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.

and gloomy as always, with traces of the Nine Heavens Holy Land disciples still scattered about here and there.

Yang Kai soon chose a spot

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

and that there were many intricate Spirit Arrays carved inside

Divine Sense and began proving the surface of the long shuttle artifact, studying its structure and composition, looking for a

leave one’s Soul mark on it, only after

Soul mark on an artifact, a cultivator would be able to take it into their body and begin nourishing it with their own True Qi and

had received enough moisturizing, the artifact would begin to resonate with its user and would

body, it would still take some time before they could

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

new, unfamiliar

grew far beyond the level of artifacts they had refined,

look for artifacts that matched well with their Secret Art and Martial Skills

materials and ask an Artifact Refiners to tailor-make an artifact for

artifacts that perfectly complimented a cultivator’s

rely on the power of artifacts, only refining anything which he conveniently came across. He had never looked for materials to custom

some kind of accident and perished, leaving it to drift aimlessly for who knows how long until it eventually found its way

Kai soon found a very faint Soul aura inside the

Soul mark left behind by its

erase this in order to engrave

for a moment, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling

after so many years, the Soul aura inside the long shuttle artifact had become quite faint, Yang

no doubt at least a Third Order Saint

powerhouse actually falling in the Starry

the Starry Sky was. He had visited the Starry Sky twice now, but what he had seen was only equivalent to a grain

disasters even Third Order Saints were unable

Kai sent out a burst of Conflagrated Spiritual Energy into the long

*Chi…*

mark which remained inside the artifact was

his True Qi and Spiritual Energy, injecting them into the long

be rushed, so Yang Kai simply sat in place and steadily released his True Qi and Spiritual Energy to allow the long shuttle to become familiar with

seep into the long

it had instead repelled his aura,

the long shuttle artifact, allowing his True Qi and Spiritual Energy to

Divine Tree sent him a faint greeting, its

help feeling some concern and

all the time, so when you’re not here I find myself spending my

the Divine Tree’s consciousness had grown to an extent he

now, it would never say something like

blood into this place or I would find a few companions for you… En, there actually used to be a Yin Yang Monster Ginseng here but

Monster