Chapter 3639: Teamwork
Chapter 3639: Teamwork
Gazing at the second layer of patterns engraved on the jade bottle, Ye Qingyun was left dazed.
Given his knowledge, he could obviously tell that activating the second layer of patterns on the jade bottle would result in the bottle’s power rising to a new level or gaining some new functions.
In the beginning, he thought he needed the cultivation of an Immortal Exalt at the very least to activate the power of the second layer. However, when he sensed the presence of Chaotic Force from the second layer of the patterns, he realised that Chaotic Force might be required to activate the power.
For a moment, Ye Qingyun sank into his thoughts!
Time passed year after year. Perhaps due to the ancient jade bottle in Ye Qingyun’s possession, the Stainless Qi in the sacred land appeared with greater frequency than ever before. A strand of Stainless Qi would basically appear every few decades.
The Stainless Qi was not guaranteed to appear on the ninth floor either. Stainless Qi had a chance of appearing on every floor of the sacred land, except the chances were not as high for the lower floors.
As a result, after the strand on the fourth floor, a strand of Stainless Qi had appeared on the sixth and eighth floors as well.
Without any exception, all of the Stainless Qi moved through the floors as if they were under some fatal attraction, all gathering towards Ye Qingyun before diving straight into his jade bottle.
In just two short centuries, Ye Qingyun had collected a total of four strands of Stainless Qi that were not even guaranteed to appear every ten thousand years.
As for Jian Chen, he continued to wait on the ninth floor with the senses of his soul filling the surroundings at all times. After reaching his height, every step forward with the Way of the Sword came with tremendous difficulty. Cultivating for short periods of time would not bring any evident results, so he devoted all of his focus to Stainless Qi during the years he spent in the sacred land.
Finally, during the three hundredth year after entering the sacred land, another strand of Stainless Qi appeared on the ninth floor.
Jian Chen’s eyes shone with sharp light. He unleashed the Laws of Space of the Fifth Heavenly Layer of Immortal Emperor, immediately freezing all of the space on the ninth floor. Afterwards, he made use of everything available to him to capture the Stainless Qi.
The frozen space did not affect the Stainless Qi. The Stainless Qi dodged him with great ease and agility, ignoring Jian Chen’s various restraining methods before leaving the ninth floor with a flash and venturing to the eighth floor.
Both strands of Stainless Qi had left the ninth floor and ventured to the eighth floor, which immediately left Jian Chen fuming. His face became very ugly.
He did not hesitate at all. Virtually simultaneously, Jian Chen followed closely after the Stainless Qi to the eighth floor when it vanished into the passageway.
As soon as he arrived on the eighth floor, he discovered the same thing as before. As if it was throwing itself into open arms, the Stainless Qi proactively flew towards Ye Qingyun’s formation before passing through and vanishing inside.
The same sight and the same outcome left Jian Chen even more certain about his guess. He had some understanding about the characteristics of Stainless Qi. What happened with Ye Qingyun right now could no longer be explained by luck anymore.
At this moment, Ye Qingyun proactively removed the formation. He stared at Jian Chen with mixed feelings and said, “Chang Yang, why have you come to the eighth floor instead of cultivating on the ninth floor?”
“Both strands of Stainless Qi that appeared on the ninth floor have been taken by you.” Jian Chen stared at Ye Qingyun and said, “You probably have some kind of treasure that attracts Stainless Qi.”
Ye Qingyun nodded. This time, he did not try to hide it. With a flip of his hand, he took out the simple jade bottle and said, “I obtained this item accidentally. I don’t know what it’s called either. I only know one of its functions, which is collecting Stainless Qi.”
Jian Chen’s eyes shone. He stared straight at the jade bottle.
The jade bottle was only the size of a hand; it was extremely ancient, radiating with a presence of time. However, it was already covered in fine cracks. It seemed damaged.
“Chang Yang, why don’t the two of us work together?” Ye Qingyun held the jade bottle in his hand and said calmly.
“Work together? How?” Jian Chen shifted his gaze away from the jade bottle and stared at Ye Qingyun.
“I’ll be honest. My strength alone is not enough to unleash the full power of the jade bottle. I can only unleash the first layer of power. The power of the second layer requires Chaotic Force to be activated.”
“I’ll power the first layer of the bottle, while you handle the second layer. As compensation, we’ll split all the Stainless Qi we obtain through the bottle evenly.” Ye Qingyun stared at Jian Chen calmly.
“Sure, not a problem!” Jian Chen obviously had no reason to turn down such a great offer, so he accepted it happily.
“Since we’re in this together, there is something we must agree on. The jade bottle should be able to absorb all the Stainless Qi in the sacred land. Even Stainless Qi that appears on the lower floors will be drawn over. However, that will lead to the suspicion of other experts. Perhaps some of them will be willing to pay the tremendous price to come to the eighth floor, so we have to fend them off together,” Ye Qingyun added.
Jian Chen happily agreed to the suggestion once again. The sacred land did not have as many rules as the Observance Heaven City. Here, they could clash freely. He was also aware that if other experts discovered the wonders of the jade battle, they would make an attempt to steal it.
That was the law of survival in the Immortals’ World. All treasures were in the possession of those capable of possessing them. Weaklings would never be able to preserve a tremendous amount of wealth. All ideas of fairness and principles came down to the fist.
Only a single person could remain seated on a stone pillar in the sacred land. If a second person stood on there, both of them would be repelled by the power of the Observance Heaven City. As a result, if they wanted to power the jade bottle together, Ye Qingyun obviously could not remain on the stone pillar.
After removing the formation, he drifted down to the ground before sitting mid-air with Jian Chen.
“For the sake of safety, I need to set up an obscuring formation. Otherwise, if someone comes up here suddenly, my jade bottle will be directly exposed to them,” said Ye Qingyun. Afterwards, with a flip of his hand, the obscuring formation from before appeared on the ground.
The method of casting the formation was very simple. He only had to throw a few white jade formation discs into the surroundings. With that, a powerful formation would activate automatically, enveloping the space.
However, when Jian Chen saw the white jade formation discs, he was secretly shocked. He could tell with a single glance that the white jade formation discs were anything but simple. Not only was the quality of the formation quite high, but its origins must have been extremely ancient. It must have had an extremely lengthy history.
“This formation of mine is no good when it comes to defences. It specialises in covering for us. Even the senses of a Fifth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt’s soul can’t penetrate it,” Ye Qingyun said casually.
Jian Chen deduced the purpose of the formation as well. Its defences were indeed very weak. Even a Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor could breach it with ease.
Inside the formation, Ye Qingyun had already begun channelling energy into the jade bottle. As the tremendous energy flowed in, the profound patterns of the jade bottle began to shine again, weaving together like the manifestation of the ways of the world, yet also like an extravagant landscape of mountains and rivers.
As the jade bottle was powered, Jian Chen could clearly sense a special power emanating from it, merging with the space there.
Jian Chen’s eyes were locked firmly onto the jade bottle. After the first layer of patterns had been completely activated, he discovered that it was exactly like what Ye Qingyun had described. There was another layer of even more profound patterns hidden beneath the first layer.
He sensed the presence of Chaotic Force from the second layer of patterns.
“Chang Yang, it’s up to you now,” said Ye Qingyun.