Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 38: The Frozen Past

Ming Yue was practicing her sword skills with full concentration and wasn’t paying attention to her surroundings, so she didn’t sense the arrival of Jiang Hao.

Eventually, though, in one of her turns, her eyes met with Jiang Hao, who was calmly standing there without any expression. She stopped for a moment and looked at herself, she was completely soaked in sweat.

She blushed a little and used her spirit qi. Instead of evaporating, all the sweat on her body froze instantly, even the moisture inside her robe froze, and after that, everything broke into the finest ice particles and dissolved into the air like mist.

It was amazing to see such fine control of spirit qi. Jiang Hao was really amazed at that sight. He also had elemental affinities, which he absorbed from the spirit herbs, but they hadn’t reached the level where he could control those elements easily.

He could use fire qi in very miniscule amount, though, but he might not be able to control that one easily either. Controlling elemental qi required practice too.

"Junior Brother Jiang, were you peeping?"

"That is just a baseless accusation, Senior Sister Ming. I just arrived here and was curious why you were practicing here."

"Ahh... I see, but Junior Brother, you could have called me since I wasn’t paying attention. But instead of doing that, you decided to stand and watch me. That is definitely peeping, Junior Brother."

Jiang Hao was speechless. Right now, he would have preferred if Ming Yue showed him her cold side, it would be easier to handle.

"Senior Sister, I didn’t want to break your concentration. By the way, Senior Sister, why are you here?"

He tried to divert the topic, and Ming Yue saw him do that. She smiled and didn’t continue pestering him.

"Master and Aunt decided that it would be safer if we stayed together. Also, Master will stay here from this day onwards too.

Master and Aunt also have to cultivate in seclusion for some time as they were about to breakthrough.

So, one of them will watch over us and other will enter seclusion, when they felt like breaking through.

Junior Brother, you should learn how to hold back a little. I regret not coming to watch that now, or else I would have definitely reminded you.

Junior Brother, although I would love to lecture you on this, I may not be the best candidate to do so as I made the same mistake once."

Jiang Hao was stunned. She did the same? He couldn’t help but ask.

"What are you talking about, Senior Sister?"

"Since Aunt told me to brief you about it, I will tell you everything, Junior Brother.

Master, Aunt, and I belong to the Central Region. We are here because we ran away from there to save me.

My situation wasn’t any different from yours, Junior Brother, although I didn’t know much about my powers at that time.

In the Central Region, I belonged to a prestigious clan known as the Li Clan, so my full name is Li Ming Yue.

I was termed a supreme genius in the clan as my comprehension abilities were extraordinary, and my cultivation was quite fast too, as I had a variant-grade spirit root, Ice Spirit Root, well technically that was what we believed that time.

There is a sect in the Central Region that is the strongest of all other sects. It is known as the Azure Sky Sect. This was also the closest sect in my region, so I joined this sect.

There was another reason why I wanted to join the Azure Sky Sect, though. My Master and Aunt were quite famous in the Central Region, and they were also from the Azure Sky Sect. Even before joining the sect, I admired them.

They are known as the Heavenly Fairies. When I joined the sect, I chose the Sword Faction as my Master and Aunt were elders of this faction in the sect.

Aunt might not seem like someone who uses a sword, but believe me, she is just as skilled as my Master in swordsmanship. Alchemy is just her secondary profession, and my Master’s secondary profession is Talisman-making.

They were both top cultivators in their generation, and since they were always together and totally merciless to their enemies, they had another nickname—Devil Sisters... hehehe.

When I joined the sect, almost all branch leaders wanted to take me as a disciple, but I chose my Master. She was just an elder at that time because, to become a branch leader in the Azure Sky Sect, you need to be at the Heavenly King realm.

Many mighty figures were dissatisfied but kept it to themselves and didn’t voice it out.

But eventually, the branch master of the Sword Branch started sending female disciples of the Sword Faction to formally challenge me or you can say to annoy me

Of course, I wasn’t someone who cared about my image, so I just ignored their challenges. After all, if I started accepting their challenges, I wouldn’t even get time to cultivate.

Eventually, they started rumors that I was just an ordinary cultivator and that my title as a supreme genius was fake.

Unlike you, Junior Brother, I am not hot-blooded, so again, I just ignored them. But one day, they said something about my Master that I didn’t like at all.

And on that day, I was experiencing something different inside me. It felt like something was awakening within me.

On that day, I had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm, and when I heard someone speaking badly about Master, I finally gave in and attacked them.

Unlike this sect, we couldn’t fight anywhere in Azure Sky sect. Even after challenging, we had to go to the special arenas.

But I didn’t care for anything. I released all the qi inside me while closing my eyes. I didn’t know why I did that, as it wasn’t any specific attack, but my heart was telling me to do it, so I did anyway.

When I opened my eyes, everything was frozen. There were early, mid, late, and even some peak-stage cultivators. Whoever was within a 20-meter radius was frozen solid. They all became ice sculptures. On that day, I killed 36 disciples.

I lost all my qi with that attack and was about to lose consciousness when my Master arrived and took me away.

When I came to my senses, I was in my cave abode. Enough time had passed, and the whole sect was already informed of what had happened.

It was also at that time that I came to know that I had a special constitution, and its grade was also very high. It was heaven grade physique.

My Master and Aunt knew about the nature of the mighty figures in the sect, so they eventually ran away with me, and as expected, the cultivators of the Azure Sky Sect began to chase us endlessly.

Master was a talisman maker and had good connections, so she had some Major Transference Talismans on her. So we were able to escape from the Central Region easily.

We could have gone to the forbidden zones in the Central Region, but the forbidden zones there are even more dangerous than other regions, and I was too weak. So Master decided to come east.

We found the Mountain Sword Sect here and decided to join them for the time being as long as the cultivators of the Azure Sky Sect didn’t come here.

That’s the story. Was it fun?"

She asked with a smile.

Jiang Hao didn’t know what to say. It really was quite tough for them. He now knew the reason why Huan Caiyi seemed angry at him.

She had already gone through this once, and now she might have to go through it again.

He couldn’t help but smile ruefully. At least he had a choice to not show too much, unlike Senior Sister Ming Yue, who was pushed to the limit.

According to what she had said, the Azure Sky Sect might be the biggest threat to them, but it is only one of them. There is another sect that is connected to the Upper World.

Their knowledge and expertise wouldn’t fall much behind the Azure Sky Sect.

Jiang Hao looked at Ming Yue and thought for a moment. He always felt something off with her strength as if it was suppressed. He still felt the same way. That meant she was still restricted by something.

A Heaven Grade Physique... he really didn’t expect her to have this. In fact, he really didn’t expect anyone from the Lower World to have this level of physique.

A Common Grade Physique’s is comparable to cultivating a Earth Grade cultivation technique. An Earth Grade Physique is then definitely comparable to a Heaven Grade cultivation technique. Then wouldn’t that mean that a Heaven Grade Physique is comparable to a complete Celestial Grade cultivation technique?

No wonder Senior Hu Tian said people of the Upper World envy cultivators who have Heavenly and Celestial Physiques.

Jiang Hao looked at Ming Yue and couldn’t help but think—since he wanted to find a good sparring partner, wouldn’t she be the perfect one?

So, he just asked.

"Senior Sister, is it possible to remove your restrictions? Since we are alone here, it won’t be a problem, right?" frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

When Ming Yue heard that, she was stunned for a second before her face turned red.