Ding 'an City. After a great battle, hundreds of corpses lay three kilometers outside the city.
The city gates opened wide, and under the protection of many soldiers, Lu Ye returned on horseback. On the city walls, countless soldiers who had witnessed the battle with their own eyes knelt down in worship. On both sides of the city's passageway, many people welcomed the triumphant return of this hero.
Obviously, they also knew about the defeat of the Black Turban Vanguard.
In this world of extreme cultivation, Lu Ye's performance just now was too shocking. He single-handedly slaughtered his way into a thousand-man army, slaughtering hundreds of enemies with his own strength, and killing the enemy's general. This kind of story was only heard of in the stories of storytellers.
But today, it actually happened right under their noses.
Lu Ye returned to the Zhou Family's small courtyard and immediately began to cultivate without stopping.
Under the devouring of his Talent Tree, low-grade spirit stones turned into useless stones, and his cultivation slowly and steadily increased.
One day later, the ninth Spirit Aperture opened, and Lu Ye let out a long breath.
Although there was only a difference of one Aperture between Eight and Nine Apertures, this was a qualitative change, because opening the ninth Aperture meant that one had truly stepped onto the path of cultivation. In fact, it was only at this point that a cultivator had the qualifications to call themselves a cultivator.
Spirit Qi flowed through each Spirit Aperture, connecting with each other, continuously growing and multiplying without end.
First Order Spirit Stream Realm! In this way, whether it was one's strength or endurance, it would be greatly improved.
This experience made Lu Ye feel very strange. He never thought that he would be able to walk the same path again, but compared to the past, this path was much faster now.
Previously, when he faced the Black Turban Vanguard, if he had been at the First Order Realm, Lu Ye was confident that he could have defeated the entire vanguard, provided that they didn't flee.
"Yao Nuan," Lu Ye called out softly.
"Sir." Yao Nuan immediately walked in from outside, her eyes filled with reverence. Earlier, she had personally witnessed Lu Ye's display of invincible might from the city walls. For a girl of her age, such a scene was too impactful.
"Is Zhou Ping here?" Lu Ye asked.
When he returned earlier, Zhou Ping was leading people to clean up the battlefield. After all, so many people had died, and it was just outside Ding 'an City. If they didn't do anything, it could lead to a plague. But Lu Ye had told him to come find him after he finished.
"The City Lord has been waiting outside," Yao Nuan replied. When Zhou Ping arrived, Lu Ye was cultivating. He didn't dare to disturb him after learning of the situation.
"Invite him in."
"Yes!"
A moment later, Zhou Ping strode in. Compared to the previous days of worry, Zhou Ping was undoubtedly in high spirits at this moment. When he saw Lu Ye, he immediately cupped his fists and saluted, "Greetings, Mister."
Lu Ye nodded.
Zhou Ping said excitedly, "In the previous battle, Mister displayed his invincible might, making us admire Mister Ding 'an greatly. It is truly our fortune to have Mister Ding' an overseeing our city. In the future, we will no longer have to worry."
In fact, he couldn't understand why Lu Ye was so invincible on the battlefield even though his cultivation was only one aperture higher than his.
At that time, if he had been the one to take the field, he would have been seriously injured even if he didn't die from the rain of arrows.
However, none of this was important. Now that he was the City Lord of Ding 'an, with Lu Ye's assistance, he was confident that he could defend the city and ensure the safety of the citizens. He had even considered whether or not he should let Lu Ye become the City Lord. The main reason he hadn't done so before was because Lu Ye was an outsider and wasn't suitable. However, after experiencing the previous battle, Lu Ye undoubtedly already had this foundation among the citizens.
Now, in all of Ding 'an, who didn't know of Mister Lu Ye's chivalrous reputation?
While he was thinking this, before he could bring it up, he heard Lu Ye ask, "Tell me more about the Black Scarf's situation."
Zhou Ping's expression turned solemn. After muttering to himself for a moment, he said, "The Black Scarf started out as mountain bandits. After their reputation spread, many bandits came to join them. Their nickname is thirty thousand, but according to the information we received, their true military strength should be around ten thousand …"
Lu Ye listened quietly to his narration.
After he finished, Lu Ye said, "In other words, although we defeated their vanguard, in reality, compared to the size of the Black Scarf army, it didn't matter."
Zhou Ping reluctantly admitted, "That is indeed the case. In an army of ten thousand, the hundreds of casualties are negligible." Changing the topic, Zhou Ping said, "However, Mister need not worry too much. The Black Scarf army is currently attacking another city, and their main target isn't here in Ding 'an. That small team originally came to Ding' an to prepare provisions, but because they lost that small team, they attracted Fang Kuang's vanguard. Now that Fang Kuang has died in battle and his vanguard has been crippled, the Black Scarf side won't make too big a move for the time being. Their military strength isn't enough to divide into two forces."
Lu Ye was silent. If this wasn't the scene of his training, then Zhou Ping's judgment was not without reason. However, this was the scene of his training, so Lu Ye felt that the Black Scarf side would definitely not let this matter rest.
He also wouldn't entrust the future of peace to the enemy.
"Let's go. Take me to the storehouse to take a look." Lu Ye stood up.
Zhou Ping didn't hesitate and immediately led the way.
After a short while, Lu Ye went back and forth in the large storehouse. This was one of the most important places in Ding 'an and was naturally heavily guarded. Stored inside were enough supplies for the entire city's population to survive for several months, as well as some items for cultivation.
Zhou Ping didn't know what Lu Ye was looking for, but now that the safety of all of Ding 'an was tied to Lu Ye's shoulders, he naturally allowed him to choose what he wanted from the storehouse.
A moment later, Lu Ye stood in front of a pile of dark stones and casually picked up a fist-sized stone. Circulating his spiritual energy slightly, he raised his eyebrows.
Zhou Ping observed his expression and immediately stepped forward to explain, "Mister, this is Black Bluestone. After smelting, it can be used to forge spirit weapons."
Not all ores were suitable for forging weapons used by cultivators. This involved conductivity. When cultivators fought with their enemies, they had to circulate their spiritual energy. The easier it was for a spirit weapon to conduct spiritual energy, the more valuable it was. Some materials that couldn't conduct spiritual energy could only be forged into ordinary weapons.
For example, Lu Ye's thick spear from before was just an ordinary spear. However, because it wasn't light, Lu Ye was able to display great destructive power.
This Black Bluestone could be used to forge spirit weapons. However, in Lu Ye's view, spirit weapons forged from this material would only be of the lowest grade, because the quality of the ore itself was very low.
However, in this kind of world, having this kind of thing was already very rare.
"In this city, other than the storehouse, are there any other places with Black Bluestone?" Lu Ye asked.
Zhou Ping thought for a moment and said, "The Zhou Clan has some. The other two of the Three Great Clans should also have some stored away. If Mister wants to use it, I can gather it."
"Gather it all and then find someone to smelt it."
"What does Mister want to forge?" Zhou Ping asked.
"You'll know when the time comes." Lu Ye didn't explain too much.
After a short while, he returned to his own courtyard and continued cultivating.
Zhou Ping's efficiency was undoubtedly very high. After only two days, he came back to report that all the Black Bluestone in the city had been gathered and smelted.
In the east of the city, Zhou Ping and the Patriarchs of the other two Great Clans were waiting in a steaming hot place. This was the forge of the Three Great Clans. Almost all the weapons in the city came from here.
Lu Ye slowly walked over. Zhou Ping and the others hurriedly bowed respectfully.
"It's all here?" At a glance, Lu Ye saw the pile of items. They were black, square in shape, one inch thick, five inches long and wide, and there were about twenty of them.
"It's all here." Zhou Ping replied. Black Bluestone was expensive, and the things in front of him were all the reserves of the entire city.
Lu Ye picked up a piece and weighed it in his hand. He found that it wasn't light. He poured his spiritual power into it and nodded slightly. "It's so-so."
The quality of this thing was too low. If placed in the Nine Provinces, it would be trash that no one would even look at. However, in this kind of world, he could only make do.
"Find a blacksmith." Lu Ye ordered again.
Soon, a tall and sturdy blacksmith stood in front of Lu Ye. His face was fierce, but his attitude was respectful. "Mister Lu, what kind of spirit weapon do you want to forge?"
Zhou Ping introduced from the side, "This is the chief blacksmith of our Three Great Clans. His craftsmanship is definitely not a problem."
Lu Ye nodded, looked at him, and said, "Help me out."
The thing he wanted to forge was not something that the blacksmiths of this world could forge.
The previous battle with the Black Scarf Vanguard made Lu Ye realize one thing, that is, in such a world, the role that cultivators could play was greatly weakened. Even he, at that time, had no way to kill a vanguard army of over a thousand people. Even if he tried his best, he could only kill four or five hundred people at most.
Because the level of cultivators was too low, the difference between their physical fitness and that of ordinary people was not that great.
A single Black Scarf Vanguard army was already so difficult to deal with. If the Black Scarf Vanguard army attacked with all its might, Dingan would most likely not be able to survive.
Therefore, he couldn't rely only on himself!
However, the individual strength of the other cultivators was even weaker. Even if they were gathered together, they wouldn't be able to play much of a role. Therefore, he could only rely on external forces to gather these forces together.
The Twin Qi Linked Spirit Array was undoubtedly the best and only choice!
Lu Ye had refined this array countless times, so he was already familiar with it. The only troublesome part was that the Twin Qi Linked Spirit Array was extremely complex.
This was also why Lu Ye had to raise his cultivation to the First Order Spirit Stream Realm before starting. Because an Eight Apertures cultivation was simply not enough.
Even now, Lu Ye wasn't sure if he could reach the First Order Spirit Stream Realm.
"Bring the things here!" Lu Ye ordered again.
Zhou Ping gestured, and immediately, a soldier lifted a large box and placed it at Lu Ye's feet. He opened the box and found that it was full of low-grade spirit stones.
Lu Ye stepped on these spirit stones and prepared to replenish his Spirit Energy at any time. Then, he rolled up his sleeves. "Let's begin!"
After a short while, clinking sounds came from the forge. The chief blacksmith was sweating profusely. Soon, he forged a black stone into the shape of a disc. (End of Chapter)
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