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.

month had been quite stifling so now that Yang Kai could see land and knew he would finally be able to escape from this place, he

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 said, “Brat,

nodded lightly and stepped out of his

in an orderly fashion while down on the docks, some cultivators who

Saintess on the deck and after thinking about it for a moment, walked over

cultivators around and even Uncle Qian began pushing his

to butcher Yang Kai the moment the latter made any kind

a spot not far away from the Saintess, cupped his fists and said, “Many thanks for rescuing me, Young Lady, I will remember this kindness in my heart. I

those she had encountered before and surprised her slightly, nodded lightly as she replied, “No

thanks for Young Lady’s concern.

turned around

Kai very much and couldn’t help muttering

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

all the gathered cultivators, both young and old, were instantly drawn to this smile, many of them becoming absent minded for a while until Uncle Qian snorted heavily, shaking them out of their daze, many of them blushing

Yang Kai got off the big ship, he leisurely

droves, but the World Energy Aura here seemed a bit thin, at least, not nearly as rich as the islands occupied by Water

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

good piece of land and was only occupied by some small forces, none of which was even in

Yang Kai could faintly determine that, unlike at Water Spirit Temple, there seemed to be a lot of outsiders

Kai strolled into a local inn, chose a seat by the window, sat down and ordered

waiter took his order and, a moment later, returned with an exquisite spread of dishes, but just as he was

have?” The waiter

Kai said nothing and simply placed two

lit up and immediately wore a flattering smile as he respectfully said, “Honoured guest, these

if your

guest wishes to know, feel free to ask, this

Kai nodded, pausing for a moment to arrange his thoughts before continuing, “First off,

towards Yang Kai for a moment before asking with a smile, “Honoured guest doesn’t even know

saw a flash of impatience in Yang Kai’s eyes and quickly explained, “This is Azure Sea

forces are established in this

chain there are the Cheng Family, Wang Family, Hai Family…”

Kai realized that the nearby islands were essentially controlled by

the nearby chain and these seven families were the strongest forces present. These families weren’t very powerful, and 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 as well as another three to five other

asked about how far this place was from

aboard the Nine Heavens Holy Land’s great ship