Martial Peak

Chapter 779, Pros and Cons

After Xue Li left, one of her subordinates grinned and sharply said, “If you have anything to say, hurry and say it. Don’t make me wait, I don’t have much patience.”

Saying so, he too walked out of the hall.

Only Yang Kai and An Ling’er remained now.

The Nine Heavens Holy Land Saintess quickly came over and asked Yang Kai about his present condition, a thick meaning of concern and worry in her voice. Yang Kai repeatedly assured her he was fine and then asked her how she was doing.

An Ling’er smiled bitterly and replied, “Senior Xue hasn’t mistreated me so far, she only has me accompany her and take care of some minor tasks, so you don’t need to worry about me. More importantly… Why did you refuse Gou Qiong’s offer to redeem us?”

“Do you think I shouldn’t have refused?”

“I don’t know, but that Xue Li is not a good person, I’m afraid if we remain here we’ll encounter danger sooner or later.”

“She is not a good person, but neither is Gou Qiong,” Yang Kai coldly snorted, “I refused because I want to keep control of my own life.”

“Ah? Why do you say that?” An Ling’er was lost.

Yang Kai explained carefully, “If I accepted his ransom, it that means I will owe him my life. No matter what kind of excessive demands he makes, I won’t be able to refuse.”

“But… you also saved Gou Che’s life. If you take that into consideration, shouldn’t the two things offset one another?”

“You’re still so silly,” Yang Kai knocked her head lightly, “That’s the biggest problem here.”

An Ling’er rubbed her forehead while staring at Yang Kai as if she had been greatly wronged, “I don’t get what you’re saying, explain it clearly.”

“Haa…” Yang Kai looked at her and shook his head, “You being able to grow up must not have been easy. You must thank your Nine Heavens Holy Land for keeping you inside the Sect all these years, if you had gone out on your own, I don’t know how many times you’d have died already.”

An Ling’er pursed her lips unhappily.

“I saved Gou Che, that life-saving grace should have become something we could rely on to leave the Demon Land, but now it’s actually a fatal problem. Think about the identity of Gou Che: His father is Gou Qiong, a Demon General. Didn’t Xue Li say this when we first met, ‘A solemn Demon General heir actually needing a human to save his life…’”

“The meaning of that statement was that he should not have been saved by me, or at the very least, he shouldn’t have been saved by a human. If I really accepted Gou Qiong’s ransom and allowed him to redeem us, within a few days, both you and I will wind up dead in some roadside ditch!”

as she

silence all the witnesses to the crime. With no evidence, no one will know that his son had been saved by a mere human,” Yang

Ling’er was somewhat unable to believe what she

You should know that the amount of ransom he paid was

trembled as a sense of escaping

Li was also well aware of! But she didn’t make any effort to inform us. That woman really is

was like that,” An Ling’er suddenly realized; at the same

likely have happily left with Gou Che, happily fantasizing about how Gou

sense of anger also welled up inside her, “Gou Che,

couldn’t be clearer,” Yang Kai

have left him to rot in that Mysterious Small World!” An

him, we might have been lost in that place for the rest of our lives. Even if we had made it out, we probably would have

it all depends on how one thought about

ruthless, but Yang Kai had never been sincere towards him either, so there

to survive while still in Xue Li’s hands. Since you’re by her side, pay attention and

Ling’er nodded firmly, feeling a kind of solidarity and shared sense

the hall, urging them to hurry up, so Yang Kai quickly said goodbye to An Ling’er and departed and was returned

and everything was

ransom that day, he seemed to have been forgotten

Kai was also happy with the status quo for now; besides meditating and cultivating throughout the day, he spent his time

Tree’s consciousness had matured greatly, and it was now possible for Yang Kai

growing rapidly. Today, it possessed ability equal to that of a six

Tree was now rooted in the Black Book space and Yang Kai could supplement his own Yang Qi and Spiritual Energy from it any time or place. It was as

of dedicated cultivation, Yang Kai’s strength had increased

Yang Kai’s Soul Avatar dove into the Black Book space, he found something out of

he had stored in the Black Book space seemed to

had found many precious ores left behind from the Asteroid Sea.

ores, but after checking it over a few times, there were indeed fewer

had been keeping them, there was some scattered gravel remaining. These leftovers were completely composed of impurities.

Kai was puzzled and quickly used brought his Soul Avatar into the Divine Tree’s core to ask it

from these ores but after hearing

laughed dumbly at this response and didn’t ask

consciousness of the Divine Tree was only equivalent to that of a child, it was only normal for it to lie a little about such things at