If he wanted to enter the city, there was a problem. Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong were too big and too fierce, so he definitely couldn’t bring them in.
Yang Kai also didn’t dare use the Mysterious Small World to store them. In the past, he had tried, but the Mysterious Small World could only accommodate existences below the Open Heaven Stage. Forcefully absorbing existences at the level of Open Heaven was a risk for the Mysterious Small World, and it might collapse.
In Yang Kai’s perception, whether it was Xiao Hei or Xiao Hong, they both had the power of Open Heaven, but because they were in a special environment like the Great Ruins Boundary, they were unable to fully display their strength.
Fortunately, he had the Six Directions Wishful Bag, so even though it was a bit cramped, he could squeeze them in it.
He put the two big guys into his Six Directions Wishful Bag, not caring if they were willing or not. On the other hand, Yue He couldn’t help clicking her tongue in wonder. After all, even in this Outer Universe, there weren’t many artifacts that could store living creatures. It was simply too rare, she couldn’t figure out where Yang Kai had obtained such a treasure.
The group of six then slowly walked towards the city gate.
As expected, they were stopped at the city gate and were required to collect a hundred Open Heaven Pills per person.
For any Emperor Realm master, a hundred Open Heaven Pills was an extremely expensive price, causing Meng Hong’s heart to ache. If it was before, Yang Kai wouldn’t have had many Open Heaven Pills on him. Fortunately, Old Yu, from the Wind and Cloud Auction House was killed by him, and he had taken his Space Ring. As a Fourth Order Open Heaven Stage and a powerful figure from the auction house, his wealth was not small.
The entrance fee of six hundred Open Heaven Pills wasn’t a problem for Yang Kai, so he paid it quickly and easily.
Entering the city, everyone couldn’t help being stunned as they saw that the city was still in the shape of a Star City. The streets were crowded with people, and there were many shops around. On both sides of the street were many stalls with all kinds of strange goods.
If not for the events of the past few days, everyone would have thought they had entered a Star City instead of the Great Ruins Boundary.
Along the way, Yang Kai’s Divine Sense spread out and he bought the herbs he needed.
Since it was rare to encounter such a place where cultivators gathered, Yang Kai naturally had to make a large purchase. The Dragon Blood Flower had already been harvested, so he needed to refine the Dragon Blood Pill as soon as possible to ensure its medicinal efficacy didn’t leak. Yang Kai estimated that he would have to stay in this city for a long time to refine pills.
After sweeping through several streets of medicinal herbs, his harvest was huge.
Along the way, everyone had heard that a force called Scarlet Star controlled this small city, and just like the Thunder Light, Scarlet Star was one of the three great forces that existed in the Star City. Their luck was quite good, and after the Star City was swallowed up by the mist of the Great Ruins Boundary, they didn’t encounter any kind of impact. The few times the strange beasts had attacked, they had been forced to retreat, accumulating quite a number of people’s attention and taking control of this place.
Currently, the Star City was maintaining order and establishing rules. The people who collected fees at the city gate were all from Scarlet Star, so to be able to occupy such a territory in the Great Ruins Boundary, Scarlet Star would be able to reap great benefits.
In this city, the people of Scarlet Star could be said to be like local tyrants, no one daring to provoke them.
After walking for half a day and buying most of the herbs here, Yang Kai led the group to an inn.
Initially, he had wanted to get six rooms, but since the rooms here were quite full, he could only open three.
He definitely wanted a private room. After all, he would need to refine pills for a long period of time and couldn’t be disturbed. Yue He and Chen Yue, two women, would take one room while Meng Hong and the two Great Moon Province disciples would take the other.
After making the necessary arrangements, everyone returned to their rooms. Before they parted ways, Yang Kai handed over all of his remaining Open Heaven Pills to Meng Hong and told him to visit the Star City whenever he had time. If he encountered any herbs he needed, he would buy them all, as long as they weren’t too expensive.
Meng Hong naturally agreed. After all, this wasn’t a difficult task, and as for the herbs Yang Kai needed, he had already memorized them.
The following days were peaceful.
Yang Kai hid in his room and set up layers of barriers to focus on Alchemy. Day after day, a few batches of Dragon Blood Pills appeared.
During the refining process, Yang Kai didn’t idle around, occasionally swallowing Dragon Blood Pills to improve his bloodline, even feeding it to Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong who were kept in his Six Directions Wishful Bag.
Every seven or eight days or so, Meng Hong would come over and deliver the herbs he had purchased to Yang Kai’s room before continuing to refine pills.
It was only at this time that Yang Kai would stop and rest for a while, while chatting with Meng Hong to understand the situation outside.
From Meng Hong, Yang Kai learned that this Star City was well managed by Scarlet Star, and many people knew that there was such a place in the Great Ruins Boundary. Not only were there many cultivators gathered here, but it was also safe, so in recent days, almost every day, people would come here to join.
The most obvious manifestation of this was that the price of the inn’s rooms had risen three times in less than a month. Now, the price of a single room was more than twice as high as when they had first moved in, but it was still full every day.
Scarlet Star’s force was also becoming larger, and many people wanted to join it but were unable to!
Because Star City was located in a dense fog forest, the surrounding resources were abundant, so no matter which direction one went, if they were lucky, they would be able to obtain some harvest.
It was said that someone had already obtained a Fifth Grade or Sixth Grade Open Heaven Materials here! As for Fourth Grade, there were even more. For any Emperor Realm master, this was an incomparably great temptation. Compared to other harvests, whether it was spirit pills or rare treasures, none of them were as practical as those Open Heaven materials.
What the Emperor Realm needed the most were these Open Heaven materials. There was no way to break through to the Open Heaven Stage in the Great Ruins Boundary, but as long as they could accumulate enough strength here, once they left the Great Ruins Boundary, they would be able to break through to the Open Heaven Stage and become a powerhouse!
So every day, countless cultivators would go out in groups to gain experience and obtain the cultivation resources they needed.
Many people got what they wanted, but there were also some who encountered danger halfway and never returned!
However, the path of a cultivator had always been like this. After experiencing many hardships and tribulations, what one would eventually see wasn’t necessarily a rich fruit, but rather a cold death.
On this day, Meng Hong delivered a lot of herbs as usual.
Yang Kai thanked him and said, “You don't need to collect it again.”
After three months of refining pills, Yang Kai had finally used up most of the Dragon Blood Flower. He had refined several thousand Dragon Blood Pills, consumed a small portion of them, and stored most of them in his Space Ring. It would take him at least a year to finish all of them.
Meng Hong responded casually.
Yang Kai asked again, “Do you use up all the Open Heaven Pills i gave you?”
Although he had obtained a Space Ring from Old Man Yu and gained a great deal of wealth, purchasing a large number of herbs over such a long period of time had definitely consumed a great deal of money. Originally, he had been a bit worried about not having enough Open Heaven Pills, but during this time, Meng Hong had been sending him herbs, so he didn’t ask much.
Meng Hong said, “I’ve used up all of them a long time ago. Now Miss Yue He are paying for these medicinal herbs.”
Hearing this, Yang Kai was stunned. He hadn’t expected this.
Meng Hong said, “Miss Yue He has a deep affection for Brother Yang, Brother Yang is really fortunate.” His face filled with envy.
The corner of Yang Kai’s eyes twitched as he didn’t know what to say, but after thinking about it, Yue He was a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivator, so she must be quite wealthy. Spending this little bit of money shouldn’t be a big deal. In any case, he would remember to find an opportunity to pay her back in the future, so he wouldn’t take advantage of her.
“Did Brother Meng encounter something?” Yang Kai looked up and saw Meng Hong’s expression fall.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing!” Meng Hong forced a smile and said goodbye, “Brother Yang, please continue with your work, I won’t disturb you any further.”
Saying so, he left the room.
Yang Kai stared in the direction of the door for a while, but he didn’t think too much about it and continued refining pills.
Half a month later, the fragrance of pills filled the room and the pill furnace began to hum. Yang Kai sat cross-legged in front of the pill furnace and began to change his Spirit Arts.
At a certain moment, he reached out and patted the pill furnace. As the lid flew up, several crimson pills filled with a bloody aura flew out.
Yang Kai took out the jade bottle he had prepared earlier, stretched out his hand, and took the pills into the bottle.
In the next moment, Yang Kai stared at the pill in the bottle and grinned.
After refining pills for four months, he had finally succeeded. All of his Dragon Blood Flowers had been used up, causing him to be exhausted. How many years had it been since he had been so focused on refining pills? Sitting in his room all day was quite a test of his temperament and will.
Fortunately, Yang Kai was in a good mood now that the work was over.
Removing the many barriers in the room, Yang Kai pushed open the door and walked out, giving off a feeling of rebirth.
Yang Kai wanted to find Meng Hong and the others to have a good drink, but there was no one in the room and Yue He was nowhere to be seen.
Yang Kai couldn’t help being stunned.
Ever since he arrived in the Star City, he had been hiding in his room and refining pills for four months. He had only learned about the situation outside from Meng Hong’s explanations, but he didn’t know anything else. Now, he didn’t know what Yue He and the others were doing.
Taking out his communication bead, he sent out a message and learned that they were all in the main hall.
When he arrived at the main hall, he found that all four of them had occupied a table filled with empty bottles.
Yue He called out to Yang Kai and patted the spot beside her, “Come here.”
Yang Kai didn’t stand on ceremony and directly sat down. Yue He grinned and leaned over, “You finally came out. If you hadn’t come out, I would have forgotten about you.”
Her breath reeked of alcohol!
Yang Kai glanced at her, then at the others and frowned, “Why are you drinking so much wine in broad daylight? Did something good happen?”
Yue He pouted and whispered, “Drinking to drown the sorrows!”
Yang Kai looked over and saw Meng Hong sitting there with a depressed look on his face, seemingly having lost his soul.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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