Sage of Humanity

When Lann Yudie screamed, the dagger in her hand had already flown out, aiming directly at the sword light, but the speed of the sword light was astonishingly fast, and the dagger missed completely.

The sharp sword light swept in front of Lu Ye in an instant, and an unprecedented sense of crisis sprouted in his heart. At that moment, his whole body turned ice-cold, feeling the breath of death enveloping him.

At the critical moment of life and death, a larger and more solid Defense Spirit Rune appeared in front of him, and almost at the same time, the sword light struck.

Crack...

The sturdy Defense Spirit Rune only slightly hindered the sword light before it shattered thunderously, and despite Lu Ye's desperate efforts to stimulate his spirit force, he could not stabilize it.

Fortunately, that momentary blockage allowed him to shift his body slightly aside.

The sword light flew past close to his body, and Lu Ye felt a slight stinging pain at his neck.

Without pausing or hesitating, he was about to lunge forward with his dagger when a strong gust struck him from behind.

He hurriedly stimulated the Defense Spirit Rune again, positioning it behind him.

Crack...

As the spirit rune shattered, he rolled on the ground and felt a surge of energy pass over his head. When he looked up, it was that same sword light.

Hum...

The sword light buzzed, changing direction and attacking him for the third time. Lu Ye focused his attention intensely, aware that its lethality was the strongest he had ever faced. If he carelessly got hit by it, he would undoubtedly die!

Just as Lu Ye was staring at the sword light, preparing to stimulate the Defense Spirit Rune at the right time, a sudden scream came from the side. Along with the scream, the sword light converged, reverting to its original longsword form, and fell to the ground.

Lu Ye looked up following the sound and saw Lann Yudie, dagger in hand, stab into the heart of the Level 7 combat cultivator. The opponent, not yet dead and with a fierce look, said through gritted teeth, "You... can't escape!"

Lann Yudie reached out, and the dagger she had thrown earlier flew back to her. With a clean and decisive backhand stroke, she severed the man's neck, and his blood spurted out, which she promptly avoided.

The Level 7 cultivator knelt on the ground, clutching his throat, then thudded to the ground. A red light burst from the man's body and landed on the back of Lann Yudie's hand.

The faint purple lines on her face gradually receded. Lann Yudie staggered a few steps and seemed somewhat unstable. Lu Ye quickly stepped forward to support her.

"Hurry!" Lann Yudie urged.

Spirit force fluctuations came from nearby, probably stirred by the commotion of the fight here. It was unclear which camp's cultivators were approaching, but judging from Lann Yudie's earlier solitary engagement, it was most likely from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge camp.

Lu Ye, supporting her body, leaped onto Big White, and Amber immediately broke into a sprint.

As the spirit force fluctuations slowly faded behind them, Lu Ye's expression remained extremely solemn because he felt something was off with Lann Yudie. She must have employed some secret technique at a great cost, as, after the fight, her breath had become much weaker, and her body was feverish.

Yiyi was already scouting ahead, looking for a suitable place to hide.

As night fell, Lu Ye and Lann Yudie hid in a cave found by Yiyi.

After lowering Lann Yudie from Big White, Lu Ye frowned deeply because the woman had many injuries that had not been previously attended to. What troubled him more was that she had passed out...

Her injuries were more severe than they appeared.

"Yiyi, heal her," Lu Ye instructed as he took out the medicinal powders and clean cotton cloth Hua Ci had given Yiyi earlier.

Yiyi promptly emerged.

During her time on Mount Ying, she had learned quite a bit about medicine from Hua Ci and Ruan Lingyu. Although she lacked special medical techniques, basic dressing was still manageable.
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The medicinal powders, specially prepared by Hua Ci, were extremely effective for treating injuries like cuts and stabs.

As Yiyi busied herself, Lu Ye sat cross-legged, taking an elixir pill to replenish his spirit force.

In the latter part of the night, Lann Yudie slowly woke up, sat up cautiously, and surveyed her surroundings before letting out a sigh of relief.

Lu Ye threw her a piece of dried meat, which she caught and began to chew on. After eating something and regaining some strength, she spoke hesitantly, "I was careless, I thought I could escape."

If Lu Ye hadn't abruptly sought her out during the day, she would have surely died there.

"Did Qi Xin and the others die?" Lu Ye suddenly asked.

Lann Yudie looked at him in astonishment, not knowing why Lu Ye would suddenly ask this since she had never talked to Lu Ye about the life and death of their fellow disciples.

"Two have died." Lann Yudie's eyes dimmed.

Lu Ye was silent, he didn't even know which two had died.

Lann Yudie spoke up, "Just go by yourself, having me with you will slow you down. With my injuries, it won't heal anytime soon, and if we encounter enemies, I won't be much help either."

"Let's go together."

Lann Yudie was somewhat irritated, "I told you going together will slow you down, don't you understand?"

"I understand."

"If you understand, then go by yourself."

Lu Ye looked up at her, insisting, "Let's go together."

Lann Yudie said sternly, "I think you really don't understand human language! Do you know that because of this damn mission, I lost two junior brothers and sisters? I never even knew you before, coming to find you was just following the sect's orders. You're not my son, why should I fight to death for you? Why should we, the younger generation, bear the grievances of the past?

But do you know, in places you can't see, many others are entangled with the cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, just to stop them from coming to find you? Just during this time, the declarations of war among the sects have increased by dozens of times! What are we doing all this for? What are they doing it for? It's still for you to survive, so...Hurry up and go, and live.

Don't let those two junior brothers and sisters die in vain, don't let those who worked in the shadows die in vain!"

She rattled on and on, thinking Lu Ye would take it in, but he just sat there unmoved, then looked at her, "Are you done?"

"Huh?" Lann Yudie was at a loss for words for a moment, finally squeezing out, "I really want to beat you up!"

Lu Ye sighed and said, "Half a year ago, I was just a mining slave from Evil Moon Valley, saved by Haotian Alliance, instructed and taken as a disciple by the Righteous Blood Sect, but before the sect master could bring me back to the sect, I was ambushed on the way, and the sect master was forced to send me into Spirit Stream battlefield. I don't even know what Righteous Blood Sect looks like.

All these days, my only goal has been to get to the Righteous Blood Sect's station."

"Just as you said, why should we, the younger generation, bear the grievances of the past? Including you and me, we don't even know what happened with the previous generation. But...I think, since I've been taken in by the sect and bear the sect's mark, naturally, I must take on the sect's grievances, unavoidable for anyone."

"At Spirit Stream battlefield these six months, although I have attained a Level 5 cultivation, what is that in comparison to this vast battlefield? What capabilities do I, Lu Ye, have, and how could this small body withstand the struggle between the two big camps? Why should they center this conflict on me?

But now that I'm caught in this dispute, there's no way to stay out of it, and I just found out, many people have been helping me in secret, many have died because of it."

"I don't want to say their deaths have nothing to do with me, whether it's because of the sect's orders or because of relations with the Righteous Blood Sect, they were helping me. This kindness, I hold dear in my heart!"

Lann Yudie quietly looked at him.

Originally, she had quite some grievances about this mission for the sect. After all, they didn't know Lu Ye before, but they had come to protect him following the sect's orders, and even people had died because of it, those who died out in the wilderness, how pitiful and sad.

But now, it seems that the most pitiful and tragic one is this young man in front of her.

Yes, with only a Level 5 cultivation, yet he became the center of the struggle between two big camps, with many cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge wanting to take his life, including powerhouses from the Core Circle. The pressure he must bear is enormous.

This isn't the situation he wanted, it was just a twist of fate that turned into a vortex of strife, she probably couldn't have endured it herself had she been in his place.

"So...what are you trying to say?"

"So!" Lu Ye smiled at her, "I have to survive. I don't care about the grievances of the past generation, or why the sect is targeted, since there are so many people helping me in secret, dying because of me, then I must live! You're right, we can't let those people die in vain.

Although my current cultivation is still low and I'm not in a position to talk about revenge, just by surviving, I have that chance! It would be best if those people from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge could take my life before I make it back to Righteous Blood Sect, otherwise, one day, I will make all those forces that targeted me this time pay a price!"

Lann Yudie stared at him dumbfounded, listening to this naive and almost irrational rant, and finally managed to squeeze out, "You must be sick!"

After all, he is still young, occasionally saying some impulsive and arrogant words. In the past few days interacting with Lu Ye, Lann Yudie had thought he was a shy character, but now, she realized she was wrong.

"I won't leave you behind." Lu Ye's next words made Lann Yudie almost spit blood, "If I left, you probably wouldn't live long either. Rest well tonight, and we will set off tomorrow morning."

Lann Yudie looked at him annoyed, while Lu Ye calmly met her gaze.

After a long moment, Lann Yudie shifted her gaze, knowing she probably couldn't persuade him.

Suddenly, her expression tightened, "The clothes you changed for me?"

Only now did she realize that her clothes had been changed, Into a set of men's clothing that seemed to fit the young man in front of her, and the wounds had been properly treated, with some medicine applied and carefully bandaged, a tingling sensation coming from the wound.

"Not me!"

Lann Yudie's face flushed red instantly, "You...you saw everything?"

"I said it wasn't me!" Lu Ye defended.

Lann Yudie's face turned even redder, "If not you, could it have been Big White who changed me?"

Amber looked up at her with a touch of displeasure!