Path to Heaven
chapter-194

Chapter 194: Changes in Tealstare Cliff

After strolling to a remote corner of the street, Wei Suo unfurled his fingers. In his palm, was a tiny paper roll.

Unfolding it, the contents read this, “The real Jin Qiao’er will be waiting at Tealstare Cliff tonight.”

Wei Suo’s eyebrows knitted tightly upon reading the message.

Previously, while Jin Quanji was walking through the main entrance of the pavilion, Jin Qiao’er’s servant girl had shot a furtive glance at Wei Suo. She then dropped that paper roll before him, and Wei Suo quietly caught it into his hands.

As for that ‘Jin Qiao’er’ back in the pavilion, she was indeed rather suspicious.

Though she released an incredibly stunning and dainty bearing, and there were no flaws in her speech or her energyless appearance as she looked extremely sickly, Wei Suo conducted his trademark observation on young women. Not only did he scan with his Aura Determining Technique, he even caressed certain vital regions with his eyes.

That young lady had a Divine Sea Stage level 4 cultivation which wasn’t particularly suspicious. However, when she stood up, Wei Suo noticed her legs and tiny perky buttocks were without a single bedridden sore. The sensation of atrophied muscles they released resembled one that had just recently sustained an ailment.

“Tealstare Cliff eh?”

Wei Suo recited the location on the paper. After a brief pause, a flame blazed up from his hand and incinerated the paper into ashes. Then, he produced a conical bamboo hat from his Treasure Receiving Pocket and adorned it, before stealthing away into the streets.

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Roughly half a day past in Perching Phoenix City. Wei Suo stopped by a merchant shop famous for various precious gem ornaments.

The signboard of this shop, was indeed that so called ‘Jade Wonder Mill’ that Wang Tong mentioned.

Not only after strolling into the shop, a young mortal, clad in yellow crude clothing with hands filled with calluses, marched out mundanely from Jade Wonder Mill.

After a while, Wei Suo, still in his conical bamboo hat, seemed to have purchased a number of items and sauntered all contentedly from the shop. After touring around several other shops that sold various raw materials, he then entered a tavern known as Heavenly Speech Pavilion.

A few moments after Wei Suo entered this Heavenly Speech Pavilion…….

A maroon robed young cultivator, whose face shared similarities with Jin Quanji and appeared in his twenties, walked into the pavilion that ‘Jin Qiao’er’ resided in.

Inside this pavilion, apart from JIn Quanji and ‘Jin Qiao’er’, another forty plus year old looking cultivator with slightly white hair, was present. He had a patriotic face and wore an earthen yellow robe that brimmed with earth element aura. On his back, was the pattern of a mythical Black Turtle. Both his ring fingers wore a scaly black ring which flowed with impressive spirit energy.

The aura seeping out from this cultivator was extremely domineering. Though he wore an empty expression, his eyes flickered with austere sharpness like an eagle. One look was enough to tell that this was no ordinary formidable character.

“Father.” The maroon robed young cultivator immediately greeted courteously. “That cultivator is currently in the Heavenly Speech Pavilion in the city center.”

“Did he come in contact with other cultivators?” The eagle eyes cultivator waved his hand and inquired.

“He didn’t, he merely purchased several things from some shops.” The youthly cultivator shook his head.

“That individual looks exceptionally astute. With father’s current arrangement, it is impossible for him not to take the bait.” Jin Quanji then issued a statement to the eagle eyes cultivator. “But father, are you really intending to deal with him at Tealstare Cliff? What if what he says is true; when Seventh Aunt returns after breaking through to the Thought Division Stage, it will be hard for us to deal with that in the future.”

In view that Jin Quanji had addressed him as father, this person was likely the son of the Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle, Jin Lieyang.

Prior to this, Wei Suo had learned it from Wang Tong. Granny Jin and the Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle each had a son. However, Granny Jin’s son and daughter-in-law had both died in an accident long ago, leaving only a granddaughter behind.

As for the Jin Clan’s Fifth Uncle’s only son, Jin Lieyang, he was truly prosperous with a total of 5 children.

After hearing Jin Quanji’s words, Jin Lieyang’s eyes flashed with a sinister chill. His tone turned heavy as he scoffed. “Haven’t you understood your aunt by now? In her eyes, everyone in the Jin Clan are outsiders. Only her beloved granddaughter is her only kin. If she truly acquired something that would aid her a smooth break through to the Thought Division Stage, she wouldn’t have to specifically get someone to relay such a message. Not only that, she probably has met with a mishap outside, and fears that we’ll mistreat her precious granddaughter. The reason she has sent someone here, is most likely to transmit the method of unsealing the ancestor’s forbidden restriction to her precious granddaughter, before making other plans.”

After a slight pause, Jin Lieyang released a smirk. “Moreover, your grandfather has gone into secluded training to breakthrough to Thought Division Stage level 2. Even if that old hag Jin owns the Rushing Thunder Mallet and possesses a powerful cultivation technique, we don’t have to fear her. Otherwise, your grandfather wouldn’t have imparted the Nightmare Art, which damaged a cultivation level of Jin Qiao’er with it.”

“Father’s words are indeed wise.” That twenty plus year old cultivator glanced at Jin Lieyang and nodded. He then continued, “A pity the old hag Jin didn’t directly pass down the method to unseal the ancestor’s forbidden control to Jin Qiao’er. Otherwise, third sister’s Nightmare Art would’ve gained the upper hand for us already.”

“This person’s aura isn’t ordinary. His cultivation ain’t low and since the old hag entrusted him with her words, he must possess a variety of methods.” Jin Lieyang faintly paused. “It may not be sufficient with just you two, I will go along as well and wait for him at Tealstare Cliff.”

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After entering Heavenly Speech Pavilion, Wei Suo didn’t set foot outside at all. When the sky gradually darkened, a cyan robed Wei Suo with his conical bamboo hat strolled out the doors of the Heavenly Speech Pavilion.

Quite long after he exited, a yellow robed cultivator with yellowish stains on his face, slowly trudged out from the Heavenly Speech Pavilion.

After touring around in Perching Phoenix City, that cultivator secretly left the city and entered a deserted forest at the outskirts of the city.

After entering a deserted forest, that cultivator fished out an artifact robe and adorned it. Instantaneously, his figure vanished from the ground.

Naturally, that was the Concealment robe, one of Wei Suo’s top item. This indicated that the yellow robed cultivator with yellowish stains on his face, was Wei Suo in disguise.

After determining the direction of Tealstare Cliff, Wei Suo silently flew off while hidden in his concealment robe.

Tealstare Cliff was a mountain roughly 100 km away from Perching Phoenix City. It offered a tremendously scenic view with a massive river intersecting through. The river was named Cyan Jade River.

The invisible Wei Suo didn’t head straight for Tealstare Cliff. Instead, he halted by the downstream of the Cyan Jade River. Following that, he dove into the middle of the river. Only after an hour later, an abrupt but quiet splash occurred along Cyan Jade River nearby Tealstare Cliff. With a magic pearl in his hand, Wei Suo surged out of the river.

Then, Wei Suo carefully chose a large tree before quietly awaiting atop of it.

Roughly an hour later, a shadow silently emerged in his vision. This individual wore cyan clothing and a conical bamboo hat. Indeed, he was someone that was disguised to look completely identical to Wei Suo; that cultivator who preceded Wei Suo in leaving the Heavenly Speech Pavilion.

This cultivator wore an unsightly expression on his face. As he trudged up the mountainous path of Tealstare Cliff, he seemed to hesitate a little but continued heading up the mountain.

Upon arriving near the mountain peak, the cultivator started feeling suspicious after detecting that nobody was present.

All of a sudden, before he could make a single move, rays of yellow beams bolted up around him. The surroundings transformed drastically; from an ordinary plateaued mountain peak, it suddenly transformed with many gigantic stone pillars. Lofty and towering, they prevented a single escape path.

“Hmph!”

A deep harrumph pierced that cultivator’s ears.

“May I ask, is that Jin Qiao’er?”

That cultivator suddenly called out, “This one is merely a messenger from someone!”

“Eh?”

Three figures suddenly flashed out from a gigantic stone pillar. Indeed, they were Jin Lieyang, Jin Quanji and that 20 plus year old youthly cultivator. Their eyes flickered with suspicions, whereas Jin Lieyang soon ordered coldly, “Remove your bamboo hat!”

That cultivator’s limbs went limp as he quickly removed his conical bamboo hat. Beneath it, was a face with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Apart from his figure being identical to Wei Suo, none of his features resembled even a tinge.

“Who ordered you here!? What message?!” Jin Lieyang interrogated coldly after taking a breath.

“A cultivator surnamed Li was the one who sent me.” That sharp mouth monkey cheeks cultivator was so scared, his soul nearly left his body. He quickly added with a dying voice, “He ordered me to dress like this and deliver a message to a lady named Jin Qiao’er. He says that he is being followed, that it is not safe here and to rendezvous at Nature’s Tooth Mound instead. He will lay certain forbidden restrictions there, and even if a powerful cultivator tails her, he would be able to deal with them. He wants Jin Qiao’er not to worry, but to try her best to rendezvous as soon as possible.”

“Nature’s Tooth Mound?” Jin Lieyang’s eyes flickered with chilliness. He reached out his hand as 15-16 streaks of yellow beam shot out. Instantly, the surrounding gigantic pillars vanished into yellow dust.

“Quanji, head over to Nature’s Tooth Mound to wait first. Quanchong, return to Jin Villa and bring your third senior brother Liu to Nature’s Tooth Mound as well. This person is full of schemes, we absolutely mustn’t let him escape!”

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While that fake Wei Suo was ascending the mountain, Wei Suo didn’t bulge at all. Instead, he quietly waited before soon spectating those yellowish beams flashing at the mountain peak. Still, he remained unmoved and waited….till those few figures soared down.

After affirming that all the cultivators had disappeared from his sight, Wei Suo finally crept down and submerged into the river once more.

After entering the river, Wei Suo finally emerged 5 plus km away from Tealstare Cliff. Then, he flew towards the direction of Jin Villa in Perching Phoenix City.