Chapter 493: Current Situation
"XiaoYue, has your dao comprehension increased?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Can you tell?"
"Your aura is more mysterious and illusory."
"You are right. I understood a little more when I was in retreat." Jiang Yue said with a happy smile on his face.
"What about you?"
"Same." Yu Nianzhen nodded.
He gained a lot from his many years of fighting and his swordsmanship had reached a new level.
If his sword dao was a seed two hundred years ago, it was now a small seedling.
Although the seedling was barely a centimetre tall, it was a huge improvement.
"Azhen, I missed you." Jiang Yue suddenly said and nibbled on his husband’s chin.
Feeling the hot mouth on his chin, Yu Nianzhen quickly reacted.
He lowered his head and desperately captured the naughty mouth.
Soon after, the two fell on the bed and didn’t come up for air until four days later.
"Have you thought about where you want to go?" Yu Nianzhen asked as the two lay in bed.
"Mmmm." Jiang Yue nodded and then spoke.
"My formation mastery has improved a lot. Before we leave, I want to modify the formations in the library, treasure house, and other places on the mountain."
"That’s a good idea." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
After all, the library and treasure house were the foundation of their Cangxing world.
Although foreign cultivators couldn’t enter the mountain, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue still had to guard against traitors.
"While you are modifying the formations, I will take the opportunity to understand the current situation of the Cangxing mountain and the Reincarnation world."
"Okay." Jiang Yue nodded.
Back then, they escaped to the Cangxing mountain and soon went into seclusion.
As a result, the two were ignorant of everything that happened in the past two hundred years.
"Remember to let someone record your contribution points." Yu Nianzhen reminded his lover.
Although Jiang Yue was the deputy mountain master, his efforts were not worthless.
When appropriate, arranging and modifying formations was worth a lot of contribution points.
"Okay." Jiang Yue said and then continued.
"After handling our responsibilities, let’s go to the boundless mountain range." He suggested.
"I also have this idea."
After their retreat, their cultivation had improved but their realm was not stable.
Before they faced the first tribulation, it was necessary to stabilise their realm.
In this way, they could directly and effortlessly be promoted to the second level after the tribulation.
"After advancing to the second level, we can go to the Burial Province or return to the Cangxing mountain depending on the situation." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Alright." Jiang Yue agreed.
After that, the two rolled for another five days before they reluctantly left their cave.
"Mountain master, deputy mountain master." A voice called as soon as the two appeared at the foot of the mountain.
"Fellow Daoist Wei." Yu Nianzhen greeted when he saw the person.
"Fellow Daoist Wei is also at the peak of the first level." Jiang Yue observed and Wei Ge nodded.
"Fortunately, our efforts were not in vain." The man said and looked at the two appreciatively.
"Has fellow Daoist Wei been out of seclusion for a long time?" Jiang Yue questioned.
"I have been out for three years."
"How is the mountain?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
As the mountain master, he naturally knew that nothing exaggerated had happened on the mountain.
If it had, he would have felt it and had no choice but to leave seclusion.
"Mountain master, the situation is as we expected." Wei Ge said and pointed to the outside of the mountain.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue shifted their gaze and looked past the mountain barrier.
"There are thousands of people outside our Cangxing mountain." Jiang Yue exclaimed.
"Fortunately, the mountain master and the deputy mountain master had the foresight to arrange a teleportation formation." Wei Ge sighed.
"How many of our people have left the mountain?" Yu Nianzhen questioned.
When they arrived in the Reincarnation World, there were a little more than three hundred Cangxing world nascent soul realm cultivators.
Before the challenge event, about fifty fell due to various reasons.
During the challenge event, another nine died.
By the time Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue went into seclusion, only two hundred and fifty Cangxing cultivators were still alive.
"In the past two hundred years, forty-three people left the mountain. Four have since fallen but the others are still alive." Wei Ge informed.
"How many have returned?" Jiang Yue asked.
"None have returned." Wei Ge said and sighed.
"Does fellow Daoist Wei plan to leave the mountain?" Jiang Yue asked.
Hearing the question, Wei Ge nodded.
In fact, he could have left anytime in the past three years.
However, he felt that leaving alone was not ideal.
At the moment, the situation of their Cangxing cultivators was quite dangerous.
Although he was confident in his strength and could thrive in adversity, some Cangxing cultivators were not as powerful.
Knowing that, Wei Ge planned to form a team before leaving the Cangxing Mountain.
In this way, several people could take care of each other which would increase their survival rate.
"Does fellow Daoist Wei plan to form a team?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
In the beginning, Yu Nianzhen thought of issuing a rule against leaving the mountain alone.
However, when he thought about it, he felt this method was not feasible.
After all, cultivation was a solitary path.
If a cultivator wanted to go out to experience, there was no guarantee that others would have the same thoughts at about the same time.
Since the population of the Cangxing Mountain was small, asking others to form teams before leaving the mountain would likely cause a lot of inconvenience.
Most importantly, training together was not necessarily a good thing.
If a team found a treasure and couldn’t decide on ownership, a bloody conflict was likely to occur which would further affect the population of the mountain.
In the end, Yu Nianzhen suggested that people should go out in teams but didn’t make it a rule.
"A lot of people should be coming out of seclusion soon. I intend to form a small team before leaving the mountain." Wei Ge Confirmed.
"Azhen and I plan to train in the Boundless Mountain range. If our destinations align, let’s go together." Jiang Yue invited.
"I also plan to train in the mountain range." Wei Ge said.
"XiaoYue plans to modify some of the formations and I want to understand the current situation of the mountain. It will take several months at the very least and one year at most. Is the time okay?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"The time is okay." Wei Ge nodded.
After that, the three went to the information hall.
Originally, Wei Ge managed the information hall in addition to the defence hall.
However, when a more appropriate manager appeared, Wei Ge relinquished the information hall.
The manager of the information hall was called Liu Sen.
He was a beast cultivator and had cultivated millions of ant subordinates.
After he took over the information hall, he sent half his ant subordinates to various places to act as spies.
"Mountain master, deputy mountain master, fellow Daoist Wei." Liu Sen greeted as soon as he saw three.
"Fellow Daoist Liu." Jiang Yue greeted and the other two nodded in greeting.
"Please come to my room." Liu Sen said and invited them to a small side room.
"What information do you have about the forty-three people who left the mountain?" Yu Nianzhen asked without a preamble.
"Among the dead four, two were killed by treasure hunting cultivators, one was killed by a monster, and the other died in the Burial Province." Liu Sen informed.
"Were the identity of the two discovered?" Jiang Yue asked with a frown on his face.
"They were not discovered." Liu Sen said and sighed.
"It was bad luck that they encountered treasure-hunting cultivators in the Boundless Mountain range."
"What about the remaining thirty-nine?"
"Twenty are still in the boundless mountain range, seven have entered the Burial Province, and the remaining are in different places in the Reincarnation World."
"Have any of them tried to return?"
"Five have tried but eventually turned back when they saw the crowd at our doorstep." Liu Sen said with some helplessness on his face.
"Can your ants contact each other?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
From what he knew, Liu Sen gave an ant to every person who left the mountain.
Because of this, Liu Sen could see the situation of the different cultivators.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t know if the ants could communicate.
"They can only communicate if they are within ten metres of each other. Otherwise, the only contact they have is with me."
"Is that the case?" Jiang Yue asked, feeling a little disappointed.
If the ants could contact each other over long distances, it would be a lot easier to gather the wandering Cangxing world cultivators.
Unfortunately, the reality wasn’t so ideal.
However, the current situation was much better than expected.
When he thought about it, Jiang Yue couldn’t complain.
