Chapter 139

Just at the moment when the Frost Barrier shattered, an angry and unwilling roar from Xie Hongchen came from the endless staircase.

He had exerted great effort and was finally on the verge of reaching the summit. He was only a hundred zhang away from the end. Just when he thought victory was in sight, unexpectedly, a gentle breeze blew towards him. Under the effect of this gentle breeze, like the Hu sisters a few days ago, he was wrapped and sent downward.

“No！” Xie Hongchen shouted loudly, stretching out his hands as if trying to grab the last step and keep himself here. However, in his field of vision, the end of the staircase was getting farther and farther away from him.

“No！” Xie Hongchen roared towards the sky！

After so many days of persistence and hard work, we are about to reach the end, unexpectedly it all fell short at the last moment. This wasn’t his problem. Someone had reached the end one step ahead of him.

Only one person can obtain the inheritance, so he was labeled as a failure and was sent down by the gentle breeze.

Who was it！ One figure after another flashed through Xie Hongchen’s bloodshot eyes, and in the end, he still felt that Su Yan had the greatest possibility.

Was it her？ The unwillingness in Xie Hongchen’s heart eased slightly, but it was still very intense.

When he came back to his senses, Jie Hongchen found himself in a strange place. Looking up at the sky, he should still be in the Inheritance Cave Heaven. However, there was no one around. Standing there and thinking for a long time, a cold smile emerged on the corner of Jie Hongchen’s mouth： “Su Yan, if it is really you who obtained the inheritance here, then I can’t let you go even more.”

Like Jie Hongchen, there were also other people among the disciples of the three sects who were sent down by the soft wind. However, without exception, all of these people were men, just like what happened to the female disciples of the three sects a few days ago.

Unlike those female disciples, they were scattered in various corners of the Inheritance Cave Heaven. Many people were depressed for a while and then got up and embarked on the search again.

Since they couldn’t obtain the inheritance, they would see what other benefits there were here that could be obtained.

Above the clouds, the magnificent palace had already been presented in front of Yang Kai. The huge door that was more than ten zhang high was wide open, as if it was welcoming Yang Kai’s arrival.

Not moving forward, Yang Kai stood still, closed his eyes and felt the gains and losses along the way.

If the endless stairs on the first floor tested a person’s character and will, then the hundred stairs on the second floor tested the control of the Yang Attribute energy.

Only by completely controlling the red line energy in the ninety-nine stairs could one break through the ice barrier on the last floor in one fell swoop.

After a long time, Yang Kai finally smiled slightly and stepped forward. At this moment, he clearly felt that the True Yang Yuan Qi in his body had some different changes.

Passing through the wide open door and walking into the palace, the Yang Source Seal on his chest suddenly had an extremely violent reaction.

In the past, when the Yang Source Seal felt the Yang Attribute Energy, according to the strength of these energies, it would give different degrees of reaction, but never as intense as today. It was so intense that Yang Kai’s chest felt a bit hot.

With a solemn expression, he walked over in the direction indicated by the Yang Source Seal.

Soon, Yang Kai saw that in the air about ten-odd zhang above the ground. There was a huge red and white energy ball suspended there.

It was precisely this energy ball with a diameter of more than three chi that made the Yang Source Seal react.

But what made Yang Kai strange was that the energy ball contained not only the scorching Yang Attribute Energy, but also a bone-chilling Cold Attribute Energy.

The two completely different energies were mixed together yet they blended with each other and had no conflict at all.

In the energy ball, hazy patterns flashed from time to time. Looking carefully, Yang Kai’s expression shook.

That was exactly the pattern of the dragon soaring in the nine heavens and the phoenix crying in the nine clouds. The dragon-shaped phoenix seal. It flashed by and disappeared, just like the scene when the Inheritance Cave Heaven appeared before.

Is this the inheritance？ Yang Kai narrowed his eyes.

While carefully looking at it, out of the corner of his eye, a touch of whiteness seemed to move, and the next moment. Two gazes were cast on himself.

Yang Kai quickly looked towards that whiteness and couldn’t help but be stunned on the spot.

The four eyes met, and there was a hint of incredulity on each other’s faces.

“Su Yan？” Yang Kai never expected that besides himself, there was actually another person here, and this person turned out to be Su Yan.

At this moment, she was sitting cross-legged under the energy ball, as white as snow. Pure and noble.

“It’s you？” There was also a trace of surprise in Su Yan’s beautiful eyes, and at the same time, there was some relief, as if a problem that had been puzzling her for a long time suddenly became clear after Yang Kai’s arrival.

With a slight smile, meeting this senior sister here made Yang Kai feel both surprised and friendly. He took a step forward and stood still in front of Su Yan, looked up at the energy ball in mid-air, and then looked at her and asked, “How long have you been here?”

“About four or five days.” Su Yan responded faintly, her voice still cold, but without the initial resistance that kept people at a distance.

Four or five days！ Yang Kai was secretly amazed. He thought to himself that as expected, she was the proud daughter of Lingxiao Pavilion. Four or five days ago, he had just separated from the Hu sisters, and at that time, he had only walked half of the endless staircase. She had actually already come here.

This speed was much, much faster than his own.

What Yang Kai didn’t know was that it was precisely because Su Yan had passed the test and entered this great hall that those women were sent down by the gentle breeze. It was not until he arrived here that the men on the Endless Ladder were also sent down.

It could be said that only the two of them were left here now.

“Sit down and talk.” Su Yan motioned.

Yang Kai nodded and sat cross-legged opposite her.

It was a little too close, and a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Su Yan’s face, but it quickly disappeared.

The two of them looked at each other in silence. Yang Kai suddenly smiled and said, “I climbed ten thousand levels of the ladder and then another hundred levels to get here. In the ten thousand levels of the ladder, it changed every five hundred levels, with alternating cold and heat, blocking people’s progress. In the hundred levels of the ladder, I absorbed ninety-nine yang-attribute energies and broke through an ice barrier.”

Su Yan also smiled and said, “I also climbed ten thousand levels of the ladder, and my encounter was the same as yours. I also climbed a hundred levels of the ladder, but there, I absorbed ninety-nine cold-attribute energies and froze a sea of fire.”

When she smiled, it was truly breathtakingly beautiful, as if a spring breeze blew through the frozen land and the snowy world instantly became green and full of spring.

Yang Kai couldn’t help but be stunned, and his whole body felt a burst of comfort from the inside out.

Su Yan’s long eyelashes flickered, and she looked away.

“I never knew that you smile so beautifully.” Yang Kai praised without hesitation.

“I don’t know you well.” Su Yan’s ice-cold face flushed slightly, and her expression remained calm.

“The first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar.” Facing the goddess whom the disciples of the three sects admired and worshipped, Yang Kai joked without any pressure.

Su Yan obviously didn’t want to continue fooling around with him. She exhaled like an orchid and said, “Let me tell you my thoughts. You listen. If there is anything you think is inappropriate, just tell me.”

“Mm.” Yang Kai nodded seriously. He knew that what Su Yan was going to say must be about the inheritance here. After all, she had been here for four or five days and knew more than him.

After organizing her thoughts, Su Yan gently opened her red lips and said, “We all thought wrong. The disciples of the three sects all thought that only one person could obtain the inheritance here. But from the current situation, this is the inheritance of two people. The blending of cold and heat on the endless staircase is the best evidence. That place is not only a place to test a person’s character and will, but also a level to select the candidate for the inheritance.”

Yang Kai nodded. He had also thought of this, but it had always been just a guess and he didn’t dare to be too sure.

“As for the second test. What you and I experienced was different, but similar. It tested our control over our own attribute energy. Only by passing these two tests can we reach here.” Su Yan brushed her hair, lowered her head slightly, revealing her slender and fair neck, and said softly: “Before you came, I wasn’t sure, but when I saw you come here, I just figured out some key points. You saw what’s above our heads, right?

Yang Kai replied with an “en”.

“In these four or five days, I have been trying to collect it. But there has been no result. It rejects me. If I’m not mistaken, we must both operate our skills at the same time to draw it down and obtain the inheritance here！”

What Su Yan said was very simple, but it pointed directly to the point.

“What do you want to do？” Yang Kai asked after listening.

The inheritance here is no longer a matter of one person, but involves both him and Su Yan. So neither of them has the right to make a decision.

No one knows what the relationship between the two will be like after obtaining the inheritance here. But since the inheritance is for two people, it will definitely not be as strange as before.

For Yang Kai himself, he is of course happy to share it with Su Yan. This cold senior sister is cold on the outside but hot on the inside and is very nice. Yang Kai will of course not reject her.

Now it only depends on her opinion.

If Su Yan is not willing to obtain the inheritance here with himself, Yang Kai will not force it.

Su Yan had clearly considered this aspect as well. Her expression couldn’t help but show a hint of hesitation and struggle. She didn’t know what would become of her relationship with Yang Kai after obtaining the inheritance, but when she recalled how he had sacrificed himself to save her from the impact of the turtle-shaped monster a few days ago, her hesitation and struggle loosened up a little.

After a long while, in Yang Kai’s silent waiting, Su Yan slowly raised her head. She stared closely at Yang Kai, as if not wanting to miss any hint of expression on his face, and said resolutely, “If I said that I don’t want to be tied to a not-too-familiar person because of some external force, not even for the inheritance！ Would you be disappointed？”

Yang Kai pondered slightly and nodded, “A little.”

Su Yan’s expression darkened.

“But I will respect your choice. You have your own freedom, and I have mine！ If you don’t want it, then don’t！” Yang Kai’s expression was calm. Then he slowly stood up and said to Su Yan, “If you really don’t want it, then let’s go.”

“Where to？” Su Yan asked, looking up. The way she tilted her neck was very interesting, lacking some of the coldness and having a curious agility.

“Out.” Yang Kai chuckled. “If you don’t want this inheritance, what are we still doing here？”

“Who said I don’t want it?” Since we’ve come here, how can we return empty-handed? Su Yan gave a faint smile, and there was still a hint of slyness in the smile.

“You played me？” Yang Kai’s expression sank, and he said with a bitter tone, “I trusted you so much, yet you actually deceived me.”

“It was just a small test. Don’t be so angry, right? You men always claim to be magnanimous. Why can’t you even withstand a woman’s joke?” Su Yan pursed her lips and looked at Yang Kai.

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