Lu Ye had planned on taking a look at that place ever since he entered the Cloudriver battlefield. However, in the beginning, he did not have a particularly good understanding of the situation in the Cloudriver battlefield. His cultivation was not high either, so he did not act rashly.
Of course, the main reason was that he had not made sufficient preparations. He was unable to maximise his benefits in that place.
Spiritual pills and spiritual stones were not particularly useful in that place. What was truly useful were things that could recover the power of the soul.
Originally, he planned on going after he had made some preparations, but he could not wait any longer.
The main reason was that there was no need for him to make any preparations. He had already obtained what he needed the most!
The Hundred Formation Tower!
This was the holy land of the formation cultivators of the nine provinces, as well as the place where formation cultivators cultivated their path of formations.
Rumour had it that the Hundred Formation Tower was something left behind from the previous epoch of cultivation. It had a total of a hundred floors, and each floor had a different trial. Each floor was more difficult than the last. If one could pass the trial, they would receive a reward from the heavenly secrets, and all of the rewards were related to formations.
This attracted countless cultivators from the nine provinces to enter the Hundred Formation Tower to train and hone their path of formations.
However, the complete Hundred Formation Tower had ceased to exist a long time ago. No one knew what had happened to the Hundred Formation Tower. Now, the Hundred Formation Tower had been split into three parts.
The first part, which was the bottommost part, was in the Mist province's Heaven Expanse sect.
Lu Ye had once received an invitation from a cultivator of the Heaven Expanse sect called Zhao Li to visit the Heaven Expanse sect's encampment as a guest. Afterwards, he entered the main sect of the Heaven Expanse sect and made it through thirty-three floors in a single go, which led to a great uproar in the entire sect.
Before challenging the Hundred Formation Tower, Lu Ye had some attainments in the path of formations, but it was not to an exaggerated degree. However, ever since he challenged the Hundred Formation Tower of the Heaven Expanse sect, Lu Ye's attainments in the path of formations had basically skyrocketed.
This was also why he was able to act as he pleased in the Spiritstream battlefield. There had never been a Spiritstream cultivator with such great attainments in the path of formations. Infiltrating the defensive formations of other encampments was as simple as eating and drinking. Coupled with Lu Ye's strength that surpassed cultivators of the same level, his existence was basically a nightmare for the various sects of the Myriad Demon Ridge on the Spiritstream battlefield.
The Myriad Demon Ridge's side could only rejoice that Lu Ye had long since advanced to the Cloud River Realm and left the Spirit Stream Battlefield. Otherwise, who knew what would happen to the Spirit Stream Battlefield?
It could be said that Lu Ye's current attainments in the formation were partly attributed to his foundation as a spiritual tattooist. Many spiritual tattoos were used in the formation, and he could easily construct many spiritual tattoos, which gave him an advantage that ordinary people couldn't reach in setting up and breaking formations.
But the main reason was the gift from the Hundred Formation Pagoda!
At that time, Lu Ye's cultivation was only at the Eighth Order Spirit Stream Realm. After the Sealed World in Immortal Origin City, Lu Ye received a gift from the Hundred Array Tower that far surpassed any other Array Cultivator in the past, raising his attainments in the Dao of Arrays to a level that was difficult for cultivators of the same level to reach.
His foundation as a spiritual tattooist gave him a certain advantage when it came to setting up and breaking formations. The gift from the Hundred Formation Pagoda was the foundation that raised his attainments in the Dao of Arrays. And for a long time after, this gift was still active, allowing Lu Ye's comprehension of the Dao of Arrays to increase day by day.
Zhao Li of the Heaven Expanse Sect had once told Lu Ye that those who could make it through the first ten floors of the Hundred Formation Pagoda could basically be considered a beginner in the Dao of Arrays. They could barely be considered a qualified Array Cultivator. If they could make it through the twentieth floor, they would be proficient in the Dao of Arrays. If they could make it through the thirty-third floor, they could be called a Grandmaster …
An Array Grandmaster at the Spirit Stream Realm. Just how exaggerated of an honor was that?
Back in the mine at the outskirts of the Great Mang mountains, the guy called Si Nan had tried to stop Lu Ye with a defensive array. In the end, it proved that the defensive array he thought was impregnable was nothing in front of Lu Ye.
He never thought that the difference in their attainments in the Dao of Arrays would be so great.
A portion of the Hundred Formation Pagoda was in the Mist province's Heaven Expanse Sect, while a second portion was on the Cloudriver battlefield!
Lu Ye had experienced the Hundred Formation Pagoda before, and he had also obtained unimaginable benefits from it. As a result, after breaking through to the Cloudriver Realm and arriving on the Cloudriver battlefield, he had planned to attempt the Hundred Formation Pagoda one day.
In the past, his cultivation was still low, and he was not prepared, so it was difficult for him to do so.
With his experience last time, Lu Ye knew that the greatest problem that formation cultivators faced in the Hundred Formation Pagoda was the exhaustion of the power of the mind. Last time, he had relied on the soul-cleansing water to overcome the difficulties time and time again, so he would receive a great gift every time.
He did not have a lot of soul-cleansing water on hand in the past, so he was not too bold to enter the Hundred Formation Pagoda rashly. In the past few days, whenever he entered the Heavenly Secrets treasury to search for resources, he would pay attention to whether there were any treasures or pills that could recover the power of the soul.
But he had never found anything. After all, treasures or elixirs that could restore the power of the Spiritual Soul were of great use to warriors at the Spirit Sea Realm. Even if they appeared in the Tianji Treasury, they would be bought quickly. How could Lu Ye ever have a chance?
This unintentional trip to the Immortal Essence City had given him a large amount of soul-cleansing water, and it was much more soul-cleansing water than the previous time.
This resolved his greatest concern.
Now that everything was ready, and Lu Ye was eager to improve his cultivation, the Hundred Formation Pagoda was unavoidable.
Every time he passed a level of the Hundred Formation Pagoda, he would receive not only array dao items, but the spiritual qi of heaven and earth in the Hundred Formation Pagoda was also extremely rich and pure. Last time, Lu Ye had opened dozens of apertures in the Sky Expanse Sect.
And that was the lowest level of the Hundred Formation Pagoda. The Hundred Formation Pagoda in the Cloudriver battlefield should be even more effective.
If nothing went wrong, his cultivation should be able to improve a little.
He knew the location of the Hundred Formation Pagoda. It was not close to the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance. Even if he rushed there at full speed, it would take him more than ten days.
Moreover … there were probably many experts from the Myriad Devil Ridge monitoring his movements. Once he showed himself, he would definitely be hunted down.
Lu Ye sighed inwardly. His peaceful days would not last long. He would have to start his life as a fugitive again.
But before that, he still needed a large number of array flags.
The difficulty of passing the Hundred Formation Pagoda was the test of mental strength. Every level would put a huge burden on a cultivator's mind. If one's mental strength was not strong enough, it would be difficult to pass through too many levels in one go. The second difficulty was the use of array flags. After all, regardless of whether it was breaking or setting up arrays, array flags would be consumed.
Lu Ye did not choose to refine them himself. Although it was more cost-effective, he had a lot of merit points now. It did not matter if he used some of them.
He walked out of his room and queued up in the Heavenly Secrets Hall. His mind connected to the Heavenly Secrets Treasury and he bought a large number of array flags.
Outside the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance, there was a teahouse that looked directly at the entrance of the Business Alliance. Both the owner and the waiters were delighted.
The business of the teahouse had always been lukewarm. Cultivators came and went in a hurry. Unless there was something to discuss or a reunion after a long separation, they would rarely patronize places like the teahouse. Instead, they would go to places like restaurants.
But recently, the business of the teahouse … had exploded!
Every day, some cultivators would come in to drink tea. Moreover, they would occupy a table and sit there for many days.
The teahouse only had two floors. At this moment, both the upper and lower floors were full.
In the beginning, the waiters of the teahouse did not know what was going on. But as time passed, news gradually spread and they understood what these people were doing.
Previously, the matter of 20 million Devil Ridge cultivators being poisoned to death in the mines outside Mount Taimang had caused a great uproar. The name of the instigator, Lu Yiye of the Jade Blood Sect, had also spread widely in the Cloudriver Battlefield.
Now, that crazy Lu Yiye was hiding in the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance. Many Devil Ridge cultivators who had heard the news from various channels had gathered here, wanting to get a share of the profits.
Previously, a few Devil Ridge cultivators could not hold back and had broken into the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance to kill Lu Yiye. In the end, they had been killed on the spot by the people of the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance. Not only that, but their sects had also been implicated. For the next three years, they would not be able to do any business with the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance.
Under this deterrence, no one dared to cause trouble in the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance. Even if someone went in to investigate Lu Yiye's whereabouts, they would pretend to be doing business.
Whether Lu Yiye was hiding in the Heavenly Secrets Business Alliance … no one knew.
This was because from the beginning to the end, no one had really seen him walk in. It was just a suspicion.
But according to the rumors, after the mine incident, a person wearing a mask had walked into the Business Alliance with a huge bag. That person's figure was exactly the same as Lu Yiye's.
Wearing a mask was undoubtedly because he did not want to reveal his true appearance. As for the huge bag, it was very likely that it was the spoils of war after killing two thousand people with poison.
Therefore, although it was just a suspicion, many Devil Ridge cultivators still concluded that Lu Yiye was hiding here.
Among them, Sacred Flame Sect's Chu Yun and Zhou Pei were the most determined.
The two of them were the first to arrive here. During this time, many Devil Ridge cultivators had lost their patience and left. However, the two of them had been sitting here for so many days, not moving at all.
On the other side of the second floor of the teahouse, there were two familiar figures.
They were the lingering Xia Liang and Tan Sheng.
When a large number of Devil Ridge cultivators had gathered outside the Huitian Valley, the two of them had miscalculated Lu Yiye's response. They had thought that he would definitely escape back to the Nine States, so they had left early.
In the end, the development of the situation was completely different from what they had imagined. When they received the news and rushed to the mine, they saw a scene of purgatory. More than two thousand Devil Ridge cultivators' corpses lay across the ground, making their scalps tingle.
They could not help but feel a lingering fear. Fortunately, the two of them had not arrived too early. Otherwise, they would have become one of the two thousand people.
Apart from these four people, most of the other cultivators were related to those who had been poisoned to death by Lu Yiye. Some of them had childhood friends whose senior brothers had died tragically in Lu Yiye's hands, and some of their junior sisters had died. How could they not take revenge for such a grudge?
Driven by hatred, they gathered from all directions. (To be continued)
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