Cultivating Through The Game

Although there were occasional battles yesterday, they were merely small-scale pursuits and brawls, with no large-scale gang fights or outright massacres.

"I have 5000 bolts of top-quality silk and 300 exquisite porcelain pieces here. The wealthy clans of the desert love these fine items, and you'll definitely make a huge profit bringing them back."

"Also, take a look, I brought rare fruits from the south, incredibly delicious, far better than the bitter and astringent ones that grow in the desert."

A merchant, who risked great danger bringing goods from the Great Zhou Dynasty to Black Sand City, eagerly recommended his products to a desert vendor.

Lu Yu became curious about the so-called rare fruits, peered over, and saw that they were red-blue-green berries he had eaten before.

The desert vendor, whose head was wrapped in cloth, took a red-blue-green berry from the merchant and tried it. The moment he bit into it, a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

He couldn't believe there was such a delicious fruit in the world, juicily quenched with one bite, perfect for quenching thirst.

"Mmm~ amazing~" The desert vendor quickly finished the berry in his hand and, without swallowing, urgently asked the merchant for the price of the fruit.

"Very cheap, just 500 gold apiece," the merchant quoted.

Lu Yu was stunned on the spot, his eyes twitching. 500 gold apiece, did they think it was some kind of divine pill?

The desert vendor hesitated for a moment and then resolutely said, "How many do you have? I'll take them all."

Lu Yu silently went upstairs without saying a word; the desert's prices were beyond his imagination.

While the desert may lack other resources, gold is abundant, so much so that in some places, it could be found everywhere.

Originally, the desert's gold sands weren't worth much; only a few desert clans fancied the shiny stuff as adornments.

It was only after the desert began trading with the Great Zhou Dynasty that the ground's gold truly became valuable.

No place now boasts such abundance of gold.

Lu Yu, with a complex expression, reached his room's entrance and his face changed when he realized someone was inside.

"A thief?" Lu Yu asked aloud, releasing his perception to check the situation in the room.

BAM! A figure rushed out of the room, and the shattered door splintered into countless pieces, scattering, as the Exteme Malice Spear broke through the debris, viciously rushing at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu swiftly reacted, activating his spiritual armor and protective spirit armor to their fullest. A seven-colored light burst out from within him.

The blood-red light of the Extreme Malice Spear clashed intensely with the seven-colored light of the Seven-Colored Glazed Tower.

BOOM! The inn's roof flew off as everyone scattered to dodge the flying debris. Two figures stood on opposing sides of the shattered inn, confronting each other from a distance.

Lu Yu, holding the Demon-Breaking Saber, stared intently at the demonic ghost warrior across from him, his arm bleeding.

Though he managed to defend against the demonic ghost warrior's attack in time, his left arm was injured.

He glanced at the masked foreigner behind the demonic ghost warrior, recognizing him as the person he fought with last night.

Lu Yu wasn't surprised that the demonic ghost warrior tracked him down; Iron Tomb and the Sand King Palace people collaborated, and Lu Yu had crossed them before. Just a hint of information would lead them to know he was in Black Sand City.

Moreover, this place might even be Iron Tomb's stronghold. With their high level of intelligence control in Black Sand City, it was likely that he was spotted by Iron Tomb upon entering the city.

The demonic ghost warrior glanced at Lu Yu, then turned to a Sand King Palace member beside him, saying, "I'll leave it to you."

He was not skilled at capturing people; he only knew how to kill, leaving the task of capturing to the Sand King Palace.

"Got it," the masked foreigner replied.

Seven masked foreigners, dressed similarly, appeared around Lu Yu, surrounding him. The eight of them used Desert Secret Technique, manipulating yellow sand to form a cage to trap Lu Yu inside.

Of course, Lu Yu wouldn't stand by and let them complete their Secret Technique. He charged at the nearest masked foreigner.

"Your opponent is me," the demonic ghost warrior shouted, rushing at Lu Yu swiftly.

Facing the charging demonic ghost warrior, Lu Yu had no choice but to turn and deal with his attack. With the opponent's Core Formation realm warrior strength at hand, he couldn't ignore the attack.

He could grapple with the demonic ghost warrior only because the warrior wasn't trying to kill him and was holding back.

Additionally, his Divine Soldier attribute was unique, requiring constant battle to fully unleash its power.

Even with the demonic ghost warrior not at full strength, Lu Yu felt immense pressure.

Eight members of the Sand King Palace summoned eight sand dragons from the ground, encircling Lu Yu, refusing to give him any chance to escape and constantly tightening the circle.

Seeing this, Lu Yu made an immediate decision, activating the Blood Burning Secret Technique, increasing his combat power by five times.

With one strike, he knocked the demonic ghost warrior away, then turned and rushed towards the sand dragons, transforming into an extreme flash of lightning, cleaving through the dragon's body and breaking through the encirclement.

The yellow sand battered Lu Yu's body, but the sand dragons that could grind steel into powder couldn't break Lu Yu's skin.

BOOM! The sand dragons exploded, and the yellow sand before Lu Yu dissipated.

RUMBLE~RUMBLE~RUMBLE~

Lu Yu looked up to see seven dragon heads of yellow sand in the air, with the eighth slowly restoring to its original state, surrounded by layers of eight sand dragons' bodies.

He broke through one sand dragon but did not escape the encirclement of the eight.