Chapter 370: Same Plan, Different Method
"A teleportation formation requires fifth-level materials. It will be difficult to gather enough." Bei Chengling said with a frown on his face.
"Other than that, fellow Daoist Jiang will have to travel to another place to arrange the secondary formation. Doing so will be dangerous."
Hearing that, Yang Xu didn’t argue.
He knew that arranging a teleportation formation was not only difficult but also dangerous.
In fact, he didn’t want Jiang Yue to take the risk.
However, the situation was complicated.
If Jiang Yue didn’t take the risk, most of the allies would die.
At that time, it would be difficult for them to survive alone.
"The teleportation formation is our fall-back plan. For now, we need to choose members for the vanguard teams."
After that, the council members discussed and four team leaders were chosen.
As a core formation realm cultivator, Yang Xu was chosen to lead the vanguard team for the North direction while Song Fang was chosen to lead a special team of gu cultivators.
Soon after the team leaders were chosen, the council began to choose members for the vanguard teams.
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While the council members were busy forming vanguard teams, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were holed up on the top floor of their ancient palace.
"Azhen, how are you feeling?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I am fine." Yu Nianzhen said and forced a smile on his face.
Although he knew his Taoist companion could feel his emotions and condition, he still tried his best to reassure Jiang Yue.
"Saving others is a loss-making business." Jiang Yue said with an angry pout on his lips.
"You are right, saving others is troublesome. However, we can’t afford not to save others." Yu Nianzhen said.
Yu Nianzhen believed in his and Jiang Yue’s strength.
However, the numbers advantage couldn’t be underestimated.
If everyone else was killed and they had to fight the enemy alone, Yu Nianzhen didn’t like their odds.
"We have plenty of Tree of Life leaves. I will be fine."
"I know but I don’t like to see you hurt." Jiang Yue said with a faraway look in his eyes.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I suddenly remembered our time on Earth."
"What about it?"
"Even back then, I didn’t like to see you hurt." Jiang Yue said and smiled in nostalgia.
"Do you know, I once disliked my sister very much because of you?"
"What did Jiang Xing do?"
"Jiang Xing..., she was so beautiful and always attracted a lot of male attention. When we were in school, you were always challenged because you were her fiancée. You always won but sometimes you would get hurt. I hated that."
When Yu Nianzhen heard that, he chuckled and his eyes turned softer.
Back then, they were brothers and friends who were close than other people with the same relationship.
Unfortunately, they didn’t realise until much later that they didn’t want to be brothers or friends.
They wanted to be everything to each other...
After many twists and turns, they were brothers, best friends and eternal lovers.
"Azhen, I love you very much." Jiang Yue said with a happy smile on his lips.
His thumb caressed Yu Nianzhen’s right eyebrow while his other fingers sank into his lover’s hair.
"I love you too." Yu Nianzhen said as he shifted his head.
With the shift, his lips touched Jiang’s Yue palm and the two fell silent for a moment.
"What do you think is happening outside?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
"Xuan Ke seems to have found the others." Yu Nianzhen said.
He knew this because the outside of their ancient palace was a room in his master’s ancient palace.
This meant that Xuan Ke had found his master and the ancient palace was hidden within another ancient palace.
"It’s good if he has found the others." Jiang Yue said and heaved a sigh of relief.
He had no doubt about Xuan Ke’s ability but it was always good to be with a few friendly faces.
"Those light balls are a big problem." Yu Nianzhen said with a solemn look on his face.
"I know. If we can’t find a way to survive them, we may all die in the Nine Treasures secret realm."
"Are you afraid?"
"I am afraid." Jiang Yue said and then continued.
"Azhen, we still haven’t been together for a lifetime. I still want to reach the peak of martial dao, travel to many places, and visit Earth. I don’t want to die."
"I also don’t want to die." Yu Nianzhen said and pulled Jiang Yue into his arms.
"I don’t want to die." He muttered again as his lips landed on his husband’s hair.
"Master is not old but he has many things. He should be able to come up with a solution."
"Not old?" Yu Nianzhen asked and chuckled.
Although Yang Xu was less than one thousand years old and was considered young in the Cangxing world, he would be considered an immortal on Earth.
"We have been in the Cangxing world longer than we were on Earth. We have emotional ties to Earth but timewise, we belong to the Cangxing world." Jiang Yue retorted.
Yu Nianzhen chuckled but he agreed with Jiang Yue’s statement.
In fact, he liked the Cangxing world better than he liked Earth.
When he was powerful enough, he wanted to unite what he loved about Earth with what he was in the Cangxing world.
"XiaoYue, are you able to prepare teleportation disks?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked.
"You also thought about it?" Jiang Yue sighed with a resigned look in his eyes.
"If we can’t endure, we need a way to escape."
"I have also thought about it." Jiang Yue said and removed three bones from his storage ring.
"These three bones belong to class five demonic beasts. At most, I can engrave three teleportation formations." He said with a pensive look.
"We have three but others may have more." Yu Nianzhen said.
"What are you thinking?"
"I am thinking that teleportation is a way for everyone to escape."
"What do you mean? My mastery is limited and my teleportation formation disks won’t hold more than ten people. At most, we will only be able to save a few people."
"XiaoYue, think about it. Our ancient palace can hold several thousand people. If we put our allies in the palace and use the teleportation disk, a lot of people will be able to escape."
When Jiang Yue heard that, he couldn’t help but be excited.
"Azhen, you are a genius. You are so amazing."
"Even if I am a genius, I only belong to you." Yu Nianzhen said and stole a quick kiss.
"Yes, you only belong to me."
With that, Jiang Yue kissed his husband and the two lingered for a long time before they separated.
"I will go out to find fifth-level demonic beast bones." Jiang Yue said.
"Okay, but you have to be careful."
"Don’t worry, I will never die and give others an opportunity." Jiang Yue said and left their ancient palace.
"What other people? You and I are bound in every lifetime. No matter where we are, we will always belong to each other.’ Yu Nianzhen thought with a happy smile on his lips.
At the same time, Yang Xu noticed that Jiang Yue appeared in his ancient palace.
Without delay, he removed Jiang Yue from the ancient palace and the person appeared in the council meeting hall.
"How is Nianzhen?" Yang Xu asked right away.
Despite everything that was happening, one of Yang Xu’s topmost priorities was his disciple.
When Xuan Ke came to the camp, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were in their ancient palace and Yang Xu couldn’t verify that they were alright.
Now that Jiang Yue was out, Yang Xu wanted to know the status of his disciple right away.
"Azhen is recovering well." Jiang Yue said and Yang Xu sighed in relief.
"That’s good to hear." Yang Xu said.
"What about Xuan Ke and others?"
"Brother Xuan exhausted his qi and he retreated to recover." Li Futian said and then frowned in distress.
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Of the six hundred that escaped with you, only four have arrived."
"Four? How long has it been?"
"Three days." Li Futian said and Jiang Yue’s heart sank to his toes.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, can you tell us what happened?" Someone asked and everyone turned to Jiang Yue.
Of course, everyone had already had the story.
However, they wanted to hear from someone who had actually experienced the situation.
Without holding anything back, Jiang Yue quickly explained everything and some people turned thoughtful.
"Can the sword domain isolate the poison from the light balls?" Someone asked.
"Azhen’s sword domain is not ordinary." Jiang Yue said but didn’t explain anything.
After all, they were only temporary allies.
When the danger was resolved, they would all go their separate ways and some would become enemies.
In that case, it was better to keep some cards hidden.
