Chapter 394: Flowing Wind Master
Those close to her heard her mutter and the scene fell into chaos.
"Is senior the Flowing Wind Master?" Someone questioned excitedly.
Like Yang Xu, the Flowing Wind Master was a top existence amongst nascent soul realm cultivators.
When he was thirteen, he awakened the infernal wind origin which belonged to the mutated wind element amongst the natural elements.
After his awakening, he didn’t join a regional faction but instead entered a small sect in the Sword sect region.
However, his sect didn’t hinder his progress.
In the following hundreds of years, he made breakthrough after breakthrough and became a nascent soul realm cultivator when he was a little over one thousand years old.
Unfortunately, his era did not last.
Soon after his rise, Yang Xu appeared.
Yang Xu was an unprecedented genius and he shined brighter than everyone else.
When Yang Xu broke through to the nascent soul realm, he left the Sea Cloud sect and travelled every corner of the Cangxing world.
In this travel, he encountered the Flowing Wind Master and for a time, the two were closer than blood brothers.
However, the friendship only lasted for a few years.
For an unknown reason, the two life-and-death friends became like rivers and lakes.
They didn’t interfere with each other when they were apart but when they met, they were openly hostile.
"Fellow Daoist Murong Feng, what do you mean?" Huangfu Yan came to her senses after a moment of surprise.
"Formation master Huangfu is injured, it’s best to retreat to deal with the injuries." Murong Feng said.
However, his ’caring’ words did not deceive anyone.
Everyone knew he was reminding Huangfu Yan of her miserable loss and warning her not to mess around.
"Formation master Huangfu and formation master Jiang are both fifth-level formation masters. We will depend on you to deduce the tomb formation." Murong Feng reminded and Huangfu Yan couldn’t help but be surprised.
She turned around, looked at Jiang Yue, and then snorted in disgust before she left.
"This matter is not over." Her words floated back and reached everyone’s ear.
When they heard that, the gathered people turned to Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
However, the two didn’t pay them any mind.
At the moment, all they wanted was to rush back to the ancient mansion to replenish their qi and soul power.
When Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were retreating in their ancient palace, the matter spread to everyone gathered around the lake.
The nascent soul realm cultivators were surprised that two core formation realm cultivators could force an ancestor to such an extent.
However, they were only surprised and the matter didn’t inspire any caution in their hearts.
Compared to the nascent soul realm cultivators, the lower realm cultivators were more excited.
In their hearts, nascent soul realm cultivators were the heaven of the Cangxing world.
They were both in awe and fear of such ancestors.
Unexpectedly, such an ancestor was made miserable by two core formation realm cultivators!
When everyone thought about it, they couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable despite their excitement.
However, everyone’s thoughts had nothing to do with Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
After a day of recuperation, they exited the ancient palace and went to the edge of the lake.
"We are just in time." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"In time for what?"
"Didn’t formation master Ma Song decide to break the formation? His preparations are about ready." Jiang Yue said.
"How long until he acts?"
After Jiang Yue heard the question, he didn’t answer right away.
Instead, he opened his illusion eyes and stared at the formation at the bottom of the lake.
"Most of his formation-breaking slips are already in place. It should take another hour to arrange the rest."
"Will we be fine standing here?"
"We should be." Jiang Yue said but frowned.
During the previous incident, he and Yu Nianzhen were a little further from the lake and couldn’t see the formation’s specific reaction.
Most importantly, the lake still had water which covered the formation at the bottom of the lake.
This time, Jiang Yue was determined not to miss anything.
He wanted to see how the formation would react to the formation master Ma Song’s attempts.
In this way, he would have a more instinctual understanding of the formation’s danger.
"She is coming." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue turned around.
About one hundred metres away, Huangfu Yan stood with a group of people.
When the group saw Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen, they glared and Jiang Yue sighed.
"I hope they will stay away." He said.
Although he wasn’t afraid of them, he didn’t want to be bothered at such a critical moment.
"We will show no mercy if they come to bother us."
"Okay." Jiang Yue agreed.
After that, the two focused on the bottom of the lake but dedicated a trace of consciousness to watching the group.
Three hours later, Ma Song stepped away from the formation with a brilliant smile on his lips.
"It took longer than I expected." Jiang Yue said with a sneer on his lips.
"Not everyone is as talented as my XiaoYue." Yu Nianzhen smiled as he rubbed Jiang Yue’s hair.
"Azhen, do you know you are lucky to marry me?"
"Lucky." Yu Nianzhen nodded and continued.
"I have exhausted the luck of nine lifetimes to marry you."
When Jiang Yue heard that, a flush appeared on his cheeks and he couldn’t help but laugh happily.
"You two, do you know where you are? You still dare to flirt so shamelessly in this situation?" A disgusted voice came from behind Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
"What does a single dog know?" Jiang Yue despised but a smile curled his lips.
"Brother Xuan, when did you arrive?" He asked.
"I arrived a few hours ago. I have been waiting for you to come out of the ancient palace." Xuan Ke said as he walked towards the two.
"Brother Jiang, brother Yu, how have you been?"
"Azhen and I are fine. We have been travelling and eventually ended up here. What about you?"
"I was about to enter the temple’s forbidden area when I received your message." Xuan Ke said and then looked at the bottom of the lake.
"What is the situation?"
"An arrogant formation master is about to die." Jiang Yue said and then explained everything that happened.
"You two are so capable of causing trouble." Xuan Ke reprimanded but didn’t really mean to blame them.
"Your cultivation is ahead of mine." He said with a hint of resentment.
"XiaoYue has already felt the barrier of the nascent soul realm." Yu Nianzhen said proudly and Xuan Ke rolled his eyes.
’What are you so proud of? It’s not you who has felt the barrier.’ He thought but didn’t dare to say it aloud.
"When Brother Jiang breaks through, he will be the youngest nascent soul realm cultivator in the history of the Cangxing world." Xuan Ke said enviously.
"Naturally, my XiaoYue is the most powerful."
Hearing that, Xuan Ke was too disgusted to continue with the topic.
"Brother Li hasn’t arrived yet?"
"Not yet." Jiang Yue asked.
Compared to Xuan Ke, Li Futian should have arrived sooner since the Celestial Sky sect region was closer to the Ice Palace Sect region than the Thunder God temple.
"He will arrive soon enough." Yu Nianzhen said.
"If the tomb formation is higher than the fifth level, can it be deduced?" Xuan Ke asked worriedly.
"The formation is old and damaged in many places. Deducing it is still possible." Jiang Yue said confidently.
"Does your Thunder God temple have a fifth-level formation master?"
"How is that possible?" Xuan Ke chuckled.
Although the Thunder God Temple was one of the most powerful forces in the Cangxing world, it was the least versatile.
It had plenty of powerful warriors but lacked masters like alchemists, formation masters, and talisman masters.
"During the Ice Palace contest, Xuan Dong formed a Taoist contract with Bing Mei. With that, he ceased to be a monk of the Thunder God Temple but his roots are still there. The alliance between the Ice Palace sect and the Thunder God temple is still solid."
"What you mean is that the Thunder God temple will rely on the Ice Palace sect this time around?" Jiang Yue asked.
"The Ice Palace sect has a fifth-level formation master." Xuan Ke said and shrugged.
"The alliance between the Ice Palace sect and the Thunder God temple will be hard to deal with." Yu Nianzhen said with narrowed eyes.
"Mmmm." Jiang Yue agreed.
If a force entered the tomb but was not strong enough, the benefits they would get were limited.
Since the Ice Palace sect and Thunder God temple would be acting together, other forces needed to join forces.
Otherwise, the allied forces would have the lion’s share of the tomb’s loot.
"I wonder who our Sea Cloud sect will ally with." Jiang Yue couldn’t help but wonder.
