Chapter 1275: Counting

A fantasy novel.

This was a matter of concern for a long time. Jian Guhong and others quietly made a note, planning to find an opportunity to inform the Star Realm cultivators who had already left Kyushu.

Fortunately, everyone hadn't traveled too far, so transmitting messages wasn't difficult.

Yang Qing had left, but another problem remained for Jian Guhong and the others.

"Lu Ye, do you think Kyushu still needs Star Realm cultivators to stay here at this stage?"

Jian Guhong and the others stayed because of Yang Qing. Now that Yang Qing had departed, they seemed to have lost their reason to remain in Kyushu. However, if they left, Kyushu would be unguarded, leaving them undecided.

Lu Ye thought for a moment and said, "I believe the most urgent task for you seniors is to search for Spirit Jade and advance your cultivation. For the entire Starry Sky, the Star Realm is merely a starting point. Even if you remain in Kyushu to guard it, should a powerful enemy invade, you might not be able to do much. Furthermore, Kyushu is different from realms like the Peerless Continent. Kyushu's World Will is very clear and strong. If an external enemy truly invades, it can unleash Heavenly Punishment. Given Kyushu's current foundation, even if a Moon Realm cultivator arrives, the power of Heavenly Punishment can barely resist them. Conversely, you seniors, as Star Realm cultivators, would seem powerless against a Moon Realm cultivator."

For Kyushu at its current stage, the Heavenly Punishment unleashed by Little Nine was undoubtedly the strongest protection. Before the individual strength of Kyushu cultivators surpassed the power of their realm's Heavenly Punishment, any remaining defense was meaningless. It was better to search for cultivation resources than to waste time staying in Kyushu.

Jian Lingyu nodded. "He makes a good point. The rest of you should also set off now."

Star Realm cultivators are, after all, meant to travel the Starry Sky. There's no need for them to intervene much in matters concerning the Primeval Realm; each province's native cultivators can worry about that. For many years, Kyushu has operated this way; there's no reason why, with the emergence of Star Realm cultivators, the native cultivators should suddenly become useless.

This should also be the correct direction for a realm's development: the Star Realm is a watershed. Cultivators below the Star Realm strive within their realm, while those who reach the Star Realm venture into the Starry Sky to find their future.

First was the Void Beast's heart core obtained from the Zerg Tree Realm. This item was placed by the Zergs in their Tree Realm to establish connections with other Tree Realms, facilitating the Zerg Tree Realm's invasion of other realms and the abduction of rare species.

Lu Ye killed many people during this trip to the Divine Sea Realm. Although almost everyone had their own storage space and the killer wouldn't gain much loot even if they were killed, the Spirit Stones they carried could always be considered spoils of war.

The earliest for me to advance to the Star Realm, the reforging of the Pan Mountain Blade will be imperative!

It should be noted that when Jian Lingyu and others searched for Spirit Jade in the Starry Sky previously, working for one or two months, the most anyone collected was only a few hundred pieces of Spirit Jade, while some only found a few dozen.

On the Spirit Peak, only Lu Ye remained, alone, with a small rabbit manifested by Little Nine hopping around nearby, appearing carefree.

However, the Sword Gourd has a drawback: its sword qi cannot be recycled. To maintain the Sword Gourd's power, it needs to devour a large number of treasures, which will lead to significant consumption in future battles.

Originally, the Zerg's arrangement was foolproof. After all, ordinary cultivators from other realms were not qualified to trespass in a place like the Zerg Tree Realm, let alone steal such a treasure.

Lu Ye then looked at the Spirit Jade piled up like a small mountain beside him.

Various spoils of war were taken out and displayed, an array of dazzling items. He chose not to return to Ao Mountain; for him, there was now only one mission: advance to the fourth layer of the Divine Sea Realm, then break through to the Star Realm, and gain the qualification to travel the Starry Sky.

But these realms might not be weaker than Kyushu; it's just that they didn't have strong cultivators who could obtain a clone from the Reincarnation Tree, which is why they were absent from that grand event.

Jian Lingyu and the others departed.

Encountering Du Lang in that Spirit Jade mine was definitely lucky. If Du Lang hadn't shared some Jade-Eating Ants with him, by his own ability alone, he absolutely could not have had such a massive harvest in less than a month. At his own efficiency, in the same amount of time, extracting a thousand pieces of Spirit Jade would have been good, so how could he possibly have more than thirty thousand pieces?

Without hesitation, Lu Ye kept only a short pestle and a small amount of white sand, letting the Sword Gourd devour all his other treasures. The sword qi currently stored in the Sword Gourd was derived from devouring a large number of artifacts and spiritual tools in the past; its power was not great enough. However, by letting the Sword Gourd devour treasures of Lu Ye's caliber, the power of the sword qi would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

For a realm to be powerful, it still relies on its cultivators. The stronger the individual strength of the cultivators, the stronger the realm can become. In the Starry Sky, there are countless realms, and what I have seen and heard is perhaps just the tip of the iceberg. More often, there are realms that don't even qualify to participate in the Divine Sea contention.

Moreover, all of them were the most outstanding native cultivators from various realms, and the quality of the Spirit Tools they used was naturally top-notch.

Lu Ye didn't rush to cultivate but began to tally his gains from this trip to the Reincarnation Tree.

But Lu Ye just did such a thing; not only did he uproot the Zerg's hive in the Zerg Tree Realm, but he also didn't let go of the Void Beast's heart core.

The contention in the Divine Sea Realm opened his eyes and made him realize the shortcomings of the Primeval Realm more than any other cultivator in Kyushu.

This item can penetrate two different Tree Realms, presumably relying on the efficacy of the spirit patterns contained within it.

These two items were primarily kept for the reforging of the Pan Mountain Blade. After the battle with Baoshi, the Pan Mountain Blade had many small nicks, and as Lu Ye's cultivation improved, the current Pan Mountain Blade was no longer sufficient for his needs.

With the improvement of his own strength and the future development of the realm, Lu Ye suddenly realized that the path of cultivation is long and arduous. When he was only at the Spirit Stream and Cloud River realms, he only thought about when he could advance to the Divine Sea, believing he could then roam unchecked. Now he knows that the Divine Sea is merely another starting point on the long cultivation journey.

Not to mention treasures of Lu Ye's caliber, even higher-grade treasures, the Sword Gourd should be able to devour, and the resulting sword qi would be even stronger. Ding You from the Xuandu Realm once said that ten thousand years ago, someone appeared with a Sword Gourd whose power was enough to destroy stars and extinguish suns, extremely terrifying. Lu Ye had no use for these spirit tools; as a weapons specialist, one Pan Mountain Blade was enough for him, so he naturally didn't need to rely on other treasures.

In other large realms that have always seen the birth of Star Realm cultivators, Spirit Jade is generally hard to find in the outer space around the Primeval Realm, because once it appears, it is collected, and simply does not remain for long.

This struggle in the Divine Sea Realm made Lu Ye realize a problem: as his cultivation improved, the role that the Sword Cultivator's clone could play became increasingly limited. Thirty thousand pieces of Spirit Jade could at least ensure Lu Ye's short-term cultivation needs before advancing to the Star Realm. Not to mention anything else, the Star Realm's cultivation level would be fully stabilized, which had great practical benefits for him.

Displayed before Lu Ye were various forms of spiritual artifacts and other treasures, totaling dozens of items. There were also some unopened storage bags; even if the contents weren't of great value, accumulated, they should be quite substantial.

That short pestle was a spiritual tool from the Zerg Aphis, extremely heavy and sturdy in texture. The white sand, on the other hand, was a treasure from a body cultivator, also possessing a light weight, and it had an adhering effect. Relatively speaking, the value of spirit crystals was undoubtedly much higher than Spirit Jade, and the energy contained within them was also more vigorous. The relationship between the two was like the comparison between low-grade spirit stones and top-grade spirit stones. He hadn't counted these spirit stones carefully, but there were at least thirty thousand, obtained with Du Lang in that spirit stone mine, interspersed with a small amount of spirit crystals, not many, only about a hundred or so.

Lu Ye vaguely felt that this item might be useful for escaping. For instance, if he were trapped in a confined space, he might be able to use its mysterious power to open a connection between the enclosed space and the outside world.

What if one truly cultivated to the Sunlit Realm? Yue Xin was strong enough, yet he was still killed by a spiritual treasure. However, this did not dampen Lu Ye's passion for cultivation; instead, it made him even more motivated. Cultivation is like climbing a mountain; the process of conquering one high peak after another is what is most endlessly rewarding and most worth looking forward to.

Lu Ye previously didn't know the origin of the Sword Gourd; he only found this treasure very magical, wondering what profound mysteries it possessed to be able to generate sword qi by devouring other treasures. Now that he knows the Sword Gourd is an accessory of a primordial treasure, its magical and mysterious nature is completely understandable.

This is just his idea; how exactly to activate this item's power will require careful experimentation. Regardless, it's always good to keep it for now; who knows when it might come in handy.

It could be used to feed the Sword Gourd.

The underlying reason was that the Sword Cultivator's clone's strength relied too heavily on the sword qi in the Sword Gourd. If the sword qi within the Sword Gourd was insufficient, the Sword Cultivator's clone's performance would naturally be disappointing.

This is still the Starry Sky around Kyushu, where no one has explored for many years, resulting in a low yield of Spirit Jade.

So, cultivating here is the same; in fact, it's even quieter here, and with the Battlefield Imprint, if others need to contact him, they can send messages at any time. This heart core contains extremely profound patterns, resembling traces of void spirit patterns. Lu Ye had only briefly investigated it before and hadn't observed it too carefully. Now, it seems the patterns indeed show very clear traces of void spirit patterns.

Spirit Stones were the most tangible gain, apart from which were various captured spoils of war!

Whether the power of the Sword Gourd could truly destroy stars and extinguish suns was unclear to Lu Ye, but if the Sword Gourd really devoured treasures of sufficient quality, this might not be impossible?

For powerful cultivators who have long roamed the Starry Sky, thirty thousand pieces of Spirit Jade might not be considered much, but for Lu Ye, this was a considerable fortune.

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