Chapter 316: About the Space Plane
"The things in the Nine Treasures secret realm can’t be easily taken out." Xuan Ke reminded and Yu Nianzhen frowned.
He had indeed forgotten about this matter.
However, he didn’t get flustered.
With Li Futian’s insight, they would find a way to take advantage of the herbs he found.
"Let’s leave it to Li Futian."
"Okay." Xuan Ke agreed and nodded.
After that, the two settled down and began to cultivate.
Two days later, Yang Xu and Bing Lan arrived at the meeting place.
"Master, mistress." Yu Nianzhen called and bowed to the two.
"Where is Jiang Yue? Did you encounter any problems?"
"XiaoYue is in retreat." Yu Nianzhen assured and the two elders sighed in relief.
"Since we are all here, we should leave the soul beast forest." Yang Xu said and no one had an objection.
Soon after, the group left the core region and fought their way to the other end of the soul beast forest.
When they exited the soul beast forest, they all sighed in relief.
"The soul beast forest was good but I am not used to using my soul power all the time." Xuan Ke said and the others agreed.
In the soul beast forest, there was no qi and fighting needed soul power.
Although using soul power allowed their souls to evolve, they were still more comfortable with using qi.
"It’s been almost three years since the secret realm opened and a lot of people have made their way here." Bing Lan said and pointed towards a plain.
In the open ground, hundreds of cultivators were gathered.
The cultivators were in small and large groups, and all were staring at the entrance of the space plane.
"The space plane is dangerous but it’s full of opportunities." Yang Xu said and frowned.
He then turned to Yu Nianzhen and asked, "What about Li Futian?"
"He has already woken up. He should be out in another day or two." Yu Nianzhen answered.
From the soul beast forest to the space plane, they took three weeks.
Li Futian woke up in the second week but his body was still weak.
Fortunately, Hongzhu was an alchemist and could refine a lot of pills to condition his body.
After this time, Li Futian was almost back to his peak condition and would be out in a matter of days.
"Should we find out what is going on as we wait for brother Li?" Xuan Ke asked.
"I am afraid it’s not good." Yang Xu said and his eyebrows creased.
Back in the cave, he encountered an extremely powerful existence.
As it turned out, the existence was a soul body.
A soul body was formed in places with extremely dense soul power and the one Yang Xu encountered had already gained sentience.
Unfortunately, soul bodies had one disadvantage.
This was the fact that they couldn’t leave the place of their birth by themselves.
When Yang Xu questioned the soul body, it triggered this realisation and the soul body decided to form a contract with him.
The agreement was an equal contract but Yang Xu was the master while it was his soul avatar.
Because of this contract, Yang Xu’s soul power had reached the peak of the sixth level and he could easily eavesdrop on the people in the plain.
"What did you hear?" Bing Lan asked.
"Those people are waiting for others who entered the space plane." Yang Xu answered.
However, he didn’t tell the whole truth.
Other than waiting for those who had entered the space plane, those people were planning to catch them.
When they were caught, they would be forced to swallow a gu worm and then driven into the space plane to scout the way.
"Let’s wait here for the time being." He said and then turned to his disciple.
"Let Hongzhu prepare some gu dispelling pills."
"What’s the matter?" Bing Lan asked and everyone turned to look at Yang Xu.
With a sigh, he explained the situation and the others couldn’t help but be indignant.
"These bastards." Xuan Ke cursed angrily.
Although he wanted to enter the space plane, he was not willing to be driven by others.
"Those groups have taken over the entrance. Unless we form a larger and more powerful group, they will block our way."
"Our best choice is to temporarily join one of those groups and eat their gu pills. When we enter the space plane, we can take the gu dispelling pills to remove the gu worms."
"This plan is too dangerous." Bing Lan argued.
"Depending on the kind of gu worm, we may not have the will to take the gu-dispelling pills. In that case, won’t we be driven to death?"
"Are all the groups using gu pills to force people?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Just one group. Most of the others are using soul marks and other methods. In my opinion, the gu worms are the easiest to handle. As long as we don’t let the gu worms stay in our bodies for too long, we should be fine."
"How insidious." Xuan Ke said and the others agreed.
"Master, what about your soul avatar? His soul power is several levels higher than everyone. He should be able to cloak us for long enough to enter the space plane." Yu Nianzhen suggested.
"That’s feasible." Yang Xu agreed.
"Let’s wait for Lu Futian before we do anything."
This wait lasted for two days.
When Li Futian appeared, everyone was relieved and Xuan Ke couldn’t help but scold.
"Brother Li, how could you sleep peacefully and leave a mess for your brothers?"
When he heard that, Li Futian chuckled before he spoke.
"If I don’t trouble you, who should I trouble?"
At that, Xuan Ke rolled his eyes but didn’t say more.
Since they chose to be sworn brothers, they were destined to share weal or woe.
"Fellow Daoist Li, can you do a divination and find the way forward?" Bing Lan asked.
"Senior Bing should call me junior." Li Futian quickly said.
Although they were in the same cultivation realm, Bing Lan was Yu Nianzhen’s mistress.
Since he and Yu Nianzhen were sworn brothers, it was only right for him to assume a lower position.
"I have already done a divination." Li Futian continued.
"What are the results?" Yang Xu asked and the others looked at Li Futian eagerly.
"There are one hundred independent places in the space plane. Nine are stable, eighty-eight are highly unstable and three are on the verge of collapse."
"Can we accurately find the stable spaces?" Xuan Ke asked and his brows creased in worry.
"With me here, we don’t have to go out of our way to avoid the eighty-eight highly unstable spaces. However, even I can’t say what will happen if we enter the three spaces that are on the verge of collapse."
"Is there a way to avoid them?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I have a way." Li Futian answered with a smile on his lips.
"In that case, we should get ready to enter the space plane." Yang Xu said.
"The sooner we enter, the better." Li Futian agreed.
"Why?"
"Each space has a core treasure. When the core treasure is taken away, the space will collapse."
"What will happen to those in the space?"
"They will be transferred to another space."
When everyone heard that, they became a little nervous.
Although there were only three forbidden areas in the space plane, there was a chance of ending up there when a space collapsed.
"What are the treasures in the space plane?" Xuan Ke asked.
"Each space has void stones. The more dangerous the space, the higher the chance of finding higher quality stones."
"I am not certain about the core treasures but there should be a chance of finding space embryos."
When Yu Nianzhen heard that, his heart skipped a beat.
Since his sword intent formed a true domain, he had thought about transforming the domain into an independent small world.
However, forming an independent space was easier said than done.
Not only did one need to understand space laws but they also needed a space embryo.
Although a small world could be formed without a space embryo, such a small world was not truly independent and would still be affected by the outside world.
If Yu Nianzhen wanted to transform his sword domain into a true independent space, he needed a space embryo.
"Such treasures are not easy to own." Yang Xu reminded and looked at Yu Nianzhen with a meaningful look.
He understood his disciple and certainly understood Yu Nianzhen’s ambition.
However, Yang Xu didn’t mean to deter.
He only wanted to remind so that Yu Nianzhen would be more careful.
"Senior Yang is right. The space embryos are likely in the independent spaces that are about to collapse." Li Futian said.
"In any case..." Yang Xu started and then frowned before looking at the space plane.
"One space has collapsed." He said and the others also looked at the space plane.
