One by one, cultivators from various sects came to collect their people, and those left behind became fewer and fewer.
Yu Xiaodie left with a female cultivator from the Hundred Flowers Valley, bidding farewell to Lu Ye before she went.
In less than half an hour, nearly a hundred people had vanished without a trace, leaving only Lu Ye standing alone.
After waiting for more than an hour, the people from the Blood Jade Sect still hadn't shown up, and he had no idea what they were busy with.
With nothing else to do, Lu Ye found a clean spot, sat down cross-legged, and tried to open his second acupoint.
His first acupoint was already full, and he had thoroughly studied the Golden Cicada Freedom Technique he had obtained from Manager Yang. However, he had never been able to find the location of his second acupoint, which had delayed his cultivation progress.
Yu Xiaodie had told him that this was very common for new cultivators, as they didn't have enough spiritual energy in their bodies to accurately locate their acupoints. There were two ways to solve this: one was to feel around and hope for luck, and the other was to seek guidance from a cultivator at the Cloud River Realm or above.
Lu Ye's desire to join a sect was largely due to this reason.
He had tried several times in the mine but couldn't find the second acupoint. If he could join a sect, he could ask the elders for guidance, which would save him a lot of trouble.
However, since the Blood Jade Sect people still hadn't shown up, he might as well try, even if it just wasted a bit of spiritual energy. If he got lucky, he might hit the jackpot.
After another hour, Lu Ye opened his eyes, looking rather dejected. Luck seemed to have nothing to do with him, and his attempt had failed again.
Fortunately, he had been eating well recently and taking Blood Qi Pills, so his internal qi and blood were abundant. He could easily replenish any losses by refining some qi and blood.
More cultivators were moving around in the valley, and many were gathering in large groups, as if they were preparing to leave the area.
Manager Yang had told him before he died that the Vast Heaven Alliance couldn't hold this place for long and would have to withdraw in one or two months. The current situation confirmed this.
If Manager Yang had managed to kill Lu Ye and hide in the secret passage, he would have had a good chance of escaping.
Unfortunately, he hadn't anticipated that a mere mortal like Lu Ye would dare to scheme against him, leading him to a place with a magnetic field that rendered his cultivation useless, resulting in his death.
Suddenly, a shout came from not far away. Lu Ye looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged cultivator floating in the air, with spiritual energy surging around him. Something flew out of his palm.
From a distance, Lu Ye couldn't see what it was, but a scene that would stay with him for life unfolded.
The object that flew out of the middle-aged cultivator's palm grew rapidly in the wind, transforming into a massive entity that spanned the sky.
It was a large ship!
A large ship floating in the air!
The ship had three decks, was nearly a hundred zhang long, and its body was pitch black, made of some unknown material. The ship's design was sleek, and the mysterious objects fixed to its body gave it a sinister feel.
Lu Ye had never seen such a bizarre scene and was momentarily stunned.
More large ships appeared one after another, and soon several more joined the first.
Then, someone shouted, "All sects, board the ships!"
The cultivators from various sects, who had gathered in one place, transformed into colorful lights and rushed toward the large ships, creating a spectacular sight from a distance.
After a brief shock, Lu Ye's heart raced.
He had been here for over a year, knowing it was a world of cultivation, but he had spent his days with minerals and lowly, precarious mine slaves.
He had never imagined that cultivation would be presented in such a magnificent and colorful way.
This was beyond his comprehension, making him realize even more clearly that this world was completely different from his original one.
"Quite a sight, isn't it?" As he was mesmerized by the scene, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.
Lu Ye instinctively responded and then turned to see that an old man had appeared next to him.
The old man smiled and stroked his beard, looking at the floating ships in the sky. He said slowly, "These are the Vast Heaven Alliance's flying dragon ships,