Chapter 214: Leaving the treasure House
Yu Nianzhen thought about it and was also reluctant to give up. If there was no opportunity to grab what they wanted, they had to create the chance for themselves.
[I have an idea.] He said.
Jiang Yue was excited when he heard that.
He didn’t think his husband was invincible, but whenever Yu Nianzhen set out to do something, no one could stop him.
Now that he had a plan, the matter was as good as done.
[What is it?] He asked.
Yu Nianzhen didn’t answer and instead looked at the female cultivator who had entered the treasure house.
Her cultivation was in the early stage of the core formation realm, and she smelled like spirit herbs.
’Is she an alchemist or a planter?’ He wondered.
’No matter, this is a good thing for us.’
In most cases, alchemists had low attack power, and spirit herb planters were not much better. If they took the woman by surprise, they could trap her in a formation.
The formation wouldn’t trap her for long, but a few hours was still possible.
However, they needed to do it quickly.
If they allowed her to discover something was wrong in the treasure house, she would raise the alarm, and everything would be lost.
[Take out your most powerful formation. Let’s trap her before she discovers something is wrong.] Yu Nianzhen said.
[Good idea.] Jiang Yue said and was a little annoyed he didn’t think of using formations.
All they needed was a few hours.
If they delayed the woman for a few hours, they could leave the treasure house, and enter the medicinal pool without attracting anyone’s notice.
After figuring it out, Jiang Yue thought about the formation disks in his possession.
At the moment, his most powerful formation was a peak level three phantom array.
However, he was reluctant to use it on an alchemist. This was because alchemists had powerful souls and soul power.
If the woman had a particularly strong soul, she would break out of the array, and everything would be lost.
[We can trap her in the array and then throw the formation disk in one of the rooms in the ancient palace.] Yu Nianzhen suggested.
Jiang Yue hesitated because he didn’t want other people to enter their ancient palace.
However, this was the best plan.
As long as other people did not enter the top floor of the ancient palace, he could accept their presence in other areas.
After all, the ancient palace was quite big.
In the future, they could use it to entertain and house their friends if they went to experience together.
When he thought of the two brothers they gained in the Thousand Herbs Garden, Jiang Yue was no longer so resistant.
[Okay.] He agreed.
[You don’t have to feel bad about it. In the future, we will find a remote island and live a life of two people.]
[I will hold you to that.]
Yu Nianzhen smiled and vowed never to let Jiang Yue down.
However, they couldn’t dwell on it for the time being since the woman was about to enter the second room.
[She is here for herbs.] Jiang Yue said and removed a formation disk from his storage ring.
They followed behind the woman and waited for her to reach the second room’s door. When she was pushing the door to open it, Jiang Yue threw the formation disk.
Although the woman was an alchemist, she was a core formation realm cultivator.
As soon as Jiang Yue threw the formation disk, she noticed the movement and immediately dodged to the side.
Unfortunately, the two had expected this action.
Before she dodged, Yu Nianzhen had already thrown another formation disk, and she jumped right into it.
When she was in position, he activated the formation disk and the woman disappeared from the treasure house.
[It went better than I expected.] Yu Nianzhen said.
However, he discovered Jiang Yue was not listening. Instead, he had a thoughtful look, and a smile was slowly creeping on his lips.
[What’s the matter?]
[That female cultivator is an alchemist.] Jiang Yue said, and his smile grew wider.
He had smelled the breath of fire on her body, and a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
[Didn’t we already suspect that?]
[Azhen, alchemists are very rich.]
After hearing his husband’s words, Yu Nianzhen understood.
In the Cangxing world, it was accepted that alchemists were the richest while sword cultivators were the poorest.
The reason was that alchemists earned a lot from selling pills, while most sword masters forewent worldly affairs in pursuit of the dao.
[How many spirit stones do you think we will get from her?] Jiang Yue asked excitedly.
[We will know when we get them.] Yu Nianzhen said in an indifferent voice.
However, he was also excited.
Although he was a swordsman and had a tendency to ignore worldly affairs in pursuit of the dao, Yu Nianzhen was originally a businessman.
No matter what, he liked making money, and an alchemist was a fat sheep. The thought of slaughtering it was a little exciting.
[How is she doing?] He asked.
Jiang Yue picked up the two formation disks and returned the unused one to his storage ring. After that, he used his soul power to check the phantom formation disk before throwing it into the ancient palace.
[She is trapped, and there are no signs of breaking out.]
[Let’s leave before she escapes the illusion.]
Although the two had a grudge against the Lu family, they didn’t want to kill indiscriminately.
When leaving the Lu family, they planned to leave the formation disk in the medicinal pool area.
At that time, it would not matter if the woman broke free because they would already be gone.
[Good.]
Jiang Yue took a deep breath and held his husband’s hand before stepping into the five-layer array that surrounded the treasure house.
Since he had prior experience, leaving was easier than entering.
Although Jiang Yue still consumed a lot of qi, his consumption was lower than before, and the time taken was lesser.
[Let’s find a place for you to recover.] Yu Nianzhen said when they stepped out of the last formation.
[Okay.] Jiang Yue said and held onto his husband’s arm.
[Wait...] Yu Nianzhen suddenly said and stopped.
[It’s better if you enter the ancient palace to recover. I will walk to the medicinal pool while you are recovering.]
[This...] Jiang Yue started and frowned.
He didn’t like the idea of Yu Nianzhen walking alone.
However, he had to admit that the idea was the most appropriate in the current situation.
[Don’t worry. I will be careful and won’t take any reckless risks.] Yu Nianzhen assured.
[You have to promise you will escape if something goes wrong.]
[XiaoYue, we are both young, and I want to live a long life with you. I am greedy for life.]
[Good.] Jiang Yue sighed and gave the ancient palace to his husband.
He looked at Yu Nianzhen for a moment longer, kissed him and disappeared into the ancient palace.
After Jiang Yue entered the ancient palace, Yu Nianzhen didn’t linger around the treasure house.
He slunk into the shadows and began to walk toward the medicinal pool.
Like before, the three-man team was patrolling the forbidden area while gossiping.
This time, they were talking about the fourth-level alchemist who had just arrived in the Lu family.
"Do any of you know the origin of the alchemist?" One of the patrolmen asked.
"I heard he is a casual cultivator."
"I heard something different. He should be from a big power in another region."
"Which region?"
"I don’t know about this. Does it matter?"
"It doesn’t matter as long as he can refine pills for our Lu family."
"Our Lu family’s alchemy elder has already gone to the treasure house to retrieve herbs. Those who get the promotion pill will also be allowed to enter the medicinal pool."
"What’s the use of entering the medicinal pool? The promotion pill is a double-edged sword, and those who take it will never break through to the core formation realm. It’s a waste to let them enter the medicinal pool."
"Shhh." Someone shushed, but no one refuted the man’s words.
They all felt that the medicinal pool should be reserved for those with a bright future.
"It can’t be helped. Breaking through using the promotion pill damages the foundation. The medicinal pool is needed to stabilise the breakthrough and prevent the realm from falling back to the qi transformation realm."
"Anyway, this is not bad for our Lu family. The promotion pill won’t be given to everyone. It will only be given to qi transformation realm cultivators who are at the end of their life or those who have been stuck at the peak for many years."
"The family won’t harm the young talents."
"It’s good if you put it that way."
After listening for a while, Yu Nianzhen shook his head and walked away.
In fact, the Lu family’s plan was quite logical.
Unfortunately, the Lu family kicked their iron plate at a critical moment.
