Chapter 344 Six Heavens? Seven Heavens?

she was diligently taking notes and her phone had never lit up, he knew Hao Ren wasn't texting with Xie Yujia.Unless it's Xie Yujia, does Hao Ren have another girlfriend Last night, he didn't come ba...Chapter 344: Sixth Heavens Seventh Heavens

The three sect leaders led a group of disciples searching for the thief and left dejectedly.

Xie Yujia looked at Zhen Ciming, knowing where these medicinal herbs came from.

Seeing Xie Yujia looking at him like this, Zhen Ciming's face turned slightly red. He hurriedly called out to Hao Ren, "Brother! Make a refining room for Sister Yujia!"

Hao Ren's heart skipped a beat upon being called 'brother'. He thought to himself that this guy really got used to calling him that quickly. He didn't know that Zhen Ciming was either studying alchemy or artifact forging when he was locked up in the small house by Qiu Niu, and with his newly transformed personality as a child, after enduring for so long, it made him appear aloof and domineering.

But once he found someone who genuinely cared for him, he could quickly integrate into their world. This was just like how Little White willingly followed Hao Ren.

"Alright!" To prevent Zhen Ciming from pestering him further, Hao Ren released a five-element chaos thunderbolt and directly blasted another large hole next to Xie Yujia's cave residence.

The dust slowly dissipated as a round-shaped large hole appeared around Xie Yujia’s cave residence. The structure was small at the entrance but widened inside, all created entirely by the explosion of chaos thunderbolts.

Hao Ren then released another beam of sword light to directly blast through the rock between Xie Yujia's cave and her alchemy room, forming a passageway. Now, Xie Yujia’s cave had a bedroom, an alchemy room, and a cultivation chamber, far surpassing Hao Ren’s cave in terms of scale.

Hao Ren carefully observed it but felt it still wasn’t quite perfect. The beam of sword light suddenly grew longer, transforming into hundreds of swords, cutting out two rows of steps at the entrance of the alchemy room and the cave's door, forming a Y shape that converged at the foot of the mountain directly leading to the "vegetable garden" at the bottom of the valley.

This way, Xie Yujia could take care of these spirit herbs without relying on Little White; she only needed to walk for a short distance when going to her cave or alchemy room.

Although this cultivation method's current power was not particularly formidable, it seemed invincible in terms of opening up mountains and creating paths.

Xie Yujia, standing at the bottom of the valley, saw Hao Ren directly connect a path to her front door. She couldn't help but appreciate Hao Ren’s thoughtfulness with a slight smile.

Hao Ren retracted his sword light as dozens of beams of sword light flew over from above his head towards that vacant cave residence.

Crack… The rocks shattered, and a stone staircase was cut through to connect the cave residence reserved for Zhao Yanzi to the valley bottom.

Hao Ren thought it wouldn't be appropriate if Xie Yujia had to take care of these plants alone. Zhao Yanzi should also contribute.

However, such a considerate action made Xie Yujia feel slightly bitter because she could have everything Zhao Yanzi received, but the reverse wasn’t true.

After retracting all hundred sword lights, Hao Ren still felt refreshed. Opening three meridians today brought his total to seventy-five. The overflowing spirit energy was incredibly abundant. Aware that too much of a good thing can be harmful, he decided not to try out the thunderbolt cultivation in the fifth heaven.

He did not鑿開通往自己洞府的道路, because he didn't want to be disturbed during his cultivation. Especially the energetic Zhao Zhi Zi who would definitely嚷著要去闖五層天 if she came here; how could Hao Ren spare time to accompany her

While these three were tidying up the valley, Seventh Master Ye Yan of Sand-silt Sect, a thousand miles away from Mystic Peak, was respectfully receiving a young cultivator wearing blue Taoist robes.

The grand hall on the mountain side of the Sand-silt Sect had already collapsed and debris remained uncleared. As this young cultivator strolled along the mountain path, he glanced at the remnants of the collapsed grand hall, its foundation still standing, and slowly asked, "Master Wang, what happened here"

Worriedly following beside this young cultivator, Master Wang said with a clasped hand, "Senior Ye, I was just about to report. A few days ago, our sect encountered a formidable enemy who destroyed the grand hall in battle. This cultivator used sword light techniques that were extremely powerful before retreating by sword teleportation at an astonishing speed."

"Oh" The young cultivator raised his eyebrows.

The Sand-silt Sect was no small presence in Five-layer Sky, with a territory spanning hundreds of miles. Additionally, it was the affiliated sect of Six-layer Sky's Heavenly Mountain Sect. This time, Master Ye Yan from the sixteenth batch of disciples at Heavenly Mountain Sect had been dispatched to seek out spiritual veins and arrived here first to gather information.

It was perplexing that a sect not only attached to Heavenly Mountain in Six-layer Sky but also in Five-layer Sky would be bullied into destroying its grand hall.

"I wonder if this isn't a cultivator from Five-layer Sky" Master Wang cautiously asked.

The day their mountain protection array was breached by a core formation-stage cultivator, the Sand-silt Sect had believed they'd caught a big fish but unexpectedly found that this 'fish' wasn't easy to catch. Not only did they fail to retain the cultivator and obtain his treasures, even the medicinal herbs from the rear garden were stripped clean; those thousand-year-old ginseng roots were dug up entirely. Judging by the tactics used, it appeared to be a strategy of luring away the tiger.

"Using sword light…" The young cultivator couldn't think of such a figure in Six-layer Sky. If this person was from Seven-layer Sky, there wouldn't be any reason for them to come all the way down to Five-layer Sky to trouble Sand-silt Sect.

"Moreover, our rear garden has also been robbed clean, even those three thousand-year-old ginseng roots that were supposed to be contributed this month have been dug up," Master Wang continued.

This made the young cultivator's brows furrow deeper. "With special arrays in place, how could anyone just casually enter"

Heavenly Mountain Sect excelled in cultivating spiritual herbs but not all were grown within its sect grounds. They developed affiliated sects across Five-layer Sky to cultivate medicinal herbs which would be regularly collected and refined into medicine or used for feeding spirit beasts, forming a complete supply chain.

The thousand-year-old ginseng roots from the Sand-silt Sect were of paramount importance with layers upon layers of arrays in place. That someone could easily steal them was even more baffling.

"This matter is perplexing to this old man as well, but we wouldn't dare deceive your sect with such a thing despite having a hundred guts. The rear garden remains empty now. Senior Ye, would you like to take a look"

This young cultivator appeared younger than him, yet the sect master addressed him respectfully.

"Were there any clues left by the thief of medicinal herbs" After some thought, the young cultivator asked.

Given his thoughts, this matter might be targeting Heavenly Mountain Sect.

"According to the memory of the disciples guarding the garden, it was a young boy who came and left as swiftly as the wind, stepping on a black round disk, with a speed comparable to that of Core Formation cultivators," Master Wang said softly.

A mere boy could have such incredible speed; when he mentioned this, he feared the young cultivator would disbelieve him and think that Baisha Sect was trying to privately keep the spirit medicine for themselves.

The young cultivator felt a chill. The stealing boy... He had heard his sect's elders mention this before. A few years ago, this mysterious figure had visited Tiandu Sect as well. Right under the noses of the many elders who cultivated in the vicinity, he had uprooted all spirit herbs over 1000 years old that were planted at the back of the mountain, which made a few prominent figures in the sect jump with rage...

"Senior Ye, is there any clue to this matter" Master Wang asked hurriedly when he saw a change in expression on the young cultivator's face.

"This matter needs further investigation," said the young cultivator as his narrow eyes glanced at Master Wang. "Is that all"

"The other thing is, two elders who were sent to investigate the First Level Heaven have encountered an interception by cultivators of the First Level Heaven, but fortunately they returned safely after returning to the Fifth Level Heaven unharmed. However, according to their description, those intercepting them looked quite similar to the fellow cultivator who had collided with us that day, and the female disciple beside him was holding a token belonging to an elder," Master Wang continued when he saw the young cultivator's expression.

"Your Baisha Sect has encountered quite a lot of incidents lately!" The young cultivator looked at Master Wang with some displeasure.

He knew that this master of Baisha Sect would never fool him, but the information pieced together was enough to make his head ache. He had heard about the mysterious stealing boy who frequently appeared in the Sixth Level Heaven and occasionally in the Seventh Level Heaven; each time he struck, it caused a loss equivalent to several hundred years' worth of savings for the affected sects, which were completely unpredictable and insurmountable. After a few consecutive incidents, the name "stealing boy" started circulating among the high-level members of the Sixth Level Heaven, who spoke about him with trepidation.

Some said that once, a Venerable Master sitting in command at the Seventh Level Heaven had personally captured this boy, but half an hour later, he had vanished. Meanwhile, the Venerable Master's cultivation level dropped from Core Formation Middle Stage to Initial Stage.

However... The stealing boy only targeted famous sects with abundant resources above the Sixth Level Heaven, so not many people knew about his existence. If it weren't for his master, a senior elder of Tiandu Sect, mentioning this matter by chance, he wouldn't have known either.

A figure like that, who existed only in rumors, how could he possibly care about small sects at the Fifth Level Heaven

Moreover... There were also accomplices to the stealing boy

The young cultivator stared at Master Wang as these thoughts ran through his mind. "This matter must not be leaked out!"

It appeared that this fellow cultivator who was in cahoots with the stealing boy might well be a Seventh Level Heaven cultivator, and they had their eyes on the territory of the First Level Heaven as well; during their investigation process, seeing Fifth Level Heaven cultivators wandering around there made them unhappy, so they took action.

"Senior Brother! So you're here!" Just as the young cultivator was lost in thought, a clear voice interrupted his thoughts.

A golden lion flew swiftly from above. Sitting on its back was precisely Sister Junior Apprentice Sister Duan Yao of the 16th generation disciples and also the daughter of Tiandu Sect's sect master!

"Junior Sister, why are you here too" The young cultivator smiled as he watched Duan Yao place the lion into a squirrel form on her shoulder.

This golden lion was no ordinary beast; it was the sect master’s mount and an impressive Fifth Rank Spirit Beast. Ordinary disciples usually had no chance to even glimpse it. However, since the sect master seldom used it, Duan Yao frequently borrowed it for playtime.

"I'm about to suffocate on the sixth layer of heaven, let's come here and have some fun!" Duan Yao pursed her lips without even glancing at Master Wang standing around. She then asked, "Eldest Senior Brother, when are you planning to return"

“According to information, the spirit vein is nearby; in a few days, we should be able to investigate it.” The young cultivator smiled and said. His attitude was no longer cold and arrogant as before but had become warm and caring.

"Mm-hmm…" Duan Yao nodded slightly. "Speaking of which, Eldest Senior Brother, hasn’t Uncle Ancestor’s Ji Tian gone to the fifth layer"

“Ji Tian No way. Isn’t it obediently staying in the Piao Tuo Palace Who else other than Uncle Ancestor could control a six-stage spirit beast like that Furthermore, Uncle Ancestor has been striving for Core Formation’s later stage these past fifty years; Ji Tian should have also spent fifty years cultivating within the palace.”

"Could it be that Ji Tian found the place boring and came out to play" Duan Yao hurriedly asked.

“Ji Tian is older than Uncle Ancestor; how could he still have such a playful mindset Little Senior Sister, why are you suddenly asking about this” The young cultivator looked at her with some confusion.

"Oh, it's not that… I saw a white snow lion running faster than my Luo Jia and wondered if Uncle Ancestor had come to the fifth layer." Duan Yao scratched her head as she said.

“Uncle Ancestor is precisely striving for Core Formation’s later stage. He wouldn’t easily leave his palace. The snow lions are unique to our Heavenly Mountain Sect, and raising spirit beasts is also something we excel at; recently, it has only been me who went to the fifth layer. Who else would ride a snow lion You must have mistaken.” Eldest Senior Brother smiled at Duan Yao.

“Strange… even Luo Jia reacted; I probably didn’t make any mistake…” Duan Yao pouted as she really couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, transformed into a golden squirrel the size of her shoulder, Luo Jia was quietly resting on Duan Yao's shoulder. Its eyes were blazing hot, even making Heavenly Mountain Sect’s Master Wang dare not meet its gaze directly.

A fifth-stage spirit beast had an equivalent cultivation level to Core Formation’s earlier stage; how could a mere Nascent Soul’s later stage like Master Wang dare look at it straight in the eye

“Master Wang, take me to see the medicine garden,” the young cultivator said calmly as he turned around and looked at him.

On another side of the mountain range, Hao Ren saw that it was getting late and urged Zhen Cunming and Xie Yujia back down to the first layer.

Zhen Cunming had always been "stealing vegetables" but never thought about growing them himself. This time he was cultivating a small plot of land in the fifth layer with great interest. As for Xie Yujia, who grew up in a city and although she saw farmland as a child, she’d never done any farming herself; hence, using soil to grow these spirit herbs interested her.

Hao Ren often spent time with his grandmother in the countryside when he was young. He clearly wasn’t as interested as they were but looked at their work and got ready to return.

The little white who had been napping all day suddenly transformed into a snow lion, carrying Hao Ren and Xie Yujia up. Zhen Cunming, on the other hand, took out his ugly flying magic tool and stood atop it.

As they rushed past the array formation of the valley, Zhen Cunming turned around to take one last look and suddenly thought that a cauldron was missing.

In his jiezi space, he had everything except for a cauldron. Since it wasn’t something that could be consumed, there was no stockpile; usually, they would borrow the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace’s alchemy room, but obviously, they couldn't bring that one here. his mouth when he saw that Zhao Yanzǐ and Hao Ren had returned."Father, Third Uncle, I'm back," Zhao Yanzǐ walked into the house and put her umbrella in a corner.“Uncle, Third Uncle,” Hao Ren followe...