Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 74: Fate Whisperer

"Mistress, the room has been arranged," Jiang Hao heard the fatty manager’s voice from outside.

Mei Ling looked towards Jiang Hao and said, "You should go and rest. I have something important to do."

She was looking at the Grade 6 water-attributed pill in her hands.

Jiang understood that she wanted to consume the pill. Not everyone is a genius like Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui; almost all cultivators use pills to increase their chances of breaking through successfully, every breakthrough is dangerous, and failure can cripple or kill the cultivators.

So, using pills to assist them is the best choice and also a safer option for them. The better the quality of the pill, the higher is their chance of successfully breaking through.

"Then excuse me, Senior," Jiang Hao bowed towards her a little and left. When he came outside, the manager was waiting for him.

"Come with me, Fellow Daoist," the manager said.

Jaing Hao followed him for some time before they arrived on the other side of the fourth floor where there was another room.

There was a maid standing outside the room.

"Fellow Daoist, you can stay here. If you need anything, just call this maid and tell her. We will fulfill your request to the best of our abilities," the manager explained.

Jaing Hao nodded and went inside, closing the door.

He went to the bed and sat down. Till now, everything had gone fine, and he had achieved mostly what he came for. Given the Heavenly Fortune Pavilion’s reputation, selling those pills wouldn’t be hard.

He still didn’t know how many Heavenly King realm cultivators had come for them, but he knew it wouldn’t change anything, so he wasn’t anxious about it.

Just as he wanted to sleep for some time—since it had been too long since he’d had proper sleep—he felt a vibration from his ring.

This had never happened before, but he had a feeling why it was happening. He closed his eyes and entered it.

As expected, instead of going to the storage section, he came to a dimension where that silver-haired woman was.

He still didn’t know her name, as she never mentioned it.

He tried to control his thoughts the moment he entered, as they would be laid bare in front of her.

"Why are you trying so hard, like you have secrets you can’t share?" she asked.

"It just doesn’t feel good to have thoughts listened to by someone else," he replied.

"Forget it... So, you have reached the Core Formation realm, huh? But still, your speed is slower than expected."

"I was restricted from breaking through by a senior," he explained.

"Do you know why I called you here?"

"No, Senior."

"It’s about that Truth Seeker you’re worried about."

Jiang Hao’s eyes widened. Although this wasn’t something he wanted to hide, since he hadn’t thought about the Truth Seeker, how did she know? Can she read my memories too?

"Nope, I can’t," she answered.

Jiang Hao composed himself and asked quickly to avoid thinking anything else, "Then how do you know, Senior?"

"Well... even though I am inside this ring, I can still see everything outside from the moment you bonded with it.

And I am quite bored, so much that I don’t mind encroaching on your privacy. By the way, I can even talk to you through this ring, but I find it a hassle."

Jiang Hao was speechless. It’s not like he had anything to hide from her; she already knew about his most important secrets anyway.

But what about when he... forget it, forget it.

"Don’t worry, I have no interest in seeing you peeing or other things. I am bored, but even I won’t sully my eyes," she said.

Jiang Hao sighed inwardly and asked, "Senior, what were you going to tell me about the Truth Seeker?"

"Everything. So listen carefully. But before that, tell me what you think it is. Well, you can just think about it; I will know."

Jiang Hao didn’t think but spoke, as it felt far better than having his thoughts read. "I think it’s related to a universal treasure. Maybe the Sky Pavilion also has a connection to the upper world."

"Your thinking is not incorrect. I don’t know if this Sky Pavilion you talk about has a connection with the upper world or not, nor do I care, but yes, the Truth Seeker is related to a universal treasure.

But you know what? It’s not directly related to a universal treasure.

The universal treasure I am talking about is called the Fate Whisperer. As the name suggests, it is related to reading the fate of everything.

Fate is a very enigmatic concept. Unless you know about it, you will never be able to change it. Of course even if you knew, you need strength to change it too.

You might think, how can it be called fate if it can be changed? Well, it’s true. If you don’t know about your fate, you will never be able to change it. But if you do, and you have enough strength, then you can prevent that fate from occurring.

And once you are able to change it, a new fate will be woven. Its result might be something you wanted or not, because you can’t write fate; you can just change it.

But it’s not as easy as I made it sound. Because before changing the fate, you need to know it first, and that is even more difficult than changing the fate itself.

There are very few ways to see through the fate of someone or something.

First, you have to have mastery in the Dao of Fate, which is as difficult as ascending the Heavens as a mortal.

Second, you are born with a special constitution related to fate, just like your physique. Why did I say born? Because the Fate Whisperer doesn’t provide a physique like some other universal treasures. After all, not every universal treasure provides special constitutions.

But the byproduct of the Fate Whisperer is just as good as having a special physique, and that is the third way to read fate. There might exist some other ways, but these are the three most known ways.

The Truth Seeker is also related to this byproduct of the Fate Whisperer, known as the Thread of Fate. So, you can say that it is related to the Fate Whisperer but not directly, as it is just a branch of the Thread of Fate.

Now, let’s talk about something interesting.

First of all, this Thread of Fate was in the possession of one of the strongest clans in the upper world, at least in my era.

I don’t know about anything that might have led to the Truth Seeker coming to this world, but I do know that a branch from the Thread of Fate can only be separated by the owner of the Thread of Fate itself.

There is no other way, as there is no one in this universe powerful enough to do it."

When Jiang Hao heard this, he couldn’t help but think, wasn’t the Voidbound Circlet destroyed too?

"Ohh... I see. You think it was destroyed by a living entity? No, it wasn’t. There is no cultivator, be it human or beast, strong enough to destroy a universal treasure, and I doubt there will ever be.

The reason why the Voidbound Circlet is destroyed isn’t something I can tell you, as you aren’t allowed to learn about it. I can only tell you this: before reaching the peak of this whole universe, you aren’t worthy of listening about it. So don’t think too much; you have a long way to go."

Jaing Hao nodded. He really was too weak, but it still intrigued him internally.

"So, as I was saying, the Truth Seeker wouldn’t have come to this world if the owner of the Thread of Fate didn’t want it to be.

But as I also said, the Thread of Fate belongs to one of the strongest clans in this world, and they are not someone who likes to interfere in even smaller upper worlds, much less this lower world.

So, for it to be here, there can be many implications.

First is that the Xuanluan Clan, which I was talking about, was destroyed—a very impossible scenario, if I say so. But sometimes exceptional things do happen.

Because even in my era, there were quite a few top clans and sects that hated them out of jealousy and greed, a very common thing in the upper world.

If this really happened, then the Thread of Fate might have changed hands, or the previous owner separated every single branch and sent them to various worlds along with the main thread so that it wouldn’t fall into the hands of their enemies.

Second is that maybe the owner of the Thread came to this world to find something. Who knows? This world might really have something they want. After all, they can see the fate of themselves with the Thread.

You know what? I am inclined towards this notion. Do you know why? Because there is no such restriction that you can only ask two questions to the branch or Truth Seeker. Also, it is capable of answering far more complex answers than just yes and no.

The Truth Seeker was restricted because the owner wanted it to be restricted, and this proves that the owner of the original is present here, controlling the Truth Seeker for its own use."

Jiang Hao got surprised and asked, "But why?"

"Who knows? But if I were the owner and wanted to kill my boredom, I would also leave the Truth Seeker to any powerful organization that had control over information in this whole world.

As whatever questions they will ask the Truth Seeker, the owner can easily listen to them, and a treasure like the Truth Seeker will definitely be used for high-level information, like finding some specific treasure if they had a description of the given treasure.

And if the owner liked the given treasure, then it will be theirs."