Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 139: Drawing the Array

"So tell me, junior brother, what have you done to make her so angry at you?"

Jiang Hao’s thoughts went back to when he had broken the barrier of the house Yu Yan was staying in. Yes, that was definitely the biggest reason.

He didn’t say anything about it though.

"Senior sister, I don’t know."

He outright denied it, hoping she wouldn’t continue asking about it. Otherwise, he’d have to find a good topic to divert her attention.

When Ming Yue heard him, she glared at him.

"Whenever you hide something, junior brother, you always use this tone. Today I am not letting you off the hook unless you tell me about it."

Jiang Hao sighed inwardly. It looked like he would have to find another way to change the subject.

"Senior sister, did something interesting happen to you after entering this inheritance site?"

Ming Yue stopped and looked at him, replying.

"This won’t work, junior brother. This time, I am not letting you divert the conversation."

Jiang Hao shook his head internally. It seemed he really couldn’t divert her attention this time.

"Senior sister, I didn’t do much... just broke the barrier of her house in the city we were staying in."

"Huh... you broke the protection barrier of her house?"

Ming Yue was so surprised that she asked for confirmation.

Jiang Hao nodded in acceptance.

"Junior brother, that’s definitely not a good way to impress a woman. Forget about other things, it might have turned dangerous for her if she was undergoing a breakthrough.

The main consciousness didn’t punish you, but don’t take it for granted, junior brother. If it had really affected her, then even it would have given you some kind of punishment for fairness."

Jiang Hao listened to her speechlessly. True, he had made a mistake, but why would he want to impress her? As expected, he shouldn’t have admitted it to his senior sister.

And regarding the matter of breakthroughs, he doubted anyone would attempt one here. If they advanced to the Early Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, they would be giving up everything inside the region of the Core Formation Realm.

He increased his speed a little to reach the core area faster. It would be better to end this quickly.

"Junior brother, wait—wait! Fine, I won’t talk about it..."

...

Both of them arrived at the inheritance pillar, and he again let Ming Yue complete the process.

It didn’t take long, and they obtained the inheritance easily.

"With this, we have a total of three inheritance treasures, junior brother."

Jiang Hao nodded. This was definitely a lot. After all, these storage bags were from seniors who had at least reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm. It might not be their entire wealth, because no matter how much they sacrificed for humanity, they wouldn’t discard their own descendants, right?

Whatever the case, they could check how much they had gained later. For now, it was time to prepare a welcoming gift for their enemies.

"Senior sister, should we directly go to the main city, or do you want those two to come with us?"

"As insensitive as always, junior brother. Since I have already invited them, it would not be good to leave them behind, right? Also, it’s good to create some connections, junior brother. You don’t have to be overly friendly, but a simple relationship might come in handy someday."

Jiang Hao didn’t say anything. Simple relationship or not, he didn’t care. As long as someone helped him, he would return the favor. If that was considered a simple relationship, then he didn’t have to act any differently to form one.

He had gained information from Jing Tian. If Jing Tian asked him for any kind of help, then he would definitely listen. As for talking with them and acting friendly, he didn’t find it a necessity. He loved peace.

There were only a few people in this world with whom he was willing to converse normally. He didn’t know if there would be someone else in the future, but the chances were low.

"I can see that you don’t agree with me, junior brother. I am not even surprised. Fine, I’ll do it myself. Let’s go and pick them up, if and only if Jing Tian’s inheritance test is over. Otherwise, we will leave."

She had already learned their names while speaking with Yu Yan.

Jiang Hao nodded, and they went back.

When they arrived, they saw that Jing Tian still hadn’t come out. It looked like all inheritance tests were long, or perhaps Jing Tian was accepting the whole inheritance instead of only the treasures.

"Sister Yu, we are going to the main city as we have to prepare for our guests. You have minor teleportation talismans, right?"

"Don’t worry, Sister Ming. I still have more than enough for us to reach there easily."

Ming Yue nodded.

"Very well then. Take care."

After bidding a small farewell to Yu Yan, Ming Yue and Jiang Hao teleported away.

It took exactly ten minor teleportations to arrive at the main city.

It was huge, far bigger than any city Jiang Hao had seen till now.

It was built at the base of a massive mountain. This mountain must be at the exact center of the entire inheritance site. So it also meant that this mountain base was touching the Soul Sea Realm and other regions too.

This central area seemed free of any trees, so the area around the city was an open plain.

At least three thousand meters seemed to be completely empty in front of the city.

The main pathway seemed to be only one thousand meters long, so others would have to cross at least two thousand meters in the open.

It might seem like only a small distance, but it was enough for anyone’s enemies to attack them if they were lying in wait.

This might also be the best place for those who wished to loot others, because everyone would have gained something while coming here.

But whoever wanted to attack must be confident in their abilities, because those who arrived here wouldn’t be ordinary either.

"Senior sister, I am going to create the array."

"I will join you, junior brother."

Creating an array was time-consuming. The size of the array they were going to create was massive too. It was only a trapping array, but once activated, no one below the Core Formation Realm would be able to escape easily, unless they use talismans to escape.

Arrays are similar to talismans—they also draw spirit qi from nature to sustain themselves. But that’s only the bare minimum. If you want to increase the strength of the array, you have to create nodes.

Nodes are critical points that use spirit stones to increase the effectiveness and strength of the array using external spirit qi.

The number of nodes that can be created depends on the size and complexity of the array. They were creating an array with a diameter of one thousand meters.

It was a simple trapping array, so they decided to create only a hundred nodes.

How long the array could sustain damage depended on the number of spirit stones used in each node.

Since they had enough, they used enough spirit stones for even a thousand of cultivators attacking together.

This meant that the array could withstand at least ten attacks from a thousand cultivators. This was the power of an array.

In its most basic state without any nodes, the array they had drawn could take attacks from a single cultivator. But now that they had added enough spirit stones, it could even withstand a thousand cultivators.

Of course, there was a breaking point. If all those thousand attacks landed on the same area, then the array could be broken easily—but Jiang wouldn’t let that happen.

They took only two hours to complete everything. Now only one thing was left: creating the main node.

The main node is also called the eye of the array, it is the most critical part.

When an enemy destroys a node, the array weakens. But if the main node is destroyed, the whole array crumbles instantly.

That’s why the main node is always hidden perfectly to avoid exploitation.

Just as they completed it and were about to enter the city, they saw Jing Tian and Yu Yan arriving.

The array wouldn’t activate unless Jiang Hao or Ming Yue triggered it themselves, so Jing Tian and Yu Yan didn’t even know they were standing directly inside it.

"Welcome, you came at a good time. We were just about to enter the city."

"Sister Ming, it’s already been two hours. Why have you not entered yet?"

Ming Yue pointed at the ground.

Yu Yan didn’t see anything wrong, as Jiang Hao and Ming Yue had removed every trace of it. But she understood what Ming Yue was intending to tell her.

She nodded, and they came to the city gates, it was massive.

"There’s no need for us to cross one by one. Multiple people can enter at the same time."

Jing Tian still felt embarrassed about earlier. Not to mention, the senior inside the pillar had laughed at him the whole time during the test, so he only spoke the bare minimum.

After crossing the barrier and entering the city, the first difference Jiang Hao noticed was that there were no pillars spread throughout the city like in the previous ones.

The city also didn’t seem to be divided into multiple regions.

"The competition held in the main cities of inheritance sites in all regions differs, but their main purpose is the same, to test the strength of the cultivator."