Sage of Humanity

In just a few days, Lu Ye's injuries had fully healed.

However, through this ordeal, he discovered some things that he hadn't noticed before.

Logically speaking, under the Chains of Life, with his injuries so severe this time, Dark Butterfly shouldn't have remained unaffected, yet she clearly wasn't impacted.

Is it because they are in different spaces? Or perhaps because the distance is too great.

But regardless of what caused the Chains of Life not to take effect, it's not a bad thing.

For Lu Ye, this is actually good news.

It's impossible for him to remain bound with Dark Butterfly forever. He had thought to find a chance to discuss lifting the restraint of the Chains of Life with her at a suitable time.

But now it seems that might not be necessary.

As long as they are far enough apart, the Dao Runes won't take effect, and Dark Butterfly won't affect him, whereas when the Dao Runes can exert their influence, he can still rely on Dark Butterfly to continue his cultivation, which in every aspect benefits him.

In this regard, once the Dao Runes of the Chains of Life are established, it seems quite unfair to the one with a higher cultivation.

Lu Ye couldn't help but think of other things; ordinary cultivators don't have such terrifying efficiency in cultivation. Even with plenty of Dao Bones, refining them is no easy task.

But he is different; with the power of the Talent Tree, he can easily refine any number of Dao Bones.

Perhaps he could utilize this method to help others improve their cultivation in the future? If necessary, this indeed is a good approach.

"Have your injuries healed?"

Suddenly, as Lu Ye was contemplating, Dark Butterfly's voice rang out.

Her senses were extremely sharp, plus the Dao Runes connected them, so it was impossible for Lu Ye to hide his state from her.

"Pretty much." Lu Ye nodded.

Dark Butterfly chuckled: "Then doesn't Brother Ye have something he wants to say to me?"

Lu Ye blinked: "What do you want to know?"

What do I want to know? There are many things I want to know; if I ask, will you tell me?

Suppressing her inner frustration, Dark Butterfly made her tone as calm as possible and asked the question she was most concerned about: "Then please, Brother Ye, tell me how you refined the Banlan Core."

She had always been thinking about the Banlan Core.

After all, deep in the ruins, she had almost succeeded in refining it, but at the last moment, a restriction from the ruins expelled her, causing her to miss out on controlling the core, and Lu Ye's actions during this period had sparked many of her conjectures.

Before Lu Ye could reply, she added: "Don't try to deceive me! You know I can sense if you're lying, and besides… if you hadn't refined the Banlan Core, how could you possibly travel across this stellar space? You must have used the power of Banlan to accomplish this."

"I didn't intend to deceive you." Lu Ye replied lightly.

"You really refined the Banlan Core!" Dark Butterfly exclaimed excitedly.

Speculation was just speculation, but it wouldn't count until it was confirmed.

She had refined the Banlan Core herself, so she was fully aware of the hardships and difficulties involved. If not for Lu Ye's assistance at the time, she would likely have been swallowed by the core, and for any living being, the destruction of the soul body basically means death.

Thus, she genuinely couldn't understand how Lu Ye, a mere Enter the Path cultivator, managed to succeed.

Even if his Enter the Path had significant differences from the ordinary Enter the Path.

"I have you to thank for this." Lu Ye sighed wistfully, "Jiu Ying must have set up some kind of restriction deep in the ruins, causing unexpected events during your refining, and at the last moment, you were expelled by the restriction within the ruins."

When Lu Ye spoke these words, his expression did not change, and because he wasn't lying, Dark Butterfly couldn't detect anything amiss.

"But why were you able to stay?" Dark Butterfly asked.

"Maybe it's due to the cultivation realm? Anyway, I'm just an Enter the Path cultivator." Lu Ye casually dodged, "After you were expelled, I took over the core's refining, and then succeeded."

He didn't elaborate on the details, but Dark Butterfly fell silent.

It would be self-deception to say she wasn't heartbroken; the Banlan Core, just one step away she could have controlled it, had she managed it, she could become the Banlan master, and then rule over the whole stellar space with supreme freedom.

But to fail at the final step was a major setback.

Damn Jiu Ying, Dark Butterfly wished it could come back to life for her to kill it again.

On second thought, with Lu Ye having refined the Banlan Core and herself intertwined with Lu Ye's fate, it didn't seem as hard to accept.

Moreover, given the situation, there's no choice but to accept it...

"Then can you control Banlan now?" Dark Butterfly asked again.

"No." Lu Ye shook his head, "Banlan's level is too high; even if you had refined the core, you couldn't control it. Right now, I can only use the rights of the Banlan master to traverse this stellar space, and it takes quite a bit of time."

"What about leaving Banlan?"

When asking this, Dark Butterfly's voice trembled with emotion; it's her dream, as well as the ambition of all those who reach Peak Dao Fusion within Banlan.

"Yes! I've already gone out before; that's how I got ambushed and injured."

Already gone out...

Dark Butterfly's mind surged with excitement, completely ignoring the latter part of Lu Ye's sentence.

A vague thought suddenly floated up in his heart again, as if there was some problem, but he didn't think deeply about it and was interrupted by his excitement.

Lu Ye clearly felt that as he spoke that sentence, Dark Butterfly's Mental Consciousness uncontrollably started spreading.

No wonder she found it so hard to suppress. All the cultivators had been trapped in Banlan for countless years, and no one had ever left. Although there was always a rumor that a way out was hidden deep within the ruins, nobody had been able to prove it.

Until now, Lu Ye had confirmed it in front of her.

Dark Butterfly wasn't just thinking about escaping this prison; more importantly, she had hope of achieving Dao Harmony!

No matter the race, as cultivators, they were always pursuing a higher realm and greater strength.

"Brother Ye..." Dark Butterfly called tremblingly.

"You need to calm down first." Lu Ye obviously knew what she was thinking. "I have a few questions to ask you."

"Ask away." Dark Butterfly was as obedient as ever.

"I can take you out, but if I do, what are your plans for the future?"

"Plans?" Dark Butterfly was momentarily dazed. Happiness had come too suddenly, and she hadn't really thought about any plans. Now, she thought carefully and said, "Try to advance to Dao Harmony?"

"And then?"

"And then... I don't know. What do you want me to do?" Dark Butterfly threw the question back at him.

Lu Ye said calmly, "I need a large amount of Dao Bone!"

Dark Butterfly readily agreed, "In the future, you can take half of all the Dao Bones sent to me!"

"That's not enough!" Lu Ye shook his head.

"Seventy percent then? Any more, and I won't have enough to recover." Dark Butterfly hesitated.

Lu Ye smiled slightly, "What I want is not your Dao Bone."

"What does Brother Ye want?" Dark Butterfly was puzzled.

Lu Ye said leisurely, "Banlan is vast, and the cultivators of the Insect and Blood Races are many, each with their own Dao Bone. Such a reserve should be considerable, right? It should suffice for my needs."

Dark Butterfly's voice trembled, "You plan to annihilate the Insect and Blood Races within Banlan?"

"Not quite." Lu Ye shook his head. "Even if I had the ability, I wouldn't do that... When water is too clean, there are no fish. Although I don't have a good impression of the Insect and Blood Races, I wouldn't go as far as to want to completely annihilate them. If there were no Insect and Blood Races in Banlan, then the human race and Giant Race would inevitably come into conflict. Battles and strife are unavoidable. Even if one day the two sides settled their differences, there would be internal strife afterwards. Restlessness is in the nature of all living things; this is a problem that cannot be solved."

"Then what do you plan to do?" Dark Butterfly asked with emphasis, having realized that despite their long association, she never truly understood him.

"I just want you to help me out when I need Dao Bone."

"You want me to be a traitor to the Insect and Blood Races?"

"Silly, don't say it so harshly." Lu Ye was gentle. "There's no talk of traitors. You're just making the right choice when it comes to your path for yourself. In this world, which cultivator's path to growth isn't paved with countless bones?"

Dark Butterfly retorted snappily, "You make it sound nice, but isn't it still treachery?"

"If you insist on saying it that way, there's nothing I can do."

"What if I don't agree?"

"You can't force a cow to drink by pushing its head down, can you? Your strength is superior to mine; if you don't agree, there's nothing I can do. I'm just giving you a perspective; whether to follow it or how to follow it is all up to you."

Dark Butterfly's Mental Consciousness enveloped Lu Ye, as if "looking" at him, and she mocked, "Indeed, humans are so deceitful."

Lu Ye replied, "I'm being forthright and sincere with you, yet you call me deceitful. Then this discussion is over."

With that said, he stood up and dusted off his pants, "I'm leaving. Think about it yourself."

"Where are you going?" Dark Butterfly was taken aback.

"Going out for a stroll. Or should I stay here and argue with you?"

"You're not allowed to leave!" Dark Butterfly moved her Mental Consciousness and completely enveloped Lu Ye, "We haven't finished talking yet."

He had hardly returned, and Dark Butterfly was determined not to let Lu Ye leave again, especially now that he had refined the Banlan Core and had the ability to take her out.

This was the hope she had been waiting for years. If Lu Ye had an accident outside, she would regret it for a lifetime.

Lu Ye looked at her calmly and laughed lightly, "If I want to leave, you can't stop me."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger slightly.

Dark Butterfly's expression turned to utter astonishment.

Because she found that although Lu Ye was clearly standing beside her and she could see him, in her perception there was nothing but emptiness, which meant she had no way to use her Mental Consciousness to restrain Lu Ye.

She immediately realized that this must be the right of Lu Ye as the Banlan master. In this stellar space, even though his cultivation strength wasn't high, he could achieve many unbelievable things.

Space began to distort, ripples forming.

Dark Butterfly was urgently worried, "Lu Ye, finish talking before you leave!"

"Think it through first yourself." Lu Ye ignored her, letting her shout. After thirty breaths, he suddenly vanished.

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