After questioning
Back when Yang Kai had departed from the Profound Mystic Continent, Xia Ningshang had been left entirely alone. To pass the time, she could only take up residence at the
She was born with the Medicine Spirit Sacred Physique, and for her, pill refining was Cultivation itself.
As massive quantities of pills were produced, Xia Ningshang's own cultivation advanced at a terrifying pace, without so much as a bottleneck to slow her down.
In just a few short years, she had broken through to the Saint realm, catching up to the level Yang Kai had been at when he left.
Then one day, bored out of her mind, she had snuck off alone to wander the world. In a hidden underground cavern, she found that wad of grey mist.
From that point on, her Cultivation exploded beyond all control. In ten years she crossed the entire Saint realm, ascending to the Holy King realm. After another dozen years or so, she reached the second stage of the Holy King realm.
Yang Kai listened with his jaw nearly on the floor.
Such terrifying Cultivation speed was something that even the direct disciples of major sects and great powers on the Dark Star might not have been able to achieve.
Yet here on the barren Profound Mystic Continent, his Junior Sister had accomplished exactly that feat.
The reason Xia Ningshang had achieved what she had today was clearly inseparable from that wad of grey mist.
"Did you feel any discomfort after obtaining it?" Yang Kai asked with a grave expression.
"Nothing too serious." Xia Ningshang thought carefully. "Every now and then I suddenly feel quite tired. And sometimes I become incredibly lazy — I don't even want to think. Heh heh, it's almost like I've grown old."
Yang Kai nodded gently.
"Junior Brother, is there something wrong with it?" Xia Ningshang asked.
"I can't say for certain whether this is fortune or disaster." Yang Kai shook his head slowly, worry showing on his face.
"Then what exactly is it?"
"I'm not sure, but I do have a theory. If my guess is correct… then this is your destiny, Junior Sister!" Yang Kai's eyes burned with intensity as he looked at Xia Ningshang, his expression alight with excitement.
That hazy guess was enough to set his blood boiling!
"Oh, right. Do you remember where you found it?"
"Mm." Xia Ningshang nodded.
"Take me there!" Yang Kai said, wrapping an arm around Xia Ningshang's slender waist and summoning the
Following the route his Junior Sister indicated, the pair soared through the sky at tremendous speed.
In just a single day, they arrived above a mountain range that stretched for tens of millions of li.
Xia Ningshang's memory was excellent, and even after more than twenty years, she still remembered the exact spot where she had found that wad of grey mist.
Before long, the two of them reached a valley. Yang Kai put away the Star Shuttle, and together he and Xia Ningshang walked toward a particular spot.
Moments later, a deep, dark cave entrance came into view. Xia Ningshang pointed at it and said, "Junior Brother, back then I went in through here, descended all the way to the very bottom, and that's where I found it."
"Let's go take a look." Yang Kai grinned. A man of great skill had nothing to fear, and he showed no hesitation whatsoever as he took Xia Ningshang by the hand and plunged headfirst into the cave.
The interior was extremely dark. The air was cool and clean — not damp at all, but remarkably dry.
The moment Yang Kai set foot inside, one of his eyebrows shot up.
He sensed rich spiritual energy throughout the cavern!
Of course, this richness was only relative to other parts of the Profound Mystic Continent — it couldn't begin to compare with the Dark Star or any of the other famous Cultivation planets in the star field.
Still, it was rather remarkable.
Moreover, the deeper they went, the more abundant the spiritual energy became.
Yang Kai's expression grew more excited. He suddenly realized that his guess was almost certainly right. This abnormal concentration of spiritual energy was a telling sign.
This truly was a destiny meant for his Junior Sister! If that wad of grey mist was handled properly, it could absolutely bring Xia Ningshang unimaginable benefits, allowing her to undergo a transformation — a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
Hand in hand, the two of them descended step by step deeper into the earth.
Suddenly, Yang Kai seemed to sense something and halted in his tracks.
At the same moment, his Junior Sister let out a joyful cry: "It's here! I can feel it! It's coming!"
A mysterious energy was approaching at tremendous speed from the depths ahead. Yang Kai probed with his divine sense and found that the undulations of this energy were exactly the same as the grey mist he had extracted from Xia Ningshang's body just a few days prior.
The grey mist had fled underground, and sure enough, it had returned to the spot where it had originally resided. Now that it sensed Xia Ningshang's aura, it could barely contain itself and rushed out to meet her.
In the blink of an eye, the grey mist had arrived before them.