Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 65: A Mortal

"This stupid bastard..."

He couldn’t help but curse out loud at the foolishness of Chen Xi.

Their only chance to capture their targets was gone, not to mention these bastards of Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary were all dead.

Even if he told them the truth, would they believe him? Of course not, they would definitely create some ruckus. After all, their whole team died while they were fine.

They might even accuse them, that it was their own planning from the start to harm Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary.

Looks like he had to use the Truth Seeker to prove that this had nothing to do with him or Azure Sky Sect.

He sighed inwardly and looked towards the dead bodies, but didn’t go closer to them.

Since Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui were able to kill even a Heavenly King realm cultivator, then there’s definitely a trap here.

If he had to guess, then it’s definitely a cultivation restriction array.

If it was still active and he entered it, then even he would be trapped here for a while unless he found some nodes and destroyed them.

Restrictive arrays are not visible from outside; only when you enter it do you know about them, and you have to destroy one or two nodes to make it ineffective for leaving the area of effect, because it also traps you inside it.

There was still a possibility that Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui were still waiting here for him to do that.

He used an attack to figure out if the array was still active or not. It was a simple attack at the power of a Heavenly King realm.

When he saw that his attack was suppressed, it confirmed that the array was still active.

He waited for others to come before making their next move. He looked towards the forbidden zone.

If Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui had left, then they might already be at the borders, maybe even crossed it.

It’s impossible to catch them now, since they are already aware of our movements. Their only surprise factor of arriving early is gone now.

Fuck those bastards of Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary; it would have been far better if they had sent a weak cultivator, instead of sending this brainless genius of theirs.

It didn’t take long before the talisman arrived here and went to the exact place where its other part was burned; it ignited in a similar way and turned into ashes. Others also arrived along with it.

They were even more stunned looking at the scene. They looked towards Zhao Qiang, as if asking what happened.

"What’s with that look? You don’t think I killed them, do you?"

Zhao Qiang was already annoyed, so he spoke in anger.

"Of course not, Senior, we just wanted to know what happened here?"

Zhao Qiang sighed inwardly; there was no point in getting angry now, it won’t change anything.

"There’s a restrictive array here; go down and destroy it. We have to bring their bodies back."

When others heard that, they nodded; they also understood what might have happened here.

Zhi Hui was quite skilled in array formations; drawing a restriction array is a piece of cake for her.

They couldn’t help but think, if they had found them before the Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary cultivators, would the result have been the same? Seeing the dead bodies, a chill ran down their spine.

Eventually, they broke through the array, and Zhao Qiang arrived near the bodies.

"This fight was totally one-sided; you know what that means? It means that one, or maybe both, have broken through."

"How is that possible? Advancing in only two years? Did they loot a sect or something?"

Zhao Qiang thought for a second and spoke.

"Given Huan Caiyi’s personality, it wouldn’t be impossible."

Others became quiet and nodded in their hearts; that shameless vixen can really pull something like this.

"Put their bodies in a storage bag and let’s leave; there’s no point in chasing them right now. Capturing them alive is almost impossible after this blunder.

We have to ask for more reinforcements, as forcing them to die in the forbidden zone is the only option available."

They winded up the bodies and left.

...

Meiying was staying still in the air, with the four of them sitting on her while watching the mountain range in front of them.

"This is the forbidden zone of the Eastern region; this mountain range is also inside it, and we would be staying in this mountain range from now on.

Remember, it is said that only Grade 7 or above beasts are allowed to rule a territory in the Forbidden Zone. Of course, if these beasts have subordinates, then they can be of lower levels.

Also, since the weakest territory rulers are Grade 7 beasts, they are only allowed to rule the border territories.

The only thing which is favorable for us is that the beasts take far longer to advance than human cultivators, and their death rate is also higher. In this forbidden zone, which is far bigger than human territory, there will be many places which will be empty.

We have to find those places, but the chances of finding them are quite low, so it will depend on luck.

And considering how lucky me and Zhi Hui are, it will be a piece of cake."

Jiang Hao looked towards Huan Caiyi, to figure out if she was serious or not. Does she have a fortune-measuring treasure on her?

Ming Yue also looked at Huan Caiyi with a skeptical gaze.

"What, don’t believe me? Tell me, how rare is it to encounter a heaven-grade physique cultivator?"

Ming Yue rolled her eyes and knew where this was going, so she interrupted her.

"Forget it, we believe you, so go find that place."

Jiang Hao looked towards the mountain range and asked a question he had in mind. He asked it to Zhi Hui, because in this whole group, she is the most stable person.

"Senior, how long do you think they will take to make a move to block us in the forbidden zone? Also, if they do block us inside, wouldn’t it be in their favor if they told the beasts of the forbidden zone about us?"

"Good question. Since they failed to capture us, they won’t be in a hurry. So, if I have to say how long they will take, it will be around two or three months. Of course, they will confirm daily with the Truth Seeker if we are in the zone or not. If we are not, then they might come at us with even more cultivators now.

For the second part of your question, they would definitely avoid doing so for the time being. There are reasons for it.

Spirit beasts hate humans and don’t trust them easily. Let’s say they do believe that four humans have entered their territory, then what?

Spirit beasts at this level are intelligent and understand everything quite clearly. They can easily understand that if two top sects of human cultivators are doing this for only four weak cultivators, then the value held by at least one of us is unimaginable.

So, instead of killing us, they might try to enslave us by signing blood contracts.

And this is the last thing both sects want to happen.

So, for the time being, they will keep this news as hidden as possible, in the hope that we will be killed here by the spirit beasts eventually.

But if we survived here for a long time, then they might try to take some extreme steps which they wanted to avoid first.

Don’t worry though, we will figure out something else when that happens. For the time being, it will be better to stay low in the border areas."

Jiang Hao nodded in understanding. He had asked this question for different reasons though; he had already decided to give the Heaven-grade cultivation technique to them.

If they are able to comprehend the Foundation Establishment section completely, then they can easily survive in the forbidden zone.

A mortal is almost undetectable inside spirit sense; of course, if they are quite close to the enemies, then even they can be detected.

The range of spirit sense increases as the cultivation realm is increased, but only those things which have spirit qi inside them would be detectable at their max range.

So, if they all had obtained mastery in Nirvana’s Veil, then the forbidden zone wouldn’t pose any danger to them.

Since Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui are already at the Void Reversion realm, they can easily master a Foundation Establishment realm skill. It might not even take more than one day for them.

But Ming Yue had to take some time, but two or three months will be enough. If not for training with Huan Caiyi, he would have obtained mastery in Nirvana’s Veil already.

It’s also time that he reveal the truth about his physique to them too; he didn’t get time to do so before.

"Senior, I have something which can come quite handy for our survival in this zone."

"Hm... what is it? Some heaven-defying treasure your senior had left for you? Show me. You are too weak to handle it anyway, so it will be better if I keep it safe for you."

It wasn’t Zhi Hui who responded but Huan Caiyi, who appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye when she heard about something valuable.

Jiang Hao couldn’t help but shake his head inwardly; she looked like some sweet-tongued schemer right now.

"Get lost, you greedy thief."

Zhi Hui pushed Huan Caiyi aside and asked Jiang Hao.

"What is it?"

"It’s a cultivation technique, which provides a special skill at the Foundation Establishment section. This skill can hide a cultivator’s aura, making them exactly like mortals."

"Hm?... A mortal?"

Zhi Hui was shocked. Wasn’t it too good?