Compared to the markets that Lu Ye had been to before, Yi An City was truly a big city. Lu Ye didn't know who built such a big city, but the liveliness in the city was obviously not something a market could compare to.
The city walls were twenty feet tall and majestic, and the city gate alone was several feet tall. According to the map, Yi An City had twelve gates. Lu Ye entered the city from the southeast gate.
As far as the eye could see, the road that could allow several carriages to drive side by side went straight ahead as far as the eye could see. On both sides of the road were numerous stores that sold all kinds of goods.
People came and went, jostling one another.
Although it was night time, the city was brightly lit, and it was a bustling scene.
Lu Ye walked around and took a look. It really opened his eyes. However, he soon discovered something strange. There seemed to be a lot of mortals in the city …
At first, he thought that those people had cultivated the Aura Concealing Technique or were wearing some kind of Spirit Artifact that could conceal their spiritual aura. However, after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it wasn't possible because there were so many of them. It wasn't until a drunk guy suddenly fell to the ground that Lu Ye realized that these people weren't cultivators, but mortals.
There were mortals in the Spirit Stream Battlefield?
Naturally, there were mortals in the Spirit Stream Battlefield. Those who belonged to sects could return to the Nine States through the Tianji Pillar at any time after entering the Spirit Stream Battlefield. However, it was different for Loose Cultivators. Although they could do so, they would have to wait for someone to come back.
Therefore, many Loose Cultivators wouldn't return to the Nine States after entering the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
They would marry and have children here. The descendants of Loose Cultivators might not necessarily become Loose Cultivators. Over the years, there were many more mortals in the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
Relatively speaking, it was easier for mortals in the Spirit Stream Battlefield to open their apertures because the environment here was better. Therefore, many sects liked to look for suitable candidates in the Spirit Stream Battlefield and take in disciples.
However, the Spirit Stream Battlefield wasn't a safe place. There were many fierce beasts and fights between cultivators were common. Because of this, it was almost impossible to find any traces of mortals in the wilderness. Generally speaking, only large cities would have space for mortals to live in. For example, the market city that Lu Ye had visited before wouldn't have any mortals in it.
There was also a small river flowing in the city. Under the night sky, there were a few boats floating in the river. On the boats were young men and women taking a night trip.
After walking around the city for more than two hours, Lu Ye bought the supplies he needed.
The things he bought the most were food and clothes.
Needless to say, both he and Hu Po had huge appetites, so they couldn't eat less than twenty to thirty kilograms of meat in a single meal. They didn't buy much food this time because there was a lot of Demonic Beast meat stored in their storage pouch, all of which were bitten to death by Hu Po during the Dragon Spring Meeting.
The meat of Demonic Beasts was much more nutritious than the meat of ordinary beasts. It was also Lu Ye and Hu Po's favorite food, especially the meat of a Demonic Snake. It tasted extremely good … Unfortunately, ever since they left Azure Cloud Mountain, they had only eaten it a few times, but they didn't have the luck to eat it again.
As for his clothes … he basically had to change into a new set after every battle. Either his clothes were stained with the enemy's blood or his own, so it was never clean.
After asking for directions, Lu Ye rode on Hu Po and headed straight for the Tianji Business Alliance.
Although there were inns in the city, Lu Ye was more used to staying in the Tianji Business Alliance. At the very least, his safety was guaranteed. Moreover, one spirit stone per night was not expensive. He could afford it with his current wealth.
…
Under the waning lights, a woman's scream rang out. She reached out to cover her back, tears welling up in her eyes. She had been taken advantage of by a young man in embroidered clothes while she was strolling around the night market.
The young man in embroidered clothes looked extraordinary. He wore a luxurious robe and was adorned with gold and jade ornaments. He had a wretched smile on his face as he raised his hand to sniff it. "Smells good!"
The woman's husband accompanied her. After learning the whole story, he stepped forward to argue with the young man, but he was knocked to the ground by the young man's evil slave. He screamed miserably.
A cultivator at the side couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to teach this playboy a lesson. However, just as he stepped forward, he noticed that there was another person in front of the young man.
Looking closely, he saw that the person was emitting a dense Spirit Qi. Impressively, he was a Sixth Order cultivator.
Sixth Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivators were rare in the outermost circle of the battlefield. Being able to appear beside this playboy as a guard, it was obvious that he had an extraordinary background.
This person only wanted to stand up for the injustice, but now, he didn't have the courage to do so. He was only a Third Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator.
"What a scandal!" He angrily spat, turned around and walked away. Out of sight, out of mind.
There were many injustices in this world, so how could he care about all of them?
"Alright, alright, don't beat him to death." The playboy Young Master spoke, and the evil slaves dispersed. Those who knew this playboy Young Master were already used to it, and only shook their heads and sighed.
The woman who had been taken advantage of threw herself at her husband and cried. The playboy Young Master let out a long sigh, turned around and patted the Sixth Order cultivator's chest. "How boring, Old Dong."
[Old Dong …]
The Sixth Order cultivator's eyes twitched. He raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky. [What kind of sin did I commit?!]
He betrayed the Sect, and his three orifices were broken. His future was hopeless. In order to get rid of the Sect's investigation, he fled day and night to this place. Relying on his previous connections, he joined a Ninth Order Family.
Originally, he thought that with his Sixth Order cultivation, even if he wasn't put in a very important position, he would at least have some status. After all, there weren't many Sixth Order cultivators in the Outer Circle. A person like him could easily take charge of a station and become a Deputy Protector.
He used to be a Guardian.
The family he had sought refuge with was full of enthusiasm when he received him, but after he joined, he was assigned the task of protecting their Young Master!
This kind of job could be summed up in one word, and that was bodyguard!
He, a dignified Sixth Order cultivator, was actually going to be a mortal's bodyguard? When he heard this news, he felt like his whole body was going to split open.
He comforted himself that this was just a test. After all, he had betrayed the Sect, and it was already good enough that someone accepted him.
The Young Master he was assigned to guard was the same as all playboys in the world. All day long, he brought a few evil slaves to run amok in the city, causing people to complain. Apart from doing good things, he didn't do anything. Previously, he was even beaten up and almost lost his life.
Although the Young Master was a mortal and wasn't favored by the Patriarch, his beautiful mother was the Patriarch's favorite. As a mother, how could she not love her son? Under the instigation of that cheap servant girl, he, who had sought refuge with the Young Master, was assigned to be his Young Master's bodyguard.
After a few days of contact, he found that this young man's personality wasn't just bad. Just like just now, he didn't have to do anything to the young lady, he just had a cheap hand …
After a day, if he didn't touch eight or ten girls, he wouldn't be able to stay idle. Many people in the city knew him, and most of the young ladies didn't dare to say anything even if they suffered a loss, so they just let it go.
However, this fellow had a sense of propriety and never provoked cultivators. The people he bullied were all ordinary people. It was unknown how a mortal like him could have trained his eyes to distinguish between cultivators.
It could only be said that everyone had their own talent.
He also wouldn't easily kill anyone. Just like just now, he only ordered a few evil slaves to beat someone up. This was probably the biggest reason why he was able to live until now. Of course, another reason was that his family was strong enough.
"Let's go, Old Dong!" The Young Master called out and led the few evil slaves away.
Old Dong followed with a dark face, feeling that his life was gloomy.
At the South-East Gate, a carriage stopped and a young man led two people into the city. The city was full of flowers, which dazzled the eyes of the two people who had never seen the city before.
The young man in the lead was a Fifth-Order cultivator, while the other two were only Second-Order cultivators. They were a man and a woman.
"There are many people in the city. Don't run around. If you get separated, we won't be able to find you," The young man warned.
Of the two Second-Order cultivators, the woman obediently nodded and followed her Senior Brother. The man, on the other hand, smiled and said, "Junior Sister, don't listen to Senior Brother's threats. We have the Battlefield Mark, so if we get separated, we can still contact Senior Brother."
"Oh, right," The woman suddenly reacted and turned to look at her Senior Brother, her beautiful eyes full of expectation.
The Senior Brother had a headache and sighed, "Alright, you can go shopping by yourself. Remember to find me at the Heavenly Secret Commerce Union. We will stay here for the night and set off tomorrow!"
"Understood, Senior Brother!" The woman was overjoyed and disappeared into the crowd with the Second-Order cultivator.
The young man sighed helplessly and walked towards the Heavenly Secret Commerce Union.
…
On the third floor of the Commerce Union, Lu Ye sat cross-legged in his room. Fifty-four Spirit Apertures were gathering Spirit Qi, and the surrounding World Energy was constantly flowing in.
He was not in a hurry to cultivate because there was something he had not had time to investigate.
Reaching into his storage bag, he took out a flat object. It was the one he had spat out from the Dragon Spring.
At that time, he was pressed for time, so he only had time to put it into his storage bag. Later, Tang Wu was beside him, so he could not investigate it. Only now did he take it out.
"Ah wu …"
What Lu Ye did not expect was that when he took it out, Hu Po actually growled and lowered his body, glaring fiercely at the object in Lu Ye's hand.
This was Hu Po's display of hostility.
Lu Ye was puzzled and looked at Yi Yi. Yi Yi quickly comforted him and communicated with Hu Po for a while before explaining, "Hu Po can't explain it clearly. It was just an instinctive reaction."
"Instinctive?"
"En," Yi Yi nodded.
Lu Ye lowered his head and looked at the object in his hand. It was palm-sized and oval-shaped. At first glance, it looked like a fish scale, but upon closer inspection, it did not look like one.
[Snake Scale?]
Lu Ye suddenly remembered that there was a flying dragon pattern on the bronze gate. The scales on that dragon were very similar to the one in his hand.
[Could it be a Dragon Scale?]
[But why would a Dragon Scale spit out from the Dragon Spring?] Moreover, he had never heard Xie Jin mention such a thing. If a Dragon Scale had spat out from the Dragon Spring before, then this matter could not have been concealed, because it was not only the Blue Feather Mountain Sect that had undergone Body Tempering in the Dragon Spring.
Lu Ye recalled the two huge blood-red pupils that appeared in his mind during the Body Tempering process.
[What is that? What is this?]
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