On the fragrant bed, the Proprietress remained indifferent. Yang Kai waited for a while before cupping his hands and placing the basket on the table, turning around to leave.
Returning to his room, Yang Kai sat down cross-legged and began meditating while circulating his Qi. Now that he had condensed the power of the Fire Element in his Dao Seal, although its quality had already met Yang Kai’s expectations, it still required a certain amount of time to stabilize.
Moreover, he didn’t know where to find the next Earth Element, so he could make use of this free time.
Yang Kai could clearly feel the destructive aura contained within the Fire Element energy in his Dao Seal. If this kind of energy was used against an enemy, it would definitely be of great use. Unfortunately, the characteristics of the Golden Crow True Fire were too obvious, and it was different from the Wood Element. The Wood Element’s power was used on one’s own body, making it impossible for others to detect it. The Fire Element's power was different. If one wasn’t completely confident, it was highly likely they would be exposed, making it difficult to deal with the aftermath.
He secretly decided that unless he had no other choice, he absolutely could not activate the Fire Element power in the Dao Seal. This thing was just like his Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, a trump card.
On the Dao Seal, green and black lights circulated and alternated, making it look extremely mysterious…
Just as he was meditating, Yang Kai suddenly heard a strange sound and couldn’t help opening his eyes to carefully perceive it. At first, he couldn’t quite make out what this sound was, but upon closer inspection, he found that it sounded like a woman’s cry. However, this cry was extremely suppressed, and if it wasn’t for Yang Kai’s sharp senses, he probably wouldn’t have heard it.
In this vast void, how could there be the sound of a woman crying? Moreover, she was crying so sadly, as if she had encountered a great tragedy… Yang Kai suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body.
Originally, he didn’t want to pay any more attention to this voice, but now that he heard it, he didn’t even have the mood to meditate.
Frowning slightly, he stood up, pushed open the door, and followed the sound.
Not long after, Yang Kai stood on the deck of the ship and looked up at the room on the top floor with a blank expression.
The woman’s soft sobs came from the topmost room. In other words, was the Proprietress crying?
Yang Kai thought he had misread the situation. The Proprietress was a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage master, and she was also a master in the Three Thousand Worlds, so how could she secretly cry so sadly? But the source of the sound was definitely not wrong, it was indeed coming from the top floor.
“To think that you would have such a day!” Yang Kai’s heart was filled with joy. Although he didn’t know what the Proprietress was sad about, he had been tormented by her these past few days. Listening to this sorrowful cry was like listening to the sound of nature, refreshing his heart.
Standing on the deck and listening carefully for a while, Yang Kai put his hands behind his back and walked back to his residence, his gloomy mood from the past few days completely swept away.
A day later, Yang Kai, who was sitting cross-legged on his bed, looked up at the ceiling and gnashed his teeth. This was not the end. He didn’t know what kind of sad event this crazy woman had encountered, but she cried for an entire day and night. Unfortunately, her cultivation was too high, so even though she was hiding and crying, she was still able to affect the emotions of others, causing Yang Kai to be unable to calm down and his mood to become extremely bad.
Furious, Yang Kai got off the bed.
A moment later, in front of the Proprietress's room, Yang Kai raised his hand and knocked, “Proprietress, Proprietress!”
No one in the room responded, but the sobbing continued.
“I’m coming in!” Yang Kai said as he pushed open the door.
Passing through the outer room and into the inner room, Yang Kai’s face twitched as he swept his eyes across the room. The originally clean and tidy room was now filled with piles of fruits, tables, and chairs. The entire room reeked of alcohol.
Looking around, he saw that the bamboo basket he had brought back earlier was half empty. Needless to say, it had been eaten by the Proprietress. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a fruit core on the ground.
He really couldn’t understand how the Proprietress had managed to swallow the Snowy Sky Thread!
Turning his head to look at the fragrant bed, Yang Kai frowned and saw that in the corner of the bed, the Proprietress was curled up with her hands wrapped around her legs, her head buried in the gap between her knees as she gently sobbed, her shoulders trembling.
This scene was something Yang Kai had never imagined. At this moment, the First Inn’s Proprietress looked too weak, like a stray kitten.
His heart was slightly moved as he secretly sighed. What kind of sad event had she encountered that caused her to become like this! In the end, she was still a woman, and no matter how strong she was, there were times when she was weak.
Yang Kai’s gloating mood somewhat faded as he bent down to pick up the fallen tables and chairs, picking up the scattered fruit cores and several empty wine jars.
After tidying up, Yang Kai stood in front of the fragrant bed and thought for a long time, but he didn’t know how to comfort her. Most importantly, he didn’t know what had happened to her, so he could only sigh lightly and reach out to pat the Proprietress's shoulder, “Proprietress, life isn’t always what it seems. Let the past be the past, stop crying.”
The sobbing Proprietress slowly raised her head and looked towards Yang Kai.
As their eyes met, Yang Kai’s eyes twitched.
At this moment, the Proprietress's beautiful face was covered in tears, her beautiful eyes were swollen like peaches, her face was covered in tears, her long eyelashes had teardrops, and her face was an enchanting shade of red… Just looking at her, one could tell how heartbroken she was.
Yang Kai forced a harmless smile and looked down at her.
The Proprietress's vision slowly became focused, her originally weak and gentle demeanor gradually being replaced by a cold and stern look as she clenched her teeth and said, “It’s you little brat!”
“En?” Yang Kai instinctively felt that something was wrong. The Proprietress… why did she look like she was drunk? Even a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage master would be drunk?
“You still dare to come back!” The Proprietress said hatefully, her eyes filled with blood and tears.
“Ah?” Yang Kai was confused.
In the next moment, Yang Kai’s arm tightened and he looked down, only to see that the Proprietress had already reached out and grabbed his arm, sending a violent wave of energy into his body. In an instant, Yang Kai’s expression changed drastically, feeling as if he had fallen into a vast sea, unable to exert any strength in his body. Facing this storm that could come at any moment, he could only resign himself to fate!
The power of a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage master was actually this terrifying!
While he was still in a state of shock, the Proprietress exerted some force on her wrist and threw him onto the ground.
Immediately after, the Proprietress jumped down from the fragrant bed and used one hand to restrain Yang Kai so he wouldn’t have any strength to resist, while her other hand and feet rained down on Yang Kai. As she punched and kicked him, she gritted her teeth and scolded, “Little bastard, you still dare to come back, you still have the face to come back? Why didn’t you die outside, why did you come back now?”
The sounds of collision rang out incessantly. Yang Kai was able to resist a few times at first, but after a while, he couldn’t resist any longer and could only curl up on the ground with his hands behind his head, protecting his face as he silently endured this inexplicable beating.
After an unknown period of time, the Proprietress's hands and feet gradually lost their strength, and she finally sat down on the ground, hitting Yang Kai with her fists while crying loudly.
Her cries were heart-wrenching, her tears flowing down her cheeks like pearls from a broken string, as if she had suffered a great grievance.
Yang Kai looked up with a fierce expression and wanted to curse, but seeing her like this, he couldn’t bring himself to do so and could only hatefully say, “Crazy woman, why did you hit me!”
Yang Kai had come here with good intentions to comfort her, but who would have thought that he would be pressed to the ground and beaten up by her. The anger in his heart couldn’t be extinguished even if he poured all the water in Three Rivers and Five Lakes.
The wailing Proprietress immediately stopped crying, tears still dripping down her face as she stared at Yang Kai and asked, “Are you scolding me?” Her eyes were filled with drunkenness, obviously still somewhat dazed.
“What’s wrong with scolding you?” Yang Kai also lost his temper. Even if he couldn’t beat her, he could still scold her, “Crazy woman, crazy woman, crazy woman!”
The Proprietress stared at him for a moment before suddenly breaking into a smile and wrapping her arms around Yang Kai’s neck, pulling him in front of her while rubbing his head with her other hand, “Little brat, you’re still the same as before!”
Yang Kai had never been rubbed in the head like this before, and an inexplicable sense of shame welled up in his heart. Gritting his teeth, Yang Kai summoned all his strength to struggle free from the Proprietress’s grasp, but under the constraints of the Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage, he was unable to move at all.
“Since you’re back, don’t leave. Come drink with me!” The Proprietress shouted and reached out to grab a jar of wine. Ignoring Yang Kai’s unwillingness, she opened his mouth and lifted his neck slightly before pouring the wine from the jar.
The cold wine flowed down his throat, followed by a burning sensation, and soon after, a jar of wine was forced into his stomach!
With his abdomen burning like a fire, Yang Kai’s vision went blurry and his only thought was that this wine seemed to be a bit strong! Even with his Dragon Vein physique, he couldn’t bear it and was already drunk. No wonder the Proprietress was so drunk.
This wine was obviously no ordinary wine, and it was highly likely that it had been specially brewed.
“It’s good that you’re back, it’s good that you’re back, don’t leave,” The Proprietress was crying and laughing at the same time, seemingly having lost her mind. After making Yang Kai drink a jar of wine, she picked up a Snowy Sky Thread and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering, “This is your favorite, eat more!”
Favorite my ass! Only a ghost would like to eat this kind of bitter and astringent fruit. He wanted to resist, but unfortunately, after drinking that jar of wine, his entire body became limp and he became intoxicated. He was stuffed by the Proprietress and even swallowed its core.
Seeing this scene, Yang Kai struggled to maintain the last vestiges of clarity. Using all his strength, he struggled free from the Proprietress's embrace and crawled towards the door, calling out weakly, “Old Bai, save me!”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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