Li Taibai's Clone returned without a sound, and Lu Ye condensed a new one. Inside the Bamboo Lodge on Green Bamboo Peak, main body and Clone worked together, refining Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plates without a moment's rest.
He did not know how much longer he could remain in Nine Provinces, but it probably would not be long. Before setting out for the Blood Refining World, he needed to contribute as much as he could.
While he was busy here, certain news spread rapidly throughout Nine Provinces under the urging of people with ulterior motives.
A realm called the Blood Refining World was drawing near the Nine Provinces World. Within the Blood Refining World lived a race known as the Blood Race. The Blood Race was evil and savage, using the Human Race as Blood Food. They could strengthen themselves by drinking human blood, and cultivators' blood in particular was a supreme tonic to them.
Now, the Blood Refining World had discovered the existence of the Nine Provinces World and was preparing to invade the lands of Nine Provinces, intending to enslave the Human Race of Nine Provinces.
The moment the news spread, it caused an enormous uproar.
At first, cultivators who did not know the truth assumed it was merely a rumor. The Blood Refining World and the Blood Race were simply too fantastical; without experiencing them firsthand, who would readily believe such a thing?
Not to mention cultivators of lower cultivation—even Lu Ye, at the Victory Feast, would have found it difficult to convince those high-level cultivators if not for Little Nine's power.
Yet as time passed, all kinds of news flew everywhere. One venerable Tier Nine after another stepped forward to confirm its authenticity, and only then did the Nine Provinces Cultivation World realize that these