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Translator: Silavin & PewPewLaserGun
Editor and Proofreader: Leo of Zion Mountain
In this verbal confrontation, neither side could convince the other.
Inside the room, Yang Kai looked helplessly at Xue Yue while Xue Yue drank tea constantly to calm her anger. Unfortunately, her teacup had long ago been emptied, leaving nothing behind but air.
The atmosphere was incredibly depressing.
“Are you really so cold and ruthless?” Xue Yue suddenly spoke, staring towards Yang Kai with a chilly gaze, this man’s persistence had wounded her somewhat.
Yang Kai just shook his head in response, “No matter what you say, I want to leave. This time I suffered a big loss and I never want to leave my life in the hands of another again, especially a woman like you who possesses so many secrets. Once you’re exposed, even Heng Luo Chamber of Commerce won’t be able to protect you, and if you were to die, I’d be hit with the same fate.”
Xue Yue’s Dragon Marrow Phoenix Body special constitution was a very unique physique; it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that she was the best Moon Slave in the Chamber of Commerce.
When those Moon Slaves were taken by men, they would only be able to give them some slight benefits.
But Xue Yue was different. Even at her current strength, Yang Kai was confident he could directly break through to the Saint King Realm, and as her strength improved, her special constitution would only provide greater benefits to her first man.
Moreover, this wasn’t just a pure boost in strength, but one in realm!
There were too many masters in this world who painstakingly cultivated for hundreds or even thousands of years yet were unable to break through to the next realm; to them, Xue Yue’s body was the greatest tool.
President Ai Ou was a man of profound vision so when Xue Yue was three years old, he had taken her away to be raised as a man in order to avoid her suffering such a fate and bringing disaster to Heng Luo Chamber of Commerce in the process.
“How long could you restrain me?” Yang Kai stared at Xue Yue indifferently, with no intention of backing down, “Forcefully picked melon is not sweet, on top of which, both of us know that the biggest factor by far in your current behaviour is the effects of the Soul Chains. The reason you’re acting this way is because of your own desires, you’ve lived as a man for so long and during that time the only one who you’ve been able to let your guard down around is me. Rather than any other kind of feelings, the biggest reason you want to keep me around is so you can maintain that sense of freedom, right?”
Xue Yue remained silent.
Yang Kai’s words were clear and concise; she could not find anything in them she could refute.
Yang Kai’s expression gradually became solemn as his tone of voice became firm, “You see me as nothing more than a tiny Third Order Saint, someone you can order around at will, but have you ever thought about things from my perspective? I am the first one from my world to enter the Star Field, which also means that I am the strongest cultivator from that world; there, I am the master!”
Xue Yue’s absentminded look became slightly thoughtful upon hearing these words.
“You’ve captured Monster Beasts before, haven’t you? Do you remember that Monster Beast King?” Yang Kai’s solemn expression twisted into a snide one, “What was the fate of that Monster Beast King you captured? Were you able to tame it?”
Xue Yue’s mind involuntarily recalled an event in the past where she had captured the king of a pack of Monster Beasts. That king refused to obey her and would often lash out at others, offending those it shouldn’t. No matter how she tried, she was never able to tame it, and in the end, she had no other choice but to put it down.
“I…” Xue Yue opened her mouth to speak but found that she didn’t know what to say.
“Think it over carefully, I’ll wait for you for three days. Give me your reply then, I don’t want to make things too stiff,” Yang Kai glanced at her lightly before standing up and leaving.
From the look in his eyes, Xue Yue was able to see a kind of firm will, one that told her that regardless of what choice she made, three days from now, he would still choose to leave.
Without unlocking the Soul Chains, him leaving would make her situation difficult.
How much risk a Third Order Saint travelling by himself through the Star Field would be taking on was something Xue Yue knew better than anyone. How could she feel secure leaving her life in such a precarious state?
With her thoughts in a mess, Xue Yue grabbed the cup on the table and threw it hard against the ground, grinding her teeth in grief for a long time before finally muttering a few words, “Cruel and heartless!”
From when she was a child until now, she had never been at a disadvantage when confronting others. She had always held the initiative, whether that person was male or female, young or old. As long as they fell into her hands, she could bend them to her will.
The senior executives in the Chamber of Commerce all agreed that she was the best and most outstanding successor candidate for the presidency.
Xue Yue accepted such compliments as if they were only natural.
But when facing Yang Kai, she found herself constantly being restrained, even during their brief conversation now, she had been forced into a position where she couldn’t even refute his words, leaving her extremely annoyed and disgruntled.
Hiding inside the room in a distressed state of mind, she sat cross-legged on the bed, quietly circulating her Secret Art in order to stabilize her disordered mood. Gradually, her breathing calmed down and she began to think about herself and Yang Kai from a different angle, mainly the pros and cons of their relationship, what letting him leave and making him stay would mean.
Outside of Xue Yue’s room, Yang Kai slowly shook his head.
He had given Xue Yue three days, but when the time came, no matter what choice she made, he would definitely put as much distance between himself and this woman as possible, perhaps because of Soul Chains’ effects though, he was feeling a bit bitter at the moment.
Several people who were standing around nearby giving him curious glances made Yang Kai even more unhappy.
These people apparently had nothing better to do and had come to enjoy a good show, each one eager to gossip about it to anyone and everyone they could find, wanting to ask about the situation yet too embarrassed to open their mouths.
“Old Ha!” Yang Kai couldn’t stand it any longer and called out.
Ha Li Ka’s face turned slightly red as he strode over with the other executives while pretending to discuss something, wearing as serious an expression as he could as he did.
“Old Ha!” Yang Kai shouted again as they approached.
“Little brother…” Ha Li Ka said with a slightly unhappy look, “Even though these old fogies call me Old Ha, it’s not quite appropriate or polite for you to address me so. Although I don’t mind personally, if outsiders were to hear about this it wouldn’t be good.”
“Lady Xue’er asked me to get her some cultivation materials from the branch’s storeroom,” Yang Kai ignored his protest.
“Lady Xue’er made such a request?” Ha Li Ka was startled but without asking much, he turned to Yang Kai and said, “Come with me, there are many good things in the storeroom, I don’t know if they can enter Lady Xue’er’s eyes though.”
“Lady Xue’er isn’t too particular,” Yang Kai scratched his cheek.
No matter what, he would be leaving in three days. This time he had nearly lost his life in order to wake up Xue Yue, and he couldn’t remain on Rainfall Star for long, so he decided to fish for some advantages before departing.
Especially Saint Crystals, Yang Kai had exhausted his current supply.
As such, he decided to borrow Xue Yue’s name, by the time she found out about it, he would already be long gone.
In front of the storeroom, Ha Li Ka and Lin Mu Feng each took out a key and together opened the heavy door.
Old Ha was a clear cut and decisive person, so standing at the door to the storeroom, he simply said, “Go in and see for yourself, don’t hesitate to take anything you need, we’ll wait here.”
Yang Kai nodded and casually strode into the storeroom.
A moment later, bright colourful lights flashed in front of Yang Kai, making it difficult for him to even open his eyes.
This was the treasury of Rainfall Star’s Heng Luo Chamber of Commerce branch, the wealth stored inside was astonishing. Rows upon rows of shelves filled with cultivation materials, artifacts, and pills along with ores of each of the five elements and even Space Spirit Crystals used to manufacture Space Rings were carefully placed inside.
As he looked at the assortment of treasures before him, Yang Kai walked straight ahead to a pile of Saint Crystals.
The Saint Crystals here were piled up into small hills of Low-Rank, Mid-Rank, and High-Rank…
Yang Kai went straight up to the pile of High-Rank Saint Crystals and collected fifty thousand of them before stopping, this would be enough for him to use for quite some time. After spending this long in the Star Field, Yang Kai had gained a rough idea about the value of Saint Crystals.
Fifty thousand pieces of High-Rank Saint Crystal was enough to purchase an Origin Grade High-Rank artifact!
After storing away these Saint Crystals, Yang Kai next went to the place where herbs were placed.
Yang Kai already possessed a lot of Origin Grade and Origin King Grade herbs, but he had no way to use them yet as his Alchemy proficiency wasn’t high enough.
On the other hand, he was lacking Saint King Grade herbs which corresponded to his current level. Yang Kai could current refine Saint King Grade Mid-Rank pills fairly easily and with some effort, he could even refine some High-Rank pills.
As such, he collected as many Saint King Grade herbs as possible to help him promote his Alchemy level in the future.
Yang Kai hadn’t gone too far in his pillage, only caring about a few good things while leaving most the wealth here behind so as not to create a life or death enmity.
Yang Kai packed up enough Saint King Grade herbs to fill a single space ring before stopping.
The five-element ores were also essential as the two pitch-black round stones inside the Black Book space were like bottomless pits. The ores he had purchased back on Water Moon Star last time had already been consumed by these two stone so now was the right time to add some more.
Worthy of the treasury of a Heng Lou Chamber of Commerce branch, the grade and amount of ores stored here were quite good, allowing Yang Kai to easily fill up a ring before moving on.
When he arrived at the area where artifacts were stored, Yang Kai was filled with anticipation.
He hoped to find a couple of artifacts here, preferably for defence; as for offensive type artifacts, Yang Kai wasn’t as interested. Compared to these external boosts, he preferred to concentrate on enhancing his own strength.
However, defensive items were a different matter, the more such artifacts he could possess, the better, as in critical moments they could save his life.
After browsing around though, Yang Kai wound up disappointed.
There were indeed a lot of artifacts here, but none of them were able to catch his attention.
The best artifact stored inside the storehouse was a Saint King Grade High-Rank halberd.
Yang Kai has never been interested in such a bulky weapon. Only those men with excess muscles everywhere, including in their heads, would use such an artifact to show off their might. Taking such an artifact would be useless to Yang Kai and would also waste a lot of his time to refine.
Looking around for a while longer but turning up empty-handed, Yang Kai left the storehouse.
Ha Li Ka and Lin Mu Feng, who had been waiting outside, saw Yang Kai walk out but didn’t ask him what had taken much less inspect his haul, instead just nodding to him before closing the treasury’s doors.
They were also counting on Lady Xue’er to put in a good word for them when the representatives from the Home Star arrived, allowing them to escape punishment. So naturally, now that Lady Xue’er wanted something from their treasury, they were more than happy to open the doors wide for her.
Yang Kai, on the other hand, couldn’t help worrying about Heng Luo Chamber of Commerce a bit, thinking that if every branch president was as irresponsible as Old Ha, wouldn’t the Chamber of Commerce soon go broke?
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I didn’t want to comment this now because the situation with Yue Xue is still in development and I want to what they will do but if you are having this discussion here, I will give my two cents about his personality and actions in this part of the story, I will be defending him because I like his character and because Martial Peak is one of my favorites cultivation novels(wuxia/xianxia). First I like to call attetion for Yang Kai attitude in relation to the sisters of the Sword Union Sect in the beginning of the arc(I forgot their names) and Yue Xi(their master), with the sisters he start a good relationship, then have a turn to a more foce enemies because the beef with their master, they defend Yang Kai when he was in the jaws of death and in return Yang Kai save them when he could easily escape the void and let they die with her master(that at the time was his enemy) and Gui Tu(that could kill him any moment when he escape of the void). This is, at least for me, undeniable prove that Yang Kai still is a man of good character, to paraphrase Gui Tu words “You are man that can clearly separete grudge from grace” and the reason that Yang Kai insited and save Yue Xi is because if he abandon her there the sisters would refuse come out with him. And when Yue Xi made him angry, refusing to admit that her actions was wrong, he kidnap the sisters and say that he was going to rape them, only to make her fall into despair but again he not try to stop their attempt of communicating with their master. So in the first case you have Yang Kai risking his life to save a person that risk their lives to help him and in the second case you have Yang Kai putting a facade of a good for nothing to emotionally hurt a woman that he dislike, seeing what is my point here? And I even say more his change in behaviour problaby has something to do with his interactions with Qiu Yu Meng and Yun Xuan(the girl that Yang Kai raped), both people that Yang Kai initially didn’t want to associate but end up developing feelings for him, one a girl that had pass much time with interacting with him and create a sense of confort and security next to him and the other a girl that had give her purity to him and receive an unforgettable experience from him, you can even see shadows of Shan Quig Luo in Yue Xue becaus both try to limit Yang Kai’s freedom(and both because he leave a “mark” in their souls and both have a special constitution) using women, power, richness and etc. So I can see why Yang Kai wants to stay away from her, from all his past experiences she is nothing but trouble, I personally don’t believe when he said that he didn’t rape her because the benefits wasn’t high enough(I will not negate that this is one of the reasons that he choose not to rape her but that I didn’t believe when he say that this was the main reason, his real main reason is that he is trying to avoid the same outcome thaf happen in his interactions with Yun Xuan and Qiu Yu Meng) and I will also not negate that he isn’t shameless and an egotistic bastard(he was always this way since the beginnig of the story or did you forget that he rape a woman to escape death?). I still think that some of Yue Xue feelings for him are truly sincere but I don’t think that Yang Kai is wrong that part of this are sentiments fabricated by the Soul Chain and her want to keep her feminine persona but Yang Kai wants to leave, he wants to increase his strenght and try to find Su Yan and even if he empathize with her fellings of pain and loneliness he will not be polite when a woman that likes him try to restrict his freedom and their relationship in the past was not so good either since they try to kill each other. So from here we have to wait and see how their relationship will evolve. And for those who think that Yang Kai is having sexual relationships with other women in the Starry Sky all evidence that you had is the ambiguous incident in Shen Tu’s massion(and that conversation tends much more for Yang Kai didn’t touch the maids than the contrary) and his comment in the previous chapter, so we have to wait and see if his attitude will chance and it is for this reason that I didn’t want to speak now. Maybe I’m wrong and the characterization of Yang Kai was completely forgot by the author, maybe his attitude change because the need to be strong in the Starry Sky or maybe I’m right and the author deliberately introduce the sisters and Yue Xi as foreshadowing of his actions with Yue Xue or maybe is something else completely different, but I already gave my opinion so take whatever conclusion you like it.
Yang Kai didn’t assault a woman “to escape death”, it was a non-conscious action (Chapter 633, 821); I detailed this in a comment on Chapter 896. And how was the “incident in Shen Tu’s massion” ambiguous? Would Su Yan or Xia Ning Chang have done the same if they were in the same situation? Obviously not! Just this one simple comparison is more than enough to prove Yang Kai’s guilt.😠
Why are people so upset with this? Why should he like her? She tried to kill him multiple times. What just bc she likes him now he sould accept her? She just a manipulative spoiled bitch that needs to take a hike. Yang gave her enough face for not spreading her secrets.
🤦♂️Yeaaah… you’re completely on the wrong track here. The *main* problem readers appear to be having is not with Yang Kai rejecting Xue Yue, but with recent actions making him look like a “degenerate” like the “he would’ve taken advantage of Xue Yue if the benefits were high enough” part, the recent acceptance of casual adultery and to an extent, even the part where he doesn’t care if someone close to him has recently killed thousands of innocents.
I wish this part will end soon, because I feel bad reading about this… I know 100% sure that she will just chase after him and not meet him for a fuckload of chapters… If he would just… Well whatever
For a strong cultivation needs less pleasure.
Another bitter parting. Yang Kai will probably end up ruining his relationships with a lot of women.
I won’t stop reading but what I liked about yang kai the most was his ability to suppress his lust and his non rapey nature. So I am bothered by the fact that he is becoming like the normal wuxia protagonist who rape chicks because of some mild slights.
He dondt rape her tho he says about if she was origin but i belied he says that just to annoye her yeah know make easy to her accept that he leave and make she dont develop feelings for him.
Yeah that was to driver her away obviously. Still donä’t want him to say things like that.
I wonder if she will know he was the one that made her pill even…
🤔Are such disgusting actions really the “normal wuxia protagonist”? I’ve read a few in this genre, but fortunately *never* come across such an MC. The worst I know of is what I’ve come across people commenting about what happens in MGA.
When did he rape anyone? The one time he did was back when he was trapped by the succubus and he had to do it to save both his own and the girls lives. The worst thing he’s done to now is back when he banged that maid, which I still feel was really out of character cuz he resisted so many temptations till then but suddenly banged some random maid, I felt the author made a mistake on that one. Yang Kai is definitely my favorite xianxia MC.
Thanks for the chapter Silavin, PewPewLaserGun, and Leo of Zion Mountain! Irresponsible? This incident could cost them their heads if they’re unlucky lol. What’s being poor for a bit compared to that.
Thank you for the chapter!
I really enjoyed this novel for quiet some time but with yang kai’s personality becoming this degenerate I sadly have to say I’m out. Thank you for translating though!
Who said he is degenerate?
This is classic Yang, lying about stuff to make someone angry so they won’t miss him.
degenerate?
are u ok there m8?
Leave then, I am sad about this, not you leaving, but how he handles this….
And he is not a degenerate, you just don’t understand