Before dawn, the two set out once more.
They hid and evaded all along the way. Lu Ye did not know what method Lan Yudie had used, but she seemed capable of detecting the surrounding area. Under her guidance, they avoided many potential dangers.
Lu Ye often sensed Spiritual Power fluctuations from cultivators fighting nearby, and those fluctuations were clearly all extremely powerful.
Lu Ye understood that the cultivators from the Inner Circle had arrived and were now confronting one another like needle against blade.
A day later, guided by Lan Yudie, Lu Ye entered a mountain valley.
Seated before Lu Ye, Lan Yudie fiddled with her Battlefield Mark for a while. Soon, more than a dozen people swept in from one direction. This group appeared to have gone through quite a few battles, and many of them bore injuries.
"They're our own people. Don't worry." Noticing Lu Ye's tension, Lan Yudie hurriedly reassured him.
That group rushed toward them. Before they reached them, Lan Yudie raised the back of her hand and called out, "Are the senior brothers from the Big Dipper Sect approaching?"
The bearded man in the lead likewise displayed his mark to Lan Yudie and replied, "That's right!"
Very soon, the dozen or so people charged over under the bearded man's lead. Lu Ye sized them up. There were two Tier Seven cultivators, three Tier Six cultivators, and the rest were Tier Four or Tier Five.
Their overall strength was quite formidable.
Lan Yudie flipped down from Big Tiger's back and looked up at Lu Ye, her face somewhat apologetic. "I can only accompany you this far. You'll have to travel the rest of the way yourself. Others will come looking for you."
A day earlier, she had told Lu Ye to leave her behind and