Heaven Refining physique
Chapter 209: Imposition of Fate

Chapter 209: Imposition of Fate

After reaching there, he went to the guard, "Which route will go deeper into the kingdom?"

The guard looked at Jiang Hao and pointed towards the outside, "Take that, and after five kilometres it will break into two routes...take the right one, it will take you to the nearest city from here...But it is advisable that you go tomorrow with a merchant group. There are a lot of bandits in this area. If they see a weak target like you, then... I don’t think I need to say anymore."

Jiang Hao nodded and took out fifty spirit stones and gave them to the guard, just because he advised him out of goodwill. It was hard to see nowadays.

Nobody would care about others, at least not for a mortal.

The guard was stunned seeing spirit stones, but he nodded and left without saying anything else.

He knew clearly that for him to not see through Jiang Hao’s cultivation realm and thinking him a mortal meant that Jiang Hao was far above his stage of cultivation.

And that stage was enough to deal with any situation. It would be better if those bandits really attacked Jiang Hao—that way, these routes would be cleared of them.

Jiang Hao didn’t know what was going on in the guard’s thoughts, nor would he care even if he listened to it.

He was taking the route only because he wanted to walk for some time. Later, he would just fly, covering more distance.

Although he had to say that he was feeling far more calm and refreshed right now than ever.

That unknown tea was really quite wonderful.

"Senior, what was the use of that tea?" He was sure that it wasn’t just meant for drinking.

"How do you feel right now?" Yao Ying asked back while looking at the moon.

"Calm and rejuvenated."

"Then that was its purpose."

Jiang Hao looked at her instinctively to see if she was serious.

But he immediately regretted it as she was looking at him right now.

Yao Ying sighed and spoke.

"The best way to understand anything, maybe it is a truth-seeking or trying to comprehend mysteries of Dao, is to have a calm heart.

The effect of tea will stay with you for at least a week. Let’s see how you see the world in this state."

Jiang Hao nodded. He really could feel a strange kind of calmness. For him, calmness was just a state of mind, which he thought he could achieve easily.

But it looked like he was wrong. The state he was in wasn’t something he could achieve just because he wanted to.

They walked some more before they finally reached the intersection and took the route going to the city.

...

They had just moved for fifteen minutes when seven cultivators blocked their way— four from the front and three from the back. They were only in the Qi Refinement realm.

Neither Jiang Hao nor Yao Ying reacted to it, as they both knew about them before they even came out.

"What a pleasant surprise... two mortals walking at night as if this kingdom belonged to them."

"Hahahaha... it would’ve been better if that was the case. We could’ve gotten far more from them."

"That’s true... tsk... oh well, at least we got a woman here. It’s been a while since I viol—"

He wasn’t able to finish his sentence when a brilliant crescent moon-shaped slash passed through him. He wasn’t able to even see anything before splitting into half from the middle.

It wasn’t only him, as every single one of the bandits got killed at that exact moment.

Jiang Hao didn’t mind hearing more, but they picked the wrong topic to discuss. Even in his utter calmness, he felt anger just listening to that, which was surprising as he wouldn’t normally feel that much anger for something like that.

He shook his head and used Nihility Spheres to clear everything.

"It’s really quite interesting," Yao Ying spoke.

Jiang Hao didn’t get what she was referring to. "What do you mean, Senior?"

"I like reading fate, and reading the fate of weak cultivators is very easy. So when I looked at them when they appeared, they were going to die.

Now, death was their fate, so once you killed them, it got fulfilled.

But since I already knew that, what would have happened if you had decided to spare them? Or maybe if I had stopped you from killing them?"

Jiang Hao thought for a moment and asked.

"Wouldn’t the path change, but the result be the same? They would’ve died somehow if we had left."

Yao Ying looked at him and spoke.

"And what if I decided to protect them?"

Jiang Hao wasn’t able to look at her when she was looking at him. He sighed inwardly. He had to do something about it, because Senior Yao didn’t seem to react the same way.

As for the question, it was intriguing indeed. If Senior Yao decided to protect them, then they wouldn’t die even if they wanted to kill themselves.

So wouldn’t that be equal to defying fate? So, is this what it means when Senior Yin said that only those who can see fate and are strong enough can change it?

Because if he wouldn’t even be able to see it, then how would he know if they were going to die?

"But Senior, is it really equal to defying fate?"

Yao Ying shook her head.

"Not really. Fate is fate. The moment I stop protecting them— they will die. None of them were defying it. It was me who was imposing a different fate on them.

So in simple terms, I gave them a new fate according to my will since I was strong enough to do so.

As for breaking the fate itself, even I am far from that level."

Jiang Hao nodded as he understood what she meant. He also understood one thing— that fate needs a medium to complete its mechanism.

In this world where it didn’t have someone stronger than Senior Yao, it wouldn’t be able to enforce its judgment.

It was quite vast topic, he really couldn’t graps much right now.

They walked forward without saying much, enjoying the moonlight.

Jiang Hao thought that Senior Yao might tell him to teleport, but she didn’t. Seems like she really didn’t care how he moved— she was fine following him.

...

Morning came. The route which was calm finally had some people moving on it. They were coming from the direction where Jiang Hao and Yao Ying were going.