Chapter 391: Black Forest
As days passed, more and more people arrived in the vicinity of the lake.
Some came alone but most came in groups.
However, the group from the Sea Cloud sect had yet to arrive which made Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen a little uneasy.
"Cultivators from the Gu region are here." Jiang Yue said and tipped his head toward the South.
In the Cangxing world, Jiang Yue was most afraid of gu cultivators.
Although the Gu region was neutral and Gu cultivators were not the most powerful, Jiang Yue always felt they were the most dangerous.
If he could, he never wanted to get too close to them.
"Cultivators from the Great Artisan City and the Sword sect should also be here soon." Yu Nianzhen added.
"There are many formation masters in the Great Artisan City."
"You don’t have to care about them. How is your progress?"
Hearing that, Jiang Yue sighed.
After he arranged the protective formation around their camp, he spent most of his time studying the tomb formation.
However, his progress was slow.
"It’s slow." He said and frowned.
The formation inheritance of the white jade void tiger was higher than the fifth level.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue’s cultivation was lacking.
At his current realm, he couldn’t arrange mid-stage fifth-level formations, let alone sixth-level or higher formations.
"Azhen, I want to find a breakthrough opportunity." Jiang Yue suddenly said.
"I know you are frustrated but the breakthrough can’t be rushed." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed Jiang Yue’s hair.
"Everything you are studying now is not in vain. When the time comes, the accumulation will be your capital for enlightenment."
"I know." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
Intellectually, he knew he couldn’t force a breakthrough.
If he disregarded everything and tried to break through to the nascent soul realm, the chance of success was less than one per cent.
Nevertheless, Jiang Yue was frustrated.
He hated the feeling of wanting something but being restrained by uncontrollable factors.
"XiaoYue, your chance will come." Yu Nianzhen soothed and Jiang Yue forced a smile.
"What do you want to eat? I will make it for you."
"Really?"
"Really."
"I want black forest cake." Jiang Yue said with a mischievous look in his eyes.
"Black forest..." Yu Nianzhen muttered as his mind worked overtime.
Since they arrived in the Cangxing world, he had made all kinds of food for Jiang Yue.
However, Yu Nianzhen had never learned any pastry or cake recipes in his previous life.
Now that his lover wanted a black forest cake, Yu Nianzhen didn’t know what to do.
Seeing the other’s thoughtful look, Jiang Yue felt better.
He felt happy that Yu Nianzhen took everything about him seriously and this thought eliminated the frustration in his heart.
’The tomb is just a small footnote in my life. Why do I have to feel so frustrated?’ He thought.
When he came to that conclusion, Jiang Yue felt like a weight was removed from his body and his heart lightened.
At the same moment, his mind became clearer and a strange feeling entered his heart.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t focus on his changes.
Instead, he leaned on Yu Nianzhen and a true smile curled his lips.
"Azhen, when we visit our relatives, you can take a baking class. I will wait to eat the cakes you make in the future." He said.
"I promise." Yu Nianzhen swore solemnly.
"Good."
With that, the two fell silent.
They just stood at the edge of the defensive formation and watched the new arrivals.
Early the next morning, Jiang Yue went to study the formation and Yu Nianzhen followed behind to protect him.
As every day before, Jiang Yue activated his illusion eyes as soon as he stood in front of the formation.
"This..." He suddenly exclaimed.
"What’s wrong?" Yu Nianzhen questioned.
At the same time, he pulled Jiang Yue and the two retreated a few metres.
Although this movement was not big, several people noticed and they turned their attention to the two.
"Don’t worry, I am fine." Jiang Yue said and smiled to reassure his lover.
"I was just a little dazed." He continued and several spectators lost their interest.
After many days, everyone already knew that the tomb formation had an illusion component.
When Jiang Yue said that he was dazed, they assumed he was careless and got caught up in the formation’s illusion.
[Azhen, my comprehension ability has improved.] Jiang Yue transmitted excitedly.
However, his face remained expressionless and Yu Nianzhen also didn’t react when he received the good news.
[It’s because your state of mind has improved.] Yu Nianzhen said.
He was happy for Jiang Yue and wanted to take him into his arms.
However, neither of them wanted to appear suspicious in the current situation.
[I also think so.] Jiang Yue agreed and then continued.
[Although the formation is still more than I can handle, I can comprehend it better.]
[Don’t tire yourself.]
[I know, don’t worry.]
With that, Jiang Yue continued to study the formation.
After several hours of this, the two returned to their ancient palace.
Soon after, Jiang Yue retreated to digest what he studied while Yu Nianzhen practised his swordsmanship in one of the training rooms.
Three days later, the two left their ancient palace as usual.
They were about to head to the tomb entrance when a commotion happened at the bottom of the lake.
"Is someone fighting again?" Jiang Yue wondered.
In the past three days, the atmosphere had become tense and random cultivators would fight over one thing or another.
Just a day ago, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were also involved in a fight.
This was because word had spread that Jiang Yue was a fifth-level formation master.
Knowing this, someone decided to capture Jiang Yue and let him work for them.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were not soft persimmons.
As soon as the person made his move, the two dealt with him swiftly and ruthlessly.
In this way, they killed a chicken to warn the monkeys which caused other cultivators to restrain themselves.
However, the two knew this was only a temporary solution.
Sooner rather than later, a nascent soul realm cultivator or other courageous people would hit their idea again.
"Fellow Daoist, do you know what is going on?" Jiang Yue questioned a cultivator who was passing by.
"Formation master Ma deduced the formation nodes. They are breaking it now." The person said and hurried along.
"How is that possible?" Jiang Yue muttered and frowned.
The so-called formation master Ma was a master from the Great Artisan City.
He was one of the formation masters enshrined by the Jin family and his mastery was not low.
Because of this, Jiang Yue couldn’t figure out what the person was trying to do.
"Is it possible he found a way?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"It’s possible. Maybe there is a way in his formation inheritance but..."
"You don’t think so?"
"Azhen, the tomb formation is not only complex but also malicious. I think it’s a trap." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
Since he began studying the tomb formation, Jiang Yue had encountered countless traps.
If any of those traps were recklessly activated, the chance of survival was almost zero.
"What do you want to do? Will you warn them?"
"No." Jiang Yue said and shook his head.
Although he didn’t want the Cangxing world to lose more people, Jiang Yue didn’t have the urge to save everyone.
After all, everyone had their fate.
Most importantly, masters had their arrogance.
If he tried to warn formation master Ma, Jiang Yue didn’t think the person would listen to him.
"Let’s wait and see. Maybe he has a way to break it."
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen agreed but the two did not jump to the bottom of the lake.
Instead, they stood at the edge of the dry lake and observed the goings on at the bottom.
"Formation master Ma, stop your folly quickly." A woman shouted in anger.
"Formation master Ning, is it folly because I figured it out before you did?" A man asked arrogantly.
"Why can’t you see the nodes are a trap?" Formation master Ning said and continued.
"If the formation is broken according to your deduction, we won’t reveal a life gate but a death gate."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue nodded in agreement.
Although he was far away, his cultivation was at the peak of the core formation realm and his eyesight was very good.
From his position, Jiang Yue could see what formation master Ma was trying to do.
Unfortunately, the method was the most superficial and was wrong for the tomb formation.
"What proof do you have?" Formation master Ma questioned.
"We are both fourth-level formation masters and our words have equal weight."
"Formation master Ma..." Formation Ning shouted and sighed helplessly.
In fact, she didn’t have evidence for her theory.
All she had was instinct born from her many years as a formation master.
When the two formation masters were at a stalemate, an ethereal voice floated to the bottom of the lake.
