Xia Qianqian had tried every thod but could only find one candidate, still one short of her needs.
She had previously sent a ssage to Shen Xiaomao, only to learn that Shen Xiaomao was not nearby and had advanced to the Cloud River Level 6, which undoubtedly did not et the requirents.
She contacted Zhou Hai to ask if he had any suitable candidates.
Zhou Hai, as a sword cultivator who usually kept to himself and seldom contacted his sect mates, naturally did not have any suitable candidates. However, during their conversation, he ntioned that he had just seen Lu Ye in West 16 Heaven's Augury City.
Xia Qianqian imdiately decided to count Lu Ye in and thus sent him a ssage.
"You really think highly of . The others invited must all be at Level 5. What help could I possibly be at Level 3?"
Lu Ye's instinct was to avoid such troubleso matters as he still had to look for Giant Armor. Poor Giant Armor, all alone, who knew which desolate wilds it had ended up in, if it was getting enough to eat, or if it was freezing...
"How could I not know your capabilities? Stop belittling yourself," she retorted.
In the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm, Xia Qianqian had always followed closely by Lu Ye's side, killing demon beasts, defending Two Worlds City, and even charging into the insect hive. She had witnessed all of Lu Ye's performances. Frankly speaking, she had never seen such a powerful cultivator at the Cloud River Level 2. Honestly, when she was at Cloud River Level 2, she probably couldn't have withstood even three of Lu Ye's saber strikes.
Lan Ziyi was also quite impressive, but no doubt a notch below Lu Ye.
Back then in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm, Lu Ye was only at Cloud River Level 2, but now he had reached Level 3, so dealing with an average Cloud River Level 5 shouldn't be a problem.
Therefore, as long as she brought Lu Ye to participate, securing the spirit ground would be a sure thing.
"You might have so misunderstandings about !"
"The great Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer of the Three Calamities of Spirit Stream, afraid of getting involved?"
Lu Ye's brow lifted, not surprised that she knew his real identity; this woman had a good relationship with Pang Dahai, so she must have learned it from him.
"What Three Calamities of Spirit Stream, Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer? Never heard of it."
Such a dark history, Lu Ye would never admit to, no matter what. The title might sound impressive, but it was most likely to attract hatred.
"Wouldn't it be fine if I owed you a favor?"
"You've already owed a favor!"
By selling the Beast Seal thod to the Heaven's Augury treasure vault, Xia Qianqian and her team had already benefitted from Lu Ye's presence. For this, she had said that Lu Ye was now her cherished friend, and if there was anything he needed help with on the Cloud River battlefield, he just had to say the word.
Yet, before Lu Ye could ask for her help with anything, she had co looking for him.
"There are benefits in it for you!" said Xia Qianqian through clenched teeth.
"I am not short of cultivation resources."
Without saying a word, Xia Qianqian took out a wooden chest radiating multicolored light. The chest, only the size of a palm, was being casually tossed in her hand: "Do you know what this is?"
Lu Ye really did not know what it was.
Xia Qianqian didn't wait for him to ask and explained proactively: "This is a fortune stick chest! The spirit fortune stick chest. When you open it, you'll get a spirit fortune stick. The worst can be white, and the highest gold."
Lu Ye's gaze lingered on the fortune stick chest, understanding that this woman had co prepared.
He wouldn't normally be interested in common benefits, and there was no need to agree to soone else's request just to save face, only to end up with troubleso issues. But spirit fortune sticks were sothing he found hard to refuse.
"I think this item suits you very well. What do you think?" Xia Qianqian looked at Lu Ye with a beaming smile.
"Opening this thing is a matter of luck?"
Xia Qianqian nodded: "Until it's opened, nobody knows what color the spirit stick inside is."
"Where did it co from?"
"There is a secret realm nearby that opens once a month. I found it there a few days ago."
Lu Ye nodded, reached out, and took the fortune stick chest from Xia Qianqian's hand. Gambling on luck, he, indeed, had great confidence.
"So, you've agreed?"
"If I can get a spirit fortune stick of blue or higher, I'll go with you!"
A blue spirit fortune stick was worth more than 1,800 rits and was worth a trip. Most importantly, spirit sticks were not items that could be bought with rits alone.
"How do I open it?" Lu Ye asked.
Xia Qianqian gave him so instructions.
Lu Ye touched a spot on one side of the chest, his eyes fixed intently as the chest slowly opened like a blooming flower, the colorful glow beginning to flow and converge, pouring into the chest.
When the chest was fully opened, a spirit fortune stick appeared before their eyes.
The multicolored light receded, and imdiately after, a dazzling purple glow burst forth.
Xia Qianqian's eyes widened in astonishnt. She knew Lu Ye was fortunate, but to directly obtain a purple spirit fortune stick from a fortune stick chest was still beyond her expectations.
Her fortune stick chests from the Spirit Stream battlefield, not one hundred but at least eighty, until now had yielded only two purple sticks. The majority were white, followed by green and then very few blue ones.
This was clearly Lu Ye's first ti opening a fortune stick chest, but he had directly obtained a purple one—a practically unheard-of occurrence.
Xia Qianqian quickly took out another fortune stick chest and slapped it into Lu Ye's hand: "Help open it!"
"Such good luck shouldn't go to waste, even though by selling the Beast Seal thod, her luck had already improved. But clearly, it was not comparable to Lu Ye, whose luck was astonishing."
She had only two fortune stick chests in total, and she had given one to Lu Ye. This was the last one.
With the second fortune stick chest in hand, Lu Ye did as before, reached out to touch a spot, and the chest slowly opened, the colorful lights converging.
White light burst forth!
Xia Qianqian was dumbfounded and full of indignation, "Why does he get to?
Why did Lu Ye pull out a purple spirit fortune stick the first ti and a white one the second ti? The huge difference between the two was almost too much for her to accept.
If she had known this would happen, it would have been better if she had opened them herself. Given her current luck, she wouldn't have likely drawn a white one, but at least she would have gotten a green one.
"Are there any more?" Lu Ye asked, still feeling unsatisfied. The anticipation before the results of opening a fortune stick chest were revealed was truly addictive.
"No more!" Xia Qianqian pulled a face and snatched back the white spirit fortune stick, while still gazing longingly at the purple spirit fortune stick in Lu Ye's hand.
Lu Ye pocketed the purple spirit fortune stick and secretly decided that if he had the chance in the future, he should get more fortune stick chests to open.
"Let's go," Lu Ye called out.
He had taken soone's money to resolve their problems. A purple spirit fortune stick was enough for him to take action once. As for Giant Armor, it had already been waiting for so many days, so it could wait a couple more.
Monts later, in front of Heaven's Augury rcantile Union, two figures soared into the sky.
Xia Qianqian's expression was still downcast. It's always the comparison that hurts the most, the great disparity between white and purple pained her to the core.
"Ye Liu, I have sothing to discuss with you..." Halfway through, Xia Qianqian suddenly spoke up.
"No need to discuss it!"
"I haven't even said what it is yet."
"It doesn't matter, we're not discussing it." With the purple spirit fortune stick in his possession, there was no way he would give it up.
"Alas!" Xia Qianqian sighed deeply, full of regret that she had thought of borrowing Lu Ye's luck. She felt she should have believed in her own.
After so distance, Lu Ye thought about it and took out a mask from his storage space to put on his face, and he also stowed away his Boulder Mountain Saber.
Xia Qianqian turned her head to look and saw a white-faced fox with narrow eyes and thickly applied eye shadow. She rolled her eyes, but rembering all the rumors she had heard from Pang Dahai, she could understand why Lu Ye was doing this.
Generally, cultivators who advance from the Spirit Stream battlefield to the Cloud River battlefield wouldn't attract much attention, not even the ones at the top of the Spirit Stream Ranking. After all, every few months, a new top ranker would erge on the Spirit Stream battlefield, and over the years, there would be countless of them.
But so top rankers of Spirit Stream were different from others. Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer, with the Three Calamities of Spirit Stream to his na, was bound to be rembered by Ten Thousand Demons Ridge and others. If his true identity were exposed, it could lead to various targeted actions against him.
As for Lu Ye stowing away his Boulder Mountain Saber, Xia Qianqian naturally understood his cunning plan, and it was actually to her liking.
Suddenly, a streak of light shot into the sky from below, approaching them rapidly.
"It's one of our own," Xia Qianqian said.
Soon enough, the person arrived nearby. He was a burly man with a robust figure. Judging by his bulging muscles, it was clear he was a physique cultivator, and from the fluctuations of his spirit force, he was at Cloud River Level 5 realm.
Looks like this was another helper Xia Qianqian had found, who had been waiting outside for her.
As the physique cultivator approached, he cupped his fists and greeted Xia Qianqian, "Senior Sister Xia."
Xia Qianqian nodded slightly in response.
The physique cultivator glanced at Lu Ye, finding it strange that Lu Ye would be wearing a fox-face mask in broad daylight as though he had sothing to hide, but a cultivator at Cloud River Level 3 realm surely didn't deserve his extra attention.
The trio continued on their way, and Xia Qianqian sent out a ssage.
Four hours later, led by Xia Qianqian, the three of them descended on a spirit mountaintop. Just as they landed, three more figures approached them.
Two n and one woman, all fellow sect mbers of Xia Qianqian. Judging by their aura and attire, one was a combat cultivator, one was a ghost cultivator, and one was a magic cultivator.
"Senior Sister!" The three greeted her.
It was clear the three of them had been through a battle not long ago, as they all had injuries, but for cultivators, these were not severe and would not affect their strength.
Lu Ye couldn't tell what their cultivation realms were, but he assud none of them was above Cloud River Level 5 realm.
The group joined forces, and not counting Xia Qianqian, there were now five of them in total.
They continued on their journey.
One hour later, they arrived at a valley.
Inside the valley, six figures were already waiting. The leader, a young man with a commanding presence, showed dissatisfaction when he saw Xia Qianqian, complaining, "Fellow Daoist Xia, you're a bit late."
"Stop the nonsense, it's not ti yet!" Xia Qianqian retorted without politeness, indicating that there was so sort of recognition and perhaps so grudges between the two.
After looking around and ensuring there were no ambushes or traps, Xia Qianqian asked, "What's the plan? A rotation battle or a free-for-all?"
The young man almost sneered, "Fellow Daoist Xia seems quite confident?"
"Whether I am confident or not, we'll know after the battle. Enough of the chit-chat, let's mark off an area."
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