Healing, cultivating, the days passed without much incident.
www..co
M
With each pill consumed, and with the assistance of the Spirit Gathering Pattern, Lu Ye’s progress in opening his acupoints was much faster than expected. If he were to put in his full effort now, it would take him no more than two days to open one acupoint.
This efficiency was terrifying. The Taotie Feast, this auxiliary cultivation technique, was truly of great help to Lu Ye.
Hua Ci came as agreed every night, and under her care, Lu Ye’s injuries rapidly improved.
They would sometimes chat, and from her, Lu Ye unexpectedly learned an interesting piece of information: the Nine Stars Sect’s base, two hundred miles away, had been breached by the Xuanmen Sect.
The transmission of information among cultivators was quite convenient, as the battlefield marks allowed them to easily add each other as friends. As long as they were in the same space, they could easily pass on messages.
The reason this news caused some reaction was mainly because, among the two sects, the Nine Stars Sect was of a higher grade.
Occupying a sect’s base was not an easy task, as each sect’s base was protected by powerful formations. Without breaking these formations, it was impossible to occupy the base. Even if the formations were broken, it was not guaranteed that one could achieve their goals, as the cultivators stationed in the base were not mere decorations.
In the outer regions of the battlefield, it was rare for a sect’s base to be occupied, as the sects in the outer regions were of lower grades, and the cultivators’ cultivation levels were relatively weak. Sending a group of low-level cultivators to breach a sect’s formation was clearly a difficult task.
It was said that the reason the Xuanmen Sect succeeded this time was mainly because they used a powerful spirit talisman specifically designed to break formations.
The Nine Stars Sect suffered significant losses, with many disciples killed and the good things stored in the base swept away. After the Xuanmen Sect withdrew, they set the Nine Stars Sect’s base on fire, burning it to the ground.
When Lu Ye heard this news, he was not surprised. If the Xuanmen Sect dared to make a move, they must have had some confidence.
Lu Ye felt a bit of schadenfreude. All his injuries were due to Dong Shuyi, and now that the Nine Stars Sect’s base had been occupied, he felt a sense of vindication, even though he did not participate in the attack.
However, from Hua Ci’s words, it seemed that the occupation of the base was not as he had imagined.
He had thought that after the Xuanmen Sect occupied the Nine Stars Sect’s base, that territory would be theirs. But in reality, the Xuanmen Sect only killed many Nine Stars Sect disciples, plundered some resources, and then set fire to the base before withdrawing.
This was similar to what happened when the Haotian Alliance occupied the Evil Moon Valley. At that time, the Haotian Alliance did not stay long in the Evil Moon Valley after occupying it, quickly withdrawing because it was considered the territory of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge. Staying too long would certainly lead to being besieged by the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge’s forces.
The same applied in the battlefield. The Nine Stars Sect would certainly have allies, and if the Xuanmen Sect continued to stay in the Nine Stars Sect’s base, they would be attacked. It was better to take what they could and run.
Hua Ci said that the Xuanmen Sect’s successful occupation of the Nine Stars Sect’s base brought them significant benefits. It was not just about plundering resources; there seemed to be other, more important benefits. She mentioned that as a result, the Xuanmen Sect’s promotion to the eighth grade in the next sect grading evaluation was almost certain, while the Nine Stars Sect would definitely drop to the ninth grade.
Plundering some cultivation resources alone could not have raised the Xuanmen Sect’s grade. Lu Ye did not ask about this, but he listened.
Hua Ci seemed to think he was a disciple of a major sect… he did not know how this misunderstanding arose, perhaps because she saw him being generous? As a disciple of a “major sect,” it was impossible for him to be unaware of these common knowledge points.
Liusu Market was a market nearby, not much different from the other markets Lu Ye had visited. The buildings were scattered and chaotic, incorporating styles from all over the Nine Provinces.
The largest building was a branch of the Tianji Merchant Alliance.
Lu Ye, being a regular customer of the Tianji Merchant Alliance, came straight here with Hua Ci and others today.
There was no other reason; he had few spirit pills left.
In the past half-month of healing, he had already used over a hundred spirit pills just to pay Hua Ci, making this greedy woman very wealthy. Adding to that, he used several pills daily for his own cultivation, and out of the original three hundred plus spirit pills, more than half were gone. He had already opened thirty-five acupoints, and the remaining spirit pills would definitely not be enough for him to reach the fourth level of the Spirit Stream realm.
Of course, he could also slowly improve himself with the help of the Spirit Gathering Pattern, but for him, the benefits of the Spirit Gathering Pattern were secondary. His main method of cultivation was still through consuming spirit pills.
After getting used to fine delicacies, who would want to eat corn anymore?
The internal layout of the Tianji Merchant Alliance was almost the same everywhere. Under the guidance of a servant girl, Lu Ye entered a private room to wait, as usual drinking several pots of spirit tea…
The person who came to do business with him this time was a male cultivator in his thirties, who appeared refined and scholarly.
Lu Ye sold four pieces of Yuan Magnetic Ore this time, leaving him with only six pieces left.
He also dealt with the storage bags of the Nine Stars Sect’s young master and his three companions. He had carried these four storage bags for some time. Three of them were not worth much attention, probably containing nothing of value, so he sold them to the merchant alliance for fifteen spirit stones…
He had sold storage bags before; they were not worth much because opening them carried risks. Low-level cultivators did not have much of value, so the merchant alliance generally bought them for five spirit stones each. Of course, one could also choose to have the merchant alliance remove the restriction lock, and what one could find in the storage bag depended entirely on luck and fortune.
Good luck could bring a profit, while bad luck could result in a significant loss.
As for the storage bag of the Nine Stars Sect’s young master, Lu Ye would never sell it cheaply. This guy must have some good things.
After stating his requirements, the merchant alliance had no objections. They did not care where his storage bag came from; they only cared about the money.
In the entire Spirit Stream battlefield, the Tianji Merchant Alliance was a unique existence, belonging to no particular faction.
The manager of the merchant alliance led Lu Ye to a secret room, where he met an elderly cultivator. The manager then left.
This elderly cultivator was a specialist in removing restriction locks, with unparalleled skills. Such people in the cultivation world had a specific name.
Locksmiths!
Lu Ye took out the storage bag of the Nine Stars Sect’s young master, and the elderly cultivator picked it up, sensing it for a moment before giving a price.
Lu Ye paid without hesitation and then waited quietly.
In just half an hour, a flash of light appeared in the elderly cultivator’s hand, and he handed the storage bag to Lu Ye: “It’s done.”
Lu Ye took it without checking and then took out the small bell-shaped spirit tool, saying, “Please help me remove the restriction on this as well, sir.”