Inside the mine, Lu Ye received a message from Hao Ren, "Brother Yi Ye, it's time to retreat!"
The surviving cultivators of Sky Bearing Sect had been alarmed, so the news must have been sent back to their encampment. This place was only thirty kilometres away from Sky Bearing Sect's encampment. If they didn't leave now, once Sky Bearing Sect sent reinforcements, it would be difficult for them to leave.
Lu Ye also knew that it wasn't good to stay here for long, so he didn't continue fighting. Under Yi Yi's lead, he walked out of a cave.
The exits of this mine were everywhere, mainly to facilitate escape. Mining in the Spirit Stream Battlefield wasn't safe. If there were too few exits, it would be easy to block them, so basically every Sect's mine had many exits.
This made it convenient for Lu Ye, as he didn't need to go back the way he came.
After rushing out of the mine, a bird-like sound immediately came from not far away. Lu Ye grabbed Hu Po and threw it on the ground, having it transform back into its original form. He then jumped on Hu Po's back and rushed over.
In a flash, he met up with Hao Ren and Yi Yi and fled madly.
They thought that they had poked a hornet's nest this time and would definitely be pursued. Lu Ye had already planned that if there weren't many people coming, he would turn back and attack Hao Ren and Yi Yi Ye. If there were many, he would separate from them and continue to flee, attracting the enemy's attention.
The speed of his Flying Wings was very fast, and ordinary Ninth Order cultivators couldn't keep up with it.
But after fleeing for a while, there was no movement behind them, which surprised everyone.
An hour later, the three people and one tiger stopped in a hurry on a small hillside. There were no pursuers, so there was no need to run.
Hao Ren said, "Brother Yi Ye, we seem to have made a mistake."
"What?"
"The people of Sky Bearing Sect probably won't come after us." He had just communicated with Luo Fu for a while, and this judgment was given by Luo Fu.
"What do you mean?"
"You see … We first killed three Ninth Order cultivators and then killed our way into their mine. In Sky Bearing Sect's opinion, a large number of cultivators must have come to harm them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have lost so many people. Moreover, before the three Ninth Order cultivators died, they didn't even have time to send back the news. With such concerns and the dark night, they wouldn't dare to rashly send people out. At this moment, they should be holed up in the encampment's Spirit Array."
When Lu Ye heard this, she realized that things might be as Hao Ren said.
Only they knew the situation on their side. Sky Pillar Sect didn't know. Three of the Ninth Order Masters guarding the mineral lode had died, and the mineral lode had been captured. Sky Pillar Sect would definitely be suspicious, and with the darkness of the night, they didn't dare to attack rashly.
"Brother, have you become smarter?" Hao Qing looked at Hao Ren in surprise.
Hao Ren glared at him. He naturally wouldn't tell her that it was Senior Brother Luo Fu who said this.
"However, we can't let our guard down. After dawn, the Sky Pillar Sect will definitely send people to investigate the mine. At that time, we'll probably be able to figure out the truth."
He didn't know how the Sky Pillar Sect would feel when they found out that it wasn't a group of people who raided the mine, but only a few people.
On the flying spirit tool that looked like a large ship, Luo Fu, who was leading the team, ended his communication with Hao Ren with an indescribable expression …
The Sky Pillar Sect didn't send anyone to chase after him. What the hell was going on? He had pulled out all the people in the sect. He couldn't possibly bring everyone to see the night scenery and then run back. For a moment, his intestines were in knots.
After an incense stick's worth of time, Lu Ye rode on Hu Po and under the lead of Hao Ren and his sister, arrived in front of a lake.
The night wind blew, and the lake rippled. Even the air seemed to be much clearer.
Since they were sure that the people from the Sky Pillar Sect didn't chase after them, they relaxed. Previously, when they killed those Sky Pillar Sect cultivators in the mine, Hao Qing's body was covered in a lot of blood and was sticky. She came here mainly to wash it.
Lu Ye didn't care.
Hao Ren raised a bonfire and took out a large piece of beast meat from his storage bag to roast it. Looking at his technique, it was obvious that he was proficient in this field.
Lu Ye raised his eyes and looked not far away. Hao Qing was standing by the lake and was muttering something. Then, she suddenly threw a large piece of something into the lake. With a bang, water splashed everywhere.
As if sensing Lu Ye's confusion, Hao Ren explained, "It is said that there is a Winged Flood Dragon in this lake. It likes to eat blood, but it generally doesn't hurt people. So, cultivators who come here to get water or rest only need to throw some blood food into the lake."
"Winged Flood Dragon?"
"I haven't seen it either. It should be a very long snake."
Lu Ye and Hu Po thought of the delicate white snake meat at the same time and felt a little hungry.
Hao Ren chuckled, "There are legends all over the Spirit Stream Battlefield. Who knows if it's true or not? Anyway, as far as I know, no one has ever seen that Winged Flood Dragon. It's probably just a rumor."
A moment later, Hao Qing came back after washing up. Her hair was wet, and the beast meat was also roasted. Everyone shared it.
After working for most of the night and fighting a big battle, they were naturally tired. Lu Ye and Hao Ren sat down to rest while Yi Yi was responsible for guarding the surroundings.
As he cultivated, Lu Ye checked the situation of his Spirit Apertures. Half a month ago, he had opened one hundred and thirty-five apertures, and now he only needed to open one more to reach one hundred and forty-four. At that time, his cultivation would reach the Eighth Order.
Having a high cultivation wasn't necessarily a good thing. For example, when he killed Yuan Guang, he received 27 merit points, but if he killed Yuan Guang as an Eighth Order cultivator, he would only get 18 points.
This was one of the reasons why he ran to the Inner Circle without waiting for him to reach the Eighth Order. His Seventh Order cultivation was a little lacking, but the merit points he could get from killing enemies above his realm was really high.
Lu Ye took out the Storage Bag he had collected before and opened it.
He couldn't carry too many Storage Bags, but thanks to Madam Yun's guidance, his lockpicking skills were improving day by day. Opening a Storage Bag didn't take too much time.
While he was busy, Hu Po, who had shrunk his body, jumped onto his lap and rubbed his head against his stomach.
Generally, Hu Po would only do this for one thing.
Lu Ye understood and took out the scale armour. Hu Po leaned over and took a deep breath, swallowing a line of blood visible to the naked eye.
Hu Po fell stiffly to the ground … His body glowed with a faint red light, which shined brightly with his golden demonic aura.
Ever since he obtained this scale armour from Hundred Peak Mountain's Dragon Spring, Hu Po would take a deep breath from time to time. Lu Ye would also place it in the Spirit Gathering Array when he cultivated, but after such a long time, the Blood Qi in the scale armour hadn't decreased by much.
This showed how rich the Blood Qi contained inside was.
Second Senior Sister Shui Yuan had studied this scale armour before, but she didn't recognize it. She only guessed that there must be some secret hidden under the Dragon Spring.
Lu Ye planned to wait until his cultivation was strong enough before going to the Dragon Spring to take a look. He remembered that when he was tempering his body in the Dragon Spring, two huge blood-red pupils suddenly appeared in his mind.
Putting away the scale armour, Lu Ye continued to open the seal on his Storage Bag.
On the surface of the lake, a layer of ripples appeared out of thin air, followed by layer after layer of ripples silently spreading outwards. In a short period of time, the ripples became densely packed and innumerable. A moment later, a single horn poked out from the surface of the water. A dark shadow moved underwater, as if a huge monster was swimming past.
"Lu Ye!"
Yiyi, who was on alert, called out softly.
Lu Ye could hear that something was wrong with her voice and quickly looked around. With a single glance, he saw two green eyes with vertical pupils, each the size of a washbasin. Even in the darkness of the night, they were extremely conspicuous.
Meeting these eyes, Lu Ye immediately felt a great sense of terror and crisis …
When he focused again, he could vaguely make out the appearance of the owner of those eyes. It was a huge snake head with a horn on its head. Its entire body was covered in dense snake scales. On the left and right sides of its abdomen, there were two protrusions, as if something was about to grow out of them.
It was impossible to see how long this snake was because most of its body was underwater, but its body was at least as thick as a large water tank.
Their eyes met, but Lu Ye didn't dare to move for a while. He could feel that this thing in front of him was probably on the same level as Xiao Hui in his station, reaching the limit of what could be accommodated in the Spirit Stream Battlefield. Even if Masters like Feng Yuechan and Li Baxian came here, they still wouldn't be able to win.
Fortunately, this giant snake didn't immediately attack after it appeared, and its huge eyes only stared at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye didn't know why it was staring at him.
"Brother Hao, Brother Hao!"
Lu Ye called out softly.
Hao Ren still didn't know what was going on, so when he heard the call, he responded, "What's wrong?"
"You said before, what was in this lake?"
"Ying … Jiao!" Hao Ren suddenly cried out in fear because he also saw those huge eyes. Hao Qing, who was beside him, was also startled.
He reacted quickly and quickly held down Hao Qing, who was about to jump up, and then Hao Qing maintained a strange posture of kneeling on one knee and arching her body.
Cold sweat slowly flowed down their foreheads, and the atmosphere became tense.
No one dared to move because they all sensed that this Ying Jiao was not to be trifled with. If they did something wrong and angered it, they might not live to see the sun tomorrow.
"Brother Hao, didn't you say that this thing was just a rumor?"
Hao Ren had just mentioned to him that there was a Ying Jiao in this lake, and now he saw it. Lu Ye didn't know whether to feel lucky or unlucky.
Hao Ren's voice trembled. "I haven't seen it either. I've been here several times with my little sister, but it has never appeared."
"Think of a way. Why does it keep staring at me?"
"Mm, think of a way." Hao Ren took a few deep breaths to calm his panic. "Right, it likes to eat blood. Everyone, don't move. I'll get something for it to eat. It might be hungry."
After saying that, Hao Ren slowly stood up.
At the same time, Lu Ye's attention was focused to the limit. He was waiting for the Ying Jiao to act strangely so that he could immediately fly into the sky.
When he saw the Ying Jiao, he didn't immediately run away, mainly because he was afraid of angering it. If that happened, Hao Ren and his little sister wouldn't have a good ending.
But if this Ying Jiao really had any malicious intentions towards them, then he had no other choice but to fly into the sky and escape.
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