Chapter 299: Mind Drama
Within the formation, Jiang Yue, Yu Nianzhen, and Xuan Ke watched as a man used brute force to break the array.
"As suspected, this person should be a nascent soul realm cultivator.’ Xuan Ke said with a frown on his face.
Although the person’s cultivation was suppressed, he was more powerful than genuine origin-tempering realm cultivators.
Even with his cultivation suppressed, the person’s body, soul, and divine sense were still in the nascent soul realm.
It was because of this that the three were wary and wanted to escape before the person got to them.
"The formation will break with the next hit." Yu Nianzhen reminded and the other two nodded.
Their bodies grew tense and their attention shifted to the northwest.
While the three were waiting, Yang Xu and Bing Lan had gotten closer.
At this time, they were within visual distance and the three were relieved.
As long as they could successfully get to the two, the five of them would activate a teleportation talisman and escape.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.
When the formation broke, the three felt a great pressure on their bodies.
The pressure rooted them to the ground and they watched in terror as the opponent rushed towards them.
’This is the coercion of a nascent soul realm cultivator. We will be in trouble if we don’t escape.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and ideas flashed in his mind.
Finally, one idea dominated the rest and Yu Nianzhen did not give it a second thought.
He released his sword domain and covered the three of them.
Fortunately, the power of his sword domain increased several times after he formed a sword seed.
At this time, it forcibly resisted the coercion of the nascent soul realm cultivator and Yu Nianzhen went pale.
"Azhen..." Jiang Yue called and held his husband’s hand.
However, Yu Nianzhen shook his head and swallowed the rust flavour in his throat.
"Let’s go quickly."
"Okay."
After saying that, the three began to rush towards the northwest.
However, they underestimated the power of a nascent soul realm cultivator.
"Young man, your sword domain is powerful but so what?"
With that, the opponent increased his coercion and the sword domain trembled.
It contorted and began to deform from the pressure of the coercion.
"Take out the heavenly thunder stone and I will leave your bodies intact." The opponent said and the three sneered.
What was the use of a complete corpse?
Was it true they couldn’t reincarnate if their bodies were destroyed?
Even in this situation, Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, and Xuan Ke didn’t think of dying.
More than a good death, the three were looking for a chance at life.
"We don’t have the heavenly thunder stone. Someone had already taken it when we got here."
When the person heard this, he frowned and his coercion increased.
"Do you take me for a fool?" He barked and Jiang Yue sighed.
He never thought the person would believe him but he still said it to distract the other.
"Senior, we really didn’t get the heavenly thunder stone." Xuan Ke insisted but he was secretly scolding the man.
’Why did a nascent soul realm cultivator enter the secret realm to grab opportunities with origin tempering realm cultivators? What a shameful pervert!’ He cursed but didn’t dare to say anything to the person.
’It would be great if he was killed in the secret realm. I want to see the sight of an origin tempering realm cultivator killing a nascent soul realm cultivator.’
’Brother Yu, I am counting on you.’
After a slew of messy thoughts, Xuan Ke looked at Yu Nianzhen expectantly.
However, Yu Nianzhen didn’t understand the person’s eyes and his body shivered a little.
"Brother Xuan, I have a Taoist companion." He reminded with a frown on his face.
"What?" Xuan Ke was flabbergasted by the random subject change.
He looked at Yu Nianzhen and wondered if the other was trying to give him a secret message.
However, the code was too hidden and Xuan Ke didn’t understand it.
When he realised this, his face flushed from embarrassment and his eyes looked at Yu Nianzhen with determination.
’What’s going on with this monk? Why is he looking at me with those eyes? Why did he suddenly fall in love with me?’ Yu Nianzhen wondered and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.
He never expected his sworn brother would one day fall in love with him.
However, it was all for nothing.
For him, Jiang Yue was his fate and no one else could compare.
With a helpless look in his eyes, Yu Nianzhen turned to Xuan Ke and arranged some words in his mind.
No matter what, Xuan Ke was his and Jiang Yue’s good brother. Yu Nianzhen couldn’t be too cruel to him so he had to find a way to reject him gently.
’What’s that pity on brother Yu’s face? Is he pitying me for being too stupid to understand his earlier message?’ Xuan Ke wondered and he was once again filled with shame.
While Yu Nianzhen and Xuan Ke were engaged in an inexplicable drama, Jiang Yue was studying the enemy.
Now that the distance was close, he could see the person’s appearance.
However, seeing it was useless since he still didn’t know the person.
’What should we do? If we hand over the heavenly thunder stone, we will be killed in the next breath. In that case, our chance of survival doesn’t lay in handing over the stone.’ He thought.
’With Azhen’s sword domain, we are barely safe but it’s only a matter of time. Should I use formation disks?’
Unfortunately, using formation disks was also not viable.
If the opponent was a core formation realm, the formation disks on Jiang Yue’s body were enough to let the enemy drink a pot.
However, against a nascent soul realm cultivator, the formations were vulnerable.
When he was about to give up on formations, something occurred to him and a light flashed in his eyes.
It was true that his formations were vulnerable against a nascent soul realm cultivator.
However, the other person’s cultivation was sealed.
Since Jiang Yue only needed to distract the opponent to affect his coercion, his formations weren’t completely useless.
"Will you take out the stone or will I have to collect it from your dead bodies?" The opponent roared and the three were jolted back to the present.
On instinct, Yu Nianzen turned to the northwest and saw his master was almost upon them.
’Master’s body, soul, and divine sense are also in the nascent soul realm. However, master is injured and he shouldn’t fight recklessly.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and signalled his husband.
Jiang Yue had also noticed Yang Xu and he didn’t want to draw him into the fight.
In that case, they could only make a move and grab a chance to escape.
[Azhen, can you strengthen your sword domain a little more? The coercion is still a little too much and I can’t activate a formation disk.]
[Good.] Yu Nianzhen said and immediately did as he was asked.
This time, he used all his understanding to strengthen the sword domain and the pressure on them lessened.
However, his face grew paler with every breath and a thin line of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
At his side, Jiang Yue saw this but didn’t say anything.
He could only clench his hands and remove some formation disks from his storage ring.
’I only need to delay the bastard for a moment.’ Jiang Yue thought and activated several formation disks.
All of them were attack formations and Jiang Yue didn’t hesitate to throw them at the man.
"You beasts, how dare you resist?" The person roared as he was enveloped in a ten thousand swords formation.
However, the three ignored him and took the chance to rush towards Yang Xu.
"Other cultivators are also catching up. If we don’t leave now, things will turn bad." Xuan Ke reminded but he didn’t have to.
Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had already noticed the situation and were even more desperate to escape.
"Catch them, don’t let them escape.’ A voice resounded in the thunder pool and several cultivators rushed toward them.
Fortunately, the three had been in the thunder pool for a long time and could move better than the rest.
"Don’t let them escape with the heavenly thunder stone."
"Attack the formation and quickly release the patriarch."
"How dare these little beasts trap the patriarch in a formation."
All kinds of voices were heard behind them but the three did not stop or look back.
They knew this was their only chance to escape.
If they lingered and allowed the nascent soul realm cultivator to catch a breath, their little lives would definitely be lost.
"XiaoYue, throw a few more formation disks." Yu Nianzhen suggested and Jiang Yue didn’t hesitate.
Without looking back, he threw a water attack formation disk and the thunder pool churned.
