"Who is in charge of patrolling this area?" Yuan Chou's gaze swept over the crowd.
A Cloud River cultivator walked out of the crowd and cupped his fists. "Martial Uncle, it's me."
"Be sure to patrol more carefully in the future. Don't let something like this happen again."
"Yes!" The cultivator replied, but hesitated to say more.
Yuan Chou frowned. "If you have something to say, say it."
The cultivator said, "Martial Uncle, this disciple is extremely careful every time he patrols, especially in the water. He doesn't dare to overlook anything. Just yesterday, this disciple patrolled this section of the waterway and found nothing strange."
"No need to quibble." Yuan Chou reprimanded in a deep voice. "Monsters in the water are good at hiding. It's normal for you to overlook something. Since this monster appeared here and destroyed the dam, it's your fault. It can't be that someone deliberately left this monster here to harm the mortals under my Clear Spring Sect. If it weren't for that Blue Blood Sect disciple, Lou City fifty kilometres away would have been destroyed. At that time, tens of thousands of mortals …"
At this point, Yuan Chou's expression suddenly changed. He raised his eyes and glanced in the direction Lu Ye had left.
Lu Ye was already a Cloud River Ninth Order cultivator. The direction he had left in … was in the direction of Grand Sky City.
Had he received a transfer order from Grand Sky City and was heading there to report?
As far as he knew, once a transfer order was issued, the time limit would not be too long. Once the time limit was exceeded, it was no laughing matter. The State Guards of each province were all military units. Military orders were like mountains, and the law was merciless. If Lu Ye did not arrive in Grand Sky City before the time limit, even the gods would not be able to save him!
He had just said it casually, but what if … someone had deliberately left this monster here?
The timing was too coincidental. Lu Ye had just flown nearby when the flood broke out. He had come here to block the source of the flood, but he had probably been ambushed by this monster …
Though the water beast was dead, Yuan Chou could still see that this beast was a Demonic General, which was enough to cause considerable trouble for cultivators in the Cloud River Tier. At the same time, it would not harm their lives. "Senior Brother?" a cultivator from the Clear Spring Sect called out softly. It was unknown what Yuan Chou was thinking.
"Nothing." Yuan Chou collected his thoughts, not daring to think about it anymore. Some things couldn't be stopped. The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
He hoped that he was overthinking it. After leaving the river, Lu Ye continued on his way. From dawn to dusk, he did not stop to rest. Only after midnight did he descend and casually find a place in the deep mountains and old forests. He laid down a formation to guard the surroundings and recuperated.
Two hours later, just as Lu Ye was about to set off again, the sound of something breaking through the air entered his ears, as if someone was passing by.
Lu Ye raised his eyes and looked over. Under the moonlight, he saw a black-clothed man pass by not too far away.
The black-clothed man seemed to be in a hurry, and he had a panicked expression on his face, as if some danger was approaching from behind.
Furthermore, the spiritual energy waves emitted from this person was shockingly at the True Lake Stage.
Danger was indeed approaching from behind. Just as Lu Ye caught sight of the black-clothed man, a shout rang out from afar: "Where do you think you're going?!"
His words were accompanied by the sound of a sword chime, and sword light wantonly flashed.
The black-robed man was obviously running away, and he probably didn't want to pay any attention to Lu Ye, but when he felt the murderous intent behind him, he gritted his teeth and flew straight towards Lu Ye.
Lu Ye didn't know what was going on. He was just resting here, but from the looks of it, he seemed to have been involved in a battle between two parties!
This was considered the territory of the Grand Sky Alliance. As cultivators of the Grand Sky Alliance, even if they had some conflicts, they wouldn't fight with such great fanfare.
Therefore, Lu Ye instantly understood that one of the two parties involved in this battle must be from the Wan Mo Ridge!
The War Province was a place where the two big camps were fighting over. Both sides would infiltrate their own territories to create panic and kill the rising stars of the other side. This was a common thing.
It wasn't strange to meet people from the Wan Mo Ridge here.
However, Lu Ye felt that he was unlucky to have encountered such a thing.
The person chasing him was obviously a sword cultivator, and he had the demeanor of the North Xuan Sword Sect. In addition to the black-clothed man's actions, it was very clear which side was the Grand Sky Alliance and which side was the Wan Mo Ridge.
This black-clothed man obviously knew that he couldn't shake off the sword cultivator, so he wanted to make use of him to make the sword cultivator hesitate.
No matter what, if two True Lake Tier cultivators fought here, he would definitely be involved as a Cloud River Tier cultivator. By then, the side of the Grand Sky Alliance would have their hands tied!
It could even be said that the black-clothed man wanted to kidnap him!
However, this black-clothed man obviously thought too much.
If it was an ordinary Cloud River Tier cultivator facing such a situation, they could only escape.
However, Lu Ye had set up a protective array around him, and in order to save time, he directly used the array foundation.
In this way, the protective array's strength was very strong.
The black-clothed man swooped down from the sky like an eagle, and the spiritual power around him was activated, ready to capture Lu Ye. Although he was injured in the process of chasing, a True Lake Tier cultivator was still a True Lake Tier cultivator. Capturing a Cloud River Tier cultivator naturally wasn't a problem.
However, what made him feel uncertain was that the young man below seemed to be scared silly. He stood in place, not moving at all, and only calmly stared into his eyes.
From the other's eyes, the black-clothed man couldn't see any trace of panic. The other was calm and composed, as if he didn't take him seriously at all!
He instinctively felt that something was wrong, but it was already too late to retreat now. The sword cultivator chasing after him was extremely fast, and if he couldn't quickly capture this young man, he definitely wouldn't be able to survive.
In fact, even if he succeeded, he wasn't sure whether the other would hesitate to attack for fear of breaking the vases.
The distance between them rapidly closed, and very soon, he was in front of Lu Ye. The black-clothed man stretched out his hand to grab Lu Ye's neck.
Then, he saw Lu Ye raise a foot and lightly stomp. The spiritual power around his body surged, and a light screen in the shape of a large inverted bowl suddenly appeared, covering Lu Ye tightly.
"A protective array!" The black-clothed man was shocked. He never thought that this young man was actually a formation cultivator. Only a formation cultivator could set up an array beside him when he was resting in the wild.
However … how strong could a protective array set up by a Cloud River Tier cultivator be, no matter how strong it was?
With a flip of his hand, a short blade appeared in his hand. True Lake Stage spiritual energy was infused into the short blade, activating all the restrictions on the magic tool. Then, he viciously slashed at the light screen in front of him.
The expected scene of the light screen being broken didn't happen. The light screen only fiercely caved in a little, and very quickly recovered to its original state.
"Impossible!" The black-clothed man turned pale with fright. Although he was now injured, and hadn't used his full strength in the attack just now, he was confident that he could break a protective array set up by a Cloud River Tier formation cultivator.
In fact, when he had slashed out with that attack, he had already felt the sturdiness of the protective array in front of him.
This kind of array, even if he used all his strength, would need at least three attacks to break it!
He finally understood why the young man in front of him was so calm and composed. It turned out that he had extremely strong confidence in his own array.
It was laughable that he had thought …
Sensing that the situation was hopeless, the black-clothed man glared hatefully at Lu Ye, as if wanting to imprint him in the depths of his soul, and was about to withdraw.
"Die!"
As the harsh shout rang out, dazzling sword light like moonlight slanted, enveloping the black-clothed man.
The sword light was cold, and spiritual power surged. The two figures were locked in a fierce battle.
However, the sword cultivator's strength was obviously stronger, and the black-clothed man was also injured, so how could he be a match for him?
If it weren't for the fact that the sword cultivator was apprehensive of Lu Ye beside him, fearing that the aftershocks of the battle would injure Lu Ye, he would have already succeeded.
Lu Ye also saw this, and said, "Senior Brother, just use your full strength, I can withstand it!"
Hearing this, the sword cultivator said, "Okay, be careful!" As his words fell, the attacks suddenly became much fiercer. The black-clothed man retreated step by step, and in his heart, he was already cursing Lu Ye.
Thirty breaths later, accompanied by a miserable scream, the sword light disappeared, and the black-clothed man fell straight to the ground, his body covered in blood.
The sword cultivator put away his flying sword, and took the black-clothed man's storage pouch. He also took a token from the man's clothes, nodded with satisfaction, and stuffed it into his bosom.
Only then did he have time to explain to Lu Ye, "This Wan Mo Ling scoundrel snuck into the vicinity with evil intentions, and was discovered by me. I chased him all the way here, and frightened Junior Brother."
"Thank you, Senior Brother." Lu Ye cupped his fists.
The sword cultivator nodded slightly, "Although this is Haotian Alliance territory, there are often Wan Mo Ling scoundrels coming and going. Junior Brother must be careful alone. It's best if you hurry to a nearby city to stay the night, and don't stay in the wilderness for too long at night."
He didn't have any intention of talking to Lu Ye in detail, nor did he have any intention of protecting Lu Ye. For cultivators, resting in the wilderness was a common thing, so he just gave a few words of advice.
He quickly left.
"Alone?" he asked. Not necessarily! "Lu Ye put away the formation flag and foundation, and soared into the sky.
Nine Regions was still very lively. Before, he had only cultivated and sharpened himself in the two major battlefields, and had never experienced the glory of Nine Regions.
Walking out of the Jade Blood Sect this time, it was like entering a new world.
The sky gradually brightened, and more than half of the journey was already done. According to his current speed, he would reach Haotian City before tonight.
When he passed by a spirit mountain, Lu Ye suddenly stopped, and raised his hand to press the hilt of his saber.
Crouching on his shoulder, Hu Po's hair stood on end, and a low growl came from his throat.
At this moment, somewhere on the spirit mountain below, a dragon-like flowing light soared into the sky, and attacked Lu Ye.
The brilliant power was extremely shocking.
This was a technique unleashed by a True Lake Stage cultivator!
Lu Ye immediately tried to dodge, but a True Lake Stage cultivator's control of their spiritual power was like an extension of their body. No matter how Lu Ye dodged, the technique was like a maggot attached to a bone, and he couldn't get rid of it. It quickly closed the distance between Lu Ye and himself.
Feeling the power of the technique, Lu Ye realized that he couldn't avoid this attack. Gritting his teeth, Lu Ye stood in midair, raised his hands in front of him, and released his spiritual power. A huge defensive spiritual pattern appeared in front of him.
At the same time, a figure suddenly appeared not far away, wrapped in a shocking power, and rushed towards the spirit mountain.
Feeling the familiar aura, Lu Ye let out a long breath, knowing that his previous guess was right.
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