Martial Peak Chapter 2003 - Golden Crystal Grass

Chapter 2003, Golden Crystal Grass

Translator: Silavin & PewPewLaserGun

Editor and Proofreader: Leo of Zion Mountain & Dhael Ligerkeys

Five days after entering the Five Coloured Treasure Pagoda, sowhere in the first layer, Yang Kai landed indifferently from the air besides two other cultivators who were staring at the fresh corpse of a Monster Beast.

Unlike Yang Kai’s indifference, the two other cultivators were extrely excited.

These two cultivators, one wearing blue, the other white, were both n and Third-Order Origin Kings.

The group of three had not exchanged given nas and only knew one another by their surnas. The reason for this was because they were just a temporarily gathered alliance.

After separating from Qin Yu, Yang Kai had been constantly searching for the entrance to the second layer, but after arriving at a certain spot, he had co across these two cultivators and heard an interesting story from them.

Yang Kai learned that the two of them had discovered so rare Golden Crystal Grasses, but these Golden Crystal Grasses were guarded by four Iron Arm Spirit Apes. Iron Arm Spirit Apes had extrely tough skin and amazing natural defence, so when the two of them had fought against these four previously, they were unable to gain any advantage and were forced to withdraw. As such, they were now looking for another helper to deal with these four Monster Beasts.

Yang Kai happened to pass by at this ti, so the pair invited him to cooperate.

After listening to their story, Yang Kai imdiately decided to join the group.

Although he did not know what Golden Crystal Grass was, since it could draw the attention of two Third-Order Origin Kings, it would certainly be of great value.

It was just four Monster Beasts, so it would not cost Yang Kai much ti.

Furthermore, he did not put these two Third-Order Origin Kings in his eyes. Even if they were plotting sothing, Yang Kai felt that he could handle whatever they threw at him with his current strength.

After so inquiries, Yang Kai learned that the Golden Crystal Grass was actually a rare spirit grass that could aid one’s Body Tempering. Even if it was directly swallowed and refined, it could increase the strength and toughness of a cultivator’s body. If it could be refined into Golden Crystal Pills, the effect would be even better.

It was for this exact reason that the four Iron Arm Spirit Apes had decided to live where these Golden Crystal Grasses grew.

With their group of three, they launched an attack.

Of the four Iron Arm Spirit Apes, the largest one had a cultivation at the peak of the Tenth-Order, which was equivalent to a peak Origin King. If it was given a few more years, breaking through to the Eleventh-Order would not be a problem. As for the other three, they were equivalent to Second-Order Origin Kings.

If they were ordinary Monster Beasts, two Third-Order Origin Kings would have been able to deal with them sohow.

But Iron Arm Spirit Apes had astonishing defensive and offensive power. What’s more, they were a tenacious species that did not seem to fear death, so in the previous fight, the pair had suffered quite a bit but gained nothing in the end.

However, after Yang Kai joined, the situation was completely different.

Although Yang Kai held back, he still had no problem entangling the big Iron Arm Spirit Ape.

The other two tead up to use their artifacts to kill the three small apes before joining Yang Kai and launching a concentrated attack, causing it to fall after a short struggle.

“Brother Yang’s thods are profound, tying down that evil animal with ease and erging unscathed, this Zhao is impressed,” The man in blue smiled in a sowhat forced manner as he praised.

“En, this slightly longer Iron Arm Spirit Ape made Brother Zhao and I almost suffer serious injury before. I didn’t expect Brother Yang would be able to deal with it for so long. This Sun is ashad of his inferiority,” The man in white also spoke.

“Two friends are too polite, this Yang’s Movent Skill is just a bit more flexible. Although this beast is indeed strong, as long as I could distract it while not letting it hit , its strength doesn’t an anything,” Yang Kai said lightly.

The n surnad Zhao and Sun looked at each other and didn’t say anything, instead just laughing awkwardly and glossing over the matter.

After all, when the three of them tead up to deal with the last Iron Arm Spirit Ape, they had witnessed Yang Kai’s performance up close and knew that it was not just his Movent Skill that was extraordinary...

At this mont, both of them felt a little fear towards Yang Kai.

“Now that these four beasts are dead, we should first harvest their Blood Essence, fur, and fangs. All of it is good material that should not be wasted,” Zhao Peng suggested.

“Indeed, especially their pelts, they can be used to refine high quality defensive artifacts,” Sun Qian continued happily.

Saying so, the trio did not waste any ti and used their own thods to process the four Iron Arm Spirit Apes.

Not long after, the three showed looks of satisfaction. Splitting the materials amongst themselves, they only left behind so useless pieces of at and bone.

“Now, it’s just the Golden Crystal Grass left. I don’t know how many there are, but I hope there are many,” Zhao Peng looked at a nearby cave with a fiery gaze.

“We’ll only know after we take a look,” Yang Kai smiled slightly and took the lead as he walked towards the cave.

The n surnad Zhao and Sun exchanged a glance before hurriedly following.

The cave was dark and damp, and there was a foul sll in the air which made people want to vomit. The bones of many other Monster Beasts were piled up near the entrance of the cave that when stepped on made an unnerving crackling sound.

The four Iron Arm Spirit Apes had obviously made this place their ho for so ti now.

After a short walk, the trio arrived at the back of the cave.

In front of them, there was a stone block roughly twenty ters across on top of which there were a dozen or so small golden blades of grass about the size of a finger that exuded a tallic lustre.

Three Divine Senses swept out and after confirming that there were no hidden dangers, the trio approached the stone pier.

“Haha, there are thirteen stalks!” Zhao Peng said with clear joy.

“We can’t divide them evenly though,” Sun Qian frowned as he thought of another matter.

Yang Kai just chuckled, “Since there are thirteen stalks, we can each take four then convert the last one into Source Crystals. The one who wants it most can take out those Source Crystals and compensate the other two.”

“En, Brother Yang’s suggestion is good,” The n surnad Zhao and Sun naturally had no reason to refuse and nodded quickly.

The trio split twelve Golden Crystal Grasses amongst themselves before discussing an appropriate price for the last stalk. Yang Kai eventually bought it for five thousand Source Crystals.

Everyone was happy.

“It has been a rewarding cooperation, I hope there will be another chance in the future,” The man surnad Zhao smiled and said to Yang Kai, cupping his fists politely.

“Yes, Brother Yang is very capable. I do hope we can work together again,” The man surnad Sun added.

“If there is a chance,” Yang Kai said in a perfunctory manner. “Since our business is concluded, I will take my leave.”

“May we et again, Brother Yang!” The n surnad Zhao and Sun quickly cupped their fists and replied.

Yang Kai nodded and turned to walk out of the cave.

When he reached the entrance, however, he turned around and asked, “Aren’t you two going to look for the entrance to the second layer?”

Zhao Peng chuckled and said, “Naturally, we are planning to do that, but during the previous battle, this Zhao expended quite a bit of strength, so he is going to restore himself first. Please do not mind , Brother Yang.”

The man surnad Sun nodded, indicating he would do the sa.

Yang Kai showed a look of understanding before nodding and turning around to leave while the other two sat down and took out so restorative Spirit Pills from their Space Rings and stuffed them into their mouths, closing their eyes to adjust their breathing.

For a ti, the cave was silent.

Only after a long wait did the man surnad Sun suddenly open his eyes and whisper, “He should be gone now.”

“It’s been so long already; do you think he’d linger around?” The man surnad Zhao comnted.

“Brother Zhao, why did you tell not to act rashly just now? Golden Crystal Grass is extrely rare, so letting him just take five of them away is really not worth it. Also, judging from the way he bid for the last one, he seed to have a lot of Source Crystals on him. If we could kill him...”

“Do you think the two of us are his opponents?” The man surnad Zhao heard this and coldly snorted.

“Why not? Although his performance just now was quite good, and he was probably still concealing so of his strength, isn’t it the sa for us? With the two of us acting together, why would we need to fear him?” The man surnad Sun looked unconvinced.

“That’s only because you don’t know how terrifying he really is!” The man surnad Zhao scoffed, “Rember how I told you before that I encountered the Soaring Dragon Altar? During that incident, I saw a man kill Kui Sha with a single strike, with Kui Sha being unable to put up any kind of resistance.”

“Kui Sha? Kui Sha of the Blood Transformation Sect?” Sun Qian was startled.

“En, how do you think we compare to Kui Sha?”

“Naturally, we’re not as strong. Although Blood Transformation Sect isn’t a powerful Sect, it is still on par with Raging Fire Temple. Even I have heard of Kui Sha as he is a young talent with a promising future.”

“That’s why I didn’t let you act just now. I didn’t rember where I had seen that guy surnad Yang at first, but after watching him fight, I rembered that he was the one who killed Kui Sha! Even if both you and I acted together, we would definitely not be his opponent and our end would be disastrous.”

“So that’s how it is! Many thanks, Brother Zhao, for your prompt reminder. Otherwise, if I had torn face with him...” The man surnad Sun shivered slightly as sweat dripped from his forehead.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about it anymore. Fortunately, this person seems to be a bit ignorant, not even knowing the details about Golden Crystal Grass, even going so far as to ask us about its uses.”

“En, he’s a strange one. With such great strength, how could he not know anything about Golden Crystal Grass?” The man surnad Sun wondered.

“It’s best that he knows nothing, it allows us to pick up a bargain. Since he did not know about Golden Crystal Grass, he naturally wouldn’t know that Golden Crystal Grass will only grow above rare ore deposits. In other words, there is definitely so valuable ore vein below here!” The man surnad Zhao smiled slightly.

“Alright, now that he’s left, we should get to work. If we can find a piece of Emperor Grade ore, you and I will beco rich.”

“How could Emperor Grade ore be so easy to find? It is rumoured that Emperor Grade ores only appear above the Five Coloured Treasure Pagoda’s third layer while we’re still just on the first, but... a piece of Dao Source Grade ore is still quite good.”

After the two spoke, they no longer hesitated and each began using their own thods to excavate the area beneath the stone pier. It was not long until a big hole was blasted open in the stone and the pair began using different thods to dig down into the ground.

“Sure enough, they hid sothing!” Not far away, using his Secret Technique Nihility to conceal himself, Yang Kai coldly snorted.