After a simple conversation, Li Baxian learnt about Lu Ye's plan.
His junior brother was skilled in formations, so it was only natural for him to go to the Hundred Formation Tower to study. It was possible to say that all formation cultivators in the nine provinces would do everything they could to visit the Hundred Formation Tower when they reached the Cloudriver realm.
In particular, formation cultivators from the Myriad Demon Ridge would do so.
The first section of the Hundred Formation Tower was in the Mist province's Heaven Expanse sect. It was the sect's treasure, so they could not enter it. However, the section in the Cloudriver battlefield did not belong to anyone.
Li Baxian did not say much after learning about Lu Ye's plan. He only warned him to be careful.
After ending the conversation, Lu Ye continued on his way.
Around half a day later, as Lu Ye flew on his artifact, he suddenly received another message from the battlefield imprint.
He checked it in a hurry and discovered that it was actually his fourth senior brother who had contacted him.
This was quite rare. His fourth senior brother would not disturb him so frequently.
"Junior brother, I've asked around about the Hundred Formation Tower. The situation there is rather complicated, so I'll tell you about it."
Afterwards, he received large chunks of information.
Through the information, Lu Ye felt warmth in his heart. He could sense his fourth senior brother's concern.
Actually, he already knew about all the information Li Baxian had sent him. He had been in the Cloudriver battlefield for so long. Although he had never set off for the Hundred Formation Tower, he still paid attention to the situation there.
This was because there would be a day when he set off for the Hundred Formation Tower. There was nothing wrong with making preparations beforehand.
Just like his fourth senior brother had said, the situation there was rather complicated. If he barged in recklessly without knowing anything, it was very likely for him to suffer.
Especially when he was at the Tianji Merchant Union a few days ago, he had specially bought a set of information on the Hundred Formation Pagoda from the Tianji Merchant Union. It was undoubtedly much more detailed than what Li Baxian had scouted out on the spot. The information even included the experiences of many array cultivators who had challenged the Hundred Formation Pagoda.
For this, Lu Ye had spent a large amount of spiritual stones. Of course, someone as wealthy as him would not care about mere spiritual stones. They were all spoils of battle anyway.
But he didn't expose him. After Li Baxian told him all the information he knew, he warned, "With your ability, you'll definitely be able to obtain a lot of benefits in the Hundred Formation Pagoda. But you must not be greedy and advance rashly. Your cultivation is still low, so even if you encounter any setbacks, it won't be too late to explore in the future when your cultivation is higher."
"I understand. Don't worry, Fourth Senior Brother," Lu Ye replied.
A short while later, Lu Ye ended his communication with Li Baxian and continued on his way.
On the spirit boat, Yi Yi, who was sitting in front of Lu Ye, seemed to have sensed something. She glanced back and smiled. "Is Fourth Senior Brother looking for you?" Although Lu Ye had exchanged imprint brands with many cultivators, it was rare for him to communicate with someone for such a long time.
Lu Ye nodded, "Yes, he asked me about the Hundred Formation Pagoda."
Yiyi understood. "Fourth Senior Brother must be very worried about you."
How could Lu Ye not know this? Of course, he chose to leave Hutian Valley and lure away the Myriad Devil Ridge cultivators by himself. He was afraid that Li Baxian would have the misconception that they had implicated him.
But in reality, that was not the case. He had already been targeted. Even if he temporarily escaped back to the Nine Prefectures and ensured his safety, what was the point?
Unless he could hide in the Nine Prefectures' main sect and not enter the Cloudriver Battlefield.
To him, this was actually a choice. After all, he could rely on consuming elixirs to cultivate. If he stayed in the main sect, his cultivation speed would not be fast, but it would not be too slow either. He would still have an average standard.
However, Lu Ye could not stand it. He cultivated in his own spiritual land peacefully and did not provoke or harm anyone. Yet, the Myriad Devil Ridge people came to his door time and time again.
So he could only fight back.
Protecting the spiritual land so that Li Baxian, Giant Armor, and the others could have a stable cultivation environment was just a convenient thing to do. It was not the main reason.
Reality proved that a horse could not grow fat without weeds.
It was because of his decision to leave Hutian Valley that he had the shocking battle record of killing 20 million Myriad Devil Ridge cultivators by poisoning them in the mine. That was why he could obtain so many spoils of war and subsequently change the breath fruit core.
Because of this, he entered Immortal Essence City and brought out a large amount of Soul Water. This filled him with confidence for the trip to the Hundred Array Tower.
Staying in the main sect of the Nine Prefectures was safe, but how could there be so many opportunities and benefits?
Although fighting a battle of wits and courage with the Myriad Devil Ridge cultivators was tiring and dangerous, the benefits were obvious.
"So, Lu Ye, you have to become stronger quickly. Don't let those who care about you worry too much."
Lu Ye smiled, "Soon!"
Now, he could already kill Eighth Order cultivators. If his cultivation could improve, he could even kill Ninth Order cultivators. At that time, even though the Cloudriver Battlefield was huge, there would not be many who could truly pose a threat to his life.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
When a well-ordered city appeared in his field of vision, Lu Ye knew that he had arrived at his destination.
Hundred Array City.
In the entire Cloudriver Battlefield, there were very few cities with their own names.
In the Cloudriver Battlefield, most cities were named after Heaven's Fate City and had different numbers to distinguish them. However, there were also some special cities that had their own names.
The name Hundred Array City was obviously derived from the Hundred Array Pagoda.
The distance between the two places was only a mere 15 kilometers. To a cultivator of the Cloud River Tier, this distance was nothing. Many formation cultivators lived in the Hundred Formation City all year round, and would occasionally head to the Hundred Formation Pagoda to cultivate formation dao.
In the beginning, there was no city here.
However, because of the Hundred Array Pagoda, many cultivators would gather here from all over the Cloudriver Battlefield.
Although Array Cultivators were not a particularly big sect, compared to the smaller sects like Beast Tamer and Yanshi, it was still quite big.
No matter what, every sect would have some Array Cultivators who were responsible for setting up and maintaining Spirit Arrays.
There were also many rogue cultivators who did not belong to any sect, and there was no lack of them who cultivated Array Dao.
As a result, there were actually many Array Cultivators in the Nine Prefectures.
With so many Array Cultivators gathering at the Hundred Array Pagoda, it naturally brought a lot of people to this place. No matter where it was, as long as there was a gathering of people, it would slowly grow and Hundred Array City was born.
When the scale of this place grew to a certain extent, even the Heaven's Fate Commerce Alliance moved in.
It could be said that Hundred Array City was a city whose purpose was to serve Array Cultivators. Eighty percent of everything in the city was related to Array Dao.
There was a reason why the Hundred Array Pagoda was located thirty kilometres away from Hundred Array City and not in the city itself.
Many Array Cultivators would stay outside the Hundred Array Pagoda for long periods of time to exchange pointers with fellow Array Cultivators. Or when someone challenged the pagoda, they would trigger the pagoda's resonance and gain some enlightenment and benefits.
Therefore, it was not suitable to be too lively near the Hundred Array Pagoda. As a result, Hundred Array City was naturally not formed around the Hundred Array Pagoda. Those Array Cultivators would not agree to such a thing.
Lu Ye's goal was not Hundred Array City, so he naturally did not need to enter the city.
However, if he wanted to enter the Hundred Array Pagoda, he had to follow some rules.
As for who set these rules, it was impossible to verify because these were rules passed down from generation to generation of Array Cultivators … Of course, if one was truly capable, they could ignore these rules. However, this would ultimately make things very troublesome.
Therefore, when he saw Hundred Array City, Lu Ye's gaze passed over the city and looked at a broken pagoda thirty kilometres away.
He had once been to the Sky Expanse Sect and seen the first section of the Hundred Array Pagoda. Looking at it now, the second section seemed to fit perfectly with the first section. If someone could bring this section out of the Cloudriver Battlefield and place it in the Sky Expanse Sect, it would definitely restore sixty to seventy percent of the Hundred Array Pagoda's glory.
Unfortunately, no one had been able to do so since ancient times.
The second section of the Hundred Array Pagoda was the middle section. It had no base at the bottom and no roof at the top. At first glance, it looked neither fish nor fowl. However, there were obvious traces left behind by the erosion of time. The entire pagoda was simple and unadorned.
Lu Ye flew over on his weapon and landed ten kilometres away from Hundred Array City. Looking around, there was nothing but a few crooked trees.
The intertwining branches of the trees vaguely formed an arched space. If one stood in front of the arched space and looked straight ahead, they would be able to clearly see the Hundred Array Pagoda.
The arched space formed by the intertwining branches was like a door to the Hundred Array Pagoda.
In fact, that was indeed the case.
One could safely reach the Hundred Array Pagoda by passing through the branches and walking straight ahead. If one were to deviate from the path, it would not be a pleasant experience.
Because with the Hundred Array Pagoda as the center, there was no place within a thirty kilometre radius that was absolutely safe.
Those places were filled with all sorts of formations left behind by cultivators from different eras. Those seemingly inconspicuous places might contain hidden dangers.
Since ancient times, generations of formation cultivators had refined their formations here. Almost every one of them had more or less gained something. Sometimes, they would spar with others … and the sparring between formation cultivators was nothing more than setting up and breaking formations. Many formations had been left behind in this manner.
Some people might have other intentions and deliberately set up formations in certain places, leaving behind difficult problems to test the formation cultivators who came later.
Therefore, after generations of inheritance, there were countless hidden formations within a thirty kilometre radius of the Hundred Array Pagoda. One might even trigger a formation after taking a few steps.
This was also the reason why Lu Ye was willing to follow the rules.
Of course, he could fly directly to the Hundred Array Pagoda from any direction, but who knew if he would encounter a flight restriction formation? Once he encountered one, he would definitely fall. At that time, if he wanted to advance, he would have to break through the formations one by one.
It was not as if such a thing had never happened before. There was once an arrogant formation cultivator who did not take the normal path and ended up trapped outside the Hundred Array Pagoda. In the end, not even his bones could be found.
In the Cloud River Tier, Lu Ye believed that there was probably no one who could surpass him in terms of formations. However, formations were not something that could be looked down on just because one had a high level of attainment in formations.
Some formations had existed for a very long time and accumulated spiritual power over the years. Even if it was a very ordinary formation, once triggered, it would erupt with terrifying power. (To be continued)
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