Chapter 494: Back to the Boundless Mountain Range
"What happened after we retreated from the arena?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked.
When he heard the question, Liu Sen frowned.
"After we retreated, the Reincarnation World fell into chaos. Treasure hunting cultivators were everywhere and many ordinary cultivators suffered. In the end, some of the high-grade and top-grade worlds came out to calm the chaos."
"What about the teleportation formation? Was it discovered?"
"It was discovered about one year after we retreated. Cultivators from different worlds are people guarding it."
Hearing that, Jiang Yue sighed.
After that, the four talked for half a day before the meeting came to an end.
When Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen were about to leave, Liu Sen gave them a jade slip containing all the information his ants had gathered in the past two hundred years.
"Fortunately, our masters and friends have not left the mountain." Jiang Yue whispered and Yu Nianzhen nodded in agreement.
"It would be great if they could come out of seclusion soon." He continued.
"There is a chance." Yu Nianzhen said.
In the following days, Jiang Yue focused on modifying the formations around the mountain.
Similarly, Yu Nianzhen held meetings with the managers of the resource hall, library, and treasure house among other places.
After understanding the situation of each aspect of the Cangxing mountain, he made necessary adjustments but mostly left things as they were.
One year later, a group of seven gathered at the foot of Cangxing Mountain.
These people were Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, Wei Ge, Chen Qing, Murong Feng, and two monks from the Thunder God Temple.
"Is everyone ready to leave?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I am ready." Jiang Yue said with a smile on his face.
"I am also ready." Wei Ge said.
"Everyone is ready." Murong Feng said and rolled his eyes.
Without another word, the seven stepped on the teleportation formation, inserted some reincarnation stones in the necessary grooves, and soon disappeared from the Cangxing mountain.
When he reappeared, Yu Nianzhen was alone.
’As expected, we were separated.’ He thought and sighed.
Compared to a two-way teleportation formation, a one-way formation was not as reliable.
For one, the landing spot was different for each teleportation which made it difficult for the latter groups to reunite with previous groups.
Most importantly, those who teleported together would not land in the same place.
Fortunately, the distance between them was not too big and those in a team could easily find each other.
’I will go to XiaoYue and we can find the rest together.’ Yu Nianzhen decided and prepared to activate the golden teleportation talisman.
However, before he could do anything, an angry roar came from behind him.
In reflex, Yu Nianzhen turned about with a sword in his hand.
A moment later, his eyes narrowed and his hand tightened around his sword hilt.
"Early stage sixth level green-eyed tiger." He muttered.
As early as when Yu Nianzhen first trained in the Boundless Mountain range, he could easily deal with early-stage sixth-level beasts.
However, the beast in front of him was on the verge of advancing to the mid-stage.
’It’s equivalent to a third-level or fourth-level reincarnation realm cultivator.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and his eyes turned solemn.
Although he defeated many higher-realm cultivators, it was all in a controlled environment.
When Yu Nianzhen suddenly faced a higher-realm demonic beast, he was simultaneously wary and excited.
In the end, his swordsman instincts kicked in and he rushed towards the angry tiger.
Seeing the weak insect rushing towards him, the green-eyed tiger snorted in disgust.
However, it didn’t ignore the opponent.
Instead, it moved its body and its tail whipped towards Yu Nianzhen.
’Fast.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and hurriedly dodged to the side.
At the same time, he swung his sword and blocked the fast tail.
When the tail and sword collided, a metallic clang echoed in the surroundings and Yu Nianzhen was flung backwards.
’Is its tail made of metal?’ Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but wonder.
Simultaneously, he flew towards the tiger’s left flank and directly attacked.
Unfortunately, the tiger was not a vegetarian.
Like before, it used its tail and easily blocked the attack.
However, Yu Nianzhen was not discouraged.
This time, he came to the Boundless Mountain range to consolidate his cultivation and train his combat effectiveness.
Although he was a little annoyed because he wanted to find Jiang Yue, Yu Nianzhen still recognised the opportunity in front of him.
’XiaoYue, I will kill it quickly and rush to find you.’ He thought and launched a barrage of violent attacks.
In this way, the swordsman and tiger fought for two days.
When the tiger finally died, Yu Nianzhen was covered in wounds but his eyes were bright.
"Unfortunately, this tiger looks tough and XiaoYue may not want to eat it." Yu Nianzhen muttered as he looked at the corpse in front of him.
However, a sixth-level demonic beast was full of treasures.
Even if Jiang Yue didn’t eat its meat, he could use its bones to engrave formations, the teeth and nails could be used in weapon refining, and the skin was a good material for talismans.
Thinking of this, Yu Nianzhen put away the corpse and sighed in relief.
"I will check the tiger’s cave first and then go to XiaoYue." He decided.
Originally, Yu Nianzhen thought Jiang Yue would find him.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t show up and the swordsman couldn’t help but worry.
Fortunately, they had a soul bond and he knew Jiang Yue was okay.
Knowing this, he chose to deal with the tiger first before going to his lover.
The tiger’s lair was a rough cave of about one hundred square metres.
At a glance, the cave was filled with bones, clothes, and other debris.
The only slightly clean place was the innermost corner where the tiger slept.
"I should hurry up and leave this place." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
Although he had been in the cultivation world for more than one thousand years, he still could not tolerate filth.
At this moment, he very much disliked the chaos and odour in the cave.
After deciding, Yu Nianzhen began to search the cave.
The first place he searched was the sleeping area, hoping to find a treasure.
However, he only found a pile of storage artefacts but didn’t find any treasures.
"I will take them back and look through them after meeting XiaoYue." He decided.
After finding the storage rings, Yu Nianzhen didn’t find any other things.
In the end, he burned all the bones and debris in the cave before leaving.
Soon after, he activated the golden teleportation talisman and disappeared from the surroundings.
When he reappeared, Yu Nianzhen was beside Jiang Yue.
Seeing the person, Jiang Yue smiled and quickly hugged his lover.
"You took your time." He complained.
"I encountered a demonic beast. What about you? Why didn’t you come to me?" Yu Nianzhen asked while looking at the surroundings.
Hearing the question, Jiang Yue sighed and stepped out of his lover’s arms.
"Azhen, we are in a formation." He said.
"Formation?" Yu Nianzhen was surprised when he heard that.
At first, he thought Jiang Yue also encountered a demonic beast and chose to fight it before finding him.
Unexpectedly, the person teleported into a formation and chose to study it while waiting for Yu Nianzhen to find him.
"What do you know about the formation?"
"There are several layers of hidden formations." Jiang Yue said and chuckled.
"What is it hiding?"
"Come with me." Jiang Yue said and excitedly pulled his lover towards a stone wall.
When they reached the front of the wall, Jiang Yue used a few formation patterns a gap appeared in the wall.
"Let’s go in." He urged and the two entered the gap.
On the outside, everything looked like an ordinary part of the Boundless mountain range.
However, inside the stone wall, the scenery was different.
"It’s a hidden herbs garden." Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but be surprised.
"I was worried I wouldn’t find it again if I left so I waited for you to find me." Jiang Yue explained.
"It’s okay." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"Azhen, I have roughly checked and this garden is amazing." Jiang Yue said in an excited voice.
"I can see."
The garden was not large and was only about one acre.
However, it had many rare herbs that the two could not identify.
Most importantly, the age of the herbs was not low.
At a glance, the youngest herbs were about ten thousand years old and the oldest were more than one hundred thousand years.
"This should be an alchemist’s personal garden." Jiang Yue said.
"It seems that no one has ever discovered this garden." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"It’s not surprising." Jiang Yue said and then explained.
"The hidden and other formations are above the seventh level. I think they are arranged using formation disks but I have yet to find the disks."
"Let’s find them slowly." Yu Nianzhen said.
