Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 119: Bloodlust

Jiang Hao again heard the voice of the young man.

This time he didn’t stop and kept moving. It was truly amusing—although this fellow was indicating that he would attack him, he wasn’t truly targeting him, or else his instincts would have reacted to it.

In his three years of cultivation journey with countless duels, he had learned one important aspect of his instincts. His instinct warned him of dangers that were unknown to him—whether lethal or not didn’t matter—as long as they were unknown and could harm him in some way.

Just like the first time when that snake in the bush was about to bite him—it wasn’t lethal for him.

Second, his instinct didn’t warn him if the danger was right in front of his eyes and he knew about it, unless it was truly lethal.

Third, his instinct didn’t warn him if someone was merely threatening him and saying they would attack, but internally it was just a bluff. He had learned this through multiple duels with Ming Yue.

So, he knew that this guy had no intention of attacking him. It was a little surprising, but not shocking.

Not everyone was evil by heart. He hadn’t judged this guy based on why he killed those cultivators or how brutally he did it. As long as this person didn’t make a move against him, he wouldn’t act either.

"By the way, there was a rat behind you just a moment ago. I doubt you would know that, so be thankful to me."

Jiang Hao didn’t respond again. He also knew that this guy definitely didn’t have the ability to pinpoint the person who was trailing him. It must have been his spirit beast that had informed him.

The sense of smell of a Grade 4 spirit beast was definitely impressive, not to mention wolves, which were renowned for it.

The person trailing him had left once they came closer to the place where the young man was. It was expected—he must have seen the wolf.

"What are you, man? Have you taken some Heavenly Oath to not speak or something?"

Jiang Hao truly hadn’t said a single word to this man until now.

"Oh well, which region are you from? At least tell me that. I hope you’re not one of the bastards from the Central Region."

Jiang Hao couldn’t see the badge of this person either. Well, technically, cultivators kept their sect badges inside their storage bags, but there were many who liked to flaunt their sect, so they wore it on their waist.

Jiang Hao also didn’t know which sect this robe belonged to. It was the first time he had seen a dark purplish robe like this one—it didn’t belong to any sect he knew of.

Instead of answering him, he looked towards the guy who had come close and was walking alongside him.

"You talk too much."

"Wow, scary. Don’t tell me I hit a nerve. So you do belong to the Central Region, huh? Which one of the sects are you from? Don’t tell me you belong to one of those two behemoths.

Well, given your robe, which is totally black and doesn’t belong to any righteous sect from the Central Region, you might be from one of the devil sects—or maybe you’re hiding your identity to hunt the new criminals those two sects warned about.

Don’t tell me you really believed their stupid remarks. Che... only a fool would believe that."

Jiang Hao stopped and sighed, looking towards the guy while thinking—maybe he should really kill him and be done with it.

This thought truly released a little bit of his killing intent. It was different from a mere thought and didn’t require instinct to sense—it was something a beast with sufficient strength would definitely feel.

Although Jiang Hao wasn’t hiding his cultivation realm, he was still maintaining it with his Nirvana Skill and showing only a weaker version of himself so that beasts wouldn’t become scared of him. Otherwise, most spirit beasts would warn their contracted partners.

But now that he released his bloodlust, the wolf became scared. It whimpered, and this made the young man shut his mouth immediately as well.

The young man instantly knew that it was afraid, and after communicating with it, he became stunned and worried while looking towards Jiang Hao, who was looking directly at him.

The young man was a little unsure about what he had just heard from his contract beast. His spirit beast was afraid of this person—how was that possible unless this guy was stronger in cultivation but was hiding it, pretending to be only at the Core Formation Realm?

If that was the case, then he wasn’t worried for himself, as this person would definitely not attack him, but his spirit beast might get killed, which he didn’t want to happen.

He didn’t even consider that Jiang Hao might truly be only at the peak stage of the Core Formation Realm. It would be impossible to make his spirit beast afraid if that were the case.

He himself was a top cultivator in his region within the same cultivation realm. He was among the top five geniuses of his generation. There were very few in the entire world who could match him in strength.

But even he couldn’t make his spirit beast flinch—much less become afraid.

Jiang Hao finally nodded.

"That look and peace is better. If you are walking near me, then maintain this. Or else, you should walk far away from me."

Jiang Hao started walking again. The young man was relieved when Jiang Hao didn’t attack. After thinking for a while, he still followed, but this time he didn’t speak unnecessarily.

He was curious about one thing though, but he waited for the right time to ask. He should only ask when enough time had passed, or else Jiang Hao might feel that he didn’t understand his words and was still babbling.

Jiang Hao maintained his pace. He at least learned one thing—not all cultivators in the world believed those two sects. He had an inkling about this, but after listening to this guy’s babbling, it was now proven.

Big sects wouldn’t just accept the claims made by those two sects without proper reason.

After fifteen minutes, he heard the voice of the young man, who was now walking one step behind him. His voice was also lower.

"Senior, what are you doing here? How did you reach the area of the Core Formation Realm so early?"

Jiang Hao stopped and looked at him. This made the young man back off immediately along with his wolf. But seeing that Jiang Hao still hadn’t attacked, he let out a deep sigh of relief. He had asked the question with a heavy heart, fearing Jiang Hao might attack him for speaking.

Jiang Hao didn’t care about his state and asked:

"Tell me more about this region that is divided by cultivation groups. Don’t leave anything out—tell me everything you know."

Although Huan Caiyi had mentioned it before, it was just a general overview, not in depth. So this was the perfect time to get more detailed information about this inheritance site.

The young man was surprised but still answered.

"Senior, the region we are in right now is meant for cultivators who are in the Core Formation Realm or Grade 3. The safe zone cities inside this region can only be accessed by those in the Core Formation Realm or Grade 3. Cultivators above that realm won’t be able to enter. freewёbnoνel.com

Of course, if you are in the Foundation Establishment Realm or Qi Refinement Realm, you can enter it.

The distance is too great though—they wouldn’t want to waste their time just reaching this zone.

A similar case exists for Soul Sea Realm cultivators—their region is different as well. Even with their top speed, it would take more than ten days to reach here.

These regions are all part of the Core Region, which is divided into four parts for cultivators from Qi Refinement to Soul Sea Realm.

Each region has its own safe zone cities, with a single main city closest to the center of this inheritance site, where the competition at the end of the year happens.

Every safe zone city contains inheritances from seniors. No doubt there are many inheritances in the wild too, but the main and important ones are all in the safe zone cities, with the most significant ones inside the main cities of each region.

Of course, the best of the best inheritances are inside the Neutral Zone, which is at the center of these four regions. But only the top twenty winners from each region’s competition are allowed to enter that area.

We are at the outer boundary of our region. To reach the main city, we have to pass through multiple safe zone cities along the way.

This is all I know about the regions here, Senior. This is also why I was shocked to see you here. Even if we are close to the border, it would take more than one day to cross it because of the regional barrier, so it should have been impossible for you to be here."

The last sentence was said in a much lower voice.

Jiang Hao nodded and started to move again. Basically, if the Neutral Zone was considered the center, then all four regions surrounded it in a circular pattern—North, South, East, and West.

The main cities of all regions were closest to the center, and currently, they were at the boundary of their region. Everything seemed systematically designed.