After organizing all the clues, Lu Ye had a rough understanding of his current situation.
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Undeniably, his situation was not good. The biggest problem was his low cultivation level. A pack of wolves could corner him in a tree, and if he encountered any ill-intentioned cultivator, he would be powerless to resist.
The good news was that with the battlefield mark, he knew which direction to go to find a way out.
However, he did not know how far he was from the Bi Xue Sect's territory.
To reach the Bi Xue Sect's base in the Lingxi Battlefield, he needed to have a certain level of cultivation. Therefore, his top priority was to improve his strength!
He had quite a few spirit pills available. If he could absorb and refine all these spirit pills, his strength would certainly increase significantly. While he couldn't guarantee reaching a certain level in the Lingxi, at the very least, he would have more self-defense capabilities.
With a plan in mind, Lu Ye looked down at the pack of wolves gathered below. To cultivate, he needed to escape first; this environment was not suitable for cultivation.
Although these wolves couldn't do much to him, the commotion they caused could easily attract attention, which was a potential danger.
After some thought, Lu Ye took out a spirit talisman from the storage bag given by the sect leader. He picked through them and selected a Golden Wheel Talisman.
Out of more than thirty spirit talismans, only half were offensive. The others were either defensive or auxiliary. The dozen or so offensive talismans were all fire or metal attribute, which suited Lu Ye, who specialized in fire and supplemented with metal.
The sect leader had undoubtedly considered this when collecting these talismans.
He did not choose the fire attribute talismans mainly because he suspected they would cause a lot of noise. After all, names like Explosion Talisman and Fire Snake Talisman sounded violent.
How to activate the spirit talisman was a problem; Lu Ye had never used one before.
But he had to try, as he needed to escape quickly.
Holding the spirit talisman, Lu Ye channeled his spiritual energy into it carefully.
The talisman immediately emitted a layer of golden light, which then condensed into a disc-like object in front of Lu Ye.
The disc was golden and semi-transparent, about the size of a basin, with flowing spirit patterns.
Before Lu Ye could react, a golden blade shot out from the disc, shaped like a crescent moon, and disappeared in an instant.
A dull thud sounded, and Lu Ye looked up to see a deep slash mark on a nearby tree trunk, which would take several people to encircle.
"Chichi..." From the semi-transparent golden disc in his hand, a series of crescent moon-shaped blades continuously shot out. In a moment, the surrounding trees suffered, with branches and twigs being cut off and falling down.
"Ah, so that's how it works!" Lu Ye understood and quickly adjusted the direction of the disc, aiming it at the pack of wolves below.
"Chichi..."
The razor-sharp golden crescent moons broke through the spatial barrier and struck the gathered wolves, causing blood to splash and flesh to fly.
The wolves, which were as big as calves, were instantly cut in half when hit.
The wolves were clearly panicked and scattered. Lu Ye continuously adjusted the direction, trying to aim the blades at the densest part of the wolf pack.
One by one, the wolves were killed, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.
After a moment, the wolves seemed to realize the danger. A howl sounded from a distance, and the wolves quickly fled, leaving behind several dead bodies.
Lu Ye controlled the disc, chasing the fleeing wolves for a while, feeling a great sense of satisfaction.
Spirit talismans were indeed a good thing. A single talisman allowed him, a cultivator with three spirit orifices, to slaughter without restraint. The only downside was that, being a first-time user, he didn't know how to control the direction and accuracy, otherwise, he could have killed more.
Just as he was thinking this, Lu Ye suddenly felt a wave of fatigue. His heart pounded, and his vision blurred, and he almost fell off the tree trunk.
This scared him, and he quickly stabilized himself, taking deep breaths for a moment.
After slightly recovering, Lu Ye looked down and saw that the semi-transparent golden disc had disappeared, and the talisman in his hand had become dull and lifeless, with the patterns on it unclear.
This talisman could no longer be used, Lu Ye realized.
But what had happened to him just now?
After a thorough check, Lu Ye understood the truth.
His spiritual energy inside his body was completely depleted! The three spirit orifices were empty, and the spiritual energy stored in them had dried up completely.
The fatigue was due to this.
He quickly took out a Spirit Nourishing Pill and swallowed it, fully refining it. It took a while before he slightly recovered.
One Spirit Nourishing Pill could not fully restore him, and he didn't wait for the pill's effects to fully take hold before leaping down from the tree.
The blood smell here was too strong, easily attracting more fierce beasts, so it was best to leave. As for the residual pill energy in his body, he could refine it while walking, though it would be less efficient.
He also took the time to cut several large pieces of wolf meat and put them in his storage bag.
After this incident, Lu Ye learned a lesson: when using spirit talismans, he must not get carried away and must always pay attention to his spiritual energy consumption.
This time, it was just killing wolves. Next time, if he encountered any hostile cultivators, running out of spiritual energy would mean certain death.
Half a day later, in a dry and dark cave, Lu Ye sat cross-legged on a mat.
There were plenty of such caves in the wilderness, and after checking, Lu Ye found that this one was unoccupied, so he didn't have to worry about being disturbed by any returning beasts.
The environment in the cave was average, but it wasn't the time to be picky. If nothing went wrong, Lu Ye felt he might have to stay here for a while.
He had checked the surroundings earlier and found no signs of particularly fierce beasts, only many small animals. This was good news for him, as he could go hunting whenever he was hungry and wouldn't have to starve.
In front of Lu Ye, there was a pile of miscellaneous items, and he was taking stock of his possessions.
Three storage bags, one from Manager Yang, one from Zhou Cheng, and one from the sect leader. These items were not expensive; almost every cultivator Lu Ye had seen had at least one, possibly more.
The sect leader didn't have one, but he must have other storage methods, which Lu Ye couldn't know.
Twenty-five Spirit Nourishing Pills, twenty of which were given by the sect leader, and five from Manager Yang and Zhou Cheng's storage bags. He originally had six, but he used one after killing the wolves.
Sixteen Blood Qi Pills, most of which were given by the sect leader, and the rest from Manager Yang and Zhou Cheng's storage bags.
Eight Healing Pills.
More than thirty pieces of various sizes of Yuan Magnetic Ore, along with other minerals he couldn't name.
One novel!
One copy of the Golden Cicada Freedom Technique!
Nearly thirty spirit talismans of various types.
Five sets of clothing of different styles.
The various pills stored in Manager Yang and Zhou Cheng's storage bags were nowhere to be found. They were likely confiscated by the sect leader during the cultivation on the flying dragon boat. Those bottles of pills were probably not good things.