Martial Peak

To stand on equal footing with the Holy Master meant at least being a Third Order Saint.

An Ling’er didn’t believe Yang Kai was capable of this and only thought he was an overconfident youth.

“Believe what you like,” Yang Kai smiled, his face filled with confidence.

“You really won’t reconsider?”

“No,” Yang Kai shook his head, “But I have to say, the way you choose your Holy Master is too sloppy. How can you decide the next leader of such a big force so casually?”

“It’s not sloppy!” An Ling’er retorted vigorously, “Our Secret Art is based entirely around finding the next Holy Master. As long as there is a suitable candidate within a certain radius, we Saintesses can perceive them. A situation like yours is the actually the alternative method to finding a candidate. If we Saintesses cannot find an appropriate candidate within the allotted time, we can only let the Holy Land recruit as many young people with high aptitude and pass them knowledge of the Holy Land’s Divine Skills to see if they can comprehend them. Although today’s event was an accident, you have indeed passed my test and are eligible to enter the Holy Land. En, in fact, your performance is exemplary, so you’re definitely qualified!”

Yang Kai laughed back at her, “Can you guarantee that the person you choose is loyal to your Holy Land and doesn’t have any ulterior motives?”

“We can!” An Ling’er nodded firmly, “After entering the Holy Land, the new Holy Master’s mindset will change.”

Yang Kai narrowed his eyes at this comment. Although he wasn’t quite clear about the details, from what he could gather, it seems the Nine Heavens Holy Land would use some special method to brainwash their new leader.

“Fine fine, let’s put this aside for now,” Yang Kai didn’t want to continue inquiring into the secrets of Nine Heavens Holy Land. The more he knew, the less helpful it was to him. Having said so, Yang Kai released a subtle stream of Spiritual Energy from the Soul Avatar and before An Ling’er could respond, wrapped her in it.

“What are you doing?” An Ling’er’s pretty face changed as she suddenly found herself unable to move. Yang Kai’s Spiritual Energy was far stronger than she had estimated before and also contained a burning hot aura that caused her Soul Avatar a fair amount of discomfort.

Yang Kai looked her over, a complicated look flashing across his eyes as he nodded slightly, “En, considering everything that’s happened, the safest course of action would be to kill you.”

“Kill me?” An Ling’er’s beautiful face paled slightly, “You think I’ve seen too much?”

“That’s one of the reasons,” Yang Kai nodded calmly, “With the things you know, I can imagine that once you go back, your Nine Heavens Holy Land won’t leave me alone and will try to force me to go back with you, either to force me to take the position of Holy Master or to kill me in order to protect the secrets of your Holy Land. I don’t want to deal with either of these situations.”

“Aren’t you being a bit paranoid?” An Ling’er frowned as she stared at him faintly, “As long as I don’t tell anyone, who will know what happened here today? And don’t forget, I saved you once before, don’t tell me you’re going to repay that kindness with enmity.”

“You don’t need to remind me,” Yang Kai spat disdainfully, “In fact, I don’t know what I should do with you right now. If I killed you, I would definitely regret it for the rest of my life, at worst it may become a kind of heart demon, but if I just let you go, I won’t be able to feel relieved.”

help diminishing greatly as she quietly asked, “So what do you need me

much! But this was something I wished to avoid as well.” Yang Kai sighed

and wanted to struggle but was still

even touched An Ling’er before he clenched his fist

An Ling’er’s vision became hazy,

glare towards Yang Kai and spat angrily, “So you learned

of them!” Yang Kai smiled, “This one is called Great Heavenly Attraction,

bit down hard on her lips

Yang Kai muttered, “Your Nine Heavens Holy Land’s Divine

You’re only able to use them because of my ten years of hard work!” An Ling’er listened to

had pulled out from An Ling’er’s

was An Ling’er Soul

control whether

hope from now on our paths will never cross again. En, well, when one day I am able to match your Holy Master, I’ll go to your Nine Heavens Holy Land and return this brand to you,” Yang Kai said, storing away

if she had suffered a great injustice, but was helpless

Great Heavenly Attraction, her Divine Sense was not nearly as powerful as Yang Kai’s,

extreme, she had clearly just offered him fame, riches, power, and women, yet

like I’m so kind of monster,” Yang Kai

bastard!” An Ling’er gnashed her teeth, seemingly

I’m a big bastard, the most hateful person in the world. Anyways, you should calm yourself down and cultivate quietly for a bit,” Yang Kai waved his hand dismissively. Now that he was in possession of

Soul, it would be fine as long as she cultivated for a while, Yang Kai had made sure of

him, wandering a short

for a moment before helplessly

Kai wasn’t quite clear. All he knew was that it was capable of forcefully extracting others’ Soul

something quite useful for Yang Kai

physical body, so once he encountered a powerful enemy, with this artifact, he could force them

such a battle, Yang Kai would have a lot of

really wanted to collect

had already searched it several times over and found nothing of note. In fact, the only thing

words were written, Yang Kai carefully inspected them, his

a while later also flying up and standing next to Yang Kai, asking, “Are you looking for an exit, or do you perhaps