Chapter 568: No Choice
"How is this possible?" Yu Nianzhen was also shocked.
After all, Earth was just a mortal world.
However, seeing the dark clouds, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but question everything he knew about his home world.
’Could we have been mistaken about Earth all along?’ He wondered.
At the same time, he squeezed his lover’s hand to draw his attention.
"What’s the matter?" Jiang Yue whispered.
"Do you feel targeted?" He asked in an urgent voice.
Although they were immortals, their cultivation was sealed and they were in a weak period.
If the tribulation was targeting either, they needed to prepare as soon as possible.
Otherwise, they would be helplessly struck to death.
Hearing the question, Jiang Yue frowned.
Every time he experienced a tribulation, he would always feel the danger which let him know the tribulation was coming for him.
However, this time was different.
Not only did he not feel threatened, but the atmosphere was not filled with the tense aura that usually accompanied a tribulation.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yue shook his head and urgently looked at his lover.
"What about you?" He asked and Yu Nianzhen also shook his head.
Seeing those, both people heaved a sigh of relief.
"It’s not us." Jiang Yue muttered and quickly looked at the surrounding people.
On second thought, he looked at his lover’s prospective disciples and narrowed his eyes.
"XiaoTang, XiaoQian, XiaoHua." He called and the three turned to look at their master’s husband.
"Master’s husband." They answered in unison.
"Do either of you suddenly feel threatened?" He asked.
Hearing the question, the three looked at each other in confusion.
Although they didn’t understand what their master’s husband was talking about, they still answered with serious expressions.
"I don’t feel threatened." Tang Xiao immediately said.
"Me too."
"I also don’t feel threatened."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue was relieved.
Although the three were martial artists, they were not strong enough to endure the weakest tribulation in the Cangxing world.
If they suddenly encountered an inexplicable tribulation, they would be struck into nothing.
"Fortunately." Jiang Yue muttered and smiled at his lover.
After that, he looked at the crowd and frowned.
"Does anyone suddenly feel threatened? As if something in the sky is targeting you?" He asked.
However, everyone shook their head in denial.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue looked at each other in confusion.
’What the hell is happening?’ They wondered.
Fortunately, they didn’t have to wonder for too long.
Just when the two were ready to mobilise everyone to move away from the area, the dark clouds suddenly parted.
A moment later, two streaks of black light fell from the sky and rushed towards Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue.
Seeing this, several people panicked and quickly escaped from the area.
However, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were not among the few.
Even with their cultivation sealed, they could feel the two black lights held no malice towards them.
After discovering this, the two didn’t panic.
Instead, they stood still and waited for the light to reach their position.
Soon after, the lights landed on two people’s palms.
At the same time, the sky returned to normal and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Master, master’s husband, there is something on your hand." Qian Chen said and everyone turned to look.
As Qian Chen said, when the black light reached their hands, it turned into a black token.
The token was about ten centimetres long and seven centimetres wide.
At a glance, its face side was blank and Jiang Yue curiously turned it over.
Unexpectedly, the back side was not blank.
Rather, there was an unknown ancient text etched on the surface.
"Wife, do you recognise the text?" Jiang Yue asked and Yu Nianzhen frowned before he shook his head.
When he was a mortal, he spoke several languages including English, French, Spanish, and Japanese.
In the Cangxing world, he was proficient not only in the common language but also in the lost ancient language.
However, the unknown text was not written in a language he knew.
"Master..." Xue Hua called with a conflicted expression.
Seeing the look, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen glanced at each other before they turned to look at the girl.
"Do you know the language?" Yu Nianzhen asked but the girl shook her head in denial.
"The tokens used to enter the ancient relic also have this text. However,..." Tang Xiao started but frowned without finishing his words.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue turned to Qian Chen.
"The tokens used to enter the ancient relic are bronze; not black." Qian Chen explained and Jiang Yue nodded.
’It seems we need to learn more about this ancient relic.’ He thought.
"The ancient relic is the treasure land of our hidden world. Not just anyone can enter." A voice suddenly said.
When everyone turned to look, they saw it was an elder of the Xue family.
However, no one refuted this statement.
After all, the ancient relic was indeed the treasure place of their hidden world.
From records, everyone knew the ancient relic had existed for millions of years.
Because entry was restricted, the ancient relic was well preserved and generations of martial artists had benefited from its existence.
Now that something strange had suddenly happened, everyone was understandably resistant.
They didn’t want strangers to intrude into their ancestral treasure land.
Most importantly, the strangers had special tokens that no one had ever seen before.
Considering this, everyone felt Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen should not be allowed to enter the ancient relic.
Unfortunately, wishes were not horses.
Since the way of heaven had given the tokens, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue knew they had no choice.
Regardless of whether the martial artists allowed it or not, they had to enter the ancient relics.
"We must enter the ancient relic." Yu Nianzhen said with a firm look in his eyes.
"You...." Ancestor Xue angrily pointed.
However, Yu Nianzhen was not deterred.
"The way of heaven of this world wants us to enter the so-called ancient relic. Even if you refuse, there is nothing you can do."
"The way of heaven?" Several people muttered in shock.
"Swordswoman Yu, what do you mean?" Ancestor Tang urgently asked.
"You also saw it." Jiang Yue sighed.
Originally, he and Yu Nianzhen didn’t want to have too much to do with the hidden martial world.
After all, they were busy experiencing a mortal life.
However, they couldn’t ignore the Earth’s way of heaven.
Since it had made such a grand appearance, it meant the matter was important.
"Does the way of heaven really exist?" Someone asked the question that was on several people’s minds.
"Some of our ancient records mention the way of heaven but..."
"For now, we should return to the hidden world." Ancestor Qian suddenly said.
In the beginning, they only came to see the duel between the two children.
However, many things had happened and everything was in chaos.
When he thought about it, he felt it was best to return to the hidden world.
After they returned, they would call a meeting to properly discuss the issues at hand.
"I also think we should return to the hidden world." Ancestor Tang nodded in agreement.
Hearing this, Ancestor Xue had no other choice but to agree.
"Swordswoman Yu, Master Jiang, shall we go back together?" Wu Geng asked and the two nodded in agreement.
Since they couldn’t avoid the situation, they needed to learn as much as possible about the ancient relic.
"My bicycle..." Jiang Yue suddenly remembered and couldn’t help but frown.
He had just bought the bicycle and was reluctant to leave it at the lake.
After all, he still wanted to ride around with Yu Nianzhen.
"If you really want to keep it, we can..." Yu Nianzhen started but Jiang Yue immediately stopped him.
"No." He said with a firm look in his eyes.
A moment later, his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at the prospective disciples.
"Do you have storage rings?" He asked.
Hearing this, the three were shocked and their lips couldn’t help but twitch.
"Only a few ancestors have storage rings." Xue Hua revealed.
"Is that so..." Jiang Yue frowned but Yu Nianzhen smiled.
Without a second thought, he reached into his pocket and took out a plain-looking ring.
"You..., why do you have that?" Jiang Yue couldn’t help but accuse his lover.
"I originally planned to give it to Zhang Zhong but..." Yu Nianzhen sighed and Jiang Yue immediately understood.
Zhang Zhong was an old servant of the Yu family.
When he was asked, he decided to follow the Yu family to the Cangxing world.
Unfortunately, he suddenly died before everyone could enter the ancient palace.
Because everything was hectic at the time, Yu Nianzhen forgot to return the prepared storage ring to the ancient palace.
Later, when he discovered the ring, he left it in his pocket but had never used it.
With a flick of his finger, the ring flew out and accurately landed on Tang Xiao’s palm.
"Help me put away the bicycle." Yu Nianzhen said while pointing to the new bicycle.
Hearing this, three people looked at the ring and their eyes widened in shock.
"Master, is that a storage ring?" Qian Chen asked with a shocked expression.
However, Yu Nianzhen didn’t answer.
Instead, he looked at the three with a smile in his eyes.
"If you successfully become my disciples, I will give each of you a storage ring." He said and Jiang Yue chuckled in amusement.
In the Cangxing world, storage rings were rare among the common people.
However, all sect disciples and cultivators from large families had one or two.
In the Reincarnation world, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen encountered many troubles and harvested thousands of storage rings.
Even if they gave a storage ring to each member of the Jiang and Yu families, they still had thousands more.
