With the rise of my family, I can summon the Daoist Soldiers' Nest.

In the following days, Lin Ye, accompanied by the Supreme Elder Liang Feiyu, finally saw Lei Ze's true appearance.

It was an extremely vast lake, with a wide expanse of water that stretched as far as the eye could see. Standing on the shore, the water and sky met, giving one the illusion of being at the seaside.

Dazzling flashes of lightning occasionally streaked across the sky, followed by muffled roars as they struck down. This strange spectacle made everyone present deeply appreciate the wonder of this place once again.

As the date drew closer, the number of martial artists entering Leize via Feiyun Ferry surged, and the city was bustling with activity.

Amidst the endless stream of people, they unexpectedly encountered the procession of the Northern Han Bloodstained Gate.

The Bloodstained Sect is also one of the nine major powers of the Northern Han Dynasty, ranking fifth. It is powerful and occupies an entire prefecture. Its overall strength is even greater than that of the Qingyuan Sword Sect.

Since both sides belong to the same sect system, they are naturally closer than those family forces that are scheming against each other. However, the two groups only exchanged polite greetings and did not join forces. Instead, they maintained their own distance.

According to Liang Feiyu, the team led by the Bloodstained Sect was also composed of Acquired martial artists, who also lacked Innate martial artists.

This is actually quite normal; innate martial artists are extremely rare in the entire Northern Han Dynasty, as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Therefore, even if the two sides meet in Raize, there is no need to worry too much.

Lin Ye has also discovered this through his observations over this period of time.

Although martial arts were prevalent in the Tang Dynasty and martial arts practitioners were everywhere, there were not many truly strong teams this time.

Most teams are led by newly trained martial artists, and many small forces are led by only first-rate martial artists, while there are also many second-rate martial artists who venture out alone.

So far, they have only met those three innate martial artists.

It is said that there are only five innate martial artists who have entered through the Feiyun Ferry entrance and openly revealed their whereabouts.

This means that as long as they act carefully and do not provoke these five top teams with innate strength, the Qingyuan Sword Sect still holds a significant advantage in this vast Thunder Swamp, especially in terms of competitiveness against human opponents.

As for warriors entering Leize from other directions, the group doesn't need to worry about encountering them.

Lei Ze was so vast that the four entrances in the east, west, south, and north were more than a thousand miles apart.

Moreover, given the current strength and goals of the Qingyuan Sword Sect, they would never venture deep into the core area of ​​Lei Ze. That place is extremely dangerous and is a forbidden zone that they cannot set foot in.

Therefore, martial artists who enter through different entrances usually stay within their respective areas and rarely encounter each other.

That day, Lin Ye was resting in his room when he suddenly heard a commotion outside. He immediately got up and quickly walked to the courtyard to meet with the elders.

"According to our observation, the lightning above Thunder Marsh has completely dissipated, and we can enter the marsh now." Liang Feiyu said solemnly, scanning the crowd. "Everyone, hurry up and pack up, and then head to the ferry immediately."

Before long, the group arrived at the ferry.

The river leading to Leize was already packed with all sorts of boats, densely packed together.

Among them were magnificent giant ships, hundreds of feet long, with wide decks; there were also armored warships; and many more were ordinary small fishing boats.

Lin Ye and his group boarded a medium-sized ship about twenty feet long, which had been pre-arranged. The ship was fully equipped with sailors and boatmen.

The group stood at the bow of the ship, watching as five enormous, towering ships sailed ahead into the depths of Thunder Swamp.

This was to show respect for the innate martial artists, and also to avoid unnecessary conflict. The other ships waited for half a day as per the rules, and only after these top experts cleared the way did they set sail and surge into Thunder Swamp like a tide.

Lin Ye stood on the deck, looking up at the sky above Raize.

The scene here was completely different from the previous days; the sky was calm, and the terrifying thunder had disappeared.

Not long after the boat set sail, some timid boats nearby began to slow down and approach the shore, dropping their fishing nets to work in the shallow water.

"Those are fishermen, mostly third-rate martial artists, some not even third-rate. Their cultivation is low, and they dare not venture deep into the heart of Thunder Swamp," Liu Zhenghua explained casually, standing beside Lin Ye.

"They took advantage of the openness of the Thunder Swamp to catch only some fish on the edge. Although this area is dangerous, it also produces some low-level spirit fish, especially the third-rate spirit fish Golden Scale Carp, whose meat is delicious and is the favorite of the disciples of the major powers."

Unable to consume high-grade spiritual plants, they often subsisted on such spiritual beasts, using their spiritual energy to attempt to break through to the third-rate realm in their youth.

Just then, cheers erupted from a nearby small boat. From a distance, it could be seen that the boat was pulling up a large net, within which a dazzling golden light was pulsating violently.

"Heh, I was just talking about the golden carp, and here it is." Liu Zhenghua smiled and pointed to the golden light.

Lin Ye stared intently as the fishing net slowly emerged from the water. The golden fish struggled more and more violently, its strength so great that it flung the men pulling the net off balance. It wasn't until two martial artists stepped forward to help that they managed to drag the golden-scaled carp onto the deck.

In the chaos, a boatman was unable to dodge in time and was thrown into the water. With a splash, he disappeared in the blink of an eye and never climbed back up.

Similar scenes were constantly playing out on the surrounding water.

Some small boats capsized due to sudden attacks from underwater monsters, and the people on board fell into the water and drowned without even having time to call for help.

Martial artists hunt spirit beasts, and spirit beasts hunt humans. Even on the outskirts of Thunder Swamp, it is not as safe as one might imagine.

Of course, those that met with misfortune were mostly small fishing boats, and the people on board were just ordinary people who wanted to take advantage of the opening of Leize to make a quick buck.

In contrast, Lin Ye and his group did not have this worry.

Their ships were specially reinforced, and the wood used was specially made ironwood, which was exceptionally hard and could not be harmed in the slightest by ordinary monsters.

Taking advantage of the free time, everyone tried casting a few nets.

Luck seemed to be against them; they caught nothing of note, not even a golden-scaled carp, and in the end, they only managed to net a crocodile-like spirit beast. None of them recognized the species, estimating it to be only third-rate.

Several disciples shared it. Although it tasted good and had similar effects to spiritual plants, being mild and nourishing, it was of little use to them, who were already second-rate martial artists.

After a few rounds, the novelty wore off, and the group stopped.

After all, these low-level spirit beasts captured so far can only offer limited help to one's cultivation.

As for transporting it back to Northern Han for other disciples, that's even more unrealistic.

The journey was long and arduous; by the time it arrived, the body would have already decayed.

Although spirit beasts are not as foul-smelling and perishable as demon beasts, they still cannot be preserved for long periods of time.