Chapter 288: War and War
The benefits are far more than just improving one's own perception. Even though Lu Ye cannot access the power of the soul at the moment, the soul is something that everyone has, and it is related to all aspects of life, practice and combat.
When the power of the soul is improved, many things will change.
Lu Ye noticed it when he constructed the large funnel spirit pattern in the soul washing pool before, and his control over his spiritual power has reached a new level.
Originally, because of his continuous practice of spirit patterns, his control over spiritual power exceeded that of cultivators of the same level, and now he has made a huge improvement on this basis.
With a slight movement of his mind and a push of his spiritual power, a fiery red light surged in Lu Ye's hand and turned into a ball of fire.
Lu Ye threw it gently, and the fire immediately flew up and kept moving in the air. When Lu Ye's mind moved again, the fire immediately turned into a beautiful firebird, flying with long tail feathers, leaving light marks in the air.
The Fire Phoenix Technique finally became normal!
Lu Ye couldn't help but sigh. Since he learned this technique, it was a little abnormal. The good Fire Phoenix Technique turned into a Fire Quail. Even though his cultivation level kept improving, he didn't get any improvement. This led to him never activating the technique unless necessary before the seventh level of Lingxi, so as not to be laughed at.
Until the seventh level, he learned the Fire Dragon Technique.
The Fire Phoenix began to twist and change again, turning into a swaying fire dragon.
This was no longer a simple technique. Even those magic cultivators could not achieve this level at the eighth or ninth level of Lingxi.
This was a more advanced fire control technique.
The spiritual power slowly dissipated, and the fire dragon disappeared.
Lu Ye suddenly remembered that he had always been dissatisfied with the power of the control weapon, mainly because he could not construct spiritual patterns on the control weapon, and then increase the lethality and speed of the control weapon.
So he always wanted to bless the spiritual weapon when he was controlling the weapon, but this was too difficult. He had tried several times before, but all ended in failure.
Because although he still has control over the spiritual power out of his body, the strength of control has dropped significantly. Simply controlling the weapon has no big effect, and it is a bit unrealistic to want to construct spiritual patterns at the same time.
He thought that he would have to wait until his cultivation level was higher before he could realize this idea.
Now it seems that he can try it in advance.
Thinking of this, Lu Ye took out the handleless short knife from the storage bag, hit it casually, and the control weapon immediately turned into a stream of light and flew away.
His mind moved slightly, and the light on the handleless short knife flashed. With the blessing of Fengxing, the already extremely fast speed of the stream of light increased sharply, reaching an incredible level.
The control weapon is known for its speed, and with the blessing of Fengxing, such a speed is not something that ordinary Lingxi eighth and ninth level cultivators can react to. Even those cultivators who have switched to practicing heaven-level techniques cannot block this attack if they are not careful.
The light on the handleless short knife flashed again, and it was sharper!
After a while, Lu Ye took back his control weapon, feeling quite satisfied.
The lethality of the imperial weapon that can bless the spiritual pattern has been greatly enhanced, but there is only one drawback, that is, the time it can be maintained is shortened.
The spiritual power consumed by the imperial weapon is stored in the spiritual weapon in advance. Whether it is Fengxing or Fengrui, it needs to consume spiritual power. This causes Lu Ye to instantly reduce the spiritual power stored in the imperial weapon after constructing the spiritual pattern, and the time it can be maintained is naturally shortened.
This is not a big problem. It often only takes a moment to kill the enemy. Lu Ye does not need to fight with others for a long time. If he really encounters this situation, Lu Ye will naturally pick up the Panshan knife and fight with others.
Two more spiritual weapons can be refined.
In the past, the limit of Lu Ye's imperial weapon was more than two, but he felt that a large number would distract his mind, so he did not refine more.
But now that his soul has become stronger, his mind will naturally become stronger. Refining two more spiritual weapons will not weaken his combat effectiveness.
If one day he can reach the level of fourth brother Li Baxian, who can think of a hundred swords, he can walk sideways on the battlefield of Lingxi.
However, this kind of thing depends on talent, not just on having a strong soul and mind.
In the Lingxi battlefield for so many years, only one Li Baxian has emerged.
He has many spiritual weapons that he can control, including nine forbidden spiritual weapons, all of which were captured by killing enemies. He found two suitable ones. While swallowing the elixir to restore his own spiritual power, Lu Ye slowly refined the restrictions in them.
Ju Jia was still meditating, Amber was sleeping soundly, and Yi Yi was silent. Only Lu Ye was left in the courtyard.
He didn't feel bored, and practiced and read books every day.
Now the efficiency of reading is higher than before, and the understanding of the knowledge in the book is much more thorough. These are all the benefits brought by the enhancement of the power of the soul.
Time flies, and a few days later.
Lu Ye, who was practicing and studying the classics, suddenly felt a faint repulsive force coming from all around. He quickly closed the thick book in his hand and stood up.
Ju Jia beside him also got up.
The two walked side by side and just as they reached the gate, Ji Yan came up to them: "Brother Yiye, Xianyuan City is about to close."
"I feel it."
They continued to move forward and soon joined up with Gu Canyang and others. The reason for joining up was that if they didn't stay together, they might be separated when they were excluded from Xianyuan City. If they stayed together, they would be together when they left Xianyuan City, which could avoid some unnecessary trouble.
Everyone waited silently, and the repulsive force around them became stronger and stronger until a certain limit, and the scenery in front of everyone began to blur and then distort.
When everything was stable, everyone had appeared in a wild place.
At the same time, in Xianyuan City, in the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord sat down, and the commander of the Xianyuan Guard came forward to report: "City Lord, everyone has left."
The City Lord raised his hand slightly and waved gently: "Lift the ban."
"Yes!"
As the orders were passed down, the bans in the entire Xianyuan City were lifted one by one, the city was shaken, and the entire Xianyuan City underwent great changes.
When Lu Ye and others were here, the city showed a sign of extreme decay, but that was only the appearance of Xianyuan City.
As the ban was lifted, the ripples spread, and the real Xianyuan City slowly emerged.
Rows of dilapidated houses disappeared, replaced by solid lines of defense, which were full of formations and large-scale attack and defense magic treasures. Each of these things is priceless in Jiuzhou, but they can be seen everywhere in Xianyuan City.
The soul mist of the soul washing pool rolled, and from the soul mist, powerful spirits walked out one after another. Basically half of them were dressed as Xianyuan Guards, and the other half were the original residents of Xianyuan City.
Unlike the spirits that Lu Ye and others had encountered before, the weakest of these spirits was at the Yunhe Realm, and there were countless True Lakes and Divine Seas. Such a force could not be matched by any sect in Jiuzhou, even those first-class sects with a long history.
They walked out of the Soul Washing Pool with solemn expressions and fighting spirit, because they knew that another war was about to start! And this war had lasted for who knows how many years.
If Lu Ye stood here, he would definitely find some familiar Xianyuan Guards, who were the Xianyuan Guards he had killed.
No one knew that the Xianyuan Guards would not really die. Even if their spirits were beaten to pieces, as long as the Soul Washing Pool was still there, they could walk out of the Soul Washing Pool again, because the soul imprints of all spirits were in the Soul Washing Pool. If the soul imprints were not broken, the spirits would never perish.
So the Soul Washing Pool was the foundation of Xianyuan City. Not only Xianyuan City, but also many Wuliang Mirage Realms were like this.
In the gambling house, Liu Sanbao's eyes flashed with clarity, and he walked out with big strides. His fat body flew into the air and flew straight to the city lord's mansion.
In the brothel, the Pipa girl embraced the Pipa and walked onto the street with a gloomy look.
In the academy, the scholar threw down a half-written article, shook his head and sighed: "Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs!"
In the butcher shop, the butcher sharpened his knife.
At the corner of the street, the blind fortuneteller threw copper coins, and after a brief divination, he sighed: "Blood disaster."
The strength displayed by these five minions who were once taken in by Lu Ye is not only in the Lingxi realm, but also in the Shenhai realm.
The strength they showed before was just an appearance, or the result of being suppressed by the ban.
In the entire Xianyuan City, the only two people who were not suppressed by the ban were the city lord and the red skirt girl.
This is also the reason why the city lord told Lu Ye that the spirits of Xianyuan City cannot leave Xianyuan City. Not to mention whether Lu Ye can take them away, even if he really takes them away, with Amber's current strength, it is difficult to carry such a powerful spirit. The only result is that he will explode and die after leaving Xianyuan City.
In just a short incense stick of time, the dilapidated and depressed Xianyuan City has changed its appearance. At this moment, the defense lines of Xianyuan City are full of spirits. The whole city is shrouded in a solemn atmosphere, and the battle will begin.
The spirits greedily feel the surroundings and feel the smell of living people for the first time in a long time. It is left by the monks who were active in Xianyuan City before. This smell is not felt by ordinary people, even Yiyi, who is also a spirit, but for the spirits who have abandoned their flesh and fought here for countless years, this smell is too clear.
It is the smell of these living people that has allowed them to maintain their spiritual wisdom for so many years. Otherwise, after many years of war, the spirits who have "died" countless times would not be able to bear the endless torture and turned into mindless beings who only know how to kill. This has nothing to do with strength.
It is also for this reason that the Infinite Mirage will occasionally appear in the Lingxi battlefield and various places in Jiuzhou, because whether it is Xianyuan City or other Infinite Mirage, living people are needed to dilute the ubiquitous dusk.
In the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord sat with his eyes closed. On his left and right, the commander of the Xianyuan Guard and the woman in red skirt holding a white cat stood respectively.
The former commanded all the Xianyuan Guards in Xianyuan City, and the latter commanded other spirits except the Xianyuan Guards.
The City Lord suddenly opened his eyes, his sharp eyes pierced through the void, looked at the top of the city, and shouted softly: "Open the formation!"