Chapter 554: Success
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
Lu Li was startled. He turned back and saw Bai Xiashuang. He asked with a frown, "What are you doing here? Have I lost my mind? I think you have."
Bai Xiashuang was relieved to see that Lu Li's eyes turned clear again. With one hand on her hip and another pointing to the surroundings, she said, "Then why have you gone nuts if your mind is fine? All the trees and stones here are smashed. Look around, what is this mess?"
Lu Li glanced over and broke into laughter. It indeed was a mess. Almost all the trees were cut off and the stones smashed. It was as if a bunch of huge beasts have wreaked havoc here.
Touching his nose in embarrassment, Lu Li replied, "I have been practicing a skill. Why are you not cultivating? I thought you were going to build the fourth Fate Wheel and reach the Eternal Realm."
"Yes, I am~"
Bai Xiashuang nodded in pride and said, "I am ready. I will start after several days of rest. The fourth Fate Wheel can be built in no time. Lu Li, I am catching up with you."
"Ha, ha!"
A smile climbed to Lu Li's face as he saw how witty and cute she was.
Bai Xiashuang and Bai Qiuxue had entirely opposing temperaments. The former was active, witty and optimistic. If Bai Qiuxue hadn't met this mishap, Bai Xiashuang would smile all the time and she would make people feel better.
Lu Li seemed to be a bit lost, looking at Bai Xiashuang's face. Her appearance was identical with Bai Qiuxue's. Not considering their different personalities, they could be confused as one. Lu Li sometimes would be absent-minded.
Sensing the direct looks from Lu Li, Bai Xiashuang said with a blush, "What are you looking at? Haven't you met a beauty before? Hmm!"
Lu Li forced a smile, shook his head and said, "Go and cultivate. When you reached the Eternal Real, I will give you a present."
"Okay! Don't eat your words!"
Bai Xiashuang's eyes were glowing. She kicked backward on the ground and hopped toward the Snow Mountain of Dragons like a pretty skylark.
"Cultivate!"
Lu Li glanced at the surroundings and left to find another dense area in the woods to cultivate. The first step of the Soul Shattering was to learn how to send a vibration of strengths. If he couldn't do this, then he couldn't learn how to do Soul Shattering.
"Boom, boom, boom~"
From the woods in the distance came more muffled sounds with more trees tumbling down. It was still not certain whether Lu Li could master Soul Shattering or not. But either way, the trees and stones nearby would suffer.
…
Flowers bloom and fade. Clouds floated away. Soon, two months had passed.
The Northern Desert was peaceful on the surface. But there were some hidden events going on. Ye Cha had killed more than 100 scouts with his warriors. They didn't know which forces those scouts came from. As long as they were from the Central Plains, they were all killed.
Scouts usually were not powerful enough. Not even the 12 Royal Families would send over scouts of the Noble Lord Realm which would be too out in the open. Not one scout at the Eternal Realm would survive at Ye Cha's hands.
Ming Yu and Madam Yan had been bustling about. They found a major family at the Cyan Plains to cooperate and they had asked the family to buy some Mystical Materials at the Central Plains.
Of course, with each purchase, the family would get some commission. They were helping to sell some Mystical Materials as well. The ones unique to the Northern Desert and the Deserted World were not sold or people would realize what was going on soon.
At the same time, Madam Yan sent someone to the Central Plains. They went past the Pavilion of Delicacy and arrived at the territory of the Palace of Heaven's Roars to buy back Mystical Materials, pellets and other cultivation resources in small batches. The amount accumulated over time was quite impressive.
Lu Li was rather wealthy!
He opened the Coffin of Dragon King which contained many Purple Xuan Crystals and Mystical Materials. Altogether, there must be hundreds of billions of Xuan Crystals in value. Those were loots gathered by Dragon King over his lifetime and all of it belonged to Lu Li now. There were another more than 100 billion Xuan Crystals from Lu Li's previous trade with the Jiang Family. He also secured many Interspatial Rings by killing so many at the small battlefield. He gave everything to Madam Yan.
Over the past half a year, the Northern Desert had some Xuan Crystals in revenue. In their national treasury, the total amount of Xuan Crystals had reached hundreds of billions. Lu Li told Madam Yan to spend them all and buy any resources that were related to cultivation and to purchase in large bulks even the good pellets…
Madam Yan had been enjoying a time of squandering away Xuan Crystals. It was lucky for them that the northern Central Plains was not the territory of the Samsara Palace, the Pavilion of Blossoms, the Lu Family or the Hades Society. Otherwise, she wouldn't have just an easy time spending all the Xuan Crystals.
Madam Yan suspected that the Pavilion of Delicacy must have been aware of what was going on. After all, many had been teleported to the Central Plains. With the power of the Pavilion of Delicacy, it would be utterly easy to trace those people back. Madam Yan had told them not to do business at the northern Central Plains. Jiang Wuwo didn't drive away and exterminate everyone. If he had sealed off the Teleportation Formation, it would be troublesome.
Ming Yu sent some of his best men to the larger regions including the Clouds Plains and the Wings Plains to see if there were powerful warriors who mastered Holy Light Profound Meaning and ask about Lu Ling. But those regions were far away even by teleportation. It would be more than half a year before Ming Yu could hear back any information.
Lu Feixue came out from her cultivation. When Lu Li returned, she was in closed-door cultivation. She was about to reach the latter stage of the Noble Lord Realm. She planned to take some rest and make the breakthrough.
She yearned to see Lu Li so she sent a word to Ye Cha but was informed that Lu Li had been cultivating like crazy. She decided not to disturb him and left a message for him to see her when he was not cultivating.
Many people were in closed-door cultivation at the Northern Desert. They went through Mystical Materials as if they were only water.
If Northern Desert could not buy in more Mystical Materials, the ones cornered would be consumed soon, even if a large amount had been purchased over this time. In three for five years at most, all the Mystical Materials would run out.
Lu Li could not worry so much right now and he was not in such a mood. He had been cultivating for two months now and he hadn't mastered the way to send a shockwave of strength.
In other words—he hadn't scratched the surface of Soul Shattering skill!
The stronger one's soul was, the faster cultivation would be because one could think faster. He could figure something out in one day when the same matter would cost an average warrior a year.
It was doubtless that Lu Li's soul was powerful, not weaker than a Noble Lord Realm warrior. His soul was transformed by divine energy. As for how strong it was, Lu Li himself couldn't tell.
Lu Li was disappointed and frustrated that he couldn't scratch the surface of a skill after cultivating for two months.
Time was limited for him. In two or three years, after it all quieted down, the four forces would launch attacks at him secretly. If he didn't achieve any enhancement, he would have to bring everyone and hide in the Deserted World.
"Where has it gone wrong? How should I deliver the strength?"
Lu Li walked around the woods, agitated. After staying there for two months, he was no different from a homeless guy now. His beard was untrimmed and his clothes were shabby.
He sat for a while, rubbed his face and decided to take a rest. He understood that he was in a bad state. Going on like this would only waste more time.
"Take a bath!"
Lu Li sensed the stink on him. WIth psychic power, he found a lake nearby with and rushed over.
"Splash~"
The water splashed in all directions. Because Lu Li jumped in, waves were created in the otherwise peaceful lake. Ripples travelled to all direction.
Lu Li surfaced and began to take off his clothes. But he suddenly stopped when he took a glance at the lake. He stared into the ripples and waves, his eyes becoming misty.
"Waves? Ripples? Surging? Radiating? Delivering…"
Lu Li murmured on and on, lost in his thoughts. He stood in the lake for four hours before he dashed out of the lake abruptly, took out an iron rod and hit at a boulder by the lake.
"Bang!"
The boulder gave out a muffled sound. But the boulder didn't have any damage or cracks outside. After a while, the boulder splintered. The inside of the boulder…had turned into dust!
"I have made it!"
Staring at the stirred up dust, Lu Li's eyes glowed, bright like the most dazzling star in the night sky.