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Maplewood City, Qin Family.
On the sickbed in Qin Yu’s boudoir, laid Qin Yu looking as pale as a ghost. She coughed gently from time to time and occasionally so violently that she could not even breathe.
An inexplicable Death Qi lingered around Qin Yu, one that even ordinary mortals who had never cultivated before could vaguely feel. Someone with a bit of cultivation could clearly see Qin Yu was enveloped by a faint black Qi with just a scan of their Divine Sense.
As time went by, the black Qi became denser.
No one knew what kind of energy the black Qi was, but since it appeared two months ago, it had been devouring Qin Yu’s vitality, making her condition worse day by day.
It was her World Tribulation Body Special Constitution, which was not allowed by the Heavens and Earth. Anyone with Qin Yu’s Special Constitution could not live beyond eighteen years of age, because the World Principles would cut off their vitality.
Beside the sickbed, a maidservant who served Qin Yu, gently wiped away the tears from her red and swollen eyes.
Qin Yu was kind and polite to both her Seniors and Juniors. Everyone in the Qin Family respected her, including this maidservant. The maidservant was in extreme distress that the Young Lady of the family was suffering from a serious illness and had weakened this much in just two months.
“What are you crying for?! Get out of here, you useless thing!” Qin Zhao Yang shouted in fury from the side.
He was extremely anxious these days, and the sight of this maidservant crying in front of him aggravated his worries and fury, so he could not stop himself from venting at her.
The maidservant fell to her knees in terror, but she did not leave, “Forgive me, Old Ancestor! Please show mercy! This servant will stop crying, but this servant will not go! This servant wants to stay and take care of the Young Lady…”
She begged repeatedly with utter sincerity.
Qin Zhao Yang opened his mouth to say something but could only sigh deeply, raised his hand to use an invisible force to lift the maidservant up. Restraining his anger, he muttered, “Forget it…”
He was too depressed and lonely to argue.
“It is this servant’s fault. This servant did not take good care of the Young Lady,” as the maidservant spoke, she silently wiped the newly shed tears from her eyes.
“Old Ancestor…” On the sickbed, Qin Yu gently called out suddenly. With another fierce cough, the maidservant quickly went forward to pat her back.
After Qin Yu had stopped coughing, Qin Zhao Yang said in a soft voice, “Yu’er, take a good rest. Don’t say anything.”
Qin Yu shook her head slowly and asked, “Big Brother Yang… Is he back yet?”
Hearing this, Qin Zhao Yang’s face changed slightly, at a loss for words.
As Qin Yu approached her eighteenth birthday, Yang Kai was her only hope for survival, but there was still no sign of him.
Qin Zhao Yang could not help but begin to wonder if he had trusted the wrong person.
He had already investigated what happened in the Four Seasons Realm.
In the Four Seasons Realm, Yang Kai had performed an incredible feat of refining a legendary Spirit Pill before outwitting and overpowering the elite disciples of various great forces all on his own. The news had spread widely across the entire Southern Territory.
Maplewood City was a small city, but it was not difficult to catch the news with Qin Zhao Yang’s effort.
However, the Four Seasons Realm had closed nearly three months ago, so if Yang Kai had really gotten the Tribulation Fruit, he should have come back to Maplewood City long ago. Why then had he not appeared yet?
Qin Zhao Yang did not want to be overly suspicious and pessimistic, but he just could not be at ease for even a day without seeing Yang Kai.
He did not know whether Yang Kai was too embarrassed to see him because he failed to obtain the Tribulation Fruit, or Yang Kai did not take the matter of the Tribulation Fruit seriously and had completely forgotten the matter.
The world was too big, so even if he planned to look for Yang Kai, he would not know where to start. What was more, he did not have enough time.
“Old Ancestor, are you suspecting Big Brother Yang?” Although Qin Yu was extremely ill, she was still as beautiful and intelligent as before and immediately knew what was on his mind as soon as she saw the look on Qin Zhao Yang’s face.
“Old Ancestor does not want to overthink things either, he just hopes Little Brother Yang can bring that item back as soon as possible, but… even if he didn’t manage to obtain the item, he should still return to explain. He is not omnipotent, this Old Ancestor can understand, but now he…!”
“Perhaps Big Brother Yang was delayed by some important matter,” Qin Yu said softly, but just as she had just finished speaking, she coughed again.
“Old Ancestor hopes so,” Qin Zhao Yang gave a wry smile, but he disapproved in his heart.
[Even if he was delayed, he could always send someone to deliver a message, right?] Deep down in his heart, he felt that Yang Kai probably took the Myriads Sword from the Qin Family and did not want to come back.
It would be fine even if he lost an Emperor Artifact like the Myriads Sword as, although it was extremely valuable, the Qin Family had declined so far that no one in the family could use its power anymore. Also, an ordinary man is innocent but his treasures make him guilty, so having such a precious treasure around might bring them more harm than good down the line.
But the cost of trusting the wrong person made Qin Zhao Yang feel extremely heartbroken and he secretly regretted that he had given such an important task to a person he barely knew.
If he had gone to the Four Seasons Realm on his own at that time, there might be a glimmer of hope that Qin Yu could be saved.
The deep sense of guilt and self-blame was the cause of Qin Zhao Yang’s sleepless nights and lack of appetite.
“Big Brother Yang will be back,” Qin Yu said with a determined voice, “He is not the kind of person who would take advantage of others and leave without saying goodbye.”
“Young Lady, at this point of time, why are you still defending that person?” The maidservant watched in distress, tears struggling to leak out again.
“You don’t know anything,” Qin Yu reprimanded her gently and continued, “Although I haven’t known Big Brother Yang for a long time, Old Ancestor, you should know that I have the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil, and my judgement about people is never wrong.”
Hearing this, Qin Zhao Yang’s eyes lit up, and he felt a little hopeful again.
It was true. Although Qin Yu did not have a very high cultivation, because she had the Fated Fortune Heavenly Pupil, her ability to assess others’ characters was incredibly accurate. With just a glance, she could sense if a person was good or evil, and if a person was trustworthy or not.
Without Qin Yu’s advice, Qin Zhao Yang would never have given the Four Seasons Realm entry quota to Yang Kai.
“So Big Brother Yang must be delayed by something,” Qin Yu ended the discussion before changing the topic, “Old Ancestor, don’t worry about me and attend to your own affairs. I will get better sooner or later. In fact, I heard from Hui’er that quite a few important characters have recently arrived here in Maplewood City… and some are even residing in our Qin Residence?”
“En!” Qin Zhao Yang nodded, “Old Ancestor did not tell you about it because you were so ill lately, but it seems this little girl has been gossiping behind my back.”
While talking, he glared at the maidservant called Hui’er.
The maidservant gulped, “This servant just told the Young Lady some recent news to uplift her mood. This servant dares not repeat it next time.”
“I’ll chop off your legs if this happens again!” Qin Zhao Yang snorted coldly.
“Don’t be afraid, Old Ancestor is just scaring you,” Qin Yu smiled and patted the back of Hui’er’s hand.
Qin Zhao Yang sighed deeply, “The people in the family are all spoiled by you.”
“Old Ancestor, what is happening in the city recently, why have so many people suddenly come?” Qin Yu asked, turning her head.
In the past two years, the peace of Maplewood City was consistently disturbed. First was the appearance of the Divine Spirit Luan Feng, attracting Masters sent by great forces like Star Soul Palace to investigate. Then, there was a Demon Qi explosion which besieged the city, causing a great deal of trouble.
The nearby Forest City was wiped out in the latter incident, but fortunately, the Demon Qi had retreated voluntarily in the end, restoring peace and calm once more.
If that wasn’t the case, Maplewood City would likely be a desolated ruin by now.
After that event, a few Emperor Realm Masters worked tirelessly to investigate the situation.
The reason for the arrivals of these Masters this time was still unknown to Qin Yu, so she was quite curious. Although Qin Yu heard some rumours from Hui’er, she did not know any details.
“The source of this recent incident actually has something to do with the appearance of that Demon Qi last time,” Qin Zhao Yang sighed, with a sad look on his face.
Qin Yu’s delicate face slightly changed upon hearing this and she exclaimed, “Is it possible the Demon Qi that disappeared inexplicably has appeared again?”
Hui’er, who was standing next to her, trembled, with her face filled with terror.
“That’s not it,” Qin Zhao Yang replied, “The Demon Qi retreated inexplicably and has never appeared again. The reason for what is happening now is because a High-Grade Earth Vein has appeared beneath the seal that we visited last time.”
“A High-Grade Earth Vein?” Qin Yu’s eyes lit up, “Has a High-Grade Earth Vein really appeared in our Maplewood City?”
Qin Zhao Yang laughed, “We, the old folk of the city, were surprised too. You know, the reason why Maplewood City has not attracted any great forces is that it is too small and the World Energy aura of this region is not very rich. There are also no special products produced here, so the City Lord’s Mansion has been able to take responsibility for all things all this time. However, when this High-Grade Earth Vein appeared, the situation changed…”
“A single High-Grade Earth Vein would not be enough to cause such a stir… could there be other reasons these great forces have decided to act?”
“Indeed!” Qin Zhao Yang looked solemn, “Near that High-Grade Earth Vein, it seems that many branches of Mid-Grade and Low-Grade Earth Veins have also been found. In addition, towards the direction of Clear Jade Mountain, a Source Crystal lode was discovered, but the grade of this mine is still to be determined!”
Qin Yu could not help feeling shocked this time.
She finally understood why Maplewood City had attracted so many outsiders.
A Source Crystals lode was enough to start a war over, not to mention that there were many Earth Veins of different qualities in this place too.
“Of course, great forces like Star Soul Palace would not pay any attention to these Earth Veins or a single Source Crystal lode, but the second and third-tier forces are all very interested in these things,” Qin Zhao Yang continued.
“Maplewood City is not the same anymore, there are already several dozen Third-Order Dao Source Realm Masters here, and if the benefits seem to be large enough, it probably won’t be long until Emperors begin to appear as well.”
Qin Yu listened intently, then said seriously, “Old Ancestor, during this critical situation, I don’t think we, the Qin Family, should get ourselves involved. Let us just wait and observe. We are no match to those giants.”
I bet there will be some hateful people up next?
Grazie per il capitolo 🙂
Thanks for the chapter
Guys i guess we will see xiao xiao in near future any thoughts?
Yeah this new arc will probably reintroduce Xiao xiao since it is all related to minerals/mining and shit like that. And since the bird girl ended up around Maplewood city xiao xiao should not end up too far away either.
SPOILERS ————
Wish there was a way to cover them or something.
We won’t Find out what happened to Xiao Xiao for a long long time
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Thanks for the spoiler note
I bet he os already on those mines… Enjoying his time lol
I wonder. If i actually count the exact days would i get below 3 months? Because it seems pretty bs to me that he even arrives as a “close call”.
After the 4 Seasons Realm they had to travel back to Azure Temple, rest and partially refine the defensive soul artifact, then he spent almost a month in the Divine Ascension Mirror, then rest, then he spent 1/2 month for the Sabre and even longer to refine the Bracelet, then cultivate and wait for the fruit to be delivered and then travel back to Maplewood City
Well it is definitely bs.
Most cultivation novel authors do mot pay much attention to time honestly, for example the author said yang kai is for example 60 years old at a certain chapter, then 300 chapter later he writes yang kai is 65 years old. But if you count the exact time spent in those 300 chapters you would realize that yang kai should be 70 not 65. And this happened in this novel before when he left the tong xuan realm first the amount of time and his aging definitely did not match. At some point I learned not to take too seriously this time thing cultivation novels since there are bigger problems, such as forgotten skills, characters, contradictory explanations etc this time thing seems minor lol.
cultivation novels are mostly incoherent, long-winded trash. You should not be reading this for the quality of the novel. plain and simple. Most of these authors are using these manhuas as a way to get their name known/ easy money grab. Expecting the author to actually care about the little details is foolish. Just enjoy the overall story at this point.
Yeah, you are eight on that one though. Just that some stories and authors had such goos potential that they just ruin it with the problems you and I mentioned. And as an avid reader seeing a wasted potential idk just bothers me.
thanks bae
Hahaha… How about creating your own sect above that earth vein….😏😏
What is yk’s main cultivation technique… We never knew or did we?
No, he was cultivating yang technique that he acquired from great demon god in tong xuan realm, but his skeleton was able to store evil/demonic qi hence the devil transformation technique.
Then when he newly arrived the starry sky and trapped in that continent he fused his yang ki in his dantian and the evil qi in his skeleton and created his demonic fire and cold flame qi.
Also when he was using yang ki before his dantian did not operate like other people’s dantians, he was able to turn his entire body’s yang qi into a small bead and store it in his dantian, when he was low on yang ki he would then crush that ki bead in his dantian and replenish his qi immediately.
Moreover, he was not able to cultivate normally, I mean turn the world energy into his own ki like other people he would have to find yang ki sources to replenish his yang ki beads in his dantian.
Later, he started cultivating five elements sword ki body tempering art and his fire and cold demonic flames qi disappeared without explanation from the author. We discussed it here and, and the plausible explanation we reached is that yang boy changed his qi from fire and cold demonic flames to sword qi. But again we have not seen him cultivating this art like for hundres of chapters now, and he only reached minor accomplishment in that art. Okay he need special materials to cultivate that art and he need ice and earth materials, but he was able to fins that even in the starry sky, so he should be able to dins the necessary materials in star boundary pretty easy too.
I mean without cultivating that art just how is he improving his cultivation? How is he accumulating new sword qi?
He is using space qi and alchemy to cultivate now
Space qi exists in his body in small amounts and he needs them to use apace power, but alchemy? How does he cultivate with alchemy? Except for eating pills resulting from alchemy that is.
The accumulation and refinement of any energy is how one cultivates. Some techniques are better or improve one facet of the individual in conjunction, as how space cultivation improves his ability to manipulate space, or how the Five Elements Indestructible Sword Art improves his bodies durability. All are different cultivation techniques that improve his overall cultivation resulting in the promotion of ones understanding and ability in the way of the martial dao. Even improving in other daos such as alchemy or artifact refinement help to improve the promotion of all fields. Meaning the higher achievements in one dao, the easier it is to achieve results in the other daos. Hence why there are Alchemists who have attained certain ranks in the martial dao, but when paired against others in the same realm, they are considered weak. If an Emperor Level being decided to take up the dao of array mastery, they would be able to achieve much more with much less effort. Even if they didn’t have much talent, there would still be some accomplishments based only on their comprehension of the martial dao. We can see an example of this in Gui Zu. He was trapped on the floating continent for 2000 years. He was an origin king so he was able to achieve some results in the manipulation of space force. A very difficult and esoteric field. Because he had progressed so far in the martial dao, he was able produce some results in a field he had no talent in.
If i’m not wrong, this a body cultivation art… They even Said that in the latest stage you get an immortal body? From yang kai’s thoufhts I feel like he mainly cultivate absorving the source cristal and understanding prínciples… You purify the source qi, understand world prínciples, cultivate your spiritual wnergy (soul level), them you Go the next order/break through…
There are still some secret cultivating arts, but It seems unlikely that you need a specific one.
It feels like yang kai is mixing and cultivating different dao’s (sword, Alchemy, space, etc), and you can progress with different approaches
It shoupd stipl be the demonic flame. He just uses source crystals to cultivate. He pretty much went from using only his body, to using a combination of body and artifacs, and now only artifacs
Remember his approach to even secret techniques and artefacts on tong xuan realm? He did not like using them because he thought they were external power and would hinder his progress, and he liked to be in control with using his power only.
I mean I get it people change with time, but the author never explains such things, he just goes on and on lately.
If I remember correctly YK didn’t have problems with such means of improving cultivation, just that using said means could result in having a weak base with which that progress was built upon, resulting in that strength failing in higher levels when it was stressed. If YK had confidence in his ability or his comprehension, then he wouldn’t need to worry about that issue, and he wasn’t wary of using such methods.
I have noticed that now that there are no Brazilian comments the amount of comments has decreased significantly and want to say that you can comment in portuguese 😒
Finally, she went from Senior Yang to Big Bother Yang. Woohoo!
É um pouco estranho procurar comentadores em português para uma obra em inglẽs.
Hhmm
Thx for chapter