The news from outside the city spread quickly.

Even Tian Qing's speculation was not concealed. He guessed that within Cloud Leaf City, there definitely existed a terrifying expert comparable to a Martial Arts Grandmaster!

As soon as these words came out, countless people were shocked, and a large amount of information began to circulate in the city.

Cloud Leaf City... Suspected to be hiding a Martial Arts Grandmaster!

When this rumor reached Lu Ye's ears, he heard the little maid excitedly chattering about it in front of him after buying groceries, and he found it somewhat amusing.

"Young Master, our city actually has a hidden Martial Arts Grandmaster!" Qing Yu was full of excitement.

Lu Ye found it rather amusing that his one move, "One Seal Breaks the River," was perceived as being at the level of a Martial Arts Grandmaster?

"Why are you so excited? Do you even know what a Martial Arts Grandmaster is?"

Qing Yu thought for a moment and realized she really didn't know.

She actually didn't understand at all. Mainly, she had always heard that the Innate Realm was already the pinnacle of strength.

And in the city, the two major families, their ancestors were all Innate, and they could hold their ground and enjoy supreme glory, which proved that Innate was indeed very strong.

Now Cloud Leaf City, however, had a suspected expert beyond Innate, naturally causing a flurry of excitement.

Even someone like Qing Yu, who didn't understand Martial Dao, found it fascinating while buying groceries.

Saying things like "One move breaks the river, surpassing Innate, terrifying as well," was like listening to a story.

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The Jiang Family.

Carrying a food box into Jiang Lingyue's small courtyard, Jiang Qingge looked at her sister's still pale face and sighed silently.

Since the last doctor's re-examination, when it was said to be a heartache, not something medicine could cure, Jiang Qingge realized.

Jiang Lingyue's illness, for the most part, was still related to that person who left the Jiang Family without a word.

To be honest, Jiang Qingge did not expect that Lu Ye's sudden departure would hit Jiang Lingyue so hard.

A lively young girl, who was perfectly fine, fell ill as if unraveling a cocoon.

What's so good about him...?

"Sister, just leave it, I don't want to eat." Seeing who came, Jiang Lingyue lay on the bed lifelessly, unable to muster any strength.

Over the past few days, Jiang Lingyue's once plump and smooth cheeks had visibly thinned a bit.

"You haven't eaten all day, at least eat something, you're getting too skinny." Jiang Qingge said softly.

Hearing this, Jiang Lingyue for some reason suddenly remembered when Lu Ye had teased her before.

She looked up at her sister's figure, then down at herself...

Suddenly, a surge of energy seemed to emerge within Jiang Lingyue.

"Alright then, I'll eat a little."

It seemed... only by eating more, could there be a chance to grow up?

Thinking of how Lu Ye had left without saying a word, a trace of grievance surfaced in Jiang Lingyue's heart.

It didn't matter if the other Jiang Family members were unaware, but she, at least, was sincere toward him, yet he didn't even tell her.

Stinky Lu Ye! So bad!

Jiang Lingyue really wanted to find Lu Ye and ask him why he left, without even a word to her.

"By the way, I heard today that outside our Cloud Leaf City, someone stopped the flow of the Yunlan River. It's speculated to be the work of a Martial Arts Grandmaster beyond the Innate realm."

Thinking of the rumors she heard today, Jiang Qingge spoke up to prevent Jiang Lingyue from getting bored.

"Oh."

Normally, Jiang Lingyue would also be interested in such news.

Martial Arts Grandmaster!

In the vast Northern Territory, these were figures standing at the pinnacle.

But now, Jiang Lingyue had no interest in these things.

"No, I have to find him."

Once this thought emerged, it quickly became unstoppable.

Jiang Lingyue's eyes gradually became resolute.

"First search Cloud Leaf City! If I can't find him in Cloud Leaf City, I'll go to Qingshan City..."

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Several days later.

Lu Ye's strength continued to grow steadily.

After reaching the Innate Seventh Layer, or rather the Innate Late Stage, the energy needed to advance once again skyrocketed.

Yet Lu Ye continued to rely on hard work and effort to push his strength to the Middle Stage of the Innate Seventh Layer.

In his Qi Sea Dantian, the amount of Innate True Qi was probably no less than that of one who had just entered the Innate Ninth Layer.

On this day, the energy storage at the Myriad Dao Pavilion was fully charged once more.

With ten thousand taels of silver in hand, Lu Ye immediately initiated the designated extraction.

Again, it was in the most familiar "Talent Physique" category, and shortly after, the notification came as expected.

[Congratulations to the host! You've acquired the "Poison-Immune Body"! You may choose to fuse it at any time!]

"Poison-Immune?"

Initially taken aback, Lu Ye then let a faint smile emerge at the corner of his mouth.

Poison-Immune... For an organization like the Five Poison Divine Sect, which primarily uses poison, isn't it a perfect counter?

Moreover, this isn't just basic immunity to a hundred poisons, it's immunity to all poisons!

In this world, any methods involving poison would be of no concern to Lu Ye.

Immediately choosing to fuse it, Lu Ye felt a gentle warmth spreading throughout his body.

"Now, I should be a bane to all poison techniques."

Any sinister tricks would have no effect on him.

Stretching his body, thinking about the rumors circulating in the city these days, Lu Ye shook his head.

Though the outside world described it as miraculous, saying there might be a top expert of Martial Arts Innate hiding in Cloud Leaf City.

Lu Ye knew that for now, he was still quite some distance from being a true Martial Arts Grandmaster.

He wouldn't belittle himself, but neither would he be blindly overconfident.

"Much effort is still needed."

Murmuring softly, Lu Ye began to meditate and cultivate.

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A few days later, with a goal in mind, Jiang Lingyue recovered surprisingly quickly.

Her complexion returned to normal swiftly, though it would take time to regain the weight she had lost.

Now, after several days of slow searching, Jiang Lingyue sat in a teahouse resting and couldn't help but sigh.

Easier said than done.

Cloud Leaf City, after all, has a population of nearly a million. Finding one person in such a large city is as difficult as climbing to the skies.

Moreover, whether Lu Ye was still in Cloud Leaf City was also an unknown.

Nevertheless, Jiang Lingyue did not intend to give up, realizing after some serious thought in recent days, that she might genuinely have fallen for Lu Ye.

Since her sister wanted to annul the engagement in the future, rather than letting it benefit others... why not take it upon herself?

This was Jiang Lingyue's thought at the moment.

"Stinky Lu Ye, where are you exactly?" With a somewhat troubled expression on her face, Jiang Lingyue wondered if it would take months, or even years, to find someone.

Suddenly, amidst the bustling street crowd, Jiang Lingyue's peripheral vision seemed to catch sight of a particularly familiar silhouette.

When she hastily looked over...

The silhouette that had fleetingly appeared in her peripheral vision had already been swallowed by the busy streams of people.

Even so, Jiang Lingyue's heart slightly trembled.

She had a strange intuition...

The silhouette glimpsed in her peripheral vision earlier was very likely... Lu Ye!

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