Chapter 450: Back to the Mountain
Fifty years later, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue returned to the Cangxing mountain.
After more than eighty years of sending back resources, the stores at the foot mountain were no longer empty.
Some had weapons, others had herbs and elixirs, yet others had talismans and formation disks...
Compared to eighty years ago, the Cangxing Mountain was thriving and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but feel a little proud.
"You have done a good job." He said and looked at Yu Nianzhen in admiration.
"No, we have done a good job." Yu Nianzhen corrected.
Over the years, Jiang Yue didn’t sacrifice any less.
Other than the resources they needed for themselves, everything else was sent back to the Cangxing Mountain.
Although they received contribution points for this, the gain was a lot less than the actual value of what they sent back.
Most importantly, the contribution points were currently useless since there was nothing in the Cangxing stores that was worth exchanging for.
"You are right, we have both worked hard." Jiang Yue said with some pride on his face.
"Unfortunately, our mountain still lacks reincarnation stones." He continued.
"Mmmmm." Yu Nianzhen nodded.
Although more people had advanced to the reincarnation realm, mining had yet to start.
As a result, the only people who had reincarnation stones were those who had ventured outside to try their luck.
"We won’t lack them when the challenge starts." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but feel a little excited.
"I wonder how many worlds have registered." He asked.
"Let’s check."
With that, the two walked to the Cangxing stone monument.
A moment later, Yu Nianzhen injected his soul power into the stone and quickly investigated the situation.
"How?" Jiang Yue asked.
"More than seven thousand worlds have confirmed." Yu Nianzhen said.
"This is good." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"There is still a little less than twenty years before the event. Maybe more worlds will register."
"I hope so." Jiang Yue said and began to study the golden writing on the stone monument.
"The Three-Coloured Desert Mountain has confirmed but the Raging Flame Mountain has not."
"The Raging Flame Mountain belongs to a top-grade world after all. If they are going to register, they will do it at the last moment."
"Azhen, are you worried?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
Although accepting challenges sounded like an ordinary thing, it in fact wasn’t.
From Jiang Yue’s calculations, if each world sent one person and Yu Nianzhen fought one person per day, it would take twenty-five years to deal with all the challengers.
However, Yu Nianzhen allowed each world to send as many people as they wanted.
From the perspective that Yu Nianzhen could defeat more than one cultivator per day, he would likely have to accept challenges for at least one hundred years.
"XiaoYue, most of the reason for the challenge event is for the Cangxing world. However, I have my own selfishness." Yu Nianzhen said.
"I know." Jiang Yue nodded.
After all, there was a charge for each challenge and a proportion of the reincarnation stones would fall into their hands.
"I am not talking about the reincarnation stones." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue raised his eyebrow in question.
"As a swordsman, the only way to sharpen my edge and killing intent is by fighting different opponents. For me, one hundred years of continuous fighting is a heaven-sent opportunity."
"I almost forgot that." Jiang Yue chuckled and continued.
"I must also find a way to work hard. I don’t want to be left behind."
"One hundred years is a long time and it’s too wasteful to only set up one arena. I am thinking that we should build some smaller arenas for cultivators to challenge each other."
"That’s a good idea." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"It will also give our Cangxing cultivators a chance to earn reincarnation stones."
"Azhen, let’s go take a look at the progress of the arena."
"Meng Zihua is in the mountain. Let’s find her and go together." Yu Nianzhen said.
"How do you know she is in the mountain?"
"I am the mountain master." Yu Nianzhen said and pointed at the stone monument.
With the authority of the mountain master, he could use the stone monument to learn if someone was in or out of the Cangxing mountain.
When he previously injected his soul power into the stone monument, he naturally learned who was in and out of the mountain.
"I didn’t know the stone could do that." Jiang Yue said.
"Your authority is limited when we are both in the Cangxing mountain. When I am away, your authority will increase."
"Is that so?" Jiang Yue asked but didn’t really care.
"Shall we find Meng Zihua?" Yu Nianzhen asked but soon frowned.
"What’s wrong?"
"We need communication talismans." Yu Nianzhen said.
In the Reincarnation World, the communication talismans used in the Cangxing world were completely useless.
Knowing this, the two always hoped to find a relevant inheritance.
Unfortunately, luck was not on their side and they never found another inheritance since the previous weapon refining inheritance.
However, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had defeated tens of opponents during their eighty years of training.
From the belongings of these opponents, the two found many talismans which were specifically sent back to the mountain for research.
"I don’t know if any sixth-level talismans have been researched." Jiang Yue couldn’t help but sigh.
"It doesn’t need to be sixth level. No matter the level, useable communication talismans are important." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but agree.
Although lower-level talismans couldn’t transmit messages over long distances, they could still play a role.
"For now, I will communicate through her cave house." Yu Nianzhen said.
As the Cangxing mountain master, Yu Nianzhen could send a message to any cave house on the mountain.
However, Yu Nianzhen didn’t like this method.
Every time he sent such a message, he always felt like he was forcibly intruding into other people’s space.
Unfortunately, this was the only communication method that was currently available to him.
"Let’s wait for her in the library." Jiang Yue said and led the way.
"Good." Yu Nianzhen said and followed.
After waiting for less than a cup of tea, Meng Zihua finally walked into the library.
"I have seen the mountain master and the deputy mountain master." She greeted and respectfully bowed.
"Fellow Daoist Meng, please have a seat." Yu Nianzhen said and pointed to the seat across from him and Jiang Yue.
"Fellow Daoist Meng’s cultivation has stabilised a lot, her talent is quite good." Jiang Yue praised.
"The deputy mountain master has overpraised me. My talent is not comparable to the two fellow Daoists." Meng Zihua said.
As the young leader of the BlueStar Treasures Pavillion, Meng Zihua was not used to listening to other people’s orders.
However, she was convinced by Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue.
Not only did they have peerless talent, but their other abilities were also unrivalled.
In just eighty years, they developed the Cangxing Mountain from a barren place to a place that could somewhat support their Cangxing people.
Most importantly, they did this without sacrificing their cultivation.
Meng Zihua didn’t know what method they used but in less than one hundred years, the two had completely stabilised their cultivation at the first level of the reincarnation realm.
If she wanted to reach the same state, she couldn’t do it without another one hundred to two hundred years.
’These two are the pillars, and guiding lights of our Cangxing world.’ She thought with some awe in her heart.
"Fellow Daoist Meng, what’s the current situation of the Cangxing mountain?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
Since he and Jiang Yue were away from the mountain, Yu Nianzhen asked a few people to take charge of some things in and out of the mountain.
Among the people, Meng Zihua was in charge of resources and trade.
"Everything is going smoothly." Meng Zihua said with a solemn look on her face.
After that, she began to explain the state of resources in the Cangxing Mountain.
"Nineteen years ago, fellow Daoist Wei submitted a palm art and three years ago, senior Yang contributed a whip art. Both arts have already been added to the library." Meng Zihua said and pointed to a shelf.
"What about the library? Have people taken advantage?" Jiang Yue asked.
Hearing this, Meng Zihua nodded and Jiang Yue was relieved.
As long as the Cangxing people had the intention to make progress, his, Yu Nianzhen’s and the others’ efforts would not be wasted.
"What about the mines?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Several people have signed a mining agreement in exchange for various resources. Unfortunately, it’s too difficult for first-level reincarnation realm cultivators to mine mid-grade reincarnation stones. Seeing that it’s not cost-effective to insist on the mining, I decided to defer the agreements." Meng Zihua said and looked at Yu Nianzhen with some worry in her eyes.
After all, she unilaterally made the decision without consulting the mountain master.
"Your decision is correct." Yu Nianzhen assured.
When he appointed Meng Zihua, Yu Nianzhen gave her some leeway.
At this time, he would naturally not fuss about the matter especially since her decision was exactly what he would do in the same situation.
