Chapter 213: One Billion Spirit Stones
[Okay.] Yu Nianzhen smiled and rubbed Jiang Yue’s head.
[Check for formations.]
Jiang Yue did not hesitate. He opened his illusion eyes and looked around.
However, his face turned pale as soon as the eyes were open. His complexion turned ugly, and a chill crept up his spine.
[What’s the matter?]
[There is a formation on the ground. We are barely at its edge.] Jiang Yue informed, and Yu Nianzhen was startled.
Neither expected to encounter a formation as soon as they climbed to the second floor.
Fortunately, they didn’t walk around when they entered the room. Otherwise, they would have stepped into the formation, which would have alarmed the Lu family.
[What kind of formation is it?]
[It is a level four phantom formation. When an intruder enters the formation, it will trap them in an illusion. They won’t realise they are trapped until it is too late.]
Jiang Yue sweated a little when he explained the formation.
Although he was an illusion master, he was only a qi transformation realm cultivator. If he carelessly entered the formation, he would also be trapped without a way out.
[Can you handle it?]
[I can since we haven’t already entered the formation.]
Yu Nianzhen sighed in relief and waited for Jiang Yue to figure it out.
Half an hour later, Jiang Yue turned away from the formation and looked at his husband.
[Let’s go.] He said.
[You should restore your qi first. We can go after you adjust your condition.]
[I still have more than half my qi. It’s enough for the time being. I will replenish after we clear this room.]
Yu Nianzhen looked at the person, and when he was sure that Jiang Yue was fine, he agreed to the plan.
[Take my hand, you have to be extremely careful.] Jiang Yue said.
[I know.]
After holding hands, Jiang Yue took a step into the array.
As soon as his foot landed on the ground array, its invisible lines shook but soon returned to normal.
When he saw that, Jiang Yue heaved a sigh of relief and turned to look at his husband.
[Don’t deviate. Even a centimetre is not okay.] He warned again, and Yu Nianzhen understood the seriousness of the matter.
However, he had trained in the Black Wind Abyss for seven years.
His six senses were no longer comparable to ordinary cultivators, and he had no problem following Jiang Yue’s footsteps.
They slowly traversed the room and soon arrived at the centre.
[I will count to three. After three, jump half a metre to your two o’clock.]
[Got it.]
Jiang Yue looked around and confirmed he didn’t make a mistake in his calculations.
After making sure, he counted to three, and both jumped.
He jumped to the left while Yu Nianzhen jumped to the right.
’We made it.’ Jiang Yue thought and ignored the cold chill on his spine.
He didn’t expect the phantom formation to be so tricky. If his and Nianzhen’s feet didn’t touch the ground simultaneously, they would have triggered the formation.
Although they could leave the array if he worked hard, it would take time.
By the time he was done, they would have to forget the things on the second floor since they would be too busy escaping.
[XiaoYue, are you okay?]
Even in the dark, Yu Nianzhen could see his lover’s face was a little pale.
[Don’t worry. The rest of the way is easy.]
After saying that, Jiang Yue issued a few directions. Soon after, both arrived in front of the south wall where the treasure was.
[Take some spiritual water.] Yu Nianzhen insisted.
[Okay.] Jiang Yue didn’t argue.
He was a little tired, and the spiritual water was just what he needed. It could not only replenish his qi, but also refresh his tense body.
When he felt better, he looked at the compass and located the box containing the treasure.
[It’s the box on your left.] He told his husband.
Without delay, Yu Nianzhen took the box and gave it to Jiang Yue like a tribute.
[Why are you giving it to me?]
[Don’t you want to open it yourself?] Yu Nianzhen asked helplessly.
Although Jiang Yue was trying to hide it, who was Yu Nianzhen?
He was the person who had spent his entire life looking at Jiang Yue. It was absolutely impossible to miss his husband’s twinkling eyes.
[Does it matter who opens it? Aren’t we the same person?]
When he heard that, Yu Nianzhen forcibly prevented his lips from twitching. He believed they were the same person, but he also believed that Jiang Yue wanted to be the one to open the treasure box.
[I want you to open it.]
[If you insist that much...] Jiang Yue reached for the treasure box and opened it.
"Azhen, it’s a soul stone." He said excitedly and then remembered he shouldn’t be shouting.
He quickly closed the box, and both tensed from anxiety.
Jiang Yue looked at his husband apologetically, but Yu Nianzhen didn’t care.
He didn’t mean to blame Jiang Yue or resent him for losing control of his emotions. If they were discovered, they would just escape with what they had.
[Don’t worry about it.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted to Jiang Yue.
[It would be a pity if we couldn’t take the rest.]
’Greedy cat.’ Yu Nianzhen thought, but he didn’t say anything.
He liked everything about Jiang Yue. Whether he was a murderer or arsonist, none of that mattered to Yu Nianzhen.
He just wanted Jiang Yue to be happy.
After waiting for twenty breaths, they didn’t hear any movement, and both heaved sighs of relief.
[Let’s grab everything and leave.] Yu Nianzhen said.
[Good.]
In the next while, the two walked around and grabbed everything from the shelves.
Although there wasn’t another treasure at the same level as the soul stone, most were practical.
That said, what they liked the most was a box on the west wall shelf.
The box was small and ordinary, but it contained ten storage rings. Each storage ring had one hundred million low-grade spirit stones, which totalled one billion low-grade spirit stones.
[I am so happy I could roll on the ground.] Jiang Yue said, barely able to restrain his excitement.
Before they broke through to the qi transformation realm, they auctioned a lot of treasures and got a little more than five hundred million spirit stones.
Compared to their efforts back then, they easily received one billion low-grade spirit stones from one robbery!
When he thought of that, Jiang Yue was a little motivated.
He and Yu Nianzhen were young and restless. With their characters, they were bound to make many enemies they couldn’t deal with.
At that time, wouldn’t it be okay to take revenge by robbing their enemies?
[What are you thinking about?] Yu Nianzhen asked. He could see the wheels spinning in Jiang Yue’s mind.
[Aren’t you also thinking about it?] Jiang Yue stared at his husband and dared him to deny his thoughts.
However, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t truthfully deny it.
He was also thinking about the loads of spirit stones in other families’ treasure houses.
[I think we should discriminately pursue this career.] Jiang Yue said.
[I will follow your lead.] Yu Nianzhen agreed.
[One billion spirit stones should be the Lu family’s rainy-day fund. I wonder how they will react when they discover their treasure house has been robbed.]
[It’s too bad we won’t be there to witness it.]
When Yu Nianzhen heard Jiang Yue’s last sentence, he knew things would go out of control if he didn’t stop his husband’s thought process.
[We should leave. After all, we don’t know when someone will come to the treasure house.]
[You...] Jiang Yue started but had to stop.
This is because he felt a sudden shift in the aura, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.
[I think someone is coming in.] He said urgently.
He then looked at his husband, and Yu Nianzhen knew he was being blamed for predicting this disaster just when they were about to leave.
[Crow’s mouth.] Jiang Yue complained.
However, he didn’t dwell on it. Instead, he grabbed his husband’s hand and rushed out of the second floor.
When they arrived on the first floor, the formation opened, and a woman entered the treasure house.
[Should we leave or hide?] Jiang Yue asked.
[Look at the situation first and escape if there is no chance.] Yu Nianzhen answered without hesitation.
Jiang Yue used a lot of qi and soul power to navigate the phantom formation on the second floor.
At the moment, Jiang Yue didn’t have enough qi and soul power to take them out of the treasure house without being discovered.
Most importantly, the Lu family would enter a state of emergency in a matter of moments.
Although Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue still wanted the medicinal pool, their life was more important. As soon as the woman entered the treasure house, their options were narrowed down to ’escape’.
[Let’s leave the decision to the last moment.] Jiang Yue said.
