After achieving the Spirit Stream Realm, Lu Ye discovered an interesting thing: his perception of the spiritual energy in the surrounding environment had become much more acute.
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The spiritual energy in the Spirit Stream Battlefield was much denser than in the outside world. In the outside world, even when Lu Ye was in a cultivation state, he could not sense the existence of spiritual energy. However, here, as long as Lu Ye could calm his mind, he could basically perceive the spiritual energy around him.
Now that his nine orifices had formed a stream, Lu Ye found that even without deliberately sensing it, he could clearly feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him as long as he focused a little.
This was undoubtedly a huge improvement.
Does this mean I can now absorb spiritual energy for cultivation? Lu Ye thought, feeling excited. If this were true, his future cultivation would undoubtedly be much smoother.
He immediately tried it out.
After half an hour, Lu Ye's face darkened, and he stopped his cultivation attempt.
The situation was the same as before. For some reason, it was very difficult to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body. At this cultivation speed, it would be impossible to cultivate the tenth orifice to its full state in less than a year or two.
It seemed that the result of his talent test, which was "one leaf," was not without reason.
However, at this point, Lu Ye had a vague understanding. The method of absorbing spiritual energy for cultivation did not mean using the mouth to inhale and exhale, but rather using the body. In that state of cultivation, every pore of a cultivator's body would engage in a wondrous breathing process, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transforming it into the cultivator's spiritual power!
However, he could not use this method of cultivation.
Standing up, Lu Ye felt it was time for him to go out and explore.
More than a month ago, he was sent into this Spirit Stream Battlefield by the Sect Master. By luck, he drifted into this forest and had not encountered any powerful enemies for such a long time. Even Yi Yi and Da Hu, who came to cause trouble, were heavily extorted by him.
But life could not always be this lucky.
If he continued to hide here, he would eventually encounter powerful cultivators he could not defeat. At that time, he would have no means of resistance.
In just over a month, he had grown from a cultivator with three orifices to the first level of the Spirit Stream Realm, opening ten orifices, a significant improvement.
Admittedly, his cultivation level was still very low, but with the spirit talismans given by the Sect Master, he had some means of self-preservation.
As for where to go... he needed to find Da Hu and that girl. He had heard some interesting news from the girl before.
Two days later, Lu Ye found the snow-white Da Hu lying on the ground in a cave. However, as soon as he walked in, a semi-transparent figure floated out from Da Hu, looking at Lu Ye warily: "What are you here for?"
It was the spirit named Yi Yi. She looked extremely weak when she left, and even after nearly ten days, her body was still semi-transparent, unable to solidify. It seemed her injuries were indeed severe.
At the slightest movement, the sleeping Da Hu immediately woke up, standing up and growling at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye did not go further in, to avoid provoking the spirit and the tiger. Besides, with the Heavenly Oath in place, he could not do anything to them.
"Don't panic, I just came to ask some questions," Lu Ye said.
"What do you want to ask?" Yi Yi looked at him.
"Before, you mentioned something about the Green Cloud Market. Can you tell me more about it?"
"Do you want to go to the Green Cloud Market?"
"Exactly!"
Since the method of absorbing spiritual energy was not working for Lu Ye, and refining essence into qi was not a long-term solution, the beasts in the vicinity were almost all killed by Lu Ye. Taking medicine for cultivation was the source of happiness. The Green Cloud Market sounded like a place where cultivators gathered to trade, and Lu Ye planned to go there to see if he could get some spirit pills.
At the very least, he could broaden his horizons. Since he entered the cultivation world, he had been isolated, which was not a good thing.
"Is that so..." Yi Yi tilted her head, thinking for a moment, then stuck out her tongue at him: "I won't tell you. If you want to know, find it yourself!"
After suffering so much at Lu Ye's hands, Yi Yi would not cooperate with him so easily. With the Heavenly Oath in place, as long as she and Da Hu did not actively provoke or harm Lu Ye, he could not do anything to them. What was there to fear?
Lu Ye stared at her for a moment, then turned and left.
"Eh?" This caught Yi Yi off guard. She did not expect Lu Ye to leave so decisively. After a brief hesitation, she floated to Lu Ye's side and said, "But if you beg me, I might tell you if I'm in a good mood."
Lu Ye glanced at her, sensing her malicious nature.
"Quick, beg me! If you don't beg me, I won't tell you. Otherwise..." Yi Yi floated around him happily, like a little butterfly, "Say you were wrong, and I'll forgive you!"
Lu Ye stopped, took out a long sword from his storage bag, and slowly drew it out of the scabbard.
"What are you doing?" Yi Yi was terrified, instantly cowering to the side, hiding behind Da Hu, who also crouched down, growling.
"I'm telling you, with the Heavenly Oath in place, you can't do anything rash, or you will end up with no place to bury your body!" Yi Yi poked her head out from behind Da Hu, warning him seriously.
Lu Ye ignored her, pointing the sword at the empty space in front of him. As spiritual energy flowed into the sword, it shimmered with a flowing light. He murmured softly, "Decided!"
"Decided what?" Yi Yi was confused.
"Starting today, I will kill ten beasts every day until there are no more beasts in this area!" Lu Ye said firmly, then patted his stomach, "I'm hungry!"
"Clang!" The sword returned to its scabbard, and Lu Ye took a step forward.
Yi Yi was slightly stunned, then her expression turned bitter. Da Hu looked at her and rolled his eyes in a human-like manner.
"Brother, please wait!" Yi Yi shouted, chasing after Lu Ye.
An incense stick later, under a large tree, Lu Ye looked at the crude map on the ground, and Yi Yi pointed out the direction: "This is Green Cloud Mountain, and the market at the foot of the mountain is the Green Cloud Market. Our position is here. You go this way, head east for twenty miles, cross a small river, then another ten miles, you will reach a rocky forest. After another twenty to thirty miles, you will arrive at the Green Cloud Market."
Lu Ye's brows furrowed, impatiently saying, "Just tell me which direction to go, don't mention east, south, west, or north."
"This way!" Yi Yi decisively pointed in a direction.