Chapter 125

It has to be said that the human face was overestimating Yang Kai to some extent.

The reason why his Yuan Qi was inexhaustible was also the result of his daily accumulation.

The True Yang Art and this mysterious martial skill had some similarities. Both had a process of accumulation. However, the accumulation of the True Yang Art was to transform all the Yuan Qi in the body into Yang Liquid and store it in the Dantian. While the accumulation of this martial skill was to pour the Yuan Qi into the space under the star chart and then burst it out when needed.

There were also differences. The Yang Liquid stored in the Dantian had no limit. It could be said that as long as the conditions were suitable, Yang Kai could store as much as he wanted.

But the space under the star chart on the back of the hand was different. It had limitations.

When Yang Kai spent nearly two days converting the energy of ten drops of Yang Liquid into Yuan Qi and pouring it in, he felt that this space was already saturated.

During these two days, Yang Kai was just circulating the True Yang Art and healing his injuries at the same time. He didn’t deliberately pay attention to the energy in the star chart, and the Yuan Qi in his body would automatically drill into that space by itself.

This was rather a good thing. During normal cultivation, this martial skill was accumulating, and there was no need for him to deliberately set aside time to deal with it.

Two days later, Yang Kai opened his eyes and lowered his head to look at the back of his hand. The star map there was much more realistic than before. Through this pattern, one could even see a three-dimensional image, as if there was really a vast starry sky sealed on the back of his hand.

With a thought, the pattern on the back of his hand disappeared and was hidden under the skin.

Yang Kai let out a breath. This pattern was too gorgeous. If it were to stay on there all the time and be seen by others, they would surely be suspicious.

After being in a daze for a while, Yang Kai suddenly asked, “What is the name of the martial arts similar to this in your memory?”

“Back to the young master, I don’t remember.” The voice lacked the panic of the previous two days, but there was an additional sense of obedience.

Yang Kai’s eyes flickered. Naturally, he didn’t know how much shock he had brought to the human face in these two days. Precisely because of this shock, the human face didn’t dare to look down on Yang Kai anymore.

“I’ll give you a chance to give it a name.” Yang Kai had racked his brains to think of the name of Flame Sun Blast last time. Now that there was someone available, he naturally threw this problem to the human face. This old devil must be very old and knowledgeable. Wouldn’t it be easy to come up with a good name？

“Yes!” The voice was silent for a moment. Then it said, “Since there is a star map and when it is performed there are stars shining. How about calling it Star Mark?

“Star Mark, the mark of the stars…” Yang Kai muttered a few times and nodded, “Not bad. Then it shall be called Star Mark！”

The human face quickly said respectfully, “Congratulations to the young hero for learning the Star Mark martial skill. From now on, you will have both civil and military virtues and benefit all living beings. In the future, you will surely be invincible and unrivaled in the world！”

“Hmph！” Yang Kai remained unmoved.

The human face quickly fell silent. He felt that his flattery had hit the wrong spot.

“Have you thought of a way to save your life？” Yang Kai suddenly asked.

The human face immediately trembled and said, “If the young hero spares my life, I am willing to give the young hero a secret treasure！”

Yang Kai looked around and said indifferently, “If you have a secret treasure, you must have left it here. I can search for it even if I kill you. Why should I spare you？ To be honest, I have no interest in keeping a person like you, and I don’t dare to keep you either. So refining you is the best way.”

The human face quickly said, “Young hero, spare my life! If you don’t feel at ease, I can recognize you as my master. As long as a wisp of your soul brand is left on me, my life and death will be at your disposal. I beg the young hero to be merciful and not refine me.”

“Oh？” Yang Kai seemed to be moved and said, “How do I know if what you said is true or false？”

The human face smiled bitterly and said, “Although I don’t know what’s strange in your body, this strangeness is quite restraining me. How dare I deceive you？”

Yang Kai remained silent. He didn’t really want to keep such a devil. But he must know some things here, and it would be a pity to kill him.

At least before getting the information he wanted, Yang Kai didn’t want to kill him.

Yang Kai’s silence made the human face even more uneasy, and he repeatedly said, “Young hero, spare my life, and you can also exert the effect of my secret treasure. You don’t know that my secret treasure is indeed left here. But without me, even if you get it, you won’t be able to use it.”

“Why？” Yang Kai asked.

“Because that secret treasure is an evil thing！ Without my soul as a bridge, with the attribute of the vitality in your body, it is impossible to drive it alone.”

Yang Kai let out a long breath and fell silent again, frowning and considering.

The human face knew that his life was at stake and didn’t dare to say more, for fear of being annoying, but inevitably he was on tenterhooks.

After a long, long time, Yang Kai suddenly said, “What do I need to do to make you recognize me as the master？”

The human face’s heart that was hanging finally let go, and its voice trembled as it said, “Please relax, young master. This old slave will enter your mind, draw out a strand of divine sense, and engrave it on this old slave！”

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Yang Kai’s mouth.

The human face quickly explained, “Young master, your strength has not yet reached the Divine Movement Realm, and you have no way to use your own divine sense. Please believe in this old slave’s sincerity.”

“Come！” After Yang Kai finished speaking, he relaxed.

The human face was secretly shocked, admired Yang Kai’s decisiveness, and thought even more highly of Yang Kai in his heart. If it were someone else, at this time, they would only worry about gains and losses, how could they be as decisive as Yang Kai.

However, having said that, he really didn’t need to worry about anything. The last time he rushed into his mind, he was sucked out by a suction force. If he did it again, the human face believed that the same scene would occur.

Immediately, he didn’t dare to have the slightest unruly intention and carefully sneaked into Yang Kai’s mind, pulling out a wisp of divine sense and integrating it into his own soul.

After a long time, the human face said, “Young master, it’s done. From now on, the life and death of this old slave are all at the young master’s disposal.”

Yang Kai opened his eyes and felt it carefully. He found that there was indeed a layer of connection between himself and this human face. However, this connection was one-sided, and he completely controlled the other party.

“It seems that your spirit has recovered a lot？” Yang Kai asked with deep meaning.

The human face said, “After integrating a wisp of the young master’s soul, it has naturally recovered somewhat. But the young master doesn’t have to worry. This wisp of soul can be taken back at any time, and it will definitely not cause you any loss.”

Yang Kai snorted coldly and his mind moved.

The shrill cry of the human face immediately came out, as if it was being fried in a pan of oil, and the cry was extremely tragic.

“Young master, spare my life, young master, spare my life. Every word this old slave said is true, and I have not hidden anything from you.” The human face repeatedly begged for mercy. The expression on his face was terrifying and ferocious, and he was in agony, rolling continuously in Yang Kai’s body.

After tormenting him for quite a while, Yang Kai let him go and slightly threatened, “If you dare to have any ulterior motives in the future, I won’t kill you either. I will just use the method just now to let you taste the consequences of offending me！”

“Old slave… dare not！” The voice of the human face trembled. After this incident, he discovered another personality of Yang Kai, ruthless！

After completely subduing the human face, Yang Kai felt a little more at ease.

“What’s your name？ How should I address you in the future？” Yang Kai asked.

The human face pondered and said, “I don’t even know what the old slave’s name is exactly, but I vaguely remember that someone called me Demon of the Earth！ I don’t know if this is a name or a title.”

“Demon of the Earth！” Yang Kai nodded slightly： “Sure enough, it’s a devil.”

Demon of the Earth smiled awkwardly and said, “That was probably a long time ago. From now on, the old slave will only obey the orders of the young master.”

“What about the secret treasure you mentioned？”

“Returning to the young master, it’s on the old slave’s skeleton.”

Under the guidance of Demon of the Earth, Yang Kai searched together the scattered bones on the ground again. Then, he pulled out a rib that seemed to be from the chest. However, this rib was very different from the other bones. It was pitch black. The moment he got it, Yang Kai even heard a burst of ghostly wailing and howling inside, and his eyes were in a trance again.

“So strong evil spirit！” Yang Kai’s face sank.

The Earth Demon said, “This thing is called the Soul-Shattering Cone. The old slave refined it into his own bone. It should have taken many people’s lives, so the evil spirit is a bit heavy.”

Yang Kai sneered and said, “When refining it, many people’s souls were also used, right？”

The Earth Demon forced a smile and said, “The young master is wise. Precisely because of this, this secret treasure is not suitable for the young master to own. If you forcefully refine it, your state of mind may be affected. But with the old slave’s soul acting as a bridge in the middle, there is no need to worry about this concern. It’s just that it consumes a little more vitality. However, it has also been silent for many years, and the killing power it can exert now probably won’t be too strong.

Yang Kai nodded slightly. He could also feel that this secret treasure, at most, is now equivalent to a low-grade Earth Rank attack secret treasure. It really isn’t very high-grade. Martial artists with stronger strength can easily block its attack.

“How to collect it？”

The Earth Demon quickly taught Yang Kai the method of subduing it.

It took several days of effort for Yang Kai to take this pitch-black secret treasure for his own use. This pitch-black Youdaoplaceholder0 bone had now turned into a wisp of black gas, wrapped around Yang Kai’s fingertip flying around nimbly like a spiritual being. Yang Kai could feel that there was a faint connection between himself and it, but the Earth Demon’s soul was also mixed in the middle.

After testing it several times, Yang Kai already had a plan in his mind.

Just as I guessed, this Soul Shattering Cone can probably only exert the power of a low-grade Earth-level secret treasure for now. And using it consumes quite a lot of Yuan Qi. Because it has to go through the Earth Demon as a transfer station, there is more or less some waste.

The Earth Demon said, “If the Young Master wants to refine it, it’s also possible, but it will take quite a long time.”

When saying this sentence, the Earth Demon was extremely nervous in his heart. He was afraid that Yang Kai would agree immediately, but he had to say it.

“I won’t refine it. In the future, it will be controlled by you.”

“Thank you, Young Master.” The Earth Demon was grateful to the point of tears.

If Yang Kai didn’t refine it, it meant that he could take refuge in this secret treasure and no longer had to stay in Yang Kai’s golden body and be frightened. While staying in the golden body, the Earth Demon always felt like a piece of meat on the chopping board, so helpless and desolate.

Taking the strand of black Qi on his fingertip into his body, the Earth Demon couldn’t wait to rush out of the golden body and hide in the Soul Shattering Cone.

Looking around here again, Yang Kai found that except for that bead emitting a faint glow, there was nothing else here.

“Do you only have this one secret treasure？” Yang Kai was a little dissatisfied. The Earth Demon must have been a master during his lifetime. There was no reason why only the Soul Shattering Cone was left.

The Earth Demon smiled bitterly. “Young Master, you don’t know. There was a battle here. This old slave was also involved. During the battle all other things were shattered. Only this broken soul cone that was refined into my own bone remained.”

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