Seeing Yu Feng's smug look, Wuyi rolled her eyes at him. "Embarrassing. I asked you how the materials procurement went."
"Oh, bought them back, they're all here." As he spoke, Yu Feng handed the space ring he was holding over to Yang Yan.
Yang Yan took it casually, swept her Divine Sense inside to check, then nodded. "Not bad. With these materials, give me another month, and I can set up a protective array formation around this place. No matter how many more people come then, we won't have anything to fear!"
Wuyi and Yu Feng stared at her in shared surprise, but soon Wuyi shook her head and turned to ask Yu Feng, "What's that you're holding?"
"It's something Young Master Wu Ke brought over, asked me to give to Yang Kai." Yu Feng explained that when he'd returned, he happened to see Wu Ke wandering around outside the cave entrance, went to ask what was going on, and didn't expect Wu Ke to stuff this jade box into his hands, saying only that Elder Ba wanted to give it to Yang Kai, before vanishing in a flash.
"Elder Ba had Young Master bring it?" Wuyi's delicate brows furrowed slightly, as if she remembered something. She stared at the jade box. "Open it and let me see."
Yu Feng lifted the lid of the jade box, and a pure, fragrant scent immediately wafted through the cave.
"A Sacred King Pill?" Wuyi and Yu Feng cried out in astonishment at the same time. The former was secretly moved, thinking that the clan was truly generous, actually bringing out the last Sacred King Pill stored in their treasury. The latter was swallowing his saliva repeatedly, his eyes shining with greed.
Yang Yan, on the other hand, merely glanced at the Sacred King Pill with disinterest before focusing on her own work.
"Did Elder Ba really have Young Master bring this?" Wuyi asked, not entirely certain.
"Yes, otherwise where would I have gotten it?"
"It seems the clan truly intends to build a relationship with Yang Kai..." Wuyi murmured, then chuckled softly. "Well, as long as those people aren't hopelessly muddled, they really should try to befriend him. But sending only Young Master over... it seems they're wary of something... Never mind, you go ahead and take the Sacred King Pill in to him. Yang Kai happens to need this."
If it were something else, Wuyi might have decided to have Yu Feng send it back. But the Sacred King Pill was different.
"Mm." Yu Feng carefully closed the jade box, then walked deeper inside.
Arriving before the stone chamber where Yang Kai was residing, before he could even speak, Yang Kai's voice carried over. "Come in, Brother Yu."
Yu Feng grinned and stepped inside, handing over the jade box, then recounted the whole story of how he'd obtained it.
"Sacred King Pill..." Yang Kai looked at the longan-sized pill in the jade box with amusement. As an Alchemist, he naturally knew what a Sacred King Pill was for.
It aided in advancing from the Entry Saint Realm to the Sacred King Realm. Taking one helped a martial artist stabilize their cultivation and state of mind. Because this pill only had an effect at this critical juncture, it was given its name.
The Sacred King Pill was classified as a mid-tier pill of the Sacred King grade, not particularly high in rank, but its required materials were numerous.
Practically every major realm breakthrough and stabilization of cultivation had a corresponding pill that could assist a martial artist. But because Yang Kai possessed the World Destroying Demonic Eye, having absorbed the essence of many high-level martial artists' comprehension of the Heavenly Dao and Martial Dao, he had never needed to use pills during his breakthroughs or stabilizations. He simply didn't need them.
He didn't need them, but others did. For ordinary martial artists, such pills were incredibly precious things.
The Haike family presenting a Sacred King Pill was clearly an act of goodwill and an attempt to win him over, and Yang Kai understood this perfectly. For anyone else, it might have had the desired effect. But giving the pill to Yang Kai was a misjudgment.
Yang Kai was an Alchemist himself; he could refine such a pill in the time it took to burn two incense sticks. His Black Book's space held more than enough spirit herbs and medicinal ingredients.
Seeing Yu Feng staring longingly at the Sacred King Pill in his hand, looking utterly envious, Yang Kai placed the pill back into the jade box and casually tossed it over. "You take it."
"Huh?" Yu Feng was stunned. After catching the jade box, he waved his hands frantically. "No, no, that's impossible! This was a gift from the clan to you. And this pill is extremely rare. Our Haike family only managed to request an Alchemist to refine a few back in the day. The young miss used one when she broke through to the Sacred King Realm. As far as I know, this is the very last one."
"I said you take it, so take it. I don't need this." Yang Kai shook his head.
"But I broke through to the Sacred King Realm two or three years ago. Taking this now, its efficacy will be greatly reduced." Yu Feng couldn't bear to waste such a precious item.
"Then it's yours. Whether you take it yourself or sell it, do as you see fit." Yang Kai smiled.
"Brother Yang, you really don't want it? If you do this, I won't be able to explain things to the clan properly."
"Aren't you and Wuyi already separated from the clan? What is there to explain?" Yang Kai looked at him with amusement.
Yu Feng froze, then slapped his forehead. "Oh, right..."
It seemed he'd suddenly remembered he was no longer part of the clan, and a hint of melancholy crossed his face.
Yang Kai reassured him. "Leaving the Haike family might not be a bad thing for you both. Don't worry. From now on, here with me, you'll have cultivation conditions far better than what the Haike family could offer."