The last time Yang Kai had come to the Black Territory, he had personally refined the Void Yin-Yang Mirror and used it to teleport over a hundred ore stars from the depths of the Black Territory, allowing Luan Bai Feng’s subordinates to mine resources.
Counting the time, it had been almost three hundred years.
The changes in the Black Territory were slowly revealed after he left.
However, just as Luan Bai Feng had said, the changes in the Black Territory had never occurred to them. The cultivators from the Black Territory had always been focused on mining resources.
After a hundred years or so, the mining operation of the mine had basically been completed.
Luan Bai Feng went to the Star Boundary to look for Yang Kai, wanting to ask him to come to the Black Territory again and use the Void Yin-Yang Mirror to teleport more ore stars back.
Unfortunately, at that time, Yang Kai was hiding in Shattered Heaven from the pursuit of Bright Sun Divine Monarch, eventually disappearing into the Ancestral Land.
Unable to find Yang Kai, Luan Bai Feng’s subordinates had nothing to do. Luan Bai Feng wasn’t a kind person, so she ordered her subordinates to go deep into the Black Territory to open the Ore Star. In short, they couldn’t be left idle.
Although many mining slaves and prisoners of war had complaints, they could not resist and could only obey.
After they entered the depths of the Black Territory, Luan Bai Feng gradually learned about the changes in the Black Territory. The originally dangerous areas had become safe, and the places that had been enveloped by this strange force were now free of obstructions. Even if they were to be trapped inside, their Small Universe's foundation would not disappear.
This discovery surprised Luan Bai Feng, causing many of the mining slaves and prisoners of war to go wild with joy. After all, no one was willing to work in a dangerous place, so the Black Territory becoming safe was a good thing for them.
“In the beginning, the safety range of the Black Territory wasn’t so large, but as time passed, it seemed to have become wider, with more ore stars no longer being enveloped by that strange force, this subordinate’s manpower became quite limited, so this subordinate thought of a way.”
“Using benefits to lure people out and spread the news, attracting outsiders to mine?”
Luan Bai Feng nodded, “Yes, although there are some losses, as long as the precious resources are in your hands, it’s not impossible to pay a price. This subordinate thinks so, if Sect Master feels it’s inappropriate, this subordinate will immediately drive those people out.”
Yang Kai shook his head, “The news has already spread, if we go back on our word now, it will only make others feel like we’ve broken our word. Moreover, you’re right, as long as we can obtain precious resources for ourselves, we can pay a small price. Your rules are very good.”
Luan Bai Feng lowered her head, “Many thanks, Sect Master.”
“Regarding the matters of the Black Territory, you can decide for yourself, but if you encounter such a thing again in the future, you cannot act arbitrarily. If you can’t find me, you can ask the Chief Manager and Second Manager.”
“Yes!” Luan Bai Feng replied respectfully, her red lips moving slightly as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Yang Kai glanced at her, “If you have something to say, say it.”
Luan Bai Feng said, “It’s like this, Sect Master. They found something very interesting on a certain ore star.”
“What is it?” Yang Kai asked.
Luan Bai Feng looked around and hesitated, “That thing is a bit strange, it’s really not suitable to show it to others. This subordinate can’t say for sure, but Sect Master will know once he sees it. Sect Master, please follow me inside!”
Yang Kai pondered for a moment before saying, “Then let’s go take a look.”
“Sect Master, please!” Luan Bai Feng stretched out her hand.
Yang Kai stood up and followed her into the cabin. Soon, the two of them entered a room. Luan Bai Feng changed her hand seals and activated the room’s Spirit Arrays, isolating them from the outside world.
Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling a little curious. He didn’t know what it was that she had found on the ore star that made Luan Bai Feng so cautious and even wanted him to take a look.
Just as he was filled with curiosity, Luan Bai Feng suddenly reached out and took out a wooden box, handing it to Yang Kai with both hands, “Sect Master, this is it.”
Yang Kai stared at the wooden box, his eyes narrowing slightly.
This wooden box… it really looked familiar to him. A hundred years ago, someone had once taken out such a wooden box in front of him, saying that there was a great treasure that they wanted to give him.
The result proved that this was all a conspiracy.
A hundred years later, this similar scene repeated itself!
Yang Kai’s heart was filled with grief. Although there were many Open Heaven Stage masters in the Void Land and High Heaven Palace, there weren’t many who had reached the Sixth Order. Although Luan Bai Feng was one of his subordinates he had used the Loyalty List to subdue, she was still a great help to him, not to mention that she was extremely talented in the Dao of Arrays.
Yang Kai actually thought highly of her and had long since made up his mind to use his resources to raise Luan Bai Feng’s cultivation to the Seventh Order Open Heaven.
But now it seemed that there was no need for that.
Yang Kai vaguely understood why Luan Bai Feng and Xin Peng’s names had disappeared from the Loyalty List. At first, he had thought that these two had met with some kind of misfortune, but it turned out that they were still alive and well.
However, the current Luan Bai Feng and Xin Peng were no longer the same two!
Today, they were no longer the same people they were yesterday. There was no longer any sense of loyalty and righteousness to speak of. Their loyalty lay with someone else.
As such, their names had disappeared from the Loyalty List.
Reaching out to take the wooden box, Yang Kai didn’t open it immediately and instead said, “It’s been many years since we last met, Elder Luan’s attitude towards this Sect Master seems a bit too polite.”
Luan Bai Feng lowered her head and said, “Sect Master’s prestige is growing by the day, this subordinate is afraid.”
Yang Kai nodded, “What is inside the box? Have you checked it?”
Luan Bai Feng replied, “It’s a very interesting item. This subordinate doesn’t know how to handle it and needs Sect Master to decide!”
“Good!” Yang Kai said before opening the wooden box under Luan Bai Feng’s nervous and expectant gaze.
A black light shot out from the box and flew towards Yang Kai at lightning speed.
At the same time, Luan Bai Feng took a few steps back to put some distance between her and Yang Kai. The hand seals in her hand quickly changed and the great array that enveloped the room suddenly erupted with the power to imprison the world.
Luan Bai Feng was an Array Dao master, and the many Spirit Arrays in this room and the ship were all personally arranged by her. In this small plot of land, her strength was comparable to a Seventh Order Open Heaven Stage master.
Yang Kai’s reaction seemed like he was trying to avoid the black light, but under the suppression of the Spirit Array, his body suddenly stiffened.
This brief delay had allowed the black light to enter Yang Kai’s body.
Yang Kai trembled violently as a smile appeared on Luan Bai Feng’s face as she looked on expectantly.
A black aura burst out from Yang Kai’s body and enveloped him. Yang Kai clenched his teeth as he let out the sound of a trapped beast, his eyes filled with black energy.
Luan Bai Feng’s voice was like a whisper in a dream, carrying with it an indescribable charm, “Sect Master, pledge allegiance to the Black Ink’s embrace, and under Master’s throne, join me in my great cause!”
Yang Kai’s resistance came to a halt as the black Qi around his body became denser.
A moment later, the black Qi suddenly retracted, revealing Yang Kai’s face again, but his eyes were now completely black.
Luan Bai Feng smiled happily as she placed a hand on her chest and bowed slightly to Yang Kai, “Ink Will Last Forever!”
Yang Kai returned the greeting with a solemn expression, “Ink Will Last Forever!”
Now that they were companions, Luan Bai Feng was no longer as cautious as before. She found a chair to sit on and casually picked up a teacup to drink, giving Yang Kai time to adapt.
Yang Kai stood in place and observed his Small Universe for a moment.
Somewhere in the Small Universe, a large mass of black Qi was sealed. This black Qi was not inferior to the one he had obtained from Shi Zheng.
After all, this was the Ink Force formed by the explosion of a Black Ink Insect after its death, and it was extremely pure and rich. Even though it was sealed in the Small Universe, it still struggled and squirmed, as if it was trying to stir up a storm.
The black light inside the box was a Black Ink Insect. Yang Kai still had one in his possession, so when he saw this familiar wooden box, Yang Kai immediately guessed what it was.
What happened next was nothing more than an act to accommodate Luan Bai Feng’s actions.
It was not easy to deceive Luan Bai Feng. The Ink Force in his body had been completely expelled by Big Brother Huang and Big Sister Lan in the Chaotic Dead Territory, so he could no longer use it to disguise himself as Black Ink Disciples.
Fortunately, the Black Ink Insect that had invaded his Small Universe gave him this opportunity. Although the Black Ink Insect were extremely threatening, they were extremely fragile and could be easily killed by anyone who cultivate.
Killing the Black Ink Insect would naturally give birth to a rich and pure Ink Force.
Yang Kai had used this method to deceive many of Lang Ya Paradise's Black Ink Disciples, so it was naturally easy for him to deceive Luan Bai Feng.
The matter of the Black Ink Clan had been sealed off by the various Cave Heaven Paradise.
Whether it was the death of Shi Zheng or the many Black Ink Disciples in Lang Ya Paradise, all of these were only circulated among the higher ups of the Cave Heaven Paradise. Even ordinary disciples were unaware of this, let alone Luan Bai Feng who was far away in the Black Territory.
If she had known what had happened to Yang Kai in the past, she would never have used the Black Ink Insect to deal with him, much less think that Yang Kai was her companion.
She had never expected Yang Kai to possess such a precious treasure like the World Spring!
The two of them had not seen each other for hundreds of years. When Yang Kai obtained the World Spring, Luan Bai Feng was still overseeing the mining of resources in the Black Prison. After that, the two of them had only met for the first time today, and Luan Bai Feng was unable to obtain any information about Yang Kai obtaining the World Spring.
With the World Spring sealing the Small Universe World, it was perfectly round and impervious to external forces, so the Black Ink Insect couldn’t do anything to it.
Luan Bai Feng is a Black Ink Disciple, and Xin Peng is also a Black Ink Disciple. Many Open Heaven Stage cultivators who were mining in the Black Territory had probably already been turned into Ink.
When Yang Kai saw the two groups of fallen Black Ink Disciples in the central region of the Black Territory, he had already made a guess. Now, this guess was confirmed!
Only the Black Ink Clan's hiding place could produce so many Black Ink Disciples.
The higher-ups of the various Cave Heaven Paradise all thought that the Black Ink Clan was hiding somewhere in the Shattered Heaven, but none of them had expected that the place the Black Ink Clan was hiding was not Shattered Heaven, but the Black Territory! [MSN: Wow, who would have thought.]
Yang Kai finally understood what the other inconspicuous force was after he entered the Black Territory.
This was clearly the power of the Black Ink Clan, but it had been concealed by this strange power, so he couldn’t sense it clearly.
TO BE CONTINUED...
BTW I'm just curious, did author forgot abt MC's 3rd disciple? He suppressed his cultivation and stopped sleeping right? And YK got stucked in YYH for 130years then his small world is now @ 1:4 day ratio. So Xu Yi didn't slept for 520 years and remained with same cultivation level. Looks like he harmed his disciple.
Oh damn really? I had no idea this BLACK territory is related to black ink thingy. Wow so surprising and for thousands of years these supreme people had no idea as well. Cool.
this arc is a whole bruh moment
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so surprising indeed, who would've thought that some idiots name a great domain and a prison with a word Black in front of it, wow, who would've thought.