Dark Moon Forest Pass was neither big nor small. It was roughly the sa size as Blue Fla Mountain Pass.
Lu Ye followed Tong Shuyao as they flew forward in a particular direction. While listening to her unending chatter, he observed the surroundings in silence.
Although he had been to Lone Cloud City Pass, he didn’t have ti to observe anything at that ti.
Despite being in a different Pass, he could figure out what was going on with the Thousand Demon Ridge’s cultivators by looking at the traces.
It had to be said that the Pass was bustling with noise as there were many people. It was unlike Blue Fla Mountain Pass where Lu Ye and Nian Yuexian were the only people there. He wouldn’t see anyone else when Nian Yuexian wasn’t around.
There was no doubt Tong Shuyao was popular in this place. Along the way, many cultivators would greet her, and she would respond to them hospitably.
So people took an interest in Lu Ye. After all, he was good-looking now and thought to be a Sword Cultivator. What was more, Tong Shuyao was by his side. It was only natural that he caught a lot of attention.
After dismissing several people who ca to talk to them, Tong Shuyao gleefully glanced at Lu Ye, only to see him looking around with a dispassionate expression. It was apparent that she didn’t have his attention at all. Displeased, she stopped talking altogether.
Soon, they arrived at a room. “This will be your residence from now on. When there’s no war, you can move around freely, but make sure not to leave the Pass. If there’s war, you just have to obey the orders from the higher-ups.”
When she was done giving him so instructions, she glowered at him. “You must be exhausted from all the travelling. Go and get so rest.”
She snorted and furiously left the place.
Instantly, Lu Ye felt relieved. He then pushed the door open and entered the room. The place was neither spacious nor equipped with useful anities, but he could live more comfortably than those sentries as several people had to share the sa room.
After inspecting the room, he built several Wards to protect himself and make sure no one could eavesdrop on him.
Then, he released Amber from Spirit Beast Bag and gently knocked on the tiger’s forehead, after which Yi Yi erged and took a deep breath. She stuck out her tongue and said to Lu Ye, “It was so suffocating!”
When they were in the Sword and Tool Sect’s Hidden Realm, even though Amber couldn’t run around freely, it wasn’t kept inside Spirit Beast Bag at the very least. However, Yi Yi had been hiding inside the tiger for the past two months. It wasn’t until now that she showed up.
Naturally, she felt suffocated after such a long ti. Soon enough, she realised sothing was off. “Why are you so handso now, Lu Ye?”
Although Lu Ye looked different now, she could identify him at first glance. After all, they had spent many years together. Moreover, if he wasn’t Lu Ye, Amber would instantly realise it as there was a Bonding Pact between them.
“It’s a long story.” Lu Ye sighed. Since the matter was so complicated, he didn’t even know where to start.
“Where is this?” As Yi Yi spoke, she looked into her Battlefield Imprint and soon found out their current location. Shocked, she asked, “Dark Moon Forest Pass? Why are you here, Lu Ye? Did they capture you?”
However, Lu Ye didn’t look like a captive. Instead, he looked more like a guest.
Left with no choice, Lu Ye could only tell them what happened after they left the Hidden Realm. As they listened to his tale, their eyes widened in disbelief.
They didn’t expect Lu Ye to accidentally beco a mole and join the Zhou Watch of Thousand Demon Ridge.
“What should we do, then? It’s not like you can stay here forever,” Yi Yi asked.
Although the Heavens had acknowledged Lu Ye to be a mber of Thousand Demon Ridge’s Zhou Watch, he was a disciple of the Crimson Blood Sect as well as a cultivator of the Grand Sky Coalition, after all. He couldn’t possibly stay there forever.
“Don’t worry. It’s not difficult to flee. Since I have this identity now, there isn’t a need to leave in a hurry. When it’s ti to go one day, I’ll do that.”
“Alright.” Yi Yi nodded.
“Let’s cultivate first,” Lu Ye said and started stealing from the Heavens, which was his unique cultivation thod.
He had ascended to the Third-Order Real Lake Realm two months ago. At that ti, he felt that his power had increased too quickly, so he needed to take things slow. Now that two months had passed, he was supposed to continue cultivating.
He didn’t purchase any Golden Amulets. Although he had a lot of Contribution points, he couldn’t stop as he pleased if he made use of an Amulet to cultivate. Otherwise, the Amulet would be wasted.
Since he was new here in the enemy’s territory, he’d better play safe.
After he activated the Tree of Glyphs’ power, the roots extended into the Spiritual Qi Swirl.
Given Lu Ye’s heritage, he didn’t have to fully focus on activating the Tree of Glyphs’ power. After all, he had a Divine Ego, and his soul was powerful. As such, he could do many things at the sa ti.
As the Tree of Glyphs’ roots absorbed the World Spiritual Qi, Lu Ye took off the sword from his waist.
The sword was only a High-Grade Spirit Artifact. He found it when he was rummaging through his Storage Sphere, and he didn’t rember where he had acquired it from.
Now that he was a Sword Cultivator in the Third-Order Real Lake Realm, a High-Grade sword could no longer et his demands.
At the very least, he needed a suitable sword. A Spell Artifact would be best for him.
There were no Spell Artifacts in his booty because he had acquired them on the Cloud River Battlefield. The best items were only of the Top Grade.
As such, he had to go to the Sanctum of Providence or the Hall of Battle Points to purchase a sword that was a Spell Artifact. He wasn’t in a hurry to do that, though.
Following that, he took off the Sword Gourd from his waist.
Kong Kong had given this thing to him when the Hidden Realm was about to fall apart. It was the token of every Sect Master of the Sword and Tool Sect. It was an amazing treasure, and Kong Kong said that the item was powerful.
However, since Lu Ye had been on the move for the past few days, he didn’t have ti to study it. Now that he had nothing else to do, he infused his Spiritual Power into the Sword Gourd and refined it.
Ti went by slowly. There ca a mont when he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the Sword Gourd.
Although he knew this item was of high quality, he couldn’t identify its Grade before refining it. Now, it seed that the item’s Grade was higher than what he had expected.
That was because he could sense countless enchantnts within the Sword Gourd.
In Jiu Zhou, the Grade of a treasure was determined by how many enchantnts it had.
An item with fewer than 36 enchantnts was a Spirit Artifact. Above that was a Spell Artifact with a maximum limit of 180 enchantnts. Beyond that, it would be a Spirit Treasure with a maximum limit of 360 enchantnts, which corresponded to the Macrocosmic Orbit.
Lu Ye had no idea how many Spirit Treasures there were in Jiu Zhou because such items were exclusive to Divine Ocean Realm Masters. He had the Nine Wards Scroll, which was a Spirit Treasure given to him by his Honoured Master back then.
As Lu Ye increased his power and gained more experience, he realised that the Nine Wards Scroll was of lower quality compared with other Spirit Treasures. It wasn’t that his Honoured Master was stingy. It was just that Lu Ye was unable to fully activate the power of such an item. As such, it was pointless to give him an even better item.
In Jiu Zhou, there was a Spirit Treasure similar to the Nine Wards Scroll that was nad Mountain River Scroll. It was the best Spirit Treasure that was insanely powerful. Nine Wards Scroll was made by imitating the Mountain River Scroll.
There were 360 enchantnts within Mountain River Scroll, so it was considered the best Spirit Treasure. It was a well-protected treasure that belonged to a particular top Sect. There was probably no treasure in this world that was better than the Mountain River Scroll.
However, Lu Ye could feel that there were more than 360 enchantnts within the Sword Gourd. This ant that the ordinary-looking Sword Gourd was a treasure that was much better than any Spirit Treasure.
[What’s the Grade beyond the Spirit Treasures?]
All of a sudden, he recalled what Kong Kong had said. Sword Gourd was born and bred in nature. The ninth Sect Master of the Sword and Tool Sect had found it in a dangerous place, and it was then refined by the 13th Sect Master.
Lu Ye didn’t think too deeply about it as the Hidden Realm was about to co apart at that ti. As he recalled everything now, he realised sothing unusual.
There was no doubt Kong Kong’s cultivation was beyond the Divine Ocean Realm, and the Sword and Tool Sect had many powerful cultivators in the past.
Even if the ninth and 13th Sect Masters weren’t more powerful than Kong Kong, they wouldn’t be much weaker. All of them were the Sect Masters of the Sword and Tool Sect, so no one was significantly weaker or stronger.
Lu Ye was told that the ninth Sect Master found the treasure in a dangerous place, and the 13th Sect Master went on to refine the treasure.
This went to show how amazing the Sword Gourd was. Moreover, it was born and bred in nature, so it wasn’t a Human-made item. This added a layer of mystery to its background.
Lu Ye was astonished deep within as he didn’t expect that the last thing Kong Kong had given to him was so valuable. Fortunately, the Sword Gourd didn’t look extraordinary. Otherwise, Lin Yue would’ve discovered how incredible it was. Even a Divine Ocean Realm Master would be tempted to get their hands on such a treasure.
At the sa ti, Lu Ye wondered if a Real Lake Realm Master was able to activate such a treasure. He even found it difficult to activate the power of a Spirit Treasure such as the Nine Wards Scroll, let alone the Sword Gourd, which was probably of a much higher Grade than the Nine Wards Scroll.
There was no problem with refining the item, though. He didn’t co across any obstacles. As he infused his Spiritual Power into the Sword Gourd, he slowly discovered the secrets within the item.
He decided not to think about it for now. He could refine it first and look at the secrets at a later ti. However, there were too many enchantnts within the Sword Gourd, so it was impossible for him to fully refine it in a short ti. He could only do it slowly. After making up his mind, he continued refining the Sword Gourd.
Two days later, he opened his eyes and ditatively lifted the Sword Gourd. He pointed the Sword Gourd at the High-Grade sword and infused his Spiritual Power into the item.
A powerful suction was suddenly felt coming from the bottle’s mouth. The sword was instantly drawn to the Sword Gourd and disappeared into it.
A mont later, Lu Ye detected sothing in the Sword Gourd. He couldn’t identify what it was, but when he activated his Divine Ego to sense it, he could feel a penetrating aura.
What was strange was that the sword that was sucked into the Sword Gourd had disappeared.
After carefully examining the Sword Gourd, Lu Ye finally confird what was inside it.
[It’s Sword Qi!] He discovered one of the amazing uses of the Sword Gourd.
Not only could it devour a sword, but it could also turn it into Sword Qi in a short ti and store it within the item.
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