Chapter 2776

Xia Sheng warmly welcomed Yang Kai into his room. After the two sat down as host and guest, Yang Kai then asked about the situation of Bian Yuqing.

“That woman successfully broke through to Emperor Venerable half a month ago. The movement she made that day was quite big.” Xia Sheng’s expression became solemn.

“Broke through to Emperor Venerable？” Yang Kai raised his eyebrows. This news was both expected and unexpected.

Originally, according to Bian Yuqing’s qualifications, even if she could enter the Heaven-level Secret Realm of the Spirit Lake Palace to cultivate in seclusion for two months, the possibility of breaking through was extremely small. After all, her talent in martial arts was not too good, and she had wasted so many years at the Dao Source Realm. All her sharpness had long been worn away. Without the heart to make progress, how could she make a breakthrough.

If there were no accidents, the Third Layer of the Dao Source Realm would be the peak she could achieve in her lifetime.

But the death of Kou Wu had greatly stimulated her. In addition, with all kinds of help from Yang Kai, and a large number of source crystals and emperor pills for assisting cultivation left before leaving, it was a matter of course that she could make a breakthrough and take a step further.

Anyway, this was also a happy event, which meant that there was one more emperor-level powerhouse in Lingxiao Palace.

Linghu Palace had been established for many years, and countless warriors had broken through their own shackles here and spied on the mysteries of deeper realms. But there had always been not many who were promoted to emperor-level here. The movement made by Bian Yuqing’s breakthrough that day had shaken the entire Linghu City. Especially those warriors queuing up to wait to enter Linghu Palace for secluded cultivation, each of them seemed to see new hope, and was full of energy, just waiting for their turn to enter the secret place of Linghu Palace to cultivate well.

“She has been stabilizing her cultivation in the past half month and should be able to leave the customs in a few days.” Xia Sheng smiled slightly. As one of the three deacons of Linghu Palace, he naturally knew everything about Bian Yuqing’s situation. What’s more, Bian Yuqing was brought by Yang Kai, so he would more or less take care of her.

“That’s very good.” Yang Kai nodded happily.

“Does junior brother have anything to do recently？” Xia Sheng suddenly changed the topic and asked.

Yang Kai said： “I need to go to Xing Shen Palace. Does senior brother have any instructions？”

“Going to the Star God Palace…” Xia Sheng was stunned for a moment, but didn’t ask Yang Kai what he was going to do in the Star God Palace. After pondering for a while, he said, “Probably how long will it take？”

“One or two months will be enough.”

“In that case. The time is just right.” He grinned and said, “I want to ask Junior Brother to do me a favor. I wonder if Junior Brother is free.”

“Senior Brother, please speak！” Yang Kai’s expression became solemn.

However, Xia Sheng didn’t say what the favor was. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the side room at the back. He said, “Xiao Hua, come out. You also know Junior Brother Yang. Don’t hide anymore.”

As soon as the words fell, a pale-attired young woman walked out slowly from the room. A well-fitting long dress wrapped her exquisite figure. There was a charming smile on her face, and a pair of bright eyes were full of water, as if she wanted to speak but held back.

“Palace Master Hua！” Yang Kai looked at the suddenly appeared beautiful woman in surprise.

This woman was actually Hua Yulu, the Palace master of Hundred Flowers palat. He had only met her once in Qingyang Shrine a few days ago. Youdaoplaceholder0 he met her here again.

That day, Hua Yulu had also inquired about Xia Sheng’s news. It seemed that after leaving Qingyang Shrine, she came directly to Linghu Palace.

Although Yang Kai had also noticed that there was another person’ssmell in the room before, since the person was hiding and not showing up, he didn’t go into it deeply. Now that he saw the real body, he couldn’t help but be surprised.

These two people, a man and a woman, seem to have some adultery！

Yang Kai’s expression suddenly became meaningful.

Hua Yulu seemed a bit embarrassed, her cheeks slightly flushed. She walked closer and then curtsied gracefully, softly saying, “This concubine has met Elder Yang！”

“Yang Kai quickly made a false gesture of raising his hand.

Not to mention that Hua Yulu’s cultivation is comparable to his own and she is the master of a palace, just considering her unclear relationship with Xia Sheng, Yang Kai couldn’t accept her such courtesy.

Yang Kai turned his head to look at Xia Sheng and said, “Senior Brother, the matter you said you wanted my help with, is it related to the palace Lord Hua?

Xia Sheng smiled slightly and said, “That’s right. It is indeed related to Little Hua.” He looked up at Hua Yulu and said, “Little Hua, you talk about it yourself.”

Hua Yulu’s beautiful head nodded slightly, and her red lips parted gently. She slowly said, “It’s like this. Three months ago, when I went to the South Marsh area to search for a medicinal herb, I accidentally discovered an ancient cave mansion…”

“Ancient cave mansion？” Yang Kai was shocked when he heard this.

“Yes.” Hua Yulu nodded. “It is indeed an ancient cave mansion. The time this cave mansion has been left behind is already very long, and it exudes an extremely ancient and vicissitudes of life atmosphere. I don’t know who left it. This concubine and two other people risked going in to explore. Although we exhausted our means to break a few layers of disrepairing restrictions and got some benefits, but in the end, we were blocked in front of a more powerful restriction and couldn’t get in.”

“Why are there two other people？” Yang Kai frowned slightly.

Hua Yulu said, “Although the South Marsh is full of dangers everywhere, there are also many opportunities. It is said that the South Marsh is the place where ancient warriors rose and gathered, so there are many good things hidden there. Moreover, the special environment there can also give birth to some peerless spiritual medicines. Many powerful people will explore and search in the South Marsh. When that ancient cave mansion appeared, it made some small noises. If not for this, I would not have been able to find it. These other two people were also attracted there.”

Yang Kai nodded after listening, faintly understanding the situation at that time.

Hua Yulu continued, “Among the other two people, one of them knows a little about the way of prohibition and formation. According to that person’s speculation, with the combined strength of the three of us, we can’t break the layer of prohibition that blocked our way. We can only look for other people’s help. So the three of us agreed to each find a helper and meet again in the South Marsh half a year later.”

“And you found Senior Brother Xia！” Yang Kai asked.

Hua Yulu smiled bitterly and said, “Although I know many Emperor Venerable Realm powerhouses, there are really not many that I can truly trust.”

Things like forgetting righteousness for the sake of profit and killing people to seize treasures are common on the path of warriors’ cultivation. For this kind of thing of looking for people to cooperate in exploration, of course, you have to find someone you can trust. Otherwise, if you find someone casually, you may end up dead.”

Xia Sheng said, “Junior Brother Yang, Senior Brother really can’t get away. The Divine Temple has exiled me here and I have to stay for three years. I can’t go anywhere until the time is up. Otherwise, there would be no need to trouble Junior Brother with this matter.”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s just to explore an ancient cave.” Yang Kai waved his hand and looked at Hua Yulu, asking, “But… do you know the other two well? Can you trust them?”

Hua Yulu replied, “I can’t say I know them well. That was also the first time we met. However, they are both at the First-Order Emperor Senior Stage cultivation level. As for whether I can trust them… since it was the first time we met, how can there be trust？ But I don’t trust them, and they surely won’t trust me either. So when we separated at that time, the three of us each made a Heart Demon Great Oath, vowing not to casually disclose the matter of this ancient cave, only allowing to seek helpers at the Second-Order Emperor Senior Stage and below, and each person can only bring one person here.”

“Oh…” Yang Kai stroked his chin and thought.

Although the Heart Demon Great Oath is just something said verbally, when one’s cultivation reaches the Emperor Senior Stage, such an oath can’t be made casually. Once violated, there might be a Heart Demon, affecting one’s future.

With the restraint of the Heart Demon Great Oath, for the time being, it can be trusted that the two people won’t casually disclose the news. This matter still has some possibilities.

“If I’m not mistaken, those two people will surely find Second-Order Emperor Senior Stage helpers to come here.” Hua Yulu looked at Yang Kai with burning eyes and said, “If Elder Yang has any concerns, then forget about this matter. I’ll think of other ways.”

It’s not that she couldn’t find helpers at the 2-layer Emperor Senior Stage. It’s just that those people simply couldn’t be trusted to cooperate. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to Xia Sheng. Before reaching the Emperor Senior Stage, Xia Sheng was the Chief Disciple of the Qingyang Temple. Although he had just been promoted to the 1-layer Emperor Senior Stage not long ago, if he really went all out, it wouldn’t be easy for someone at the 2-layer Emperor Senior Stage to kill him.

As for Yang Kai’s strength, on the day of the Conferment Ceremony, Hua Yulu had witnessed it with her own eyes. He was able to injure aElder of the Star God Palace. Although he was also seriously injured himself, his strength definitely couldn’t be simply calculated based on the 1-layer Emperor Senior Stage. He should be almost on par with Xia Sheng.

Xia Sheng said from the side, “Junior Brother, you should consider this matter yourself. There’s no need to worry about me. I just mentioned it casually. Whether you’re willing or not, you decide for yourself.”

Obviously, he was afraid that Yang Kai would consider his face and reluctantly agree.

Yang Kai smiled and said, “I’m also very interested in that ancient cave residence.”

Hua Yulu’s beautiful eyes lit up and she said, “Is Elder Yang agreeing？”

Yang Kai didn’t answer but said, “That ancient cave residence has made the three of you so obsessed that you’re going to great lengths to find helpers to explore it. Presumably, you’ve gained some benefits from it？”

“There are indeed benefits！” Hua Yulu nodded frankly. “Even if Elder Yang didn’t ask about this matter, this concubine was also going to explain it. The three of us didn’t explore deeply into that ancient cave. Although we also broke several restrictions, the benefits we obtained were only a few. This is the benefit that this concubine obtained from that cave.”

As she spoke, Hua Yulu flipped her hand and took out a small flower drum.

That small flower drum didn’t look special. It was only about the size of a person’s palm. It was also unknown what it was made of. But as soon as it was taken out, an extremely special aura rippled out.

Yang Kai’s eyes shrank： “Prehistoric treasure！”

This small flower drum, just like his Mountain and River Bell, was a genuine prehistoric treasure, exuding pure prehistoric energy.

In ancient times, the tides of spiritual energy between heaven and earth were very different from the present. Therefore, the various secret techniques and supernatural powers cultivated by ancient warriors, and even the secret treasures they used, were very different from those of this era.

But it was undeniable that the prehistoric treasures handed down from ancient times could not be underestimated.

However, the number of prehistoric treasures was too small. In the past ten thousand years, the only one recorded seemed to be the Mountain and River Bell. Perhaps there were other unknown prehistoric treasures, but the entire Star Boundary definitely did not have more than ten at full count.

Now there was actually one in Hua Yulu’s hand！

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