Martial Peak

After such a big event where everyone who survived was physically and mentally exhausted, although they knew that the Metal Devouring Beasts that were buried below wouldn’t die so easily, whether it was Yun Xuan or Ruan Xin Yu, neither of them had any desire to dig them out right now.

Instead, Ruan Xin Yu took out a small Universe Bag and handed it to Yang Kai.

“What’s this?” Yang Kai asked, somewhat confused.

“Your spoils,” Ruan Xin Yu grinned, “While you were resting, I took it off of the Charm Monster, guess what was inside?”

Yang Kai paused for a moment before offhandedly saying, “Probably a bunch of valuable refined metals.”

“How did you know?” Ruan Xin Yu immediately felt like something was caught in her throat.

Yang Kai simply grinned, “The Charm Monster previous said that those Metal Devouring Beasts were hers. Since that was the case, then these Monster Beasts showing up here wasn’t an accident but the deliberate actions of the Charm Monster. She let them devour the Sun Tin Ore and then collected their refined products. Moreover, when we were exploring the mine, we never found any traces of refined minerals excreted by the Metal Devouring Beasts. Everything must have been collected by the Charm Monster and stored inside her Universe Bag.”

Yang Kai’s sudden analysis made Yun Xuan’s beautiful eyes shine brilliantly.

Ruan Xin Yu also began seeing him in a better light, “You… I’d never have guessed it but it seems your wit is also quite sharp.”

Smiling as she followed up, “There’s a lot of refined Sun Tin inside that bag, if you take it and sell it all, you can earn a lot of Crystal Stones.”

Yang Kai thought about it for a while before throwing the Universe Bag back to Ruan Xin Yu and shaking his head, “You lost so much this time, after returning, you’ll need to offer Bold Independent Union some kind of explanation, so you should hold on to these things.”

Ruan Xin Yu smiled happily and accepted. She had also thought of this point but seeing how the Charm Monster was basically killed by Yang Kai single-handedly, she had still offered the battle’s spoils to him first.

Yun Xuan opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but eventually chose not to.

“We should leave here now, I’ll escort you two to a nearby town,” Yang Kai got up first. This sentence made Yun Xuan somewhat confused as she turned a slightly suspicious look towards him.

This place was on the border of Bold Independent Union’s territory. Two or three day’s journey was a small city that the group had passed on their way here.

Half a day later, the group of three left the forest and in a small nearby village, Yang Kai rented a carriage and let Yun Xuan and Ruan Xin Yu sit inside while he acted as the driver and proceeded towards the city.

This bit of gentle consideration improved Ruan Xin Yu’s impression of him and even caused Yun Xuan to smile softly.

After the two women chatted idly for a while, Yun Xuan succumbed to her fatigue and fell asleep. Ruan Xin Yu, now bored, hopped out of the carriage and sat side by side with Yang Kai, resting her head on her delicate hand as she stared fixedly at Yang Kai who was himself concentrating on waving the whip.

“Why are you staring at me?” Being observed in such a manner made Yang Kai feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Yu grinned, “You were injured so

a bit

noticed,” Ruan Xin Yu gently nodded,

old?” Yang Kai laughed as he

least. I’m almost thirty years old, the same as Yun Xuan,” Ruan

and Yun Xuan, what happened? Previously you two couldn’t stand being together, but now

Yang Kai asked this, Ruan Xin Yu fell silent, her pretty face

Yang Kai knew he had asked something he shouldn’t have and quickly shrugged, “If you don’t want to say it, just pretend I never

“We really should have been one whole

the Artifact Hall or the former Transcendent Realm master Sun Ying, both of their attitudes towards Yun Xuan were quite polite and accommodating,

Ruan Xin Yu quietly glanced back and upon seeing Yun Xuan still asleep, she quietly said, “Yun Xuan is actually

help stared

Bold Independent Union’s

“Then why is she…”

missions, but instead be occupying some important

reasons,” Ruan Xin Yu took a soft breath, “I can tell you, but you have to

likes to gossip?” Yang Kai gave her

because of our Bold Independent Union’s special system, the Union Lord intentionally let him start from the bottom of the ladder, making him go out and participate in missions as part of a team

remembering this sweet past, Ruan Xin Yu’s face overflowed with smiles as she rambled on about a

these things seemed irrelevant to Yang

a lot, “On what was supposed to be a routine mission, the

he died, she blamed the Union Lord, saying that if it weren’t for his stubborn insistence that the Young Lord work his way up from the bottom of the Union, he wouldn’t have suffered such a fate. After that, Yun Xuan announced that she would discard her identity as the First Young Lady and like her young brother work her way up from the grassroots level of Bold Independent Union…” Ruan Xin Yu’s eyes were a little red as her voice

Kai remained silent and indifferent, not showing

obviously made that choice in protest against the Union Lord and also to complete the task the Young Lord had failed to finish,” Ruan Xin Yu sighed, “Do you know why Yun Xuan doesn’t hate you for taking her innocence, even not

“Why?”

Immortal Ascension Boundary Seventh Stage!” Ruan Xin Yu smiled miserably and added, “Seeing

a breath and thought for a moment before asking, “The only survivor from her younger brother’s team was

dumbfounded, but soon nodded gently, “Your head is really quite good. En, I was a member of the Young Lord’s team and the only reason I survived was because he saved me, that’s why Yun Xuan and I

in love with him?” Yang Kai

at him and blushed, “Why would you ask that? It’s all in the past

are you telling me all this,”

everything I just said?” Ruan Xin Yu glared at Yang Kai hatefully,

long silence, “I won’t join Bold Independent Union. Nothing you say could persuade me otherwise.

shouted, “After gaining such a big

of advantage did I