While searching for the Blood Jade Sect's base, Lu Ye noticed something. The font color on the map was divided into four colors: red, yellow, blue, and white.
Qingyun Market was marked in yellow, while the Blood Jade Sect was marked in blue.
From this, it seemed that places marked in blue belonged to the Haotian Alliance camp, red to the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, and yellow to neutral zones. As for white... Lu Ye guessed it represented unclaimed territories, with most mountains and rivers marked in white.
Looking at the entire map, the red and blue markings were intertwined in a complex manner. If the map were a chessboard, the red and blue marked bases would be the pieces of the two camps. Years of conflict had turned these pieces into two great dragons on the board, entangled in a deadly struggle.
Lu Ye was not yet fully integrated into this battlefield, but even from the movement of the pieces on the map, he could sense the danger of the camp conflict.
However, the overall situation was not yet relevant to him. He was just an unknown cultivator at the second level of Spirit Stream, and his current priority was to head to the Blood Jade Sect's base as quickly as possible.
Studying the battlefield map, Lu Ye carefully planned his route, gradually forming a plan.
The light at the cave entrance dimmed, and Lu Ye looked up to see Dahu stepping in. Yiyi emerged from Dahu's head, saying cheerfully, "You didn't leave?"
She had come by earlier in the morning but didn't see Lu Ye, assuming he had already gone.
"Preparing to leave. Is there something you need?" Lu Ye put away the map, which was crucial for his safe return to the Blood Jade Sect's base and also the most valuable item he possessed, so he needed to keep it safe.
"I want to talk to you." Yiyi floated forward, sitting upright in front of Lu Ye with a serious expression.
Lu Ye was puzzled by her serious demeanor and frowned, "What do you want to talk about?"
Yiyi said, "Where are you going after you leave here?"
"That's none of your business."
"Alright." Yiyi knew her question was pointless. They were not related, and their previous interactions had not been pleasant. The only time they cooperated was to kill that clean-faced man and Liu Ruyin, and she had no right to ask about Lu Ye's destination.
Seeing her conflicted expression, Lu Ye impatiently asked, "What is it?"
Yiyi's expression became even more conflicted. Dahu stepped forward and nudged her back with his head. Yiyi bit her lip and looked at Lu Ye, "Can you take us with you?"
"What?" Lu Ye thought he had misheard.
"Take us with you." Yiyi repeated.
"Reason?"
Yiyi said, "You said before that killing that woman might lead the Tianji Merchant Alliance to us. This place is no longer safe, so we need to leave too, but we don't know where to go."
"The battlefield is vast; you can go anywhere you want." Yiyi's proposal surprised Lu Ye. He hadn't considered this before and certainly didn't expect Yiyi to come to him with this.
"But... but the one who killed was you, we didn't want to kill anyone." Yiyi looked aggrieved.
After returning yesterday, Yiyi suddenly realized that she and Dahu had been resting peacefully in their territory when Lu Ye brought a cultivator over and asked them to help rob him. They ended up killing the person, and then another from the Tianji Merchant Alliance...
They never understood what had happened, truly feeling like they were sitting at home when trouble fell from the sky.
"You didn't share the loot?" Lu Ye looked at her in confusion. Since they had both killed and shared the spoils, they should share the risks.
Yiyi opened her mouth, at a loss for words, and finally managed to say, "Why can't you take us with you?"
"You're too young!"
"Huh?" Yiyi stared at Lu Ye in shock, taking a while to react. She crossed her arms over her chest, her face turning red, "Pervert!"
Heaven knows how a ghost spirit could blush.
Lu Ye stood up, patted his buttocks, and said, "Is there anything else? If not, I'm leaving. Once we part ways, we may never meet again. I wish you all the best."
Yiyi couldn't understand how her age was related to Lu Ye not taking them with him, but seeing him about to leave, she became anxious.
She was not a naive little girl. In her life, she had been a cultivator, and although she lost many memories after being transformed into a ghost spirit by Dahu, she still remembered the harshness of the cultivation world.
Living as a king of the mountain seemed carefree, but it was like walking on thin ice. No one knew when disaster might strike, and with her and Dahu's strength, they couldn't withstand it.
She had considered finding a cultivator to rely on, but the cultivators she encountered in the outer areas were too low in cultivation. She couldn't look up to them, and they might sell Dahu out.
Lu Ye was different. He must be a disciple of a major sect; otherwise, he wouldn't have so many spirit talismans. Over the past two months, Yiyi had watched Lu Ye grow stronger, his progress was terrifying.
She felt that following Lu Ye was a good choice. He seemed annoying but had his own principles. For example, with the loot from yesterday, if Lu Ye had wanted to keep it all, she and Dahu couldn't have stopped him, but he shared it with them.
This and other factors made Yiyi decide that staying here was just waiting to die, and following Lu Ye was the way out.
So she came to talk to him.
As they passed each other, Lu Ye felt his clothes being tugged. Turning his head, he saw Yiyi looking up at him pitifully, her eyes seemingly filled with tears.
Lu Ye remained unmoved, "Crying won't work on me!"
Yiyi continued to look at him.
They stared at each other in silence.
After a while, Lu Ye said, "You have three sentences to convince me!"
Yiyi's eyes lit up, as if she had already prepared her words, and quickly said, "You know how low-level cultivators fear amber. If you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, I can work with Amber to scare them off, making them retreat."
Lu Ye stroked his chin in thought and nodded, "That makes some sense."
Encouraged, Yiyi continued, "Also, if you need to travel, you can ride Amber, saving energy and maintaining your condition to deal with emergencies. Plus, it runs very fast. If you're being pursued, it can help you escape!"
"Can it listen to me?" Lu Ye looked at Dahu.
Lu Ye had seen Dahu's speed yesterday. When he went to kill Liu Ruyin, Dahu, despite starting later, blocked Liu Ruyin's path. If not for Dahu, Lu Ye would have had a harder time catching up to Liu Ruyin.
"Definitely!" Yiyi nodded vigorously.
"And... and..." Yiyi said urgently, but couldn't think of anything else. Finally, she slapped her chest, "And me!"
"You?" Lu Ye looked down at her.
"I can ambush others! Just like yesterday." Yiyi stood up straight, looking up at him.