Sage of Humanity-Chapter 450 448 Really Good Luck
The benefits brought by a green spirit fortune stick were clearly not enough to cause any significant transformation in Lu Ye's cultivation, but he could feel that his spirit force river had indeed grown a bit stronger.
He then took out the purple spirit fortune stick and squeezed it forcefully.
As before, the same scene occurred. The purple spirit fortune stick turned into fine powder, swirling and moving in front of him, and then formed a purple circle. From within that circle, a large amount of pure spirit mist gushed forth.
By comparison, the density of this spirit mist was the same as before, with no changes. It seemed that the difference was in the quantity.
The spirit mist born from the crushed purple spirit fortune stick should be more than that from the green one. As for whether this was the case, a trial would reveal the truth.
Previously, the spirit mist from the green spirit fortune stick allowed Lu Ye and Yiyi and Amber to practice cultivation for half a Shichen. It was unknown how long the purple one could sustain them.
The spirit mist continued to gush forth ceaselessly. However, after reaching a certain scale, no more spirit mist came out, but the purple circle remained.
As Lu Ye and Yiyi and Amber practiced cultivation, the spirit mist was consumed, and only then did new spirit mist emerge from the purple circle.
Lu Ye faintly discerned the principle: crushing a spirit fortune stick did not create spirit mist from nothing. In other words, the spirit fortune stick did not contain spirit mist. The stick itself was just a medium. After being crushed, it turned into a circle, connecting to an unknown place, where the spirit mist gushed from. Moreover, to avoid unnecessary waste, new spirit mist would not supplement the used spirit mist before it was consumed.
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Half a Shichen passed, and the purple circle was still present, continuously producing spirit mist.
One Shichen passed, and it was still the same.
Two Shichen, and it remained unchanged...
It was only after eight to ten Shichen that the purple circle within slowly dissipated and no more spirit mist emerged.
It matched the information he had obtained.
The information he bought from Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union contained some records about spirit fortune sticks.
After all, over the years, cultivators within the Cloud River Realm had done some comparisons and records with different spirit fortune sticks, ultimately concluding that the exchange ratio between spirit fortune sticks of different colors was roughly one to three.
In other words, one gold-hued spirit fortune stick was equivalent to three purple ones, which was equivalent to nine blue ones, 27 green ones, and 81 white ones.
Between green and purple spirit fortune sticks, with blue being in between, the benefits they brought to a cultivator differed by ninefold.
Previously, the spirit mist from the green spirit fortune stick was consumed by Lu Ye in half a Shichen.
Now, the purple one lasted him eight to ten Shichen, truly a ninefold difference.
Upon checking the state of his spirit force river, the spirit force within clearly flowed faster, and the volume of the river had expanded. It was just that it had not yet reached a qualitative change that would allow advancement in cultivation level.
Lu Ye faintly felt that if he could have two or three more purple spirit fortune sticks, he might be able to advance to the Cloud River Level 2!
This rate of cultivation was indeed much faster than simply consuming elixir pills.
He had always relied on consuming elixir pills as his primary method of cultivation. Before, he felt that spirit fortune sticks were somewhat dispensable, but now it seemed that if he encountered Heaven-bestowed spirit fortune sticks again, he definitely could not miss out.
To any cultivator, spirit fortune sticks were extremely important, and looking at the broader Cloud River battlefield, spirit fortune sticks could even become more critical than merits, serving as a strategic resource. Having enough spirit fortune sticks in hand would make everything convenient.
Furthermore, he and Amber could consume elixir pills, but Yiyi could not. With spirit fortune sticks, Yiyi could also rapidly increase her strength.
Just arriving at the Cloud River battlefield and already gaining such benefits, Lu Ye was quite satisfied.
Popping an Origin Spirit Pill into his mouth, Lu Ye took out the ten-part map to examine it.
Originally, he had planned to check out a Class C Spirit Ground, but he had been chased all the way and ended up in these deep mountains and ancient forests. Now looking again, the Class C Spirit Ground was already far from him.
With no alternative, he had to set out again.
Summoning the spirit ark, he soared into the sky.
Two hours later, as night fell, Lu Ye descended and landed on top of a small mountain peak.
It was late, and not suitable to continue traveling. Lu Ye, no longer the unbeatable Lu Yiye on the Spirit Stream battlefield but merely a newcomer at Cloud River Level 1, decided to rest here for the night before setting out again.
The reason he chose this spot was that he observed from the air that there were several ruined buildings on the peak, indicating that people once lived here, but now the place was deserted.
Lu Ye examined the surroundings, making sure there was no sign of living people. Unexpectedly, he stumbled upon a dried-up spring.
He immediately understood that this place was once a spirit ground, and the dried-up spring was the most obvious sign.
Each spirit ground had a Spiritual Spring!
The surging Spiritual Spring brought forth pure and rich nature's spiritual energy, thereby forming various spirit grounds.
However, the spiritual energy of some spirit grounds was not everlasting. Once the Spiritual Spring dried up, no more spiritual energy gushed forth, and the spirit ground ceased to be one.
Judging from the quantity and scale of the remaining buildings, this was likely a small spirit ground, which probably only housed three to five people. As for the grade of the spirit ground, it was impossible to determine.
The size of a spirit ground did not necessarily equate to its quality. The size of a spirit ground depended on the scale of the Spiritual Spring. The larger the spring, the larger the spirit ground.
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Some large spirit grounds are only Class D, while some small ones are Class A; the size of a spirit ground doesn't directly correlate with its grade.
Lu Ye casually chose a room that looked fairly intact and walked in, glancing around. The furnishings inside were very simple, just a bed, a table, a chair, and a meditation cushion.
It seemed that the cultivator who lived here before wasn't much for luxury.
Most cultivators are like this, not pursuing much in life, only immersed in enhancing their own cultivation and strength.
Lu Ye was no different, so he was quite satisfied with his current situation.
After setting up a few simple formations outside the house, Lu Ye returned inside and sat down cross-legged. He first took out a dragon scale and devoured the blood Qi within it, and then he began to both swallow elixir pills for cultivation and read.
Studying various manuscripts while cultivating had become his habit.
This trip out, he had brought back quite a few precious books from Madam Yun, and he had also not yet fully grasped the twenty parts of saber skill insights obtained from the Mad Saber Sect.
As for the five dragon scales, he had four of them, and he had given one to Amber, who was very fond of it.
Time passed, and suddenly Lu Ye's expression shifted as he faintly heard an abnormal noise.
It wasn't the sound of human commotion, but more like the sound of flowing water...
There were no springs or streams nearby, so where was the sound of flowing water coming from?
Seeming to recall something, Lu Ye quickly got up and went outside to investigate.
Following the source of the sound, Lu Ye soon arrived at the edge of a spiritual spring that had previously dried up. At this moment, the spring was bubbling forth with clear, cold water, and as the water surged, an extremely dense nature's spiritual energy also gushed out with it.
The spiritual energy around the spring had become much denser as a result.
Lu Ye was astonished!
Had he encountered something that rarely happened in a hundred years?
After a spiritual spring dried up, there was a certain chance it could revive, but this was so rare that cultivators hardly ever saw it happen.
Although this place was an abandoned spirit ground, now that the once-dry spring had come back to life, it meant that the spirit ground could also be resurrected.
He had originally planned to explore someone else's Class C spirit ground to see the situation there and how dense their nature's spiritual energy could be, but it looked like now there was no need to go elsewhere.
He had a spirit ground of his own...
As for what grade this spirit ground would ultimately be, it was still not clear. He would have to wait until the spring stabilized before making an assessment.
Moreover... Lu Ye didn't understand the standards for each spirit ground at all, so making a judgment was really beyond him.
"Lu Ye, Lu Ye, could there be treasures under there?" Yiyi asked with excitement, looking at the gushing spiritual spring.
Her words stirred his mind, "Shall we go down and take a look?"
"Mmhmm," said Yiyi, and without another word, she dove underground to explore.
The spiritual spring continued to surge, and after about several dozen breaths, Yiyi popped her head out with a somewhat unhappy look. From her expression, it was evident that she had found nothing.
She was even muttering to herself, "It doesn't make sense," "It can't be," and the like.
In her opinion, the spring's surge bringing up such a large amount of nature's spiritual energy clearly indicated that there must be some miraculous treasure underground, but after her exploration, she found nothing. The spiritual energy brought forth by the spring seemed to have been created out of thin air.
During the day she was oddly given a purple spirit fortune stick, and now at night, she had inexplicably gained a spirit ground. Lu Ye suddenly realized that his luck was really not bad.
Although this spirit ground was technically his possession, whether he could defend it was another matter.
In the Cloud River battlefield, cultivators would fight over the ownership of spirit grounds, and disputes over high-grade spirit grounds were especially common.
If Lu Ye couldn't defend this spirit ground, it would only benefit others.
Depending on just himself definitely wouldn't work, even with Yiyi and Amber included. So he needed more help!
There was one ready assistant, but he was unsure of his current whereabouts.
Lu Ye touched the battlefield marking on his hand and sent a message to Giant Armor, informing him of his location and asking him to hurry over and meet up.
Giant Armor replied, "Ack!"
He also tried to send messages to his fourth senior brother and Feng Yuechan, but they still couldn't be reached.
After doing all this, Lu Ye had Yiyi watch over the Spiritual Spring while he took sixteen array bases out of his storage space.
He had several sets of these array bases, all plundered from other cultivator's strongholds in the Spirit Stream battlefield. Most of them were handed over to Shui Yuan to deal with, and he had kept only a few.
Keeping them on hand was just to be prepared for emergencies, but he had not expected them to come in handy so soon.
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