Chapter 258: Fenghuayuan
Eighty miles east of Tianjifang, in a concave valley, gray fog rolled and surged, covering the entire valley. It was unknown what the scenery in the valley was originally, and it was completely unclear at this moment.
The valley was not large, with a radius of several miles. On the high slopes around, cultivators gathered in groups of three or five. Obviously, they all came from nearby after hearing the news.
This location was not covered by the garrison of any force, and it was considered an unowned land. There were many such unowned lands in the battlefield. After all, the battlefield was vast, and the garrisons of the Jiuzhou sects could not be seamlessly connected, and there would always be large areas left.
With this place as the center, there were four forces nearby, two from Haotian League and two from Wanmo Ridge. They were all fifth- and sixth-grade forces with good foundation.
At this moment, these four forces had already arrived at two of them, Fenghuayuan of Wanmo Ridge and Shenyin Palace of Haotian League.
Unlike those casual cultivators who walked in groups of three or five, both forces came with nearly a hundred people, which showed their importance to this boundless mirage.
The main reason they were able to get here so quickly was that they were close enough and received the news in time.
The other two families were not so lucky. Even if they received the news, it would take some time to rush over.
At this moment, both forces were sending people to win over the nearby casual cultivators, but the effect was not ideal.
The casual cultivators in the inner circle are more autonomous, unlike the small casual cultivators in the outer circle, who can be moved by just fooling around. They were able to practice all the way here, relying more on themselves.
Moreover, when exploring a place like the Infinite Mirage, having more people is not necessarily a good thing. Once you join the sect, you will inevitably have a large-scale confrontation with the enemy. At that time, you will have to obey the orders of others, and it will be difficult to control your life and death. Instead, it is better to act in a team of three or five people.
The casual cultivators who are really willing to join them have already taken the initiative to join, so why do they need to win them over?
The casual cultivators are more willing to form teams with each other.
When Lu Ye arrived, he saw hundreds of cultivators gathered here, and the scene was chaotic.
He saw at a glance that there were teams of about a hundred people on each side of the valley, facing each other across the valley. There were many female cultivators on one side, all of them were beautiful. Some of the female cultivators were dressed very boldly, with their long legs and waists looming and attracting attention. Behind this group of female cultivators stood a large flag, the pattern on the flag looked like a few petals, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers wafting from the flag.
Lu Ye recognized that this was the flag of Fenghuayuan.
It was not that he had seen such a flag before, he just saw the pattern on the flag, which was on the Ten-Point Map. On his Ten-Point Map, the name of each sect had the pattern of the sect's flag behind it.
For example, the pattern behind the Bixue Sect was red with golden flames.
The cultivators on the other side were nothing special. Looking at the pattern on the flag and comparing it with the Ten-Point Map, Lu Ye judged that they were people from the Shenyin Palace.
The two major camps each arrived at one.
From the ten-point map, there are four forces nearby that have the opportunity to rush over. There is also Lingyun Hall of Haotian League and Zhaori Mountain of Wanmo Ridge. At this moment, there is no trace of the cultivators of these two families. It is estimated that they are still on the way. The two families are quite far away.
Lu Ye settled down on the half of Shenyin Palace and looked ahead with concentration.
The reason why he spent a lot of money to buy intelligence from Tianji Business League and rushed here after hearing the news of Wuliang Mirage Realm was that the two words "Mirage Realm" made him a little concerned.
He has a Xiguo core. Through the Xiguo core, he can spend merits to enter a mirage realm and hone his own killing skills.
He doesn't know if this Wuliang Mirage Realm has anything to do with the mirage realm he entered, but it's always right to come and take a look.
At this moment, Lu Ye looked around and found that things were a little complicated.
Because the gray mist rolling in the valley was so familiar, he entered the mirage realm and the surrounding environment was this kind of mist.
Is there really a relationship between the two? However, judging only from this gray fog is somewhat arbitrary. Whether there is any connection or not, we have to enter it to know.
As he was looking at it, a young monk came to his side and bowed his head: "This Taoist fellow, please, I am Ji Yan from the Shenyin Palace. I would like to invite you to explore the Infinite Mirage with my Shenyin Palace. What do you think?"
Lu Ye looked up at the team from the Shenyin Palace and thought for a moment.
"No need."
It is definitely safer to follow the Shenyin Palace team into the Infinite Mirage, but there are more restrictions.
Ji Yan did not say much, just nodded slightly to Lu Ye, and then walked past him and walked forward, obviously to win over others.
After Ji Yan left, a short monk with a mustache beside Lu Ye laughed and said, "You are wise to refuse. Although the Shenyin Palace has a good reputation, if you really join them, you may not get much benefit. We are casual cultivators, and we are not suitable to act with those sect disciples." He seemed to have suffered some loss because of this, so he was a little repulsive to the cultivators from the sect.
Changing the subject, he said, "If you are interested, how about we act together? We can help each other. You look like a soldier cultivator, I am a magic cultivator, and this big guy is a body cultivator. I will find a ghost cultivator, and we will be complete. How about it?"
When he spoke, he also patted the shoulder of the person next to him. The reason why he could pat the person's shoulder was mainly because the person was sitting on the ground.
Lu Ye looked down. He didn't pay much attention at first. The man sitting on the ground was large and full of energy. He looked like a physical cultivator. Just sitting here gave people a feeling of being calm and immovable. After a closer look, he couldn't help but be moved.
The spiritual power of this physical cultivator was pure and flawless. Lu Ye had seen all kinds of cultivators in the Lingxi battlefield for so long. Without exception, no matter how pure the spiritual light on the surface of the body was, there were some flaws. That was because of taking spiritual pills.
He had never seen a spiritual light as clear as his own, until this moment, he saw one, and it was a physical cultivator.
This physical cultivator sat on the ground, holding a piece of bloody beast meat in his hand and eating it in big mouthfuls.
As if he noticed Lu Ye's gaze, the physical cultivator turned his head and showed Lu Ye a silly smile.
"What do you think, fellow Daoist?" The monk with a small mustache spoke again.
Lu Ye said calmly, "No need."
The mustache sneered, "I wanted to help you, but since you are so rude, forget it." He and his companion were both ninth-level cultivators. Facing Lu Ye, who was only eighth-level, he was qualified to talk about helping him.
After saying that, he went to another independent cultivator who came here alone not far away, obviously trying to win him over.
"Here!" The physical cultivator sitting cross-legged on the ground handed over the beast meat in his hand.
Just as Lu Ye was about to refuse, Amber, who was lying on his shoulder, suddenly jumped down and landed on the physical cultivator's thigh, biting the beast meat.
The physical cultivator with a silly expression smiled, feeding Amber while raising his big hand like a palm leaf fan and gently stroking Amber's soft hair.
Lu Ye's eyes drooped slightly.
This is quite interesting.
Since bringing Amber back to the Bixue Sect, apart from him and Yiyi, not many people have been able to get close to it, even Lingyu, who has a good relationship with Yiyi. Once, Ruan Lingyu wanted to experience the feeling of riding Amber, but Amber, who was lying on the ground basking in the sun, refused to get up. In the end, it was Yiyi who spoke up and lazily carried Lingyu around Shouzheng Peak.
As for feeding Amber... it only eats what Lu Ye and Yiyi give it, even if it is given by the second senior sister Shuiyuan, it will not eat a bite.
Lu Ye has never seen Amber so close to a stranger and even eat the food given by others.
Yiyi is not showing up now, hiding in Amber, and Lu Ye doesn't know what's going on.
Amber is psychic and can distinguish the good and evil of people's hearts. It is so close to this body cultivator, which means that there is something about the other party that attracts it, or in other words, only people with simple minds can have a thorough mind?
As time passed, cultivators continued to receive the news and rushed over, but at this time, they were basically three or two casual cultivators.
The fog in the valley rolled more and more violently.
On the opposite side, in the Fenghuayuan camp, a tall female cultivator in a short shirt with a slim waist was listening to the report of a man beside her.
This female cultivator was Chu Qing, the deputy garrison envoy of Fenghuayuan. A place like the Infinite Mirage naturally needs a person who can stand up to the stage to lead the team. There must be a garrison envoy or a deputy envoy stationed there.
"We are almost there at Zhaori Mountain. There is still time." While talking, the man carefully approached Chu Qing, sniffing the fragrance on the other person, and was intoxicated.
Chu Qing nodded slightly: "That's good, is there any news from Lingyun Palace?"
"Not yet."
"Go check." Chu Qing ordered.
"Yes!" The man responded and retreated respectfully.
Fenghuayuan is a very special force. In Fenghuayuan, women generally have a higher status than men and enjoy better treatment.
This is because the great master of the Divine Sea Realm who founded the sect originally intended to recruit only female disciples. The great master of the Divine Sea Realm seemed to have been deceived and played with by men, so he was naturally repulsive and resistant to men, and felt that all men in the world should die.
However, in the process of the development of the sect, recruiting only female disciples always has great limitations. For example, there are very few female cultivators in the body cultivation faction. After all, women love beauty. Who wants to make themselves full of blood and energy and big and strong?
So after the death of the founder of the sect, the development policy of Fenghuayuan changed and began to recruit male disciples.
In general, there are more female cultivators in Fenghuayuan, accounting for 70% to 80%, and male cultivators only account for a small part of them, and most of them are body cultivators. If there is any dangerous thing, they basically take the lead.
However, in Wanmo Ridge, Fenghuayuan is very popular. After all, who doesn't like delicate beauties, and Fenghuayuan has many such white-skinned and beautiful female cultivators.