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*************** The Sect Leader saw how well-behaved and sensible Xia Ningshang was and couldn't help but smile. "Meng Wuya is indeed lucky to have taken in such a fine disciple."
Thinking of his own two disciples, the Sect Leader let out a long, melancholy sigh.
Xia Ningshang clearly knew about his past. Seeing his somber expression, she didn't know how to comfort him and could only remain silent.
The Sect Leader silently raised his hand toward the sky and pushed it in Yang Kai's direction. In an instant, Xia Ningshang felt the world over there sealed off—as if an invisible giant hand had blocked anyone from peering in.
"This kid's breakthrough is probably going to cause quite a stir. Better to take precautions and make sure nobody snoops into it." The Sect Leader explained first.
Xia Ningshang found it a bit puzzling. She couldn't understand why this Sect Leader, who rarely ever showed himself before anyone, was taking such personal interest in Yang Kai. Though puzzled, she didn't dare ask too much.
And so the old man and the young woman watched from a hundred zhang away, observing what was happening with Yang Kai.
Heaven and earth energy poured into his body, surging through and tempering every inch of flesh and skin. Though they couldn't feel the Yuan Qi fluctuations from over there, with the naked eye they could see a wild gale howling within a dozen zhang of Yang Kai—the commotion was clearly enormous.
But just a breakthrough to the Kaiyuan Realm—how could it be like this? Xia Ningshang truly couldn't make sense of it.
As time passed, Yang Kai's body slowly swelled up, like a balloon being inflated. His gaunt frame grew several sizes rounder—because too much heaven and earth energy had flooded into him.
Just as Xia Ningshang was worrying about him in secret, his body suddenly contracted back to its original form. Even through the Sect Leader's barrier, she still felt a heart-pounding wave of Yuan Qi from that direction.
What was even more astonishing came next. After Yang Kai had fully absorbed all the heaven and earth energy, waves of visibly fire-red energy surged out from within the Kunlong Gorge before him.
These energies rose like red ribbons from the depths of Kunlong Gorge, threading their way into Yang Kai's body through his pores.
Yang Yuan Qi! Xia Ningshang could see it clearly. The first time, Yang Kai had absorbed heaven and earth energy. The second time, what he absorbed was Yang Yuan Qi—which, while still a form of heaven and earth energy, was after all a single-attribute variant.
Only after Yang Kai had completely absorbed all the Yang Yuan Qi did the commotion over there suddenly subside.
"That should do it." The Sect Leader smiled faintly, flicked his fingers to dispel the barrier, and with a flicker of his figure, vanished without a trace. His calm voice reached Xia Ningshang's ears: "Say hello to your master for me."
"Yes, sir!" Xia Ningshang replied respectfully. Only then did she have a chance to check the results of Yang Kai's breakthrough.
One look, and Xia Ningshang was stunned.
Kaiyuan Realm, second stage!
She almost thought her perception was wrong. Unconvinced, she checked again—and found that Yang Kai really had reached the second stage of the Kaiyuan Realm!
This time, not only had he broken through an entire major realm, but he'd gone even further and pushed through a small stage on top of that. Was she dreaming?
Xia Ningshang herself had a special constitution and had made incredible progress since she began cultivating, yet even she broke through one step at a time, never jumping two stages at once. To witness Yang Kai achieve such a feat with her own eyes today—how could she not be astonished?
Just as she was marveling, Yang Kai, sitting cross-legged on the ground over there, suddenly muttered to himself: "So that's how it is!"