Chapter 386: Evil Intent
Hearing the question, Jiang Yue didn’t answer right away.
He looked at the two formation masters and sighed before speaking.
"It’s not a level three formation." He said.
"If it’s not level three formation, what level is it?" Formation master Li challenged.
"I don’t know yet."
Although Jiang Yue was sure the formation was above the fifth level, he didn’t say it.
After all, saying it would reveal his true formation mastery and cast doubts on his cultivation.
For now, he just wanted to study the formation in peace.
If the formation was something he could deal with, he would naturally break it.
However, if he couldn’t deal with it, Jiang Yue didn’t plan to insist.
"If you don’t know, how dare you say it’s not a third-level formation? Is fellow Daoist Jiang even a formation master?" Formation master Li mocked.
"What formation master Li said is right. No one knows fellow Daoist Jiang. He could be lying to us." A Rong family disciple said.
"I also think so." Several others agreed.
After thinking about it, they felt that Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were suspicious.
They were not from Frozen Lake City and no one knew them.
In that case, Jiang Yue’s mastery hadn’t been verified by anyone.
"Formation master Li, how long will it take to break the formation?" Rong Yu asked.
When formation master Li heard the question, he looked at Jiang Yue and the other formation master proudly.
"If I act alone, it will take three days. However, if the fellow formation masters follow my direction, it shouldn’t take more than a day." The man said arrogantly.
He then looked at Jiang Yue and his lips curved upward.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue chuckled and shook his head.
"My Taoist companion and I won’t stay to watch the fun." Jiang Yue said.
Although he hadn’t deduced the tomb formation, he had a basic understanding.
Knowing what would happen when formation master Li tried to break the formation, Jiang Yue didn’t plan to stay there and suffer with the rest of the ignorant people.
"Are you planning to run away now that your trickery has been exposed?" Formation master Li didn’t plan to let them go.
From Frozen Lake City to the tomb location, he was forced to keep a low profile because of Jiang Yue’s identity as a fourth-level formation master.
Now that he had the upper hand, formation master Li planned to let Jiang Yue pay for his ’grievances’ along the way.
"Does formation master Li need to be so pedantic? Since you can break the formation, hurry up and help everyone enter the tomb."
After saying that, Jiang Yue pulled Yu Nianzhen and the two began to swim upward.
"Stop." One of the Rong family shouted.
"Can you come when you want and leave when you want? Since when was my Rong family taken so lightly?"
When the Rong family members heard this, their mood changed.
They had tolerated Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen since Frozen Lake City.
Now that the two were no longer necessary to enter the tomb, the Rong family was ready to move.
"Your Rong family can stop us if you have the ability." Yu Nianzhen said but the two didn’t stop.
They continued to swim up while everyone at the bottom of the lake, froze in horror.
"This...are fellow Daoist Jiang and fellow Daoist Yu looking for death?" Someone asked in a low voice.
For a while now, they all felt that Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were too stubborn.
They refused to compromise and didn’t bend even when it was necessary to do so.
"Do you look down on my Rong family?" Someone shouted.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue didn’t turn back or answer.
They continued to swim up at their fastest speed as if trying to outrun a disaster.
"Elders, what should we do?" Rong Yu asked.
"I will pursue them." The third elder said.
However, his eyes hid a complex emotion.
He didn’t know why but he always felt that the two were not simple.
On the surface, they were low-level origin tempering realm cultivators but they somehow made him feel a little pressured.
At this time, he offered to pursue but his mind had a different idea.
"We can’t let them spread the word. I will also follow." Rong Yu followed.
When he heard this, the third elder looked at Rong Yu meaningfully.
However, he didn’t say anything and allowed Rong Yu to ’pursue’ with him.
After that, several people including the remaining formation master came up with excuses and also followed behind Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue.
In this way, the exploration group was divided into three groups.
The first group was Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen, the second was their ’pursuers’ and the third was left behind to break the formation.
When Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen exited the lake, they immediately walked to their bullock cart.
"XiaoYue, what didn’t you find out?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I am afraid all those people will die." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
Although the formation was extremely complex, Jiang Yue was sensitive to illusions. Before anything else, he noticed an illusion component in the formation.
Unfortunately, the illusion component was complicated and he could only grasp a little meaning.
"Azhen, I think the original group that found the tomb had more than eleven cultivators."
"You mean..." Yu Nianzhen started and Jiang Yue nodded.
"There is a deep evil intent in that formation. The eleven survivors should have fallen into an illusion and had their memories modified."
"They remembered the tomb and the high-level formation but forgot the danger and dead companions." Yu Nianzhen added.
"I think so." Jiang Yue nodded and then frowned.
"The intent in the formation intentionally let them go to attract more people."
After saying that, Jiang Yue sighed.
"There is something evil in that tomb. If we enter recklessly, we probably can’t come out."
"Can you break the formation?"
"I can’t." Jiang Yue shook his head regretfully.
However, Yu Nianzhen knew that Jiang Yue was not done speaking so he didn’t interrupt him.
"I can’t break it but I think I can find a small hole for us to enter."
In fact, Jiang Yue was not confident about this.
After all, this was the first time he came across such a high-level formation!
However, he still had a little hope.
This hope was because the tomb was old.
It was because the tomb was old that its first defence was broken by the battle of two class four demonic beasts.
Since a weakness had appeared on the first defence, Jiang Yue hoped he would find a loophole in the tomb formation.
"What we find inside may not be something we can handle." Jiang Yue reminded.
However, his voice was unlike someone who was preparing to back down.
Instead, he sounded ready to try.
"Do you want to leave?" Yu Nianzhen teased with an affectionate smile in his eyes.
"Who wants to leave." Jiang Yue snorted and the two laughed.
In the end, danger was often accompanied by high rewards.
Since they had discovered such a tomb, there was no reason to let it go.
If they were lucky, they may even find their chance to break through to the nascent soul realm.
"Azhen, what do you want to do about them?" Jiang Yue said and tipped his head towards the lake.
At this time, the lake was rippling vigorously and soon after, several people jumped out from the depths.
"It depends on what they want to do." Yu Nianzhen said and his eyes narrowed dangerously.
With the increase in their cultivation, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen became more and more indifferent to the world.
They didn’t want to arbitrarily kill people for treasure but they didn’t have endless tolerance.
If the Rong family touched their bottom line, the two did not mind dealing with them, even if it meant escaping the Ice Palace Sect region.
"Two fellow Daoists, are you still here?" Rong Yu questioned as soon as he saw the two.
"We are still here." Jiang Yue answered without adding more details.
A moment later, he looked at everyone who left the lake and smiled before speaking.
"Why did the senior and fellow Daoists follow us out of the lake? Are you not afraid of getting fewer treasures?"
"Treasures are also destined. The treasure I am destined to own will never fall into the hands of others." Rong Yu said and Jiang Yue chuckled.
"Is that so? I wish you luck fellow Daoist Rong."
With that, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen entered their bullock cart while the others looked at each other in confusion.
Most, like the formation master, left the bottom of the lake because they felt something was wrong.
However, they didn’t know what was wrong and didn’t know how to go from there.
’If I knew it would be like this, I wouldn’t have taken this task.’ The formation master thought with a bitter smile on his lips.
