Their eyes met.
The lady boss’s heart finally softened and she sighed, “Why do you bother?”
Yue He bit her lip and wept.
The Proprietress stretched out her hand and touched Yue He’s head, “You were brought up by me, your life is also mine. Without my permission, no one can kill you, including yourself!”
Yue He lowered her head and replied in a trembling voice, “Yes.”
The Proprietress slightly pushed her strength and Yue He suddenly let out a soft cry before collapsing to the ground and falling into a deep sleep. Yang Kai’s eyelids twitched as he felt a lingering fear.
If it weren’t for the Proprietress suddenly acting, Yue He might have really died in front of him. After spending more than ten years with Yue He in the Great Ruins Boundary, he had grown tired of her and wanted to get rid of her, but in the end, they had still supported each other and shared trials and tribulations together. It was just that after more than ten years of contact, Yang Kai hadn’t realized that Yue He was so decisive.
However, although the Proprietress had knocked her out and temporarily stabilized her mood, there was still a problem.
That was the Proprietress's Heart Demon Oath!
If Yue He didn’t die, her Heart Demon Oath wouldn’t be resolved. In this lifetime, she would really have no chance to break through to the Seventh Order Open Heaven Stage. He didn’t know if Yue He would still want to die after waking up.
With another sigh, the Proprietress picked Yue He up by the waist and carried her into a room in the inner hall, placing her on a bed. Yang Kai and Old Bai followed behind her silently.
Staring quietly at the woman sleeping soundly on the bed, the Proprietress’s expression gradually softened, and she even softly hummed a nursery rhyme, as if she was coaxing a child to sleep. With one hand still on Yue He’s body, she gently patted her.
Yang Kai and Old Bai glanced at each other, both somewhat speechless.
A moment later, the Proprietress suddenly waved to them and the two of them understood and left.
As soon as they left the inner hall, Old Bai wrapped his arms around Yang Kai’s neck, put his arms around his shoulders, and winked, “Let’s drink!”
Yang Kai laughed heartily, “Good!”
In all of these 3000 Worlds, Old Bai was the first true friend he had ever had. Old Fang couldn’t compare to him in this regard. After all, when they had first met in the Seven Skillful Land, both of them had harbored some kind of ulterior motive.
When they were in Star City and the First Inn, Yang Kai and Old Bai often drank wine at night, so the two of them were already familiar with this.
Not long after, Yang Kai sat down on the ground in the hall outside. Yang Kai had no wine, but Old Bai did, and it was good wine!
Yang Kai took out a large number of spirit fruits from his Space Ring, all of which were unique to the Great Ruins Boundary, greatly broadening Old Bai’s horizons.
Drinking, eating, getting drunk!
By the time the Proprietress brought Yue He out of the inner hall, it was already two days later. Looking around, the hall was a mess, with wine jugs and fruit cores strewn all over the place, the strong smell of alcohol filling the air.
Yang Kai and Old Bai were lying on the ground, snoring loudly.
The Proprietress was so angry that her nose became crooked. Gritting her teeth, she glared at these two, “Wake them up!”
Yue He quickly stepped forward and formed a series of hand seals, summoning her strength and gently blowing a cool breeze towards the two of them. As the cool breeze brushed past their faces, the two people lying on the ground suddenly woke up.
With a splitting headache, Yang Kai slowly sat up straight and rubbed his forehead, smiling bitterly. This time, he had been quite unrestrained, mainly because ever since the Unaging Land closed, he had been in a state of high tension. The arrival of the Proprietress had brought him a great sense of security, allowing him to completely relax.
Driving his strength to dispel the residual alcohol in his body, he looked up to see Yue He staring at him with a worried expression.
Overjoyed, he stood up and asked, “Yue He, you’re awake?”
Yue He nodded imperceptibly before pointing to the Proprietress in front of her.
Yang Kai looked over and saw that the Proprietress's face was as cold as ice as she glared fiercely at him. Yang Kai couldn’t help shrinking his neck and standing side by side with Old Bai, both of them wearing flattering smiles.
“You two are quite promising,” The Proprietress's face was filled with disappointment.
The two of them quickly said in unison, “This little one knows his mistake, I won’t do it again.”
The Proprietress blinked her eyes, feeling as if she had just punched cotton, and couldn’t help gritting her teeth, “If this happens again, I’ll throw you into the wine pool and drown you!”
Both of them nodded repeatedly.
Yue He stood behind the Proprietress, covering her mouth and laughing lightly.
Yang Kai raised his head to look at her, and seeing her smile like a flower, he let out a sigh of relief. When he was drinking with Old Bai, he had also inquired about some information about Yue He, but Old Bai didn’t dare to say too much, only telling him that Yue He was an orphan that the Proprietress had picked up, and that it was the Proprietress who had brought her up and taught her how to cultivate. The relationship between the Proprietress and her could be said to be like that of a mother and a sister.
It wasn’t just Yue He, but Old Bai, Chef, and the Accountant were all the same in the First Inn. It was just that the three of them had not followed the Proprietress as long as Yue He.
However, as for why the two of them had become enemies, even though Old Bai was half drunk, he still kept his mouth shut. This was something he really couldn’t say, so he simply asked Yang Kai to ask the Proprietress himself.
How could Yang Kai have such courage! If he really asked, he would definitely be beaten up by the Proprietress.
“Immeasurable Grandmaster has some ideas about repairing the Great Array, but he need you to cooperate with him. Yang Kai, follow me to see him,” The Proprietress said before leading the way.
Yang Kai quickly followed.
Not long after, the group of four met with Immeasurable Grandmaster again, Lu Xue accompanying him. These past two days, she had followed Immeasurable Grandmaster around the entire Void Land several times, so she had seen some of this Grandmaster’s methods. She couldn’t help admiring him from the bottom of her heart. He was truly worthy of being the number one candidate of the First Inn's Madam Lan had chosen, he truly had some skill.
When the two sides met, the Proprietress and Immeasurable Grandmaster greeted each other. The latter stroked his beard and said, “Madam Lan, this old master has carefully examined the great array here and now there is three options to choose from, but I don’t know which one you prefer.”
The Proprietress smiled lightly, “Grandmaster has to know that this place is not mine, nor is it the First Inn’s, it belongs to my subordinate. How he chooses will depend on his own will.”
Yang Kai stepped forward and politely said, “Grandmaster, please enlighten me!”
Immeasurable Grandmaster glanced at him and said, “The first method consumes the least amount of time and materials, this old master will repair your Great Array.”
Yang Kai raised his brow, thinking to himself, 'Didn’t I ask you to come here for this?' Suppressing his doubts, he asked, “What about the other two plans?”
Immeasurable Grandmaster said, “The second method is to upgrade the Spirit Array here. I don’t dare to say how much it will increase, but this old master is confident it will increase its power by twenty percent. However, this method will spend more time and pay an even greater price. By conservative estimates, the cost will be double that of the first method!”
Yang Kai’s eyes lit up when he heard this!
The Void Land’s Protective Formation had been left behind by the Seven Skillful Land, and Yang Kai had personally witnessed its power. Back then, Xu Huang had relied on this Spirit Array to fight the Seven Skillful Land’s many Mid Rank Open Heaven Stage masters alone, even severely injuring Seven Skillful Heavenly Monarch and killing three Protective Venerable. The power of this Formation was undeniable.
But now, this Immeasurable Grandmaster was actually able to upgrade the Spirit Array and increase its power by twenty percent?
Just how high was this old man’s attainments in Spirit Arrays? Was he just boasting? After all, upgrading such a large-scale Spirit Array was not an easy task.
Turning his head to look at the Proprietress, he saw her nod subtly, obviously believing in this Immeasurable Grandmaster.
Yang Kai immediately relaxed and asked, “What about the third plan?”
Immeasurable Grandmaster pondered for a moment before saying, “This third method is to allow this old master to preserve the foundation of this Great Array and re-establish it. It will take the longest time and the cost is also very high, at least five times the cost of the first method, but it can increase the power of the Great Array by fifty percent!”
The second method would double the cost and increase the power by twenty percent, but the third method’s cost would increase by five times, with a fifty percent increase power!
In terms of cost, the third plan was undoubtedly far inferior to the second plan, but a Great Array was a safeguard, so how could it be calculated with cost? Not to mention, the greater the power of a Great Array, the higher the cost.
If Yang Kai wanted to move the people from Star Boundary here, he would first have to create a safe environment for them. This kind of safety was not something that could be protected at all times, but was something that could be defended against when danger came.
Therefore, he didn’t hesitate to say, “Then we’ll choose the third option. Thank you for your help, Grandmaster!”
Immeasurable Grandmaster was shocked and looked Yang Kai up and down, “Boy, you probably don’t know the cost of repairing this Great Array.”
In his opinion, Yang Kai was only an Emperor Realm, so even if he managed to obtain this foundation by chance, how much money could he possibly have? A normal third class force would not be able to afford to repair such a great array, let alone an Emperor Realm.
The Proprietress pursed her lips and smiled lightly, “Grandmaster, please rest assured, this shop assistant of mine made a windfall some time ago and should be able to afford it, so please feel free to help.”
She had learned a lot about Yang Kai in the Great Ruins Boundary from Lu Xue, so how could she not know that his current wealth was comparable to a country’s? The wealth that Scarlet Star had plundered in the Great Ruins Boundary had all benefited him.
The cost of repairing this Great Array was but a drop in the ocean to Yang Kai, even five times the cost was nothing.
Immeasurable Grandmaster looked at the Proprietress and then at Yang Kai, secretly speculating that this little brat had the backing of Madam Lan, so even if his financial resources were insufficient, Madam Lan probably wouldn’t just sit back and watch. He immediately nodded and said, “Since that’s the case, we’ll decide on the third plan, but before that, this old master will have to discuss the matter of compensation with you.”
“Grandmaster, please speak!” Yang Kai said politely.
A moment later, Yang Kai came to an agreement with this Immeasurable Grandmaster. It had to be said that the price to request his help was not small. The price he asked for was not fixed, but rather the cost of setting up the Spirit Array.
He wanted to charge twenty percent of the cost price. In other words, no matter how much it cost, he would charge twenty percent.
Regarding this rule, the Proprietress obviously knew about it, so she didn’t say anything.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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