Chapter 516

Chapter 516: Cultivating Together

Yang Jiuzhen slept soundly, never having experienced such a feeling before. At times, she transformed into a mayfly, at others, into a bird, finally becoming countless tiny beings that breathed in and out.

When she opened her eyes, she found mist swirling around her, and beneath her was a jade bed.

"Ah! Where am I?" Yang Jiuzhen exclaimed, releasing her spiritual sense to discover she was lying on a Flying Peak.

At that moment, Li Hui’s voice echoed from afar, "Don’t move around too much; this place is surrounded by many formation rings, layer upon layer. I just crossed into the one hundred thirty-seventh layer, and there are more than three hundred layers ahead. You are in the twenty-first layer, which is a relatively safe position."

"Be careful!" Yang Jiuzhen shouted back.

"It’s fine. The last ninety layers are the real challenges, but for now, I can manage!" Li Hui was rapidly traversing, and by now, he had reached the two hundred seventh layer.

Two hours later, the Flying Peak trembled continuously, and countless formation rings lit up in the air around them. Yang Jiuzhen quickly took out a crystal ruler to prepare herself.

After about a stick of incense, Li Hui emerged, pale-faced. He handed the Kunpeng Decree to Yang Jiuzhen and said, "Take this to the temple to collect the ancient heavenly vessels; there are a total of one hundred and eight. I’ve suppressed the core of the formation! Feel free to take other items, as I need to heal!"

"Has an old injury flared up?" Yang Jiuzhen asked, her expression serious.

"Don’t worry about me! You have just fifteen minutes; focus on retrieving the ancient heavenly vessels. If you have time left, then grab other items," Li Hui said as he sat cross-legged on the jade bed to accelerate his healing.

His injuries were severe, and the ancient heavenly vessels were large spirit treasures. He was concerned that he might not be able to suppress the silver snake bracelet, so he exited and entrusted Yang Jiuzhen with the task.

"Alright!"

Yang Jiuzhen took the Kunpeng Decree and ran towards the collapsing temple. As her spiritual sense swept across, she discovered a hidden spiral staircase and dodged the bright formation rings to enter.

Once she entered the staircase, her vision expanded dramatically; there were at least five hundred acres of land, with many formation rings surrounded by rare flowers and odd herbs, as well as spirit trees full of auspicious symbols.

"Collect the ancient heavenly vessels; other items are not important," Yang Jiuzhen moved quickly to the most densely packed formation rings. As she scanned the area, she was almost dazzled by the light, astonished to realize, "These ancient heavenly vessels are all spirit treasures! As long as there is sufficient spiritual energy, the longer a spirit treasure exists, the stronger it becomes!"

In this place, natural spiritual energy flowed abundantly. She saw several three-foot-long jade boats appearing as if wrapped in a coating, with stars etched onto their surfaces like a star chart. Each vessel was extremely rare, and gathering one hundred and eight would allow them to set up a teleportation large formation at any time.

Yang Jiuzhen did not dare delay and used the decree to earnestly collect. Seeing no obstacles, she felt relieved.

At this point, she had time to assess the other items and found, aside from the jade boats, twenty-seven glowing orbs, each a spirit treasure. Among them, a round mirror and two celestial garments were particularly extraordinary.

"Did Li Hui say I could take whatever I want?" Yang Jiuzhen still found it hard to believe. She used her crystal ruler to attract the treasures, trying to pull the three spirit treasures out of the formation rings but soon realized it was not that easy. The speed of the Kunpeng Decree’s collection slowed down.

"This is a rare opportunity! My dual Dao body is making great progress; I shouldn’t fail to collect even a single spirit treasure!" She did not give up and poured all her effort into using the crystal ruler to gradually extract the palm-sized round mirror from the formation rings.

After fifty moments, the shimmering silver mirror landed in Yang Jiuzhen’s hands. It was the first spirit treasure she had ever obtained, and a happy smile lit up her face. "Awesome! It’s a water mirror! I must continue; I lost the celestial garment provided by Senior Sister, and I only have one set. Spirit garments are very rare; I must get them!"

The first light yellow celestial garment came out smoothly, but when she reached for the second celestial garment, ripples suddenly surged beneath her feet, and the formation’s power surged back by two percent. With a "crack," the crystal ruler shattered.

"My water crystal ruler!" Yang Jiuzhen saw the celestial garment retreating and quickly unleashed a flexible water rope, tying the garment and pulling it back. At that moment, the Kunpeng Decree had successfully gathered ninety-two ancient heavenly vessels.

The water rope and celestial garment clashed for a while until the decree was about to finish, and with a loud "bang," it managed to pull the celestial garment out.

Before Yang Jiuzhen could breathe a sigh of relief, the ground began to shake, and the decree was pulled back.

"Run!"

The formations were recovering layer by layer, and Yang Jiuzhen took off into the air. She saw the formation rings flashing rapidly, gradually shifting positions.

When she returned to the jade bed, Li Hui quickly grabbed the decree, pulling with all his might. A “clang” echoed as many feathers burst forth from the still-opening formation, creating dozens of bright lights.

Among these lights was a third tribulation artifact shaped like a green-winged shuttle, which could be used for travel. It was sent to Yang Jiuzhen as a token of gratitude. The rest of the bright lights were materials for talisman-making, including some indispensable for her.

Li Hui sat down again and closed his eyes to meditate.

Yang Jiuzhen was surprised to find that the flow of time around the jade bed was particularly fast; for every moment outside, at least ninety moments passed inside. Seizing the rare opportunity, she quickly began to cultivate alongside it.

Ten days later, the two opened their eyes simultaneously. Li Hui, still feeling lingering fear, said, "I didn’t expect healing would take this long; normally, it would take three years to recover from injuries."

"That’s amazing!" Yang Jiuzhen exclaimed excitedly. "Even though we at the Heavenly Hero Sect have methods to accelerate the flow of time and solved the problem of lifespan loss, it doesn’t reach this level; the maximum speed we can maintain is fifty times. I only exchanged four times, exhausting all sect contributions, and gained fifteen years of power."

Li Hui savored the feeling from this cultivation and said, "My consumption was quite large and required vast amounts of spiritual energy as support. Moreover, I faintly sensed that I can attract a faint time force. It is indeed the time force accelerating the flow of time, rather than just spiritual energy."

"It must be the time force! I’ve heard that the talisman methods of Yimu and Geng Gold continents are powerful, but I didn’t expect Wutu to also have such strong talisman methods."

"Hehe, look at your limited knowledge! In the future, tell everyone that Wutu Continent’s talisman methods are impressive, especially with a leader of the Heavenly Talisman Sect, who is charming and talented, with a face like a jade crown, a true gem among all talisman method masters!"

"The leader of the Heavenly Talisman Sect? Is he stronger than you, Senior Brother?"

Li Hui lightly coughed, "What are you looking at? Isn’t that me? I mentioned this to you before."

"Hahaha!" Yang Jiuzhen laughed, clutching her stomach. "I remember, but I just can’t believe you are someone who enjoys bragging like this."

"Come on, this is being straightforward and honest, okay? The Jade Symbol Sect places a high value on personal image! In the future, it will certainly be filled with many handsome men and beautiful women, but we can’t judge by appearances," Li Hui joked for a moment and then pointed to the east, "We’re almost there. I changed the mobile path of the Flying Peak, and now we are going to help you cultivate the Dao body. With the aid of the Xuanhuang Certainty Stones, we have the chance to advance together into the late-stage Bosa."