Sage of Humanity-Chapter 565 - 563 Feathered Master

Apart from inscribing different spirit runes on demon wolves every day, Lu Ye spent the rest of his time engaged in cultivation and reading. By now, nature's spiritual energy within the spirit ground had thoroughly stabilized, offering a lush environment for cultivation. With the addition of consuming the Origin Spirit Pill, Lu Ye's cultivation efficiency could be said to have reached an all-time high.

Of course, even so, it still couldn't compare to cultivating with the help of spirit fortune sticks.

For cultivators, using spirit fortune sticks for cultivation was always the fastest way to enhance one's cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, and every demon wolf had received its own rune tattoo.

During these three days, Lu Ye also obtained more than a dozen demonic pills from the demon wolves, all brought back from their hunting expeditions. The quality of the demonic pills varied, but, on the whole, they were quite good.

After the last demon wolf was inscribed with a rune tattoo, the entire wolf pack suddenly gathered together, their leader's tall figure extremely conspicuous among them. It tilted its head back and howled towards the sky, and the wolf pack responded with a chorus of howls.

Following that, the lead wolf turned around and led its pack, sprinting away from Great Reversal Valley in a mighty and imposing manner.

Lu Ye watched in astonishment, wondering what the wolf pack was about to do.

Recently, although the wolves had been hunting outside, they had never all left at once. At most, a group of demon wolves would be dispatched to hunt, with the majority remaining within the valley.

This was the first time that they had all left like they did today.

Moreover, the manner in which the wolf pack departed gave off the sense of a great army setting off on a campaign.

Perhaps they were seeking revenge against some demon beast? Lu Ye secretly conjectured.

Such a wolf pack was undoubtedly powerful as a whole, but within the Great Wilderness Mountain, they might still have enemies. It's possible that they had suffered losses at the hands of some adversary in the past, and thus they resorted to relying on Giant Armor's cultivation to strengthen the power of their pack. Now that they had received spirit runes from Lu Ye, it was certain that their overall strength had improved—by twenty to thirty percent at the very least—giving them the confidence to seek revenge.

Of course, whether this was the case or not, Lu Ye was unclear.

By nightfall, the wolf pack still hadn't returned.

Lu Ye grilled some snake meat, casually eating a bit before getting up and approaching the Heaven's Augury Pillar. He placed his hand on it and connected with the Heaven's Augury treasure vault.

Soon, he found himself in the small room dedicated to requesting the upgrade of spirit artifacts.

It was the appointed time to meet the mysterious woman.

What puzzled him was that after waiting for more than two hours, there was still no sign of the other party.

Lu Ye wasn't worried that the other party would be tempted to keep his Boulder Mountain Saber for themselves. They had already signed the Heaven's Augury Pact, and if the other party failed to deliver the Boulder Mountain Saber within the agreed time limit, they would surely be punished by Heaven's Augury. Even if that person were from True Lake or even the Divine Sea Realm and a strong cultivator, they certainly could not withstand such punishment.

As long as the person wasn't dead, they would deliver the Boulder Mountain Saber no matter what.

However, if the other party had indeed died, that would complicate matters. The Boulder Mountain Saber had been with Lu Ye for several years, and he was already deeply connected to it. Even if he were to find another saber exactly like it, it would inevitably impact the effectiveness of his abilities.

Could it really be such a coincidence that the person had died?

Time trickled by, and just when the deadline was about to be reached, the space in front of Lu Ye suddenly twisted, and following that, the woman's figure appeared.

Lu Ye looked up and saw that her complexion was somewhat pale, with traces of dried blood at the corners of her mouth, indicating that she had recently been in a fierce battle and had been injured.

Seeing Lu Ye waiting there, the woman exhaled deeply, her chest heaving once before she placed the Boulder Mountain Saber on the table in front of her and continued to deceive Lu Ye with her hoarse voice, "Mission accomplished. You should check it."

Lu Ye picked up the Boulder Mountain Saber and casually weighed it, finding that its weight had indeed doubled, which felt just right in his hand.

Drawing the blade from its sheath, the saber, already pitch black, now appeared even more profound, yet amidst the darkness, a sense of sharpness had been added. Stimulation of the mind ensued as he examined the various restrictions on the saber.

Twenty-seven restrictions, no mistakes there.

All his requirements were fulfilled. As for how much the might of the Boulder Mountain Saber had increased, that would have to be tested in actual combat.

However, having already witnessed the transition of the Boulder Mountain Saber from low grade to mid-grade at the hands of this person, and now mid-grade to top grade, there should be no problems. With a prior collaboration as the basis, Lu Ye felt quite confident in the woman's craftsmanship.

"No problem," Lu Ye nodded in confirmation. As he finished speaking, the Heaven's Augury Pact took effect, and the back of his hand warmed slightly as the agreed-upon merit was deducted.

The deal was done; there was no need to linger any longer. Lu Ye didn't want to know how she had been injured, and there was no need to ask, lest he expose any of his own secrets.

Just as he was about to leave, the woman suddenly called out, "Young friend, please wait."

Lu Ye looked up at her.

"You're from the Cloud River Realm, right?"

"Yes." With the quality of the Boulder Mountain Saber evident, she could easily guess this fact.

"In the future, do you plan to enhance this saber to supreme grade quality?"

"Possibly."

"Then consider leaving my imprint. If you have any further needs, you can directly contact me. It will save you a lot of trouble," she suggested, her hoarse voice suggesting a transaction.

The proposal from the other party somewhat surprised Lu Ye, but by the look of her, she seemed to want to make a profit from him.

There was nothing reprehensible about that, after all, if he needed to upgrade his weapon in the future, he would have to come here to commission the service. Being acquainted with someone here could save some trouble.

"Alright."

The woman immediately raised her hand and wiped her battlefield marking, sending a glimmer of light towards Lu Ye. He raised his hand, and the light fell upon the battlefield marking on the back of his hand.

"How should I address you?" asked Lu Ye.

"Call me Feathered Master," the woman replied. "But if you wish to seek me out, you'll have to leave the Cloud River battlefield. You won't be able to contact me while you're there."

The woman's cultivation was undoubtedly higher than the Cloud River Realm, her true body located somewhere in Nine Provinces.

"Understood," Lu Ye nodded slightly, his thoughts stirring, his figure dissipated, exiting the space.

The woman was left frowning: "He didn't even say his own name, truly an impolite youngster."

After muttering under her breath, she hastily departed as well. She was injured and needed to heal as soon as possible.

In the wooden hut on the spirit ground, Lu Ye examined the Boulder Mountain Saber. As he channeled spirit force into it, the flow seemed smoother than before, and although the blade had minor traces from clashing in combat over a long period, no matter how indestructible the Boulder Mountain Saber was, this was inevitable.

However, after the upgrade, all the previously existed tiny traces had disappeared, as if the saber was reborn.

Regardless of the woman's penchant for affectation, her skill in Artifact Refining was indeed commendable.

In fact, if Lu Ye was willing, he could also practice the Path of Artifact Refining. He had a foundation as a spirit runes master, making the cultivation in Artifact Refining more efficient.

However, one's energy is always limited. Besides his main focus as a spirit runes master, he was also practicing the Array Path and the Rune Tattoo Path, unable to spare more energy elsewhere.

He took out the Breath Fruit Core from his storage space, ready to enter the Mirage Realm to test his combat skills.

His consciousness immersed within, he quickly found himself in that unique small space, immediately surveying his surroundings with caution.

Ever since he was once attacked unexpectedly upon entering this place, Lu Ye remained vigilant every time he used the Breath Fruit Core to enter the Mirage Realm.

But over time, he had not encountered that individual again.

Firstly, the number of times both might train in the Mirage Realm could be rare since each entry consumed some merit.

Secondly, this small space was simply a transit point. As long as they did not enter at the same time, they would not meet each other.

Meeting another person here last time was simply too coincidental.

After expending a hundred merits to open the door, Lu Ye stepped into the Mirage Realm, saber in hand.

Fog billowed around him, and soon a mist-shrouded figure charged at him. Before the figure reached him, a barrage of weapon control lights already struck at him.

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This time in the Mirage Realm, his opponent turned out to be a cultivator, and judging by the force of the opponent's attacks, they were of the same cultivation level as Lu Ye, a Cloud River Level 4.

The strength of the adversaries in the Mirage Realm was always linked to Lu Ye's own power. As he entered with his Cloud River Level 4 cultivation, so would the strength of his opponents be at Level 4, and the difficulty would gradually increase until he could no longer bear it and was eventually killed and ejected from the realm.

Both being at Level 4, but Lu Ye was accustomed to defeating stronger enemies, facing the oncoming barrage head-on. The Boulder Mountain Saber blazed with fire, blocking all attacks and rushing straight towards the enemy. As his saber light slashed, the figure of his opponent dissipated.

The mist churned around him, and this time, two figures emerged...

With his long saber whirling, saber light sweeping through the air, Lu Ye's figure moved agilely through the Mirage Realm. The Boulder Mountain Saber burned with dazzling flames, and one after another, his enemies fell.

After being upgraded to top grade, the Boulder Mountain Saber clearly inflicted more damage, but correspondingly, the consumption of spirit force had also become much fiercer.

This was unavoidable.

It was also the reason why cultivators of different levels were fit to use spirit artifacts of varying grades.

Allowing a Spirit Stream Realm cultivator to use a top-grade spirit artifact would exhaust them quickly, even if they could activate it, as their spirit force would rapidly be depleted.

Currently at Level 4 realm, Lu Ye could barely handle the consumption brought by wielding a top-grade spirit artifact. If he could increase his cultivation by one more level, reaching the Level 5 realm, handling it would become somewhat easier.

He had previously considered whether to switch the weapon control instruments in his supplies box to top-grade spirit artifacts, but after this trial, he decided against it.

Not because he couldn't afford it, but because it was unnecessary.

The combat style of a combat cultivator was mainly close combat, while the Weapon Control Path was merely an embellishment, giving combat cultivators an additional method of medium to long-range engagement to avoid the embarrassment of being attacked from afar without being able to retaliate.

However, compared with other combat cultivators' weapon control, Lu Ye's was undeniably more lethal because he could empower his own weapon control with spirit runes: Move-Like-The-Wind made his weapon control faster, and Sharpness made his weapon control more deadly—a feature most cultivators could not match.

After practicing for more than one hour, Lu Ye was ejected from the Mirage Realm. A mild stabbing pain transmitted through his mind, quickly dissipating—a clear benefit of a powerful psyche.