Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 123: Core Area

"Now tell me everything you know about the safe zone and what happens if you attack someone inside it."

Since this guy had come again, it was perfect to clarify everything from him instead of finding out through assumptions.

Jing Tian shook his head. This guy really didn’t know anything about the inheritance site. How much confidence did he have in his strength to enter without knowing anything?

Or did he have confidence in fooling everyone like him? Surely not, right?

"Well, for starters, the safe zone is divided into three areas: outer, middle, and core.

Right now, we are in the outer area. The houses here are simple, and the inheritances are also ordinary. By the way, those pillars are the inheritances left behind by the seniors. Mainly, inheritances are left only by Heavenly King realm and above cultivators.

The houses inside the middle region are better than the ones here, while the core area has the best houses for cultivation.

The reason is simple. In the middle area, the houses have arrays inside them to concentrate the spirit qi even further. It doubles the concentration from the outside qi. You can already imagine how good it would be, right?

Even without concentrated spirit qi, this place feels like heaven. Just imagine double the concentration.

And similarly, in the core region, the concentration inside the houses is triple. It’s almost like spirit qi is falling like water vapour on you.

The inheritances inside the safe zones are mainly left by the seniors of the ancient eras. Even ordinary inheritances from them are considered valuable nowadays. The inheritances that are outside in the wild are left by seniors who came after them.

In fact, some seniors use this opportunity to leave behind their inheritances if they think that it is the end of the road for them. So, there will never be an end to the inheritances inside the inheritance site.

The inheritances outside in the wild are mainly one-time claimable, but these inheritances inside the pillars are designed to be claimable every opening. Of course, the treasures along with the inheritance would already be gone, but the core cultivation techniques and other important knowledge will always be available.

But it’s not easy to claim these inheritances. They all have specific wills left behind by the seniors that test and choose their successors. In fact, there might be inheritances inside the core region of this city that have not been claimed to this day.

Every inheritance left inside the core area of every city—yes, every city, whether it is in the Qi Refinement region or here in the Core Formation region—is left by seniors who were in the Heavenly Emperor realm or Tribulation Ascendance realm. Their value is unimaginable.

Many cultivators wish to obtain those inheritances because by following the path of those seniors, they are at least guaranteed to reach those levels, which are otherwise only dreams.

Well, claiming those inheritances is also a dream, because the tests for becoming a successor to these inheritances are far tougher than one can imagine."

Jing Tian stopped for a moment and continued.

"Now, you might have already thought that those who came first would have an unimaginable advantage, as they can choose the houses in the core region, right?

But reality is far different. These inheritance sites were made to give advantage to the strongest and groom them better.

So how could it overlook this? You see, even though it’s a safe zone, it is only safe in terms of attacking without consent.

But this rule doesn’t apply if you challenge someone. Of course, they have the full right not to accept your challenge, but if they are occupying a house you like and you challenge them for that house, then they must either accept your challenge or give you the ownership of that house if they don’t want to accept your challenge.

Let me remind you, every fight will be unrestrained. Killing is totally allowed, because if not, others could keep harassing someone by constantly challenging them, and this would interrupt your cultivation.

Although it is allowed, it is not necessary. You can even let your opponent live if you wish. One more thing—after every challenge, the winning cultivator is given a one-hour rest period. In this period, no one can challenge you.

That’s basically about the houses and inheritances present here. The number of houses in every city differs—even I don’t know how many this city has—but it will definitely be enough for everyone present inside the city.

Because the main consciousness teleported the number of cultivators near it accordingly.

I might not know how many total houses there are, but the number of core houses in every region is fixed—it is nine.

As for the punishment for attacking someone in the safe zone, well, it isn’t fixed. The main consciousness decides the severity of it. But believe me, I heard of some people getting death sentences too."

Jiang Hao nodded. He understood everything perfectly. As expected of a place designed to groom cultivators, everything was perfectly attuned towards that purpose.

While they were talking among themselves, others had already entered as well. The group of Azure Sky Sect cultivators had already moved towards the core area. Others followed too—they wanted to see who the strongest cultivators in this city were, because only they would have the right to occupy those houses.

Jing Tian looked at all the people moving towards the core area and snickered.

"How laughable. Even if someone inside these groups has the strength to contend against the Azure Sky Sect cultivators, they won’t do it out of fear. That’s why Master always says that the inheritance site not only tests your strength but your will too."

Jiang Hao agreed with this sentiment. Strength and will are both important. In fact, will is even more important than raw strength. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

Jiang Hao moved towards the core area too. It will be perfect if he was able to challenge a disciple from Azure Sky sect.

Seeing him move, Jing Tian also followed. He too was going to get a house in the core region. Yu Yan could get one too—she was definitely stronger than these unknown bastards. He didn’t know about the other two from the southern region, as they were unknown to him as well.

What he was really curious about was Jiang Hao—would he be able to take one for himself? He might finally be able to see his real strength.

There was also a chance that cultivators from Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary might be present there too.

He was already eager to challenge them. He just hoped that someone worthy was present in this city in their group—not like these unknown bastards of Azure Sky sect.

The street that led to the core area was straight. Jiang Hao could already see some other cultivators from Blazing Valley, Mountain Sword Sect, and Thousand Petal Order moving in the crowd ahead of him.

They were almost the last in the crowd to move towards the core area.

"One more thing. Can’t you leave right now for the next safe zone?"

Jiang Hao asked.

"Of course you can, but the second zone is almost twice as far as this one. Once you leave this city from the back gate, you will see the pillar of light again.

But why would everyone do that? They are here for inheritances, and even without trying at least once to gain the inheritance of the core area?

The chances of obtaining them here would be higher, as these are the weakest among other inheritances."

Jiang Hao nodded.

"As for those bastards, they are trying to find those cultivators whom they have labelled as criminals—the ones I told you about, Ming Yue and Jiang Hao.

They aren’t sure of their cultivation realm, but according to their guess, they would be in the Core Formation or Soul Sea realm."

Jing Tian finished his sentence and looked toward Jiang Hao.

"What do you think? Are they really criminals, as those guys are trying to claim, or do they have something that these bastards want?

Maybe the Heavenly Sister has stolen some important knowledge or treasure from them and run away? At least my Master didn’t agree with that claim, but who knows."

Jiang Hao didn’t comment on that and kept moving.

Jing Tian sighed. Why is it so hard for this guy to speak normally?

After crossing the middle area, they arrived at the core area. There was a clear distinction, as there was quite a gap with a small stream of water flowing through, forming the dividing line of every area.

The houses in appearance were similar to the ones he had seen till now. The only difference between them would be the arrays inscribed inside the houses.

One more thing Jiang Hao was certain of—the number of cultivators present inside the city was definitely lower than the total number of houses present in the city. It was definitely because of the deaths of many cultivators, like how this guy had killed a group of cultivators when he had met him.

He could see that in the core area there were only three pillars. They were all in the center, with the houses surrounding them.

The pillars and houses had no connection—anyone could give a shot at claiming the inheritance.

There were numbers on the pillars.

"Those numbers indicate how many people have claimed those inheritances. And as expected, there is one without any successors.

Many would try to gain its approval, because it will be a complete inheritance with its treasures. But I doubt anyone would succeed,"

Jing Tian spoke.