Having received the summons, Yang Kai naturally rushed over to the Spirit Peak where his parents lived to greet them. After much persuasion, he finally managed to dispel their misunderstandings and let them know that Yang Xiao was really his adopted son and not his real son.
Dong Suzhu’s expression became much better as she said earnestly, “Old nine, you’re not young anymore, and now you’ve established a firm foothold in the Star Boundary. If you really want a child, Mother won’t object. On the contrary, she agrees, but you can’t act recklessly outside. There are four wives in the family, you can have them with any one of them, understand?”
“I know, I know, I won’t act rashly,” Yang Kai nodded repeatedly. When he said this, he couldn’t help thinking of Ji Yao and felt a strange sense of guilt.
Dong Suzhu saw his perfunctory attitude and couldn’t help but sigh, “Forget it, it seems you don’t have such thoughts in the short term. You’ve been travelling outside all year round, so it’s not appropriate for Xiao’er to follow you all the time. Let him stay here with me and accompany Xue’er. What do you think?”
Hearing this, Yang Kai thought about it for a moment before nodding and saying, “That’s fine.” With his mother taking care of Yang Xiao, he naturally didn’t have any worries, but this matter had to be handled by Yang Xiao himself, if he didn’t agree, there was nothing he could do.
Summoning Yang Xiao in and telling him about this matter, Yang Xiao naturally had no objections and immediately agreed.
He could tell that if he stayed with his grandmother, he would be able to enjoy her protection, but if he followed Yang Kai, he might be tortured by his Aunt Liu Yan again. She was simply a devil who would burn him whenever she was unhappy.
Regarding this, Yang Kai was quite surprised, thinking that a child’s temperament was unfathomable.
With this matter settled, Yang Xiao settled down with Dong Suzhu.
Whether it was the High Heaven Palace of the Northern Domain or the Plain Palace Branch Sect of the Southern Domain, both of them had been safe and sound recently. Yang Kai had no intention of going out for the time being, so he decided to go into seclusion and consolidate his gains over the past few days. Ever since he returned from the Star Boundary, he had been constantly on the move, so he didn’t have much time to cultivate. On the path of a cultivator, it was only natural for him to forge ahead bravely. Since he had some free time, he naturally couldn’t waste it.
However, before that, he had to deal with some trivial matters. At the very least, he had to comfort his women.
Yang Kai first went to Spirit Pill Peak to find Xia Ningchang and accompanied her for a day and a night, making Ji Ying very unhappy. Xia Ningchang was now considered the last disciple of Wonderful Pill Great Emperor. Although she didn’t have a master-disciple status, she was taught by Ji Ying. Xia Ningchang’s Alchemy talent was praised by even Wonderful Pill Great Emperor, and he had once said that if she was lucky enough, her future achievements would definitely not be lower than his.
This was none other than the second Wonderful Pill Great Emperor.
Yang Kai had come here to waste Xia Ningchang’s time, so it would be strange if Ji Ying was happy. Although he and Yang Kai usually got along well, when it came to the Little Junior Sister’s future achievements, Ji Ying didn’t dare to be careless, afraid he would disappoint Xia Ningchang’s talent.
After Xia Ningchang was Xue Yue, who he also accompanied for a day and night.
He then set off for Ice Heart Valley and found Su Yan to perform Dual Cultivation with her.
Before he left, he naturally couldn’t avoid sneaking around with Ji Yao.
Returning to High Heaven Palace and standing in front of the Space Array, Yang Kai hesitated for a long time before finally letting out a sigh. He wouldn’t be going to the Wild Ancient Land anymore. If he really went to find the Enchantress again, his body wouldn’t be able to take it.
This was the first time he realized that having more women wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
From that day onwards, he announced that he was going into seclusion and that if there was nothing important, he was not to be disturbed.
Inside his bedroom on High Heaven Peak, Yang Kai sat down cross-legged. With a wave of his hand, a large number of High-Rank Source Crystals were tossed out and scattered in all directions. Activating his Emperor Qi, Yang Kai’s High-Rank Source Crystals exploded one after another, releasing the World Energy stored inside them, instantly transforming the room into a sea of Spirit Qi.
Continuously tossing out Source Crystals and filling the room with Spirit Qi, the Spirit Qi in the room gradually condensed to the point where it was almost visible to the naked eye.
Only then did Yang Kai quietly cultivate his Mysterious Technique while comprehending the various things he had obtained from Dragon Island.
Inside the Dragon Palace Temple, the Dragon Souls of the various generations of Dragon Clan Great Elders had taught him many Dragon Clan Secret Techniques. Each Secret Technique had great power and had its own unique uses, but under this Enlightenment, although Yang Kai had obtained these Secret Techniques, if he really wanted to use them, he needed to have his own understanding and comprehension of each Secret Technique.
This wasn’t something that could be done in a short period of time and required constant experimentation.
Spring passed and autumn came, flowers bloomed and fell.
When one’s cultivation reached the Emperor Realm, it wasn’t uncommon for them to go into seclusion for several years or even a hundred years, not to mention that Yang Kai had already reached the Second-Order Emperor Realm. If he wanted to break through again, he would need to accumulate time.
During this time, he would occasionally come out of seclusion to check on High Heaven Palace’s situation and see if anything major had happened. Fortunately, High Heaven Palace was managed by Hua Qingsi and everything was in order, allowing him enough time to improve his cultivation and strength.
On a certain day two years later, Yang Kai, who was absorbing the Spirit Qi, suddenly frowned, took a deep breath, and slowly withdrew his cultivation before opening the room’s barrier.
Hua Qingsi quickly walked in and cupped her fists, “Palace Master.”
“Is there something you need?” Before he went into seclusion, he had ordered that no one was to disturb him unless it was something important. Now that Hua Qingsi had activated the barrier outside, it was obvious something had happened.
“Someone from the Southern Domain has come to see the Palace Master.”
“Who?”
“Elder Gao Xueting and… Star Soul Palace’s Elder Xiao Yuyang.”
Yang Kai was surprised, “They came together?” If Gao Xueting came to find him, Yang Kai wouldn’t be too surprised. After all, he was also a guest Elder of Azure Sun Temple, so what was Xiao Yuyang doing here?
“Yes.” Hua Qingsi nodded slightly, her expression somewhat complicated. Speaking of which, she was originally a disciple of Star Soul Palace, and her master was one of Star Soul Palace’s Elders. However, her master, Tan Junhao, was somewhat unreliable. For his own benefit, he was willing to sacrifice his own disciple, but in the end, he was killed by Yang Kai. After that, Hua Qingsi left Star Soul Palace and joined High Heaven Palace. Now that she saw Xiao Yuyang as High Heaven Palace’s Chief Manager, she couldn’t help feeling a bit strange.
“Did they say anything?” Yang Kai asked.
Hua Qingsi shook her head, “They didn’t say, but it seems the situation isn’t good.”
“Invite them to the main hall, I’ll come soon,” Yang Kai ordered.
Hua Qingsi accepted the order and retreated.
Sitting on the ground, Yang Kai rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment, unable to understand the purpose of these two people’s visit, so he simply stood up and went to see them.
Inside the hall, Gao Xueting and Xiao Yuyang sat down. Gao Xueting’s expression was cold and indifferent, but Xiao Yuyang’s expression was somewhat anxious, occasionally looking up to see if Yang Kai had come.
It was very difficult to see such a situation with someone of his cultivation. After all, Xiao Yuyang also had a Third-Order Emperor Realm master and was one of the Elders of the Southern Domain’s Overlord Sect. Even if a great mountain collapsed in front of him, his expression wouldn’t change at all. Such anxiety showed that the situation was not optimistic.
Fortunately, Yang Kai didn’t ask them to wait for too long and quickly came to the main hall.
Seeing him appear, Gao Xueting only nodded slightly, but Xiao Yuyang quickly went up to greet him, “Yang Kai.”
“Elder Xiao!” Yang Kai cupped his fists and nodded towards Gao Xueting as a form of greeting before asking, “What business do the two of you have with my High Heaven Palace?”
Xiao Yuyang went straight to the point, “Please save someone.”
“Who?” Yang Kai frowned, thinking that it couldn’t be that Xiao Chen had met with some kind of accident. If it really was that little brat, he wouldn’t necessarily be in the mood to save him. That little brat had always disliked him, so he naturally didn’t like him. However, since Xiao Yuyang had personally stepped forward, shouldn’t he give him some face?
Just as he was thinking this, he heard Xiao Yuyang say, “Princess Lan Xun.”
Yang Kai was startled, “What happened to Her Highness?”
Xiao Yuyang’s expression became gloomy, “Her Highness was captured.”
Hearing this, Yang Kai was stunned for a moment before looking at Xiao Yuyang with a strange expression, as if he hadn’t heard wrongly. Turning his head to look at Gao Xueting, he saw her nod towards him and realized that what Xiao Yuyang said was true.
Lan Xun had been captured? Who was so bold as to capture Lan Xun? He was the beloved daughter of the Bright Moon Great Emperor! Moreover, Lan Xun’s cultivation wasn’t low and she had long since broken through to the Emperor Realm. Although she was only at the First-Order, it seemed she had inherited the special physique of the Bright Moon Great Emperor, so her true combat strength was not something a First-Order cultivator could compare with. She definitely had a life-saving artifact that the Bright Moon Great Emperor had bestowed upon her. If anyone wanted to capture her, they would need to be at least a Third-Order Emperor Realm master.
What kind of person was so bold?
Thinking about this, Yang Kai suddenly remembered something from two years ago…
This sounded familiar, how could it be so coincidental?
Faintly sensing an ominous aura, Yang Kai hesitated for a moment before asking, “Do you know who did this?”
Xiao Yuyang’s expression became solemn, “I have some guesses, but I cannot be certain.”
Yang Kai said, “Since you have some guesses, why don’t you just take action? What about the Great Emperor? Since Lan Xun has been captured, the Great Emperor can’t just sit back and do nothing, right? Why are you looking for me?”
Although his strength was not bad, in the end he was just a Second-Order Emperor Realm master. Star Soul Palace had a large family, and not to mention Great Emperors, they even had several Third-Order Emperor Realm. Yang Kai couldn’t understand why Xiao Yuyang would want to seek them out.
Xiao Yuyang pondered for a moment before asking, “Do you still remember the incident at the Plain Palace?”
Yang Kai replied, “Of course.”
This was something that had happened three years ago, so how could he not remember? But why did he suddenly mention it?
Xiao Yuyang said, “The matter of the Plain Palace back then could be said to concern the safety of the entire Southern Domain. Logically speaking, the Great Emperor should have appeared, but in the end, the Great Emperor did not. Do you know why?”
Listening to his words, Yang Kai also found it strange. In the past, he had found it strange that after the incident at Plain Palace, Bright Moon Great Emperor hadn’t appeared and only a few Star Soul Palace Elders had come to deal with it. This was obviously somewhat unreasonable.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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