died as well.
Fortunately, just before she was about to escape, she had glanced over and saw that Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo remained perfectly still. Since these two were not moving, Qiu Yi Meng also decided to trust their instincts. She grit her teeth and pinned all her hopes on Shan Qing Luo.
Now it seems she really had made the right choice.
As the rest of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land cultivators were dragged off, all of the remaining Monster Beasts looked at their bloodthirsty comrade, confused as to why it had suddenly decided to kill these people.
After a long period of silence, these Monster Beasts gradually dispersed.
“Why…” Guo Yuan Ming asked weakly. His hand clutched his stomach, and he was unable to even circulate his Secret Art. His blood steadily flowed out, and his voice was filled with weakness, “Why did this happen?”
These beasts seemed to have specifically targeted his Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land brothers, sparing everyone else. This point alone confounded Guo Yuan Ming.
“Must be retribution. Ha ha ha!” Yang Kai’s rampant laughter quickly reached his ears.
“What did you do?” Shan Qing Luo gazed at Yang Kai with her eyes full of disbelief.
Yang Kai just said that he would help her vent her anger, and then these people suffered a fierce attack. If Yang Kai now professed he had not played any role in this, Shan Qing Luo would never believe him.
But she had truly not seen him made any suspicious moves, so how had he controlled that Sixth-Order Monster Beast?
“Cool, right?” Yang Kai grinned smugly.
Shan Qing Luo’s pair of infinitely charming eyes suddenly filled with a strange light as she stared deeply into Yang Kai’s. A touch of passion flashed across them.
Suddenly, standing on her tiptoes she gently lifted herself up and pressed her red lips onto his.
“Wu…” Yang Kai was caught completely by surprise, his arms already wrapped around Shan Qing Luo’s slender waist involuntarily exerting more strength, and pressed this devilish woman’s tender body closer to his own, seemingly trying to melt their two bodies together.
Her pair of thin red lips were soft yet also hot. Not only did they feel erotic the flavour they held was entrancing enough to soften his bones.
As the two passionately locked lips, Shan Qing Luo’s breath began to carry a strange fragrance, prompting her to quickly stop.
Gazing towards Yang Kai, she couldn’t help smiling mischievously, “We can’t… for too long, if I… if I really become entranced, it won’t end well.”
Yang Kai grinned, his expression quite bitter. Licking his lips as he said, “Damn it, you devilish woman! A poor young man like me falling into your grasp, how could my end be good?”
“Hmph, taking advantage of me so much is your life’s good fortune!” Shan Qing Luo said, her voice full of meaning, “Other men can’t even gaze upon me yet you’ve already stolen so much from me.”
“First off, I didn’t make you do all that,” Yang Kai said in a straightforward tone.
“What are you two doing?” Qiu Yi Meng asked softly.
“Expressing our undying love for one another!”
“Shameless!” Qiu Yi Meng quickly shouted before falling silent, her face slightly red, [No wonder there was a strange heavy breathing coming from their side.]
As time passed by, and the sun and moon rose and fell…
It had been a couple of days since these spiders had caught them, and those who were left were still trapped inside these cocoons, unable to escape. Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo had been cuddled together this whole time. This devilish woman was worthy of her notoriety. Every one of her actions, a simple breath, and single glance, was enough to seduce Yang Kai and throw his emotions into a whirl. But because of her special physique, Yang Kai didn’t dare act too presumptuously, even unable to tease her too much, so these days had been quite difficult for him.
Qiu Yi Meng close by somehow maintained her calm. From start to finish, she did not show any concern or panic. Meanwhile Luo Xiao Man shed numerous tears every day, obviously quite scared.
The little brat Bai Yun Feng also woke up a while ago but since he learned about all the recent developments he had remained silent, unsure of what to do or think.
The Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land’s cultivators had all died miserable deaths, some of them from being torn apart while others from excessive blood loss.
On this day, Yang Kai suddenly discovered the presence of an extremely tyrannical blood force while he was exploring the surroundings with his Divine Sense.
The strength of this presence and the murderous aura it radiated dwarfed even those of the many Sixth-Order Monster Beast spiders. Its appearance was very abrupt, as if it had always been there but had only just woken up now.
Before he even had time to warn Shan Qing Luo, a pressure like the entire world was shaken descended upon them, like the Earth was splitting and the Heavens were shaking.
From some unknown place, everyone present suddenly felt like something was gazing towards them.
Under this unseen gaze, no matter who it was they couldn’t help feeling small and humble, unable to lift their heads before this presence.
Yang Kai also became pale, his True Qi unconsciously circulated.
However, Shan Qing Luo quickly shouted, “Don’t move!”
“Hmm?” Seeing her act like this, Yang Kai felt she knew something about this presence and couldn’t help asking.
“It’s her.” Shan Qing Luo beautiful eyes slightly trembling, an extremely complex look surfacing on her face.
“Who?”
“The Spider Mother!” Shan Qing Luo softly replied, “A Seventh-Order Monster Beast! None of us are its opponent!”
“Seventh-Order?” Yang Kai gasped in shock.
“En.” Shan Qing Luo nodded solemnly, “How else do you think this group of Monster Beasts is able to live here so care freely? A Sixth-Order Monster Beast’s Beast Core is extremely valuable, and with so many Sixth-Order Monster Beasts around, without this Spider Mother watching over them, they’d have long been harvested clean.”
With a Seventh-Order Monster Beast here, even if someone accidentally discovered this place and had thoughts about harvesting the Sixth-Order Monster Beasts for themselves they would have to weigh whether or not they could bear the cost.
“However, most of the time the Spider Mother is either busy spawning her young or sleeping, so unless someone deliberately attacks this place she will not pay them any mind.” Shan Qing Luo whispered, “See that stone spider statue over there?”
In the direction she indicated, Yang Kai really could see the outline of a stone statue. It was incredible immense and obviously in the shape which greatly resembled the spider Monster Beasts in this den.
“The Spider Mother usually lives inside that statue, and the thing I’ve come here for should also be there, her venom! In this world, only women who posses the Poison Widow Body can safely enter that stone statue.”
“Is it possible for the Spider Mother to feel your blood force?”
“En, that should be the case.” Shan Qing Luo nodded. This was the first time she had come here, so she was not completely sure of the situation.
“Then you should try consulting with her and see if she’s willing to let us go,” Yang Kai suggested.
“I can only try!” Shan Qing Luo bit her lip, but didn’t make any promises.
Closing her eyes, she tried her best to communicate with the Spider Mother following the method her own mother had left behind to her.
A moment later, an enchanting voice floated into everyone’s ears, even Yang Kai could hear it clearly.
“Hm? Are you this generation’s Poison Widow Body woman?”
Yang Kai’s expression suddenly change, twisting his head around to scan his surroundings but unable to see anything; the voice was crisp yet soft, like the sound of an alluring beauty softly whispering, causing people’s minds to sway.
Shan Qing Luo quickly whispered, “Don’t panic, this is just the Spider Mother using her Divine Sense to speak with me!”
Yang Kai was suddenly aghast.
A Monster Beast that was capable of communicating with people using its Divine Sense!
This was the first time he had encountered a Monster Beast with such abilities. He knew that a Sixth-Order Monster Beast wouldn’t be able to accomplish this yet this Spider Mother Seventh-Order Monster Beast before him could.
Shan Qing Luo quickly yet solemnly replied, “Yes! This Junior pays her respects to the Spider Mother!”
“Who is Han Fei Yan to you?” Asked the Spider Mother calmly.
“Han Fei Yan is my mother!” Shan Qing Luo promptly replied, careful not to show the slightest disrespect.
“It has been thirty years since then… it seems this generation has already grown up, but how is it that your strength is so low?”
Shan Qing Luo couldn’t help smiling wryly, “Junior encountered a minor accident, after some days my strength should be fully restored.”
“En.” The Spider Mother softly acknowledge, remaining silent for a moment before continuing, “Since you have already found your way here, I shall grant you what you came for and the allow you to leave. At any rate, you can somewhat be considered my descendant so we share at least some connection!”
Seeing how well things had gone so far, Shan Qing Luo couldn’t help smiling happily, quickly asking, “Please forgive this Junior, Spider Mother, but would you be willing to let the people who came here with me leave as well?”
Yang Kai suddenly looked towards Shan Qing Luo in astonishment, seemingly not expecting this devilish woman to be so compassionate.
*Hmph!* The Spider Mother coldly snorted, loudly proclaiming, “These people dared damage my nest and now have delusions about leaving it alive? Aside from you, my child, everyone else must die!”
“Spider Mother, please recons…”
“Enough nonsense!”
Shan Qing Luo grit her teeth and glanced towards Yang Kai, a look of struggle flashing across her face but soon she regained her calm as her will became firm, “Please Spider Mother, at least I must take him away!”
“Such impudence!” The Spider Mother voice carried a hint of annoyance, even going so far as to have her underling spiders approach the various cocoon sacks here.
“Forget it, I shall grant you five days of time to carefully consider your situation. After five days I will awaken again and if you still insist on not wanting to leave alone… then there will be no need for you to leave at all!” After delivering this cold ultimatum, the Spider Mother fell silent again.
The daunting pressure which had been pressing down on everyone also vanished without a trace; apparently the Spider Mother had once more fallen into a deep sleep.
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man couldn’t help trembling. They too had heard the conversation between Shan Qing Luo and the Spider Mother a moment ago. They too were similarly as horrified as Yang Kai was, never imagining that such a powerful Monster Beast existed in this world.
Bai Yun Feng nearby also involuntarily let out a desolate voice, “So in five days’ time we will all die?”
Although all of them had been in a constant state of anxiety, the surrounding spiders had yet to actually make a move towards them, so many of them still held out some hope, but now, after listening to the Spider Mother’s judgement sentencing them to death just five days later, how could any of them be willing to accept?
With his mind thrown into panic and facing imminent death, Bai Yun Feng suddenly snapped and shouted, “Yang Kai, I, your Father, will make sure you pay for this!”
“What the fuck is your problem!” Yang Kai cursed, extremely irritated.
“Hey hey…” Bai Yun Feng grinned and viciously retorted, “If it weren’t for you smashing the ground earlier, how could we have all gotten caught by this group of spiders?”
“If I didn’t do that how could you still be alive to whine about it now? All of you would have already been killed by Guo Yuan Ming and his gang already!” Yang Kai sneered, knowing that Bai Yun Feng couldn’t be reasoned with right now.
“This Young Lord is the first son of the famous Bai Family! Would they really have killed me?” Bai Yun Feng snorted. “As long as I had reported my true identity, they would definitely have taken me hostage to exchange with my Bai Family rather than murdering me.”
“Maybe you wouldn’t have died, but if Young Lady Qiu and Young Lady Luo had fallen into their hands… hah, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to hold on to their innocence anymore. I think that if they had been given a choice they would have still chosen to be stuck here in this spider sacks rather than being caught by those bastards.”
“Why should I give a damn about their innocence? I just want to live!” Bai Yun Feng roared loudly.
As soon as he had spoken these words though, he suddenly realized that it was not something he should have said out loud, suddenly becoming silent.
“Bai Yun Feng… I didn’t think you were so…” Luo Xiao Man’s sad voice softly echoed, an infinite amount of disappointment and disgust contained within it.
A woman’s purity was sometimes more important to her than her life. At that time, Luo Xiao Man would have gladly taken her own life rather than be humiliated if they had been caught by the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land brutes.
Qiu Yi Meng quickly followed up, “Everyone always values their own life the most Xiao Man, don’t pay him any mind!”
Her voice didn’t contain any fluctuations, neither sadness nor disappointment, just coldness.
“Facing death, it seems those from the Bai Family can only become cowards!” Luo Xiao Man sneered.
“Hmph, say what you’d like.” Bai Yun Feng snapped back, not showing the slightest remorse. He had already completely offended these two women now so even if they managed to escape from this place, although they wouldn’t immediately become enemies, he would never associate with them again.
Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo on the other hand were silently watching each other.
After a long time, Yang Kai wrinkled his brow, “If you wanted to leave, you could have just gone now, and that Spider Mother doesn’t seem to have any intention to retain you.”
Shan Qing Luo slowly shook her head, “But if I left just now, you wouldn’t be able to leave with me.”
Yang Kai’s expression suddenly cramped before it became serious, and he hesitated for a while before continuing, “Our friendship doesn’t seem to be close enough for you to care so much about me, just like Qiu Yi Meng said, people always care most about themselves.”
Shan Qing Luo however just smiled back at him.
“You’re not serious about all this, are you?” Yang Kai’s brown slightly wrinkled.
“I told you before, a woman who possesses the Poison Widow Body will only ever love a single man for her whole life, when have I ever not been serious towards you?” Shan Qing Luo sighed faintly, “If it weren’t for you barging into my Knowledge Sea earlier I really would be too lazy to care about your life or death. Little bastard, you’re so shameless and lustful, I really should kill you so you don’t taint all the innocent girls you’ll meet from now on, but with things progressing as far as they have, I really don’t have any other choice anymore.”
Shan Qing Luo really couldn’t bear to watch him die, that is, unless she could accept her Secret Art never reaching the grand accomplishment stage! Since this feeling of love had taken root in her heart, it growing into an all-consuming impulse was just a matter of time.
Once her emotions reached a peak, she would need to spend her first night with her beloved man.
Moreover, a Poison Widow Body woman, once in love, would be far more sentimental and devoted than an average woman.
This made this family of women bearing a truly tragic existence.
On the one hand, there was the death of her one love, while on the other there was the grand accomplishment stage of their Secret Art.
Even if they abandoned cultivating their Secret Art in favor of saving their love, it would not stop the attraction and temptation from consuming them.
Han Fei Yan, Shan Qing Luo’s mother, experienced such a situation, where she one night lost control of herself and slept with her husband, only to wake the following morning from this drunken stupor to discover what had happened, spending the rest of her life in pain and regret.
Yang Kai’s face became extremely solemn, deeply staring into Shan Qing Luo’s eyes, seemingly wanting to see into the depths of her heart, hoping to read her true thoughts.
Shan Qing Luo simply smiled and without hesitating took the initiative to unlock her Knowledge Sea’s defense, whispering softly, “If you don’t believe me, see for yourself!”
Yang Kai, though surprised, didn’t hesitate, plunging his Divine Sense directly into her Knowledge Sea.
Inside, he once again witnessed the sight of an endless ocean.
Above this vast sea, an image of Shan Qing Luo sat softly upon the wind, gazing towards Yang Kai’s Divine Sense, gently saying, “Do not touch my image, it represents my Soul. If you do, the consequences will be disastrous.”
“I know,” Yang Kai acknowledged softly.
If two Souls were to blend, they would be able to taste sweetness more than a thousand times more potent than if they had intimately embraced one another, but if their wills weren’t stable enough, the only result would be them losing themselves in this feeling, instantly becoming idiots.
Yang Kai, of course, understood this so he paid special attention not to act recklessly.
Shan Qing Luo’s Soul avatar quickly waved its hand, sending a ball of light into Yang Kai’s Divine Sense.
Absorbing all the information contained within this light sphere, Yang Kai gained intimate insight into all the emotional experiences of this devilish woman along with all her thoughts about their relationship without the slightest omission.
He also saw and comprehended the effects her special constitution and Secret Art would eventually have, realizing their future destiny.
As these innumerable scenes flashed before him, it was so vivid that it was like he was living them himself.
After a long time, Yang Kai slowly withdrew from her Knowledge Sea.
As their eyes met once more, Shan Qing Luo smiled happily, “Now do you believe me?”
This time, Yang Kai nodded firmly, never imagining that the Secret Art of this seductive woman had such special effects.
Smiling wryly, Yang Kai couldn’t help asking, “Should I say I am honored or that I have bad luck?”
He had confirmed that her feelings towards him were not an act, but in the end it still resulted in her needing his life.
Shan Qing Luo’s face suddenly became a bit dark, whispering under her breath, “The women in my family do not really want to kill their beloved man, but sooner or later this impulse becomes unbearable, so no matter how far they separate themselves, they will eventually find their way towards him, and whether consciously or unconsciously they will give their innocence to him while at the same time taking his life!”
Although sacrificing one’s life for the woman they loved was a romantic thought, but in the end it that was simply rhetoric, when the time really came, no man would truly be happy about such a fate.
“Have you never thought about solving this issue?”
“Naturally I have thought about it, but I have no idea how to even begin.” Shan Qing Luo slowly shook her head.
“En, let’s not talk about that first.” Yang Kai nodded, a bit forlorn, not discussing the matter any further.
“En.”
“Since you aren’t willing to leave me behind, we’ll just have to find a way to escape from here together.”
“After five days, when the Spider Mother wakes up again I’ll trying to convince her again.”
“If she doesn’t agree?” Yang Kai frowned.
“Then I’ll keep trying until she does.” Shan Qing Luo revealed a pouting expression, her face not showing any sign of worry.
On the other hand, Yang Kai’s eyes flashed, quietly asking, “If you could fully restore your strength, could you escape from here?”
“Naturally.” Shan Qing Luo nodded. “But right now my strength is only equivalent to a True Element Third Stage cultivator and it will take several months for me to fully heal.”
“I may be able to do something about that.” Yang Kai grinned meaningfully; after viewing all of Shan Qing Luo’s deepest thoughts, he now felt much more relaxed around her.
This seductress appeared to be the very definition of debauchery. Her name was world famous. Her methods were legendary, but in reality, before they had encountered each other, she was actually a pure blank slate.
Although she knew an incredible amount about the interactions between men and women, she had actually never had any personally experience in such matters.
“What are you planning to do?” Shan Qing Luo asked curiously.
Yang Kai subtly swiped his hand past his sleeve and extracted a small piece of Myriad Drug Cream, “Swallow this!”
Shan Qing Luo glanced at him suspiciously, not knowing what kind of mysterious compound he was offering her, but she still opened her thin lips.
She softly licked the Myriad Drug Cream with her pink tongue.
“Quickly circulate your healing art to refine it!”
Even without Yang Kai say this, the moment the Myriad Drug Cream touched her lips, Shan Qing Luo’s face showed a clear look of surprise, hurriedly closing her eyes and circulating her Secret Art.
Thought her strength had fallen, the main reason for this was because of the backlash from her Secret Art, so in the end it was simply her suffering from internal injuries.
With the help of this small piece of Myriad Drug Cream, such injuries would be quickly restored.
Even though there was only five days before the Spider Mother would wake up again, using the Myriad Drug Cream Shan Qing Luo would absolutely be fully healed before then.
With nothing else to do, Yang Kai also began silently adjusting his state to its best.
As time passed, the momentum and True Qi fluctuations Shan Qing Luo radiated became stronger and more violent, obviously she was quickly recovering.
Noticing this change, the silent Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help glancing towards Shan Qing Luo’s cocoon. Her pair of beautiful eyes flashed with a hesitant light, and she struggled with herself about what to do.
Having been trapped here for so many days, her strength had long ago been restored, but with so many Sixth-Order Monster Beasts lurking nearby, even though she could break free from this cocoon, she didn’t dare take such a reckless action.
But Shan Qing Luo’s sudden movement had let her once again see hope of survival.
Just… the conditions she had been given caused Qiu Yi Meng to hesitate.
After all, she was the first young lady of the famous Qiu Family, how could she possibly become the maidservant of some unknown junior? Forget about her exalted status, even Luo Xiao Man possessed a nobler position than this kid. If such an arrangement were to be spread out, what face would the Qiu Family and Purple Fern Valley have left?
On top of all that she would have to endure such a position for a whole year. Over the course of a year, who knows what that shameless little bastard would do.
Three days later.
Shan Qing Luo suddenly opened her enchanting eyes. A glistening light glowed within them, and her soft tender body seemingly contained a terrifying momentum.
“Better?” Yang Kai hurriedly asked.
“En.” Shan Qing Luo nodded delightedly and gazed at Yang Kai with great interest, “You’ve hidden your depths quite well, who knew you still had such an amazing treasure.”
However, after showering him with praise, she quickly reached out and viciously pinched Yang Kai’s chest, fiercely twisting as she ground her teeth, “You had such a good thing all along, how come you didn’t give it to me sooner? You little bastard, you really were still quite wary of me weren’t you?”
Looking embarrassed, Yang Kai could only laugh awkwardly.
If she had not freely shown him her most intimate thoughts earlier, how could Yang Kai have dared help this devilish woman restore her full strength?
“Since you’ve recovered, let’s leave here quickly.” Yang Kai lightly squeezed her delicate hand.
A look of hesitation crossed Shan Qing Luo’s face suddenly, quietly whispering, “Since we’ve come all this way already, I want to take some of the Spider Mother’s venom first, or else after taking you away this time, she will certainly become enraged and no longer allow me to come here.”
“Are you sure you can succeed?”
“Fairly, do you still have control over that spider?”
“En.”
“Good, then let it cause a scene.”
“Good!” Yang Kai nodded firmly, silently issuing new orders to the spider he had taken control of.
A moment later, that Sixth-Order spider suddenly became violent and attacked its companions without any explanation. The other spiders, noticing this disturbance, hurriedly swarmed towards the fight.
Shan Qing Luo lightly waved her hand and directly cut a hole in the cocoon, and vanished without a trace in the next breath. Her soft voice soon drifted into Yang Kai’s ear, “Don’t move from there, and wait for me to come back!”
Yang Kai naturally wasn’t going to move about randomly. Calming his breath, he carefully examined the outside situation.
The spider that he was controlling at the moment was now engaged in a turbulent struggle with its former companions. A Sixth-Order Monster Beast would undoubtedly have already gained a certain amount of sentience, albeit not a lot, but it was at least capable of some simple reasoning.
The attacked spiders didn’t seem to understand why their companion had suddenly gone crazy, just like when it had suddenly killed so many of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land’s cultivators.
After passively resisting for a moment, the attacked spiders, as if having reached some kind of consensus, no longer held back and treated this violent comrade of theirs as if it had gone insane and couldn’t be saved.
In only a few breaths of time, the Sixth-Order Monster Beast controlled by Yang Kai had met its end.
The gathered spiders then quickly began to disperse again.
“Yang Kai!” Qiu Yi Meng suddenly shouted.
Yang Kai’s face remained indifferent, and he didn’t even bothering to respond.
“Has Elder Sister Shan recovered her strength?” Qiu Yi Meng eagerly asked.
Still he remained silent.
Qiu Yi Meng wryly smiled, “Yang Kai, you’re not such a stingy man right? I admit that I had offended you before, will you not allow me to apologize to you for that?”
“No need, the distinguished Young Lady Qiu’s apology, I’m afraid I can’t afford it.” Yang Kai replied coldly.
Qiu Yi Meng giggled lightly, “Fine fine, I was wrong, I was truly wrong, I should not have brought people to your High Heaven Pavilion to find trouble. In fact, I’m also at a bit of a loss about how I would have taken you, your combat ability is so strong that between us if we really compete I’m not sure who would win. I really can’t believe such a small Sect could train a disciple like you.”
“Don’t bother trying to flatter me, it’s disgusting.”
“Hehe, fine, you and I are both reasonable people so I’ll be direct with you.” Qiu Yi Meng said with a light smile, “After Elder Sister Shan comes back, can you please ask her to bring Xiao Man and I out with you? Rest assured, as long as she promises to help us, my Qiu Family will spare no expense to repay her!”
“Saving you is up to her, it’s not something I can interfere with,” Yang Kai said bluntly, his brow slightly wrinkled.
“No no no, I see that the relationship between you and the Beguiling Demon Queen is quite intimate, quite unlike how she must treat other men. If you put in a few words with her, I’m sure Elder Sister Shan will be more inclined to help us.” Qiu Yi Meng’s voice suddenly became more restrained, “As long as you don’t insist on Xiao Man and I becoming your servants, any other conditions you mention we can comply with! Even if you want to marry a young lady of my Qiu Family, I can make sure that my Lord Father agrees… oh, but be careful not to mention such things in front of Elder Sister Shan or else I’m afraid she might become jealous.”
Yang Kai’s patience increasingly grew thin as his face twisted with antipathy, “I’ve already said, her saving you is up to her, it has nothing to do with me, what meaning do you have to spout such nonsense towards me?”
Qiu Yi Meng’s face quickly became miserable, like she was about to cry, “But I can only pin my hopes on you, if you don’t speak up for us, I’m afraid we really have no hope of escaping this crisis.” As she was speaking, the sound of her voice choked up, stuttering slightly, “Do you… do you really have the heart to just leave us to die?”
Knowing that she was simply putting on an act to try to gain his sympathy, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling repulsed, and he was no longer willing to even respond to her.
Yang Kai had a particularly bad impression towards this scheming woman.
“Yang Kai, Yang Kai …” Qiu Yi Meng did not become discouraged though and continued to call out softly to him again and again.
The conversation between the two of them was quite quiet, but Luo Xiao Man who was not far away naturally heard it clearly.
Seeing Yang Kai act so ruthlessly, Luo Xiao Man couldn’t help but to despair, and her face gradually became deathly pale. She sobbed in a panic before she quietly called out, “Elder Sister Qiu, what should we do?
Qiu Yi Meng faintly sighed and gave up on her efforts to convince Yang Kai, wearing a desolate smile, “Just wait, we can’t simply die here.”
At that moment, a breath of incense suddenly flew over as a red clothed figure suddenly appeared in front of Yang Kai. With a wave of her fingers, the remaining silk threads binding Yang Kai were instantly severed
“Go!” Shan Qing Luo said hastily, one hand grabbing Yang Kai as she lightly kicked the ground, quickly flying up.
Yang Kai’s expression also became dignified as he quickly kept up with her. His Divine Sense which was constantly monitoring the surroundings had already noticed that the Spider Mother’s unique overwhelming blood force was rapidly reviving. Apparently Shan Qing Luo’s movements just now had awakened it.
“Elder Sister Shan.” Qiu Yi Meng shouted in a hurried voice and ground her teeth, still showing a slight hesitation on her face.
But she knew that this was no time to be concerned with her pride, if Shan Qing Luo left, she and Luo Xiao Man would really have no chance of escaping from here alive.
“Elder Sister Shan, I agree to your previous conditions, please take me and Xiao Man away with you!” Qiu Yi Meng cried out.
Shan Qing Luo slightly frowned as she glanced towards her. Flicking her wrist, two pink ribbons shot out and wrapped up Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man and quickly dragged them up with her.
Seeing Shan Qing Luo not abandon them in the end, whether it was Qiu Yi Meng or Luo Xiao Man they were both suddenly filled with a desperate joy.
“Betraying your own blood, not heeding the advice of your elders, don’t even dream of escaping!” The Spider Mother’s infuriated voice rang out, no longer containing the slightest bit of charm and instead sounded more akin to an enraged woman.
As she spoke, two thick white silk threads pierced through the air.
These two silk threads were ridiculously fast, and almost instantaneously arrived in front of Shan Qing Luo and Yang Kai and forced them to hastily guard themselves.
As the Yuan Qi from their attacks collided and exploded, the two spider threads were blocked, but the force from the impact cut off one of the ribbons Shan Qing Luo was holding, sending Luo Xiao Man plummeting back down towards the ground.
Letting out a piercing wail, Luo Xiao Man’s watery eyes filled with panic as her heart all but stopped.
Seeing this, Yang Kai reacted instantaneously by push-kicking Qiu Yi Meng’s waist, sending her towards Luo Xiao Man.
Before the pair had even reached the ground, Qiu Yi Meng managed to stretch out her hand and grasp Luo Xiao Man’s clothes, pulling her towards herself.
“Elder Sister Qiu…” Luo Xiao Man cried out in amazement as large round tears poured out of her eyes. Her lofty peaks rose and fell as she gasped for breath. Her face was still filled with terror.
“I’ve got you, don’t worry, I won’t let go of.” Qiu Yi Meng smiled towards her, trying to disperse the lingering fear still apparent on her face.
Shan Qing Luo quickly glanced towards Yang Kai meaningfully, her mouth showing a teasing yet soul-stirring smile.
Yang Kai simply shrugged his shoulders.
Just now, his kick had been made subconsciously, it was a purely instinctive reaction!
Suddenly, from down below, Bai Yun Feng’s raving voice rang out, “Bring me with you! You damn sluts… how could you just abandon me here? Even if I become a ghost I won’t let you off!”
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man’s faces filled with disgust as they remained cold and indifferent.
Only by journeying together with someone through ups and downs would you be able to know them. Bai Yun Feng used to give them a favourable impression. Although they wouldn’t rate him highly, whatever the case, he had behaved appropriately for the eldest son of a first-class family. Be it his background or personal power, his capital was not small; needless to say there was no shortage of young women who sought after him.
However, when they had fallen into this crisis, he had completely exposed the darkness hidden within his heart.
As a man, he was no better than dog shit! Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man didn’t have the slightest bit of sympathy towards him.
Next to a quaint, calm, crystal clear lake, filled with floating plants and happily swimming fish, three people sat.
In front of a bonfire he had made, Yang Kai roasted some fatty fish he had caught.
Luo Xiao Man and Qiu Yi Meng sat opposite him, breathing in the crisp clean air while glancing towards this young man awkwardly.
As a splashing sound drift over from the lake, Shan Qing Luo’s gracefully figure suddenly emerged. After finishing her bath, her exquisite snow white skin seemed to glisten with an attractive luster, this hint of blush only added to her radiance. Her delicate pair of bare jade like feet lightly flashed in and out of view.
Exuding ten thousand different types of charm, her thin and tender red lips displayed a carefree smile. Her skin was nearly fully exposed, and only her bountiful peaks and the sacred valley below her waist were covered, making for an alluring display.
Seeing such an fascinating, flirtatious picture, not only did Yang Kai’s heart race, even Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man’s faces blushed a bright shade of red. All of their breaths became slightly hurried.
Immediately, the three of them quickly turned aside their gazes and silently cursed this bewitching fairy in their hearts!
“Hehehe…” Shan Qing Luo giggled happily as she observed the reaction of these three.
Arriving at the edge of the lake, she draped her clothes haphazardly over her lithe body, only half covering herself before gracefully stepping forward and quickly arriving beside Yang Kai and sitting herself down and snuggling up next to him.
“Can’t you behave yourself a little?” Yang Kai asked helplessly.
“Is there a need for us to be discreet?” Shan Qing Luo smiled brilliantly, “We’ve already touched each other intimately and shared more than one kiss, why do we suddenly need to act all prim and proper?”
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man couldn’t help looking shocked and gazed towards Yang Kai in surprise. Their eyes were filled with a confused light.
Although Qiu Yi Meng had felt that the relationship between Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo was not simple, ultimately she had never seen the two interact with her own eyes and couldn’t tell just how close they really were.
However, seeing them sit so close to one another, if they were not essentially lovers, what woman would behave so shamelessly?
[Could the world’s most charming woman actually be in love with him?] Qiu Yi Meng pondered as she gazed absentmindedly and swept her eyes over Yang Kai once more. Although he gave off an uninhibited aura, and his strength wasn’t bad, in the end, he was still only a youth at the True Element Boundary Fourth Stage.
Just how in the world did he managed to capture the world famous Beguiling Demon Queen’s heart?
Qiu Yi Meng continued staring at them for a long time before she managed to pull herself together.
Yang Kai on the other hand turned a blind eye to her and pretended he didn’t notice the puzzled stares he was receiving. Instead, he just intently grilling his fish.
As the delicate aroma of fresh cooked food wafted about, Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man couldn’t stop their stomachs from crying out softly, and both of them immediately became crimson faced after.
The two of them had been chased relentlessly by the cultivators of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land for more than a month, and they never had a moment of rest and were constantly suppressing their feelings of fatigue and hunger. After that, when they had reached the height of their exhaustion, they had been captured by those spiders, and it wasn’t until now that they could truly relax.
“Thank you for saving us, Elder Sister Shan.” Qiu Yi Meng suddenly said, doing her best to squeeze out a smile.
Shan Qing Luo simply smiled back frivolously, “It was simply a deal between you and me, there’s no need for thanks!”
“Be that as it may, if it weren’t for Elder Sister Shan, Xiao Man and I would not have been able to escape that crisis.” Qiu Yi Meng shook her head gently.
As she finished speaking, she once again glanced towards Yang Kai awkwardly, reluctantly saying, “Thank you, too!”
Qiu Yi Meng knew that if he hadn’t swiftly helped her back then, there was no way she could have rescued Luo Xiao Man.
However, Yang Kai remained indifferent and completely ignored her.
Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help suddenly feeling a bit bitter.
Half a month later, outside Fragrance City.
This place’s prosperity was no less than any of the great cities in the outside world. It was also the place where the Beguiling Demon Queen lived.
The Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land covered a vast area but was roughly divided into six territories, each one belonging to one of the six Demon Kings.
With Fragrance City as a center point, all the land within a radius of several thousand kilometers belonged to Shan Qing Luo.
For the past two weeks, Shan Qing Luo, Yang Kai, Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man had passed through the territories of the other Great Evil Kings, forcing them to be constantly on alert.
Now stepping into Fragrance City, no matter whom it was they couldn’t help feeling relieved.
After two weeks of traveling together, not only had Yang Kai’s impression of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land changed, even Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man had their previous impressions completely subverted.
From the rumors they had heard, the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land was filled with evil cultivators, where demons rampaged about, and every person they encountered was some kind of heinous criminal.
But after accompanying Shan Qing Luo, they found that the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land was far different compared to the rumors about it! At the very least, the site which she occupied wasn’t that kind of infernal hell.
It was undeniable that there were indeed many evil cultivators in the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land, but many of the people here were actually just ordinary people.
There was no lack of cultivators around who had committed some kind of crime within their Sect and had been forced to flee to the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land. There were also some who had offended large forces that they could not afford to and had sought refuge in the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land. Still others were here because the Secret Art or Martial Skills they practiced were eerie and they had been classified as demon by the world and expelled from their homes like plague rats.
It could be said that the majority of the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land cultivators simply had their own bitter pasts but were not necessarily evil.
“This world only recognizes their so called righteousness, shunning any kind of darkness within their hearts, labeling such practices and feelings as evil… It’s all just sophistry!” Shan Qing Luo said certain helplessness apparent in her tone.
Although she was one of the six Great Evil Kings and governed a vast land that stretched across thousands of kilometres, she still couldn’t do anything about this world’s deep-rooted prejudices.
Yang Kai couldn’t help suddenly remembering the words Old Demon had once said to him.
What is a man, what is a devil? Men and Devils are all one in the same!
Everyone had demons within their hearts.
As they continued forward, Yang Kai quickly noticed how vibrant the city was, a fact that amazed him to no small degree.
If he wasn’t clearly aware that they hadn’t left the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land, Yang Kai would have sworn that this Fragrance City was just another town in the outside world.
Everything here was no different from the grand cities in the outside world. The streets were filled with ordinary shopkeepers and people pawning their goods. Cultivators swam through the crowds like carp, most of whom didn’t engage in any wanton bullying in their interactions with these ordinary people. Occasionally there was a cultivator exuding a thick Demonic Qi, but even they were for the most part following the rules of Fragrance City and didn’t make the slightest bit of trouble.
From time to time, Yang Kai would spot cultivators dressed in black uniforms patrolling about. These were apparently the law enforcement teams charged with maintaining order.
Whenever someone acted out and disrupted the public order in Fragrance City, they would swiftly and mercilessly be attacked by these law enforcement teams.
As a result, throughout the entire Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land, Fragrance City was about the safest city and under the effective management of Demon Queen Shan Qing Luo, and it was also the most prosperous. There were actually very few people here who committed crimes.
At the moment, this very Demon Queen was concealing her face with a black veil and leisurely strolled about as she led their small group forward.
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man followed close behind her while secretly observing the scenes within this city. A deep sense of admiration welled up in their hearts.
Allowing this great city to be so peaceful, Shan Qing Luo’s means were clearly not simple.
As they continued walking, Yang Kai’s pace suddenly paused.
Aware of this, Shan Qing Luo turned to look at him, “Is something wrong?”
Yang Kai grinned helplessly, “Beauty, as the saying goes, ‘The world is filled with infinite wonders, one must not always remain in one place and further explore’.”
Although receiving the favour of this beauty was quite enjoyable, Yang Kai still couldn’t help feeling nervous that one day Shan Qing Luo wouldn’t be able to restrain herself from ‘eating’ him.
Also, it had been quite some time since he had been separated from Su Yan, so he wanted to quickly investigate her current situation.
Listening to him say as such, a light flickered across Shan Qing Luo’s eyes, and she immediately saw through all the thoughts that were in his heart. Quickly wearing a smile as she slowly walked back and grabbed Yang Kai’s arm, she let out a light fragrant breath, “Do you think you can just walk away?”
“Please try to restrain yourself!” Yang Kai’s expression became bitter. This was exactly what he was most worried about.
He had constantly been worried that Shan Qing Luo wouldn’t let him go. On the way back here he had also tried multiple times to escape, but each time before he even had a chance she would see through him.
Given the height of Shan Qing Luo’s true strength, if she was set on keeping him here, he really had no hope of getting away.
“Outside there is chaos everywhere. If you went out by yourself, it wouldn’t necessarily be safe, it’s best if you just stay here for now.”
“For how long?”
“Depends on my mood, haha…”
Yang Kai’s expression instantly became gloomier, [Damn it, if I’m stuck here won’t I eventually become prey for this devilish woman?]
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man nearby both watched this farce play out with smug grins on their faces, indulging in a moment of pleasure at Yang Kai’s expense.
He was thoroughly restrained by Shan Qing Luo, his True Qi unable to circulate, but on top of that, this seductress also put on a well-behaved devoted lovers appearance and gently linked arms with Yang Kai as she affectionately snuggled up next to him.
Fortunately, she had concealed her face with a veil. If she were to expose this appearance to the inhabitants of Fragrance City, there would certainly be chaos.
Within a short while, the four of them arrived at Shan Qing Luo’s palace.
This grand palace exuded magnificence, covered a vast region, and was filled with jade statues, dragon carvings and phoenix images, which gave it an elegant yet domineering air.
Once inside, Yang Kai unexpectedly discovered that this huge palace was exceptionally peaceful. It seemed like not many people lived here.
Glancing around, he saw numerous wide corridors, and the sounds of small streams flowing nearby reached his ear. It was quite a picturesque feeling.
“Within my palace, in addition to a few maidservants, there are no other people, it has always been deserted like this so there’s no need for you to be overly cautious!” Shan Qing Luo softly explained. Having made it back to her palace she also completely relaxed and casually removed her veil before slowly stretching, putting her wondrous curves on full display.
“Who goes there!” A melodious voice soon called out as a purple dressed figure quickly approached.
“It’s me!” Shan Qing Luo replied leisurely.
After the figure paused for a moment, it suddenly flew forward even faster. In the blink of an eye, a sweet, petite girl appeared in front of everyone.
“My Queen, you’ve finally come back!” The girl appeared to be around twenty years old. A beautiful young lady who was at the height of her youth, and upon seeing Shan Qing Luo, clear lights of joy and relief flashed across her eyes.
Because she was so happy, her eyes actually began overflowing with tears, which rapidly became a veritable flood, as her proud snow white rabbits heaved up and down as she cried.
With only a faint glance, Yang Kai found that this girl was also an exceptional beauty.
She had long freely flowing hair, elegant thin eyebrows, and a pair of bright enchanting eyes. Her nose was perfectly proportioned, and her face was slightly flushed. Every time she breathed, her petal like lips fluttered softly, like flowers adorning her glamorous face. Her creamy snow white skin seemed to glisten under the light. All of this coupled with her graceful posture and exceptional figure, she was extremely enchanting.
Seeing her, Yang Kai couldn’t help nodding in approval, only such a beauty was worth of being the Beguiling Demon Queen’s maid.
Lightly sweeping her with his Divine Sense, he was surprised to find that this girl was actually a True Element Boundary Seventh Stage cultivator. Although she was not as strong as Qiu Yi Meng, it was clear that she was also younger than her by a year or two.
Being probed by a thread of Divine Sense, the girl’s expression suddenly became serious, and her eyes darted about before quickly glaring coldly towards Yang Kai.
[Ho… her senses are quite sharp!] Yang Kai chuckled lightly and carelessly ignored her gaze.
Her brow slightly wrinkled. This young girl obviously didn’t understand why Shan Qing Luo had brought these three people here, but instead of probing further she instead quickly ignored Yang Kai and eagerly asked, “Mistress, I heard that the Beast King and his people ambushed you! You’re not hurt are you?”
“I’m perfectly fine,” Shan Qing Luo shook her head lightly, “Nothing to worry about.”
“Thank goodness! That Beast King is really despicable! The Elders almost ran out to fight with him over this matter. Also, right now those Eight Great Families are rallying all the outside world’s major Sects to attack the Holy Land. Fragrance City has dispatched a lot of people to intercept them, the Elders said…”
“Leave such things for tomorrow, I’m feeling a bit weary right now.” Shan Qing Luo interrupted her. “Tell the Elders they have full discretion on these matters.”
“Yes Mistress.” The girl nodded seriously before once again suspiciously looking at the three newcomers, “These three…”
Shan Qing Luo also frowned slight as she glanced towards Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man before suddenly laughing happily. She flicked her wrist and sent two faint lights towards them.
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man both trembled slightly, but before they could react, they instantly discovered that their True Qi had been sealed.
“What meaning does Elder Sister Shan have?” Qiu Yi Meng asked with a wry smile on her face.
“Oh nothing much,” Shan Qing Luo giggled, “Bi Luo, bring these two girls to the Fragrance Guest House.”
“En.” Bi Luo glanced curiously at Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man and wondered how these two had provoked her mistress, even causing her to go so far as to keep them under house arrest in the Fragrance Guest House.
Although she was puzzled by this, she did not bother asking and instead just clapped her delicate hands twice.
Soon after, a few young women arrived. Each one of them was as beautiful as a flower, and their cultivation was also not low. All of them were dressed up as maids.
“Show them to the Fragrance Guest House,” Bi Luo swiftly ordered.
“Yes!”
“Take good care of them, do not let them suffer any grievances!” Shan Qing Luo quickly added.
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man both wore helpless smiles, not even attempting to revolt, but simply allowing these few maids to lead the way.
“What about him?” Bi Luo pointed towards Yang Kai and asked, confusion and doubt filling her thoughts. After all, she had never seen her mistress bring a young man into the palace before. Even when one of the other Demon Kings came to visit, she would arrange a separate location for them. This quiet place had never had a man set foot in it before.
“About him…” Shan Qing Luo smiled meaningfully and also sent a stream of light into Yang Kai body.
Yang Kai’s complexion subtly changed, and he stealthily circulated his True Qi only to discover that it had not been blocked, but instead finding that a mark had been left on his body, one that he had no way to resolve.
“Bring him to the Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion to rest!” Shan Qing Luo smiled sweetly as she looked towards Yang Kai.
Although Yang Kai maintained a calm expression, his stomach quickly filled with grievances.
“The Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion…” Bi Luo exclaimed. Her bright eyes filled with a look of surprise.
That place was located in the deepest part of the palace and was no doubt the best pavilion in the palace grounds. It was also where her mistress had stayed when she was growing up.
The mattress, curtains, and pillows were all things her mistress had used before, and many of which still carried her lingering scent.
Most importantly, it was filled with Shan Qing Luo’s childhood memories.
How could such an intimate and private place suddenly be given to a man to live in?
Bi Luo also had ideas towards Tranquil Phoenix Pavillion once and persistently begged Shan Qing Luo for several months to let her stay there, but ultimately did not receive approval.
Yet now, an unknown man was actually going to live in Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion, and Bi Luo couldn’t help but feel shocked.
[What’s the story behind this little brat? How can the Mistress value him so highly?!]
Surprised, she constantly glared towards Yang Kai, and a thick look of jealousy and reluctance filled her beautiful eyes.
“Running around all the way here, you must be tired. Have a good rest today and let me finish my work. Once I’m done, I’ll come talk with you.” Shan Qing Luo said sweetly.
Yang Kai’s face remained indifferent, and he blankly stared at her, not saying anything.
People under the eaves have to bow.
Just as Bi Luo was about to clap her hands again and summon a few maids to escort him, Shan Qing Luo said, “You take him to Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion personally.”
Bi Luo trembled, unable to hide her surprise, but still hurriedly nodded, “Yes!”
Shan Qing Luo leaned over and quietly whispered to Yang Kai, “Little bastard, don’t bully her too much, she and I grew up together, she is my precious little sister.”
“Got it,” Yang Kai laughed helplessly.
“Let’s go!”
Bi Luo then led Yang Kai off through the palace.
Following behind this enchanting girl, Yang Kai casually observed his surroundings and found that Shan Qing Luo’s palace was indeed very quiet. Although outside there was a prosperous boisterous city, within these walls there wasn’t the slightest noise, instead everywhere was filled with fragrant aromas. Every path and corridor was meticulously cleaned and was completely free of dust.
From time to time, they would pass by a few pretty maids, all of whom would respectfully greet Bi Luo before curiously glancing towards Yang Kai.
During this entire trip, he had not come across a single other male.
After a short while, the pair arrived at Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
It was an extremely elegant loft, a total of three stories high, neither big nor small. Overall it was quite tasteful with plenty of neatly arranged planters decorating it. Each of them was filled with blooming fragrant flowers.
“Hey…” Bi Luo shouted towards Yang Kai and quickly stepped towards him to block his path forward, “Careful where you step, don’t trample over these flowers, all of them were carefully grown by Mistress herself.”
“Ah…” Yang Kai nodded indifferently, not caring about the resentful tone in her voice, knowing that this little girl had already formed a very poor image of him in her heart.
[This damn bastard!] Bi Luo cursed in her heart. This little brat didn’t appear the least bit formidable, and neither his dress nor his temperament was in any way noble. Why did her mistress value him so highly?
On top of that, her mistress had specifically told him not to bully her!
[Was he somehow capable of beating me?] Bi Luo simply couldn’t understand.
If not for Shan Qing Luo specifically ordering her to treat Yang Kai with respect, Bi Luo would have already tried to teach him a harsh lesson.
Entering the building, the pair walked up to the second floor. When Bi Luo opened the door a sudden look of joy appeared on her face as she hurriedly rushed inside, completely ignoring Yang Kai. The first thing she did was head straight for the large soft bed in the middle of the room and quickly jumped onto it while wrapping her arms around a giant pillow nearly as tall as she was. Holding it close to her, she gently sniffed the lingering scent it was stained with.
As she inhaled this fragrance her entire face couldn’t help but fill with an extremely happy expression.
[This was Mistress’s pillow, the pillow Mistress once slept on, it still has Mistress’s scent on it…]
Bi Luo felt like her soul was fluttering, and her face gradually turned red.
Yang Kai on the other hand couldn’t help but frown towards her and secretly found all of this somewhat funny. It was obvious that that this little girl held Shan Qing Luo as an object of absolute worship in her heart, or else she wouldn’t be putting on such a vigorous performance.
However, while this little girl laid there, her prominent well rounded bottom was fully displayed.
Looking around carefully at this boudoir, Yang Kai eventually nodded, “Not bad!”
Bi Luo instantly woke up from her trance and quickly got up from the bed. Her large round eyes glared towards him, as she gritted her teeth, “Not bad you say?”
Yang Kai nodded succinctly. This was a bedroom designed specifically for a woman. It seemed a bit strange for him to live here, so giving it a satisfactory rating was the most he could do.
“Haha… good, good!” Bi Luo ground her teeth and angrily retorted, “This is the place where Mistress lived in while she was growing up. I spent so long begging her to allow me to live here, yet never receiving permission, but now some smelly little brat from who knows where not only doesn’t know how to show appreciation for it and actually dares denigrate it as just ‘not bad’?”
“Uh…” Yang Kai stared back at her slightly stunned, as he tried to figure out why she was so hostile to him.
Scratching his nose lightly, he embarrassedly replied, “Ms. Bi Luo, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about me?”
“Hmph, who do you think you are!?” Bi Luo stood up angrily, still holding the giant pillow in her arms as she angrily stomped towards the door.
“Do you plan to take that pillow away with you?” Yang Kai asked stiffly.
“This is something Mistress once used.” Bi Luo shot back sharply, before suddenly halting, turning back and walking over to the bed once more. She quickly picked up all of the remaining bedding as well, “These were also used by Mistress.”
Glaring sharply towards Yang Kai like a little tyrant, Bi Luo wrapped everything up in her arms before arrogantly storming out.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but feel surprised. He knew that this girl’s worship towards Shan Qing Luo could now only be described as obsession.
However, in the end this was irrelevant to him, so he set aside such thoughts and simply sat himself down cross-legged on the bed.
He certainly couldn’t stay in Fragrance City for very long. With Shan Qing Luo’s cultivation technique demanding his life as a sacrifice, if he remained sooner or later he would die at her hand.
But now that this seductress’s strength had been fully restored, even if Yang Kai wanted to run there was no way he could.
It really was a case of harming oneself. If he had known earlier things would end up like this, he wouldn’t have given her that Myriad Drug Cream! Even if it was true that he had no choice back then and had in fact successfully escaped from the tiger’s cave as a result, what was the point if he now found himself trapped in the wolf’s den instead?
To make matters worse, that devilish woman had left some kind of spiritual mark on his body.
If he wanted to leave, he first had to deal with this seal.
Closing his eyes, Yang Kai carefully investigated his body.
Although Divine Sense was not meant to investigate one’s inner body, investigating his physical condition wasn’t too difficult.
After a few breaths of time, Yang Kai felt a faint yet formidable wisp of energy embedded on one of his ribs between his chest and abdomen.
Immediately he tried to use his True Yang Yuan Qi to disperse, but doing so proved fruitless.
Next he attempted to remove it using his Unyielding Golden Skeleton’s evil energy but once again met with failure.
The mark was incredibly persistent. It did no harm to his body and did not interfere in the slightest with the circulation of his True Qi, but it instead acted like a lighthouse in the blackness of night. No matter where he went, Shan Qing Luo could easily feel its energy.
If Old Demon was here everything would be fine! He could see exactly what this energy was, but unfortunately, since the Devil Lord incident, Old Demon had been secluding himself in the Coiling Dragon Stream. Yang Kai wasn’t even aware of his current status.
As he was attempting to remove this mark, Yang Kai suddenly became aware of a ray of Divine Sense floating beside him.
“Little bastard, what are you doing?” Shan Qing Luo’s voice immediately reached his ear, a hint of annoyance apparent in her tone.
“Going to sleep!” Yang Kai rolled his eyes and silently cursed this woman’s vicious means. He knew this mark would allow her to track him, but he hadn’t expected that even tampering with it would draw her attention.
Shan Qing Luo Jiao simply snickered lightly, “Don’t waste your time; that mark is my Soul Seeking Seal, unless I personally want to remove it even a peak Immortal Ascension Boundary master can’t dispel it. As long as that seal is present, no matter how far you run, I can still find you!”
“There’s no need for this,” Yang Kai complained with a bitter look upon his face.
“Hehe…” Shan Qing Luo giggled happily, “Who told you to be so unfaithful; if you were a little more honest I wouldn’t have to take such measures. Just rest for tonight, tomorrow I’ll come look for you, I promise.”
“Do as you please.”
“Hmph, heartless bastard!” Shan Qing Luo cursed, quickly taking back her Divine Sense.
Helpless, Yang Kai could only give up his attempts to crush this Soul Seeking Seal and settled down for the night.
The next day.
While meditating, Yang Kai’s concentration was disturbed by the sound of footsteps coming downstairs.
A moment later, a knock came from his door.
“Come in!”
When the door opened, a mature elegant woman walked in. Her face was adorned with a warm friendly smile.
It was impossible to tell how old this beautiful woman was, but from her looks alone she seemed to be no more than twenty five. She had a wonderfully curved body, and her pair of peach blossom like eyes seemed shine with a captivating lustre. A light scent wafted from her body, which caused all of one’s sense to go dull. With delicate snow white skin and a potent naturally born charm, even if she wasn’t quite on the same level as Shan Qing Luo her allure was did not miss by much.
However, the spring-like appeal of this woman had a rich quality to it as opposed to Shan Qing Luo’s delicate intoxicating aura.
Smiling pleasantly towards Yang Kai, she softly spoke, “Did Young Lord sleep well last night?
“Yeah.” Yang Kai nodded slightly.
The mature beauty stepped forward lightly, walked up to the bedside and bowed elegantly as she let out a light breath, “That is good to hear, this servant has been sent by the mistress to attend to Young Lord’s needs, Young Lord may call me Yun Li.”
“These two have also been assigned to you.” While introducing herself, Yun Li quickly nodded once, immediately summoning two beautiful young girls dressed in maid outfits from the hall.
One of them appeared gentle and tranquil, while the other seemed dignified and elegant.
Whether it was the mature beauty or these two young girls, each of them had their own unique appeal and charm.
“This is a Ruo Yu.” The beautiful woman gestured towards the gentle and quiet young girl before turning to the dignified and elegant young girl, “And this is Ruo Qing!”
“Ruo Yu/Qing greets Young Lord!” The two quickly bowed elegantly. Whether it was their demeanor or their temperament, it was in no way inferior compared to those young ladies from great noble houses. Everything about them was impeccable.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but stare blankly for a moment, unable to figure out what that’s seductress Shan Qing Luo was thinking sending these three great beauties to serve him. No matter which one it was, they would definitely arouse the instincts of any man to conquer them.
Even without mentioning the fresh and vibrant appeal of these two young girls, the great beauty Yun Li’s temperament was only worse than Shan Qing Luo by a tiny margin, and on top of that she had a unique advantage over these young girls in the form of her extremely well developed body. Coupled with her pair of spring peach eyes, it was like she was constantly exuding an air of enchantment.
[Is this her idea of a soft appeal?] Yang Kai’s heartbeat quickened slightly.
The beautiful woman Yun Li simply continued smiling, “Mistress has said that while Young Lord is in Fragrance City, all of his daily needs will be attended to by we three.”
“I’ll be imposing upon you then!” Yang Kai replied in a lukewarm tone.
“Of course, Young Lord is an honored guest after all.” Yun Li smiled as she elegantly replied. However, a hint of flush suddenly crept into her expression as she whispered, “Mistress has also said that any request Young Lord has, this servant must satisfy!”
“Any request?” Yang Kai’s heart suddenly clenched as he immediately understood the subtle meaning in these words.
Seeing his reaction, this mature beauty gently nodded. Even though she was an impeccable servant with a finely refined temperament, Yun Li couldn’t help her gaze from becoming slightly erratic, and she became somewhat unnerved and was almost afraid to look at Yang Kai.
Regardless of what purpose Shan Qing Luo had in sending these three women to him, Yang Kai couldn’t complain about the service they rendered.
The second floor of the Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion was completely a sleeping chamber, while the entire fire floor consisted of a large bath, carved from exquisite white jade, and it was obviously very expensive. As for the third floor, there was almost nothing there. It was probably just a place meant for enjoying the scenery.
At the behest of Yun Li, Rui Yu and Ruo Qing, respectively on his left and right, accompanied Yang Kai down to the first floor’s bathing pool.
Inside the bathing room a thin watery mist lingered, carrying the scent of blossoming flowers, and unbeknownst to Yang Kai, the entire bath had been filled with hot water along with various scented flower petals.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but stare blankly.
A nearly vagabond man like him indulging in a petal bath here, obviously he felt somewhat awkward.
“Young Lord, please enjoy the bath.” The mature beauty Yun Li continued smiling from start to finish. Her pleasant expression never once diminished.
Yang Kai unconsciously nodded.
However, after waiting for a while, he found that whether it was Yun Li, Ruo Yu, or Ruo Qing, none of them seemed to have any intention of leaving. Turning an astonished gazed towards them, he hesitantly asked, “It can’t be that… your mistress also ordered you to help me bathe, right?”
To his question, Yun Li simply smiled and gracefully replied, “If Young Lord wishes so… we servants will naturally obey… Mistress has ordered, any requirements or request you make we are to meet…”
Even for someone as composed as she, by the time Yun Li reached the end of this sentence she couldn’t help her voice from becoming smaller and her face from becoming redder from apparent shame.
The nearby Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing also appeared quite tense.
“There’s no need for that, all of you may leave.” Yang Kai waved his hand casually.
The mature beauty’s peach blossom eyes couldn’t help but reveal a touch of surprise, and she quickly glanced once more towards Yang Kai to seemingly re-evaluate him. Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing on the other hand, hearing Yang Kai’s words, wore expressions like they had just been granted amnesty and involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief.
After the three beauties left, Yang Kai quickly undressed and jumped into the bath. Even he was somewhat eager to wash himself after such a long time.
The temperature of the water was not too hot nor too cold; just perfect for relieving one’s fatigue.
Finally relaxing somewhat, his thoughts wandered, and he worried about what had happened to Su Yan after they had been separated at the Void Corridor. After traveling ten thousand kilometers in an instant, where was she now? What had happened to the other members of High Heaven Pavilion? What was the outcome of Grand Master and the four Elders’ battle?
Recalling all of this, Yang Kai suddenly felt restless again.
Outside the pavilion, Bi Luo paced back and forth. She really didn’t understand why her mistress was so good to this little brat, not only providing him with the palace’s finest accommodations, but also assigning the best maidservants to him.
Those three, whether it was their beauty or temperament, were ranked at the very top of the palace’s staff. Such meticulous care, it was something not even shown towards the other Demon Kings.
Her first opinion was that this little brat was definitely not a good thing. He couldn’t be devouring Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing right now, right?
As such a thought crossed her mind, Bi Luo suddenly felt even more indignant and secretly thought that these three girls had suffered a terrible injustice. Yun Li had been widowed for several years now and had not indulged in any moisturizing since then. Her accompanying that little brat to experience such things would not be too devastating, but Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing had grown up together with Bi Luo like little sisters. Both of them were rather simple little girls, pure and innocent, and allowing that bastard to taint them…
[I’ll castrate that little bastard!] Bi Luo eyes flashed a murderous light, and she secretly made a solemn vow in her heart.
However, just as her anger was rising to its peak, she suddenly saw Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing all walk out together from inside.
“Tss…” Bi Luo was startled, but she immediately rejoiced, quickly rushed over, and held onto Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing’s hands and hurriedly asked, “Are you alright? He didn’t try to molest you, did he?”
Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing both blushed bright red and quickly shook their heads.
The mature Yun Li nearby smiled warmly, “Bi Luo’er, you’re over thinking things, the young lord doesn’t look like a shameless womanizer, he is actually very calm and respectful.”
“He’s, not?” Bi Luo was taken aback. “Did you not tell him about Mistress’s command?”
“I did, but he didn’t have much reaction.” Yun Li nodded slightly.
“He didn’t take advantage of you in any way?” Bi Luo asked again, tilting her head to the side in confusion.
“No,” Yun Li couldn’t help laughing, “If you don’t believe me, you can just ask Yu’er or Qing’er.”
Bi Luo quickly glanced suspiciously towards these two.
Ruo Qing lightly shook her head and blushed as she said, “Sister Bi Luo, you seriously frightened me, after what you said, I really thought that he would lay his hands on me.”
“Strange… how could this be? I’ve always had a sharp intuition about this, that little brat is definitely a sinister and untrustworthy type, there’s no reason for him not to have at least harassed you…” Bi Luo frowned before suddenly thinking of something, “Yes, of course, it must just be that he’s somewhat disconcerted right now! All men are simply vultures, you’ve greeted those Young Lords who came here representing the other five Demon Kings haven’t you? Which one of them hadn’t drooled upon laying eyes on you, like they couldn’t wait to strip off all your clothes and ravish you upon their beds?”
Listening to her, Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing suddenly became nervous again.
“He must be the insidious type, first acting gently towards you to reduce your vigilance before taking advantage of your naivety, conquering not just your body but your heart as well! He’s the most underhanded and malicious type of beast there is!” Bi Luo declared, completely confident in her speculations.
“Ah…” Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing were shocked.
However, the more mature Yun Li was instead dumbfounded, “Little Bi Luo, don’t scare them so, the Young Lord isn’t such a wicked person… and besides, even if he really was… we’re unable to resist…”
Bi Luo angrily looked at her, then suddenly rushed forward, firmly grasped Yun Li’s rich chest, and wickedly kneaded them while laughing mischievously, “It seems Elder Sister Yun has made plenty of psychological preparation, all these years the palace has refused entry to all men, so you’ve been holding back the whole time, now that there’s a chance you’re actually not that opposed are you?”
Suddenly being attacked and having her sensitive chest being obscenely fondled by Bi Luo, the mature beauty Yun Li almost collapsed into her arms. Her white face suddenly showed an intoxicated tinge, and she struggled to reply, “What are you… nnn… talking about?”
“Hoo… so sensitive already? Seems like its true!” Bi Luo not only didn’t let go, she instead began groping her more intensely, while subtly pushing her True Qi to generate a kind of mild electrical shock, which rhythmically sent tingling pulses from her fingertips to ferociously stimulate the voluptuous peaks.
“Enn…” Suggestive moans began leaking from the mature beauty’s thin red lips, and her pair of peach blossom eyes instantly blurred as her skin began showing a light crimson shade.
As these sounds rang out in their ears, Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing couldn’t help but feel strange.
Bi Luo however simply smiled naughtily and leaned in towards Yun Li, bringing her face up next to Yun Li’s long white neck. She stretched out her delicate pink tongue and licked this mature beauty’s earlobe suggestively.
Yun Li suddenly let out a cry.
Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing were both stunned, and their faces were completely dyed red as they stood there in shock.
Although they all knew that Bi Luo cultivated the same Beguiling Technique as their mistress, and that she was well versed in the ways of men and women. They had never thought she was skilled enough to not allow her prey to resist.
“Damn little girl, stop making trouble!” Yun Li, this mature beautiful woman, finally managed to hold down the heat which was rising within her and struggled free from Bi Luo’s evil grip, but she was barely able to support herself on her softened legs. Unable even to summon even a bit of strength, and her voice still carried an awkward tone.
“Hehe! Sure enough, a mature woman’s reaction is really not the same.” Bi Luo licked her lips seductively, her face filled with an unrestrained expression, and her eyes contained a suggestive light.
“Stop fooling around, if you want to do such things why don’t you go search for Qian Ying and Qian Hen? Mistress has ordered them to cultivate the Beguiling Technique. I, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing have to serve the young lord breakfast, and delaying any longer is no good.” Yun Li quickly said, and only glanced at her briefly. She understood Bi Luo’s temperament well, so she swiftly made her escape along with Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing, “You two, let’s go.”
“Oh,” Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing hurried to keep up.
“Elder Sister Yun, I’ll look for you tonight,” Bi Luo called out in a jovial tone from behind her back.
Hearing such a threat, Yun Li turned around and fiercely glared at her, “I, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing will be resting here tonight, if you have the courage you’re welcome to come!”
After bathing, Yang Kai donned a set of brand new freshly washed clothes.
These clothes were something Shan Qing Luo had personally ordered her maidservants to go out and buy earlier today. They were light and tasteful, matching Yang Kai’s measurements almost perfectly and gave him the look of a handsome young noble lord with a firm temperament.
Even the mature Yun Li and the innocent Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing couldn’t help but blush lightly.
In the pavilion’s dining hall a sumptuous breakfast had been prepared, filled with all kinds of fine delicacies. Each one was an exquisite work of art.
Yun Li even stood beside Yang Kai and served each dish to him personally and lightly commented, “All of these dishes were prepared by we three, Young Lord should eat while they’re still hot.”
Glancing at Yang Kai once again, Yun Li suddenly couldn’t help but smile warmly, “Young Lord appears to be a bit on the lean side, probably because of constantly rushing around outside, correct? Young Lord should take advantage of this time to eat his fill.”
“En.” Yang Kai nodded lightly before asking, “What about your Mistress?”
“Mistress has some important matters to deal with today,” Yun Li replied with a smile.
“Oh, I thought she would come join me for breakfast.” Yang Kai couldn’t help wrinkling his brow slightly.
Hearing him say this, the mature beauty Yun Li and the two young girls suddenly stared at him in amazement. They were increasingly puzzled about just who Yang Kai was in the end.
Daring to say Shan Qing Luo would sit and dine together with him, this was a blessing that even the other five Demon Kings could not receive, right?
“Then, if I want to see her, where should I go?” Yang Kai asked as he ate.
Yun Li quickly fixed her smile and replied, “Mistress has said that for the next few days she will be a bit busy, so if Young Lord has any requests he should speak directly with Bi Luo. She has been waiting outside since early this morning.”
“Seems like she’s trying to avoid seeing me!” Yang Kai grunted unhappily. Yesterday, Shan Qing Luo had promised to come see him today. He had not expected her to suddenly change her mind. She certainly knew he was going to talk to her about him leaving.
Sweeping away the food on the table, Yang Kai leisurely walked out of the pavilion.
The enchanting young girl Bi Luo really was standing outside waiting for him. Her brow thoroughly furled as she glared towards Yang Kai. Obviously she was not pleased having to be with him, but with Shan Qing Luo personally issuing her these orders, she didn’t dare disobey.
“Ms Bi Luo!” Yang Kai called out.
“Hmph,” Bi Luo snorted lightly. Her arrogant and disdainful expression clearly displayed her dissatisfaction.
Seeing her like this, Yang Kai couldn’t help but laugh dryly and quickly said, “I want to see your Mistress!”
Bi Luo frowned even harder, and a thoroughly displeased look appeared upon her face, “Mistress has many matters to discuss with the various Elders in the city so she has no time to see you.”
“When will these discussions end?”
“Probably not for a few days. This time, Mistress had left Fragrance City for about two months, so numerous issues and disputes have arisen which she must attend to personally.”
Yang Kai’s expression suddenly became cold, and his mood quickly became solemn.
Bi Luo hesitated for a moment before she somewhat reluctantly continued, “However, Mistress said last night that to make up for her fault, she will allow you to look at the Palace Treasure House.”
“Treasure House?” Yang Kai’s brow twitched, and he cursed that devilish woman. Was this her way of trying to seduce him?
Although he was silently cursing in his heart, his mouth still said, “Is there anything good inside that Treasure House?”
“Little brat!” Bi Luo glared at him angrily, “Mistress’ Treasure House is filled with many rare and valuable items. Mistress said that you’re currently too weak, so she said that you can look around inside the Treasure House for things you can use to enhance your cultivation!”
“What are we waiting for then?” Yang Kai quickly urged her.
Seeing him suddenly wear an eager and impatient look, Bi Luo more and more despised him in her heart, and she cursed this ignorant countryside bumpkin.
Although she was extremely reluctant, as long as it was something Shan Qing Luo commanded, Bi Luo would never object, and instead do her best to complete.
“Come with me.” She said gruffly and quickly lead the way.
After walking through the palace for a long time, the pair suddenly arrived at a very secluded wing. Roughly ten meters into this wing they came upon a thick, heavy door.
This door was cast from some unknown material and seemed quite old. It was obviously quite thick and sturdy, clearly not something easy to break.
However, the strange thing about this door was that there was no handle, nor were there any visible gaps. It was more like an extension of the wall than a door.
Bi Luo quickly pulled out a black rectangular object from her waist pocket, tightly held it within her jade like hand, and poured her True Qi into it.
A moment later, she pressed this rectangular object onto the gate.
Accompanied by a burst of rumblings, the heavy door slowly opened.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but stare curiously and unconsciously praised, “Things stored in this place are quite safe.”
Bi Luo snorted loudly and proudly quipped, “Naturally! The entire Treasure House was forged from Desolate Red Black Gold, even if a Peak Immortal Ascension Boundary masters came here, he would never be able to open this vault. This is the safest place to store things in the world.”
Listening to her boast, Yang Kai did not openly refute and instead simply disdained silently.
If they wanted to talk about security, his Black Book Space was no doubt this world’s safest storage.
“Come in!” Bi Luo stepped forward and begrudgingly ushered Yang Kai in as well.
The Treasure House’s door closed again once both of them were inside.
Although this Treasure House was fully enclosed, it was by no means dim. All four walls were dotted with pebble sized pearls. Each of which released a soft sparkling light, which illuminated the entire vault.
Once inside, Bi Luo half-bitterly began introducing various things to Yang Kai, “Over there is where the gold and silver items are kept, here is the storage place for all the rare medicinal herbs. These are refined pills. Here are all the high grade artifact, and over there are various Secret Arts and Martial Skills… Well, just look around yourself, don’t bother me with any unnecessary questions!”
She seemed quite impatient to separate from Yang Kai.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but scratch his nose and wrinkle his brow slightly, “Ms. Bi Luo, did your mistress say how much I could take from here?”
Bi Luo sneered disdainfully, “How much do you want to take?”
“I’m just asking!”
Bi Luo’s expression suddenly became cold, and she irritably replied, “Mistress said that however much you want to take you can take!”
“Ah…” Yang Kai nodded, then without any further scruples went straight to the place where the spirit herbs were kept.
Seeing him not show the slightest bit of restraint, Bi Luo couldn’t help muttering under her breath, “Hmph, really nothing but a country bumpkin. I really can’t understand why Mistress is so good to him!”
As she was whispering to herself, she also quickly arrived in front of the stored artifacts. Staring inside, she fixed her gaze on a pair of exquisite teardrop shaped earrings. This pair of earrings had a nearly transparent blue hue, appearing almost like a piece of the crystal clear sky.
Holding this pair of earrings in the palm of her hand, Bi Luo suddenly smiled and was no longer willing to let them go.
On the other hand, across the room, Yang Kai smiled deviously.
That seductress Shan Qing Luo had put him under house arrest, and although she didn’t have any malicious intent towards him, he still couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable. However, her allowing Yang Kai into her Treasure House was really a big mistake.
If Yang Kai was willing to, then taking away the entire content of this Treasure House would not be a problem. The Black Book’s storage space was much larger than this Treasure House after all.
However, Yang Kai didn’t want to expose the Black Book space yet, so he only picked out some things that were of immediate use to him.
Firstly, he needed to supplement the Yang Liquid in his dantian. About the energy contained within his Unyielding Golden Skeleton he was not worried about running out any time soon, the only problem he had was maintaining the amount of Yang Liquid he had available.
So, Yang Kai swept away any Yang attribute spirit herbs and pills he found and loaded everything into the Black Book space.
Soul-nourishing herbs and pills, no matter the place, were scarce, so he took everything he could find without hesitation.
His Five Coloured Soul Warming Lotus needed these things in order to evolve, and they also had great use in cultivating his Divine Sense.
As for the Secret Arts and Martial Skills stored here, Yang Kai wasn’t very interested; no Secret Art here was a match for his own, and the Martial Skills weren’t particularly appealing to him either.
Yang Kai was more interested in finding high grade Soul Skills to cultivate.
Although he had managed to cultivate out his Divine Sense already, because he had no offensive type Soul Skills until now the role it played was limited and only allowed him to scout his surroundings.
But to his disappointment, he did not find any decent Soul Skills inside this Treasure House. He occasionally came across some Earth Grade or lower rubbish, but such weak Soul Skills had virtually no appeal to Yang Kai. Even if he were to cultivate them they wouldn’t have any great use. It would simply be a waste of time.
After searching up and down the entire Treasure House, in the end, he only managed to find some Yang attribute herbs and pills as well as a small amount of Soul nourishing Precious Treasures.
Symbolically holding two bottles of Heaven-Grade pills in his hands, Yang Kai finally walked over to where Bi Luo was standing.
This enchanting young girl was now wearing the pair of earrings on her delicate earlobes and was holding up a crystal mirror while smiling happily as she stared at her reflection.
Yang Kai’s sudden appearance in front of her startled her, and patting her well-shaped chest with her delicate hand, she quickly wore a frown and angrily snapped, “Why did you not say anything, is sneaking up on people fun for you?”
Yang Kai could only grin wryly, “Wasn’t it just that you were too immersed in her own world to notice me?”
Having things pointed out so bluntly, Bi Luo couldn’t help but blush, and she earnestly took off the earrings and carefully placed them back into storage before reluctantly removing her sight from them, “Find what you were looking for?”
“En.”
“What did you take?”
Yang Kai casually lifted the two bottles of pills in his hand so she could see. Seeing this, Bi Luo was slightly surprised, laughing lightly, “You’re surprisingly frugal aren’t you, I thought you would surely…”
Stopping herself mid-sentence, Bi Luo instead stuck out her little pink tongue in lieu of finishing her thought.
“Surely what?”
“Nothing, if you’ve got what you want we should leave, but are you sure that you only want these two bottles of pills? Mistress specifically said that you should find some things to raise your cultivation.” Bi Luo asked quietly, “Are these pills really enough for you to enhance your strength?”
“It’s enough!” Yang Kai nodded.
“Fine, it’s not my concern anyway, if you’re alright with it then why should I care, just don’t try to blame me if Mistress asks about you taking only these two bottles of pills.”
Yang Kai simply nodded indifferently, “En.”
Leaving the Treasure House, Bi Luo closed the vault door again but as she turned around a small box came flying towards her.
Reflexively, Bi Luo reached out and caught this box and was at first shocked but then warily turned her gaze towards Yang Kai.
However, after seeing which box this was, she couldn’t help but cry out in surprise. Her gaze changed from wariness to shock.
Yang Kai smiled lightly, “Don’t you like it?”
“Of course I like it!” Bi Luo nodded, half stunned as she hesitantly opened the box. Inside it was the same pair of earrings she had tried on inside the Treasure House.
“But… how did you know?” Bi Luo asked Yang Kai in confusion.
“Anyone who saw you like that would know,” Yang Kai chuckled. “I’m not blind.”
“Hehe…” Bi Luo let out a heartfelt laugh filled with joy, and she quickly took the earrings out and stared at them. Spellbound for a moment, she proceeded to explain, “Although these are only a set of low grade artifacts, from the first time I saw them, I fell in love with them.”
“If so, why didn’t you just ask your mistress if you could have them? As far as I can tell she is quite good to you.” Yang Kai asked suspiciously.
“Well… these belonged to Mistress’s mother. I was worried that she would be sad if she were to see them…” Bi Luo faintly sighed and suddenly tightly gripped the earrings to her chest, “Are you giving these to me?”
“En, why else would I have brought them out? If your mistress asks, just tell her I took them.”
“Thank you!” Bi Luo happily thanked him, but her expression became a bit complicated before quickly becoming alarmed, “You… why are you being so good to me… you’re not trying to make a move after taking a fancy to me are you?”
Dumbfounded, Yang Kai couldn’t only shake his head wryly, “You’re thinking too much about it.”
“I’ll tell you up front, I don’t like men.” Bi Luo started at Yang Kai with her guard fully up, seemingly trying to discover if he was speaking the truth or not, “So no matter how gallant you behave or how attentive to me you are I will never be swayed. In my heart, only Mistress is my perfect companion!”
Yang Kai was once again flabbergasted, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he stared towards Bi Luo in shock, “What you mean is… you’re in love with Shan Qing Luo?”
“That’s right!” Bi Luo’s face was a bright shade of red, but she still firmly nodded and replied in a shy voice filled with infinite longing, “One day, sooner or later, I will definitely become Mistress’s wife…”
At that moment, she completely showed the look of a young girl in love. It was just… the object of her affections was a bit unexpected.
After a long stunned silence, he took a deep breath then nodded strongly and said, “In that case, I sincerely hope you achieve your happiness, Ms. Bi Luo!”
Giggling happily, Bi Luo smiled as she looked Yang Kai over again and re-evaluated him, “En, I don’t find you as annoying as before!”
[Sending her a gift seems to have been quite beneficial.] Yang Kai thought to himself. At least she wasn’t treating him as coldly anymore.
“Hahaha …” Yang Kai smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say now.
Thankfully, Bi Luo quickly followed up, “Good, with that, our trip to the Treasure House is now finished. Mistress said that if you were bored staying in the palace I should escort you around the city, would you like to go out now?”
“No thanks, I’d rather go back and cultivate,” Yang Kai replied casually.
“Oh…” Bi Luo smirked and laughed meaningfully, “With Elder Sister Yun, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing back at the Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion, I suppose you really wouldn’t have any interest in going out.”
“And, ah, ahem… if you really want to… you know… then… you should start with Elder Sister Yun, she was only married for one month before her husband died, and that was almost 10 years ago. Since then she hasn’t once had a man, right now, she is almost like a starving tiger ready to pounce. All you need to do is give her a nod and I’m sure she’ll happily accompany you… Well, just make sure you treat her well. Oh right, Elder Sister Yun also particularly likes it when you caress her ears…” Bi Luo suddenly started explaining to Yang Kai. Her beautiful face was filled with a kind of indulgent excitement.
Yang Kai, on the other hand, looked like he had been struck over the head.
Such an enchanting little girl, how could she so easily talk about such matters, as if it were the same as having a light mid-day snack? On top of that, she seemed oddly experienced. It was a bit worrisome. Where had she acquired this knowledge?
Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion, second floor.
Yang Kai was sitting cross-legged on the fragrant bed with a solemn expression. His breath was steady and even.
Circulating his True Yang Secret Art smoothly, he absorbed and refined the Yang energy contained within numerous spirit herbs and pills.
These things were the spoils he had taken from Shan Qing Luo’s Treasure House, and all of them were high quality goods. The lowest quality items reached Earth Grade Top-Rank, while most of them were Heaven Grade.
Naturally, since they had come from the Treasure House of a supreme master like the Beguiling Demon Queen, there was no chance of them being mediocre.
As a light churning sound floated in the air, Yang Kai’s True Yang Secret Art rapidly operated and quickly converted the essence stored within these pills and herbs into pure True Yang Yuan Qi, gradually filling up his meridians.
In Medicine King’s Valley Hidden Cloud Peak, Xiao Fu Sheng had prepared a special Secret Art and medicinal bath for Yang Kai which had fully developed the potential of his meridians and allowed him to more smoothly cultivate.
It wasn’t until now that the medicinal bath really displayed its effects. The speed at which he could refine and condense his True Qi had obviously been greatly enhanced.
Moreover, this refinement would continue to play a role for the rest of his life, the more he cultivated, the greater the effect would be.
After merely a dozen or so cycles, before the first drop of Yang Liquid had even formed, the energy within his meridians suddenly began to swell, and a subtle ripple started spreading throughout his body before suddenly vanishing.
His entire being was filled with a clear sensation that his strength had risen, which gave him a sense of physical and spiritual comfort.
True Element Boundary Fifth Stage!
Once one entered the True Element Boundary, each minor realm’s breakthrough would become progressively more difficult.
However, these days Yang Kai had consistently taken a small cup of Myriad Drug Liquid every morning, using the Myriad Drug Liquid to temper his physique and cleanse his body.
After doing so for a long period of time, both his physique and meridians had undergone a significant improvements compared to the past, so even when he was breaking through the various stages of the True Element Boundary it was still quite a relaxed process for him.
Having spent nearly a month consolidating his True Element Boundary Fourth Stage, undergoing a breakthrough now was essentially taken for granted.
The scorching True Yang Yuan Qi burst forth from his body, like a raging flame, and instantly caused the temperature in the entire room to soar.
Calming his breath and condensing his True Qi, the flame-like Qi in the air was suddenly sucked into Yang Kai’s body, disappearing completely.
Immediately, his whole body was bathed in a warm and comfortable sensation.
At that moment, Yang Kai, with his True Yang Secret Art circulating as rapidly as it could, appeared to radiate a vibrant aura.
His meridians were filled to the brim and were no longer able to store any more pure True Qi.
With a sudden dripping sound, a new drop of Yang Liquid was condensed and was quickly stored in his dantian.
Instantly, Yang Kai’s bloated meridians once again became uncomfortably empty.
However, the medicinal herbs and pills he had ingested quickly began producing new True Qi, and they gradually filled up his empty meridians once more.
This dripping sound was extremely pleasant to the ear, and each time it occurred, it brought him a serene feeling.
After absorbing all the medicinal essence from all the spirit herbs and pills, more than a dozen drops of Yang Liquid had been added to his dantian.
Letting out a long breath and feeling the fullness of his dantian, Yang Kai couldn’t help smiling with satisfaction.
Although the number of drops of Yang Liquid he had stored right now was not many compared to before, the grade of each one could not be compared to back then, so even if the number was less, they could actually support his high level of consumption for a much longer period of time.
Without resting for even a moment, Yang Kai once again closed his eyes.
Now that he had refined enough Yang Liquid, it was time to nourish his Soul.
The Soul Seeking Seal Shan Qing Luo had implanted into the Yang Kai’s body should be some kind of Soul Skill.
As long as his Divine Sense became strong enough, naturally he would be able to crush it.
If he wanted his Divine Sense to become strong, his only options were to take some Precious Treasure or cultivate an appropriate Soul Skill.
However, the only Soul Skill Yang Kai could cultivate right now was the defence skill, Soul Palace! But in order to cultivate this defensive Soul Skill, one had to be in a very specific environment.
Currently, there was no way for Yang Kai to practice it.
So, how was he to rapidly cultivate his Soul and enhance his Divine Sense in order to break free from this seductress’s Soul Seeking Seal?
Yang Kai furrowed his brow and contemplated deeply.
After a long time, an idea came to him.
What he thought of was the two times before that his Soul had rapidly increased in strength, both of which he had entered into very dangerous places, causing his Spiritual Energy to be greatly drained before being supplemented. Each cycle brought a slight enhancement to himself.
The first time was when he was in the isolated world for life experience and had entered the white mist bank where the Soul Cleansing Dew was formed.
The second time was in the depths of the Coiling Dragon Stream when the hostility from the thick Demonic Qi rising from the canyon floor had impacted him and damaged his Soul.
After being damaged and restored, the strength of his Spiritual Energy had rapidly increased at a speed far beyond cultivating a Soul Skill or taking Precious Treasures could match.
For any ordinary person, it would be impossible to cultivate their Soul this way.
If one experienced a severe loss of Spiritual Energy they wouldn’t necessarily suffer any lasting damage, but if such a process was repeated many times, they would inevitably be given a permanent trauma. One they would never be able to recover from.
However, Yang Kai was different. In his possession was the Heaven defying Five Coloured Soul Warming Lotus, the world’s most precious Soul cultivating treasure. With this treasure, Yang Kai simply didn’t need to consider his Soul receiving permanent damage.
Frowning, Yang Kai contemplated for a long time before deciding to implement this strategy.
Supplementing his Spiritual Energy wasn’t a problem; after all, he had acquired a number of herbs and pill from Shan Qing Luo’s Treasure House, and on top of that, his Myriad Drug Milk could also be used.
As for depleting his Spiritual Energy, that was easy, stored within Yang Kai’s mind was the True Alchemic Way.
The last time he had studied it, he had completely consumed his Spiritual Energy multiple times yet ultimately only managed to obtain an auxiliary support type Spirit Array for pill refinement.
Just by simply viewing the True Alchemic Way with his Divine Sense he could quickly exhaust his Spiritual Energy.
Having made up his mind, Yang Kai didn’t hesitate to immerse himself in the True Alchemic Way’s various records stored within his mind.
The True Alchemic Way was incredibly extensive and profound. Contained within it were innumerable documents, texts, and thesi. If he wanted to completely master it, it would no doubt take countless hours and an enormous amount of Spiritual Energy.
Yang Kai though wasn’t interested in actually studying the True Alchemic Way, so he only haphazardly browsed through it.
A moment later, Yang Kai felt a sharp pain in his head. His whole being was suddenly afflicted with a sense of exhaustion, and his face instantly became pale.
His Spiritual Energy had been exhausted!
However, soon after, a cooling sensation began spilling out from his mind as the Soul Warming Lotus began to repair the damage done to his Soul.
A few breaths later, the pain had disappeared and his Soul had been fully repaired. However, his depleted Spiritual Energy still needed to be supplemented.
With his latest experience beneath the Myriad Drug Pond, Yang Kai knew that if he wanted to depend entirely on the Soul Warming Lotus to replenish his Spiritual Energy it would take a long time, at least four or five hours.
It was precisely because Spiritual Energy was much more difficult to restore than True Qi that cultivating one’s Soul was incredibly difficult.
Weakly removing a bottle of Soul replenishing pills, Yang Kai poured out several of them and together with a small sip of Myriad Drug Milk, he began to refine and absorb their medicinal essence.
After a short time, his Spiritual Energy was fully restored, and Yang Kai once again felt as mighty as a dragon and fierce as a tiger.
Immediately, he sunk his Divine Sense into his mind and continued studying the True Alchemic Way, combing through its mysteries.
Time quickly passed by.
Yang Kai kept repeating this cycle of damaging then restoring his Soul.
With each cycle, his Spiritual Energy would have some enhancements, although the increase was not great, such progress was still quite gratifying.
Not only that, Yang Kai also gradually became interested in exploring the mysteries of the True Alchemic Way.
The last time he had studied it, Yang Kai had only glimpsed a single support type Spirit Array. Specifically, it was designed to improve the quality of the pills an Alchemist could refine.
For example, if one refined a furnace of Heaven Grade Top-Rank materials, with the assistance of that Spirit Array it would be possible improve the quality of the pill by a single rank to a Mysterious Grade Low-Rank pill.
Of course, this was only a possibility. The effects of this Spirit Array were by no means a guarantee, and as one refined more and more pills, the effect would continuously degrade.
As his understanding the True Alchemic Way deepened, Yang Kai discovered that there was actually a variety of Spirit Arrays recorded within it.
At the very least, he had now glimpsed several different types which were related to improving the quality of the pills, increasing the chances of Pill Veins forming, improving the success rate of refining pills, and numerous other auxiliary effects.
And these were still just the preliminary methods of the True Alchemic Way.
It was truly hard to imagine what profound insights and mysteries the later chapters contained.
In addition to these Spirit Arrays, there was also some special alchemic knowledge such as how to select the best materials to use when refining pills.
These pieces of the information had been recorded by Yang Kai into his memory, so that if there was a chance in the future he could pass them on to Xia Ning Chang and Xiao Fu Sheng.
After two days of continuously repeating this Soul cultivation, the herbs and pills Yang Kai had ransacked from Shan Qing Luo Treasure House had been completely consumed. Without these things to supplement his Spiritual Energy, Yang Kai could no longer continue this reckless form of practice.
Any other Immortal Ascension Boundary master would at most carry one or two bottles of these types of pills in case they suffered from a grievous injury to their Soul, but none of them would so wantonly consume them simply to cultivate.
Without these pills and herbs, Yang Kai’s Myriad Drug Milk alone couldn’t supplement his Spiritual Energy loss fast enough.
Although the Myriad Drug Milk also had a restorative effect, its role was simply too broad, not specifically for nourishing the Soul. Taking it one or two times in quick succession still produced significant results, but as it was consumed more and more it’s efficacy decreased. In the end, the Myriad Drug Milk’s role was more so as a catalyst which allowed one to rapidly refine the efficacies of various pills while enhancing their contained medicinal essence’s potency.
Without Soul nourishing pills, even if he continued such cultivation, his progress would have to slow dramatically.
“Ahem,” As various thoughts churned inside Yang Kai’s head, he wrinkled his brow and quickly beckoned to the people waiting nearby.
These past three days while he had been cultivating, he was constantly aware of the auras of three other people staying within Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion. It was no doubt the mature beauty Yun Li and the two young girls Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing.
Yang Kai’s room was in the innermost wing of the pavilion, while nearby there was a separate room where the three maids lived, always at the ready, just waiting for Yang Kai to summon them.
As soon as he called out to them, Yang Kai immediately heard the light sound of footsteps approaching and within a few breaths, Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing came into his room.
“What orders does Young Lord have?” Yun Li respectfully asked as she directed a warm smile at Yang Kai.
“Where is Bi Luo?”
“Ms. Bi Luo right now should be cultivating in her residence.” Yun Li replied professionally.
“Go call her for me.”
“Yes, Young Lord!” Yun Li elegantly nodded, gently turning her gaze towards Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing, “Go summon Ms. Bi Luo here.”
The two girls nodded once before swiftly walking away.
Next, for some unknown reason, the mature beauty remained behind. Directing her elegant pair of enchanting eyes towards Yang Kai, she softly asked, “Young Lord looks tired, have you not rested well these past few days?”
“It’s nothing,” Yang Kai lightly shook his head, “I’ve just been cultivating.”
The beautiful woman elegantly smiled, lightly stepping forward, and her well rounded hips gently swayed as she unhesitantly walked over to Yang Kai and knelt down behind him.
Stretching out her two soft white-jade like hands, she gently began to massage Yang Kai.
“Young Lord’s pursuit of strength is very admirable, but you must also take good care of your body, if Mistress were to see you looking so worn out, I’m afraid she would think we servants had been negligent in our duties to care for you, we may even be given some punishment as a result.” As she spoke, her small delicate hands continued to rhythmically rub his tense tired muscles. They seemed to know exactly where and how much pressure to apply in order to produce the most soothing effect.
The mature beautiful woman Yun Li’s ten slender fingers seemed to contain some kind of magical power. No matter where she touched, Yang Kai’s physical and mental fatigue would vanish, which caused him to involuntarily relax and fall into a sense of extreme comfort.
A gentle village was the burial place of a hero, these words were not false.
Yang Kai also felt very contented with this service, and gradually closed his eyes and immersed himself in this pleasant feeling.
He was by no means an obstinate person, and since Shan Qing Luo had specifically sent Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing to serve him and had even ordered them to accept any request he made, Yang Kai simply didn’t mind imposing such a minor matter upon this mature beauty.
These three, an enchanting mature woman, a gentle and tranquil girl, and an elegant and dignified young lady, each had their own unique style, but all of them were undoubtedly extremely attractive to men.
Now that this beautiful woman had taken the initiative to serve him, Yang Kai naturally had no reason to refuse. Doing so would only make it seem like he felt guilty about something.
A temporary tranquility fell upon the pavilion. Yang Kai didn’t speak, nor did the beautiful woman Yun Li make any noise. Both just concentrated on the massage.
As time passed, Yang Kai began to notice that the beauty kneeling behind him was beginning to breathe slightly heavier. Even the faint heat her body was radiating gradually increased. As she breathed in and out, a faint aroma leaked from her lips, and her heartbeat also started to accelerate.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, while she was massaging him, Yun Li’s full amazingly elastic peaks from time to time would brush against Yang Kai’s back, which added to the ambiguous atmosphere.
Two cherry-like bulges occasionally pressed against him and sent a light shock running up his spine.
Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling surprised, and was unable to stop his expression from becoming awkward.
Yun Li, this graceful mature beauty, couldn’t actually be just as Bi Luo described, right? After suffering a ten year drought, was she really now akin to a starving wolf or crouching tiger, just waiting for an opportunity to pounce?
If not, why would she have such an exaggerated reaction from just a simple massage?
The not so subtle change in this beauty, along him being alone in his bedchamber, suddenly made various stray thoughts surface in Yang Kai’s mind.
In truth, Yun Li’s age was not large. At most, she was only twenty-five or so years old, and although she couldn’t be described as a girl anymore, she was still in the prime of her life.
Most importantly, she gave off the charm of a mature woman, both physically and mentally. She had a certain appeal that was impossible to find on a young naive girl, and this point alone made her particularly attractive.
This woman had been married once, but she had only been able to spend a single month with her husband before he died, since then she had spent ten years as a widows.
Ten years ago, she would have only been fifteen years old. To have tasted that kind of wonderful feeling and then have to spend so long without it, she may really have some unsatisfied desires.
Seemingly aware of Yang Kai’s awkward reaction, Yun Li once more wore an elegant smile and took the initiative to separate herself from Yang Kai as she softly said, “Young Lord, Ms. Bi Luo should arrive shortly.”
“En.” Knowing that she was simply reminding him, Yang Kai just nodded slightly before falling silent once more.
The mature beauty couldn’t help being slightly surprised. Apparently not thinking Yang Kai would be so succinct, she felt a bit lost in her heart.
A moment later, from outside the pavilion, the sound of Bi Luo gnashing her teeth and cursing under her breath rang out, as if she was just at a critical moment in her cultivation but had been disturbed by Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing. However, with Shan Qing Luo’s order in place, she really had no choice but to swallow her dissatisfaction and arrive quickly.
“Yang Kai!” Calling out from downstairs, Bi Luo stood straight with her hands on her hips, and her eyes clearly contained an unhappy light.
Yang Kai, in response simply stood up, walked over to the window, and without reservation jumped down to lightly land in front of her.
“A woman should try her best to maintain some elegance, why must you look so vicious?” Yang Kai quipped.
“Mind your own business!” Bi Luo snapped back at him and glared at Yang Kai in annoyance, “Don’t think that just because you managed to please me last time, I’ll suddenly take a liking to you! I’ll say it clearly once more, if not for Mistress’s orders, I, your aunt, wouldn’t bother wasting any of my time with you!”
“Fine, then give those things back!” Yang Kai reached out solemnly.
“What things?” Bi Luo asked in an indignant voice.
“That pair of earrings.”
Bi Luo hurriedly took a few steps back and bitterly stared at Yang Kai, “Why do you want them back now?”
“Since it’s no use trying to please you, why should I offer you anything, come on, quickly return them!” Yang Kai coldly said.
“Hey hey hey, are you really a man?” Bi Luo suddenly asked sarcastically, “Sending something out but then trying to grab it back, aren’t you being a bit too stingy?”
“It’s your own fault!” Yang Kai sneered. “Now, are you going to return them to me or not?
“Never!” Bi Luo firmly declared, “I won’t give them back! Since you gave them to me already they’re mine now, I’ll never give them back to you!”
“You’re determined?”
“En!”
“Good!” Yang Kai nodded, quickly striding forward towards the Palace.
“Where do you think you’re going!?” Bi Luo suddenly felt suspicious and quickly blocked his path.
“I’m going to tell your Mistress that you stole an artifact from her Treasure House!” Yang Kai looked at her defiantly as he smiled deviously.
“You… you…” Bi Luo falteringly took a few steps back and pointed her trembling finger at Yang Kai with her face dyed a bright shade of crimson, “How can you act so ruthlessly, you heartless, shameless bully! Obviously, you were the one who took them out from the Treasure House and threw it to me. That day you said…”
“I didn’t say anything that day!” Yang Kai smiled arrogantly towards her.
[Silly little girl, you’re still too naive. Did you really think this young master would be so kind to send you something without some strings?]
“That day, I didn’t get anything except two bottles of pills,” Yang Kai calmly declared.
“Don’t be so unreasonable, okay?” Bi Luo became completely sluggish. She finally understood what it meant to suffer injustice from receiving another’s gifts. She had no choice but to swallow her anger now. Although she couldn’t wait to rip Yang Kai’s corpse into ten thousand pieces, she still wore a delicate and aggrieved expression on her face.
Staring begrudgingly at Yang Kai she desperately pleaded, “You’re not such a person, right? Simply because my attitude just now wasn’t very polite, and I had a minor disagreement with you, are you really going to intentionally create a misunderstanding between Mistress and I just to see me get punished?”
Bi Luo wore a pitifully expression as she begged him, and her eyes became slightly watery, which gave her the appearance of an innocent young girl suffering a great injustice.
However, Yang Kai simply pretended he didn’t see any of this and coldly said, “I’m sorry, after all, I’m just a shameless ruthless person. Any grievances I have must be settled. Since you provoked me, I have to make sure you learn the folly of your choice.”
“You… I’ll remember you!” Bi Luo saw that the soft approach wasn’t going to work, so she immediately dispensed with her cheap act and bitterly ground her teeth as she asked, “What do you want…”
“Nothing, I’m just too bored, I thought it’d be a good time to have a chat with your Mistress!”
Bi Luo’s True Qi suddenly ferociously surged as she glared fiercely at Yang Kai, seemingly tempted to teach this rude brat a lesson.
Yang Kai remained indifferent however and instead sneered provocatively towards her. If Bi Luo thought that her True Element Boundary Seventh Stage was enough to suppress him, she was really looking down on him too much. He actually hoped she really would start something here. It would give Yang Kai the perfect excuse to act furiously towards Shan Qing Luo and allow him to legitimately escape from this devilish woman’s grasp.
The pair continued staring each other down until, all of a sudden Bi Luo’s momentum collapsed, and her threatening air evaporated, “Name your terms, I’ll agree!”
From childhood till now, the first gift she had received from a man had actually become a fatal constraint!
[From now on, even if it kills me, I’ll never accept gifts from someone ever again, especially a man!] Bi Luo felt like her innocent soul had suffered a deep wound, casting a lingering shadow in her heart.
“Either show me some respect or return those earrings.” Yang Kai casually demanded.
“Agreed!” Bi Luo replied forlornly, “What else?”
“I want to go out for a stroll, come with me.”
“En….”
“Good!” Yang Kai laughed triumphantly, his mood suddenly a bit lighter.
As the two of them left, Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing, who had watched this scene unfold, still couldn’t help staring with astonishment at the pair’s shrinking backs.
[Bi Luo… backed down?]
In Fragrance City, Bi Luo had always been fearless. Besides Shan Qing Luo, no one could make her submit, yet now Yang Kai, this young man of unknown origin, had actually forced her to back down?
The mature beauty and the two girls still couldn’t believe what they had seen, standing there stunned, not knowing what to say.
“Right, did Shan Qing Luo tell you if I wanted to buy something, she would pay?” After leaving the palace and arriving on the streets, Yang Kai suddenly asked.
“En.” Bi Luo nodded softly and seemingly did not have the energy to even reply.
However, suddenly thinking something, she angrily snapped, “You dare casually call Mistress by her real name?”
Before she could finish though, Yang Kai decisively interrupted her.
“Even in front of your Mistress’s face I dare call her by her name yet she never had a problem with it, so stop being so long winded.”
“You…” Bi Luo tightened her fists in rage, “I warn you, don’t overstep your bounds!”
Yang Kai simply ignored her and continued walking in front. Behind him, the sound of grumbling was obvious, as was the piercing glare of hatred which seemed akin to a wild beast ready to rip him to shreds.
Wandering around the city for a while, they eventually came to a medicine store.
This was a fairly high grade shop, as soon as the two of them entered, the store’s Head Treasurer stumbled out from behind the counters and swiftly arrived before Bi Luo, his forehead filled with cold sweat, “Greeting Ms. Bi Luo, your arrival was unexpected, so this servant has not prepared an appropriate welcome, please forgive this sin!”
As soon as the shop’s Treasurer shouted as such, all the people in the shop, whether they were employees or guests swiftly made their escape, as if they had seen a poisonous viper suddenly emerge. In the blink of an eye only the Head Treasurer and the young pair were left.
Yang Kai couldn’t help being astonished as he witnessed all of this, quickly discovering just how famous Bi Luo was in Fragrance City, and not in a good way.
“En.” Bi Luo offhandedly nodded, apparently used to such treatment already.
“Did Ms. Bi Luo perhaps come here today to… purchase something?” The Treasurer asked carefully while wiping the sweat from his forehead.
“I’m not here to buy things, he is! Quickly greet him.” Bi Luo snappily pointed towards Yang Kai.
“Hm?” The Treasurer suddenly became confused, and glancing back and forth between Yang Kai and Bi Luo, a light of suspicion flashed across his eyes.
“Do you have Soul nourishing and Spiritual Energy recovery type pills?” Yang Kai asked directly.
“Yes!” Treasurer repeatedly nodded, “Soul Cultivating Pill, Soul Supplement Pill, Soul Restoring Pill, we have all of these, which one does this Young Lord want?”
“How many do you have?” Yang Kai asked.
“The number of these pills is generally quite small, this humble store only has three or four bottles of each, only the Soul Recovery Pills have five bottles.”
“I’ll take them all!” Yang Kai’s casually made such grand demands.
In any case, since Shan Qing Luo was backing him, he might as well take advantage of the situation while he could. With her being a Great Demon King who reigned over several thousand kilometres of territory, she was definitely not short on money.
“Ah… all of them?” The Treasurer couldn’t help gawking, while even Bi Luo turned a puzzled look towards Yang Kai and asked, “Why do you want all of these things? You haven’t even reached the Immortal Ascension Boundary yet.”
“It’s none of your concern!” Yang Kai replied lightly.
“Ms. Bi Luo, this…” The Treasurer nervously asked for instructions.
“Didn’t you hear? Since this Young Lord said he wants everything, then quickly bring all of them out! Have all of them packaged up right away and sent to The Palace. Payment will be made in full when we receive them.” Since Bi Luo couldn’t vent her anger on Yang Kai, thus her anger spilled over onto the poor Treasurer.
“Yes yes yes!” The Treasurer no longer hesitated.
Although Bi Luo was famous for her bad temper, she had always conducted business fairly. However much was owed, she would pay, so the Treasurer was not actually worried about money.
His only concern was who this young man was. Bi Luo seemed to be very angry with him yet she still spared no expense to help him.
However, with his heart beating like a drum, the Treasurer dared not delay and quickly packed up all the pills Yang Kai had ordered before having a store boy deliver them to The Palace.
When this shop boy walked in front of Bi Luo, he kept his head lowered, his eyes staring at his toes, and did not dare to even glance at Bi Luo.
After leaving this medicine shop, Yang Kai and Bi Luo’s eyes met coincidentally, “Seems like many men in the city are afraid of you!”
“Hmph!” Bi Luo proudly snorted, and her enchanting face donned an arrogant look, as she proudly puffed up her chest and casually said, “If they dare look at me the wrong way, I’ll claw out their eyes!”
“Isn’t that a bit much?” Yang Kai frowned. “A great beauty always draws the eyes of many others, if no one dares look at you, what is the point of being beautiful in the first place?”
“You know shit!” Bi Luo glared at him menacingly and disdainfully quipped, “All you men ever have in your heads are dirty thoughts. When you see a beautiful woman the first thing you think of is defiling her, I don’t want to be stared at with such filthy gazes!
“Not all men are like that,” Yang Kai said indignantly.
Bi Luo looked him up and down suddenly before quietly declaring, “Well, not you I guess, at least when you look at me your eyes don’t seem to be filled with obscene intent, I’ll admit that you are at least a bit better than most men on that at least.”
“Young Lady Bi Luo’s vision is quite good!” Yang Kai faintly responded.
“Now… where do you want to go?” With Bi Luo’s hands crossed behind her back, her shoulders drooped slightly as she was obviously feeling a bit impatient. “If you’re done shopping, I’d like to head back and resume my cultivation.”
“Of course there are more places I wish to visit. Fragrance City has more than this one medicine shop, right?”
“There are four or five, do you still plan to visit more pill shops?” Bi Luo looked at him slightly surprised, “You don’t want to buy more Soul nourishing pills do you?”
“Indeed I do.”
“What do you need so many for?” Bi Luo grumbled before suddenly curling her lips, “Fine fine, if you want to buy more then I’ll just bring you there.”
After turning around and walking away, Bi Luo quickly grinned impishly before hurriedly adjusting her face, then she lightly coughed and pretended like nothing had happened.
Although Fragrance City was by no means small, there were only a few pill shops doing business. After all, in order to sell large quantities of pills one needed to have a very strong family background. The sheer amount of financial, material, and human resources wasn’t something a small force could accommodate.
Therefore, in the entire city there were only a total of five pill shops.
Bi Luo worked tirelessly leading the way, and after spending half a day or so she had finally finished escorting Yang Kai to visits four of these shops, sweeping clean all the Soul nourishing pills they had in stock. At last she led Yang Kai toward the fifth and final pill shop, Heavenly Melody Medicine Square.
Inside Heavenly Le Medicine Square, a young man in a shop boy’s uniform flew up to the second floor and gently knocked on a large door at the top of the stairs.
Immediately, a raging voice like thunder resounded, “Fuck! What is it! Didn’t I say no matter what matters come up, no one is to disturb me! Damn brat, I’ll rip off your dog head! Fuck! Fuck your mother!”
“Young Master, it’s about young lady Bi Luo.” The fatigued young man diligently ignored this vicious scolding without a single complaint before respectfully reporting.
All of a sudden a loud thumping sound was heard, like someone had just violently stood up, which was then quickly followed by a series of flustered footfalls.
On the first floor of the shop, the shop assistants all wore bitter expressions, and each of them were frightened that the ceiling above their heads would crack under their young master’s footsteps.
With a loud crash, the large door was opened, and an extremely burly man, with the physique of a wild bear, charged out.
This man was by no means old, only in his early twenties, but his image was quite imposing. His face was covered with a shaggy beard, and he looked extremely rough and unfriendly. Only his eyes were somewhat small and narrow, and coupled with his hulking physique, he gave off a somewhat sinister aura.
He was the Young Master of the family which owned Heavenly Le Medicine Square, Le Yu.
The Le Family was also a big force in Fragrance City. Its patriarch was one of the city’s Elders. They had been serving Shan Qing Luo’s family for more than two hundred years and had rendered many meritorious services.
The Le Family’s main residence was actually not inside Fragrance City, instead located on a nearby mountain range.
Le Yu’s reason for staying in his family’s pill shop in Fragrance City was entirely related to Bi Luo. Since a year ago, when he had first encountered Bi Luo by accident, Le Yu had become completely infatuated and declared that he must by all means make her his woman.
Although Bi Luo did not come from a Great Family, and was neither a pure chaste maiden nor had a noble temperament, she was still Shan Qing Luo’s foremost subordinate. Therefore, the Le Family was quite supportive of Le Yu’s decision, allowing him to stay in the city.
Unfortunately, this past year, Le Yu had barely managed to interact with Bi Luo, and each time he did, Bi Luo would quickly escape.
Even if Le Yu was arrogant, he would not dare recklessly intrude into Shan Qing Luo’s palace, so once Bi Luo escaped into the palace he could only hopelessly give up.
In all of Fragrance city, Le Yu was no doubt the person Bi Luo most did not want to meet.
Even remembering this rough overbearing burly giant at least four times her size would always give Bi Luo tremors.
Outside his room, Le Yu vice gripped the young shop assistant; this youth was not weak, but now facing Le Yu, he was no better than a chicken, his feet dangling in the air as he was held up by his shoulders.
“What about Bi Luo?” Le Yu asked urgently.
With a cold sweat dripping down his forehead, the youth quickly replied, “Young Master had ordered that once Young Lady Bi Luo leaves the palace, we must inform him right away. Today she has come out!”
“She came out?” Le Yu look suddenly looked overjoyed and casually tossed the young shop assistant aside, dashing forward three steps before he halted, turned around, and asked, “Where is she now?”
The youth couldn’t help having an awkward look cross his face as he replied, “Young Lady Bi Luo is on her way here to Heavenly Le Medicine Square!”
“Hm?” Le Yu’s expression suddenly froze before he asked again, “Are you sure your dog eyes didn’t see wrong?”
“It’s true, Young Master. She really has come to Heavenly Le Medicine Square.”
“But… why?” Although Le Yu looked like an uncouth muscle brained savage, but quite inconsistent with his physical appearance he was actually quite shrewd. He was well aware that Bi Luo would do everything in her power to avoid him, and that each time he chased after her she would quickly escape to the Demon Queen’s Palace, so how come she all of a sudden decided to leap into the tiger’s mouth, taking the initiative to come see him on her own?
“Did she come alone?” Suddenly thinking of something, Le Yu’s look became cold, his already small eyes narrowing further, a dark dreadful light flashing across his gaze.
“No…” The young shop assistant shuddered unconsciously, hesitantly replying, “It seems as if… she is accompanying a young man.”
“Hmph!” Le Yu’s True Qi suddenly burst out and nearly crushed the shop’s second floor to pieces, maliciously smiling as he muttered, “A young man huh… I’d like to see which bastard dares have ideas about this Young Master’s woman!”
On the street, Yang Kai looked suspiciously towards Bi Luo. Although Yang Kai knew she was planning something, he was unsure just what it was.
As well, this enchanting girl’s facial expression was quite stiff, like she was suffering some kind of inner conflict and was constantly struggling to make a decision.
Bi Luo was naturally somewhat conflicted. Le Yu was not someone who could be reasoned with. If they really arrived at Heavenly Le Medicine Square, he was sure to raise a fuss.
What if this smelly brat was killed by Le Yu?
However much she disliked him, there was no refuting the fact that he was an honored guest. If he suffered from some kind of accident, how could she possibly explain to her mistress?
However, Bi Luo quickly put down such extreme concerns. If things developed too far, she could simply invoke Shan Qing Luo’s name. Even if Le Yu was domineering, there was no way he wouldn’t give her mistress face.
[Good! This time I’ll give this little brat a little lesson, lest he think this young lady is easily bullied.]
Thinking back on Yang Kai’s attitude towards her, Bi Luo couldn’t help but feel angered.
“Are we there yet?” Yang Kai frowned and asked. Along this particular road, Bi Luo’s pace had been much slower than before, seemingly because she was considering if there was a problem in coming here.
“We’re here!” Bi Luo’s slender fingers pointed towards a large building in front of them, “That’s Fragrance City’s largest pill shop, it’s also the last one in the city.”
“But… maybe we shouldn’t go.” Her haughty attitude suddenly deflated. Bi Luo began to hesitate once more, wondering if she was being too vicious.
“Hmm?” Yang Kai looked at her meaningfully, his curiosity somewhat piqued.
“There’s a man inside there that I hate!”
“Looks like we’re too late,” Yang Kai couldn’t help chuckling. “They’ve already come out to invite us in.”
“Ah?” Bi Luo suddenly looked dismayed as she quickly swept her gaze forward.
From the Heavenly Le Medicine Square in front of her, a few uniformed men quickly appeared, walking straight towards them.
These few people’s cultivation were not weak. Although they were all quite young, each one of them had at least reached the True Element Boundary. Swiftly arriving in front of the pair, all of them smiled as they cupped their fists, “Young Lady Bi Luo, our young master has been looking forward to you paying a visit to our humble shop, and has instructed us to courteously escort you inside.”
“I have nothing to say to your young master!” Bi Luo’s face twisted in disgust, and she turned around and quickly pulled on Yang Kai’s sleeve, “Let’s go!”
However, the few shop assistants quickly blocked her path and grinned helplessly, “Young Lady Bi Luo, if you do not come with us, I’m afraid we brothers will lose a layer of skin today. We hope Young Lady Bi Luo will not refuse this invitation, thus inciting our young master’s anger.”
“What do you want to do here!” Bi Luo coldly asked.
Quite reluctantly, the leader of this group replied, “Young Master has said, if Young Lady Bi Luo refuses to meet him then he will not force the issue, but this Young Lord accompanying you must come with us!”
“He dares!” Bi Luo’s tone became even colder, her enchanting eyes quickly flashed an angry light and regretting she had come here in the first place.
She deeply felt that she shouldn’t have dragged Yang Kai into this muddy water knowing full well that nothing good would come of it, but in the end she had still brought him over, which caused her to feel guilty.
“Haha, this doesn’t seem like a decision Young Lady Bi Luo has the final say in. This Young Lord, please follow us!” These few people turned their eyes towards Yang Kai while maintaining a formal smile.
Yang Kai stared back indifferently and slightly wrinkled his brow, “I’ve only come here to buy some pills, whatever grievances you have between you doesn’t concern me, so don’t get me involved.”
By now, Yang Kai also understood what was happening. That Le Yu probably had intentions towards Bi Luo, and upon seeing him accompanying her he became angered. Bi Luo also surely understood this point and wanted to take this opportunity to have Le Yu teach him a lesson.
But now, for some unknown reason, she was regretting her decision.
Thinking so, he couldn’t help glancing back at Bi Luo.
Feeling the deep coldness in his eyes, she unconsciously shivered.
“Since this Young Lord wants to buy pills, then please accompany us inside. Heavenly Le Medicine Square, Fragrance City’s largest pill shop, will definitely not disappoint the Young Lord!” The lead shop assistant smiled as he spoke to Yang Kai.
Having reached this point, if he tried to pull back, it would only bring disdain upon himself; not to mention, the other side had made it quite clear that even if he wanted to walk away he wouldn’t be able to.
“We’ll settle this once we get back!” Yang Kai coldly snorted before calmly walking towards Heavenly Le Medicine Square.
Bi Luo’s expression dimmed slightly at this, and she anxiously kept up. Her enchanting face was filled with a mix of displeasure and grief.
Stepping into Heavenly Le Medicine Square, before Yang Kai had even had a chance to glance around, he felt a sharp and hostile gaze fall upon him.
Staring back at the source of this gaze, Yang Kai’s expression became cold.
He had never before seen such a burly man. He was no different from a tower, at least two heads taller than the average man with an incredibly muscular frame. His physique appeared full of explosive power, every part of his body seemed to ripple with vitality, akin to a great beast standing there before him.
What stood out most though was his pair of narrow squinting eyes, only revealing a small gap, radiating a cold light, and his mouth was similarly curled into a chilly grin.
Although he hadn’t yet exchanged blows with him, Yang Kai still felt slightly pressured by this brawny man’s imposing aura. Le Yu’s combat effectiveness, he estimated, was no worse than Qiu Yi Meng’s, possibly even somewhat higher.
“Le Yu, what do you want to do?” As soon as Bi Luo came in, she immediately frowned and said, “He is an honored guest of my mistress, you should not act too presumptuously.”
“Mistress Demon Queen’s honoured guest?” Le Yu couldn’t help but show a startled expression but soon after revealed a disdainful sneer, and his eyes filled with cold light, “Him? Who the hell is he? What qualifications does he have to be Mistress Demon Queen’s honored guest?”
Apparently, Le Yu thought Bi Luo was simply trying to intimidate him and did not take her seriously.
“I’m serious,” Bi Luo said anxiously. “If anything should happen to him, it will cost you your life. Mistress’s anger isn’t something to take lightly, even your Le Family won’t be able to save you.”
“Enough!” Le Yu roared impatiently. Watching Bi Luo treat Yang Kai so favourable only deepened the resentment in his heart, but eventually he showed a cold grin, “So what if he’s the Mistress Demon Queen’s guest? As long as he doesn’t die then everything is fine, right? Hmph, look at his scrawny arms and legs, this Young Master disdains to even attack him, lest others say I am bully a weakling.”
Hearing this, Bi Luo heaved a sigh of relief, “Good, you still have a little bit of sense!”
As long as Le Yu didn’t personally take action, things wouldn’t escalate too far.
As these two carried on their discussion, Yang Kai simply observed from the side. His brow slightly wrinkled as things developed, and he eventually said, “Whatever grievances you two have you should solve them on your own, I said before I’ve only come here to buy pills.”
“Buy pills?” Le Yu grinned meaningfully, “We indeed have many pills here for sale, if others wish to buy them, we will sell things at fair prices, but you, little brat, if you want to buy something, I’m afraid things won’t be so easy.”
“Le Yu, are you going to insist on being like that?” Bi Luo’s look also became cold, “Is Heavenly Le Medicine Square not an open and fair business? Must you intentionally try to embarrass him?”
“Indeed I must embarrass him, unless of course… hah, if Young Lady Bi Luo were to promise to marry me! As long as you swear an oath to marry me, I will immediately kowtow before this little brat and provide an appropriate compensation for any previous slights.” Le Yu shifted his gaze towards Bi Luo as he revealed an arrogant grin.
“Keep dreaming!” Bi Luo immediately refused, “This Young Lady would rather marry a dog than marry you!”
Le Yu was not phased by her answer, and instead just laughed it off, as if nothing Bi Luo could say to him would arouse his anger.
After an instant, Le Yu shifted his eyes back to Yang Kai, his smile still icy cold and disdainful, “Little brat, seems you have bad luck. Since she refuses to marry me, if seems you’ll have to suffer some inconvenience.”
“What pills do you want to buy?” Le Yu then suddenly asked.
Bi Luo, thinking Le Yu was willing to take a step back, suddenly relaxed slightly and quickly said, “Soul restoring and Soul nourishing pills.”
“Good, we have plenty of those in stock!” Le Yu nodded and waved, “Take out all the pills we have with such effects!”
The shop assistants inside the pharmacy quickly nodded, and a moment later had brought out a dozen or so bottles of pills.
“En, please have all of these sent to the palace, after a few days I will come to deliver payment.” Bi Luo smiled lightly and looked at Le Yu, “Seems like even though you’re just a bear you’re not completely unreasonable.”
“Heh heh!” Le Yu grinned meaningfully before glancing towards Yang Kai, “Of course I’m not unreasonable, I’m simply earning this little friend here some face!”
“Face is earned by myself, not given to me by others.” Yang Kai coldly snorted. Being involved in this troublesome matter for no reason, he was extremely unhappy.
If he was not happy, no one would be.
“Very good!” Le Yu laughed, seemingly now somewhat enjoying this. “Since you’ve said so little friend, I will give you two choices. First, take these pills and then leave Fragrance City, the farther you roll the better, just make sure that in this life you never appear in front of me again.”
“I chose the second option!” Yang Kai looked back at him indifferently and instantly cut him off.
Le Yu was stunned for a moment before he grinned happily, “Good! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a crazy arrogant little bastard.”
Saying so, he signaled towards a few of the young shop assistants who were standing nearby, “You guys, play with him a bit, regardless of the outcome, these pills afterwards will belong to him.”
Bi Luo was startled and immediately objecting, “Hey, Le Yu, don’t go too far! All of them are True Element Boundary masters, if it’s one on one then so be it, but making them all gang up on him, don’t you think your bullying him too much?”
“Bullying him too much?” Le Yu shot back disdainfully, “Here, in this place, this little bastard can’t compare with this Young Master’s financial power, or family power, so the only thing he can compare with this Young Master with is strength! Since he dares act so arrogantly he must show he has the strength to back it up!”
The few young shop assistants who were called up grinned menacingly. All of them cracked their knuckles and shook their heads, as they slowly walked forward and encircled Yang Kai.
These youths were not pushovers either. All of them at least had reached the True Element Boundary Third or Fourth Stage. One of them even had a cultivation at the True Element Boundary Sixth Stage.
Inside the Heavenly Le Medicine Square, a few old men squinted. Their expressions were dull and indifferent. Although they were Immortal Ascension Boundary masters who served the Le Family, they would not lower themselves to intervene in the battle between young people.
Not to mention that given how prideful Le Yu was, he would not allow them to do so. Yang Kai and Bi Luo arriving together proved that their relationship was certainly unordinary, but such experts acting against them would only serve to stir up the other Immortal Ascension Boundaries in the city and possibly even arouse Shan Qing Luo’s ire, making the situation extremely troublesome.
Youth fighting amongst themselves was simply a matter of course. It was not something they would involve themselves in.
Because of this, these old men would simply open one eye and close the other. This was, after all, not the first time they had witnessed their young master bully someone. Even him killing people wasn’t uncommon, either way it wasn’t a big deal.
“Little brat, it’s too late for you to regret it. I, your Uncle, won’t allow you to choose again!” Le Yu laughed wildly.
However, as Le Yu laughed, Yang Kai had already begun to move.
A True Element Boundary Third Stage uniformed youth only saw something in his vision before he felt his whole body suddenly lift up and a sharp pain radiating from his chest before he immediately fell unconscious.
*Peng peng peng…*
A series of muffled bangs rang out as three or four limp figures flew out. Accompanied by the sound of bones cracking, in just a blink of the eye, Le Yu’s henchmen all crashed into the shop walls before falling to the ground. Only the True Element Boundary Sixth Stage cultivator remained.
But before this man could recover from the shock of his companions being blasted out, the vague image of a man flashed in front of him.
In a panic, he instinctively tried to defend himself, but the other party easily broke open his guard, and he found himself immediately suppressed.
A rain of fists flew towards him, each one seemingly ethereal and illusory, superimposing themselves onto one another, and all of them seemingly landed on his body simultaneously.
*Pa pa pa pa…*
His True Qi was unable to block a single one of these strikes, and the sound of all his bones shattering rang out.
Following this explosion of punches, Yang Kai swiftly landed a kick on the man’s shoulder and sent him flying tens of meters like a rag sack before he fell to the ground, motionless.
Le Yu’s pupils suddenly shrank. At the moment Yang Kai took action, he had instantly become aware of his strength; that sudden burst of True Qi, its force and purity, it was so great he almost couldn’t believe his eyes. Before he could collect himself, his few henchmen had all been beaten senseless.
“Tss…”
Bi Luo’s charming eyes bulged, and her expression was completely aghast as she gazed in pure shock towards Yang Kai.
Although she had been in contact with Yang Kai several times, she actually didn’t know too much about him. The only thing she knew was that his cultivation realm wasn’t too high.
This was the first time she had seen him fight.
In a flash, four or five True Element Boundary cultivators had all been crushed, just how powerful was he?
Was this really something a True Element Boundary Fifth Stage cultivator could achieve? Bi Luo’s heart couldn’t help but tremble.
All of a sudden, she understood why her mistress valued him so highly.
This little True Element Boundary Fifth Stage brat was definitely unusual!
Inside Heavenly Le Medicine Square, those few old men also narrowed their eyes, and were unable to suppress their surprise.
Yang Kai had struck decisively and extremely ruthlessly. These few True Element Boundary uniformed youths all had at least a dozen broken bones each. The True Element Boundary Sixth Stage man was in even more tragic shape. From what they saw, they estimated that he would be bedridden for at least six months.
Such a powerful and overbearing young man, how come they had never heard of him before?
In the midst of all this chaos, Yang Kai simply stood there indifferently, glancing around once at the youths before him, he soon called out, “Bi Luo!”
“Hm?” Bi Luo, still in shock, quickly responded.
“Take the pills, we’re leaving.”
“En!” Bi Luo hurriedly stepped forward and received the dozen or so bottles of pills that the shop assistant was holding, before somewhat dazedly following behind Yang Kai.
“What to leave!?” Le Yu bellowed, like a thunderbolt on a calm sunny day disturbing the entire street. With a great roar, he leapt out, flew above everyone’s heads and suddenly fell in front of Yang Kai, blocking the way, as he angrily glared at him, “After injuring my people, you want to just walk away? Stop dreaming!”
“What do you want?” Yang Kai stared back coldly at him.
“Play with me for a bit!” Le Yu cracked his neck, and a burst of crackling noise sounded out, “If you can’t beat me, don’t even think about leaving here!”
“Le Yu, don’t go too far!” Bi Luo frowned.
“I’ve already got what I wanted, what capital do you have to get me to act?” Yang Kai looked at him disdainfully.
However, Le Yu just sneered, “A Soul nourishing pill… there’s a Soul nourishing pill inside my Heavenly Le Medicine Square of Mysterious Grade Low-Rank!”
“Not interested!”
A Mysterious Grade Low-Rank pill was indeed very valuable, but if there was only one, it really couldn’t attract Yang Kai’s attention, no matter how good the pill was, it was ultimately only something disposable to be eaten.
“A Mysterious Grade pill isn’t enough for you?” Le Yu’s brow wrinkled slightly. It was, after all, not an ordinary pill, but one used to replenish Spiritual Energy. The value of such a pill, compared to other Mysterious Grade pills, was significantly higher, and it was worth at least tens of thousands of silvers.
On top of that, a Mysterious Grade pill wasn’t something that could be casually refined. In the entire Great Han Dynasty the number of Mysterious Grade Alchemist numbered no more than thirty people, yet he actually didn’t care about such a rare treasure? Wasn’t this little brat’s vision a bit too high?
“Not interested!” Yang Kai casually repeated himself.
“Bastard!” Le Yu’s eyes suddenly became cold, and his True Qi ferociously burst out, “I, your Uncle, don’t care if you’re interested or not! Since Uncle here is determined to fight with you, you have no choice but to fight!”
Done talking, Le Yu roared as the ground beneath his feet began to crack and rocks and dust flew about randomly.
An ominous dark purple light began to radiate from Le Yu’s body, pulsating out shockwaves that crashed upon Yang Kai’s body.
“Le Yu, if you dare hurt him you’re dead!” Bi Luo’s beautiful face paled as she cried out fiercely.
Although Yang Kai had instantaneously just defeated a few True Element Boundary cultivators, fully demonstrating just how great his strength was, Le Yu was an entirely different story. Throughout the Ash-Gray Cloud Evil Land he was quite a famous existence. Though he wasn’t a peak rank master, he was still well known for his remarkable combat strength. Within the younger generation there were few who could fight evenly with him.
Moreover, Le Yu was a bloodthirsty person. All those whom he had ‘played’ with in the past had died miserable deaths. Not a single one had survived.
Because Bi Luo didn’t know if Yang Kai was his opponent, how could she not worry? If something were to go wrong, how could she possibly explain to Shan Qing Luo?
As these thoughts raced through her head, Yang Kai’s True Qi burst forth.
*Pu pu pu….*
Sending out his True Qi, the two auras wildly collided with each other and Le Yu’s invisible attack was dissolved.
Without enough time to even breathe though, Yang Kai suddenly saw Le Yu’s face fill with a wild grin.
His expression rapidly changed, and Yang Kai swiftly leapt high into the air.
*Ci…*
Suddenly, from the place he was just standing, sharp rays of the same ominous light burst out from the ground.
“Oh…” Le Yu’s eyes flashed a cold light, apparently he didn’t expect Yang Kai to have been so alert that he would manage to dodge this sneak attack.
A raging ball of flame suddenly broke out around Yang Kai as he stood in mid-air. Pushing his True Yang Yuan Qi to its limit, his image suddenly flickered as he rapidly descended, like a swooping eagle striking from the sky. This blow contained a devastating force.
Feeling this immense heat and pressure rapidly approaching him from above, Le Yu didn’t dare to be neglectful. Steadying his stance, he raised both his palms to the sky.
*Hong hong hong…*
As the pair’s True Qis furiously collided, shockwaves burst forth in all directions, and each one visibly distorted the surroundings. As a result of this Earth shaking collision, Le Yu’s towering body was actually slowly driven into the ground.
This was not however because his strength being weaker than Yang Kai’s, but rather a result of the ground not being able to withstand such a heavy bombardment. Where Le Yu stood, all around him, deep cracks radiated out.
Seeing this, the chill in Yang Kai eyes only became heavier. Without hesitation, he poured his True Qi into this attack and forced Le Yu further into the ground.
Aware of his opponent’s intention, Le Yu roared like a raging beast as his muscles bulged, and he exhausted the full potential of his body, as he struck back.
Half of Fragrance City trembled under the force of this confrontation. The surrounding shops all fragmented and blew apart as those unfortunate enough to be inside them cried out in terror, as they quickly tried to escape.
Even Heavenly Le Medicine Square couldn’t avoid being affected.
Yang Kai’s expression remained steadfast, as he stood without the slightest intention to avoid this blow.
[Burning Sun’s Three Layer Blast!]
Three explosive waves of True Yang Yuan Qi shot out and instantly superimposed themselves in front of Yang Kai.
*Boom…*
The remaining half of Le Yu’s giant frame was instantly smashed into the ground by the force of this explosion while Yang Kai leapt backwards from the rebounding force and stood firmly on the ground. His expression was slightly pale.
In this exchange, Le Yu had actually not suffered; it was instead Yang Kai who had taken some damage.
But to abruptly be pounded into the ground, Le Yu had lost all face!
Silence fell. The crowd watching this spectacle stared silently at Yang Kai with their eyes full of shock and horror. None of them had dreamed that Le Yu would be shamed in such a way.
“What happened?” Someone asked as many figures rapidly flew over, including all of the city’s Immortal Ascension Boundary masters.
Fragrance City, under the management of Shan Qing Luo, experienced very little street fighting. However, the battle today was so loud and violent that even these normally aloof Immortal Ascension Boundary cultivators couldn’t help running over to investigate the situation.
Upon discovering that this fight actually involved Le Yu, all of them felt stunned.
However, the key was, Le Yu seemed to have suffered a loss. His body was buried into the ground, and his opponent was unexpectedly… just a teenage youth!
“What is going on? Who is Le Yu fighting with?” A number of these new arrivals quickly asked the several Immortal Ascension Boundary old men who were occupying Heavenly Le Medicine Square.
“Who is that youth? How is he fighting Le Yu head on?”
One of the Le Family masters smiled wryly, “We don’t know where this little brat suddenly appeared from but according to what that little girl Bi Luo said, he is some distinguished guest of Mistress Demon Queen!”
“Mistress Demon Queen’s honoured guest? How come we haven’t heard of him then?”
“Forget about that for now, what should we do about the current situation?”
“There’s nothing we can do. Young Master has never eaten such a big loss before, no doubt he has become completely enraged.”
“Hah… hahaha…” From inside the recently appeared pit, Le Yu suddenly laughed a few times. He raised his head and gloomily stared towards Yang Kai. The chill in his eyes all but solidified as he growled in a low voice, “No one has ever dared do this to me! Little brat, you have some courage!”
As he spoke, the ominous purple glow once again appeared around his body, and this time, this demonic light seemed to form a tattooed pattern upon Le Yu’s skin.
“Demonic Purple Qi Body!” Someone amongst the Immortal Ascension Boundary masters who were watching suddenly exclaimed, “Le Yu actually wants to use this move?”
“Oh no, Young Master can’t suppress the Demonic Qi within him, quickly stop him!”
“It’s too late! Shit! What the hell is that little brat? How could he have forced Young Master into using this technique?”
The surrounding group of people’s foreheads all began to fill with sweat, but unfortunately there was nothing they could do. They could only hope that Le Yu would quickly defeat Yang Kai as soon as possible so he could then disperse the Demonic Purple Qi Body.
Demonic Purple Qi Body, it was a Martial Skill which had originated from an Evil Spirit that resided within the Evil Cavern.
If a cultivator continuously absorbed the unique Evil Spirit Qi from these Evil Spirits for many years, and if their luck was good enough and their aptitude high enough, they had a chance to comprehend this Martial Skill.
Every year, many cultivators would enter the Evil Cavern wanting to explore the mysteries hidden within, of course, many who entered never returned.
Occasionally, some people who luckily escaped alive, and upon returning managed to comprehend this Demonic Purple Qi Body.
Le Yu was amongst those who had successful cultivated this skill! Therefore, Every year he would make the journey to the Evil Cavern to absorb Evil Spirit Qi in order to enhance the power of this Martial Skill.
After many years of cultivation, this Martial Skill was able to play a significant role.
Upon activating the Demonic Purple Qi Body Martial Skill, Le Yu gained a significant boost in strength, and his eyes revealed a look of madness and malice. Leaping up onto the ground, while releasing a deranged laughter, he charged towards Yang Kai. Swiftly arriving before his opponent, a great mace appeared in Le Yu’s hand. Its surface was covered in crimson red blood stains
This mace had obviously killed a lot of people.
Le Yu was going all out!
Everyone present who witnessed this scene was fully aware that he was incomparably angry, so he didn’t hesitate to use his Demonic Purple Qi Body and summon his artifact. Obviously he had no intent on holding back at all.
“Yang Kai, be careful! Right now he’s not thinking rationally!” Bi Luo’s beautiful face went pale as she screamed towards Yang Kai.
However, Yang Kai simply glanced at her coldly before snorting disdainfully.
Seeing this head-on attack filled with Evil Qi, Yang Kai did not hesitate to recall his True Yang Yuan Qi back into his dantian.
Immediately, the Demonic Qi contained within his Unyielding Golden Skeleton burst out.
*Hua…*
As if a dark cloud had suddenly blotted out the sky, darkness descended all around and instantly engulfed all the surrounding light, which caused everyone to feel like the world had suddenly gone dark. All of them unable to even see their surroundings.
Immediately, two scarlet eyes gleamed in the darkness, and just like Le Yu’s, they were filled with madness blood thirst and cruelty.
“Such strong Evil Qi!” Everyone was shocked at the sight of Yang Kai’s transformation, leaving all of them temporarily dumbfounded.
Which of these Immortal Ascension Boundary masters’ Divine Senses weren’t extremely sharp or possessed incredible vision? How could they not detect that Yang Kai’s Evil Qi was of an even higher dimension than Le Yu’s.
“This couldn’t be another Martial Skill obtained from the Evil Cavern, right? But then why does it look similar to Le Yu’s?”
In addition to difference in colour of the two’s auras, not much else appeared different.
“No, they’re not the same!” One of the stronger Immortal Ascension Boundary masters quickly said in amazement, “Look, can you see? Although the look in their eyes is similar, Le Yu’s clearly don’t show much sentience, like his entire being has been consumed with madness and he’s simply moving on instinct whereas that youth… he still looks perfectly calm.”
“Could it be that he’s able to suppress the Evil Qi within his body?”
“It’s quite likely!”
“Wha… what a monster!” The group of people gathered around suddenly shouted out involuntarily. Only the few Immortal Ascension Boundary masters from Heavenly Le Medicine Square began to frown.
“You’re dead, heh heh!” Le Yu kept muttering, his eyes clouded over with madness as he glared towards his prey. The great mace was tightly gripped in his hands as he slowly approached. The raging pressure bursting from his body constantly swept towards Yang Kai.
Suddenly, Yang Kai flicked his wrist and the blood-red Asura Sword appeared in his hand.
Once this sword appeared, the entire area was filled with an overwhelming amount of murderous Qi.
“A Heaven Grade artifact!” Exclaimed one of the nearby Immortal Ascension Boundary masters.
Heaven Grade artifacts were extremely rare, and even amongst the many masters gathered here, only a few of them had a Heaven Grade artifact.
On top of that, it was a sword type Heaven Grade artifact, something worth significantly more than a normal artifact.
As soon as the sword appeared, the Evil Qi radiating from this unknown youth seemed to suddenly grow stronger and continued to increase in intensity.
So young, with such tyrannical strength, possessing a Heaven Grade artifact, an honoured guest of the Beguiling Demon Queen…
Just who the hell was this little brat…
Aware of how unusual this situation was, the Le Family’s several Immortal Ascension Boundary masters immediately had cold sweat drip down their foreheads.
Could he be the direct descendant of one of the other Demon Kings? If that was the case, then Le Yu had no doubt brought great trouble to the Le Family.
“Young Lady Bi Luo Girl, Young Lady Bi Luo!” One of the old men from the Le Family quietly came up to Bi Luo and cautiously whispered, “What is the identity of this Young Lord?”
Bi Luo continued staring towards Yang Kai, and her seductive face had lost all blood becoming ashen grey, “I do not know, he was simply brought back by Mistress, all I was told was that he was an honored guest.”
“You don’t know anything about him?” This master did not give up, continuing to probe her for information.
However, Bi Luo simply shook her head slowly.
*Boom…*
As the two of them talked, Le Yu and Yang Kai had begun. Le Yu’s large mace, covered in purple Qi, smashed down, and each strike contained a lot of raw power, which constantly smashed Yang Kai’s blood red Sword Qi shadows.
Le Yu’s tough muscles rippled along with the heavy mace firmly gripped in his hand as he viciously swung it about. Each blow contained a heaven shaking might, which caused swaths of devastation each time it was brandished.
Yang Kai’s thousands of Sword Qi blades encircled his body and didn’t even have time to play a role before they were destroyed.
His expression became stern as Yang Kai swung his Asura Sword again and sent out numerous dark sword waves condensed from his True Qi straight towards Le Yu, seemingly splitting the space between them in half.
Le Yu laughed madly, not even trying to dodge, and instead struck out with his mace once more.
With an earth shaking bang, the dark sword wave shattered, and although Le Yu shook violently, he hadn’t taken any real damage. So, he continued to dash forward while swinging his mace towards Yang Kai, as if consumed by madness.
Engulfed in black Demonic Qi, Yang Kai’s blood-red eyes radiated a cold, sharp light.
The black gas concentrated on his palms before he thrust forward violently.
[White Tiger Seal! Divine Ox Seal!]
With a fierce tiger roar and grand ox bellow, two gigantic demonic beast phantoms appeared and sent out thick murderous auras as they charged forward.
*Rumble*
As the ground trembled violently under their charge, a burst of madness spread from Le Yu’s eyes. Not showing the slightest fear, he instead laughed wildly and roared, “Good, good! But it’s still not enough! When you die, I’ll drink your blood dry! You’re worthy of such an honour!”
Swinging his mace twice at his attackers, Le Yu instantly struck flying the two phantoms, causing them to roar miserably as their figures dispersed.
However, in the brief time he was distracted, Yang Kai had managed to form three dense Sword Qi blades before him, and sent them flying towards Le Yu’s chest!
Two months ago, Yang Kai wouldn’t have been capable of such delicate manipulation of his Qi.
But after cultivating Xiao Fu Sheng’s Yuan Qi control techniques while he stayed on Hidden Cloud Peak, his ability to wield this Demonic Qi had been enhanced greatly.
Although he hadn’t mastered this ability, his control was still much better than before.
Seeing the fast approaching Sword Qi blades, cold sweat instinctively appeared on Le Yu’s brow, and his Purple Demonic Qi burst forth in an attempt to block Yang Kai’s attack.
*Bang bang bang*, shockwaves spread as the two Demonic Qi’s clashed and caused the road’s thick stones to crack and nearby debris to fly out.
As the two Demonic Qis burst, Le Yu’s figure disappeared completely in the darkness.
“Ah…” Bi Luo’s mouth hung agape as she stared dumbfounded at the sight before her. Since the beginning of the battle, Yang Kai’s combat strength had continuously defied her expectations and caused her to wonder just how great his strength really was.
The mystery and profoundness of this youth had exceeded Bi Luo’s understanding completely.
“Young Master…” The Le Family’s several Immortal Ascension Boundary masters cried out, but soon steadied themselves. Under the investigation of their Divine Senses, they soon discovered that Le Yu’s vitality hadn’t diminished at all, and instead, his rage was rapidly growing.
“This little brat is too amazing. He can fight evenly with Le Yu head on, ha ha ha, I really want to see what Old Dog Le’s expression will be when he hears about this!” One of the Immortal Ascension Boundary masters who had been observing laughed loudly, seeming to take great pleasure in seeing Le Yu being bullied.
Le Wu Ji, the Le Family’s previous patriarch, was a Peak Immortal Ascension Boundary masters and an Elder of Fragrance City.
“What a pity that several of the Elders and Mistress Demon Queen have all gone to Beast King’s territory! Seems like they won’t know about this for a while!” Another spectator gloated.
The few Le Family Immortal Ascension Boundary experts all suddenly wore bitter expressions and glared back angrily at these people.
Yang Kai cold expression had also become serious, and his brow wrinkled slightly as he felt the changes in Le Yu’s aura.
Suddenly, a speck of gloomy purple light appeared inside the thick black Qi. At first glance it only appeared like a small flame, but it soon spread outwards becoming an engulfing fire.
*Xiu xiu xiu…*
As the purple Demonic Qi burst through the darkness, it struck towards Yang Kai with lightning speed.
This purple Demonic Qi was so dense it had nearly solidified, as if it was a real flame, but strangely not only did it not give off the slightest heat, but instead radiated a bitter cold.
*Pa pa pa pa…*
Yang Kai’s own Demonic Qi moved to counterattack. The black and purple Qi’s clashed violently, and actually formed a delicate balance that neither side was able to overwhelm the other.
After a moment of struggle, the purple Qi drew back, and the previous engulfing darkness seemed to burn away as Le Yu’s burly body once again appeared in everyone’s sight.
“Heh heh heh…” Le Yu grinned menacingly as he rested his giant mace upon his shoulder.
Yang Kai’s expression became somber as he suddenly discovering that he had unknowingly become contaminated by the purple demonic flames!
A bone chilling cold spread from the location of the flame and soon engulfed his entire body.
This demonic fire not only caused him to feel a biting chill, it also impeded the flow of his True Qi within his body.
This wasn’t actually a type of flame, but instead an effect the purple Demonic Qi acquired when it reached a certain degree of intensity.
As his body’s temperature rapidly decreased, and the Evil Qi he was sending out became sluggish, Yang Kai was quickly covered in a layer of frost, and even his his hair and clothes froze, giving them a white sheen.
Le Yu’s mouth twisted into a cold grin.
“You’re dead!”
As he spoke, the purple tattoos on Le Yu’s body seemed to come alive, leaping from his body to transform into a terrifying fiery serpent that lunged towards Yang Kai.
“Looks like this little brat is finished.” One of the nearby Immortal Ascension Boundary masters commented as he watched with great interest. His exclamation echoed the thoughts of those present. With the exception of those from the Le Family, all of these spectators were excited to see such a violent all out fight, but seeing the current situation had basically concluded the outcome.
If his body wasn’t frozen, he may have still been able to fight with Le Yu, but now that he had his movements impeded, how could he avoid Le Yu’s onslaught?
Not holding anything back, Le Yu also rushed towards Yang Kai with his mace as his purple Qi snakes closed in.
“Stop!” Bi Luo cried out sharply, but how could the deranged Le Yu who could only think of slaughtering Yang Kai pay her any mind?
In that instant, around the half frozen Yang Kai suddenly bloomed a blood red storm of petals.
The seemingly intoxicating petals rippled about.
But soon these individual petals assembled together and took the form of a giant begonia flower in full bloom, which wrapped Yang Kai in a protective shield that left not the slightest gap exposed.
“Another Heaven Grade artifact?”
The eyes of all the surrounding Immortal Ascension Boundary masters protruded and almost fell out of their sockets.
How was such a thing possible?!
If Yang Kai taking out a single Heaven Grade artifact had made them realize he had a significant background, then a second appearing made them all realize they had still far underestimated the force supporting him from behind.
At the very least, it was not something the Le Family could even be compared to.
What kind of force could afford to give a single young man two Heaven Grade artifacts? Moreover two extremely powerful slaughtering type artifacts?
The Le Family absolutely couldn’t do such a thing! Even a genius like Le Yu only had a single Heaven Grade artifact on him.
Was this youth a direct relative of one of the other five Great Evil Kings, or perhaps the disciple of some unparalleled hidden master?
The Le Family’s Immortal Ascension Boundary masters all had their jaws hanging loose and were unable to utter a single word.
“What are you fools still standing around stunned for? Quickly stop Le Yu!” One of the other spectating Immortal Ascension masters quickly reminded, not wanting to see the situation develop to an irredeemable height.
“Ah!” The Le Family’s masters were shaken awake from their stupor, and without hesitating they shot towards the battlefield.
Arriving before that budding Thousand Blossoming Blood Begonia, Le Yu held up his mace and swung down with all his might.
The petal barrier instantly fragmented and revealed Yang Kai’s figure.
Instantly, Yang Kai shot out, vomiting a mouthful of blood. However, the purple demonic flames originally wrapping his body had also somehow disappeared.
Still shivering slightly from the cold, Yang Kai’s hand waved to summon the thousands of blood red petals.
At the same time, he also thrust the Asura Sword forward ruthlessly.
A huge sword wave quickly shot out towards Le Yu.
Le Yu’s pupils shrank. Letting out a ferocious roar, all of his muscles bulged, as he lifted his mace to block this sword wave while desperately resisting the surrounding petal blades.
“Enough!” The Le Family’s Immortal Ascension masters finally arrived with a shout. One of them stood before Yang Kai, and the rest surrounded Le Yu, simultaneously protecting and suppressing him.
With these several experts all of a sudden gathered together, it only took a small gesture before the Thousand Blossoming Blood Begonia petals and the Asura Sword Qi were all blocked.
“Young Master, please calm down!”
“Move! I’m going to kill him! I have to kill him!” Le Yu’s True Qi furiously burst forth, as he waved his mace madly towards the Immortal Ascension masters in front of him, “Block me and I’ll kill you too!”
These Immortal Ascension Boundary masters all exchanged a glance, and each of them carried a deep frustration in their eyes before suddenly coming to a consensus to deliver a quick strike.
With a loud bang, these masters had instantly knocked Le Yu unconscious.
None of them had wanted to use such a last resort, stunning Le Yu like this. After all, by doing so he was bound to suffer extreme backlash from his Demonic Purple Qi Body since he still could not completely control this demonic energy.
Because they had been concerned about this, even though they knew Yang Kai had a strong background, they still had not stopped the fight.
But after Yang Kai had come up with a second Heaven Grade artifact, even if they didn’t want to do this they had no choice.
The situation couldn’t be allowed to get further out of control.
Even if Le Yu ended up badly hurt, it wasn’t too important. The key was to not thoroughly offend the force behind Yang Kai.
This force no doubt was extremely powerful; it was not something their Le Family could afford to provoke.
What’s more, he was also Shan Qing Luo guest! As such, they truly couldn’t afford to offend him too greatly.
“What the meaning for this?” Yang Kai looked towards the Le Family Immortal Ascension master in front of him with an indifferent expression, as he slowly recalled his Thousand Blossoming Blood Begonia.
“Honoured Young Lord…” The Le Family Immortal Ascension master cringed slightly as he cupped his fists while trying to put on a friendly smile, “Please restrain your anger, I’m sure you can see that our young master’s Demonic Purple Qi Body causes him to lose his rationality. The situation here developing into a life and death struggle is surely not something anyone here wishes to see…”
Yang Kai raised his brow slightly before letting out a sneer, “Your Le Family certainly thinks highly of themselves, if you want someone to fight with you they must fight, but once you want to stop, they have to stop?”
“This…” The Le Family Immortal Ascension Boundary master was suddenly speechless, and his face flushed in embarrassment.
However, he was also unable to say anything. After all, this Young Lord had come here only to buy some pills, yet their young master had insisted on insulting and provoking conflict with him.
While this master was still struggling to find an appropriate answer, Yang Kai lightly said, “Since he’s already been knocked out by you, even if I want to continue I suppose I can’t.”
“Thank you, Young Lord!” The Le Family master happily smiled, relieved that this youth seemed to be more amenable than he had expected.
Yang Kai just coldly snorted in response, but before he could turn away, a cold voice called out, “This isn’t over yet!”
Upon hearing this, all of the Le Family members suddenly wore bitter expressions.
Bi Luo carefully walked behind Yang Kai while holding a dozen bottles of Soul restoring pills in her arms. Her pair of beautiful eyes were fixed on the stalwart figure in front of her, and her brow was knitted while her expression remained complex.
What she had done today had really caused her to regret.
If not for her specially taking him to Heavenly Le Medicine Square, then none of this would have happened. All she had wanted was to use Le Yu to teach him a lesson, but the result had been far more complex than she had anticipated, causing her to thoroughly offend him. Why did he have to be so powerful, even able to fight on par with Le Yu?
Confused and muddleheaded, Bi Luo didn’t know what she should do next or how she should face him.
The whole way back, Yang Kai’s silent and indifferent treatment towards her made her feel all the more uncomfortable.
Finally, when they arrived back at the palace, Bi Luo couldn’t bear it any longer and swiftly stepped in front of Yang Kai, blocking his path and angrily growling, “Why won’t you say anything?”
However, Yang Kai simply glanced at her slightly, which caused her brow to wrinkle further.
“Hey!” Bi Luo waved her hand in front of his face, “What’s with you, ignoring me like this? I get that you’re some kind of amazing genius, but that shouldn’t be a reason to flat out disregard me. I’ll admit that before, I took you to Heavenly Le Medicine Square intentionally to let Le Yu teach you a lesson, but that’s also your fault! Who told you to be so annoying? I didn’t think things would get so out of hand so… well… sorry, okay? You don’t need to be so angry!”
Although Bi Luo was originally an orphan and did not have the slightest relation to nobility, but now, no matter how you put it, she was Shan Qing Luo’s most trusted confidant, and along with her enchanting beauty, her eyes had long ago found their way to the top of her head, which gave her an arrogant temper.
Coupled with her unique ‘interests’, she had never put any man in the eyes.
Shan Qing Luo bringing back Yang Kai that day and not only letting him live in Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion but also sending three of the most beautiful maids to serve him personally had naturally annoyed Bi Luo a little.
She immediately didn’t have a good impression of Yang Kai and only tolerated his presence because of Shan Qing Luo’s orders, but she never treated him the slightest bit seriously.
It wasn’t until today when Yang Kai showed strength no weaker than Le Yu that Bi Luo realized that he was a bit different from other men, and she also understood why Shan Qing Luo valued him so highly.
With her temper and arrogance, being able to honestly apologize at this time was already the limit of what she could do.
Standing still, Yang Kai simply frowned and continued to stare back at her silently.
Seeing his lack of reaction, Bi Luo became unhappy and indignant, “I’ve already apologized to you so can’t you just forgive me already? As a man aren’t you acting a bit too petty?”
Yang Kai suddenly reached out a hand and grabbed hold of Bi Luo’s shirt, dragging her before him.
Bi Luo’s beautiful face instantly went pale and almost reflexively tried to counterattack, but when she remembered the horrifying combat strength Yang Kai had showed earlier, she could only cry out angrily, “What are you doing?!”
“Plot against me again and I’ll kill you!” Yang Kai coldly snorted.
From the firm glare in his eyes and his frigid tone, Bi Luo immediately realized that what he had just said was no joke, and her heart clenched and cold sweat dripped down her back.
Just when she was about to stubbornly try to talk back, Yang Kai suddenly released her, and his face instantly went pale as he spat out of mouthful of blood.
Within this blood was also a trace of purple energy that thrashed about violently, almost like it was alive.
“Ah…” Bi Luo exclaimed.
“Get lost!” Yang Kai suddenly swept a palm wind towards Bi Luo, sending her flying more than a dozen meters away, the next moment a purple fire engulfed his body.
As a chilling cold spread, Yang Kai’s hair and clothes instantaneously became white with frost, an ice-cold aura burst forth.
*Crack…*
With Yang Kai as the center, a radius of a dozen or so meters instantly became an ice filled domain.
Bi Luo’s beautiful eyes flashed violently as she stared at Yang Kai.
It turns out that he hadn’t actually been able to completely resolve the power of Le Yu’s attacks, but had instead used some method to temporarily seal this Demonic Qi within his body, and now it had broken free.
This was Purple Demonic Spirit Fire that originated from Evil Spirits that dwelled in the Evil Cavern!
Of course, it wasn’t a true flame, but rather the Purple Demonic Qi condensed into a form of energy. Le Yu had been absorbing and refining this Demonic Qi for some time now and could already somewhat incorporate it into his attacks.
This Demonic Qi was unusually resilient. Once it infected someone, it was like maggots on rotting bones, and in combat, unless one’s strength far exceeded Le Yu’s, it would only be a matter of time before they would be consumed by this evil Qi and freeze to death.
Bi Luo had only heard about it and never had a chance to see it before until today.
“Are you hurt?” Bi Luo asked. Observing Yang Kai’s current condition, her annoyance once more gave way to guilt at the moment.
“Of course I’m hurt! You try taking a hit from that mace!” Yang Kai grit his teeth and took a deep breath as he circulated his True Yang Secret Art in an effort to repress the Purple Demonic Qi raging within his meridians.
Le Yu was indeed a master amongst the younger generation, although they had fought a seemingly even battle with Yang Kai appearing to attain the upper hand before the Le Family’s Immortal Ascension Boundary masters came out to stop them, but only Yang Kai was aware of what the end result truly was.
Yang Kai knew, if they had continued to fight, he didn’t have any grasp of winning! After all, Le Yu was still four minor realms above him, and had exceedingly high combat prowess.
On top of that, the giant mace he used contained a devastating power. Even using the Thousand Blossoming Blood Begonia to fully protect himself, Yang Kai still had his five viscera, six organs shifted under its assault and was unable to relieve himself until now.
“What are you going to do now then?” Bi Luo asked anxiously.
“Heal, obviously, you pig brain!”
“Oh… then we should hurry back!” Bi Luo stepped forward and helped Yang Kai, bringing him quickly to Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
Although Yang Kai had scolded her for having a pig brain, Bi Luo wasn’t annoyed at all. At the very least, she didn’t feel the same cold murderous intent Yang Kai had directed towards her earlier in his tone.
In other words, he wasn’t actually that angry with her anymore.
Back at Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
Yang Kai arrived swiftly at the first floor bath, stripped off his tattered clothes, and immersed himself in the warm water.
Outside, the three women sent to serve Yang Kai walked up and inquired to Bi Luo.
“What happened to the Young Lord?” The mature beauty Yun Li softly asked, aware that something was wrong.
“He fought with Le Yu and got some injuries,” Bi Luo muttered under her breath.
“Ah…” Yun Li quickly covered her luscious red lips with her delicate hand, and her enchanting eyes flashing a frightened light, “Do you mean Young Lord fought with the Le Family’s Young Master? How did such a thing happen?”
“Don’t ask too much, it was my fault.” Bi Luo said with a loud sigh before handing the bottles of pills she was carrying to Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing absentmindedly.
Yun Li observed thoughtfully for a short moment before understanding what had happened and quickly realized that asking any more wasn’t a wise choice.
“Elder Sister Yun, he seems to still be very upset with me, how should I apologize so he’ll forgive me?” After a brief awkward silence Bi Luo suddenly turned and asked.
“Apologize?” A trace of surprise flashed across Yun Li’s eyes as she looked at Bi Luo in astonishment before laughing lightly, “Little Bi Luo is willing to apologize to him, the sun must really be rising from the west today. Is it possible that towards him, you…”
“No!” Bi Luo glared at her fiercely before suddenly flashing a wicked smile, “What kind of lustful thoughts are you thinking? Do you want me to satisfy those hidden desires of yours?”
“Absolutely not!” Yun Li cried out in fright and quickly put some distance between herself and Bi Luo.
“Good, then tell me what I should do?”
Yun Li swiftly regained her charming smile, as her face blushed slightly, and she whispered, “In these cases a woman’s body is her strongest weapon…”
“You really do have only those kinds of thoughts on your brain! Enough already.” Bi Luo said angrily, somewhat exasperated, “Look after him well, I’ll head back first. If something happens to him, remember to let me know as soon as possible.”
“En.” Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing nodded.
In the bath, Yang Kai closed his eyes and circulated his True Yang Secret Art.
The Purple Demonic Qi flowing in his meridians was slowly burned through by his pure True Yang Yuan Qi. Part of it was then expelled from his body and some of it smelted into energy for his own use, while everything that remained was absorbed by his Unyielding Golden Skeleton.
Although this Qi was evil in nature, and it was extremely similar to the energies stored within his Unyielding Golden Skeleton, they were still somewhat different.
This was energy that Le Yu had cultivated; it incorporated his understanding of martial arts and contained traces of his aura.
Le Yu’s comprehension of the martial arts was obviously incompatible with Yang Kai so it could only be expelled.
The rest of this energy however was purely consisted of the Purple Spirit Demonic Qi from Evil Spirits within the Evil Cavern that Le Yu had absorbed, which could be absorbed by his Unyielding Golden Skeleton after being refined.
This evil energy was quite difficult to dissolve. Yang Kai spent a full three or four days before he finally managed to completely purge it from his meridians.
A light fluctuation arose from his Unyielding Golden Skeleton when he had finished. It seemed that this so-called Purple Spirit Demonic Qi quite suited its taste. This discovery involuntarily caused Yang Kai’s brow to twitch.
Although his battle with Le Yu did not have a final winner, such a fight had managed to completely stabilize his True Element Boundary Fifth Stage cultivation.
Yang Kai had also been able to compete with one of the top experts in his generation.
So far, the number of such difficult opponents he had faced were actually quite few: Nine Star Sword Sect’s Wu Cheng Yi, Qiu Family’s Qiu Yi Meng, and now Le Yu.
Each of these three were extraordinary talents, and all of them possessed strength that did not allow Yang Kai to underestimate them in the slightest.
The world was truly vast. Who knows how many other geniuses like them were out there?
Slowly opening his eyes, his body and mind were refreshed. His wounded five viscera, six organs had all been completely healed. He noticed that the water throughout the bath had also taken on a purple shade, giving it a faint glow.
Getting up from the bath and drying himself, he leisurely dressed and walked out from the pavilion.
Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing all wore happy expressions upon seeing him exit.
“Have Young Lord’s injuries been healed?” Yun Li quickly inquired.
“Yeah.” Yang Kai nodded lightly.
“Thank goodness,” Yun Li let out a sigh of relief, quickly turning to Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing, “Quickly inform Bi Luo, when she hears that Young Lord has recovered it will greatly relieve her worries.”
“Yes!” Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing replied crisply before rushing off.
Yun Li turned her gaze towards Yang Kai and said with a smile, “Young Lord should know that for the past few days Bi Luo had come here several times a day to ask about your injuries. She also obviously hasn’t rested well and seems quite worn out.”
“She brought it upon herself.” Yang Kai snorted.
Bi Luo’s concern about his well being had nothing to do with her caring about him but was instead driven by fear of how Shan Qing Luo might punish her later. How could he not understand something so obvious?
Yun Li couldn’t help but giggle lightly, “Since she was young, Bi Luo has never been sensible enough, having spent most of her life growing up sheltered inside the palace, all year round being doted upon by Mistress. Young Lord shouldn’t lower himself to her level.”
“That’ll be up to her.” Seeing Yun Li go so far to defend Bi Luo, Yang Kai felt it wasn’t good to dwell on things any further.
What’s more, he wasn’t particularly concerned about what had happened. He was mainly just upset about Bi Luo scheming against him.
He believed that after this incident, Bi Luo wouldn’t dare try something like that again.
Yun Li quickly followed up, “The pills that Young Lord bought before are in your room, and all of the accounts have been settled.”
Yang Kai nodded lightly.
Having a strong backer really made a big difference. It allowed him to wantonly purchase so many bottles of Spiritual Energy pills without even having to pay up front. It was no wonder those Young Lords and Young Ladies of those great forces were able to grow so much faster than ordinary people.
Near unlimited access to precious cultivation resources coupled with their already high innate aptitudes made achieving greater heights than their peers the norm.
This world had always been unfair as such.
“Also, a member of the Le Family specifically paid a visit to the palace a couple days ago to deliver something.” The mature beauty smiled meaningfully.
“Oh? The Le Family?” Yang Kai’s brow rose, a tinge of surprise apparent on his face.
“En, they brought a bottle of Mysterious Grade pills that are useful for restoring Spiritual Energy.” Yun Li covered her lips with her hand as she laughed elegantly at Yang Kai, “That member of the Le Family apparently rushed all night from their family home to deliver this bottle of pills and insisted on having this servant deliver it to Young Lord. Seeing how Young Lord was still healing at the time, this servant accepted it temporarily. Would Young Lord like to accept it or… perhaps you wish to reject?”
“Nonsense!” Yang Kai grinned meaningfully, “They took such pains to deliver this gift, naturally I must accept it.”
Seemingly knowing he would say so, Yun Li simply nodded slightly, “Very well, if you were to reject them outright, I’m afraid the Le Family would suffer quite the loss of face, being able to make big things small and small things disappear is for the best, I knew that Young Lord was such a benevolent man.”
[This little fox…]
Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling his face grow somewhat hot.
The Le Family sending him such a precious thing, Yang Kai understood clearly that this was nothing more than their attempt to smooth over relations. But whatever the outcome, the Le Family was still considered a great force, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling a bit surprised at how quickly they had compromised.
“Shan Qing Luo holds quite some prestige,” Yang Kai whispered softly, only able to conclude that the Le Family had taken such actions in order to give Shan Qing Luo face.
What he didn’t know was that the Le Family couldn’t figure out his origins, so before they did, they didn’t want to risk offending such a Heaven sent talent.
If they thought they could quietly eliminate Yang Kai, then how could the prestigious Le Family be so generous? But the battle between Yang Kai and Le Yu had taken place inside Fragrance City and was seen by so many people. Since they couldn’t take such actions without drawing suspicions, and they were somewhat afraid of offending the force behind him, their only choice was to temporarily compromise.
A bottle of Mysterious Grade pills was quite expensive, but it wasn’t something the Le Family couldn’t afford.
When Yun Li heard him mutter as such, she simply maintained her charming smile and continued, “There is something else this servant should inform Young Lord about.”
“Oh? What is it?”
“Many young masters in the city and even a number of young ladies would like to invite Young Lord to socialize with them…”
Yang Kai’s origins were quite mysterious, so not drawing the attention of these various local forces would be quite unusual. Over the past few days all of these great forces that resided within Fragrance City had spent considerable effort trying to discover what his background was, but much less inquire about where he hailed from, many of them couldn’t even confirm what his name was.
Under such circumstances the best they could do was have some of their younger generation invite Yang Kai out to socialize in the hopes of gaining some useful intelligence.
If he really had a grand force supporting him from behind, making friends with his was naturally to their benefit, but even if he didn’t have such a background, given how promising a talent he was, any of these forces would still be willing to extend an olive branch to him.
“No need,” Yang Kai wrinkled his brow, “I have nothing to discuss with them.”
Seeing him reject so decisively, Yun Li was slightly surprised, but soon let out an elegant laugh, “Very well.”
“I’m going back to cultivate.” As soon as he spoke these words, Yang Kai immediately walked back towards his second floor room.
Looking at his gradually receding back, the mature beauty Yun Li couldn’t help staring at him a bit oddly before slowly shaking her head as she smiled warmly. She had never before seen such a determined young man.
Given his temperament and drive, it seems like his strength was not unwarranted.
Over the next few days Yang Kai had spent almost all of his time spying on the mysteries of the True Alchemic Way, yet his progress was still unbearably slow, not even daring to guess how long it would be before he managed to grasp it completely.
However, Yang Kai didn’t mind. His true purpose was to exhaust his Spiritual Energy by studying the True Alchemic Way. Obtaining the knowledge contained within it was only a secondary concern.
Consuming various bottles of Soul nourishing pills, his Soul continuously grew stronger, not only did it become more formidable, but it also increased in toughness, and now he was able to extend his Divine Sense over a far greater range.
His supply of pills was consumed very fast though. This was mainly due to these pills not being of very high quality, which gave them a less than desirable efficacy. If Yang Kai wanted to quickly restore his Spiritual Energy, his only option was to consume greater numbers of these pills.
Even the bottle of Mysterious Grade pills which had been delivered to him by the Le Family was consumed in less than two days.
No one would ever dare to cultivate Spiritual Energy like Yang Kai, relentlessly exhausting their Spiritual Energy, and then devouring massive amounts of pills to supplement it. If anyone else had tried they would have long ago permanently damaged their Soul, likely degenerating into an idiot, unable to recover for the rest of their life.
The only reason Yang Kai didn’t have such worries was thanks to his Heaven defying Soul Warming Lotus.
Ten days later.
His supply of pills had been depleted, and although Yang Kai could clearly feel that his Soul had grown significantly stronger, when he tried to erase Shan Qing Luo’s Soul Seeking Seal again, he was still incapable of even shaking it, instead each time he tried to eliminate this devilish seductress’s Soul Seeking Seal all he would end up doing was provoking its defensive response, which plunged him in illusions that repeated beguiled and bewitched him.
One day he would string this little temptress up, strip her of her clothes, and spank her! Yang Kai secretly cursed to himself.
Suddenly, a light knocking sound resounded, someone obviously had shown up at his door.
“Come in!” Yang Kai called out.
When the door was pushed open, Bi Luo, her enchanting figure wrapped in a scarlet red dress, giggled lightly as she walked in.
Seeing her choice in outfit, it was clear to anyone that she had dressed up intentionally so to somewhat imitate Shan Qing Luo’s taste to give her a seductive and enrapturing aura.
Yang Kai was slightly startled, “Why are you here?”
Since they had returned to the palace that day, Bi Luo had not appeared in front of Yang Kai. However, thanks to Yun Li occasionally putting in a good word for her from time to time, Yang Kai had already decided to no longer pursue the previous matters between them.
He had never thought that she would actually come to seek him out like this.
But now, Bi Luo had appeared before him, and she wasn’t exuding her usual proud and domineering attitude, but instead faced Yang Kai somewhat nervously, and some clear traces of confusing and reluctance were still apparent in her eyes.
“I’ve come to check up on you.” Bi Luo spoke softly with a rare hint of gentleness in her tone as she looked somewhat sheepishly at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai just smiled lightly, “If you’re still worried about what happened before, there’s no need, I don’t intend on seeking out trouble with you over it.”
“Are you really not angry?” Bi Luo looked at him in surprise.
“As long as you stop trying to plot against me!”
“En en, I promise I won’t do such things anymore, that day really was only an accident.” Bi Luo smiled before slowly walking over to Yang Kai and softly whispered, “If Mistress asks about what happened that day…”
“I wanted to stretch my limbs a bit. Le Yu happened to be available for me to spar with.” Yang Kai casually replied, naturally knowing what he should say at this moment.
Bi Luo couldn’t help smiling happily. Her slender white palm rested upon her proud chest as she breathed a sigh of relief and completely putt down the stone which had weighed upon her heart before quickly following up, “You really are a good person. I’ve misjudged you!”
Having finished what she wanted to say, she suddenly noticed Yang Kai’s eyes staring towards her round peaks, and she hurriedly wrapped them in her arms before blushing lightly, “Hey, haven’t you seen enough!”
However, just as she said so, she seemed to think of something again and relaxed her arms, deliberately straightened herself up, and put on an indifferent expression, “Well go ahead and look, it can be considered as me paying you back slightly, in any case it’s not like I’ll lose anything by you staring.”
Seeing how careless she was acting, Yang Kai suddenly found himself somewhat dumbfounded.
Seeing his reaction, Bi Luo let out a giggle before gently sitting herself down behind him in a half-kneeling position and lightly rested her delicate hands on his back and gently kneaded.
“What are you…” Yang Kai called out in surprise.
“Every day around this time don’t you have Elder Sister Yun Li do this for you to help relieve your fatigue? Today I had come here in order to apologize to you, but I hadn’t expected that you would so frankly accept, so allow me to perform a rare service for you like this, you should gratefully accept it.”
Yang Kai was once again stunned. He hadn’t thought that Bi Luo would really feel so guilty about that day.
Otherwise, why else would she go to such lengths to please him?
Since Yang Kai had greatly enjoyed Yun Li’s massage that day, Yang Kai had specifically requested that she come by every day to do so.
The strain he placed himself under to cultivate his Soul was quite intense and fatiguing, so having her gentle slender fingers disperse his stress like so was an extremely pleasant sensation for him.
Bi Luo must have figured things would turn out like this from the beginning.
While her technique was not on par with Yun Li’s, it was still quite comfortable.
After a while, Bi Luo suddenly asked, “Does it feel good?”
“It’s alright,” Yang Kai spoke bluntly.
“Just okay?” Bi Luo felt like she had received a hit, “Compared with Elder Sister Yun Li?”
“Her’s is better!”
“Humph!” Bi Luo pouted, her expression unconvinced before an impish smirk appeared on her face.
Suddenly, a bewitching voice drifted into Yang Kai’s ears and seemed to contain an endless appeal and temptation, then, from all around him, erotic moans and seductive scents overwhelmed his senses. Yang Kai’s eyes shot open, only to find his vision filled with numerous delicate young girls, their bodies draped in nearly transparent silk garments which barely covered their jade white skin, and their water snake like figures gently twisted as they teased him incessantly.
Immediately, Yang Kai’s breath became heavy, and his whole body seemed to be on fire.
Quickly noticing the situation wasn’t normal, he began circulating his Joyous Unification Art, which instantly sent Bi Luo behind him into a trance. Her enchanting eyes suddenly blurred over as her body went limp.
The Yin-Yang Joyous Unification Art could seemingly dispel any Seduction Technique. The last time Yang Kai was affected by Shan Qing Luo’s illusion it was also with the help of Joyous Unification Art that he managed to extricate himself.
This time it had also helped him maintain his sanity.
“What are you trying to do?” Yang Kai turned his head only to see Bi Luo blushing furiously. Her beautiful eyes were now wet and unfocused. She had apparently suffered from the backlash of her Seduction Technique being broken.
Fortunately, she had only casually applied her technique and hadn’t really intended on harming Yang Kai, so the backlash wasn’t serious and only sent her into a light state of confusion without doing any damage to her.
“I just wanted to make you comfortable…” Bi Luo panted lightly. Her whole body was seemingly devoid of strength as she stared back at Yang Kai in dismay, “What did you do? Why am I suffering from this backlash?”
“You cultivate a Seduction Technique?” Yang Kai laughed at her, surprised by the fact that her technique was the same as Shan Qing Luo’s.
“En…” Bi Luo replied gently. Her enchanting appearance and her seductive moans echoing about in Yang Kai’s head.
This alone was a more effective temptation than her Seduction Technique.
However, Yang Kai simply laughed, “You’re finished. I just told you not to scheme against me, yet you suddenly try to do this. It seems like you haven’t received a harsh enough lesson yet!”
Grinning, Yang Kai pressed himself directly onto Bi Luo’s body, and his hands brazenly grasped onto her tall peaks.
Feeling this blazing heat and amazing elasticity, Yang Kai also felt himself burning up again. His chest pounded as his blood boiled, and his lower half became hot.
After all, it had been quite some time since he had last dual cultivated with Su Yan…
During this time, he had experienced all kinds of beautiful temptations, and each time he had suppressed his impulses, but this had inevitably lead to him having a severe buildup of repressed desires. With so much kindling stacked, and Bi Luo’s Seduction Technique acting as the spark, Yang Kai’s fire had completely been lit.
“Hey, you… what are you doing?” Bi Luo was shocked and quickly tried to push Yang Kai away, but suffering from the backlash of her Seduction Technique, she couldn’t even summon enough strength to stop him from kneading her chest, so how could she muster the power to escape from under his weight?
With hot breath stroking her face, her heart shuddered from both fear and desire, and Bi Luo almost had her thoughts swallowed by the atmosphere.
With a great tearing sound, her red dress was ripped open, which sent a chill across Bi Luo’s jade white skin as it became exposed to the cold air.
“You bastard!” Bi Luo cursed through her gritted teeth. Her eyes filled with fear and confusion, she balled her hands into fists and hit Yang Kai’s shoulder.
“Ah…” As she struck him lightly, a numbing sensation transmitted from her chest as if she had been struck by lightning, and caused Bi Luo to let out an amorous moan that flooded the room, which caused her an unparalleled amount of shame.
Somehow shifting her gaze downwards, she saw that damn man placing his lips onto her pink cherries. His pair of big rough hands wantonly wandered back and forth across her body. Each stroke sent a dizzying burst of pleasure up her spine.
“Don’t…” Bi Luo shouted softly, and her tightly gripped fists gradually lost strength, seemingly somewhat reluctant to push him off of her, and her tense body slowly relaxed. Bringing one of her fingers to his lips and gently sucking upon it caused erotic moans to leak from her mouth. She no longer resisted or struggled, and instead a look of enjoyment and pleasure filled her face. Her beautiful eyes further blurred as her pure jade white skin began to take on a pink shade, and a sweet scent wafted from her enchanting body, and her hips slowly started swaying of their own accord towards Yang Kai, as if she was looking forward to what was to inevitably to come.
Yang Kai was stunned.
All he had wanted to do was give Bi Luo a lesson, and although he felt that doing this to a young woman was a bit excessive, considering his target, he didn’t think it was beyond reasonable.
Since Bi Luo cultivated Seduction Techniques, it was natural for her to be familiar with the matters between men and women, so only something like this could give her an unforgettable hit in order to let her stop trying to plot against him.
But unexpectedly, this enchantress no longer seemed interested in resisting him; not only allowing herself to be compromised but also even coordinating with him.
To him in his current state, this was undoubtedly a joyous turn of events.
With this in mind, Yang Kai no longer held back, and pressed forward with full force as he tore off what little clothes they had left on and prepared to go all the way.
Feeling this sudden burst of aggression, it was like a bucket of cold water was splashed onto her face, and caused Bi Luo to suddenly sober up. She quickly put up a firm resistance to Yang Kai, and her face filled with fear, “No, no… you can’t, anything but that…”
“You’ve got to be kidding…” Yang Kai glared at her as his brow wrinkled greatly. Having already reached this point, was he still destined to fail?
“If you really can’t help it, I’ll call Elder Sister Yun Li to come, if that’s still not enough I can ask Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing to accompany as well, Mistress specifically sent them here to attend to your needs, no matter what you want from them they’ll certainly be willing to fulfil your every desire.” Bi Luo desperately tried to convince him with a look of desperation and entreaty upon her face, “Alright? I’ll call all three of them right now.”
“Don’t bother, I want you.”
Bi Luo’s face somehow simultaneously paled in fright and blushed in embarrassment, as she quietly swept her eyes from Yang Kai handsome face, down his firm chest, and all the way until she saw his tall raging dragon head. Panic filled her head, and she was unable to hold back a quiet yelp.
Suddenly feeling timid, her face blushed from shame, and she quickly averted her eyes away from Yang Kai as her thoughts churned before daring to utter under her breath, “Do you want to perhaps… try something different…”
“What?” Yang Kai stunned.
“Well… that is… how about…” Bi Luo bit her lip before softly whispering into his ear.
“Huh?” Yang Kai stared back at her in confusion.
Seeing his reaction, Bi Luo was momentarily dumbstruck before pulling Yang Kai closer and once again whispering to him, as she quickly explained to him in clearer terms her proposal. Upon separating, even she felt her face turn red hot from shame. Her white skin was now a bright shade of crimson all the way down her neck as her beautiful eyes became even wetter and unfocused.
Yang Kai froze stiff, unable to process what he had just heard for a moment before he stared into Bi Luo’s eyes and stutteringly asked, “Is that okay?”
“En.” Bi Luo nodded almost imperceptibly.
“How do you even know about…” Yang Kai’s head was still trying to catch up with this scenario, and he suddenly felt like, in front of Bi Luo, he was still somewhat pure and innocent.
“I cultivate Seduction Techniques, these matters… of course Mistress and my seniors have informed me about…”
What Yang Kai didn’t know was that because Bi Luo had decided to cultivate Seduction Techniques, Shan Qing Luo had specially assigned two girls to assist her in practicing these arts, and it was because she was perennially together with these young maidens and earnestly ‘studying’ together with them, that Bi Luo had developed such special interests.
“Well… would you like to…” Bi Luo seeing Yang Kai stupidly freeze there couldn’t help herself nervously asking again.
Although she usually portrayed the air of a haughty seductress, in the end she was still a girl, and now that she had really encountered this kind of situation for the first time she still felt a good amount of shame and fluster.
“Good!” Yang Kai replied excitedly.
“En. Promise me first that you’ll not taint my purity and then… I’ll…” Bi Luo’s face continued to redden before slowly exchanging places with Yang Kai. This time pressing him beneath her as she revealed an enrapturing smile and slowly slid her enchanting lips down his body.
Soon after, a bestial roar along with a slight, nasally moan rang out inside the room.
Outside Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
The mature beauty Yun Li and the young maidens Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing were sweeping the leaves when a pair of light footsteps approached from afar.
When Yun Li looked up, she quickly discovered two unfamiliar women walking towards them.
There were very few strangers in the palace, so even though she had not yet formally met these two, she still had a fairly good idea about who they were.
No doubt they were the two young ladies whom her Mistress had brought back with her a few days ago. One of them was named Qiu Yi Meng while the other was called Luo Xiao Man.
These two had their True Qi sealed and were under a kind of house arrest in Fragrance Guest House.
Due to the fact that they hadn’t showed any unfavourable behaviour since they arrived, they had been allowed to wander about within the palace grounds.
The two of them should have something they wanted to discuss with the cultivation obsessed Young Lord staying in Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
Thinking so, Yun Li’s face immediately wore an elegant smile as she gently called out, “Young Lady Qiu and Young Lady Luo I presume?”
Qiu Yi Meng’s gaze swept towards the mature beauty who had called out to her, and her eyes flashed a little surprise. She still couldn’t quite believe how one Heaven sent beauty after another emerged within Shan Qing Luo’s palace.
Quickly recovering, she nodded politely, “Indeed, how should I address this Elder Sister?”
Yun Li replied with a light chuckle, “Young Lady Qiu is far too polite, you may call this one Yun Li.”
The mature beauty naturally knew that Qiu Yi Meng had an extraordinary status, and that even though technically she was currently a prisoner, she was still the beloved daughter of an extremely powerful and noble family, so how could she allow someone of such origins to address her Elder Sister?
Qiu Yi Meng simply smiled in reply, not dwelling upon the matter any further.
Seeing this, Yun Li smiled warmly and continued, “You two young ladies should be looking for Young Master Yang, right?”
“En. We heard from the people within the palace that he was living here, so we came here in hopes of being able to discuss some matters with him. I don’t know if it would be convenient for him to see us now, would it?”
“Right now…” Yun Li glanced back towards the second floor of Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion before smiling softly. “At this time of day Young Master Yang is normally taking a short rest.”
“Rest?” Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help being surprised. “Is he usually very busy?”
“En, Young Master Yang has essentially been cultivating ever since he arrived here.”
Qiu Yi Meng’s felt slightly startled, quickly wearing a helpless smile.
Although she and Luo Xiao Man were both dedicated and industrious, they would not submerge themselves in cultivation all the time. Now hearing that Yang Kai had not slackened on his cultivation in the slightest, even surrounded by this unfamiliar and possibly dangerous environment, she couldn’t help but admire his perseverance.
“Come with me, since the two young ladies are old friends of Young Master Yang, he shouldn’t object to meeting with you.” Yun Li giggled and set aside her broom and issued a few instructions to Ruo Yu and Ruo Qing before leading Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man inside.
Looking around at Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion’s surroundings, Qui Yi Meng couldn’t help feeling a bit bitter. Luo Xiao Man on the other hand was thoroughly irritated and quietly muttered to Qiu Yi Meng, “That smelly brat gets to live in such a wondrous place, surrounded by all these fragrant flowers and plants with such beautiful scenery.”
On the contrary, the Fragrance Guest House where the both of them had been living had no such view or atmosphere. It was instead located in quite a secluded and dark place, almost like a cage, and there was simply no way to compare it with Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
“He has an entire pavilion to himself along with three beautiful maids to serve him!” Luo Xiao Man indignantly complained, feeling angrier and angrier. While she and Qiu Yi Meng were under house arrest in that dreary place, why was Yang Kai’s treatment so much better?
[The two of us clearly have much higher status than him, so why?]
“Wow, there’s even a bath!” Once they stepped into Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion, Luo Xiao Man couldn’t remain calm anymore and enviously look at the huge bath while complaining somewhat forlornly, “Elder Sister Qiu, I really want to take a bath here, since we’ve arrived I haven’t been able to clean up properly, it’s unbearable.”
When she said as such out loud, even Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable, however, she still managed to maintain her composure and lightly rebuked, “Xiao Man!”
“That damn smelly brat!” Luo Xiao Man murmured discontentedly.
Yun Li, who was leading the way suddenly turned back and smiled, lightly saying, “Young Master Yang is actually an upright man, I’m afraid both of you have simply misunderstood him. I’ll inform him later about your request, I’m certain he won’t object to you taking a bath here.”
“I don’t want to, what if he decides to peek…” Luo Xiao Man exclaimed loudly.
Yun Li simply smiled and shook her head, “You don’t have to worry about that, Young Master Yang isn’t a no good womanizer.”
Her face blushed slightly, and she continued, “Ruo Yu, Ruo Qing and I were sent here specifically to serve Young Lord, no matter what he may request of us, but Young Lord has always treated us quite courteously, never making the slightest improper demand, therefore… I have no doubt that what you’re afraid of won’t happen.”
“Is he really so upright?” Qiu Yi Meng’s clever eyes flashed lightly, as if she completely hadn’t expected Yang Kai to remain so indifferent in the face of such beauties, instead choosing to spend all his time cultivating.
If that really was the case, this youth was really a bit different from others, or at the very least his perseverance and aptitude were quite good.
If she could pull him into the Qiu Family and provide him with better cultivation resources, in the future he would likely be able to become one of this world’s supreme experts!
Thinking till here, Qiu Yi Meng sudden made a wry grin. Right now she didn’t even know if she could regain her own freedom, so thinking about anything else right now was a bit premature.
But if she really could regain her freedom, Qiu Yi Meng secretly made up her mind to get him to join her Qiu Family. Such an outstanding talent was quite rare after all.
As the three of them chatted, they soon arrived at the second floor.
Yun Li softly said, “Young Master Yang is inside, two young ladies please wait here, I’ll inform him of your arrival.”
“Please do!” Qiu Yi Meng politely replied.
Yun Li smiled, stepped forward, and reached out her hand to open the door, but suddenly she heard a burst of noise come from inside the room.
These sounds were quite strange, and the voices making them were by no means quiet. It seemed like the roars of a man and the muffled calls of a woman, but the man’s voice was full and clear, while the woman sounded like something was blocking her mouth.
These voices could all be heard clearly by the three women outside, which caused all of them to freeze in surprise.
But soon, the mature beauty Yun Li’s white neck flushed pink, her lifted jade hand also shivered slightly, her eyes slightly trembled and watered, like she had lost control over her hand, and she nibbled her lips as she stood there not sure about how she should proceed.
Qiu Yi Meng was also dazed for a moment before a certain thought crossed her mind, and her face instantly became a crimson red as she gripped her fists and cursed, “This little bastard!”
Luo Xiao Man’s eyes fluttered as she stood there, and her brow wrinkled in confusion as she innocently asked, “Elder Sister Qiu, what’s happening inside? What are those sounds?”
“Uh…” Qiu Yi Meng jolted in surprise, not knowing just how she should respond, “Inside… they’re… probably cultivating…”
Casually spouting off this nonsense, Qiu Yi Meng blushed even redder.
Luo Xiao Man looked at her suspiciously then directed her gaze towards Yun Li and muttered under her breath, “Cultivating… how come it sounds more like they’re fighting… also… why are you two blushing?”
“It’s nothing!” Qiu Yi Meng firmly declared, now feeling like her face was on fire.
At that time.
All of a sudden, the voices inside became more violent. The man’s roar and the woman’s muffled groans mixed together while seeming to rises to a climax and filled the ears of the three women.
These voices seemed to contain some kind of magical power, causing whoever heard them to feel their legs weaken and their blood to boil.
“Ah …” Luo Xiao Man yelped softly, and her face immediately filled with dismay, “Elder Sister Qiu, that little bastard… he couldn’t be…”
“What?” Qiu Yi Meng’s eyes were spinning slightly, and her heart was a mess.
“He’s not killing the woman inside is he?” Exclaimed Luo Xiao Man, her innocent eyes trembling violently, entreating softly, “Elder Sister Qiu, let’s go back, I feel funny…”
“What’s wrong?” Qiu Yi Meng was surprised and quickly tried to regain her composure.
Luo Xiao Man fidgeted for a moment before whimpering, “I want to go to the bathroom for some reason… let’s go.”
“Ah… En…” Qiu Yi Meng’s face couldn’t have been redder if she had tried, and she also thought that they shouldn’t stick around here any longer, but just as she was about to suggest to Yun Li that they leave the door in front of them suddenly opened.
When they turned their gazes towards the open door, a young enchanting beauty appeared in front of them. All four women stood there for a moment, staring at each other. The three newcomers noticed that this seductive girl’s hair was a mess and large parts of her clothes were ripped and torn. Her skin seemed to glisten with sweat and had a distinct pink glow to it, and in her hands were a few pieces of cloth that seemed to have once been part of her outfit.
Up and down her jade-white body, Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man could clearly see a series of red marks, especially around her chest. The outline of hands as well as distinct finger imprints could be seen upon her twin white rabbits, almost like they had been branded by a pair of scorching iron claw.
Running down her slender legs was a glistening liquid, like thin threads of crystal silk clinging to her inner thighs.
Finally, around her lips, there seemed to be a touch of some kind of murky white fluid…
“Ah…” Bi Luo was shocked as she stared blankly at the three women in front of her before gritting her teeth, lowering her face, and shuffling past them, trying her best to disappear as quickly as possible.
Although she was essentially not wearing any clothes at this point, since the palace only had women within its walls, she didn’t feel particularly embarrassed about it, so to her it was more important to escape from the place Yang Kai was, even a moment sooner.
As Bi Luo half walked half ran away, the three women still remained immersed in a strange silence.
It was only a moment later that Luo Xiao Man suddenly recovered and gently asked, “Elder Sister Qiu, what was she eating?”
Qiu Yi Meng stood stiff for a moment before slowly shaking her head.
[What was she eating? More like why didn’t she clean it up!?]
Yun Li slowly turned back to face them, and her voice somewhat higher pitched as she stuttered slightly and almost didn’t dare to make eye contact with Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man as she asked, “Two Young Ladies, do you… do you still wish to meet Young Master Yang?”
Qiu Yi Meng took a deep breath to calm herself before nodding slightly.
Having come all this way and enduring all of that, she was not resigned to simply turn back now.
Yun Li nodded stiffly before calming her breathing and calling out, “Young Lord, Young Lady Qiu and Young Lady Luo have come to see you.”
“Show them in.”
Yun Li was surprised for a moment before turning her eyes towards Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man, “Please enter!”
Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man both took a deep breath before taking a step forward. As soon as they entered the room, Yun Li ran away like she was desperately fleeing.
Inside the room, Yang Kai, his clothes somewhat ruffled, was in a zen like state as he sat upon a jade chair smiling as he looked at the two girls who came in.
Meeting eyes with him briefly, Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help thinking about everything that had just taken place, and her pretty face blushed once more as she quickly averted her gaze.
Luo Xiao Man timidly shuffled behind Qiu Yi Meng and glared somewhat hesitantly towards the grinning Yang Kai.
Yang Kai paid their attitudes no mind and just continued to casually stare back at them.
Facing this unscrupulous gaze, Qiu Yi Meng somehow couldn’t focus herself and nearly forgot why she had come here in the first place, as she allowed the awkward silence to continue on.
After a brief moment that seemed to last forever, a set of footsteps suddenly sounded from the stairs behind them, and after a moment, Bi Luo reappeared, making no attempt to hide her presence.
She was now fully clothed, and although her face was still flushed, she no longer seemed to be in an embarrassed state, instead restored to her original, aloof and enchanting aura.
Without paying Qiu Yi Meng and Luo Xiao Man any mind, Bi Luo boldly stepped into the room and shouted at Yang Kai, “Hey, you little bastard, I’m warning you, what happened just now was just me indulging my curiosity towards what a man was like, it has nothing to do with you in particular. Today’s matter ends here, our debts are settled so do not bring it up again. Got it?”
Yang Kai gawked for a moment before wryly nodding, “En, got it.”
Bi Luo’s eyes narrowed as she threateningly waved her first and firmly declared, “If you dare get any strange ideas, this young lady will make sure you look good, hmph!”
Seeing her not give Yang Kai any face whatsoever, Luo Xiao Man couldn’t help but give birth to a feeling of comradery, and a big smile emerged on her face as she hoped this new ‘friend’ of hers would scold Yang Kai a few more times to help ease the grief she felt in her heart.
Oblivious to all of this though, Bi Luo finished what she had to say and immediately turned around intending to leave.
“Elder Sister…” Luo Xiao Man really couldn’t help herself anymore, quickly speaking a few words of greeting.
“Hm? What’s wrong?” Bi Luo’s gaze turned towards Luo Xiao Man. A kind smile appeared on her face, yet her eyes had obviously drifted to the massive Twin Peaks which had appeared before her.
“Elder Sister, whatever it was you were snacking on, there’s still a little bit of it left around your mouth…” Luo Xiao Man said with a big friendly smile, attempting to show some good will by gently reminding her, gestures to the side of her mouth lightly with her finger.
“Uh…” Bi Luo nearly tripped and quickly reached out her hand to wipe the last traces of her ‘snack’ from her mouth. After doing so, she glared bitterly at Yang Kai for a moment before smiling even more radiantly towards Luo Xiao Man, “Thank you little sister, I’ll be sure to thank you properly sometime soon.”
“En.” Luo Xiao Man replied happily.
She hadn’t expected this young woman to be so warm and pleasant to speak with.
Off to the side, Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong with this exchange, but in the end she couldn’t put her finger on it so she decided to not think about it any further.
Bi Luo’s appearance had been just like a passing storm.
Her showing up had given Qiu Yi Meng some much needed time to compose herself, and she soon turned to Yang Kai and smiled, “Since we’ve last seen you, it seems like you’ve been living quite well, a beautiful pavilion and numerous beauties at your beck and call, you must be reluctant to leave here by now, right?”
Yang Kai snickered meaningfully, stared back at Qiu Yi Meng, and relaxed himself as she replied, “I doubt Young Lady Qiu visiting me today was to express her envy about my living arrangements, no need for any flowery words, say what you want directly, I despise women trying to play games with me.”
Qiu Yi Meng’s eyes flashed, but she nodded and maintained her smile, “Straight to point it is then, I want you to help the two of us leave here.”
[It really is about that.]
Yang Kai remained indifferent as he quipped, “Do I look like a man with such means?”
However, Qiu Yi Meng’s poise didn’t break, “At the very least, you’re True Qi hasn’t been sealed. If I don’t ask, how would I know?” Letting out a faint sigh she continued, “Xiao Man and I are different from you. Our cultivation has been restricted, and we’ve lost the ability to even defend ourselves, much less escape. What is it, were you planning to stay here forever?”
Saying so, she coquettishly covered her mouth, “Indeed, here you have the Beguiling Demon Queen to act as your backer, never needing to worry about cultivation resources, with enchanting beauties to serve your every whim, I can understand why no man would want to leave here.”
“Trying to rile me up are you?” Yang Kai sneered. “Don’t think I’ll be taken in that easily.”
Qiu Yi Meng’s brow finally wrinkled lightly. Aware that Yang Kai wasn’t easy to deal with she elected to try a more direct approach, “Fine, I’ll be blunt, what conditions must I offer for you to be willing to help me and Xiao Man leave here?”
“And why do you think I have any power to help you in the first place?” Yang Kai’s expression also sank, obviously displeased that this woman was a bit too self-righteous.
“I’m counting on your unusual relationship with the Beguiling Demon Queen. As long as you are willing to put in a few words to her, and considering that Xiao Man and I don’t actually have much value to her as prisoners, why wouldn’t she be willing to let us go? On the contrary, the Qiu Family and Purple Fern Valley would most definitely be willing to pay a high price for our release if she requested them to.”
Seeing Yang Kai begin to contemplate the matter, Qiu Yi Meng hurriedly added, “All I ask is that you speak up for us since Xiao Man and I have no way to see her. If it weren’t so, I wouldn’t have come to see you for this.”
“I also have no way of seeing her right now!” Yang Kai coldly snorted.
“Wasn’t she more than willing to see you before now?” Qiu Yi Meng’s expression clearly showed she didn’t believe him.
“Shan Qing Luo isn’t in Fragrance City right now, apparently she’s taken the city’s masters and gone to visit the Thunderbolt Beast King’s territory, whether you choose to believe me or not is none of my concern.”
Yang Kai knowing about this was actually accidental. He had only learned about the reason for Shang Qing Luo’s absence a few days ago when he overheard the conversation between a few of the Immortal Ascension Boundary masters who had been spectating his fight with Le Yu.
Although he was embroiled in a heated battle at the time, he had never once relaxed his guard regarding his surroundings.
“Ah…” Qiu Yi Meng exclaimed, and her eyes flashed with a trace of excitement and eagerness, as she urgently asked, “Since she is not here, why don’t you leave? Or are you actually planning to stay here forever?”
“Leave here? Where do you want me to go?” Yang Kai’s suddenly became cold, his eyes filled with undisguised resentment.
“You can go…” Qiu Yi Meng suddenly choked up.
[That’s right, if he leaves here… High Heaven Pavilion has already been dismantled and all of his Elders, Senior Brothers, Sister Seniors, Junior Brothers, and Junior Sisters have scattered, where is he supposed to go?]
It seems like, he really doesn’t have anywhere to go!
Hearing Yang Kai’s words sent a jolt through Qiu Yi Meng and caused her to quickly feel ashamed.
Unbeknownst to her, Yang Kai had also been marked by Shan Qing Luo’s Soul Seeking Seal. With such a technique implanted on him, even if Yang Kai fled to the ends of the Earth, Shan Qing Luo would still be able to find him, so trying to flee would simply be a waste of time and energy.
“In that case, come back with me to the Qiu Family!” Qiu Yi Meng suddenly proposed. Her eyes were completely sincere.
This was definitely a good opportunity, Qiu Yi Meng could also see that the relationship between Yang Kai and Shan Qing Luo was complicated, if at this time she could put out attractive enough conditions, she had no doubt she could get him to join her Qiu Family, if so then this time’s sufferings and tribulations would also be considered somewhat worthwhile.
Qiu Yi Meng was a decisive woman, and she naturally knew what to do at this time.
“Young Lady Qiu must be joking, right?” Yang Kai stared back at her with indifference as he sneered.
“On the contrary, I’m very serious.” Qiu Yi Meng brushed her hair back behind her ear. “I can offer you even better treatment than you receive here; any cultivation resources you desire and any number of beauties to serve you!”
“Elder Sister Qiu …” Luo Xiao Man almost yelped in surprise. She never dreamed Qiu Yi Meng would immediately offer such rich incentives to win over Yang Kai.
The Qiu Family was one of the Eight Great Families in the Great Han Dynasty. It was an overlord that possessed a rich heritage and vast foundations. Many cultivators from all over the world would gladly sell their souls for just the chance to join them. However, the Qiu Family had always had eyes above their heads and wouldn’t accept just any elite or master into their ranks.
But now… even if it were a number of high level Immortal Ascension Boundary masters, it should cost such a big price, right?
Was this little brat really worth all this?
However, although Luo Xiao Man thought Qiu Yi Meng’s actions were surprising, having stayed together with her for so long, she knew that she always had extremely accurate judgement.
Since she dared to offer up such lucrative incentives to recruit him, maybe this man really was worth it!
At that moment, Luo Xiao Man no longer dared to underestimate Yang Kai anymore and even did her best to observe him more discerningly.
“How about it? I’m serious about my offer.” Qiu Yi Meng said as she looked solemnly at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai’s brow wrinkled. He hadn’t expected that not only was this woman’s cultivation and aptitude outstanding, but her heart was also firm and decisive. Based on the performance he had seen from her over this short period of time, he easily concluded that if this woman didn’t fall early, she would certainly achieve great heights in the future!
“If that’s not enough, if you wish to marry a woman from my Qiu Family, other than myself, I can promise you right here and now. I have a younger cousin who is quite talented and beautiful…”
Yang Kai suddenly looked at her playfully, “You can’t tempt me with beauties.”
Hearing him say this, Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t hold back a laugh, and her vibrant eyes flashed a mischievous light, “Really? But just now…”
“That was just an accident,” Yang Kai replied calmly and didn’t show the slightest signs of embarrassment or guilt.
“Fine fine, then do you agree or not.” said Qiu Yi Meng, but seeing Yang Kai still maintaining his indifferent look, she couldn’t help but feel more and more annoyed.
If it were any other young men, if she had offered up such attractive conditions, she was certain they would immediately become obedient and agree, but from what she could observe, this little bastard before her didn’t even seem the slightest bit tempted at all.
[Just how greedy is this little bastard?]
“No thanks, I’m fine with how things are right now.” Yang Kai replied decisively not wanting to waste any more time with her.
Qiu Yi Meng’s face twitched slightly before resuming her smile, “Well, think about it, if you ever change your mind, feel free to find me. The Qiu Family’s door will always be open to you!”
From their time together, she knew that he wasn’t the kind of man who could be coerced. The only way to win him over was to give him the freedom to choose, but continuing to press the issue would only serve to annoy him. Secretly she was somewhat upset with herself for acting too impulsively.
However, seeing him acting so carefree, Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t stop herself from feeling annoyed, which caused her to become slightly anxious.
“In any case, could you at least put in a few words for Xiao Man and I to the Beguiling Demon Queen?”
“If I see her again,” Yang Kai wrinkled his brow and shrugged. “As you can see, I’m a prisoner here too, my accommodations just happen to be better than yours.”
“Good!” Qiu Yi Meng smiled happily, “Either way, I offer you my thanks, if we can survive this ordeal, when I return to my Qiu Family I’ll be sure to advocate on behalf of your High Heaven Pavilion!”
A light flickered across Yang Kai’s eyes for the first time as he stared back at her, resuming their usual calm a moment later.
Qiu Yi Meng’s last words had finally won her some of Yang Kai’s favor.
“Suit yourselves!” Yang Kai nodded before closing his eyes and resuming his meditation.
Qiu Yi Meng continued to observe him for a moment and quickly realized that this youth had actually entered a state of cultivation right in front of her and Luo Xiao Man’s faces. Exchanging a dumbfound glance with her partner, she couldn’t help shrugging her shoulders, saying to Luo Xiao Man, “Let’s go.”
“That’s right,” Yang Kai suddenly said, “If you want to use the bath on the lower floor just let Yun Li, Ruo Yu, and Ruo Qing know so they can prepare the warm water, I won’t be leaving this room for a while.”
Qiu Yi Meng couldn’t help blushing once more, as she understood in that moment that her entire conversation with Luo Xiao Man as they came up the stairs had been heard by him.
“Thank you. I hope we won’t be enemies again in the future!” Qiu Yi Meng stared deeply at Yang Kai as she said in a low voice.
Downstairs, Luo Xiao Man, unable to hold back any longer, softly asked, “Elder Sister Qiu, is that guy really worth so much in your eyes?”
Qiu Yi Meng’s expression remained dignified as she pondered for a moment before nodding, “En, of all men I have ever come across, he is the most unfathomable. On top of that, it’s only been half a month since we last met, yet it seems like he has become stronger. Although his realm is still lower than my own, whenever I’m in front of him, I always feel a kind of intangible pressure from him.”
“That may be because our True Qi is sealed! If it weren’t for that, we wouldn’t necessary need to fear him!
“No…” Qiu Yi Meng slowly shook her head, “I trust my instincts! I believe his talent is even higher than the Liu Family’s Liu Qing Yao!”
“Ah… you think he’s superior to the Eight Great Families’ first Young Lord?” Luo Xiao Man’s eyes filled with astonishment.
“I’m only counting the Seven Great Families. After all, the Yang Family can’t be taken into account.” Smiling wryly, Qiu Yi Meng involuntarily thought about the way the Yang Family cultivated its direct disciples.
Thinking about it, she suddenly noticed that Yang Kai’s surname was also Yang. He couldn’t be…
It shouldn’t be. Although she didn’t recognize all of the Yang Family’s Young Lords, she did at least know their various ages. Only one of the Yang Family’s direct descendants, the youngest, had a similar age to Yang Kai, and it was said that this Young Lord had been born with a congenital defect and lacked any cultivation aptitude at all.
However, his ruthless, overbearing, and domineering attitude was exactly the same as the Yang Family’s.
“Fortunately, he has no background. If he already had a significant backer, heh…” Qiu Yi Meng shook her head with a smile. Since she was born, she had always had eyes atop her head, and very few Young Lords had ever been worth a second glance from her, but somehow this one was different. Something about him demanded she pays attention to him.
While the pair chatted, they came outside to find Yun Li and asked her to help prepare some hot water before vigilantly entering the first-floor bath.
Oblivious to all of their concerns, Yang Kai simply remained on the second floor and continued his cultivation.
The demons which had built up over the past few months inside Yang Kai’s heart had been completely expunged with the assistance of Bi Luo’s cherry red lips.
This allowed him to relax greatly as he re-entered a state of cultivation.
With all of his fatigue and stress seemingly relieved, for the first time in more than a year, Yang Kai felt renewed both inside and out.
He also had a faint perception that his mental state had actually improved.
With the enhancement of his mood, along with relaxing both physically and mentally, the speed with which he cultivated increased noticeably.
Yang Kai didn’t stop studying the True Alchemic Way, even though he no longer had any Spiritual Energy supplementing pills.
After a session, once he exhausted his Spiritual Energy, he would wait a few hours to allow his Soul to slowly recover while circulating his True Yang Secret Art, not wasting a single moment.
His Tempered Body Record, as well as the Incense burner from the blank book also played a role at this time. Both of them were things which had become somewhat dust-laden after a long period of not being used.
Now that he had a period of relative calm, Yang Kai took the chance to bring them out again.
Three days later.
Shan Qing Luo returned to Fragrance City.
One of the first things she did was visit Tranquil Phoenix Pavilion.
After a few days had passed, this devilish woman seemed more and more flirtatious and alluring. Her whole being constantly exuded an aura of unparalleled seduction, meanwhile, her slim exquisite body seemed to appear delicate and fragile yet, in fact, contained a tremendous explosive strength.
Not only was she amongst the most beautiful woman in the world, she was also one of its apex masters, something no one could deny.
Her watery enchanting eyes stared into Yang Kai’s as she giggled charmingly, “Little bastard, you’ve been quite well behaved these past few days I see.”
Yang Kai remained indifferent and coldly snorted, “I have some self-knowledge!”
“Now now don’t be so upset.” Shan Qing Luo lightly replied, “I had ordered a few beauties to serve you well, yet how is it that I hear from Yun Li that you haven’t eaten any of them yet? I didn’t think you would be so studious.” Shan Qing Luo looked at him somewhat surprised.
“Naturally.” Yang Kai said, but his conscience actually felt somewhat guilty.
Shan Qing Luo simply laughed though and leaned in closer to him as she whispered into his ear, “Bi Luo’s technique isn’t bad, right?”
“So-so…” Yang Kai instantly blushed upon realizing he had been exposed and quickly changed the topic, “You temptress, what exactly do you want in coming here?”
“Nothing much.” Shan Qing Luo’s tender body twisted as she put on a shy face, gently sat down atop the bed next to him, and smiled invitingly, “Are you bored staying here already?
“What do you think?” Yang Kai glared back at her coldly.
Shan Qing Luo just shrugged, “Why not go out for a walk then?”
“Where can I go?”
“Where do you want to go? No one’s stopping you.”
Yang Kai stared at her for a moment before processing what she had just said. Suspicion flashed across his eyes, “Are you saying, I can leave here?”
“Of course, when did I ever say you couldn’t leave here? Haha…”
“You… you…” Yang Kai nearly choked. His stomach was full of grievances.
“Alright alright, don’t be so angry.” Shan Qing Luo suddenly became serious and solemnly said, “This time I came here to tell you specifically that you’re free to leave here. After all, in order to win over a man, you can’t simply lock him up, I understand at least that much.”
“Yes yes, you keeping me here doesn’t mean you can keep my heart!” Yang Kai nodded righteously and eagerly proposed, “Then that Soul Seeking Seal…”
“Let’s keep that for now, or else how would I ever find you again?” Shan Qing Luo nibbled her red lips, appearing somewhat sad.
“Alright,” Yang Kai don’t try to force her.
Although Shan Qing Luo said he could leave, Yang Kai didn’t feel too happy about it. At the very least, he didn’t experience the excitement he had imagined he would.
Probably because he knew that this devilish woman didn’t have the slightest malicious intent towards him, so although she had technically trapped him here these past few days, he didn’t actually have any particular resentment towards her.
Not to mention, using her name, Yang Kai had also fished a lot of benefits without suffering any loses.
If it weren’t for Yang Kai having seen her deepest inner thoughts when he had inadvertently invaded her Knowledge Sea, he would have long ago stopped acting polite with her.