Translator: Silavin & Raikov
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“You need not worry about his safety, this old master will not hurt him. I simply wish to borrow his power,” The old man patiently explained to Gao Xue Ting. After that, he looked towards the palace and continued, “Your disciples are still inside. Though their Souls are not too damaged, they have still suffered from some shock. It would be best to bring them out of here as soon as possible so they may recuperate.”
“Many thanks to Senior for the reminder!” Gao Xue Ting hurriedly said.
“En,” The old man nodded lightly. Then, he turned his gaze to Yang Kai and said in a kind voice, “Little Friend, come with me!”
Then, with a wave of his hand, Yang Kai immediately felt a soft power wrapping around him and he flew involuntarily to the old man’s side before he quickly sped off with him in one direction.
Gao Xue Ting opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but there were already no traces of Yang Kai and the old man. They had already disappeared in a breath’s time.
Gazing at the direction in which they disappeared, Gao Xue Ting faintly wrinkled her brow.
She knew that the old man had no need to lie to her with his exceptional cultivation and strength, and if he really did have any hostile intentions, he could have crushed her to dust with just a finger. However, he had taken away Yang Kai so inexplicably that Gao Xue Ting still couldn’t help but worry. She had no idea what sort of power Yang Kai had that this old man needed to borrow, or what he wanted to accomplish by doing so.
After thinking about it for a while, she knew she was powerless to solve the matter, and she didn’t even have any way to track down the old man’s whereabouts, so she could only head to the palace first and save Xia Sheng and the others, deciding to send Wen Zi Shan a message with a Secret Technique and have him find a way to retrieve their Soul Avatars from the outside.
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Travelling along at lightning speeds, the wind from the outside blew past as the ground seemed to recede at a blinding pace.
Yang Kai looked astonished.
This old man beside him was indeed a Great Emperor level Master! Before now, Yang Kai had only heard of the existence of Great Emperors but had never seen one himself.
[Of course… Yang Yan might be a Great Emperor, maybe…]
But even if Yang Yan was a Great Emperor, her strength was not very high during the time they spent together. It was only after she returned to the Star Boundary that her cultivation would gradually restore itself.
He had never really seen a Great Emperor’s true strength before.
But today, his long-awaited wish was fulfilled.
Grandma You’s Third-Order Emperor Realm desperation attack was little more than a gentle breeze before this old man. Simply not worth mentioning.
And at this moment, while bringing Yang Kai along with him, they were actually moving several dozen times faster than Yang Kai could, even when using Space Principles…
Yang Kai could not even see the scenery where they passed.
He was deeply shocked to realize just how high above the understanding of ordinary cultivators a Great Emperor’s power was.
On the way, Yang Kai kept silent and did not ask the old man what he planned to do. That was because it was meaningless even if he asked him that now. He would naturally know when the time came
As the other party was not hostile, he had no need to think about running away, instead just silently trying to feel the Emperor Intent and Emperor Pressure permeating from the body of the old man so as to quench his own will.
He did not speak, and it seemed the old man did not take the initiative to do so either, only busying himself with hurrying along, even revealing a somewhat relaxed expression as he flew.
After a long day, the old man brought Yang Kai to a certain mountain valley.
It was only after arriving here that the old man finally slowed down.
Yang Kai looked around and found that this mountain valley was covered by a fog so dense that you would not be able to see your fingers in front of you. And, this fog was clearly no ordinary fog as it felt as if he was tossing a stone into an ocean when he released his Divine Sense into it.
A few moments later, the two landed on a flat piece of land in the middle of the mountain valley.
The soft power that had been wrapped around Yang Kai slowly dissipated.
After Yang Kai regained his freedom, he began looking around himself.
Soon, he realized that this was seemingly the only place in the mountain valley not covered by the thick fog. The area wasn’t very large, and the only thing he could see was a simple wooden house with around thirty or so burial mounds in front of it, a wooden headstone erected on each one of them with a name inscribed onto it.
Yang Kai was stunned.
Even though he knew that there must be no corpses buried beneath these mounds, he still had the inexplicable feeling that many powerful Masters were lying here.
He swept his eyes over each of the names one by one, but he didn’t recognize a single one of them.
The names were written in characters that resembled flying dragons and soaring phoenixes, each stroke containing a kind of power that he couldn’t help but feel moved at the sight of.
“Little Friend, what should I call you?” The old man suddenly spoke while gazing amiably at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai quickly cupped his fists and introduced himself.
“So, it is Little Friend Yang! A pleasure meeting you,” The old man nodded lightly.
Yang Kai said solemnly, “May I ask for this Senior’s name?”
The old man was silent for a moment before he said, “This 0ld master is called Tian Yan!”
Yang Kai saluted him once more.
After Tian Yan answered him, he pointed to the graves in front of him and said, “Little Friend Yang, do you know who these people are?”
Yang Kai said with a solemn expression, “Even though Junior does not recognize any of their names, Junior knows that these Seniors must have history shaking achievements that bring glory to the present, Masters with amazing cultivation and skills.”
“Heh…” Tian Yan smiled. “You are not wrong, but do you know… how they died?”
Yang Kai shook his head blankly.
In fact, he was also wondering about that. Tian Yan was such an amazing Master and he seemed to be guarding this place. That simple wooden house was quite clearly the place where Tian Yan rested and meditated.
To have a Great Emperor level existence like Tian Yan guarding their graves, these departed Masters must be legendary figures.
But… If that was the case, then who was it that managed to kill them? Could it be that Tian Yan did it himself? Yang Kai did not think the old man looked like a bloodthirsty person.