Chapter 320: Two Years Later
No one expected the space crack to suddenly appear and the senior brother didn’t have enough time to evade.
Since he couldn’t avoid it, he pushed one of his junior brothers and used him as a shield.
A moment later, the junior brother was torn apart and the senior brother took the time to retreat.
"What a fool! Why did he stand there and let the crack fall on him." The senior brother said.
His voice was filled with disdain and everyone looked at him in shock.
Even Yu Nianzhen and his group couldn’t hide their disbelief.
’Did I hallucinate the previous scene? Otherwise, how could a person be so shameless?’ They wondered.
However, the junior sisters and brothers of the person didn’t dare to refute their senior brother.
They quickly realised what their senior brother wanted to do and they hurried to cooperate.
"Junior brother Ma has always been a little slow. He naturally lagged when the space crack appeared."
"I also know that. It’s not the first time he failed to react quickly."
"Today’s end is his fault."
One after the other, the people cooperated to praise their senior brother and disparage the dead cultivator.
If an outsider heard it, they would think the dead person deserved his unfortunate end.
However, Yang Xu and his group only felt disgusted.
In their minds, cultivators didn’t need to be righteous but they needed to be conscientious.
"Let’s go, these people don’t deserve our time." Yang Xu said and the rest nodded.
They looked at Li Futian and found he had already opened his eyes.
"Brother Li, where should we go?" Xuan Ke asked.
[Our best opportunity is in the East but there is another good thing in the North.]
[Go North and then East?] Bing Lan asked.
[What if the opportunity in the East is taken before we get there?]
[There is that possibility. However, we are the only ones in this space for the time being. We should be able to make it if we don’t waste too much time.]
[I am worried about those people.] Yu Nianzhen said and tipped his head towards the other group.
[Brother Yu is too cautious. Those people don’t pose a threat to us.] Xuan Ke dismissed.
[I am not worried about them posing a threat. I am worried they will create trouble for us.]
After the accident, the other group didn’t bother them and looked like they wanted to leave the space.
However, Yu Nianzhen had a certain understanding of people like them.
If his guess was right, those people would sell their information as soon as they left the space.
It wouldn’t matter if they were in any other place but Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to mess around in the space plane.
[My soul power is powerful enough. It will be difficult for others to find us.] Yang Xu assured.
[Okay.]
After that, the five left the area and went North.
Like the previous space, they encountered many space cracks but their way was smoother than before.
This was because they had the jade stars and didn’t need to rely too much on Li Futian.
"Brother Yu, what did we get in the previous space?" Xuan Ke asked and everyone was immediately interested.
After Yu Nianzhen grabbed the core treasure, the group was transferred to the second space and they didn’t have time to investigate the treasure.
"It’s void stone essence." Yu Nianzhen said and removed the treasure from his storage ring.
"Void stone essence is a good thing." Bing Lan exclaimed excitedly.
When refining storage equipment, the size of storage depended on the quality of the void stone used.
However, even the best quality void stone couldn’t make a storage artefact with infinite space.
If one wanted to refine such an artefact, one required void stone essence.
More importantly, an artefact refined using void stone essence formed a small world.
Although living things couldn’t enter the small world, their souls could.
"I have heard that ancient cultivators used void stone essence to refine inheritance artefacts. Young disciples could send their soul into the artefacts for trial and inheritance." Xuan Ke said.
"Unfortunately, void stone essence is extremely rare." Yang Xu said with some regret on his face.
"Even the first space only had one drop." Yu Nianzhen added and everyone looked at the drop.
The main difference between void stone essence and a space embryo was that a space created using the space embryo could support life.
However, the five did not look down on the void stone essence.
"Is there anyone who especially wants the void stone essence?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I want it but I want to wait until we leave the space plane." Xuan Ke said.
"Let’s follow the previous plan. Brother Yu can keep it until we leave the space plane." Li Futian added and no one had any objection.
"In that case..." Yu Nianzhen put away the void stone essence and the five continued walking.
"Nianzhen, there is no one here. Enter the ancient palace to recover." Yang Xu reminded and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
A moment later, he and Xuan Ke entered the palace while the rest moved toward their goal.
Two years later, the five had explored from the first space to the sixth space.
In that time, they encountered countless dangers but their luck was also good.
In addition to the drop of void stone essence in the first space, they found three drops in the fourth space.
Other than the void stone essence, they found a space seed, an egg, three herbs, and countless void stones.
Even if they didn’t enter the last three spaces, their trip to the space plane was worth it.
After staying in the space plane for two years, their body’s sensitivity to danger had been horned to a terrifying level.
Although it wasn’t as good as precognition, the five had learned to react as soon as danger occurred.
"I am so envious." Jiang Yue lamented for the thousandth time.
He had just come out of retreat and discovered they were in the space plane.
After listening to Yu Nianzhen’s description, he couldn’t help but feel envious.
He didn’t envy being in danger but he envied the opportunity to train his sensitivity and reflex.
"Don’t worry, there are three more spaces." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"Nianzhen, maybe it’s better if Jiang Yue stays in the ancient palace." Bing Lan said worriedly.
Even if their sensitivity and reflex had improved a lot, they still got injured.
When she thought that Jiang Yue would join to enter the most dangerous three spaces, she couldn’t help but worry.
"Brother Jiang is not accustomed to the space plane. It may be too dangerous to suddenly enter the spaces that are on the verge of collapse." Xuan Ke added.
"XiaoYue, what do you think?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
When Jiang Yue heard the question, he didn’t rush to answer.
The others had spent two years to barely get accustomed to the space plane.
However, he didn’t want to be left behind.
Yu Nianzhen had told him there was a chance they would find a space embryo in one or more of the remaining spaces.
If he stayed in the ancient palace, he wouldn’t have any face to ask for a share.
In that case, he could only grit his teeth and do his best.
"I will practice in this sixth space. Depending on how I do, I will decide whether to or not enter the sixth space." He decided.
"Okay, I support you." Yu Nianzhen said and the others rolled their eyes.
However, they didn’t insist.
They knew Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were not reckless.
If Jiang Yue really couldn’t adapt, he would enter the ancient palace without waiting for others to say a word.
After that, the group began mining void stones while Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had a secret conversation.
[How did it go?] Yu Nianzhen asked.
[I managed to produce a soul flame.] Jiang Yue answered excitedly.
[I will show it to you when we are free.] He continued.
[Okay.] Yu Nianzhen said and smiled.
He could hear the excitement in Jiang Yue’s voice and was happy for him.
[I found a soul-raising tree when you were in seclusion. I couldn’t replant it but I took a lot of branches, leaves, and bark.]
When Jiang Yue heard that, his eyes shone brightly and he threw himself into his husband’s arms.
[Azhen, you are so good.]
[I like to see you happy.] Yu Nianzhen said in a low voice and the atmosphere between them changed.
They looked at each other and a haze formed in their eyes.
Just when they were about to kiss, a force hit them and the two were thrust a few metres away.
Before they could react, a roar reached their ears and they felt like they were suddenly thrown into an icy lake.
"Are you out of your minds?" Yang Xu barked.
His voice was filled with anger and he raised his palm to attack a second time.
