Chapter 329 A Small Haven of Peace ~~

tains' spiritual energy into the valley, making it even richer.After several months under the influence of the array formation, the concentration of spiritual energy within the valley was still quite...Chapter 329: A Little Haven of Tranquility

The girls took turns holding the little white creature for a few minutes each before finally, with much reluctance, returned it to Hao Ren.

Hao Ren was too lazy to hold it and simply tossed it onto the ground. The little white creature, having eaten its fill, ran happily around to the corner of the library wall before trotting back over. Now that all four of its paws were golden, when it ran about, it looked like it was wearing tiny boots, making it even more adorable.

"Will you come again tomorrow" Knowing that the little white creature was Hao Ren's pet, the girls turned to him and asked.

"I don't know if I'll be coming back tomorrow," Hao Ren replied.

"Bring the little white one over tomorrow! We’ll buy it some yummy treats!" The girls pestered Hao Ren.

"Which college are you in" Hao Ren asked them.

“We're from the College of Business and Economics!” they replied immediately, then hastily added, “First-year students.”

Next, she quickly pulled out a piece of paper and pen from her schoolbag. "I'll write down my phone number for you!"

"That’s really not necessary…" Hao Ren hurriedly declined. However, he couldn't help but feel helpless; with such an irresistibly cute pet as the little white creature, it seemed easy to take a step forward in his relationship with these sentimental girls.

“Anyway, if I have time, I'll bring the little one here for a visit. We’ll meet by chance,” Hao Ren said nonchalantly before walking off down another path.

Waving goodbye without taking any of the girls along with him.

The little white creature followed Hao Ren, wagging its butt and hopping alongside him.

The girls watched as it left and felt envious. They had seen many pets before, but none like this one which was both beautiful and cute, not to mention very intelligent! How could they understand that the furry "little white" ball in front of them wasn't a mere pet; if placed in the secular world, it would be considered king of all beasts!

After confirming he had left their sight, Hao Ren took the little white creature into the small forest on the southeast corner of the school.

He raised a barrier and then whooshed up to the sky!

The little white could circle the entire East Sea City, including its suburbs, in under ten minutes based on its speed. However, Hao Ren wasn’t too confident, so he circled back for another inspection.

At several hundred meters or even a kilometer up in the sky without an aircraft’s sturdy frame to rely upon, anyone else would have been paralyzed with fear by now. Yet, this was no problem for Hao Ren; flying at near-aircraft speed didn’t seem remotely tense to him.

Hao Ren completed his inspection after seeing nothing unusual within the range of a single layer of sky above East Sea City and then headed up yet another layer!

It was slow修煉一層天之下，終究太慢，若是在五層天裡修煉，在那靈氣濃度下，簡直就是事半功倍！

Little White quickly flew through the Second Heavens, Third Heavens, Fourth Heavens, and then passed through the previous loophole to directly enter the Fifth Heavens!

The picturesque Fifth Heavens with hazy mist!

Hao Ren reckoned that his current strength would still be quite dangerous if he went to the Sixth Heavens. Therefore, despite knowing that the spiritual energy was denser in the Sixth Heavens, he decided to stay in the Fifth Heavens and establish a solid foundation.

The Fifth Heavens seemed boundless. Hao Ren didn't have the heart to explore its limits; he only wanted to find a place suitable for himself to practice in seclusion.

"Little White, find a place with dense spiritual energy!" Hao Ren bent down and whispered into Little White’s ear.

Huff… Little White blew out a breath of air and immediately fluttered its nostrils, sensing the concentration of spiritual energy around it.

The spiritual energy in the Fifth Heavens was denser than on land. However, with different terrain, the gathered spiritual energy varied in thickness. Some mountains were naturally considered spiritual mountains or spiritual veins within the Fifth Heavens, making their spiritual energy more concentrated compared to other valleys.

After flying around for a while, Little White finally landed in a mist-veiled valley.

This place was surrounded by hills with dense fog that wouldn't dissipate. Hao Ren took a deep breath and found the area indeed had abundant spiritual energy. It wasn’t only a good spot for cultivation but also an excellent location for alchemy.

Little White, being a demon beast, naturally had a much higher sensitivity to spiritual energy than Hao Ren; therefore, it wouldn't make a wrong choice of place.

Ao!

Little White raised its head and let out a furious roar.

The jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards around immediately scattered. Even the birds in the forest moved away.

By releasing the aura of a demon beast, these animals, which lived in the Fifth Heavens and were more ferocious than those on land, would dare not provoke it.

In an instant, rustling sounds echoed throughout the valley as all animals evacuated outside the valley.

This roar from Little White declared that this place would henceforth be its territory!

Just moments ago, a valley with bird songs and flowers under the veil of thick fog was now silent except for the fragrance of flowers.

Little White carried Hao Ren down slowly.

This valley had uneven terrain covered in various exotic flowers and herbs, seemingly an innate medicinal herb valley.

Hao Ren recently learned construction from Zhao Hongyu but didn't have the ability to cut wood himself and build a small wooden house. He looked around, then rode on Little White again, releasing streaks of sword light to form an "Eight Trigram Formation," directly carving out a cave on the mountain peak!

The sword light was already sharp enough to slice through iron like mud; forming a sword formation amplified its power immensely. Eighty streaks of sword light hit the cliff face, instantly creating a large hole. Then, in continuous rotation, it seemed as if a Tai Chi sphere formed internally within the mountain body, immediately carving out an evenly circular cave!

Bang! The last sweep of the sword array created a flat ground at the bottom of the cave!

Swish-swish-swish-swish-swish...

The eighty beams of sword light swiftly returned and entered郝仁’s body, one after another.

The entire process took only half a minute.

Looking at the cave he had created with his own hands (over 80 square meters), 郝仁 felt rather pleased...

Unfortunately, no one was there to appreciate his god-like swordsmanship just now...

Sighing slightly, 郝仁 rode on 小白 and flew into the cave carved out of a cliff.

The cave still had some debris inside. 郝仁 used his spiritual energy to wave his hand, blowing all the debris and dust outside.

Looking at the bare cave, 郝仁 felt that something was missing. He figured it must be furniture. So he brought in two large rocks and sliced them into a square rock table and rock chairs with sword beams. Then he picked up a small stone and used his fingertips to release a sword beam with just the right amount of force, forming a water cup.

Turning around to look at what he had done, 郝仁 suddenly realized that there was no suitable place for cultivation or meditation. So he trembled his fingers and released five sword beams, directly carving out a long stone bed in the sturdy inner wall.

The job was complete. Looking at this DIY abode of his, 郝仁 felt very content. Without paying anything, he had created an 80-square-meter illegal structure within the Fifth Heavens.

The thick spiritual energy from the valley flowed into the cave and was perfect for 郝仁’s cultivation.

One month later would be the Dragon God Temple's imperial examination. Coming here wasn’t just to admire flowers or grass, so after tidying up the cave, 郝仁 immediately sat cross-legged and used the thick spiritual energy in the Fifth Heavens to quickly cultivate.

In the dragon clan’s circle, although the Inspector System maintained basic rules, it was fundamentally a world where the strong ruled. If one reached an outrageous level of strength like the old woman’s, no one could control them.

Seeing 郝仁 sitting in meditation, 小白 felt bored and let out two woos before curling up at the entrance to the cave.

His position automatically changed from being 郝仁's riding horse to his mountain-guarding spirit beast. He put his head on his own legs and lay lazily, but both ears were attentive to any information around him; no movement escaped its alertness.

Because the place had been warned by 小白’s released monster aura, all flying birds and beasts dared not appear here. The valley was bright with sunshine yet always silent as midnight.

Slowly falling into a deep sleep, 郝仁's spiritual energy flowed smoothly through his body. The Five Elements matched the way of heaven and earth; he reached a state where self and object were forgotten.

This was akin to approaching the so-called "seclusion cultivation" state of experts.

Previously, even in Su Han’s office, 郝仁 had never experienced such a comfortable training environment.

The spiritual energy blew through the valley like gentle breeze. The thick fog gathered at the bottom of the ravine remained久久不散。平時調皮的小白知道郝仁在認真修煉，趴在地上一動不動。

Huff...

Three hours later, Hao Ren exhaled the last impure breath.

His whole body felt as if it had been cleansed by the spiritual energy here, incredibly refreshing. Although he hadn't broken through during these three hours, he was very close to opening his next acupoint.

If not for having to go to Zhao Yanzǐ's school in the evening, Hao Ren would have wanted to continue cultivating here. This comfortable feeling was almost like sleeping in a warm bed on a winter day and not wanting to go to class.

Hao Ren patted Little White’s back to make it stand up before sitting on it and flying out of the cave.

Looking back at this quiet valley from a high place, Hao Ren thought about it and decided to name this mountain peak with its winding smoke "Misty Peak".

A phrase came to his mind: After experiencing the vast sea, other waters seem insignificant; after seeing the clouds of Wushan Mountain, no other mountains can match. Even among blooming flowers, I am not tempted by their beauty because half my heart is devoted to cultivation and half to you.

"Let's go back faster!" Hao Ren rubbed Little White’s white fur on its neck and shouted.

Whoosh...

The bottom of Little White’s feet released colorful light, like a rainbow slicing through the sky, immediately flying towards the distance.

Breaking through the loophole in the restriction barrier of the fifth layer of heaven, Little White entered the fourth layer and then flew continuously through the third and second layers before returning to the airspace above Donghai City.

It was now approaching dusk, when the sky was at its most beautiful.

The golden horizon was exactly on par with Hao Ren’s altitude while he was flying.

Closing in toward the ground, Hao Ren stowed Little White and landed right outside a small alley near the school.

Dispersing his barrier, Hao Ren looked as if he had just walked out of this little alley. He took out his phone to call Zhao Yanzǐ.

The phone rang twice before Zhao Yanzǐ picked it up.

"Hey! You're here!" came Zhao Yanzǐ’s slightly anxious voice from the phone.

"Yeah, I'm just outside your school gate. Wait for you to come out," Hao Ren said.

"What are you waiting for Come in now; the teacher isn't around!" Zhao Yanzǐ immediately said.

"If you've already finished class, why would I need to come in" Hao Ren asked her with puzzlement.

"I’m on duty to clean up today and can’t leave right away. You could wait outside if you like," Zhao Yanzǐ snapped the phone shut.ght cups of tea to the living room.Lulinnin and Luli hurried over to help. Su Han and Zhen Fei looked at each other, then sat down on the sofa side by side.In this small villa, besides Zhen Fei, Su Ha...