Chapter 376: Preparing to Leave
On the last day of the secret realm, one hundred or so people gathered at the exit of the Nine Treasures secret realm.
Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, Yang Xu, Bing Lan, Li Futian, and Xuan Ke were among these people.
However, they were very different from when they first entered the secret realm.
For one, their cultivation had improved a lot.
When they first entered the Nine Treasures secret realm, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were in the early levels of the origin tempering realm.
After one hundred years of diligent cultivation, Jiang Yue was in the late stage of the core formation realm while Yu Nianzhen was at the peak of the middle stage.
With a little effort, Yu Nianzhen would be able to break through to the late stage and stand at the same level as his lover.
Other than their cultivation, their state of mind and dao heart had been polished to a higher quality.
After all, they had experienced a bloody war and barely survived.
This not only left a mark on their mentality but also on their aura.
Compared to one hundred years ago, their qi presence was bloodier and their general temperament had gained a trace of killing intent.
"It looks like everyone gained a lot from the spiritual pools." Jiang Yue observed.
From looking around, he saw that all the survivors had broken through to the core formation realm.
Most were in the early stage but a few like Yu Nianzhen were in mid-stage.
However, Jiang Yue was the only one who had broken through to the late stage of the core formation realm.
"All those who survived are very talented. It’s not a surprise that everyone broke through to the core formation realm." Bing Lan said.
Like Yu Nianzhen, she also broke through to the mid-stage of the core formation realm.
However, her cultivation was only at the early stage of the mid-stage and she would need some time to break through to the late stage.
"This time, our Cangxing world has suffered a great loss." Li Futian said with a sad look on his face.
More than anyone else, he was worried about the world.
Although they won the war, many talented people were lost.
He didn’t know how this would affect the world but he always felt that the loss was not insignificant.
"The world will recover." Yang Xu said but he also had a solemn look in his eyes.
"The war outside has also been won." Xuan Ke stated and everyone sighed.
They knew the war was won because of the Cangxing list.
However, the result was almost as tragic as the one in the secret realm.
"Brother Jiang, what do you plan to do after leaving the secret realm?" Xuan Ke suddenly asked.
"Azhen and I plan to travel and experience." Jiang Yue said.
Because of the spiritual pools, their cultivation improved by leaps and bounds in the last few years.
Although this was a good thing, it made their cultivation a little vain.
In the coming years, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen planned to travel and experience the Cangxing world.
On one hand, they wanted to settle their cultivation and on the other, they planned to find teleportation channels while enjoying the scenery.
"What about you?" Jiang Yue questioned.
"I will go back to the Thunder God temple." Xuan Ke said.
The Thunder God temple had a forbidden area that was beneficial for lightning cultivators.
Now that he was a core formation realm cultivator, he hoped to enter the forbidden area for training.
"I plan to return to return to the Celestial Sky sect." Li Futian said and frowned.
In the early years of the secret realm, Yu Nianzhen found several nine turns soul herbs and leaves of the soul raising tree.
Li Futian refined most of them which helped him wake up.
However, the effect of the nine-turns soul herbs was not infinite.
If he didn’t take the nine-turns rebirth pill within one thousand years, his soul would collapse again and he would fall into a coma.
Unfortunately, the nine turns rebirth pill wasn’t easy to find or refine.
Without a certain element of luck, Li Futian knew he would fall.
However, he didn’t want to worry about that for the time being.
For now, he wanted to return to the Celestial Sky sect to pay respect to his master and stabilise the sect.
"AXu and I will go to the Sea Cloud sect." Bing Lan said and everyone turned to her in surprise.
"Sea Cloud sect..." Jiang Yue muttered.
Because of sect master Wen, the Sea Cloud sect was among the first to betray the Cangxing world.
Although Jiang Yue and the others didn’t know the specific situation of the sect, they knew its end would not be good.
"Master..." Yu Nianzhen started but Yang Xu raised to stop him.
"I am a supreme elder of the Sea Cloud sect." He stated in a voice that allowed no arguments.
When Yu Nianzhen heard that, he didn’t continue to argue.
Although his master had not broken through since he entered the secret realm, his gains were probably the most.
Not only had his soul surpassed the fifth level, his origin had healed a little more and his cultivation had solidified a lot.
When they exited the secret realm, Yu Nianzhen expected his master would break through and quickly rush to the peak of the nascent soul realm.
In this way, no one would be his opponent in the Sea Cloud sect or the Cangxing world.
Thinking of this, Yu Nianzhen frowned.
Before he was injured, Yang Xu was a peerless master who stood above everyone in the Cangxing world.
When he broke through again, his cultivation would be even more domineering and no one would be his match.
Knowing this, other nascent soul realm masters would probably not allow him to break through peacefully.
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Yue jolted him from his thoughts.
"We need to escape as soon as we leave the secret realm." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Don’t worry, I have us covered." Jiang Yue said and chuckled.
Initially, he and Yu Nianzhen worried that the enemy would be at the exit when they came out.
If that happened, they would be in danger if they had to survive the thunder tribulation while defending against the enemy.
Although the immediate enemy was defeated, their worry was the same.
In that case, it was best to escape and find another place to break through.
"Azhen, do you think senior Niu will be at the exit?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I don’t know." Yu Nianzhen answered.
They hadn’t seen the senior for a long time and it was hard to guess whether he would be at the exit.
"It’s best to run and then find him after we face the thunder calamity."
"You are right."
"I still have a teleportation disk in my hands. I plan to activate it as soon as we get out." Jiang Yue stated and then raised his eyebrow in an unspoken question.
"We will follow." Yang Xu immediately agreed.
He had the same worries as his disciple and he didn’t dare to mess around.
Before he broke through to the nascent soul realm, he couldn’t be reckless.
"I will also follow." Xuan Ke and Li Futian immediately said.
Although they had their own plans, it wouldn’t be too late to carry them out after they broke through.
"Good." Jiang Yue said and then removed several hundred bottles from his storage ring.
"These are the pills prepared by Hongzhu." He said and gave the others their share.
In the last one hundred years, they found many herbs and demonic beast cores which Hongzhu refined into pills.
During the war, most of the pills were used but there were still many leftovers.
"There are still many rejuvenation pills. It shouldn’t be a problem to survive the thunder calamity."
"I don’t need so many." Xuan Ke said.
As a lightning cultivator, he wasn’t afraid of the thunder calamity.
In fact, he was looking forward to it because the lightning was beneficial to his cultivation.
Since that was the case, he didn’t mind giving up his share so that his friends would have more security when breaking through.
"Azhen and I have enough." Jiang Yue said.
"I also have enough." Li Futian said.
More than rejuvenation pills, he needed more soul stabilising pills.
After all, a part of his soul was missing and lightning was especially dangerous to him.
"Brother Li, I still have some soul fixing pills for you." Jiang Yue remembered and quickly took out several dozen bottles.
"Thank you, brother Jiang." Li Futian said gratefully.
The soul fixing pills were refined using the soul raising leaves Yu Nianzhen found in the soul beasts’ forest.
They were extremely precious and Li Futian couldn’t help but feel a little guilty for accepting them.
However, there was nothing he could do but accept them.
Although his situation didn’t allow the luxury of guilt, Li Futian didn’t take the kindness of his brothers for granted.
When the time came, he was willing to walk through a sea of fire and a mountain of swords to help them.
