Chapter 1315

While everyone was in surprise, the door of the bamboo building was pushed open and a figure stepped in from outside.

Everyone was first startled, and when they saw the face of the person coming, they couldn’t help but stand up. Wu Yi said joyfully, “Yang Kai, you’ve left seclusion？”

“Mm.” Yang Kai nodded, swept a glance around, and his gaze fell on Qianyue. He found that her complexion was much better than when he saw her in the Hehuan Tower, and suddenly felt relieved, knowing that she was living quite happily here.

Beside them, Chang Qi and Hao An looked at each other, a hint of shock flashing in their eyes. At the same time, they clasped their fists and said, “Congratulations to nephew on promoting to the Third-Order Saint King Realm. The speed of nephew’s cultivation is simply unmatched in the entire You’an Star.”

The last time they went to the Flowing Flame Sand Land, Yang Kai was only at the First-Order Saint King Realm. After coming out of the Flowing Flame Sand Land, he was promoted to the Second-Order Saint King Realm, and now, he is actually at the Third-Order Saint King Realm. It has only been two or three years before and after. This not only shocked the two of them but also made them feel ashamed of themselves. Compared with Yang Kai’s promotion speed, their qualifications were simply extremely mediocre.

“The two elders are too kind. I just got some opportunities to be like this. Compared with those real geniuses, it’s nothing.” Yang Kai smiled modestly and changed the topic, saying, “Let’s not mention this for the time being. I just heard you talking about the Shadow Moon Palace and Yu Feng being detained. What’s the situation? Let’s hear it.”

Seeing Yang Kai asking, everyone looked at each other and Wu Yi opened her mouth to explain.

After listening to her explanation, Yang Kai finally knew that there seemed to be some bad changes in Tianyun City. A month ago, Longxue Mountain ordered a batch of goods from the Shadow Moon Palace.

A few days ago, Yu Feng led several martial artists of the Heike family to Tianyun City to pick up the goods. But unexpectedly, not only did the other party not fulfill the previous agreement, but also increased the price of those goods by more than 30 percent.

Such a price, Yu Feng naturally would not accept. At that time, he theorized with the person in charge of the Shadow Moon Palace in Tianyun City. But unexpectedly, the other party did not give in an inch. In desperation, Yu Feng asked the other party to return the deposit first. After all, it was the other party who broke the contract first. Yu Feng felt that even if he didn’t buy these goods, he couldn’t suffer such a big loss without saying a word.

Who knew that the other party simply didn’t refund. Not only did they not refund, but also started to fight when they didn’t agree with each other. The five disciples Yu Feng brought were all injured.

During the battle, Yu Feng and the others naturally wouldn’t give in. They resisted a little and damaged several shelves in that shop. They were immediately captured by a Void Returning Stage master. Not only were they detained, but also all the Saint Crystals they brought for the transaction were withheld.

Only one disciple was released to come back to Longxue Mountain to spread the news and let this side prepare a large amount of Saint Crystals to redeem the hostages.

If not for this, Wu Yi and the others wouldn’t have known such detailed information.

After listening, Yang Kai’s expression was indifferent, and his look was as calm as a deep well. After pondering for a while, he opened his mouth and asked, “Are they not in danger of losing their lives？”

“According to what the disciple who came back said, although the injuries of several people are not light, they are not too serious. They only need to recuperate for a while to recover.”

“Well, that’s good.” Yang Kai nodded slightly, raised his head and looked at everyone and asked, “What do you think is wrong with this matter？”

“What’s wrong?” Wu Yi was stunned and shouted coquettishly, “Everything is wrong. We have cooperated with the Shadow Moon Palace for such a long time and have never had any twists and turns. We paid Saint Crystals to buy materials, and they also made a lot of money from it. In the past two years, we have almost become the biggest customer of the Shadow Moon Palace. They should be eager to curry favor with us. Why would they do such a thing that tears off the mask? Moreover, the people under the Shadow Moon Palace definitely don’t have the courage. I suspect that someone above is in charge!

“The old man thinks so too！” Chang Qi chimed in from the side. “Our Dragon Cave Mountain’s foundation is still shallow. Although we have huge resources, an ordinary man is innocent, but his wealth can be a crime. Maybe the Shadow Moon Palace is impatient with trading with us like this and wants to swallow us in one gulp.”

“You suspect Qian Tong？” Yang Kai narrowed his eyes.

“It’s not impossible.” Wu Yi nodded.

“It’s possible, but I don’t think Qian Tong has anything to do with this.” Yang Kai slowly shook his head. Among the people present, he had dealt with Qian Tong the most. Leaving aside Qian Tong’s nature, just talking about his friendship with Wei Guchang and Dong Xuan’er and the kindness of saving these two people in the Flowing Flame Sand Field, Qian Tong shouldn’t do such a thing as crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.”

“I just heard you say that since three months ago, the shop managers and fellows in the shops belonging to the Shadow Moon Palace in Tianyun City have all been replaced? Is that true? Yang Kai asked again.

“Yes, that’s true.” Wu Yi quickly nodded. “Because I often go in and out of Tianyun City, I’m still very sure of this.”

“Has anything abnormal or major happened on the side of the Shadow Moon Palace in the past six months？” Yang Kai frowned.

“If we’re talking about abnormal things, there’s nothing on the Shadow Moon Palace’s side. But on our side, there are indeed some. It’s also in the past few months. Many unfamiliar faces have come outside Dragon Cave Mountain. At first, they just wandered around the periphery. Later, a few guys actually barged in and were trapped in the formation. After we caught them, they just said it was a mistake. Because their strengths weren’t high, we didn’t make things difficult for them. We just gave them a warning and let them go. And as for big things… there’s really one.”

“What？” Yang Kai’s expression froze.

“Master Grimm passed away！” Wu Yi said in a deep voice.

“Master Grimm?” Yang Kai furrowed his brows and thought for a while, then suddenly realized and said, “That Void Grade Lower Rank refiner of the Shadow Moon Palace?”

“That’s right. It was half a year ago. It was rumored that since Master Grimm repaired a secret treasure for the Shadow Moon Palace, he suffered a huge loss of Qi and blood and had not much lifespan left. In the past few years, he didn’t even refine a secret treasure anymore. Does this have anything to do with us？”

“The specific situation is unknown, but maybe there’s some relationship.” A thoughtful look flashed across Yang Kai’s face： “I used to hear Qian Tong say that he had a very good personal relationship with Master Grimm.”

Wu Yi pondered for a moment and said in surprise, “Do you mean that the death of Master Grimm has an impact on Elder Qian Tong, and since we have always been protected by Elder Qian Tong, we have also been affected？”

Yang Kai grinned and said, “I’m just guessing like this. Maybe it’s also that old guy Qian Tong who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge. But if this matter is really involved in the internal struggle of the Shadowmoon Palace, it’s better for us to stay out of it.”

“That’s right. We can’t get involved in the affairs of the Shadowmoon Palace.” Wu Yi suddenly became vigilant. She really didn’t think so deeply before, but after being awakened by Yang Kai’s few words, she seemed to see the essence of the matter.

“There is no news of Wei Guchang and Dong Xuan’er？” Yang Kai asked again.

Wu Yi shook her head. “The Shadowmoon Palace publicly announced that the two of them are currently in seclusion. I don’t know the specific situation.”

“Understandable. Forget it. It’s better to rely on oneself than to ask others. Since Yu Feng has been detained, then I’ll make a trip and get the person back. The saint crystals are lost, but the person can’t have an accident.”

“But that’s 20 million saint crystals！” Wu Yi had a distressed expression on her face. “And what are you going to do？”

“Since they don’t want face, then there’s no need to give them face. Otherwise, they really think our Dragon Cave Mountain is easy to bully.” Yang Kai snorted coldly.

Wu Yi was dumbfounded！

Yang Kai, however, smiled and waved his hand and said, “If it’s really because of the internal struggle of the Shadowmoon Palace that we are affected, then there’s no need to be too afraid. They are now unable to spare any effort and there must not be any masters over there. Moreover, I really want to know who wants to deal with our Dragon Cave Mountain！ If I don’t go there myself, how can I figure it out？”

“I’ll go with you！” Chang Qi stood up.

Hao An also said, “I’ll go too！ Although the cultivation bases of Old Chang and I aren’t that great, we are still Void Return Stage cultivators. Since breaking through, we really haven’t fought with anyone. This trip there is just right to test our own strength.”

The two elders looked at each other and smiled.

Yang Kai thought for a while and nodded, saying, “Alright, then I’ll have to trouble the two honored elders. You guys don’t follow. Just stay here.”

“Mm, then you must be careful.” Wu Yi reminded.

After the discussion was settled, Yang Kai immediately led Chang Qi and Hao An out of the bamboo building, sacrificed the Star Shuttle, and headed straight for Tianyun City.

In Tianyun City, in a shop called Juyuan Hall, in the wing room of the inner courtyard, Yu Feng and the others were tied up tightly, all with bruised faces and swollen eyes. The Saint Yuan in their bodies seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Clearly, they had been placed under an extremely powerful restriction.

The few people were lined up in a row and knelt on the ground.

And in front of the few people, there was an old man with a sinister expression, sitting upright on a sandalwood chair. The old man had gray hair and was holding a purple teapot in his hand, with his eyes half-closed as if he was asleep. However, the occasional flashes of fierceness in his eyes indicated that he was more awake than ever.

“Speak up, what is the safe access route to and from your Dragon Cave Mountain? Speak up, and I’ll let you leave, so as to avoid further physical pain.” Beside the old man, a strong man with a hideous appearance, holding a three-finger-thick long whip, played with it while asking in a cold voice.

“Bah!” Yu Feng spat out a mouthful of saliva, mixed with some blood, Hit the burly’s cheek right on the spot. “To want to know the access route to and from Dragon Cave Mountain from grandpa, dream on! Grandpa would rather die than tell you despicable villains.”

The strong man didn’t move a muscle Youdaoplaceholder0 that mouthful of saliva to slide down his cheek. He hehe grinned and suddenly rolled up the long whip in his hand bringing out a whistling sound and landing it on Yu Feng’s face.

With a crisp pop sound, Yu Feng’s right cheek split open and a piece of minced meat splashed out.In an instant it was bloody. Yu Feng’s whole body was even whipped so that his body tilted and he almost fell to the ground. However, he quickly straightened his body, his neck and sneered: “Continue! Even if you kill grandpa today, don’t expect to know anything from my mouth. When you rush into Dragon Cave Mountain, just wait to experience the taste of those thousands of great arrays, ha ha ha ha ha!”

A series of laughs made the strong man’s face turn fierce, and the old man sitting on the chair was also a little impatient.

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