Next, Yang Kai asked Yue Xi and her two disciples about the techniques they cultivated and the Artifacts they used.
All three gave him detailed answers without the slightest reservation.
When it came to techniques, Yang Kai couldn't offer much in the way of suggestions or advice — he could only let them figure out their own cultivation. But on the subject of Artifacts, he was not stingy.
Yue Xi already possessed two Void-grade Artifacts, but both were low-grade Void. While they could boost her combat power to some degree, the improvement was marginal at best.
Yang Kai handed over his Feather Spirit Arrow and the formation plate sealed with the Light-Splitting Cloud Sea Array.
With his strength having grown so much, these two Artifacts had become somewhat redundant for him — the kind of things he felt reluctant to discard yet had little real use for.
The Feather Spirit Arrow went without saying. Pour Holy Energy into it and unleash it in a single burst, and it delivered tremendous explosive power. The downside was that it could only be fired twice before needing to be recharged. With Yang Kai's current abilities, he had no need for Artifacts when facing Return Void Realm cultivators at the third stage. And against Void King Realm opponents, the Feather Spirit Arrow's power simply wasn't ideal.
It was the perfect gift for Yue Xi to bolster her strength.
The formation plate sealed with the Light-Splitting Cloud Sea Array was the same — of little practical use to Yang Kai anymore.
But placed in Yue Xi's hands, these two peculiar Artifacts told a different story. They could dramatically enhance her combat ability. With both of them at her side, Yue Xi's Return Void Realm first-stage cultivation would be more than enough to pose a lethal threat to third-stage warriors.
Receiving the two Artifacts, Yue Xi was overjoyed.
Though she had Qin Wuhui's protection within the Sword Alliance and served at Gu Jianxin's side, where would she ever have had the chance to obtain such extraordinary treasures? Yang Kai's generosity and the sheer depth of his resources left her secretly stunned — and delighted all the same.
Yang Kai did not give the He Zao and He Miao sisters any Artifacts, since they had only recently received rewards from Qin Wuhui. Those two mid-grade Void-grade curved blade Artifacts had been gradually refined and understood through their recent period of familiarization.
When the two curved blades were merged into one, they formed a circular disc. The Artifact's grade would rival a high-grade Void-grade weapon, and its killing power was truly formidable.
Artifacts were not a case of the more the merrier — they had to be practical.
Yang Kai gave He Zao and He Miao two Void Condensing Pills. Given their current state, they only needed to accumulate a bit more before they could attempt to break through to the Return Void Realm.
On top of that, Yang Kai handed over a large quantity of Holy Crystals and spirit pills for cultivation, then sent all three into seclusion to train.
Only after that did he begin setting up the Super Space Formation here, intending to connect it with the relay station he had established earlier.
He deliberately chose the innermost palace as the location for the formation.
Smelting materials, inscribing runes, channeling spatial energy — he went through the process with practiced ease.
In just a few days, a Super Space Formation was complete.
The Spirit Void Crystals he had on hand were entirely consumed in the process. The supply had been perilously close to insufficient, but Yang Kai's luck held and his calculations proved sound, so in the end the formation was finished without a hitch.
He extended his spiritual sense and checked on Yue Xi and her two disciples, finding them still deep in seclusion. Only then did he embed Holy Crystals into the formation and activate it.
After a single relay transfer, Yang Kai arrived at the mineral star in short order.
In the underground ruins he had previously discovered, the place was brightly lit. Countless cultivator figures bustled about within.
To his surprise, Yang Kai found that this place held not only disciples from the Lingxiao Sect and the Shadow Moon Hall, but also people from the Qiantian Sect and the Liuli Gate, along with warriors from a number of sects friendly to the Lingxiao Sect.
It seemed that Ye Xiyun and the others had firmly established a foothold here, which was why they had permitted warriors from other sects to come and mine.
"Sect Master Yang?" Just as Yang Kai was observing the scene, a surprised voice called out from not far away.
He turned to look and found that the speaker was none other than Mo Yu of the Qiantian Sect.
"Elder Mo." Yang Kai greeted him with a warm smile.
"It really is Sect Master Yang." Mo Yu was visibly delighted and hurried over. "I thought I'd mistaken someone for you, but it turns out it's actually you! Where have you come from, Sect Master Yang?"
"Green Wood Star!" Yang Kai answered casually.
"Sect Master Yang is truly extraordinary!" Mo Yu's face was full of admiration. "If not for you, we warriors of the Dark Star would probably be trapped in one place forever. Who would have thought that we could now teleport freely between stars? This is a feat that, I'd wager, no one in the entire Star Field could achieve except us warriors of the Dark Star!"
Yang Kai chuckled softly but did not deny it.
The truth was exactly that — without space arrays built upon the foundation of his spatial power, long-distance teleportation was simply impossible. There might be a handful of Super Formations elsewhere in the Star Field, but those were invariably relics of ancient times, nowhere near as stable or safe as the ones Yang Kai himself constructed.
Until there was absolutely no other choice, no one dared use those formations.