“What about it?” Yang Kai frowned. Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng were both Open Heaven Stage masters, after all, they were only chasing after a single Fang Tai. Du Rufeng asking them to protect Yang Kai was indeed a waste of talent, and Yang Kai was well aware that it was called protection, so it was more likely they were monitoring him.
The man chuckled lightly, “When you killed Fang Tai, did you not feel anything wrong?”
“What’s wrong?” Yang Kai became more confused as he spoke, somewhat impatient, “What does Senior want to say? Please speak frankly.”
“I’ll show you something first.” Saying so, the man suddenly made a hand seal and pressed his thumb towards Yang Kai’s forehead. Yang Kai instinctively wanted to dodge, but thinking that his life and death was in his hands, if he really wanted to do something to him, he couldn’t resist, so he simply let it be.
The next moment, the man’s thumb pressed down on Yang Kai’s forehead and an invisible force rushed towards him, causing Yang Kai’s entire body to become unstable, as if his soul had left his body and his vision suddenly expanded.
This feeling was very strange. He was clearly standing in place, but his vision was still able to see his back. When he looked up, Yang Kai’s expression couldn’t help changing because he could see a faint layer of black Qi covering his body like a cloud.
Yang Kai was surprised. This was something he had never noticed before. Obviously, it was thanks to the Secret Technique the man had used that allowed him to see some hidden things.
The man chuckled and slowly withdrew his hand. Yang Kai immediately returned to his normal state and asked in surprise, “What is that?” He raised his hand and looked around, but he could no longer see anything. Using his Divine Sense to scan his body, Yang Kai found nothing wrong, as if the black qi didn’t exist at all, but what he saw just now was definitely not an illusion.
“I’m afraid that Fang Tai has some kind of background,” The man snorted lightly, “An expert placed a seal on him. If anyone kills him, the seal will activate and leave a mark on the body of the person who killed him. This mark is extremely well-hidden. Unless one’s strength is far greater than that expert’s, it’s impossible to discover it. The only reason this king knows is because he saw you kill Fang Tai.”
“Seal… Mark…” Yang Kai was dumbfounded.
The man chuckled, “In that case, if you appear in front of that master in the future, he will know that you killed his junior, so how could he let you off so easily?” Pausing for a moment, he continued, “With Seven Skillful Land's ability, if they wanted to kill a traitor, they wouldn’t need so many things. Instead, they wants you to act. Why don’t you think about it carefully?”
Yang Kai’s expression changed as many thoughts flashed across his mind, but he quickly grasped the crux of the matter and asked, “Did the Seven Skillful Land already know that Fang Tai had a Seal planted by an expert?”
The man cackled, “This King didn’t say that, but it’s most likely the case. They didn't want to provoke that master, so they found a scapegoat to kill Fang Tai. As long as he can find a way to kill you afterwards, everything will be fine.”
Yang Kai suddenly understood and muttered, “No wonder…”
Previously, he had some doubts about how Fang Tai, a mere servant, was able to escape from the Seven Skillful Land heavy restriction array. He had thought that Du Rufeng had created an opportunity for him to make a contribution and deliberately let Fang Tai go, but now it seemed that deliberately letting him go was not an act of meritorious service, but rather because he didn’t want Fang Tai to die in the Seven Skillful Land so as to avoid being investigated in the future.
No wonder he had so easily become a Seven Skillful Land Disciple. It turned out that it wasn’t because Du Rufeng appreciated him, but because he was being used as a scapegoat.
He didn’t doubt the words of this man in front of him. From his point of view, he was already in control of his own life and death, so there was no need for him to lie to him about this matter. Moreover, what he saw just now was definitely not wrong.
After understanding all of this, Yang Kai secretly clenched his teeth; Du Rufeng, I helped you collect the Scarlet Clouds Golden Flame, but in the end, you actually tried to harm me like this. All of the previous favors and promotions were just a cover.
Although he didn’t have any sense of belonging to the Seven Skillful Land and didn’t feel any gratitude towards Du Rufeng, he couldn’t help feeling a bit annoyed at being used like this.
Suddenly, he remembered that back in Protector Venerable Duan Hai’s Small Universe, Fang Tai had once taken out a token which was given to him by a senior from the Black River World. Presumably, the seal on Fang Tai’s body was planted by that Black River World's senior.
Although there was no guarantee that he would be able to meet with the Black River World’s master in the future, he still had to be on guard. Perhaps one day, if he was unlucky, he would really end up falling into the hands of the other party. If that was the case, it was likely he wouldn’t even know how he died. He couldn’t help cupping his hands and asking, “Senior, how do I dispel this seal?”
The man smiled and said, “Unless one’s strength exceeds that of the person who placed the seal, there is no way to dispel it.”
“Even Senior can't do it?”
“Let’s not talk about whether this king has the ability or not, even if he does, how could this king help you?”
There was nothing wrong with his words. He had no relationship with this man in front of him, and to put it bluntly, he was now his subordinate, so why would he need to spend so much effort to help him dispel the seal?
The man continued, “But don’t worry, as long as you can help this king take revenge, this king will satisfy whatever you want.”
Yang Kai gritted his teeth and said, “If Senior has any orders in the future, feel free to ask.”
“Very good!” The man laughed. Although Yang Kai would definitely not have any ill intentions with the Black Gong Centipede holding him back, now that Yang Kai had taken the initiative to help, it was naturally something he was happy to see. If not for this, why would he bother telling Yang Kai these things?
“Right, may I ask Senior’s name?” Yang Kai cupped his fists and asked.
“This king surname surname is Xu!” The man replied lightly.
“Then what kind of enmity does Old Xu have with the Seven Skillful Land?” Yang Kai asked curiously.
Old Man Xu coldly snorted, “Don’t ask what you don’t need to know, just do your own thing.”
“Then what does Old Xu want me to do? This junior's cultivation is too low, I’m afraid I won’t be able to help Old Xu much. If Old Xu’s plans are delayed, this junior will die ten thousand times over.”
Old Man Xu chuckled, “You can help me with this seven colored garment, you’ve received this king's Secret Technique. You should rest for two days first, this king will come back to you in two days.”
Since the other party had said so, Yang Kai couldn’t do anything about it. Although he was quite curious, he didn’t ask any further and simply cupped his hands, “Old Xu, Junior has a presumptuous request.”
Old Xu lightly said, “Speak!”
Yang Kai pointed to the side and said, “I want to bury their bodies.”
Old Man Xu looked over coldly, “You’re quite affectionate and righteous.”
Yang Kai shook his head, “These two are only here to supervise me under orders. I don’t think they know anything, and along the way, they’ve been taking care of me a lot. Now that they’ve died, it’s time to let them rest in peace.”
“It’s up to you,” Old Man Xu didn’t seem to be too interested in Yang Kai’s benevolence, so after saying this, he flicked his sleeve and left the cave, not fearing that Yang Kai would run away.
Yang Kai sighed with a dejected look on his face. Ever since he had come to the Outer Universe world, everything seemed to be going wrong. First, he had been brought to this Seven Skillful Land as a servant, but after only a few days, he had actually been drawn into this kind of grudge and hatred, and now his life and death had been controlled by Old Man Xu, becoming a pawn in his hands. Although he didn’t know how Old Man Xu was going to take revenge, what good would it do for him to get involved in the plot of at least a Fourth Order Open Heaven master?
If he didn’t think of a way, he might really die young.
The only thing worth rejoicing about now was that he still had some value to Old Man Xu, so for the time being, his life wouldn’t be in danger. On the other hand, the Seven Skillful Land was a bit difficult to deal with.
Since Old Man Xu wanted to make use of him, he definitely wanted him to return to the Seven Skillful Land. How was he supposed to explain Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng’s deaths? The two First Order Open Heaven had died, but he had returned safe and sound.
Thinking about this gave Yang Kai a headache, so he decided not to think about it any further. Walking over to Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng’s corpses, Yang Kai let out a long sigh and said, “The two of you, if you can travel together in the underworld, you won’t be lonely. When you reach the below, remember to protect your Junior Brother.”
Yang Kai didn’t have any bad impression of these two cheap Senior Brothers. Just as he had told Old Man Xu before, Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng definitely didn’t know anything about the arrangements in the Seven Skillful Land. At most, they had been ordered to monitor him and ensure that Fang Tai died in his hands.
Moreover, along the way, the two of them had indeed treated him quite well. Now that they had died at the hands of Old Man Xu, Yang Kai didn’t have the ability to avenge them, so he could only take care of what happened after they died.
After taking the two corpses out of the cave, he found a Feng Shui place near a mountain and dug two large pits to bury them.
Of course, Yang Kai had definitely left their Space Rings behind.
There were more than two Space Rings, including Fang Tai’s.
Instead of returning to the cave, Yang Kai flew directly to a nearby mountain peak and sat cross-legged on a round stone, examining the contents of his Space Ring.
Looking around, he found that Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng were quite poor. In their Space Rings, besides some artifacts, there were only a few hundred Open Heaven Pills.
A few hundred Open Heaven Pills might be a huge number to a servant, but to an Open Heaven Stage cultivator, it was definitely not worth mentioning. The two of them were both First Order Open Heaven Stage cultivators, but they only had so little savings. It was obvious that the two of them weren’t doing very well in the Seven Skillful Land.
This was not surprising. After reaching the Open Heaven Stage, they would definitely try to increase their own grade. If they wanted to increase their grade, they would have to consume a large number of Open Heaven Pill over a long period of time. Most of the Open Heaven Pills had probably already been consumed, so it was already quite good to have a few hundred left.
The grades of these artifacts weren’t very high, so he didn’t take anything else but the Open Heaven Pill and threw the rest along with the two rings in case someone found out.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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