Sage of Humanity

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During the day, as usual, he went to Madam Yun's to study the Path of Spirit Runes, and at night he returned to his station to cultivate and rest.

Knowing that Lu Ye would soon head to the inner circle, Madam Yun was quite worried, but she also knew that Lu Ye couldn't remain in the outer circle forever.

As a cultivator of Level 7, it was indeed safe for him to stay in the outer circle, but it was of little significance to his own growth; cultivation in isolation ultimately had little future.

After all, strength wasn't something one could obtain through bitter cultivation alone; which of the paragons of the two major camps hadn't waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood to get where they were?

She could only teach Lu Ye as much as she could about spirit runes, so that he would have more means to protect himself, and privately she gave him two treasures.

Lu Ye's talent in the Path of Spirit Runes greatly satisfied her. She only needed to demonstrate many things once, and Lu Ye would understand most of it. If she could truly take Lu Ye as a disciple, it would certainly save time and effort in teaching him.

That pesky Thang Yifeng, that old thing, clung stubbornly and wouldn't let go, which was really frustrating.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

In front of Heaven's Augury Hall, Lu Ye looked at the crowd that had come to see him off and said, "I'll go ahead and set up a base for you guys. While I'm gone, cultivate well, and I hope all of you can make it to the inner circle, and even the Core Circle, as soon as possible."

He then turned to Hua Ci, "I'll leave the station in your hands."

Hua Ci nodded gently, "Be careful on your journey."

Lu Ye looked at He Xiying in the crowd, who had his head down, fists clenched, shoulders shaking—unclear what he was doing.

"He Xiying!"

"Here!" He Xiying suddenly looked up.

"Do you have anything to say?"

"Ah? Oh, Fifth Senior Brother, you're leaving now, what will we do without you at the station, I really can't bear to see you go... hahaha..."

With an expressionless face, Lu Ye looked at her and said indifferently, "If you can't bear it, you can come with me. You're nearly at Level 7 anyway, and with your cultivation, you can go to the inner circle. Having company on the road would make it less boring."

"I don't want to!" He Xiying refused outright.

"Hmm?"

"I... my cultivation is still weak. If I go with Fifth Senior Brother, I will hold you back. I think I need to cultivate more at the station."

Lu Ye looked at her deeply, raised his hand to his mouth, and blew a whistle.

A huge shadow descended from the sky, catching the Blood Red Trout that Lu Ye threw, and crouched by his side.

Lu Ye jumped onto the eagle's back, with Yiyi following beside him, and a foot-long snow-white kitten lying on his shoulder. The white kitten yawned, let out an 'aww' in a milky voice...

Ever since learning that Lu Ye was going to enter the inner circle, Yiyi had been inseparable from him for the past three days, afraid that he would leave her behind.

Lu Ye hadn't taken her with him during the Spirit Stream Defense Battle. Although Yiyi hadn't shown it openly, she felt somewhat upset about it. This time, she would not let Lu Ye leave her behind no matter what.

Lu Ye had no intention of leaving her behind, so he naturally took her with him on the journey.

As for the foot-long snow-white kitten that looked like a cat, upon closer inspection, it was actually a tiger—it was Amber!

The reason for such a shocking transformation was thanks to Shui Yuan refining a shape-changing pill for Amber to consume.

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Demon beasts can transform into human form, and once they do, they become demon cultivators. Lu Ye had encountered some demon cultivators before, not many, but the ones he remembered vividly were the female demon cultivators in charge of reception at the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

However, for a demon beast to transform, they need to activate some special spiritual orifices. If they rely on their inherent ability to transform, they must cultivate to a certain realm first.

Lu Ye used to wonder how those demon cultivators with not-so-high strengths could transform into human form.

Later, he learned that there were two methods for demon cultivators to transform: one was to possess sufficient strength, and the other was to consume a shape-changing pill.

Alternatively, the offspring of two demon cultivators might naturally be born in human form.

After consuming a shape-changing pill, Amber did not transform into a human form, but its size could shrink to that of a cat. According to Second Senior Sister, this was its own choice. Amber would never transform into a human form in the future because it knew which form of transformation was more beneficial to its growth.

This was its instinct as a demon beast.

Shui Yuan's actions were undoubtedly meant to have Lu Ye take Amber and Yiyi with him, so they could look out for each other.

With a wave of their hands, Little Gray flapped its wings and soared into the sky, the howling wind making it hard to keep one's eyes open. By the time one looked again, Little Gray's figure had already disappeared into the distance.

Sitting on the back of the eagle, Yiyi stretched out her arms and felt the onrushing wind, her silvery laughter falling like bells, as if they had returned to the old days when the three of them were traveling together on the road.

Lu Ye took out the ten-part map to check their bearings and set the direction they would head in.

In the Chess Sea, he had met many governors and deputy governors of various sects, so finding a suitable target was not difficult. However, his journey to the inner circle was not just to form an Alliance Pact with a suitable sect; he had another task to accomplish.

Months ago, when his identity was exposed, quite a few sects from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had pursued him. Especially during the battle at Golden Light Peak, there were forty-three Ten Thousand Demons Ridge forces involved...

All those who had participated in his pursuit and had made things difficult for him at Golden Light Peak, he had recorded them in his little notebook in his heart, just waiting for an opportunity to take his revenge.

Otherwise, why would he have announced his sect's name each time during the battle at Golden Light Peak?

After searching for a while, he saw a somewhat familiar name and made up his mind—it's you, Sky Supporting Sect!

More than a day later, in a desolate wilderness, Lu Ye and Yiyi stood shoulder to shoulder, while Little Gray flew away flapping its wings.

This place was already within the range of the inner circle of the battlefield. Without Little Gray, even if Lu Ye rode Amber, it would have taken at least a month to reach this place. But with Little Gray, it was different; within the Spirit Stream battlefield, Little Gray's strength was undoubtedly among the top, and its speed was the fastest as well.

When he initially left the Righteous Blood Sect's residence for Mount Ying, it hadn't taken too long either.

But Little Gray was only suitable for traveling distances. Since the First Senior Brother from the Righteous Blood Sect's generation had left the Spirit Stream battlefield, Little Gray had always stayed in the Righteous Blood Sect's residence, and no one could command it, not even Lu Ye, who could only make some deals with it through Blood Red Trout, such as getting a lift.

Expecting it to fight enemies was utterly impossible.

If not for this, Lu Ye would have ridden Little Gray long ago to settle accounts with those Ten Thousand Demons Ridge forces one by one.

He had once asked Second Senior Sister Shui Yuan, and according to her, the last command the First Senior Brother left for Little Gray when he left the Spirit Stream battlefield was to guard the residence well!

So in Little Gray's mind, the Righteous Blood Sect's residence was more important than anything else; it could leave the residence for a few days but not indefinitely.

"Lu Ye, Lu Ye!" Yiyi called out beside him, "The nature's spiritual energy in the inner circle is so rich!"

In the past, she couldn't absorb Spiritual Energy to enhance herself, but after several months of cultivating with the sect master, she could also cultivate on her own and could even nourish Amber.

Therefore, the growth rate of both Yiyi and Amber was extremely fast, because no matter who was cultivating, both could become stronger. Of course, Amber's main method of cultivation was eating; it would eat its fill, find a spot to lie down, and then get up to continue eating.

At times, Lu Ye envied Amber's method of becoming stronger, which was truly convenient.