Chapter 409: Back to the Big House
Three years later, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen returned to the big house at the beginning.
At a glance, there were more than two hundred demon-repelling flowers in the backyard, and the two couldn’t help but frown.
"Why are there more than when we left three years ago?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I don’t know." Yu Nianzhen shook his head and his brows creased in a frown.
In the past three years, the two explored many places in the first layer of the sealed battlefield.
However, they never forgot about the big house they couldn’t fully explore.
"Our cultivation is already half a step into the nascent soul realm but we should still be careful." Yu Nianzhen reminded.
"I know."
As they were talking, a black vine drilled from the underground and crept towards them.
Unfortunately, the two were alert and they immediately reacted.
"Azhen, I will deal with the vines. Try to find an entrance to the underground."
"Good."
After that, Jiang Yue coated his body with a layer of soul power and forged his yin-yang flame into a long whip.
When the vines broke ground, they were immediately entangled by Jiang Yue’s whip and crackling sounds resounded in the surroundings.
At the same time, Yu Nianzhen shuttled to the other end of the backyard.
While collecting demon-repelling flowers, he searched for an entrance but his efforts were in vain.
After an hour, Jiang Yue’s qi was almost exhausted but Yu Nianzhen had yet to find anything.
Just when the two planned to retreat, Yu Nianzhen stopped in place.
"What..." He muttered and a frown appeared on his face.
With a little caution in his heart, he used his divine sense to probe an inconspicuous corner of the backyard.
"It’s different." He said.
"What’s different?" Jiang Yue questioned, sounding a little out of breath.
"XiaoYue, check to see if there is a formation here."
"Okay." Jiang Yue answered and immediately activated his illusion eyes.
A moment later, a surprised gasp escaped from his mouth and Yu Nianzhen looked at him in question.
"There is a formation." Jiang Yue answered with a little excitement in his voice.
"XiaoYue, let’s retreat to replenish our strength. When we recover, we will return to break the formation."
"Good."
With that, the two destroyed the vines while retreating to the house’s front yard.
After reaching the front yard, the vines stopped attacking them and the two heaved a sigh of relief.
However, the two didn’t choose to recover in the front yard.
Instead, they completely left the house and didn’t stop until they were fifty metres away.
"I still have a lot of qi. You can replenish first and I will come when you recover." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue didn’t argue.
Because the level of his yin-yang flame was too low, he wasted a lot of qi when dealing with the vines.
At this time, he had a splitting headache and was desperate to absorb some spirit stones to replenish himself.
A day later, both people returned to their peak and prepared to make another foray into the backyard.
"This time, I will deal with the vines and you will focus on the formation." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Good." Jiang Yue nodded and then frowned before he continued.
"Azhen, if I break the formation, should we enter?"
"Are you afraid?"
"Afraid." Jiang Yue answered.
"It’s good to be afraid. Only those who know fear can have a long life." Yu Nianzhen rubbed Jiang Yue’s hair and said.
Although he didn’t say it, Yu Nianzhen was also afraid.
However, more often than not, danger and reward had a direct and linear relationship.
Now that he and Jiang Yue were ready to break through to the nascent soul realm, they needed an uncommon opportunity.
In the depths of his heart, Yu Nianzhen felt that their opportunity lay in the underground of the big house.
Because of this feeling, he could disregard his fear and walk forward with Jiang Yue.
"If something goes wrong, we have my sword world and the golden teleportation talisman."
"I know." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
After that, he composed himself and a determined look entered his eyes.
"Azhen, you don’t have a fire and it will be more difficult for you to deal with the vines. You have to be careful."
"Don’t worry, nothing will happen to me. You also have to be careful."
With that, the two entered the house’s front yard.
Right after, they went to the back and the vines came out to greet them.
"Go ahead." Yu Nianzhen said as his sword swung in a semi-circle.
"Good."
Since he already knew the location of the hidden formation, Jiang Yue didn’t make any detours.
He opened his illusion eyes and began to study the formation.
A moment later, he heaved a sigh of relief and a bright smile appeared on his lips.
"Fortunately, it’s only a level five formation." He said.
After that, he released his jade slips and began to deduce the formation.
Originally, this kind of formation would have troubled him and he would have needed more than a month to deduce it, let alone break it.
However, Jiang Yue’s formation mastery skyrocketed from the early stage of the fifth level to the peak stage as he studied the outer formation of the sealed battlefield.
At this time, deducing a formation at the high stage of the fifth level wasn’t too difficult and he managed it in less than half a day.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen was barely holding on.
After resisting for half a day, his soul power, sword qi, and sword intent were all exhausted.
If his physical body was a little less powerful, he would have already succumbed at the hands of the vines.
"Let’s go quickly." Jiang Yue said and hurriedly helped his lover to escape from the backyard.
When they retreated to fifty metres away from the house, they stopped and Jiang Yue allowed the distress in his heart to appear in his eyes.
"Don’t worry, all the injuries are superficial. They will heal in a few days." Yu Nianzhen comforted.
"I will protect you while you recover." Jiang Yue said through gritted teeth.
"How about the formation, can you break it?"
"I can break it." Jiang Yue nodded.
"I see." Yu Nianzhen smiled at the person and then sat down to recover.
Five days later, Yu Nianzhen was back to new and Jiang Yue had come up with a plan to break the formation.
"This time, we won’t have to fight for long. I can break the formation in less than an incense stick."
"I will try to conserve as much energy as I can." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue nodded.
They both knew that breaking the formation was only the beginning.
In all likelihood, they would face a fierce battle when they went into the underground entrance.
"Azhen, should we invite the others to go with us?" Jiang Yue asked.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen shook his head.
He had also thought about inviting his master, mistress, and two sworn brothers.
However, he was also hesitant.
It’s not that he didn’t want to share treasures with his close people but because he worried that the goods would not be enough.
If he invited people to face danger together but then discovered inadequate treasures, the situation would become complicated.
"If we find extra things, we can trade with them for things we need." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue understood.
With regard to cultivation, it was best to draw clear lines.
They were all fighting against the heavens and owing heavy favours was not appropriate.
"I understand." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
When they reached the backyard, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were surprised to find a group of people fighting the vines.
The group had thirty people; two nascent soul realm cultivators, twenty-one core formation realm cultivators, and seven origin tempering realm cultivators.
The origin tempering realm cultivators were picking demon-repelling flowers, the core formation realm cultivators were fighting the vines, while the nascent souls stood behind, only acting when someone fell into danger.
"This place belongs to my Divine Fist sect, leave quickly." One of the nascent souls said when they saw the two.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen didn’t argue.
They turned around and retreated to the front of the house but their faces were a little ugly.
[Azhen, will they discover the hidden formation?] Jiang Yue transmitted.
When he thought of the time they spent on their plan, he couldn’t help but feel a little resentment.
[They should leave after collecting all the flowers.] Yu Nianzhen said.
In the heat of the moment, Yu Nianzhen thought of standing his ground and refusing to leave.
However, he quickly regained his mind and didn’t act impulsively.
At the moment, the Divine Fist sect was only interested in the hundreds of demon-repelling flowers that hadn’t been collected.
If Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue resisted, the ancestors of the Divine Fist sect would have become suspicious and investigated the backyard more thoroughly.
