This place was three thousand zhang below the ground, and because it was the Yuan Magnetic Mountain, the ground was extremely hard. In the Great Ruins Boundary, if the Open Heaven Stage cultivator couldn’t display too much power, it was impossible to forcefully open an exit.
Even if Yang Kai were to do it himself, unless he used the Azure Dragon Spear, he wouldn’t have a chance.
It was only because of the Earth Dragon was innately proficient in digging holes that he was able to drill a tunnel into the Yuan Magnetic Mountain.
Time passed slowly, and more people flew over from all directions, wanting to leave through the passage, but all of them were stopped by Guo Ziyan.
More and more people gathered at the entrance of the tunnel, and in less than half a day, there were already several hundred people.
Yang Kai sat atop the stone pillar, completely unperturbed. The hundreds of people below him were all clamoring with indignation, many of them glaring hatefully at Yang Kai, but none of them had the courage to provoke him, only cursing silently.
As time passed, more people gathered here, but none of them understood what was happening. After asking around, they learned that the Scarlet Star’s Sixth Manager actually wanted to collect interest before they can pass the road, and even shamelessly asked to investigate the Space Rings of past cultivators.
No one would agree to such a rude request. After all, what if they handed over the Space Ring to Yang Kai and he snatched it away? There was no way they could defeat him, nor could they snatch it back, so although there were many people gathered here, none of them could leave.
Hu Yi was also here. Besides him, there were also several other Open Heaven Stage masters.
Everyone’s eyes turned towards them, all of them hoping they could uphold justice.
Hu Yi didn’t want to be the first to stand out, wishing he could hide in the crowd, but with everyone watching, even if he didn’t want to stand out, he had to. After all, if an Open Heaven Stage cultivator didn’t stand out, how could he expect those Emperor Realm to speak up?
Raising his hand to calm everyone down, Hu Yi said, “Everyone, please calm down. Allow this Hu to inquire about the intentions of this Manager Yang.”
The surrounding crowd cupped their fists, “Thank you for your trouble, Manager Hu.”
Hu Yi sighed in his heart and raised his head to look in Yang Kai’s direction before turning his attention to the Scarlet Flood Dragon and Earth Dragon, who were lying on the ground not too far away, pretending to be asleep. Hu Yi’s scalp went numb as he secretly swallowed his saliva before waving his sleeve and flying up the stone pillar.
Guo Ziyan and the others looked over coldly but didn’t stop him.
Hu Yi climbed up the stone pillar, first cupping his hands towards Guo Ziyan, then cupping his fists towards Yang Kai, “Manager Yang!”
Yang Kai opened his eyes and looked at him, “Manager Hu, it seems you’ve thought things through. If you’ve thought things through, give me your Space Ring.”
Hu Yi’s mouth twitched as he forced a smile, “Manager Yang must be joking, this Hu only came here to ask Manager Yang, what is the meaning of this?”
Yang Kai asked indifferently, “What do you think?”
Hu Yi said, “It should be for the Yuan Magnetic Divine Stone!”
“Since you know, why are you so long-winded?”
Hu Yi’s face went stiff as he frowned, “Although I know, I’m afraid Manager Yang’s actions are not appropriate. That Yuan Magnetic Divine Stone was something everyone had painstakingly searched for, so who would be willing to hand it over so easily? Moreover, Manager Yang is only here to block everyone from passing, there is no reason to do so.”
Yang Kai raised his thumb and pointed upwards, “This road is made by me! Is this enough?”
Hu Yi was stunned for a moment before a wry smile appeared on his face. This road really was opened by someone else, there was no way to refute this.
Yang Kai snorted, “Without this King’s permission, all of you used the passage created by this King’s Beast to search for Yuan Magnetic Divine Stones underground. It’s one thing if this King doesn’t pursue this matter, but now that I want to ask for share some of the benefits, you’re making excuses. What, do you really think this King is a pushover?”
“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare!” Hu Yi quickly waved his hand, thinking that if this guy was a soft persimmon, there was no one in the Great Ruins Boundary who wasn’t. After a moment of silence, he said, “Manager Yang’s words are reasonable. How about this, you give us a number, ten percent, twenty percent, or even thirty percent. If no one has any objections, we’ll hand over the portion that belongs to Manager Yang and let us go.”
“How many percent? How do I know what you’ve found? What if you want to deceive me?”
“Absolutely not,” Hu Yi waved his hand.
“Do you dare guarantee?”
Hu Yi’s expression became stiff. How could he guarantee such a thing? What if someone really was unwilling to pay too much and simply bought some low grade Yuan Magnetic Divine Stones?
“Don’t be so long-winded. If you want to leave this place, take out your Space Ring and let this king examine it. After seeing it, I will naturally let you leave.”
Hu Yi said, “Manager Yang’s actions are likely to provoke public anger.”
Yang Kai sneered, “It’s not the first time!”
Hu Yi shook his head and said, “Times have changed. Before, everyone’s hearts were not united, but now everyone wants to leave. If Manager Yang insists on stopping us, will Manager Yang be able to stop these hundreds and thousands of people? Not to mention, there are even more who have yet to arrive.”
Yang Kai raised his hand and took out the Wishful Bag, grinning as he said, “Does this king need to block the way? If anyone dares to try to force their way in, try this king's Yuan Magnetic Divine Light!”
Hu Yi’s face paled as he suddenly remembered that this guy had collected a lot of Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. If they provoked him, all he had to do was block the entrance and release the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. No matter how many people he killed, they wouldn’t be enough.
Cupping his fists, he stepped back from the stone pillar.
The two of them didn’t try to suppress their voices, so how could the hundreds or thousands of people down below not hear them? For a time, many people were filled with righteous indignation, thinking that Yang Kai had gone too far. It was true that this passage was opened by his Beast, but there were so many treasures down below, so naturally everyone who saw it would have a share. Now, he was even trying to rob them from the entrance of this passage, how shameless.
However, not everyone thought so. Some cultivators were considering whether they should agree to Yang Kai’s request. In any case, they didn’t have any good items in their Space Rings, so he might not be interested in them. The amount of Yuan Magnetic Divine Stones they had obtained this time wasn’t much, so although it was quite painful to split some of them, it was better than being stuck here forever.
At this moment, swishing sounds rang out and everyone turned their heads, only to see a dozen or so people covered in blood rushing towards the tunnel.
Guo Ziyan took out a long stick and flew to the entrance of the tunnel, “Stop!”
The dozen or so people obviously recognized Guo Ziyan and quickly stopped. The leader cupped his fists and asked, “What advice does Sir have?”
Guo Ziyan repeated his words countless times, “If you want to leave here, first hand over the Space Ring and let Sixth Manager examine it!”
Unsurprisingly, the dozen or so people who heard this couldn’t help becoming angry.
Just as they were hesitating, Yang Kai calmly said, “In ten breaths’ time, the people who were chasing you will arrived. Either hand over your Space Rings, and this King will let you go, or you can continue fleeing!”
The man in the lead’s expression changed as he turned his head to look back. Sure enough, he saw a streak of light rapidly flying towards them, his thoughts quickly turning as he asked, “Sir, is it that everyone who wants to leave this place must hand over their Space Rings?”
Yang Kai stretched out his hand and pointed down, “Those who haven’t handed over are all over there!”
The man looked down and saw nearly a thousand people gathered below.
In this moment of life and death, this person was quite decisive and nodded, “Good, since that’s the case, Sir, please investigate!” As he spoke, he took out his Space Ring and tossed it to Yang Kai.
Seeing their leader act in such a manner, the dozen or so people behind him also took out their Space Rings.
Yang Kai’s speed was extremely fast, and in front of everyone’s eyes, his Divine Sense swept over the dozen or so Space Rings before raising his hand and returning all of them, “Go!”
The leading cultivator was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t have time to think about it and simply cupped his hands towards Yang Kai, “Many thanks, Sir!”
Saying so, he led the dozen or so people behind him out of the tunnel and disappeared.
Three breaths after they left, a group of several dozen people came chasing after them. Seeing the group of people passing through the tunnel, they didn’t hesitate to chase after them, shouting, “Where do you think you’re going?!”
However, before they could approach the entrance, the Scarlet Flood Dragon, which had been sleeping on the ground, suddenly flew up, its massive body completely blocking the entrance and spitting out a mouthful of raging flames, scaring the dozen or so people to the point of staggering back, their faces pale.
Everyone below was also shocked.
From the looks of it, if Yang Kai really didn’t want to let them pass, he wouldn’t even need to use his Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. Just the Scarlet Flood Dragon and Earth Dragon Beasts alone would be enough to seal the passage. For a time, they felt bitter.
The leader of the pursuers glanced at the Scarlet Flood Dragon and couldn’t help gulping before turning to Yang Kai and saying, “Sir Yang, we are Emperor Heaven's people.”
Yang Kai didn’t even look at him, “Call Ding Yi to talk to me.”
The man’s expression froze. He couldn’t figure out what Yang Kai had to do with the people who had escaped and why he was protecting them, but he didn’t dare act rashly and quickly took out his communication bead to send a message to Ding Yi.
While he was busy here, the Divine Senses of everyone below suddenly began communicating.
Just now, when Yang Kai was examining the space of these dozen or so people, they had clearly seen that Yang Kai had only inspected them for a moment and hadn’t touched anything in the Space Ring before letting them pass.
It was impossible for these people to gain nothing underground. There were a lot of Yuan Magnetic Divine Stones here, so even if one or two of them didn’t obtain anything, how could there not be more than a dozen? At the very least, they could find some Yuan Magnetic Divine Stones below the Third Grade.
However, Yang Kai really hadn’t taken anything.
What was going on?
If that was the case, they might be able to accept Yang Kai’s conditions. In any case, they wouldn’t suffer any losses, at most losing face.
Therefore, after a brief hesitation, someone immediately flew up to the stone pillar and cupped his hands, “Sir Yang!”
Saying so, he handed over his Space Ring.
Yang Kai stretched out his hand and grabbed the ring, sweeping it with his Divine Sense before tossing it back.
The man was overjoyed, “Farewell!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed up and the Scarlet Flood Dragon made way for him, quickly disappearing from sight.
This scene caused quite a number of people to burst into an uproar. If they had been mistaken before, this time, everyone was staring at Yang Kai carefully, not daring to be distracted. From what they could see, Yang Kai had indeed not taken anything.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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