Chapter 328: Enemies Outside the Formation
Outside the ice flame killing formation, three cultivators stood and looked at where the five disappeared.
"Eldest brother, why did we let them enter ahead of us?" A girl asked.
The girl was called Su Qian and she was the fourth granddaughter of the Su family.
Beside her were Su Changcheng and Su Hong.
Su Changcheng was the eldest grandson while Su Hong was the third eldest.
"Just because they have gone ahead of us doesn’t mean they will get the treasures in the formation." Su Hong said with a sneer on his face.
"Third brother is right." Su Changcheng said.
However, he was a little uneasy.
The ancestor of their Su family discovered the ice flame killing formation when he entered the Nine Treasures secret realm.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t a formation master and couldn’t enter the array to retrieve the treasures within.
After he left the secret realm, he prepared a map and found a way to enter the ice flame killing formation.
This time, the three of them were asked to find the formation and secretly retrieve the treasures.
"One of them is a fifth level formation master. He may have a chance of getting the treasure." Su Qian argued.
"Don’t worry fourth sister. They will never get the treasure." Su Changcheng assured with a bad smile on his face.
A breath later, he removed a jade plate from his storage ring.
The jade plate was given by the clan’s patriarch and it emitted a blue light when it was close to the formation.
"Eldest brother, are you going to activate the formation?"
"Mmmm." Su Changcheng said and threw the jade plate at the formation.
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At the same time, Jiang Yue and his group were trudging towards the coldest place within the formation.
"The temperature has fallen again. We should be getting closer." Bing Lan said.
As an ice origin cultivator, she was excited about the treasures they would find.
Although she didn’t say anything, Bing Lan was a little anxious.
They had been in the secret realm for almost thirty years but she hadn’t found a single ice treasure that could be used as an origin treasure.
If things continued in the same way, she didn’t know how long her cultivation would be stuck at the fifth level.
"The..." Yang Xu started and then stopped.
He looked at the sky and his eyes widened.
"Enter the ancient palace." He shouted and grabbed his wife’s hand.
At a loss, Jiang Yue looked at the sky and his heart skipped a beat.
All along, the sky within the formation was a white winter sky.
However, without their notice, it had changed.
"How did the formation activate?" He roared as he pulled everyone into the ancient palace.
"Did the formation activate?" Xuan Ke asked when they appeared in the ancient palace.
"It did." Jiang Yue answered.
His face was gloomy and his skin was full of goosebumps.
Just before they entered, fist-sized clumps of ice flames began to fall from the sky.
If even one landed on any of them, they would die without leaving a whole body.
"Brother Jiang, did you make a mistake when deducing the formation?" Xuan Ke asked and everyone turned to Jiang Yue.
"I didn’t make a mistake."
Because he knew the consequences of making a mistake, Jiang Yue was very careful when preparing the jade pendants.
It was impossible for the jade pendants to suddenly fail.
"If it’s not a mistake, why did the formation activate?" Bing Lan wondered.
"Someone may have interfered with the formation." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
"Does it have something to do with the person who arranged the formation?"
"In that case, why did they activate the formation?"
"Did they see us enter the formation? Are they trying to get rid of us?"
Opinions flew all over the place but no one could be sure about what was happening.
"We can’t stay in the ancient palace for too long." Yang Xu suddenly said.
"Why not?" Xuan Ke asked.
"Axu, it’s better to stay in. After a while, the formation will run out of power and stop attacking."
"How long is a while? The formation is in an ice cave and should be able to attack for a long time." Yang Xu shook his head and said.
"We still have a lot of space, soul, and lightning treasures. We can refine them while we wait for the formation to run out of power."
"When that happens, the ancient palace may be buried under hundreds of metres of ice." Jiang Yue said and Yang Xu nodded.
In ordinary places, it wouldn’t matter if they were buried hundreds of metres underground.
However, they were in an ice cave.
In the ice cave, their ordinary strength was less than half.
If the ancient palace was buried, they would be under ice when they came out.
At that time, they may not be able to force their way up.
"What can we do?" Xuan Ke asked.
His face was filled with despair but everyone was the same.
"I will go out." Yang Xu said.
"Axu..."
"Master..."
Bing Lan and Jiang Yue shouted but Yang Xu gestured for them to stop.
"I have a nine suns origin and my physique is heavenly yang. I should be able to last for a while under the assault of ice fire." He explained.
"When I go out, I will take the ancient palace and rush towards the treasure location. When I can’t stand the ice fire, I will enter the palace to recuperate before I go out again."
"This plan is not good." Jiang Yue disagreed and then continued.
"The ice flame will become more powerful the closer we get to the treasure location. It’s best to dismantle the formation before we go any further."
"Dismantle the formation? I am not a formation master; I can’t break the formation."
"I can."
"No." Yang Xu refused.
"Master, I have a primordial flame. If I cover my body with the flame, I should be able to endure for a while."
Yang Xu didn’t like the idea but what Jiang Yue said, made sense.
After thinking for a while, he sighed and agreed.
"We will both go out." He said.
In that way, he could rescue Jiang Yue if something went wrong with the plan.
"Alright."
Soon after, Jiang Yue and Yang Xu stepped out of the ancient palace.
As expected, the ancient palace had already been buried under ice.
Fortunately, it was only one metre of ice and the two quickly extricated themselves.
"Let’s go." Yang Xu took the ancient palace and Jiang Yue opened his illusion eyes.
At the same time, they covered themselves with flames, hoping to block the ice flames that were falling from the sky.
"Master, these ice flames have a trace of primordial fire." Jiang Yue said with a gloomy look on his face.
"Primordial fire..." Yang Xu’s heart skipped a beat.
If a primordial fire was incorporated into the ice flame killing formation, their situation was worse than they expected.
"Let’s break the formation first." He said resolutely.
"Good."
After saying that, Jiang Yue began to study the formation.
Compared to studying it from the outside, it was easier to do it from the inside.
However, the ice flames made things difficult and Jiang Yue couldn’t focus.
In less than an incense stick of time, both their flame covers were worn down and they couldn’t stay outside.
As planned, Yang Xu placed the ancient palace on the ground and the two went inside.
"How did it go?" Bing Lan asked as soon as she saw them.
"Not so good." Yang Xu said and explained the situation.
"A flame that can survive in this kind of place should be an ice flame." Xuan Ke said.
"The only ice element primordial fire is the profound ice lotus flame. However,..." Li Futian said and frowned.
"However?" Jiang Yue asked.
"The profound ice lotus flame coexists with the profound fire lotus flame." Yang Xu finished.
"Are there two primordial flames in this place?"
"If that is the case, this place should be an ice and fire land. However, we have only seen ice."
After that, everyone went silent until Bing Lan broke the silence.
"Axu, Ayue, recover your qi first. Let’s get out of danger and then figure out the situation."
"Good."
With that, Jiang Yue and Yang Xu retreated to replenish their qi.
When they recovered, they went out again and Jiang Yue began to map the formation.
Three months later, the group finally had a plan.
"Master, when we go out again, I will arrange the formation flags to change the array."
"Change? Won’t you break it?" Xuan Ke asked.
"There are enemies outside the formation. I don’t want to make wedding dresses for others." Jiang Yue sneered.
"I will change the formation without breaking it. In that way, those people won’t be able to control it to attack us or enter."
"I agree with this plan." Yang Xu said and the others nodded.
