Chapter 440: Plans
After the breakthrough, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen retreated for one year to stabilise their realm.
During the year, Yang Xu, Murong Feng, Zhu Bing, Bing Mei, and a few others also advanced.
When they came out of retreat, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue didn’t immediately leave the Cangxing Mountain.
Instead, they went to take the stone monument test.
Like before, Jiang Yue used his Infinite Moment illusions art and got a score of five thousand and sixty-seven points.
In the same way, Yu Nianzhen used the previous sword intent and scored five thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine points.
"I wanted to ask before, what kind of sword intent are you using?" Jiang Yue asked.
"I comprehended it on the two hundredth and seventeenth floor of the sword tower. It’s the sword intent of the Space Annihilating sword art." Yu Nianzhen answered.
Compared to the Infinite Blizzard sword intent, the Space Annihilating sword intent was more powerful.
However, it was more difficult to comprehend than the Infinite Blizzard sword intent so Yu Nianzhen spent more than fifty years comprehending it.
Even then, his mastery wasn’t as good as his mastery of the Infinite Blizzard sword intent.
"Shall we head to the second mountain layer to see our new cave houses?" Jiang Yue asked with a little excitement in his voice.
"Good." Yu Nianzhen agreed and dotingly rubbed his husband’s hair.
Soon after, the two went to the second layer of the Cangxing mountain and quickly found their cave houses.
"They have the same layout as the previous caves but the reincarnation qi is denser. The material used to make the walls and furnishings is also better." Jiang Yue observed.
"XiaoYue, when you broke through, did you feel something?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked.
"I felt it." Jiang Yue immediately nodded.
Before they entered the sealed battlefield, Li Futian told them about the reincarnation realm and the reincarnation cycle.
When they broke through to the reincarnation realm, the two felt the existence of the cycle.
"We must face our first reincarnation tribulation within the next nine hundred and ninety-nine years." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Mmmmh." Jiang Yue agreed and then curiously looked at his husband.
"What’s wrong?"
"Azhen, what about your mysterious contract beast?"
"I thought it would appear when I advanced to the reincarnation realm but I only heard its voice. It seems I have to wait until I advance to the immortal realm."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be surprised.
"I am really looking forward to seeing it." He said.
"Me too but I have something else on my mind." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"Is it about resources?"
"As expected, you know me best." Yu Nianzhen said with a smile on his lips.
"Although the reincarnation qi in our cave houses is dense enough, our cultivation will be too slow if we only rely on it. Also, we have to find cultivation resources for our Cangxing people."
As the mountain master, Yu Nianzhen understood his responsibilities.
Since only reincarnation realm cultivators could leave the mountain area, they had to take charge of bringing back cultivation resources.
After all, most people exhausted their cultivation resources in the training grounds’ secret realm.
Without additional resources, the cultivation speed of the Cangxing people would be too slow which would drag their world’s ability to compete.
"I have already thought of a way." Yu Nianzhen said and explained.
From the jade tablet he found in his new cave, he knew the Cangxing world owned three mines in the Reincarnation World.
As long as those mines were excavated, their Cangxing mountain would have a steady supply of reincarnation stones.
However, mining reincarnation stones was easier said than done.
Considering this, Yu Nianzhen planned to exchange cultivation resources for mining agreements.
"It’s a good plan." Jiang Yue said and then smiled before continuing.
"As the mountain master, you are entitled to fifteen per cent of the reincarnation stones and I am entitled to five per cent."
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen chuckled.
"The mountain master has to do a lot of things. It’s only fair to receive a proportionate reward."
"How do you plan to deal with the reincarnation stones?"
"I want to implement a point system. Resources can be exchanged for points and points can be exchanged for reincarnation stones or other resources. Mining can also earn points."
"Makes sense." Jiang Yue agreed.
After all, it was impossible to raise others without asking for anything in return.
"I want to prepare everything before we leave the mountain."
"Good." Jiang Yue said and then turned more solemn.
"Azhen, our Cangxing mountain originally had more than one hundred mines. However, most of the mines were grabbed during our long absence. We still have three only because of the rules of the Reincarnation World but..."
"I know what you want to say." Yu Nianzhen said and sighed.
According to the rules of the Reincarnation world, a world mountain had three mines that couldn’t be grabbed in the absence of the world’s cultivators.
However, once the world mountain reopened, it could be challenged for the mines.
"Fortunately, we can’t be challenged in the next nine hundred and ninety-nine years." Jiang Yue said but Yu Nianzhen was not relieved.
"According to the rules, challengers can only be at the same level or lower than the challenged mountain master. After nine hundred and ninety-nine years, you and I will be in the second level of the reincarnation realm. At that time, challengers can bring as many first-level and second-level allies as they want. If our Cangxing people don’t advance as quickly as possible, we will be unable to deal with the challengers." Yu Nianzhen said and then continued.
"Our first priority is to help most of our people advance. At the same time, we will try to find some allies."
"Okay." Jiang Yue agreed.
"When do you want to leave the mountain?"
"It won’t be too late to leave after a while." Yu Nianzhen said and dragged Jiang Yue to the jade bed.
One month later, the two left Yu Nianzhen’s cave house.
Coincidentally, they found Yang Xu and Murong Feng standing in front of the stone monument.
"Congratulations master, fellow Daoist Murong." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Nianzhen." Yang Xu turned about and saw his disciple.
"Our points are still lagging behind yours." Murong Feng said and smiled at the two.
After breaking through to the reincarnation realm, he stabilised his realm and then took the stone monument test.
Unfortunately, his and Yang Xu’s points were only in the three thousand’s and couldn’t compete with the two young men.
Feeling a little awkward about the topic, Jiang Yue immediately changed course.
"Master, fellow Daoist Murong, what are your plans?" He asked.
"I plan to leave the mountain." Murong Feng answered but Yang Xu looked a little conflicted.
In fact, he also wanted to leave but his wife had yet to advance and was still in retreat.
"I am still thinking about it." Yang Xu said with a frown on his face.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue didn’t continue to ask.
Instead, he turned to Yu Nianzhen and the two exchanged a look.
"Master, fellow Daoist Murong, the Reincarnation World is not as peaceful as we thought." Yu Nianzhen said and explained the possibility of future challenges.
"There is something like that?" Murong Feng couldn’t help but frown.
"Wait a moment." Yu Nianzhen said and injected a strand of soul power into the stone monument.
Soon after, golden writing began to appear at the top right corner of the monument.
"Your plan is good but you need to hire some people to collect and disburse resources, record points, and prepare mining agreements." Yang Xu said after reading the golden writing.
"I know."
In the following month, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue arranged everything.
They signed work contracts with some low-level nascent soul realm cultivators and also built a few stalls at the foot of the mountain.
When everything was done, they exchanged all their remaining resources for points and Yu Nianzhen even took out most of the herbs in his jade box.
"We are officially poor." Jiang Yue couldn’t help but feel a little depressed.
"It can’t be helped." Yu Nianzhen said as he rubbed his husband’s hair.
"I know." Jiang Yue said but still frowned.
"We will get more things."
"I..." Jiang Yue started but was interrupted before he could finish.
"I have decided to leave the mountain." Yang Xu came up to them and said.
After thinking about it, he felt it was necessary to leave the mountain.
Although he wanted to wait for Bing Lan, finding resources was too important to delay.
In the end, his and his wife’s lives depended on their ability to protect themselves.
After figuring it out, Yang Xu decided to leave early and come back early.
"Master, do you want to come with us?" Yu Nianzhen asked but Yang Xu immediately shook his head.
"I..." He started, sighed, and then continued.
"I will go with Murong Feng."
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen looked at the two and his eyes narrowed.
However, he didn’t comment on the matter.
"In that case, please be careful when you are out." He said instead.
