Chapter 448: Luck Is Really Good

The benefits from a single green spirit token were clearly not enough to bring about a qualitative change in Lu Ye's cultivation, but he could feel that his spiritual energy river had indeed grown somewhat stronger.

He then took out the purple spirit token and crushed it with force.

The same scene as before unfolded. The purple spirit token disintegrated into dust, swirling before him and forming a purple circle. From within this circle, a large amount of pure spiritual mist surged forth.

In comparison, the density of this spiritual mist was the same as before; there was no change. It seemed that the difference lay in the quantity.

The spiritual mist generated by crushing the purple spirit token should be greater than that from the green one. He would know for sure after trying it out.

The spiritual mist from the green token had sustained him, Yi Yi, and Amber for half an hour of cultivation. He wondered how long the purple one would last.

Spiritual mist continuously poured forth, but after reaching a certain volume, no more mist emerged, though the purple circle remained.

As Lu Ye, Yi Yi, and Amber cultivated, the spiritual mist was consumed, and only then did new mist surge out from the purple circle.

Lu Ye vaguely understood something: crushing a spirit token did not create spiritual mist out of thin air. In other words, the tokens themselves did not contain spiritual mist. The token was merely a medium that, once crushed, transformed into a circle connecting to an unknown place. The spiritual mist emerged from this unknown place, and to prevent unnecessary waste, new mist would not be replenished until the previously emerged mist was consumed.

Half an hour passed, and the purple circle was still there, continuously releasing spiritual mist.

An hour passed, and it was still the same.

Two hours, still the same...

It wasn't until four or five hours later that the purple circle slowly dissipated, and no new spiritual mist emerged.

This was consistent with some information he had acquired.

The intelligence he purchased from the Heavenly Secret Merchant Alliance included some records about spirit tokens.

After all, over the years, cultivators in the Cloud River Realm had made comparisons and records of different spirit tokens, ultimately concluding that the exchange ratio between different colored tokens was roughly one to three.

In other words, one gold spirit token was equivalent to three purple ones, nine blue ones, twenty-seven green ones, or eighty-one white ones.

With a blue spirit token between green and purple, the benefits they provided to cultivators differed by a factor of nine.

The spiritual mist from the green token had been fully consumed by Lu Ye in just half an hour.

This purple one, however, lasted for four or five hours, truly showing a ninefold difference.

Upon inspecting his spiritual energy river again, the spiritual energy within it flowed noticeably faster, and the river's volume had also expanded. However, it hadn't yet reached a qualitative change or a breakthrough to a higher cultivation level.

Lu Ye vaguely felt that if he could acquire two or three more purple spirit tokens, he should be able to advance to the second layer of the Cloud River Realm!

This cultivation speed was indeed much faster than merely consuming spirit pills.

He had always relied primarily on consuming spirit pills for cultivation. Before, he thought spirit tokens were optional, but now it seemed he couldn't miss out on any heaven-bestowed spirit tokens he encountered in the future.

For any cultivator, spirit tokens were extremely important. In the Cloud River Battlefield, they could even become a harder currency than merit points. Having enough spirit tokens at hand made everything convenient.

Furthermore, while he and Amber could consume spirit pills, Yi Yi could not. With spirit tokens, Yi Yi could also rapidly improve her strength.

Having just arrived at the Cloud River Battlefield and already acquiring such gains, Lu Ye was quite satisfied.

Popping a Primordial Spirit Pill into his mouth, Lu Ye took out his Ten-Part Map to examine it.

Originally, he had planned to investigate the Class C spirit land. However, after being chased deep into these mountains, he now saw that the Class C spirit land was very far away from his current location.

Having no choice, he had to set out again.

He summoned his spirit boat and soared into the sky.

An hour later, as night fell, Lu Ye descended and landed on a small mountain peak.

It was late, and not suitable for continued travel. He was no longer the invincible Lu Yiye from the Spirit Creek Battlefield, but merely a newcomer at the first layer of the Cloud River Realm. Therefore, Lu Ye decided to rest here for the night before setting off again.

He chose this spot because, from an aerial view, there were several dilapidated buildings on the peak, clearly indicating it was once inhabited. However, the place was now deserted.

Lu Ye surveyed the surroundings, confirming there was no sign of human presence. He did, however, inadvertently discover a dried-up spring.

A realization dawned on him: this place must have once been a spirit land, with the dried-up spring being the most obvious sign.

Every spirit land has a spiritual spring!

Spiritual springs gush forth, bringing pure and abundant world spiritual energy, thus forming spirit lands.

However, the spiritual energy in some spirit lands cannot be maintained permanently. When the spiritual spring dries up, no more spiritual energy gushes forth, and the land ceases to be a spirit land.

Judging by the number and scale of the remaining buildings, this was likely a small spirit land, originally accommodating perhaps three to five people. Its exact class, however, was unknown.

A spirit land isn't necessarily better for being larger. Its size depends on the scale of the spiritual spring; the bigger the spring, the larger the spirit land.

Some large spirit lands are only Class D, while some small ones can be Class A. There is no direct correlation between the size and the class of a spirit land.

Lu Ye casually chose a house that seemed relatively intact and stepped inside. He looked around; the furnishings were simple: just a bed, a table, a chair, and a meditation cushion.

It seemed the cultivator who had once lived here wasn't particularly fastidious.

Most cultivators were like this, not seeking much in life, but solely devoted to improving their 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, Lu Ye returned to the house, sat cross-legged, and first took out a dragon scale to absorb its vital essence. Then, he cultivated by consuming spirit pills while reading.

Studying various texts while cultivating had become a habit for him.

On this trip, he had brought out many more books from Lady Yun, and he still hadn't fully grasped the twenty sets of blade art cultivation insights he obtained from the Mad Blade Sect.

As for the five dragon scales, he had four, and the fifth he had given to Amber, who was very fond of it.

As time passed, Lu Ye's expression suddenly shifted as he faintly heard an unusual sound.

It wasn't a sound made by humans, but rather like flowing water...

There were no mountain springs or streams nearby, so where was the sound of flowing water coming from?

As if remembering something, Lu Ye quickly got up and went outside to investigate.

Following the source of the sound, Lu Ye quickly arrived at the formerly dried-up spiritual spring. At this moment, the spring was gushing clear water, and along with the surging water, an incredibly dense amount of world spiritual energy was clearly emerging as well.

The world spiritual energy around the spring had significantly intensified because of this.

Lu Ye was utterly astonished!

How had he encountered something so rare, something that happened perhaps once in a century?

After drying up, a spiritual spring had a certain chance of revitalization, but the probability was so low that cultivators rarely, if ever, encountered it.

This place was originally an abandoned spirit land, but now the previously dried-up spring had revived, which meant the spirit land itself would also be reborn.

He had originally intended to investigate the Class C spirit land and see how dense the world spiritual energy there was, but now it seemed he wouldn't need to go to someone else's.

He now had a spirit land right here...

As for what class this spirit land would ultimately be, it was still unclear for now. He would only be able to assess it after the spiritual spring stabilized.

Moreover, Lu Ye knew nothing about the standards for different spirit lands, so he genuinely couldn't assess its class himself.

"Lu Ye, Lu Ye, is there some treasure down there?" Yi Yi asked excitedly, looking at the gushing spiritual spring.

Hearing her, Lu Ye's heart stirred. "Want to go down and see?"

"Mm-hm," Yi Yi replied, then directly vanished underground to investigate.

The spiritual spring was still gushing. After about a few dozen breaths, Yi Yi resurfaced, looking somewhat unhappy. From her expression, it was clear she hadn't found anything.

She was even muttering to herself, "That doesn't make sense," "It's impossible," and similar phrases.

In her opinion, the gushing spiritual spring bringing forth a large amount of world spiritual energy clearly indicated some miraculous treasure underground. Yet, her investigation yielded nothing; the world spiritual energy seemed to appear out of thin air as the spring gushed.

In the daytime, he had inexplicably been given a purple spirit token, and at night, he had inexplicably acquired a spirit land. Lu Ye suddenly realized his luck was truly quite good.

Although this spirit land was now his, whether he could hold onto it was still a question.

In the Cloud River Battlefield, cultivators frequently vied for control of spirit lands, often leading to fierce conflicts. The higher the class of a spirit land, the more easily it attracted the covetous gaze of others.

If Lu Ye couldn't defend this spirit land, it would only benefit others.

He certainly couldn't do it alone, not even with Yi Yi and Amber. Therefore, he needed assistance!

There was a ready helper available, but he didn't know where that person was currently located.

Tapping his battlefield imprint, Lu Ye sent a message to Ju Jia, informing him of his current location and urging him to come and meet him quickly.

Ju Jia replied: "Roar!"

He tried sending messages to Fourth Senior Brother and Feng Yuechan again, but the messages still couldn't be sent.

After doing all this, Lu Ye asked Yi Yi to watch over the spiritual spring while he took out sixteen array foundations from his storage space.

He had several sets of array foundations, all dug up from occupied garrisons in the Spirit Creek Battlefield. Most of them had been handed over to Shui Yuan for management, with only a few kept for himself.

He had kept them simply as a precaution, never expecting them to be useful so soon.