The Heavenly Road: God Hunters

Chapter 015 The City of Holy Fire (revision)

After that, Asta took the jewel from the lion. "I don't think anyone would want to eat lion meat, let alone one that's this hard in texture" he said, pinching the lion's skin. He was very surprised to hear the explanation from his teacher that the lion carcass was quite expensive if sold or could restore the heavenly source if the meat was eaten.

"Why do you humans hunt supernatural animals constantly? In fact, did you know that the growth of supernatural animals is very slow compared to mankind who every day only think about mating, mating, and mating," said Ace, squinting his eyes.

Flares laughed at his words, "Hahaha... Though the population of humanity is a minority, but in a shorter time, the Heavenly Continent suddenly has been filled by humans," he said confirming that.

After storing the lion's carcass, Asta turned to Ace and smiled. "What the hell with your smile" he asked in surprise.

Getting the question, Asta's face immediately turned sour. "Don't tell me you forgot what you said before" Asta asked, explaining the big change that would happen to the Hidden Temple Village.

"An explanation of where you were born?" asked Ace while tilting his head.

Asta nodded his head, "In addition to the story about my father who actually disappeared suddenly while carrying out duties as a sect member, and also regarding that the village was part of the hidden territory belonging to the True Fire Flame Sect. Because I already knew it was all from my own search results," Asta explained.

"Mmm. alright, then listen to this. Aside from being part of the territory of the True Flame Divine Sect, the Hidden Temple Village was a hidden territory belonging to the True Fire Flame Sect that could not be entered just by relying on determination. Formerly, only core disciples could stay here with the aim of training survival skills. However, after the inauguration of a new Sect Leader, this region will serve as the new headquarters of the True Fire Flame Sect," Ace explained as he descended from the top of the tree.

"Then, where did the True Fire Flame Sect once stand before being moved? And I heard that this True Fire Flame Sect is one of the great sects, can you explain what it means?" Ask Asta.

"The True Flame Sect used to operate on top of the mountain that was behind the Holy Fire City. As of now, the sect moving process is still in the works and it will take at least another one to two years. The matter regarding this sect is among the great sects, I can only say that this sect is one of the largest and strongest sects in Arkhan Empire. If you want to know more about the history and past of the sect, maybe your teacher can explain it" Ace said, turning the discussion to Flares.

Asta was a little stunned, imagining how powerful and influential the True Fire Flame Sect was that it earned the nickname as one of the Greatest Sects in Arkhan Empire. Come to think of it, he felt proud of having lived in the Hidden Temple Village, but there were still many other questions, especially why everyone kept this matter a secret from him.

"However, that doesn't mean that your True Fire Flame Sect is comparable to my Divine Palace in Gitou Land. In this entire land of the Heavenly Realm Continent, no one would dare to attack my palace, except the Heavenly Emperor. He was the only one who dared to challenge the 12 Ancient Unseen Beasts Palace in the past. Other than him, only a fool who doesn't know his limits would dare to challenge the Ancient Palace," Ace said with a smile on his face.

"What do you mean you look at me when you say stupid words and don't know boundaries? Are you offending me?" Asta narrowed his eyes.

"Who else is that stupid besides you" said Ace, then laughed. Later, he also reviews Asta's desperate fight against Joashua Ramier in the Mystical Forest.

Asta only looked at him as he walked closer to the lion. Then without further cueing, Ace throws the lion in the other direction. Asta gasped and hurriedly caught the lion.

"Hey! Although from his butt does not take out gold pieces and the meat is alot, but this can be sold expensive!" said surprised. Ace suddenly throws the lion's carcass.

"If it's worth that much to you, then why do you just silence it. Didn't I tell you, we have to leave as soon as possible, too much time is wasted because of you" Ace said.

Ace shook his head slowly as he picked up the stone and threw it towards Asta. Though he just stay put the carcass of the lion into the storage ring and the problem is solved.

"Ouch! Hey! I just need a minute!" said annoyed.

"Can you use your shallow brain just once? Although a little superficial, at least try to make it useful. Quickly bring the carcass if you want to sell it. There's no time for you to skin it now. After all, the bones are just as valuable as the flesh, so what are you just skinning the meat for, just selling it all" Ace said without giving his tolerance.

"But-"

"There's no buts. Enough to talk, now let's go," cut off Ace who was preparing to continue the journey. Although Asta is still reluctant to release the lion, Flares was actually engrossed in seeing those who always fight like that.

Asta slammed the lion's carcass into the ground, "If it were so good, I'd better leave this lion. Carrying it all the way will only slow me down. Besides I've got the animal gems," he said reluctantly, thinking Ace told him to carry the lion's carcass along the way.

Ace shook his head once more, "Absolutely who told you to call him?!" sullenly.

"Then why do you have two storage rings?! That's not a display! Quickly put that in and bring it!" screaming emotions. Flares looked up at him.

Seeing him hesitating, Ace again yelled at him to do it quickly. In one fell swoop, the lion's carcass disappeared into the storage ring. Instead of Ace getting angry, Asta chose to obey him to put the carcass into the ring.

"Good! Now it's time to go" Ace said.

Asta nodded, and they went back to the Valley of Hell. Some time the journey felt smooth without problems, until then, Asta suddenly stopped in the middle of the road and took back the carcass of the lion from inside his ring.

"What are you doing? Why did you take it out again..?!" Ace asked while narrowing his eyes back furiously.

Flares who had thought that could only laugh, "Asta, are you afraid that the lion's carcass is rotting?" Ask Flares with a laugh. He guessed Asta was afraid that the carcass would dirty his clothes and equipment.

Asta nodded slowly, "Of course. However, the name of the carcass will certainly rot and emit an unpleasant aroma later. Maybe my equipment smells bad all," he said, which even makes Flares laugh more.

Ace also patted his eel, no longer understanding the way of his mind. It is true, the carcass will certainly rot and give off an unpleasant smell, but the problem is to keep the goods in the storage ring, which is slower in time than in the world. In addition, even if a carcass is inserted into the storage ring, there will be a layer of energy that protects the object in the storage ring to keep it durable and durable during the ring.

That way, any object that is inserted into it will never be mixed with other objects, even if placed in the same box.

Ace walked up to him, then hit his head furious. It was impossible for the carcass to contaminate the clothes and tools that were in the ring.

The Ocean Jade Ring was a storage artifact with infinite tiers because the rate count was per box it was equal to per level. That's because the box can continue to be added as long as someone has resources that can be used.

Per box has an area of 100 square meters and can preserve objects in it because the time ratio is 1 year in the ring is equal to 100 years in the outside world.

Ace immediately denied Asta's concerns and explained that the carcass would be coated with protective energy that made it not mixed with other objects in the ring. Moreover, the time-susceptibility that occurred between the worlds within the ring occurred so slowly when compared to the world where it rested at the moment.

After all, the carcass of an unseen animal would basically not rot as easily as the carcass of an ordinary animal. Even if it did not put it in the ring, it would take at least weeks for the carcass of the supernatural to decay.

Hearing the explanation, Asta was calm to put it in the storage ring Mr. Helio Utake gave for him. Because his father's storage ring was full of various resources that Asta gathered with his teacher in the Heavenly Forest during the Temple Village.

"Are we going to keep walking through the woods? Can we stop by a city first to sell it immediately, and I also want to eat good urban food" he said, which was also approved by Flares.

"After all, our next destination is indeed the Holy Fire City. The Blue Feather Lion is fairly rare and quite high in price on the market. It will be easy to sell at auction, especially if you sell it at once with the animal gems," said Ace.

"Ehh... In addition to utilizing his bones, skin, and teeth to be used as raw materials for artifacts, what is valuable from the carcass of an intact supernatural animal?" Ask Asta wonder.

"That's because his carcass could be revived with the technique of a puppet expert cultivator. Therefore I say, sell the whole carcass as well as the animal gems, the puppet masters will definitely be crazy about the carcass of this lion," said Ace explained.

Hearing that, Asta also thought of a way to ask for help from a puppet master to find a body for his teacher. But before he declared that, Flares immediately grabbed his ear.

"Basic brash student. You have begun to be brave now to want to make teachers as slaves," he said. How could there be a disciple who wanted to make his teacher a puppet.

"Admend it! Teacher, I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

They also continued their journey to the Holy Fire City first to just rest and sell the carcass of the Blue Feather Lion.

In the middle of the journey, not much happened. In order to avoid boredom during the trip, Asta wonders to Ace regarding the Hidden Temple Village further. There are still many parts Asta needs to know about his birthplace.

"As you know earlier, the Hidden Temple Village was just like its name, that is, the hidden territory belonging to the True Fire Flame Sect. In the beginning, this place was only devoted to core disciples as well as sect higher-ups. But after the inauguration of a new Sect Leader, the place that was originally only devoted to the core disciples of the sect will be re-organized into the new True Fire Flame Sect," Ace explained.

Asta frowned in wonder why the new Sect Chief wanted to move the old True Fire Flame Sect to his territory in the Hidden Temple Village. However, Ace answered him for the sake of the sect's security going forward.

"Then what happened to the old True Fire Flame Sect? Are they gonna flatten it?" Said asking.

Ace turned towards him looking at him confusedly, "Saying? Don't you ever know the term moving house?" Ask Asta back.

Asta nodded, "Yes. It was a term for a person who moved residence," he replied briefly.

"It's called moving house, not moving house" he said. Asta was increasingly gawking, not understanding what he meant.

"You mean that they will move the entire True Flame Sect that is in the back mountain of the Holy Fire City?" Ask Asta.

"Just right!" Answer's short.

Asta scrunched his forehead even more astonished, "how could it possibly move a sect that he said was the greatest to somewhere? Isn't this a bit impossible?"

"Ask your teacher. I'm tired of explaining everything to you" he said, then ignored her.

Flares also explained briefly that to move one place to another is not impossible. This can be done by hiring arrangement masters to create a moving arrangement between two places.

In addition to explaining the matter, Flares also explained the greatest possibility why the new Sect Chief wanted to move the Fire Flame Sect was to tighten the security of the sect. Due to the vastness of the Heavenly Forest directly bordering the extremely dangerous Senlin Province Mystic Forest, it could become a natural fortress of the Fire Flame Sect later on. Flares also informed him that the safety of his journey was also due to the presence of Ace who was a powerful figure so that no one dared to disturb them, except Ace who let them attack like the lion.

Another thing that Flares explains is about the heavenly way that there are not only a few. Because within this Heavenly Realm Continent there were more than thousands of heavenly paths that could be learned.

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To arrive at the Holy Fire City, it would take at least a few days of travel. Arriving, Asta can see the magnificent appearance of the city. On top of the gate, there was a large sign inscribed with the name of the Holy Fire City.

Before rushing there, Ace first changed his appearance to a small wolf and sat on Asta's shoulders like a pet.

"So this is the Holy Fire City that you often tell me about, this place is actually several times bigger than the Temple Village" he said enthusiastically.

"of course. The city was a gathering place for various types of people, whereas the Temple Village was only a special region. But in the next few years, you will be surprised to return to the Temple Village" Ace said.

A moment later, a group of chariots walked past them. Asta realized there was a stone road not far from where they stood.

"Ace, why don't we go through those streets? Maybe if we go that way, we will not be hard to find a way in the middle of the forest," he said.

"Huh..? Do you know where the Temple Village is?" He asked back. Asta shook his head slowly, not knowing where the Temple Village should be located because during the journey they did not walk straight ahead, so he could not determine the direction of the Temple Village was next to where this city was.

Ace picked up a tree branch and made two cross marks as a town and village. Then he drew a detour from the village's cross to the city's cross, indicating the route they had chosen along the way.

"As you already know, the Hidden Temple Village is located in the middle of a Heavenly Forest full of dangers. This road stretches from here to here. If you ask me to go down this road, it's the same as asking for a way that goes further" Ace explained.

Asta nodded in understanding, and he also just remembered that the Hidden Temple Village had no connecting path. This Temple Village does have a village gate, but there is no road that connects the village gate to other areas, purely leading to the forest.

Two gatekeepers watched their movements standing not far from the city gate. After the party entered the city, Asta walked towards the gate.

"Wait, Son! Can you show me your Jade Marker..?" Pinta is one of the guards.

Asta was confused when asked, "Signal Jade..? Is that some kind of identity?" Ask Asta.

The two guards faced each other in confusion. It feels strange if there is someone who still does not know about the Jade Marker which is an identity recognition tool.

"Heyy, Son! Are you playing with us..? Even if you're a hunter's child, at least you know about the Jade Marker" said one of the other guards.

Asta let out a slow breath, "O Uncle, I really don't know what a Jade Marker is. This is the first time I've left my home,"

The two guards were getting more confused. They both stared intently at his eyes trying to read his attitude. It was not the look of the panicked face they found, instead the gaze of someone who was astonished.

Flares explains that the Jade Marker is an artifact used to store a list of our identities. Jade Markers were a common condition for entering a territory as an effort to prevent the presence of criminals or Demon Cultivators. The Jade Marker will display your identity, and if you are a Demon Cultivator, there will be a note on your Jade Marker stating that you are a Demon Cultivator.

The two guards let out a slow breath. They thought Asta was the son of a hunter who was deceiving them, but he really did not find the deception of his behavior.

"Okay son, we're sorry. It seems you're not lying to us. You must be wondering what the Jade Marker is like, this is what the Jade Marker is called," One of the guards then showed the Jade Marker to him which he then thought was the Stone of Souls.

"The "marking knife is a tool commonly used to indicate self-identity. The shape of Jade Markers is also various and different. One of them is mine" explained the guard.

"Usually, in every Sect, Jade Markers were used as something that signified that one was part of the Sect. In the same city or village, Jade Marker is used to indicate that someone comes from a city or village. The mayor or village officials are responsible for distributing it to their citizens, but with the provision that there are taxes that must be paid by residents in order to maintain their rights as citizens" continued the other guard.

"The "marking Jade itself is made of the Mind Jade, which is a material that is often used as a tool to name Heavenly Artifacts and Art. How it works itself is enough to put a little energy into it. So after that, Jade Marker will bring up a holographic display of the writing or picture that has been inserted into it, "one more explanation.

"Everyone can only have one Jade Marker. If one were to force oneself to duplicate the Conqueror's Jade, it would never succeed unless it destroyed the old Marking Jade first," he continued, ending the explanation.

After hearing and seeing the usefulness of the Jade Marker directly, Asta nodded in understanding. As it turns out, the Jade is made from a material called the Mind Jade.

On the other hand, Ace who was also there looked bored waiting for him, "Actually how long do you want to waste my time here" Ace exclaimed, surprised the two guards who were showing their jade to Asta.

"You...?!!"

"Don't invite a commotion that shouldn't have happened. Isn't that the basic principle of Sektemu," he said silencing them both.