Sage of Humanity

Lu Ye had never seen anyone consume elixir pills like this; although he had the Talent Tree that could burn away the pill poison, he still didn't dare to eat so many at once.@@novelbin@@

It could only be said that Giant Armor really was endowed with exceptional talent.

Footsteps approached, and Lu Ye turned to see Choo Qing walking toward him.

The woman stood before him, her hair a mess, raising a fist and gently thumping it against his chest.

Lu Ye's eyelids twitched.

Choo Qing suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

She was not a fool, after getting angry for a while, she faintly grasped the subtlety of the situation. Simply put, as long as there was no intent to kill inside this small courtyard, there would be no problem. When Lu Ye rubbed her head, he didn't show any intent to kill, so the red-robed woman didn't intervene.

But this made her feel humiliated, so she ran over to give Lu Ye a taste of his own medicine.

She was not yet satisfied, raising her fist to hammer Lu Ye's chest again, this time with greater force, causing a thud to resound from Lu Ye's chest.

Lu Ye turned his head to look at the red-robed woman, who was swinging leisurely on a swing, appearing serene and carefree.

Choo Qing's little fists kept falling, gritting her teeth, "I don't believe you can hide in here forever, dare to step out and I will make sure you have no place for your corpse."

Being at a disadvantage and not fighting back was not an option for Lu Ye, so he lifted his hand to pat Choo Qing on the head, rubbing it while retaliating, "Choo Xue died at my hands."

Choo Qing's expression immediately changed, and her body couldn't help but tremble. The surge of murderous intent made her almost want to disregard everything and make a move, but the sense of crisis in her heart made her realize the reality; she knew that if she dared to act, before she could kill Lu Yiye, she herself would be dead first.

The red-robed woman's cultivation was ridiculously high.

Forcibly suppressing the murderous thoughts in her heart, Choo Qing's eyes reddened, yet she managed a smile, forced cheer having taken over, and continued, "Don't worry, it won't be easy for you to die. Fenghua Courtyard has dozens of people, each will stab you with a sword, chop you with a blade, you will die a miserable death."

"Qiaoyun died at my hands!"

As Choo Qing pounded Lu Ye's chest, her fist paused slightly, then she increased the frequency of her hammering.

"If you beg for mercy now, I might consider making it quick for you. What do you think, want to consider it?"

"You too will die at my hands."

As Lu Ye spoke, he frowned; although the woman wasn't showing any killing intent, it still hurt a bit when she pounded on him. It wouldn't be right for him to hit her in the chest in return, as she was a woman after all. Killing her was one thing, but hammering her chest would be indecent. Merely rubbing her head felt like a loss!

With this thought, Lu Ye swiftly jumped back.

"Giant Armor, it's your turn to entertain her."

The Giant Armor, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly rose to his feet, standing before a stunned Choo Qing, his imposing presence nearly suffocating her.

She looked up to see Giant Armor towering a whole head taller than her.

"It's not..." Choo Qing's expression turned frantic.

Giant Armor extended a hand as large as a fan and placed it on Choo Qing's head, roughly rubbing it.

Choo Qing raised her hand, but even with her arm fully extended, she couldn't reach Giant Armor's chest.

What was supposed to be a tension-filled scene suddenly became comical.

"Aren't you two going to look for Mochi Ball? What are you doing here?" A faint voice came from the side, the swinging swing had stopped without notice.

Lu Ye, who was caught up in the spectacle, Giant Armor who was rubbing Choo Qing's head, Choo Qing who was suffering from the rough treatment, and even the few Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators who had been looking on dumbfounded, every single one of them immediately stood up straight in the presence of the red-robed woman.

"Don't just stand there, go!"

"Yes!" The group answered in unison, then hastily rushed towards the gate.

Choo Qing left first with a few from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, with Lu Ye and Giant Armor following behind.

The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, and Lu Ye hadn't expected the red-robed woman to actually drive people away; this was very disadvantageous for him and Giant Armor. Explore more stories with My Virtual Library Empire

With the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge people lying in wait outside and without the protection of the red-robed woman, the moment they left the courtyard gate, he and Giant Armor would definitely be in trouble.

But since the red-robed woman had spoken, staying any longer would only make things worse.

In the current situation, a breakout was the only option. He was somewhat confident he could escape, but Giant Armor was sure to die.

"I'll go first!"

As Lu Ye was contemplating, a large hand patted his shoulder, causing him to stagger slightly. Immediately after, Giant Armor passed him, stepping out without any fear.

Lu Ye followed, with Amber crouching on his shoulder.

The doors to the courtyard closed with a bang behind them.

Lu Ye looked around and saw dozens of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators already surrounding the area tightly. Eyes from every direction gazed at them, each filled with a vicious gleam.

Spirit force began to fluctuate, magic cultivators activated their spells, and combat cultivators readied their Spiritual Artifacts.

Giant Armor bent down, his blood qi beginning to boil, assuming the stance of charging into battle, while Lu Ye drew the Boulder Mountain Saber from his waist.

"Kill!" Choo Qing commanded.

A series of muffled groans suddenly arose. The magic cultivators who had been charging up their spells became pale, their spirit force thrown into disarray. The spells they were about to cast all faltered, and not just them—even the combat and ghost cultivators controlling Spiritual Artifacts were similarly affected, resulting in numerous artifacts clinking and clattering to the ground.

Lu Ye and Giant Armor, having charged only two steps forward, halted in unison.

Choo Qing's expression turned ugly as she hurriedly calmed the chaotic spirit force within her.

Lu Ye sheathed the Boulder Mountain Saber and also struggled to suppress the rampaging spirit force inside him. That moment just now had nearly scared him to death.

Inside the small courtyard, with the red-robed woman present, they were unable to harbor killing thoughts towards one another, and unexpectedly, it was the same once they left the courtyard.

Perhaps in the eyes of the red-robed woman, whether it was Lu Ye, Giant Armor, or Choo Qing and the others, they were all supposed to help her find the cat. Since it was a search for the cat, then they should focus on that task. Infighting did not align with her interests.

Realizing this, Lu Ye's heart relaxed. It seemed they were temporarily safe.

After a good while, he slowly exhaled, the turmoil in his spirit force finally settling. Looking at Choo Qing not far ahead, he raised his thumb and pointed backward.

I've got backup!

Then he strode forward, together with Giant Armor, forcefully carving a path through the encirclement of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, their presence undeniably dominant.

Choo Qing's face was etched with unwillingness, but what could that change? Almost everyone had suffered a setback just now, and she truly didn't dare to initiate another fight here. Fighting here was no different from doing so within the small courtyard.

Having broken out of the encirclement, Lu Ye immediately sped up, dashing forward.

Giant Armor was not dumb and quickly followed.

"Pursue!" With a wave of her hand, Choo Qing led seventy to eighty Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators in relentless pursuit.

The situation had returned to what it was before, but this time Lu Ye and Giant Armor couldn't seek refuge in the small courtyard again. The red-robed woman had clearly shown her displeasure with their dawdling attitude. If they dared to return, they'd likely face unfavorable consequences.

While the situation seemed unchanged, there were subtle shifts occurring.

Lu Ye now just wanted to figure out one thing—if things were really as he speculated, that would be interesting.

During the chase, they had run through several streets.

It was only upon reaching a round plaza that Lu Ye finally stopped, and though Giant Armor didn't know why he had ceased fleeing, he stopped as well.

In just a few breaths, Choo Qing led a group of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators to their location.

"Encircle them!" Choo Qing commanded.

The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators immediately formed a circle, surrounding Lu Ye and Giant Armor. The reason for not engaging was that despite the distance from the small courtyard, the invisible restraint from the red-robed woman had not lifted.

During the pursuit, Choo Qing had harbored killing intentions towards Lu Ye several times but felt as if needles were pricking her back, a sensation that lasted until now.

It made her infuriated. Her enemy was right in front of her, yet she couldn't move a hand to kill him; it was torture.

It seemed that to lift the restraint, they needed to find Mochi Ball, but what exactly was Mochi Ball? Choo Qing regretted not having asked before.

One thing was certain, it couldn't be something edible; a spiritual body didn't need food.

Actually, solving the issue was simple. Those who had entered the small courtyard couldn't harbor killing intent towards Lu Ye and Giant Armor, but others could. Hence, they just needed to find assistants who hadn't been in the courtyard.

During the pursuit, she had already contacted Illuminating Sun Mountain, hoping to get some reinforcements to help kill Lu Ye.

However, she learned that they were already in battle with Surreptitious Palace. Counting the independent cultivators joining both sides, about three hundred people were fighting fiercely, making it impossible to spare anyone. They even hoped that she would bring the Fenghua Courtyard team to aid them.

Fenghua Courtyard was originally planning on joining forces with Illuminating Sun Mountain to deal with Surreptitious Palace, but they ran into Lu Ye halfway and had been sidetracked until now.

For Choo Qing to give up on Lu Ye now and go to support Illuminating Sun Mountain was unthinkable. If she left, finding Lu Ye again later would be difficult.

Thus, she could only wait, wait for the battle between Illuminating Sun Mountain and Surreptitious Palace to subside before borrowing help from there.

Both parties had already reached an agreement: Illuminating Sun Mountain would take care of Lu Ye and Giant Armor, then they would regroup and sweep the Haotian Alliance forces.

This was undoubtedly a situation benefiting both sides.

So all Choo Qing and her companions needed to do was follow Lu Ye and make sure he didn't escape, as he was merely a grasshopper after autumn, unable to leap for much longer.

Just as she was thinking this, an unexpected change occurred. From the beast pet crouching on Lu Ye's shoulder, one spiritual body after another floated out. In the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen spiritual bodies standing around him, most of them resembling Xianyuan Guards, among which were two special spirit bodies.

Choo Qing was stunned. Could this man really command the Xianyuan Guard?

The first to cry out was Yiyi, accompanied by the plucking of Amber's pipa. The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators didn't even have time to realize what was happening before a feeling of head-heaviness and foot-lightness overcame them, leaving them bewildered.

Several Spirit-Binding Locks took advantage of this disarray to capture seven or eight cultivators. Liu Sanbao's dice turned into streaks of Liu Guang as they flew out. Yiyi's spells exploded, and life began to wither.

By the time the group from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge regained their senses, those captured cultivators had already perished.