"You're telling me this is a beast egg?" Yang Kai was stunned. "How do you even know it's a beast egg?"
"I just know!" Mo Xiaoqi bobbed her head around proudly. "Anyway, I'm absolutely certain about this — I just don't know what kind of demon beast egg it is. But I can tell it's probably very powerful."
"You have some kind of secret art that lets you sense it?" Yang Kai regarded her thoughtfully.
"Yep! This is exactly what I was fighting that Flying Saint Palace guy over. He probably sensed that something was special about it too."
"If you're sure it's a beast egg, then keep it safe." Yang Kai didn't know much about this sort of thing himself, but if Mo Xiaoqi had a secret art for sensing, she was unlikely to be wrong.
This was probably the only thing she'd gotten out of her trip to the black market.
"Oh right, Xiao Qi, do you know anything about the Heaven Devouring Battle Law?" Yang Kai suddenly remembered something and asked.
"The Heaven Devouring Battle Law? Of course I know about it — it's the technique of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor." Mo Xiaoqi nodded. "The Heaven Devouring Great Emperor relied on that supreme technique to climb step by step to the pinnacle and become one of the top Great Emperors. In his era, the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was an incredibly formidable existence — even among the Ten Great Emperors, he could rank in the top three."
"Oh? So what about the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor now…"
"The Heaven Devouring Great Emperor has long since fallen." Mo Xiaoqi offered a small smile. "The rumor in the world is that the Heaven Devouring Battle Law was rejected by the heavens and the earth, and that the Great Emperor was cast out by the laws of heaven and earth in the end, suffering Qi Deviation and dying. But I happen to know…" She gave a mysterious smile and lowered her voice, "That's a lie."
"Then what's the real truth?"
"The Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was attacked by a group of people and fell in the Shattered Star Sea." As Mo Xiaoqi spoke these words, her expression suddenly turned more solemn than he had ever seen.
Yang Kai's eyes narrowed. "The Heaven Devouring Great Emperor's strength could rank in the top three among the Ten Great Emperors. The people who dared to attack him…"
"Shh…" Mo Xiaoqi raised a finger to her lips. "This is a huge secret. I only picked up bits and pieces from conversations between Uncle Li and Aunt Feng. Brother Yang, you absolutely must not go spreading this around. If you did, it could very easily bring about your death. In all the world, the number of people who know this secret is definitely very few."
"Of course I understand that. But… why would those existences attack the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor?"
"That I don't know." Mo Xiaoqi shook her head.
Knowing Mo Xiaoqi's personality, if she truly knew something, she would never have kept it hidden. Since she said she didn't know, then she genuinely didn't know. Yang Kai didn't press the matter further.
But instinct told him that the reason the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor had been attacked likely had something to do with that Heaven Devouring Battle Law.
It looked like it was time to study the Heaven Devouring Battle Law. Even though Yang Kai knew that Wu Mengchuan had taught him the technique with ill intentions, it was still a technique belonging to one of the Ten Great Emperors. Leaving it completely unexamined would be a terrible waste.
The two chatted for a while longer before Mo Xiaoqi finally took her leave.
As she was about to go, Mo Xiaoqi gave Yang Kai a Sound Pearl, telling him that if he ever wanted to find her, all he had to do was pour his Divine Sense into the pearl.
Yang Kai naturally nodded in agreement.
Mo Xiaoqi might be far too naive, but she had an extraordinary background, was covered in treasures, and her knowledge and experience in certain areas far surpassed his own. Perhaps one day he might truly be able to draw upon her strength.
He certainly wouldn't refuse her goodwill.
Besides, they were both settling down in Maple Forest City now. Deepening their connection would make it easier to look out for one another if anything unexpected happened.
A Sound Pearl functioned similarly to a Transmission Compass, but Mo Xiaoqi's Sound Pearl had been specially crafted and was far more convenient to use. Judging by the energy fluctuations alone, it was actually a Void King-grade superior-quality Artifact.
After sending Mo Xiaoqi off, Yang Kai laid out a large quantity of Source Crystals inside his cave dwelling and activated every single restriction formation regardless of the cost.
He had quite a few Source Crystals on hand now, so he certainly wasn't going to be stingy about this.
Once he was assured that both safety and secrecy were fully secured, he brought out the Mysterious World Bead and entered it alone.
Inside the Small Mysterious World, everything was as peaceful as ever. Yang Kai released his Divine Sense, and the condition of the entire Small Mysterious World became clear at a glance.
At the herb garden, the medicinal plants he had obtained from the Lost Land were growing vigorously. These herbs were all Void King-grade materials, and if refined into Spirit Pills, they would be immensely beneficial to the growth of Void King realm cultivators.
Previously, Yang Kai had been reluctant to use them because back in his home star domain, these herbs were exceedingly rare and precious. But now that he had arrived in the Star Boundary, where natural resources were far more abundant, these herbs were nothing special.
He had therefore decided to refine all of them into Spirit Pills for his own Cultivation.
This would also give him an excellent opportunity to hone his alchemy skills using these herbs, to see whether he could break through the Dao Source-grade bottleneck. If he succeeded, he would be promoted to a Dao Source-grade Alchemist.
In the Star Boundary, a Void King-grade Alchemist was nothing noteworthy, but a Dao Source-grade Alchemist was absolutely someone of consequence.
Yang Kai's current strength wasn't high. If he had the status of a Dao Source-grade Alchemist as a shield, it might very well save his life in a moment of crisis.
After a round of work, Yang Kai harvested all of the Void King-grade herbs, sorted them into categories, and prepared to refine them into pills after leaving.
Inside the Small Mysterious World, apart from the herbs in the garden, there remained the Insect Mother he had collected earlier and the Ice Flower and strange fruit obtained from the bottom of the ice cliff.