Martial Peak

“What is Young Lady thinking about?” A maidservant standing next to the Saintess saw her listless expression and couldn’t help asking.

“I wasn’t thinking about anything,” The Saintess slowly shook her head, a faint trace of sorrow apparent between her brows.

“Was Young Lady wondering if we would successfully find the next Holy Master this time?” The maidservant, Bei’er, grinned and asked.

“I don’t want to find any nonsense Holy Master!” Saintess sighed slightly exasperatedly.

“But that is Young Lady’s most important responsibility,” Bei’er’s expression dampened noticeably.

“I know, and I am looking, but he has yet to appear, so there’s nothing more I can do.”

“It would be best if he didn’t appear for a lifetime, then Young Lady wouldn’t have anything to worry about.”

“Shh!” The Saintess quickly lifted a jade finger to her mouth before turning her eyes to the room’s door, quietly whispering, “Saying such things to me is fine, but you mustn’t let anyone else hear them, especially not Uncle Qian or there’ll be problems.”

“I know,” Bei’er spat out her tongue playfully, “But Young Lady doesn’t have to worry too much, there are four Saintesses of Nine Heavens Holy Land, perhaps one of the other three who are out searching right now will find an appropriate candidate.”

“It’s no good no matter which of us find him,” The Saintess sighed slightly before standing up suddenly, “Enough sitting around, I’m going out to get some fresh air.”

“En,” Bei’er nodded quickly.

Exiting her cabin and strolling around the deck for a while, the Saintess’ mood improved noticeably. As she walked about, she suddenly recalled the disturbance Yang Kai’s appearance had caused and casually asked one of the nearby disciples about him.

Upon learning that since his arrival, Yang Kai had actually not left his assigned cabin, the Saintess couldn’t help frowning slightly.

Because of some special reasons, she could basically see through other’s true thoughts, so when she first saw Yang Kai she knew he had no hostile or malicious intent, but she also felt that he was a bit strange, as if he was shrouded in a layer of fog that caused even her, who excelled at reading others, to fail to completely understand him.

But learning that he was not causing any fuss and had essentially faded into the background, the Saintess didn’t see any reason to intentionally associate with him, so after strolling around for a while longer, she simply returned to her room.

The days passed by and before Yang Kai knew it, he had been sailing aboard the grand ship for an entire month. All of a sudden, one day, when he was immersed in his meditation, Yang Kai smelt a nostalgic fragrance waft through the air.

Naturally it was the smell of land.

Quickly turning around and looking out his window, he saw some scattered islands appear on the distant horizon.

His spirit rousing, Yang Kai swiftly got up.

the past month had been quite stifling so now that Yang Kai could see land and knew he would finally be able to escape

ship docked at one of the island’s ports and soon after, Yang Kai heard footsteps outside his door. A moment later, the big man named Cheng Fei pushed his way inside and bluntly

lightly and stepped out

were disembarking in an orderly fashion while down on the docks, some cultivators who seemed to be local big-shots were respectfully welcoming the former, big flattering grins pasted all over

Kai saw the Nine Heavens Holy Land Saintess on the deck and after

attention of many of the cultivators around and even Uncle Qian began pushing his True Qi and staring towards Yang

like he was preparing to butcher Yang Kai the moment

the malicious eyes gathered on him, Yang Kai simply walked over to a spot not far away from the Saintess, cupped his fists and said, “Many thanks for rescuing me,

Saintess’ eyes flashed before wearing a quaint smile, Yang Kai’s words and actions were somewhat different from those she had encountered before and surprised her slightly, nodded lightly as she replied, “No need to be so polite, from now on you should be careful not to fall into

Lady’s concern. I’ll

Kai turned around and quickly left the

Uncle Qian didn’t seem to like Yang Kai very much

quite sincere,” The Saintess stared at Yang Kai’s disappearing back as she pursed her lips

were instantly drawn to this smile, many of them becoming absent minded for a while until Uncle Qian snorted

Kai got off the big ship, he leisurely strolled

Aura here seemed a bit thin, at least, not

no real masters on this island. Among the local leaders who had come to greet the Nine Heavens Holy Land ship at the dock, the strongest was only a Second Order Transcendent, and he was an old man with long snow-white

not a particularly good piece of land and was only occupied by some small

faintly determine that, unlike at Water Spirit Temple, there seemed to be a

Yang Kai strolled into a local inn, chose a seat by the window, sat down and ordered some food and drink from

later, returned with an exquisite spread of dishes, but just as he

does honoured customer have?” The waiter

nothing and simply placed

waiter’s eyes lit up and immediately wore a flattering smile as he respectfully said,

ask you some things, if your answers satisfy me, whatever is leftover

to know, feel free to ask, this humble

nodded, pausing for a moment to arrange his thoughts before continuing,

a moment before asking with a smile, “Honoured guest doesn’t even

he could finish, the waiter saw a flash of impatience in Yang Kai’s eyes and

forces are established in

there are the Cheng Family, Wang Family, Hai Family…” The waiter listed off several forces

Kai realized that the nearby islands were

Yang Kai had already seen most of their strongest masters back at the dock. Each of them had at most a Second Order Transcendent as their leader

Kai asked about how far this place was from Water Spirit Temple,

that Water Spirit Temple was in the opposite direction he had gone while aboard the Nine Heavens Holy Land’s great ship and was at least a few