Having decided to leave this place, a precise map was indispensable.
Therefore, before that, willing or not, he had to make a trip to Qingyun Marketplace.
The next morning, Lu Ye's figure appeared in the Heaven's Augury rcantile Union.
According to Liew Ruyin before her death, she had accidentally seen him when Lu Ye went to the rcantile union for the second ti to trade. At that ti, a man nad Liu Quan who was acquainted with her, allowed her to inquire discreetly about the content of the trade in just a few words.
At that mont, Liew Ruyin guessed that Lu Ye had control over a rich ore vein in his hands, harboring ulterior motives, and ultimately unable to suppress her greed, she contacted the fair-skinned man, telling him to be ready at all tis.
After that, Liew Ruyin closely monitored the situation every day.
Not until Lu Ye went to the rcantile union for the third ti and conducted an even bigger transaction, did she make up her mind. That led to the pursuit by the fair-skinned man.
Fearing that the fair-skinned man might monopolize the benefits, Liew Ruyin followed soon after Lu Ye left, and it just so happened she witnessed Lu Ye personally killing the fair-skinned man, resulting in her own death as well.
The state Liew Ruyin was in before she died made it impossible for her to lie, so no one should know of her fate for the ti being.
For the mont, he was safe, and that was why Lu Ye had hurried to the marketplace.
Previously, he had been selling the origin magnetic ore bit by bit, fearful of attracting anyone's attention, with each sale's earnings just enough to et his short-term cultivation needs.
Now that he had decided to leave this area, there was no need to be so cautious anymore. First, he would get his hands on a map to determine the location of the Righteous Blood Sect's base!
One hour later, inside a private room, Lu Ye was drinking tea to the point of fullness as a middle-aged man courteously handed him a palm-sized White Jade Disc, along with two bottles of eighteen Spirit-Nurturing Pills, three bottles of fifteen healing pills, and a dozen more Spirit Stones.
This ti, Lu Ye had sold twelve pieces of origin magnetic ore all at once! The total Spirit Stones he received were over six hundred.
In the outer circle of the battlefield, this was undoubtedly a considerable deal, warranting the middle-aged man's respectful treatnt towards Lu Ye.
In fact, it proved that, barring so coincidences, doing business in Heaven's Augury rcantile Union was quite safe. Lu Ye had co here four tis, each transaction conducted with different people. Unless he brought out too many goods like this ti, it was not easy to attract attention. Of course, attracting attention was also because Lu Ye was not high in strength.
If he were a cultivator of Level 4-5 of Spirit Stream, then Liew Ruyin would not dare harbor any malicious thoughts, no matter what.
After completing the transaction, the middle-aged man escorted Lu Ye to the door and also presented a business card, saying directly that if Lu Ye had more items to sell next ti, he could contact him in advance, and he would offer a good price.
This was a courtesy Lu Ye had not received in his previous three visits.
Naturally, Lu Ye agreed wholeheartedly.
Upon leaving Heaven's Augury rcantile Union, Lu Ye, as usual, exchanged all those Spirit Stones for food and so household supplies.
Spirit Stones were not of much use to him. This journey might take him a long way, and so basic necessities for living outdoors were essential.
Fortunately, his storage sack was spacious enough, so there was no worry about running out of space.
Thanks to this trade, the number of Spirit-Nurturing Pills in Lu Ye's possession had increased to one hundred and eleven, and the healing pills to twenty-two, but only fourteen pieces of origin magnetic ore were left.
He had initially thought that the amount of origin magnetic ore he had would suffice for a long ti, maybe even until he reached the Level 9 of Spirit Stream realm, but now it seed completely inadequate. He had to rush back to the Righteous Blood Sect's base as soon as possible; only once he was back at the sect's base could he feel safe.
About half a day later, Lu Ye returned to the cave where he was dwelling and took out the White Jade Disc.
This was the ten-part map of the Spirit Stream battlefield! It included the distribution of the major forces' bases throughout the entire battlefield and even the terrain features, along with so dangerous areas.
However, just the thought that this item was worth six hundred Spirit Stones made Lu Ye's heart bleed. He had never spent six hundred Spirit Stones on his cultivation journey before, but to return to his sect's base, this was a necessary price to pay.
The only thing that comforted him was that this item could be updated at a branch of the Heaven's Augury rcantile Union at any ti, ensuring it would never beco outdated.
Holding the White Jade Disc in both hands, Lu Ye stimulated his spirit force and poured it inside, and the disc imdiately emitted a soft glow, forming a halo on its surface.
The halo twisted and changed, and in the blink of an eye, it transford into a map.
What surprised Lu Ye was that this was not a flat map, but a three-dinsional one. He saw many undulating mountain ranges with varying elevations on the map.
In one area of the map, there was a shining point that flickered constantly. Lu Ye moved his sight to that location, and the light point did not change, but when he focused his spirit force towards that point, that area imdiately enlarged. As more spirit force was poured in, the map continued to magnify.
However, since the disc was only so big, the area covered by the map gradually diminished as it enlarged.
Eventually, after the map was magnified to its limit, Lu Ye saw that the light point was located within a range of undulating mountains, and the mountains were marked as Qingyun Mountain.
Looking nearby, there was an area marked as Qingyun Marketplace Three.
Lu Ye imdiately understood that the light point was his current location!
As for Qingyun Marketplace Three, that was the marketplace he often visited. Besides this marketplace, there were Qingyun Marketplaces One and Two around Qingyun Mountain, up to the point of marking "six."
In other words, there were a total of six marketplaces around the outer periter of Qingyun Mountain.
After playing with it for a while, Lu Ye gradually figured out how to use this ten-part map. He began searching for the location of the Righteous Blood Sect while secretly praying that he was not too far from the sect's base; if he was too far away, he didn't know how long it would take to return.
The Righteous Blood Sect was a 9th grade sect; its base was naturally located in the outer circle, which reduced the difficulty of his search. Lu Ye carefully examined each na, and at one point, he almost thought he had found the three characters for the Righteous Blood Sect. Upon closer inspection, however, it turned out to be Righteous Heart Sect, which infuriated him.
After half a circle, Lu Ye still hadn't found the Righteous Blood Sect, but the extrely tense feeling began to relax, as this ant that the situation couldn't get much worse.
A mont later, still having not found it, Lu Ye's mood actually brightened because this indicated that he was not far from the Righteous Blood Sect.
Finally, Lu Ye's gaze fixed on a spot on the map where three large characters appeared, exactly what he had been looking for—the Righteous Blood Sect.
He had found it!
After steadying his mind for a mont, Lu Ye zood out the map to compare his position with that of the Righteous Blood Sect.
His location was slightly west of due south on the map, while the Righteous Blood Sect's location was a bit north of due west on the map.
In other words, if he wanted to go to the Righteous Blood Sect's base, he would need to head westward, crossing one quarter of the entire battlefield's edge arc.
The situation was neither good nor bad, within an acceptable range.
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