Martial Peak

Only after they had fled all the way back to Hidden Cloud Peak did the two slow down, Yang Kai suspiciously looking at Dong Qing Yan, his face filled with confusion, not able to understand why she was blushing so red.

“Why did you do that?” Yang Kai frowned.

Dong Qing Yan glared back at him but managed to calm herself after taking a few deep breaths, carefully explaining, “Silly cousin, when Alchemists say they want to exchange pointers, they’re referring to competition in Alchemy, both sides take out the same set of materials and then refine them into pills. The one who produces the highest number of pills at the highest level of quality in the shortest amount of time is the winner, not like…”

While talking, she raised her small fists and swung them about a few times, “It’s not like that…”

Yang Kai was stunned; his face couldn’t help turning a bright shade of crimson, quietly whispering, “They never said anything about that, how was I to know?”

Dong Qing Yan smiled wryly, “It’s common sense amongst Alchemists… Fortunately, you didn’t go all out, so none of them were actually hurt. If you had really wounded them, the consequences would be quite serious.”

Done explaining, Dong Qing Yan rubbed her forehead helplessly, “Sure enough, cultivators following the Martial Path are really just a group of muscle heads who only know how to fight…”

Yang Kai was also very embarrassed, now understanding why those three disciples were so excited when he agreed to an exchange of pointers, as if they were looking at an idiot who didn’t know how to write the word dead.

They thought they were going to compete in Alchemy…

So the beating they received really was him wronging them.

Aware of his wrong, Yang Kai remained silent the rest of the way back, occasionally hearing Dong Qing Yan burst into giggles as she recalled the events that had just transpired.

Arriving back at Hidden Cloud Peak’s summit, the two of them handed the herbs they had collected to the two beautiful women, ate a medicinal meal which was prepared for them, then went back to their own houses to rest.

The next day, before Yang Kai had even left his residence, a strong medicinal fragrance wafted over to him; as soon as this fragrance entered his nose, he felt a calm relaxing sensation envelop his body.

Curious, Yang Kai opened his door, went out, and followed the scent to a nearby hut.

Looking around, he found a pair of rooms not far away, each one containing a large steaming basin in which a mixture of herbs was being brewed. Each of these basins had one of the two beautiful women tending to it, fanning the flames and stirring the water, their brows covered in a thin layer of sweat.

“Is Master going to use these to refine some pills?” Dong Qing Yan had also come out, looking around curiously, her two big eyes flashing with an excited light.

Yang Kai observed for a while before asking, “Do you want us to help?”

Hearing this, the beautiful Aunty Xiang got up and looked towards the young pair with a smile and nodded, “Please.”

Yang Kai quickly rolled up his sleeves and inquired, “What should we do?”

However, Aunty Xiang simply smiled, “You don’t need to do anything for the time being, we’re actually preparing these medicinal baths for you two; they’ve been boiling like this since last night but should be just right very soon.”

us?” Yang Kai

required for these baths; in fact, the

only to be expected, Yang Kai understood that, after all, Dong Qing Yan had worshipped him as her master and would one day

of you came to Hidden Cloud Peak you are

bit, his

recently. While eating this delicious meal, Yang Kai couldn’t help

and happy feeling was something he had not experienced in

hour, Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan

Kai removed his robes down to a thin pair

two beautiful women who resided on Hidden Cloud Peak, Yang Kai held great

over twenty of their years. They had dedicated some of their best and most beautiful years to this place, but when the world heard

Cloud Peak for a whole month, his daily life and living arrangements being meticulously cared for by them, only knew to call them Aunty Xiang and Aunty Lan, not even knowing their

at the moment he was baring his upper body before them, he

what should I do?” Yang Kai, feeling the warmth in his surroundings, physically and mentally

to allow you to properly absorb the effects of this medicinal bath and actually has no other use for him. Old Xiao spent a great deal of effort to gather together the required herbs for these baths and there are only two of them, so you must be very careful not to

as his face became solemn, closing his eyes and beginning to circulate that unnamed

of his body’s hundreds of millions of pores opened,

Omnipresent and pervasive.

was nowhere on his body that did not experience

Kai’s brow wrinkled, his

other hand, from next door, Dong Qing Yan’s

just a young girl and had grown up spoiled, when would she have ever had to

over from next door, Aunty Xiang carefully observed Yang Kai’s reaction, her beautiful eyes flashing a dignified

significant, but the pain that had to be endured was akin to an inhuman torture. He had been worried about Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan’s ability to bear this, but now it

pain only seemed to strengthen, not only appearing on the outside of

there were tens of millions of

of sweat rolled down his forehead, Yang Kai’s skin became blood red, yet he never stopped circulating the

pain continued for an

if the medicinal effects had somehow reached their limit and the resulting pain they had caused rapidly faded; but a moment

was a comfortable,

help taking a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes as a

of this approvingly, smiling towards Yang Kai for a moment before nodding and saying, “It looks like Old Xiao underestimated the two of you, you managed to

hands never stopped moving, tossing various new herbs into the medicinal bath before once again fanning

no longer any need for him to consciously operate the unnamed Secret Art; instead, just by sitting in the bath, the medicinal effects of the herbs would be absorbed

become more solid; his meridians became wider and more elastic while the True Qi in his body became more and more

heart, he had come to Hidden Cloud Peak not to learn Alchemy but for an ulterior purpose, yet Old Xiao

Aunty Xiang simply chuckled, “This medicinal treatment Old Xiao created is too overbearing so it can only be used once in a cultivator’s lifetime, if your family’s Young Lady were to attempt it a second time, her meridians would

much. Old Xiao is actually quite optimistic about you; it is just that the path