Chapter 1692: Changing Status

Hao Xing had that expression because he was one of Zhang Feng’s close subordinates. He was one of the few people who knew that Zhang Hao was in the large artifact all this time. Zhang Hao appearing here only meant one thing. This was another person acting as Zhang Hao. Moreover, this was something that Zhang Feng arranged.

Although Zhang Feng allowed Hao Xing to know that Zhang Hao was in the large artifact, and the person who replaced him would be going to the foreign trial, Zhang Feng didn’t tell Hao Xing who Zhao Hai was. Because of this, Hao Xing was curious about Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai arrived in front of the door to Zhang Feng’s room. Before he could knock on the door, Zhang Feng said, “Come in.” Zhao Hai proceeded to push the door and walked in.

Zhang Feng’s room wasn’t very big. It was practically a huge living room. Zhang Feng was sitting behind his desk as he waited for Zhao Hai.

Seeing Zhao Hai, Zhang Feng waved his hand and said, “Come with me.” Then he walked towards his quiet room. After the two entered the quiet room, Zhang Feng said, “How was the foreign trial? Did you benefit?”

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, “I benefited a lot. I gained insight regarding dao avatars. Once I head back, I’ll have to close up for some time.”

Zhang Feng nodded and said, “Alright, go close up. When you go back, bring two portions of faith power with you. Right, did people attack you in the trial?”

Zhao Hai nodded and said, “There’s quite a few.” After he said that, Yan Wen and several other Undead appeared around him. Zhao Hai turned to Zhang Feng and said, “These are the people who attacked me. They’re all from the Black Tiger Gang.” Zhao Hai waved his hand and received the Undead. Then he said, “First Senior Brother, it seems like we won’t be left alone in the future. It will become more dangerous.”

Zhang Feng nodded and said, “It is indeed dangerous. So you can stay here in the future. Here, this is an ident.i.ty token with a status of an Inner Disciple. Its owner offended me a few years ago, so I killed him and kept his ident.i.ty token. n.o.body knows about his disappearance. You can use his ident.i.ty to come over. If you get tired of the valley, you can use it to stroll around.”

Zhao Hai stared, he didn’t think Zhang Hao would come up with this method. But he nodded and said, “Alright. Even if I have no Undead to clean up the garbage in the valley, I can still use spatial magic to come back. As long as I can place the garbage into my spatial item, I can recycle it there.”

Zhao Hai agreed to Zhang Feng’s arrangement because he didn’t want to stay inside the Forbidden Valley all the time. Following Zhang Feng would allow him to take a good look at the Great World of Cultivation. Moreover, he wouldn’t be afraid of showing his true ident.i.ty. If he continued to stay in the Ignored Valley, his vision would be limited to the sect and the surroundings.

The reason why Zhang Feng prepared this ident.i.ty was because he was afraid that Zhao Hai would be in danger. Currently, a lot of eyes were staring at him. If anyone finds out that Zhao Hai was getting close to him, then these people might cause trouble. Another reason was if Zhao Hai was by his side, people wouldn’t be able to contact him as easily. If the core disciples find out about Zhao Hai and they go to the Ignored Valley to capture him, then Zhang Feng would regret it a lot.

Hearing that Zhao Hai agreed, Zhang Feng relaxed. Then he said, “The Inner Disciple is called Li Lin. He’s not well-known. He’s a body cultivator and has been in the Inner Sect for only a short time. He has yet to form his dao avatar. I killed him for betraying me. His appearance is very ordinary. He also has dark skin, so you’ll have to change your skin color. I believe only a few people remember him in the Black Tiger Gang. With his status, n.o.body would suspect you if you appeared beside me.”

Zhao Hai nodded and said, “Alright. First Senior Brother, I’ll return to the Ignored Valley first to prepare. I’ll come back as soon as possible.”

Zhang Feng nodded and said, “Alright, you can go. Go to the treasure s.h.i.+p first, otherwise Little Hao would never be able to go out.” The two laughed. Zhang Hao was now in the treasure s.h.i.+p. If Zhao Hai went to the transmission formation and left, then Zhang Hao would not be able to show himself. 

Zhao Hai gave Zhang Feng a salute before he turned around and went to the treasure s.h.i.+p.

After arriving at the treasure s.h.i.+p, Zhao Hai immediately went to Zhang Hao’s place. Zhang Hao has been doing well in this one month. He was a cultivator, so a month of closing up wasn’t very long. 

Since Zhao Hai was acting as Zhang Hao, he didn’t need to knock on his own room. It would be strange if Zhang Hao knocks on the door to his own room. Therefore, he just pushed the door and walked in.

When Zhang Hao saw someone who looks and acts like him enter his room, he couldn’t help but be stunned. He didn’t see Zhao Hai when he went to the foreign trial, so when he saw Zhao Hai, he was really shocked. He didn’t expect Zhao Hai to copy him so perfectly.

Seeing Zhang Hao’s shocked expression, Zhao Hai couldn’t help but be amused. Then he made a shocked appearance as he cupped his fist and said, “You, why did you take my appearance and hide in my room? You should know that First Senior Brother gave this room to me. If First Senior Brother finds out, then you would no doubt be killed. Please leave.”

Hearing what Zhao Hai said, Zhang Hao was stunned once more. This was because the look, the expression, and even the tone of the voice was exactly like him. Zhang Hao felt that he was looking at a mirror.

Seeing Zhang Hao, Zhao Hai laughed and said, “How is it Senior Brother Zhang? Did I copy you correctly?”

Zhang Hao recovered as he stood up and examined Zhao Hai. Then with admiration he said, “You really do look like me. Hey, you won’t kill me and a.s.sume my ident.i.ty right?”

Zhao Hai laughed and said, “That might be possible. You should watch your back from now on.” After he said that, the two laughed. Zhang Hao doesn’t really believe that Zhao Hai would kill him and a.s.sume his appearance. This was because the two were quite close. Moreover, Zhao Hai has no need to do so. Zhang Hao knew that Zhao Hai wasn’t that kind of person.

After the two laughed, Zhang Hao looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Little Hai, how was the foreign trial?”

Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and said, “I have good harvests. I should be able to condense my dao avatar soon. However, it’s also very dangerous. This time, of the 15 people that the Black Tiger Gang sent, 8 of them tried to kill me. Fortunately, I didn’t let my guard down.”

Hearing that Zhao Hai was close to condensing a dao avatar, Zhang Hao felt somewhat envious. But after hearing the danger, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “What happened?”

Zhao Hai told Zhang Hao about what happened in the foreign trial. Hearing about Yan Wen, Zhang Hao couldn’t help but stare. He now understood that if he went to the foreign trial instead of Zhao Hai, then he wouldn’t return.

Zhang Hao was only an outer disciple. Although Zhang Feng told him that he would be promoted, Zhang Hao still wasn’t strong enough. He needs to practice. Moreover, he has yet to absorb faith power. There’s no benefit for him to enter the foreign trial, it would just be suicidal.

After Zhao Hai finished telling his story, Zhang Hao let out a long breath and said, “I didn’t expect the foreign trial to be that dangerous. Fortunately, you’re the one who went. If I went instead, then I would no doubt be killed.”

Zhao Hai waved his hand and said, “Don’t say that. Right, First Senior Brother has given me an ident.i.ty token of an Inner Disciple and a.s.signed me to stay by his side. I’ll leave some Undead to manage the Ignored Valley. I have to return to the Ignored Valley and then come back as another person. Here’s your ident.i.ty token, it has recorded that you have entered the foreign trial. I’m afraid you won’t be able to go in the future.”

Zhang Hao received his ident.i.ty token as he shook his head and said, “I’m not planning to go. Although going there will aid in my cultivation, I still value my life. I don’t have as many tricks as you.”

Zhao Hai smiled and said, “I’m heading out. But I’ll return soon. However, you may not recognize me by then.” After he said that, he laughed and disappeared.

Looking at the place Zhao Hai disappeared from, Zhang Hao gave a faint smile. It would be impossible to say that he wasn’t envious of Zhao Hai. However, he has a good relations.h.i.+p with Zhao Hai. He also wished that Zhao Hai would live well. Therefore, he didn’t think much about it.

Zhao Hai returned to the Ignored Valley and then waved his hand, taking away large quant.i.ties of trash. This was actually an act for Zhang Feng to see. At the same time, Zhao Hai took some Goldeater Mice to the s.p.a.ce. Then he left some Undead to manage the trash before he appeared once again near Zhang Feng’s mountain.

Zhang Feng gave him the ident.i.ty token of Li Lin, an inner disciple. At the same time, he was given Li Lin’s spatial ring. There’s also a jade slip that recorded Li Lin’s appearance. Not only that, there’s also a record of Li Lin’s battles.

Li Lin was similar to Zhao Hai in that they both wore black clothes. However, Li Lin’s weapon was special. It was two short halberds. They were black and s.h.i.+ny, each at 1 meter long. They looked heavy at first glance. Additionally, Li Lin was a body cultivator and preferred fighting in close distances.

 Li Lin’s skin was dark. He looked average as well. It wouldn’t be hard for Zhao Hai to act like him.

Zhao Hai adjusted his appearance. He darkened his skin and changed his height. Then he hung Li Lin’s ident.i.ty token on his robe.