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Lu Ye had wanted to take a look at that place after he entered the Cloud River Battlefield. However, he was not familiar with the battlefield in the beginning, and he was weak at that time, so he did not take action recklessly.
Certainly, the main reason was that he was not well-prepared, so he was unable to maximise the benefits he would get.
In that place, Spirit Pills and Spirit Stones were not useful. The only useful things were items that could help restore one’s Soul Power.
He initially wanted to be better prepared before going there. Nevertheless, time was running out.
Also, he no longer needed to prepare anything, for he had acquired the most important item.
The Hundred Wards Tower was a sacred place for Ward Cultivators in Jiu Zhou. It was also where they could improve their skills.
There was a rumour circulated in Jiu Zhou that the Hundred Wards Tower was left behind from the last era, and there were a hundred floors in total. Every floor had a different challenge, and it was increasingly harder as one progressed. If one could pass the tests, he would receive the rewards given by the Heavens. All the rewards were related to the Way of Wards.
That attracted countless cultivators from Jiu Zhou to enter the tower and hone their skills.
However, the complete Hundred Wards Tower was long gone. No one knew what had happened to the tower, which had been divided into three parts.
One of them, which was the lowest part, was located in the Heavenly Derivative Sect in Wu Zhou.
Lu Ye had been to Heavenly Derivative Sect once after receiving an invitation from Zhao Li. He stayed in their base for a while before heading to the headquarters. He went on to break through 33 floors successfully, which sent a shock wave across the entire Sect.
Before entering Hundred Wards Tower, even though Lu Ye was skilful in the Way of Wards, he could not be considered an expert. However, after he came out of the tower, his skills in the Way of Wards improved significantly.
That was the reason he could act recklessly on the Spirit Creek Battlefield. No other Spirit Creek Realm Masters had ever been so adept at the Way of Wards. It was as easy as drinking water for him to sneak into the other party’s Grand Defensive Wards. Coupled with his power that transcended the cultivators in the same Realm, his existence was a nightmare one could not wake up from for the different Sects of Thousand Demon Ridge on the Spirit Creek Battlefield.
Now, those from Thousand Demon Ridge were glad that Lu Ye had ascended to the Cloud River Realm and left the Spirit Creek Battlefield. If he had stayed there, he would have continued to be a menace.
One of the reasons Lu Ye had mastered the Way of Wards was that he was a Glyphweaver. Many Glyphs were needed in different wards. As such, being able to construct Glyphs with ease allowed him to have an advantage over the others when it came to building and breaking the wards.
Nevertheless, his mastery of the Way of Wards was mainly thanks to the rewards from Hundred Wards Tower.
He managed to break through 33 floors of the tower in one go. Moreover, he was only an Eighth-Order Spirit Creek Realm Master at that time, and it happened after he returned from the Lost City of Xianyuan for the first time. After he obtained the rewards from the tower, his mastery of the Way of Wards far exceeded the Ward Cultivators in the same Realm.
Being a Glyphweaver, he had a natural advantage when it came to building and breaking wards. The rewards from the tower were the main reason his Way of Wards had improved tremendously. Moreover, for a long time that followed, the rewards continued to help him gain new insights into the Way of Wards.
Zhao Li from Heavenly Derivative Sect once told Lu Ye that someone who could pass the first ten floors could be considered a novice and a qualified Ward Cultivator. If one could successfully challenge 20 floors, he would be an expert in the Way Of Wards. If one could break through 33 floors, he could be called a Master.
Although Lu Ye was only a Spirit Creek Realm Master at that time, he could be considered a master in the Way of Wards, which was an incredible honour.
When he was in the mine outside of Grand Wilds Peak back then, a guy named Si Nan tried to stop him with a Grand Defensive Ward. It turned out that the ward he believed to be impenetrable was fragile in front of Lu Ye.
He had never expected that there would be such a huge difference between them when it came to their mastery of the Way of Wards.
The first part of Hundred Wards Tower was in the Heavenly Derivative Sect in Wu Zhou, and the second part was on the Cloud River Battlefield.
Lu Ye had challenged Hundred Wards Tower before and acquired immense benefits from there. As such, after he ascended to the Cloud River Realm and arrived at the Cloud River Battlefield, he decided to visit the second part of the tower one day.
He was weak and unprepared in the past, so he could not make the trip.
Following his previous experience, he knew that the biggest problem Ward Cultivators faced in the tower was the consumption of Spiritual Power. Back then, he had made use of Soul Cleansing Water to help him get through the challenges, which allowed him to obtain a lot of benefits.
At that time, he did not have a lot of Soul Cleansing Water, so he did not have the nerve to head to the tower. As of late, every time he entered the Vault of Providence to search for resources, he would look out for treasures or pills that would help him restore his Soul Power.
Nevertheless, he had not found anything so far. After all, treasures or pills that could restore Soul Power were beneficial to Divine Ocean Realm Masters as well. Even if such items occasionally appeared in the Vault of Providence, they would be sold out instantly. That was the reason Lu Ye could not find such items. 𐍂𝙖Ｎօ𝔟ÈS̩
His accidental trip to the Lost City of Xianyuan allowed him to acquire a lot of Soul Cleansing Water, and it was significantly more than the previous time.
That solved his biggest concern.
Since he was well-prepared and eager to improve his cultivation, a trip to the Hundred Wards Tower was inevitable.
For every floor one successfully broke through, he wouldn’t only get a reward that was related to the Way of Wards. The Spiritual Qi in the tower was also ample and pure. Previously, Lu Ye managed to open up dozens of Spiritual Points in the Heavenly Derivative Sect.
That was only the lowest part of the Hundred Wards Tower. The one on the Cloud River Battlefield would probably give even more benefits.
If no accident happened, he believed his cultivation would increase after a trip to the tower.
He was aware of the tower’s location, which was far away from the Divine Trade Association. Even if he fully activated his power, it would take him more than ten days to arrive at his destination.
Furthermore, many cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge were still monitoring him from outside. Once he appeared, they would hunt him down.
He sighed and thought that his peaceful days were about to come to an end. Soon, he would have to start running away from his enemies.
Before that, he would need a lot of Ward Flags.
There were two reasons why it was hard to break through Hundred Wards Tower. First of all, it was a huge challenge for one’s soul. Every floor would mount immense pressure on a cultivator’s soul. If his soul was not powerful enough, he could not go up many floors. Secondly, he needed a lot of Ward Flags. Be it building or breaking wards, one needed to use Ward Flags.
Lu Ye did not choose to make the flags, even though it would be economical to do so. Since he had a lot of Contribution points, he could use some of them.
After leaving his room, he arrived at the Sanctum of Providence and queued up. Then, he connected his soul to the Vault of Providence and purchased a lot of Ward Flags.
In a teahouse that was directly facing the entrance of the Divine Trade Association, the boss and the waiters appeared elated.
The teahouse’s business had always been lukewarm as cultivators were usually in a hurry. Unless they had to talk business or were reunited after a long separation, they would rarely visit a teahouse. Most of the time, they would go to restaurants.
However, the teahouse’s business was flourishing as of late.
Every day, some cultivators would come in and drink tea. They would usually occupy a table and stay there for several days.
The teahouse only had two floors, and the entire building was full of customers.
In the beginning, the waiters had no idea what was going on. Nevertheless, as time passed, they gradually got wind of it and realised what these people were doing.
Previously, the news of 2,000 cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge getting poisoned and killed in the mine outside Grand Wilds Peak had caused a commotion. The culprit, Lu Yi Ye from Crimson Blood Sect, became a famous figure on the Cloud River Battlefield.
Now, the evil Lu Yi Ye was staying in the Divine Trade Association. The cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge, who had gotten wind of the news through various means, gathered in this place in an attempt to destroy the man.
Some cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge lost their patience and barged into the Divine Trade Association to assassinate Lu Yi Ye. However, they were directly killed by those from the Divine Trade Association. What was more, the Sects behind them were barred from doing business with the Association for three years.
After the incident, no one had the guts to make a fuss in the Divine Trade Association again. Even if they wanted to find out Lu Ye’s whereabouts, they only pretended to talk business with the Association.
No one knew if Lu Yi Ye was indeed staying in the Divine Trade Association, after all.
That was because no one had seen him entering the place. It was merely a rumour.
According to the rumour, following the incident in the mine, a man with some disguise on his face stepped into the Association with a huge bag. His figure was similar to Lu Ye.
There was no doubt he did not want to show his real face by putting on some disguise, and the bag might contain things that were snatched from those 2,000 people, who were poisoned and killed. Therefore, even though it was only a rumour, many cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge believed that Lu Ye was hiding there.
Chu Yun and Zhou Pei, who were from Cult Blackfyre, were especially adamant about it.
They were the first ones to arrive at the teahouse. During this period, many cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge had run out of patience and left the place. Only the two of them had been steadfastly waiting there for days.
Somewhere on the second floor, there were two people whom Lu Ye was familiar with.
They were the relentless Xia Liang and Tan Sheng.
When a lot of cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge gathered outside Ameliorate Valley back then, they made a wrong guess about Lu Ye’s moves. Since they believed he would return to Jiu Zhou, they had left earlier.
The outcome turned out to be different from what they had expected. When they received the news and rushed towards the mine, what they witnessed was a living hell. Over 2,000 corpses of Thousand Demon Ridge’s cultivators were lying on the floor, which sent a chill down their spines.
They were terrified and glad that they had not returned sooner. Otherwise, they would have been part of the dead.
Apart from these four people, the other cultivators were mostly related to the people killed by Lu Ye. They were Senior Brothers or Junior Sisters whom these people grew up with. Certainly, they would not let Lu Ye off.
Driven by hatred, they all arrived at the same place from different directions.
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