Sage of Humanity

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The Boulder Mountain Saber, with Double-Sharpness enhancement, thrust straight out, and even though Qiaoyun tried desperately to defend, the saber pierced directly through her heart.

At the brink of death, Qiaoyun suddenly seemed to understand something, and with disbelief in her eyes, she looked at Lu Ye, "You're… all on the same side!"

It made no sense for the Xianyuan Guard to only target her and not Lu Ye, and moreover, the ambush at Fenghua Courtyard earlier had been thwarted by the Xianyuan Guard. Had those Xianyuan Guards not suddenly appeared, this Lu Yiye would have been clearly dealt with by Choo Qing's arrangement right now.

Putting together all that had happened before, Qiaoyun would have to be a fool not to guess the truth of the matter.

She was terrified, an outsider cultivator had actually become entangled with the Xianyuan Guard of Xianyuan City, and this news had to be spread.

She struggled to raise her hand, trying to tap her battlefield marking.

Another glimmer of light flashed on the Boulder Mountain Saber that had pierced her heart. With the enhancement of the Cactus Spirit Runes, sharp spirit force spikes burst open inside her body.@@novelbin@@

Qiaoyun's body shuddered slightly, and the light in her eyes quickly faded.

Amber appeared from nowhere, leapt onto Lu Ye's shoulder; during the fierce battle just now, it had not shown itself, hiding in the shadows controlling its minion spirit.

Even for issuing simple commands, those minion spirits needed to be controlled.

The Xianyuan Guard around them turned into spirit light, entering inside it, leaving only Yiyi behind.

With the restraint of the Spirit-Binding Lock gone, Qiaoyun's plump body fell to the ground with a thud, as Lu Ye collected the storage sack from her waist and quickly darted forward.

At this moment, on the streets, atop the roofs, mist swirled, with an indescribable aura seeping out from within the fog.

Lu Ye had only run a few steps when suddenly, a humanoid shape dashed out from a swirling mist nearby.

This scene felt eerily familiar to Lu Ye; every time he entered the Mirage Realm to temper his saber skills, those cultivators would rush out of the fog just like this, one after another, each stronger than the last, until Lu Ye could no longer resist.

The humanoid being that emerged from the fog was completely shrouded in mist, obscuring any clear features or even distinguishable gender, identical to those encountered in the Mirage Realm.

Seeing this, Lu Ye became increasingly certain that the Breath Fruit Core he had obtained had a significant connection to the Boundless Mirage Realm; as to what exactly that connection was, he did not yet know.

Curious to test this, he turned around and slashed at the humanoid being with his saber. The opponent only exhibited Level 7 spirit force fluctuations and could not withstand the blow, instantly being cleaved in half and dissipating into fog.

But immediately thereafter, another humanoid being charged out from the surging fog, its presence slightly stronger than the previous one.

Lu Ye turned tail and ran!

It was confirmed; the humanoid beings and the rolling fog were identical to the situation within the Mirage Realm entered through the Breath Fruit Core. They couldn't be extinguished by killing them; they were an incessantly reemerging, unstoppable force.

He dashed into a nearby building, quickly shut the door, but the fog ignored the barrier of the door and pursued him. Lu Ye cursed under his breath, thinking that indeed only those houses with lanterns hanging outside the doors could provide refuge—the information purchased from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union was not wrong.

He swung his saber again, shattering the humanoid entity in his path and burst out onto the street, rushing forward.

On either side of the street, at intervals, mists tumbled, and as Lu Ye passed by, humanoid beings would emerge from the fog to relentlessly pursue him.

The number of pursuers behind him kept increasing, gradually converging into a not insignificant force.

This way of fleeing wouldn't do, as it would alarm other humanoid beings within the fog along the way; the number of pursuers would only increase. Even with a number of Xianyuan Guards as his aids, he definitely could not hold them off.

"Yiyi!"

Lu Ye called out, extending his hand to her at the same time.

Yiyi understood instantly and handed over the storage sacks she had collected from the battlefield to Lu Ye, and then threw herself into Amber's body.

Lu Ye then took out a wooden bracelet from his own storage sack. This was clearly a Spiritual Artifact, into which he channeled spirit force.

Turning a corner, Lu Ye, who was sprinting, suddenly stopped in his tracks. He slipped the bracelet on his wrist, and in a flash, circular ripples emanated from the bracelet. The ripples washed over Lu Ye's body, and something miraculous happened—Lu Ye rapidly distorted and then vanished from sight.

The humanoid entities chasing him quickly arrived at the spot, but Lu Ye was no longer in sight. These beings, emerging from the fog, buzzed around aimlessly for a while, and then gradually dispersed.

Lu Ye didn't move, not just because he didn't dare to move, but he also tried his best to control his breathing, even suppressing the circulation of his spirit force to the limit, fearing that he would give away any flaw.

The Spiritual Artifact in his hand had been given to him by Madam Yun.

When she found out that Lu Ye was going into the inner circle to train, Madam Yun gave him two items. One was the Nine Worlds map, which could be used to kill or trap enemies. The other was this trace-erasing bangle in his hand, for self-protection.

The Nine Worlds map was a spirit treasure. Considering that Lu Ye's cultivation was not enough, Madam Yun sealed 90 percent of this spirit treasure's power, so that it could barely be activated.

The trace-erasing bangle was not a spirit treasure. Its grade was somewhat difficult to determine, but it was undeniable that it was an extremely special and useful Spiritual Artifact.

It could make Lu Ye invisible, as he was at this moment.

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Madam Yun had crafted this treasure using an extremely rare spirit wood core, with Concealment Spirit Runes as the core and a few other spirit runes as supplementary, its immense value was beyond estimation. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire

The Nine Worlds map slew and trapped enemies, the trace-erasing bangle was used for evasion and self-protection; from this, it was clear that Madam Yun was truly worried about Lu Ye's safety, genuinely hoping he would survive and inherit her legacy in the future.

Concealment was not uncommon; ghost cultivators with profound cultivation could hide their forms, a result of connecting with the Netherworld, but aside from ghost cultivators, it was difficult for other factions of cultivators to have such means unless they used precious Spirit Talismans.

There was a kind of Spirit Talisman called the concealment talisman, but not only was it expensive, it was also scarce, even the Heaven's Augury treasure vault didn't stock it.

Of course, there were ways to counter such concealment techniques. Cultivators all had their own perception, the stronger the cultivator, the keener the perception. Ghost cultivators indeed excelled in stealth and assassination, but as long as one's perception was powerful enough, it was possible to detect those who had concealed their presence.

The trace-erasing bangle bestowed by Madam Yun was extraordinary, the only downside being that once Lu Ye activated this Spiritual Artifact's effect, he couldn't move.

Therefore, Lu Ye had never used this item before, and he would not have resorted to it this time either had he not been left with no choice.

If someone were to cast a large-scale magic spell at his location now, he would certainly be exposed.

Luckily, this time he was dealing with human-shaped beings that emerged from the mist, who, like the standard Xianyuan Guards, were mindless entities.

Only after the pursuers dispersed did Lu Ye reveal himself and dash towards the front.

Along the way, he attracted more pursuers, and the Xianyuan Guards that used to be seen everywhere were now nowhere to be found, it seemed even they were avoiding these human-shaped entities from the mist.

After running a distance, Lu Ye repeated his old trick, concealing his figure to shake off the pursuers and then continued moving forward.

After several attempts, he finally caught sight of a hanging lantern.

In two or three strides, he reached the building, pushed open the door, and strode inside.

He had just shut the door when a huge shadow loomed over him, a monstrous threat bearing down from above.

Lu Ye swung his saber, clanging as if striking iron, with sparks flying everywhere. When he looked up, he saw a broad figure standing before him. A palm as big as a fan was swinging down at him. Although the palm fell slowly, it stirred up a wind pressure, indicating the power behind the blow.

Lu Ye's eye twitched, feeling incredibly unlucky. The physique cultivators he encountered today were all abnormal; the woman named Qiaoyun with her layers of fat was bad enough, her flesh impenetrable to his blade, but this one was even more extreme. Lu Ye's saber slash, despite being enhanced with Sharpness, had not struck iron but had hit the man's chest, leaving only a white mark.

If Qiaoyun had reduced the attack with her layers of fat, then the man in front of him simply took the hit head-on, without any rationale to speak of.

As the palm swung down, Amber crouched on Lu Ye's shoulder cried out 'awoo'.

The palm suddenly came to a halt above Lu Ye's head, the wind pressure ruffling his hair, and the Boulder Mountain Saber in his hand was also frozen in front of the man's eyes.

The towering man glanced at Amber, then at Lu Ye, and withdrew his hand, scratching his head.

A spell suddenly attacked from the side. Lu Ye was about to dodge when the man standing before him swatted downward. The basin-sized fireball was dispersed with a single slap by the man, who didn't even seem to be using any blood Qi or spirit force, which meant he had achieved this feat purely with his physique.

The strength of such a physique was truly horrifying.

"Giant Armor!" an angry voice rang out.

"I know you," the towering man replied in an honest tone.

Lu Ye glanced to the side and saw a small-mustache cultivator.

Their eyes met, and the small-mustache let out a cry, "Ah! It's you guys? I thought it was someone from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, my mistake, my mistake, apologies for that."

Though he spoke thusly, there was not the slightest hint of apology in his demeanor.

Lu Ye had a feeling that if Giant Armor hadn't held back suddenly, that small-mustache magic cultivator wouldn't have cared whether he was from Haotian Alliance or Ten Thousand Demons Ridge; he would have likely killed first and asked questions later.

Killing cultivators from the same faction also earned merits.

The air was tinged with the faint smell of blood, indicating people had died here.

After glancing indifferently at the small-mustache, Lu Ye sheathed his saber.

The small-mustache approached with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, we really must be fated to meet again here."

"Hmm."

Lu Ye responded indifferently and looked around before finding a corner to go to and sit down cross-legged.

Giant Armor moved over, looking worriedly at Amber, his eyes wide open like lanterns.

Indeed, the remaining Xianyuan Guards were drawing on Amber's power to recover themselves, which left Amber looking somewhat languished and in need of nourishment.