Sage of Humanity

Casually tossing the Dao artifact dirk to Yan Xiaowu, the latter fumbled to catch it, momentarily stunned.

This was a top-grade Dao artifact, worth nearly a thousand Dao Bones. Initially, he considered finding a secret room to exchange with Lu Ye, thinking it was safer that way. Who knew the other person would just throw it over like this.

He played with it lovingly for a moment, confirming without a doubt it was truly a top-grade Dao artifact. Only then did Yan Xiaowu solemnly put it away and took out a storage ring to hand to Lu Ye: "Fellow Daoist, inside are eleven hundred Dao Bones. The extra two hundred are this month's family general stipend."

The so-called family general stipend was just an excuse. Although Lu Ye had a Family General Token from the Yan family, both he and the Yan family knew what it was. The two hundred Dao Bones per month were promised by Yan Yong to Lu Ye before, and now Yan Xiaowu brought it together with this sortie's Dao Bones.

"Thank you!" Lu Ye nodded.

"Take care, Fellow Daoist. I need to return and report. Brother Yan Hong said if there are more such favorable events, Fellow Daoist should think of the Yan family."

"No problem." Lu Ye readily agreed. Having had a pleasant experience with this cooperation, he would certainly contact the Yan family again, should there be further gains.

Watching Yan Xiaowu leave, Lu Ye finally turned his head to the side, where someone had been waiting for a long time.

It was Chen Sheng, a member of Night Owl, but he didn't come forward just now as Lu Ye was talking with Yan Xiaowu.

Lu Ye stepped towards him, took out a storage ring, rummaged through it, and handed it to him: "This is yours."

Chen Sheng was a bit bewildered: "This is…" Upon receiving the storage ring, he probed it with his Mental Consciousness and was immediately astonished: "So many Dao Bones…"

He quickly realized, looking at Lu Ye in shock: "Fellow Daoist, have you already…"

Lu Ye nodded without saying much, turned around, and left. Now, with so many Dao Bones in hand, he needed to refine them quickly to avoid any loss in Dao force.

Staring at his departing figure, Chen Sheng was momentarily speechless.

The information he reported at the time was done casually, never expecting it would bring him a windfall of eighty Dao Bones! This was truly an unexpected joy.

But then he thought, being able to complete the task in such a short time and kill a 14th Dao powerhouse on the enemy's side, how powerful must this Owl be?

Falcon seems to have a formidable individual emerging.

Lu Ye found a secluded spot, set up a few Formations to avoid disturbances, and then brought out all the Dao Bones.

Subtracting the eighty given to Chen Sheng, the number of Dao Bones he had left was still significant, much more than he had gained at Crane Wings Camp previously.

This led him to muse that indeed, great rewards come with great risks, and joining the Falcon Group had been a wise choice. If he were to collect this many Dao Bones on the battlefield, it would take at least two months. Yet, it only took about ten days from taking up the task to completing it, with additional gains from killing enemies along the way.

The Talent Tree's power activated, its invisible roots extended in all directions, penetrating each Dao Bone and devouring them wildly.

Upon inspection, the golden leaves of the Talent Tree gradually increased, and his mood lifted along with them.

After refining all the Dao Bones, Lu Ye checked his gains, which were about as expected.

Since entering the Path, he had refined a large number of Dao Bones and naturally kept some statistics. On average, each Dao Bone provided him with about twenty-something Dao force.

Of course, this was an average number. Some Dao Bones were of high quality, containing a lot more Dao force, while others were poor, with little force.

But regardless, this round of refining, together with previous accumulations, gave him Dao force exceeding twenty thousand, enough for Dao Bone polishing.

Lu Ye had never felt so wealthy, and only the Talent Tree could store such a massive amount of Dao force. No other cultivator, whether just entering Dao or at the Dao Fusion stage, could amass this figure.

Elated, he began polishing the Dao Bones!

A day later, Lu Ye wore a thoughtful expression.

The situation turned out as he had anticipated. After surpassing forty Dao, the Dao force required to polish Dao Bones did indeed increase, generally requiring about two thousand Dao force to succeed once.

If this projection continues, one day, he might indeed need over ten thousand Dao force to polish a Dao Bone once.

For a moment, he wasn't sure whether getting involved in this colorful situation was a good or bad thing.

Were it not for coming to this colorful situation, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to accumulate Dao force so quickly. But having come here, there seems to be no way to leave, which is troubling.

For now, he set aside this matter. At present, it's the time to focus on accumulating Dao force and enhancing his strength.

Taking out the Falcon Token, Lu Ye checked the Code Red tasks again.

Last time, he had no experience and randomly picked one. This time, with experience, he carefully investigated before confirming his mission target.

But before leaving, he made another trip to the Hall of Battle Merits, as he hadn't yet collected the hundred Dao Bones from the Military Affairs Office for the month. He had reported upon arriving earlier, so by now the Military Affairs Office should have sent someone with the Dao Bones.

A short while later, having collected his Dao Bones, Lu Ye leapt away from Spruce Battle Planet.

Half a month later, in another warzone, a Blood Sea surged, with continuous screams emerging within, soon drowned, clearly indicating a cultivator had met a cruel end.

As the Blood Sea was about to recede, a streak of light sped towards it from not far away, with no intention of concealing itself, directly crashing into the Blood Sea.

The blood surged, and within the Blood Sea, a Blood Race with a sinister aura paused for a moment.

He had killed countless enemies in this battle zone, infamous and feared by the Human Race's battle alliance guards and the cultivators from the Giant Race, who all regarded him as a flood or beast. Wherever he appeared, all enemies would retreat.

This was the first time he'd encountered someone actively attacking and breaking into his Blood Sea.

With a thought, he immediately saw the intruder.

It was a human youth, holding a short hammer, quietly standing there.

"Interesting!" The Blood Race's voice resonated within the Blood Sea, coming from all directions, making it impossible to determine his true location. "Falcon?"

The Falcon Group was quite famous, and the Blood Race had certainly heard of them. In fact, a few years ago, a self-proclaimed powerful Falcon came to trouble him, but in that battle, the opponent died tragically, and he was only lightly injured.

He deduced that the newcomer was a member of the Falcon because he recognized the short hammer as a decent Dao artifact.

No ordinary cultivator would dare to seek trouble with him, only the Falcons would.

"Are you not afraid of barging into my Blood Sea like this?" The Blood Race continued speaking. Although he was very powerful, he was undoubtedly a cautious type. The strangeness of the Blood Race's Blood Sea was well-known, and anyone daring to intrude must have something to rely on.

He wanted to know what the other party relied on.

"Afraid..." Lu Ye slowly opened his mouth, his expression suddenly turning fierce, "I'm afraid you'll run away!"

Dao force surged, and he smashed fiercely toward a certain spot!

In that direction, a blood light almost indistinguishable from the surrounding blood suddenly flashed, revealing the Blood Race's presence.

He was actually just at Lu Ye's rear left!

At that moment, the Blood Race's face was full of surprise and puzzlement, unable to understand where he had shown a flaw that allowed the enemy to glimpse his exact location.

Without time to ponder deeply, he immediately summoned his Dao artifact to block.

Although exposed, even if the opponent held a Dao artifact, the best he could exert was the power of the 14th Dao. This was his Blood Sea; as long as he blocked this strike, the initiative would still be in his hands.

Seeing the opponent confronting him this way, Lu Ye's eyes flickered, and the short hammer in his hand trembled, changing direction.

There was no choice. If he didn't change direction and let the two Dao artifacts collide, with the power he exerted in this blow, the opponent's Dao artifact would likely shatter. It was a treasure, how could Lu Ye bear to damage it?

The Blood Race was startled, clearly not expecting Lu Ye to respond this way, but this change in move also showed him an opportunity. He steeled himself, his assault becoming even fiercer, determined to seriously injure Lu Ye even if it meant getting hurt himself.

His Dao artifact was a longsword, which struck Lu Ye precisely, but the scene of penetrating Lu Ye's defenses and injuring him didn't occur as expected.

The Blood Race felt his sword strike as if it hit a wall of copper and iron, making his prideful power of the 14th Dao appear utterly ridiculous in this moment.

"How can this be?" The Blood Race instinctively thought Lu Ye had some top-tier protective Dao artifact, but from the feeling, it didn't seem that way.

For a moment, he couldn't figure out what was going on.

Lu Ye's offensive arrived. He frantically channeled his Dao force to protect himself, and after a sweeping hammer, blood rain scattered everywhere, leaving only a headless body twitching violently.

The Blood Sea collapsed.

Without a word, Lu Ye collected the spoils of battle and took the Blood Race's corpse, swiftly leaving the area.

Fighting the Blood Race was much simpler compared to staging a battle against the Insect Race. By exerting the power of twenty to thirty Daos, he could achieve an instant kill. This was the reason he deliberately chose a Blood Race as his target this time.

On the way back to the battle planet, he contacted Yan Hong as usual.

A few days later, Yan Xiaowu's familiar face appeared before Lu Ye.

Less than a month had passed since their last meeting, and Yan Xiaowu's face was full of shock.

He didn't expect that in such a short time, Lu Ye had obtained another top-grade Dao artifact!

He certainly knew what a top-grade Dao artifact represented: it was the life of a top-notch cultivator who had entered the path.

Before coming, he had privately asked Yan Hong if someone, with the same top-grade Dao artifact and the ability to wield the power of the 14th Dao, could easily make a distinction of life and death.

Yan Hong didn't give him a definite answer, only sharing his personal experience.

On the Blue Water Battle Planet, he had once taken a Code Red mission to hunt a 14th Dao Blood Race. Despite multiple encounters, their battles ended in stalemate. On one occasion, he even fell into a disadvantaged position, and if he hadn't escaped the Blood Sea in time, the consequences would've been dire.

Hence, among 14th Dao cultivators, it was evidently not so easy to distinguish life and death.

Unless one had extremely rich combat experience, it was only then possible to kill the opponent.

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