Sage of Humanity

According to the information gathered by Dark Butterfly, Edgeless City has been nurturing the human race within an entire domain for countless years. The number of cultivators among humans who have entered the Path is unknown, but their cultivation and bone growing is enough to satisfy the cultivation needs of the beast race cultivators in Edgeless City.

No wonder Dark Butterfly said she and Zi Ying couldn't tolerate the actions of Edgeless City.

If such a thing is not encountered, then fine. But once encountered, how could it be ignored?

Lu Ye suddenly remembered something.

When leaving Qing Palace, Uncle Duan had vaguely reminded him that the position of the human race in Star Abyss was not very good.

At the time, he did not understand. Now looking back, Uncle Duan probably knew about the bone growing issue, but did not explicitly mention it.

However...

"Why is it the human race?" Lu Ye frowned. "There should be other races besides the beast race and the human race in that stellar space of Edgeless City. Why has the human race encountered such a calamity?"

Dark Butterfly thought for a moment and said, "According to the information I have gathered, that special cultivation method can only be successfully practiced by your human race. Even if other races practice it, it has little effect and can't be used as a bone chalice for bone growing."

Lu Ye and Zi Ying exchanged glances, inexplicably developing a sense that the human race is being targeted. If the overall environment of Star Abyss is like this, the human race's position is indeed not good, because this way, any race with malicious intentions encountering the human race will develop greed, just like what Lu Ye encountered with those two passing by Peak Dao Fusion cultivators earlier.

If his strength hadn't been sufficient at the time, he would have surely been captured.

Lu Ye and Zi Ying felt worried, and Dark Butterfly observed and said, "I advise you not to provoke Edgeless City. With our current strength, we're still not their match."

"How would we know without fighting?" Zi Ying looked at her coldly.

Dark Butterfly said flatly, "That Edgeless City is itself a Dao soldier, similar to Banlan. Though your and my strengths are not weak, if we really start a conflict with them, aside from whether we can invade, even if we do, we will be constantly constrained. There are two Peak Dao Fusion cultivators on their side that we might be able to hold off, but what about the remaining Dao Fusion ones?"

"I can give it a try." Lu Ye said seriously.

Dark Butterfly turned to look at him and shook her head slowly, "Brother Ye, I know your strength is formidable, but as the saying goes, 'two fists against four hands,' no one can say for sure if among the enemies there might be a cultivator of 8th Order Dao Fusion or even 9th Order. If there's even one such enemy, you can only barely contend.

What Dark Butterfly said was unpleasant but realistic.

Although Lu Ye's strength has greatly improved now, in normal times it's just two hundred Power of the Path. Those 8th Order Dao Fusion or even 9th Order cultivators all possess Dao soldiers, facing even one is a challenge.

Even with the Talent Tree Avatar, it can only deal with two.

Of course, if Edgeless City doesn't have enough 8th or 9th Order ones, things would be easier.

It's a pity the cat demon's strength is too low and doesn't know much about Edgeless City.

Lu Ye suddenly looked up at Zi Ying, "Can we bring some reinforcements from Banlan?"

Though Edgeless City's background is indeed solid, compared to Banlan, it's nothing.

The three major forces in Banlan, none of them could be compared with Edgeless City. If we could bring some people from Banlan to help, it would be much easier.

But choosing reinforcement candidates isn't easy, they must be trustworthy. This matter can only be asked of Zi Ying, Dark Butterfly definitely won't have good candidates, even if she did recommend someone, Lu Ye wouldn't consider it.

Zi Ying contemplated for a moment, "I have only one candidate, whom you have met."

"The old gentleman guarding the ruins' entrance?" Lu Ye immediately recalled, he once had a brief interaction with him, the old man claimed he taught Zi Ying for a while, certainly fulfilling a master-disciple relationship.

"Yes." Zi Ying nodded, "Veteran Chen also has Peak Dao Fusion cultivation, but he's quite old. Normally he doesn't fight, but if he does, it will certainly cost him his lifespan."

Such Peak Dao Fusion cultivators like Veteran Chen are still present in Banlan; they haven't personally fought for years as they have limited lifespan, the more they fight, the sooner they die.

Lu Ye was secretly surprised; he hadn't discerned the old gentleman as a Peak Dao Fusion back then. It's hard to imagine such a powerful figure just guarding a ruins entrance.

Luckily, he didn't fight him at that time, otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

"Then do you think, Sister Zi Ying, that Veteran Chen would be willing to come?"

Zi Ying smiled, "He would certainly be willing, not to mention this matter is for the human race; if he leaves Banlan, he could have the hope of advancing to Dao Harmony. If successful, he wouldn't be troubled by limited lifespan anymore. To him, such an opportunity is rare in a thousand years."

She had intended to discuss this with Lu Ye when the time was right, to bring Veteran Chen out from Banlan, and now it's an ideal opportunity, achieving two goals at once.

"Moreover... Veteran Chen knows more people, perhaps there are other trustworthy candidates!"

Lu Ye's eyes brightened; indeed, Veteran Chen is very senior; whom he knows couldn't be weak.

In fact, if not considering too much, it would be easy for Lu Ye to bring people out of Banlan; just a rallying call would gather supporters.

But doing so will only weaken the human race's battle alliance there; every Peak Dao Fusion is a rare combat power, like Veteran Chen, who has long ignored war matters and leaving doesn't impact much.

However, if someone like Huang Quan leaving would make the human race lack a commander, unfavorable to battles.

Furthermore, human nature is unpredictable; no one dares to guarantee what those people will think once leaving Banlan, whether they intend to replace Lu Ye.

Lu Ye previously discussed these with Zi Ying, so his actions are naturally cautious.

"I'll go back to contact Veteran Chen." Lu Ye said.

"I'll go personally." Zi Ying shook her head.

"Alright."

Without delay, the two immediately decided to set off on their journey.

Before leaving, Lu Ye reminded Dark Butterfly, "That ghost cultivator escaped back to Edgeless City earlier, and they seem to have some interest in Banlan. Be careful."

"Got it. Come back soon, Brother Ye," Dark Butterfly replied obediently.

The location of the insect hive that Dark Butterfly chose wasn't far from Banlan, and a moment later, Lu Ye and Zi Ying arrived in front of Banlan.

"Sister Zi Ying, I'll take you inside!" Lu Ye spoke while reaching out a hand to Zi Ying.

Zi Ying blinked and raised her hand to hold his.

Lu Ye immediately led her, plunging headfirst into Banlan.

When they reappeared, they were already within the domain of the human race.

Looking around, Zi Ying was greatly amazed, "Is this... the Blue Water Battle Planet?"

She had been stationed here in the past, very familiar with this place, and realized that if Lu Ye hadn't led her, it would have been impossible to appear here directly from outside.

"I'll contact Veteran Chen first." Zi Ying took out her authority waist tablet and sent out a message.

A moment later, she looked up at Lu Ye, "Find somewhere to stay for a while, and when I have news, I'll contact you."

"Alright." Lu Ye had no objections.

Zi Ying soon departed. Left with nothing to do, Lu Ye began to explore the surroundings.

Soon, he set his gaze towards a direction where a big sun was located.

He hadn't replenished the fuel for his Talent Tree in a long time; while it was still sufficient, taking the opportunity to replenish it wouldn't hurt.

The space around fluctuated, ripples surged, and in a moment, Lu Ye's figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

As he entered the big sun to replenish the Talent Tree's fuel, Zi Ying had already arrived at a verdant little star.

This little star is one of the companion stars of the home planet and the environment here is quite nice, mainly because it is serene.

Veteran Chen's previous mission was to guard an entrance to relics, but ever since the secrets within were suspected to be solved by Lu Ye and the relics became inaccessible, Veteran Chen's mission ended.

Having dedicated his life to the human race, the battle alliance wouldn't easily allow him to fight again in his twilight years, unless in an exceptionally urgent situation.

Without a mission, he retired here, spending his days drinking tea, fishing, enjoying leisure while awaiting the inevitable end of his lifespan.

"Veteran Chen!" A familiar voice came, as Veteran Chen turned his head, seeing Zi Ying standing by his side.

Veteran Chen's real name is Chen Gushan, not a cultivator from aristocratic families, just like Zi Ying, he worked his way up from the ground, so he particularly cared for Zi Ying back then, even personally mentoring her for a while.

However, he never allowed Zi Ying to call him Master.

"Still alive, that's good. The old man almost thought I would have to send off a young one," Chen Gushan scrutinized Zi Ying, relieved only after seeing she was unharmed.

"Hmm?" Zi Ying looked puzzled.

Chen Gushan chuckled, "You probably don't know yet? Not long ago, everyone on the home planet was saying you had fallen for some unknown reason."

Zi Ying frowned, "Who spread that rumor?"

It was simply inexplicable.

"That kid Huang Quan spread it. He couldn't reach you when he tried to contact you, so he thought something had happened to you," Chen Gushan explained. "Though, no kidding, I tried to contact you too, and couldn't, where've you been recently?"

Zi Ying finally understood how the misunderstanding occurred.

It was understandable; she'd run outside Banlan, so how could Huang Quan contact her? The misunderstanding made sense.

"Veteran Chen…" Zi Ying quietly looked at him, "I wasn't inside Banlan recently."

Chen Gushan's frail hand holding the fishing rod trembled slightly, his eyelid noticeably twitching, "Where on earth were you, dear girl? Not inside Banlan, where then?"

"I left Banlan," Zi Ying spoke, not afraid of causing shock.

Chen Gushan was stunned, "But aren't you here?"

"I've come back again!"

"Girl," Chen Gushan's eye was constantly twitching, "you're grown up, stop joking with the old man like this."

Nobody knew that when Zi Ying was young, she had a very lively personality, also rather mischievous; Chen Gushan had been fooled many times.

But as she gradually aged, her cultivation soared, her personality became calm and reserved.

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