Chapter 534: Five Thousand Years Later
"What went wrong?" Jiang Yue questioned and Yang Xu sighed.
"Instead of turning back time, the technique created an alternate reality." Yang Xu said and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
"Azhen?" Jiang Yue called.
"Sixteen big forces rule our Cangxing world. Logically, if we are living in the same reality as master’s previous life, the four families would still be ruling the Cangxing world."
"Nianzhen is right. Although Bing Lan awakened the ice marrow physique in this reality, the four families do not exist." Yang Xu confirmed.
Hearing that, Jiang Yue was shocked.
"What a mess." He finally said and the other two agreed.
The point of the forbidden technique was to secure the marriage and consequently, an alliance between the Yang and Shui families.
However, the technique failed and Shui Lan didn’t even remember her previous life or the purpose of marrying Yang Xu.
Thinking of this, another question came to mind and Jiang Yue looked at Yang Xu.
"Master, why did she forcibly break the Taoist contract? After all, you didn’t remember your previous life. If she didn’t say anything, you wouldn’t have suspected anything."
Hearing that, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Yang Xu’s lips.
If nothing happened, he would really have never realised that something was wrong.
Fortunately, a person’s predestined fate was not something that could be easily changed.
Although Shui Lan hid from the way of heaven for many years, she couldn’t hide during her reincarnation tribulation.
As soon as the abnormality was discovered, the way of heaven immediately took action.
"Has master’s husband regained his ice-marrow physique?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Mmmm." Yang Xu nodded and Yu Nianzhen heaved a sigh of relief.
Although he did not want to interfere in his master’s affairs, Yu Nianzhen was worried.
After all, Yang Xu had an extreme yang physique.
If he did not cultivate with an extreme yin physique, he would be at risk of death every time he broke through or his physique exploded.
"Since everything has been settled, I hope master will live well from now on." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Don’t worry." Yang Xu assured with a warm smile on his face.
After talking for a while longer, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen left Yang Xu’s cave and went to their cave at the top of the mountain.
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Five thousand years later...
In the past five thousand years, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue alternated between staying in the Cangxing mountain, exploring the Burial Province, fighting monsters in the Boundary Mountain range, travelling around the Reincarnation world, and hunting the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front.
Unfortunately, they never found Jiang Xing.
"It’s too bad." Jiang Yue said with a complicated look on his face.
On one hand, he wanted to find Jiang Xing because she was the sister of his body’s original owner.
Simultaneously, he also didn’t want to find her.
After all, Jiang Xing was related to the Death Flower Ascension Front.
Regardless of their blood relationship, they were life-and-death enemies.
When they met, either Jiang Xing or he and Yu Nianzhen would die.
"Maybe the time is not right." Yu Nianzhen said while rubbing his husband’s hair with a solemn look in his eyes.
"Mmmm." Jiang Yue agreed, sighed, and quickly continued.
"It’s time for us to go." He said with a reluctant look in his eyes.
After staying in the Reincarnation World for more than seven thousand years, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had done everything they should do.
They ventured into dangerous places and found all the materials needed to prepare the nine-turn rebirth pill.
After taking the pill, Li Futian recovered and his soul was no longer in danger of collapsing at the slightest provocation.
In addition to healing Li Futian, they also raised the Tree of Life and Yang Xu’s body recovered a lot.
Although his origin had not fully recovered, Yang Xu would not have any trouble advancing to the immortal realm.
Aside from personal matters, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue also made arrangements for the Cangxing Mountain.
First, they led people to concur and take over several mines.
After that, they hired many workers to vigorously mine the original and new mines.
In this way, the Cangxing Mountain accumulated a lot of reincarnation stones and it wouldn’t matter if they lost the mines later.
Other than the reincarnation stones, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue also found a lot of cultivation resources for the Cangxing cultivators.
Most of the resources were found in the Burial Province, and the Boundary Mountain range but some were exchanged from other world mountains.
Overall, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue made sure the Cangxing world cultivators could survive after the two left the Reincarnation World.
"We have done enough." Jiang Yue said and looked at Yu Nianzhen.
"The rest is up to them." Yu Nianzhen agreed and held his lover’s hand.
After that, the two left their cave and flew to the foot of the Cangxing mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, all the Cangxing mountain cultivators were waiting.
"Mountain master, deputy mountain master." A loud chorus echoed and the two nodded in answer.
"After today, Jiang Yue and I will no longer be the Mountain master and deputy mountain master of the Cangxing mountain." Yu Nianzhen started and everyone looked reluctant.
However, everyone had their reason for their reluctance.
For a small few, it was because the change in leadership meant Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were leaving the Reincarnation World.
However, for the majority, their reluctance was for selfish reasons.
On one hand, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were the backers of the Cangxing Mountain.
After they left, the Cangxing cultivators would have no choice but to revert to the days of living cautiously.
Other than that, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were extremely lucky and generous.
Whenever they went out, they would return with a lot of resources.
Although the resources were not freely given, they could be easily bought with points from the resource hall.
From whichever perspective, it was a lot easier to obtain resources from the resource hall than to go to the Burial Province and other dangerous places to personally find the resources.
"Since the mountain will no longer have ninth-level reincarnation realm cultivators, everyone has to be cautious. Work harder to become stronger, and if you can, try to accumulate the foundation of our Cangxing world in the Reincarnation World."
"We will listen to the Mountain Master." Several people shouted.
Hearing that, Yu Nianzhen said nothing more.
Instead, he took Jiang Yue to bid farewell to their masters, brothers, and close friends.
After that, the two left the Cangxing mountain and headed towards the location of the transformation pools.
"We will be in different transformation pools." Jiang Yue said with a sullen look on his face.
In the past five thousand years, the two had rarely been apart.
Facing the certainty of being separated, Jiang Yue suddenly felt reluctant and couldn’t bear to part with his lover.
"I am also reluctant." Yu Nianzhen said and sighed.
Unfortunately, there was nothing they could do.
A transformation pool was only enough for one person.
After the power of a pool was exhausted, the person inside would be teleported to their home world.
In that case, if they shared a transformation pool, they would be teleported to the Cangxing world with only half of their reincarnation qi transformed.
"We can only bear it." The swordsman said and Jiang Yue sighed again.
"Azhen, we may not be teleported back at the same time. Where should we rendezvous in the Cangxing world?"
Hearing the question, Yu Nianzhen frowned.
In the past seven thousand years, many nascent soul realm cultivators came to the Reincarnation World from the Cangxing world.
Whenever a new batch arrived, the information would ask about the Cangxing world and Yu Nianzhen would read the relevant reports.
From the reports, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue knew the Cangxing world had changed a lot.
Most of the old sects were no longer there and most of the places they knew had new names.
Considering this, Yu Nianzhen was momentarily at a loss.
However, after thinking about it, he came up with an answer.
"Why don’t we meet at the old man’s gravesite?" He suggested.
"Do you think it’s still there?" Jiang Yue asked with a doubtful look on his face.
"It should be there." Yu Nianzhen answered.
After all, old man Cang was the incarnation of the will of the Cangxing world.
Although the old man was not buried there, that place was special for the three of them.
Instinctively, Yu Nianzhen felt the place would still be there.
Also, that was where they were when they were drawn away from the Cangxing world.
"It’s likely we will be teleported back to that place." Yu Nianzhen said.
"You may be right." Jiang Yue nodded and then continued.
"It doesn’t matter either way since we have the golden teleportation talisman."
"XiaoYue, after we advance to the immortal realm, we will have an endless lifespan, and we can be together forever." Yu Nianzhen said and looked at his lover with a doting look in his eyes.
