Chapter 530: Bottom of the Pool
At first, Jiang Yue could bear the pain of cleansing.
However, after staying in the pool for one month, he couldn’t stand it.
He felt like every centimetre of his body was on fire and the pain was excruciating.
Without a choice, he came out of the pool and sat at the shore.
’It is more painful than I expected.’ He thought while looking at Yu Nianzhen.
Although the swordsman was still in the pool, Jiang Yue knew he wasn’t at ease.
His face was pale, his brows were furrowed, and his lips curled downwards.
’He must be in a lot of pain.’ Jiang Yue frowned but forcibly suppressed the desire to drag his lover out of the pool.
Instead, he sat cross-legged and began to meditate, hoping to ease the lingering pain in his body.
Three days later, Yu Nianzhen also came out of the pool.
"Azhen, how are you?" Jiang Yue asked with a concerned look in his eyes.
"I am okay." Yu Nianzhen said and tried to smile.
However, his entire body hurt and his smile was barely a twitch of his lips.
"Have a rest first." Jiang Yue suggested and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
Without another word, Yu Nianzhen began to meditate and didn’t open his eyes until five days later.
"Are you feeling better?"
"How about you?"
"I am fine." Jiang Yue said and looked at the pool.
"I am also okay." Yu Nianzhen said with a solemn look in his eyes.
"XiaoYue, this pool has a good, body refining effect. I didn’t know the fire cleansing pool had such an effect."
"It shouldn’t have." Jiang Yue said.
He also noticed the body refining effect.
However, when he questioned his fire spirit, the old spirit knew nothing about such an effect.
"It’s only supposed to cleanse the body and qi and shouldn’t have a refining effect." Jiang Yue said.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen looked at the pool before he spoke.
"The colour of the pool water is different from usual. Maybe some extra herbs have been added." He said.
"It’s possible." Jiang Yue nodded.
"If we refine all the medicinal properties in the pool, our body cultivation will achieve perfection." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue sighed.
"It will take many years to refine all the medicinal properties."
"We have a lot of time." Yu Nianzhen said and smiled at his lover.
"You are right, we do have a lot of time."
After resting for another week, the two returned to the pool.
This time, they stayed inside for two months before they had to get out.
Time passed in this way and before they knew it, it was ninety years later.
After ninety years, the two refined all the medicinal properties in the pool.
At the same time, the pool water lost its colour and became like ordinary water.
Looking at the clear water, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but sigh in wonder.
"Unfortunately, the methodology of creating such a pool has been lost. If there was a way, I would have liked to arrange several pools in the Cangxing mountain and Cangxing world." He said.
"Yes, it’s unfortunate." Yu Nianzhen also sighed.
After ninety years, his and Jiang Yue’s body cultivation had reached perfection.
Most importantly, their bodies and qi were purified to an extreme level.
During the cleansing process, all pill residues and other impurities were removed from their bodies.
As a result, their qi shrunk and their cultivation fell from the peak of the ninth level to the early stage of the ninth level.
Fortunately, the two had an adequate supply of top-grade reincarnation stones.
When they came out of the pool to rest, they took the opportunity to refine the top-grade reincarnation stones to replenish their realm.
In the end, their cultivation recovered to the peak of the ninth level but the quality of their qi was several times better.
"XiaoYue, I want to search the bottom of the pool." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
"Why?" Jiang Yue asked and inquisitively looked at his husband.
Hearing the question, Yu Nianzhen frowned and struggled to organise the thoughts in his head.
"Since we first entered the pool, I always feel there is something that attracts me at the bottom of the pool."
"Why didn’t you say something earlier?" Jiang Yue couldn’t help but frown.
"I felt the attraction but the feeling wasn’t strong until we refined all the medicinal properties."
"In that case, I will accompany you to investigate the bottom of the pool." Jiang Yue stated.
"Good." Yu Nianzhen said and rubbed his lover’s hair with a doting smile in his eyes.
"We have been in the pool for almost a century and nothing dangerous has happened. The bottom of the pool should be safe."
"It should." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
After that, the two made a few preparations and soon jumped into the pool.
Immediately after, they looked at each other and began swimming to the bottom of the pool.
[I should have sucked all the pool water into our universal gourd." Jiang Yue belatedly remembered.
[I also forgot about it but it doesn’t matter. We can still use it when we reach the bottom.]
[Okay.] Jiang Yue agreed and continued to swim.
A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the bottom of the pool.
[I didn’t expect it to be so deep.] Jiang Yue said with a frown on his face.
When they first investigated the pool, they didn’t venture into the depths.
Instead, they used rabbits and equipment to test the danger level.
Because of this, the two didn’t know the pool was unexpectedly deep.
[There is something here.] Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
For some reason, he felt uncharacteristically eager.
His heart was beating faster than usual and a sense of longing filled his heart and mind.
"This..." He muttered and frowned.
[What’s wrong?]
[I remember this feeling from the Nine Treasures Secret realm.]
[What do you mean?]
[I had a similar longing when we were in the space area of the Nine Treasures secret realm.]
Hearing that, Jiang Yue looked at his lover.
[Back then, your mysterious contract beast was greedy for space-related treasures. Is it the same this time?]
[Maybe.] Yu Nianzhen said and swam to a specific position at the bottom of the pool.
[XiaoYue, do you see something?]
At first, Jiang Yue couldn’t see anything and looked at the place blankly.
However, he soon activated his illusion eyes and saw a formation.
[There is an isolation formation.] He said in an excited voice.
[Can you break it?]
[Easily.] Jiang Yue said and nodded.
Originally, Jiang Yue would find the formation troublesome.
However, the formation was damaged and its remaining power was not difficult for him to deal with.
[It will only take a few moments.]
[Okay, go ahead.]
As Jiang Yue supposed, he took less than an incense stick to break the formation.
After the formation broke, an independent space was revealed and the two looked at each other in surprise.
[The pool water is not flowing into the space.] Yu Nianzhen observed.
[Although we broke the isolation formation, the independent space has not been affected. We won’t know the reason until we understand what is going on.] Jiang Yue said and then turned to Yu Nianzhen.
[Azhen, do you still feel the attraction?] He asked and Yu Nianzhen nodded before he spoke.
[It’s coming from that mountain.] The swordsman said while pointing at a faraway mountain.
[Is the treasure compass reacting?]
[How did you know?] Jiang Yue asked.
[Originally, I wasn’t anxious to investigate the bottom of the lake because the treasure compass didn’t react. I figured that whatever I would find would be less valuable than the fire cleansing pool.]
[However, now that we have discovered the independent space, I figured the reason the compass didn’t react was because we and what I was seeking were in different spaces.]
[Makes sense.] Jiang Yue agreed and smiled.
[Let’s go to that mountain.] He continued and Yu Nianzhen readily agreed.
At first glance, the mountain looked to be far away but not too far.
However, when the two began walking, they realised the mountain was very far away.
After walking for ten days, they were still a distance from the mountain and the two couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated.
"If I didn’t know better, I would think we are pursuing an illusion." Jiang Yue complained.
"Are you tired? If you are, I will carry you." Yu Nianzhen offered and Jiang Yue immediately cheered up.
As a peak-level reincarnation realm cultivator, a little walking was not enough to tire Jiang Yue.
However, he was not above taking advantage of the situation to cling to his lover.
"I am very tired. I am so tired that I can’t take another step." Jiang Yue said, his voice filled with grievances.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen chuckled but still lowered his body so that Jiang Yue could climb on his back.
After laying on his husband’s back, Jiang Yue sighed in comfort and his lips subconsciously turned upwards.
’As expected, Azhen’s back is so comfortable.’ He thought.
