Chapter 211: Entering the Treasure House
Soon after, the patrolmen went out of range, and the two could no longer hear what they were saying.
However, they had heard enough to stir their minds.
"Let’s focus on the treasure house first. We will figure out the rest later." Yu Nianzhen said.
"You are right." Jiang Yue looked at the horizon and estimated the time.
There was still half a night left, and he wanted to be done before sunrise
"Let’s go." He said.
After that, the two continued walking toward the treasure house.
The closer they got to the treasure house, the more cautious they became.
Although they were invisible and could only be seen by each other, they kept to the shadows.
They also restrained their breath and neither talked nor used voice transmission.
Half an hour later, they arrived in front of the Lu family’s treasure house.
The treasure house was surrounded by five formation layers, and the outermost was a level four array.
When he saw it, Jiang Yue felt a cold chill down his spine.
Although he had illusion eyes, they were not invincible.
Activating the illusion eyes required a lot of qi, and he had already lost a third of his qi when he examined the formation around the medicinal pool.
If he wanted to get past the five formations around the treasure house, he needed to recover his lost qi. Even then, he would be in a state of exhaustion after getting past the formations.
Frustrated, he looked at Yu Nianzhen and tried to convey the situation.
Yu Nianzhen looked at him and somewhat understood.
’It’s too inconvenient to communicate this way.’Yu Nianzhen thought and looked at Jiang Yue.
They didn’t dare to whisper because there were four core formation realm cultivators guarding the treasure house.
They also didn’t dare to use voice transmissions because they could be easily intercepted by the elders.
While wondering what to do, Yu Nianzhen suddenly remembered they were a Taoist couple.
Depending on the severity of the Taoist contract, Taoist couples received some consideration from the tao of heaven.
One of the considerations was the ability to track their Taoist companion if they got separated. Another was a kind of communication called soul transmission.
This kind of transmission could not be intercepted even by higher-level cultivators.
Although Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had been married for many years, they had never tried soul transmission.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen remembered and immediately tried it.
[XiaoYue.] He called.
Jiang Yue turned to look at him, and his eyes showed confusion. He didn’t understand why Yu Nianzhen was transmitting his voice when he knew they could be intercepted by higher realm cultivators.
[It’s not sound transmission. It’s soul transmission.] Yu Nianzhen explained, and Jiang Yue’s eyes flew wide open.
He had also forgotten about soul transmission and couldn’t help but be exasperated.
[I had forgotten about this.] He said.
[Me too.] Yu Nianzhen said and smiled.
For natives of the Cangxing world, things like voice transmission and soul transmission were a matter of course.
However, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were born on Earth.
Although they had been in the Cangxing world for some years, their common sense was still influenced by Earth.
However, the longer they lived in the Cangxing world, the more their common sense changed.
They expected that before too long, their thinking would completely synchronise with their new reality.
’It’s a little sad.’ Jiang Yue thought and sighed.
[Our life on Earth will live in our hearts and memories.] Yu Nianzhen comforted.
[I know.] Jiang Yue smiled and no longer dwelled on it.
[Can you deal with the formations?]
[There are five layers of formations. The first one is a level four defence formation. The second and fourth are killing formations. The third and fifth are trapping formations.] Jiang Yue informed.
Fortunately, only the first array was a level four formation, and the rest were level three. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to get through even though he had illusion eyes.
[I need to adjust my condition to the peak before we enter.]
[Use the spiritual water to replenish your qi, it is faster this way.]
[I know.]
As expected, it was faster to replenish his qi using spiritual water than relying on spirit stones or heaven and earth qi.
However, it still took half an hour before Jiang Yue’s qi was fully replenished.
[I am ready.] He said.
[What do I need to do?]
[Follow closely behind. Don’t deviate from my path.] Jiang Yue warned.
[Good.]
Soon after, Jiang Yue opened his illusion eyes and looked at the formation.
’I see three loopholes.’ He observed.
One loophole was so weak that he barely had to do anything to get through. Unfortunately, an elder was standing close to this loophole, and Jiang Yue didn’t dare to use it.
If the elder detected his qi, he and Yu Nianzhen could forget about entering the treasure house.
Since he couldn’t take advantage of that loophole, Jiang Yue looked at the remaining two.
After studying them for a while, he chose one and guided Yu Nianzhen towards it.
[I will widen the hole. We have to enter quickly.]
[I know.]
Jiang Yue took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. A moment later, a thin strand of qi left his hand and hit the weak point.
Soon after, the hole expanded, and the two rushed into the formation.
"Did you feel that?" One of the elders shouted, and all became alert.
They checked the formation, but the hole opened by Jiang Yue had already closed.
"I didn’t feel anything." Another elder said.
"I also didn’t feel anything."
The elder, who felt a slight disturbance, frowned. He wasn’t sure what he perceived, but he didn’t dare to be careless.
He led the other elders to check the surroundings and formation.
However, they didn’t find anything, and they returned to their guarding positions.
In the formation, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen didn’t relax until the four elders returned to their guarding positions.
[I didn’t expect that elder to notice such a small disturbance.] Jiang Yue said and sighed.
[He is a core formation realm cultivator. It’s only natural for him to notice something.]
[Their divine sense can’t enter the formation to check. Unless we make a big commotion, we are safe for now.]
Even if they were safe for the time being, neither dared to be careless.
Jiang Yue used the same method to get them through the four remaining formations.
However, his condition was worse than expected.
After getting past the last formation, he was covered in sweat, and his body shook from exhaustion.
[I need to recover a little before we begin.] He said.
[I will protect you while you recover.]
Jiang Yue looked at Yu Nianzhen and smiled. He gave him a light kiss and then sat cross-legged to replenish his qi.
While Jiang Yu was recovering, Yu Nianzhen looked at their surroundings.
’It’s good that the last formation opened directly into the treasure house.’ Yu Nianzhen thought.
The treasure house was a two-storey building with a floor area of about one hundred square metres.
At the moment, they were in the building’s lobby on the first floor.
From his position, Yu Nianzhen could make out three rooms and a set of stairs leading to the second floor.
’The best things should be on the second floor.’ He speculated.
However, he didn’t plan to let go of the things on the first floor.
Since he and Jiang Yue had come this far, he planned to clean out the Lu family.
With deeply concealed anticipation, Yu Nianzhen waited for Jiang Yue to recover his qi.
Although both were impatient, they couldn’t rush because their safe escape depended on Jiang Yue.
[Conserve your qi where you can.] Yu Nianzhen said when Jiang Yue opened his eyes.
[I know, don’t worry.]
After that, the two walked to the first room.
Maybe it’s because the Lu family didn’t expect anyone to break into the treasure house, the room doors weren’t guarded by formations.
[Just our luck.] Jiang Yue said happily.
[Yea.]
[Gravity stones.] Jiang Yue exclaimed when they entered the room.
The gravity stones were piled into a small hill, and the two couldn’t help but be excited.
Although Jiang Yue had collected a lot of gravity stones from the secret realm, those in the room were different.
They had a stronger gravity than the stones in the mine, and their body-refining effect would definitely be better.
[They are worse than what I collected at the bottom of the empty pit in the secret realm. However, they are several times better than what was in the mine.]
[It’s hard for the current mine to produce this kind of good quality gravity stones. It should be that the Lu family collected these stones over many years.]
[Let’s take them and head to the next room.] Yu Nianzhen said.
Jiang Yue collected the gravity stones and put them in the ancient palace.
However, his face showed a bit of melancholy as they left the room.
[What’s wrong?] Yu Nianzhen asked.
[The materials used to build that room are not ordinary. Otherwise, they couldn’t withstand that much gravity. It’s too bad we can’t take out the walls.]
