Previously, Amber had not been able to provide Lu Ye with much help, but if Amber were promoted to a Demon General, then with its own abilities alone, it would also have the capital to stand firm on the Cloud River battlefield.
Especially now that they had established Life Origin and Beast Seal connections, the stronger Amber beca, the greater the benefits it could bring to Lu Ye.
There was also Yiyi... She was Amber's minion spirit, and they had always shared honor and disgrace, growing together. Once Amber was promoted to a Demon General, Yiyi would inevitably possess the strength of the Cloud River Realm.
It could be said that this round of cultivation had brought about a leap in overall strength for Lu Ye's side.
Four hours later, the effect of the purple fortune stick wore off, and Lu Ye took out a second one and crushed it...
Ti passed quietly amidst the monotonous cultivation.
Until three days later, when a steady knocking sounded from outside,
Lu Ye put away the scroll in his hands, got up, and opened the door, where Shen Xiaomao was standing outside.
"Is there sothing you need?"
Shen Xiaomao's gaze passed over him, glanced inside, saw Amber who was in deep sleep, didn't pay much attention, and asked, "The spring spirit has been taken, this spirit ground is considered destroyed, what are your plans from here?"
Lu Ye shook his head, he really had no plans.
Unlike on the Spirit Stream battlefield, where each sect had its own base and one could return there for cultivation if there were nowhere else to go,
On the Cloud River battlefield, cultivators without a spirit ground were holess and pitiful, forced to wander and seek opportunities everywhere.
"Then, would you like to co with ?" Shen Xiaomao asked expectantly.
"Where to?"
"A friend of mine just sent a ssage saying she's found a newly ford spirit ground that needs people. I'm planning to et up with her. If you want to co along, it would be great since you are an array cultivator, and I believe she would not refuse you."
Across the entire Cloud River battlefield, array cultivators were undoubtedly so of the most sought-after people, as having one to govern a spirit ground made a significant difference compared to not having one. Thus, even if Lu Ye's cultivation level was lower, with his expertise in the Array Path, any spirit ground below Class B would likely take him in, as long as he was willing.
Shen Xiaomao thought of Lu Ye imdiately when she got the ssage and had asked her friend, who had agreed, before coming to invite him.
After a brief contemplation, Lu Ye shook his head, "I appreciate the gesture, but I'll not be joining you. I still need to find my fellow sect mber."
The accursed Giant Armor, he didn't know if it was lost or what, but it had been a month or two, and he still hadn't made it here. Just yesterday, Lu Ye had contacted him and discovered his location was still at least a fortnight away at the normal speed of a Cloud River Realm cultivator.
Considering Giant Armor's previous performance, it would take months to arrive.
Moreover, now that Amber was at a critical point in its promotion, it was not a good ti for Lu Ye to leave, nor was it convenient to take it along. Although he could use the spirit beast sack, if that affected Amber's promotion, it would be a loss not worth the gain.
"I see…" Shen Xiaomao's hopeful eyes turned disappointed, she probed, "Maybe you could reconsider?"
Lu Ye shook his head.
Shen Xiaomao smiled, "Then alright, I won't force you. I hope when we et again, we won't be enemies."
Until today, neither knew each other's real nas or which faction the other belonged to.
Such anonymity was not common on the Spirit Stream battlefield but quite usual on the Cloud River battlefield.
Moreover, two people who were just as close as fellow sect mbers could turn against each other the next mont, fighting bitterly to the death, as was not unusual. Recently in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm, if Lan Ziyi hadn't run fast, Lu Ye would have taken the opportunity to kill her.
"Safe travels!"
"Take care." Shen Xiaomao gave Lu Ye a bright smile, then turned around, soared into the sky, and transford into a flowing light, quickly disappearing into the horizon.
The two, who had t by chance, naturally could not continue side by side forever. Once the bond that held their relationship together was gone, it was inevitable they would part ways eventually.
With no profound sorrow at parting, as the depth of their relationship hadn't reached such a level, Shen Xiaomao left nonchalantly, and Lu Ye also remained undisturbed.
In a cultivator's life journey of cultivation, such events were not rare.
Lu Ye looked up to see little white flakes falling; he reached out, and the coldness landed in his palm, quickly lting.
It had started snowing.
He hadn't even noticed the drop in temperature before, which reminded him of the days when he was a mining slave in Evil Moon Valley. That winter had been the most difficult one he had endured, with many mining slaves freezing to death in the mines due to lack of food and warm clothing. He had survived by stripping the dead of their clothes for warmth.
Today, as a cultivator in the Cloud River Level 3, such natural changes in seasons were not so perceptible to him because such weather no longer affected him.
Turning, he went back inside to continue his cultivation and reading.
After using up all the spirit fortune sticks, he could only rely on consuming elixir pills for further cultivation. Compared to other cultivators, Lu Ye had a significant advantage in consuming elixir pills for cultivation, as he would not face any risks as long as the Talent Tree had fuel and as long as he could tily refine the efficacy of the elixir pills.
This was also why he didn't rely much on spirit grounds.
The snow fell heavily, and after a long period of cultivation, Lu Ye stepped out of the house to stretch and practice his saber skills, dancing with his saber amidst the falling snow, creating a unique scene.
He had a strong feeling recently that his saber skills had reached a bottleneck and there were looming signs of a breakthrough. However, the breakthrough in saber skills was not the sa as the breakthrough in cultivation, which had very obvious, intuitive, and precise sensations — such as the activation of spiritual orifice in the Spirit Stream Realm or the expansion of spirit force like a long river in the Cloud River Realm. Those were palpable.
But the breakthrough in saber skills was a mysterious feeling, which could not be helped by consuming elixir pills or absorbing Spiritual Energy.
If he could use the Breath Fruit Core to enter the Mirage Realm, it might benefit his breakthrough. However, under the current circumstances, with Amber in a deep sleep for advancent, it was inconvenient for him to enter the Mirage Realm.
If enemies ca while his mind was imrsed in the Mirage Realm, he would be utterly defenseless.
This place was indeed secluded, but for Cloud River Realm cultivators who could fly, there was no place that was truly remote.
During these days, quite a few cultivators had flown over this area, but Lu Ye had already set up a Cover-up Array. As long as he didn't cause too much commotion, others wouldn't discover him unless they investigated carefully.
After Amber slept for seven days, heavy snow still swirled outside, and the snow had piled up three feet deep in the wilderness.
Lu Ye was practicing his saber skills outside when a strange noise ca from inside the house. He quickly turned his head to look.
He saw Yiyi's figure directly flying out of the house.
Lu Ye's eyes lit up, and he sheathed his saber to greet her.
Yiyi directly threw herself into Lu Ye's arms, knocking him over onto the snowy ground.
With her small hands tightly embracing Lu Ye's waist and her head buried in his chest, her hair spread out, and Lu Ye even slled a wonderful fragrance from it.
Raising his hand to touch the small head in his embrace, Lu Ye asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Although they had been through life and death together for two or three years and had grown from insignificance to where they were now, treating each other as family, Yiyi had never had such a strong emotional outburst before. Lu Ye could clearly feel her small body trembling slightly, a sign of lingering fear and fright.
"Lu Ye, I had a very long, heavy dream, I thought... I thought I would never wake up," Yiyi's voice carried a sobbing tone.
Amber's deep sleep during her advancent directly impacted Yiyi, a minion spirit. While only seven days had passed in Lu Ye's world, in Yiyi's world, it was far more than just seven days, perhaps even longer than seven years.
This feeling reminded her of the past. Long ago, she had this feeling until one day she suddenly woke up, and since then, she had been Amber's minion spirit.
So for her, the most frightening thing was that feeling of being trapped in a deep sleep, unable to wake up.
"Wuuwuuwuu... I'm so scared!" Yiyi burst into loud crying.
Lu Ye gently stroked her head, comforting her, "Don't be scared, the dream is over."
"Wuuwuuwuu…" Yiyi cried even louder.
In Lu Ye's view, a tiger head appeared; Amber had walked out of the house. Seeing its spirited appearance, it was clear that the advancent had ended, and that was why both it and Yiyi had woken up together.
Lu Ye gave Amber a aningful glance, and Amber imdiately turned its head away, indicating that consoling a girl was sothing it completely did not understand.
Lu Ye imdiately glared at it fiercely.
Amber looked innocent.
Seeing no help could be expected from Amber, Lu Ye could only raise his hand to gently pat Yiyi's back and softly humd a cheerful tune to dispel the sadness in her heart.
Amber perked up its large ears to listen.
Gradually, Yiyi's crying subsided, turning into soft sobs, until it finally stopped completely.
She raised her head, lying on Lu Ye's body, and looked at him with wide, astonished eyes.
Because she had never heard Lu Ye sing before, and she had also never heard this kind of lody...
"What song is this?" Yiyi asked with a sniffle.
"Don't be scared."
"Such a strange na for a song?" Yiyi looked doubtful, suspecting Lu Ye was deceiving her, and then demanded, "Sing it to ."
"I can only hum…"
"I don't care, sing it to !" Yiyi said, her mouth starting to pout again.
"Sing!"
Clearing his throat, Lu Ye tried to recall the scattered lyrics buried deep in his mind. After a mont, the off-key singing voice flew in the heavy snow.
Amber listened for a while, then covered its face with one of its front paws...
Yiyi also held back laughter, her face turning red.
At first, Lu Ye was a bit reserved, but as he continued, he began to sing without any restraint, as there were only Yiyi and Amber as his audience, and there was nothing embarrassing about it.
After finishing, Lu Ye sneakily stuffed a snowball down the back of Yiyi's neck, laughing wickedly, "You dare laugh at !"
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