Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 131: You Know Your Crime?

The only Buddhist sect in the central region, Golden Lotus Temple.

Jing Tian sneered at this. It was definitely an attempt to make everyone strongly believe that Jiang Hao and his companions were traitors. After all, what could be more believable than the compassionate Buddhist sect supporting these two sects in their decision?

Jiang Hao looked towards the thirty cultivators, and he felt that going there would be not dangerous at all,forget about it being fatal. Maybe they would use some kind of trap and seems like this trap is not enough for him. He wasn’t afraid of traps because they worked both ways.

If he was restricted by any means, then his opponents would be restricted in the same way, and there was no way they could completely sever his regeneration.

The robes which Senior Huan had used on him were made by Senior Zhi, yet his regeneration wasn’t completely gone. Not to mention, there was no way a Core Formation cultivator could draw an array like that.

He also had his ring, so he wasn’t worried. But seeing that no fighting had occurred here, it was evident that senior sister hadn’t come to this city yet—or maybe she was on her way but hadn’t arrived. After all, it was unlike her to waste minor teleportation talismans.

Well it didn’t matters, there was a chance that cultivators from both these sects already had information about where she might be.

So, it looked like he would have to ask them politely. He just hoped they would tell him politely.

"Stay here."

Jing Tian and Yu Yan didn’t need confirmation that it was meant for them. They obliged for different reasons. Jing Tian was afraid that if he didn’t listen, the first person Jiang Hao would kill would be him. Yu Yan, well, she didn’t want to involve herself in this matter anyway.

He moved and started approaching the path leading to the city where all the cultivators were standing.

When he came out of the dense trees, everyone looked toward him. Seeing the black mask and black robes, they immediately figured out his identity.

They didn’t show any reaction and waited for him to come near them. Jiang Hao didn’t disappoint them and kept moving without stopping. Just as he was about to put his next foot forward, he knew that it was the area where the array or trap started, but he didn’t stop and put his foot forward like he was totally clueless about it.

He walked a bit more when a man moved and activated the array they had drawn for Jiang Hao. Immediately, a blue-colored protective shield was created with a diameter of two hundred meters. The spirit qi inside the array was sucked out, and the area became void of spirit qi.

It didn’t restrict spirit qi; it only isolated it. Jiang Hao nodded. His spirit qi in his dantian was unaffected, but if he used spirit qi to attack, then it might not be in his control, as this array would affect it.

Also, since he had no access to natural spirit qi, he wouldn’t be able to restore his qi. So, if he attacked constantly, there would come a time when his qi would be depleted, and he would be on the chopping block.

Well, at least that’s what these thirty cultivators surrounding Jiang Hao from outside thought.

But it looked like they had a bit of misinformation about him. True, if it were any other normal attacks, then he might not be able to use them but his Nihility Sphere or Primal Essence abilities were anything but normal.

They were created by his Celestial Grade physique, not by simple manipulation of spirit qi. It’s true that his physique also used spirit qi for these attacks, but would this array of unknown grade be better than the control of a physique? Impossible.

So, he could use every attack even inside this array. As for the matter of running out of spirit qi if he attacked continuously, that was also out of the question—at least not before he could kill these thirty cultivators. Even if there were fifty cultivators, it wouldn’t cause him much trouble.

He had far more spirit qi than normal cultivators. Even if his attacks consumed more spirit qi due to their strength, he could still attack more than fifty times with ease.

There was another factor that these people didn’t know. Even if he ran out of spirit qi, all he needed to do was hold spirit stones in his hand. He doubted that this array could suck out spirit qi from spirit stones—much less from a spirit stone inside a Primal Essence Skill.

In a nutshell, this trap wasn’t even a trap for him. No wonder it wasn’t dangerous to his instinct. Forget about fatal—it might be a heaven for him, because this was more like a trap for his opponents than for himself. What a irony.

After surrounding Jiang Hao in the middle, those cultivators also entered inside. They had already activated their protective talismans. They seemed to have heard about his physical strength.

Blood qi was also a type of qi, so using his blood qi would have the same problem. Thus, they were waiting for Jiang Hao to attack them and waste his qi on their protective talismans.

Jiang Hao waited patiently to let them surround him. He wasn’t in a hurry. He would let them feel at ease.

He had to ask a question. It would be good if they answered.

"Patron, I hope that you are aware of your crimes."

One of the bald monks spoke.

Jiang Hao didn’t know which monastery he belonged to, because most of the Buddhist sects wore similar robes. The only thing that varied was the shade of brightness or darkness in their clothes.

This monk definitely didn’t belong to the Thousand Petal Order.

"No, I don’t. Care to explain what my crime is?"

Jiang Hao could play the long game. He was waiting for Ming Yue. If she was coming to this city, then she would arrive shortly. Unlike him, she might not be moving slowly.

"Patron, your crime is being associated with traitors of the world. I have heard that you are the disciple of one of the traitors, also known as the Devil Sisters."

Jiang Hao was amused.

"You are wrong about one part. I have never accepted a master. As for the associated part—I am associated with them. But I don’t understand how they became traitors?"

"Patron, it looks like they have blinded you. Currently, you people are colluding with spirit beasts. So tell me—are you not traitors to humankind?"

"Bald monk, you truly are amusing. Let’s say we are colluding with spirit beasts. Then why have you deployed so many cultivators from the central region to the borders of the Forbidden Zone?

Wasn’t this done so that we would not be able to come out of the Forbidden Zone? Weren’t you hoping that we would be killed inside? How could we be killed inside if we were in cahoots with spirit beasts?

And don’t twist the fact by claiming that you did it to protect the Eastern Region from beast attacks. If you’re so capable of protection, then why not enter the zone itself and kill everyone inside it—us so-called traitors included?"

The monk became quiet for some time. He didn’t know what to say to turn it around. It was true that these two sects had blocked the border so that these individuals would be killed inside the Forbidden Zone.

In fact, their monastery and others hadn’t known about it until many cultivators from the central region started moving towards the Eastern Region.

After asking for clarification, they had decided to tell them the truth. Maybe they were still hiding something, but one thing was clear—these two sects had made very dangerous enemies.

If these enemies got a chance to grow, then the foundation of these two sects might be damaged.

If that happened, then there would be no one left to deter the spirit beasts in this world anymore, and things could turn very ugly for humankind.

So, to ensure that this situation did not arise, their own monastery had decided to join hands with these two sects. In fact, their monastery had advised these two sects to involve even more sects by telling them the whole truth, but they denied it, claiming they were enough to handle this mess.

In truth, very few who had taken oaths within the monastery’s discipleship knew that they were targeting these people on a false claim. He was one of them. He knew that this would leave a stain on their reputation, but there were already many stains. One more wouldn’t affect much.

"Patron, your vile tongue weaves lies with every word you speak. You speak as though righteousness clads you, yet in your heart festers a burning desire to plunge the world into chaos.

You know this truth... you feel it.

The hand that hides the blade is no less guilty than the one that swings it.

I can see the hatred blooming within you—dark, twisted, and eager to bloom into bloodshed. It must be nipped before it devours what little light remains in your soul.

Lay down the butcher’s knife... and perhaps, just perhaps, the path of inner peace shall open before you.

Even the fiercest flame may be extinguished with still water... allow me to be that stillness.

Come. Do not resist your redemption."