Chapter 644: Murphy’s Law
Over the next month, the two walked around the Cangxing world.
During that time, they witnessed many unbearable incidents and encountered hundreds of evil cultivators.
However, these were just the tip of the iceberg.
For some reason, everything that could go wrong had somehow gone wrong.
Righteous cultivators and evil cultivators were constantly fighting.
The border guards had lost, and foreign devils were invading the Cangxing world in droves.
Demonic beast tides, sea beasts’ tides, and demonic plant riots could be seen in various places.
The seals on various battlefields had come undone, and powerful beasts and masters were suddenly released into the Cangxing world.
Most importantly, the world boundary was once again damaged, and space beasts were pouring into the world.
Seeing the apocalypse-like situation, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were shocked.
"How could this happen?" Jiang Yue asked, looking around in disbelief.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen was also at a loss and didn’t know how to answer Jiang Yue.
"Azhen, it’s impossible that everything simultaneously went wrong. There must be a conspiracy."
"I agree." Yu Nianzhen said with a thoughtful expression.
"What’s on your mind?" Jiang Yue asked.
"XiaoYue, where are our selves from this time?" The swordsman wondered.
"This..." Jiang Yue started but didn’t finish because both men suddenly became alert.
A moment later, a black shadow covered the sky.
When the two looked closer, they realised the large shadow was a black phoenix.
The phoenix exuded a suffocating heat, but unexpectedly, the two saw a person standing on its back.
Unfortunately, when they tried to see the person’s appearance, their world tilted on its axis, and the two collapsed.
When they woke up, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were back in their ancient palace.
"Xiaoyue, are you okay?" Yu Nianzhen asked in a weak voice.
"I am fine. What about you?"
"Also fine."
The two fell silent after that.
Half a day later, they recovered some strength and laboriously dragged themselves from the floor.
"Azhen, that person..." Jiang Yue started and unconsciously trembled.
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen had encountered countless dangers since they travelled to the cultivation world.
However, neither had ever felt such an intense sense of crisis.
When they recalled the feeling of looking at the person riding the phoenix, the two were unconsciously afraid.
At the same time, they felt a desperate urge to become stronger.
After all, such a powerful enemy was waiting in their future.
If they didn’t work hard, the two had no doubt they would die without leaving a complete corpse.
"We still have time." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said and Jiang Yue looked at him with questioning eyes.
"How do you figure?" He asked.
"My master and the others won’t return from the Reincarnation World for another three thousand years. Since they were in the Cangxing world in the future we saw, we have at least three thousand years to prepare."
Jiang Yue nodded when he heard the explanation.
At the same time, millions of thoughts flashed across his mind.
"We have many origin source stones and three drops of primordial source liquid. If we retreat in a time cave, we should be able to make rapid progress in the next three thousand years." He said, and Yu Nianzhen nodded in agreement.
"However, we can’t retreat right away." The swordsman said and quickly continued.
"The sea beasts’ tide is still not over, and there are many sealed spaces in our Cangxing world. We should try to eliminate as many time bombs as we can before we retreat."
"You are right. We should also talk to the leaders of the major sects and cities." Jiang Yue said.
Although he and Yu Nianzhen were powerful, the Cangxing world didn’t belong to just them.
If they wanted their world to survive the coming catastrophe, they had to cooperate with other cultivators.
Most importantly, they couldn’t allow internal fighting to undermine the world’s ability to resist external enemies.
"Azhen, do you think that person is Hua Hua?" Jiang Yue asked, and Yu Nianzhen sighed before he nodded.
"I think so." He said.
"I also think so." Jiang Yue said with a solemn expression.
Unfortunately, although they had a suspect, they had no way to deal with the woman.
"We need to send word to the Reincarnation World." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
"You are right. Master and the rest need to prepare." Jiang Yue said, his narrowed into slits.
"However, Brother Li is there. Maybe they already know."
"It’s likely but we can’t take chances. Let’s contact Shangguang Hu and several other nascent soul realm cultivators as soon as possible."
"Good." Jiang Yue agreed.
After that, the two rested for five days before leaving the ancient palace.
At this time, the Zhenyue people were still fighting the sea beasts.
However, the situation was not optimistic.
On one hand, there were too many level-five sea beasts and on the other, the outpost formations were beginning to show some wear and tear.
After all, they were only level-five formations and couldn’t withstand ten years of continuous abuse.
"What do you think? Should I reinforce the outpost formations or allow our people to retreat to the main island? We can also step up to end the sea beasts’ tide."
"What do you want?" Yu Nianzhen asked instead.
"I think it’s time to end it." Jiang Yue said.
If they didn’t experience the apocalypse premonition, he would choose to let their people continue training.
However, time was not on their side.
Since the people had already trained for ten years, Jiang Yue felt it was almost enough.
Instead of training, it was better to let their people improve their cultivation and other skills.
"Let’s do as you say." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
With that, Jiang Yue summoned Xiaolan, and the butterfly soon appeared before the two.
"Master, second master." Xiaolan greeted, and the two nodded.
"Xiaolan, we have decided to end..." Jiang Yue started but soon turned to Yu Nianzhen.
"Azhen?" He anxiously called, looking at the man whose complexion had suddenly turned whiter than milk.
