Chapter 491: Opening the Treasure House
After finalising a few more things, the meeting ended and everyone separated.
Since Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue didn’t have any urgent matters, they directly retreated to the mountain master’s cave.
"I have missed you." Yu Nianzhen said as soon as the protective formation closed around the cave.
At the same time, he pulled his lover into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"I have missed you too." Jiang Yue said and hugged back.
For the first time in one hundred years, the two felt relieved.
Although they were rarely out of each other’s sight, they were always out of each other’s reach.
Now that they could touch and feel the other’s temperature, they naturally felt relieved.
"I am glad you are okay." Jiang Yue said and nuzzled into his lover’s arms.
"I am sorry for worrying you." Yu Nianzhen apologised.
"I know." Jiang Yue said but still felt a little aggrieved.
Over one hundred years, Yu Nianzhen came close to death many times.
During those times, Jiang Yue barely restrained himself from rushing out of his martial stage and onto Yu Nianzhen’s.
"I know." He repeated but crystal-like tears formed at the corners of his eyes.
"I am fine and you are fine. We both survived." Yu Nianzhen soothed.
"I know." Jiang Yue said in a choked voice.
However, a moment later, hot tears streamed down his cheeks and choked sobs escaped from his mouth.
"Azhen..." He called.
Hearing the call, Yu Nianzhen lowered his head and kissed the person.
Although he didn’t cry, Yu Nianzhen was also overwhelmed.
He felt desperate for the many times he couldn’t do anything but watch his lover get hurt.
At this time, he wanted to touch every inch of Jiang Yue.
Only in this way could he reassure himself that the other was fine and finally within his reach.
"XiaoYue..." Yu Nianzhen groaned and lifted his lover, allowing Jiang Yue to instinctively wrap his legs around the swordsman’s waist.
Soon after, their lips met and their tongues tangled.
After one hundred years, their first touch was like dry wood to flint.
They desperately ignited and their clothes quickly fell to the ground.
"Bed." Yu Nianzhen muttered and Jiang Yue immediately understood.
A moment later, a wooden bed flew out of the ancient palace and settled in a corner of the cave.
Soon after, two naked bodies fell onto the bed with their limbs so entangled that it was difficult to see where one ended and the other began.
As the two reassured each other, the sun set, rose, set again, rose again, and set again.
When the two finally took a break, it was three days later.
However, they didn’t get out of bed.
Instead, they lay in each other’s arms and relished the joy and peace of being together.
"How good would it be if we could be like this forever." Jiang Yue muttered.
Hearing that, Yu Nianzhen smiled and kissed his lover’s forehead.
"A day will come when we can be like this every day." Yu Nianzhen reassured and pulled his lover closer.
"Azhen, when we advance to the immortal realm, let’s find a way to visit Earth." Jiang Yue suddenly said.
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen immediately agreed.
However, he was worried about the logistics of the matter.
From their current cultivation level, he and Jiang Yue would need more than nine thousand years to break through to the immortal realm.
If there was a one-on-one time translation between Earth and the cultivation world, the Earth they would find would be meaningless to them.
After all, their relatives were mortals with a lifespan of about one hundred years.
’If we want to go to Earth, we probably have to comprehend the laws of space and time. Only in this way can we meet our relatives again.’ Yu Nianzhen thought.
For the next few days, the two stayed in bed and made up for the one hundred years of separation.
When they were not entangled with each other, they talked about all kinds of random things.
Unfortunately, there was no such thing as a never-ending banquet.
On the thirteenth day, Meng Zihua messaged and broke their world of two.
"All arrears have been settled and the treasure house has collected thousands of treasures." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
"Let’s go." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Mmmh." Jiang Yue reluctantly agreed.
After procrastinating for half a day, the two finally left the cave and went to the Cangxing mountain treasure house.
"Mountain master, deputy mountain master." Meng Zihua greeted with a smile but her heart was full of complaints.
It had been two weeks since they returned to the Cangxing mountain.
However, she was busy working and didn’t have time to spend with the Taoist companion she finally found.
"Fellow Daoist Meng looks unhappy. Are you missing fellow Daoist Bei?" Jiang Yue teased.
’If you know, why didn’t you help me with the work? If you helped, it would have taken less than a week.’ She complained.
However, she didn’t dare to say anything.
Instead, she sighed and ignored Jiang Yue’s teasing.
"This is the list of treasures." She said and handed over a jade tablet.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen took the jade tablet and began to study the content.
As previously mentioned, the list had thousands of treasures.
At a glance, about three-quarters of the treasures were ordinary while the remaining quarter were more precious.
"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Nianzhen said and looked at Meng Zihua.
"It’s what I should do." Meng Zihua said against her will.
Hearing the bitterness in her voice, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue looked at each other and forced themselves not to laugh.
’As expected, it’s better to be a boss than a subordinate.’ Jiang Yue thought and couldn’t help but feel a little proud.
"Those who participated in the challenge event will have priority in choosing treasures. "Yu Nianzhen said and then continued.
"For seven days, only those who participated in the challenge event will be allowed into the treasure house. Only after seven days will the treasures be available to other Cangxing cultivators."
"I understand." Meng Zihua said and nodded.
"XiaoYue, do you see anything you like?" Yu Nianzhen pointed at the jade slip and asked.
"There are a few things."
"Do you have enough contribution points?"
"My contribution points are more than enough but there is one thing that can’t be exchanged."
"Which one?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Seven-colour crystal." Jiang Yue said and frowned.
The seven-colour crystal was the demonic beast core of the seven-colour butterfly.
Like the blue monarch butterfly, the seven-colour butterfly was a descendant of the blue illusion butterfly.
However, the bloodline of the seven-colour butterfly was better than that of the blue monarch butterfly.
If XiaoLan refined the seven-colour crystal, her bloodline would improve and so would her abilities.
"What does the owner want?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Soul raising wood." Jiang Yue said with a frown on his face.
The soul-raising wood was extremely precious.
Under normal circumstances, a beast would never be worth as much as a small piece of soul-raising wood.
However, the seven-colour crystal was especially suited for XiaoLan.
If he had soul-raising wood, Jiang Yue would not hesitate to use it to exchange for the seven-colour crystal.
[XiaoYue, we have a lot of soul-raising wood.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted.
"We do?" Jiang Yue asked in surprise.
Seeing that Jiang Yue had spoken out loud, Yu Nianzhen sighed and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"We got some soul-raising wood in the Nine Treasures secret realm." He reminded.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue stared in confusion.
However, he soon remembered that when he was in seclusion, Yu Nianzhen found the soul-raising tree.
At that time, Yu Nianzhen harvested a lot of leaves and branches.
Unfortunately, the tree couldn’t grow in the jade box so the branches were stored away and eventually forgotten.
If Yu Nianzhen didn’t mention it, Jiang Yue would have forgotten they had such a treasure.
"That’s good." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"Should I facilitate the transaction for the deputy mountain master?" Meng Zihua inquired.
"Please." Jiang Yue nodded.
When she heard that, Meng Zihua messaged the owner of the seven-colour crystal and the person rushed to the treasure house.
Since both parties had the goods ready, the exchange was quickly settled and everyone was satisfied.
"Azhen, what about you? Is there anything you want?" Jiang Yue asked.
"There is something but I have to see it before I decide." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Mountain master, please feel free to look around the treasure house." Meng Zihua said
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen said.
At the same time, dozens of people rushed into the treasure house.
These people were the cultivators who participated in the challenge event.
With the mentality of grabbing treasures before others did, they rushed to the treasure house as soon as it was opened.
"Azhen, let’s hurry up and find what you need. We don’t want other swordsmen to grab it before you." Jiang Yue said when he saw Di Shan and several other swordsmen enter the treasure house.
