Chapter 422: Treasure Island Appears
One hundred years later, Jiang Yue woke up from a deep trance.
For a moment, he couldn’t remember where he was and his dull eyes did not reflect the stars around him.
When he came to, he took a deep breath before exhaling slowly.
"Working hard to earn ten thousand merit points was worth the effort." He muttered and a small smile curled his lips.
’I wonder how Azhen is doing...’ He thought with nostalgia in his voice.
While he was thinking, he suddenly felt a tug on his soul and the world around him shattered.
A moment later, he disappeared from the Sea of Enlightenment and reappeared in the sky above the blue ocean.
"Another one has come out." Someone shouted.
"Who is it?"
"I don’t know him."
"He stayed in the Sea of Enlightenment for one hundred years. How enviable."
"I only stayed for three years."
"You are lucky to have three years, I was only in it for eighty-nine days."
"Who asked you to have few merit points, hmmph."
"Are you any better than me? If I remember correctly, you only stayed for one hundred and three days."
Jiang Yue listened to the whispers around him but he didn’t pay attention.
At the moment, he was busily looking around for Yu Nianzhen and the others.
"Brother Jiang." A voice called and Jiang Yue turned.
"Brother Xuan, you are already out." Jiang Yue stated.
"Just now." Xuan Ke said.
Looking at him, Jiang Yue felt a solemness that was previously absent.
Without a doubt, the monk achieved something in the Sea of Enlightenment.
"Azhen and the others should..." Jiang Yue started but before he could finish, several people were ejected from the Sea of Enlightenment.
"Azhen." He called, looking at his husband with heated eyes.
"When did you come out?" Yu Nianzhen asked as he flew towards Jiang Yue.
"Less than sixty breaths ago." Jiang Yue answered and threw himself at his husband.
"Did you miss me?" He asked with a cunning smile in his eyes.
Hearing the question, Yu Nianzhen didn’t know how to answer.
Before he began his enlightenment, he missed Jiang Yue with all his heart.
However, once he began his epiphany, everything but the sword disappeared.
In his trance, one hundred years passed but it all felt like the blink of an eye.
"I miss you." Yu Nianzhen said.
"How do you know if you missed me?" Jiang Yue persisted.
"I was missing you before I entered a trance and I missed you as soon as I came to. Thinking about it, I must have been subconsciously missing you for the past one hundred years."
Hearing that, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but chuckle.
’Your laugh is as wonderful as ever.’ Yu Nianzhen thought as he looked at his lover dotingly.
"Ayue." A voice called and the three turned about.
"Master." Jiang Yue greeted.
"Elder Chen, Fellow Daoist Chen." The other two also greeted.
"Master, when did you come out?" Jiang Yue questioned and Chen Qing sighed.
When she was captured by the Death Flower Ascension Front, she moved her hands and feet which led to the death of many enemies.
Because of this, she had more than eight thousand merit points which allowed her to stay in the Sea of Enlightenment for eighty-seven years.
"I came out thirteen years ago." Chen Qing answered.
Although she couldn’t stay for the maximum of one hundred years, eighty-seven years was not bad.
After coming out, she spent the last thirteen years practising her alchemy.
Compared to before, her alchemy had improved by leaps and bounds.
Unfortunately, her comprehension was a little short and she didn’t forge her true path to the Great Dao.
"Congratulations, master."
"Congratulations to you too." Chen Qing said as she carefully looked at the three young men.
’The rear waves drive on those before.’ She thought and sighed again.
When she first met Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen, they were in the meridian awakening realm.
Almost three hundred years later, their cultivation was almost catching up with hers.
Thinking that they would soon surpass her, she couldn’t help but feel a little sad.
However, the war had tempered her mental state and eighty-seven years of enlightenment had cleansed her dao heart.
Although she was sad, she wasn’t jealous.
In the end, she could only sigh and wish the two children a smooth path to the peak.
"Nianzhen." Yang Xu called as he flew over.
Beside him was Bing Lan while Li Futian was a few steps behind.
"Master, did you just come out?" Yu Nianzhen asked, looking at his master carefully.
When they last met, Yang Xu’s cultivation was half a step to the reincarnation realm.
However, after staying in the Sea of Enlightenment for one hundred years, Yang Xu was infinitely close to the reincarnation realm.
With a little chance, he would directly break through to the reincarnation realm.
’Unfortunately, we still don’t know where we need to go to break through.’ Yu Nianzhen thought, feeling a little regretful.
"Brother Li, what will happen next?" Xuan Ke asked and everyone turned to Li Futian.
"Wait a moment." Li Futian said while looking at the ocean below.
A few moments later, the ocean turned hazy.
Before anyone could react, the ocean disappeared and a boundless land was uncovered.
"This..." Chen Qing couldn’t help but say in surprise.
After all, an entire ocean had disappeared which made everyone feel unreal.
"This is the treasure island depicted on the map." Bing Lan said, sounding a little excited.
"Let’s head down." Yang Xu suggested and pulled Bing Lan to fly down.
"Let’s go too." Yu Nianzhen said and pulled Jiang Yue to follow his master and mistress.
Soon after, all the nascent soul realm cultivators rushed to the treasure island.
"I only had fourteen years in the Sea of Enlightenment. This time, I must grab more good things." Someone swore.
"I heard there is a map of the land. I want to buy a copy, who is selling?"
"Stupid! Why did you buy earlier?"
"How long will we stay in this secret realm?"
"I was suddenly dragged into the golden gate and didn’t have time to prepare. Because of this, I wasted ninety-three years due to a lack of cultivation resources. This time, I must get more to compensate for the wasted time."
As they descended to Treasure Island, many people swore to get more cultivation resources.
At the same time, Yu Nianzhen and the rest finally landed on the ground.
"This place has too many people and I don’t want to stay but we must ascertain our location before we leave." Yang Xu said.
Hearing that, everyone took out their maps.
Soon after, Bing Lan pointed at a position on the West side of the map.
"We seem to be here." She said.
"I agree, this seems to be the West Plateau." Xuan Ke said.
"Does anyone have a real map fragment of this area?" Jiang Yue asked.
However, no one had the real map fragment so they could only rely on the copy to navigate.
"If we go South, we will enter the crystal worms desert." Yu Nianzhen said.
Crystal worms were a kind of demonic beast that was already extinct in the Cangxing world.
From ancient records, eating crystal worms was good for enhancing soul power and tempering the soul.
However, crystal worms liked eating cultivators so hunting them was extremely dangerous.
"I also think we should go to the crystal worms desert." Jiang Yue said and looked at Li Futian.
When crossing the thunder tribulation for the nascent soul realm, Li Futian’s soul destabilised a lot.
Knowing this, Jiang Yue hoped he would eat a few more crystal worms to stabilise the situation.
However, Jiang Yue was not all selfless.
Although Li Futian would benefit the most, the rest of them would not suffer.
After all, a strong soul was important for everyone’s cultivation.
"If everyone agrees, let’s go to the Crystal Worms desert." Chen Qing said.
As an alchemist, a strong soul was necessary.
Since there was a chance to cultivate her soul, she would naturally not object.
"I don’t have a problem." Xuan Ke said.
"Let’s go." Yang Xu agreed and Bing Lan nodded.
"What do we know about crystal worms?" Jiang Yue asked as the group flew.
"Their bodies look like transparent crystals and they have red eyes." Bing Lan said and then frowned.
Although she knew their appearance, she didn’t know their weaknesses and strengths.
"A level five crystal worm can grow as long as ten metres and their body is harder than a peak grade spirit rank shield." Yang Xu contributed.
"Peak grade spirit rank shield." Xuan Ke muttered and frowned.
"The hardness is not easy to deal with." Chen Qing also frowned.
"If it is true, it will be difficult for a spirit rank weapon to injure the crystal worms. We need profound rank weapons to injure them." Xuan Ke said.
"Azhen and I have profound rank weapons. However, my pipa targets the soul and I am afraid it will be useless against crystal worms." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
