Chapter 1378

Although Yang Kai’s heart was churning like a stormy sea and his thoughts were chaotic, on the surface he was extremely calm. While chatting with Yang Yan, he was also inquiring about various information about the Great Emperor. After all, now that Yang Yan’s memory was slowly recovering as the Great Emperor’s divine split, she must also be a little flustered. If Yang Kai didn’t remain calm, it would only make things worse.

The only thing that Yang Kai couldn’t figure out was why the Great Emperor chose to sleep on Gloom Star? The laws of heaven and earth here restrict warriors from promoting to the Void King Realm. Is it related to her?

After a long chat, Yang Kai learned that the place where the Great Emperor was sleeping was actually in the Imperial Garden.

This reminded him of one thing.

That was what Fei Zhitu had once said. In a certain palace in the Imperial Garden, a jade coffin was discovered, and there was a person lying inside the jade coffin. Judging from the figure, it was a woman.

It was precisely because Fei Zhitu and the others had touched the restriction near the jade coffin at that time that the Imperial Garden appeared out of thin air, allowing Yang Kai and Qian Tong and others to escape.

In this way, the woman lying in the jade coffin was the Great Emperor’s main body？ Such a terrifying powerhouse was sleeping on this closed and backward You’an Star. Yang Kai felt it was so unrealistic when he thought about it.

While thinking, he secretly glanced at Yang Yan, and no matter what, he couldn’t connect her with the Starry Sky Great Emperor who was famous throughout the entire star field.

“Let’s go.” Yang Yan looked at the Taixuan Sect ruins in the clouds for a long time before saying listlessly.

“Don’t you want to go in and take a look？”

“No.” Yang Yan slowly shook her head, took a light step with her lotus-like feet, and moved forward.

“Where are we going now？” Yang Kai asked in confusion.

“To the sixth floor, to get something.” Yang Yan smiled slightly and didn’t explain much.

The sixth floor, wasn’t that the place where the attic was located? He had once found good things like Ten-Thousand-Year Fragrance inside. It seemed that the Ten-Thousand-Year Fragrance was probably also something that the Great Emperor had owned back then. In other words, it belonged to Yang Yan.

Yang Kai sniffed and didn’t feel any awkwardness. Anyway, as far as he was concerned, what belonged to Yang Yan basically belonged to him, so there was no need to be too polite.

The two didn’t move fast, but with Yang Yan leading the way in front. Any danger in the Flowing Flame Sand Land avoided them from a distance, and the two quickly arrived at the fifth-layer Hot Flame Region. Just like when passing through the third layer before, the omnipresent heat waves, as if alive, automatically separated to both sides, revealing a path leading directly to the sixth layer.

A soft chirp came from within Yang Kai’s body. It was actually the Firebird Artifact Spirit that appeared automatically.

It flapped its wings and circled above Yang Kai’s head, transmitting a vague thought. Yang Kai smiled slightly, understood its intention, and didn’t stop it. Instead, he waved his hand and let it do as it pleased.

The Artifact Spirit chirped happily and immediately turned into a streak of firelight, flying towards the distance and disappearing in the blink of an eye. Looking at that direction, it was the location of the Earth’s Core Fire Vein.

The Earth’s Core Fire Vein was the source of the Artifact Spirit’s birth. Although it had stayed there for tens of thousands of years, due to the limitations of its growth, it couldn’t continue to absorb more power from the Earth’s Core Fire Vein. But now it was different from before. After being baptized and integrated by a few wisps of True Solar Fire, the Firebird Artifact Spirit was much stronger than when Yang Kai first obtained it.

Now that it wanted to go to the Earth’s Core Fire Vein, it was obviously trying to devour the pure firepower there to strengthen itself.

How could Yang Kai have any reason to stop such a good thing？

In just half a day before and after, the two of them passed through the fifth-layer Hot Flame Area and directly arrived in front of the exquisite attic hidden in the bamboo forest.

Looking at this simple attic. Nostalgia flickered in Yang Yan’s beautiful eyes, as if memories were churning, and she was savoring something. Yang Kai didn’t make a sound to disturb, but came to the front of that bamboo forest and stopped.

These bamboos are extremely hard. Yang Kai spent half a year here in the past and only cut down more than twenty with the Space Blade. Now the cutting marks are as new as ever, and all kinds of past events are also vivid in his mind.

“This is Golden Crow Bamboo. Although it is an excellent material for refining sword-shaped secret treasures, compared to its other function, it is not worth mentioning. It’s better not to touch them.” Yang Yan’s voice came from not far away.

“Another function？” Yang Kai was stunned when he heard this. He had deeply experienced the hardness of this bamboo and naturally knew that it was not an ordinary material for refining weapons.

“Well, after the Golden Crow Bamboo blooms, the Golden Crow Bamboo Rice it bears is the purest source of energy between heaven and earth. Any martial artist can take it and absorb it, improving their cultivation realm without any hidden dangers.”

Yang Kai’s expression froze： “There is such a thing？”

“Why would I lie to you?” Yang Yan gave him a angry glance.

“Then when will it bloom and bear bamboo rice？” Yang Kai couldn’t wait to ask.

“Soon, probably in less than a dozen or twenty years.” Yang Yan pursed her lips and smiled, naturally knowing what he was thinking.

“A dozen or twenty years…” Yang Kai’s face was extremely ugly. Who could know what would happen a dozen or twenty years later? Maybe by then he would no longer be on You’an Star.

With a giggle, Yang Yan ignored Yang Kai and stepped into the attic. Yang Kai let out a distressed sigh and hurriedly followed.

Entering the first floor of the attic, the first thing that catches the eye is a painting hanging in the front. There is no other pattern on the painting, only a woman’s back view. When Yang Kai first came here, he also studied this painting, but no matter how he spied, he couldn’t find anything strange. This painting seems to be just a common existence in the market, without any energy fluctuation.

At that time, Yang Kai only felt that this back view was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Now looking at it again, it suddenly dawned on him and he understood in his heart.

This back view is exactly the same as Yang Yan’s back view！

a wide black robe Yang Kai didn’t think of it for a while. But at this moment, Yang Yan herself is standing in front of the painting, Youdaoplaceholder0 at it foolishly, and when compared, it is naturally clear at a glance.

Just as he was thinking this way, the painting seemed to be brushed by a gentle breeze and swayed gently. Immediately after that, an incredible scene appeared.

The figure on the painting actually slowly turned around, looking at Yang Yan with bright eyes and a smile on her lips.

Yang Kai stared at all this in astonishment, stunned in place for a moment.

After the woman on the painting turned around, she was clearly Yang Yan’s appearance, without any difference from her, except that the clothes they were wearing at the moment were different. Yang Yan was wearing a black robe, while the woman in the painting was wearing a white dress, looking pure and beautiful, shining with radiance.

This strange scene looked as if Yang Yan was standing in front of a mirror, making Yang Kai feel a little creepy in his heart.

What shocked him even more was that the woman in the painting actually glanced in his direction, as if she had her own life and consciousness.

If Yang Kai still had a little doubt about Yang Yan’s identity before, then at this moment, all doubts had disappeared. Leaving aside other things, just the strangeness of this painting made Yang Kai unable to guess.

The person and the portrait looked at each other for a long time, and then Yang Yan suddenly sighed softly： “Since I have awakened, you don’t have to guard this place anymore. Come out, you have worked hard these years.”

“I am you, and you are me. Why be so unfamiliar？” The voice identical to Yang Yan came from the painting. Immediately, the woman in the painting smiled slightly, and with a shake of her delicate body, she turned into a stream of light and rushed out from it, disappearing into the top of Yang Yan’s head.

And Yang Yan herself trembled slightly, a hint of pain showing on her face, but it quickly subsided. She closed her eyes, as if feeling something.

Yang Kai didn’t make a sound to disturb. Everything he had seen and heard on this trip following Yang Yan to the Flowing Flame Sand Field had exceeded his comprehension. The means of the Great Emperor were simply not something that a martial artist of his level could come into contact with.

And after the portrait of the Great Emperor disappeared, the scroll also made a rustling sound and burned without fire. In an instant, it disappeared from this world.

Yang Yan was still closing her eyes and perceiving. Yang Kai didn’t make a sound to disturb either, but just waited quietly aside.

About two hours later, Yang Yan suddenly exhaled a breath lightly, slowly opened her beautiful eyes, and turned around to smile at Yang Kai.

Although he still couldn’t fathom Yang Yan’s cultivation level, Yang Kai always felt that after receiving the portrait in the scroll, Yang Yan’s aura had also changed somewhat seemingly becoming even stronger.

“This was a hidden move left by the Great Emperor back then. If I hadn’t appeared in time, she would have played a role.” Yang Yan explained softly.

“What role?”

“The role of awakening the Great Emperor！” Yang Yan replied slowly. “You should be glad that you’re not a woman. If you were a woman, when you came here deeply back then, you would have already been possessed.”

Yang Kai rolled his eyes and looked speechless, but soon, he became suspicious again： “You mean, you are now tasked with awakening the Great Emperor？”

“Yes.” Yang Yan nodded.

“How to wake him up？”

“Wait for the opening of the Emperor’s Garden and go deep into it.” Yang Yan looked up at the direction where the Emperor’s Garden was located. Unfortunately, this place was the Flowing Flame Sandy Land, and the sky was blocked by the hot flames and isolated, so he couldn’t see the things outside at all.

Yang Kai didn’t ask any more questions. Sometimes, knowing too much might not be a good thing.

“Now that this matter is over, let’s go back.” Yang Yan said contentedly.

“En, wait a moment.” Yang Kai nodded. At the same time, he sent out an instruction in his heart and then stood there waiting.

A moment later, a firelight flew over rapidly from a distance. It was exactly the Firebird Artifact Spirit that had left Yang Kai before.

In the blink of an eye, the Artifact Spirit rushed in front of Yang Kai, with monstrous fire and raging flames on its body.

It seemed that although the time was not long, the Artifact Spirit still obtained a lot of benefits from the Earth’s Core Fire Vein. After being summoned back by Yang Kai, the Artifact Spirit still looked reluctant to part and kept chirping.

Yang Kai raised his hand, and the Artifact Spirit obediently submerged into his body.

The two of them then walked out side by side.

In order to avoid being seen, the two of them were very careful on this trip out. Fortunately, now that the Emperor’s Garden was born, it attracted the attention of most martial artists, and the number of people who rushed to the Flowing Flame Sandy Land to investigate the situation was not too large. After some concealment, the two of them finally left the Flowing Flame Sandy Land without any danger.

After leaving this forbidden area, Yang Yan immediately sacrificed the Flying Shark Battle Shuttle and sped towards Tianyun City.

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