Lu Ye said, "It can only escape if we agree to let it. I negotiated a few terms with it, then let it go. Haven't you noticed anything different about our city now, my lady?"
Yuan Xi sensed it briefly, her delicate brows rising. "Desolate-tier?"
It was not that her senses were dull. She had simply been wholly focused on testing herself against the Mirage Spirit Pattern just now, paying no attention at all to the changes in Uniting Dao City.
"The Mirage Spirit Pattern had operated here for many years and seized quite a few Uniting Dao Pearl fragments. It has given them all to us now. I reckon we are not far from Flood-tier."
Yuan Xi carefully examined the state of the Uniting Dao Pearl and nodded slightly. "Indeed, not far. We really picked up a huge bargain."
Improving a Uniting Dao City's grade was not particularly difficult below Desolate-tier, but Heaven-tier and Desolate-tier formed a dividing line. Advancing from Heaven-tier to Desolate-tier required an enormous number of Uniting Dao Pearl fragments. For an ordinary Uniting Dao City, crossing that threshold generally required a long period of accumulation and repeated campaigns of conquest.
Yuan Xi City had risen so swiftly only because of Lu Ye's special ability, which allowed them to swallow a fat man in one bite every time.
"Hmm? What is this inside the Uniting Dao Pearl?" Yuan Xi suddenly noticed something else amiss.
"This is the second price the Mirage Spirit Pattern paid. It bestowed one of its innate Secret Techniques upon our Uniting Dao Pearl..." Lu Ye explained at length.
Yuan Xi's eyes brightened as she repeatedly examined the Uniting Dao Pearl. She even tested it herself, and finally smiled. "Not bad, not bad. We have truly made a killing this time."
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