CHAPTER 380: PREPARING

Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu entered the space after accepting the blood and completing the wine task.

"What a day." The double exclaimed and turned to Zhen Yuan.

"Ayuan, we should prepare an escape plan just in case." He said, and Zhen Yuan nodded before speaking.

"I have an idea." He said.

"What idea?"

"If worse comes to worst, we will enter the space and let a puppet take us out of the sect."

"Will that work?" Shen Xu asked in a concerned voice.

"Each disciple token has a soul mark, so we can’t use ours to leave the sect. However, puppets aren’t human and won’t register in the sect-guarding formation. As long as we hide a puppet under an invisibility talisman, it should be able to follow a random disciple out of the sect’s formation."

"Your plan is good, but it has a flaw." Shen Xu stated, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"We may not get a good opportunity to enter the space and change places with a puppet." He said.

"Exactly." The double nodded and quickly continued.

"Our best bet is still the sect. I hope we won’t be forced to abandon everything and escape from here."

"Escape aside, what’s your plan?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"I brewed enough wine last time, so I won’t brew more for the time being. As for processing the blood, let’s leave it for later." The double said, sighed, and continued.

"I don’t know if the martial arts challenge will allow weapons. If it does, I will use my unrivalled dissonance hammer art, and if it doesn’t, I will use the four-star body martial arts. I plan to practice these for the next two and a half years. What about you?" Shen Xu asked.

"I will practice my formless sword art and also learn a basic beast taming technique." Zhen Yuan answered, and the double tilted his head in curiosity.

"A basic technique won’t cut it." He said.

"I know." Zhen Yuan said, smiled and began explaining.

"Xiaoxu, I have long noticed that monsters don’t dare to attack me when I release my aura." He said, and Shen Xu couldn’t help but be surprised.

"Is that so?" He asked.

"I noticed it a while back." Zhen Yuan said and continued.

"Innately powerful monsters like Yang Shi, Feng Xue, and Yin Shi won’t attack me even if I don’t release my aura. However, ordinary monsters will only become docile and reverent after I reveal my aura."

"You want to take advantage of this?" Shen Xu asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"I will learn a basic beast teaming technique, and when the time comes, I will use it to camouflage my real ability."

"Good plan." The double praised and Zhen Yuan chuckled, but soon turned serious.

"You should talk to Xiaoren and practice your spiritual planting act." He said, and Shen Xu nodded.

"I know." He said.

After that, the two ate a delicious meal and drank a gourd of good wine before they began practising.

Two and a half space years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, two people looked at each other and smiled.

"Are you confident?" Zhen Yuan asked, and Shen Xu nodded.

"What about you?" He asked.

"Confident."

"What about the beast taming technique?"

"Learned it." Zhen Yuan said.

At the same time, he waved his hand and a xiao appeared in front of him.

The xiao was black, had silver joints, and nine golden runes were etched on its body.

"The technique is called the monster controlling soul song. It uses a xiao." He said.

"Sounds..." Shen Xu started, but suddenly frowned.

"Where did you get the xiao?" He asked.

However, Zhen Yuan didn’t answer.

Instead, he smiled, and the xiao suddenly turned into a sword, then a spear, followed by an axe, and eventually became the law scripting brush.

"I didn’t know the law scripting brush could do this." Shen Xu exclaimed and hurriedly took the brush to examine it.

"I thought it could only turn into a spear." He said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"I also thought it could only transform into a spear. However, the more I comprehend its laws, the more I understand it. It turns out it can transform into any weapon."

"What a treasure! Ayuan, lend it to me when we have time. I want to study it." The double said, his eyes bright from excitement.

"Okay." Zhen Yuan immediately agreed.

"Are you sure you want to use? I can refine an ordinary xiao and sword for you." Shen Xu offered, worried that other cultivators would covet his lover’s weapon.

However, Zhen Yuan refused.

He rarely used the law scripting brush in public, and he wanted to change that.

After all, the law scripting brush was his natal weapon.

Although it didn’t have a weapon spirit, Zhen Yuan felt that ignoring it would cause disharmony, which was not good for his future growth.

"I will be using it from now on." He said, and the double nodded in understanding.

"I can’t wait to have a natal weapon." He said with an envious look.

"Don’t worry too much." Zhen Yuan said, rubbing the double’s hair.

"You will be able to begin refining the chaos stone when we ascend to the immortal realm."

"We are a long way from the immortal realm." Shen Xu sighed.

Even if they had the Chaos Flame Space, Shen Xu estimated they wouldn’t be able to ascend to the immortal realm for at least five thousand years.

First, their qi, soul, and body cultivation were low and achieving the peak for all three would need two to three thousand years.

Additionally, they had to improve their masteries to the peak of level nine, enter the temple of chants to comprehend the dao and go to the Xuanwu secret realm to grasp their star of immortality.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression.

"What’s on your mind?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"We have been so busy with the triplets’ business that we forgot to investigate the Xuanwu secret realm. We need to know when the secret realm will open. Otherwise, we won’t be able to retreat in peace." Shen Xu answered, and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.

"Let’s buy information when we have an opportunity." He said.

After that, the two bathed, dressed, and exited the space.