Chapter 295: Whereabouts
When he heard that, Yang Xu didn’t panic or get angry.
He still kept in mind that Yu Nianzhen was his disciple and the bond between them was still there.
"What happened?" He asked and the person explained.
"What you mean is that they didn’t have time to escape and were vaporised by the explosion?"
"That’s about it." The person said with a hint of schadenfreude in his voice.
He felt he and his companions were involved in an unexpected disaster.
If Yu Nianzhen and his group didn’t stir the waters, everyone would have fought for the thunder pool and not gotten involved in a self-explosion.
However, now that the explosion had happened, everyone could only curse under their breath and get on with the situation.
"What are you thinking?" Bing Lan asked, drawing her husband from his thoughts.
[Let’s look for the ancient palace.] Yang Xu sent a voice transmission and Bing Lan was enlightened.
When it came down to it, the three boys wouldn’t stand around and wait for death.
Since they didn’t have time to escape, the only logical thing was to hide in the ancient palace to wait for the explosion to pass.
With that thought, Yang Xu and Bing Lan began another round of searching.
Unfortunately, they didn’t expect their actions were destined to be futile.
In fact, Yang Xu’s thoughts were right.
When the three boys were about to be involved in the self-explosion, they entered the ancient palace.
The ancient palace had a strong defence and the three weren’t worried it would be damaged by the explosion.
However, their thoughts were good but the reality was different.
After entering the ancient palace, the three successfully escape the explosion.
Unfortunately, before they exited the ancient palace, the little building was involved in the explosion after waves.
Although it wasn’t destroyed, it was pushed into the thunder pool and resolutely sunk into the bottom.
"What should we do?" Jiang Yue asked for the hundredth time.
At first, they didn’t notice their situation and left the ancient palace after an appropriate time.
The three expected to find themselves close to the thunder pool but didn’t expect to be at its bottom instead.
Even more unfortunate, the lightning at the bottom of the thunder pool was incredibly powerful.
As soon as the three came out, they were immediately attacked and had to rush back into the ancient palace.
"Will the defence of the ancient palace hold?" Xuan Ke wondered.
He was worried that the lightning would damage the palace’s defence.
At that time, they may be forced out of the ancient palace to face the lightning in the thunder pool.
"I think we should practice to improve our body refining." Yu Nianzhen said and sighed.
He and Jiang Yue initially planned to practice in the thunder pool.
However, their plan was the periphery of the thunder pool and not the bottom of the same.
Unfortunately, the plan couldn’t keep up with the changes and they had to make the best of the situation.
"When we break through, we can send the thunder pool into the universe gourd."
"What about the people above?" Jiang Yue asked in concern.
The thunder pool was a blessed place for lighting and body cultivators.
If it suddenly disappeared, those cultivators would have opinions and never let the matter go.
However, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t care about too much.
Although he was confident in himself and the other two, he was also self-aware.
He knew it was impossible to master the thunder pool in a short time.
Even if their body refining realm improved, it was only enough to tolerate the lightning in the pool for a short time.
In that case, it was best to grab what should be grabbed and escape from the thunder forest.
After discussing for a while, the three decided to follow Yu Nianzhen’s suggestion to practice in the thunder pool.
"Azhen, don’t forget to release shanjiang." Jiang Yue reminded.
Although the thunder pool was not enough to promote the sword to the profound rank, Jiang Yue felt it was enough to further polish it.
With another round of lightning polishing, shanjiang would have fewer impurities which enhanced its chances of breaking through.
In that way, it would be easy for the sword to be promoted when Yu Nianzhen encountered appropriate treasures.
"We should return to the ancient palace when we can’t handle the lightning at the bottom of the thunder pool." Yu Nianzhen warned solemnly and the other two nodded in agreement.
They didn’t dare to mess around in such a serious situation.
All three understood they were dangerously towing the thin line between life and death.
For that matter, they couldn’t be careless because one mistake could plunge them from life to death.
"I am ready." Xuan Kes said and his eyes were shining brightly.
Although the lightning at the bottom of the thunder pool was still dangerous for him.
It was also a wonderful tonic.
If he carefully cultivated the lightning, the quality of his lightning qi would increase in a straight line.
With an increase in qi quality, the power of his attacks would also increase which would enhance his survivability in the Nine Treasures secret realm.
"I am also ready." Jiang Yue said and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
A moment later, the three people left the ancient palace and appeared at the bottom of the thunder pool.
As expected, the lightning was unbearable.
However, neither of the three was willing to give up.
As soon as they got out, they sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.
Yu Nianzhen also removed shanjiang and placed her on his knees to be polished by lightning.
For the first time, the three only survived for an incense stick before they had to rush back into the ancient palace.
However, they weren’t discouraged.
In fact, their eyes were shining brighter than usual and one could see they were enjoying the challenge.
Using the experience of the first time, the three went out for the second, third, fourth, ..., and tenth times.
With each turn, they stayed a little longer and eventually, they could withstand two hours of lightning before they had to hide in the ancient palace.
In this way, they practised for a week and Jiang Yue was the first to feel signs of a breakthrough.
When Yu Nianzhen and Xuan Ke felt that Jiang Yue was about to break through, they immediately ceased their practice to protect him.
[Brother Yu, is this okay?] Xuan Ke transmitted a worried voice.
He wasn’t worried that Jiang Yue would be unable to break through his body-refining realm.
However, he was worried the time was too short.
This was because they had already been in the thunder pool for almost two hours and it was about time for them to retreat into the ancient palace.
If Jiang Yue couldn’t break through within the time limit, his body would suffer from the lightning.
[Let’s see what happens.] Yu Nianzhen said and forcibly suppressed his worry.
Breaking through required an opportunity.
Jiang Yue’s opportunity had come and if he let go of it, there was no telling when he would get another opportunity.
’If it doesn’t work, we will have to use the leaves of the tree of life.’ He thought and hoped it wouldn’t come to that.
No matter what, Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to reveal they had an unlimited supply of the leaves of the tree of life.
However, if it came to it, he wouldn’t hesitate.
After all, Jiang Yue was his most important treasure.
In that case, he couldn’t let Jiang Yue suffer unreasonably to protect the tree of life.
[If you can’t hold on, let me know quickly.] Yu Nianzhen said and Xuan Ke nodded.
However, he didn’t plan to desert his brothers to seek safety.
Since things had come to this point, he could only see them through.
Fortunately, reality proved that Yu Nianzhen and Xuan Ke were worrying too much.
Soon after Jiang Yue entered seclusion, his body released a strong suction force and strands of lightning drilled into his skin.
These strands of lightning stimulated his cells and were soon converted into flames.
A while later, a popping sound was heard and Jiang Yue’s body seemed to be breathing out.
With this exhale, streams of black filth were removed from his body and quickly disintegrated by the surrounding lightning.
’He made it.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and a smile curled his lips.
The stone in his heart fell and he looked at Xuan Ke across from him.
Xuan Ke also looked relieved but the two didn’t let go of their vigilance.
Jiang Yue’s breakthrough disturbed the thunder pool and those standing above the thunder pool had noticed.
Until this moment, they hadn’t realised there were people at the bottom of the thunder pool.
The reason for this was because the lightning was too ferocious and they had yet to find a way to enter the thunder pool.
With that premise, it was hard to imagine there would be people at the bottom of the thunder pool.
