The house was pretty small, and it didnt have many rooms either. It was big enough to accommodate four people though.
Bilandia was absolutely jam-packed with people right now, but the ruler had still given them a detached house. It was because of Lu Yes gift, of course. Without the thumb ring, there was no way the lord would have offered them an acceptable accommodation.
While Xia Qianqian was inspecting the rooms, Lu Ye took the opportunity to inform Kitty Shen and Lan Ziyi of their current location. He also ssaged Yi Yi and asked her if she was still doing okay.
Nothing much had happened on Yi Yi and Ambers side. The poor Spirit Beast was still trapped in its cage and yearning for release though.
Less than an incense stick later, Kitty Shen and Lan Zi Yi arrived one after another. In a room, they sat in a circle and began swapping intel with one another.
Lu Ye said, Now that weve settled down properly in Bilandia, does anyone have any idea what we should do next? One thing is for certain, were going to have to fight against the maddened Spirit Beasts eventually.
Xia Qianqian nodded in agreent. You are right, but there is more. Generally speaking, a Hidden Realm like this expects us to solve the crisis at hand. That is why fighting the Spirit Beasts isnt the only thing well be doing. Were also expected to find out the true reason the Spirit Beasts beca sick and solve the root of the problem. Only then can we save the world.
Save the world? Kitty Shen exclaid in disbelief, Thats a little much, dont you think?
As I have said earlier, everything were experiencing has already happened in the past. The real Myriad Beast Domain shouldve been destroyed a long ti ago. It is just that the Heavens are sohow making us relive its past and even enabling us to change the course of history per se. Of course, the Myriad Beasts Domain isnt going to co back to life even if we did manage to save the world, but we will be rewarded handsoly for our efforts. Ill grant you that this trial isnt easy, but dont forget that there are others who have entered the Hidden Realm. Were not expected to change the fate of the world single handedly.
Lu Ye nodded. Lets swap intel. What did you find, Fellow Cultivator Shen?
Kitty Shen replied, Not much. I only found out that a lot of Jiu Zhou cultivators have entered Bilandia, and just like us they are all here to seek refuge. So of them were also granted special identities and are currently employed in various positions throughout the city. On the subject of Spirit Beasts, the reason Bilandia beca the final bastion of humanity is because most of their cultivators do not practice beast taming, but of course there are still so Spirit Beasts in the city. They are just held in captivity right now. Currently, Bilandia is still undecided if they should preserve the Spirit Beasts or kill them all.
Where are they being held? Lu Ye asked hurriedly.
Unless he was gravely mistaken, Amber must be imprisoned in the sa location. Preferably, he would like to rescue Amber before Bilandia had arrived at a decision.
Theyre currently being held in a beast prison to the east of the city. It used to be a marketplace where Spirit Beasts were traded until the disease spread.
Xia Qianqian frowned deeply. The entire reason the Myriad Beasts Domain is facing annihilation is because of the rabies, right? What possible reason is there to keep these Spirit Beasts alive?
Its because Beast Taming is the main cultivation faction of this Cultivation World. Most of the refugees are Beast Tars, and a good number of them have either lost their Chosen Beasts in battle or to the rabies. Without their Spirit Beasts, they are much weaker than your average cultivator. That is why they havent killed these Spirit Beasts. At the very least, itll restore the Beast Tars strength.
That doesnt change my question. Arent they afraid that these Spirit Beasts will catch the rabies and destroy them from the inside out?
There are very clear symptoms when a Spirit Beast catches the disease.
Xia Qianqian exclaid in realization, I see. Gotcha.
What about you, Fellow Cultivator Lan? Lu Ye turned to Lan Ziyi next.
Lan Ziyi wordlessly dropped a pitch black identity pass on the table. She then said, I went to look for the citys recruitnt departnt and quartermaster departnt. I was able to obtain this identity pass from the recruitnt departnt. Since were taking refuge in Bilandia, were expected to take orders from the city.
What do we get for our services? Kitty Shen asked curiously.
The pass can be used to send ssages and record battle points. Battle points can be used to exchange for all sorts of cultivation resources, Lan Ziyi paused for a second before continuing, This includes Amulets of all qualities as well!
Everyone perked up when they heard this. The trials in a Hidden Realm offered not just training opportunities, but also incredible rewards. In the Cloud River Battlefield, most of the rewards were cultivation resources. Before this, Lu Ye was puzzled because he was treated to the full scale of the risks one might encounter in the Myriad Beasts Domain, but not the rewards. If he didnt know better, he wouldve thought that hiding in a safe place and waiting out the Hidden Realm to be a reasonable option, much less everyone else.
Now he knew that the Heavens had, in fact, arranged it all.
A while later, Lu Ye, Xia Qianqian and Kitty Shen left the house and flew toward Bilandia recruitnt departnt following Lan Ziyis instructions. Lan Ziyi stayed behind in case soone decided to take over their ho while they were gone.
There was a long queue outside the recruitnt departnt when they arrived. They were cultivators who had co from every corner of the Myriad Beast Domain to join Bilandia. So of them were true natives of the world, but so were obviously Jiu Zhou cultivators.
The good news was that they didnt need to wait long for their turn. They were just registering their identities to receive an identity pass after all. It was neither a ti-consuming nor a complicated process.
Lu Ye gave the na Ye Six when it was finally his turn. He received an identity pass after the cultivator at the counter was done registering his na. It looked just the sa as Lan Ziyis identity pass.
Lu Ye took a mont to connect his mind to the pass. It contained his na, his background and his battle point.
To his surprise, his battle points were over thirty instead of zero. After he communicated with Kitty Shen and Xia Qianqian, he discovered that their battle points werent zero either. Xia Qianqian in particular had over seventy battle points.
I think its because we killed those Spirit Beasts on our way here, Xia Qianqian guessed.
That had to be it. The Heavens were the ones recording the points, so there was no chance this could be a mistake. Xia Qianqians battle points were the highest since she had killed the most amount of Spirit Beasts on their way here.
Lets visit the quartermaster departnt next, Lu Ye suggested.
The quartermaster departnt was just next door, and there were a lot of cultivators here as well. Most of them were made up of Jiu Zhou cultivators though. Judging from the grins on their faces, it was clear that there was a lot of good stuff.
A short while later, the trio received a jade slip from an attendant. It recorded all the cultivation resources one could exchange from the departnt and their price.
A thorough check later, Lu Ye discovered that the quartermaster departnt offered not just a wide variety of cultivation resources, but a massive stock as well. Almost everything that a Cloud River Realm cultivator could use could be found here. He could not help but be impressed by how wealthy the Myriad Beasts Domain was.
Then again, the Heavens were masterminding things behind the scenes. Theoretically, they could create as many cultivation resources as they wanted.
Lu Ye had good reason to believe that these items ca from the Vault of Providence though. After all, the Vault of Providence was famous for having anything and everything a cultivator might want. It would make sense that the items in this quartermaster departnt really ca from the Vault of Providence.
What really caught Lu Yes attention were the Amulets. As far as he could tell, the prices were very fair. White Amulets cost two hundred a piece, Green Amulets cost six hundred a piece, Blue Amulets cost one thousand and eight hundred, Purple Amulets cost five thousand and four hundred, and Gold Amulets cost sixteen thousand and two hundred.
It was almost the sa price as the Amulets would have been in Contribution Points. To make a comparison, Lu Ye had spent a little over two hundred Contribution Points to purchase the White Amulets.
This was an opportunity for all the cultivators who entered this Hidden Realm. In the real world, they could not have purchased as many Amulets as they wanted even if they could afford the Contribution Point cost. It took so luck to get the Amulets you wanted in Amulet auctions as well.
But here in the Myriad Beast Domain, they could exchange as many Amulets as they wanted as long as they had the battle points, and battle points could be accrued as simply as killing the maddened Spirit Beasts. That was the one thing the Hidden Realm did not lack right now!
It would seem that the rumors were right. The Hidden Realms really were golden opportunities for Cloud River Realm cultivators. They would not have obtained such a good deal on the Cloud River Battlefield.
Lu Yes observation was shared by many other cultivators. Already, so cultivators were forming teams and getting ready to hunt down so Spirit Beasts.
There were a lot of maddened Spirit Beasts in the outskirts of Bilandia. Lu Ye had seen so of their corpses at the foot of the wall when they first arrived.
What do you say, Fellow Cultivator Ye? Xia Qianqian asked Lu Ye with an expectant look on her face.
Technically, she could dump Lu Ye and hunt down the Spirit Beasts on her own. However, the Heavens had specifically tasked her to protect Lu Ye. Therefore, the decision to head out was ultimately in Lu Yes hands. If he agreed, then all was well. If he refused, then she would have to hold back no matter how much she loathed the decision. The last thing she wanted to happen was the Heavens punishing her for abandoning her responsibility.
Instead of giving her an answer straight away, Lu Ye said, Why dont you girls head back first? I have a private matter I need to settle.
After he bade them goodbye, he flew to the eastern section of the city.
He had to ask a couple of passersby for directions on the way, but he was ultimately able to find the place where the Spirit Beasts were imprisoned.
The beast prison was an incredibly massive structure. Lu Ye could hear roars coming from inside from ti to ti.
There were two cultivators standing guard outside the prison. They imdiately grew alert when Lu Ye descended in front of them.
Lu Ye shot both n a look before saluting the one to the left, saying, Greetings, Fellow Cultivator.
The guard raised an eyebrow before lowering his voice, Youre from Jiu Zhou?
Lu Ye nodded wordlessly.
The guards expression imdiately grew much friendlier. Obviously, he was a Jiu Zhou cultivator as well, though he must be an unlucky one to be given such an undesirable post. He asked, What is your business here, fellow cultivator?
In this particular Hidden Realm, all cultivators from Jiu Zhou were on the sa side no matter which faction they hailed from. Also, they were the allies of the natives and the enemies of the maddened Spirit Beasts.
My Tad Beast was separated from when we ca in, and I learned that it is currently in this prison. I would like to retrieve it, Lu Ye answered honestly.
The guard frowned a little. That wont be easy, my friend. Youre aware of the situation, no? There is no way the natives would allow you to retrieve your Spirit Beast willy-nilly. If the circumstances were different, then I could even get you ten Spirit Beasts, let alone one. But now? Its just not doable.
Please enlighten on a solution, fellow cultivator, Lu Ye said while passing a bottle of Vital Spirit Pills into the guards hand.
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