The sword was not a standard saber; it was longer than a regular sword but had a very narrow blade, similar to the legendary Xiu Chun Dao.
Lu Ye swung it a few times and found it very handy to use.
A good outcome, as the previous sword was no longer usable. He had obtained a new weapon without having to buy one.
He tried to infuse his own spiritual energy into the sword, and immediately a faint glow appeared on the long sword. The glow was not sharp but gave a sense of weight.
What surprised Lu Ye even more was that he felt something hidden within the blade.
Closing his eyes, he perceived the situation inside the blade through the flow of his spiritual energy.
Inside the blade, there was actually a spiritual pattern!
This is... a spirit weapon? Lu Ye showed a look of surprise.
He had visited the market several times, and his knowledge now far exceeded what it was when he first entered the Lingxi Battlefield. He had heard of spirit weapons, which were specialized weapons for cultivators. A good spirit weapon often brought great benefits to its owner.
Lu Ye's previous sword was an ordinary weapon, sharp but nothing special. However, spirit weapons were different. Each spirit weapon had its unique power based on the type of spiritual pattern engraved within it.
This sword had a spiritual pattern inside. Lu Ye could easily activate the power of the spiritual pattern by infusing his spiritual energy, thus endowing the sword with the characteristics of the spiritual pattern.
After a moment of trial, he confirmed that the spiritual pattern was used to reinforce the blade. This way, in combat, the spirit weapon would be less likely to break.
Lu Ye suddenly understood why he couldn't cut through the other person's sword with his sharp spiritual pattern-empowered long sword...
This was a pleasant surprise. Although reinforcing the blade might not seem very useful, it was actually a highly practical spiritual pattern. Moreover, Lu Ye himself had mastered the sharp spiritual pattern, which he could use to enhance the sharpness of the spirit weapon significantly.
With such a spirit weapon in hand, Lu Ye's strength could at least increase by 10-20%. He could freely slash at enemies without worrying about the weapon breaking.
However, a spirit weapon with only one spiritual pattern was probably the lowest level.
"Come in!" Lu Ye sheathed the long sword and sat down cross-legged.
A small figure slowly floated in from the cave entrance, stopping in front of Lu Ye and giving him a pleasing smile. She obediently said, "I've also taken care of the other person's body."
Lu Ye casually threw a storage bag at her, which was Liu Ruyin's.
Yiyi caught it, checked it, and was surprised. "So much?"
Inside, there was more than a bottle of spirit pills and a few spirit stones.
"Let's split it fifty-fifty. Thank you for your help this time." Lu Ye nodded at her. Although he had enough spirit talismans to kill the clean-faced man on his own, if he did so, he wouldn't be able to open the other person's storage bag.
And he would have to bear some risks.
When he went to find Dahu and Yiyi, he had the intention of leveraging their help. Fortunately, Yiyi was smart enough to understand what to do with just a word from him.
This cooperation went smoothly and pleasantly.
The clean-faced man's storage bag didn't have much of value, and the only valuable thing was his weapon. Liu Ruyin was somewhat wealthy, but not very.
Moreover, at the last moment, the spirit talisman in Liu Ruyin's hand was activated. If Dahu hadn't taken the hit for him, Lu Ye would have had to face the power of the spirit talisman, adding much danger.
Splitting the loot, Lu Ye kept the spirit weapon, which was a good deal for him.
Yiyi didn't expect Lu Ye to be so generous and looked at him with a complex expression, ultimately thanking him.
"Wait." Lu Ye called her back.
Yiyi turned to look at him.
"You heard what the woman we killed said, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Although she acted on her own and deserved to die, she was still a member of the Tianji Merchant Alliance. I don't know what the Merchant Alliance will do after her death, but you should change your territory. This place is too close to the Qingyun Market. If the Merchant Alliance investigates her death, they might easily trace it back to you."
"What about you?" Yiyi asked.
"I will leave here soon."
This incident taught Lu Ye a lesson. His current cultivation relied on spirit pills, which he could only obtain by selling Yuanmagnetic Ore, and the only place to sell it was the Tianji Merchant Alliance. He had only gone there three times before Liu Ruyin noticed him.
Who knows if there are other Liu Ruyins in there.
So he didn't plan to stay here any longer.
If reaching the first level of Lingxi gave him the right to survive in the Lingxi Battlefield, then reaching the second level gave him the means to move around.
He couldn't control what Yiyi and Dahu would decide. The Lingxi Battlefield was vast, and he might not see them again. He just gave them a friendly warning out of principle.
After Yiyi left, Lu Ye inventoried his resources.
93 Spirit Nourishing Pills, 81 of which were bought from the Tianji Merchant Alliance, and 12 were from the loot split with Yiyi.
4 Spirit Stones, also from the loot split, as he had used his own spirit stones to buy food.
7 Healing Pills, 4 of which he had left, and 3 were from the clean-faced man's storage bag. Liu Ruyin's storage bag didn't have any healing pills, probably because she never expected to need them.
Less than 30 spirit talismans of various kinds.
26 pieces of Yuanmagnetic Ore of different sizes.
One low-level spirit weapon, a long sword.
One copy of the Golden Cicada Freedom Technique.
The current spirit pills were enough for him to cultivate to the third level of Lingxi. Once he reached the third level, his strength would increase, and he would have a better chance of self-preservation, even if he couldn't dominate the outer area of the battlefield.
He vaguely felt he had forgotten something and thought about it for a long time before remembering.
He immediately infused his spiritual energy into his right hand, and a blue spiritual pattern appeared, rippling. A few large characters appeared in Lu Ye's field of vision.
Name: Lu Ye.
Identity: Disciple of the Bi Xue Sect.
Cultivation: 21 Apertures.
Location: Lingxi Battlefield.
Merit: 8.
Compared to the first time he saw the battlefield mark, his name, identity, and location hadn't changed, but his cultivation had increased from 3 apertures to 21 apertures, the result of his efforts over the past two months, so it wasn't something to worry about.
What he was concerned about was the merit!
The first time he saw it, he was very curious about what this merit was and how to obtain it.
Only now did he have a vague understanding.
This merit was probably obtained by killing people.
He remembered that when the clean-faced man died, a red light floated out from his hand and flew into Lu Ye's hand.
When Liu Ruyin died, a yellow light floated out.
Different colors of light represented different factions?
So, the clean-faced cultivator he killed was probably affiliated with the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, and the Tianji Merchant Alliance was a neutral faction, doing business with both sides.
However, Lu Ye wasn't sure what the merit was for and could only wait to explore it in the future.