Chapter 628

The beautiful woman’s words seemed like praise but were actually sarcastic. Upon hearing this, Yang Kai smiled and said, “The shrewdness and craftiness of humans are as famous as the brutality and fierceness of your Demon Race on the continent.”

“You really have a lot of courage.” The beautiful woman smiled helplessly. “Forget it, I won’t argue with you about this. Dealing with a smart person is always easier than dealing with a fool. Well, since you are so smart, might as well guess what exactly we need your help with.”

“I really don’t know about this. I’m also thinking about this issue.” Yang Kai shook his head. “I don’t know what about me caught your eye, actually making a Saint-level expert capture me here. If it’s convenient, can you reveal a little？”

Seeing him speak with confidence and a relaxed demeanor, the beautiful woman found it even more interesting.

Staring deeply at Yang Kai for a long while, the beautiful woman finally sat back in her seat and nodded slightly.

Beside her, another woman with a cold and glamorous temperament like an iceberg suddenly spoke up： “Your spiritual force is different from that of ordinary people, and that’s what we fancy about you！”

“Sure enough…” Yang Kai smiled bitterly.

He had had some speculations before. Because it was precisely when he quietly used a bit of his spiritual force that he was targeted by the Coffin Carrier. Before that, he had been safe and sound.

“You have the Flame of Spiritual Consciousness, right?” Another white-haired and white-bearded old man asked in a deep voice. “If you don’t have the Flame of Spiritual Consciousness Senior Coffin Slave wouldn’t have brought you in.”

Since things had come to this point, there was no use in denying it. Yang Kai nodded frankly： “That’s right, I do have the Flame of Spiritual Consciousness.”

Seeing him admit it, everyone’s expressions changed. The beautiful woman looked at Yang Kai even more expectantly and pondered： “Can you display all of your spiritual force so that we can see your capital？”

Yang Kai frowned, thought for a while, and then nodded: “Alright, but I have a lot of doubts…”

“I can answer all of them for you！” The beautiful woman nodded seriously.

“Deal！” Yang Kai grinned, and then released his spiritual force.

In an instant, the entire great hall became steaming hot. The scorching temperature like magma swept out.

The beautiful woman’s expression changed. She seemingly didn’t expect Yang Kai’s spiritual awareness power to be so powerful. She quickly sent out a strand of power to wrap the delicate and pretty girl to avoid her from being affected. The cold and glamorous woman and the old man also used their respective methods to protect the clansmen below the Transcendent Realm.

The power burst out only for an instant, and then Yang Kai retracted his spiritual awareness.

The beautiful woman, the cold and glamorous woman, and the old man stared blankly at him. Three pairs of eyes flickered with excited light, as if they had picked up a treasure, and their expressions were excited.

“I didn’t expect your spiritual awareness to be so powerful. You must have had some rather unusual opportunities, right？” The beautiful woman speculated.

Under normal circumstances, a teenager at the seventh level of the Divine Movement Realm simply couldn’t possess spiritual awareness power beyond the Divine Movement Realm. Only opportunities and good fortune could enable him to achieve what he had today.

“That’s my business.” Yang Kai smiled slightly. “Now you can answer my doubts, right？”

The beautiful woman smiled cunningly： “I can only tell you that we have no ill intentions towards you. Not only do we have no ill intentions, but we will also cultivate you！”

Yang Kai was stunned for a moment and then became furious： “You lied to me？”

The beautiful woman pursed her lips and smiled： “Deceit and fraud, this is a trick learned from you humans.”

“I’ll remember you.” Yang Kai didn’t say anything more and just coldly stared at the beautiful woman.

Just as they were talking, suddenly a rather violent aura came from outside the hall and approached quickly.

Everyone in the hall frowned, and the beautiful woman’s face showed a helpless expression, as if she was somewhat afraid of the person coming.

Soon, a strong and muscular man, with his upper body bare and only a pair of leather pants on his lower body, walked into the hall with a confident stride. His expression was ferocious, and a thick murderous aura flowed between his brows. After entering the hall, he glanced at Yang Kai and snorted coldly. Pointing at him, he asked, “Is this the human that Senior Guan Nu sent in this time？ He looks weaker than the last one. What can such a person accomplish？”

“Chu Jian, don’t be presumptuous.” The old man shouted angrily.

The man named Chu Jian gave the old man a gloomy look and then knelt down on one knee. Bowing his fists to the beautiful woman sitting in the first place, he said, “Greetings, Lord Li.”

The beautiful woman nodded slightly, her expression softened a little, and she said, “Get up and take a seat！”

“No need to bother.” Chu Jian waved his hand. “I just heard that Senior Guan Nu sent another person in and came here specifically to see how capable he is. Now that I’ve seen him, I’m really disappointed. Lord Li, such a young boy might as well be killed directly to solve the problem once and for all. There’s no need to let our people wait in vain for ten years and waste time. Sometimes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. After suffering so many losses, hasn’t Lord Li learned a lesson yet？”

“Chu Jian, you are becoming more and more out of line. Have you forgotten the rules of our ancestors？” The old man was furious, and his strength was secretly gathering.

Chu Jian sneered again and again, and his breath was dangerous： “I’m just telling the truth. The fate of our clan should not be handed over to a human kid of unknown origin. Without borrowing his power, I, Chu Jian, will also lead the clansmen to break this cage. Lady Li, what do you think？”

The beautiful woman’s breasts rose and fell slightly, but she managed a smile and said： “It’s a blessing for the clansmen that Lord Chu Jian can think like this. Then we’ll wait and see and have high expectations for Lord Chu Jian. I hope you can fulfill your wish as soon as possible and achieve the long-cherished wish of our ancestors.”

Chu Jian chuckled, looked at Yang Kai with a cold gaze, and said coldly: “Human kid, be careful in the future. It’s not the same here as outside. Maybe there will be some danger that will take your life! Farewell.”

After saying this, he left in a hurry again.

The expressions of everyone in the hall were not very good.

Yang Kai’s eyes rolled, and he quickly perceived some unusual information.

It seemed that because of the visit of this person named Chu Jian, the people in the hall had no interest in continuing the conversation. The beautiful woman waved her hand and said： “Waner, take him down to rest.”

“Yes.” The delicate girl responded, walked down from beside the beautiful woman, and beckoned to Yang Kai： “Come with me.”

Yang Kai said nothing and followed.

After Yang Kai left, the old man’s sigh came from the main hall： “Lady Li, Chu Jian is becoming more and more out of line. Shouldn’t we take some action? As long as he is alive, this land will not be peaceful.”

The beautiful woman looked hesitant and did not answer.

The cold and beautiful woman also said： “My lord, for someone like Chu Jian, the more merciful you are, the more he will think you are weak. It’s time to teach him a lesson.”

“Let me think about it carefully.” The beautiful woman smiled bitterly. “There are not many people left in our clan. If we really take action against Chu Jian, I’m afraid… You should go back first. When I figure it out, I will send someone to notify you.”

“Yes.” The cold and beautiful woman and the old man nodded slightly. They knew that the beautiful woman couldn’t bear the civil strife and let the clansmen suffer any losses, and they hated that Chu Jian even more in their hearts.

Over the years, as Chu Jian’s strength and cultivation have increased, he seems to have some stupid ambitions that he shouldn’t have.

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Yang Kai followed the pretty girl named Guan’er and walked in this stone city. From time to time he could encounter one or two demons. Guan’er kept muttering in front, as if she was scolding people.

Yang Kai suddenly said： “That person named Chu Jian doesn’t seem to take your lord seriously at all？”

“That beast！” Guan’er immediately became angry. “He thinks he’s so great. In fact, he’s just a wolf with a wild ambition, trying every means to rule this land. If it weren’t for the mistress’s kindness, Chu Jian would have died countless times already.”

“Well, a woman’s kindness can sometimes lead to bad things.” Yang Kai deeply agreed.

“Don’t you dare speak ill of the mistress. The mistress is the gentlest woman！” Guan’er turned around and glared at Yang Kai.

“I won’t.” Yang Kai raised his hand. “But can you tell me, what exactly is this place？ Why did you bring me here, and what exactly do you want me to do？”

Guan’er pursed her lips and smiled, giggling. “Before the mistress tells you, I won’t speak nonsense. Although you humans are cunning and insidious, I’m not a three-year-old child. Do you think I can’t see that you’re trying to trick me into talking？”

Yang Kai pouted.

“But don’t worry, we really won’t harm you. Instead, as the mistress said, we will cultivate you. If you can fulfill my mistress’s wish, you will also get a lot of benefits.”

“Cultivate me? Cultivate me for what?” Yang Kai asked eagerly. “What do you want to do with my Divine Sense Fire?”

But Guan’er didn’t say anything more. No matter how Yang Kai asked, she remained tight-lipped and mysterious.

Moments later, leading Yang Kai to a stone chamber, Guan’er said, “Go in. This will be your residence from now on. You don’t need to worry about anything. We will prepare everything for you. Well, although no one is monitoring you, don’t try to escape. You can’t run away. The space here has been imprisoned, and you should have noticed this.”

Yang Kai glared at her indignantly.

Guan’er pursed her lips and smiled. “It’s useless to look at me. I’m just following orders. Alright, I’ll come to see you tomorrow.”

With that said, she pushed Yang Kai into the stone chamber, closed the stone door, and strolled away.

After she left, Yang Kai reached out and tried the stone door, only to find that he could open it at will, and indeed no one was monitoring him outside.

However, in such a confined space and in such an unfamiliar place, Yang Kai didn’t have the idea of escaping either.

He was certain that no matter where he fled, that beautiful woman could easily catch him back.

Since he was here, he might as well settle down. Yang Kai quickly adjusted his mindset, closed the stone door, and began to look around his residence.

What caught his eye was actually an extremely spacious room that occupied a larger area than the previous great hall, and in this room, there was also a faint medicinal fragrance.

In one corner of the room, there were filled with medicine cauldrons of various sizes.

The large medicine cauldrons were as big as water tanks, while the small ones were only as big as a palm.

On the ground, there were residues of failed pill refinements everywhere.

Yang Kai’s brows furrowed.

This room looked like the residence of an alchemist.

After shuttling through those cauldrons for a while, Yang Kai suddenly discovered that these cauldrons had all been used. and someone should have refined pills with them.

And in another corner, Yang Kai found a long table, on which there were many things that looked like ancient books.

Six hundred and forty-one, The Little Mysterious Realm

Time passed, the sun and moon alternated, and soon a month passed.

One day after a month, in the huge stone chamber where Yang Kai lived, the delicate and pretty girl Guan’er, from a distance of several hundred zhang, watched Yang Kai, who was buried in the long table thirsting for knowledge, in a bored manner.

On the long table, there were originally hundreds of ancient books piled up, but in this one month, Yang Kai had basically finished flipping through them. On the left side were the ancient books that had been checked, and on the right side were the ones that had not had time to be read, with only a few left.

The precious knowledge contained in these ancient books had all been deeply engraved in Yang Kai’s mind.

The girl Guan’er let out a soft breath and secretly felt surprised. Since this human teenager came here a month ago he had behaved quite calmly. In this one month, he had not even left the house and had been reading these ancient books in the stone chamber all the time, obsessed.

The space beside suddenly distorted, and a faint energy fluctuation spread out from the side. Wan’er’s face lit up with joy and she immediately became extremely respectful.

Soon, from the distorted space, the figure of a mature and dignified beautiful woman gradually solidified. It was exactly the previous Li Daren.

“Greetings, Daren！” Wan’er quickly kowtowed.

“En.” Li Daren gently nodded, glanced at Yang Kai in the distance, smiled slightly, and asked, “How has he performed？”

“Very interesting…” Wan’er covered her small mouth. “He’s very different from the humans who came here before.”

“Oh？ Tell me about it.” Li Daren became interested.

“He seems to have been in studying those classics left by the alchemists and hasn’t gone out either. He’s appears calm and unhurried. just like in his own home. Hee hee, Daren, do you think this kid is a bit stupid?

Li Daren stared deeply at Yang Kai, slowly shook her head, and slightly wrinkled her delicate eyebrows. Suddenly, her eyes lit up: “He’s not stupid. But looking at his performance. He seems to also have the intention to embark on the path of an alchemist, which saves me the trouble of preaching. Come with me and take a look. Since he has performed well. It’s time to tell him something.”

“Yes!” ” Wan’er hurriedly replied.

The two women, one big and one small, strolled towards Yang Kai. Soon, they came to his side.

Yang Kai remained indifferent, sitting on the only chair, and his thoughts were still immersed in the current classics.

Guan’er coughed lightly and shouted, “Outsider！”

“Wait a moment！” Yang Kai didn’t even raise his eyelids and replied faintly.

Guan’er was stunned and suddenly a little displeased. She snorted delicately and said, “Lady Li has come to see you. Why don’t you hurry up and pay your respects！”

Yang Kai took a light breath, glanced at her, then lowered his eyelids again and continued to focus on the classics in the front of him, ignoring her.

Guan’er couldn’t help but be angry. Just as she was about to scold, Lady Li raised a small hand and motioned for her not to say more. She actually stood aside with a smile and waited quietly.

Guan’er gritted her teeth for a long time. She secretly scolded the outsider for being pretentious and didn’t know what he was holding back. She secretly swore that she would make him look good later.

Time passed quickly. Lady Li and Guan’er waited beside Yang Kai for a full half a day before Yang Kai finally closed the last classic in the front of him and took a deep breath.

“Have you finished reading？” Only at this moment did Lady Li ask softly.

Yang Kai nodded faintly.

“How do you feel？”

“I have some gains！” Yang Kai replied.

Lady Li’s beautiful eyes lit up： “You really have some foundation as an alchemist.”

Without the foundation of an alchemist, it is simply impossible to understand those classics.

Yang Kai grinned and said, “You must have also captured quite a few people with Divine Consciousness Fire before. You imprisoned them here and trained them to become alchemists… Hmm. I kind of understand what you want me to do.”

During this one month, Yang Kai reads through all these classics. These classics were left behind by predecessors. Many of them were the insights and experiences of alchemists they had collected, and some were the records left by people in the same situation as Yang Kai.

They were all captured here by the Coffin Carrier. With the support and cultivation of the master here, they tried hard to become alchemist masters, but none of them could meet the requirements and finally disappeared without a trace.

One month’s time was enough for Yang Kai to figure out their intentions and his own situation, and it also made him much calmer.

As long as these people had something to ask of him, he would be in no danger and would even have benefits.

“That’s right. We did capture quite a few warriors with Divine Consciousness Fire and were also committed to training them into outstanding alchemists.” Lady Li admitted frankly.

“Why？ What problem do you have that only an alchemist can solve？” Yang Kai raised his eyebrows. “Refining pills？”

Lady Li looked at him in surprise and only nodded slightly after a long while. “It is to refine a kind of pill！ But that kind of pill cannot be refined by just any alchemist. It must be an alchemist with Divine Consciousness Fire who has the possibility. This is also the reason why you were captured here.”

“Tell me about it. Coincidentally, I also want to become an alchemist. If your conditions are suitable, I don’t mind giving you a hand！” Yang Kai looked at her leisurely.

“Boasting！” Wan’er pouted. “Although martial artists with the Fire of Divine Consciousness are extremely rare, over the countless years, Senior Coffin Slave has also captured more than a dozen people and brought them in. Each of them is an outstanding person. Why do you think you can accomplish what they couldn’t？”

“That’s my problem. You don’t need to worry. Besides, you still very much hope that I can succeed, don’t you？” Yang Kai smiled slightly.

“That’s right. We very much hope that you can succeed, lift the shackles of our lineage for so many years, and let us go out and see the outside world.” Lord Li nodded slightly, her beautiful eyes shining with the expression of Qi Yi. “Let me introduce myself. Our ancestors were the devil servants serving the Great Demon God. I don’t know how many years ago, because of some reasons, our ancestors were sealed in this small profound realm by the Great Demon God and could never leave this small profound realm for life.”

“The Great Demon God, the small profound realm？” Yang Kai’s eyes shrank.

“The Great Demon God is the supreme existence of the Demon Race and the master of our ancestors！” Li Adult explained with a respectful expression. “As for the small profound realm, it is this piece of space where we are currently located. Legend has it that in ancient times, when some powerful experts were fighting, they would often tear the space and thus produce such closed spaces one by one. This is the small profound realm. You should have heard some information in this regard, right？”

“I’ve heard of it, just didn’t know it was called a small profound realm.” Yang Kai nodded.

So it seems that the Inheritance Cave Heaven and the strange land in Nether Mountain are both small profound realms.

Suddenly realizing something was wrong, Yang Kai smiled strangely： “Since the Great Demon God was the master of your ancestors, then why did he seal your ancestors here？”

Lady Li shook her head with a wry smile: Although there are some fragmented records in the classics, they are not comprehensive. Youdaoplaceholder0 years have passed, and the reason is no longer traceable. And our greatest wish now is to be able to break free from this small profound realm. However, because of the problem with our constitution, we cannot survive outside, so we need a kind of pill to remove the defect in our bodies. And this kind of pill is the one you need to refine.”

“I understand.” Yang Kai nodded, and then asked： “What about the coffin carrier? He should be one of you. Why can he move outside and walk around carrying a blood coffin?”

Lady Li’s expression was a bit sad, and she softly explained： “You should be referring to Senior Coffin Slave. He is actually already dead. It’s just that with a special method that he has maintained a certain amount of sanity and has been running around outside all year round, looking for martial artists with the Divine Sense Fire for us. Moreover, we don’t even know which era he is from. In the memory of the oldest person among us, he has always existed. The blood coffin behind him is the small profound realm that sealed us. It can be said that Senior Coffin Slave is shouldering the fate and life and death of thousands of people in our line.”

“What if someone were to snatch away and destroy the blood coffin on his back…” Yang Kai suddenly had a terrifying thought.

This place would collapse, and all of us would be killed by the power of the void! The Lady Li’s deep voice explained.

Yang Kai was stunned for a moment, feeling a creeping horror for a long time： “Your fates are completely out of your own control.”

“The same goes for you now.” The Lady Li smiled slightly. “So, in order to get out of here as soon as possible, you should work hard. I hope you are indeed different from others and can fulfill our wish.”

After a pause, she asked again： “By the way, what level of alchemist are you now, and what quality of pills can you refine？”

Yang Kai coughed lightly： “I can barely refine Earth-grade pills.”

The girl Waner couldn’t help covering her small mouth and even the Lady Li looked at Yang Kai with an incredulous expression.

Listening to him talk eloquently and looking calm and composed, the two women thought he was an alchemist with superb skills and techniques. But now it seems that’s not the case at all. This outsider has clearly just started on the path of alchemy, and inevitably, there was some disappointment.

Yang Kai smiled lightly and said： “One of my teachers taught me that one shouldn’t refine pills until reaching the Divine Movement Realm. I only started researching recently.”

“Then how long will it take for you to be promoted to a Saint-level alchemist？” Waner asked in surprise. “You simply can’t refine that kind of pill without reaching the level of a Saint-level alchemist.”

“Very soon.” Yang Kai grinned, full of confidence.

“I hope so. You’d better achieve this goal within ten years. If you can’t do it within ten years… you will die！” The beautiful woman said with a solemn expression. “It’s not that we want to kill you. As you can feel, there is a very strong demonic energy here, which is completely incompatible with your human true essence. Once the time is long, you will be affected by the demonic energy. At that time, your mind will become unclear and you will become useless. Those people captured by Senior Coffin Slave before all had this kind of experience. We had no choice but to kill them all.”

“Don’t worry about this. Even if I stay here for a hundred years, the demonic energy here won’t affect me.” Yang Kai sneered.

Not only will it not be affected, but his Proud Bone Golden Body actually quite likes the energy here.

“You’re so boastful…” Guan’er looked at Yang Kai with contempt. “You humans always like to talk big, far inferior to our demons who seek truth from facts！”

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