The Butcher was stunned, but after thinking about it, he said, "Maybe the exchange rate is very low?"
He wasn't going to take the blame!
The City Lord's expression was ugly, and he didn't know what to say.
Lu Ye's right to exchange battle merits for soul water was granted by the City Lord himself, so he couldn't change the result. He could only pray that Lu Ye's battle merits were limited and couldn't exchange for too much soul water. Otherwise, it would really affect the foundation of the Soul Pool.
After a while, Lu Ye, who was happily collecting soul water at the bottom of the Soul Pool, found that the spirit-gathering funnel in front of him was suddenly distorted and collapsed.
He instinctively built another spirit-gathering funnel, but as soon as the second funnel was formed, it seemed to be disturbed by an inexplicable force, and it didn't have any effect at all.
He came to his senses and hurriedly checked his battlefield imprint. He found that the information recorded in the battlefield imprint showed that his battle merits were only left with 836 points.
One thousand battle merits could only be used to collect one drop of soul water. The remaining 836 points were obviously not enough for one drop.
He had more than 300,000 battle merits left in such a short time. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel the pinch. After all, this was battle merits, not merit. But compared to the harvest, the price he paid was absolutely worth it.
The water sack wasn't full, but there were more than 300 drops of soul water in it. Such a huge amount of resources was enough for him and his close friends to improve their spirits to an extremely exaggerated level.
With no more battle merits, it was time to leave.
Lu Ye carefully put away the water sack and urged his power to fly up.
He originally thought that he was at the bottom of the Soul Pool, but in fact, after only two breaths, he broke through the blockade of the heavy soul fog. The surrounding light was reflected in his eyes, and he couldn't help but squint.
The next moment, he felt a sharp gaze on him.
Looking in the direction of the gaze, Lu Ye saw the City Lord of Immortal Essence City he saw last time!
But at this moment, the City Lord's expression was a little strange, as if he was gnashing his teeth …
He gave Lu Ye the feeling that he had done something that angered both man and god, and that the City Lord couldn't wait to beat him up.
Could it be … that the City Lord had noticed his movements in the Soul Pool? Lu Ye couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
But on second thought, what was there to be afraid of? He had used his battle merits to exchange for soul water, which was allowed by Tianji! No matter how powerful the City Lord was, could he be more powerful than Tian Ji?
Thinking of this, Lu Ye suddenly showed a look of pleasant surprise and looked at the fat figure behind the City Lord.
"Senior?"
Lu Ye thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him. His figure flashed and he landed in front of the butcher. He carefully sized him up and confirmed that this was the butcher who should have already died.
He was a little confused. "Senior, why are you …"
Butcher chuckled and said, "In Immortal Essence City, as long as the soul pool isn't broken, spirit bodies like us won't die. It's just a temporary silence."
Lu Ye didn't understand why Butcher was able to come back from the dead, but from what he said, it seemed that the Soul Pool had bestowed these spirit bodies with some special abilities.
No wonder they always said that the Soul Pool was the foundation of the Immortal Essence City.
If that was the case, then what he saw before he fainted was not an illusion?
"Then Senior Liu Datong and Senior Yu Qing …"
"They're all still alive. They're currently finishing up some quests outside. I'm sure they'll be back soon."
Lu Ye let out a long sigh. "That's great!"
Butcher raised his hand and patted Lu Ye's shoulder. He praised, "Kid, well done!" Naturally, he was referring to the fact that Lu Ye had single-handedly completed the mission for them after their team had been wiped out. Although he hadn't done it perfectly, he had done his best.
If not for this, Butcher wouldn't have brought Lu Ye back to the City Lord's Mansion and even made the decision to include him in his team, giving him the right to enter the soul pool to recuperate.
Of course, Lu Ye didn't know all of this for the time being.
"By the way, senior, your knife." Lu Ye hurriedly took out Butcher's boning knife from the storage space and handed it back.
Butcher took it and casually inserted it into the knife sheath at his waist. He then cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I'll leave this kid to you. I'll leave him to you."
An impatient voice rang out. "Get lost!"
Butcher pulled Lu Ye to the side and whispered, "I know you have a lot of questions, but there are some things I can't say. I don't know either. If you have any questions, you can ask the City Lord. He'll definitely tell you what he can tell you. No matter what, you're now considered half a citizen of Immortal Essence City."
Being included in Butcher's team wasn't just a matter of words. Therefore, even if Lu Ye wasn't a cultivator from Immortal Essence City, he was still considered half a citizen of Immortal Essence City in Butcher's eyes.
"Do you need my help?" Lu Ye asked. After recuperating in the soul pool, Lu Ye felt extremely energetic. Moreover, the power of his spirit seemed to be stronger than before.
Butcher shook his head. "No need. The insect race's siege is coming to an end. What's left is trivial matters to wrap up. You should leave this place as soon as possible. You're a living person. If you stay here for too long, it won't do you any good."
Lu Ye nodded. "Yes."
Even if Butcher didn't say this, Lu Ye could feel that his spirit had left his body to come to Immortal Essence City on the basis of projection. There would be some hidden dangers if his spirit and body were separated for too long.
Butcher patted Lu Ye's shoulder again and left in a flash.
Lu Ye watched his back disappear. Then, he turned around and respectfully bowed to the figure in front of him. "Lu Ye greets the City Lord!"
A cold snort sounded. "So you can see me?"
City Lord … Why was he being so eccentric?
"Just now, when I saw Senior Butcher come back to life, I was unable to contain my joy. Please forgive my rudeness, City Lord!"
Hearing Lu Ye's explanation, Ji Yuan's expression eased a little. However, when he thought of the soul pool and soul water, his cheeks twitched again. "Kid, your harvest this time is not small!"
More than three hundred drops of soul water!
Ever since Immortal Essence City existed, it had never lost so much soul water.
In the past, although there were cultivators who could take away soul water from Immortal Essence City, it was at most one or two drops. Ji Yuan had deliberately placed them somewhere in Immortal Essence City for foreign cultivators to find.
And last time, this kid had already taken away dozens of drops …
Immortal Essence City had suffered heavy losses because of this kid.
The loss of more than three hundred drops of soul water was enough for Immortal Essence City to support two or three wars!
However, he couldn't say anything. Last time, he was careless. He didn't expect this kid to have such a strange ability. This time, there was a heavenly secret. Therefore, even if his heart was about to bleed, he could only admit that he was unlucky.
Fortunately, although more than three hundred drops of soul water was a lot, it wasn't to the extent that it could affect the foundation of the soul pool.
What … did the City Lord mean?
Lu Ye looked up at him. There seemed to be a hidden meaning in his words.
He should know that he was collecting soul water from the soul pool, right? Thinking about how Butcher and the others didn't have soul water with them when they went out to fight, Lu Ye suspected that the City Lord in front of him couldn't condense soul water.
Lu Ye took out a jade bottle and handed it to Ji Yuan. He said in a low voice, "I don't have much either."
Ji Yuan looked at the jade bottle. When he reacted, he was so angry that he laughed. "Kid, what kind of person do you think I am?"
That jade bottle was clearly the first one that Lu Ye filled when he was collecting soul water. After that, he noticed that the soul water condensed too quickly, so he changed to a water bag.
Lu Ye quickly took back the jade bottle and took a deep breath. Forget it. A bottle of soul cleansing water was quite heavy. He said, "I misunderstood. I thought …"
"What did you think? You thought we would split the loot? "
Don't even think about it!
After thinking about it, Lu Ye said seriously, "City Lord, you're wrong. That's not some loot. I exchanged it with my battle merits."
Ji Yuan waved his hand weakly. "Whatever you say. If you have the ability to take it, then it's yours."
"Thank you, City Lord!" Lu Ye immediately relaxed.
"But kid … how many battle merits did you get this time?" Ji Yuan was still very curious about this.
Lu Ye reported a number.
The corner of Ji Yuan's eyes twitched when he heard this. He recalled how Tu Fu said that Lu Ye only had a few tens of thousands of battle merits. What bullshit tens of thousands of battle merits? That was more than three hundred thousand!
He even suspected that Tu Fu did it on purpose. Otherwise, he wouldn't have run so fast.
But there was no point in worrying about it now. The thing was already in Lu Ye's hands. He couldn't ask him to spit it out, especially when the soul water was indeed exchanged with his battle merits.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Ji Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
Lu Ye noticed that the atmosphere had eased a lot, so he asked, "Why are you laughing, Sir?"
Ji Yuan shook his head and said, "It's nothing. It's just that I haven't talked to someone like this for a long time." Then, he changed the topic. "Kid, you're growing very fast."
The last time he saw Lu Ye, he was only at the Eighth Order Spirit Stream Realm. Now, he was already at the True Lake Realm. This kind of growth speed was simply shocking.
For thousands of years, many cultivators from the Nine States had come to Immortal Essence City. Among them, there was no lack of talented people. Although Ji Yuan didn't know how fast they grew, it was impossible for them to be faster than this kid in front of him.
Lu Ye shook his head and said, "Sir City Lord misunderstands. Junior's current situation is a bit special. In fact, Junior is only at the Fifth Order Cloud River Realm. It's just that the strength of my Soul is stronger than my physical body. So, after coming here, I can show my True Lake Realm foundation."
Ji Yuan suddenly understood. "So that's how it is."
It was normal. Since Lu Ye's Soul had come here, what he showed was naturally the strength of his Soul.
However, a Fifth Order Cloud River Realm cultivator … His growth speed was not slow.
"Sir City Lord, Junior has some questions to ask. I wonder if Sir can answer them?"
"Ask away. If I can, I will naturally tell you."
"This Immortal Essence City … What's going on? Isn't this a Sealed World in the Spirit Stream Battlefield? Why was Junior able to come here through the fused Breath Fruit Core? "
"Sealed World …" Ji Yuan whispered softly. He didn't directly answer Lu Ye's question. Instead, he asked, "In your opinion, what is a Sealed World?"
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