Journey of True Cultivation-Chapter 85: Too Quiet

AN: From now on, all spiritual artifacts will be referred to as spiritual creations!

Yuan slowly descended the small mountain where he had stayed for the last month, the way down was not the smoothest built path he had ever seen, but it was still a decent walk.

As he was about to reach the beginning of the small mountain, he saw a group of about 100 dark green and green robed disciples. All of their looks were serious and cold, ready to slaughter everything that lay before them.

Yuan's eyes wandered around until he saw Li Yun standing before them, already looking at him with a small smile on his face, but his eyes were by no means smiling with him.

"Greeting Team Leader Li. It has already been one month since we fought side by side against the three tribes, and as Team Leader knows, I was in seclusion. Can you tell me the general situation?"

Yuan directly asked Li Yun about the situation, and he just answered.

"The situation is not bad for us, the sect has already conquered half of the Crystal River Region, and most tribes are either dead or have surrendered to us and fight every day. This happened over the last month. By the time the sect was busy, the teams that slaughtered the three tribes were now only support, and the missions that were given to our team were only scouting or minor battles."

Hearing this, Yuan then nodded without saying anything, as he arrived at the spot where Li Yun was standing and simply stood behind him.

Seeing Yuan didn't ask anything more, Li Yun sighed before he then looked at his subordinates and began to give the sect's orders.

The orders were quite simple and nothing unexpected, after all, until now they had only played as support, but now, as they were fully healed and had been given one month of rest to cultivate in peace, they were ordered to arrive at the main battlefield and fight to conquer the Crystal River Region.

So without saying much more, they walked towards the base of the main army. During this walk, the disciples behind them began to talk about the main army, and as it seemed, unlike in the battle against the three tribes, the main army now had five Third Ranked Generals with them.

Although not all of them stayed together, two generals were always fighting side by side, while the fifth one rested, only coming out in case something unexpected happened on one of the battlefields, along with a few Team Leaders and Squad Leaders standing by.

Hearing all this, Yuan was not really surprised, as all cultivators should act cautiously, and having someone held back as support in case too many enemies came at once was only logical.

Not only were these disciples talking about mundane things, but Yuan also realized something he hadn't thought about before, their team had been part of this fifth general's forces, and so they had been allowed to rest first.

But for this rest, they must have shouldered the burden of the first attack toward the Crystal River Region.

The small talks of the disciples slowly ended as they finally arrived and stood before the main army that was now battling against the Blue Family.

The main army was stationed at a tribe village that now looked more like a ruined, abandoned place. There were a few disciples walking around, and as they saw them approaching, their once cold expressions warmed up slightly.

Yuan could tell from their faces that the war was not flowing as smoothly as the sect had claimed. It seemed that there were many stones blocking the way forward, and pushing forward with so few cultivators was much harder than they let on.

Not only that, during their walk they had seen many ruined villages like the one they now stood before, but these thoughts were cast aside by Yuan, as they did not matter now. He simply continued to follow Li Yun, always walking behind him silently.

They slowly walked around the ruined village until they found a solid looking building, at which point Li Yun finally stopped, causing all the disciples to stop behind him as well.

Li Yun turned around and looked at all of them. "Wait here. I will meet with a Squad Leader to find out what we are to do next."

With that said, Yuan and the others waited silently, and half an hour later, Li Yun came back, with a very cold expression on his face.

"The war will begin when the moon falls and the sun shines. But in any case, be ready to fight at any moment. So rest for a bit now. As for the resting place, you can rest anywhere you want, but do not make trouble or cause problems. This is not a warning, this is an order! Okay, now do what you want."

With Li Yun giving the order, all the disciples bowed toward him and saluted, giving him a respectful "Okay."

The disciples then began to walk around the ruined village, some formed small groups, while others wandered alone.

Before Yuan could decide what to do, Li Yun turned to him.

"Brother Yuan, do you want to pass the time with a few cups of tea?"

Hearing this, Yuan simply nodded. After all, in one day, he couldn't really cultivate properly anyway, so why not enjoy this little bit of free time and drink some tea?

Seeing Yuan nod, Li Yun smiled a bit more warmly and then walked away. Yuan followed him quietly until they found a decent place where a table was still standing.

The house they entered was very dusty, but Li Yun, seeing this, simply took out a towel and cleaned the table carefully from the dust. Then he brought out a teapot and two cups, the cups were white, with a few black dragon patterns painted across them.

Seeing the black dragon-patterned cups, Yuan didn't think much of it and just sat down across from Li Yun. As he did, Li Yun began to pour the spiritual tea into the two black dragon-patterned cups until they were full. He then placed one of the cups before Yuan.

Yuan glanced at the teapot for a moment, curiosity flashing in his eyes, before asking a question.

"Brother Yun, how do you already have spiritual tea ready to be served? Is that white teapot so special?"

"Hehe," Li Yun chuckled softly, a smile playing on his lips, and he nodded a few times.

"Indeed, this white teapot is special. It's a low ranked spiritual creation, made by a skilled refiner. I bought it around twenty years ago and stored it a few times with good tea that I like to drink when I travel around or meet with fellow cultivators."

"Fascinating," Yuan exclaimed quietly as he looked more closely at the white teapot. As he examined it, he noticed a few faint runes carved into its surface.

Seeing this, Yuan continued his questioning.

"What exactly does it do? Just store tea and keep it warm?"

"Hehe," Li Yun chuckled once more. "Brother Yuan is right. This lowest ranked spiritual teapot creation can warm spiritual tea and hold the medicinal herbs inside it, as long as the spiritual tea isn't of too high a grade. But other than that, this lowest ranked spiritual teapot creation can also store spiritual water, something no bag of holding can do. So it is quite useful if I ever encounter any spiritual water."

"Ohh, quite useful indeed," Yuan said calmly. "Although spiritual water is rare to find, most cultivators who come across any type of spiritual water don't have the methods to even store a single drop of it, and so they miss out on such a fruitful encounter. Brother Yun had good luck obtaining it."

With that said, Yuan took a sip from the spiritual tea that Li Yun had poured from the lowest ranked spiritual teapot creation.

The ranks of spiritual creations were quite simple in name.

There were the lowest ranked spiritual creations, which could be used by any cultivator as long as they had spiritual blood.

Above that were the low ranked spiritual creations, which could only be used by Bone Forging Stage cultivators, as they required a significant amount of spiritual blood to activate.

Then came the high ranked spiritual creations, which could only be used by Marrow Essence cultivators. These needed the use of marrow drop essence to function properly.

Above those were the highest ranked spiritual creations, usable only by Body Reconstruction and Body Ascension Stage cultivators. Even a Marrow Essence cultivator would be drained dry after only one use.

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Beyond that, there were the Peak ranked spiritual creations, which even Body Ascension cultivators found difficult to use. These creations not only required spiritual blood but also spiritual essence, something that only Body Ascension Stage cultivators could store within their bodies.

Naturally, above these ranks came the Earth ranked spiritual creations, usable only by Spirit Part cultivators.

And above those were the legendary Heaven ranked spiritual creations, which could only be wielded by Soul Part cultivators.

Thinking about the hierarchy of spiritual creations, Yuan couldn't help but remember the treasures that Basilisk had once possessed, creations so mighty they could shake the heavens and tear the earth.

But before Yuan could continue his thoughts, Li Yun spoke again.

"Say, Brother Yuan... don't you also find that this war here is too easy?"