Chapter 298: Approaching Enemies
While the three were having fun, several shadows approached them from above.
One shadow was uncommonly powerful and his body could wade through the thunder pool without being affected.
Behind him, several others followed but their speed was much slower.
"XiaoYue, what about the heavenly gentle soil?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I have dug most of the best quality."
"Heavenly gentle soil?" Xuan Ke asked and looked at his brothers inquisitively.
"The soil beneath our feet is heavenly gentle soil." Jiang Yue answered and Xuan Ke couldn’t help but be shocked.
He didn’t expect such a turn and he helplessly looked at the hole dug by Jiang Yue.
"Don’t look at it." Jiang Yue said defensively and pointed to the area around them.
"Although the purity is not as high as the soil in this hole, the surrounding soil is also heavenly gentle soil."
"Really?"
Without waiting for an answer, Xuan Ke bent down to have a look.
When he confirmed Jiang Yue’s words, his eyes brightened and a smile bloomed on his face.
’It’s really a treasure.’ He thought and immediately wanted to collect the soil.
Although he didn’t the soil, the heavenly gentle soil was a treasure for cultivators of the earth element or wood element.
If he collected enough, maybe he could change it for a treasure he could use.
After all, they only had one hundred years in the Nine Treasures secret realm.
If he could trade treasures instead of personally finding them, Xuan Ke was naturally willing.
"XiaoYue, why don’t I dig while you collect the thunder pool?" Yu Nianzhen asked and Jiang Yue immediately agreed.
If he could help it, he really didn’t want to work too hard.
Now that his husband was here, Jiang Yue naturally relinquished the labour-intensive task to Yu Nianzhen.
"We should hurry. A lot of people are coming this way." Jiang Yue said with a frown on his face.
As early as when he first noticed other cultivators entering the thunder pool, Jiang Yue released an isolation formation from his universe formation disk.
The formation only covered a small area but it was more powerful than ordinary formations of the same level.
Without a certain amount of time and effort, other cultivators wouldn’t be able to find them which bought them a little time to work.
"The person in the lead has a particularly strong qi presence." Xuan Ke said and frowned.
"I also noticed." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
This person was the reason why he urgently set up a formation.
Unfortunately, the formation wouldn’t fool others for too long.
Sooner or later, the others would find them and a fight would break out.
However, even in the face of this, the three weren’t willing to give up on the heavenly gentle soil or thunder pool.
If they did, they would feel sorry for all their suffering and efforts to get there.
"Master and mistress are also heading this way." Yu Nianzhen noticed.
"That’s good." Jiang Yue said happily.
In that way, the five of them wouldn’t be separated when they escaped from the thunder pool.
"We should leave the thunder forest after we are done here."
"I also think so." Xuan Ke said and sighed.
He was greedy and wanted to get all nine core treasures in the thunder forest.
Unfortunately, that was no longer possible.
Not to mention his two brothers who had two lightning treasures, he had three.
At this time, it was not feasible to go after the others but Xuan Ke was content.
His main aim was the heavenly purple bamboo and everything else was just a bonus.
"I will keep a look out for master." Jiang Yue chirped as the others began to work.
At the same time, the universe gourd released a suction force and the surrounding thunder water was sucked into its depths.
’As expected, the universe gourd can hold the thunder pool water.’ He thought and patted the gourd in admiration.
Jiang Yue didn’t know what level of treasure it was but he was sure it was more than a profound rank treasure.
’The means of ancient experts can’t be compared to the fumbling efforts of our generation.’ He lamented and a trace of sadness flashed in his heart.
For some reason, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen often thought about the ancient experts of the Cangxing world.
However, all they could do was think since they didn’t know what happened to them.
’I wonder if we will ever know.’ He wondered and his eyes fell on the gourd.
Other than the gourd, they had several ancient treasures including the jade box and their cultivation techniques amongst other things.
With so many ancient gifts, the two always felt that needed to do something to live up to the entrustment of the ancient experts.
"Everything depends on fate." Jiang Yue finally decided.
If they had a chance, they would naturally repay the ancient experts,
However, if there was no fate, the two wouldn’t go out of their way to force it.
"XiaoYue, I have collected all the best quality heavenly gentle soil." Yu Nianzhen said and came to stand beside Jiang Yue.
"Do you think it will be enough for the both of us?"
"It should be." Yu Nianzhen answered and Jiang Yue nodded before he spoke.
"We may not be able to collect the entire thunder pool."
"Too many cultivators have entered the thunder pool and all are heading this way. Most importantly, the quality of the thunder pool will decrease as more cultivators enter. Let’s collect a little more and leave the rest for the others."
"Good." Jiang Yue agreed.
Although he liked the thunder pool, he and Yu Nianzhen had already broken through to the fourth level of body refining.
At this point, the thunder pool did not have enough power to help them break through to the mid-stage of the fourth level. At most, they would reach the peak of the early stage of the fourth level of body refining.
"Azhen, I have been thinking..." Jiang Yue started and paused for a moment before he continued.
"Do you think the person coming towards us is a nascent soul realm cultivator who has suppressed their realm?"
"It’s possible." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
In the origin tempering realm, Yu Nianzhen did not fear anybody.
However, the person coming towards them give him pressure and his instinctive reaction was to flee.
This meant that the person’s cultivation was far above Yu Nianzhen’s. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have such a flight reaction.
"He has discovered the formation. It’s only a matter of time before it’s broken." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
"Let’s get ready to rush out when the formation is broken."
"Good."
With that, Jiang Yue put away the universe gourd and urged Xuan Ke to give up the rest of the heavenly gently soil.
’What I have collected is enough to exchange for some good benefits.’ Xuan Ke thought and immediately ceased his digging.
"Azhen, can you tell where master is?"
"I can’t be too specific but he seems to be in the Northwest."
"Northwest..." Jiang Yue muttered.
Using his divine sense, he roughly knew the positions of the cultivators rushing towards them.
Fortunately, the enemy they had identified was in the east and far away from master Yang.
"The body of the mistress can’t stay too long in the thunder pool." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said with a frown on his face.
Although the power of the thunder pool reduced a lot when Jiang Yue took away the heavenly thunder stone, the residual lightning was still a lot.
With her current body, Bing Lan could only resist for a short time before adverse effects began appearing on her skin.
"Master has an ancient palace. If the mistress can’t handle it, master will put her in the ancient palace."
"It’s not that simple." Yu Nianzhen said and shook his head.
"Brother Yu is right. The palace is a treasure left over from ancient times. It’s not easy to use it in front of others." Xuan Ke said.
Treasures like the ancient palace were the kind to attract disaster.
If others discovered their existence, they would be filled with greed and the owners would most definitely be attacked.
"In that case, we can’t let her suffer. Let’s leave the formation and find master. After that, we will activate a teleportation talisman to escape." Jiang Yue said and the others agreed.
Just when they were getting ready to rush out, a huge force impacted the formation.
"They are coming." Yu Nianzhen said and a sword appeared in his hand.
"The formation won’t hold." Jiang Yue warned.
Although the isolation formation had some defensive capabilities, it wasn’t as sturdy as a protective formation.
With the power of the opponent, the formation would likely break after two more attacks.
"Let’s rush out as soon as the formation breaks." Yu Nianzhen suggested.
"Good." Jiang Yue and Xuan Ke nodded.
However, their plans couldn’t keep up with the changes.
While they were planning to escape, the opponent had already thought of how to block their way.
