Synopsis
The journey to the Martial Artist is a lonely, solitary and long one. In the face of adversity, you must survive and remain unyielding. Only then can you break through and continue on your journey to becoming the strongest. Sky Tower tests its disciples in the harshest ways to prepare them for this journey. One day the lowly sweeper Yang Kai managed to obtain a black book, setting him on the road to the peak of the martial world.
Martial Peak -Chapter 27, Exchanging Some Pointers Will Not Make You Pregnant
Not long after, a group of sleepy-eyed High Heaven Pavilion Disciples gathered.
“Young master Su, is there anything you need?” Someone asked while rubbing their eyes.
“It’s nothing much, it’s only about the affair this morning.” Su Mu tried his hardest to calm down, “The reason why I have gathered you all here is that I want you to help me come up with some ideas that will help me get revenge and pacify my hatred.”
Someone out of the group spoke out. “Young Master Su, why don’t you just wait four days. In four days, you can go challenge Yang Kai, and you will definitely be able to beat him to pieces.”
Annoyed, Su Mu replied: “If I really wanted to wait until then, then why did I call you all over?”
The sleepy people, who had been gathered, were suddenly startled into standing up. Evidently, they weren’t very awake, so nobody had paid attention to Su Mu’s words and only yawned overtly. When he saw their reactions, Su Mu became vexed. Slamming onto the table he shouted: “All of you! Help me think of some good ideas! If you guys can’t help me think of some good ideas, none of you can think about going back to sleep!”
This startled everyone, and they realised that Su Mu was actually angry. His slam and loud voice had caused them to fully regain consciousness and they hurriedly put their minds to use, thinking up some good strategies.
Not long after a Disciple named Li Yun Tian eyes widened from formulating a good plan. Opening his mouth, he told Su Mu, “Young Master, we could do this……”
As he said this, he crept closer to give a detailed explanation of his plan.
Su Mu’s heart burst with joy, he hit Li Yun Tian’s back in excitement while praising, “Not bad. Not Bad. This is a good plan, so I will leave it to you to complete the task!”
“Leave it to me young master Su!” Li Yun Tian also produced a wide smile.
“You can all go back to sleep.” Su Mu waved his hands as he spoke and everybody relaxed before promptly leaving to go back to their beds.
Looking out at the pitch black darkness outside his room, Su Mu laughed evilly. “Yang Kai, Brother Yang, let us wait and see each other at dawn!”
Finally, with his heart content, Su Mu fell asleep.
The next day, Yang Kai woke up to practise the Tempered Body Record before going out to do some sweeping.
Yesterday, when he used the incense burner to help practice, although he was constantly on the brink of death; so much so that even now his whole body ached; the results were evident. This was most obvious when he was practising the Tempered Body Fist because he felt that the pressure he felt was slightly smaller. He had also understood that the pressure given from the incense burner was similar to the pressure he felt when practising the tempered body record. As long as he adapted to one type of pressure, he would naturally be able to adapt to the other type.
[This incense burner was a blessing!] His spirits high, Yang Kai wanted to quickly finish his work and go back to train.
Just as Yang Kai was halfway through his sweeping, someone had suddenly blocked his path. Looking up, he thought that person looked vaguely familiar. When he was thinking this, that person opened their mouth and laughed loudly.
Last night Li Yun Tian had suggested a plan to Su Mu. Though he had everything planned, he didn’t dare be careless, for he knew it would not be easy. He must not let the opposite party become suspicious and must first trick him; to make him exchange some moves with him.
Yesterday when he had accompanied Su Mu to challenge Yang Kai, he had hidden at the rear of the crowd. He also didn’t say much, so Yang Kai shouldn’t be able to recognise him, making things much easier.
Earlier on, he had been waiting for Yang Kai to come past this area to do his daily sweeping. Finally, his long waiting had paid off when Yang Kai had come over. Putting on a big and friendly smile , and an innocent and harmless demeanour, Li Yun Tian walked over.
[This current expression should be friendly enough!] Li Yun Tian told himself to boost his confidence.
“Does this Fellow Brother have any problems?” However, Yang Kai was not courteous since any Disciple here currently should be his junior. It was early into the entry period, so their levels shouldn’t be that high, so many could be addressed as Fellow Junior Brother.
“Are you not Senior Brother Yang?” Li Yun Tian asked as if he knew the answer already.
Yang Kai nodded his head: “Yes.”
Breathing in deeply, Li Yun Tian said: “So it really is you! Senior Brother Yang, I have been looking forward to meeting with you. Now that I have met you today, I can see you really live up to expectations!”
These words had made even Li Yun Tian himself want to vomit, but he must maintain the facade and act like his words were sincere.
“Senior Brother Yang! Senior Brother Yang!” Yang Kai’s name was already loudly proclaimed by this Junior.
Li Yun Tian put up quite a performance. Taking Yang Kai’s hand, he said admiringly: “Senior Brother Yang, I heard you had taught Zhou Hu a harsh lesson yesterday. You really a person with a big heart.”
“What, you have some enmity with him?” asked Yang Kai while sizing him up.
Li Yun Tian’s face turned cold: “Yes I do. That person is a beast, despicable; he even humiliated me once.”
“But you didn’t go get revenge.” Yang Kai noted.
“I even dream about getting revenge, but……” Sighing loudly he replied: “Senior Kai, I’m afraid you also know this, Zhou Hu has somebody supporting him. I wouldn’t pay attention to an insignificant person like Zhou Hu, but the person behind him is someone I can’t easily provoke. ”
“That’s true.” Yang Kai nodded his head; after all, Su Mu had some powerful people backing him. So an Ordinary Disciple obviously wouldn’t dare provoke him.
“That’s why yesterday when Senior Brother Yang gave Zhou Hu a lesson, you helped this junior get his revenge.” Li Yun Tian said gratefully, tears flowing down his face.
Laughing, Yang Kai replied: “We were only exchanging some pointers, it wasn’t anything.”
Li Yun Tian pressed ahead: “Senior Brother Yang, since you were able to win against Zhou Hu, your strength shouldn’t be that weak.”
Waving his hand Yang Kai replied: “It’s not much, it isn’t that amazing.”
Li Yun Tian was sneering inside, [you finally said something true. If you didn’t plan something yesterday, then how could Zhou Hu possibly lose to you?] But Li Yun Tian didn’t dare reveal his true thoughts, in case Yang Kai became suspicious, that would be the end of his plan.
“Senior you are too modest. Come, come, come, normally I, Li Yun Tian don’t have the opportunity to exchange pointers with anybody. Senior Brother Yang, you have done so much for me and since we happened to meet up today we must not miss this chance. Please spar with me.” After going around in circles, Li Yun Tian finally found an opportunity to ask the question that was the true reason he had talked to Yang Kai.
Forcing a smile, Yang Kai asked: “You want to compare notes with me?”
Li Yun Tian nodded his head enthusiastically: “Of course! I hope this Senior will not be stingy and allow this Junior to see that strength that defeated Zhou Hu. It would also be beneficial to my cultivation..”
This reason was really a bit hard to believe. Thus, Yang Kai shook his head and rejected the request: “Forget it. I don’t usually fight others anyway.”
Li Yun Tian anxiously pressured him: “That won’t do, Senior you will agree even if you don’t want to.”
Laughing, Yang Kai looked at him coldly.
Li Yun Tian’s heart jumped out. He was a bit impatient just then and was too rushed and forceful with his words, he immediately started laughing too, “Junior is really too weak. So if Senior were to give some pointers, it would be very helpful.”
“No can do.” Yang Kai refused.
“Why?”
“There is no reason to…..”
Seeing that Yang Kai was intentionally moving away from him now, Li Yun Tian called out. “Exchanging some notes, naturally we could help other greatly. Isn’t that reason enough? If we exchanged pointers, it will benefit both of us.”
“You can put it like that, but…..no.” Repeatedly Yang Kai waved his hand.
“Don’t be like that Senior! Exchanging some pointers will not make you pregnant!” Li Yun Tian’s face was full of anxiety; he didn’t even dare reveal his true intentions. Heart thumping, he quickly thought up an idea: “Could it be that Senior is afraid of losing and have his contribution points be deducted?”
Facing Li Yun Tian’s inquiry, Yang Kai had no response.
Thinking that he had guessed correctly, Li Yun TIan smiled widely: “Don’t worry Senior. Our strengths should be about the same, so it’s not certain as to who will and who will lose. And if by chance, this Junior wins and Senior loses, then your losses will be covered by me.”
“Are you serious?” enquired Yang Kai, this was a rather unexpected.
“A nobleman’s word is his bond!” Li Yun Tian bellowed loudly.
Originally he thought that he had successfully tricked Yang Kai, and had assumed his battle stance. He knew that Su Mu was hidden somewhere in the surrounding area, so if he was able to teach Yang Kai a good lesson, then he would be able to greatly increase his face.
But Yang Kai just wrinkled his brows, nearly causing Li Yun Tian to stamp foot and curse his mother. [This senior, is to ** annoying and like a bitch. How could Zhou Hu lose to this type of person?]
“Senior, do you have any other questions?” Li Yun Tian was on the verge of exploding in frustration.
“Oh, although I would like to trade notes with you, regrettably I am unable to as I was already challenged by someone yesterday. If you really wanted to exchange pointers, then you must wait a few more days.”
[Bullshit!] Li Yun Tian almost couldn’t breathe, hastily he responded, “Senior, you can challenge me since I haven’t been challenged these past few days. Don’t all High Pavilion Disciples have the chance to challenge someone every few days?”
“So that was it!” Just realizing this now, Yang Kai laughed out loud: “Junior Brother, these past few years, it has always been me who was challenged thus I had completely forgotten this rule.”
Slowly breathing out, Li Yun Tian really wanted to spit out all the rage and anger inside of him. After a while he inquired, “So Senior, can we trade pointers now?”
Yang Kai still had another question: “Junior, if I really lost, would you really pay me contribution points?”
“I will! I will definitely pay you and not only that, I will pay you ten times the amount!” He said, grinding his teeth together.
Shaking his head, Yang Kai replied: “I don’t believe you. Unless you first pay me the contribution points I won’t believe you.”
“How can I give them to you?” Li Yun Tian replied gloomily, for contribution points were recorded down by a third party in an account book. It wasn’t something you could just carry around to give to others. How was he, a senior, so narrow-minded? Did he believe that he wouldn’t stick to his word?
“I do have an alternative.” Smiling cryptically at Li Yun Tian, Yang Kai beckoned him closer and whispered into his ear.
Li Yun Tian’s face changed into several shades of different colours and he couldn’t help but admit that this Yang Kai’s mind was really shrewd. He could actually think of this type of solution.
“Junior Brother, if you feel that this is impossible then it’s okay. It’s not because this senior cannot trust you, it’s just……” Playing hard to get, Yang Kai hesitated to voice his next words.
Li Yun Tian didn’t know what he wanted, but in order for his own plan to succeed he must give in. So, he asked, “It won’t hurt, so Senior please wait. Wait until I have retrieved the item. I will be back in no time!”
As he was saying this, he was already speeding away.
Looking at his receding back, Yang Kai sighed out in pity; to think there were still people in this world that were willing to offer themselves up to get beaten. With his request refused, he then went to retrieve something; he was a really strange guy. Thankfully, it temporarily achieved his needs. It was just that this method could only be used once, next time he would no longer be able to use it.
After thinking for a while, Yang Kai mentally bashed himself. When he remembered the Junior’s desperateness, no matter what he requested he would have agreed.
Su Mu, along with a bunch of other people who were hidden, was too far from Yang Kai for him to notice. Originally, when he saw that Li Yun Tian and Yang Kai had started to talk, his heart was jumping circles. Just as he was settling down to enjoy a good show, Li Yun Tian hastily ran away, causing Su Mu to be confused.
[This wasn’t included in the plan! What was this Li Yun Tian up to?]
His heart full of doubt, Su Mu immediately ordered someone to intercept Li Yun Tian and inquire about the situation.
After fifteen minutes, that person had returned and whispered to him. “Young Master Su, Li Yun Tian said that Yang Kai is narrowed minded and had told him to first go to the Contribution Hall to retrieve some herbs to compensate him. Only then would he agree to compare notes.”
“Aren’t you a bit too petty?” Su Mu flabbergasted spoke, “Yang Kai is only a Trial Disciple, so if he lost, he would only lose one contribution point. So, why would he need to compensate him with ten herbs?”
That person answer: “Li Yun Tian caused this, he said that he would compensate him ten times the amount, so………”
“Huh? No wonder…” Su Mu’s face became uglier, “forget it. So long as that Yang Kai can receive this lesson, ten herbs aren’t that much.”
Ten herbs cost about ten contribution points. Such a small amount of points weren’t put into the eyes of Su Mu.
Since everyone now knew the entire situation, they could only patiently await the battle.
Half an hour passed and Yang Kai was nearly done with his sweeping. Shortly thereafter, Yang Kai saw a red and tired face; it was Li Yun Tian running closer. Li Yun Tian didn’t blame the fact that the distance of the Contribution was too large, but rather that Treasurer Meng who was still asleep, for causing him to take so long. After a long time of shouting and banging on the door, the Old Man had finally woken up.
Since Treasurer Meng was disturbed from his sweet dream, his fuse was now very short. Without even allowing Treasurer Meng the time to teach him a lesson, Li Yun Tian quickly purchased ten ordinary grade lower level herbs, which cost him about twenty contribution points.
The anger Li Yun Tian held! He was determined to earn the interest back from Yang Kai’s body.
Returning, he saw that Yang Kai hadn’t left. He stood there, with his broom in his hand waiting for him.
Three steps, two steps, as Li Yun Tian gasped for breath, he rushed over to Yang Kai. Taking out the herbs, he breathlessly said: “Here. Senior, please check.”
“Hehe, no need.” Acting as if he was very big hearted, Yang Kai took the herbs without counting and placed them, along with his broom onto the ground.
“Senior, can we compare pointers now?” Li Yun Tian asked.
“We can, we can. Actually, Junior didn’t have to go to such lengths. If you had asked, this senior would have readily agreed.” Yang Kai smiled cheerfully.
After suffering a loss, Li Yun Tian didn’t dare to be careless anymore. Intensely looking at Yang Kai, he flitted about before executing a couple of swift punches towards Yang Kai.
[That’s for being narrow-minded! That’s for making me run to the Contribution Hall so early in the morning!] He grumbled inside while attacking. *Peng, Peng* resounded every time Li Yun Tian struck out. Watching nearby, Su Mu was stunned as each fist landed on Yang Kai, while Li Yun Tian felt pain with each fist.
Both people were Tempered Body Cultivators, but since their cultivation levels weren’t very high, the number of blows they exchanged was no a lot. Furthermore, Yang Kai wanted to tests out his body’s condition; so he allowed Li Yun Tian to land some of his attacks.
Within the time it took to make some tea, Yang Kai came to understand his current body condition; it was stronger, far stronger than a few days ago. With his goal achieved, Yang Kai no longer wanted to be subjected to his Junior’s blows.
Just as victory was at hand for Li Yun Tian, something changed. Senior Brother Yang, who could only retreat and defend a few moments ago, face lit up in excitement. It was like when an evil spirit meeting a naked young lady. This sudden change in attitude caused Li Yun Tian to feel uneasy.
Closely, he noticed that Yang Kai’s excitement was different to what he had previously thought. It was the cold and bloodthirsty type of excitement.
With an ominous sensation welling-up in his stomach, Li Yun Tian retreated. However, with just one step, Yang Kai blocked his path like a towering mountain.
Jumping up, Li Yun Tian wanted to escape from Yang Kai’s pursuit. Raising his leg, Yang Kai swept it towards Li Yun Tian’s waist.
A miserable cry leaked out of his mouth, while he flew a couple of feet away. Without pausing, Yang Kai ruthlessly stepped down, stomped on him and a rain of fists followed.
A bloodcurdling scream echoed out.
This round of ‘note comparing’ ended up with Li Yun Tian losing, begging for mercy.
When Li Yun Tian was sent flying earlier, he still had the intention to continue. But under the merciless barrage of Yang Kai’s punches, his injuries quickly increased.
After a while, Li Yun Tian could no longer endure it. He noticed Yang Kai and his own reactions were completely different.
The more he hit Yang Kai, the more excited Yang Kai became. Meanwhile, the more Yang Kai hit him, Li Yun Tian felt more painful and sorrowful.
Why would there be anyone who would be happy to get beaten? The more red, blood and flesh that Yang Kai saw, the happier he looked, which made him look slightly mad.
Li Yun Tian thought this person was mad. Yet, after the end of the battle, Yang Kai returned to back to normal; back to his kind and amiable self. In fact, he even helped to pull Li Yun Tian back up and smiled back, saying that the Junior Brother had allowed him to win. Afterwards, he picked up his broom and left.
When he was in battle compared to when he was not in battle, he was two completely different people!
Li Yun Tian body was sore all over, he could not sustain the damage from Yang Kai’s multiple fists attack.
[This time, it really was a case of trying to steal the chicken but losing the rice to lure it.] Li Yun Tian thought in tears.
He had already constantly refused to compare notes with Li Yun Tian, yet he had been adamant. He even spent twenty contribution points in exchange for ten herbs to secure the exchange. And the result… he had lost. Not only were the herbs taken away from him, he will also lose contribution points.
[This time, it really was a big loss! Was this not offending because of something petty?] Li Yun Tian felt endless regret.
Su Mu and the others, watching from not too far away were also dumbfounded. When they saw Li Yun Tian and Yang Kai start, they were sorely tempted to jump out and started cheering; for he had finally succeeded in getting Yang Kai to exchange pointers. They were anticipating that Yang Kai was going to be beaten black and blue.
Su Mu even had it all planned out. When Yang Kai was beaten, he would go over and give a few extra words of ridicule. That way, he will be able to release some of his heart’s anger. But contrary to what they expected, when the battle started, Yang Kai had fought Li Yun Tian to a standstill.
For a while, Su Mu thought the things that he saw were a little blurry. Suspiciously, he leaned over and asked, “What stage is Li Yun Tian again?”
“Tempered Body Seventh Stage and he had already started to cultivate train his own vitality. It’s just that he hasn’t much time to train, so it cannot be used well yet.”
“And Yang Kai?” Su Mu asked again.
“I think he is in the Tempered Body Fourth Stage?” His spoke with much uncertainty.
Everyone was overwhelmed with shock, for despite a difference of three stages, he had managed to fight evenly with Li Yun Tian and that was too monstrous. No wonder yesterday Zhou Hu was defeated with only three moves. Even with such a large difference, Yang Kai had won. So even if Zhou Hu had used all his strength, he had no chance at winning.
But, how could that person, the basis of all these speculations, be that powerful? If he really possessed this type of strength, why would he have lost all his previous battles? Yang Kai had been a Trial Disciple for three years already, and year after he was admitted, he was constantly challenged. Every time but only yesterday, he hadn’t won a single one of his battles.
However, the greatest shock that Su Mu and co. were to experience had yet to come. They had thought that Yang Kai being able to endure even one of Li Yun Tian’s strikes was nothing short of a miracle; there was no possible way for him to win. Yet, when Yang Kai really defeated Li Yun Tian, everybody was like a crow and peacock, making no sound. They couldn’t believe their own eyes.
A Tempered Body Fourth Stage practitioner beat a Tempered Body Seventh Stage practitioner! In the couple of hundred years of High Heaven Pavilion’s history, this type of situation had never occurred before! Could it be that even a stinky salty fish will have a chance to turn over?
As he was standing there in a trance, Su Mu felt someone tap his shoulder gently. Turning around, he was greeted by Yang Kai smiling at him while carrying his broom. His face, full of affection while he spoke, “Junior Brother Su, if there will be another good opportunity like this, please remember to notify me as well.”
“You already knew?” The corners of Su Mu’s mouth twitched.
Gently, Yang Kai chuckled. “Yesterday, although Junior Li was hidden within the crowd, he was with you. The only good point of this Senior is his memory.”
“How sly!” Su Mu hated him so much that he gnashed his teeth together vigorously. Only now, did he realize everybody had been thoroughly tricked by Yang Kai.
“We’re both in the same boat.” He laughed: “Oh right, I can still challenge someone tomorrow. Aren’t we all allowed to request anyone for a battle once every day? Everyone, I hope that you will enjoy each other’s company. I will come find you tomorrow.”
Everyone’s face immediately became ice cold. Witnessing Yang Kai’s current actions, hadn’t he experienced the sweetness from this little action? Then when they looked at Li Yun Tian and thought how their own strengths were about the same level as Li Yun Tian, a shiver ran down their spines. Frightened they asked, “Young Master Su, what should we do now?” Su Mu was also at his wit’s end. After all, duels were a long time tradition of High Heaven Pavilion. Which Disciple hasn’t been challenged before? Although he had someone backing him, he still didn’t dare to recklessly break the Main Gate rules.
“Relax. He probably said it to scare you. If he really came to challenge you, I will make sure that he won’t be able to walk away.”
Hearing Su Mu say this, everyone felt more secure and relaxed.
Yang Kai had thought of this on the spot. All High Heaven Pavilion Disciples had the opportunity to issue a challenge each day and since he had never used this privilege before, he had forgotten about it. With today’s reminder from Li Yun Tian, he had remembered it.
One battle a day. Although defeating an Ordinary Disciple could only earn him two contribution points, but mosquito meat is still meat. After accumulating them for a month, it would not be a small amount.
Besides, on the road of martial cultivation, you cannot close yourself off completely from the outside world. Battling these Fellow Disciples and exchanging some pointers, will not do any harm and it doesn’t take very long. [Just treat it like a relaxation activity; you can even earn some contribution points while you relax. What harm is there?]
Though, the harvest from today’s challenge was quite a good one. Not only did he earn two contribution points, he also gained ten strands of much needed Dead Jedi Tree Grass. This was such a profitable day.
[If there was someone to give him ten herbs every day, how good would that be!] Yang Kai daydreamed a bit.
Returning to his wooden hut, Yang Kai immediately took out the incense burner and lit it up. Breathing in the perfume, he started his arduous training once again.
Martial Peak – Chapter 30, The Salted Fished Had Flipped
The next day, a whole group of Disciples gathered to practice. They talked and laughed together, although the work was very tiring, it was done in a festive manner. Suddenly, someone called out in a certain direction: “Young……young master Su………”
“What?” Su Mu asked dubiously.
“He really came.”
“Who came?” Somewhat impatiently, Su Mu gazed over the in the direction the person was pointing towards. There he saw Yang Kai holding his broom and grinning while walking towards them.
Everybody’s faces fell.
“Good morning my Fellow Brothers and Sister. You are all such diligent people, practicing so early in the morning.” Yang Kai greeted everyone, while purposely looking over at Zhou Hu and Li Yun Tian, who both backed away with their faces holding a tint of red. When they thought about the power of Yang Kai’s fists, their skin crawled.
“Why did you come here?” Su Mu was a bit worried. Although he already knew Yang Kai’s motive, he still asked. After all, he had opened his mouth and assured everyone yesterday that he would deal with Yang Kai.
“To challenge of course.” His smile incomparably wide, Yang Kai’s gaze swept throughout the throng of people. Cordially he asked, “which Fellow Disciple hasn’t been challenged in these past few days? Please allow this Senior to test your might.”
The High Heaven Pavilion’s Main Gate rules state that you should not avoid challenges and not shy away from them! Disobey, and you will be expelled.
With these rules in place, the people under Su Mu were deathly afraid of Yang Kai. For as long as the opponent issued a challenge, they would have to accept if they had not been challenged in these past five days. That would mean, even if they knew they would receive a beating, they could only brace themselves and accept.
That day, Zhang San was the one who was challenged. Satisfied, Yang Kai walked away, while Su Mu damned him and hurled curses behind his back.
The next day, Yang Kai came again, that time it was Li Shi who got challenged. Walking away satisfied after winning once again, Su Mu threatened Yang Kai non-stop but it was to no avail.
On the third day, Yang Kai had come yet again, it was Wang Wu who got unlucky and received a swollen face and bloody nose for his troubles. Once again, with his heart satisfied, Yang Kai left, leaving behind a bitter Su Mu behind.
When Yang Kai me the fourth time, Su Mu had also learned. Su Mu no longer threatened or cursed Yang Kai, for he knew they were no use because this Senior Brother Yang was not afraid of his threats at all.
Su Mu only fiercely glared at him, harboring a bone and soul piercing hatred.
Enduring this type of frustrating torment, the people under Su Mu had begun to quit.
This was plain bullying by Yang Kai. For there were many Ordinary Disciples throughout High Heaven Pavilion, yet he purposely came to challenge the Disciples under Su Mu. It was very clear that he was here for revenge. Not to mention, the number of people within this group was not small; so he would always be able to find someone to challenge and obtain favourable results.
Within these past few days, Yang Kai had caused quite a tempest. He was only a lowly Trial Disciple, yet he really was a salty fish that turned over and he managed to make everyone pay attention to him. Ever since he had defeated Zhou Hu, he had changed into someone that others weren’t able to easily beat or manipulate. Every day, he would go and challenge Disciples and each time he would win. Rumours even stated that Su Mu had gotten to the point that he no longer retaliated. But questions emerge from the people’s minds. [What type of person was Su Mu ah? he was someone with powerful backing. How was it possible that something like this was occurring?]
Even someone like him couldn’t do anything to Yang Kai, So what could Ordinary Disciples do? Subsequently, no Disciples dared to go and challenge Yang Kai. Not one person was unaware that this person who had entered for three years and had been demoted to a Trial Disciple was not an easily provoked person.
As this news traveled through too many Disciples many were guessing Yang Kai’s cultivation level. Some guessed that he was at the Tempered Body Fourth Stage, some said Tempered Body Fifth Stage and some even guessed Tempered Body Eighth Stage. After all, he did defeat the Tempered Body Seventh Stage Practitioner Li Yun Tian.
But no matter who it was, no one knew Yang Kai’s true cultivation level.
Only Xia Ning Chang knew! These past few days, every time Yang Kai went to challenge someone, she was always there peeking. With her natural talent and cultivation, she could see Yang Kai’s true level.
But since Xia Ning Chang could see his true cultivation, she feared him.
This junior, when he had defeated Li Yun Tian, he was only at that Tempered Body Fifth Stage. And with the passing of a mere four days, he had risen to the Tempered Body Sixth Stage.
[Just how does he cultivate?] Even if it was her, armed with her special physique when she was cultivating in the tempered body stage, she had used no small amount of medicinal pellets, yet she wasn’t as fast as him.
In a state of confusion, Xia Ning Chang had sneakily stalked Yang Kai to investigate how he cultivated. Though, no matter where she looked or went, she couldn’t unravel the mystery or find anything unusual. He only punched a few fists, kicked his feet and made himself all weary and sweaty.
Xia Ning Chang couldn’t understand how the basic techniques of High Heaven Pavilion could make him so powerful. They weren’t even profound techniques.
At the end of her investigation spanning these past few days, Xia Ning Chang was left clueless. Although she had a feeling that Yang Kai still had hidden secrets, she was not bold enough to continue investigating. For a young girl too often peek at someone was not an honorable act, especially a youngster who was often half naked.
Every time Xia Ning Chang looked, she became beet red and ashamed endlessly. Every time this person trained, he would take off his shirt, as if his bony ribs were something good to show off.
“However, he seemed to be more robust than before, with more muscles.” Thinking back to the time she first saw his **, Xia Ning Chang unconsciously compared. When she finished comparing, her faced flushed red again.
Meanwhile, Yang Kai was oblivious to the fact that he had been watched these past days. Every day he would sweep his assigned area and then go find Su Mu’s group to challenge them. Afterwards, he would return back home to start his training. This was repetitive and tedious work, but also very fulfilling.
The incense burner’s impact was exceptionally large, and matched with the daily Tempered Body Record Training, it had allowed him to break through to the Tempered Body Sixth Stage yesterday. This made the atmospheric energy within his body further solidify and stabilize.
With another step, with just another step he would step into the Tempered Body Seventh Stage. Once he reached this stage, he would be able to produce his own Yuan Qi; even though the amount he would be able to produce wasn’t that much, it was still Yuan Qi. Also as long as he could produce his own Yuan Qi, he could then start to cultivate martial skills. At that time, his attacks would no longer be restricted to the leg whip and the Shaolin fists.
The Tempered Body stages from Seventh to Ninth stages were the stages in which one’s’ Yuan Qi developed, and also when the Yuan Qi traveled through a practitioner’s meridians and allowed them to reach the mastery stage. Only in this stage when one’s Yuan Qi was being born could this be achieved, you must then use it to break open the heaven and earth bridge so as to break away from the Tempered Body Boundary to the next stage.
It was like playing with your own life, this training of Yang Kai’s. Each and every day he could feel his own growth supersede the previous days; it was an extremely vivid feeling. Today, Yang Kai was finally able to practice his fists while under the influence the incense perfume, but the duration he was able to endure wasn’t very long. When he practiced the Tempered Body Records in the mornings, it had become easier and was improving every day.
If these conditions were maintained, Yang Kai was confident that he could truly mature and become stronger.
But Yang Kai was in an embarrassing situation, his Dead Jedi Tree Grass stock had run out and his Three Left Chaos Spirit Flower, although sparingly used, was almost finished as well.
These past few days, Yang Kai had used the herbs sparingly, but he still ran out. As he used them, they had inevitably run out.
With no alternative, Yang Kai could only go to the Contribution Hall and use up all his remaining contribution points to purchase these herbs.
Martial Peak – Chapter 31, Tonight, We Shall Raid Yang Kai
This time, out of the goodness in his heart, Treasurer Meng gave Yang Kai a few extra clippings of the herbs, but he still refused to let go of the matters pertaining to his cultivation. He constantly asked Yang Kai, how the boy had managed to improve his strength so quickly.
It looked like the news of Yang Kai beating Su Mu’s underlings had even reached Treasurer Meng’s ears.
Towards Treasurer Meng, Yang Kai still had a reasonably good impression. Although the old man was a bit crazy and thick skinned, he was very likable when measured by Yang Kai’s standards.
This situation wasn’t easily explained, so Yang Kai could only say that when he was in Black Wind Mountains, he ate a special fruit which allowed him to gain enlightenment on how to cultivate.
After contemplating for a while, Treasurer Meng thought back to the time period when Yang Kai entered the mountains and his current behavior. This explanation was the most reasonable and believable explanation, so Treasurer had no choice but to accept it.
Exiting the Contribution Hall, Yang Kai was deeply worried.
All of his contribution points had been used to purchase these herbs and by his estimation, they would only last him three to four days. Afterwards, what would he use to get these herbs?
Even though he was able to earn two contribution points from his daily challenges, these points could only be accessed on the eighth day of every month. With his calculations, he would need to wait twenty days. How could he possibly wait until then?
Without being able to think of a solution, Yang Kai became depressed and could only continue training.
A few days passed by in a blur, and Yang Kai’s Tempered Body Sixth Stage cultivation began to stabilize and he marched towards the Seventh Stage.
In comparison to Yang Kai’s good mood, Su Mu’s followers felt like they were thrown into a flaming abyss. These past few days, Yang Kai would come to find them and cause trouble, causing them to feel vexed beyond compare. They couldn’t contend against him in strength and couldn’t hide from him, it was stifling beyond compare.
While Su Mu personally held some confidence at his chance of victory should he fight Yang Kai, unfortunately for the others the gap between them and Yang Kai was too large. They couldn’t challenge him — Su Mu still thought that Yang Kai was at the Tempered Body Fourth or Fifth stage.
Su Mu knew that this could continue no longer. If it continued any longer, then all his underlings would leave.
Thinking for a while, Su Mu prepared to do something heartless and called-up all the High Heaven Pavilion Disciples who had been beaten by Yang Kai. Speaking with a frown on his face, he said, “Tonight, we shall raid Yang Kai’s hut and wipe away all shame you have suffered!”
Since they couldn’t win by following the rules, they won’t follow them at all!
Everyone jumped up, startled. “A raid?”
*En* Su Mu nodded his head.
“This isn’t good.” Li Yun Tian was hesitant: “Although that guy Yang Kai is a bit dishonest, he at least openly challenged and defeated us all. If the news of us mounting a sneak attack got out, we would be unable to escape punishment.”
Li Yun Tian’s statements got the agreement of all the people present.
Su Mu indignantly replied. “But he is simply too much! He has completely disregarded us Fellow Disciples and comes at us every day. If we don’t give him a proper lesson, who knows how long this ferocious act will continue. Regardless, tonight I will definitely go cause some trouble for him. All those willing to do so, follow me, as for those who are unwilling I won’t force you. If anything were to happen, I swear that I, Su Mu will bear all consequences and won’t involve you.”
Su Mu’s words were sincere, and even if they still felt that it wasn’t honorable, they couldn’t refute his position. After all, Su Mu had promised to carry all the consequences on his shoulders, showing the utmost benevolence.
Thinking for a bit, Li Yun Tian spoke, “This is also good. If this succeeds, then we will be able to teach that bastard that we aren’t so easily provoked. Young master Su, this time; this Disciple will put his life on the line and join you!”
“We’ll go.” The remaining people chorused.
Nodding and smiling, Su Mu cried out. “That’s right!”
That night, with everybody’s spirit trembling in excitement they gathered in Su Mu’s room waiting until sunset.
“Is everybody ready?” Su Mu inquired.
They nodded their heads.
“Good. This time we must make this moment unforgettable for that bastard!” Su Mu shouted while putting a black cloth over his face, leaving only a slim gap from which his evil gaze leaked out. Their emotions roused, the others followed suit.
“Set off!” Calling for action, Su Mu issued the move out order.
Ten or so shadows flashed out of his room, quickly merging into the night’s darkness.
During the night, High Heaven Pavilion had Disciples posted about patrolling the premises. Unfortunately, Su Mu and his group were High Heaven Pavilion Disciples too and were all too familiar with the patrol routes, allowing them to easily avoid these patrols.
Otherwise, why would a family thief be hard to ward against? Su Mu’s current actions were a model example of this saying.
Shortly, Su Mu’s group gathered in front of Yang Kai’s small wooden hut. Standing about ten to twenty feet away, they suppressed the sounds of their breathing, their indignation flared at the memory of the injustice they had suffered.
“There are no lights inside the hut; Yang Kai must be asleep already.” Calming his heart, Su Mu turned his head to face Li Yun Tian at his side: “Yang Kai’s strength isn’t weak. So later you and I will hold him down, while everyone else beats him, remember to use all your strength.”
“Okay.” Li Yun Tian nodded his head.
“As long as it’s not life threatening, you can hit however you want.” Su Mu reminded, and they all promised.
“Go!” Waving his hand, Su Mu shot towards the wooden hut. Ten shadows flickered against the night, rushing onwards. Those who cultivated could run without making the slightest noise, they just needed to suppress the noise of their breathing to hide their presence. With their imaginations running wild, all their spirits rose as they thought about how Yang Kai would look injured and bloody.
These past few days, they were tormented miserably by Yang Kai.
Even though they were still around ten feet away, the cold gleam in Su Mu’s eyes became more intense and his lips couldn’t help but curve upwards.
As the distance shrunk, the wooden hut’s wooden door could be seen, in the blink of an eye, Su Mu had already started to reach out to push open the door.
Suddenly, a sweet fragrance entered his nose. Smelling this fragrance, Su Mu felt that this fragrance was very strange. It didn’t smell very nice, nor did it smell very bad, it truly was a fragrance that he had never smelt before.
Although he was a bit suspicious, Su Mu didn’t give it any more thought and continued to charge forwards.
Stepping forward, Su Mu’s body became soft, he narrowly avoided falling. Breaking out in cold sweat, Su Mu recalled just moments ago it felt like all his strength had been sucked out from him. His brain buzzing he became mind became muddled, tiredly he steadied himself.
Taking another step caused Su Mu to directly fall to the ground, nose first. Then two warm streams flowed down from his nose filling his mouth with the metallic taste of blood.
*Pa, pa, pa……..* A series of sounds were converged towards the wooden hut originating from the High Heaven Pavilion Disciples that had followed Su Mu. One by one, each of them, like Su Mu, fell to the ground. Each of them felt weak and powerless, all had bloody noses and battered looks. Their anguished wailing resounded out in the quiet night, making it all the livelier.
“What’s the matter?” Struggling greatly, Su Mu turned his head towards Li Yun Tian and asked.
Li Yun Tian struggled to drag himself back upright, but he was powerless and could only lay on the ground gasping for breath. This expression was horrendously ugly, hesitatingly he spoke. “Young master Su, I’m afraid that we have been poisoned.”
“Poisoned?” Su Mu turned pale in fright.
“In addition, it’s a very powerful poison…..” Trembling, Li Yun Tian reached out with his hand: “Young……master Su, I’m afraid that I can’t hold on any longer. You…..you must get revenge for me!”
After he finished passing on his last will and testament, Li Yun Tian’s head fell and he ceased all movement.
Overwhelmed by shock, Su Mu desperately and repeatedly called out his name. But no matter how many times he called out, he couldn’t wake him. When he turned his head around again, he saw that of the Brothers that he had brought with him, none had escaped. All without exception were lying still, making no sound.
An indescribable sense of panic and mourning filled his heart, unexpectedly, Su Mu’s was able to calm his mind in this situation.
This was the territory of High Heaven Pavilion, how could they be poisoned? And this poison’s effect was this potent, not even three breaths had passed before their lives were taken, one by one.
[Just who place poison in Yang Kai’s hut? Why? Why did they poison this hut? Is it a trap meant for us?] Just as he was contemplating about these matters in a confused state, his ears picked up a sudden and surprised voice. “Huh?”
[That’s Yang Kai’s voice!] Su Mu hated Yang Kai down to his bones, naturally, he would be able to recognise his voice.
[It’s him. It must be Yang Kai that poisoned us! Bastard! We had only intended to come and teach you a lesson, yet you actually intend to kill us?! Just how cruel can you be?]
In his heart, Su Mu was cursing Yang Kai but that did not last long as he had rapidly begun to lose consciousness.
[Fuck! Could it be that this master will die like this?] This poor young master who was full of ambitions, and before these ambitions could be fulfilled, he will die an early death. [The heaven’s must be jealous, the heavens were just too jealous! ahh!]
Stepping lightly, Yang Kai walked over to the group of fallen Disciples. Crouching down, he took off their face masks, only to discover that they were all people he was familiar with.
After thinking for a bit, Yang Kai realized what they had wanted to do. It was probably because he had tortured them too miserably these past few days, so they had come for revenge during the night.
But they really had some bad luck.
Playing with the incense burner in his hands, Yang Kai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
This really was an accident, but they were really too unlucky. Usually, he would have long since recalled the incense burner back into the black book, but today’s training was too exhausting. So by accident, he had fallen asleep. And before the remainder of the herbs had been burned, Su Mu and his group had unfortunately come and ended up inhaling the incense.
The incense that came from within the burner was very powerful, and when Yang Kai had first been subjected to the effects, he could only manage to take three steps before collapsing onto the ground. And this was with the Golden Skeleton within his body, so how could Su Mu’s group hope to withstand it?
They didn’t have the support of the Golden Skeleton for recovery, so he estimated they would need to cultivate for a couple of days before they would regain their strength.
Although through their arrogance, they caused this situation, he must bear some responsibility for the current situation since this also happened due to his negligence. Not to mention, if they were fast enough to stop inhaling the moment they had smelled the incense, then they wouldn’t be in such a pitiful state.
“Hey, why did you come here?” Sighing loudly, Yang Kai stored the incense burner back into the black book, while looking at the pile of bodies strewn about his floor awkwardly.
Pondering for a moment, Yang Kai decided to drag all of them to a random area and leave them there.
When he returned to his wooden hut, he went back to sleep.
Because of that incident, Yang Kai became more vigilant. He must quickly breakthrough into the next Tempered Body Stage. Currently, he could only use the incense burner outside of the black book, but if he quickly broke through and neared the Initial Element Stage, then it would no longer be so inconvenient to use. At that time, even if the incense burner was still inside the black book, he would be able to use it. The only requirement would be that he still had the energy to channel into the black book.
The next few days, Yang Kai trained bitterly, despite using the two herbs sparingly, they decreased steadily every day.
On the third morning, after he had completed his daily Tempered Body Record training, he faced the east to breathe in the rich Qi. While doing so the energy in his meridians suddenly stirred and rose rapidly. It was like they were little insects scuttling about his meridians.
His face straightening, Yang Kai quickly paused to check his body.
The shuttering of this energy also caused his muscles and blood to tingle, numbing his entire body. He didn’t know how long this numbing feeling persisted for, but suddenly, Yang Kai felt his body lighten, while his abdomen began to heat up. The mad stuttering of his atmospheric energy immediately dissipated.
The warm feeling in his abdomen seemed to come to life, meanwhile, Yang Kai was in ecstasy.
[Yuan Qi!] He had finally broken through! He was now in the Tempered Body Seventh Stage and had started to develop his Yuan Qi.
In your life, the first bit of Yuan Qi that you develop comes from within your Dantian, but this Yuan Qi was a very nominal amount. It was unable to support the usage of even one martial skill in a battle. This was because as soon as you used this strand of Yuan Qi, it would disappear. In order to regain it, you must expend a large amount time and energy.
But because of this little strand of Yuan Qi, a practitioner could now be able to start their cultivation of martial skills.
The High Heaven Pavilion basic fists and kicks were not comparable to the might of a martial skill. A martial skill called upon one’s Yuan Qi in order to be executed, and they were the foundation of strength for all martial practitioners.
For a simple punch, the power that came from the Tempered Body Seventh Stage was far superior to that of a Sixth Stage. If the Tempered Body Sixth Stage punch could produce a power of 100 kilograms, then with the aid of Yuan Qi, the punch from the Tempered Body Seventh Stage could produce 250 kilograms or even 500 kilograms of power.
Of course, when you were in the Tempered Body Stage, a practitioner wouldn’t easily use martial skills because it wasn’t easy to recover your Yuan Qi. Only when you reached the Initial Element Stage, could you freely use martial skills as you pleased in battles. When you reached that stage, Yuan Qi was quick to be recovered.
The main issue was how fast one could recover their Yuan Qi.
So once you entered the Tempered Body Seventh Stage, a practitioner must use that small stand of Yuan Qi to create their foundations and slowly increase their Yuan Qi.
A common method was to cultivate martial skills!
Every martial skill required several strands or even dozens of strands or even the strands from various meridians to execute. With different paths and orders, one can form many different martial skills.
While you were cultivating martial skills to increase your Yuan Qi, you would open your body’s Zhou Tian and naturally progress to the Initial Element Stage. Every practitioner would do this.
Yang Kai was no exception.
Once he knew he had reached the Tempered Body Seventh Stage, Yang Kai immediately calmed his beating heart and rushed back into the wooden hut to call out the black book.
He flipped directly to the fourth page and earnestly scanned the page.
During these past days, as soon as he had broken through, he would try to unlock the fourth page. Unfortunately, he had never succeeded. Yang Kai guessed that he needed the Tempered Body Seventh Stage to unlock it, as soon as he reached the Tempered Body Seventh Stage the fourth page began to morph.
His guess was indeed correct!
After floating around for a short while, the wisps of golden light covered the page. Separating from the page, these gold beams of light directly entered Yang Kai’s mind.
Within his mind, new information appeared suddenly, True Yang Secret Art! This was the reward that the black book had bestowed upon Yang Kai for breaking through. Going over the information, his expression became distorted.
This True Yang Secret Art was slightly different from common martial skills. Normal martial skills had set paths of sequences, and although they could change, they were only superficial changes; they didn’t change the base of the skill. They didn’t stray from their base, if they did, then it would a completely different skill altogether.
But this True Yang Secret Art didn’t. It didn’t have set activation sequences and changed constantly. It could be described as arbitrary or you could say that it actually didn’t have any singular form.
This was the first difference.
The cultivation method for the True Yang Secret Art was also quite simple, but there were conditions to cultivate it.
You must cultivate in an environment with plenty of Yang energy to cultivate the True Yang Secret Art.
But through this secret method, once the cultivated Yang Yuan Qi reached a certain point, it could be condensed into a liquid form and stored within the Dantian.
This was something no martial skill or secret art could achieve. Because there will always be a moment when one’s body would be filled. Once a martial practitioner was filled with Yuan Qi, there was no way to increase the amount, unless you broke your limit or make a breakthrough.
But the True Yuan Secret Art was different. When you cultivated your Yang Yuan Qi to the limit, your Yang Yuan Qi would condense into a liquid form and stored within your Dantian. This would cause your meridians to empty, thereby allowing you to continue to cultivate Yuan Qi. In other words, if you practised this Cultivation Technique, there would be no limit to the amount you could cultivate, however you needed Yang Qi to be able to practise it without any limit.
This was the second difference. With these differences and the origin of the True Yuan Secret Art, it clearly displayed how this skill was far from ordinary.
When he started to cultivate his Yang Qi, he would be able to use his liquefied Yang Qi to attack.
Contemplating for a while, Yang Kai decided to cultivate the True Yuan Secret Art.
Firstly, he had no other alternatives; due to the lack of contribution points, he was unable to obtain any Cultivation Technique from the Main Gate. Secondly, it was because he had great confidence in anything that came from the black book. The skills obtained from the Main Gate might not even be comparable to the True Yuan Secret Art.
As for the training environment, it wasn’t anything to be concerned about. The sun also had a Yang attribute, so as long as there was sunlight, he would be able to cultivate the True Yuan Secret Art. However, the efficiency would be quite low.
After all, the sun had to shine over an enormous area of land and given it was providing this in the form of an equally large expanse of light. How much of this could a human possibly absorb?
With his decision finalised, Yang Kai walked out of his hut and found a patch of ground bathed in sunlight. Sitting down, he closed his eyes and imagined the path within his Meridians for the True Yuan Secret Art. Concentrating, he began to focus and control the thin strand of Yuan Qi within in his Dantian and direct it according to the path from the True Yuan Secret Art.
For everything, the beginning was the most difficult part; this saying was not wrong at all. Yang Kai could connect himself to that thin strand of Yuan Qi, but to take it and let it travel through his Meridians was difficult beyond measure.
Under the blazing sun, he trained for the entire day and only increased the thin strand of Yuan Qi by a tiny bit. Not to mention, the travelling speed of his Yuan Qi was as slow as a turtle. But in the end, it was the first time he attempted it; so, the results had already left Yang Kai to be very pleased.
This was a cumulative type of training and was not something that could be completed overnight. But in regards to this, Yang Kai was in no way lacking patience.
After three days of hard work, Yang Kai finally managed to guide his Yuan Qi from his Dantian to his chest Meridian. With a single thought, the small and considerably weak strand of Yuan Qi surged up from within his chest and surged around his chestal acupoint.
Following the black book, he knew he must first establish his Origin of Yang. This was the first step to cultivating the True Yuan Secret Art.
The Origin of Yang had no other use apart from assisting him in sensing the Yang Qi around him. All in all, Yang Kai’s strength was far too low and he still had yet to form his own Divine Sense, thus he was completely unable to probe the area around him to find a dense Yang Qi area.
However, with his Origin of Yang established this would no longer be a problem. As long as this was created, then within a certain area, he would be able to pick up even the faintest hints of Yang Qi.
With his strand of Yuan Qi moving non-stop within his chest area, Yang Kai’s face became tense; he could not allow the slightest carelessness. To form his Origin of Yang was a very complicated and meticulous task if there were any errors in the forming process than all his previous work would go down the drain and Yang Kai would need to start over again.
One hour passed, two hours passed and Yang Kai who had been sitting under the sun the entire time was soaked from head to toe in his sweat. Given the length of time he had been sweating for his body naturally began to show signs of dehydration; his lips had even turned pale, but Yang Kai’s face remained firm. He continued to spur that strand of Yuan Qi to revolve around his chest acupoint with no signs of irritability or discouragement.
Without knowing how much time had passed, Yang Kai suddenly felt a strange sensation from his chest and a piercing pain followed like a red-hot iron had been pressed to his skin.
Abruptly, Yang Kai opened his eyes and clenched his teeth.
This pain came fast and left just as fast. It only occurred for the time it took you to blink, then his chest returned to normal. In fact, it even felt cool and refreshed, but his brain was still reeling from the severe pain and wouldn’t allow him to forget about it that easily.
Faintly, Yang Kai felt that something external had appeared in his chest, but when he looked down there was nothing there.
[Has the Origin of Yang been formed?] Creasing his eyebrows, Yang Kai began to contemplate. [The Origin should have been successfully formed, but I can’t see it physically.]
[If the Origin of Yang had been formed, then it should have some reaction with the Yang Qi. But why is it that there doesn’t seem to be anything? Could it be that in this area, there was no dense Yang Qi?]
Keeping this thought in mind, Yang Kai stood up and walked towards the centre of High Heaven Pavilion. As he walked, he paid careful attention to any movement within his chest.
He hadn’t been walking for long when a warm feeling spread out from his chest. Yang Kai’s expression jolted in surprise!
It seems that this was the case. The Origin of Yang had been successfully formed and the reason why it had displayed no reaction earlier was that there was hardly any Yang Qi around. Now there was a reaction, it meant that there was the area with dense Yang Qi in the vicinity.
Yang Kai’s face revealed his excitement, in order to cultivate the True Yuan Secret Art, there were very harsh requirements. If the density of Yang Qi was high, then the speed you would be able to cultivate would also be faster. Looking back at how Yang Kai had relied on the sun’s Yang Qi, the speed would inherently be slow due to the low density.
Follow his Origin of Yang’s perception, Yang Kai madly ran and soon entered a room.
As soon as he entered, a very familiar voice sounded: “Eh, little Yang Kai, why did you come over here at such a time?”
Lifting up his head, Yang Kai saw that it was Treasurer Meng behind his counter looking at him strangely.
I turned out that this place was the Contribution Hall!
Glancing at Treasure Meng, then glancing over at the back hall, Yang Kai rolled his eyes! The origin of the Yang qi was clear, it was most definitely originating from something Yang attributed in the Contribution Hall’s stock.
But……but this was the Contribution Hall, so if he wanted that object, then he could only obtain it by exchanging contribution points for it. Yang Kai’s current balance was zero, for all of his points had been exchanged for the Three Leaved Chaos Spirit Flower and the Dead Jedi Tree Grass herbs!
Understanding this point, Yang Kai became very disappointed. He didn’t even bother to answer Treasurer Meng’s question and only lowered his head dejectedly and trudged out.
“What’s your problem?” Old man Meng also became gloomy.
Walking aimlessly around High Heaven Pavilion, the Origin of Yang would occasionally have a reaction and lead him to Yang Qi dense areas. But these Yang Qi dense areas were either a domain of powerful person or they were already in someone’s bag.
Yang Kai even thought about disguising himself to steal the Yang filled object from them, but when he looked at his small and weak physique, and then looked at their strength, Yang Kai could only dispel such thoughts.
Although he was unable to obtain these Yang attributed treasures, Yang Kai was not left without some gain. Through his many experiments and constant use, Yang Kai’s Origin of Yang could now sense any Yang Qi within five hundred feet of himself.
Once his search range reached the distance of five hundred feet, he could no longer increase it. It was probably related to his own strength. Once he stepped into the next stage, this area would most likely increase again.
After two or three hours of walking hurriedly around High Heaven Pavilion, Yang Kai had almost visited all the places, apart from some forbidden areas. Yang Kai had come up with no results, but thinking back, anything that the Origin of Yang could sense was most likely quite valuable. [Since they were so valuable, I doubt that I could manage to find one just lying on the ground right?] Yang Kai thought of his initial childish optimism to be too hilarious.
[Should I just make another trip to Black Wind Mountains? The mountain range should have some Yang attributed items right?]
Just as he was considering the feasibility of this idea, the Origin of Yang within his chest heated up again. As though he was following his Origin of Yang almost by reflex, Yang Kai began walking in that direction.
After walking for a short while, an enormous ravine appeared in front of Yang Kai; it literally stretched across the heavens and earth. A powerful gale blew towards him as if it was greeting him, nearly knocking him over in the process.
Turning around and lifting up his head Yang Kai stared blankly ahead.
[How could it be here?] The channel in front of him was a thousand meter wide and appeared almost bottomless; it was one of the most mysterious and dangerous places in High Heaven Pavilion – Coiling Dragon Stream!
[Now that think about it, the very existence of this mountain stream was very strange…] This was because High Heaven Pavilion wasn’t even located in a mountain range, but rather on a flat piece of land. Although it was called a mountain stream, it would be more suitable to call Coiling Dragon Stream a giant crack in the earth itself. It was just that this crack; was a bit too big.
Coiling Dragon Stream was the most forbidden place of all the forbidden places in High Heaven Pavilion! This is because once you entered, fierce winds blew. A single moment’s carelessness could cause you to slip and fall, plummeting to your death.
This place was also where exiled or traitorous Disciples were sent. In the past several hundred years, whenever a Disciple committed an unforgivable act, they would be given a few rations and exiled to Coiling Dragon Stream.
This made Yang Kai extremely confused. For if a Disciple really committed an unforgivable act, wouldn’t it better to immediately execute them rather than exiling them? Giving them a few rations and abandoning them there is equal to death itself.
Of course, apart from being the place where traitorous Disciples were exiled, it was also the number one choice for lovers to commit suicide.
There were many such stories floating around High Heaven Pavilion. These stories were certainly tear jerking and heart-wrenching. They were about lovers who came to Coiling Dragon Stream to die once their partner had perished.
In the school, each male Disciple would tell one or two of these stories when they were chasing after girls. If they could make these beautiful females cry, then they would then use their broad and warm chest to comfort these crying females.
You couldn’t know how many hearts were stirred by these heart-wrenching stories, but nevertheless, they were all kept in the hearts of the male Disciples when pursuing love!
In regards to the information Yang Kai held on Coiling Dragon Stream, he reviewed it once more in his mind. Slowly, he took a few steps forward and looked ahead in doubt.
[How could there be Yang Qi inside? Not to mention that this reaction was different from all the previous reactions. This time it indicated there was a very strong concentration of Yang Qi and it is also slowly drifting upwards.] Even though he was standing next to this place, Yang Kai could still sense a small warm feeling from the open air.
This warm feeling was not from the sun, it was several folds purer than the sun’s energy.
Thinking for a while, Yang Kai ended up simply sitting down on the ground and diligently started to absorb the energy, disregarding the reason for the dense concentration of energy. To cultivate the True Yang Secret Art, the more concentrated the Yang Qi was in the area, the quicker he would be able to cultivate it.
Since his current amount of Yuan Qi was very small, the transfer speed of his True Yang Secret Art was also slow, but with all this Yang Qi to aid him; his speed should be greatly increased.
The sun had set and it was now evening, even without the sun’s Yang Qi, Yang Kai could sense that his efficiency was much higher than it had been the past few days.
With his cultivation, he had unexpectedly cultivated the entire night away. It was only the next morning, that Yang Kai opened his eyes and inspected his progress.
Cultivating with Yang Qi and without Yang Qi, it was truly different. Although he had previously trained under the sun’s light, it took him three entire days to produce that one small bit of Yuan Qi. But with just one night’s cultivation, he had already achieved the same result that took three days’ worth of cultivation; such results had truly left him speechless.
The amount of Yuan Qi within him had also increased; it was no longer like a flickering flame caught in a storm.
Also, with the increase of his Yuan Qi, his control over it had improved.
Since it was the start of a new day, Yang Kai didn’t continue but instead stood up to practice his half an hour of Tempered Body Record Training.
Next to Coiling Dragon Stream, Yang Kai sweated profusely. Although he had trained the entire night, he didn’t consume much stamina, and his mental health was bursting with vigour.
After he completed his Tempered Body Record Training, he quickly went to complete his daily sweeping. Afterwards, he hurried (bounced back happily) back to Coiling Dragon Stream.
Since he had just about consumed his stock of his Three Left Chaos Spirit Flower and Dead Jedi Tree Grass, the incense burner was temporarily unusable. That left him with only one option of training.
Originally, Yang Kai had wanted to go and find Su Mu’s group and challenge them to a duel, but it was very strange. Ever since that night, Su Mu’s group of people had vanished into thin air, never to be seen in High Heaven Pavilion again.
Although Yang Kai had some problems with them, it wasn’t to the point of utter hatred and revenge seeking. And his finding them to battle was only to find some entertainment whilst also verifying his growth. So he wasn’t offended over their night raid.
If he was bullied, as long as he gained enough strength, he would retaliate and make them suffer so as to never to have the idea to come and bully him again.
Sitting down next to Coiling Dragon Stream and ignoring the blistering cold wind, strong enough to blow a human away, Yang Kai closed his eyes and concentrated. Slowly, the Yuan Qi within his Meridians surged and started to circulate.
The circulation of his Yuan Qi felt like it was pulling out a mysterious inner power. This caused all of the pores in his body to open up and suck in the Yang Qi in the air into his body; like a kitten who had just smelt a delicious fishy scent.
His entire body heated up like he was bathing in hot water, making Yang Kai feel extremely comfortable.
Two days flew past in a blink of an eye and Yang Kai’s work has been very rewarding.
After these two days of cultivation, the Yuan Qi inside of Yang Kai had expanded greatly. And within this Yuan Qi was a small ball of flaming Yang energy.
This was a distinct characteristic of cultivating the True Yang Secret Art. Since the Yuan Qi within him grew by absorbing Yang energy, it would naturally be Yang attributed.
Martial Peak – Chapter 35, The First Drop of Yang Liquid
Yang Kai didn’t know the average amount of Yuan Qi that someone in Tempered Body Seventh Stage would have but at the very least, they shouldn’t have as much as him. Although the accumulation speed was slow, the True Yang Secret Art allowed him to absorb the Yang Qi around him. Just how many Cultivation Techniques allowed one to do such a thing?
After Yang Kai finished his training, he slowly opened his eyes.
Over the past few days, the accumulated Yang Qi had gradually become denser and the warm; the feeling in his meridians had also become more distinct. Yang Kai felt that the absorbed Yang Qi would soon reach its limit.
Once he had absorbed enough to reach the limit, the Yang Qi would condense into a liquid state. This liquid Yang Qi would then be stored within his Dantian. This drop of Yang Qi could be then used in battle, giving him access to unimaginable power, causing Yang Kai to anticipate such a time in the future.
Opening his eyes, Yang Kai prepared to adjust his posture when, from his peripheral visions, he caught sight of a person standing not too far away from him. His expression changed. Since he had been so immersed in his training, he hadn’t sense that person approach; leaving Yang Kai to wonder when they had arrived.
The person was standing off to the side and was wearing a cyan robe. His sleeves were elegant and he was tall with a straight stature, white hair, a moustache and a thin wispy goatee hung down from his chin. Looking at him his age should be about the same as the Contribution Hall’s Treasurer Meng, but their auras were vastly different.
At first glance, Yang Kai felt that his brain had up and gone with the wind. This person’s aura and Treasurer Meng’s lecherous hoodlum attitude starkly contrasted each other. When compared together, one was up in the heavens and the other was down in the earth.
Currently, one of the man’s hands was behind his back while the other one was stroking his beard while he stood over there gazing down into Coiling Dragon Stream. His gaze was very strange; it was so strange that it was even strangely complex.
[This man was must be a wise sage, while also being an excellent martial elder!] With this in mind, Yang Kai quickly stood up and called out the standard Disciple greeting: “Disciple Yang Kai has seen this Senior.”
Surprised by Yang Kai’s voice, the elderly man casually turned around and kindly looked over. Nodding his head, he replied, “En!”
“How should this Disciple address you?” Although he knew that this person was a powerful person in High Heaven Pavilion, he had never met him before. It was natural to ask, so as to avoid mixing up the seniority rankings and address him incorrectly.
Muttering to himself, the elderly man’s eyebrows knitted together as if Yang Kai had asked him an exceedingly difficult question. After a good, while he spoke, “You can just address me as the Eleventh Elder.”
[Eleventh Elder?] This caused Yang Kai to become slightly suspicious. Although there were a few elders in High Heaven Pavilion, there couldn’t be an Eleventh Elder. But since this person was his senior and he wished to be called that, then Yang Kai could only comply. Immediately he paid his respects. “This Disciple greets the Eleventh Elder.”
The Eleventh Elder smiled and his expression became kinder, gently he asked: “Are you practicing your Cultivation Techniques?”
“Yes.” Yang Kai nodded his head.
“And it’s a Yang attributed martial skill?”
“Yes.” The opposite party’s strength was definitely not weak, otherwise, how could he sense Yang Kai absorbing the Yang Qi to cultivate?
“How’s your progress?”
“It has only been a few days since I started practicing so the progress is not bad.”
Eleventh Elder once again asked a few more questions and Yang Kai responded to each one, with his heart slightly moved. This Elder was very amiable and gentle, since he treated such a low leveled Disciple with such care, easily allowing one to have a good impression of him.
With great care, Yang Kai thought of a question to ask. “Eleventh Elder, after practicing for a couple of days, there is something this Disciple doesn’t understand.”
“Oh, say it so that I may hear it.” The elders’ spirit was suddenly peaked.
“Why is there Yang Qi rising out from below Coiling Dragon Stream?”
Laughing for a bit, Eleventh Elder replied. “The answer would be that there is a Yang attributed treasure located down there.”
Yang Kai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, for this, he could naturally guess. He just had no idea as to what that treasure was.
“Do you know how this Coiling Dragon Stream was formed?” Eleventh Elder suddenly asked a random question.
Although Yang Kai didn’t know the senior’s intention he could only shake his head.
Gazing towards Coiling Dragon Stream, the Eleventh Elder calmly said: “This was created by a someone’s sword strike.”
Yang Kai’s heart shook as though he was struck by lightning! Coiling Dragon Stream exceeded at least a couple of thousand meters in length! It was unfathomably deep yet it was unexpectedly created by someone’s sword strike? If it had been another person who had told him this, he wouldn’t have believed them. However the person who had told was the Eleventh Elder, and there wouldn’t be any reason for him to lie to him.
But, what type of person was able to create such a rift with a single sword strike? And what level of cultivation had this person reached?
“Several hundred years ago, this was not High Heaven Pavilion.” The elder’s eyes grew distant and seemed to contain a hidden depth, his voice became lower.
Yang Kai knew that this senior was going to reveal some secret or hidden affair, and held his breath in rapt attention, staring intently at the elder.
“Back then, when the founder passed through this land, he met a profound monster by chance. Here, those two fought a great battle. The details of the battle, no one knows, but towards the end, the intelligence of that monster wasn’t low, he took out a sword.” As he narrated the story, the Eleventh Elder also was using his hands to gesture around the east and west directions of Coiling Dragon Stream. “With one strike for the sword Coiling Dragon Stream was created! The monster then escaped inside, with the founder pursuing closely behind. With great effort and suffering and equal hardship, the founder managed to kill and behead that monster!”
“But that monster’s strength was too profound and when he died, his spirit vanished into thin air. However the founder was not relieved, so he founded High Heaven Pavilion here and guarded Coiling Dragon Stream for some years. Once he confirmed that nothing associated with the monsters spirit would arise again, he floated up and left. This is the origin of High Heaven Pavilion.
“Coiling Dragon Stream has already existed for a few hundred years, and its bottom is so deep that it is pitch black, unreachable even by the sun’s light. After the founder left many Disciples who broke the school’s rules were sent there, which resulted in the rare birth of a Yang attributed treasure, from which you have been absorbing Yang Qi.”
Nodding his, Yang Kai asked doubtfully: “Eleventh Elders purpose of coming here is also to go and see this treasure?”
“Me?” The Eleventh Elder’s expression became queer and shook his head. “I didn’t come here for the treasure, but instead to meet someone.”
“Meet someone?”
Laughing he replied, “As I’ve grown older, I find that I speak out more often. Let us end our conversation here for now and you should continue to diligently practice. But, do not have any ideas about descending down there. There are many dangers down there, and even I do not dare to go down there casually.”
As he had finished speaking, the Eleventh Elder left. Yang Kai’s heart and mind were both touched, he was left with a lot of doubts and unanswered questions but he could only keep them to himself.
Calming his mind down, Yang Kai continued the circulation of his True Yang Secret Art. Now, when he used his True Yang Secret Art, the absorption speed of Yang Qi was many folds quicker than it had been in the previous few days.
A few hours later, Yang Kai felt that his Meridians were bursting, even his Dantian was packed to the brim. It was like eating too much during a meal, so much so that you felt like your stomach was bursting.
Was it at the limit? Yang Kai was not surprised, and steeling his resolve he continued.
Half an hour later, his meridians and Dantian suddenly became light and that bursting feeling he had earlier disappeared without a trace. All of his Yuan Qi had charged into his Dantian and compressed into a scorching hot liquid which slowly formed into a single drop. When that drop entered his Dantian, Yang Kai heard the light sound of water dripping.
[A drop of Yang Liquid! I’ve finally formed a drop of Yang Liquid!]
Martial Peak – Chapter 36, The Beauty Beneath The Moon
Although his current training was not enough for him to develop his Divine Sense, Yang Kai could still distinctly feel that drop of Yang Liquid within his Dantian. With a single thought, the drop of Yang Liquid begins to move.
This Yang Liquid could be used in battle, but Yang Kai had yet to test it out. In the end, the black book’s explanation was not enough, so he needed test it out first hand to gauge its true potential.
Although he had suffered many days of hardships to reach this point, with the creation of this singular drop of Yang Liquid, Yang Kai felt contented. With a heart filled with excitement, he settled down and cultivated most of the night away.
During the latter part of the night, Yang Kai opened his eyes and stopped cultivating.
For these past few days, he had constantly skipped his meals and gone without sleep. Although this had brought about great results in regards to his cultivation, it had placed a great strain on his body. In order to cultivate well, you must do all things in moderation in order to avoid long-term dangers.
Standing up, he patted his bottom clean of dirt and walked lightly back to his wooden hut.
When he arrived, the door to his wooden hut was ajar, alerting Yang Kai. When he had left, he distinctly remembered that he had closed the door.
Cautiously he walked over and softly pushed open the door. Peering inside, the scene that awaited him momentarily stunned Yang Kai. It was like it had been taken directly out of a painting, something from a dream or fantasy. It was that otherworldly.
Inside his wooden hut, there was supposed to be only his bed inside. But now, on his bed slept a person; more specifically a woman.
With the moonlight pouring into the room via the hole in the roof it fell onto the female asleep on the bed. With the moonlight illuminating the room, Yang Kai saw that both her hands were folded neatly and were placed on her stomach and her well-rounded chest moved up and down rhythmically in tune with her breaths. Under the moonlight, the neck and skin of the lady was as white as sparkling ice, it was accompanied by silky, onyx black hair that spread out around her head. Her shoulders made her seem delicate and fragile, while her earlobes excluded a kind of temptation.
Because she was laying down, her slim legs, her slender waist, and her beautiful body were fully displayed to Yang Kai. He couldn’t see her face due to the cicada thin veil she wore, but on her sleek forehead, there rested a blue gem. This was the only piece of jewelry she wore and although it was not that expensive, he thought it perfectly complimented and highlighted her frosty and pure aura.
The hazy moonlight illuminating the room seemed to enhance her beauty as well.
She looked as if she was an immortal from the Moon Palace, for from head to toe, there was not a single flaw to be seen and not a single part of her didn’t emit a divine aura. She lay there comfortably as if she would never wake. Unable to make sense of the situation, Yang Kai’s heart rate soared to the high heavens.
Usually, Yang Kai wasn’t an emotional person, but this picturesque scene moved him greatly. Even if tens of years passed, he would never forget this scene.
Curious, Yang Kai cautiously walked over, forcibly suppressing his breathing and heart rate, afraid that they might wake her.
Drawing closer to the bedside, the distance between them was now very short, Yang Kai hurriedly observed the situation. He discovered that it was the same as his guess; this female was the same female Disciple that had nearly bumped into him outside the Contribution Hall the other day.
It was just that her aura that day was completely different to the one she was exuding here and now, currently, she exuded a divine and untouchable aura. That day, she appeared shy and timid, with a fresh and adorable feel. Raising his head, Yang Kai took a look towards the hole in the roof and chuckled softly. These past few days the holes that he had never gotten a chance to fix had unexpectedly become very handy.
This series of small laughs alarmed Xia Ning Chang who was currently lying on the bed. By the time Yang Kai lowered his head; the sleeping senior sister had long since woken and was staring at him with wide eyes.
That pair of bright eyes first held some confusion before becoming flustered and embarrassed. In the blink of an eye, Xia Ning Chang’s earlobes had become bright red.
Luckily it was night, and although there was moonlight illuminating the hut, Yang Kai still couldn’t see too clearly thus allowing Xia Ning Chang escape embarrassment.
The two people eyed each other, one on the bed and the other beside it.
Yang Kai’s belly was full of suspicions; meanwhile, Xia Ning Chang wished that she could slap herself unconscious and escape an awkward situation. Her heart was a mess; she did not think that she would be so careless and fall asleep here.
“Ke, Ke……” Yang Kai coughed lightly, and tried very hard to make himself appear somewhat good natured as he asked, “Senior Sister, how should I address you by?”
It was unclear whether it was it due to the current mood or situation, but when Yang Kai asked that question, it didn’t seem quite right. Especially, when a young male and female were together on the same bed, in a room at night.
The question asked was like him asking, “How should I call this prostitute/concubine.”
A hundred percent tasteless.
Xia Ning Chang’s face was as red as blood, but she calmly rose up from a lying position sat upright on the bed. Reaching out her hand, she went to tidy her hair before saying, “My surname is Xia……”
Xia Ning Chang did not have the nerve to give her full name, for today she felt that she had lost too much face.
“So it’s actually Senior Sister Xia. What can I do for you, Senior Sister Xia?”
If there was nothing she needs from him then why would this deity like female come to his hut to look for him?
Under Yang Kai’s questioning, Xia Ning Chang remembered her original purpose and hurriedly took out a package from her side. With her emotions calmed, she explained. “This afternoon, there was a hunter from Black Wind Mountains who came to find you. He waited until sundown, but you had yet to appear. I saw that he was in a hurry to return home, so I went to talk to him. That hunter said that he was very grateful to you for saving his life and asked me to pass on this package to you, and he also said that in the future he would come to personally thank you.”
Hearing her say this, Yang Kai was left at a loss for words for he knew who that person was.
The hunter from the mountains! Last time when he had entered Black Wind Mountains, he had saved both the father and son’s lives.
Reaching out, Yang Kai accepted the package. Nodding his head, he exclaimed, “Oh so it was like this.”
Secretly, Xia Ning Chang raised her eyes and glanced over at him and asked. “I was entrusted with something of yours, and had waited nearly the whole day for you to come back, yet you……..”
And as she waited she fell asleep…..she didn’t have the guts to say that out loud. This was too frustrating for her and she had also unexpectedly fallen asleep in another’s bed.
Yang Kai, now fully understood today’s affair. He laughed out loud. “I have troubled you, Senior Sister, so next time I will make sure to come back earlier.”
Xia Ning Chang didn’t know if it was her own misconception or if the other party had purposely phrased it like that. No matter what, it sounded weird, like a husband promising his wife something.
Nibbling her lip, Xia Ning Chang replied with some dissatisfaction. “It doesn’t matter if you come late or early, the package has already been handed over to you. I shall take my leave now.”
Finishing her sentence, with the swaying of her hips and the stomping of her foot, her figure soon disappeared, leaving only a sweet fragrance behind in the room and around a particular person’s nose.
This Senior Sister Xia really was too shy.
Thinking about that scene, Yang Kai felt a warm feeling. Turning around, Yang Kai went to open the package left behind by the hunter. Opening it, Yang Kai found that it contained two cyan coloured long gowns.
These gowns were hand made stitch by stitch, thread by thread and the needlework was dense and clustered; the handiwork was very meticulous. Yang Kai concluded that it was the hunter’s wife who had made these gowns.
[The hunter has such a kind heart!] Last time when he was battling the Flower Patterned Spider, his clothes had been shredded to pieces. And it was because of that, the hunter had come today to deliver two sets of clothes for him to wear.
With a smile on his face, Yang Kai put the clothes away and lay on to the bed. The night was calm and with it, he entered a soothing deep slumber.
The next day, Yang Kai was awoken by a light knocking on his door.
By the time he had crawled out of bed and opened the door, there was nobody outside. But in the distance, a familiar body figure could be seen rapidly running away.
It was Li Yun Tian!
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Ben: Sadly
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[What is this guy up to?] Perplexed, Yang Kai didn’t know what to think until he noticed a letter had been placed on his doorstep. Opening the letter, he read the contents and was unsure whether to laugh or cry.
There were a few words written on the letter but they were written in blood.
“
Dear Senior Brother, long time no see. I hope that Senior Brother would be generous enough to comply with this Junior Brother’s wishes and come to Black Wind Forest.
”
Bright red these words were, there could be no doubt these words were written in blood. He just didn’t know whether it was chicken blood or a person’s blood; however, Yang Kai was certain it was not Su Mu’s blood.
On the back, there was another row of words and these were far more crude and vulgar than the first message.
“
If you have the guts, then come!
”
These couple of words conveyed the great arrogance of the writer, clearly displaying the extreme hatred the writer had while simultaneously acting as a provocation.
It was probably because Su Mu was afraid that his invitation would be rejected by Yang Kai, so he added an extra sentence on the back to attempt to provoke him into action. Young people were often hot-blooded and Su Mu had experienced this many times already. He was already long used to this and was very experienced with regards to using it to his advantage.
Scrunching up the bloody letter in his hand, Yang Kai shook his head.
In regards to Su Mu’s provocation, Yang Kai didn’t take it too seriously. Perhaps Su Mu really had some grudge against him, but Yang Kai was different; his mentality was different, his goal was different. With regards to these types of small scale issues, Yang Kai only treated them as an opportunity to measure his development and aid him in his training.
Although the first few meetings between him and Su Mu were unpleasant affairs, through his constant interactions with him later, Yang Kai had discovered that Su Mu wasn’t really that bad. He just had a major dandyism issues.
If you were to develop good relations with this type of person, then they would treat you really well. But if you were to become enemies, they would become like maggots on rotting bones, pestering you to no end.
These past few days, he hadn’t seen a hint of Su Mu’s group; they were probably hiding from him. He didn’t know why they suddenly wanted to duel him again and came running over to issue a letter of challenge.
Originally, Yang Kai didn’t want to pay too much attention to Su Mu, but when he was doing his daily sweeping, he thought about the challenge and decided to go.
Su Mu was undoubtedly a petty person and had chosen to ignore the Main Gate’s rules with regards to issuing a challenge and instead used a letter to issue his challenge. He probably intended to make his fight a group one rather than an individual one as per the Main Gate’s rules.
The selected location also raised many questions. Black Wind Forest was located at the base of the Black Wind Mountains, it was a pine forest and as such a great place to dispose of a person.
Although the group of people who hung out with Su Mu didn’t number that many, only Su Mu had reached the Tempered Body Ninth Stage. Li Yun Tian, who was at the Tempered Body Eleventh Stage, while the rest were either in the Fifth or Sixth Stages. Yang Kai didn’t know whether or not he could win, but he really needed a proper battle in order to fully understand his current progress. Not the kind of fight that Disciples in High Heaven Pavilion usually held!
Currently, Su Mu was personally waiting on High Heaven Pavilion’s road towards the Black Wind Forest, not a single person was hidden in ambush. He stood there valiantly and eluded and aura filled with vigour.
When he thought about his failure a few nights ago, his fully unconscious embarrassing state, Su Mu’s face became really ugly. That night, he didn’t even know what had happened, his entire gang of Brothers who had come with him to Yang Kai’s small wooden hut suddenly fainted. It had happened all too suddenly and mysteriously.
It wasn’t until the next morning, that they managed to wake up. Although it was summer and sleeping outside wouldn’t do them any harm, there were still a lot of mosquitoes. When they woke up, everybody felt like a couple of hundred bumps had formed all over their bodies; an unfathomable amount of mosquitoes had bitten them and drank their blood while they dreamt.
The following couple of days, Su Mu’s group had all been bedridden and were in an extremely weakened state.
After they had healed, all the Disciple Su Mu had taken under his wing had run away from High Heaven Pavilion. If they couldn’t afford to offend Yang Kai, then why couldn’t they run away instead?
Yesterday when he was informed that Li Yun Tian had learned his first martial skill, Su Mu’s flame of revenge was once again ignited. So he sent Li Yun Tian to give Yang Kai a challenge letter with the fight to be held in Black Wind forest.
The reason why this duel wasn’t held in High Heaven Pavilion was because Su Mu didn’t have a lot of faith in Li Yun Tian. If Li Yun Tian were to once again lose to Yang Kai miserably, then the remaining people would flock to spectate. What Main Gate rules, to hell with the rules, for he only wanted to beat Yang Kai until he looked like a pig. If he couldn’t release this resentment within him, then he would surely lose his head.
Just as he was thinking about this, Li Yun Tian hurriedly rushed over.
“Did you deliver it?” Su Mu asked, a fierce light in his eyes.
“En.”
“Good, then let’s wait for that bastard to come.”
There he waited, but no matter how long he waited, Yang Kai did not appear. Su Mu’s face showed his impatience as he paced about before finally asking, “Could it be that, that bastard didn’t have the courage to come here?”
Just as he swore, Li Yun Tian cried out abruptly. “Young master Su, someone is walking over here.”
*Eh?* His mind shook, for he thought that Yang Kai had really come over in search of death. When he went to look, the person who was walking over was not Yang Kai.
“Young master Su, those are people from the Storm House.” Li Yun Tian reported as he continued to observe the approaching group. “And the lead person seems to be Cheng Shao Feng!”
“Cheng Shao Feng?” Su Mu’s expression became cold as he turned his head to look at the incoming group. It really was Storm House’s Cheng Shao Feng who was leading a group of people, they arrogantly approach Su Mu.
“Young master Su, do you want to take a walk and avoid them?” Li Yun Tian asked hesitatingly, for he knew that between Su Mu and that Cheng Shao Feng, there was some history. Both of them were cultivators at the peak of the Tempered Body Stage and had crossed paths many times over these past years, with about the same amount of wins and losses belonging to each. If they were to meet right now, there would certainly be some friction.
“Avoid? Why should we avoid them?!” Su Mu coldly responded. “What qualifications does he have to make this lord move for him?”
Li Yun Tian didn’t reply, for he knew that this matter was related to one’s face for these two. Su Mu was a very proud person, how could he possibly move aside for another? But the number of people in the opposite party was not small, so if they really started to fight then his side would suffer.
As they were speaking, Cheng Shao Feng had already spotted them from afar, and his expression immediately became cheery and he said some things to the people following behind him. Their pace noticeably hastened.
Not long after, the two parties met up with each other. Although Su Mu’s group was occupying the road that leads to Black Wind Forest, this road was a four-way intersection that also leads to the residences of Storm House and the Blood Battle Gang. It also continued through to reach High Heaven Pavilion and its various buildings.
With the positioning of Su Mu’s group, it was equivalent to blocking Cheng Shao Feng’s path.
“I didn’t know who it was that dared to block my way, but it turns out it was actually Su Mu!” Walking up, Cheng Shao Feng looked down at Su Mu in contempt while sizing him up. His voice was slightly mystifying.
Su Mu just rolled his eyes and continued to stand there with a back as straight as a javelin stick. He wasn’t even in the mood to bother with him.
This blatant disregard made Cheng Shao Feng somewhat displeased.
“*Ge, ge, ge,* Younger Brother Cheng, they seem to be ignoring you.” A tender voice sounded, it was pleasant to hear, but gave one an unrestrained feeling.
Following the sound of the voice, Su Mu looked over to see a lovely looking young lady standing behind Cheng Shao Feng. This young lady wore a loose jacket with a hint of her pink shoulder showing while emitting a porcelain doll-like aura. Her skirt barely covered her bottom, revealing half of her moons, her white legs were also revealed and her jade-like feet were enclosed in a pair of wooden shoes. Small and exquisite jewel-like sparkling fingers were accompanied by a pair of seductive eyes.
The young lady and Su Mu’s ages weren’t that far apart, but the way she walked seductively swayed her hips made her seemed more mature than she already was. Not to mention those seductive bursts of vivaciousness coming from her chest, causing those that see it become faint-headed.
At such a young age, she already had the air of a mature woman but this air had yet to fully develop, so it seemed a bit unnatural.
“Hu Mei Er!” When he saw this young lady, Su Mu’s expression couldn’t help but change, his mouth widened into a smile, and his gaze swept across her body. Unconsciously, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Even Su Mu had reacted to such a degree, let alone others with less self-control like Li Yun Tian.
Every pair of eyes were like the eyes of dragonflies and locusts, glued onto Hu Mei Er’s body. As they stared at that well-developed figure, their breathing gradually became ragged and their shameful inner selves were revealed. Although throughout the lands, pretty boys and girls were not scarce, those of exceptional beauty like Hu Mei Er were exceedingly rare. Not to mention, she was only a fifteen-sixteen-year-old girl and still had skin so tender it was out of reach even for those using the latest skin creams, which just added lethality to her body’s killing power.
Li Yun Tian and the others were boys still in puberty, adding to that their vigorous Qi when they saw such a stimulating scene, their reaction was imaginable.
But the various reactions of the boys from the High Heaven’s Pavilion didn’t enrage or disgust Hu Mei Er, to the contrary, she seemed to enjoy their reactions. Placing her hand cutely on her mouth, she spoke. “It seems that Younger Brother Su recognizes this Older Sister.”
Su Mu coughed a bit and forced himself to straighten up his expression. With his face a bit red he replied, “Naturally I recognize you.”
Cheng Shao Feng was the leader of the Tempered Body practitioners at Storm House, while this Hu Mei Er was the leader for them in the Blood Battle Gang. Furthermore, this female’s personal status was not ordinary; she was the daughter of the Sect Master of Blood Battle Gang.
It was just that she was infamous. Especially with the Sect Master of Blood Battle Gang, Hu Man, not being controlling over her, and allowed her to act however she wished. Although Hu Mei Er was still young, the number of people that she controlled was vast.
Only today, the reason why she was walking with Cheng Shao Feng was a mystery. Could it be, that he had also come under her wing?
Thinking of that, Su Mu became envy died out. Previously he had been envious over Cheng Shao Feng’s luck with women, but now he had been subdued by a woman.
When he thought about that, not only did a strange smile appear on Su’s face but when he glanced over to Cheng Shao Feng again, a look of contempt appeared on his face.
His gaze made Cheng Shao Feng extremely uncomfortable, while the High Heaven Pavilion people’s eyes were still glued on Hu Mei Er’s body spinning around in circles Su Mu was staring at him, and placed him in a bad mood. At that moment, he took a few steps forward and cut off their view of Hu Mei Er.
This seemingly casual movement, caused Hu Mei Er to purse her lips in amusement.
“Su Mu, tell your people to make way.” Cheng Shao Feng said with a gloomy face; he didn’t even bother to say a few words of courtesy.
Su Mu only sneered. “*Hehe* The great road goes to the sky, each one walks their own path. So how could we possibly be blocking your way?”
“Move aside!” Cheng Shao Feng replied with a hazy expression.
“What if I do not move aside?” A measure for a measure Su Mu asked, for the tension and friction between the two people was not the kind developed overnight. Due to this, they were each far too clear on each other’s methods, so what did Su Mu have to fear?
“Younger brother Cheng, younger brother Su standing here is nothing important, we can just take a detour. No one will judge you if you chose to do so.” Hu Mei Er suddenly butted in and spoke. It looked like she was trying to peacefully resolve the problem, but in reality, she was fanning the flames.
Su Mu secretly called her a slut, for this woman’s mind, really was too sinister. As soon as she became a member of Blood Battle Gang, she was all too eager for the animosity between High Heaven Pavilion and Storm House to reach the boiling point and for a fight to erupt.
As Cheng Shao Feng heard Hu Mei Er’s words, his originally hesitant expression instantly hardened and became decisive. Sneering at Su Mu, he warned. “If you don’t fuck off now, you will regret it!”
He purposely acted tough in front of Hu Mei Er. How could he back down now?
The corners of Hu Mei Er’s mouth twitched into a smile, while she watched the two people with a gaze full of interest while taking a few steps back in expectation.
“If you have the guts, come and try!” Su Mu laughed coldly back at Cheng Shao Feng, while Li Yun Tian and the others stepped up behind him.
“You brought this upon yourself!” Laughing maniacally, Cheng Shao Feng waved his arm ushering everybody behind him forward. “Charge!”
Following his firm yell, Cheng Shao Feng rushed out towards Su Mu and throwing out a fist at Su Mu’s face. Su Mu laughed and responded with a palm.
At the moment of the collision, Su Mu was pushed back a dozen or so steps before he managed to steady himself, while Cheng Shao Feng had a calm look. His body remained still.
“Did your cultivation breakthrough into the Initial Element Stage?” Su Mu’s face changed greatly, for when they had exchanged fists, the Yuan Qi that Su Mu felt from Cheng Shao Feng was stronger and denser than his own measly Tempered Body Ninth Stage Yuan Qi. This was clearly strength gained from breaking through to the Initial Element Stage.
Cheng Shao Feng continued to charge towards Su Mu, all the while smiling incessantly. “Su Mu, you and I started cultivating at the same time, but there are great differences between people. From now on you, Su Mu, can only follow I, Cheng Shao Feng’s steps. You can only eternally dream of surpassing me.”
Su Mu’s face became ashen with despair, his heart bitter and agonized. The feeling of defeat that Su Mu experienced from Cheng Shao Feng was many times worse than being defeated by Yang Kai. In a moment, Cheng Shao Feng had nearly reached him; turning his body around Su Mu didn’t dare get any ideas. Cultivators in Tempered Body Ninth Stage was strong, but it was clearly insufficient to defend against the strength of the Initial Element Stage of Cheng Shao Feng.
Before Yang Kai even arrived at Black Wind Forest, he could already hear the sounds of battle from afar. Mixed within the sounds, were the cursing and swearing of Li Yun Tian’s bunch, full of humiliation and mourning.
Straining his ears, he listened for a while; Yang Kai felt that something was amiss. It sounded like Su Mu’s group of people had met some type of trouble.
Coming to this conclusion, Yang Kai hastened his pace. When he arrived at that four-way intersection, he surprisingly found Su Mu bloody nosed and with a swollen face, lying on the ground. While a youngster sat on top of him while beating him, with Li Yun Tian and the others clustered around Su Mu. They used all their strength to protect themselves, but it was no use since the number of people on the opponent’s side was too great and their accumulated strength was vastly superior. The Disciples of High Heaven Pavilion were already preoccupied with battle, so how could they pay attention to Su Mu?
“Submit or not?” Cheng Shao Feng slammed one fist down onto Su Mu’s eye. Su Mu’s eye socket had already long since split apart, blood was dripping out.
“Submit to hell!” Su Mu spat out a thin streak of blood towards Cheng Shao Feng’s face.
“Submit or not?” He asked again while slamming another fist down, this time on Su Mu’s cheekbone area and causing it to swell up.
“I submit….I submit to your ancestors!” Su Mu was gasping for breath, yet he was still spitting out sharp phrases.
“Submit or not?”
“Submit to your grandmother’s butt!”
Cheng Shao Feng didn’t waste any more words, he just sent out a fist before asking “Submit or not?”. While Su Mu continuously replied with poisonous curse phrases, causing Cheng Shao Feng’s fists to become heavier and heavier, more and more vicious.
Yang Kai just stood afar, calmly observing the scene. He found out how much guts and courage Su Mu possessed and watching Su Mu like this reminded him of his old self when he met an enemy he couldn’t defeat; although their bodies were littered with wounds, they did not submit.
This was not being foolish, but being unyielding!
Originally, Yang Kai didn’t plan on interfering, and he didn’t know which person Su Mu had offended, subduing him without even room to retaliate.
But Su Mu’s current unyielding character made Yang Kai’s impression of him change.
At that moment, Cheng Shao Feng also became tired from the constant beating, although Su Mu was bloodied and his face swollen with broken eye sockets and his mouth full of blood, the utter contempt and despise in his face and eyes had not diminished at all.
Hu Mei Er once again timely butted in. “Younger brother Cheng, why don’t you spare him for younger brother Su has an unyielding character and this big sister just adores such types of people.”
As soon as this was said, Su Mu twisted his head around and swore out: “Shameless whore!”
Cheng Shao Feng sneered back. “*Hehe* An unyielding character? I also like it!”
As he said this, he casually picked up a stone off from the ground, a pointed it at Su Mu’s head.
The young lady and Su Mu’s ages weren’t that far apart, but the way she walked seductively swayed her hips made her seemed more mature than she already was. Not to mention those seductive bursts of vivaciousness coming from her chest, causing those that see it become faint-headed.
At such a young age, she already had the air of a mature woman but this air had yet to fully develop, so it seemed a bit unnatural.
“Hu Mei Er!” When he saw this young lady, Su Mu’s expression couldn’t help but change, his mouth widened into a smile, and his gaze swept across her body. Unconsciously, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Even Su Mu had reacted to such a degree, let alone others with less self-control like Li Yun Tian.
Every pair of eyes were like the eyes of dragonflies and locusts, glued onto Hu Mei Er’s body. As they stared at that well-developed figure, their breathing gradually became ragged and their shameful inner selves were revealed. Although throughout the lands, pretty boys and girls were not scarce, those of exceptional beauty like Hu Mei Er were exceedingly rare. Not to mention, she was only a fifteen-sixteen-year-old girl and still had skin so tender it was out of reach even for those using the latest skin creams, which just added lethality to her body’s killing power.
Li Yun Tian and the others were boys still in puberty, adding to that their vigorous Qi when they saw such a stimulating scene, their reaction was imaginable.
But the various reactions of the boys from the High Heaven’s Pavilion didn’t enrage or disgust Hu Mei Er, to the contrary, she seemed to enjoy their reactions. Placing her hand cutely on her mouth, she spoke. “It seems that Younger Brother Su recognizes this Older Sister.”
Su Mu coughed a bit and forced himself to straighten up his expression. With his face a bit red he replied, “Naturally I recognize you.”
Cheng Shao Feng was the leader of the Tempered Body practitioners at Storm House, while this Hu Mei Er was the leader for them in the Blood Battle Gang. Furthermore, this female’s personal status was not ordinary; she was the daughter of the Sect Master of Blood Battle Gang.
It was just that she was infamous. Especially with the Sect Master of Blood Battle Gang, Hu Man, not being controlling over her, and allowed her to act however she wished. Although Hu Mei Er was still young, the number of people that she controlled was vast.
Only today, the reason why she was walking with Cheng Shao Feng was a mystery. Could it be, that he had also come under her wing?
Thinking of that, Su Mu became envy died out. Previously he had been envious over Cheng Shao Feng’s luck with women, but now he had been subdued by a woman.
When he thought about that, not only did a strange smile appear on Su’s face but when he glanced over to Cheng Shao Feng again, a look of contempt appeared on his face.
His gaze made Cheng Shao Feng extremely uncomfortable, while the High Heaven Pavilion people’s eyes were still glued on Hu Mei Er’s body spinning around in circles Su Mu was staring at him, and placed him in a bad mood. At that moment, he took a few steps forward and cut off their view of Hu Mei Er.
This seemingly casual movement, caused Hu Mei Er to purse her lips in amusement.
“Su Mu, tell your people to make way.” Cheng Shao Feng said with a gloomy face; he didn’t even bother to say a few words of courtesy.
Su Mu only sneered. “*Hehe* The great road goes to the sky, each one walks their own path. So how could we possibly be blocking your way?”
“Move aside!” Cheng Shao Feng replied with a hazy expression.
“What if I do not move aside?” A measure for a measure Su Mu asked, for the tension and friction between the two people was not the kind developed overnight. Due to this, they were each far too clear on each other’s methods, so what did Su Mu have to fear?
“Younger brother Cheng, younger brother Su standing here is nothing important, we can just take a detour. No one will judge you if you chose to do so.” Hu Mei Er suddenly butted in and spoke. It looked like she was trying to peacefully resolve the problem, but in reality, she was fanning the flames.
Su Mu secretly called her a slut, for this woman’s mind, really was too sinister. As soon as she became a member of Blood Battle Gang, she was all too eager for the animosity between High Heaven Pavilion and Storm House to reach the boiling point and for a fight to erupt.
As Cheng Shao Feng heard Hu Mei Er’s words, his originally hesitant expression instantly hardened and became decisive. Sneering at Su Mu, he warned. “If you don’t fuck off now, you will regret it!”
He purposely acted tough in front of Hu Mei Er. How could he back down now?
The corners of Hu Mei Er’s mouth twitched into a smile, while she watched the two people with a gaze full of interest while taking a few steps back in expectation.
“If you have the guts, come and try!” Su Mu laughed coldly back at Cheng Shao Feng, while Li Yun Tian and the others stepped up behind him.
“You brought this upon yourself!” Laughing maniacally, Cheng Shao Feng waved his arm ushering everybody behind him forward. “Charge!”
Following his firm yell, Cheng Shao Feng rushed out towards Su Mu and throwing out a fist at Su Mu’s face. Su Mu laughed and responded with a palm.
At the moment of the collision, Su Mu was pushed back a dozen or so steps before he managed to steady himself, while Cheng Shao Feng had a calm look. His body remained still.
“Did your cultivation breakthrough into the Initial Element Stage?” Su Mu’s face changed greatly, for when they had exchanged fists, the Yuan Qi that Su Mu felt from Cheng Shao Feng was stronger and denser than his own measly Tempered Body Ninth Stage Yuan Qi. This was clearly strength gained from breaking through to the Initial Element Stage.
Cheng Shao Feng continued to charge towards Su Mu, all the while smiling incessantly. “Su Mu, you and I started cultivating at the same time, but there are great differences between people. From now on you, Su Mu, can only follow I, Cheng Shao Feng’s steps. You can only eternally dream of surpassing me.”
Su Mu’s face became ashen with despair, his heart bitter and agonized. The feeling of defeat that Su Mu experienced from Cheng Shao Feng was many times worse than being defeated by Yang Kai. In a moment, Cheng Shao Feng had nearly reached him; turning his body around Su Mu didn’t dare get any ideas. Cultivators in Tempered Body Ninth Stage was strong, but it was clearly insufficient to defend against the strength of the Initial Element Stage of Cheng Shao Feng.
Before Yang Kai even arrived at Black Wind Forest, he could already hear the sounds of battle from afar. Mixed within the sounds, were the cursing and swearing of Li Yun Tian’s bunch, full of humiliation and mourning.
Straining his ears, he listened for a while; Yang Kai felt that something was amiss. It sounded like Su Mu’s group of people had met some type of trouble.
Coming to this conclusion, Yang Kai hastened his pace. When he arrived at that four-way intersection, he surprisingly found Su Mu bloody nosed and with a swollen face, lying on the ground. While a youngster sat on top of him while beating him, with Li Yun Tian and the others clustered around Su Mu. They used all their strength to protect themselves, but it was no use since the number of people on the opponent’s side was too great and their accumulated strength was vastly superior. The Disciples of High Heaven Pavilion were already preoccupied with battle, so how could they pay attention to Su Mu?
“Submit or not?” Cheng Shao Feng slammed one fist down onto Su Mu’s eye. Su Mu’s eye socket had already long since split apart, blood was dripping out.
“Submit to hell!” Su Mu spat out a thin streak of blood towards Cheng Shao Feng’s face.
“Submit or not?” He asked again while slamming another fist down, this time on Su Mu’s cheekbone area and causing it to swell up.
“I submit….I submit to your ancestors!” Su Mu was gasping for breath, yet he was still spitting out sharp phrases.
“Submit or not?”
“Submit to your grandmother’s butt!”
Cheng Shao Feng didn’t waste any more words, he just sent out a fist before asking “Submit or not?”. While Su Mu continuously replied with poisonous curse phrases, causing Cheng Shao Feng’s fists to become heavier and heavier, more and more vicious.
Yang Kai just stood afar, calmly observing the scene. He found out how much guts and courage Su Mu possessed and watching Su Mu like this reminded him of his old self when he met an enemy he couldn’t defeat; although their bodies were littered with wounds, they did not submit.
This was not being foolish, but being unyielding!
Originally, Yang Kai didn’t plan on interfering, and he didn’t know which person Su Mu had offended, subduing him without even room to retaliate.
But Su Mu’s current unyielding character made Yang Kai’s impression of him change.
At that moment, Cheng Shao Feng also became tired from the constant beating, although Su Mu was bloodied and his face swollen with broken eye sockets and his mouth full of blood, the utter contempt and despise in his face and eyes had not diminished at all.
Hu Mei Er once again timely butted in. “Younger brother Cheng, why don’t you spare him for younger brother Su has an unyielding character and this big sister just adores such types of people.”
As soon as this was said, Su Mu twisted his head around and swore out: “Shameless whore!”
Cheng Shao Feng sneered back. “*Hehe* An unyielding character? I also like it!”
As he said this, he casually picked up a stone off from the ground, a pointed it at Su Mu’s head.
Su Mu’s gazed back at Cheng Shao Feng with venomous eyes. Without batting an eye, he spat out! “Cheng Shao Feng! If you don’t kill this young master today, then this young master will never let it go!”
“You are still so foul-mouthed!” The last remaining bit of guilt Cheng Shao Feng possessed was now overshadowed by his rage, as he ruthlessly slammed the stone downwards. This time, if the stone managed to land on his head if Su Mu didn’t die, then at the very least he would be heavily injured.
“Young Master Su!” Li Yun Tian and the others cried out helplessly as they lay on the ground clutching their heads, they resigned themselves to their fate of having the Disciples from Storm House viciously kick their bodies,
A flash of amazement passed through Hu Mei Er’s eyes, her heart couldn’t help but throb continuously. It had only been a disagreement between Junior Disciples but for a Disciple to bash another’s brain in, was different, she hadn’t imagined that things would escalate to this level. If Su Mu really died here, with his status, then High Heaven Pavilion and Storm house would be at each other’s throats in enmity.
Everyone’s thoughts were different, but they were all conjugated at the stone in Cheng Shao Feng’s hand.
As they watched the stone slowly approach Su Mu’s face, an extremely thin hand suddenly shot forward and blocked the stone’s path. That hand didn’t seem all that strong, it even looked thinner than average, and as the tip of the stone collided with that hand, it split the hand open and a stream of blood gushed out.
With the stone’s path obstructed by that hand, it ensured that Su Mu suffered no further harm from it.
With this near fatal strike stopped, the tense hearts of Li Yun Tian and the others immediately released a breath of relief. Anxiously, they lifted up their heads, as they wanted to see who it was that had managed to stop that stone at such a crucial moment. But, when they saw that person’s face, their expressions turned into those of shock and embarrassment.
“Senior Brother Yang?” Li Yun Tian cried out, for out of all the possibilities, he would never have imagined that the saviour was, in fact, Yang Kai; the person they had previously planned to ambush and beat up. At that moment, Li Yun Tian was ashamed and unable to show his face.
The ruckus quickly settled down, the Storm House Disciples stopped their kicking, and the victims, the High Heaven Disciples, took the opportunity to recover.
Standing to the side, Hu Mei Er’s small mouth was left open. She was somewhat in shock as she stared at Yang Kai. She discovered that even though this thin figured young man’s hand was overflowing with blood, his brow hadn’t even crinkled nor had his expression changed from the pain. On the contrary, his face showed signs of excitement and anticipation, his pair of sparkling eyes held a savage glint.
Not knowing why Hu Mei Er suddenly felt that this person was dangerous.
*Drip drip………..drip drip……..*.
The dark red blood dripped down his fingers towards the ground, breaking the ensuing silence.
Cheng Shao Feng’s expression was concentrated fully on Yang Kai, coldly he asked, “Are you a Disciple from High Heaven Pavilion?”
“Yeah.” Yang Kai nodded while the familiar stabs of pain stimulated him further and made the blood throughout his body boil in excitement – itching to battle and causing him to be impatient as he tried to calm down the surges of adrenaline.
“What is your motive in meddling in other people’s business?” Cheng Shao Feng spoke with a condescending tone, while the other Storm House Disciples smiled arrogantly, and slowly enclose and trap Li Yun Tian and the others.
“Other people’s business?” Yang Kai grinned lazily, “I’ve already said that I was a Disciple of High Heaven Pavilion, so how is this considered meddling? Even if that doesn’t count, they still call me Senior.”
“Good, another one has delivered themselves.” Cheng Shao Feng heartily laughed: “Even Laozi, can’t bear to watch you High Heaven Pavilion Disciples!”
“Leave quickly Senior Yang!” Crawling on the ground, Li Yun Tian cried out loudly, “They have too many people so you aren’t their match, leave quickly…..”
Li Yun Tian was quite unfortunate, for his current position was closer to the Disciples from Storm House. And since he was making such a ruckus, a bored Storm House Disciple walked up and chopped down on his neck and silenced him.
While Cheng Shao Feng and Yang Kai were exchanging words, they were bickering with their words and also with that stone. Cheng Shao Feng forcibly used all his strength, but it was like the stone had grown hands, and was clutching onto Yang Kai’s hands.
Cheng Shao Feng had already reached the Initial Element Stage, while the figure in front of him was skinny and lanky; a simple breeze could blow him over and to top it off this High Heaven Pavilion Disciple was only at the Tempered Body level, there was no way such a person could win against him. This caused his mind to flare up in anger.
Immediately he released his hold and called out. “Beat him up for me!”
The surrounding Storm House Disciples heard the command and threw themselves towards Yang Kai. Promptly Yang Kai moved his body, still clutching the stone that was dyed blood red and threw the stone towards a nearby Storm House Disciple.
No matter what, Yang Kai’s fist couldn’t match up to a weapon, but even though he only held a stone, it was still mightier than a simple fist. Taking the opportunity, before the Storm House Disciple reached Yang Kai, he was assaulted viciously on the head by that stone. It cut open the side of his head, revealing the red flesh beneath, while he fell to the ground.
Even though he had hit a person, Yang Kai didn’t stop there. In fact, his movements became sharper and sharper. Like a hawk closing in on a rabbit, he did to same to another Storm House Disciple.
Yang Kai’s strikes were very fierce, and his methods cruel; far from what anyone could have imagined.
In an instant, he had dealt with four Storm House Disciples. Meanwhile, the stone had now crumbled to pieces. Throwing out another fist, the stone bits flew out like hidden weapons, dense and closely packed; the stone bits flew out in all directions.
A wave of miserable cries rang out from the Storm House Disciples clutching their cheeks, for no small number of people had been injured as they hissed and cried out in pain.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yang Kai threw out two more kicks and sent two more Disciples flying away, but he had also started to be drowned by the remaining people.
The number of Storm House Disciples was not a small number, and although Yang Kai had dispatched a couple of people, it was still difficult to match up against enemies from all four directions.
*Ping pang ping pang* the strikes collided, Yang Kai seemed to stumble, meanwhile a few more Storm House Disciples collapsed, their bodies scalding with red hot pain. The True Yang Secret Art that Yang Kai had cultivated had finally, at that moment displayed its might. All of his fists and kicks were enveloped in Yang Qi, so how could they, at the Tempered Body Sixth-Seventh Layers, resist?
Not to mention, these were only ordinary strikes that didn’t even utilise the Yang liquid. If he had used the Yang liquid, Yang Kai’s strength would be even more powerful. It was just that over these past few days, he had only condensed one drop of Yang liquid, so how could he bear to use it here?
The number of Storm House Disciples that were defeated by Yang Kai was no small amount, but he didn’t have an easy time either. After all, he was only at the Tempered Body Seventh Stage. Furthermore, he had yet to cultivate any bodily movement martial skills. How could he possibly avoid all of the attacks rain down upon him by this hoard of people?
Dripping down the side of Yang Kai forehead, his blood flooded, this scene was replicated on his arms and legs with bruises appearing all over his body. But not only were these injuries unable to impact Yang Kai’s fighting strength, they actually made him more and more difficult to attack and caused his strikes to become more and more ruthless.
From his bones, a warm feeling seeped out, causing Yang Kai to have an endless amount of power. Accompanied by this warm feeling, not only was his strength replenished but it also caused his attacks to become slightly more powerful and also gave him a burst of speed.
Yang Kai really didn’t know the mystery behind the Golden Skeleton, but every time he sustained injuries, every time he got hurt, they would stimulate the Golden Skeleton’s healing effects. Injuries and pain would thus only make him even stronger.
The observing Hu Mei Er was subjected to extraordinary scenes again and again; her small cherry coloured lips had yet to close. Originally she thought that this High Heaven Pavilion Disciple would be speedily dealt with, and then brutally beaten by Cheng Shao Feng’s people. But the current battle results were vastly different from her battle forecast, there were about ten collapsed Disciples from Storm House’s side, not to mention the first couple who were rendered unconscious by the stone, the rest were all lying on the ground rolling about in pain. Their skin steamed and was fire red in colour.
Is this person using Yuan Qi to battle? Hu Mei Er was shocked beyond compare, for those Tempered Body practitioners to use their Yuan Qi, the more they used it, the less they had; it was far too hard to recover at the Tempered Body Stage. This was equivalent to digging one’s grave, wasn’t he afraid that his current actions would impact his future development?
Martial Peak – Chapter 40, You Are Such A Powerful Person
The high tension battle continued with Storm House Disciples continually collapsing, but for every Disciple that collapsed, Yang Kai gained a new injury. With his constant battling, Yang Kai’s robes had long since been dyed red with blood, gasping out for breath, the veins on his neck protruded out distinctly; with bloodshot eyes, his entire being seemed to have turned into one of a bloodthirsty beast.
Su Mu, who lay on the ground in pain, was staring blankly at Yang Kai’s mind shaking battle; each time he knocked down an enemy another would rise, leaving an inexplicable feeling within Su Mu’s heart. Today’s affair was caused by him, but Yang Kai was also his enemy. Yet, he had still come to help him avoid certain death.
Although he was determined to help, his strength had been exhausted due to the beating he had received from Cheng Shao Feng.
*Peng!* Sounded out, as another Storm House Disciple was sent flying to the ground when he landed he howled in immense pain. The energy produced from the True Yang Secret Art had entered his body, causing him feel a scorching heat and painful aching.
Yang Kai’s bloodshot eyes glanced over to the stunned Cheng Shao Feng, on his face was a cold and mysterious smile.
Cheng Shao Feng’s heart was in turmoil, for Yang Kai’s savagery left him panic-stricken. Now that his gaze was towards him, his entire body felt like it was frozen to the ground.
Hu Mei Er’s laugh full of scorn sounded out.
This laugh made Cheng Shao Feng feel embarrassed, he straightened himself up and looked to Yang Kai coldly. Calmly, he spoke. “I couldn’t tell that you actually had that much skill.”
Step by step, Yang Kai just walked over, his steps steady, his skinny body emitting a crazy torrent of pressure.
Cheng Shao Feng’s breathing slowly became ragged, his expression changing he suddenly called out. “You are courting death, so don’t blame me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out a sabre from his belt. When he was dealing with Su Mu and the others, he didn’t use his weapon at all because he didn’t want there to be any casualties; the stone was only used because blood had rushed to his head and he wasn’t thinking clearly. But now, if he didn’t have a weapon in hand, Cheng Shao Feng held no confidence.
This blood covered High Heaven Pavilion Disciple was simply too fierce.
“Be careful! He had already reached the Initial Element Stage!” Su Mu begrudgingly informed Yang Kai, albeit unclearly.
“Initial Element Stage…” Muttering, Yang Kai stopped in his tracks.
Cheng Shao Face became pleased, immediately gaining arrogance, he yelled out, “brat, you are only at the Tempered Body level, so how are you my match? Since you have used such a large amount of your Yuan Qi, you would need at least a few months before being able to recover it all. If you continue to battle, it will affect your foundations and don’t even think about breaking through anymore. Now be a good child and kneel for forgiveness, I……”
Without any hesitation, Yang Kai had already rapidly charged forward.
“You…..” Cheng Shao Feng was greatly alarmed. [is this person an idiot? He already knew he was at the Initial Element Stage, yet he still dared to charge over.]
Although he was astonished, Cheng Shao Feng didn’t dare be negligent. Gripping the sabre, he stabbed towards Yang Kai.
In response to this direct attack, Yang Kai did something that no one would have imagined; he opened up his palm and motioned to catch it.
Although this sabre was only an ordinary ranked weapon, it was still a sharp weapon. How could a corporeal human body possibly withstand such a weapon?
Cheng Shao Feng’s expression was pleased, thinking that he was walking down the path to his own demise. Increasing the speed of his long sabre, he went to greet Yang Kai’s open palm.
*Pu* sounded out, it seemed to go exactly how everyone imagined it would go, with the sabre impaling Yang Kai’s hand and blood spurting out everywhere.
Hu Mei Er’s was startled, when she had seen Yang Kai’s confidence and how he welcomed it with grandeur and power, she thought he had some unimaginable and amazing method. But now when she saw that he was so easily injured by Cheng Shao Feng, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
[In the end, the person didn’t amount to much. He is just too foolish!]
Before Hu Mei Er’s thoughts were finished, they were changed by one hundred and eighty degrees. Even though Yang Kai’s hand had been pierced, he didn’t stop and still closed in towards Cheng Shao Feng.
In a blink of an eye, the two people were within reach of each other while the sound of flesh on the sabre made others cringe.
*Pa!* Yang Kai’s skewered hand went to grip onto Cheng Shao Feng’s sword hand and the handle.
With the frenzied Yang Kai in front of him, Cheng Shao Feng could no longer hide his fear. As he tried to pull back his sabre, his opponent held on firmly for dear life.
Laughing maliciously, Yang Kai’s pair of bloodshot eyes glinted with a bloodthirsty lustre while he threw a bloody fist towards Cheng Shao Feng’s face.
Frantically Cheng Shao Feng raised his arm to block while also hastily using his Yuan Qi to assist in his defence.
But Cheng Shao Feng had only just entered the Initial Element Stage, how much Yuan Qi did he have within him? Ruthlessly, Yang Kai’s fist smashed into his face, dislodging one of his teeth and his cheek immediately started to swell. The scalding that he felt afterwards was like boiling water was constantly being poured onto his face.
[Such tyrannical Yuan Qi!] Cheng Shao Feng was finally frightened. He discovered that even though he was at the Initial Element Stage, the Yuan Qi inside of him could not block this fiery invasion; in a few moments, he was burnt into dizziness.
Distracted, Yang Kai’s second fist arrived, causing Cheng Shao Feng’s mind to become unclear.
Another fist caused his entire body to become limp, causing him to kneel in front of Yang Kai with his head bent and a dazed expression.
Moving his leg back, Yang Kai kicked out and sent him flying away.
In the midst of the ensuing silence, Hu Mei Er was shocked beyond belief. It seemed that this person wasn’t foolish, the reason why he went to grab that long sabre was that he had something planned. Only once he caught the sabre, would Cheng Shao be unable to move or properly attack.
The dozens of Storm House Disciples, even the Initial Element Stage Cheng Shao Feng were completely wiped out!
Turning his head, Yang Kai looked over to Hu Mei Er. Focusing his blood red eyes on her, Hu Mei Er unconsciously shivered.
She had never met such a savage person at only the Tempered Body stage. After all, it was bloody battles that shaped the younger fighters, she had never really experienced such things before,
*Chi Chi…* The noise of people’s aching teeth rang out, meanwhile Yang Kai just calmly took out the sabre that had pierced his hand, letting a river of warm blood flow out.
Throughout the entire process, not even his eyebrows had creased in pain. And after he threw the sabre to the side, he unhurriedly walked over to Hu Mei Er.
This flirtatious to the bone girl shuddered on the spot and panicked. To hide her fear, she forced out a hollow laugh.
As she smiled, Yang Kai had already reached her and had her slender, white neck within his bloody grip.
As her feet were lifted off the ground, she let out a muffled cry. From within Hu Mei Er’s throat, came a fiery cry, and a groan that seemed to be lost in her daydreams.
Leaning over, Yang Kai looked at Hu Mei Er, all the while laughing coldly.
Nervously Hu Mei Er’s heart thumped, and quickly she went attempted to explain. “I’m not together with them! I also have not raised my hand against the High Heaven Pavilion Pavilion’s people.”
“Really?” Yang Kai smiled meaningfully.
*En!* When Hu Mei Er saw that she could still talk with this person, her heart calmed down. Although she was female, she was stronger than Cheng Shao Feng, but she had no real dominance.
That was because of their difference in physique!
“You are……..are such a powerful person.” Picking up her courage, Hu Mei Er extended one green, white, jade-like hand and placed it on Yang Kai’s stomach. Shortly, a few of drops of blood landed on her hand and she didn’t go to wipe them away. She unexpectedly put her finger in her mouth and sucked on it.
In that moment, those ruby red lips appeared thrilling and alluring to touch, her mesmerising erotic eyes flashed with a mysterious light.
Martial Peak – Chapter 41, Tempered Body Eighth Stage
“I don’t know…are you this powerful in other places too.” Hu Mei Er’s sharp and watery eyes looked at Yang Kai mysteriously, with her words being explicitly clear.
This type of open and brazen enticement, as long as he was a male, then I’m afraid they would not be able to resist. Not to mention, Hu Mei Er was considered to be extremely attractive; her great figure had caused many onlookers to stare and drool.
A series of sounds came from all directions. It was the sound of people simultaneously swallowing their saliva. Su Mu’s group of people were already weakened. Now, with this type of stimulation, their blood rushed to their heads, their lower parts stuck up, while some fainted on the scene.
Yang Kai also felt a burning sensation rise upwards as his Adam’s apple bobbed a bit. His breathing became rough, and his grip on Hu Mei Er’s neck involuntarily increased in strength.
Hu Mei Er delicately gasped, her body squirmed a bit before angrily speaking. “Why haven’t you release me?”
While she said that, she also reached out a tender hand to gently pry open Yang Kai’s hand. It’s unknown whether it was an accident or if it was on purpose; she had moved Yang Kai’s hand and placed it on her plump, well-rounded chest.
An astonishing degree of elasticity and warmth passed on through his hand, causing Yang Kai to clearly felt a defined peak in the palm of his hand. This type of stimulation caused the blood flowing from his wounds to increase a bit.
Yang Kai’s face somewhat reddened as he had never imagined that this woman would be licentious to such a degree. She was most definitely, possessing some ulterior move with this flirtatious behaviour.
When she saw Yang Kai’s embarrassment, Hu Mei Er unexpectedly started to laugh. “What do you wish to do?”
As Yang Kai looked down at Hu Mei Er, he felt like a dog that had bit a hedgehog. Thinking back to the start of the battle, this Hu Mei Er did not attack any of the High Heaven Pavilion Disciples; so Yang Kai naturally couldn’t hit her. The only reason he wanted to give this woman a lesson was due to her constant fanning of flames during the battle.
But because he was this easily toyed with by her, Yang Kai was somewhat annoyed. Yang Kai, after all, was still a man, so how could he accept being so easily played around with?
As he thought about it, Yang Kai’s hand that was covering Hu Mei Er’s hand suddenly squeezed tighter.
*En…* Hu Mei Er’s expression changed as she moaned out. Looking at that handsome face in front of her, Hu Mei Er’s face turned red as well. She angrily glared at Yang Kai, for she would never have imagined he would harbour such feelings towards females.
Laughing out loudly, Yang Kai stood up and congratulated Hu Mei Er. “You can go.”
Hu Mei Er stared blankly at Yang Kai. She would never have expected that her seductions had no effect. It was well known that many desired a taste of her body. On ordinary days, there were so many rivals that she couldn’t keep count. But today, when there was finally a male that she held some interest in when she had tried to seduce him; she was actually disregarded by him.
[Is he still a man?]
After standing there for a few moments, she started to laugh. With a multitudinous array of movements, she got up from the ground and walked towards Yang Kai. While she nibbled her red lips, she gently blew into his ear and whispered. “You are very interesting!”
Once she finished speaking, she chuckled and turned around to leave not forgetting to use her thousand ways of swaying hips technique.
From afar, Su Mu’s lot were watching stupidly, their eyes were filled with jealousy and envy. They didn’t think that Yang Kai would actually refuse this type of good luck. They were all thinking that if it was them who were in that situation, what would they do?
They would have probably pounced! No, no, no they would have definitely pounced. The good luck of meat pastries dropping from the sky, why would they refuse it? In any case, they wouldn’t have lost anything.
After Hu Mei Er left, everybody then turned their heads back to Yang Kai, feeling both saddened and embarrassed.
*Ai…* many sighs rang out.
Yang Kai squatted down and went to rip a few strips of cloth off the bodies of the fainted Disciples from Storm House. Then he went to roll the cloth strips around his own hands a few times.
Looking at Su Mu’s group, these Junior Disciples all had faces filled with embarrassment.
“Do you still have the strength to walk?” Yang Kai asked.
They nodded their heads slightly.
“Then walk.”
The entire group had bloody noses and swollen faces. Once they returned to High Heaven Pavilion with great difficulty, they dispersed to find their own medicines and seek out treatment. Although they had fought a great battle today, it was only a battle between Juniors. Since the three powers would often have such fights between each other, there was nothing special about it.
Also long as nobody important died, each respective elders of the different factions would turn a blind eye and ask no questions. Only through battles, would one improve; and every faction elder wished for this kind of tempering to occur so as to allow for improvement in the strength of the Sect’s Disciple.
Yang Kai returned to his little wooden hut. He had planned to take out that remaining blood clotting cream but after thinking it over, he discarded the idea.
During today’s events, the only serious injury he received were the ones on his hand that had been pierced by the long sabre; the rest were nothing much to mention of. Although the wound on his hand looked really serious at first, when you looked more carefully, you could see it wasn’t that major. When he went to catch Cheng Shao Feng’s sabre, Yang Kai purposefully avoided allowing it to pierce his bones or meridians. So, even with the extra hole in his palm, it was only a simple flesh wound.
It was literally the same type of wound that he had received from that Flower Patterned Spider. It had taken him roughly three-fours days to basically recover, so should be the same this time too.
In addition, in just this short amount of time, Yang Kai’s wound had already healed by quite a lot, and his stamina had also recovered by a bit. Without sensing his body condition, he wouldn’t have guessed that the warmth emitted by the Golden Skeleton to contain such an amazing healing property. Not to mention, there are healing properties in Yang Qi from the cultivation of True Yang Secret Art. With the assistance of these two, his injuries recovered quickly.
After he learnt that the True Yang Secret Art’s Yang Qi contained healing properties, Yang Kai quickly drifted over to Coiling Dragon Stream to absorb the Yang Qi. Although in the battle today, he didn’t use a single bit of that drop of Yang energy, he had used up quite a bit of his body’s Yang Qi. He urgently needed to replenish it.
Just as he was absorbing the Yang Qi, Yang Kai felt a drumming sensation from within his body. Uncontrollably, the outside Yang Qi surged into his body, and within a moment, the amount he had absorbed was equal to one or two days’ worth. Not only was his Yang Qi replenished from today’s fight, it was also even richer than before; with his meridians and channels also strengthened and expanded by a fair amount.
[Tempered Body Eighth Stage?] Turning his body around, Yang Kai’s face held a happy expression.
He had reached the Tempered Body Eighth Stage in such a short amount of time but it came as a small surprise to him. He had originally estimated that it would take at least another seven to eight days before he would make another breakthrough.
Martial Peak – Chapter 42, That Day… Ke… You Touched Them Right?
Su Mu’s face reddened while looking at Yang Kai. He slowly stood up and went to stand in front of him, trying to determine something while staring at him with a cold gaze. Of course, his gaze was somewhat complicated; it contained admiration unwillingness, vexation, and relief.
“Give me the items.” Su Mu suddenly said while putting his hand out, and Li Yun Tian immediately carried over two wine jugs over and gave them to Su Mu.
Leaving one for himself, Su Mu gave one to Yang Kai. Without saying anything, Su Mu went to open the jug and started to drink from it.
A group of High Heaven Pavilion Disciples that had walked by were staring in a daze, and looking at Su Mu distractedly. They didn’t know what sly plans Su Mu was up to now, for he was actually drinking wine early in the morning here.
Smiling faintly, Yang Kai also went to open the jug up and drank in large mouthfuls.
“Good!” Li Yun Tian shouted out loudly from behind Su Mu.
“Good!” The others also started to shout.
“So, So” Two people sounded out and at the same time, and both Yang Kai and Su Mu wine jugs were smashed and ended up drenching them both with wine.
“Drinking in broad daylight and corrupting the High Heaven’s principles; give me your names prime offenders. Five contribution points will be deducted from each of you. Next time, it won’t be as lenient as this!” A Dark Hall Disciple appeared from the sidelines, as he coldly informed Yang Kai and Su Mu.
“Deduct it, deduct it!” Yang Kai spoke indifferently. If this was a month earlier, he would be bleeding; but now, he was indifferent.
Since Yang Kai didn’t care, how could the second generation young master Su Mu possibly care? For he has a very powerful patron, so contribution points to him were not worth that much.
“Zhao Hu, help Senior Brother Yang finish his sweeping.” Su Mu said as he waved his hand at Zhao Hu.
“Okay.” Zhao Hu who had been punched senseless previously by Yang Kai hurriedly rushed over and took the broom away from Yang Kai’s hands.
“This isn’t appropriate.” Glancing at the male Dark Hall Disciple Yang Kai said before that Disciple snorted coldly and walked away.
“Let’s go, let’s go to your small home for I have some things I need to discuss with you.” Su Mu said.
Next, to the small hut, Yang Kai and Su Mu squatted in front of the pond while a small group of people bustled around behind them, patching up the holes in the roof.
It looked like after the events of that day, Su Mu’s group of people had completely put away their past enmities with Yang Kai. Not only had they put them away, they even wanted to make up for it.
“Why did you come and save us?” After a period of silence, Su Mu finally opened his mouth to ask this question.
“Why?” Yang Kai’s eyebrows wrinkled, “You guys call me Senior Brother, so naturally I must act like a senior brother. I should think this is the reason.”
Though the most important thing was that Su Mu’s inner character wasn’t really that vile.
Turning his head, Su Mu went to asked Yang Kai seriously. “Really?”
Laughing a bit, Yang Kai replied, “Then why did you think I saved you?”
Su Mu became silent, his heart was quite upset and after a while, he answered. “Since you regard us as Junior Brothers, then we will also regard you as our Senior Brother. In regards to the silly past issues, this Junior Brother is sorry.”
“I never really took it seriously.” Yang Kai replied.
Looking into each other’s eyes, they started to laugh out loud.
Laughing will enable enemies to reconcile and repay one’s debt of gratitude. It probably speaks about these types of things.
With their gratitude and grudges settled, Su Mu no longer felt embarrassed or reserved. He really started to treat Yang Kai as his Senior Brother. After speaking about some unimportant things, Su Mu suddenly licked his lips and his face became red. He softly asked, “Senior Brother, I want to ask you a question.”
“What?” Yang Kai looked at him oddly.
“That day… A *cough* you’ve touched them right?” Su Mu didn’t dare to look at Yang Kai directly when he asked.
“Touched what?” Yang Kai didn’t understand.
“It’s that, ah.”
“That?”
Su Mu became depressed, steeling his heart and clenching his teeth he said: “It’s that Hu Mei Er’s…”
As he said this, his heart started to squeeze a bit, moving others.
Yang Kai laughed involuntarily, youngsters really were full of vigorous curiosity.
“Didn’t you all witness the scene?”
“We didn’t see it all that clearly… so did you really touch it?” Su Mu’s mouth was opened really wide.
“If I touched it, what is the matter?” Yang Kai grinned mischievously, “She voluntarily placed my hand on her. And I merely gave her only a lesson.”
*Gu Dong* (things falling down), Su Mu swallowed down a mouthful of saliva. His face full of expectations he asked, “What did it feel like?”
“Junior brother has never experienced it?” Yang Kai asked in doubt while looking at Su Mu and thinking was this second generation young master still a pure virgin?
Su Mu shook his head like a
rattle drum
, and suspiciously asked, “Senior Brother, you previously have already experienced it?”
Yang Kai revealed a pondering expression and then showed an angry but happy reminiscing look. Sighing out. “Ai, let’s not talk about past things.”
Su Mu looked on blankly while giving a knowing smile. He couldn’t help but curl up his lips: “You talk big. Three years ago, Senior Brother, you came to pay your respects to the Main Gate. And in these three years, you didn’t go and make any friends with others, so how could you have an opportunity. If so, then it would have to be before you entered, Three years ago, how old were you?”
Three years ago, twelve years old!
Twelve years old, and a beauty felt no shame to actually come at him. If it wasn’t because she was only fifteen and if it wasn’t because they were both naive and innocent, then something would have really occurred.
Thinking about that beauty again, Yang Kai’s heartfelt sorrow. He didn’t know how her life was currently.
“Anyway, senior brother, you should be careful. Hu Mei Er is quite arrogant and since you brushed away her face, she definitely won’t let it go.” Su Mu wanted to remind him.
“She wants to deal with me?” Yang Kai’s expression turned icy.
Laughing loudly, Su Mu said mysteriously: “*En!*, to deal with you in bed. You wait and see. She definitely will use a thousand different techniques to try and seduce you. As long as she doesn’t obtain her goal, she won’t give up. Senior Brother, your luck with women isn’t bad or shallow.”
“I disdain those types of people.” Yang Kai didn’t take this issue too seriously, and said to Su Mu: “You said that you have something to talk to me about, and it’s actually this?”
“Of course not.” Widening his eyes, Su Mu said: “Senior Brother, this time when you were dealing with Cheng Shao and his people, you used up quite a lot of your precious Yuan Qi. I just want to compensate you.”
“Compensate me?”
*En.* Su Mu nodded his head and then from within his clothes, he took out a bottle and said to Yang Ka.: “This is a bottle of small returning pellets. Senior Brother, take these to help you recover and you should be able to recover all of your lost Yuan Qi.”
Small returning pellets, Yang Kai had actually heard of them. Although these types of medicinal pellets effects weren’t that strong, they were very gentle because they were most suited to practitioners like Yang Kai who were around the Tempered Body Seventh Stage.
From the Tempered Body Seventh Stage to the Ninth Stage, although martial practitioners started to produce Yuan Qi, you could also increase it by cultivating Cultivation Techniques. But because you couldn’t recover Yuan Qi swiftly until you reached the Initial Element Stage, it was considered extremely precious. Once you used it, one must pay a great price to recover it, however with the help of the small returning pellets, one was able to greatly reduce the time needed. To practitioners of the Tempered Body Seventh to Ninth Stage, this was most suited for them, but they were also quite expensive. Though, for Initial Element Stage practitioners and up, it wasn’t the slightest bit useful.
It was just Yang Kai’s situation was slightly different other people’s, the True Yang Secret Art that he cultivated allowed for one to not worry about Yuan Qi. If the Yuan Qi within him was used up, then there was still the Yang Liquid. So this bottle of small returning pellets had little value.
Just as he was about to refuse, Su Mu seemed to look through his thoughts and sternly spoke. “I don’t want to owe others anything.”
“Fine, I shall accept it.” Yang Kai didn’t act politely anymore.
Smiling, Su Mu spoke. “Senior Brother, wait for me here and I will take you to a good place.”
“What good place?” Yang Kai asked doubtfully.
Su Mu only laughed without answering, telling him to wait and that he definitely wouldn’t be disappointed.
Inside Black Wind Forest, there was a line of High Heaven Pavilion Disciples walking into the depths.
Yang Kai would never have thought that the good place that Su Mu wanted to take him to was actually located in the Black Wind Mountains. Walking into the forest, Yang Kai saw a distinct path. In this type of dense forest, if humans did not frequent it, then a clear path would not appear.
[Do a lot of people come and go in the Black Wind Mountains?] Pondering over it, it seemed that it was true for in the distance there were some faint figures advancing in a similar fashion to his group.
“Senior Brother, do you know why that day we met up with Cheng Shao Feng and his people near Black Wind Forest?” Walking in front of Yang Kai, Su Mu went to ask Yang Kai.
Yang Kai’s expression changed, while he had a faint idea. “Could it be that Cheng Shao Feng also wanted to come to Black Wind Forest?”
“That’s right. We the High Heaven Pavilion, Storm House and Blood Battle Gang aren’t that far away from each other. The distance from Black Wind Forest to each of the three places is about the same. So, if any Disciples from these factions wanted to enter here, they would need to pass through the four-way intersection.”
“What type of attraction does this place have? If there are no attractions, then why would they bother coming all the way here?”
*Ha Ha.* Su Mu laughed out proudly. “Senior Brother, this is something you probably don’t know. Inside Black Wind Forest, there is an underground market. We Disciples from the three factions and even martial practitioners from all of the Black Plum Village area come over here. Disciples are able to exchange useless data and skills that they don’t need for more useful things or for gold and silver. The Black Wind Trade area is always bustling. So, Senior Brother, you should definitely come here and have a look.”
Li Yun Tian added. “That’s right, Senior Brother. You can often find some good things over here. Last time Young Master Su used twenty or so sliver to obtain some Tianyuan Fruit.”
“Tianyuan Fruit?” Yang Kai’s expression changed.
“En, Earth Grade Lower Level Spirit Fruit. The seller didn’t recognise what he was selling, allowing me to benefit greatly.” Talking about that matter, Su Mu became proud.
Earth Grade Lower Level Spirit Fruit, if you wanted to convert it to a monetary value, it would be valued at around two thousand silvers at the least. It was actually brought by Sui Mu for a mere twenty silver coins, isn’t this a great deal.
That Black Wind Trade area, Yang Kai really didn’t hear about it before at all, in the entirety of the time that he had been in High Heaven Pavilion. Since he hadn’t socialized with a single person, they naturally wouldn’t tell him such news.
It looked like Su Mu’s group often came over here to browse, and each one was fairly familiar with the layout. From their conversation, Yang Kai heard many interesting things, and he started to hold some anticipation for this place.
Since he cultivated the True Yang Secret Art, then he would be able to find some Yang attributed elixirs for him to use, but it was just that he didn’t have a lot of money on hand. Then he remembered that small bottle of small returning pellets, Yang Kai gained some confidence.
Black Wind Trade was a fair distance away, so the group chatted to each other while strolling along.
Yang Kai suddenly asked, “Junior Brother Su, does our High Heaven Pavilion have an Eleventh Elder?”
He had remembered that old man he had met beside the Coiling Dragon Stream and that old man was a complete mystery. It caused others to be unable to forget him.
“Eleventh Elder?” Su Mu was stunned, “When did High Heaven Pavilion suddenly have an Eleventh Elder?”
“*Eh…*, I just wanted to ask .” Yang Kai understood now. That time when the old man had said he was some Eleventh Elder, he was already suspicious. Now it looked like his status was truly a lie, it was just that old man was calm and friendly. Since he held no malice or evil intentions to him, Yang Kai didn’t want to investigate further and risk provoking his disgust.
Li Yun Tian laughed out, “Senior Brother Yang since you are always cultivating, naturally, you wouldn’t know too much about our High Heaven Pavilion’s affairs. We only have five Elders; there really wasn’t an Eleventh Elder.”
This group of people all knew about Yang Kai’s previous tragic history of being bullied, so out of the goodness of their hearts, they went to inform him of the various things happening in High Heaven Pavilion to prevent him from asking another awkward question in the future.
An Elder was Su Mu’s backer, so his understanding of High Heaven Pavilion affairs was better than anyone else’s. So as they were talking, they drifted to the topic of High Heaven Pavilion Pavilion’s Sect Master.
Lowering his voice, Su Mu spoke. “Listening to my old devil speak, I heard him say that our Sect Master is a peak existence. Nowadays, it is said that he has reached the peak of the Immortal Ascension Boundary and is just a step away from breaking through to the next stage. Within a thousand mile radius, he is the number one expert.”
[Peak of the Immortal Ascension Boundary!] Yang Kai was shocked in amazement.
For a martial practitioner’s grade started from the tempered body level, followed by the Initial Element Stage, Qi Transformation Stage, Separation and Reunion Boundary, True Element Boundary and Immortal Ascension Boundary; each level was then divided into a further nine levels. As your strength increased, it became harder to break through the next stage. You couldn’t see many Immortal Ascension Boundary level experts, and one would never have imagined that the High Heaven Pavilion Head had actually reached the Immortal Ascension level. If he were to achieve a breakthrough; then he would become a true peak expert.
“That Blood Battle Gang Sect Master, Hu Man, and the Storm House Sect Master, Xiao Ruo, were only around the Immortal Ascension Boundary Sixth or Seventh stages and are incomparable to our Sect Master.” As Su Mu said this, his face showed a proud expression. After all, a Sect Master’s strength is also a source of pride for the Sects Disciples.
“How much longer will our Sect Master need to breakthrough?” Li Yun Tian enthusiastically asked. If the Sect Master were to suddenly breakthrough, then in a thousand mile radius, High Heaven Pavilion would become the leading faction. Who would dare to come provoke them then?
Su Mu’s face darkened and he slowly shook his head.
“What’s the matter?” Seeing Su Mu like that, Li Yun Tian asked worriedly.
“The old devil said, that it has already been ten or so years since the head reached the Immortal Ascension peak.”
“Then why hasn’t he broken through up until now?” Everybody asked.
Ten years, even if cultivating was difficult, you should be able to breakthrough.
Su Mu continued while shaking his head. “I don’t dare say.”
“Young master Su, how could you do this to us? Invoking our curiosities but refusing to talk further. Isn’t this equivalent to taking most of a beauty’s clothes off but not all? This is too brutal.” Zhou Hu complained relentlessly, and the rest all joined in enthusiastically encouraging Su Mu.
“Okay then, but you must all remember you mustn’t tell anyone else or there will be great troubles.” Su Mu said with grandeur, then looking around he lowered his voice and explained. “Ten years ago, our High Heaven Pavilion had a big situation. It was because of this, that our Sect Master’s cultivation level has yet to rise.”
“What situation?” Everybody asked while swallowing.
“Our Sect Master has no wife or children, so he accepted two Disciples and the situation originated from these two Disciples. Of these two Disciples, the Elder Disciple was hard working while the younger Disciple was intelligent. Both were shocking geniuses, and the head used all of his heart to teach them without the slightest bit of reservation. These two were also hardworking, their strengths were neck and neck and no one was worse than the other. It was just because these two people’s natures were different, so the Sect Master’s teaching style was different for each one; the older Disciple received greater amounts of praise, while the younger Disciple was treated harsher and the head was stricter with him. Due to this, the younger Disciple gradually drifted further away from his Senior Brother and also became more and more frustrated. So he went to find a forbidden and sinister technique to cultivate.”
*Ah…* Everyone gasped out in fear.
Su Mu continued to speak and captured everyone’s attention again.
You couldn’t tell, but Su Mu was born with an eloquent tongue. The way he narrated, made the story flow very well and he succinctly expressed how the grudges between these two Fellow Disciples had started to his audience.
Yang Kai only listened in silence and didn’t interrupt for he thought that this affair was most likely true, but Su Mu would have also added some extra details to exaggerate the situation.
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“After he learned of this Cultivation Technique, the second Disciple’s temperament changed completely! Not to mention, his sudden spike in strength. The Older Disciple, unexpectedly, was no longer his opponent. With his new found strength, the Second Disciple thought that the Sect Master would praise him more, but the fact that he had cultivated an Evil Cultivation Technique was finally discovered by the Sect Master. This discovery caused the second Disciple, to be fully engulfed and fall into the darkness. That night, ten years ago, rivers of blood flowed within High Heaven Pavilion! The Elder Disciple died tragically that night, and the second Disciple escaped from his punishment.”
Speaking up to that point, Su Mu paused for a moment. He turned this head around to see everyone holding their breath in rapt attention with their ears caught in complete attentiveness. Highly satisfied, he continued. “In one night, the Sect Master lowered his head in depression. The two Disciples he was most proud of, one had died and the other had succumbed to the dark ways; the impact that it had on him, well as you can imagine it was very great.”
“From that moment onwards, the Sect Master went into seclusion and few people were even able to see a trace of him. Most people thought that he had become broken and passed away, but they would have never imagined that a few years later he would come out again even stronger than before to go and personally capture his Second Disciple, sealing him in Coiling Dragon Stream! ”
Yang Kai’s heart suddenly shook as he remembered that mysterious Eleventh Elder’s last words.
“I did not come here for treasure; I am here to meet someone!”
[Meet who?] There was no doubt in Yang Kai’s mind it was the person sealed in Coiling Dragon Stream.
[Could it be that the Eleventh Elder was…]
Su Mu continued to speak, “But because of these events, the Sect Master was unable to break through the Immortal Ascension Boundary and could only stop at this stage. If this knot is not untied, then he will be unable to advance any further in this life.”
With the story finished, everyone released large sighs as they could breathe once more. They felt pity for the High Heaven Pavilion Sect Master’s predicament, while also scolding that ungrateful Second Disciple who had fallen to such sinister and forbidden ways.
Yang Kai’s mood was also in disarray [Was he really the Sect Master? If what Su Mu had said was true, then there was a high chance that he was the Sect Master]
Just at that moment, the bustling and noise from up above transmitted over. Yang Kai lifted up his head to look and saw that there was a large clearing in this dense forest. And in that clearing was a buzz of voices, like a great marketplace. The three Sect’s Disciples were all gathered here with big and small stalls all lined up with their glittering wares, with all types of products on display. It was a feast for the eyes.
There were also ten or so wooden houses on the perimeter, with the construction being somewhat simple. There were large ones and smaller ones; the smaller ones were probably for living in, while the larger ones were for people to shelter from the rain as they could house a lot of people.
Because it was currently very sunny, the Disciples from the three factions had set up their booths outside, under the sun.
Black Wind Trade was like a completely different world of in and of itself.
“Well then, we have arrived.” Su Mu’s main goal this time was to bring Yang Kai over here, ensuring that he knew there was these type of places present here. So if there were things he needed in the future, he could come over here to trade for them.
“This place isn’t bad.” Looking at the bustling crowd doing trade in the clearing, his face revealed his excitement.
Laughing, Su Mu chuckled. “Of course, for this place has the things that we low leveled martial practitioners need. Furthermore, you don’t need to worry about safety, for each of the three factions has some of their experts stationed here to oversee and maintain public order. Do you see that small wooden house, that is the home of our High Heaven Pavilion overseer and my older sister is in there.”
“Your older sister?” Yang Kai looked towards him and remembered how last time Su Mu had come looking for trouble and said that his older sister was a Core Disciple – Disciples who are considered to be the future hope of High Heaven Pavilion.
Su Mu suddenly became alert. “I will warn you first, don’t have any ideas with my sister.”
Yang Kai couldn’t help but laugh.
Su Mu explained again. “But even if you did have an interest in her, I’m afraid you won’t have the ability to reach her.”
“Your older sister is very powerful?”
“Of course. True Element Boundary, Third Layer. Not many of the younger generation are qualified to become her opponents.”
Yang Kai was slightly moved, for a younger generation Disciple to cultivate to the True Element Boundary was already too rare. For the next stage was the Immortal Ascension Boundary, in other words, the stage at which the Sect Master was currently at.
“Since your older sister is that talented, why are you only at the Tempered Body Stage?” Yang Kai asked Su Mu in bewilderment.
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Like he was being repeatedly poked in a sore spot, Su Mu’s immediately became embarrassed. After being at a loss for a while he replied. “It’s not good, but don’t worry for I will work harder to cultivate. After all, I can’t allow you, a Trial Disciple to surpass me.”
Nodding for a bit, it seemed that the previous few days sufferings at Yang Kai’s hands had ignited Su Mu’s competitive spirit.
“Let’s go, I’ll first take you to meet my older sister. With her protection, then in this Black Wind Trade, it will be easier to do what we need to do.”
Since they said they were going to meet Su Mu’s Elder sister, everybody’s expression immediately became serious. Even Su Mu himself went to tidy up his clothes, and brush all of the dust from his clothes.
You could see clearly that Su Mu was really afraid of his sister or even worshipped her.
“What is Su Mu’s older sister called?” Yang Kai asked Li Yun Tian in a low voice.
“Su Yan!”
Her name wasn’t bad; he just didn’t know what type of person she was.
Soon they had arrived at a wooden house, Yang Kai went to observe the house and the surrounding wooden houses and saw that each of them had hung a plaque saying High Heaven Pavilion. It looked like these few houses were the residences of high leveled High Heaven Pavilion members.
Su Mu was a bit nervous and lightly breathed a few breaths before cautiously walking up the steps. Then he elegantly lifted up his hand and lightly tapped the door a couple of times and then spoke out in a strange kitten-like voice, “Elder Sister, I have come to visit you.”
While Li Yun Tian and the others used all their might to suppress their laughter, their shoulders started shaking. Yang Kai also couldn’t help but laugh.
Su Mu knew the reactions of the people behind him and really wanted to turn around and glare at them.
“Enter!” A light and cold voice sounded out from inside. It was like a clear mountain spring, new to their ears.
Su Mu beckoned to the others and they walked inside.
Once they entered, Yang Kai secretly looked around and saw that this house was even simpler than his own wooden hut. There was nothing inside, but once they entered the outside noise was unexpectedly filtered out, causing the house to become peaceful.
This wooden house should have some sort of secret; otherwise, it wouldn’t have this type of effect.
Just as he was observing the house, Su Mu suddenly let out a blood-curdling screech. Yang Kai swiveled his eyes over and saw Su Mu crouched on the floor covering his head. Not far away in front of him was a woman dressed in snow white clothes with a frosty expression.
This woman had luscious and beautiful black hair, crescent shaped eyebrows, a pair of bright and slender eyes, a small and cute nose, with peach pink cheeks, a pair of delicate cherry lips and had glistening pale jade-like skin accompanied by a dainty, graceful and slender physique; indescribably enchanting.
It was just her temperament was exceptionally icy-cold and even made the room’s overall temperature plummet.
Currently, that woman was sitting cross legged looking at Su Mu. Without saying anything, you knew this was Su Yan.
“Do you know why you were hit?” Su Yan asked.
Su Mu shook his head and saw an ominous glint in his sister’s eyes. Startled, he quickly nodded his head.
“Then say it.” Su Yan’s voice was extremely light; will carrying something which didn’t allow one to rebel against. Yang Kai guessed the reason why Su Mu was so afraid of his sister now. Whoever got such a sister, no one would be able to bear, even though she was a great beauty.
Erza: So hey there again. A Double release today because it is a sponsored chapter by the novels nao team. Well, we all expected Su Yan to be a beauty, didn’t we? My day was quite good, played a bit of lol in the afternoon. Though towards the evening I had a Sect Masterache, D; after eating dinner it got better and I could finish this chapter! Thanks for asking 123isme and OhDine. Will try to release the next sponsored one soon, so see you soon.
Martial Peak – Chapter 45, If You Continue To Follow Me Then, I Will No Longer Be So Polite
“It’s because I was beaten by someone.” Confronted by his sister’s inquiries, Su Mu didn’t dare to refuse to answer. As he answered, he also secretly went to measure up Su Yan’s facial expression.
The latter’s face was still apathetic, “Why did you get beaten by them?”
“My skill wasn’t up to par……” Su Mu lowered his head a bit more.
“Why wasn’t your skill enough?” Su Yan continued to question, in order to get to the root of the problem.
Su Mu could only honestly answer her, “I didn’t practice diligently enough.”
Su Yan lightly nodded her head. “You still have a bit of intelligence! Then you know what to do in the future?”
“I know…”
“Remember your words today, so if later in the future you want to go and play around then it will not be someone else who will beat you, instead I will do it personally.”
Su Mu’s face paled as he repeatedly swore he would diligently practice and cultivate so as to meet his elder sister’s expectations.
After she finished lecturing Su Mu, Su Yan finally lifted up her head to look at the people behind him. Sweeping across them, her gaze landed on Yang Kai and a trace of astonishment flashed across her eyes. She asked, “was it you who defeated Cheng Shao Feng?”
Yang Kai thought that this Senior Sister’s information network was quite fast. Although she trained here, she was still able to receive information regarding matters occurring outside in a timely fashion. “Yes.”
“You’re a bit better than Su Mu.” Su Yan was indifferent, and Yang Kai looked like he wasn’t that old, about fifteen-sixteen. He was only at the Tempered Body Eighth Stage. Thus, his natural talent shouldn’t be that good, so he was naturally unworthy in her eyes. The only reason why she spoke to Yang Kai was that he had saved Su Mu.
“I’ll give you a word of advice.”
“Please say it, Senior Sister.” Yang Kai’s expression remained impassive.
“Stay away from Su Mu, if you continued to stay close to him, then your cultivation will stop and stagnate around this level.”
Yang Kai smiled slightly but didn’t bother to reply. She could belittle Su Mu, but Yang Kai couldn’t.
Su Mu was smiling but his face fell quickly when he heard this, but even he didn’t dare say anything.
“Leave now, I want to train.” As soon as Su Yan finished speaking, she closed her eyes.
The group of people quietly exited and closed the door behind them. Looking at each other, they all simultaneously let out a breath of relief. The pressure inside was all too great, and although she was a beauty and as such pleasing to the eye, if they had stayed any longer inside, then they felt that both their bodies and hearts would be frozen.
“I’m going to look for some of the refined pills that everyone was taking a couple of days ago.” Li Yun Tian announced before taking his leave.
“I’ll also go.” A couple of people called out immediately.
Not long after, everyone had dispersed, each going to do their own business leaving Su Mu and Yang Kai behind.
Yang Kai saw that Su Mu looked like he had some things to do so he said, “Junior Brother, you look like you have some things to do, so go complete them. I’ll just go around and browse.”
Su Mu nodded his head as he spoke. “Okay, and if you find anything you like, tell me and I’ll keep a look out for you. Although the majority of people here are not bad, there are still treacherous people who love to trick and swindle others.”
After he separated from Su Mu, Yang Kai leisurely strolled around the Black Wind Trade area.
Here, Disciples from the three Sects were causally situated everywhere, with their booths set up to present the things which they wanted to sell or put up signs saying what they wanted to purchase.
Each booth was different; each resident with a stall was calling out in a loud voice making it appear similar to a busy food market, full of warmth and enthusiasm with everyone busily promoting their wares. Some were portraying an arrogant if you want to buy then buy attitude, some were acting indifferent in a bid to attract customers, some appeared bored and were cultivating unafraid that others would steal their goods. There were numerous styles of attracting customers, each effective in their own way.
After walking around, Yang Kai found out that it wasn’t just buying and selling; there were also some booths which were for the making of immortality pills to aid in cultivation, a service they did without charging a single penny.
He thought that they were doing something akin to a good deed, but in reality, they were just using others in order to perfect and refine their techniques. That was because these Alchemists didn’t have enough experience, eight out of ten pills they made were bad, so their booth fronts were deserted.
However, this type of stall wasn’t common as Alchemist were few and far between.
Yang Kai was paying careful attention to Yang attributed products before he even entered the trade area, the Origin of Yang in his chest had started to react wildly, showing that there were numerous Yang attributed treasures.
But after his little stroll, the things which he came across, their ranks were all rather low. The Yang attribute herbs he saw couldn’t even match up to the Yang Qi emitted by the Coiling Dragon Stream, so he naturally wouldn’t pay any attention to them.
He had found a couple of things that interested him, but after he asked about the price, he could only shake his head and sigh. Those prices were far too high and not something he could afford.
After walking around for about another half hour, he was finally clear about the true price of the small returning pellets.
Since the small returning pellets were only applicable to those at the Tempered Body Seventh to Ninth Stages, this type of immortality pill was only worth around fifty-two dollars.
The bottle that Su Mu gave him held ten of these pills, so all up they were worth about five hundred dollars.
Five hundred dollars, it really wasn’t enough to do anything with.
In the middle of one booth, there was a fiery coloured stone from which Yang Kai could feel a blistering amount of Yang Q inside. But, he couldn’t determine exactly how many times more dense the Yang Qi it emitted was compared to the Yang Qi from the Coiling Dragon Stream. However, Yang Kai was certain that if he absorbs the energy within that stone, then he would be able to condense at least two-three drops of Yang Liquid. This was equivalent to many days of hard cultivation if he relied on just the Yang Qi from Coiling Dragon Stream.
Even though he knew this, this booth owner was not easy to get along with and would certainly not sell it at a low price; Yang Kai was unwilling to give up and squatted down.
The booth owner’s cold face looked like someone owed him money; he only took one glance at Yang Kai and then proceeded to ignore him.
Yang Kai picked up some other things feigning great interest and asked for their prices. The owner, with gold glinting in his eyes, casually said some prices and Yang Kai then inadvertently asked the price of that red stone. “How much is this?”
The booth owner laughed out loud and said a couple more words. “That is this booth’s most expensive item, three thousand dollars.”
Yang Kai was completely out of ideas, for this was a truly sky-high price. This was far and away from Yang Kai’s upper limit, so how was he supposed to haggle for it?
Just as he put it down and prepared to leave, Yang Kai’s shoulder was tapped by someone. He turned his head around and saw a cute and lovable smile directed towards him.
“It really is you.” Hu Mei Er said with in a surprised tone.
“Do you need something?” Yang Kai’s eyebrows creased, and to tell the truth, he didn’t have a good impression towards this morally loose woman. Although she was currently dressed properly, her wanton actions that day had already left a bad impression in Yang Kai’s mind.
Sensing Yang Kai’s indifference, Hu Mei Er’s eyes displayed her displeasure and she cutely declared, “Nothing, I only came over to greet you. That’s all.”
“Alright. Nice meeting you and good bye!” Yang Kai softly replied before turning around to leave.
“Hey…” Hu Mei Er called out as she closely followed behind him. Whether it was unintentional or intentional, her body stuck closely to Yang Kai and as she walked, she also went to observe Yang Kai’s reaction.
After walking around for the time it talks to burn an incense stick, Yang Kai became a bit gloomy. He didn’t know what to do about this woman’s flirtatious behavior. [Her skin was really thick…] He had already clearly shown that he was not interested in her, yet she still persisted and stuck close to him.
“Why are you following me?” asked Yang Kai as he stopped in his steps, clearly unhappy.
“I’m not following you. In Black Wind Trade, I am only strolling around leisurely. What, do you I make you a little uncomfortable?” Hu Mei Er smiled adorably, nonstop.
“Don’t follow me anymore. Or else, I won’t be so polite.” Yang Kai said angrily.
Not only was Hu Mei Er unafraid, on the contrary, she looked eager to try his patience. “How will you not be polite? Will it be like last time?”
Martial Peak – Chapter 46, Bringing One To A Place Without People…
In response to this woman’s troublesome behavior, Yang Kai didn’t have any good methods to deal with her. He could only ignore her. Hu Mei Er could see Yang Kai’s indifference. Although she dared to provoke him further she chose not to, rather she only wanted to follow him around.
Following the pull of his Origin of Yang, after walking a short while, Yang Kai stopped in front of a booth.
Looking over it, Yang Kai’s eyes brightened. The items presented at this booth were quite good, with a majority satisfying his needs.
Those pieces of infant’s fist sized round rocks, dispersed rich and blistering hot Yang Qi, even stronger than that other Booth’s stone. They were just a bit small.
The price won’t be as expensive as that other stone will it? Yang Kai hesitated, while the booth owner warmly welcomed him. “Little Brother, what are you thinking about? My items are good and cheap, as you walk past, you mustn’t miss this opportunity. It doesn’t matter if you are buying for your own use or to sell them later for a profit, all transactions will be fair.”
Summoning up the courage, Yang Kai asked, “these stones, how much are they?”
The store owner lowered his head to look and replied. “You’re talking about the Bright Yang Stone. They’re not expensive, only five hundred dollars each!”
Yang Kai’s expression darkened, although he knew that this price was just, he still shook his head and said, “It’s a bit expensive.”
From head to toe, he only had about five hundred dollars. That was his entire fortune.
The booth owner shook his head as he smiled. “Little Brother, you are telling some good jokes, for the items here are clearly labeled and definitely aren’t an open lion’s mouth. If you go to other booths and observe their prices, then you will know how worthwhile my prices are.”
This sentence was correct, Yang Kai’s journey here, although he didn’t buy anything, he had inquired a lot about the prices. This person’s prices weren’t really that high, but if you wanted to buy something, you needed to bargain.
Helpless, Yang Kai could only start a war of words with this booth owner, and make the opponent lower the price. But the owner firmly shook his head, until in the end the owner became very gloomy. With no alternative, he explained. “Little Brother, these items of mine, don’t belong to me. I am only helping someone else sell them, as for the price, I can only increase it, not decrease it or I’ll have to make up for the losses myself. Please don’t make things difficult for me anymore. ”
“Helping someone?” Staring blankly, Yang Kai turned around to the standing Hu Mei Er.
In the surrounding area, there was only one faction, the Blood Battle Gang!
Hu Mei Er sweetly spoke. “Yes, this is my family’s booth. You want these stones?”
Yang Kai nodded his head.
“If you promise to abide by one of my conditions, I will give you these of those stones!” Hu Mei Er’s eyes rotated.
“Mis…” That booth owner’s face changed greatly if this stock of items were to be lost from his hands, then his future troubles would be great.
“Don’t worry, I will tell my father.” Hu Mei Er assured him. Just as that owner was about to speak, he shut his mouth.
“How about it? You only need to promise me one thing.” Hu Mei Er smiled radiantly: “For you men, it is a very simple task.”
“Don’t even think about!” Yang Kai resolutely refused. Even if he used his toe to think, he would be able to figure out what Hu Mei Er meant.
“You…” Hu Mei Er was fuming as she glared at Yang Kai with an expression that made it almost look like she had the desire to eat someone.
When you actually think about it, her interest in Yang Kai wasn’t that big. It was just that day when her attempts at seducing failed, it had made Hu Mei Er gloomy, not only this, she also ate a small loss!
[There is no man that can escape my enticement!] Hu Mei Er was convinced of this, which was why she wanted Yang Kai to surrender to her. When the time comes and he surrenders, she would leave him and watch how much of a joke it will be.
If Hu Mei Er wanted a man, a single beckoning from her finger would lure a whole pile of them over. If it was for another goal, why would she feel wronged? She is flirtatious and wanton in her behavior, but that was only an image, an appearance to confuse others.
[I don’t believe that I can’t conquer you!] Hu Mei Er’s swears in her heart.
Her eyeballs rotating, Hu Mei Er said to that booth owner, “Sell it to him at a cheaper price!”
The booth owner scowled miserably: “That isn’t a good idea…”
“I said sell it to him at a cheaper price!” Hu Mei Er lightly clenched her teeth, her charming eyes emitting a bit of frostiness.
Just as the booth owner was about to nod his head, Yang Kai waved his hand. “No need, leave it at five hundred dollars.”
Sell it at five hundred dollars, he wouldn’t make a profit, but he also wouldn’t suffer a loss, it was the set market price.
As he spoke, he also went to take out that bottle of small returning pellets. “Can I exchange it using these pills?”
This trade also had its own set of rules regarding this; complete immortal pills are also valid currency to exchange for products.
“You can…” The booth owner nodded his head.
“This bottle of small returning pellets contains ten of such pills, so it’s about five hundred dollars, you can count it.” Yang Kai then went to throw that bottle over to him, and then from the booth, he picked one Bright Yang Stone.
As he held the stone in his hand, a surge of powerful yang energy came out. His heart satisfied, Yang Kai knew that the transaction was worthwhile.
Hu Mei Er regretted it so much she started gnashing her teeth. Yang Kai’s actions were clearly showing that he didn’t wish to owe her any debts; meaning that her goodwill went down the drain.
The booth owner observed their actions, he was afraid that his no good young lady was having ideas regarding Yang Kai. Although the transaction was just, he knew that his young lady was a bit upset. Thinking for a moment, the booth owner picked up a seed from his booth and spoke. “Little Brother, if you don’t mind, I’ll give you this seed, since I can’t sell it for much anyway.”
“What is this seed?” Yang Kai took it and unexpectedly felt some Yang Qi from within that seed, though it was a bit weak.
“It’s the seed of the Three Sun’s Fruit. We found it when we were mining for the Bright Yang Stones.” The booth owner told him, “This fruit tree’s fruit is an Earth Grade Lower Level Spirit Fruit. It’s just the growth period is a bit long.”
Yang Kai laughed involuntarily, thinking what he will do with a single seed. If you planted it, you would need to wait at least ten years for it to bear fruit, but it was someone’s goodwill, so Yang Kai couldn’t refuse. In any case, this seed’s value wasn’t very high, so even if he accepted it, it wasn’t a big deal.
“Thanks.” Standing up, Yang Kai put both the Bright Yang Stone and the seed within his clothes.
His only bottle of small returning pellets was already gone, and Yang Kai didn’t feel like staying here anymore. But he couldn’t locate Su Mu or his group after another stroll around, so Yang Kai walked out of Black Wind Forest alone.
From behind, Hu Mei Er continued to follow him, sticking to him like a stalker. However, her expression displayed a hint of annoyance.
He must think of a way to lose her; otherwise, if she followed him back to High Heaven Pavilion, he worried how others will view him – when he is associating with such a woman.
As he looked around, Yang Kai suddenly thought of a good idea and started to walk into the depths of Black Wind Forest. As he walked, he constantly turned back to Hu Mei Er to *hehe* laugh at her. It goes without saying it conveyed, ‘
if you dare to follow me over, I will first rape you then kill you.
’ A sinister type of feeling was emitted with each glance.
Hu Mei Er laughed out, however, she was actually a bit terrified and as she saw Yang Kai walk into the depths of Black Wind Forest, she hesitated for a bit. Thinking about it, she wasn’t that familiar with Yang Kai, if she really went in and something happened, what would she be able to do? That day, she had personally witnessed Yang Kai’s strength, and knew she wasn’t his opponent. But, if he was going to attack her, then she was not confident that she could escape without a single scar on her body.
Hesitating for a good while, Hu Mei Er suddenly stamped her foot and while swaying her hips, she followed after him. She was eighty percent certain that Yang Kai was only trying to scare her.
As Yang Kai and Hu Mei Er’s figures walked into Black Wind Forest, with one in front while the other behind, two figures stepped out from behind some trees.
One of the people wore a mask of extreme hatred as he looked at Yang Kai’s receding figure; there was also a light purple colour on his charming face. At one glance, you could tell that he had suffered a beating in these last couple of days.
While the other person’s expression was truly malicious, staring at Hu Mei Er’s swaying hips, a lustful glint flashed through his eyes.
“Junior Brother Cheng, you were beaten by those people?” The cold and strict face of that youth looked over at Cheng Shao Feng, “Although you have just entered into the Initial Element Stage, and is somewhat weak, should be his match. That guy looks like he’s only in the Tempered Body Stage.”
Cheng Shao Feng began to defend himself, “I was a bit careless then, and that guy is really strange, for when he started to fight, he disregarded his life completely. As I thrust my sabre out, he actually used his palm to block it and as the sabre pierced through his hand! He didn’t even cry out! Not only did he stop my sabre, he also immobilised one of my arms! It was because of that small mistake that I lost.”
“Oh? This is a bit interesting, only if we were to compete, who would be the fiercer one.”
Cheng Shao Feng laughed, “Of course it would be you Senior Brother Nu who’s stronger, how can he possibly compare with you?”
“Have you fully investigated his status yet? We can’t provoke or anger any powerful people.” Nu Tao asked him carefully.
“I have investigated clearly. This guy in High Heaven Pavilion is only a Trial Disciple with no background whatsoever. Even if you killed someone like this, no one would care. ”
“*Ha ha!* A Trial Disciple? According to my knowledge, High Heaven Pavilion only has about ten Trial Disciples right? He’s one of those?” Nu Tao kept on laughing like he had heard some extremely good news, for as soon as he heard the two words, Trial Disciple, all his worries flew away. These people were High Heaven Pavilion’s disgrace, for him to lay a hand on one or even eliminate one would be him doing High Heaven Pavilion a favour.
“*En.* Before I was afraid that people would come here, so I couldn’t carelessly attack. Who would have thought that this guy would unexpectedly go into the depths of Black Wind Forest along with that slut? This makes things so much easier.”
Nu Tao laughed incomparably obscenely: “It looks like not only can Junior Brother obtain his revenge, he also has some luck with women. This is really killing two birds with one stone.”
Cheng Shao Feng also started to laugh, “Senior Brother, saying those types of words, you are a helper I have called over. So if there are good things, how can this Junior Brother enjoy them alone? Later, once Senior Brother has had his fun, then Junior Brother will partake. Hu Mei Er that bitch, although she is loose in her morals, she is young, and her body will definitely still be tight.”
“Junior Brother is indeed generous!” Nu Tao was a bit impatient to get started and spoke, “Let’s go. There’s no time to lose. Let’s quickly catch up to them, and find a good opportunity to strike.”
To these two people, killing Yang Kai was a simple task. While in broad daylight with the sky as their bed, together they could fuck Hu Mei Er, this was the thing they looked forward to the most.
As for when the time came, whether or not Hu Mei Er retaliated, they didn’t need to consider it. This slut of a person, as long as they made her feel pleasure, she would happily want more. So, how would she dare to retaliate? In most likelihood, she would only immerse herself in that feeling of forceful and insulting pleasure and stop thinking about anything else.
These two people were not novices and often spent their time away in Black Plum Village’s red light district. Naturally, they would know how to satisfy women like Hu Mei Er.
Deep in Black Wind Forest, Yang Kai was still walking and turning around to coldly laugh. Hu Mei Er was still a bit apprehensive but after seeing Yang Kai repeatedly acting like this, she was no longer scared. Not only was she no longer afraid, she had matched Yang Kai’s pace. Intimately, she pulled on Yang Kai’s arm and covered his arm with her full and soft chest.
Yang Kai became distracted, but when he remembered this woman’s style, his aroused feelings immediately dissipated.
“What trouble do you wish to cause now?” Yang Kai became annoyed.
“Accompany me once! In the future, I will no longer bother you!” In all four directions, there was no sign of any humans, and Hu Mei Er didn’t bother to mask the intent behind her words in the slightest. She even dared to say these shameful things!
“Go and dream!”
“Am I not beautiful?” Hu Mei Er’s charming eyes turned magnetic, “Is my figure not good? Are you not even the slightest bit moved?”
“A woman is defined by her outside and inside traits. Your outside isn’t bad, and you’re justified to be proud of it. But! Your inside is simply unbearable to look at.” Yang Kai looked at her coldly.
These words were a bit heavy, Hu Mei Er asked, her face down. “You think I’m dirty?”
“Yes!” Yang Kai replied straightforwardly.
Hu Mei Er’s charming face trembled, and she sneered, “You are nothing but a Trial Disciple in High Heaven Pavilion. Although my fighting capabilities aren’t as good as yours, I am the Blood Battle Gang’s Sect Master‘s daughter. The fact that I can take a fancy to you is your good fortune, and yet you unexpectedly can’t see your own good fortune when it’s in front of you! Do you know how many men are outside having ideas about me?”
“Then, your royal highness can go find those men. Why is there any need to nag me?” Yang Kai indifferently replied.
“Yang Kai, don’t be shameless when others are giving you face! If I return and inform my father that I was humiliated here, even if you are a High Heaven Pavilion Disciple, you still wouldn’t be able to see tomorrow’s sun.” Hu Mei Er hissed out as cutely as possible. Yang Kai’s attitude had completely infuriated her, making her face hit rock bottom. After all, her status wasn’t low, how could have she suffered this type of humiliation before?
Yang Kai also coldly laughed. “I dare to ask your royal highness if I were to kill you right here right now, will you have the opportunity to return and complain?”
Hu Mei Er looked distracted, her rage had made her forget that she was deep in Black Wind Forest, and if Yang Kai really attacked her, she definitely would have no hope of returning alive. Also, this was the ideal place to murder someone. In other words, if she really died here, she would have died in vain.
When she thought about this, Hu Mei Er became alert, looking at Yang Kai she urgently retreated a few steps. In a trill voice, she whimpered, “You’re joking right?”
“There is a limit to my patience.” Yang Kai indifferently replied.
Hu Mei Er rigidly looked at him, her eyes containing her humiliation and fury, but she didn’t dare do anything. She wasn’t sure whether Yang Kai’s words were a joke or not.
While Hu Mei Er was in confusion, Yang Kai suddenly became vigilant and looked over in a certain direction.
Intentionally or not, Yang Kai moved in front of Hu Mei Er. Looking at a large tree he roared, “Come Out!”
Hu Mei Er was surprised, but the next moment she understood what was going on.
Two people suddenly came out from behind the tree and walked over while smilingly coldly. Their laughers were sinister and strange, one looked at Yang Kai without rest and the other at Hu Mei Er.
“Cheng Shao Feng, Nu Tao?” Hu Mei Er clearly recognised them and cried out their names in suspicion, but in a blink of an eye, she knew the reason why these two people showed themselves here.
This time, it looked like Yang Kai was in some real danger.
Being stared at unrestrainedly by Nu Tao’s obscene gaze, caused Hu Mei Er’s entire body to feel uncomfortable, and she creased her eyebrows, she moved to further hide behind Yang Kai’s body.
“Elder Sister Mei Er, come over here. We only want that guy’s life, so move to the side or else, you might accidentally get injured!” Cheng Shao Feng called out from about five to ten feet in front of Yang Kai, as he warned her he slowly drew the sabre hanging at his side.
Nu Tao also spoke up, laughing he said, “That’s right, if you were to get injured, my heart would ache.”
“How could this be?” Cheng Shao Feng cried out in fear, for he realised that he hadn’t actually severed Yang Kai’s fingers. Although it wasn’t an immortal weapon, it was nonetheless still sharp. [How! How can a Tempered Body Stage cultivator’s body be this strong? Even if it were someone at the Initial Element Stage, their fingers would be severed.]
Yang Kai laughed maliciously, revealing his row of eerily white teeth and looked at him with his blood coloured eyes. Cheng Shao Feng was feeling somewhat panicky now, so while he hurriedly retreated, he also shouted out loudly. “Senior Brother Nu, save me!”
Before the words had left his mouth, Yang Kai had already pursued him and a drop of Yang Liquid within his Dantian started to move through his will, into his fingertips.
Pointing out, he went straight for the middle of Cheng Shao Feng’s head.
Cheng Shao Feng opened his mouth widely and ceased to breathe, falling to the ground. On his forehead there was a hole about the size of a chopstick penetrating through his skull. The hole was very smooth and slick. In fact, not even a drop of blood flowed out. With his eyes wide open, his dying expression was one without any trace of his previous grievance.
*Ah!* Two cries of alarm simultaneously rang out. They originated from Nu Tao and Hu Mei Er who had witnessed the startling scene.
Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao had already stated their purpose in coming here, causing Yang Kai to be alarmed. He never thought that these two people would be so ruthless and heartless; they actually wanted to kill him over a single dispute.
As he vigilantly watched the pair, Hu Mei Er secretly whispered into Yang Kai’s ear, “Yang Kai, if you don’t want to die, then obey my words. Half a month ago, that Nu Tao advanced to the Initial Element Fifth Stage, and cannot be comparable to Cheng Shao Feng. What’s more, there are two people here so don’t be rash!”
“Then, do you have a method to deal with them?” Yang Kai asked unconvinced.
“I can’t deal with them, but they definitely won’t have the guts to kill me. As long as you agree to my condition, I can guarantee your life.”
Hu Mei Er’s status was clearly displayed, so if she really wanted to protect Yang Kai, Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao wouldn’t be able to ignore her. They had to give her face thus at most, they could only beat up Yang Kai to vent their anger.
“No need.” Yang Kai slowly shook his head.
“You are that unwilling, to the point that you’d rather die?” Hu Mei Er looked at Yang Kai like she was looking at a retard with disbelief in her eyes.
“I’m sorry to say, I have mysophobia. What’s more, who will die or live will only be determined once fists are exchanged.” Yang Kai calmly looked over the two people opposite him.
Receiving this answer, Hu Mei Er’s face warped. After a while, she sneered out coldly, biting down with her ivory teeth and bitterly warning him. “Since you’ve chosen this way, then follow it through to the end!”
After this was said, she retreated about ten feet back and crossed her arms to watch.
Cheng Shao Feng laughed out loudly, “Elder Sister Hu Er is really obedient. I knew that Elder Sister Hu Er wouldn’t cause us any inconvenience.”
Hu Mei Er squeezed out an extremely ugly face, and no one knew what she was thinking in her heart.
Nu Tao *he he* strangely laughed and sized up Yang Kai from head to toe. Nu Tao cracked his knuckles and slowly shook his head, “You are called Yang Kai, right? When you reach the netherworld you must not blame me, for you should blame yourself for meddling in others’ business. Would you like to end it yourself, or shall I do it for you?”
This question was extremely savage, but Yang Kai just smiled, “If you want my life, then it will depend on your ability. So come and take it!”
As he said this, he secretly started to activate the True Yang Secret Arts.
Just as the True Yang Secret Arts were about to activate, Yang Kai already felt a violent feeling from his chest, as well as blistering hot energy getting, sucked in via his acupuncture points. Within this blistering hot energy was a large amount of Yang Qi. In that moment, Yang Kai’s meridians were painfully hot; so hot that smoke started to emit from his chest, roasting the skin until it turned black.
Yang Kai was greatly alarmed, and before he could respond, his meridians which were experiencing searing pain adapted to the large amount of Yang Qi, which continued flowing into his meridians.
It took literally the blink of an eye, his meridians became packed to the brim with Yang Yuan Qi, swelling non-stop.
*Drip drip…* it was like there was movement from the depths of his soul, and within his Dantian there unexpectedly was one more Yang Liquid drop.
A short while later, another drip sound was heard.
In the span of three breaths, two drops of Yang Liquid were formed. But, just when he was forming the last drop, the condensed Yang Qi disappeared.
Only after that moment did the violent surge of Yang Qi stop.
[It must be the Bright Yang Stone!] Thinking about it, Yang Kai took out that Bright Yang Stone which had cost him the bottle of small returning pellets. But how could this stone, which was previously filled to the brim with Yang Qi manage to retain its former glory? Inside, not even a trickle of energy remained; it had actually been fully absorbed by him in that short period of time.
In the end, it only condensed two drops of Yang Liquid! It was only that one of these drops had disappeared, confusing Yang Kai. Including the original drop within his Dantian, there were a total of two drops of Yang Liquid within his Dantian now.
[This absorption rate……isn’t it a bit too fast?] It was basically force feeding, not even allowing him to have any reaction.
Yang Kai’s transformation was seen by Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao. Yang Kai’s change within his chest area caused them to become a bit of a loss, but with Nu Tao’s battle experience, he immediately waved his hand and spoke, “Junior Brother Cheng, follow me and advance. I’m afraid things have changed.”
“Okay.” The earlier Yang Kai died the better was how Cheng Shao Feng felt. With no hesitation, he carried his long sabre and rushed forward, his face a cruel mask.
Two people, side by side, they were like a storm and in the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Yang Kai.
Nu Tao’s strength was higher, so his speed was naturally faster. His fist, covered in Yuan Qi, flew forward and suddenly charging straight for Yang Kai’s face
By Initial Element Fifth Stage, cultivators would have already amassed quite a decent amount of Yuan Qi, allowing the martial practitioner’s battle prowess to not be underestimated.
The fist that Nu Tao threw out caused a faint whistling sound, clearly displaying the fact that he was using some sort of martial skill.
Yang Kai didn’t dodge and also threw out a fist.
“Peng” it sounded out and Yang Kai’s wrist bone rang from the impact, while his fist felt like it was cut up by hundreds of razors. In a second, numerous cuts appeared, and he couldn’t help but retreat a few steps.
Though Nu Tao cried out oddly, for he felt that he had struck a blazing hot piece of iron. His skin and flesh were all burned painfully and he screamed out, “Such hot Yuan Qi!”
With his Initial Element Fifth Stage strength, he was unable to defend against a martial practitioner who was at the Tempered Body Stage’s attack; this was much too strange of an occurrence.
When these two people traded fists, each one had retreated a few steps.
Holding his sabre, Cheng Shao Feng joined the fray; his desire for vengeance raging, as he thrust towards Yang Kai, determined to cut him down then and there.
After experiencing Nu Tao’s attack, all of Yang Kai’s blood had started to boil and from his bones, a warm feeling started to seep out; it felt like he had an inexhaustible supply of power. As his eyes slowly turned red, his original gentle looking face became malevolent and Berzerk!
Facing Cheng Shao Feng’s sabre, Yang Kai used one hand to catch it.
Cheng Shao Feng sneered. “I have already learnt from last time. Do you really think that this young master would really trip over in the same place twice?”
As he said this, he swept his sabre to cut off Yang Kai’s fingers. Yang Kai’s reaction wasn’t slow. Sensing that the opponent’s blade was changing directions he changed his hand into a grabbing hold.
“Pu”, the long sabre still managed to chop off one of Yang Kai’s fingers, causing Cheng Shao Feng’s face to blossom in elation. Hu Mei Er covered her mouth, extremely disturbed, but when she remembered Yang Kai’s attitude to her, she thought that he should be hacked into pieces.
“How could this be?” Cheng Shao Feng cried out in fear, for he realised that he hadn’t actually severed Yang Kai’s fingers. Although it wasn’t an immortal weapon, it was nonetheless still sharp. [How! How can a Tempered Body Stage cultivator’s body be this strong? Even if it were someone at the Initial Element Stage, their fingers would be severed.]
Yang Kai laughed maliciously, revealing his row of eerily white teeth and looked at him with his blood coloured eyes. Cheng Shao Feng was feeling somewhat panicky now, so while he hurriedly retreated, he also shouted out loudly. “Senior Brother Nu, save me!”
Before the words had left his mouth, Yang Kai had already pursued him and a drop of Yang Liquid within his Dantian started to move through his will, into his fingertips.
Pointing out, he went straight for the middle of Cheng Shao Feng’s head.
Cheng Shao Feng opened his mouth widely and ceased to breathe, falling to the ground. On his forehead there was a hole about the size of a chopstick penetrating through his skull. The hole was very smooth and slick. In fact, not even a drop of blood flowed out. With his eyes wide open, his dying expression was one without any trace of his previous grievance.
*Ah!* Two cries of alarm simultaneously rang out. They originated from Nu Tao and Hu Mei Er who had witnessed the startling scene.
Cheng Shao Feng died! Without any warning, he died just like that under Yang Kai’s hand.
Last time when Yang Kai had fought with the Storm House Disciples, Hu Mei Er had watched from start to finish. So, she was well aware of Yang Kai’s power. But, never would she imagine that he would be this strong! With more, this was just a few days after the previous fight he had!
Initial Element First Stage, Cheng Shao Feng, had only faced Yang Kai for a few moments and died from a single poke to the head!
[Just what kind of Martial Skill was that? How could there be such a powerful Martial Skill?] The hole in Cheng Shao Feng’s forehead alluded to the fact the skill utilized a strong Yang Yuan Qi in some manner to burn through the skull.
At this point, Hu Mei Er’s heart was in a state of panic, for when she learned of Yang Kai’s thunder-like murder methods, she finally knew that Yang Kai’s previous words were no joke.
[He really dared to kill others, whilst also having the ability to do so!]
Nu Tao was also in shock. He had just exchanged one fist with Yang Kai and before he could commence his second attack, his Junior Brother had already died in front of him. This unforeseen accident really made him flabbergasted.
“You actually dared to kill Junior Brother Cheng!” Nu Tao shrieked, “What method did you use!”
That single finger’s power was far too tyrannical; it was definitely some extremely rare Martial Skill. Nu Tao was a bit afraid, afraid that even he would unable to resist that technique.
“You also need to die!” Yang Kai knew that to destroy the branch, he must destroy the root. The reason why these two people followed him here was that they wanted to kill him. To this these types of enemies, how could Yang Kai possibly be lenient?
The circumstances now were different to before, last time it was a group fight, so Yang Kai’s hand would naturally be more lenient. But currently, these two people wanted his life, to these enemies he mustn’t be merciful, otherwise, he was just asking for death later.
Seeing Yang Kai hurriedly charge over, Nu Tao suddenly laughed out maliciously. “Don’t bluff, come at me!”
As he shouted, he threw out two fists to greet Yang Kai. The opponent was only at the Tempered Body Stage, so how much Yuan Qi could he possibly have stored inside him? The martial attack just then was extremely powerful, so it should have used quite a lot of his Yuan Qi. In other words, he couldn’t possibly use that type of method again.
That’s why Nu Tao had nothing to fear!
When those fists collided, Nu Tao knew that he had made a mistake. This Yang Kai could still use his Yuan Qi, and every time they collided, he could feel a blistering hot energy seeping out from Yang Kai’s fist. This energy caused Nu Tao to shrivel up. Although he was in a higher stage of cultivation, he was unable to suppress Yang Kai.
Nu Tao came up with many countermeasures, jumping from left to right, for he did not dare to confront Yang Kai straight up. He only wanted to prolong the fight until Yang Kai used up all of his Yuan Qi, and at that moment, it would be like Yang Kai was a fish on a chopping board.
Nu Tao’s tactics and thoughts weren’t wrong, to deal with ordinary Tempered Body Stage Disciples, this method was the most effective; allowing one to suffer the least in return for taking down the opponent. But Yang Kai was different, for he had just fully absorbed all of the Bright Yang Stone’s Yang Qi and his meridians were brimming with energy. If things really continued, it would be Nu Tao, who ran out of strength first.
Very soon, the fight became unfavourable for Nu Tao.
At the beginning, Yang Kai truly acted like a typical martial practitioner at the Tempered Body Stage. Regardless of his fists, or power, although they were stronger than a typical Tempered Body Stage practitioner, the strength he displayed didn’t go past that of a Tempered Body Stage practitioner. But as time went on, as various types of wounds started to appear on his body, Yang Kai’s strength started to climb up bit by bit. Each fist was faster than the last, his strength also grew stronger and stronger, but the most fearsome aspect wasn’t either of these, but rather, that the blistering hot energy his fists released was growing stronger and more abundant.
It appeared that as the fight drew on Yang Kai’s strength rapidly grew in relation to the passing of time and the injuries he sustained.
[What was going on? When a martial practitioner battled, as time went on and the more Yuan Qi they used, a martial practitioner would only become weaker and weaker. How could it possibly be the complete opposite?]
In the time to took to drink a cup of tea, it became harder and harder for Nu Tao to dodge and escape Yang Kai’s attacks. With one failed dodge, he was punched in the stomach by Yang Kai.
This fist caused Nu Tao to be unable to breathe, and the fiery energy that invaded his body was wreaked havoc to his insides.
Looking at the blood red eyed Yang Kai, Nu Tao began to consider retreat!
With a feint move, Nu Tao retreated and sped far away, and while he gasped for breath he howled out, “Yang Kai since you have killed Junior Brother Cheng, you are doomed!”
Initial Element Fifth Stage, even if they couldn’t defeat the enemy, if they wanted to escape, their opponent couldn’t do anything. This was a fact that Nu Tao was highly confident about since he had discovered that Yang Kai didn’t cultivate any movement Martial Skill from their bout.
If Nu Tao wanted to run, Yang Kai couldn’t block him and could only helplessly watched as he ran away. But suddenly Yang Kai thought of an idea, and the last drop of Yang Liquid within his Dantian winked out and zoomed to his fingertips.
Shortly after Yang Kai reached out with his other hand and pulled on his fingers and a sensational scene appeared.
This drop of Yang Liquid, in the blink of an eye, morphed into a blood red blade as thin as cicada wing. Just as the blade was formed, under Yang Kai’s urgings, it flew out.
*Sou* the graceful red colour blade pierced the air and embedded itself into Nu Tao’s back.
Nu Tao’s running figure immediately became rigid, and with a cry of despair, he fell to the ground.
The silence of the forest was broken by a songbird’s cry, meanwhile, Yang Kai gasped for breath, with his whole body battered and exhausted.
Hu Mui Er’s pair of legs trembled, her entire body ice-cold, even her heart was cold. She had never left, waiting for the moment when Yang Kai couldn’t take it anymore and had to ask for her help and then she would be able to achieve her own goal.
But no matter what, she would have never imagined that those two Storm House Disciples who had come to kill Yang Kai, to be killed by Yang Kai instead.
These two people were both at the Initial Element Stage, one was in the First Stage and the other was in the Fifth Stage. Together, they battled against a Tempered Body Stage practitioner, Yang Kai, and in the end not only did they lose, they also paid with their lives.
All of this seemed too unreal and too mind boggling.
Suddenly, Hu Mei Er’s face became startled. She saw Yang Kai turn his head over to face her with an expression that looked like he wanted to eat her. Within his eyes, carried a glinted of murderous light, causing Hu Mei Er to retreat a few steps back.
“If you dare move, then you will die!” Yang Kai’s icy-cold voice traveled over.
“I won’t move……” Within Hu Mei Er’s voice was sounds of sobbing, a warm wet patch appeared on her lower abdomen, in that moment she had forgotten all her manners.
She really was scared, and she wasn’t certain whether or not Yang Kai really wanted to kill her. In life or death, what could she, a young lady do?
Yang Kai no longer paid her any attention but went to Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao’s side to take their possessions. In a moment, Yang Kai had found some money and two bottles of immortality pills.
Two bottles of immortality pills couldn’t be considered a lot, but they were still worth something.
[It wasn’t exactly a loss… but it’s a shame that I had to use those hard earned drops of Yang Liquid… Now, my Dantian is empty again…] After this great battle, the Yang Yuan Qi within his meridians had been consumed to such a degree that just a bit less than half remained.
“Are you short of money?” As Hu Mei Er saw Yang Kai looting the two corpses, she mustered up her courage to speak out. “I can give you money, as long as you don’t kill me.”
Looking at Hu Mei Er who still dared to flirt, is she showing off her beauty? Even when she spoke, it was cautiously and carefully.
Yang Kai enthusiastically looked at her. “It’s not like I am a bandit, what will I do with your money? If I lack money, I will earn it myself!”
Hu Mei Er didn’t dare to continue speaking; afraid of offending Yang Kai with her words.
“Come over here!” Yang Kai suddenly beckoned her over, Hu Mei Er delicately trembled, her tears threatening to spill. Tightly she bit her lip, begging Yang Kai with all her heart and didn’t dare to move a single step.
“What are you afraid of? I told you to come over, so come over!” Yang Kai called out impatiently.
Helpless and left without a choice, Hu Mei Er could only walk to Yang Kai. Slowly she walked over to him and stopped when she was around five steps away from him, looking at him alarmingly.
Sensing her fear, Yang Kai found it ridiculous, but he still kept his the same calm façade. “Be obedient and I won’t hurt you.”
His indifferent tone carried an overbearing feeling.
Hu Mei Er used all her strength to nod her head. “I will listen.”
*En.* Only then was Yang Kai satisfied. Bending down, he carried Nu Tao’s corpse over his shoulder and looked over to Cheng Shao Feng’s body, “carry him!”
Although she felt nauseous, Hu Mei Er didn’t dare disobey his order. Kneeling down as if she was wronged, she went to pick up Cheng Shao Feng’s corpse. Although she was a female, she was after all a martial practitioner and carrying 50 kilograms or so wasn’t really a burden.
“Follow me.” Looking in a certain direction, Yang Kai went to walk deeper into Black Wind Forest.
Hu Mei Er didn’t know what he wanted to do nor did she dare to ask and thus she could only blindly follow him.
Yang Kai wanted to dispose of the corpses. This place was already quite desolate, but he didn’t know if some random couple might have a bit of courage and rendezvous with another half here.
The causes of death for Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao were very special; they were both killed by a boiling hot energy that had directly pierced through their vitals. If Storm House investigated their deaths utilizing this information as a basis, perhaps it might lead them to him.
So Yang Kai must throw the corpses far away, making sure that Storm House’s people would never find them.
Two people, one in front and the other behind, walked deeper into the forest. Hu Mei Er hesitated many times, but in the end decided not to speak out.
After a while, a lake suddenly appeared in front of them. Yang Kai’s eyes shone a brilliant light and he decided their burial location.
Yang Kai signaled to Hu Mei Er to put down the corpse, and he went to search for two big stones. When he returned, he tied these stones to Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao’s corpses and threw them into the lake.
Brushing his hands, Yang Kai muttered for a while. “You can now be considered my accomplice, and you should know how to act right?”
Finished, he turned around to look at her dismissively.
With that said, Hu Mei Er was not surprised and repeatedly nodded her head, “I know.”
The fact that Yang Kai could say these words meant that he had no evil intentions regarding her, guaranteeing her life. Hu Mei Er’s heart and mind relaxed and she involuntarily gasped.
“Smart. Smart young girls will always be liked by others.” Yang Kai laughed out lightly.
Now that he thought about it, Yang Kai really didn’t know how to deal with Hu Mei Er because if he didn’t kill her, she would always be a dangerous element. Today’s events were all witnessed by her; however, he could not bear to kill her. From start to finish, Hu Mei Er did not injure him at all; she only stood to the side and watched. It was simply unreasonable for him to kill her.
After walking for such a long time, Yang Kai had thought it through. This entire affair was completely spurred on by Cheng Shao Feng and Nu Tao and if he didn’t kill them, then he would be just sitting and waiting for his own death. So, even if Hu Mei Er spread news regarding this event, Yang Kai wasn’t the least bit afraid.
“Have you killed others before?” Hu Mei Er was much more courageous now she thought her life was safe.
Yang Kai shook his head. “This is the first time I killed someone.”
“But I saw that your strikes were very experienced, and when you killed them, you didn’t even crease your brows. It did not look like it was your first time.” Hu Mei Er said, unconvinced.
With that said, Yang Kai wrinkled his forehead. That was true; it was his first time killing someone, why wasn’t he the least bit afraid? Although he didn’t feel any excitement, he definitely felt no fear. Back then, he was only focused on the battle, and his brain only thought about killing them, now when he thought about it, it was all a bit inconceivable.
“Whether or not you believe me is up to you.” Yang Kai didn’t bother explaining any further.
Circling around the lake, he walked to the place furthest away from the location he had dropped the corpses. There, Yang Kai stopped in his steps and dived head first into the lake.
During the course of this battle, Yang Kai had received no small amount of wounds, he needed to at least get washed clean before returning.
Hu Mei Er stood at the lakeside waiting while thinking about going in too. If it was before, she would definitely have gone in to provoke Yang Kai, but now she didn’t have the guts.
Waiting until he finished his bath and came back up, Hu Mei Er finally spoke. “Wait for me, I also want to go and wash up as well.” Having carried that dead body for such a long journey, Hu Mei Er felt uncomfortable all over.
Women would always love cleanliness.
“Okay.” Yang Kai replied while wringing dry his clothes, before going to lie on a stone to bask under the sun and recover his strength.
Not daring to undress, Hu Mei Er directly dove into the lake and her body, as graceful as a fish in water, was completely visible. From time to time, she would secretly look back to see if Yang Kai was looking at her, but he didn’t even have the least bit intention to look at her, delivering a fatal blow to her pride.
[He wasn’t the least bit moved?]
After a good half an hour, Hu Mei Er had finally washed her-self clean and swam ashore.
With her clothes stuck closely to her body, her exquisite and alluring figure was fully revealed. Forthrightly, she walked over to Yang Kai’s side with her cheeks bright red and sat down to bask in the sun with him.
Yang Kai opened his eyes to look at her, his gaze sweeping all over her, Hu Mei Er kept her head lowered.
“Figure is really good.” Yang Kai mumbled, nodding his head.
Hu Mei Er nibbled her dark red lips, her expression incomprehensible, “Actually…..I haven’t really done those types of things with a man, to the point that the only man that has touched my body……is you alone. These past few years, the only reason why I act like I do is one, to help the group recruit a couple more talented people and to strain the relationship between the High Heaven Pavilion and Storm House Disciples. To nag had also become one of my motives.”
Hearing this, Yang Kai stared blankly at her before looking deeply at her.
“You don’t believe me?” Hu Mei Er’s cheeks were very red, this secret she had never told anyone before. Outside people truly thought she playing away each night, exhausting men. On the outside, calling her princess, my lady, but behind her back, they called her slut or a whore.
“I believe you!” Yang Kai nodded his head, “But how is this related to me?”
Hu Mei Er’s face darkened as she forced a smile, “in the future, I will no longer come to pester you.”
This afternoon’s event, the impact it had on her was a bit too big.
Hearing her say this, Yang Kai couldn’t help but feel his heart relax, for he had finally gotten rid of this inconvenience.
Waiting until Hu Mei Er’s clothes had dried, only then did the two leave the lakeside.
To avoid other’s eyes and ears, Yang Kai and Hu Mei Er parted ways early on, each returning their own Sect.
After he returned to his wooden hut, he rested for a while before going to Coiling Dragon Stream. This great battle had exhausted his hard earned Yang Liquid. Naturally, he must quickly replenish his Yang Yuan Qi; otherwise, when he experiences this type of situations again, he would have no way to deal with it.
Not only did he consume two drops, the power roused Yang Kai’s determination greatly, for he would never have imagined that the Yang Liquid’s might would be so formidable. He was only at the Tempered Body Eight Stage and if his cultivation was higher, wouldn’t the Yang Liquid’s might be even more powerful? No matter the reason, Yang Kai was itching to begin his training again.
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Arriving at Coiling Dragon Stream, Yang Kai sat down and prepared to start his training but suddenly thought of something.
Hands searching his pockets, after feeling around for a long time, from his chest he took out a seed. This seed was the one given to him when he had brought the Bright Yang Stone from the Blood Battle Gang booth’s owner.
It was said to be the Earth Grade, Lower Level, Three Sun’s Fruit’s seed.
Yang Kai wanted to plant it, even though he didn’t know how many years it would take for it to bear fruit, it wouldn’t take much energy. Also, there were abundant amounts of Yang Yuan Qi in the surrounding area which undoubtedly made it the most suitable place to plant this fruit.
But just as he took out the seed, Yang Kai felt there was something wrong.
Earlier that day, when he saw this seed, he didn’t see or sense any abnormalities within it. It only had a faint, almost imperceptible, trace of Yang Qi within it.
But currently, the seed had become bright red and translucent, like a red gemstone. Holding it in his hand, Yang Kai could feel the seedling emitting a steady pulse.
It was like… It was like a human’s beating heart, surging with vitality.
Not to mention, that the seed currently held a much larger amount of Yang Yuan Qi when compared to earlier.
He was in a daze for a good while before waking up from that stupor! He had finally realized where that third drop of Yang Liquid from within his Dantian had disappeared off to.
Clearly it had been absorbed by this seed! If this was not the case, how could this ordinary seed possibly undergo such change in just a few hours? One drop of Yang Liquid, if there were no outside influences helping, it would take Yang Kai several days of hard work to condense.
Yang Kai nearly went to reabsorb the Yang Qi within that seed!
Despite thinking about it, Yang Kai didn’t do it. This seed had clearly undergone a huge change; so, if he went to plant it, what type of fruit would it bear?
A youngster’s curiosity and thirst for knowledge were incomparable. It was just like the curiosity Yang Kai held regarding the changes a precious drop of Yang Liquid would have on the seed.
Carefully considering it, Yang Kai started to move and first went to find a patch of relatively soft earth. Carefully, he dug a hole to put the seed inside and then went to find some water to water it.
After this task as completed, Yang Kai then sat down to activate his True Yang Secret Arts.
He doesn’t yet know whether or not this drop of Yang Liquid he has invested in the tree will be worthwhile.
The night passed by, after training all night he could clearly feel that his absorption speed had become faster again. Thanks to training all night, the Yang Qi within his meridians was replenished.
By his estimation, it would take another two-three days before he could condense another drop of Yang Liquid. Compared to the time it took to condense his drop, his cultivation was far more efficient now.
The morning of the second day, Yang Kai practiced the Tempered Body Record for half an hour.
As for Tempered Body Record’s training, he had never skipped a single day of it. The only thing that he needed to do every day, apart from sweeping the grounds, was practicing the Tempered Body Records and looking for a Junior Disciple to bully a bit to earn some contribution points while the rest of his time was spent non-stop training.
Half an hour later, Yang Kai stopped his work! By accident, he walked to the place where he had planted that Three Sun’s Fruit seed yesterday evening and when he saw it, he couldn’t help but be startled.
On that patch of soft soil, grew a foot long sapling! The sapling was slender with plump and tender looking leaves along with a slender stem with dark red veins faintly crisscrossing it. Although the sapling was small, it possessed a vitality that could not be ignored, trying to break free of the shackles of earth that were binding it, in order to mature.
[That’s not right…] Yang Kai thought his brain wasn’t working properly. Only one night had passed, yet the Three Sun’s Fruit Tree had already grown this big? For a moment, Yang Kai even thought that he had lost track of time and more than a few days had passed already.
Thinking carefully, he realized this couldn’t be. The Yang Yuan Qi within his body had not increased by a large amount, indicating that only one night had passed. Thus, he came to another conclusion. [Could all of this be caused by that drop of Yang Liquid that had seeped into the seed?]
This was quite likely, within Yang Kai’s knowledge was information that said the Yang Liquid’s use was plentiful and enormous and it didn’t say it could only be used in battle.
If it really was the Yang Liquid that caused the seed’s mutation, it could explain the scene before his eyes.
[If it grew top a foot in one night, it might be possible that after a couple more days, it could bear fruit!] Thinking about this, Yang Kai’s spirits rose, for the Three Sun’s Fruit was an Earth Grade, Lower Level, spirit fruit and was a priceless treasure that could greatly aid in his cultivation of the True Yang Secret Arts. One of these fruits would definitely be able to equal at least several days of practice.
When he thought of this, Yang Kai thought that his investment was priceless. What he currently needed to do was to wait for confirmation and see how many days it would take for this fruit tree to blossom.
This was next to Coiling Dragon Stream, and ordinarily, no one would pass by. Yang Kai had cultivated here for many days, and apart from meeting that Eleventh Elder, he had not seen another. That’s why he wasn’t too afraid that this fruit tree would be discovered by others.
Returning to the wooden hut, Yang Kai wanted to complete his assigned work for today. But after looking around for a while, he still couldn’t find his broom, making him puzzled.
After waiting for a while, a sweating High Heaven Pavilion Disciple came back and in his hands was Yang Kai’s broom.
Yang Kai also recognized this person, he was one the people who were part of Su Mu’s group and was at the Tempered Body Fifth Stage. He was called **.
Seeing Yang Kai standing there, ** immediately walked up and greeted him. “Senior Brother, you have returned.”
“*En!*, what did Junior Brother Zheng ask you to do? Why did you take my broom too?”
** laughed, “I want to help you sweep and from now on you no longer need to worry about such trifles. From our group of Disciples, every day, one of us will come and complete this task for you, so you can concentrate solely on your training.”
“This isn’t too good.” As Yang Kai listened, he swiftly waved his hands, although sweeping wasn’t too important, and it used a lot of energy; if it wasn’t because he wanted to remain in High Heaven Pavilion, he would have long since resigned from this job. But as a Trial Disciple, if he didn’t go receive some work to do, he wouldn’t be able to survive in High Heaven Pavilion.
** comforted him, “What is Senior Brother saying? We Junior Brothers should always strive to help you. Last time, if it wasn’t for you teaching Cheng Shao Feng a lesson, our anger wouldn’t have been vented. Not to mention, there are many of us, if one person came each day in the rotation, each person would only come here twice or thrice a month. There will no longer be any need for Senior Brother to wake up early each morning, and waste his time like this. Senior Brother, you can’t refuse, think of us, your Junior Brother’s faces, allow us to do this. But if you truly despise this, then forget it.”
If it was presented in such a way, could Yang Kai really decline? Promptly he conceded. “Then I shall ask this of my Fellow Junior Brothers. Please come inside to drink some water.”
“No need. Young Master Su issued an order that everyone must cultivate bitterly. If anyone dares to slack off, they won’t be considered as Fellow Brothers any longer. I will leave now. Senior Brother, you must also work hard.” As ** said this, he put down the broom and jogged out.
Looking at his back, Yang Kai’s heart warmed up, saving Su Mu that day was a good decision. This person was a true villain, if you obstruct him once, he would obstruct you ten times.
It looks like he would no longer need to worry about wasting his time sweeping the grounds. Happy, Yang Kai walked out and went to catch a Disciple at the Tempered Body Seventh/Eighth Stage. He cupped his hands and greeted his opponent. “Junior Brother, please enlighten me!”
That person’s face immediately became bitter, “Senior Brother Yang… there are many others, why did you choose me of all people?”
These days, Yang Kai went out to duel every day and had long since fought his way to fame. Now, High Heaven Pavilion Disciples that were in the Tempered Body Stage, when they saw Yang Kai they would be afraid. He was no longer the treasure that lost every battle, giving out free contribution points, the current him had already won countless consecutive battles. Not only this, he had won each battle cleanly.
Martial Peak – Chapter 52, A Worthwhile Investment
To this bitter-faced Disciple, Yang Kai laughed. “Now, now don’t be nervous, I am only intending to earn a few contribution points. Rest assured, I will be very light with my hits and promise that you will feel no lasting pain.”
Ten breaths later, this Disciple fell onto the ground and Yang Kai turned around to leave.
Xia Ning Chang stood in the top of a tree watching everything that had just happened. Her eyes narrowed into crescents, a faint, faint smile on her lips as she watched this Disciple who once lost one hundred and forty-seven times, slowly rise in power. This caused her to give birth to a sense of accomplishment. Although Yang Kai’s improvement had nothing to do with her, she had watched for over two years and long gotten used to watching this Disciple. This could also be called being a silent guardian, with Yang Kai becoming stronger, Xia Ning Chang also felt joyous.
Next, to Coiling Dragon Stream, Yang Kai was once again training. It had been five days since the Three Sun’s Fruit seed had been planted and it had already grown to ten feet; practically showing an obvious change each day. At this very moment, the Three Suns’ Fruit Tree was swaying with the wind, while three bright red flowers were in full bloom. It shouldn’t take more than a few more days for these to bear fruit.
At that time, Yang Kai would be able to heartily indulge himself.
And in these past couple days, Yang Kai’s training had been quite fruitful. Within his Dantian, another drop of Yang Liquid had been condensed and the True Yang Secret Arts had once again advanced.
With his daily sweeping completed by others, Yang Kai had a lot more time to train.
Also during this time, Yang Kai had been making various discreet inquiries for news regarding Storm House, for he had killed both Cheng Shao Feng and Niu Tao. There was no guarantee that trouble wouldn’t arise, but what relieved Yang Kai was that Storm House didn’t take any action. It looked like Hu Mei Er didn’t betray him.
[To think that woman, was this trust worthy…]
The eighth day of the month soon came and he could finally get a total sum of his accumulated contribution points.
The eighth day of the previous month, he had just gotten the Golden Skeleton and back then, he was only at the Tempered Body Third Stage. In one measly month, he had actually reached the Tempered Body Eighth Stage! This type of training speed, in this world no one could match it, even those so called earth shaking geniuses with their high-class elixirs aiding them couldn’t train with such speed.
Walking into the Contribution Hall, Treasurer Meng who was slouching behind the counter suddenly narrowed his eyes. He looked at Yang Kai surprised, he hadn’t seen him recently and Yang Kai’s strength had increased by a lot!
His surprise lasted only a moment before Treasurer Meng regained his composure. It wasn’t something he had never seen before, for he was also to see everyone in High Heaven Pavilion in his Contribution Hall. Thus, Yang Kai’s increase in strength wouldn’t make him too astonished. A youngster’s growth period was dazzling and bright, so in the end, he had seen scenes like this one too many times.
“Treasurer Meng.” Yang Kai called out in greeting.
“Come to exchange some things?” Old man Meng looked up and down.
“*En.* This month, I should have fifty-nine contribution points right?”
Sweeping the grounds would give him ten points, while each duel would give two points. There were three days that he wasn’t in the school, so he had battled a total of twenty-seven times, but last time when he was drinking with Su Mu and got caught by that Dark Hall Disciple he had been fined five points. Taking all of this into account, it should come to a total of fifty-nine contribution points.
“That’s right. What do you want to exchange them for?”
“Twenty-nine Dead Jedi Tree Grasses and thirty Three Leaved Chaos Spirit Flowers.” It had been quite some time since he had used the incense burner, mainly because he lacked the required herbs to do so. This provided no assistance to training his Yuan Qi, but training his body in the Tempered Body Stage was a wondrous opportunity.
Old Man Meng looked at Yang Kai with a gaze full of puzzlement, before walking to the back hall. Wrapping up Yang Kai’s desired items, he came back out.
Just as Yang Kai reached out his hands to accept the package, Treasurer Meng took back the package and asked, “Little Yang Kai, can you tell me, what thing did you eat when you went into Black Wind Mountains?”
He was still interested in Yang Kai’s good fortune.
Yang Kai spoke with a mouthful of nonsense. “I don’t really know. It was a beautiful red coloured fruit. Since I was hungry, I ate it.”
“Red coloured fruit… red coloured fruit…” Old Man Meng sank deep into his thoughts, but he couldn’t think of the corresponding spirit fruit.
After a good while, Treasurer Meng shook his head. “Never mind. Aren’t you going to save up your contribution points so you can exchange them for Essence Developer Pills?”
The old Yang Kai, he would carefully calculate and ponder each usage of his contribution points, he was always stingy with them. But now, he was quite generous when it came to spending them. As soon as they entered his account he used them. This was very unlike him.
Yang Kai smiled. “I won’t exchange for Essence Developer Pills anymore, for only one’s hard work will make one strong. To put all my hopes on a Divine Pill, my outlook was far too narrow.”
Hearing this, Treasurer Meng looked at him deeply. Smiling, he nodded his head. “Not bad, not bad at all. The fact that you are able to understand this point has surpassed this old man’s expectations. Little Yang Kai, let this old man give you a word of advice.”
“Please say it, Treasurer Meng!”
“Work hard, do not waste your stroke of good fortune!”
“This Disciple has received your word of advice!”
Leaving the Contribution Hall, Yang Kai sprinted back to Coiling Dragon Stream.
Calling out the incense burner, putting the herbs inside, Yang Kai started to practice his punches and kicks. A familiar pressure descended, this pressure was definitely something Yang Kai, with his current strength, could take. In a short while, Yang Kai was gasping for breath, his body weary, but he did not give up and continued to slowly throw out punches and kicks. Each motion was incomparably hard, his strength quickly leaked away, his mental energy depleted; he had exhausted himself by pushing to the limit.
A while later, Yang Kai could no longer endure, he fell head first to the ground.
Forcing himself into a sitting position, he activated the True Yang Secret Arts, restoring his strength and mind.
Originally he thought that the incense burner would have no effect on the development of Yuan Qi, but now he knew he was wrong. Under the effects of that perfume, there was like a seal on the Qi within his meridians, causing it to circulate one centimeter at a time forcing him to feel a sense of helplessness.
The perfume obstructed the movement of his Yang Yuan Qi, causing his cultivation speed to greatly slow down.
Yang Kai was in no hurry to recall the burner and instead decided to analyze it. He felt that this incense burner didn’t just assist the development of one’s body at the Tempered Body Stage, it was a marvelous object, it wouldn’t be a waste of time to examine it for a bit.
With the assistance of the incense burner, Yang Kai’s body grew stronger day by day, but the efficiency of the True Yang Secret Arts had been greatly reduced. The absorption speed of Yang Qi had been reduced by a large amount. After two-three days of training, he had hardly absorbed any.
[Could this incense burner really hinder the development of Yuan Qi?] Experimenting for two-three days, Yang Kai felt a bit hungry for Yuan Qi.
If this really was the case, then the incense burner’s worth would be greatly diminished.
Helplessly, Yang Kai could only choose to recall the incense burner as he recovered to avoid further impacting his Yuan Qi. This sadly increased his recovery time.
Once again exhausted, Yang Kai recalled the incense burner into the black book.
Starting to cultivate the True Yang Secret Arts, Yang Kai’s expression suddenly changed, carefully he felt his body.
At that moment, the corners of Yang Kai’s mouth twitched upwards into a smile. The speed of his Yuan Qi in his meridians was a level faster.
The faster the Yuan Qi revolved, the quicker he absorbed Yang Qi. If it was during a battle, the killing potential of his attacks would be stronger.
[So that was it!] The incense burner’s impact with regard to his Yuan Qi was not one of obstruction, but one of benefit.
The Yuan Qi within him had adapted to the pressure from the perfume, so without the perfume’s pressure, it would naturally revolve faster than before. This like how if a person got used to carrying a 1500 kilogram stone and it was suddenly exchanged for a 150 kilogram stone, then their steps would much faster.
This was the same concept.
Understanding this point, Yang Kai started to laugh.
In the short term, the incense would only hinder Yang Kai’s True Yang Secret Arts, but in the long term, this obstruction would result in great benefits and rewards. All in all, this was a worthwhile investment!
Martial Peak – Chapter 53, Tempered Body Ninth Stage
Ten days later, the Three Sun’s Fruit seed had finally ripened and quietly produced the Three Sun’s Fruit! Dark red, they hung off the branches, enticing people to come and eat them.
From these fruits, Yang Kai was able to sense a rich amount of Yang Yuan Qi.
An insignificant ten days, actually allowed these Earth Grade Lower Class Spirit Fruits to ripen; when the melon is ripe, it will fall. That one drop of Yang Liquid was far too potent.
Cautiously he reached out to pluck one of these Three Sun’s Fruit. Holding it in his hands, Yang Kai played with it for a while, feeling really happy.
But no matter how enticing this thing was, he would need to eat it for it to have an effect.
Yang Kai didn’t hesitate. Sitting down cross-legged, he threw the Three Sun’s Fruit directly into his mouth. Biting down, the sweet, fragrant fruit’s flavor burst out, starting from the tip of his tongue and then traveling throughout the rest of his mouth, leaving an alluring fragrance behind.
The Spirit Fruit entered his stomach and the True Yang Secret Arts started to revolve. His stomach felt like it was on fire, but to Yang Kai who was cultivating the True Yang Secret Arts, this temperature was the most comfortable, it even caused him feel relaxed.
The Yang Yuan Qi hidden within the Earth Grade Lower Class Spirit Fruit quickly flowed into his meridians. Filling up his meridians instantly, *drip, drip* sounded out and a drop of Yang Liquid condensed quietly.
A short while later, another soft and crisp sound rang.
In the end, it had condensed three drops of Yang Liquid before this Earth Grade Lower Class Spirit Fruit’s energy disappeared.
Within his Dantian, there were now four drops of Yang Liquid. While three drops were newly condensed with the aid of the Spirit Fruit, with the remaining drop the result of ten days of hard cultivating by Yang Kai.
With the incense burner’s obstruction, these ten days of cultivation had been dark and tiring, but Yang Kai didn’t really mind. How could he care about this petty thing at this point?
Moreover, Yang Kai held a faint premonition that if he ate the remaining two Spirit Fruits, then he could possibly breakthrough into the Tempered Body Ninth Stage, touching the doors of the Initial Element Stage.
With this thought in his heart, without the slightest hesitation, Yang Kai ate the remaining two Three Sun’s Fruit.
The Yang Yuan Qi dissolved within his stomach and a scorching hot heat flared up in his meridians. Yang Kai’s entire body suddenly became bright red.
True Yang Secret Arts frantically began to work while numerous dripping sounds rang out. In his Dantian, one drop after the other had started to appear. Through Yang Kai’s open pores, Yang Yuan Qi flowing out from Coiling Dragon Stream was sucked in steadily.
The steady pulsing of Yuan Qi within his meridians gradually became stronger, becoming more and more violent. If someone were to see Yang Kai’s current appearance, they would be so shocked that their chin would drop to the floor. There had never been a Tempered Body Practitioner who could condense such a rich amount of Yuan Qi before.
Tempered Body Practitioners’ meridians were narrow and the space in their Dantian was limited, not to mention they were completely unable to bear such a large and fierce amount of Yuan Qi.
The quantity of his Yuan Qi was equivalent to a martial practitioner at the Initial Element Stage, but Yang Kai was still only at the Tempered Body Eighth Stage.
At that moment, Yang Kai felt an inexplicable pressure, like it existed between the heavens and the earth. These shackles were imposed upon him and if he didn’t break these shackles, he would be unable to breakthrough.
The blistering hot True Yang Secret Arts started to revolve again, burning away the unrelenting shackles. As time passed, Yang Kai could sense that the shackles preventing him from entering the next stage were slowly weakening. With his advancement at hand, Yang Kai’s mind became clearer and the revolving speed of the True Yang Secret Arts sped up.
*Bang!*, it was like he had taken off the chains binding him. All over his body, he felt light and all the pressure and discomfort he had felt previously left without a trace, leaving Yang Kai feeling bright and refreshed.
[Tempered Body Ninth Stage!] He was standing outside the doors to the Initial Element Stage.
Although he had broken through, that feeling of refreshment had yet to disappear. Moving causally, the ten drops of Yang Liquid within Yang Kai’s Dantian started to rotate around and escaped in all directions, infiltrating into Yang Kai’s five viscera, and six bowels and meridians.
The Yang Liquid’s bright and burning strength burned away all of the impurities within, tempering his five viscera, six bowels, and meridians.
An iron ore need numerous revisions and tempering in order to for it takes shape, so how could it be any different for the human body? Every time a martial practitioner broke through a stage, they would use their body’s world energy to refine their bodies. After each refinement, their strength would crazily increase.
Yang Kai’s current breakthrough was only a minor one, so there wasn’t a lot of excess world energy within his body, but the Yang Liquid within him provided similar effects.
A good while later, Yang Kai slowly opened his eyes, for he could sense that this breakthrough had caused his strength to increase by leaps and bounds. His current power was incomparable to his power before he broke through.
If he were to meet with Cheng Shao Feng and Niu Tao now he was confident that he would be able to effortlessly defeat them, without using a single drop of Yang Liquid.
Apart from an increase in strength, Yang Kai touched on an insight, it was just too profound and he was unable to comprehend it. He could only wait for his next breakthrough to try and understand it.
His meridians were flooded with Yang Yuan Qi, while his Dantian was completely empty.
Carefully sensing around, Yang Kai’s face instantly darkened.
The results he painstakingly achieved through these past few days of hard work had vanished in the blink of an eye. All the Yang Liquid condensed from the three, Three Sun’s Fruit, including his earlier condensed drop, a total of ten drops, were all gone, not a single wisp of Yang Liquid remained.
Although he had gained great benefits, he didn’t have any Yang Liquid.
But it was no matter, as long as he had money if he wanted Yang Liquid; it was a relatively simple task. He just needed to buy some Yang attributed treasures and directly absorb them.
The only problem right now, Yang Kai is penniless. Apart from the spoils of war he had taken from Cheng Shao Feng and Niu Tao, he didn’t have anything valuable.
Sitting down he thought for a while, Yang Kai found a solution.
He could not afford those treasures, could it be that he can’t even afford their seeds?
The benefit of the Three Sun’s Fruit had been clearly displayed to him. With the power of the Yang Liquid, along with a suitable seed, the Spirit Fruit would easily grow.
But these types of things were very scarce, after such a long time spent browsing within Black Wind Trade; he had yet to see anyone selling any seeds. It wasn’t hard to understand why, for spirit grass and spirit tree seeds, not only did you have to find a suitable place to plant them; you also had to use a lot of effort to nurture them, not to mention you needed to wait a long time for them to bear fruit.
[Who would waste all that energy? If they had that much time and energy, they might as well go train. If no one bought them, then naturally no one would sell them. It was all about supply and demand.]
Yang Kai decided that he would buy them, furthermore, he was seeking a large amount of seeds.
With his mind made up, Yang Kai left High Heaven Pavilion and towards Black Wind Trade.
Although it was only his second time going, Yang Kai appeared at ease. It had been half a month since he had last come, Black Wind Trade was still bustling with commotion, and many martial practitioners came and went, the treasures in the various booths were all lined up creating a feast for the eyes.
Making his way around the bustling booths, as expected, he did not find any seeds, but since he was prepared, Yang Kai wasn’t too disappointed. Following his memory, Yang Kai walked to the place where that Blood Battle Gang Booth was as he wished to see if that guy had some extra seeds left.
Author: 莫默 (MOMO)
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