Sage of Humanity

When he had withdrawn just now, he had specifically gone to inform Giant Armor mainly because he was unwilling to watch him being besieged to death by the people of Fenghua Courtyard; the enemy of one's enemy is a friend, after all, so he helped where he could.

Unlike Sima Yang, Lu Ye had a rather good impression of Giant Armor.

"Death is irrevocable, and I have grievances with those people over there, so we could cooperate," Lu Ye comforted.

Giant Armor hung his head and did not respond, and it was unclear whether he had taken in the words.

After a brief moment of catching his breath, fluctuations of spirit force came from not far away. Lu Ye looked up and saw a Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivator on a rooftop nearby, looking this way. Their eyes met, and the man shouted, "Lu Yiye is over here!"

No sooner had the words fallen than a Fire Dragon Technique was already hurling toward that man, the searing power distorting the air around.

The man's expression changed, and he dodged in a flash, but under Lu Ye's control, the fire dragon also turned direction and heavily struck the man, who let out a miserable scream as he was blasted down.

"Let's go!"

Lu Ye started running with Giant Armor tightly following behind. Not far behind them, the fluctuations of spirit force rose and fell, clearly indicating that the people from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were in pursuit.

As they continued to flee, they just couldn't shake off the pursuers behind them, and from the sounds coming from behind, it seemed that more and more enemies were joining the chase.

If Lu Ye had been alone, he could have easily shaken off the pursuers with Move-Like-The-Wind enhancing him; chasing him would have been a dream for these people.

But with Giant Armor there, it was a different story. Giant Armor's speed was not slow but not particularly fast either. Moreover, Giant Armor was seriously injured and it would be best to find a place for him to take a healing pill.

But with so many pursuers close behind, no place was safe without shaking them off first.

After considering all options, it seemed there was only one place they could go.

A moment later, Lu Ye led Giant Armor around several streets and rushed to the front of a courtyard. They had just arrived when the pursuing Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators and the figures of Choo Qing and Ruo Yan appeared, sprinting swiftly.

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Then, they saw Lu Ye tidy up his clothes and gently push open the big gate of the courtyard, stepping inside.

"Surround them!" Choo Qing ordered sharply. In this brief moment, the number of her followers had grown to seventy or eighty, almost all that remained of the Fenghua Courtyard cultivators, including some independent cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, though they were few in number.

With so many followers, even if Lu Yiye really could command the Xianyuan Guard, their side still had the strength to fight, especially since she hadn't seen any trace of the Xianyuan Guard just now.

Swish swish swish, a group of cultivators nimbly leaped onto the high wall, completely sealing the courtyard airtight.

Choo Qing and Ruo Yan led twenty people through the main gate, brimming with killing intent.

Looking into the courtyard, they saw a swing with a woman in a red robe turned away from them. The previously arrogant and unassailable Lu Yiye was now respectfully standing near the red-robed woman, talking to her.

Having a special spirit body in Xianyuan City was something known to Fenghua Courtyard; they had encountered several before but had ended up besieging them. Mostly, these special spirits often posed extremely strange demands that they found difficult to satisfy.

Unable to comply, they had no choice but to fight.

So, seeing the red-robed woman, Choo Qing knew she was a special spirit body. She glanced briefly, initially unconcerned, but soon sensed something wrong because she couldn't see the spirit light of the other party.

Ruo Yan, standing beside her, did not possess her keen observational skills. Glaring with fiery eyes, she bit out at Lu Ye, "Lu Yiye, your time of death has arrived!"

Over there, Lu Ye was softly speaking to the red-robed woman. Hearing this, he raised his hand and pointed at Ruo Yan and the others: "It's them, they've been chasing me, preventing me from finding Mochi Ball."

The gently swaying swing stopped, and at that moment, Lu Ye's hairs stood on end; Giant Armor let out a low growl in his throat and pulled Lu Ye behind himself, shielding him.

Looking at the broad back before him, Lu Ye was slightly stunned.

"Fall back!" Choo Qing also sensed the danger and quickly shouted.

Boom...

The courtyard gate closed.

At the same time, screams rang out, and the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators perched on the wall, one after another, fell down like dumplings.

Falling from several meters wouldn't kill a person, but it was very disgraceful.

The not-so-large courtyard was suddenly crammed with dozens of people.

Choo Qing's expression was so grave it almost dripped water, because she experienced what Lu Ye had felt earlier - her spirit force was restricted within her body, unable to move. Even more despairing for her was the realization that Lu Yiye and this eerie red-robed woman appeared to be in cahoots!

Looking up, she saw Lu Ye looking her way, their eyes met, and a somewhat triumphant expression appeared on his face, even making faces at her for a while.

Choo Qing felt even worse.

In her years of cultivation, she had encountered many dangers, but none as hopeless as this. As soon as the anomaly occurred in the courtyard, she knew she had provoked a formidable existence far beyond their reckoning.

The power of the red-robed woman was profoundly beyond imagination, definitely not something they, at the Spirit Stream Realm, could contend with.

Was it because of her that Lu Yiye could command the Xianyuan Guard?

No wonder this guy had fled here...

It has to be said, Choo Qing thought she was doomed.

Lu Ye could control the Xianyuan Guard and it had nothing to do with the red-robed woman, he came here just carrying Giant Armor with nowhere to hide, letting him discard the Giant Armor, yet he couldn't quite bring himself to do it.

The current situation undoubtedly satisfied him, if the red-robed woman could in a fit of anger kill all these dozens of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, that would be even better.

"Have you seen Mochi Ball?"

The red-robed woman spoke up.

Lu Ye's look of satisfaction disappeared, and he frowned, things seem to be somewhat different from what he had expected.

Choo Qing also frowned, the imagined slaughter hadn't come, and this gave her a glimmer of hope for survival, recalling the various oddities of the special spirit bodies they encountered earlier, and the words Lu Ye had said before, this guy also mentioned Mochi Ball, Choo Qing carefully replied, "No."

"Can you help me look for Mochi Ball?"

The red-robed woman spoke again.

Lu Ye sighed inwardly, knowing his plan had fallen through, he had originally thought of using others to kill, but now it seemed that the red-robed woman wasn't quite up to the task.

Or rather, slaughter was not what she wanted; she was only interested in finding the cat named Mochi Ball, the more people looking for the cat, the better.

"I can." Choo Qing responded.

Then she felt the spirit force resume flowing inside her body, the omnipresent pressure around also vanished, she took a deep breath, knowing there was no immediate danger anymore.

After a moment's thought, Choo Qing whispered a few words to Ruo Yan, who then led most of the people out of the courtyard, heavily surrounding it, just waiting for Lu Ye to come out so they could catch him off guard.

Choo Qing stayed back with a few people, closely monitoring Lu Ye's movements.

Lu Ye naturally saw her intentions and, under these circumstances, he didn't have a good way to resolve it; with his strength, he indeed had a chance to take out Choo Qing and her people here, but from the attitude of the red-robed woman earlier, clashing in this courtyard clearly wasn't wise.

No one knew what consequences there might be if a battle really broke out here.

Perhaps he could probe the attitude of the red-robed woman a bit further?

Just as he thought this, Choo Qing actually walked directly towards him.

Lu Ye lightly released then gripped the handle of his knife, his intent to kill slowly rising, confident that if she came within fifteen feet, he could take her life with three strikes.

However, just as Lu Ye's intent to kill arose, he felt a prickling sensation at his back, the origin of this sensation was needless to say, definitely from the red-robed woman.

The stronger his intent to kill, the more intense the prickling sensation became, until it felt indeed as if thousands of needles were pricking him.

Choo Qing's steps also became laborious, sweat began to form on her forehead, and she slowly stopped.

She too, like Lu Ye, was testing the attitude of the red-robed woman.

The next moment, Lu Ye let go of the hand holding the knife hilt and withdrew his murderous intent, instantly feeling himself lighten.

Then, under the horrified gaze of Choo Qing, he quickly approached her.

"What are you doing?" Choo Qing couldn't help but back away, like a delicate young lady encountering a bully, retreating all the way to the far gate, with no room left to retreat.

Lu Ye, expressionless, lifted a hand and placed it on her head, vigorously rubbing it, turning her hair all messy.

"Make sure to search thoroughly for Mochi Ball, Mochi Ball is very important, if you can't find it, there will be no dinner tonight!"

A few Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators stared at this scene with their mouths agape, their expressions weird to the extreme.

When Lu Ye had approached Choo Qing, they had thought about stopping him, but whenever they thought of moving, they were enveloped with a great sense of crisis, preventing them from acting rashly.

Lu Ye turned and left, leaving Choo Qing standing there with hair as messy as a bird's nest, her expression dazed.

She hadn't been attacked by Lu Ye, nor had she been injured, but the scene just now was even more distressing than if she had been killed, her sworn enemy was right in front of her, not only could she not take revenge, she was even paternally reprimanded!

Mochi Ball! What the hell is Mochi Ball!

She suppressed the anger and surging intent to kill in her heart, taking several deep breaths, only then did she feel revived.

Elsewhere, Lu Ye walked to the center of the courtyard, where Giant Armor was sitting cross-legged; he had already left the red-robed woman's side a moment ago. He was tough, but he didn't feel secure near the red-robed woman, right now his eyes bloodshot as he stared at Choo Qing.@@novelbin@@

Just staring, with no trace of murderous intent.

Lu Ye hadn't told him the mysteries of this courtyard, but in fact, he had understood it earlier than Lu Ye, as someone with simple thoughts and a clear soul often possesses an animal-like keen intuition, he may not have understood the intricacies, but he knew what to do that was beneficial for him.

Taking out a few elixir pills, Lu Ye threw them into his mouth and swallowed, then sat down next to Giant Armor on a piece of broken rock, taking out two bottles of elixir pills for him, one bottle of Spirit-Nurturing Pill and one bottle of healing pill.

Giant Armor didn't have a storage sack, this was something Lu Ye noticed the first time he saw him, without a storage sack, naturally, he didn't have elixir pills to consume.

He didn't refuse Lu Ye's kindness, reaching out his hand to take them, opened the bottle, and without caring how many elixir pills were inside, he tilted his head and swallowed them all.

Then opening the second bottle, he swallowed it all in one go.