Chapter 39 Division of the Battlefield
If Lu Ye continued to stay, it might not be long before the food in this region was completely depleted, forcing them to find new places to live. But too many demon beasts roamed this mountain range, and briskly intruding into another\'s domain meant facing unknown dangers.
So once Yiyi realized that sending Lu Ye away was a good thing, she cooperated obediently, or else she wouldn\'t have been so compliant.
Of course, before Lu Ye left, he warned them that if he couldn\'t successfully find the Qingyun Marketplace, or if they had given any false information, he would come back.
In response, Yiyi patted her flat chest and guaranteed that everything she had said was absolutely true.
As he moved forward, Lu Ye reflected on the various pieces of information Yiyi had disclosed.
It wasn\'t just information about the Qingyun Marketplace; Lu Ye also asked her many things about the Spirit Stream battlefield. It wasn\'t easy to encounter someone he could communicate with and control, so naturally, he had to make full use of her.
And Yiyi had told him everything without holding back!
The jade slip given to him by the sect master did record some information about the Spirit Stream battlefield, but the situation was too urgent at that time, and the sect master didn\'t know where Lu Ye would end up after entering the battlefield, so the information left behind was not detailed.
On the contrary, the information obtained from Yiyi was more suitable for Lu Ye\'s current situation.
According to Yiyi, the entire Spirit Stream battlefield was a circular area, enormously vast, as large as a provincial state, and could be divided into three major regions.
The outermost part was the outer circle, the middle part was the inner circle, and the innermost part was the Core Circle.
The deeper one went inward, the higher the concentration of nature\'s spiritual energy became, and in some special areas, there were magical yields, such as rare veins and precious spirit fruits, which were resources that cultivators would desperately vie for.
The big sects of the Nine Provinces each had their own base in the Spirit Stream battlefield, and the higher a sect\'s grade, the closer their base was to the center.
For instance, the bases of the 2nd-3rd grade sects from each provincial state were located in the Core Circle. Those ranged from 4th to 6th grade were generally scattered in the inner circle region, and as for the 7th to 9th grade factions, they could only be situated in the outermost circle.
Of course, sects and factions of this level were also the most numerous, so the outer circle was the largest region.
The good news was that the place where Lu Ye currently was, was already in the outer circle where the concentration of spiritual energy and the yield of resources were not as abundant as in the other two regions, hence it was unlikely to encounter particularly powerful beings from the Spirit Stream Realm.
But the bad news was that he didn\'t know the exact location of the Righteous Blood Sect\'s base. The Righteous Blood Sect was a 9th grade sect, so its base was naturally within the outer circle. If he was lucky, he would not be far from the Righteous Blood Sect\'s base.
But if he was unlucky, and he happened to be on the opposite side of the Spirit Stream battlefield\'s central axis from the Righteous Blood Sect\'s base, then if he followed the war imprint straight, he would have to cross the entire Spirit Stream battlefield, breaking into both the inner circle and the Core Circle.
With his cultivation at Spirit Stream Level 1, he could barely protect himself in the outer circle, but if he broke into the inner circle or Core Circle, his fate would no doubt be grim, as that realm would undoubtedly be filled with strong players.
The best strategy now was to take a curved path, following along the outer circle, which would allow him to avoid encountering overly formidable enemies.
In the Nine Provinces continent, the Haotian Alliance and the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were constantly at war, with sects rising and falling. One could say that the cultivators of the Nine Provinces grew up amidst warfare and conflict.
Generally speaking, regardless of which faction disciples of the major sects belonged to, as long as they achieved the Spirit Stream Realm, they would be thrown into the Spirit Stream battlefield to be tempered.
But the gap in strength between the first and ninth levels of the Spirit Stream Realm was too vast. Even the disciples of the 1st grade sects did not have much advantage while their cultivation was low, which made neither the Core Circle nor the inner circle suitable places for cultivators with low cultivation to hone themselves.
This gave rise to a tradition.
All sects would send their disciples with low cultivation to the outer circle, allowing them to temper themselves in this environment, a process of survival of the fittest.
As for the method of delivery, it naturally involved the Heaven\'s Augury Pillars.
Heaven\'s Augury Pillars possessed various functions, one of which was the ability to perform targeted transport.
After paying a certain price, the large and medium-sized sects in the Core Circle and inner circle could use Heaven\'s Augury Pillars to send their disciples with low cultivation to the residence of allied minor sects, letting them undergo training in the outer circle.
In return, these large and medium-sized sects would protect these minor sects in times of need, such as when their strongholds were under attack.
Therefore, the connections between the sects on the Nine Provinces continent were very close. Often, a big sect would shelter dozens or even more minor sects underneath them, and a minor sect would be allied with several big sects.Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn
Digesting this information, Lu Ye gained a clear understanding of his current situation.
He had to admit that his luck had indeed been good enough, for the sect master had sent him into the Spirit Stream battlefield at a position within the outer circle, which had given him the capital to continue surviving.
As for the Qingyun Marketplace... in fact, it wasn\'t just one location. Qingyun Mountain was vast, and there were several marketplaces at the foot of the mountain, all named Qingyun Marketplace.
The marketplace brought together cultivators from all over Nine Provinces, a place of mixed company, home to cultivators from Haotian Alliance as well as Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.
The marketplace had no owner; it was a spontaneously formed gathering place for cultivators and also a place for trading and resting.
So generally speaking, it was quite safe inside the marketplace because acting rashly here could easily trigger a large brawl between the two factions of cultivators. There were a few precedents for this, where personal grudges led to chaotic fights involving hundreds or thousands of people, resulting in countless injuries and deaths.
Since then, those who dared to make a move in the marketplace would be quickly surrounded and killed by the nearby cultivators.
This had become an unwritten rule that virtually all cultivators who entered the marketplace would abide by.
Of course, if one had the ability to silently and unnoticed eliminate another person, then they could act without fear.
But the cultivators in the outer circle all had low cultivation, so who could truly have such skill?
This was undoubtedly good news for Lu Ye. At Spirit Stream Level 1, he had just enough qualification to enter the Spirit Stream battlefield; it was no exaggeration to say he was one of the lowest in cultivation in the entire battlefield, with no advantage in combat against anyone.
Following the clues given by Yiyi, Lu Ye first crossed a small river, then passed through a chaotic forest of rocks, until he arrived at the foot of the mountain, where an area spanning several miles, with various buildings scattered like stars in the sky, came into view.
Qingyun Marketplace had arrived!