After three days, Nie Li and the others were already finished cultivating inside the array.
Hazuki approached them and he could see Lu Piao cheering. While Lu Piao was cheering, Gu Bei looked a little bit discouraged.
"Gu Bei, don't worry about it. External Cultivation should be secondary; you should focus more on cultivating your sword intent! As long as your sword intent reaches the pinnacle, you can step across the boundaries of cultivation!" Nie Li's voice resounded.
"Nie Li!" Hazuki shouted as he approached the trio.
Nie Li and the others looked at Hazuki with a smile. Nie Li then asked. "What is it, Hazuki?"
"Come with me for a second." Hazuki dragged Nie Li away and only stopped after arriving in a place without people around.
"So, what do you need?" Nie Li asked. This conversation must be serious since Hazuki doesn't want others to hear it.
"I just wanted to ask you..." Hazuki said with a grim look.
As he saw Hazuki's expression, Nie Li was alerted and replied with a solemn tone. "What is it? Is it about another advice?" Nie Li mentioned about the future since he recalled that Hazuki once said that: 'I know about the future, 2 years from now'.
And the 2 years period was still ongoing. Right now, there are still 4 months before that 2 year period.
"No, it's not about that... I just wanted to ask you.. Where does your master live?" Hazuki asked with a serious tone.
Nie Li was flabbergasted at Hazuki's words. 'My master's house? This bastard...'
"I can't understand you, Hazuki. What do you need from my master, Hierarch Skycloud?" Nie Li said. He definitely wouldn't let Hazuki near his master. Who knows what is inside this bastard's head?
"Don't play with me, Nie Li. You know that I'm talking about your master, Ying Yueru." Hazuki said with a slight smile.
"Hazuki.. You, how did you know that my master is named Ying Yueru?" Nie Li asked. Hazuki's knowledge was really quite bizarre.
"You don't need to know, Nie Li. Just know that I will not bring harm to your master. My presence will not change her fate since I'm outside of this world's law and it cannot affect me in any way." Hazuki said. He knew that Nie Li was most worried about his Master's well-being. He would definitely do his best to keep her away from harm.
Nie Li remained silent as he ruminated about Hazuki's words. 'Outside of this world's law? What does that mean..? The heavenly laws here don't affect him..? Does that also mean that he can escape the Sage Emperor's divination?'
He thought for a moment before he replied. "Okay.. I'll lead you there myself.."
"No need, I can go there by myself. Just give me a map leading there and go do your business with the Sky Origin Divine Clan." Hazuki insisted.
Though Nie Li was dissatisfied with Hazuki's arrangement, he relented after a few words of persuasion.
"Good. Eject me from this place now and I'll go there immediately." Hazuki said after he received the crudely made map from Nie Li.
Nie Li looked at him strangely before asking with some gloating. "Why, you can't get out of this place with yourself? I thought you entered this separate dimension by yourself?"
Hazuki was irritated by the look on Nie Li's eyes. He used the Deva path to attract Nie Li and slapped him in the head before saying, "I can enter this place since it has your aura! How am I supposed to go outside, which I haven't even seen once?!"
Nie Li kicked Hazuki's shin as a response to the slap he received. He said before he sent Hazuki out., "Then go outside immediately!"
Hazuki could feel his body getting pulled away from that dimension and in the next instant, he was already in an unfamiliar room.
The room was poorly decorated and only have a few furniture's around. 'Nie Li's room, huh.. He's quite lazy and lousy when it comes to decoration... Well, not that I can't say the same for myself...
Then he immediately headed out stealthily. He passed through a dense forest path and tread towards the mountains. Not even a minute later, he arrived in a quiet valley with peach blossoms, blooming beautifully. At the center of it all was a single hut.
Hazuki arrived in front of the door and knocked. *Knock* *Knock*
As Hazuki knocked, Ying Yueru, who's inside, was puzzled. 'Who is this person...? I didn't even feel his presence or aura when he approached me..?' As she thought about this, a slight chill crept on Ying Yueru's skin.
She stood up and walked towards the door. "Who are you?" She asked without opening the door.
"You don't need to be so cautious, Miss Ying, I'm Nie Li's friend and I'm here to talk with you for a few matters." Hazuki said with a slight smile. Even while he's outside, he can feel a slightly soul-stirring aura coming from behind the door.
Ying Yueru hesitated for a moment before she opened the door. She stared at Hazuki, eye-to-eye and she was gauging the strength of the latter. 'I can't sense it..! I can't even read anything from him! His destiny is much muddier that Nie Li's!'
There's also a reason why Ying Yueru lost her usually calm demeanor, that's because of his soul aura. His soul feels like an abyss that couldn't be measured by mortals like her. Due to her curiosity, she also tried to calculate his destiny but the result made her speechless, she couldn't calculate his destiny. It feels like her [Heaven's Divination] refuses to peer into his fate.
"You can come inside." Ying Yueru said towards Hazuki with the calmest tone she can.
Hazuki was slightly dazed because of Ying Yueru's appearance. She's the most beautiful girl that he has ever seen! She was emitting a certain kind of Holy aura that separates her from normal beings of this world. Her aura's so unique in this world, so much that he's confident of finding her in any of the subsidiary realms of the Draconic Ruins Realm anytime.
She's like a fairy who descended from the heavens. All of this came from her natural aura and she wasn't using the slightest charm technique on Hazuki.
"E-er... Then, please excuse me for intruding.." Hazuki said as he entered her house. The inside of her house was quite simple, other than a few cultivation resources and odd books, her room only consists of a cultivation mat and a few furniture.
Hazuki then sat on a nearby chair and waited for Ying Yueru silently.
Ying Yueru was observing Hazuki's expressions ever since facing him. She's trying to sense if he has evil intent when coming here and the result was: He doesn't have any ill-intent on her or anything on her house.
She also noticed Hazuki getting dazed as he stared at her. This caused her face to slightly heat up since Hazuki was observing her too closely. Normally, she was indifferent to everything, as virtuous as water. But when faced with Hazuki, she can feel that she's inferior and couldn't help but feel flustered in his presence.
Ying Yueru also came inside after closing the door. She sat on the opposite side of Hazuki and asked. "What is your purpose for visiting my humble abode, Sir?"
Hazuki chuckled at Ying Yueru's slightly submissive attitude and said. "Don't call me 'sir', my name is Hazuki Hayate. Just don't calculate my destiny and you'll be fine."
Ying Yueru was startled as Hazuki mentioned her Divination's. She then smiled bitterly since she was read by the other party without the slightest resistance. "Okay then.. Now, Hazuki-san, what do you want to talk about?"
"The subject of our conversation will be you, and Nie Li." Hazuki replied.
"I can understand about Nie Li's matters, but... Why am I included?" Ying Yueru asked with doubt. She couldn't perceive Hazuki's intentions at all since she couldn't calculate his destiny.
"You must already know that the Sage Emperor will detect Nie Li's threat once he reaches the Heavenly Axis realm, right? Due to that, you are planning on shifting Nie Li's destiny onto you and will sacrifice yourself in order to hide Nie Li from Sage Emperor's detection." Hazuki immediately said his purpose.
Ying Yueru was shocked as she heard Hazuki's words. How did he know about this?! No one should be aware of those things other than me! She thought.
Ying Yueru is already getting flustered but she still asked calmly. "How did you know about these?"
"You don't need to know how I found out about these things. The only thing you must know is that I can help you get away from this predicament. You know that Nie Li would do everything just to help you live a peaceful life so don't immediately reject my offer." Hazuki replied.
Ying Yueru was silent as she stared at Hazuki seriously. 'How did he know about these...? Does he possess a superior divination technique than my [Heaven's Divination]..? It doesn't make sense at all!'
"Even if you can help me escape temporarily, the Sage Emperor's deity-ranked servants would hunt me to the ends to the world..." Ying Yueru said dejectedly. Once you are detected by the Sage Emperor, there's no way to escape! The fate of the people who aroused the Sage Emperor's ire is always death!
"Looks like I can't persuade you with words... Well, there's nothing I can do against your stubbornness." Hazuki muttered.
"Then let's do it like this. You are planning on Visiting Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and Du Ze, right? Let me accompany you since I also have a gift for Nie Li's girlfriends." Hazuki said as he brought out the Demon Spirit stones containing the Ice Phoenix's Soul and Vermilion Bird's Soul.
Ying Yueru stared at the Demon Spirit Stones with awe since she could feel an intense power emanating from them. She then looked at Hazuki and said. "Do as you please, Mr. Hazuki. If you have no other Business with me, then please leave since I need to concentrate on my cultivation."
"Okay then, I'll go now. Goodbye, Miss Ying Yueru." Hazuki said as he opened the door by himself and headed outside.
'Hmmm. She's so stubborn.. How could a 17-year-old girl like you carry all of those burdens?' Hazuki thought as he created a portal towards Ye Ziyun's soul aura.
A dark-violet colored vortex appeared in front of him. Hazuki immediately headed inside.
As soon as he exited the place, he saw Ye Ziyun sitting in front of him. A blizzard was around her as the Ice elements converged into the air and were absorbed by her bit by bit. She hasn't noticed Hazuki yet since her whole concentration was on cultivation. It can also be attributed to Hazuki's thin presence.
He observed his surroundings and saw the beautiful scenery around. The place was filled with dense flowers and flowing rivers. There's also mountain ranges around them creating a beautiful scenery on the distance. The place was very similar to the Heavenly Sacred Border in Glory City.
Additionally, the place was very rich in Heavenly Energy, maybe 2 times more than the outside world.
As Hazuki observed the ground beneath Ye Ziyun, he immediately caught sight of a huge inscription array with her in the center.
Suddenly, the training grounds vibrated as an enraged voice of a woman came. "Who dares trespass the Heavenly Note Sect's secret training grounds?!"
Ye Ziyun was immediately awoken by the disturbance and caught sight of Hazuki.
"..W-what are you doing here?!" She asked, flustered.
A presence immediately headed to their direction at extreme speed, reaching Ye Ziyun's side in just a second.
It was a woman with sharp facial features. A long, thin eye-brows and slightly large eyes. Her brows were turned into a frown as she looked at Hazuki with wrath. "How did you get here?!"
The Heavenly Note Sect was an all-girls institution. Men wouldn't even be allowed to enter the sect, much less enter their secret training grounds.
"M-master! I know him so please calm yourself!" Ye Ziyun pleaded. Hazuki's appearance was too abrupt, even she couldn't understand how did Hazuki enter that place.
Nangong Xianyin looked at her disciple and said. "No! A man trespassed our secret training grounds! If word of this matter was to get out, our sect's reputation will be tarnished! He needs to be punished heavily because of the crime he committed!" Then she brought out a longsword and aimed it towards Hazuki.
Hazuki just shrugged it off and said. "I don't care about the dignity of your sect. I am only here to give a gift to a friend, so can you please go outside first?"
Nangong Xianyin gnashed her teeth in wrath due to Hazuki's words. 'How dare you... Act impudent in front of me!'
"Master please calm yourself!" Ye Ziyun begged.
"And you, Brother Hazuki! Please get away from this place immediately!" She added.
"There's no way he'll get out of this place alive!!" Nangong Xianyin said. Her face was already red due to the anger she's currently feeling. A cold, chilling aura was already spreading to the surroundings.
Then the woman raised her sword up and slashed toward Hazuki's direction. There's no ripple on her attack but Hazuki could feel his soul, trembling so slightly after Nangong Xianyin executed her attack.
That attack was a vicious soul attack! It's an attack directed to a person's soul realm and once that hit, the person might become an idiot, become a cripple or immediately die!
Of course, Hazuki wasn't affected in the slightest since his soul was very strong. It had been strengthened to the point where he was able to ignore the goddess's soul-piercing voice. And this ability was innate to Reincarnators like him.
Hazuki looked at Nangong Xianyin coldly before he made a Ki blade on his hands. The Ki blade was red-colored and it was emitting a dangerous aura.
Even Nangong Xianyin couldn't help but feel fear as she gazed on that Ki Blade. 'What is that technique..? Is that the supreme sword intent...?'
Suddenly, Hazuki disappeared from his place and arrived before Nangong Xianyin without the latter even noticing. The Ki blade was aimed at her neck, threatening to take her life in a single slash.
Nangong Xianyin's back was filled with cold sweat. She couldn't help but gulp in trepidation as she felt the dangerous aura from the Ki blade.
"Brother Hazuki! Please don't hurt my master!" Ye Ziyun broke out of her trance and immediately pleaded for Nangong Xianyin's life.
"I wasn't even planning on threatening her life... I'm just teaching her a lesson since she's quite rude." Hazuki said as he released the Ki blade. He didn't bother about Nangong Xianyin anymore and sat a meter away from Ye Ziyun.
Nangong Xianyin heaved a sigh of relief due to being released, then she observed Hazuki closely. She became even more terrified as she could feel that Hazuki is only a 2-Heavenly fate. But how could she believe that? Just the strength he displayed meant that he's many times stronger than her!
'That cultivation level must be fake... He must be a Martial Ancestor level 7 or above expert to be able to exert that much power...' Nangong Xianyin thought. She was scared as she thought about Hazuki's cultivation. That's because based on her intent, Hazuki's no older than 20! How could that be?!
"So, did you like what you see, Nangong Xianyin?" Hazuki asked. He could clearly feel her intent surveying his body and it felt uncomfortable.
"N-no! Please forgive my rudeness!" Nangong Xianyin immediately apologized and bowed 90°.
Ye Ziyun looked at Hazuki with a dissatisfied glance and said. "Brother Hazuki! Please don't scare my master! More importantly, how did you get here, and why are you here?"
Hazuki chuckled as he said. "Did you actually forgot that I can create portals? And as I said, I'm here to give a gift for you and Ning'er."
Ye Ziyun was then enlightened as she heard Hazuki's response.
Nangong Xianyin, on the other hand, was shocked as she heard that Hazuki has the ability to create portals. Everything that concerns time and space was very rare! They are divine principles that are very hard to understand, much less manipulate! And having the ability to control one of them was very phenomenal!
"Is that gift from Nie Li?" Ye Ziyun asked with a hope-filled gaze. She missed Nie Li dearly ever since parting with him in the Tiny World.
"Hey, Miss Ziyun, can you only think of Nie Li every time? This gift is something I came upon while I'm traveling through dimensions! These are one of a kind and even Nie Li doesn't have the ability to procure them!" Hazuki said as he brought out the Demon Spirit stones. This girl is definitely love-struck with Nie Li!
'He's still so young but he's already traveling through various dimensions... I wish I had a time like that too..' Nangong Xianyin thought as a distant look suddenly appeared on her face. Because of her responsibilities, she had to stay on the sect forever. She is destined to be forever alone since disciples of the Heavenly Note Sect are not allowed to marry.
She didn't even notice the Demon Spirit Stones within Hazuki's hands which were emitting powerful auras.
Ye Ziyun looked at the Demon Spirit Stones and her eyes were immediately glued on the one that is covered with Ice. Though her eyes were shining due to excitement, Ye Ziyun hurried to decline Hazuki's gift. "That's such a precious gift! I would never have the courage to accept such a precious gift!"
"Why not? I don't need these Demon Spirits at all since I already have my own. Are you really going to decline? Then I would have no other choice than to throw these away.." Hazuki stood up and created a portal in front of him. He pulled his hand, which is holding the Demon Spirit Stones, and made a throwing motion.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Ye Ziyun said as she immediately grabbed the Demon Spirit Stones. "Why would you even throw these?!"
"Right? That's why you need to accept that since I have no use for them." Hazuki said.
"Sect Master, I'll have to trouble you in bringing Ning'er here too." He added as he looked at Nangong Xianyin with a commanding look.
Nangong Xianyin couldn't really do anything other than obey since her life was on the line. She didn't reply but she was already heading out of the secret training grounds to fetch Ning'er.
A few minutes later, Nangong Xianyin came back with Ning'er in tow. The latter looked around the place and wondered at the beauty. She still didn't know the reason why she was allowed to enter this place.
Suddenly, she found Ziyun sitting calmly while conversing with a man with a smile. Since Hazuki's back was turned on her, she couldn't recognize him and thought he was some kind of a young master with connections with their Sect Master.
She immediately ran towards her and said. "Ziyun, how could you do this to Nie Li?!"
Ye Ziyun was startled and looked at Xiao Ning'er with an awkward smile. "Ning'er, what are you talking about? This is Hazuki!"
Xiao Ning'er only noticed Hazuki's appearance at that time. Her face immediately turned red and she bowed her head until it reached her chest.
Hazuki chuckled at Ning'er's attitude and immediately said. "Good thing that both of you are already here. Now, I'll explain the uniqueness of these Demon Spirits."
Then Hazuki ordered Ning'er to sit beside Ziyun as he told them about the inheritance.
"These Demon Spirits are very unique since they are not just normal beasts, they are Godly Divine Beasts." Hazuki said.
Nangong Xianyin, who's listening to his explanation, was shocked as she stared at the Demon Spirit Stones with Greed. 'Godly Divine Beasts?!'
Even Ning'er and Ziyun were stunned because they actually underestimated those Demon Spirits' value!
"In order to integrate with these Demon Spirits, both of you have to pass their trials first. These trials are also an inheritance trial so once you succeed on it, the Demon Spirits inside these will bestow you their inheritance. The reward includes blood essence from the Divine Beasts when they are still alive, a bloodline art specially made for their bloodline, and, of course, their Demon Spirit." Hazuki said.
"Ning'er's Demon Spirit is called the 'Vermilion Bird'. The Vermilion Bird is the noblest among the fire-type Divine Beasts since its flames contain divine attributes. Due to that, its flames are capable of healing allies and purify demons. The Vermilion Bird is dubbed as the 'Flames of Salvation." Hazuki explained.
Ning'er's eyes were shining as she listened about the Vermilion Bird. Such a noble Divine Beast must be very powerful and kind!
"As for Ziyun's Demon Spirit, it's called the 'Ice Phoenix'. The Ice Phoenix is one of the three supreme beasts of the water attribute. Its powers were of extreme Ice and its capable of freezing even the surrounding air. I don't know many of its powers since its a mysterious Divine Beast but I'm sure that this Demon Spirit is of the same level as the Vermilion Bird."
Ye Ziyun's eyes were also shining as she stared at the Demon Spirit stone on her hand. She can feel her soul realm screaming for that Demon Spirit and she couldn't hold her excitement anymore.
"Are both of you ready? Because I will release them now." Hazuki said. Then he released both the Vermilion Bird and the Ice Phoenix.
*Skreee!* A piercing, bird-cry resounded throughout the training grounds.
Suddenly, an intense aura blanketed the surroundings. Extreme coldness covered the whole area and then a warm flame suddenly protected them from the coldness.
Two Divine Beasts were floating in the air, looking down on Ning'er and Ziyun.
The Vermilion Bird was large, its body was approximately 20 meters long with a wingspan of more than a hundred meters. Its whole body was entirely made up of flames like the embodiment of the fire element.
On the other hand, the Ice Phoenix was surrounded by an extremely cold energy. It was also staring down at Ziyun with its piercing cold stare. Its whole body was made up of rigid, ice shards capable of freezing everything with a single touch.
"Human.. is this the friend you are talking about?" The Vermilion Bird asked while staring at Xiao Ning'er. She can already feel the affinity between them just by observing the latter.
"Yes, that's her, Vermilion Bird."
The Ice Phoenix didn't say anything but it was observing Ye Ziyun very keenly. She could feel that Ziyun has a pure heart and wouldn't use her power for evil things. There's also a subtle feeling that this girl is very compatible with her. Like some kind of innate compatibility with their souls.
"Then I'll ask both of you to take care of my friends, Vermilion Bird, Ice Phoenix." Hazuki said.
*Skreee!* The two Divine Beasts once again shrieked before they dove towards their respective successors.
Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er were startled. After the Divine Beasts entered their bodies, they subconsciously cultivated and gathered the surrounding Heavenly Energy to themselves.
This should be a result of the Inheritance Trial. While Ning'er and Ziyun were inside the Trial, their bodies are subconsciously absorbing Heavenly Energy to aid the recovery of their Divine Beasts.
Nangong Xianyin was already numbed to everything she saw. What she saw here today was incomparable to the many things she has experienced! Just by standing before those Divine Beasts, her soul instinctively felt vastly inferior!
She then looked at the Young Man that brought those two Divine Beasts. 'Just who is he.. He casually gifted two of such world-shaking Demon Spirit and he looked as if he's happy giving them away... It felt like he didn't even desire those Divine Beasts' power..'
While observing them, Hazuki smiled as he thought. 'I should go back first since they might take a few days or months inside that trial...'
Hazuki then made a few shadow clones. He stationed them 100 meters away from Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er's location.
"Sect Master Nangong, you should leave first and let the two of them concentrate on the trials." Hazuki advised.
Nangong Xianyin understood and nodded. Then she went out of the place and ordered a few Dao of the Dragon experts to guard the area.
After she left, Hazuki also created a portal that leads to Nie Li's Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting.
Inside the painting.
Hazuki appeared before Ye Zong, who's cultivating. Right now, Ye Zong has already reached 3-star Silver rank. Definitely much faster than his previous cultivation.
That's because he's already very knowledgeable about cultivating. Together with Nie Li's supreme cultivation technique and the dense Heavenly Energy around, Ye Zong's cultivation skyrocketed.
Ye Zong woke up from his cultivation a few seconds after Hazuki appeared. He looked at Hazuki and asked curiously. "Where did you go?"
"I went to Ye Ziyun's sect." Hazuki simply replied.
Ye Zong immediately stood up and held Hazuki's shoulders. He shook the latter as he said with disappointment. "Why didn't you invite me?! Ahhh!" Ye Zong was missing his daughter very badly.
When he died, he thought that he'd never be able to see her again and he was filled with guilt. He thought that he'd never be able to compensate for the time they lost because he's so focused on his duty as the City Lord. At that time, he swore that if he's given another chance, he would definitely spend his time with his daughter.
Hazuki chuckled at Ye Zong's doting attitude and said. "If I took you with me, then Ye Ziyun wouldn't be able to focus on the thing I gave her. Wait until she's already finished integrating with the Demon Spirits I gave her."
Though Ye Zong was disappointed, he immediately held himself back since her daughter was still busy. He wouldn't dare disturb her cultivation because of his selfish feelings.
Hazuki once again chuckled at Ye Zong's behavior then he flew towards the largest deity lake and cultivated there.
For the whole week, Hazuki cultivated there since there's no response from his clones.
His cultivation has already reached 4-Heavenly fate and is still rising steadily. The largest deity lake became his personal cultivation ground as he exhausted its supply of Spiritual stones.
Ye Zong was also cultivating diligently and he has already reached 3-star gold rank. That kind of cultivation speed was already a miracle for him and he was no longer worried about the loss of his cultivation. He can also feel that the current him was more powerful than his previous self, that's why he's grateful to Nie Li and Hazuki, who gave him another chance.
A week since Hazuki gave the Demon Spirit Stones, the clones reported that both Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er were already out of the inheritance.
'Okay.. time to go.' Hazuki thought as he created a portal towards the Heavenly Cloud Domain.