Yue He circulated the power of the jade and shot out a beam of profound light towards the front. The thin fog rolled and slowly parted, revealing a passageway leading inside.
The two of them glanced at each other and without any hesitation, both of them flashed inside.
After the two figures disappeared, the fog slowly closed up and nothing unusual happened.
A moment later, Yang Kai and Yue He had already snuck into the Seven Skillful Land. The process was unexpectedly easy, they didn’t dare act rashly. Instead, they concealed their figures and auras and stood in place for a long time.
An hour later, when there was no movement from the Seven Skillful Land, Yang Kai confirmed that the two of them had not alarmed anyone.
Thinking about it, it wasn’t strange. More than ten years ago, Xu Huang had caused a great disturbance, causing many flaws to appear in the Seven Skillful Land's protective formation. Yue He had also refined a portion of the Jade's power, so naturally she was able to safely enter without alerting anyone.
If Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch had been vigilant, he might have noticed the two of them, but Yang Kai estimated that he was still healing.
Back then, Xu Huang had said that Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch had been severely injured and would not be able to recover without years of rest.
As far as the eye could see, the traces of the great war from back then had long since disappeared. The entire Seven Skillful Land was composed of seven Spirit Provinces and occupied a vast amount of land. Because it was composed of seven Spirit Provinces, the Seven Skillful Land was also known as the Seven Skillful Land, and these seven Spirit Provinces were also extremely unique. Each of these Spirit Provinces contained a different attribute energy, and the Yin-Yang Five Elements gathered together, the Seven Skillful Land was able to plant various fruit trees of different attributes and produce spirit fruits. These spirit fruits were the main materials used to refine the Open Heaven Pill, and it was by relying on a single benefit that the Seven Skillful Land was able to establish itself in these Three Thousand Worlds.
At this moment, many cultivators were flying up and down the Spirit Province, heading towards another location floating above the Seven Skillful Land.
It was the Seven Skillful Land's Market.
“Is it the day when the Market open for the month?” Yang Kai looked around thoughtfully.
This piece of land was a fragment of a world that had been moved here by the previous owner of the Seven Skillful Land and was used as a market. Every month, this market would open three days to allow the Seven Skillful Land's servant and disciples to exchange information or does business.
Back then, Yang Kai had bought a Third Grade Gold Element, the Stainless Gold Dew, for Die You.
Thinking back to how difficult it was to earn Open Heaven Pills when he first entered these Three Thousand Worlds, and now his net worth was more than a hundred million. In just a short dozen years, he had undergone such drastic changes.
Yang Kai was also very familiar with this market city. After all, he had come here many times, and his destination was the world fragment where this market is located.
Inside the Seven Skillful Land, there were Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch and several Protector Venerable. It wasn’t safe for him and Yue He to hide inside, but the market was different. Most of the people gathered there were servants and low rank disciples, and the real Seven Skillful Land Disciples were extremely rare, so there was basically no need to worry about being discovered.
Quietly calling out to Yue He, Yang Kai followed the crowd and flew towards the market.
Soon, they landed on the World Fragment.
The surface area of this World Fragment wasn’t too big, but it wasn’t small either. The market only used a portion of its surface area, and there were still many places that had yet to be developed.
Yang Kai and Yue He found a remote place and quietly dug a hole to hide in.
At this point, Yang Kai let out a sigh of relief. This time’s escape could be considered to have come to an end, so all he needed to do was wait for Scarlet Star’s people to leave and find an opportunity to leave.
A trace of exhaustion crept into his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. Ever since the Unaging Land closed, he had been constantly on the run. First, he had been pursued by many Holy Spirits and was on the verge of death, and now he was being pursued by the people of Scarlet Star.
Secretly making up his mind, he would wait until he broke through to Open Heaven in the future and then go to Scarlet Star first to seek revenge, letting Zhao Baichuan know the consequences of offending him.
As he immersed his consciousness into the strange space in his hand, he wanted to ask Zhu Jiuyin about her current situation, but who would have thought that she would fall into a deep sleep.
He knew that her Source had been damaged and she urgently needed to recuperate, otherwise she wouldn’t have acted so poorly.
To any Holy Spirit, their Source was their own foundation, just like a cultivator’s Dao Seal. If their Source was severely damaged, it would be very difficult for them to recover, unless they cultivated for a long time.
Turning to look at Yue He, Yang Kai couldn’t help asking in surprise, “Why are you still refining this Jade?”
He saw Yue He sitting cross-legged, immersing herself in the process of refining the jade in her hand. The reason he had given this jade to Yue He before was mainly because her cultivation was higher than his and her refining speed was also faster. The facts proved that if Yang Kai were to refine it himself, he definitely wouldn’t be able to break through this protective array and sneak in. But now that he had entered, there was no need to refine it.
Yue He opened her eyes and asked, “Does Young Master not want this Seven Skillful Land?”
Hearing this, Yang Kai was stunned for a moment before immediately understanding what she meant.
Yang Kai couldn’t help laughing, “Even if you refine this Jade and control the Great Array here, it won’t be easy to seize this Seven Skillful Land.”
Back then, Xu Huang was also a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivator, comparable to Yue He. After all, he was the original owner of the Seven Skillful Land, so he had a deep understanding of this place. He had used the Jade in his hand to control the Spirit Array to fight a life and death battle with Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch and many other Protector Venerable masters, but in the end, he had failed and instead lost his life.
As such, even if Yue He completely refined this Jade, she might not have many opportunities to snatch it from the tiger’s mouth.
The topic changed again and Yang Kai nodded, “But it’s up to you. Refining a bit more is always right.”
Although hiding here was safe at the moment, it was difficult to guarantee that they wouldn’t be discovered by others. At that time, if she manage to refined the Jade more, the two of them would have more initiative.
Yue He nodded and began refining again.
Yang Kai didn’t say anything more and closed his eyes to recover his strength.
Time passed by slowly.
In the void, on the main peak of Hundred Refined Peaks, Zhao Baichuan’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. From the information his subordinates had sent him, Yang Kai had disappeared without a trace, making him extremely angry.
Over ten years in the Great Ruins Boundary, the biggest winner was none other than Yang Kai, but in terms of second place, it was probably Scarlet Star.
Although Scarlet Star had been crazily plundered by Yang Kai, and seventy percent of its profits had fallen into Yang Kai’s pockets, Scarlet Star had also relied on Yang Kai’s power and reputation to develop in the Great Ruins Boundary, accumulating a massive amount of wealth and manpower.
Of the Star City’s three great forces, Sword Pavilion, Thunder Light, and Scarlet Star, Scarlet Star had originally been ranked last, but because they had clung to Yang Kai, this great tree, they had been able to escape disaster and rapidly rise in the face of adversity. As for Sword Pavilion and Thunder Light, it had long since disappeared.
But in the Great Ruins Boundary, it was one thing, leaving the Great Ruins Boundary was another.
In the Great Ruins Boundary, Zhao Baichuan lived under Yang Kai because he had Zhu Jiuyin behind him and his own strength was even greater, but in the outside world, without the suppression of the Great Ruins Boundar’s fog, a mere Emperor Realm cultivator was nothing to him.
Thinking about the seventy percent of the profits flowing into Yang Kai’s pocket, how could Zhao Baichuan tolerate this? Thirty percent was already a massive amount, not to mention seventy percent? If he could kill Yang Kai and snatch back the other gains, Scarlet Star’s future would definitely be bright, and he, Zhao Baichuan, was confident he could break through to the Sixth Order within ten years.
Unfortunately, that little brat was too good at running. Even if he sent out dozens of Open Heaven Stage masters and used Hundred Refined Peaks, they still couldn’t stop him.
The Great Domain was still sealed off, so he was certain Yang Kai was still inside, but no one knew where he was hiding.
Over the past few days, some of the smaller forces in the Seven Skillful Territory had suffered great misfortune.
In this Great Domain, there was not only the Seven Skillful Land, but also many other forces, as well as many other Universe World.
In order to capture Yang Kai, the people of Scarlet Star could be said to be unscrupulous, but because they had so many Open Heaven Stage masters and also had Zhao Baichuan, a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage master, guarding them, even if these small forces felt aggrieved, they didn’t dare say anything and could only allow Scarlet Star and the others to break into their headquarter to search.
The entire Seven Skillful Territory could be said to have been stirred up by Scarlet Star.
“Haven’t you found him yet?” Zhao Baichuan looked at Chen Tian Fei and asked solemnly.
Feeling Zhao Baichuan’s suppressed anger, Chen Tian Fei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, “I haven’t found anything yet, but don’t worry, Chief Manager, that brat will definitely not escape.”
The Domain Gate was still sealed off by Scarlet Star, so if Yang Kai wanted to leave this Great Domain, he would definitely cause a stir.
“Hmph!” Zhao Baichuan coldly snorted, “This king also knows that that brat won’t be able to escape, but if he keeps hiding, where will we find him?”
Chen Tian said bitterly, “Chief Manager, it’s not that we don’t want to try our best, we simply don’t have enough manpower.”
In order to chase after Yang Kai, Zhao Baichuan had run several Great Domain, but he had only brought a few dozen Open Heaven Stage masters with him. Most of Scarlet Star’s forces were still on their way here, so it would take at least a month or two for them to gather.
However, relying on these dozens of Open Heaaven Stage cultivators to find someone in a Great Domain was undoubtedly like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Zhao Baichuan also realized this and frowned.
Chen Tian Fei observed his expression and said, “Chief Manager, in order to resolve this current situation, we can only get help from other forces!”
“Help? Where can we get help?” Zhao Baichuan looked down at him.
Chen Tian Fei chuckled, “To be honest, there is a force in this Great Domain called the Seven Skillful Land. The owner of the Seven Skillful Land is Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch, and I once had an old friendship with him. If Chief Manager doesn’t mind, we can go to the Seven Skillful Land first and ask this subordinate to borrow some troops from Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch. If he is willing to help, things will be much simpler.”
“Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch?” Zhao Baichuan seemed to have thought of something, “Could it be the Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch who came to Star City and did many business with my Scarlet Star?”
Zhao Baichuan had also heard of this person before, but he had been in secluded cultivation for many years to advance to the Sixth Order, so he had never seen him before. During his seclusion, all of Scarlet Star’s matters were under Chen Tian Fei’s control, so they had interacted with each other at that time. However, Chen Tian Fei would also report this matter later, so Zhao Baichuan had only heard of Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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