Chapter 1293
by Moonlit_Scholar_COn the road, Shen Shitao finally remembered to inquire about Yang Kai’s background. After some beating around the bush, she learned that Yang Kai was not a disciple of the Shadow Moon Palace, nor was he a disciple of any big family. Instead, he lived alone on a small mountain called Dragon’s Cave Mountain, quite having the meaning of setting himself up as king.
In simple terms, Yang Kai was a martial artist without a sect, let alone a background or a backer, and he could only rely on himself. In any place, there were many such martial artists. Their cultivation was extremely difficult. Firstly, without the guidance of a famous teacher, it was inevitable that there would be some mistakes on the cultivation path. Secondly, without a good cultivation environment and cultivation resources, the cultivation speed was not fast. Thirdly, if they were bullied, there was no one to help them stand up. Therefore, generally speaking, such martial artists had no future. Although the number was huge, the truly successful cultivators were extremely rare. And those who cultivated successfully were all recruited by various sects and families.
For someone like Yang Kai who had cultivated to the Second-Order Saint King Realm, it was already quite remarkable.
So when she learned these things, Shen Shitao actually admired Yang Kai greatly, but Wang Yuhan showed a look of disdain. Obviously, in his opinion, Yang Kai’s life would be like this. Maybe he had a chance to be promoted to the Third-Order Saint King Realm, but he would definitely not be able to reach the Void Returning Stage.
Not only was Shen Shitao extremely impressed with Yang Kai, but even her younger brother, Shen Fanlei, was greatly interested in him. The young man was actually quite nice, and he didn’t have deep scheming. He looked full of vitality and energy, even though he was injured. He kept asking Yang Kai about the things that happened in the Flowing Flame Sand Field. Yang Kai picked out some unimportant things to talk about, and the other party actually listened with great interest and asked some questions at the right time.
After getting along all the way, the atmosphere was actually quite harmonious. Among these four people, except for that Wang Yuhan who made Yang Kai a little unhappy, the other three were relatively easy to get along with.
Half a day later, the six people finally left the Burial Valley. Until now, Yang Kai still hadn’t found any traces of those special existences in the Corpse Cave chasing after them. This made him couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief, knowing that this matter should be temporarily settled.
Another day later, a small mountain range appeared in front. And there were several peaks located in that small mountain range. Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was not very rich, it was not thin either. When Yang Kai saw this, his heart moved. He immediately stopped his figure and slightly bowed to Shen Shitao and the others and said, “Everyone, although I don’t know where you are going, let’s part ways here for the time being. I have some things to deal with with my own companions and have to stay here for a few days.”
“Stay for a few days？” Shen Shitao’s eyes lit up. “That’s just right. We also want to rest for a few days. As you can see, Fan Lei and Senior Brother Wang haven’t had a good rest and recovery since they were injured. Why don’t we all rest here.”
“You all also rest here？” Yang Kai’s brows furrowed slightly.
“What？ Does Young Master Yang not welcome us？” Shen Shitao looked at Yang Kai coquettishly.
“No, this place is not my property either. It’s just an ownerless mountain range. Naturally, everyone can go down.”
“That’s good.” Shen Shitao smiled sweetly. “Moreover, since Young Master Yang came from Tianyun City, you will definitely go back to Tianyun City in the future, right？”
“Well, that’s natural.”
“Hehe, this place is not close to Tianyun City. If you only rely on your star shuttles to fly, it will take at least two or three months. If you encounter something on the way and get delayed, maybe the time spent will be even longer.”
Yang Kai looked at her thoughtfully： “I wonder if Miss Shen has any good way to save us this time？”
“What good way can I have? Naturally, it’s to use the space array. Young Master Yang probably doesn’t know. In Heiya City, which is five days’ journey from here, there is a space array that leads directly to Tianyun City.
“There is such a thing？” Yang Kai couldn’t help but turn his head and look at Yang Yan, only to find that she looked blank, obviously not understanding this either.”
Do you think I would deceive you? Shen Shitao pursed her lips and smiled. “Black Crow City is a city without an owner and does not belong to any power. Although the spatial array in the city is not as strictly audited as those of the great powers, it is not available for everyone to use. However… Fan Lei seems to know an elder who guards the spatial. With his guarantee, there should be no problem for Brother Yang to use it. But using it requires a lot of Saint Crystals as the price.”
“Saint Crystals are no problem, as long as it can be used.” Yang Kai’s expression lit up with joy and he quickly looked towards Shen Fan Lei.
Shen Fan Lei grinned and said, “Brother Yang, don’t worry. I helped an elder who guards the spatial array with a small favor before. It should be no problem to ask him to make an exception. Moreover, Brother Yang is not a person of unknown origin.”
“In that case, I will trouble Brother Shen then.” Yang Kai quickly thanked him. After that, he looked at the few small mountain peaks below and said, “Then let’s stay here for a few days first. We’ll go to Black Crow City together after we’re done.”
Shen Shitao and the others naturally had no objections. Immediately, they all flew towards that small mountain range.
Although Shen Shitao and Lv Ying were not injured in the battle with the Silver Cloud Thunder Beast, their Saint Yuan consumption was huge and they didn’t have much time to recover along the way. They definitely needed to adjust their breath. As for Shen Fan Lei and Wang Yuhan, they had to heal their injuries as soon as possible. So these four people flew towards one of the small mountain peaks and quickly disappeared.
And Yang Kai and Yang Yan flew towards another more remote small mountain peak.
Moments later, the two arrived at their destination. Yang Kai immediately activated his Saint Yuan and opened up a temporary residence within the mountain belly.
With Yang Kai’s current cultivation level, opening up such a place naturally didn’t require much effort. In just the time it took to drink a cup of tea, a simple stone mansion had taken shape.
After entering the stone mansion, Yang Kai’s expression was extremely solemn. Yang Yan seemed to have sensed something and silently followed behind him.
It was not until he reached the innermost part that Yang Kai suddenly sat cross-legged.
“Did something happen to Little？” Yang Yan hurriedly asked.
Ever since the stone puppet devoured that piece of True Solar Essence, it had been put away by Yang Kai. Yang Yan didn’t know the current situation of the stone puppet, but since Yang Kai suddenly wanted to stay here, it must be related to this matter.
“There’s no major problem, but if this continues, the stone puppet won’t be able to hold on.” Yang Kai let out a soft sigh.
“I guessed as much. In fact, even if you didn’t say anything, I would have asked you to stay for a few days to deal with the matter of Little and the True Solar Essence first.” Hearing this, Yang Yan immediately took out some things she had refined from her Space Ring and began to set them up in the stone mansion.
The True Solar Essence was of great importance, and she didn’t dare to take it lightly. Therefore, before letting the stone puppet out, she had to set up restrictions. Otherwise, once the aura leaked out, it might cause some trouble.
With her attainment in formation setting up some restrictions to isolate the aura was naturally extremely easy. In just half a day, the entire stone mansion was enveloped by layers of intangible restrictions. Even if a Void Return Stage powerhouse were to come, they wouldn’t be able to pry into anything.
It was only at this time that Yang Kai waved his hand and released the Stone Puppet from the Black Book Space.
As soon as the Stone Puppet appeared, the temperature inside the entire stone mansion rose steadily, and the Stone Puppet itself became as red as fire, exuding a heat that could distort the line of sight all over its body, and its body actually showed a slight sign of melting.
A pained expression emerged on the Stone Puppet’s face, and its pair of eyes were completely red.
The violent heat of the Genuine Essence of the Sun was simply not something it could resist. The Stone Puppet was able to hold on until now entirely due to its own innate talent.
Seeing this situation, Yang Kai didn’t dare to hesitate. He immediately took out the Myriad Years Ice Jade Platform, and the cold air rippled out, instantly neutralizing the high temperature in the stone mansion and making this place become ordinary.
Yang Kai then injected a strand of Saint Yuan into the Stone Puppet’s body. As if receiving some kind of instruction, the Stone Puppet stood up shakily, opened its mouth, and the Genuine Essence of the Sun was immediately spat out, landing right on the Ice Jade Platform, motionless and stable.
Seeing this, Yang Kai let out a sigh of relief and beckoned to the stone puppet. When it walked in front of him, he carefully examined its condition.
Fortunately for Yang Kai, although the stone puppet seemed a bit damaged, it was not serious. As long as it recuperated for a while, it should be able to return to its original state. This made Yang Kai feel relieved in his heart, and at the same time, he became more optimistic about the potential of the stone puppet.
Sending a divine sense over to tell it that it could freely refine the rare ores in its abdomen to repair itself, Yang Kai then put away the stone puppet again.
Previously in that corpse cave, the stone puppet had devoured as many as seven or eight small mountain-like holy crystals and rare ores. I don’t know if the holy crystals had any effect on the stone puppet, but those rare ores must be useful for the growth of the stone puppet. Yang Kai wouldn’t be stingy either. He believed that after the stone puppet absorbed the essence of those ores, there should be no major problems.
Being able to obtain a piece of True Essence of the Sun was more valuable than obtaining any number of ores.
After dealing with the matter of the stone puppet, Yang Kai then looked at Yang Yan and said, “How to deal with this? If the stone puppet can’t preserve it for a long time, we simply can’t bring it back to Dragon Cave Mountain.”
Just refine a special container.” Yang Yan seemed to have already made a plan and replied lightly upon hearing this.
What materials are needed？”
Naturally, ice-attribute materials. This Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Platform is the best material. Don’t worry, I have a way. However, it’s a bit troublesome to refine. It will take at least ten days.”
“Ten days… no problem. Their recovery won’t be easy either.” Yang Kai smiled faintly and immediately stood up, leaving the four Spatial Rings he had collected from the Corpse Cave to Yang Yan earlier. He believed that with the contents in those Spatial Rings, it should be able to meet Yang Yan’s needs for refining that special container.
Not wanting to disturb Yang Yan anymore, Yang Kai walked out on his own and came to the outer layer of the Stone Mansion, sitting cross-legged.
After thinking for a while, with a wave of his hand, he summoned the Void King Grade Refining Furnace. Probing it with his spiritual mind, he couldn’t help but be both surprised and delighted.
Previously, when collecting the True Essence of the Sun, Yang Kai had used the Artifact Spirit for a while. But the Artifact Spirit seemed a bit powerless when facing the attack of the True Fire of the Sun and was immediately injured by the True Fire of the Sun.