Ten years ago, there was a young man who was extremely lucky and had mined a large amount of pyrolyte ore. He was promoted to join the Yi Team's subsidiary battle team and was taught a powerful battle skill, becoming a person above all others. However, ten years ago, that young man was just an ordinary cultivator with no achievements.
The Fifth Mainland had undergone great changes, and some people had seen despair, while others had seen hope.
Most of those who mined pyrolyte here held onto hope, as this was one of the few places where they could come into contact with the upper echelons of the Three Ultimates Sky Gate.
More importantly, the Astral River was filled with large amounts of fish from ancient times. Even the most ordinary of these fish could strengthen one's body, and it was said that even Envoys were envious of some of these fish, and anyone who caught one would be rich.
Xi Yue had come here with this hope in mind. She hoped to enter the Three Ultimates Elysian Gate and obtain great power to avenge her clansmen. In the current universe, there was no way to replenish star energy. The greatest and easiest way to obtain power was battle force and domains. She had a foundation in battle force, so she naturally wanted to join the Three Ultimates Elysian Gate. This was her path.
Unfortunately, if not for Lu Yin, she wouldn't even have been able to stay here and would have been sent to the frontlines. That was one of the few places where the upper echelons of the Sky Gate were interested, but the mortality rate there was much higher than here.
This was the safest place for anyone who cultivated battle force, and it was also the place where they had the highest chance of reaching the heavens in a single step.
Lu Yin jumped into the Astral River like everyone else. Twenty years ago, this would have been impossible, as only Enlighters dared to do so, and even then, the odds were against them. Now, with the Astral River in chaos, more and more people dared to enter.
The bottom of the Astral River that Xi Yue had mentioned was just the beach, not the actual bottom of the Astral River. Otherwise, these cultivators wouldn't have been able to enter.
Lu Yin followed Xi Yue into the Astral River, and their surroundings gradually cleared up. It was only a hundred meters deep, and the deeper they went, the clearer they could see.
Xi Yue suddenly grabbed a small piece of sand that flowed past her and examined it carefully before passing it to Lu Yin. "If there's pyrolyte, it's in the middle of this sand. It's easy to distinguish."
Lu Yin accepted it, but it was too small, so he tossed it aside and activated his domain, spreading it out in all directions.
His domain was extremely powerful, and it had been comparable to Invisible Light's back then. After returning from the Astral Tree Domain, it had even surpassed Invisible Light's domain. In the current universe, even if Hen Xin popularized battle force and domains, no one in his generation could surpass Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's domain spread out in all directions.
Xi Yue was startled. "If you want to stay here, then it's best if you don't get discovered. You won't be here anymore once you're discovered."
Lu Yin used his domain to collect a handful of gravel, but when he heard Xi Yue's question, he asked, "Then where should we go?"
"I'm not sure, but it's definitely not with us. In the eyes of the Three Ultimates, we're just tools for collecting pyrolyte. Some of the battle force cultivators and domain cultivators have other places to go," Xi Yue said. As she spoke, she looked at the handful of gravel in front of Lu Yin, took it, and began searching one by one.
She did not expect Lu Yin to be able to collect the mantis either; he was destined not to stay here for long.
Lu Yin watched as Xi Yue checked the gravel one by one, "With your stable four-lined battle force, you don't need to stay here for long."
Xi Yue was startled. That's right, my injuries have healed and my Battle Qi has stabilized. I really don't need to stay here for long.
Her goal was to enter the Three Ultimate Heavenly Gates to learn higher levels of Battle Qi, not to gather Pyrolyte here.
"How much is produced here every day?"
Lu Yin suddenly asked.
Xi Yue replied, "Me.
The target for this beach is one kilogram per month, which averages out to 0.1 grams per person. This is the actual result. The real test of our daily target is the gravel that is checked. Regardless of whether there's pyrolyte or not, the gravel has to be marked with battle force to prevent repeated checks and wasting time. Our daily mission is to collect at least five hundred gravel. "
Lu Yin felt awkward; he had just thrown a single gravel, and that was a mission?
However, if they could get one kilogram of pyrolyte per month from this beach, it far surpassed Planet Pyrolyte, and this was just one beach per month. He could imagine how much pyrolyte the Three Ultimate Heavenly Gates had collected. Aside from the Three Ultimate Heavenly Gates, there were also people from the other Heavenly Gates at the Astral River.
"The Lu Heavenly Gate is also collecting pyrolyte, right?"
Xi Yue nodded, "Should be, but no matter how much they collect, they'll still sell it to the Three Ultimate Heavenly Gates. Only the Three Ultimate Heavenly Gates have microarray technology."
Lu Yin spent the entire day collecting gravel at the bottom of the river. Collecting five hundred gravel was a piece of cake.
It was only when the sun started to set that everyone walked out of the Astral River and lined up to hand in the gravel that had been checked.
The gravel would be collected and stored in one place.
"Brother Big Black, how was it? How much did you get today?"
A short man came over and asked.
"About five hundred," Lu Yin replied.
"Only five hundred?
Didn't you start at a thousand before? "
The man was surprised, but then smiled ambiguously, "Looks like Brother Big Black used too much last night, hahaha."
Someone behind him started to jeer, "Big Black, take care of your body, don't get hollowed out."
"Yeah, you're the one most likely to receive Team Yi's battle force training, don't let others drag you down."
"Hahahaha."
Behind them, Xi Yue's face turned red. These bastards kept looking at her with ridicule, mockery, and all sorts of other expressions.
If it was the old Big Black, she would have gotten used to it, but this was Lu Yin.
Suddenly, she recalled the time when she had tangled with Lu Yin in the Sand Ocean in Astral-10, and her face turned red.
Not long after, the two walked towards the wooden house.
"Don't come, Big Black's house is over there," Xi Yue pointed and left without looking back.
Lu Yin was stunned. That was Big Black's house, what did it have to do with him?
He followed after her.
Xi Yue's face turned red, and she buried her head in her knees as she sat in a corner.
Lu Yin entered.
"Didn't I tell you not to come?"
She scolded.
Lu Yin pursed his lips, "I'm not Big Black."
Xi Yue didn't say anything and just lowered her head in thought.
Lu Yin took out his sword from his cosmic ring and groped around. The power in his body was a mess, and he didn't know how to sort it out. It was a headache.
"Why are you staying here?"
Xi Yue asked.
"To rest for a few days," Lu Yin replied.
Xi Yue kept her head down, "Actually, there's a chance here. Hengxin once said that the Warring States Realm isn't the pinnacle of battle force, and that there's a higher realm above it. Anyone from the Three Ultimates can learn it as long as they work hard enough."
Lu Yin wasn't surprised. During the battle, the Elder God and Hengxin hadn't used the Warring States Realm. Instead, they'd used that dark purple substance, which should have been the Elder God's power.
He'd talked about it with Lu Buzheng before. The third path was the Ancient Path.
The Lord had created the peak of the human body and created the giant bloodline.
Battle Qi was also created by him, and he had paved a path for himself.
Hengxin had been taught by the Ancient Path, so his battle force cultivation was probably the best in the current universe.
Lu Yin's eyes twinkled. Could he learn the best battle force from Hengxin?
"Is everyone here from the Three Ultimates Sky Gate?"
Lu Yin asked.
Xi Yue replied, "They've all been checked." She looked at Lu Yin, "Blackie didn't know battle force at first, but a member of the Three Ultimates Elysium publicly taught him. He learned battle force and was placed here. There's no problem with his identity in the records of the Three Ultimates Elysium."
Lu Yin looked away; this was interesting. He could use Big Black's identity to do something.
As for the fact that his disguise had been seen through, he'd forgotten that Tian Dou had given him the bone in his cosmic ring. It had been made using the She family's methods and contained a large amount of death energy that could be used to create Death Mask.
Lu Yin took out the bone, and to Xi Yue's surprise, it didn't change at all. He still looked the same, but only Lu Yin knew that he had used Death Mask to take on Big Black's appearance.
Back then, Jueyi had used Death Mask to fool the God of Forgotten Ruins, and Lu Yin had also used Death Mask to escape the large-scale screening of Half-Ancestors. As long as he didn't get too close to them, Death Mask wouldn't be seen through. He wanted to see how far Big Black could go.
Over the next few days, Lu Yin used Big Black's identity to peacefully harvest pyrolyte. He actually managed to harvest one, although it was far from a gram.
At night, he caught some of these fish as well. It was said that they came from the era of the Above Heaven Sect and had been reared in the Astral River by Hengxin as a reward for harvesting pyrolyte. Anyone who dared to catch them would be able to use them to cultivate.
However, the Overseer usually didn't allow anyone to casually catch them for fear that they would be eaten by the creatures in the Astral River and cause the amount of pyrolyte to decrease.
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A bonfire flickered on the beach as Lu Yin leisurely roasted his fish. There were more than ten of these fish beside him, and across from him was Xi Yue.
Xi Yue looked at Lu Yin speechlessly, "You're too high-profile."
"Didn't you say that Big Black was high-profile? It's alright," Lu Yin said nonchalantly.
Xi Yue rolled her eyes.
There were so many fish beside him, and this wasn't high-profile at all. Big Black was already so excited after catching two, so it was hard to say if the Overseer of this beach could even catch so many at once.
In the distance, many pairs of greedy eyes looked over from the wooden houses, wanting nothing more than to snatch the fish.
Some took action, but they were knocked down by Xi Yue's casual toss of sand.
Four-lined battle force wasn't something these people could compare to.
Suddenly, a figure walked out of the distorted void. He was wearing the Triult Elysium's uniform and had a solemn expression as he stared coldly at Lu Yin. This person was the Overseer of this beach, a Hunter.
"Big Black, did you catch these?"
The Overseer asked sternly.
Lu Yin looked up and smiled at the Overseer, "Yes, do you want some?
Together? "
The Overseer looked at the dozen fish and was a little envious, but he also had some misgivings, "What level is your battle force?"
Lu Yin had asked before, and Big Black's battle force had always been at two lines. Big Black was the most powerful person on this beach, while the rest had only one line.
"Four lines," Lu Yin replied, raising his hand and gradually covering it with his purple battle force, but it seemed a little unstable.
The Overseer was shocked, "You actually have four-lined battle force?
When did you break through? "