In front of the room on the top floor of the ship, Yang Kai stood in front of the door, hesitating for a long time before finally raising his hand to knock.
A lazy voice came from inside the room, “Come in.”
Yang Kai braced himself and pushed open the door. Looking around, he saw that the decorations in this room weren’t luxurious, but instead gave off a fresh and elegant feeling. A faint fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose, which was quite pleasant.
The Proprietress was nowhere to be seen, she should be in the inner room.
Opening the bead curtain, he walked into the inner room and immediately saw the Proprietress lying on a fragrant bed, her hand propping up her temple, her figure graceful and her expression lazy.
When Yang Kai entered, he didn’t even look at her and simply asked, “What's the matter?”
Yang Kai didn’t say anything and just stood in front of her, quietly sizing her up. Although he had interacted with her many times before, each time they had been exchanging verbal blows, so he really didn’t have the mood to carefully examine her. But now that he was sizing her up, he realized that the Proprietress was truly a stunning beauty. She exuded a mature charm, and even lying there, she gave off an indescribable temptation.
It was no wonder that the guests in the inn often took advantage of her verbally. This kind of beauty was not something many men could easily ignore.
On the fragrant bed, the Proprietress suddenly opened her eyes, “If you keep staring, I’ll dig your eyes out!”
Lowering his gaze, Yang Kai stepped forward and, under the stunned gaze of the Proprietress, directly climbed onto the fragrant bed and lay down on the inside of it. Turning his head to the side, he said with a look of humiliation, “Even if you can obtain my body, you can forget about obtaining my heart!”
The Proprietress was stunned. Yang Kai’s actions were simply too shocking. Even someone as strong as a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage master was unable to react in time and allowed Yang Kai to climb onto her bed. As if she had been stung by a scorpion, she stood up and stared at Yang Kai, her whole body trembling, “What are you doing?”
Yang Kai turned to look at her, “Is it not what you said…”
A dozen breaths later, with a miserable scream, the door opened and Yang Kai flew out like an arrow from a bow, crashing into the light barrier of the ship before coming to a stop.
Slowly sliding down, Yang Kai covered his chest with his hand and cursed, “You didn’t make yourself clear, you said you want me to pay with my body, and now you’re attacking me, are you trying to be unreasonable?”
“Scram!” Inside the room, the Proprietress shouted angrily.
“What’s wrong, what’s wrong!?” Hearing the commotion, Bai Qi and the others ran out of the cabin and immediately saw Yang Kai standing there with a look of grief and indignation on his face, two large dark circles covering his eyes…
He suddenly felt that this scene was somewhat… familiar!
“What are you all looking at, scram back to work!” The Proprietress roared again, causing Bai Qi and the others to shrink back and disappear.
“Crazy woman!” Yang Kai grit his teeth and cursed under his breath before also walking into the cabin.
“What did you say? Say it again!” The Proprietress’ voice rang out.
Yang Kai glared at the room on the third floor for a long time before lowering his head and saying, “A wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him!” He then rushed into the cabin and found an empty room.
The room was quite large and had all the necessary facilities.
Yang Kai sat cross-legged on the bed and rubbed his injured eyes, feeling extremely aggrieved. When the Proprietress had said she wanted him to pay with his body, he had thought she was going to do something about it, but who knew that she didn’t mean it at all. That crazy woman only wanted him to work at the First Inn to pay her back. When would he be able to pay back the ten million Open Heaven Pills? When would he be able to regain his freedom?
Yang Kai didn’t know how to calculate Bai Qi and the others’ salaries, but thinking about it, ten million Open Heaven Pills wasn’t so easy to pay off. He estimated that in the next few decades or even a hundred years, he would have to follow that crazy woman.
Thinking so, Yang Kai let out a long sigh. Following the Proprietress wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. At the very least, a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivator was a great deterrent, so there was no need to worry about his own safety.
However, following her was also very dangerous. He had secretly absorbed more than half of the Golden Crow True Fire and condensed the power of the Fire Element. If she were to discover any clues in the future, he wouldn’t be able to explain himself.
Thinking of the Golden Crow True Fire, Yang Kai’s heart burned with excitement. Previously, he had condensed the power of the Fire Element in his Wishful Bag, so he hadn’t had the time to carefully examine it. Now that he had some free time, he naturally wanted to see what changes he had undergone.
Calming his Qi and focusing his mind, he examined himself.
Within the Dao Seal, two colored lights circulated. One was green, the other was black. The green is surging with vitality, while the black one was low-key and contained a destructive aura.
The Wood Element and Fire Element energies perfectly coexisted in the Dao Seal, forming a mix of green and black. It looked a bit strange, but at the same time, it also gave off a strong sense of power.
The power of the Golden Crow’s True Fire was extraordinary, and now that he had successfully condensed the Fire Element, Yang Kai could feel that what the Proprietress had said before was correct. Only a powerful enough Wood Element power could suppress this Golden Crow’s True Fire. If the Wood Element power in the Dao Seal was not strong enough, even if it absorbed the Golden Crow’s True Fire, the Dao Seal would still be in danger of collapsing.
Once the Dao Seal was destroyed, the entire foundation of the Martial Dao would be destroyed, and death would be inevitable.
Not only that, Yang Kai also felt that his strength seemed to have increased a little, and he couldn’t help feeling a bit enlightened. It seemed that his strength was about the same as the Open Heaven Stage cultivator’s. Even if they were both existences who had condensed their Dao Seals, there was still a huge gap between their strengths. The reason for this gap should be because of the condensed Yin-Yang + Five Elements.
Every time he successfully condensed a portion of his strength, his own strength would increase significantly, and once he condensed five different kinds of forces, he would experience an explosive growth. This kind of person was generally called Half Open Heaven.
After truly opening the heaven and earth in his body, his strength would once again soar.
Of course, the growth of one’s strength was directly related to the quality of the materials they absorbed. The difference between a cultivator who absorbed third grade materials and a cultivator who absorbed seventh grade materials was naturally much greater.
Yang Kai felt that his strength had increased quite a bit, but since he is not in a life or death struggle, it was difficult for him to judge. No matter what, this was a good thing for him. The trip to Golden Crow Divine Palace had once again given him a sense of urgency about his strength, and he didn’t want to be chased by a large group of Open Heaven Stage cultivators again.
He secretly decided that if he didn’t have any other choice, he absolutely could not use his Golden Crow True Fire so easily, otherwise he would expose his secret.
Now that the Fire Element energy had been condensed and the grade of the Golden Crow True Fire had met Yang Kai’s requirements, although he wasn’t sure what grade the Golden Crow True Fire was, it was at least a Seventh Grade material.
From wood to fire, from fire to earth, the next step was to condense the power of Earth Element.
Obtaining the Golden Crow True Fire this time was also a coincidence, but where should he go to find Earth Attribute materials above Seventh Grade or even Seventh Grade?
A seventh grade material, if converted into Open Heaven Pill, was worth at least a hundred and fifty million pills. Yang Kai even suspected that this was not something that could be bought with Open Heaven Pill. Once this kind of treasure appeared, just like the Sun's True Gold, it would definitely attract countless masters to compete for it. Even if some forces had such a material, it would still be a strategic resource.
What could he possibly have to exchange with these forces? Yang Kai couldn’t think of anything, and without enough strength to guarantee his safety, he didn’t have the qualifications to exchange with them.
There was no point in thinking about this for the time being. The Fire Element energy had just been condensed, so it would take some time to stabilize.
The big ship flew off into the distance.
Just as he was meditating, a series of knocking sounds suddenly came from the door. Yang Kai frowned and stood up to open the door, only to see Bai Qi holding a tray with several small dishes and a jug of wine.
The fragrance of the dishes assailed Yang Kai’s nose as he forced a smile and said, “Come in.”
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment before responding, “These things aren’t for you to eat.”
Yang Kai was speechless, “If it's not for me, why did you bring it here?”
Bai Qi pointed up, “Proprietress wants it!”
Yang Kai didn’t understand, “The Proprietress wants you to bring it to her, why did you bring it here?”
Bai Qi looked at him sympathetically, “The Proprietress specifically asked you to deliver it to her!” Saying so, he stuffed the tray into Yang Kai’s hands, not caring about his reaction, “I’ll leave it to you, do your best.”
Looking at Bai Qi's departing figure, Yang Kai stood in place for a long time before suddenly becoming enraged, “You’ve gone too far!”
Lifting up the tray, Yang Kai wanted to throw it to the ground, but after raising it for a long time, he still couldn’t throw it out. His eyes twitched as he thought to himself, Does this crazy woman really think he's a shop assistant? Is she really so arrogant?
Taking a few deep breaths to calm his anger, Yang Kai stared at the dishes on the tray in his hand, wishing he could spit a few mouthfuls of saliva.
However, considering that the Proprietress might be monitoring this place, it was best not to do so.
“What are you dawdling about for? Hurry up and get up here!” The Proprietress’ voice rang out.
Yang Kai shivered and silently cursed this woman for paying attention to him. Fortunately, he hadn’t acted rashly just now, otherwise he would have suffered greatly.
“I’m here, what are you rushing me for?” Yang Kai replied in annoyance as he walked out with the tray.
Stepping up to the top floor, he kicked open the door, but before he could enter, a strong gust of wind blew him back.
“Didn’t your Adult tell you to knock before entering?”
With a bang, the door closed, almost knocking Yang Kai’s nose off.
Standing in front of the door for a while, Yang Kai raised his hand and knocked, gritting his teeth, “Is anyone home?”
“Come in!” The voice of the Proprietress came from inside.
Yang Kai pushed open the door and entered the inner room, placing the tray on the table, “Here’s what you want, take your time!”
“Where are you going?” The Proprietress asked.
Yang Kai turned his head, “Go back and rest, what else do you want?”
The Proprietress was still in the same lazy posture as before, her red lips pointing towards the table, “Serve!”
TO BE CONTINUED...
Martial Peak