Path to Heaven

Earlier this morning prior to visiting Jin Villa, Wei Suo had noticed clearly. There was a huge garden below the other side of the wall, and his tracks could be easily concealed upon infiltrating from there.

Although he didn’t know who those few cultivators at Tealstare Cliff were, he clearly understood it wasn’t Jin Qiao’er. “Seems like Granny Jin and the Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle possessed bad blood between them.”

If it was a major sect like the Star Convening Sect, it would be impossible for Wei Suo to sneak his nose around and escape. However, the Jin Villa only had a cultivator that was pretty much equivalent to Granny Jin. Honestly speaking, Wei Suo didn’t really put the entire Jin Villa in his eyes. Since it was such a hassle for him to travel all the way here, and the Jin Villa members wanted to scheme against him, he decided to get to the end of the matter and teach the Jin Clan a lesson.

After putting on his Concealment robe again, Wei Suo leisurely scaled the high wall and leapt down into the flower garden.

After assimilating into the numerous flora and mountain imitations, Wei Suo refrained from making any actions. Instead during this time, he observed two disciples clad in black brocaded robes strolling past with a Luminous Pearl in hand. After they scoured this area of the garden, the two Jin Villa disciples headed off to another area of the courtyard.

When the two disciples vanished from sight, Wei Suo silently scurried towards an empty two storey pavilion before scanning the surrounding Jin Villa in the dark of night.

Within this massive Jin Villa, apart from the occasional irradiation of those Luminous Pearls, the amount of patrolling disciples were truly lacking.

Swiftly, Wei Suo’s attention stationed onto two buildings of Jin Villa. The south building was a nine storey pavilion, and was the tallest building of Jin Villa. As for the other northern building, it was stationed within a secluded garden.

From his observation of the two buildings, the number of disciples patrolling them was evidently greater. Especially the faint shines of dull green flickering around the outsides of the nine storey pavilion. Probably, a restrictive formation had been set up there.

After a brief period of stillness, Wei Suo chose not to head over to the two places first. Instead, he moved towards a courtyard that was radiating red fiery glows, and had 4-5 disciples keeping guard.

The aura concealment of his Concealment robe and his Secret Concealment Art was truly superb. Even Heavenly Circuit Stage level 5 cultivators previously couldn’t detect Wei Suo’s aura. Right now, Wei Suo’s cultivation vastly exceeded the patrolling cultivators of Jin Villa; hence, it could be said that he faced no risk of danger. Moreover, he could even swagger towards that courtyard.

Wei Suo’s earlier deduction was spot on. The biggest room of this courtyard was clearly a room used for artifact forging. Indeed, it was also because the building style of Perching Phoenix City and other cultivation cities were different. Other cultivators would place more emphasis on their Earth Furnace rooms and mostly installed them within some isolated room, where there wouldn’t be any windows.

As for Perching Phoenix City, it was constructed differently from ordinary mortal cities. Hence, through the cracks of those windows, Wei Suo could easily differentiate out the rough happenings of the room.

The room was roughly the same size as Wei Suo’s Earth Furnace cavern room. In the middle, was a silvery Earth Furnace. This Earth Furnace had 108 silver dragons coiling around it, and was a Silver Dragon Earth Furnace that was a grade above Wei Suo’s current Earth Furnace.

At present, only two openings of this Earth Furnace were opened. At the upper one, a regiment of copper colored essence metal ore was placed. The molten essence metal churned as it was being refined into usable essence metal.

A white faced Divine Sea Stage level 4 cultivator, who wore a light blue artifact robe and appeared to be in his thirties, was currently looking over the fire. Occasionally, he would supply true energy and roll the copper ores within the earth flames around. One could observe random chunks of ores and other materials piled up around the two sides of this room.

Pu! A gentle sound whispered in. A transparent ripple crashed into the head of that white faced cultivator. Instantly, his eyes swelled up like a goldfish, before he revealed an excruciatingly agonized expression and fainted.

Following a soft crackle, the bolt of the room’s door was hacked into two by Wei Suo’s incisive knife; the one he newly forged himself earlier.

After entering, Wei Suo removed his Concealment robe and stood before the fainted cultivator. He then muttered to himself softly, “My Divine Sense attack seems to have been a little too harsh on this Divine Sea Stage cultivator, he wouldn’t possibly turn into a dimwit right?”

After muttering, Wei Suo reached out his finger and shot a beam of true energy. The true energy struck the cultivator’s throat. Wei Suo then hurriedly retrieved a few strands of black inch long needles and pierced them into the cultivator’s body.

The cultivator’s body twitched violently as the black needles pricked in. Finally, his face offered that same excruciatingly agonized countenance and his eyes popped wide open.

The white faced cultivator seemed to be still stuck in a daze. Only after a brief moment, did he realize an unmoving Wei Suo standing before him. Though his eyes brimmed with agony, they also permeated with extreme shock. He desired to shout but couldn’t make a single sound. His body twitched slightly but he couldn’t make a single movement.

“I’m only going to ask you a few questions, I will not harm you.” Wei Suo emotionlessly sized up the cultivator and offered. “You are currently incapable of movement because of the poisonous stings of Scorpion Tail Wasps. You should know their poisonous sting will only cause paralysis for a day and night, but will not cause mortal harm to one’s life. But in our following conversation, should you try to pull any tricks, I won’t hesitate to end you.”

After releasing his statement, Wei Suo waved his hands and sent a wave of true energy towards the cultivator’s throat. After a grunt, that cultivator struggled and didn’t dare make a single sound.

“Who are you and what status do you have in Jin Villa?” Wei Suo eyed the frightened cultivator and coldly interrogated.

“This one is Yan Heng, the third disciple of Jin Lieyang.” The white faced cultivator panted for a brief while before finally squeezing out his words.

“How many cultivators above the Heavenly Circuit Stage are there in Jin Villa? What sort of status do they possess and what’s their exact cultivator?” Wei Suo expressionlessly glanced at the cultivator, who had been utterly wrecked by his divine sense attack previously. “I’m aware of the rough state of Jin Villa, therefore, should you dare to spew deceit, one wrong statement that I hear and you will be refined in the Earth Furnace.”

“This one absolutely dare not lie. In Jin Villa, we have a total of 10 Heavenly Circuit Stage cultivators; Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle, Jin Clan’s Seventh Aunt, Jin Lieyang, Jin Quanji, Jin Quanchong, Jin Quanmin, Liu San, Zhang Wuya, Yao Yusi, Star Tong.” threatened by Wei Suo’s words, that white faced cultivator’s face instantly turned whiter. “Senior probably has already heard of our Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle and Seventh Aunt. The Fifth Uncle is this little one’s grandmaster, a Thought Division Stage level 1 cultivator. Seventh Aunt possesses a Heavenly Circuit Stage level 5 cultivation. Jin Lieyang is this one’s master, who is the sole son of Fifth Uncle and possesses a Heavenly Circuit Stage level 5 cultivation. Jin Quanji is my master’s eldest son, with a Heavenly Circuit Stage level 1 cultivation. Jin Quanmin is the second son with a Heavenly Circuit Stage level 3 cultivation. Jin Quanchong is master’s youngest son with a Heavenly Circuit Stage level 2 cultivation. As for Liu San, Zhang Wuya and Star Tong, they are all this one’s seniors, with cultivations of Heavenly Circuit Stage level 1. As for Yao Yusi, he is a direct disciple of our Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle and possesses a cultivation of Heavenly Circuit Stage level 5.”

Wei Suo’s eyes flickered but his heart was pulsating with astonishment. The prowess of the Jin Clan had exceeded his expectations. Don’t even mention the amount of Heavenly Circuit Stage cultivators, there were actually a few Heavenly Circuit Stage level 3 or above cultivators, especially the Fifth Uncle that was a Thought Division Stage cultivator. Nevertheless, he maintained his usual expressionless demeanor and asked, “Amongst those Heavenly Circuit Stage cultivators, how many are presently in Jin Villa?”

“Excluding the adventuring Seventh Aunt and Jin Quanmin whose whereabouts are unknown, Star Tong and Yao Yusi have also left the city. The rest would normally reside in Jin Villa.”

Wei Suo nodded and continued inquiring, “I heard rumors that the Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle and Seventh Aunt do not have a harmonious relationship, what is the extent of their hostilities toward each other? Also, what rank of cultivation technique does the Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle train in? And what sort of unique artifact does he possess?”

“This one doesn’t know about the state of their relationship, but everyone here is aware of Fifth Uncle’s grievance towards the Seventh Aunt. This is because Seventh Aunt would squander massive loads of spiritual stones every year on her own granddaughter, Jin Qiao’er. Moreover, she is extremely stingy.” Yan Heng continued. “The Fifth uncle trains in a High level Profound rank cultivation technique. His only unique artifact is the Falling Dragon Ruler, a low grade Spirit Class, light-type artifact.”

After a slight pause, that cultivator didn’t stop or hide anything but continued spewing all he knew. “There is also another reason the Fifth Uncle is unhappy with Seventh Aunt. Seventh Aunt doesn’t cultivate a cultivation technique inherited from the Jin Villa. Through her own experiences and training, she has managed to cultivate a powerful Earth Rank cultivation technique. However, she plans to only impart that cultivation technique to her granddaughter, and is unwilling to transmit to even incredibly talented Jin Clan disciples like Jin Quanmin. But it is also because her cultivation technique is powerful and she possesses several formidable artifacts herself, that Fifth Uncle avoids directly confronting her. Hence, the state of neutrality and peacefulness for the past few years.”

“So where is the Seventh Aunt’s granddaughter now?” Wei Suo glared austerely at the white faced cultivator. “Describe her appearance to me, what distinctive features does she have?”