Chapter 285: Recovering and Planning
"Their ambition is too blatant." Yu Nianzhen said and looked at the elders of the blood-refining sect.
At this time, the elders were besieged from all sides.
However, the elders were still okay which showed that the other sects had yet to lose their minds.
"Le’s forget it for the time being." Jiang Yue said and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
With that, the group of life rushed into the essence-stealing array.
When they entered the array, Jiang Yue felt like something was trying to pull his blood out.
It was an uncomfortable feeling and he forcibly suppressed the blood that was rushing to his seven openings.
Unfortunately, his action could only do that much.
Although he ran as fast as he could, he still lost a drop of essence blood before he rushed into the portal.
’Damnit.’ He thought and gritted his teeth.
His face was pale, his head was dizzy and his entire body felt extremely weak.
"XiaoYue, how are you?" A concerned voice came from the side and Jiang Yue opened the eyes he had unknowingly closed.
"Are we in the Nine Treasures secret realm?" He asked instead.
He took a deep breath and a thick aura rushed into his body, nourishing him from head to toe.
"We are in." Yu Nianzhen confirmed and continued to look at his husband questioningly.
Seeing the concern on the other’s face, he smiled and his eyes softened.
"Don’t worry, I am fine." He said.
When Yu Nianzhen heard that, he heaved a sigh of relief but his expression didn’t improve.
As his master said, they arrived at the entrance of the Nine Treasures secret realm when they exited the portal.
However, there was no one at the entrance but several auras that were rushing away could be felt.
"Let’s get out of here first and find a place to recuperate." Bing Lan reminded.
"Get on my firebird." Yang Xu said and removed the firebird from his animal storage bag.
Among the five, he was in the best condition and it was only natural for him to take charge at this time.
However, his condition was not much better.
He also looked pale and his momentum was less than half his usual.
After the firebird was in place, the five jumped on top and the beast soared into the air.
"Yang Xu, be careful with the direction." Bing Lan reminded and Yang Xu took out a map.
The entrance of the Nine Treasures secret realm was in a valley surrounded by a ring of hills.
Since the valley was the only place in the Nine Treasures secret realm that had never birthed a treasure, it was called the barren valley.
This barren valley was about ten kilometres wide and its grass was a coarse brown.
There were no demonic beasts or demonic plants in the valley which meant it was also the safest place in the secret realm.
"I think we should go here." Yang Xu said and pointed at a location on the map.
"Isn’t that the lair of a demonic beast?" Jiang Yue asked.
"It is but the demonic beasts in this area are relatively weak. All we need is a space to set up the ancient palace."
After talking about it for a while longer, the group decided to the area indicated by Yang Xu.
This journey took half a day and everyone was exhausted when they finally arrived.
"Let’s enter our palace." Jiang Yue offered and quickly removed his ancient palace.
The palace expanded and the group entered before the demonic beasts reacted to their presence.
"Please find your own place to recover." Yu Nianzhen said while waving his hand.
Simultaneously, three leaves rushed to Yang Xu, Bing Lan, and Xuan Ke.
"Brother Yu, what is this leaf?" Xuan Ke asked.
"Brother Xuan, this leaf can help you recover your blood essence. You should refine it as quickly as possible."
"Is that so." Xuan Ke muttered and didn’t continue to ask.
Since Jiang Yue wasn’t willing to say what the leaf was, Xuan Ke didn’t plan to insist.
This was the basic respect he afforded his brothers and he didn’t want to cross lines that shouldn’t be crossed.
"Master..."
"Let’s recover before we think of the next plan." Yang Xu interrupted Yu Nianzhen and the swordsman nodded.
After that, the group broke apart and each went to refine the leaves of the tree of life.
"Axu, this leaf..." Bing Lan started when they were behind closed doors.
"You just have to know what it is without mentioning it." Yang Xu said and Bing Lan understood.
The husband and wife looked at each other for a long time before they retreated to recover.
While they were recovering, six months passed in the blink of an eye.
Since the conspiracy of the blood-refining sect affected everyone who entered the secret realm, the secret realm was relatively peaceful.
Most people chose to recover before they began to explore the secret realm which caused the superficial peace.
However, this situation could only last for a while.
When Yu Nianzhen and his group came out of seclusion, the situation in the secret realm had already begun to change.
"Azhen, have you fully recovered." Jiang Yue asked when Yu Nianzhen opened his eyes.
"I have recovered. What about you?"
"Same." Jiang Yue said and his face turned aggressive.
"Don’t let me meet the disciples of the blood-refining sect." He said angrily.
Because of the conspiracy, they had wasted half a year and Jiang Yue was quite aggrieved.
"Let’s meet with master and the rest first." Yu Nianzhen said but he was also angry.
He hated being plotted against but for the time being, he could only swallow his anger and frustration.
However, he didn’t plan to let the matter go.
Regardless of whether the blood-refining sect was an ally against the Death Flower Ascension Front, Yu Nianzhen didn’t plan to spare the disciples when he met them.
"I hope master’s body is okay." He continued and frowned.
Because of his damaged origin, the loss of a drop of blood essence was not an easy matter for Yang Xu.
However, Yu Nianzhen was still optimistic about the effect of the leaf of the tree of life.
"He should be fine." Jiang Yue comforted but he was also a little worried.
Without another word, the two left their room and went to the first floor of the ancient palace.
As luck would have it, Xuan Ke was already there and his body looked better than before.
"Brother Xuan, have you recovered?" Jiang Yuea asked.
Although Xuan Ke’s body looked good, appearances could be deceiving.
It was because of this reason that Jiang Yue asked directly.
"I am fully recovered. What about you and brother Yu?"
"We are both fine."
After that, the two sat across from Xuan Ke and began to discuss their route.
"We are currently in the territory of the three-horned deer. This place is relatively weak and has nothing interesting. I think we should move on." Xuan Ke said as he studied the map.
"I also think so." Jiang Yue agreed.
"To the east of this area is the thunder forest. Brother Xuan, do you need anything from there?" Yu Nianzhen inquired.
The thunder forest was a blessed land for lightning cultivators but it was also useful for ordinary cultivators.
Unfortunately, time was too short and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t think about refining his body in the thunder forest.
"There is a special kind of thunder bamboo that grows in the depths of the thunder forest. I want to get it and refine it as my first treasure."
"We should head there first." Yu Nianzhen suggested.
"Master Yang should take a while longer to recover. However, we don’t have to wait for him before we begin searching for treasures." Jiang Yue agreed with Yu Nianzhen’s idea.
"After we get the bamboo, brother Xuan can enter the palace to refine it while we continue searching for other treasures."
Xuan Ke looked at his brothers but eventually said nothing.
Since they had decided to act together, there was no use being hypocritical at this point.
"Let’s do it this way." He said.
However, he didn’t want to take advantage of his brothers.
Once he got the treasure, he would immediately retreat and refine it as fast as possible.
After he broke through to the second level of the origin tempering realm, he would leave seclusion to help with the search for treasures.
With that, the three left the ancient palace and Jiang Ye collected it before they started walking.
"Brother Xuan, what kind of bamboo are you looking for?" Jiang Yue asked.
"There are many thunder bamboos in the thunder forest. These bamboos contain a lot of thunder energy but they can’t generate thunder. The bamboo I am looking for can generate thunder which will be very beneficial to my origin."
"You should take the chance to collect the ordinary thunder bamboo while we are there." Yu Nianzhen reminded.
Although ordinary thunder bamboo couldn’t generate thunder, their thunder energy could allow Xuan Ke to cultivate faster and produce twice the result with half the effort.
