Martial Peak

Chapter 885, Refining

Yang Kai truly wasn’t interested in the Secret Art the Holy Master of Nine Heavens Holy Land cultivated.

Enhancing one’s strength at the expense of their own lifespan was a complete mismatch of priorities. This was not how Yang Kai intended to pursue the peak of the Martial Dao.

As such, he had never planned to follow in the footsteps of the previous Holy Masters.

He had his own goals to pursue and methods to pursue them with.

However, in order to accomplish this, he had to obtain An Ling’er’s cooperation, so seeing her nod to his proposal, Yang Kai genuinely felt happy and relieved.

“But… what if the Elders ask about it?” An Ling’er couldn’t help worrying, “They seem quite anxious.”

“That old fogey really likes sticking his nose into other people’s business…” Yang Kai muttered without restraint. There was no need for him to even ask to know that it was that old fart, Xu Hui, was the source of this issue. Most likely he had been subtly urging An Ling’er to quickly begin cultivating with Yang Kai.

Listening to him say this, An Ling’er couldn’t stop herself from letting out a burst of laughter, brightening the serious atmosphere.

“There’s nothing else to do about it, if they ask, just tell them we’ve already begun cultivating together.”

“I’m fine with that… but we won’t be able to conceal the truth forever!” An Ling’er narrowed her eyes slightly, “You won’t have any problems. With your aptitude, even if you don’t cultivate that Secret Art, your growth will still be extremely rapid, but if I don’t break through for a long time, the Elders will begin to have doubts…”

“I can help with that!” Yang Kai grinned.

“How can you help me?” An Ling’er asked in confusion.

Yang Kai flipped his hand and summoned out a delicate jade bottle which he handed to An Ling’er as he explained, “Inside this is some special Spirit Liquid. Taking a drop of it every day will improve your constitution and allow your aptitude and strength to gradually increase.”

An Ling’er accepted the bottle somewhat suspiciously but upon opening the bottle and sniffing its contents, she suddenly felt as if her entire body was being refreshed, shocking her greatly as she stared brightly towards Yang Kai, “Is this really useful?”

“Of course it’s useful,” Yang Kai nodded, quickly adding, “Once you’ve used it all up, just find me and I’ll give you more.”

“Then I’ll gratefully try it. Thank you,” An Ling’er smiled, her short talk with Yang Kai lifting her spirits greatly.

After a little more idle chatter, An Ling’er left.

Yang Kai sent a Divine Sense message to Xu Hui and Li Rong saying that he was going to enter retreat for a while and not to disturb him.

After receiving their replies, Yang Kai left the Holy Master Court and went to the Holy Tomb.

The Holy Tomb was an excellent place to enter secluded cultivation. Besides Yang Kai, who possessed the Holy Master Spirit Ring, no one else could enter it so he wouldn’t need to worry about others disturbing him.

Arriving in front of the giant stone slab, Yang Kai pressed the Holy Master Spirit Ring into its specific slot, opened the Holy Tomb, and stepped inside.

with traces of the Nine Heavens Holy Land disciples still scattered about here and there. Although the environment wasn’t very good,

a moment, Yang Kai soon chose

the long shuttle artifact he obtained back in the Starry Sky, Yang

could feel that there was a mysterious power inside this artifact and that there were many intricate Spirit Arrays carved inside it, but without refining it, he wouldn’t be able to tell what this artifact’s purpose

attention, Yang Kai released his Divine Sense and began proving the surface of the long shuttle artifact, studying its structure and composition, looking for a place to break through

was to leave one’s Soul mark on it, only after accomplishing

be able to take it into their body and begin nourishing it with

begin to resonate with its user and

one’s body, it would still take some

they used was not only because of the long time it took to refine one but also because, over a long period of nourishing an artifact, a subtle connection between it and its user would form. Artifacts that had this kind of connection to their user could display

a new, unfamiliar

the level of artifacts they had refined, a

for artifacts that

cultivators would even look for materials and ask an

could refine artifacts that perfectly complimented a cultivator’s

he did not rely on the power of artifacts, only refining anything which he conveniently came across. He

a master a long time ago, but that master most likely lost his way among the Starry Sky or had some kind of accident and perished, leaving it to drift aimlessly for who

his Divine Sense over it meticulously, Yang Kai soon found a very faint Soul aura inside the long

mark left behind by

erase this in order to engrave his own Soul

Soul aura for a moment, Yang Kai couldn’t

so many years, the Soul aura inside the long shuttle artifact had become quite faint, Yang Kai could tell that its signature was

owner of this artifact was no doubt

powerhouse actually falling in the Starry Sky caused Yang Kai to

Starry Sky twice now, but what he had seen was only equivalent to a grain of sand

even Third Order Saints were

thoughts, Yang Kai sent out a burst of Conflagrated Spiritual Energy

*Chi…*

faint Soul mark which remained inside the

his True Qi and Spiritual Energy, injecting them into the

sat in place and steadily released his True

began to seep into

Kai felt a weight lift from his heart now that he knew this artifact was compatible with his True Qi. If it had instead repelled his aura, there was no way he would be

his True Qi and Spiritual Energy to continue automatically refining it while he sent

the Divine Tree sent him a faint greeting, its mood seemingly

Kai couldn’t help feeling some

the Divine Tree responded, “It is just me here all the time, so when you’re not here I find

black, suddenly realizing that the Divine Tree’s consciousness had grown to

now, it would never say

with flesh and blood into this place or I would find a few

Monster