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!”

yelped as she

all the witnesses to the crime. With no evidence, no one will know that his

Ling’er was somewhat unable to

You should know that the amount of ransom he paid was not small, clearly he has an ulterior motive… If my guess is right, on the way to Gou Che’s home, there are already masters waiting for us in ambush. Once we show up, all that will be waiting for

tender body trembled as a sense

make any effort to inform us. That woman really is sinister…” Yang Kai gnashed his

like that,” An Ling’er suddenly realized; at the same time, she also felt

how Gou Qiong

flashed across her eyes, a sense of anger also welled up inside her, “Gou

he couldn’t be clearer,” Yang

to rot in

wasn’t a total loss; he did bring us out of that desert. Without 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 been chased down by other Demon Race cultivators instead of standing here comfortably in

has its pros and cons, it all

and ruthless, but Yang Kai had never been sincere towards him either, so there was nothing

anymore. Right now, we need to consider how to survive while still in Xue Li’s hands. Since you’re by her side, pay attention and observe her carefully, see if there’s

nodded firmly, feeling a kind of solidarity and shared sense

them from outside the hall, urging them to hurry up, so Yang

and everything

Yang Kai rejected Gou Qiong’s ransom that day, he seemed to have been forgotten by Xue

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

it was now possible for Yang Kai to hold simple

Divine Tree had learned a lot, and its wisdom was still growing rapidly. Today, it possessed ability equal

now rooted in the Black Book space and Yang Kai could supplement his own Yang Qi and Spiritual Energy from it any time or

of dedicated cultivation, Yang

the Black Book space,

in the Black Book space seemed to

left behind from the Asteroid Sea. He wanted to use these ores to create some powerful artifacts, but had never had time

Kai wasn’t too clear about the exact quantity of these ores, but after checking it over

gravel remaining. These leftovers were completely composed of impurities. In other words, the essence of the original ores had been consumed, leaving only dregs

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

the Divine Tree had secretly absorbed the essence from these ores but after hearing his question, the Divine Tree actually shook its head and said it had done

at this

was only equivalent to that of a child, it