Chapter 1743

After some discussion among the four of them, they decided to find a nearby place to rest and adjust their breath. After all, before this, in the process of opening the entrance to the Lost Land, both Ni Guang and Luo Lan had consumed a great deal. In this dangerous place, they must maintain the best state to cope with the possible dangers that may be encountered next.

Fortunately, there was no abnormality nearby. Ni Guang led everyone to casually hide their figures under a gully.

The gullies here were crisscrossed and jagged, like large and small canyons. After hiding below and looking up, only the dim light from above could be faintly seen. It was at least several hundred zhang from here to the ground.

At the bottom of the gully, the cold wind blew, and it was rather cold.

Yang Kai and Xue Yue were full of energy. Although their cultivation levels were not as good as the Void King Realm, their strength was not weak. Therefore, the matter of protecting the law was naturally the responsibility of the two of them.

Ni Guang and Luo Lan each selected a position not far apart, took the spirit pill, and sat cross-legged.

Yang Kai guarded beside Luo Lan, while Xue Yue guarded beside Ni Guang, each performing their own duties.

The heaven and earth were silent, and all sounds were quiet. Only the cold wind blowing at the bottom of the gully was heard in the eardrums adding a sense of horror.

Xue Yue kept looking around from time to time, seemingly a bit nervous.

No matter how profound her cultivation level was or how powerful her strength was, she was always a woman and had an instinctive fear and vigilance towards this kind of environment.

Yang Kai, however, looked indifferent. He simply closed his eyes and released his spiritual sense to monitor the surroundings in case of any accident.

Time passed slowly, and I don’t know how long it had passed. Suddenly, Yang Kai opened his eyes…

He found that he was lying on a bed at the moment. The bed should be a wooden plank bed with a hard texture. Looking up, there was a simple roof with drafts everywhere. Looking around, the furnishings in the room were also extremely desolate, with only a table and a chair.

This scene seemed familiar. Yang Kai couldn’t help but show a look of doubt on his face, and his mind was in a muddle, making his thinking unable to be coherent.

He instinctively felt that something was very wrong. It seemed that he had forgotten some important things. He tried hard to think, but only caused pain in his mind.

He couldn’t even remember what he was doing before.

He shook his head, stood up from the simple wooden plank bed, and then pushed the door open and walked out, standing outside the house and looking around…

The memories in his mind surged like a tide, and Yang Kai immediately remembered that he was now a trial disciple of Lingxiao Pavilion. However, since he had been in the sect for almost three years and had never met the sect’s requirements for cultivation, he had been unable to be promoted to a formal disciple. He could only earn a living by sweeping the floor for the sect while cultivating, hoping that one day he could fulfill his wish and be promoted to a formal disciple.

There was a broom outside the house. At this moment, the sky was not yet bright, and it was the darkest moment before dawn.

Yang Kai smiled self-deprecatingly, walked forward, picked up the broom, and started his day’s work.

Yang Kai’s busy figure could be seen on all the roads, in front of the Contribution Hall, the Trial Martial Arts Hall, and the Martial Skill Hall of the sect. All the roads were swept clean. He was the lowest-level disciple in Lingxiao Pavilion and also the most hardworking disciple.

The sky gradually brightened, and many senior and junior brothers gathered around Yang Kai, ready to challenge him.

In the end, a junior brother with only the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage won the first place, severely beat Yang Kai, and left swaggeringly.

Lying on the ground, panting heavily, feeling his own powerlessness and the pain in his body, Yang Kai slowly clenched his fists.

As if sensing something, his gaze shifted and looked towards a big tree not far away.

On that big tree, there was a figure standing quietly. Standing on one foot on the crown of the tree, her face could not be seen clearly because her face was covered with a layer of veil. Her figure was slender, and she wore a decoration like a sapphire on her forehead. Her eyes were clear and innocent, flawless like pure water.

Yang Kai quietly looked at her. Somehow, he felt that this woman seemed very important to him, but why he had such an idea he didn’t understand at all.

The four eyes met only for a moment, and the veiled woman’s figure flickered and disappeared.

The disappearance of the woman made his heart suddenly ache a little, as if being grabbed by someone’s hand, making it hard to breathe. Yang Kai shook his head and struggled to get up from the ground, picked up the broom on the ground, and walked back to his small wooden house step by step with difficulty.

He still failed to meet the requirements of the sect before the time limit. He still failed to become a disciple of Lingxiao Pavilion…

When he was expelled from Lingxiao Pavilion, Yang Kai just silently packed his things into a small package and went down the mountain along the road he had walked countless times.

Standing in front of the mountain gate, Yang Kai looked back at the plaque engraved with the three big characters “Lingxiao Pavilion”, stopped and did not move, and his thoughts fluttered.

Now he is only fifteen years old, but he is completely lost about the future.

At the foot of the mountain, a group of senior brothers and sisters came. The person in the lead held a sword in her hand, her temperament was cold, and she was as pure as ice and snow. The whole person was like a doll made of ice, exquisite and transparent. She wore a white dress, spotless. She was surrounded by others like the moon surrounded by stars. The group was chatting and laughing, and soon came not far from Yang Kai.

Noticing his abnormality, the leading woman stopped and looked at Yang Kai, opening her red lips slightly and saying, “This junior brother, are you going down the mountain？”

Yang Kai turned his head and looked over. After seeing the other party’s appearance, he couldn’t help but be slightly stunned and blurted out： “Su Yan…”

As soon as the words came out, Yang Kai was stunned. Although he had stayed in the Lingxiao Pavilion for three years and was familiar with this senior sister, and had seen her heroic posture many times, the two of them had not even said a word.

After all, the senior sister of the Lingxiao Pavilion was high above, and Yang Kai was just a trial disciple. The gap in strength and identity between them was too great, and they were not people who could talk.

He didn’t know why he suddenly called out the other party’s name, and called it so familiarly, as if he had called it countless times. This name also seemed to be a name that made him dream about.

Su Yan’s black eyebrows wrinkled, and she didn’t have much reaction. However, the several senior brothers and sisters who had been following her and had not weak strength cast contemptuous glances at Yang Kai.

Moreover, a senior brother with a fiery temper snorted coldly and said unceremoniously： “How dare you call out Senior Sister’s name！”

As soon as the voice fell, he suddenly struck out a palm at Yang Kai in the air.

The palm wind was powerful and mighty. Yang Kai was directly sent flying. His body spun several times in the air and then landed with a thud. Blood oozed from the corner of his mouth and his clothes were covered in dust. He looked in a sorry state.

Yang Kai was indifferent to the pain in his body. He frowned, lying on the ground, lost in thought.

He didn’t quite understand why he was like this. Everything here was both familiar and strange to him…

A fragrant wind blew over, and a pair of jade feet stopped not far in front of Yang Kai. Yang Kai looked up and saw Su Yan standing in front of him. Her peerless appearance and the awe-inspiring and inviolable temperament made her seem as unattainable as a goddess.

“Senior Sister, why bother with him！” The senior brother who had attacked Yang Kai before snorted coldly, with an unhappy expression on his face.

Su Yan didn’t answer. Instead, she stretched out a hand to Yang Kai, seemingly wanting to pull him up.

Yang Kai hesitated for a moment, then put his hand into Su Yan’s palm and stood up with a little effort.

The senior brother who had a lot of opinions on Yang Kai watched from the side with a distorted face, and was extremely resentful in his heart. He never expected that because of his own mistake, Yang Kai would have the opportunity to have skin-to-skin contact with the senior sister.

Yang Kai stood there woodenly, while Su Yan reached out and patted the dust on his body. At this moment, the ice-cold expression on her face that had never melted for thousands of years actually dissipated invisibly.

That gentle appearance made Yang Kai stunned for a moment, but he also felt it was natural.

“The outside world is very dangerous. Since junior brother is going down the mountain, he should set off as soon as possible. Be careful on the way and come back early.” Su Yan gave a few instructions, took a deep look at Yang Kai, and then turned around and continued to walk in the direction of Lingxiao Pavilion.

Yang Kai stood there, watching her leave, and his heart became empty for no reason.

In the distance, the laughter of that senior brother faintly came： “Senior sister, that guy is a trial disciple who was expelled from the sect and will not come back. Don’t worry too much about him…”

“Is that so…” Su Yan’s voice came with a sense of realization, “He should come back.”

The figure of the beauty gradually drifted away and finally could not be seen.

Yang Kai’s gaze then glanced to the other side. In that distant corner, a senior sister wearing a green long dress and a thin veil stood quietly.

The noisy wind blew, ruffling her veil. Yang Kai saw her red lips move, as if she was saying something to him.

However… it was too far away and Yang Kai didn’t hear clearly. Just as he was about to shout and ask, that senior sister disappeared without a trace.

In the end… he only knew the name of this senior sister.

Xia Ningchang！

This might be a name that he could remember for a lifetime.

Yang Kai picked up the package on the ground, turned around, and strode away.

Yang Kai didn’t participate in the succession battle of the Yang family in Zhongdu. Because his strength was not enough and he couldn’t win over too many helpers. Even if he participated, it would only be self-defeating and humiliating.

His eldest brother, Yang Wei, successfully became the candidate for the next head of the Yang family with his own outstanding strength, popularity, and prestige. He was high hopes by the family and vigorously cultivated.

Time passed quickly and Yang Kai was already eighteen.

His father, Yang Yingfeng, and mother, Dong Suzhen, arranged a marriage for him. The other party was a woman from his mother’s natal family, and it could also be considered a well-matched marriage.

Yang Kai didn’t have much choice. His persistent pursuit in martial arts didn’t bring him much gain. As a member of the Yang family, when he reached a certain age, he had to make contributions to the Yang family – at least, he should also have children to maintain the prosperity of the Yang family.

He successfully got married to that woman and had a son.

During the day, he toiled for some of the Yang family’s businesses. At night, he returned to his own mansion to enjoy family happiness. His wife was submissive to him, and his children were well-behaved and obedient.

This was a very happy family.

However… in a certain place in Yang Kai’s heart, it had been restless for a long time.

He felt that his life shouldn’t be like this. He should have another kind of opportunity, another kind of earth-shattering great cause.

He tried to drive away these absurd thoughts, but found that these thoughts were like aged wine. The longer they were hidden, the stronger they became. Not only could they not be driven away, but they also wanted to burst out all the time.

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