Sage of Humanity-Chapter 489 - 487: What a Hammer

From the eighth mining tunnel, Lu Ye began to extract some top-grade spirit stones, though in small quantity, which didn't account for more than ten percent of the spirit stones obtained from the entire mining tunnel.

However, the value of a single top-grade spirit stone was equivalent to that of ten mid-grade ones, so even with a small quantity, the haul was not insignificant.

He continued on, entering a new mining tunnel.

Two hours later, Lu Ye swallowed a healing pill and took out a piece of gauze to bandage a deep, bone-deep wound on his arm.

The battle had just subsided, and the boiling blood Qi had yet to calm down, while a corpulent Insect Race corpse lay not far away.

If the strength of this member of the Insect Race were to be categorized, it would be roughly equivalent to that of a Cloud River Level 7, and even with Yiyi's assistance, Lu Ye had to use some strategies to kill it, sustaining injuries in the process.

If he were up against a Cloud River Level 7 cultivator, there was no way he could be a match.

Though Lu Ye had a profound foundation and typically could overcome enemies two or three ranks higher, if the difference in strength was too great, he still couldn't win.

Dealing with a single Insect Race with limited techniques wasn't so troublesome, however.

After a brief respite, he continued to extract spirit stones from the mining tunnel with Yiyi.

While mining, the golden light that had been enveloping him suddenly extinguished completely, and Lu Ye paused in his movements, quickly turning his attention inward to sense any changes.

He had always been curious about the purpose of this golden light, but since entering this place, he had never discovered its use. Now that the golden light had gone out, there should be some changes occurring.

Before he could get a clear sense, however, invisible forces of repulsion came from all directions and in an instant, his vision blurred. By the time he regained his senses, he was back in front of the previous rock wall.

Lu Ye was stunned for a moment, and Yiyi, standing beside him, was equally dumbfounded. She had just been about to extract a top-grade spirit stone, and in the blink of an eye, they had left the mining tunnel.

"So that's how it is!" Lu Ye realized.

The golden light that had enveloped him was in fact a token that allowed him to remain within the mining tunnel! No wonder it gradually faded over time, and the moment the golden light disappeared, he was transported out.

What a pity, the spirit stones had not been fully collected...

Yiyi clearly realized this as well, and with a flicker of her figure, she plunged into the rock wall ahead of her.

Lu Ye looked up and saw the same indentation that he had seen earlier, but the copper shard he had embedded there before was nowhere to be seen.

Without the copper shard, there was undoubtedly no way to re-enter the spirit stone vein they had been in before.

Yiyi returned and shook her head at Lu Ye, saying, "There's nothing inside."

She had thought that the spirit stone vein was hidden just behind this rock wall and that if this was the case, she wouldn't have needed any copper shard at all and could have simply relied on her own abilities to sneak in.

However, after a thorough investigation, she discovered that there was nothing behind the rock wall except for rock layers.

"The entrance opened by the copper shard must have had a teleportation effect; the mining tunnel we visited was clearly in another place, the actual spirit stone vein is not located here," Lu Ye explained.

This harvest wasn't small; there were over ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones and a few hundred top-grade ones, enough to support his cultivation for a while.

After a brief rest, he continued on his way.

In midair, the spirit ark whizzed by as Lu Ye activated the battlefield marking to send a message to Pang Dahai, asking for his current location.

Soon, Pang Dahai reported a direction.

Comparing it with the last location he gave, Lu Ye frowned because he noticed that Pang Dahai's position was getting increasingly off course...

It made no sense; he had instructed Pang Dahai to purchase a ten-part map, and as long as he followed the points marked on the map towards Lu Ye's direction, their distance should only decrease, not diverge.

Thinking it over, Lu Ye messaged, "Have you been following the directions on the ten-part map?"

"Yes!" Pang Dahai responded.

Bullshit!

Lu Ye was certain that Pang Dahai must have misread the ten-part map. Pang Dahai wasn't stupid, just a bit simple-minded, so the map wouldn't necessarily be useful in his hands. What's more, Lu Ye suspected that he might have some directional dyslexia, otherwise, it made no sense that they hadn't managed to meet up after so many days.

"Don't move from there, wait for me, and I'll come to find you!"

If Pang Dahai continued running around like this, who knew when they would be able to meet. It would be better for him to stay put and for Lu Ye to find him.

"Understood!"

On a spirit mountaintop in the Cloud River battlefield, a burly brute with a sturdy frame held a ten-part map, turning it over and over while scratching his head and looking utterly bewildered...

On the spirit ark, Lu Ye sent out another message, this time to his fourth senior brother, Li Baxian. He had attempted to contact him several times before, but the messages never went through, so he was unsure if his senior brother was out of the Cloud River battlefield or had entered some secret realm.

This time, the message was successfully sent, and soon, his fourth senior brother replied.

"Has my little junior brother come to the Cloud River battlefield?" His fourth senior brother sounded undoubtedly surprised, clearly not expecting Lu Ye to have advanced to the Cloud River so swiftly.

"I've been here for a while," Lu Ye replied.

"Good, good," Li Baxian answered, "Little junior brother, just explore on your own, be careful, and once I'm done with what I'm handling, I'll come to find you."

"Do you need any help?" Lu Ye asked.

"No need, I'll handle it myself!"

"Then, Senior Brother, be careful."

Although Li Baxian didn't say much, Lu Ye could vaguely sense that his situation might not be good, otherwise, he would have come to find him immediately, instead of saying something about waiting until he was done with his business.

At a concealed location on the Cloud River battlefield, Li Baxian ended the communication with a smile on his face and sighed, "That was quick."

"Heard some good news, are you so happy?" a gentle voice asked, and it turned out to be Feng Yuechan, who had advanced to the Cloud River with Li Baxian.

"My little disciple has arrived," Li Baxian said with a tone of pride.

Feng Yuechan was surprised: "Lu Ye?"

The only one in the Nine Provinces who Li Baxian would refer to as his little disciple was Lu Ye, and no one else.

"His cultivation speed is so fast."

"Of course!"

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"But Senior Brother, given our current situation, isn't it inconvenient to let him come here?" Feng Yuechan obviously misunderstood something.

"I didn't tell him to come here, I just said he has arrived at the Cloud River battlefield."

"Oh," Feng Yuechan realized.

While they were talking, Li Baxian suddenly changed his expression, grabbed Feng Yuechan's arm, and shouted in a low voice, "They're here, let's go quickly!"

Sword light flashed, and two figures rose into the sky on their swords.

The next moment, more than ten streams of light followed close behind, and the person at the front shouted angrily, "Li Baxian, hand over that thing!"

Li Baxian laughed in response, "If you want it, come and take it with your own ability!"

Previously, he and Feng Yuechan had entered a secret realm and, under the watchful eyes of a group of Cloud River Level 8-9 powerful cultivators, snatched the greatest benefit. This stirred them up like a disturbed hornet's nest, and now a group of people were relentlessly pursuing them.

Just as Lu Ye had predicted, Li Baxian's current situation was indeed not good; otherwise, he would have definitely gone to find Lu Ye right away and meet him.

Elsewhere, Lu Ye ended the communication with Li Baxian and proceeded in the direction guided by the Giant Armor.

Suddenly, feeling a premonition, he looked back and saw a stream of light swiftly approaching from behind. Judging by the speed at which the other party controlled their weapon and the faint fluctuations of spirit force, they were at least a Level 7, if not Level 8, cultivator.

Immediately, Lu Ye exerted his Ocular Power and saw from a distance the figure within the stream of light: a man in his twenties with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, hands behind his back, looking relaxed and content. From his attire, it seemed highly likely that he was a combat cultivator.

However, Lu Ye couldn't be certain whether he was or not, as many cultivators would disguise themselves, making it difficult to accurately determine one's faction based on superficial characteristics.

Just like Pang Dahai, Lu Ye had always thought he was a magic cultivator, but in fact, the guy was not only a magic cultivator but also a very capable physique cultivator!

If someone naively thought he was a magic cultivator and tried to deal with him using tactics meant for magic cultivators, they would definitely suffer.

Among cultivators, there were actually many such cunning old foxes.

Regardless of the sect of the person following him, given Lu Ye's current strength, facing a Level 7 or even Level 8 cultivator would definitely not end well for him.

So, after observing for a short while, Lu Ye immediately added Move-Like-The-Wind Spirit Runes to his spirit ark, and in an instant, its speed increased dramatically. He then steered the spirit ark to fly to the side.

As he turned, the young man behind him also changed direction to follow.

"Lu Ye, he's chasing us!" Yiyi also realized something was wrong. If it wasn't a deliberate pursuit, there would be no reason for such relentless chasing.

"I see that," Lu Ye responded solemnly.

One thing was certain; he didn't know the person behind him, and that person didn't know him either. If they were pursuing him so aggressively, it was clear that they had bad intentions.

Situations like this were common on the Cloud River battlefield, which is why lower-level cultivators rarely flew alone using weapon control-flying; they either traveled with others, or they didn't travel far, to avoid being targeted.

Being alone in the wilderness, targeted by someone much stronger, was undoubtedly troublesome. If they were from the same faction, the disaster might be avoided, but if they were enemies, it would likely result in the loss of both life and possessions.

"The Fellow Daoist ahead, please stop!" The young man pursuing from behind shouted, "I mean no harm, Fellow Daoist, please do not panic!"

Lu Ye would have to be a fool to believe him.

Coming after him so directly and claiming no ill intent, he was not a fool to believe such words.

"Fellow Daoist, stop running; if you keep this up, I might get angry!" the young man continued to yell.

Lu Ye turned a deaf ear, but even though he had boosted his spirit ark with Move-Like-The-Wind, he still couldn't shake off the other party, and the distance between them was slowly closing.

The gap in cultivation was too great, and the speed at which each controlled their artifact was worlds apart.

If Lu Ye hadn't enhanced his spirit ark with Move-Like-The-Wind, he would have been caught long ago.

In fact, the young man pursuing him was surprised because in his eyes, Lu Ye was just a cultivator around Cloud River Level 3, which made no sense for him to run so fast. Being four levels higher in cultivation than Lu Ye, he still couldn't catch up.

This caused a fiery look to flash in the young man's eyes; if Lu Ye could run this fast, it was undoubtedly due to the spirit ark, which must surely be an exceptional Flying Spirit Artifact!