Only after truly entering the threshold of Small Success of the Heaven-Defying Three Swords can one begin to showcase its might.
However, the consumption of inner strength is equally at a terrifying level.
"After reaching the Innate Realm, this situation should improve,"
Lu Ye pondered.
Because such a peak-level martial technique is simply not meant for martial artists below the Innate.
Under normal circumstances, typical Condensing Origin Realm, Postnatal Realm...
It's simply impossible to reach Small Success of the Heaven-Defying Three Swords within a few years!
Once reaching the Innate, with the transformation of all inner qi into Innate True Qi, the consumption will drastically reduce.
"In the Postnatal Realm, Condensing Qi into Gang is the standard technique for Postnatal martial artists."
"The hallmark of Innate experts is... Innate True Qi, soaring through the sky!"
True Innate experts can traverse the void without relying on any external force!
...
Half a month later.
Lu Ye successfully advanced to the Postnatal Sixth Layer.
The warehouse of Myriad Dao Pavilion now also had two bottles of upper-grade Condensing Origin Pills.
"Actually, getting elixirs as a fallback isn't bad; I can sell them,"
Since he was already in the Postnatal Realm, Condensing Origin Pills can no longer provide any help to Lu Ye.
But selling them was clearly a quick way to collect silver.
As for whether it would attract others' covetousness…
Lu Ye was not the least bit worried.
In fact, he took out the elixirs, fearing that they would not attract others' covetousness.
Let these greedy natives find out what Blue Star's fishing enforcement is!
If before he had some doubts about whether he could challenge higher levels,
Now that he had obtained the Heaven-Defying Three Swords, as long as his opponent wasn't a real Innate, Lu Ye was confident to fight!
If it really didn't work out, he still had his trump cards of Innate Invisible Sword Qi and Innate Sword Talisman.
Besides, it was just upper-grade Condensing Origin Pills.
Attracting the greed of the Postnatal Realm was about enough.
For those in the Innate Realm to be tempted by such petty profits, they might as well find a piece of tofu and kill themselves.
Having formed a plan in his mind, Lu Ye immediately planned to leave the mansion.
Before leaving, Qing Yu suddenly spoke.
"Sir, do you need silver?"
Lu Ye, a bit curious, nodded and said, "Yes, why?"
"Sir, this is for you. It's not much, and there's no need to return it."
Quickly taking out an old pouch from her bosom, after handing the silver to Lu Ye, Qing Yu lowered her head, seeming a bit embarrassed.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ye smiled and tapped her head.
"Did you see those two Miss Jiang giving me silver and decided to learn from them?"
"This is your hard-earned money, it's different. Keep it for yourself."
These few taels of silver were obviously saved by Qing Yu from years of work.
Although Lu Ye now needed silver,
he happened to find a street vendor's killer's purse last time, with thirty to forty taels on him, sufficient for daily expenses.
"Ah?" Qing Yu raised her head somewhat bewilderedly and softly said, "So... what kind of money do those two young ladies have?"
Lu Ye faintly smiled and said, "Those two are just spoiled rich kids."
...
First, going to the city market, randomly choosing a set of black clothes and a cloak, Lu Ye quickly turned into a deserted alley.
After changing his entire outfit, he headed to a pill medicine pavilion in Cloud Leaf City.
Lingyun Pill Pavilion.
Upon entering the store, seeing Lu Ye's attire, the maid only hesitated slightly before returning to normal.
Having worked for many years, she's seen all sorts of customers.
Someone like Lu Ye was not the first time.
"Customer, what do you need?" the maid asked with a professional smile.
"I want to sell some elixirs. Do you accept them here?" A rather muffled voice came from beneath the black clothing.
"We do. Please wait a moment; I'll go get the appraiser." The maid quickly walked towards the back of the pavilion.
A short while later.
The maid led Lu Ye to a small room.
Inside the room sat a middle-aged man, who lifted his eyelids slightly and calmly said.
"May I know what elixirs you wish to sell?"
Lu Ye didn't waste any words and directly took out an upper-grade Condensing Origin Pill.
The appraiser's eyes slightly lit up, instantly recognizing it.
"An upper-grade Condensing Origin Pill?"
After carefully examining it, the appraiser nodded and said, "Indeed, it's upper-grade. The method of refinement is quite good. How many more of these do you have? Our Lingyun Pavilion can offer three taels of silver per pill."
"Two bottles."
From beneath the black clothing, Lu Ye directly took out two jade bottles, with round, upper-grade Condensing Origin Pills inside, exuding a strong allure.
Since it's a fishing enforcement, there's no need to be cautious about selling one bottle and hiding one.
If the bait is too little, it might not pique the other's interest.
Putting out two bottles should be safer.
Sure enough, upon seeing Lu Ye holding two bottles of elixirs, an indescribable look flashed in the appraiser's eyes.
Then he returned to normal.
All of this was caught by Lu Ye.
The bait had worked!
The two bottles contained twelve Condensing Origin Pills in total, making thirty-six taels of silver.
The appraiser paid swiftly, showing a broad smile.
"Mr. Chen, you're young yet reached Condensing Origin Third Layer and able to sell elixirs. The future holds great prospects for you!"
"If you have more elixirs in the future to sell, feel free to come to our Lingyun Pill Pavilion. We will surely treat Mr. Chen well."
When traveling, the name is self-made.
The name Lu Ye gave was Chen Beixuan...
Without a word, Lu Ye picked up the bag of silver and got up to leave.
As soon as Lu Ye left Lingyun Pill Pavilion, the appraiser's eyes narrowed, and a man with a scar on his face walked out from a compartment behind.
"This person managed to take out two bottles of upper-grade Condensing Origin Pill. He might still have more on him!"
The appraiser said coldly, "He's a fat sheep. Scar, send two Condensing Origin Seventh Layer to capture him and find out where these elixirs came from. Hiding and sneaking, there must be secrets on him."
Scar immediately nodded, "Yes, shopkeeper, dealing with someone at the Condensing Origin Third Layer will only take a moment!"
...
After leaving Lingyun Pill Pavilion, Lu Ye kept his head down and moved forward.
Shortly after, he sensed being followed, and hurriedly made his way to a remote area in the outskirts of the city.
The two at Condensing Origin Seventh Layer exchanged glances and sneered.
A small fat sheep at Condensing Origin Third Layer, trying to run after being targeted?
Soon after, as Lu Ye kept turning in secluded alleys, he could not "shake off" the two pursuers behind him.
Due to rushing in panic, he inadvertently walked into a deserted dead end.
"Didn't expect you to be so slippery! Almost let you escape."
At the entrance of the alley, two men appeared, one tall and one short, staring maliciously at Lu Ye.
Inwardly, Lu Ye felt a bit helpless; he had already held back significantly.
Even so, these two fat sheep almost failed to keep up, making it ridiculously easy.
Looking at the cornered fat sheep, Lu Ye, the tall, thin man said, "Hand over all your elixirs and silver obediently."
"If you let me do it, you won't like the outcome!"
Facing the two approaching men, originally showing a hint of fear, Lu Ye suddenly made his move!
With a flick of his fingers, two strands of inner qi swiftly gathered and roared out... Mountain Splitting Finger!