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.

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

day later, the big 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

lightly and stepped out

an orderly fashion while down on the docks, some cultivators who seemed to be local big-shots were

saw the Nine Heavens Holy Land Saintess on the deck and after thinking about it for a moment, walked over to

and even Uncle Qian began pushing his True Qi and staring towards Yang Kai with a

he was preparing to butcher Yang Kai the moment the latter made any kind of

Saintess, cupped his fists and said, “Many thanks for rescuing me, Young Lady, I will

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

for Young Lady’s concern. I’ll take my

Yang Kai turned around and quickly left the

very much and couldn’t help

he’s quite sincere,” The Saintess stared at Yang

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 as the awkwardly went back to their

the big ship, he leisurely strolled

were many cultivators on this island, coming and going in droves, but the World Energy Aura here seemed a bit thin, at

this island. Among the local leaders who had come to greet the Nine Heavens Holy Land ship at

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

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

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

orders does honoured customer have?”

nothing and simply placed two Crystal

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

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

wishes to know, feel free to ask, this humble one will certainly

pausing for a moment to arrange his thoughts before continuing, “First off, where is

moment before asking with a smile, “Honoured guest doesn’t even know where here is? Then how did honoured guest

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

are established in

the Cheng Family, Wang Family, Hai Family…” The

to his remarks, Yang Kai realized that the nearby islands were essentially controlled by a group known as

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

about how far this place was from Water Spirit Temple, the

gone while aboard the Nine Heavens Holy Land’s great ship and was