Chapter 1686: Repeating Killing Intent
Half a month pa.s.sed in a blink of an eye. For half a month, Zhao Hai stayed inside. He also received Zhang Feng’s jade sword message telling him that his quota has been determined.
Zhao Hai wasn’t worried whether he was going or not. He was going because he was curious, not going wouldn’t cause his potential to decrease.
Instead, Zhao Hai paid attention to Zhang Feng’s movements while waiting. In the half month leading to the foreign trial, Zhang Feng’s movements have been very big. He was able to recruit several hundred Inner Disciples and over a thousand Outer Disciples. The amount surprised Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai didn’t understand why Zhang Feng was so frantic in his recruitment. Such an expansion would certainly bring both good and bad consequences. It would also be disadvantageous to Zhang Feng’s future developments.
However, Zhao Hai didn’t say anything. He knows that in addition to Zhang Feng looking for people, people were also looking for him. As long as they have a clean background, Zhang Feng would take them in. This was a rare period for Zhang Feng to increase his strength. If he kept people out for too long, then people would get tired and leave. Later on, gathering people wouldn’t be as easy.
Zhang Feng has his own plans and Zhao Hai doesn’t want to intervene. Although he was very valued by Zhang Feng, it was only because of his ability to recycle and remake materials. As for Zhao Hai’s other abilities, Zhang Feng doesn’t know of it. If he involves himself in Zhang Feng’s matters, there would be a feeling of taking over. Because of this, Zhao Hai wouldn’t put his hand in the way of Zhang Feng.
The day to depart has arrived. Zhao Hai wasn’t the only person that the Black Tiger Gang sent for the foreign trial. There were nine other Outer Disciples as well as five newly promoted Inner Disciples.
The nine Outer Disciples were outstanding cultivators that would qualify for the Inner Sect. As for the five Inner Disciples, they received their portion of faith power and have begun to condense their dao avatar.
After Zhao Hai received the message, he disguised as Zhang Hao and then went to Zhang Feng’s mountain gate. It was very easy for Zhao Hai to disguise as someone. His body itself can transform, so he can become anyone he wants. His ability was more potent than Han Buli’s.
Zhang Feng was also prepared. The real Zhang Hao is currently hiding inside the treasure s.h.i.+p. Zhang Hao knew that he was weak. If he went to the foreign trial, he would only be facing a life and death situation. It must be known that during these trials, the most terrifying enemies weren’t the inhabitants of the subs.p.a.ce, but the cultivators of the other sects instead.
In the Great Realm of Cultivation, each sect has lists of the talents and notable people of other sects. Most of the time, nothing would happen to these people. But once these people go out of their sects, they would face a lot of enemies coming for their lives. These enemies also include people from the same sect.
There are two reasons for this. First, because of greed. Whether it was a cultivator from other sects, or the same sect, they would all want to steal other people’s things and make it their own. And once a cultivator was outside their sect, n.o.body would protect them. At the same time, they would be able to attack anyone they want, including people on their own side.
The second reason was the spirit slugs. Not only can these slugs copy techniques, they can also copy a person’s appearance. Because of this, n.o.body can trust anybody.
From this, one could see that the foreign trial was very dangerous. Those without skill and strength shouldn’t go. Zhang Hao has to admit that he doesn’t qualify.
And to be honest, Zhang Hao clearly knew his place. Although he was a native of the Great Realm of Cultivation and wasn’t a Battle Slave, he couldn’t compare to Zhao Hai. This was especially true when Zhao Hai gave Zhang Feng a large artifact. Zhang Hao knew that he wasn’t as valuable to Zhang Feng as Zhao Hai.
Therefore, Zhang Hao doesn’t have any opinions about Zhao Hai taking his appearance to partic.i.p.ate in the foreign trial.
When Zhao Hai appeared on Zhang Hao’s mountain using Zhang Hao’s appearance, Zhang Feng was already waiting for him. The real Zhang Hao was already inside the treasure s.h.i.+p. But when Zhang Feng saw Zhao Hai, he couldn’t help but hesitate. This was because Zhao Hai’s current appearance was exactly like Zhang Hao. Even his temperament and eyes were the same.
Zhang Hao looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Little Hao, is that you?”
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, “Yes, First Senior Brother. I’m ready for the foreign trial.”
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Feng knew that it was Zhao Hai. He looked at Zhao Hai’s disguise and didn’t know what to say. He discovered that Zhao Hai was full of mystery. He constantly brought surprises.
Zhang Feng didn’t dwell much on it as he nodded and then gestured towards the transmission formation and said, “Use the transmission formation to go to the sect first. Then an Elder of the gang will take you out of the sect. Remember to trust n.o.body. If someone approaches you, no matter who they are, don’t be polite and kill them!”
Zhao Hai nodded as he went to the transmission formation. After a flash of white light, he vanished from Zhang Feng’s mountain. Zhang Feng looked at the transmission formation as he muttered and said, “I hope you return safely.”
Actually, Zhang Feng doesn’t want Zhao Hai to take a risk on the foreign trial. This was because he was afraid that something would happen to Zhao Hai. If Zhao Hai suffers an accident, Zhang Feng’s losses would be big.
However, Zhang Feng also knows that if he didn’t make Zhao Hai go, Zhao Hai might think that he was being confined. For a cultivator, increasing strength was always the priority. The foreign trial was an opportunity. Although Zhao Hai wouldn’t go if he didn’t let him, this obstruction would still be bad for their relations.h.i.+p.
After a flash of white light, Zhao Hai appeared on a very ma.s.sive transmission formation square. Cultivators were constantly coming and going. Zhao Hai’s current appearance was that of an ordinary disciple. Because of this, n.o.body paid attention to his arrival.
Zhao Hai looked around and saw a sign not far ahead that read, “Foreign Trial Meeting Point”. There were several people near the sign, one of them was at the Core Formation Stage, who looked quite old. He should be the Elder leading the group. The rest were Spirit Refining Cultivators, none of them reached the Dao Avatar Stage.
It seems like the Black Tiger Gang wasn’t too concerned about the trial. And Zhao Hai guessed right. The sect didn’t care too much about the trial. This was because the important disciples were already being trained by the various factions inside the sect. Moreover, these factions wouldn’t dare risk their geniuses in an foreign trial. Not only was the trial dangerous, the harvest was also not worth it.
Because of this, the disciples sent to the foreign trial were those who have little potential or those who were struggling at condensing their dao avatars. People like them were part of a faction, but these factions weren’t too strong.
It can be said that the foreign trial wasn’t to the liking of the powerful clans. And the cultivators at the bottom also couldn’t touch it. Those who partic.i.p.ated in the foreign trial were those who belong to a faction in the sect, but weren’t too valued.
Zhao Hai didn’t care about this as he walked towards the meeting point. Then he bowed to the Core Formation Elder and said, “Elder, Zhang Hao reporting.”
The elder turned to Zhao Hai and then nodded, “Good, wait for a while. There are still two people left. Then we’ll depart together.” Zhao Hai nodded and then stood on the side. The other disciples looked at him strangely. He could also feel an intermittent killing intent from some of them.
Zhao Hai looked at the people who had murderous intent towards him. He knew that these people must be sent by the top ten core disciples to deal with him. His current ident.i.ty was Zhang Hao, a recent recruit of Zhang Feng. Recently, Zhang Feng’s name was very loud. The top ten core disciples naturally wanted to do anything to knock him down a peg. Therefore, Zhang Hao became one of the targets of the top ten core disciples.
As for why the others looked at him strangely, Zhao Hai might have some idea. The issue was with Zhang Feng. Zhang Hao was quite close to Zhang Feng. Almost everyone in the Black Tiger Gang knew that Zhang Hao was Zhang Feng’s close subordinate. It must be known that a lot of people in the sect wanted to be close to Zhang Feng. So when the disciples heard him say that he was Zhang Hao, they couldn’t help but be puzzled.
At this time, an Outer Disciple approached Zhao Hai and said, “h.e.l.lo Senior Brother Zhang. Senior Brother, how about we form a team for this foreign trial?”
Zhao Hai looked at the disciple and knew what he was thinking. This disciple wanted to get close to Zhang Feng through him. Zhao Hai didn’t reject him as he smiled faintly and said, “Alright. I heard that the foreign trials are dangerous. Being on a team increases our odds of success.”
Hearing Zhao Hai, the cultivator quickly replied, “Thanks a lot Senior Brother. Senior Brother, I’m called Yan Wen. I’ll depend on you in the future.”
Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Junior Brother is too polite. We’ll depend on each other. From what I can see, you seem to be stronger than me. I’m afraid it’ll be you I have to depend on.”
Yan Wen immediately replied, “Senior Brother, you’re too polite.” As the two chatted with each other, those who had murderous intent let out a cold snort.
Zhao Hai looked at these people as he faintly smiled. He didn’t say anything. Yan Wen whispered, “Senior Brother, you should be careful of those fellows. I think they harbor evil intentions.” Zhao Hai smiled faintly and nodded. But he let out a small glint of killing intent in his eyes.
And Zhao Hai’s killing intent wasn’t aimed at those cultivators, but at Yan Wen instead.