Sage of Humanity-Chapter 255 - 253: Dividing the Spoils

Furthermore, a few months ago, when Lu Ye’s identity was exposed, leading to a pursuit by Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, it was those from the Haotian Alliance who relayed protection and ensured his safety. Without those cultivators—strangers who did not even know each other’s origins or names after the fact—Lu Ye would have died on the road long ago.

So, even though he had no prior relations with the people of Silver Light Island, Lu Ye was willing to offer more benefits, simply because they belonged to the same Haotian Alliance.

The two major factions were in opposition and confrontation, and had they not been united in sincere cooperation, they would have been consumed by the other side long ago.

Luo Fu did not know what Lu Ye was requesting, but he vaguely guessed it, and being a straightforward man, he only pondered briefly before laughing and saying, "Alright, I, Luo Fu, hereby make friends with Brother Yiye."

He immediately formed a bond with Lu Ye on the spot.

Lu Ye then sent out another message, and shortly afterward, accompanied by a thunderous roar, the quasi-flood dragon burst out of Heaven’s Augury Hall. Under the eyes of a group of Silver Light Island cultivators, it gradually moved farther away.

It was lured away by Yiyi.

Previously, it had chased after the cultivators of Sky Supporting Sect, even killing its way into Heaven’s Augury Hall, all under Yiyi’s guidance based on Lu Ye’s instructions. To the quasi-flood dragon, the grievances between cultivators did not concern it, nor did it wish to bully the weak. For many years, it had resided quietly in its lake, a genuine homebody.

If not for the immense attraction of the snake scale armor, it would not have caused such a commotion.

"Brother Yiye, please go ahead," Luo Fu gestured with his hand.

This time, Lu Ye did not decline again but walked into Heaven’s Augury Hall. Glancing around, he saw that the hall was in disarray from the turmoil, with even a massive pit appearing in one area, next to which lay some pieces of snake scale.

He approached the Heaven’s Augury Pillar and placed his hand over it, leveraging his role as Deputy Governor of Righteous Blood Sect to plunder the blessings of Sky Supporting Sect.

He distinctly felt that the mark was filling with many things, like layers of imprints. As he plundered, crackling sounds continuously emanated from within the Heaven’s Augury Pillar, almost as if it could collapse at any moment.

But Lu Ye knew it could not possibly break, as it was, after all, a gift from Heaven’s Augury.

This reaction was due to the plundering of blessings, similar to purchasing blessings from the Heaven’s Augury Pillar. Some intricate constructs inside were altered during the process of buying or plundering the blessings.

The nature’s spiritual energy at Sky Supporting Sect’s headquarters diminished noticeably quickly.

A short while later, Lu Ye walked out, nodding slightly to Luo Fu.

Luo Fu then entered, and by the time he came out, the nature’s spiritual energy at Sky Supporting Sect’s headquarters was nearly the same as that in the wilderness.

At that moment, Lu Ye did not know how much he had gained. Such matters would only be revealed upon returning to Righteous Blood Sect because the plundered blessings could not be directly turned into merit but had to be stored in Righteous Blood Sect’s Heaven’s Augury Pillar for conversion.

Regrettably, during the plundering process, a great amount of the blessing was lost, otherwise, the gains would have been even greater.

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The cultivators of Silver Light Island were still pillaging. Sky Supporting Sect had its own spirit fields and medicinal garden where various spirit flowers and rare herbs were grown—highly valuable items.

Moreover, the entire area of Sky Supporting Sect’s headquarters was much larger compared to Righteous Blood Sect. This was not the privilege of an inner circle sect but because Sky Supporting Sect had spent merit to buy it.

The coverage of the Heaven’s Augury Pillar defined the boundaries of a sect’s headquarters. Initially, all sects started the same, but by spending certain merits, they could expand the coverage of the Heaven’s Augury Pillar, thus enlarging the headquarters correspondingly.

A larger headquarters provided ample space and naturally had its benefits.

Thus, theoretically, if a sect had enough merit, the boundaries of its headquarters could be indefinitely broad, potentially extending up to another sect’s territory. However, theory is just theory, and in reality, no sect had too much merit to expand its headquarters; most were just adequate.

Two hours later, the cultivators of Silver Light Island regrouped and boarded the ship at Luo Fu’s command.

He extended an invitation to Lu Ye, who naturally did not refuse and decided to accompany Luo Fu to Silver Light Island’s headquarters.

The large ship, a type of Flying Spirit Artifact, clearly was quite valuable, likely purchased using sect merit from Heaven’s Augury treasure vault. However, compared to the Flying Dragon Ship Lu Ye had ridden before, it was still inferior.

That Flying Dragon Ship was truly a powerful weapon for sieging forts, whereas this large ship of Silver Light Island was merely a Flying Spirit Artifact with some defensive capabilities but no offensive power.

After arranging a cabin for Lu Ye to rest, Luo Fu went off to get busy.

This battle also cost Silver Light Island some casualties, though few, and the spoils of war that needed to be inventory accounted for half belonged to Lu Ye.

While the cultivators of Silver Light Island were returning by ship, news had already been transmitted to nearby major powers through various channels.

This, of course, was the handiwork of the now-deceased Zou Qi, who, before dying, revealed the capability of Silver Light Island to control the quasi-flood dragon.

His motive was simple: his own headquarters had been devastated, so he wanted other forces in Ten Thousand Demons Ridge to be cautious.

Moreover, by revealing this information, it was highly likely to provoke nearby powers in Ten Thousand Demons Ridge to join forces to besiege Silver Light Island.

Controlling a quasi-flood dragon was an exceedingly terrifying matter, and while it might not have been daunting to the core circle sects—where many experts who had transferred to cultivate Heaven Rank techniques resided—it was almost universally disastrous against any force in the inner circle.

With these concerns in mind, the nearby powers of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge likely couldn’t even sleep peacefully, fearing that one day the quasi-flood dragon might descend upon them.

Of course, there was another possibility: under the deterrence of the quasi-flood dragon, those powers in Ten Thousand Demons Ridge might no longer dare to provoke Silver Light Island.

Zou Qi did not know how things would develop, but he was close to death and could not care for much else. First, he revealed the information about the quasi-flood dragon.

This led to the immediate mobilization of various major forces nearby, rushing to the Sky Supporting Sect’s base to investigate the situation. Among them were not only the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, but also the Haotian Alliance, and it was unclear how the news disseminated so quickly to the Haotian Alliance.

Upon arrival, a group of Level 9 cultivators, each from different backgrounds, all shared a somber mood.

The entire Sky Supporting Sect’s base was a complete mess at the moment—countless buildings had collapsed, and traces of a large fire lingered. Indeed, before the people of Silver Light Island withdrew, they had set the place ablaze, utterly inhumane.

In the spirit fields and medicinal garden, all the plants, whether mature or not, had been completely uprooted. The Heaven’s Augury Hall’s square still bore remnants of a fierce battle, with dried bloodstains and corpses visible everywhere.

The entire base of the Sky Supporting Sect was in shambles. Having received news that the cultivators from Silver Light Island had already withdrawn, returning cultivators from the Sky Supporting Sect kneeled on the ground, raising their faces to the sky to howl in anguish, weeping bitterly.

It was too tragic!

More and more cultivators arrived to investigate, and surprisingly, a fierce battle broke out. The Level 9 cultivators from both factions fought intensely, and in the end, it was unclear who had won.

Half a day later, at the Silver Light Island base nestled in the mountains, Lu Ye, leading Yiyi and Amber, who was lazily draped over his shoulder, disembarked from the ship.

Luo Fu personally led Lu Ye to a two-story building to settle him in and mentioned he would host a dinner for him later that night to welcome him. This time, since the Sky Supporting Sect’s base had been destroyed, Lu Ye had made a significant contribution and needed to return to the sect headquarters to report, leaving him no time to accompany further.

He told Lu Ye that if there were any needs, he should just speak to Hao Ren and his siblings.

After Luo Fu left, Lu Ye told Hao Ren and his siblings to rest, contacting him through messaging if needed, then went upstairs with Yiyi.

On the way back, Lu Ye learned from Yiyi that after she had lured the quasi-flood dragon out for ten li, she had swiftly stored its snake scale armor away in her storage sack, which completely baffled the creature...

At the spot where the scent of the snake scale armor had vanished, it threw a fierce tantrum before finally dragging its long body away. Yiyi, watching from a distance, noticed a hint of despondency in its eyes?

Watching the direction in which the quasi-flood dragon departed, it seemed to be heading back to the lake where it had always resided, but Yiyi was not certain because, at that time, Lu Ye had already messaged her to come back.

In the room, Yiyi was meditating to recover, while Amber ate elixir pills.

Having carried the snake scale armor underground for a while had consumed a lot of energy; naturally, she needed to recover.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye was examining his own spiritual orifice, contemplating whether to ascend to Level 8.

He had previously considered the merits of killing enemies as a Level 7, and since he already had the capability to defeat opponents two levels higher, he would not be at a disadvantage even against Level 9 cultivators.

However, now it seemed that defeating a Level 9 as a Level 7 would still involve some effort, so it might be better to ascend to Level 8 earlier on.

Furthermore, the merits gained from slaying enemies did not compare to those from capturing an enemy sect’s base. So far, most of the merits he had accumulated came from this method, with only a minority actually coming from killing enemies.

Ascending to Level 8 soon was critical; cultivation was the greatest security.

"Fellow Daoist Yiye," a voice suddenly called from downstairs.

Lu Ye peeked out the window and saw a young man in green standing below. Feeling Lu Ye’s gaze, the young man looked up, smiled gently, and greeted with a fist salute, "I apologize for disturbing you, fellow Daoist."

"Just a moment."

Lu Ye retracted his head, descended the stairs, opened the door, and there the young man stood outside, with Hao Ren and his sister behind him, each holding a large pile of storage sacks.

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Seeing this scene, Lu Ye immediately understood that this was Silver Light Island delivering their share of the spoils.

The efficiency was quite commendable.

"I am Qih Shi, Deputy Governor of Silver Light Island, I have seen Fellow Daoist Yiye."

"Fellow Daoist Qih, you are too courteous. Please come in."

This small building was apparently designated by Silver Light Island specifically for accommodating guests; upstairs was for resting, and downstairs for receiving visitors.

Leading Qih Shi and Hao Ren and his sister inside, Qih Shi said, "These items are half of the profits obtained from Silver Light Island. Senior Brother Luo had a prior agreement with you, so I took the liberty of bringing them here. Fellow Daoist, where would you like them placed?"

There were at least a couple of hundred storage sacks in this large pile.

"Please take them upstairs."

Yiyi led the way ahead, taking Hao Ren and his sister upstairs to place down the storage sacks, then came back down.

After Hao Ren and his sister left, Lu Ye and Qih Shi chatted casually, mainly about Lu Ye learning from others. He was inexperienced with managing a base, but since Qih Shi was the Deputy Governor, he naturally had experience, and there was no harm in gaining some insights from him.

Meanwhile, Yiyi was by the side, brewing tea and silently listening.

From time to time, Lu Ye glanced at her in surprise; he hadn’t known Yiyi had this skill.