Martial Peak - Chapter 2245
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βElder Gao!β Yang Kai cupped his fists in salute.Β
Gao Xue Ting gently nodded, and said with concern, βHow did your retreat go?β
βThanks to Elder Gaoβs blessings, it was successful.β
βGlib-tongued flattery!β Gao Xue Ting glared at him, βYour retreat had nothing to do with me.β
βUhβ¦β Yang Kai did not expect Gao Xue Ting to be so blunt about his thoughtless flattery, and could not help feeling a little embarrassed.
βTell me, why are you looking for me?β Gao Xue Ting restored her look of indifference.
βOh, itβs like this,β moving on to the main reason he was there, Yang Kai quickly got up and continued. βI want to ask Elder Gao if there is any Facetless Profound Grass in Azure Sun Temple?β
βFacetless Profound Grass?β Gao Xue Tingβs brow wrinkled.
βItβs a kind of Dao Source Grade Mid-Rank spirit grass, itβs not a rare thing.β Yang Kai was an Alchemist himself, and he was deeply knowledgeable with spiritual flowers and exotic herbs.
βWhat do you want this for?β Gao Xue Ting asked curiously.
βAlchemy,β Yang Kai said insincerely, looking away, and continued. βElder Gao, you know that I am an Alchemist, and I obviously want spirit grass for Alchemyβ¦β
The corners of Gao Xue Tingβs lips raised slightly, her smile barely noticeable, but did not further question Yang Kaiβs clumsy denial. She took out her communication artifact, transmitted Divine Sense into it, and said indifferently, βLet me ask. We should have it in the storehouse if this spirit grass is not a rare thing.β
βMany thanks, Elder Gao.β Yang Kai quickly thanked her.
There was a long period of silence.
Yang Kai felt extremely ill at ease standing in the secluded cave mansion. He wanted to break the silence by starting a topic with Gao Xue Ting, but worried that she might prefer him keeping his mouth shut, therefore decided to continue the awkward silence.
Gao Xue Ting did not engage in a conversation. She just closed her eyes and meditated, completely unaffected by Yang Kaiβs presence, as if he did not exist.
After a while, the communication artifact in Gao Xue Tingβs hand started to hum.
She opened her beautiful eyes, transmitted information with the communication artifact, and said to Yang Kai, βThere is Facetless Profound Grass in the storehouse, a lot of it. How much do you want?β
βThe more, the better!β Yang Kai was pleased.
βIt looks like youβre planning to refine a lot of pills,β Gao Xue Ting snorted.
Yang Kai laughed shyly.
βWhat are you going to exchange for them?β
βHuh?β Yang Kai was stunned.
Gao Xue Ting said, βThe Facetless Profound Grass belongs to the temple, it canβt be given to you for free, can it? What are you going to exchange for them?β
βIs Elder Gao doing business with me?β Yang Kai was surprised. He had never thought Gao Xue Ting had such a side of her.
βYou can say so.β Gao Xue Ting nodded, βWere you planning to take them for free?β
Yang Kai said quickly, βHow is that possible?! I was planning to buy them.β After a pause, he asked timidly, βWill you accept Source Crystals?β
βWeβre not short of Source Crystals.β Gao Xue Ting replied without expression.
Speechless, Yang Kai said, βWhat do you use, if not Source Crystals, in business deals?β
βHmph!β Gao Xue Ting sneered, giving him a thoughtful look before saying, βForget it, Iβll ask Junior Sister Chen for their price.β
βMany thanksβ¦β Yang Kai wiped the sweat on his forehead.
For some reason, he was always under great pressure whenever he was with Gao Xue Ting, a phenomenon that never happened even when he was with Wen Zi Shan, and he had no idea why.
A moment later, Gao Xue Ting looked at Yang Kai again, βJunior Sister Chen informed me that the Facetless Profound Grass cost a thousand Source Crystals a piece.β
βItβs a reasonable price,β Yang Kai was overjoyed.
βHigh-Rank Source Crystals!β Gao Xue Ting added.
Yang Kai was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and said, βAre you trying to rob me?β
Gao Xue Ting was indifferent, βJunior Sister Chen is responsible for the temple storehouse, and she decides everything for the storehouse. If she said itβs a thousand High-Rank Source Crystals, then a thousand High-Rank Source Crystals it is.β
Then she said, βWhatβs wrong? Are you too poor?β
βNot really,β sweat was beading and dripping down Yang Kaiβs forehead as his face twitched slightly, βItβs just thatβ¦ the price is not right. Elder Gao, have you made it clear to Elder Chen that Facetless Profound Grass is a Mid-rank Dao Source Grade spirit grass, and itβs not some rare spirit grass? It can be easily cultivated by any big Sect, so how could it cost so many Source Crystals?β
βWho do you think this Queen is? Your messenger? If you want to know, ask her yourself,β Gao Xue Tingβs already cold face became colder.
Yang Kai was embarrassed by her sudden outburst, he did not know what she was angry about, and was helpless.
βButβ¦β Gao Xue Ting changed her tone. She kept her eyes on Yang Kai, making him shiver. He thought to himself, [Elder Gao looks cold as ice on the surface, but in fact, could she be as hot as fire on the inside?]
That idea scared him, making him anxious.
βJunior Sister Chen said that if you donβt have the money to buy it, you canβ¦ pay with your body,β Gao Xue Ting said meaningfully.
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Yang Kai could not help gulping as cold sweat dripped down his cheeks.
βDonβt misunderstand,β Gao Xue Ting explained. βJunior Sister Chen meant that if you join the temple and become a disciple, you can enjoy a big discount, you can even have those Facetless Profound Grass for free, and you can refine as many pills as you wishβ
βBecome a disciple of the temple?β Yang Kai looked at her in amazement.
βAre you not willing?β Gao Xue Ting looked over coldly, her voice dropping a few degrees, βAre you looking down on the temple? Is it not good enough for you?β
βNo, absolutely not,β Yang Kai waved his hands frantically. βItβs just that Azure Sun Temple is such a big Sect. Is it really okay to recruit someone without any procedures?β
Gao Xue Ting snorted, βNormally youβd have to pass all kinds of examinations and tests to become a disciple. To put it bluntly, the temple only recruits new disciples once every ten years. At that time, several hundred thousand people participate in the trials in Azure Sun Mountain Range and no more than three hundred are ever accepted. Even among these three hundred disciples, only half will become true disciples while the others will remain outer disciples who never have an opportunity to enter the Inner Sect, but youβ¦β she slanted her eyes towards Yang Kai, βWe might be able to make an exception.β
She looked at Yang Kai as if she just offered him a great deal, and it would be a great loss if he were to refuse.
βHeheβ¦β Yang Kai laughed dryly. βThen many thanks to Elder Gao and Elder Chen for their good intentions.β
βSo, what is your decision?β Gao Xue Ting questioned further, not giving Yang Kai time to think at all.
Yang Kai cleared his throat, fully aware of the seriousness of this question. He appeared to be calm, but his mind was spinning.
Soon, he replied, βElder Gao should know that Junior is used to wandering freely and has never joined any Sect beforeβ¦β
βWhat about the Blue Feather Sect?β Gao Xue Ting interrupted him directly.
Yang Kai stared at Gao Xue Ting and asked, βElder Gao, did you secretly investigate me?β
Gao Xue Ting said lightly, βWe performed a casual check, and this information wasnβt hard to obtain. As you said, our Sect is a great Sect and has many connections, itβs not a difficult task at all to investigate a few people.β
The corners of Yang Kaiβs mouth twitched and said, βThen how much does Elder Gao know about this Junior?β
Gao Xue Ting said, βApart from the colour of your underwear, this Queen knows everything, including that youβre not a native of the Star Boundary.β
Yang Kai was sweating profusely as he wiped his forehead, βElder Gao is really well-informed.β
On the inside, he was cursing out Bian Yu Qing. If he was not mistaken, Gao Xue Tingβs source of information was definitely her.
Bian Yu Qing was just a Third-Order Dao Source Realm cultivator. If Gao Xue Ting really wanted information from her, there was no way Bian Yu Qing could refuse.
Yang Kai just wondered when Gao Xue Ting had done this.
βSince Elder Gao knows about Juniorβs past with Blue Feather Sect, Elder Gao must also know why I joined and what happened after,β Yang Kai knew he could not hide it any longer and could only tell the truth.
βEn,β Gao Xue Ting nodded.
βI was quite unhappy during those months in Blue Feather Sect!β Yang Kai said seriously.
βOh, donβt worry, the temple is different from those small Sects like Blue Feather Sect. You will feel at home here. If you want, this Queen can even take you as her Disciple and teach you how to cultivate,β Hearing this, Yang Kai gaped at Gao Xue Ting in surprise.
Her making such a proposal showed that Gao Xue Ting really wanted to recruit him into Azure Sun Temple.
However, even from an objective standpoint, Yang Kai did have such potential.
He was young and had good cultivation, an obvious target for all major Sects to compete for.
Moreover, he was a Dao Source Grade Alchemist and also a cultivator from the Lower Star Fields. He was strong and had a strong foundation, having also taken an Extraordinary Treasure Pill. In other words, it was only a matter of time before he broke through to the Emperor Realm.
Azure Sun Temple did not want to let go of a potential Emperor. His qualifications were enough for Gao Xue Ting to want to recruit him.
Of course, with Gao Xue Tingβs aloof personality, this was not a task she would normally take up unless someone had directed her, and who other than Wen Zi Shan could be the person behind that?
Yang Kai figured everything out very quickly and was honestly quite tempted.
Gao Xue Tingβs proposal was not very shrewd, but it was very sincere. During this period, Yang Kai also felt the sincerity and concern of the few Azure Sun Temple Elders and he got along well with Xia Sheng and the other disciples.
It was not a bad idea to be a disciple of Azure Sun Temple.
There would be all kinds of advantages to joining a great force like Azure Sun Temple and few would ever dare to challenge such a disciple.
However, Yang Kai had his own concerns.
His biggest concern was the Demon Spirit sealed in his body.
When he was possessed by the Demon Spirit and was reduced to a Demon that day, he had battled against Gao Xue Ting. If he really joined the temple, in the case that this information was disclosed, he was unsure what Gao Xue Ting would do to him.
The Demon Spirit of the Ancient Great Demon was not something that could be ignored.