Lu Ye’s only available cultivation option at the moment was to take the Qi and Blood pills to strengthen the power of his body’s qi and blood, and then activate the spiritual power in his Source Spiritual Aperture to refine the qi and blood energy, converting it into more spiritual power to fill his aperture.
Lu Ye had counted before and found that there were a total of two hundred and fifty-three Qi and Blood pills among Manager Yang’s belongings, which was not a small number.
Lu Ye originally thought that so many Qi and Blood pills would be enough for him to use, but after he started cultivating he discovered that these Qi and Blood pills might not last long.
The first time he cultivated he had only refined the medicinal effects of two Qi and Blood pills. He hadn’t done this before so he took a long time figuring out how to refine the qi and blood energy and convert it to spiritual power.
By the second time, he was able to refine four Qi and Blood pills. Practice made perfect, and by the third time, he refined 6 pills. By the fourth time he refined 10 pills.
The more he practiced the faster he would consume the Qi and Blood pills, because the spiritual power in his aperture was increasing every day.
The more spiritual power he had available to use, the higher his efficiency of refining Qi and the greater his consumption of Qi and Blood pills.
Lu Ye understood one thing; the Qi and Blood pills weren’t that good. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for a cultivator like him, who had only just opened his first aperture, to consume so many of them.
A proper cultivator would probably use a special type of spiritual power pill, but unfortunately he didn’t know what such pills would look like. Without that knowledge, he did not dare to test out the various pills from Manager Yang’s belongings.
The mine was still dim, and Lu Ye didn’t know how long it had been since he had begun staying there. When he had consumed all the Qi and Blood pills, he knew it was time to leave.
It was not because there were no resources for cultivation, but because he had run out of food.
After Lu Ye had begun to refine his qi and blood energy, his appetite had grown enormously. Manager Yang had brought a lot of food, enough that if he were to ration it, it would have been sufficient for two months. After all, he had intended to hide here for a long time. How could he have not made the appropriate preparations?
Although there was no way to accurately calculate the time, Lu Ye estimated that it had been more than ten days since he had started cultivating.
During this period of cultivation, Lu Ye’s harvest was neither big nor small.
The spiritual power in his Source Spiritual Aperture was already full. In other words, he was qualified to open the next spiritual aperture and practice the Free and Unfettered Golden Cicada Secret Art.
It was just that, when he tried to open the second spiritual aperture according to the guidance of the Free and Unfettered Golden Cicada Secret Art, he failed to find the position. Not only did he fail, he wasted a lot of spiritual energy in doing so.
No wonder he had heard people say that spiritual practice needed to be taught by elders. Who knew how many detours he would have to go through otherwise?
So even though all the Qi and Blood pills were consumed, he was still just a cultivator who had only opened his Source Spiritual Aperture.
The injury on his body had healed, and it did not hinder his movement.
What made Lu Ye somewhat at a loss was how to deal with Manager Yang’s storage bag. He was unwilling to leave it here.
This was Manager Yang’s life savings. There were many good things in it. Apart from anything else, those rare minerals were very valuable. Lu Ye had no relatives in this world, and no elders cared about him. Cultivation in the future would definitely consume a lot of resources. With Manager Yang’s belongings, at least he wouldn’t have to worry about practice resources in the early stage of cultivation.
At the same time, it was not appropriate to take it with him. This was a world of cultivation. It was not uncommon for people to kill others when they wanted their things. If Lu Ye carried a precious storage bag with him, it was hard to guarantee that people wouldn’t be able to see it, and this would put him in danger.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Ye decided to bring the storage bag with him. He had always wanted wealth and if he missed this opportunity he might not have the chance to make such a windfall again.
After making up his mind, Lu Ye returned to the place where he had killed Manager Yang and picked up his broken mining pick.
Since he decided to bring the storage bag with him, then of course he would also take the magnetic essence ore here. This mineral was very precious.
As he used the mining pick, sweat fell off Lu Ye like rain.
He had been a mining slave for a year so he was very familiar with the work. And now, with the new addition of his spiritual power, his efficiency was much greater than before.
Pieces of magnetic essence ore were quickly mined by him and put into the storage bag.
Once all the nearby magnetic essence veins were depleted, Lu Ye dropped the mining pick.
‘If everything goes well, I won’t need this thing in the future!’ he thought.
He took off his clothes, brought the storage bag close to his body, and tied cloth strips around it. This way, so long as he were not stripped and searched, the existence of the storage bag would not be exposed.
Lu Ye also carried Manager Yang’s long sword in his hands. After all, his exit route might not be safe. With a weapon in his hands he could respond better to an emergency.
With everything prepared, Lu Ye took a deep breath and followed the route in his memory to walk towards the outside.
He was cautious all the way for fear that a cultivator from Evil Moon Valley would suddenly pop out of the dark. He dared not to go too fast, lest he would reveal his whereabouts.
However, what he was afraid of soon appeared. When he turned a bend in the dark and entered another mine tunnel, he abruptly halted.
Not far in front of him, a figure leaned back against the rock wall of the tunnel, quietly gasping for breath.
There was still a smell of blood in the air…
Lu Ye wanted to go back, but it was too late. The man turned his head to look at Lu Ye, and in the next moment he shouted in surprise: “Lu Ye?”
Lu Ye’s hair stood on end. Since this other person could clearly see his appearance in the darkness, they had to be a cultivator. And all the cultivators who knew him by sight were undoubtedly cultivators of Evil Moon Valley.
Sure enough, since Manager Yang would think of taking refuge in the mine, other cultivators of Evil Moon Valley would also think of it. Who knew how many people from Evil Moon Valley were hidden in this vein?
Lu Ye’s thoughts spun rapidly. He chose to focus his spiritual power on his eyes, and finally saw his opponent’s face clearly.
It was a cultivator named Zhou Cheng. He was under the jurisdiction of Manager Yang. Since his status had been lower than Manager Yang’s, his cultivation level should likewise be lower as well.
Zhou Cheng seemed to be injured, and the scent of blood Lu Ye smelt was coming from him.
“Come here!” Zhou Cheng lowered his voice to greet him.
“Okay!” Lu Ye immediately responded, and walked towards Zhou Cheng, moving faster and faster as he went.
Zhou Cheng felt that something was wrong, mainly because Lu Ye was holding a sword in his hand. He couldn’t help frowning as he asked, “Where did you get this sword?”
At first glance, the sword was clearly the type wielded by cultivators of Evil Moon Valley, and it was very questionable for Lu Ye to be holding it.
Lu Ye didn’t answer. He was only 30 feet away from Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng finally felt Lu Ye’s killing intent and quickly got up, grit his teeth, and shouted, “I’ll slaughter you, you little bastard!”
With that said, he lifted his sword to try to stab Lu Ye. He poured his spiritual power into his sword, causing a faint light to blossom in the darkness of the tunnel.
There was not much to this sword move. It was just a simple pouring of spiritual power into the sword, which increased the damage the sword could do in a very general manner. Facing what he thought was a mortal like Lu Ye, Zhou Cheng naturally felt that it would be enough to easily kill him.
The last person who thought this way was Manager Yang, whose corpse had already begun to rot.
The movement of the sword quickly magnified in Lu Ye’s field of vision. He urged his spiritual power with all his strength, focused on his eyes, and the whole world seemed to greatly slow down.
Unlike the sneak attack on Manager Yang with the help of the magnetic essence field, this was the first time Lu Ye properly fought head-on with a cultivator. His life or death hinged on him performing without the slightest hesitation or retreat.
Fortunately, Zhou Cheng had a low cultivation level and was seriously injured. This was why Lu Ye dared to try to kill him.
When the sword was about to approach him, Lu Ye slid sideways and narrowly dodged. Then he immediately raised his own long sword up to meet Zhou Cheng’s. At the same time, a mysterious and complicated pattern flashed across the long sword.
The Sharp blessing!
Lu Ye’s only available cultivation option at the moment was to take the Qi and Blood pills to strengthen the power of his body’s qi and blood, and then activate the spiritual power in his Source Spiritual Aperture to refine the qi and blood energy, converting it into more spiritual power to fill his aperture.
Lu Ye had counted before and found that there were a total of two hundred and fifty-three Qi and Blood pills among Manager Yang’s belongings, which was not a small number.
Lu Ye originally thought that so many Qi and Blood pills would be enough for him to use, but after he started cultivating he discovered that these Qi and Blood pills might not last long.
The first time he cultivated he had only refined the medicinal effects of two Qi and Blood pills. He hadn’t done this before so he took a long time figuring out how to refine the qi and blood energy and convert it to spiritual power.
By the second time, he was able to refine four Qi and Blood pills. Practice made perfect, and by the third time, he refined 6 pills. By the fourth time he refined 10 pills.
The more he practiced the faster he would consume the Qi and Blood pills, because the spiritual power in his aperture was increasing every day.
The more spiritual power he had available to use, the higher his efficiency of refining Qi and the greater his consumption of Qi and Blood pills.
Lu Ye understood one thing; the Qi and Blood pills weren’t that good. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for a cultivator like him, who had only just opened his first aperture, to consume so many of them.
A proper cultivator would probably use a special type of spiritual power pill, but unfortunately he didn’t know what such pills would look like. Without that knowledge, he did not dare to test out the various pills from Manager Yang’s belongings.
The mine was still dim, and Lu Ye didn’t know how long it had been since he had begun staying there. When he had consumed all the Qi and Blood pills, he knew it was time to leave.
It was not because there were no resources for cultivation, but because he had run out of food.
After Lu Ye had begun to refine his qi and blood energy, his appetite had grown enormously. Manager Yang had brought a lot of food, enough that if he were to ration it, it would have been sufficient for two months. After all, he had intended to hide here for a long time. How could he have not made the appropriate preparations?
Although there was no way to accurately calculate the time, Lu Ye estimated that it had been more than ten days since he had started cultivating.
During this period of cultivation, Lu Ye’s harvest was neither big nor small.
The spiritual power in his Source Spiritual Aperture was already full. In other words, he was qualified to open the next spiritual aperture and practice the Free and Unfettered Golden Cicada Secret Art.
It was just that, when he tried to open the second spiritual aperture according to the guidance of the Free and Unfettered Golden Cicada Secret Art, he failed to find the position. Not only did he fail, he wasted a lot of spiritual energy in doing so.
No wonder he had heard people say that spiritual practice needed to be taught by elders. Who knew how many detours he would have to go through otherwise?
So even though all the Qi and Blood pills were consumed, he was still just a cultivator who had only opened his Source Spiritual Aperture.
The injury on his body had healed, and it did not hinder his movement.
What made Lu Ye somewhat at a loss was how to deal with Manager Yang’s storage bag. He was unwilling to leave it here.
This was Manager Yang’s life savings. There were many good things in it. Apart from anything else, those rare minerals were very valuable. Lu Ye had no relatives in this world, and no elders cared about him. Cultivation in the future would definitely consume a lot of resources. With Manager Yang’s belongings, at least he wouldn’t have to worry about practice resources in the early stage of cultivation.
At the same time, it was not appropriate to take it with him. This was a world of cultivation. It was not uncommon for people to kill others when they wanted their things. If Lu Ye carried a precious storage bag with him, it was hard to guarantee that people wouldn’t be able to see it, and this would put him in danger.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Ye decided to bring the storage bag with him. He had always wanted wealth and if he missed this opportunity he might not have the chance to make such a windfall again.
After making up his mind, Lu Ye returned to the place where he had killed Manager Yang and picked up his broken mining pick.
Since he decided to bring the storage bag with him, then of course he would also take the magnetic essence ore here. This mineral was very precious.
As he used the mining pick, sweat fell off Lu Ye like rain.
He had been a mining slave for a year so he was very familiar with the work. And now, with the new addition of his spiritual power, his efficiency was much greater than before.
Pieces of magnetic essence ore were quickly mined by him and put into the storage bag.
Once all the nearby magnetic essence veins were depleted, Lu Ye dropped the mining pick.
‘If everything goes well, I won’t need this thing in the future!’ he thought.
He took off his clothes, brought the storage bag close to his body, and tied cloth strips around it. This way, so long as he were not stripped and searched, the existence of the storage bag would not be exposed.
Lu Ye also carried Manager Yang’s long sword in his hands. After all, his exit route might not be safe. With a weapon in his hands he could respond better to an emergency.
With everything prepared, Lu Ye took a deep breath and followed the route in his memory to walk towards the outside.
He was cautious all the way for fear that a cultivator from Evil Moon Valley would suddenly pop out of the dark. He dared not to go too fast, lest he would reveal his whereabouts.
However, what he was afraid of soon appeared. When he turned a bend in the dark and entered another mine tunnel, he abruptly halted.
Not far in front of him, a figure leaned back against the rock wall of the tunnel, quietly gasping for breath.
There was still a smell of blood in the air…
Lu Ye wanted to go back, but it was too late. The man turned his head to look at Lu Ye, and in the next moment he shouted in surprise: “Lu Ye?”
Lu Ye’s hair stood on end. Since this other person could clearly see his appearance in the darkness, they had to be a cultivator. And all the cultivators who knew him by sight were undoubtedly cultivators of Evil Moon Valley.
Sure enough, since Manager Yang would think of taking refuge in the mine, other cultivators of Evil Moon Valley would also think of it. Who knew how many people from Evil Moon Valley were hidden in this vein?
Lu Ye’s thoughts spun rapidly. He chose to focus his spiritual power on his eyes, and finally saw his opponent’s face clearly.
It was a cultivator named Zhou Cheng. He was under the jurisdiction of Manager Yang. Since his status had been lower than Manager Yang’s, his cultivation level should likewise be lower as well.
Zhou Cheng seemed to be injured, and the scent of blood Lu Ye smelt was coming from him.
“Come here!” Zhou Cheng lowered his voice to greet him.
“Okay!” Lu Ye immediately responded, and walked towards Zhou Cheng, moving faster and faster as he went.
Zhou Cheng felt that something was wrong, mainly because Lu Ye was holding a sword in his hand. He couldn’t help frowning as he asked, “Where did you get this sword?”
At first glance, the sword was clearly the type wielded by cultivators of Evil Moon Valley, and it was very questionable for Lu Ye to be holding it.
Lu Ye didn’t answer. He was only 30 feet away from Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng finally felt Lu Ye’s killing intent and quickly got up, grit his teeth, and shouted, “I’ll slaughter you, you little bastard!”
With that said, he lifted his sword to try to stab Lu Ye. He poured his spiritual power into his sword, causing a faint light to blossom in the darkness of the tunnel.
There was not much to this sword move. It was just a simple pouring of spiritual power into the sword, which increased the damage the sword could do in a very general manner. Facing what he thought was a mortal like Lu Ye, Zhou Cheng naturally felt that it would be enough to easily kill him.
The last person who thought this way was Manager Yang, whose corpse had already begun to rot.
The movement of the sword quickly magnified in Lu Ye’s field of vision. He urged his spiritual power with all his strength, focused on his eyes, and the whole world seemed to greatly slow down.
Unlike the sneak attack on Manager Yang with the help of the magnetic essence field, this was the first time Lu Ye properly fought head-on with a cultivator. His life or death hinged on him performing without the slightest hesitation or retreat.
Fortunately, Zhou Cheng had a low cultivation level and was seriously injured. This was why Lu Ye dared to try to kill him.
When the sword was about to approach him, Lu Ye slid sideways and narrowly dodged. Then he immediately raised his own long sword up to meet Zhou Cheng’s. At the same time, a mysterious and complicated pattern flashed across the long sword.
The Sharp blessing!
