Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 154: Crimson Thunder Vein Array

"No, they can’t, Senior Sister. Even knowing that it is futile to face us, they had to do it nonetheless."

"True. Let us proceed, Junior Brother."

Ming Yue and Jiang Hao moved towards the safe zones.

...

Zi Rui, Shao Xuan, and Jia Yi had gathered again. They had perfectly verified the information brought by the disciple of Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary last time.

Although they had accepted the truth previously, it was far more convincing when multiple disciples of their sect came and verified it.

"What do you guys think? Will we truly have any chance?"

Jia Yi asked with concern.

There might be fewer cultivators involved from the Golden Lotus Temple, but every single one of them was a top disciple. Their sect didn’t have as many cultivators as those two sects anyway, so their losses were, in fact, the most prominent.

"If what we heard is true, then Jiang Hao’s strength would be about the same as an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator while still being at the early stage of soul seas realm, or maybe more, since we don’t know if he is concealing his true strength.

Ming Yue might be close to him in strength. So do you think it is easy for us to win against someone like that?"

Shao Xuan spoke with annoyance. It was truly difficult to believe that someone could be stronger than him even while being lower in cultivation realm.

It was similar to swallowing a bitter pill. For him, it was even worse, as he was the strongest in his sect at the Soul Sea realm.

He wasn’t wrong in his assumption. Jiang Hao could defeat a good bloodline beast even while being a major realm lower than it, so his strength was definitely higher than just a single realm’s difference.

Zi Rui looked at them calmly and spoke.

"Actually, we might have a chance."

Shao Xuan and Jia Yi focused their attention on him immediately.

"What do you mean?"

Shao Xuan asked. If they truly had a good chance, then he wouldn’t mind taking the risk. He knew he himself didn’t possess anything too extraordinary. The arrays some of his disciples knew were only good for trapping, no doubt they could effectively trap even an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, but trapping and killing were wholly different matters.

If Zi Rui, after listening to everything, still believed they had a chance, then he might truly have some other treasure or array they didn’t know of.

Nobody revealed all of their cards, so it wasn’t surprising to hear this.

Zi Rui looked at them and said,

"Crimson Thunder Vein Array."

When Shao Xuan and Jia Yi heard that, they were shocked.

They knew about this array. It was one of the finest killing arrays the Azure Sky Sect possessed.

"You brought disciples who know this array? Interesting. Who are they? Would you be willing to tell me?"

Shao Xuan asked with a glint in his eyes.

Zi Rui shook his head.

"Forget about it. Those who learn this array must take a Heavenly Oath. Even if they are captured, they will perish. So your foolish plans won’t work."

"Tsk’... I was just asking. Anyway, can this array really be used at the Soul Sea realm?"

Shao Xuan clicked his tongue and spoke.

"That is the best part of this array. It can even be created at the Core Formation realm, but none of our disciples were able to learn it effectively.They need a strong soul to even comprehend it, so Soul Sea realm is the minimum level where it can be learned.

But let me remind you, this is just an imitation we derived from the original array. The original is meant only for cultivators at the Heavenly Emperor realm and above."

Zi Rui explained calmly.

"It’s fine, Patron. We’ve seen the imitation meant for Void Reversion realm. It was terrifying, to say the least."

Jia Yi exclaimed.

Shao Xuan nodded. This might truly be their best chance. The strength of this array was enough to handle even Nascent Soul cultivators with ease. Only peak or late stage have some chance of survival.

So this might indeed be their best chance.

"Fine then, should we draw it here and wait for them to come? What if they decide not to come to this region?"

Shao Xuan asked.

"Given their strength, I doubt they would let go of this opportunity. They will definitely try to eliminate us. Given Ming Yue’s hatred, she would never let this chance slip so easily."

Zi Rui spoke and continued.

"I think this city is perfect. We are only on the 8th level. We will have enough time to draw the array, even if they have already arrived in this region. So let us begin completing it. Oh yes, since we brought the array, the spirit stones should be used by you two. I hope you don’t mind."

Shao Xuan and Jia Yi nodded. Although a killing-type array required a large number of spirit stones per node, they were more than willing to pay the cost if it meant they could kill Jiang Hao and Ming Yue.

...

Jiang Hao and Ming Yue arrived at the 15th level. It was empty.

They checked and found only one inheritance unclaimed. It wasn’t surprising. Only cultivators strong enough could reach the Soul Sea realm. It was said that on average, one in ten cultivators advanced from Core Formation realm to Soul Sea realm.

In fact, it was quite surprising to even find a single inheritance pillar here.

If they had gone to the Foundation Establishment region, they would have found more unclaimed inheritance pillars compared to the Core Formation region, but that was not a valid option with their cultivation realm. They could visit the Foundation Establishment region but could not take the test inside it.

This time again, Ming Yue entered for the test. The process was similar: she merely placed her hands on the pillar and was able to enter within.

There was no surprise. She was able to claim the inheritance easily. Now they had four inheritances in their hands, essentially only the treasures, not the core inheritances.

Jiang Hao had checked the treasure from his inheritance previously. The treasures weren’t bad either, and that inheritance might be considered the weakest of them all. So the others would likely hold treasures of even greater value.

They moved toward the 14th level. It was again empty, with no inheritance pillars left to be claimed. Some had only been claimed once, but for them, it wasn’t worth wasting time.

They stopped searching for inheritances for now and only checked to see if there were any cultivators present.

Their speed increased, and they finally found cultivators on the 9th level.

This took them two days. They had rested a little, just because Ming Yue wished to eat something, and Jiang Hao was not the type to deny her, even if she merely wanted to rest instead of eat.

"Junior Brother, what do you think? Are there any hidden arrays?"

Jiang Hao looked at the entire pathway but didn’t detect any danger, so he shook his head.

"No, Senior Sister. There aren’t. Maybe they are not expecting us, or perhaps these cultivators reached here naturally and are not with those sects seeking to target us."

"That’s a possibility. Let’s go and check, Junior Brother, if there are disciples from those sects present here or not."

They came to the city gate with ease and entered.

Upon entering, they saw many cultivators gathered around various inheritance pillars throughout the city.

When some cultivators noticed them, they were surprised, some were even shocked. Not because they recognized them, but because of their cultivation realm.

Jiang Hao and Ming Yue weren’t going to hide their cultivation realms, not because no one does that in the inheritance site, as it’s usually obvious based on the region they’re in, but because they wanted to display their cultivation to pressure the disciples of these sects into taking action for the sake of their reputations.

So once the cultivators saw that Ming Yue and Jiang Hao were only at the Early Stage of the Soul Sea realm, they were stunned. Reaching this 9th level without being killed was truly astonishing.

Were they able to conceal themselves so well while traveling? That didn’t seem possible, right?

Most of them even assumed that Jiang Hao and Ming Yue possessed some powerful concealment treasures.

None of them knew their real identities. News had not yet spread from the Core Formation region. Only those three sects had this information, and they certainly weren’t going to reveal it.

They hadn’t recruited anyone to fight against Jiang Hao and Ming Yue either. The reason was simple, they didn’t know if they could deceive Soul Sea cultivators, as there had been no news of Jiang Hao and Ming Yue being present in this region until now.

And if they recruited others, it would reveal one crucial detail,that Jiang Hao and Ming Yue had come from the Core Formation region. That would mean the three sects had failed to capture them there.

So it was better to not recruit anyone, but simply eliminate Jiang Hao and Ming Yue by themselves. That would overshadow anything else, even the massacre in the Core Formation region might not create much stir afterward.

Also , numbers meant nothing against Jiang Hao anyway. Moreover, their array, the Crimson Thunder Vein Array, was a killing-type array, it wouldn’t target cultivators who held their own tokens. Creating tokens for others was already a challenging task, so it was better not to involve anyone else in this endeavor.

Thus, no one knew the true identities of Jiang Hao and Ming Yue in this city at the moment. They were merely shocked by their cultivation realms.