In the Spirit Stream Battlefield, the World Energy was rich, so the scenery was extremely beautiful. The group of one man, one spirit, and one tiger walked along the road. In terms of experience, no cultivator at the same level as Lu Ye was more knowledgeable about the battlefield.
He left Blue Cloud Mountain from the Second Order Spirit Stream Realm and embarked on the journey back to Blue Blood Sect. It took him more than five months to reach the Fifth Order Spirit Stream Realm.
This time, he set off from the Sky Pillar Sect's territory and began a long journey.
Although other cultivators occasionally went out to travel, they spent most of their time cultivating.
The more they walked, the more they saw, so naturally, they were more knowledgeable.
In a market square, the travel-worn Lu Ye and Yiyi arrived together.
Unlike the markets in the Outer Circle, this place was more prosperous. After all, the people coming and going were no longer small cultivators at the Third or Fourth Order. Those who were qualified to wander in the Inner Circle were at least Sixth Order.
The name of this market was very simple, Heaven's Secret Market, because this was a market led by the Heaven's Secret Business Alliance.
Such markets could be found everywhere in the Inner Circle and Core Circle.
Although cultivators could spend Merit Points to buy some rare items from the Heaven's Secret Treasure House, they would not use precious Merit Points for daily life or cultivation. After all, Merit Points were hard to come by.
With transactions, the market naturally came into being.
Lu Ye had been to a few markets in the Outer Circle, but this was the first time he had come to the Inner Circle's market. After walking around, he found that it was very different from the Outer Circle.
At the very least, the buildings here were neater, and the streets were cleaner. Many rogue cultivators or cultivators from Sects came and went here.
There were also rogue cultivators in the Inner Circle and Core Circle. Perhaps because they were used to it, or because of personal pursuits, or some other reason, these rogue cultivators did not join any Sect.
Moreover, for a Sect, these rogue cultivators who were generally at the Seventh or Eighth Order were no longer suitable to be accepted into the Sect, because no one knew if these rogue cultivators' origins were clean enough. It would be bad if they accepted a spy from a hostile Sect.
Moreover, it was difficult to guarantee their loyalty.
In the Outer Circle, the Third or Fourth Order cultivators still had a chance to join a Sect. The higher the cultivation, the more difficult it was to join a Sect.
Therefore, it wasn't just the Spirit Stream Realm that had loose cultivators. There were also loose cultivators in the Cloud River Realm, True Lake Realm, and even the Spirit Sea Realm.
Most rogue cultivators chose to cultivate under a certain sect because of the rich spiritual energy. However, there were also a small number of rogue cultivators who did not choose to rely on any sect because there were no practical benefits other than being able to enjoy the spiritual energy in the sect. Instead, they would have to listen to the orders of others.
Most of these rogue cultivators lived around Tianji Square to earn their own cultivation resources.
It had to be said that the days of these rogue cultivators were actually very poor, but they also lived very freely.
Lu Ye came to Heaven's Fate Square mainly to rest for the night and update his ten-point map at the same time.
He had spent a lot of money to buy this thing back then. It had been almost a year since then, so there must have been many changes to the map.
At the same time, he also had to deal with the spoils that he didn't need, such as the things he got from Silver Light Island. These things took up a lot of space in his storage bag. Most of them had already been sold to Tianji Treasure House on Silver Light Island. The remaining few were used to exchange for cultivation resources.
He walked into Tianji Merchant Union leisurely. The internal structure was the same as the one he had visited before. Under the guidance of a steward, he entered a compartment.
He made his request and took out the things he wanted to trade. The steward took them and left.
While waiting, Lu Ye poured himself a cup of spiritual tea. This reminded him of some memories. He remembered that every time he entered Tianji Merchant Union, he had to drink tea until he was full because the spiritual tea contained some spiritual energy that could be used to improve his cultivation …
At that time, he was really poor. He had to count the Spirit Pills he used for cultivation every few days for fear that he would run out one day.
Now, he didn't have to worry about Spirit Pills. He just had to fight for cultivation resources. Even precious things like merit points were saved up by Lu Ye.
After waiting for about an incense stick's worth of time, the steward returned and handed back the updated ten-point map along with a bag of spirit stones and Spirit Pills.
Lu Ye took a quick inventory and settled the transaction.
He then asked the steward for a place to stay and was properly received.
After a short while, in the Heaven Room on the third floor of Tianji Merchant Union, Lu Ye sat down cross-legged and inspected the changes in the ten-point map, but no matter how he looked, he couldn't see any difference.
Obviously, the changes weren't that big.
However, judging from his current location, it would only take him half a day to reach Wind Flower Courtyard's station.
With his previous experience, Lu Ye decided to be more straightforward this time and directly attack someone else's mine. Before, he was only a Seventh-Order cultivator and had just entered the Inner Circle, so he couldn't act too arrogantly. Now that he was an Eighth-Order, it shouldn't matter if he acted a little arrogantly. In any case, if he couldn't win, he could just run.
[En, it's decided.]
Putting away the ten-point map, Lu Ye took out a thick book and flipped through it while constructing Spirit Inscriptions on his palm and deciphering them. Diligent practice every day had made him much more adept at this kind of thing than before, which also meant that his attainments in the Spirit Inscription Dao were gradually improving.
The night passed quickly.
The next day, Lu Ye, who had enough rest, even took a bath and changed into a clean set of clothes, walked down from the third floor in high spirits.
The hall was actually very deserted, and there were no other cultivators except for the people from Merchant Union.
Lu Ye didn't think much about it and walked out of Merchant Union with Yi Yi. When he looked outside, he found that there weren't many people in the market outside.
It seemed that most of the cultivators here had run away overnight.
Lu Ye frowned, not understanding what was going on.
Yi Yi said, "Should I ask?"
Lu Ye nodded.
She turned around and went to the female cultivator in charge of reception at the door and called out sweetly, "Elder Sister, what happened here?"
The female cultivator said, "I heard that something called the Infinite Mirage Realm has appeared."
"What is that?"
The female cultivator shook her head, "I'm not too sure." She was just a Fourth-Order cultivator. If it weren't for her relationship with Heavenly Secret Merchant Union, it would be impossible for her to appear in the Inner Circle.
Lu Ye had already stepped into Merchant Union and casually found a manager, "Do you have any information about the Infinite Mirage Realm?"
The manager was all smiles. "Of course we do. What kind of grade do you want …"
"The most expensive one!"
Today was different from the past. Back then, he had to be ruthless to buy a ten percent map. Now, Lu Ye didn't lack money.
"Please wait a moment, Sir." The manager quickly left.
After a while, he returned and handed a jade slip to Lu Ye, "Thank you for your nine hundred spirit stones."
This price … was indeed a little too expensive.
Lu Ye didn't say anything. He counted out nine hundred spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the manager before walking to the side to check the information about the Infinite Mirage Realm.
After half a cup of tea's time, he put down the jade slip. Sensing Yi Yi's gaze, he handed the jade slip to her. Yi Yi also checked it.
According to the information revealed in this jade slip, the Infinite Mirage Realm was an independent small space, similar to the Chess Sea, but not as vast as the Chess Sea.
Moreover, there was more than one kind of Infinite Mirage Realm. There were many kinds. Some Infinite Mirage Realms had beautiful environments, some were eerie, and some were unpredictable.
However, without exception, every Infinite Mirage Realm had good things, natural treasures, secret techniques, and secret manuals. Some people had even obtained heaven-grade cultivation techniques inside.
Cultivation methods in the Nine Regions showed a trend of polarization. Below the Heaven Level Cultivation Methods, including the Earth Level Cultivation Methods, were all things that could be found on the streets. This was also the reason why Lu Ye could buy the Red Lotus Soaring to the Sky Secret Art from the Profound Sect for only a few spirit stones.
If this earth-grade cultivation technique was really sold, it would only be worth a few dozen spirit stones. It wasn't expensive.
However, heaven-grade cultivation techniques couldn't be bought outside. There was only one way to obtain them, and that was to spend merit points in the Tianji Treasury.
If one wanted to exchange for a heaven-grade cultivation technique, it would cost at least a thousand merit points. Moreover, because of the Tianji Treasury's surveillance, heaven-grade cultivation techniques exchanged from the Tianji Treasury couldn't be imparted to others. Otherwise, the Tianji Treasury would punish them.
A thousand merit points wasn't much for Lu Ye because it was easy for him to kill enemies. Coupled with his status as a Guardian, he would occasionally receive a monthly salary for himself.
However, many cultivators might not be able to save enough merit points for a heaven-grade cultivation technique even if they saved up from the First-Order to the Ninth-Order. Because they couldn't afford a heaven-grade cultivation technique, many cultivators were stuck at the Ninth-Order.
However, they couldn't do without a heaven-grade cultivation technique because a heaven-grade cultivation technique was related to a cultivator's breakthrough from the Spirit Stream Realm to the Cloud River Realm. Simply put, without a heaven-grade cultivation technique, there was no way to break through to the Cloud River Realm.
This was also the reason why the cultivators of the two camps were willing to kill each other. Killing enemies would earn merit points, and merit points were related to one's future.
Therefore, the Infinite Mirage Realm was very attractive to cultivators. If one could obtain a heaven-grade cultivation technique inside, it was equivalent to picking up a thousand merit points for free.
The information that the Heavenly Secret Commerce Alliance sold about the Boundless Mirage Realm was very comprehensive because every time the Boundless Mirage Realm appeared, they would spend spirit stones or spirit pills to buy information from the surviving cultivators and record it.
Therefore, there was a reason why it was expensive.
According to the jade slip, the Infinite Mirage Realm would randomly appear anywhere in the Spirit Stream Battlefield. The entire Spirit Stream Battlefield was so big that even if the probability of it appearing wasn't low, it was still a kind of luck to encounter it.
Under normal circumstances, once the Infinite Mirage Realm appeared, the nearby cultivators would enter it to look for benefits.
This was also the reason why there were suddenly fewer people in the market.
However, the Infinite Mirage Realm only appeared for a short period of time. From its appearance to its disappearance, it would only appear for about a day. Counting the delay in the transmission of information, not many people could enter the Infinite Mirage Realm every time it appeared. There was even one time when the Infinite Mirage Realm was only discovered when it was about to disappear. In the end, by the time the person who discovered it ran over, the Infinite Mirage Realm had already disappeared.
After digesting the information he had obtained, Lu Ye led Yi Yi out.
After asking a few more questions from the female cultivator at the door, Lu Ye summoned his small boat spirit artifact and rushed into the sky with Yi Yi.
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