Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 118: Hidden Intentions

Jiang Hao looked at the devil cultivator calmly and said,

"You just preached that devil cultivators attack openly, and here you are going back on your words. In your next life, at least live up to your words—if you have any next life, that is."

The eyes of the devil cultivator closed slowly, and it passed away.

Jiang Hao looked towards the disciple, who was still standing stunned.

"Do you know, I would have helped you if you had been truthful about the offer of 2300 spirit stones. No matter how many spirit stones this guy would have offered me, I wouldn’t have changed my decision. But you had to go and think about killing.

Now, don’t give the reason that you hadn’t even thought about it. You know in your heart, and that’s more than enough."

Before his last word ended, he appeared in front of the disciple, which shocked the disciple even more.

He tried to back away from Jiang Hao, but his feet didn’t move. The reason was because he was falling—no, his body wasn’t falling, but only his head.

Before his head even hit the ground, his consciousness faded away.

Jiang Hao looked towards the bodies of both cultivators. After thinking for a while, he decided to loot them.

No matter how small the amount he would get, it would still be better than nothing.

Although they had a lot of spirit stones now, they used them tremendously too. Now even Senior Haun and Zhi were using spirit stones through arrays to cultivate.

Although they absorbed even less than ten percent of a single spirit stone efficiently—which technically wasted a lot of spirit stones—given the amount they had, it didn’t matter.

As their strength increased, the amount of spirit stones required would increase too. Who knows how long they could mine safely? What if they returned and found out that the Territory Lords had discovered this secret of theirs? Then their source of spirit stones would be cut off.

So he should collect whatever he could get. There was no point in hesitating just because it was a negligible amount.

The disciple had 3500 spirit stones along with some pills and two grade 3 swords. He had been lying when he said he had only 2300.

Jiang Hao put everything inside his ring and went to the devil cultivator.

When he looked inside, he was surprised but not stunned at the five human hearts inside. He shook his head and took out only the spirit stones, which were 5100, while using the Nihility Sphere to disintegrate the body along with the storage bag.

He did the same with the body of the disciple and looked towards the lotus. Since he had already come here, he wouldn’t mind taking it too. ƒreewebɳovel.com

He didn’t have to worry about any beast inside the pond, as it was an inheritance site and no spirit beast could exist inside without being blood-contracted.

Getting a blood-contract beast was not easy. Not everyone had one, just like these two disciples. Sure, one could buy spirit beasts or their eggs, but they were costly, not to mention it required resources to raise them too.

He left for the safe zone after refining the lotus on the spot. He might encounter more similar situations like this, as this world was full of spirit herbs.

He increased his speed. After moving for two hours, he finally saw a noticeable change in the pillar.

This meant he was getting closer now. But if he had to guess, then it would be almost night when he reached the safe zone at his current speed.

There was one more thing—he was being followed. This person was truly quite skilled. If not for his peerless instincts, he would have definitely remained unaware.

It had already been thirty minutes, but this person had not attacked him yet. There were some instances when he felt that he was going to be attacked, but it didn’t happen. Not to mention, none of the attacks were meant to lethally harm him.

If Jiang Hao wanted, he could easily kill this person, but he didn’t. It didn’t affect him anyway, so he let it be. He also wanted to see how long this person could hold back.

The safe zone was getting closer. The closer he got, the higher the chances of meeting other cultivators became.

There would be chances of some groups being formed. Whether they were known to each other or not wouldn’t matter as long as the benefits were good enough.

Logically speaking, he wasn’t afraid of anything in this world. The rules were in his favor.

This inheritance world was dangerous for others, no doubt about it. The rules were not good enough to give proper protection. For example, although cultivators with a major cultivation difference could not attack you, what would you do when a group of ten or twenty cultivators of the same cultivation ganged up on you?

You could do nothing. Not to mention, if those ten or twenty had spirit beasts with them, then the numbers would turn even worse.

There was another point. Although it was advised that only peak-level cultivators of their realm should enter this inheritance site, there would definitely be some cultivators who had entered without being at the peak of their realm.

Some must have thought that they could reach the peak stage in one or two months, while some would be quite confident in their abilities and strength.

Jiang Hao had no doubt that many deaths might happen because of this reason.

The last point was—what would happen to a person who might reach the early stage of their next cultivation realm by getting some opportunities? Wouldn’t they be in the most dangerous situation of all?

So in a nutshell, it really was quite a dangerous place to be—unless you had a group of friends or sect mates to take care of you.

This was definitely not a place one should come alone or with only a small group.

Time passed, and the sun was already setting. Other than the person who was still following him, he hadn’t met anyone else. But seeing how close he was to the safe zone, it wouldn’t be long before the situation changed.

True to his thoughts, he had just moved 1000 meters when he saw another conflict—well, more like a massacre.

There were at least six people who were dead while a single young man was standing nearby. He was holding a saber, and it was still coated with blood.

The bodies of the cultivators weren’t cleanly cut—more like brutally hacked into pieces. There was a wolf sitting behind the young man, but it was definitely not involved in this conflict as it was at the middle stage of Grade 4.

The young man was at the peak stage of Core Formation and looked around 21 or 22 years old. The cultivators who were dead were similarly at the peak stage of the Core Formation realm. They had died recently, so it was easy to determine.

Jiang Hao noticed one more thing—it was that the young man was also a body cultivator. His blood qi was on display, so it was easy to determine as well. He was at the late stage of Grade 3.

This young man definitely belonged to a very powerful sect. The reason wasn’t his strength, but the beast which he had as a pet.

No doubt he had good soul strength to be able to form a blood contract with a mid-stage Grade 4 beast, but to be able to afford one without a strong backing was impossible.

Jiang Hao just gave a casual glance at the scene and began to leave when he suddenly heard a voice.

"Wait a second."

Jiang Hao stopped and looked towards the person who had called him.

The young man’s face had an amused expression.

"That’s interesting. I thought you would run away the moment I called. This is totally in contrast to you wearing a mask to hide your identity. After all, only cowards wear masks—or criminals who are hiding from the world.

So which one are you? A coward, a criminal, or a devil cultivator?"

Jiang Hao just listened to the guy without responding. He didn’t care what this person was thinking or saying about him. Just as long as he had no intention to attack, Jiang Hao wouldn’t act either.

"Not gonna tell? Well, whatever. I must say, you really look quite calm even after seeing these cultivators’ dead bodies. Or is it just a facade? Maybe you’re already crying behind your mask... hahaha."

Jiang Hao sighed and again began to leave. He wasn’t wearing a mask to protect his identity. Even though the whole world might know about him and be willing to hunt him, he wasn’t afraid. He was more than welcoming if they tried.

It was just that it would be pointless and tiresome—everywhere he went, people would talk about him, and he didn’t like being the center of attention. Not to mention, the mask also helped reveal others’ true nature. Many cultivators might attack him thinking he was weak, so it was perfect—he could gain spirit stones that way.

In reality, he really didn’t like wearing masks. It was similar to the feeling of being forced to live in a forbidden zone. In the real world, he had accepted it because he was weak. But here, in the inheritance site, it wasn’t the case.

Just to make things easier, he had worn it.

"Your back is quite wide open, you know? Are you really not afraid of me?"