“You’re quite open-minded!” The accountant praised.
Yang Kai sucked in a breath of cold air as he said, “Now that things have come to this, I need to be open-minded.”
With a rustling sound, the Proprietress stood up and walked over, the three of them turning to look at her.
Walking closer, the Proprietress stretched out her hand to the Chef.
Chef quickly handed over the cream in his hand to the Proprietress, then took a stone chair from the side and placed it behind her.
The Proprietress sat down and stared at Yang Kai with a complicated look in her eyes. Reaching out her hand, she gently rubbed the bruise on Yang Kai’s face.
Yang Kai grinned at her.
The Proprietress said angrily, “What are you grinning about?” Yang Kai immediately let out a miserable cry as she exerted more force.
Letting out a light sigh, she applied some ointment on his wounds while saying, “Since you’ve already reached the Fifth Order, there’s no turning back. The Small Universe World in your body has been fixed, so even if you regret it in the future, it won’t help.”
“I don’t regret it,” Yang Kai gently shook his head, “When I first arrived in the Outer Universe, old lady took great care of me. Now that you’re in trouble, I naturally can’t just sit back and watch. Not to mention a mere Shadowless Cave Heaven, even if it’s one of the 36 Cave Heaven and 72 Paradise, I can still try!”
“Stop boasting!” The Proprietress glared at him angrily before gritting her teeth, “Old lady? Am I very old?”
Yang Kai immediately broke out in cold sweat, “Proprietress, you’re just like a flower, how could you be old? I was wrong.”
The Proprietress snorted lightly and gently said, “You’ve reached the Fifth Order and your limit is the Seventh Order, but with your foundation, as long as you have enough resources, reaching the Seventh Order won’t be difficult. If you want to advance further, it will depend on your own luck, so you must be prepared.”
“I understand,” Yang Kai nodded. Refining ordinary Open Heaven Pills and all kinds of attribute resources could only increase a cultivator’s grade by one or two grades. This was something countless cultivators had come up with throughout the ages, and no one had ever broken it, because no matter if it was refining ordinary Open Heaven Pills or various resources, there was a limit to how much one could improve.
However, if he could find the Open Heaven Pill from the Universe Furnace, he would be able to break this limit.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing had always been rare. Every time the Universe Furnace appeared, it would cause a great upheaval in the 3000 Worlds, causing a bloody storm.
Even the Eighth Order Open Heaven Stage hidden in the various Cave Heaven Paradise will act. In that kind of situation, a Seventh Order Open Heaven Stage wouldn’t be of much use, and if they weren’t careful, they would die on the spot.
When the Universe Furnace had first appeared, hundreds or thousands of Open Heaven Stage masters had died? Moreover, each of them was a Mid Rank Open Heaven master, and many of them had even died at the Seventh or Eighth Order.
“Cultivation isn’t urgent, it’s important to take things one step at a time. Once one’s cultivation reaches the Open Heaven Stage, it’s time to slowly accumulate and consolidate,” The Proprietress patiently explained before suddenly fixing her eyes on Yang Kai’s neck, pinching his chin and tilting his head to the side as she narrowed her eyes, “How are you injured?”
Although the wound caused by Yun Feibai on his neck had completely healed, there were still some traces left behind. The huge wound that had nearly severed his entire head made the Proprietress’ heart jump.
“Who injured you?” The Proprietress asked coldly.
Yang Kai blinked and sniffed, “Before coming here, I went to the Profound Yang Mountain.”
“Yun Feibai?” The Proprietress' beautiful eyes turned cold.
Yang Kai said, “I don’t know where you’re staying, but I heard that Profound Yang Mountain’s Yun Feibai once tried to kill you, so I wanted to inquire about some information. Proprietress, don’t worry, I’ve suffered a loss, but he hasn’t had a good time either. That guy was stabbed in the chest by me, i didn't dissapoint you!”
Chef and the accountant looked at each other in shock.
Only now did they know that the reason Yang Kai had come to this volcano to find them was because he had gone to the Profound Yang Mountain to inquire about their whereabouts. They couldn’t help feeling great admiration for this little brat.
They were more or less clear about the strength of the Profound Yang Mountain. Yun Feibai is a Sixth Order Open Heaven Stage master, yet Yang Kai had managed to escape alive and even injured Yun Feibai.
It was impossible to imagine how he had accomplished such a feat.
Looking at the scar on Yang Kai’s neck, it could be said that it was a cut on his neck, just a little bit away from death.
“You don’t want your life anymore? A mere Fifth Order dares to challenge Profound Yang Mountain?” The Proprietress stared at him in horror, her beautiful eyes filled with fear.
Yang Kai laughed dryly, his heart filled with warmth.
The Proprietress grit her teeth, seemingly wanting to scold him, but thinking about how he was doing all this for her, she couldn’t bear to scold him, so she simply said, “In the future, don’t act so rashly.”
Yang Kai nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, “I’ll remember.”
The Proprietress sighed again, a look of self-blame flashing across her eyes. If she had been a bit more careful, she might not have fallen into this Shadowless Cave Heaven. If she hadn’t fallen into this place, Yang Kai wouldn’t have suffered such a fate.
“Recuperating first is more important, and you’ve just broken through to the Fifth Order, so you need to stabilize your cultivation. You should go into seclusion for a while. Although this place isn’t particularly safe, there is no better place than this in Shadowless Cave Heaven,” The Proprietress said, “You just came to Shadowless Cave Heaven, so you don’t know how strange this place is. I’ll tell you later.”
“There’s no rush…”
Before Yang Kai could finish, the Proprietress glared at him, “Hurry up!”
Yang Kai accepted the order, “Yes!”
After obediently finding a sealed secret room in the cave and sitting down cross-legged, the Proprietress set up many restrictions outside before stopping.
Helpless, Yang Kai could only go into secluded cultivation.
The injuries he had suffered from the previous battle were no longer a big problem for him. The injuries he had suffered from being beaten up by the Proprietress, Chef and Accountant were only superficial wounds, so there was no need to pay any attention to them. The only reason he had screamed so miserably just now was to arouse the Proprietress’ sympathy, which proved that this move was quite effective.
Closing his eyes, Yang Kai examined his Small Universe.
It hadn’t been long since he had broken through to the Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage, and the Small Universe in his body had just opened. If it was anyone else, they would have to go into seclusion for three to five years to completely stabilize their cultivation.
However, because Yang Kai’s Small Universe had integrated with the Mysterious Small World, he now had the foundation of the Mysterious Small World, allowing him to stabilize it faster than others.
Coupled with the previous two battles he had fought against Ma Tian Yuan and Yun Feibai, although it hadn’t been a long time, it had helped him quickly stabilize his cultivation.
In particular, his battle with Yun Feibai was like walking on the edge of life and death. This kind of extreme pressure was thousands of times more effective than a boring retreat.
What he needed to do now was not to stabilize his Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivation, but…
Advance to the Sixth Order as soon as possible!
Shadowless Cave Heaven was not a good place. The Profound Yang Mountain had formed a grudge with the Proprietress and him. It was a place with four Sixth Order Mountain Lords. Even in the 3000 Worlds, it was a top second-class force.
Without the two Holy Spirits, Void Land’s overall strength was simply incomparable.
Since he had injured Yun Feibai, the people from the Profound Yang Mountain would definitely not let this matter rest and would attack sooner or later. With his current cultivation of Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage, if he wanted to resist such a giant monster, even with the help of the Proprietress, it would be difficult for him to survive. Only by advancing to the Sixth Order would he be able to fight.
When he was a Fifth Order, he was able to severely injure Yun Feibai. If he were to break through to the Sixth Order, it would not be difficult for him to kill him. At that time, he and the Proprietress would be able to join forces to resist the entire Profound Yang Mountain.
If others wanted to break through from the Fifth Order to the Sixth Order, they would have to wait for a long time, refine countless Open Heaven Pills and cultivation resources, and accumulate their own foundation. When the time was right, they would need to spend hundreds or even thousands of years to complete this process. This was still considered fast, but if they were slow, it would take tens of thousands of years.
But he was different.
His foundation was simply too good. Whether it was refining the Open Heaven Pill or cultivating resources, he was faster than anyone else, so his cultivation efficiency was higher.
Not to mention, he also has a Mid Rank World Fruit!
In the Great Ruins Boundary's Unaging Land, he had entered the Small Universe World inside the World Fruit and obtained quite a few World Fruits, including two Mid Rank, thirteen Low Rank, and one World Fruit Tree root. After that, Great Moon Province’s Meng Hong had added another Mid Rank World Fruit to him, so he originally had three Mid Rank World Fruits.
The World Fruit is a Heaven Defying Divine Medicine that could help a Open Heaven Stage cultivator advance one grade. The limit of a Low Rank World Fruit was Third Order while the limit of a Mid Rank World Fruit was Sixth Order. Its value was immeasurable.
On the way back to the Star Boundary, Yang Kai was pursued by True Lord Hei He (Black River), so he had Guo Ziyan and Lu Xue take a World Fruit to turn the tide.
Guo Ziyan was originally a Second Order Open Heaven Stage, but after taking a Low Rank World Fruit, he became a Third Order.
Lu Xue was originally a Fourth Order, but after consuming a Mid Rank World Fruit, she became a Fifth Order!
Yue He’s Sixth Order Open Heaven was also created by a Mid Rank World Fruit!
Yang Kai still has the last Mid Rank World Fruit in his possession. This was the biggest reason he was willing to become a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage. With such a Heaven Defying Divine Fruit, it could be said that when he reached the Fifth Order, there was no difference from reaching Sixth Order directly. The only difference was that he had consumed this last fruit.
However, after robbing four High Rank Open Heaven's Space Rings, this small loss could be considered as compensation.
The greatest value of the World Fruit was not its ability to allow a cultivator to break through one grade in a short period of time. Its true value lay in its ability to increase the limits of a cultivator’s Martial Dao. No amount of wealth could buy it.
Yang Kai had broken through to the Fifth Order Open Heaven, so logically speaking, his limit in the future would be Seventh Order.
However, if one consumed a World Fruit to advance to the Sixth Grade, their limit in the future would also increase by one grade to the Eighth Order.
Outside Shadowless Cave Heaven, when Yang Kai was forced to break through to Open Heaven, he had already considered this point. Ti Zheng and the others thought that his future was ruined, but how could they have known that he was secretly scheming? It was precisely because he had such a Mid Rank World Fruit that Yang Kai was able to agree to break through so easily.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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