The horse galloped, Lu Ye's figure was like a pillar, sitting steadily on the horse's back.
He had never ridden a horse before, but he had ridden a tiger before. Hu Po's run was much more bumpy than this, so the current situation did not affect him at all.
After half a month of recuperation, his injuries were almost completely healed. Lu Ye had planned to say goodbye to Hua Ci today, but after the blunder last night, he didn't know how to explain it to the sober Hua Ci, so he simply left.
He wanted to find Yiyi and Hu Po.
Half a month ago, when he was chased by Dong Shuye, Hu Po played a big part in his escape. If it hadn't carried Lu Ye all the way, Lu Ye wouldn't have had the chance to cross the flat plains.
When they separated, Hu Po was already injured. Lu Ye didn't know how serious its injuries were, and he didn't even know whether it was alive or dead, but no matter what, he had to confirm it himself.
Following the river upstream, Lu Ye sat on the horse's back and refined spirit pills while circulating his spirit energy to nourish the small bell spirit tool.
A day later, he looked at the rushing waterfall and dismounted, patting the horse with his scabbard. The horse was startled and quickly ran away, disappearing without a trace.
After entering the mountain, the horse was useless, so he could only let it go.
At the bottom of the waterfall was a huge pool of water. The water rumbled as it fell into the pool. Lu Ye had jumped down from the top of the waterfall and fell into the pool. If he wanted to find Hu Po, he had to return to the top of the waterfall.
Just as he was looking around, he suddenly heard a splash. When he turned his head to look, he saw a person emerge from the pool.
That person also saw Lu Ye and immediately showed a vigilant expression.
In the Spirit Stream Battlefield, most cultivators who didn't know each other would react in this way. This was because no one knew which side the other belonged to. Under the premise that both sides were equal in strength, they wouldn't easily reveal which side they belonged to.
Looking at that person, Lu Ye remembered that when he jumped into the pool, there was another person under the water who seemed to be collecting something. However, that person was unlucky and was cut into several pieces by Dong Shuye's Golden Lightning Slash, allowing Lu Ye to escape.
Coming here today, he saw another person.
From the looks of it, there was indeed something useful for cultivators under the water, otherwise, there was no reason for so many people to come here.
The man slowly came ashore, staring at Lu Ye.
The other party was just a Third-Order cultivator, so Lu Ye didn't care much about him.
He then looked at the top of the waterfall and said, "Fellow Daoist, if I want to go up, which way should I go?" On both sides of the waterfall were steep cliffs, and there didn't seem to be anywhere to climb.
The man stared deeply at Lu Ye for a while before pointing in a direction. "Ten miles away, there's a place up the mountain."
Lu Ye nodded, "Many thanks!" Then he walked in the direction the man pointed.
As they brushed past each other, the man's expression was tense. It wasn't until Lu Ye's figure disappeared from his sight that he slowly relaxed.
Half a day later, Lu Ye returned to the top of the waterfall.
He went back in the direction he came from and investigated along the way.
Dong Shu Ye's Seventh-Order Dharmic Technique was extremely powerful, so there were still traces of him being hunted down along the way.
After a short while, Lu Ye squatted in front of a crater. This crater had been created by a large fireball, and the surrounding trees had been burned to ashes.
Back then, he had parted ways with Hu Po here.
Recalling the scene at that time, he slowly walked to a spot a few dozen metres away.
He didn't see any bones, which made Lu Ye feel relieved. It seemed that Hu Po wasn't dead.
There was a large patch of dried blood on the ground, which extended in one direction, and that direction actually led to the location of the waterfall.
Lu Ye's heart was heavy, as if he had seen the scene at that time.
At that time, he had been sent flying off the tiger's back by Dong Shu Ye's Dharmic Technique, and Hu Po had also fainted.
He didn't have time to check Hu Po's injuries before fleeing. In his opinion, Dong Shu Ye had specifically come to find him. If he continued to stay with Hu Po, he would die. If they separated, Hu Po would still have a chance to survive.
But after Hu Po woke up, he actually followed the traces on the road and chased after him. Obviously, he wanted to find him.
Following the faint traces of blood on the ground, he really came to the waterfall …
There was a large pool of black blood on the ground. Hu Po had obviously stayed here for a while.
Although he had caught a glimpse of the blood here when he came over, he didn't pay much attention to it because he thought it was his own blood. Only now did he know that it was Hu Po's blood.
Lu Ye continued to follow the traces of blood. He didn't have any experience in this area. Fortunately, he was now a cultivator, so whether it was his eyesight or insight, he was much stronger than mortals. That was why he could barely continue.
In the evening, Lu Ye followed the intermittent clues and came to the front of a cave. The last traces of blood had disappeared here.
With a nervous heart, he softly called out to the cave, "Yiyi, Hu Po!"
"Roar!" There was a beast's roar, and a pungent wind blew in his face. A black panther scuttled out of the cave. Lu Ye unsheathed his long saber, and with a flash of the saber, the black panther's head flew up. Its muscular body fell to the ground, and fresh blood flowed everywhere.
Lu Ye's expression was ugly. He had clearly followed the clues here, but there was no trace of Hu Po or Yiyi. Instead, a black panther had appeared …
This gave him a bad feeling.
If Hu Po didn't come here on his own, then he might've been dragged here by some other ferocious beast.
He put away his long saber and stepped into the cave. Gathering spiritual power in his eyes, he saw a pile of bones at the bottom of the cave. This made his already bad feeling even worse.
He walked forward with heavy steps and squatted in front of the bones to carefully examine them.
A moment later, Lu Ye sighed in relief. These weren't Hu Po's bones. Hu Po's skull was a bit bigger.
At this moment, it was getting late, so it was already impossible to continue investigating. Lu Ye could only rest here for the night.
What he could be sure of now was that Hu Po hadn't died at that time and had come to this cave. The bloodstains along the way were the best proof.
However, it should've left soon. As for where it went, he could only wait until tomorrow to carefully investigate.
After nightfall, Lu Ye ate and drank to his heart's content and continued cultivating. He had already opened 36 spiritual apertures. Running around during the day, he didn't have the energy to break through the barrier of the 37th aperture, so he could only wait until nightfall.
Now, it was much easier for him to open the apertures than when he had just started cultivating. This was because he had enough spiritual power in his body to squander. Moreover, his spiritual power was very pure, which was a natural advantage for opening the apertures. It could increase the efficiency of opening the apertures.
In just the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, the barrier of the 37th aperture shattered, and spiritual power flowed into it …
The next step was simple. He only needed to continuously refine spiritual pills and supplement them with Spirit-Gathering Spirit Runes to fill this spiritual aperture with spiritual power. Then, he could continue to open the next spiritual aperture.
When the Gluttonous Meal was activated, it could automatically refine and absorb the energy of the pills. Similarly, the Spirit-Gathering Spirit Runes didn't require him to be distracted. Therefore, Lu Ye took out the small bell spirit tool and constantly urged his spiritual power to nourish it.
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