Sage of Humanity-Chapter 555 - 553: Entering the Cloud River Battlefield Again

The Heaven's Augury Pillar that a cultivator personally spends merits to summon can only be used by themselves and those whom they have permitted; others cannot use this pillar.

Therefore, the Heaven's Augury Pillar in the hunting ground, although worth a hundred thousand merits, ended up as an abandoned item.

Lu Ye had not arranged a meeting place with Li Baxian beforehand, but he felt that they would probably be waiting for him near the hunting ground, so after a moment's thought, Lu Ye chose the blue light spot.

His field of vision shifted, and his body felt lighter.

In just an instant, his entire being disappeared from the Heaven's Augury Hall.

At the Cloud River battlefield, the original location of the hunting ground, in front of the Heaven's Augury Pillar, Lu Ye's figure appeared and he immediately scanned his surroundings.

Nothing was out of the ordinary. Although it was a bustling place over a month ago, since the hunting ground had been closed for so long, naturally, no cultivators remained there.

However, looking around, he could still vaguely see the various remnants of the fierce battles that had taken place, especially where the Fire Phoenix Spirit Runes he had released had ravaged the area, with scorched earth still strewn about, highlighting the intensity of that day's fight.

Lu Ye placed his hand on the battlefield marking and sent out a message, "Fourth Senior Brother, I'm back!"

It wasn't long before he received a response from Li Baxian. Lu Ye had guessed right—Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan had not gone far. Since they had not agreed on a meeting place before, they had spent the past month training on their own within a thousand miles of the area, waiting for Lu Ye's return.

After a brief exchange, they agreed to meet at the nearby Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, and Lu Ye sent a message to Giant Armor.

With a simple and clear sentence, he asked, "Location!"

Atop a spirit mountaintop, a huge figure sat still like a statue, his body covered with the marks left by wind and frost, nearly buried in fallen leaves.

The large figure neither breathed in nor out, and the breath of life from his body was so faint it was almost imperceptible, with hardly any sign of vitality.

Even if someone were to pass by him, they might think he was a dead person.

Sitting in this spot for nearly two months, Giant Armor had entered a state of stillness.

He had received a message from Lu Ye before, instructing him to wait in place, and so he had obediently stayed put, not moving until now...

He hadn't even noticed the passage of time.

It was only when his battlefield marking stirred that Giant Armor slowly opened his eyes, looked down to check the message, and the fallen leaves fluttered down as two birds perched on his head took flight with a flap of their wings.

Giant Armor scratched his head and pulled a bird's nest from atop it, seemingly reluctant to destroy it. After thinking it over, he placed it back on his head.

Lu Ye had asked him to report his current location. Though perplexed, Giant Armor still relayed where he was.

On the other side, upon reading Giant Armor's reply, Lu Ye was taken aback because the location reported was exactly the same as the one given nearly two months ago.

"You never left?"

"Mm!"

"Keep waiting there for me."

"Okay."

After ending the communication with Lu Ye, Giant Armor began to faintly sense something unusual about his surroundings. Turning to look, he saw packs of giant wolves, each as large as a calf, either squatting or standing around, their beastly eyes fixedly staring at him.

The number of giant wolves was not small; there were at least a hundred of them.

Any other cultivator facing such a situation would probably be terrified, but Giant Armor was merely taken aback for a moment, because he didn't see any malice in the wolves' eyes. Instead, there was more human-like surprise and curiosity. The wolves seemed to find it unbelievable that Giant Armor was actually alive!

After all, Giant Armor had not moved for nearly two months, with no sign of breathing or life, so all the wolves thought he was an inanimate object.

After observing for a while, Giant Armor closed his eyes again and soon re-entered that peculiar state of stillness.

Surrounded by such a wolf pack, he felt no sense of danger. In his philosophy, there was no issue as long as the other party had no ill will toward him.

Moreover, even if the wolf pack were to attack, he was not without the power to protect himself.

As Giant Armor sank back into stillness, the somewhat restless wolf pack calmed down too. Soon, one of the giant wolves approached Giant Armor, sniffing him carefully as if trying to determine whether this fellow in front of it was dead or alive...

Ultimately it walked away, still puzzled.

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Night fell, and the moon shone brightly amidst sparse stars.

The moonlight enveloped Giant Armor, who was in a state of stillness, and a milky glow suddenly radiated from his body. This glow seemed to resonate uniquely with the moonlight from the sky, drawing it down in streams.

Looking across the vast spirit mountaintop, the moonlight surged incessantly, bathing the entire spirit mountaintop in the milky light, making it appear profoundly sacred.

That Giant Armor could cultivate by absorbing moonlight was something that Lu Ye had known for a long time. Amber had also cultivated alongside Giant Armor in this manner before, and according to Yiyi's observations, it benefited Amber greatly. Unfortunately, ever since they separated in the Spirit Stream battlefield, they had not met again.

The reason this wolf pack was attracted was due to the nightly spectacle that emerged on the spirit mountaintop. If Amber could benefit from cultivating with Giant Armor, then naturally, the wolf pack could too.

Five days after Giant Armor settled here, this pack of wolves discovered his presence. Demon beasts have simple thoughts. Regardless of whether Giant Armor was dead or alive, he was ultimately an existence that could bring them immense benefits. Therefore, even when Giant Armor woke up just now, the wolf pack did not reveal any malice.

In their view, Giant Armor was akin to the sacred object of their tribe, capable of swiftly strengthening and expanding them, which is why they constantly guarded this place.

As the moonlight poured down, the giant wolves also instinctively looked up and inhaled.

With the moon high in the sky, the oddities atop the spirit mountaintop became even clearer.

The attraction of this oddity brought not only the wolf pack but also other demon beasts.

The concept of territory is deeply ingrained in demon beasts; such a sacred object that could strengthen the tribe had long been regarded as forbidden prey by the wolf pack, never allowing other demon beasts to get involved.

As a result, almost every moonlit night, the wolf pack had to fight a great battle with other demon beasts that were attracted here. It was these constant battles that established the wolf pack's exclusive claim over this territory.

Of these matters, Giant Armor was utterly unaware.

He had always felt that he had merely taken a short rest...

In the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, within a guest room, Lu Ye was engaged in reading and cultivation when a knock on the door sounded, and Yiyi got up to open the door.

Li Baxian, wearing the masks of a boy and girl, and Feng Yuechan arrived hand in hand.

Lu Ye stood up to greet them.

Removing his mask, Li Baxian's face was filled with shame, "Junior Brother Lu, I'm sorry for the troubles you faced in the hunting ground. I, as your senior brother, couldn't offer any help, how shameful!"

Li Baxian had been feeling guilty whenever he thought about the events in the hunting ground. Fortunately, Lu Ye had a profound foundation and was favored by Heaven's Augury; he managed to escape from that desperate situation in the end.

Lu Ye said, "Senior Brother is exaggerating. When I was being hunted, I received assistance from many strong members of the Haotian Alliance. Without Senior Brother's connections, I wouldn't have lasted until the end."

Li Baxian sighed, "In the end, one must be strong oneself."

In the Spirit Stream battlefield, he and Senior Sister Feng had been respected alone for many years. But upon arriving at the Cloud River battlefield, their former reputations brought not convenience, but greater danger, filling him with a multitude of emotions.

Did Lu Ye not feel the same?

Before the hunting ground incident, he could act in the Cloud River battlefield without too much worry. But after the hunting ground episode, it was believed that Ten Thousand Demons Ridge would spare no effort to track his movements and devise ways to kill him again.

His future circumstances on the Cloud River battlefield might not be as peaceful as before.

Feng Yuechan advised on the side, "Strength grows little by little. Don't be too hasty. Compared to others, our cultivation has already improved very quickly."

"What Senior Sister Feng says makes sense," Lu Ye replied.

Lu Ye invited them to take a seat and had Yiyi serve tea. Then he took out the 6 spirit fortune sticks and pushed them toward the two, "This is the portion for Senior Brother and Senior Sister Feng. I have already used mine."

Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan did not refuse and each took 3 spirit fortune sticks to keep.

With these gold-hued spirit fortune sticks, they could ascend to the Level 5 realm in a short time. The speed of this cultivation increase could not be said to be slow. And with their Level 5 realm cultivation, even if they encountered someone of the Level 7 realm in the future, that person might not necessarily be their opponent.

Lu Ye then took out a spirit beast sack and extracted the plump, white Class A Spring Spirit.

"So this is a Class A Spring Spirit?" Aside from Lu Ye, it was the first time for everyone present to see this, and they couldn't help being curious.

Yiyi approached and even poked it, causing the Class A Spring Spirit to suddenly curl up.

"It's still alive?" Feng Yuechan was astonished.

"Should we use this spring spirit ourselves or sell it, what do you think, Senior Brother?" Lu Ye asked.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Baxian spoke, "Certainly there would be no difficulty selling it, but ordinary items are not of much use to us. As for trading with spirit fortune sticks, we are also unclear about the value of such a Class A Spring Spirit, and furthermore, others may not be able to gather enough spirit fortune sticks in a short time. Currently, we are all at the Level 4 realm, and we will reside in the Cloud River battlefield for a long time. If we could have a Class A Spirit Ground, our cultivation would be more efficient."

Lu Ye nodded, "That's what I was thinking, too."

Instead of selling the Class A Spring Spirit for some spirit fortune sticks, it really would be better to use it oneself.

Moreover, even if they were to advance to True Lake and leave the Cloud River battlefield, the Class A Spirit Ground they leave behind could also be passed on to the disciples of their own sects.

In the Cloud River battlefield, there are many such spirit grounds that have been handed down from generation to generation, each belonging exclusively to a sect.

"But if we really intend to use it ourselves, there are some problems we need to address, with the most significant issue being the location of the spirit ground," Li Baxian slowly began.

With a Class A Spring Spirit, as long as one is in the Cloud River battlefield, any location chosen could create a Class A Spirit Ground. But if the location is not well chosen, it will inevitably lead to endless troubles in the future.

First and foremost, it must be sufficiently concealed.

But to the high-level cultivators in the Cloud River Realm, where in the entire Cloud River battlefield could be considered especially hidden? Unless it's in forbidden lands that cultivators are reluctant to tread, environments similar to the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest or the Land of Fiery Flames of the Spirit Stream battlefield.

Even with Lu Ye's array setup, it would not guarantee much. Before, Lu Ye still set up a formation before leaving that Class C Spirit Ground, but in the end, it was still broken through by others, and even the spring spirit was plundered away.