Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 100: Coming Back

The spirit density on this mountain was far better than even the forbidden zone he had been living in. He didn’t know if this mountain was naturally formed or if she had brought it here. With her strength, it would be quite easy to move a mountain from one place to another.

Fenglai looked around with curiosity. This peak was quite beautiful; there was a pond in the center too. The spirit density here was far beyond imagination, and when his eyes fell on Yao Ying, he became a little meek. She was dangerous—his instincts were warning him to back off and run.

But he also trusted Jiang Hao. He wouldn’t put him in danger, so he stayed and looked towards Yao Ying warily.

Jiang Hao understood his plight. If not for being fated with her, his instincts might be warning him too. Yao Ying was as strong as one could be in this world. With her physique, there might not be anyone even close to her strength.

Jiang Hao sighed inwardly. He knew about chaos and what it signified—a celestial physique representing chaos might be the strongest physique in this entire universe.

"Don’t be afraid. Senior Yao won’t harm you, of course, unless you pull something foolish."

Jiang Hao patted his head.

"Grrrrwww..."

Fenglai moved his head away in annoyance when he heard that. He even said that he was more foolish than him.

Jiang Hao laughed and bowed towards Yao Ying.

"Thank you for everything, Senior. Please take care of him."

Yao Ying nodded to him.

"Fenglai, we will meet again."

"Grrrrhhh..."

Jiang Hao understood that he was asking where he was going. He smiled and said,

"I have some other matters to attend to, so I can’t stay here."

He disappeared using minor teleportation, leaving Fenglai stunned.

Fenglai couldn’t help but tremble inside. He thought Jiang Hao was going to live with him, but instead, he had brought him here and left him with a terrifying person.

Yao Ying looked towards the place where Jiang Hao had been standing and sighed. This happened too fast—she really wasn’t expecting to meet him so soon.

She moved towards Fenglai, who trembled inside when she approached him. Running was impossible; all he did was lower his gaze to the ground, trying not to do anything foolish to provoke her.

When Yao Ying reached close to him, she understood his feelings. It was typical behavior of spirit beasts when they met someone far stronger than them.

She placed her hand on his head and rubbed it gently. Fenglai was afraid of her hand at first, but gradually, his fear faded with every passing second, and he even started nudging his head against her hand.

"Fenglai... hm, it’s a good name for you."

"Grrr..."

"Let’s go and walk around in the forest. I am quite bored staying here."

Fenglai didn’t know where they were going but followed her.

When they arrived at the spirit field, his eyes widened in shock. This was the first time he had seen so many spirit herbs. He also knew that he wouldn’t be able to eat even a single one of them, even if they were given to him.

Yao Ying didn’t stop and went to the mist barrier, which parted away. Fenglai looked at the barrier warily again but still followed Yao Ying.

They descended the mountain. Fenglai didn’t really have any idea where he was right now. Just a moment ago, he had been in his territory, ruling like a territorial lord, but now he was somewhere unknown. Not to mention Jiang Hao had left him with a terrifying human cultivator.

Although she hadn’t forced him into a blood contract and had even petted him, since this was his first time meeting her, it was hard for him to trust her completely.

They walked slowly into the forest. It was a totally unknown place for Fenglai, but he knew this place definitely housed far stronger beasts than him—the spirit qi density was just that high.

...

Jiang Hao appeared only a hundred miles away from the mountain. He had decided to complete most of this journey on foot in the beginning, and that’s what he would do—unless he was forced to teleport.

Just as he was about to move, he felt absolute danger and teleported about a hundred miles immediately. The place he appeared in again seemed fine.

"What? You thought your previous journey was smooth sailing and you didn’t encounter any dangerous beasts because you were lucky? Not to mention the teleportation you used took you directly to the mountain."

Yin Ni spoke to him.

Jiang Hao immediately understood what she was implying. He couldn’t help but think deeply—why did he want to travel on foot anyway? Wasn’t it to test his instincts? But was that necessary? He thought it was at the time, but now he wasn’t so sure whether it was his own decision or one driven by fate.

What would have happened if he had decided to teleport all the way to the forbidden zone? Would he have missed Yao Ying? Or would one of the teleportations have taken him to the mountain again?

"Don’t think too much. If I hadn’t pointed it out, you would’ve believed everything was natural and your own decision. So let it slide—you can’t do anything about it anyway, at least not for now."

Jiang Hao just sighed. She was right. If she hadn’t pointed that out and he hadn’t known about fate, everything would have seemed normal to him. He had already accepted it, so there was no need to dwell on it any longer—it would only affect his state of mind.

Although he had accepted it, he was still going to try to travel as far as he could on foot.

He moved again, but he hadn’t gone far when he had to teleport once more. It was expected, as some beasts used their spirit senses to scan their surroundings while hunting, so encountering them was normal.

Well, he got what he asked for. He wanted to travel while testing his instinct—it had been quite helpful so far. After wasting more than half of his spirit qi on teleporting, he directly used three minor teleportations and reached near the mountain where they were staying. He used another one using spirit qi and reached the top.

The moment he reached the mountain, Huan Caiyi appeared before him.

When she saw him, she took a breath of relief. No matter how safe he was, things could still go wrong—nothing was set in stone.

"Well, welcome back. You took a lot more time than I had expected."

She said while ruffling his hair.

Jiang Hao nodded.

"Senior Mei Ling told me to wait so that others could gather as many spirit stones as possible, so we are holding the auction after three days. I decided to do some sightseeing, so it took a while."

Huan Caiyi didn’t dwell on the sightseeing part. He had been away from human regions for a long time—it was expected if he wanted to relax a little.

Ming Yue and Zhi Hui came immediately too.

"Welcome back, Junior Brother."

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

Jiang Hao took out a spare storage bag, placed all the spirit stones they had earned into it, and handed it to Huan Caiyi.

He had refrained from mentioning Yao Ying. Unless he had her permission, he wouldn’t do so.

But he had to bring the news about the Truth Seeker being lost by the Sky Pavilion to them somehow. It would ease their concerns, but he just didn’t know how to phrase it.

"Just tell them about Yao Ying. What’s the big deal? Just say you had a fateful encounter with the real owner of the Truth Seeker, and that person has a good relationship with the real owner of this ring. Because of this, she helped you get rid of the Truth Seeker."

Jiang Hao was stunned for a second. Did she read his mind while he wasn’t even in her dimension?

"I have a pretty solid guess about what you’re thinking right now, but it’s nothing like that. I just guessed your intentions of not telling them about Yao Ying the moment you mentioned sightseeing. But given how helpful it would be if they knew about the Truth Seeker, you must have wanted to bring that out too."

Jiang Hao shook his head internally but agreed with her decision.

"Senior, while I was coming back, I met someone. It was a fateful meeting."

The others were surprised and listened attentively.

"Actually, the person I met was acquainted with the real owner of this ring. Yes, this person is also from another world, but that’s not important. The real reason I’m mentioning this is because this person is the real owner of the Truth Seeker."

Huan Caiyi and the others were stunned this time. It was completely unexpected news. The person who had given the ring to Jiang Hao was definitely from the upper world. Then doesn’t it mean this person was from the upper world too?

Jiang Hao continued.

"Since it was a fateful meeting, I explained our circumstances to her, and after understanding our plight, she immediately took away the Truth Seeker. So, in simple words, the Sky Pavilion has just lost the Truth Seeker."