Chapter 411: Resentment
"Azhen, let’s try the Tree of Life first." Jiang Yue suggested.
Even though they knew that the Tree of Life couldn’t detoxify, they still refined a few leaves.
Unfortunately, the reality was as they expected.
The burning in their bodies increased with every moment and both were barely holding on.
"We can’t hesitate any longer." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue nodded.
"XiaoYue, whatever happens, we will face it together."
"I know."
With that, the two studied the cultivation technique, sat cross-legged and closed their eyes to cultivate.
Less than half an hour later, the demon-repelling flowers on their bodies withered and turned into wisps of demonic qi.
Soon after, the demonic qi in the corridor was attracted to their bodies and a vortex formed above their heads.
Subconsciously, the two circulated the new cultivation technique and the demonic qi was rapidly transformed into spiritual qi.
At the same time, their original cultivation techniques also circulated, transforming the spiritual qi into sword qi and illusion qi respectively.
’This..." Jiang Yue was pleasantly surprised.
He never expected that the new cultivation technique could transform demonic qi into spiritual qi.
Most importantly, the red poison rampaging in his body was also transformed into ordinary qi.
’Is the red poison a kind of qi?’ He wondered.
Unfortunately, he had never come across or read about red poisonous qi.
’For now, it’s good enough to get rid of it.’ He thought and continued to transform the poison.
When all the poison was transformed, he opened his eyes and turned to Yu Nianzhen.
"Are you okay?" The swordsman asked.
"Better than okay." Jiang Yue grinned.
For some reason, his body felt better than before.
"Azhen, should we try to activate the poisonous needles again?" He asked eagerly.
"We can try." Yu Nianzhen was also eager to try.
Although he didn’t know what the red poison was, he knew it was a good thing.
If possible, he wanted to refine a little more of it.
"Let’s walk a few steps back and see if the trap will activate."
"Good."
After that, the two retreated to the entrance of the corridor and then took a few steps forward.
As hoped, the poisonous needles began to fly out from the corridor walls.
However, this time, they did not evade.
Although being pierced by poisonous needles was incredibly painful, the two endured it for an incense stick of time.
When the barrage stopped, they sat cross-legged and quickly refined the poison in their bodies before retreating to the entrance of the corridor.
Three months passed in this way.
After three months, both began to feel a little uncomfortable.
Their mood was more aggressive than usual and their qi was a little irritable.
Feeling the changes in their bodies, they stopped challenging the poison and sat cross-legged.
"Azhen, could the red poison be resentment qi?" Jiang Yue questioned.
"I think." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"We still have some clear heart pills and clear heart talismans. Let’s cultivate our mind for the next while."
"Good." Jiang Yue agreed.
Three months later, the irritation in their bodies cleared and their overall state improved by leaps and bounds.
"Refining the resentment qi is not only good for the body but also the state of mind." Jiang Yue admired.
"It’s only possible because we have ways to keep our minds clear. For others, this kind of resentment qi is a disaster."
"Azhen, although there are a lot of clear heart fruits in the jade box, we shouldn’t eat them too often. Let’s cultivate our state of mind naturally and only eat the fruits or pills when we can’t hold on any longer."
"Good." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
After that, the two continued to challenge the poisonous needles until they exhausted the traps one year later.
Fortunately, the poisonous needles were only the beginning.
The further they walked into the corridor, the denser the resentment qi they faced.
In this way, the two spent ten years in the corridor and their state of mind finally broke through to the nascent soul realm.
"Even if we don’t find anything else, I won’t complain." Jiang Yue said with a satisfied smile on his lips.
"Coming here was worth the trouble." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
The most troublesome thing about breaking through to the nascent soul realm was the state of mind.
If one’s mind did not reach a certain state, they wouldn’t be able to break through even if their qi was sufficient.
"We still have some peak-grade spirit stones which are sufficient to help us breakthrough."
"Now is not the time."
"I know." Jiang Yue agreed.
Breaking through to the nascent soul realm was not a small matter.
As the highest cultivation level in the Cangxing world, each new nascent soul realm cultivator was a game changer.
The addition of a new nascent soul realm cultivator could not only strengthen a force’s foundation but also give them more voice in the Cangxing world.
Because of this, other forces wouldn’t just sit by and watch two new nascent soul realm cultivators appear in the Sea Cloud sect.
"Should we let senior Niu take us to his secret place?" Jiang Yue asked.
"It would be best." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
"In that case, let’s conquer the underground before we leave."
Although he was eager to break through, Jiang Yue was also curious about the treasure at the end of the corridor.
"Okay."
After this, the two continued to walk for another six months before they encountered a stone door at the end of the end of the corridor.
"There are two grooves on the door." Jiang Yue observed.
"Let’s try injecting our qi into the grooves." Yu Nianzhen suggested and the two did the same.
Unfortunately, nothing happened and the door did not open.
"Is our qi not enough?" Jiang Yue wondered.
"Azhen, I will lend my qi to you and you can inject the combined qi into one of the grooves."
"Good."
However, this method was also wrong.
"There are two grooves and I think both must be used." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"What about soul power? We can try to use our soul power." Jiang Yue said.
"Okay."
Soon after, they each injected a strand of soul power into the two groves.
A moment later, the door vibrated but did not open.
"We are on the right track." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"Your soul power is higher than mine. Can you try alone and see what happens?" Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue nodded.
Right after, he injected most of his soul power into one of the grooves and the groove glowed a red light.
However, the door didn’t open and the two frowned.
"Azhen, I think you also need to light your groove." Jiang Yue said and then took a soul-replenishing pill.
Hearing that, Yu Nianzhen didn’t hesitate.
He also emptied his soul power into the groove and managed to light the groove.
When both grooves were lit, the door shook more vigorously, rose, and finally disappeared into the ceiling.
"We did it." Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be excited.
"Be careful." Yu Nianzhen reminded but he was also excited.
They had been wanting the underground opportunity for more than fifteen years.
Now that they were about to get it, they couldn’t help but be a little apprehensive despite their excitement.
"Let’s go in and see." Jiang Yue took his husband’s hand and both walked into a big cave.
"There is something written on the walls." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue also looked.
As Yu Nianzhen said, there were dense writings on all the walls.
"It looks like a story. Let’s find the beginning and go from there."
"Good."
After that, the two perused the script and finally found the beginning.
Half an hour later, the two finished reading the script and looked at each other in dismay.
Rather than a story, the writings on the wall were a record of what happened.
The record was written by a cultivator called Bai Xing.
Bai Xing was the son of one of the elders in charge of the demonic qi prison.
His cultivation was at the peak of the nascent soul realm but he had already felt the barrier and was getting ready to break through to the reincarnation realm.
Unfortunately, an accident happened at this time.
From the records, the world barrier suddenly thinned and space beasts suddenly entered the demonic qi prison.
At a loss, the prison elders could only close the prison formation to prevent the beasts from flowing into the world.
Fortunately, the gap in the world barrier was not big so the level of beasts was not too high.
However, the elders and their people were not enough to handle the space beasts.
In the end, they freed the prisoners and their combined efforts formed a stalemate with the space beasts.
Although Bai Xing detailed the war, he didn’t know how the world barrier closed.
All he knew was that the barrier closed and the space beasts were repelled.
However, another war between the elders and prisoners soon broke out.
