Gary Yuan hurriedly said, "Of course. Cultivator's Mount is the most infamous place on Little Central Star, but it's also the most attractive to cultivators."
"Why is that?" Joe Di was puzzled.
Gary Yuan pointed to the countless cultivators, now dead, who appeared as if they had been rooted in place on Cultivator's Mount. "Every step up Cultivator's Mount is extremely arduous because the place is filled with death energy. With each step, a trace of death energy enters your body. Once it accumulates to a certain degree, the cultivator climbing the mountain will become 'planted' there, standing motionless for eternity, their life forever lost."
But Cultivator's Mount also offers countless benefits. As long as you take more than a hundred steps up the mountain, each additional step grants you a hundred years of lifespan—which you can only claim after descending. Moreover, there's a unique cultivation law on Cultivator's Mount. Any cultivator who manages to climb up and down not only gains a significant increase in lifespan but also surpasses peers in strength and attains deeper understanding of techniques."
Joe Di gasped after hearing this. Everything about Cultivator's Mount pointed to one law: time.
If you spend time within the law of time, even if you don't comprehend it, you will sense something different when fighting others.
Gary Yuan grinned, "Besides, if you reach the spot beside those cultivators who have been 'planted' into Cultivator's Mount, you can obtain a ring. Oddly enough, no matter how many years pass, everything inside the rings of the dead cultivators remains unchanged. Even spirit herbs are as fresh as when they were first collected."
Hearing this, Joe Di was even more certain—Cultivator's Mount was a mountain governed by the law of time.
Joe Di felt a surge of anticipation. The reason he could kick Howard Lane, a Transforming True Stage expert, into Nightlake with a single blow was due not only to the lake's unique properties, but also to his grasp of spatial laws. Although the law of time isn't necessarily higher than the law of space, it's even more powerful in combat.
"That's right. I'll give it a try myself." Joe Di gazed at Cultivator's Mount, his heart filled with anticipation.
Joanne Chung hurriedly said, "Brother Di, you mustn't go up Cultivator's Mount. Many cultivators who perished there thought they could hold out a little longer, only to suddenly become rooted in place, unable to move ever again. We have something extremely important to tell you—inside a gorge on Little Central Star, hundreds of ley lines have been discovered, each one perfectly intact."
However, every ley line there is wrapped in natural restrictions. My wife and I managed to obtain a mid-grade ley line, but were pursued because of it. Brother Di, your strength far surpasses ours—you should be able to claim one or two ley lines.
As she spoke, Joanne Chung handed a jade slip to Joe Di. "Brother Di, the Ley Line Ravine is marked here. I'm afraid if we're too late, there will be nothing left to claim."
"Thank you both." Joe Di gratefully put away the jade slip, deciding to head to the Ley Line Ravine first. Cultivator's Mount would remain here, but once a ley line was taken, it was gone for good.
Gary Yuan clasped his fists and said, "In that case, my wife and I will take our leave."
"Alright." After bidding farewell to Gary Yuan and his wife, Joe Di quickly sped toward the Ley Line Ravine.
Ley lines were essential—not only for his own cultivation, but even more so for Jing Moshuang, who was about to rebuild the Galaxy Sect. No amount of spirit stones could replace ley lines; to restore a sect, ley lines were indispensable.
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Traveling with his divine sense, Joe Di moved with unmatched speed. In less than half a stick of incense, he arrived outside the Ley Line Ravine. The only reason it took so long was the abundance of natural restrictions on Little Central Star—otherwise, he could have arrived in just a few breaths.
When Joe Di swept his divine sense across the ravine and saw countless ley lines, his heart surged with excitement.
There were at least four or five hundred ley lines here, but each was locked by natural restrictions. The higher the grade of the ley line, the stronger the restriction enveloping it. For the Prime Ley Lines, even Joe Di could only vaguely see their outlines through the restriction.
Below the ravine, around three to four hundred cultivators had gathered, most working in teams to attack a natural restriction together.
Joe Di sensed that the strongest cultivator present was at the seventh level of the Tribulation King Stage. This person wasn't working with anyone, but attacking alone. Just as Joe Di's divine sense swept over him, the cultivator broke open a natural restriction and claimed a pure superior ley line from within.
Joanne Chung was right—every ley line here was exceptionally pure and stretched over a hundred zhang, clearly all entirely intact.
Without hesitation, Joe Di rushed down and landed directly outside the natural protective array of a Prime Ley Line.
Although many cultivators were attacking restrictions here, few targeted the Prime Ley Lines—their natural restrictions were simply too formidable. Instead of risking a rush for the Prime Ley Line and being mobbed, most chose to attack the restrictions around lower-grade ley lines.
As soon as Joe Di landed, some people noticed him, and a few recognized him as the Red Tassel Young Master, but no one paid him much mind. There were plenty of ley lines here; unless you lacked the strength to open a high-grade ley line, no one would bother to snatch it. In fact, without sufficient cultivation, it was impossible to open a superior ley line.
When the cultivators in the Ley Line Ravine saw Joe Di heading straight for a Prime Ley Line, they could only shake their heads in silent disbelief. If a Prime Ley Line were so easy to claim, would it still be waiting for him?
Joe Di paid no attention to what others thought. The Prime Ley Line was indeed difficult to obtain; even his tenth-level divine sense couldn't pinpoint the array core. But that didn't matter—he still had the Earthfire Banner. Besides, the restriction here was much weaker than the one he had previously broken at the spirit stone mine.
Joe Di tossed out the Earthfire Banner, and in the next instant, his divine sense clearly located the array core of the Prime Ley Line.
Retrieving the Earthfire Banner, Joe Di brought down the Azure Veil Blade in a powerful slash.
If he were alone, Joe Di would have taken time to carefully study these natural arrays. But with so many people around, he didn't want to reveal himself as a top-tier array master.
Holding the Azure Veil Blade, Joe Di felt a surge of passion. Ever since the blade had advanced to a mid-grade spiritual weapon, its power had grown immensely and its length had shortened by another inch, now measuring four feet three inches.
Boom! The Azure Veil Blade struck the array base revealed by the Earthfire Banner. Joe Di heard a faint cracking sound, though it wasn't the sound of a fissure. Even without fighting an enemy, he could sense that the Azure Veil Blade had grown much stronger.
Boom, boom, boom! In the shortest time, Joe Di unleashed a hundred and eight consecutive strikes. Then he heard a sharp crack—a true fissure had appeared.
This restriction truly couldn't compare to the natural protective array outside the spirit stone mine. Just as Joe Di thought this, the fissure vanished again.
Such a powerful recovery ability! Joe Di marveled inwardly. As a ninth-level array master, he knew most protective arrays had some recovery function, but this was the first time he'd seen a restriction recover so quickly.
The Azure Veil Blade flashed again—another hundred and eight strikes in rapid succession. Joe Di's technique was unique; each strike was stronger than the last, and there was no pause between them. Only with his tenth-level divine sense could he achieve this. Even so, he could only manage a hundred and eight consecutive strikes.
The second round of a hundred and eight strikes brought another fissure. Just as before, before Joe Di could unleash the hundred and ninth strike, the fissure vanished.
Joe Di let out a breath. If this continued, he'd have to attack several array bases at once or find a helper. He believed that, at most, it would take him two or three days to break this restriction.
But Joe Di wasn't planning on doing that. He sensed this place could temper his blade path, allowing him to reach a new level. Only when his blade path advanced, could he unleash the hundred and ninth strike at the exact moment the fissure appeared, shattering the restriction instantly.
Joe Di continued to strike with the Azure Veil Blade. The other cultivators, seeing his relentless assault on the Prime Ley Line's restriction, could only shake their heads. The Red Tassel Young Master was famous, but was he a fool?
After the first day, Joe Di was still slashing away at the Prime Ley Line's restriction.
The second day, the third day...
Eventually, no one paid attention to the foolish Red Tassel Young Master anymore. The restrictions around the Prime Ley Lines were so obscure that, unless you were a tenth-level array master, even a crowd attacking together couldn't break through before Little Central Star closed.
The ninth day, the tenth day... a whole month passed...