Chapter 333: Li Futian’s Worries
After that, Jiang Yue retrieved the ancient palace and the group began to search for a better area to place it.
When they found it, he released it again and arranged several formations around it.
"Unless a reincarnation realm cultivator suddenly appears, no one should be able to break the defences on and around the ancient palace." Jiang Yue said proudly.
"You are the best." Yu Nianzhen praised with a smile on his lips.
"You got a bargain when you married me."
"Mmmm." Yu Nianzhen readily agreed and Jiang Yue chuckled.
When the others heard the conversation between the two, they rolled their eyes and sighed.
"We should collect all the treasures in this area before the others come." Yang Xu said.
[Azhen, remember to cut a branch from each tree.] Jiang Yue reminded.
[Don’t worry.] Yu Nianzhen agreed.
Although treasures could not be taken out of the Nine Treasures secret realm, replanted herbs and trees could be taken out.
As long as Yu Nianzhen didn’t take the entire tree and only used a branch to replant in his jade box, his spirit fruit trees would not be reclaimed when he left the secret realm.
"There are so many useful spirit fruits." Xuan Ke exclaimed and the others agreed.
"That one over there is a clear heart spirit fruit tree. Refining a clear heart spirit fruit can eliminate heart demons and keep the mind clear."
"The one beside it is the qi-washing fruit tree. Its fruits can remove impurities from qi."
"I also see a dragon-scaled fruit tree." Jiang Yue said and pointed.
When they were in the Thousand Herbs Garden, Yu Nianzhen got a dragon-scaled fruit.
The fruit was only one hundred years old but its body tempering effect was incredible.
Thinking of that, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but look forward to the dragon-scaled fruits on the tree.
"The origin purifying fruits won’t ripen until three years later. We can refine the other fruits while we wait." Yu Nianzhen mentioned and the others also had that plan.
With the mentality of not wasting time, they quickly collected and divided all the treasures in the area.
After that, they entered the ancient palace and retreated to cultivate.
Two and a half years later, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue left seclusion.
From this retreat, their cultivation realm did not increase.
However, their strength, mentality, and temperament had improved a lot.
"I didn’t expect the spirit fruits to have such effects." Jiang Yue said.
His voice was filled with awe and he looked at his husband with excitement in his eyes.
"Unlike pills, spirit fruits don’t have any impurities and the body can absorb all the effects." Yu Nianzhen explained.
However, he was as excited as Jiang Yue.
"My body feels very light." Jiang Yue continued.
"It’s the effect of the marrow cleansing fruit. Since we entered the secret realm, we have taken many pills and a lot of impurities have accumulated in our bodies. The qi washing fruit cleansed our qi and the marrow cleansing fruit cleansed our bodies."
"Azhen, should we put more spirit stones in the jade box?"
"Already done so." Yu Nianzhen said and chuckled.
Before he went into seclusion, he put two hundred billion low-grade spirit stones in the jade box.
After three years, most of the spirit fruit trees had already borne fruit and would ripen in a short while.
"You are best." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"Do I get a reward?"
"Mmm." Jiang Yue said and leaned over to kiss Yu Nianzhen.
"Do we have enough spirit stones for the remaining years?"
"Don’t worry. We have enough." Yu Nianzhen assured and rubbed his husband’s hair.
Fortunately, they won a fortune from their gamble during the Ice Palace martial contest.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have enough to support the growth of so many spirit fruit trees.
"Let’s get out first." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue nodded.
Their group had been in seclusion for a long time and in that time, many people had come to the ancient forest.
Some of them were invited by Li Futian but others had wandered in by themselves.
"It’s going to be a lot of trouble." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
When they retreated, only their ancient palace was placed close to the origin purifying fruit tree.
However, after three years, there were more than a dozen portable caves in the surroundings.
Other than the portable caves, there were tents and many cultivators were standing under the trees.
"The origin purifying fruit tree has begun to draw heaven and earth qi from the surroundings." Yu Nianzhen mentioned.
When a heaven and earth treasure was about to be born, it required a lot of qi.
As a result, it would suck all the qi within a certain range and the origin purifying tree had already begun to do so.
"It’s a little earlier than we expected." Jiang Yue said.
"Not exactly." A voice said and the two turned.
"Master." They called and Yang Xu nodded.
"When did you come out?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Two days ago."
"Master, what did you mean by ’not exactly’?"
"Although the tree has begun to draw qi, it doesn’t mean the fruits will ripen right away. Depending on the grade of the treasure, some treasures draw for a short time while others may draw for hundreds or even thousands of years."
"From the looks of it, the origin purifying fruit tree may draw for about one year."
"This one year will not be easy." Yu Nianzhen said and the others nodded.
Although they were still in the ancient palace, they could feel the tension in the air.
Sooner rather than later, a fight would break out and the ancient forest would become a battlefield.
"I see a few familiar faces." Jiang Yue suddenly said.
"They should be the ones I invited." A voice said and Li Futian came from behind.
"The ones you invited?"
"I am a little biased so most of those I invited are the geniuses of our generation." Li Futian answered and then continued.
"From the BlueStar Treasures Pavilion, I invited Meng Zihua and Bei Chengling."
"I also invited Mo Tianxing from the Divine Fist sect, Zhu Bing from the Great Zhu empire, Lin Huang from the Beast region, Di Shan from the sword sect, Wei Ge from the Border Guard faction, and a few others."
"Those are indeed the young talents of our generation." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
Although he didn’t know those people well, he remembered them from the Thousand Herbs Garden.
All the ones invited by Li Futian took a place in the skirmish for the treasure map.
"It’s too bad about Shen Ru." He continued and his mood turned a little gloomy.
He and Yu Nianzhen met Shen Ru in the trading area of the Thousand Herbs Garden.
At that time, they noticed her because her body hid an extremely tyrannical power.
Unfortunately, she turned out to be a member of the Death Flower Ascension Front.
"People meet and part. They follow their paths and sometimes, those paths intersect but in a bad way." Yang Xu said and sighed.
Among those in the Death Flower Ascension Front, there were many of his old friends and acquaintances.
From a certain perspective, he understood their decisions and actions.
However, understanding was one thing and tolerating was another.
No matter the rationale, those in the Death Flower Ascension Front were enemies of the Cangxing world.
In the end, they would stand on opposite sides and kill each other.
"We should take this opportunity to plan." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said and everyone went silent.
Although it was never said, there was always a tacit understanding that only one group of people would come out of the Nine Treasures secret realm.
If the Death Flower Ascension Front came out, everyone else would be buried in the Nine Treasures secret realm.
Since Yu Nianzhen didn’t want such an end for himself and his loved ones, he wanted to grasp the initiative.
"Brother Yu is right." Li Futian said and sighed.
If there was another way, he didn’t want the Cangxing world to turn into a battlefield.
However, the Death Flower Ascension Front could not stay.
Others did not understand but he did.
His master had foreseen the consequences of tolerating the Death Flower Ascension Front and he left Li Futian with clear instructions.
"Brother Li?" Jiang Yue questioned.
"Before my master fell, he said the Death Flower Ascension Front must not be tolerated. Otherwise, our Cangxing world will be destroyed." Li Futian said.
At the moment, everyone hated the Front because they killed talents.
However, Li Futian knew that this was only the beginning.
If talents were killed, new talents would be born.
Unfortunately, some things couldn’t be replaced once they were destroyed.
From his understanding, the Cangxing world only had one chance to turnover.
If they allowed the Death Flower Ascension Front to destroy that chance, the Cangxing world would take another step towards an unfortunate end.
