Sage of Humanity

In the boundless darkness, a ripple arose and with its spread, the dormant consciousness began to awaken.

Time was indiscernible before the darkness tore apart and an indescribable pain coupled with a tingling sensation struck; Lu Ye abruptly opened his eyes.

He vaguely saw two figures standing beside the bed, with one of them immediately sitting down, taking his hand, and channeling a gentle spirit force through his palm to examine his condition.

The vision was blurry, rendering the person's appearance unclear, yet it was certain she was a woman.

There was another figure standing by the bed, and after a moment, Lu Ye felt that it might be the sect master...

He opened his mouth, intending to call out, yet as the gentle spirit force entered, his consciousness again began to drift into haziness, faintly hearing the sect master's query, "How is the situation?"

An ethereal voice promptly responded, "He's done for!"

The sect master's voice sounded, "You girl, don't scare the old man; it wasn't easy for the old man to..."@@novelbin@@

The rest was inaudible as the entire world rapidly receded from him, plunging him once more into sleep.

Time was again lost to him, and Lu Ye awoke once more.

Someone was sitting by his side, channeling spirit force to heal his injuries; compared to the last awakening, Lu Ye felt much better, at least his consciousness wasn't as blurred.

His vision gradually cleared, revealing the person by his side to be a young-looking woman with an attractive appearance, her clear, pure eyes devoid of any impurities, which surprisingly reminded Lu Ye of his eldest senior sister, Weh Ying.

If compared, this woman seemed like a younger version of his eldest senior sister, albeit more innocent than his mature senior sister.

"Awake?"

"You are..." Lu Ye spoke, his voice hoarse, his throat burning.

The woman smiled gently, "I am your Second Senior Sister, Shui Yuan!"

So it turned out he didn't have a second senior brother, but a second senior sister... Lu Ye thought to himself.

"Where is this?" Lu Ye tried to turn his head to look around but was shocked to find he couldn't move his neck.

"This is the Righteous Blood Sect," the second senior sister replied, "Little junior brother, you are home now."

Was he home now? Had he achieved the goal he set upon entering the Spirit Stream battlefield? Lu Ye's heart relaxed, then he quickly remembered Yiyi and Amber, "Where are my mounts?"

He could be certain that Yiyi and Amber were not beside him, otherwise, they would definitely be guarding him.

"They are temporarily staying at the Cangming Mountain premises; you haven't formed a pact with it, so it couldn't return to the Nine Provinces with you, but I've arranged for them to be sent to the sect headquarters. Once your injuries heal, you can go find them."

Lu Ye didn't know what pact he had to form with Amber, but it seemed that travel between the Spirit Stream battlefield and the Nine Provinces required some conditions, which wasn't urgent at the moment. With Yiyi there and being at the Righteous Blood Sect's premises, they should be safe.

Only then did Lu Ye have the clarity to inspect his own condition; the spirit force within was completely depleted, something he had experienced before, so he was not panicked. As long as his body recovered, the spirit force would naturally replenish.

The injuries must have been severe, as he found himself wrapped up like a dumpling, quite literally, his entire body, except for his eyes, nose, and mouth, was covered without a single gap.

With Second Senior Sister Shui Yuan's treatment, he was enveloped by a gentle, water-like spirit force, the sensations of pain and tingling spreading throughout his body.

Similar to when Hua Ci had treated him, though Hua Ci had used the wood element spirit force while his second sister employed the water element spirit force.

Both types of spirit forces harbored vast life energy, greatly beneficial for healing.

Lu Ye realized that his Second Senior Sister, like Hua Ci, was a healing cultivator.

He hadn't seen his eldest senior sister or the fourth senior brother, nor had he met that never-before-seen third senior brother; even the sect master was nowhere to be seen.

Two hours later, the Second Senior Sister withdrew her spirit force, cautioning Lu Ye, "Don't move carelessly, and call me if you need anything. I'll be just outside."

"Yes," Lu Ye responded softly.

Shui Yuan got up, walked outside, closed the door, thought for a moment, then touched the battlefield marking and transmitted a message, "Brought back!"

Meanwhile, on the border of Bingzhou, in the region of Yunzhou which belonged to Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, Thang Yifeng's figure hovered mid-air, the violent fluctuations of spirit force slowly subsiding. Below him, a Ten Thousand Demons Ridge sect had been leveled. This power, known as White Wolf City, had narrowly escaped complete annihilation.

Amidst the rubble and ruins, countless bodies of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators lay scattered.

White Wolf City, merely a 6th grade force with only a few cultivators in the True Lake Realm as their strongest, stood no chance against a sect master of the Divine Sea Realm. Their survival was due to those in the Spirit Stream and Cloud River Realms who had wisely hidden within the battlefield.

However, after this battle, the sect's standing was likely to decline significantly during the next evaluation.

Suddenly, from a distance, a streak of Liu Guang swept over, not yet close when a stern shout was emitted, "Thang Yifeng, are you seeking death!"

The sect master, without uttering a word, transformed into a streak of Liu Guang and rushed toward the newcomer. In an instant, the two figures were locked in fierce combat. The more the newcomer fought, the more terrified he became because the strength displayed by Thang Yifeng far exceeded the understanding of those from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

After just a short exchange, he knew he was no match and hastily fled.

Watching the direction in which the man fled, the sect master chose not to pursue. Although he could kill the man, it would undoubtedly take a significant amount of time. Yunzhou was under the control of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge and aside from that man, other Divine Sea Realm experts were surely already on their way.

He immediately flew in a certain direction.

That day, the three Cultivation sects of Yunzhou under Ten Thousand Demons Ridge suffered a devastating attack by Thang Yifeng, the sect master of Righteous Blood Sect, especially White Wolf City, where the entire sect's True Lake Realm was slaughtered, and the Cloud River Realm suffered heavy casualties.

The disaster brought about by a furious magic cultivator was extremely terrifying, especially when the cultivator was a strong Divine Sea Realm practitioner.

More than ten Divine Sea Realm experts from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's side mobilized to encircle and intercept Thang Yifeng. After half a day of fighting, Thang Yifeng, severely injured, managed to escape.

However, before leaving, he issued a warning.

If anyone dares to disregard the rules and target the disciples of Righteous Blood Sect, then do not blame him for showing no mercy, using his superiority to suppress the weak.

It had been just a few days since the battle at Golden Light Peak, and such an event had occurred, indicating that Thang Yifeng was defending his disciples.

The three Yunzhou sects he attacked had all had disciples participate in the battle at Golden Light Peak.

The dormant beast had revealed its ferocious teeth, causing numerous sects of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge to be fearful.

In the room, Lu Ye sat cross-legged.

It had to be said, the medical skills of his Second Senior Sister were truly exceptional. He had been severely injured before; yet, after being treated by Second Senior Sister for two days, he felt much better. Although he was still bandaged like a rice dumpling, he was clearly healing quickly.

Second Senior Sister also fed him some odd medicinal solutions, but compared to those bitter medicines concocted by the unscrupulous Hua Ci, the taste of Second Senior Sister's concoctions was much better.

At the moment, he was recovering his spirit force, having swallowed an elixir pill, refined its medicinal effects, and after letting his Cultivation Technique operate, he added Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes to his spiritual orifice.

Then he discovered a somewhat troublesome issue—his spirit force was very impure, and even the newly recovered spirit force was just as mixed, and the situation seemed more severe than before.

It was an unavoidable problem. During the battle at Golden Light Peak, he had consumed too many elixir pills to recover, and despite their fine quality, they inevitably caused an accumulation of pill poison in his body.

To solve this, it was necessary to restore the burning effect of the Talent Tree against the pill poison. Lu Ye had some clues on how to restore this ability to the Talent Tree, but it wasn't urgent at the moment. Healing was more important.

Moreover, he needed to visit his place of residence once, to bring Amber out; Yiyi must be very worried about him.

Bam...

The door was kicked open, causing Lu Ye to jump. He looked up, only to see a large bed entering vertically, followed by the petite figure of his Second Senior Sister.

After a few days of interaction, Lu Ye understood that his Second Senior Sister was a genuinely gentle woman, not like Hua Ci who was seemingly gentle but actually scheming. In the past few days, her meticulous care for him was almost to the extent of treating him like a child, which somewhat amused and baffled Lu Ye.

Therefore, he didn't know what Second Senior Sister had encountered to look somewhat angry, even moving a bed over.

"Second Senior Sister, what is this…" It couldn't be that she was planning to take care of him personally, could it?

Second Senior Sister then flashed a sweet smile at Lu Ye, her tone gentle, "It's not about you, rest well."

"Oh."

Second Senior Sister tossed the bed aside, and from somewhere gathered bedding to make it up neatly. Once everything was arranged, she turned and looked toward the door, her tone ice-cold, "Why are you still hiding and not coming in? What's there to be embarrassed about?"

Only then did Lu Ye realize someone else was outside the door. He looked up but could see nothing and glanced puzzledly at Shui Yuan.

Shui Yuan huffed, "If you don't come in, I will have to invite you!"

"Cough!" A light cough came from outside, "You impudent student, to speak to your master like this in the presence of your junior brother?"

As the voice spoke, the figure of a middle-aged man entered, his demeanor authoritative, his hand stroking his beard.

If it was not the sect master, who else could it be?

Lu Ye's eyes lit up with excitement, and he quickly tried to rise, but had barely managed when he nearly fell. The sect master stepped forward briskly to support him, and their eyes met. Lu Ye clearly saw the guilt in the sect master's eyes. The old man's mouth twitched twice, and a thousand words were condensed into one sentence, "You have suffered!"

He had truly not expected that taking Lu Ye as a disciple would trigger so many events. After all, it was the poison left by Righteous Blood Sect. It was unreasonable to expect a disciple who had never even entered the sect gates to bear this burden, almost costing him his life.

During this half year, although he was certain Lu Ye was still alive, lacking suitable manpower, he couldn't conduct a large-scale search for Lu Ye's whereabouts. He had Shui Yuan ask some trusted independent cultivators for help, but their strength wasn't high, and looking for someone in the vast Spirit Stream battlefield was akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.