Fu Mingcheng once tried to find out how Lu Yu joined the Divine Weapon Pavilion, but Lu Yu himself was baffled by his admission, so he naturally couldn’t answer Fu Mingcheng’s question.

Right now, even if others wanted to know from Lu Yu how to join the Divine Weapon Pavilion, Lu Yu couldn’t answer.

Furthermore, a mere 100,000 gold didn’t appeal to Lu Yu, and he didn’t want to show up and invite trouble.

Though Lu Yu’s method of joining the Divine Weapon Pavilion seemed simple, it wasn’t really simple. The first step was to attract the attention of the branch manager. Only when the manager noticed Lu Yu would he have the opportunity to enter the sights of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Because of the frequent transactions of iron essence and his final appearance, Lu Yu caught the attention of the Windmill Town branch manager of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

If you want to attract the attention of the Divine Weapon Pavilion manager, the first condition is that the player’s birthplace is in a small town, preferably one that is so small that even a trivial matter can make it known to the entire town, and one with a Divine Weapon Pavilion outpost.

Only then would the Divine Weapon Pavilion outpost’s manager possibly notice someone with modest strength like Lu Yu.

Windmill Town happened to fit these conditions perfectly.

Secondly, one must perform outstandingly; Lu Yu transformed within half a month from a homeless man to a Martial Cultivator capable of instantly killing someone at the sixth level of the Qi Cultivation realm.

This dramatic change in strength was the key factor that enabled Lu Yu to receive the Divine Weapon Pavilion hero recruitment order.

Don’t think as a player it’s easy to achieve this. Not to mention in the resource-scarce remote countryside, even if the player’s birthplace is in a city, going from nothing to stepping onto the cultivation path, then achieving a certain level of strength.

At a minimum, it takes two to three months. In the city, if you know other players, or during the start of the game, received help from other players to get through the most difficult initial period, this time may be greatly reduced.

Players with such conditions also determine the high status of the Divine Weapon Pavilion manager in their birthplace, who generally wouldn’t be interested in the weak, unless encountering an unusual person unexpectedly while out.

Take Lin Tao for example, who was inadvertently valued by a traveling elder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion and got the chance to join.

In Yunhai City, with a population of millions, only Lin Tao appeared; this shows how low the probability is to join the Divine Weapon Pavilion in this way.

Lin Tao’s aptitude is rather good too, having cultivated from nothing to the sixth level of the Spiritual Power realm within just six years.

It should be noted that Martial Cultivators in the Spiritual Power realm measure their advancement over years; ordinarily, it takes a Martial Cultivator six years to advance from the first level to the sixth level, which shows Lin Tao’s cultivation aptitude is definitely exceptional.

The turmoil among players wasn’t known to the Sea Tribes or other indigenous Martial Cultivators. They only knew that suddenly the Martial Cultivators around them became excited, and many seemed to be looking for something.

For a time, in the once deserted undersea ruins, human Martial Cultivators’ traces were everywhere as they searched for Lu Yu.

Lu Yu hadn’t spoken in public channels, and others didn’t have his account to send private messages, so they could only track him down in person to ask him—how to join the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Besides wanting to know how to join the Divine Weapon Pavilion, players were also very interested in the Mermaid Princess in Lu Yu’s possession.

Right now, there’s only the Shallow Sea Race visible here; by capturing the Mermaid Princess, one could almost effortlessly complete the quest, and even if they couldn’t get the best reward, they’d still get a decent one.

Especially after learning from others that Lu Yu wasn’t accompanied by a strong Qi Sea Realm protector, almost every player became excited, formulating ideas.

The weakest players who could enter the undersea ruins were also generally strong within the Spiritual Power realm, daring to enter at this time meant they were definitively among the stronger players in that realm.

These players were confident in their own strength, daring to enter the undersea ruins with hundreds of Sea Tribes, and were currently hunting Sea Tribes there.

“He’s here!” Lu Yu suddenly heard a shout from behind.

He quickly turned to look, only to see a string of bubbles float out, and the voice from behind the wall had long left there.

“Quick, go.” Lu Yu gave a tug on the Binding Dragontail Rope, and Hai Wei swiftly swam with him towards another area.

“The princess is here!” The voice of the Sea Tribes sounded as several of them appeared not far away, just in time to see Hai Wei pulling Lu Yu through an unobstructed corridor, spotted by several Sea Tribes.

After the message was sent, four Sea Tribes quickly swam towards Lu Yu, and the surrounding Sea Tribes, hearing the sound, started to converge on Lu Yu as well.

Seeing the Sea Tribes’ movements, the players drew near as well.

Instantly, Lu Yu was surrounded three layers deep with no escape.

The four Sea Tribes stirred up Demonic Power, controlling the surrounding seawater to restrict Lu Yu’s movements. Lu Yu immediately released Netherworld Cold Energy, freezing the seawater around the four Sea Tribes into solid ice.

The Netherworld Cold Energy which could erode Qi Blood continuously weakened the Sea Tribes, making them increasingly feeble.

Lu Yu easily broke free from the seawater controlled by the Sea Tribes and walked towards them. They were trapped in ice, desperately resisting the erosion of the Netherworld Cold Energy without a chance to escape.

Slash, slash, slash~ several strikes shattered the Sea Tribes encased in ice along with the ice itself.

[Killed one Demonic Might Realm level three Sea Tribe, received 35,246 experience points]

[Killed one Demonic Might Realm level four Sea Tribe, received 45,231 experience points]

[Killed one Demonic Might Realm level three Sea Tribe, received 32,156 experience points]

[Killed one Demonic Might Realm level five Sea Tribe, received 50,236 experience points]

Broken limbs and ice chunks drifted chaotically in the water as Lu Yu surveyed the approaching Sea Tribes and players, embracing Hai Wei, and his body shone with a yellow brilliance, sinking into the ground.

“That move again, if we can’t stop him from using the secret technique that lets him escape into the ground, there’s no way to capture the Mermaid Princess.” A Qi Sea Realm player complained.

A blade of light flew towards Lu Yu just as he sank into the ground. The blade left a deep mark where Lu Yu had originally stood, and the silhouette of the Blade Fish Leader followed closely behind it.

The Blade Fish Leader glanced at the ground beneath, swung its blade a few times, then ordered all the sea creatures to disperse and continue searching for Lu Yu’s traces. It ascended into the air, overlooking the entire underwater ruins, striving to spot Lu Yu first and deal a heavy blow.

Lu Yu could sneak back to Yunhai City using his earth-tunneling ability to hide, but upon seeing the sea creatures scattered above, moving like experience packages, he couldn’t resist.

The underground wasn’t entirely safe either. Lu Yu didn’t linger long beneath the surface. Spotting a solitary sea creature, he quietly emerged from behind the adjacent wall.

As Lu Yu re-emerged above ground, the sea creature coincidentally turned and headed towards him. Lu Yu ambushed it, severing its head with a single strike. The fish head, still flying through the air, opened its mouth repeatedly, yet couldn’t react in time.

[You have killed a Level Six Aquatic Demon Sea Creature, gaining 65,231 experience points]

The Level Six Aquatic Demon Sea Creature, unguarded, fell victim to Lu Yu’s close-quarters sneak attack with one fatal blow.

Even after its death, the creature’s body and head continued to twitch. It would take at least ten minutes before the sea creature’s body and head finally settled completely.

After dispatching the sea creature, Lu Yu immediately initiated his earth-tunneling technique, sinking back into the ground.

Boom! A wide crack appeared on the broken wall beside Lu Yu. His figure had already vanished from the original spot.

The Blade Fish Leader’s full-force strike could only leave a crack, unable to fully break the wall, showing the sturdiness of the ruins’ shattered remnants.

With a grim expression, the Blade Fish Leader glared at Lu Yu’s descent point. It detested such foes, clearly much weaker yet elusive, with escape abilities that were extremely formidable, making it impossible to capture. Ironically, it prided itself on speed mastery.

If in the outer world, the Blade Fish Leader could rely on releasing a broad range of demonic aura suppression, which would effectively pin down Lu Yu, whose realm was merely the Qi Cultivation stage, not giving him any chance to use Secret Techniques.

But within the confines of the underwater ruins, perceptive abilities were severely dulled, and the demonic aura’s range was narrowed, preventing reliance on demonic aura suppression against Lu Yu.

“Ah!” A sea creature screamed. When the Blade Fish Leader arrived, only shredded remains floated, including a sea creature that had just entered the Demon Spirit stage.

This was not Lu Yu’s doing, but other Martial Cultivators’, which made the Blade Fish Leader even angrier.

Ever since entering the underwater ruins, the sea creatures it led had been repeatedly humiliated, continuously hunted by humans, an exceptionally repressive affair. Fresh chapters posted on novel-fire.net

“Damn it!” The Blade Fish Leader cursed, then turned to the sea creatures gathering behind and said, “Pass the order, from now on, kill every human you see. Exterminate all humans in the Cursed Land.”

Soon, the sea creatures, whose targets had only been Lu Yu and Hai Wei, shifted strategies. Now, whenever they saw a human, they’d summon others to swarm and attack, regardless of whether the target was Lu Yu.

Originally, the sea creatures wouldn’t actively pursue other human Martial Cultivators unless provoked, but with the Blade Fish Leader’s new command issued—

All sea creatures began actively hunting any humans they sighted. Players’ situations suddenly turned precarious; the disadvantage in underwater combat was glaring.

Most human Martial Cultivators, while in water, could only cope with sea creatures far weaker than themselves. Faced with swarming attacks, the outcome was evident.

Human Martial Cultivators began to band together, aiding one another.

The Blade Fish Leader ceased its chase of Lu Yu, allowing Lu Yu more freedom to assassinate isolated sea creatures. Even when encountering groups of three or four sea creatures, Lu Yu dared to launch attacks.

In close-quarter battles, sea creatures of the Demonic Might stage were no match for Lu Yu.

The sea creatures could manipulate seawater to limit Lu Yu, but Lu Yu could instantly freeze water into ice, nullifying their restraining tactics, instead hindering the sea creatures’ movements.

With Lu Yu’s Spiritual Power cap at 4,800 points, he had ample power to unleash the Yama Frost, freezing large patches of seawater.

The Yama Frost could also weaken the sea creatures’ Qi Blood, enfeeble them, causing their limbs to lack strength, providing Lu Yu with more opportunities for ambush; sea creatures of the Demonic Might stage almost had no resistance against Lu Yu’s sneak attacks.

Glug glug~ Lu Yu was hurled away by torrents of seawater. In executing his ambushes, Lu Yu had already put away his Water-Repelling Pearl, submerging completely in seawater.

Opposite him, a sea creature at the peak of the Demonic Might stage, nearly cleaved in two, stared at Lu Yu in terror, frantically using demonic aura to push the water towards Lu Yu, driving him away while swiftly fleeing in the Blade Fish Leader’s direction.

Earlier, it was ambushed by Lu Yu from around the corner; had it not maintained the maximum defensive strength of its protective spirit armor due to its caution, Lu Yu’s ambush could have cut it in two.

The failed ambush was partly Lu Yu’s fault; he had succeeded so often, he became overconfident.

In ambushing this sea creature, he hadn’t burst out with full force, hadn’t used the Asura Slash of One Strike Must Kill, allowing the opponent to escape gravely injured.

Despite Asura Slash’s lack of need for prior energy accumulation, executing a One Strike Must Kill Asura Slash is extremely taxing on one’s mind, requiring unity of essence, energy, and spirit to perform.

Qi Blood is easy to recover, but consuming too much Spiritual Power isn’t easy to restore. Not to mention, the ethereal nature of one’s spirit can only recover through rest.

The One Strike Must Kill Asura Slash can only be used at crucial moments.

A yellow rope silently extended from the ground to the sides of the fleeing sea creature, Lu Yu’s eyes narrowed, activating the Dragon-Binding Rope.

Instantly, the severely wounded sea creature at the pinnacle of the Demonic Might stage was bound. The Dragon-Binding Rope continued to tighten, clamping down on its throat.

As the sea creature distractedly struggled against the Dragon-Binding Rope, Lu Yu broke through its manufactured water flow, thrusting the Demon-Breaking Saber’s tip through its forehead.

[You have killed a Level Nine Demonic Might Sea Creature, gaining 99,568 experience points]

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