In the cave, Lu Ye cultivated diligently, taking one Profound Spirit Pill after another. One Spirit Aperture was filled, and the next Spirit Aperture's barrier was broken. When he was sleepy, he slept, and when he was hungry, he ate.
The days passed peacefully, and even a little boring, but Lu Ye felt the constant accumulation of Spirit Energy in his body, and knew that this was the process of becoming stronger.
Before reaching the Spirit Stream Realm, he basically maintained the frequency of opening one aperture every three days, and the consumption was about six Profound Spirit Pills.
Now that he had reached the Spirit Stream Realm, he could still maintain the speed of opening one aperture every three days, but the consumption was a little higher, requiring eight or nine Profound Spirit Pills for each aperture.
The reason why he could still maintain the speed of opening one aperture was that his cultivation had improved, and the efficiency of refining Profound Spirit Pills was faster than before.
Previously, it took half a day to completely refine one Profound Spirit Pill, and he could only refine two pills a day, but now, if he focused enough, he could refine three pills a day.
As a result, although the consumption was greater, the speed of opening one aperture could still be maintained.
After half a month, the last Profound Spirit Pill was consumed.
Lu Ye checked his cultivation. It was still at the First Order Spirit Stream Realm, but his Spirit Aperture had already opened fifteen apertures, and the Spirit Energy in his fifteenth aperture was not full.
He was only three apertures away from the Second Order Spirit Stream Realm! If he could reach the Second Order Spirit Stream Realm, his strength would definitely improve greatly, but he couldn't do it now. His Spirit Energy reserves had increased a lot, but the newly opened Spirit Apertures were not systematic, and could not be of much help to Lu Ye in battle.
He still had ores that could be exchanged for Spirit Stones, and with his previous experience, he was ready to go down the mountain and visit the Heavenly Secret Commerce Union again.
Walking out of the cave, the sun was high in the sky, but the jungle was dense, and only sporadic rays of light passed through the dense leaves, forming spots of light on the ground.
Lu Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a moment, he adjusted to the light and walked forward.
After walking for a short distance, he suddenly heard some strange movements not far away. He frowned slightly and quietly followed the sound.
A moment later, he hid behind a big tree and looked forward.
In that direction, three cultivators stood there as if they were facing a great enemy. All of them looked as if their parents had died, and their expressions were tense. One of the female cultivators was about to cry.
Not far from the three cultivators, a large and sturdy snow-white tiger was pacing back and forth. Its amber tiger eyes glanced at the three cultivators from time to time, giving them a great sense of oppression.
As it paced, it opened its mouth and said, "Open your storage bags and throw them on the ground, then get out of here. Otherwise, this king doesn't mind eating you!"
The corner of Lu Ye's eyes twitched when he heard this. He had heard this dignified and old voice before, but in the end, it was confirmed that it was the doing of the nightmare spirit called Yi Yi.
The three cultivators were obviously frightened. One of them trembled as he untied the storage pouch on his waist, opened the seal lock, and threw it on the ground. He looked at the tiger in horror and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. We didn't offend you. Everything is here. Please let us go."
Da Hu glanced at the storage bag on the ground and roared, "Scram!"
That person quickly turned around and ran away without looking back.
With him taking the lead, the other two cultivators hurriedly threw down their storage bags and ran for their lives.
After making sure that the three cultivators had run far away, Da Hu slowly walked forward. However, before it could get close, a person came out of nowhere and grabbed the three storage bags in his hand.
Da Hu was shocked and jumped back. On its head, a small figure floated out and looked at Lu Ye dumbfoundedly: "Those are our things!"
Lu Ye grabbed the storage bags, checked them a little, and frowned.
He found that there were very few things in these storage bags. Each person only had a few yun spirit pills, herbs, and some miscellaneous daily necessities. As for spirit stones, there was no sign of them at all.
Cursing the poor bastard, Lu Ye took out the yun spirit pills and divided them into two. He kept one for himself and threw the other to Yi Yi: "Everyone has a share!"
Yi Yi was shocked by his operation and pounced on him with bared fangs and brandished claws: "Give it back to me!"
"Clang!" Unsheathing his long sword, Lu Ye looked at Yi Yi who pounced in front of him and smiled without saying a word.
Yi Yi's figure froze in front of the long sword. She gnashed her teeth in anger and cursed. Her small mouth was smeared with honey.
"Do you want me to call those three people back?"
Yi Yi immediately shrank her neck and reluctantly retreated. She knew that she couldn't get back the pills in Lu Ye's hands. She could feel that Lu Ye was much stronger than he was a month ago. If they really fought, Da Hu was definitely no match for him.
However, the experience of being robbed made her feel extremely wronged. She muttered words like shameless and despicable.
"Let me ask you a question." Lu Ye said.
"I won't tell you anything you ask!" Yi Yi gritted her teeth.
"If you answer well, I'll return these things to you." Lu Ye waved the stolen goods in his hand. It was just a few yun spirit pills. He didn't take them seriously.
"Ha!" Yi Yi smiled disdainfully. With a posture of treating money as dirt, she coiled herself on Da Hu's head, sat up straight, and raised her head, "Ask!"
"I saw a lot of monster cultivators in the market at the foot of the mountain. They didn't seem to be a big deal. Why are those people so afraid of you?"
This made Lu Ye very puzzled. Those monster cultivators were definitely stronger than Da Hu. Logically speaking, there was no reason for cultivators who were used to monster cultivators to be so afraid of a monster beast that hadn't transformed. They were scared out of their wits by a few words.
"You don't understand." Yi Yi proudly said, "Monster cultivators who have transformed are different from monster beasts who haven't transformed …"
After her explanation, Lu Ye finally understood that not all Monster Beasts would choose to transform. Perhaps it was a matter of intelligence, or perhaps it was their own choice, or perhaps it was the inheritance of their bloodline. In short, a considerable number of Monster Beasts still maintained their original appearance.
When this kind of monster beast was weak, they couldn't speak, but when their strength reached a certain level, they could speak human language.
In other words, a monster beast that could speak human language was equivalent to a powerhouse! As for how strong they were, at least these low-level cultivators in the periphery couldn't provoke them.
Therefore, the combination of Da Hu and Yi Yi was very frightening. Many cultivators who broke into this area suffered because of it.
"So that's how it is!" Lu Ye understood and felt that he had learned more about the common sense of the cultivation world.
He raised his hand and threw out the stolen goods, turned around, and walked out of the mountain.
Yi Yi checked it and made sure there was no problem. She shouted at Lu Ye's back, "Are you leaving?"
"It's none of your business!" Lu Ye's voice came from afar.
"Damn it!" Yi Yi muttered, turned around, hugged Da Hu's head, and said sadly, "Hu Po, we're so pitiful!"
"Awoo …"
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