Chapter 379: Starting a New Journey
"XiaoYue..." Yu Nianzhen called with a lot of heartache in his voice.
However, he didn’t dare to approach.
This was because Jiang Yue was about to receive his blessing and Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to interfere.
"Don’t worry, I am fine." Jiang Yue said in a weak voice.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen clenched his hands and didn’t say anything until he calmed himself down.
"I am here."
"I know."
Soon after, the golden blessing fell and Yu Nianzhen sighed in relief.
From the surroundings, he could tell what happened.
Unlike himself, Jiang Yue was unlucky.
While he was crossing the catastrophe, he was attacked by demonic beasts.
This not only divided Jiang Yue’s attention but also increased the scale of the tribulation.
Fortunately, they had prepared adequately.
Even with the increased scale and despite his heavy injuries, Jiang Yue succeeded in crossing the catastrophe.
An hour later, the blessing ended and Yu Nianzhen immediately rushed to his husband.
"How are you feeling?"
"Better than before." Jiang Yue chuckled and threw himself into his husband’s arms.
After the blessing, his injuries had healed and his overall condition was several times better than before.
"What about you?"
"Good." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed Jiang Yue’s hair.
"Shall we find a place to fully absorb the blessings?"
"We can place the ancient palace right here."
With that, Jiang Yue released the palace and both entered the top floor.
However, neither was in a hurry to absorb the blessings.
Instead, they fell on the bed and Jiang Yue climbed on his husband’s lap.
Looking at the swordsman lying on the bed, Jiang Yue’s beautiful eyes were a little unfocused and his lips were curled in a meaningful smile.
Without waiting for Yu Nianzhen to react, Jiang Yue leaned down and captured his husband’s lips.
On instinct, Yu Nianzhen placed his right hand on the back of Jiang Yue’s head while his left hand landed on the other’s waist to pull him closer.
Soon after, the swordsman stole the initiative and Jiang Yue’s body weakened; causing him to slump on Yu Nianzhen’s body.
"Azhen..." He groaned weakly.
This weak sound was a bolt of lightning shot straight into Yu Nianzhen’s body.
The tight control he kept over his emotions snapped and his eyes turned red.
In the next moment, he flipped them over and placed Jiang Yue under him.
At the same time, his right hand unfastened his lover’s clothes, revealing a beautiful expanse of white skin.
"You are so beautiful." He subconsciously muttered and Jiang Yue turned pink.
He heard the same words thousands of times but he never got tired of hearing them.
After all, the person who spoke them was the man he loved with all his heart.
When he was on earth, Jiang Yue often heard about the seven-year itch or similar situations where lovers became bored with each other.
However, it had been more than one hundred years and most of it was spent with Yu Nianzhen.
In that time, they had been with each other countless times but they never got bored.
In fact, their feelings became more mature and potent with time.
Compared to before, they loved and enjoyed each other more.
Thinking about it, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be happy and grateful.
’Maybe this is the difference between loving someone with all your heart and simply loving.’ He thought and tightened his arms around Yu Nianzhen’s neck.
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Three months later, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen exited the ancient palace.
After absorbing the benefits of the golden blessing, Yu Nianzhen’s cultivation had risen to the late stage of the core formation realm and was half a step into the peak stage.
In the same way, Jiang Yue’s cultivation had also risen.
With a little chance, he would break through to the nascent soul realm.
However, neither was in a hurry to break through.
Although their cultivation was relatively stable, their state of mind was a little lacking.
Unlike earlier realms, breaking through to the nascent soul realm not only required adequate qi but also a connection with heaven and earth.
This connection was not something that could be cultivated.
It was a mysterious feeling that a cultivator felt when their state of mind reached a certain level.
"We have a lot of time to break through to the nascent soul realm. For now, let’s enjoy ourselves." Yu Nianzhen said and held out his hand.
"Mmm." Jiang Yue agreed and took his hand.
Hand in hand, the two took a few steps and climbed on the driver’s seat of their bullock cart.
"Senior is too powerful." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
Soon after they crossed the tribulation, senior Niu appeared outside their ancient palace.
Neither Jiang Yue nor Yu Nianzhen knew how senior Niu found them but they were grateful all the same.
After all, they were used to riding the bullock cart and didn’t want to change to other modes of transport.
[Where do you want to go?] Senior Niu’s voice sounded in the minds of the two.
[Let’s head to the Sea Cloud region.] Jiang Yue answered.
After thinking about it, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen decided to go to the Sea Cloud region.
Their decision was not because they were nostalgic about the sect but because they wanted to visit the grave of old man Cang.
Before they broke through to the qi transformation realm, they planned to visit the grave.
However, time ran out and they failed to visit.
Since they had time and didn’t have a specific goal, the two planned to visit the old man before they had to enter the next secret realm in a hundred years.
[There is no hurry to get there. Senior can take the longest route.] Jiang Yue continued.
Hearing that, senior Niu didn’t continue speaking to them.
Instead, he started walking while the two relaxed on the cart’s driver’s seat.
"Do you think the others are okay?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
"They should be." Yu Nianzhen answered.
"I hope so."
After that, the two fell silent until Jiang Yue spoke again.
[Senior Niu, is there a way out of the Cangxing world?] He asked.
[Do you want to leave the Cangxing world?] Senior Niu asked.
However, his voice was a little strained and the two could detect a trace of anger.
Surprised, the two looked at each other and became a little cautious.
[If possible, we want to stay in the Cangxing world. However, the nascent soul realm is the peak in this world and there is no way to break through to the reincarnation realm.]
After that, senior Niu didn’t speak for a long time.
When Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen thought that senior Niu would not say anything, the bullock finally transmitted to their minds.
[There will be a chance in the future.] He said but refused to explain no matter how the two questioned.
Seeing that they couldn’t get the bullock to explain, the two stopped asking and began to plan their journey.
"Azhen, I still want to visit a few forbidden places and the foreign devils’ battlefield."
"It’s most urgent to visit the battlefield." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
In the secret realm, Li Futian asked them to accumulate merit.
However, after eliminating all the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front in the secret realm, their merits were still short of ten thousand.
In that case, they needed a way to earn merit and the best was to enter the battlefield.
"You are right." Jiang Yue nodded and frowned before speaking again.
"Should we make haste?"
"We don’t need to hurry too much." Yu Nianzhen reassured.
Under ordinary circumstances, it would take one year to slowly travel from the Ice Palace sect region to the Sea Cloud region.
However, Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to rush too much.
If they used ten years to travel and relax, there would still be enough time to earn merit on the battlefield.
More importantly, travelling and relaxing was one of the better ways to cultivate their state of mind.
During their travel, they would experience many things which could help temper their state of mind.
In that way, they may have the opportunity to break through to the nascent soul realm before they enter the battlefield.
"We can also find treasures." Jiang Yue didn’t forget to say.
Since they had a treasure compass, Jiang Yue planned to use it to the extreme.
In every village, town, and city, he planned to find all the treasures that could be found.
If they were lucky, they may even find powerful treasures to help them break through or upgrade their weapons.
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen said and chuckled.
"Azhen, I always feel that the secret place in one hundred years is very important."
"It should be." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
When he and Jiang Yue broke through to the Qi transformation realm, they received some memories.
At that time, they realised they had met a powerful being and made a deal.
However, the two couldn’t remember the terms of the deal.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen felt that the purpose of their transmigration to the Cangxing world was about to be revealed.
