Chapter 730: Steal or Switch?

s.Stinky brat, she still likes snacks so much even at school.Hao Ren put these things aside and continued looking inside the drawer for more stuff.Ruo Ying, with rich experience in catching small stud...Chapter 730: Steal or Exchange

The Spirit Martial Ancestor had thrown caution to the wind this time, and almost all of the cultivators at the Core Formation stage in the Sixth Layer Sky were being absorbed by the Seventh Layer Sky. However, when the Seventh Layer Sky received the news, they did not make much of a stir.

This attitude could only prove two thoughts: one was that the sects in the Sixth Layer Sky were irrelevant to the sects in the Seventh Layer Sky; and the other was that they would rather see sects in the Sixth Layer Sky fight each other, weakening their strength, so as not to affect their position.

The Heavenly Mountain Sect became the epicenter of this incident, suffering the most severe losses. But when it came to helping the Heavenly Mountain Sect out of such a predicament, none of the sects in the Seventh Layer Sky had any intention to do so.

Thinking about how the Heavenly Mountain Sect used to provide medicinal pills and spiritual beasts to these sects in the Seventh Layer Sky, but now they were maintaining an equilibrium stance, the Spirit Martial Ancestor felt extremely frustrated.

The Heavenly Mountain Sect had secretly accumulated power for hundreds of years, barely having a chance to ascend to the Seventh Layer Sky. However, due to the Misty Peak Incident, half of their strength was knocked down.

Of course, this could be attributed to the fact that the Heavenly Mountain Sect had provoked those they shouldn't have, but wasn't it also because these sects in the Seventh Layer Sky deliberately turned a blind eye to the decline of the Heavenly Mountain Sect

Especially after the Spirit Martial Ancestor's realm was knocked down and he sequestered himself on the mountain back, during that period of time, he thought through many things. The sects in the Seventh Layer Sky did not want any other sect to ascend to their level, so no matter how much the Heavenly Mountain Sect developed, they would still be knocked down!

These sects in the Seventh Layer Sky were competing with each other within the Seventh Layer Sky, but overall, they formed an interest group that directly controlled more than ten sects in the Sixth Layer Sky and indirectly controlled hundreds of sects in the Fifth Layer Sky.

No matter how hard the Heavenly Mountain Sect struggled, it was merely providing them with materials!

It was precisely because of this reason that after receiving the divine medicine given by Duan Yao to slightly recover his realm, the Spirit Martial Ancestor went down to the Fifth Layer Sky to apologize at Misty Peak and gradually approached Misty Peak.

Misty Peak became more prominent in the Fifth Layer Sky, but sects in the Seventh Layer Sky did not intervene, making the Spirit Martial Ancestor feel that there was something unusual about Misty Peak's background.

Moreover, judging from how Misty Peak treated the surrounding three small sects, it wasn't just generous but also righteous!

The reason why the Spirit Martial Ancestor took Hua Ren to the Seventh Layer Sky was to see what the situation would be like. Even if such an action offended the sects in the Seventh Layer Sky, they wouldn't go so far as to knock down the Heavenly Mountain Sect.

From this incident alone, it was known that there was no need to make great efforts for these sects in the Seventh Layer Sky!

The Spirit Martial Ancestor, who had cultivated for nearly a thousand years, now felt naive for believing the promises of those sects in the Seventh Layer Sky!

Thinking of this, the Venerable Ancestor Lingwu felt extremely resentful, even more so than his hatred towards Hao Ren for dismantling the Sky Mountain Sect.

In the realm of cultivating immortality, overpowering those weaker is common sense, but it shouldn’t be done by deceiving the Sky Mountain Sect with sweet words!

"Senior Lingwu seems to have a lot of resentment in your heart," Hao Ren, sitting on Little White's back, suddenly said.

"How could I dare How could I dare" The Venerable Ancestor Lingwu hurriedly clasped his hands towards Hao Ren.

He did indeed have some resentment, but this resentment was directed at the Seventh Layer Sky sects deceiving the Sky Mountain Sect for hundreds of years, not towards Hao Ren.

Victory and defeat are common occurrences in warfare; conquerors and vanquished both exist throughout history. The Venerable Ancestor Lingwu is also a person who has experienced thousands of years of cultivation. Since he couldn’t defeat Hao Ren, and the Sky Mountain Sect couldn’t defeat Mysterious Peak, then they must submit.

Especially for someone with a strong personality like Lingwu's, he respects those stronger than him; as long as he loses in full conscience, there’s no reason to continue harboring resentment—willingly accepting the outcome of one's bet, being able to fight and also be willing to lose.

If attacking Mysterious Peak, they must bear the corresponding consequences. Although this win or loss result was unexpected.

Therefore, Lingwu’s Venerable Ancestor adjusted his mindset well; he respected Hao Ren as well but felt annoyed at the Seventh Layer Sky for not offering any help and even having a spectator attitude towards watching the fight between them.

"Heh heh," Hao Ren laughed without pressing further about Lingwu's resentment.

Currently, he was already in the middle stage of the Zhenying realm (equivalent to the mid-stage of Yuan嬰), while this Venerable Ancestor Lingwu only recovered to the middle stage of the Conception realm. Even with his six-stage Snow Lion Spear Heaven, it couldn’t pose a real threat.

Moreover, Hao Ren also calculated that Lingwu’s Venerable Ancestor wouldn’t dare play tricks in the Seventh Layer Sky; the Sky Mountain Sect was no longer as prosperous as before, and another devastating blow would completely end them.

Let alone... he had L琳L莉 these two experts with hidden realms beside him.

The Seventh Layer Sky is just like the Sixth Layer Sky, separated from the lower layer cultivation realm by a solid giant barrier. Only a few channels allow cultivators to enter the Seventh Layer Sky from the Sixth Layer Sky.

These few channels are similar to how several sects jointly guard the passages to defend against incursions in the Fifth Layer Sky; to ascend from a lower layer, one must have special tokens.

Hao Ren and Ling Wu's Ancestor arrived at the seventh level of heaven, but since they didn’t have any tokens issued by the Seventh Level, Hao Ren wasn't in a hurry. He took out the dimensional rift talisman that Lord Ye Zilong had given him and struck it towards the barrier between the sixth and seventh levels of heaven, breaking open a hole in it.

Ling Wu's Ancestor looked at Hao Ren with amazement, finding it rather unbelievable.

He had seen Hao Ren use these special talismans to break through formations before and witnessed him using them to break through the barrier of the sixth level. However, he never saw such a close-up demonstration!

The barrier at the seventh level was several times more robust than that of the sixth level; even core formation cultivators from the sixth level couldn’t shatter it.

Ling Wu's Ancestor would have to rely on his Tier 6 Snow Lion Heaven Piercer to break through this barrier, but doing so would cause a huge commotion and wouldn't be able to open up instantly.

But Hao Ren casually struck out with one talisman, tearing an unobtrusive hole in the barrier. It was like melting ice with fire—it was just too simple!

Hao Ren actually admired Lord Ye Zilong’s dimensional rift talismans for being incredibly miraculous. However, he didn’t know that it took Lord Ye Zilong a whole month to create one talisman. How could something made by a peak Heaven Rank cultivator in a month be ordinary

If Lord Ye Zilong knew how Hao Ren used his dimensional rift talismans without thinking about saving them, he would probably be furious enough to spit blood.

Swish...

The moment they entered the seventh level of heaven, thick white fog met them.

The concentration of spiritual energy in this place was a huge leap higher than that at the sixth level!

Sitting on Heaven Piercer’s back, Ling Wu's Ancestor couldn’t help but take a few deep breaths here. He had just recovered to the core formation realm and needed plenty of spiritual energy to replenish himself.

"I have two plans." Hao Ren looked at Ling Wu's Ancestor. "The first one is that you use your connections to visit the Mysterious Sound Sect, exchange for goods, and see if we can get ten thousand-year-old black medicinal herbs. The second plan is that you take me to the vicinity of the black herb spirit fields in the Mysterious Sound Sect. Then hide far away from there while I go to fetch the black medicinal herbs before returning back to the sixth level."

Ling Wu's Ancestor furrowed his brow, looking at Hao Ren. Although he didn’t understand much of what was being said, he got the gist.

The second plan was straightforward and simple. With Hao Ren’s prowess, there would be a certain chance of success. However, it would make him, the esteemed ancestor of the Heavenly Mountain Sect, an accomplice in stealing medicine. If it failed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But if he succeeded in stealing the medicine, his relationship with Medicine King Ancestor would definitely improve, which would benefit the development of relations between the Heavenly Mountain Sect and the Mystic Peak.

The Ancestor of Divine Martial seemed to not want to complicate matters by looking at "Medicine King Ancestor" and wished for a quick resolution.

If they chose the former option, sneaking into the Seventh Layer Sky would mean evading糾纏 from other sects, but they would definitely face interrogation from the School of Mystic Chanting玄音宗, which was already hard to explain.

Especially since the Ancestor of Divine Martial wasn't confident enough that through negotiation, the School of Mystic Chanting would be willing to hand over their precious ten-thousand-year black medicinal herb.

"This old man will take you to the School of Mystic Chanting; from there, it's up to your decision," the Ancestor of Divine Martial said after some consideration.

He felt that Hao Ren was leaning towards the latter option. When he rode on Ji Tian's back and flew toward the School of Mystic Chanting with Hao Ren, a strange feeling arose in his heart: How could it be that the "Lord" had also taken medicinal herbs from the Heavenly Mountain Sect天山派 several times...

Actually, Hao Ren didn't want to complicate things either. The sects in the Seventh Layer Sky were clearly hard to deal with. Although he possessed a few core spirit stones of tenth-level demonic beasts, which could easily be traded for ten-thousand-year black medicinal herbs, attracting the attention of sects in the Seventh Layer Sky wasn't good news.

He still had several teleportation talismans; even if the School of Mystic Chanting set up a powerful barrier around their spiritual fields靈田, he should be able to obtain the necessary black medicinal herb and secretly return from the Seventh Layer Sky back to the Sixth Layer Sky. He doubted that this Divine Martial Old Ancestor who was supposed to be in collusion with him would dare to reveal anything.

As soon as Xie Yujia培育出七心五彩蓮, they could declare success. Sects of such a large scale like those in the Seventh Layer Sky might not even notice that some spiritual herbs were missing, let alone trace them back.

While Hao Ren was thinking this way, he noticed that his thoughts were becoming increasingly similar to Zhen Ciming's...

But after much consideration, stealing the medicinal herb was still the most convenient method. If he felt guilty, leaving behind a core spirit stone of a tenth-level demonic beast might satisfy them and prevent anyone from tracing it back.

In the boundless Seventh Layer Sky, there were only seven sects. Two centuries ago, there was an "New Yang Sect," but due to its weakening strength, it had been moved down to the Sixth Layer Sky and renamed as the "New Yang School."

Only sects in the Seventh Layer Sky could be called a "School" with clear distinctions.

The wide and sparsely populated area meant that encountering wandering cultivators was far less likely compared to the Sixth Layer Sky.

The patrol frequency of sects in the Seventh Layer Sky was also less than those in the Sixth Layer Sky. These sects mainly relied on formations法陣 for defense—who would have the nerve to provoke a sect in the Seventh Layer Sky!

Each of these seven sects occupied several spiritual veins靈脈, with abundant resources. None needed to covet each other's territory; disciples going out for cultivation were scattered far and wide. Even if there were some friction among junior disciples, it wouldn't escalate into inter-sect battles.

Therefore, the Seventh Layer Sky, rich in spiritual energy, appeared rather peaceful. Hao Ren and the Lu sisters followed Divine Martial Old Ancestor all the way without encountering any cultivators along the way. a green school bag, stepped out of the vehicle.His hair had been freshly cut, and he wore new shoes too.Hao Ren was about to walk over when several elementary school girls suddenly ran towards Zhen C...