Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 143: Offer to Turn New

When they came to the city wall, they were immediately able to see lots of cultivators gathering in the open area. They didn’t seem like they were hiding; they just came out in the open and stood there, looking at the city gate.

When they saw someone appear at the city wall, they all immediately looked towards Jiang Hao and Ming Yue.

Their expressions were enough to tell Jiang Hao that these cultivators, who mostly belonged to various sects and clans of the Eastern region, were totally here for him and Ming Yue.

He wasn’t even surprised seeing this many foolish people. This world was literally filled with idiots like these, who could be swayed so easily.

There were almost 2500 cultivators in total. He hadn’t even seen a single cultivator from those three sects; if he were to assume them to be 500 in number, then a total of 3000 cultivators were willing to kill them right now.

It was quite amusing to see that all of these people, enemies and supposed allies alike, had joined together for only a single purpose. Looks like the rewards were truly quite lucrative for them to do the bidding of those three sects.

Jiang Hao wondered if he could sway them with something similar. After all, the treasures in his possession were enough to incite even sects on friendly terms with each other to fight like bitter enemies of generations.

All he had to do was use the Heavenly Lotus Sutra, a Heaven-grade cultivation technique that was almost impossible to exist in a lower realm. It was not something anyone would want to miss.

Even those top sects who had connections to the upper realm didn’t possess it. This went to show that it was not merely a matter of availability but also a matter of strength to hold one.

Jiang Hao shook his head internally. There was no reason to do that. He wasn’t afraid of numbers. In fact, it was better this way. He just hoped that all of them moved together and entered the trap array so that none of them would be able to escape later without teleportation talismans.

He doubted these guys have any of those.

Once they entered the array, then they couldn’t escape even if they wanted to. Even if they somehow broke some of the nodes, it wouldn’t matter, the last node was he himself. As long as he had qi, none of them could escape.

"Junior Brother, we really have a lot of guests. When did we become so famous?"

"I don’t know about that, Senior Sister, but we can always ask them about it."

"Sure, Junior Brother. Shall we go?"

"Why not."

After saying that, Jiang Hao jumped off the city wall. Ming Yue followed him, and both of them landed in front of the city gate.

Jing Tian and Yu Yan had just climbed the wall when they saw them jumping down. When they saw the number of cultivators, they sighed.

This was what Yu Yan was truly afraid of. The situation had really reached an unprecedented level. She looked towards Jiang Hao and Ming Yue. Both of them were walking on the safe road like there was nothing to worry about.

She shook her head. She really couldn’t judge these two. Maybe what she had seen from Jiang Hao wasn’t even his full effort. Could they really handle 3000 cultivators like it was nothing?

This hurdle seemed impossible to overcome unless they had limitless spirit qi to expend, but was that even possible? She couldn’t believe it.

Jing Tian gritted his teeth and asked,

"Should we help?"

Yu Yan sighed inwardly.

"They asked? Not that I want to decline it, but we might get in their way and become burdens. Not to mention, what can you even do to help?"

Jing Tian knew she was speaking the truth, so he could only wait and watch. He knew that Jiang Hao wasn’t a hot-headed guy like others. He would definitely understand the consequences of his actions.

Jiang Hao and Ming Yue arrived at the edge of the road, from where their array started. The thought of fighting 3000 cultivators didn’t even deter them.

Yu Yan was half-right when she thought Jiang Hao had limitless spirit qi. It wasn’t that his dantian contained unending spirit qi, but his physique was just that special.

It could absorb spirit qi passively even while fighting, so in a place where spirit qi was so dense, even if he used his skills constantly, all he had to do was wait for only two or three seconds before that much qi was recovered back.

Ming Yue’s case was a little different. Her physique couldn’t passively absorb spirit qi like Jiang Hao’s everywhere, so she had to fight more conservatively. But it didn’t matter, with Jiang Hao around, she could easily have as much breathing room as she needed.

It would have been a different case if she were in an environment where the dominant qi was Yin qi or Ice qi, then her physique would be able to absorb spirit qi just like Jiang Hao. The process would be different, though, instead of absorbing, the spirit qi would be drawn to her naturally without pulling it.

So, if she were in the Ice Plains, she could fight endlessly too. A very terrifying aspect of their Physiques.

Thus, using the Spirit Isolation Array last time was actually quite a good idea from them, but since they were just a few, it didn’t affect much.

Although it wouldn’t have affected Jiang Hao even then, if he had taken out spirit stones. This time, however, there was no Spirit Isolation Array. They would now understand firsthand why their sects were so scared that they went all the way just to hunt them.

They still didn’t understand the severity of this mission. They had thought that they only needed to kill two strong cultivators. They had assumed that using traps and numbers would be enough. But how can you kill someone who can fight endlessly and is far stronger than you?

It’s not like gathering a lot of cultivators would increase their individual strength. In the end, it would be similar to fighting a dragon using one snake, or thousands of snakes.

The only thing gathering like this does is increase their confidence, which wouldn’t take long to break apart. And once it did, they would scatter like headless chickens.

"Senior Sister, if you want, you can rest and let me handle this."

"It’s okay, Junior Brother. I’ll stay behind you. Just make sure to dodge my Soul Flames."

"Don’t worry, Senior Sister. You can use your attacks unrestrained."

He hadn’t tested what would happen if that flame hit him. It might really harm his soul. But given his regeneration, it wouldn’t be the end of the road for him. Still, it didn’t matter, he could dodge it easily, so he wouldn’t be testing it right now.

Just as they finished talking, they saw three cultivators coming out of the group. They were from the three sects. Also, the cultivators of those sects had already arrived but were staying behind the initial group.

Now this group looked totally complete. The three cultivators who had come out were covered in protective barriers, but even then, they seemed a little tense, unlike the other cultivators.

The reason was simple. Others didn’t know Jiang Hao’s and Ming Yue’s real strength, not to mention Ya Ting had weaved quite a perfect lie to justify their strength.

Ya Ting, Zhe Han, and Yan Chen were also staying behind. They had sent a cultivator from each sect to act as the leader for the time being.

The thing that unnerved them most was that Jiang Hao and Ming Yue came out without any provocation. Were they really that confident about surviving this?

Or maybe they were just putting up a brave front to scare them. After all, they were still standing on the safe road.

The disciple from Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary pointed at Jiang Hao and said,

"Your name is Jiang Hao, right? You see, we of the Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary are quite magnanimous. We had previously wanted to guide you onto the righteous path. That offer is still valid.

So, if you swear an oath to follow me to Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary and sever all ties with the devilish sisters, we will forgive all your past crimes. In the end, it isn’t your fault, you are only 18 years old and were led astray by some cunning vixens."

Hearing Jiang Hao’s age was truly surprising for many cultivators, as they only knew he was from the Mountain Sword Sect, but no other information had been leaked by the Mountain Sword Sect.

A peak Core Formation cultivator at the age of 18 was unheard of. No doubt, this person might be an extraordinary genius.

They were also quite shocked at the Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary, because indirectly, they were willing to recruit a disciple who had been termed a traitor by themselves. How much of a genius must one be to receive such an honour? They didn’t know, but they were sure it must be at an unprecedented level.

Forget about them, even Ya Ting and Yan Chen looked at Zhe Han with questioning gazes.

"Hehe... don’t be surprised. It was our main goal anyway. If he agrees, then what’s the harm? And if he doesn’t, then it won’t affect anything."

Zhe Han just shrugged his shoulders while laughing.

Ya Ting shook her head. She wouldn’t let that happen, because she was sure Ming Yue would definitely not accept this and would follow her own path. And if Jiang Hao accepted, then Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary would be the one to benefit most from this entire mission.