Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 774, Personal Grudges

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

On the cliff of the Northern Profound Sword Clan, as Mu Qingyun narrated the tale, Mu Suifeng opened his eyes. His interest was piqued as though he had realised something.

“Honoured Master, this incident is truly strange, so I don’t know what I should do about it. Please give me some instructions,” Mu Qingyun said.

“A Sword Cultivator should always follow his heart. Since you’ve got a calling, just go with the flow. You’re not in a hurry to make it to the Real Lake Realm anyway.”

“I understand.”

After Mu Qingyun was gone, Mu Suifeng was seated there for a long time before he looked up at the sky with a dark gaze.

At the same time, on a Spirit Peak near the bay of Infinite Island, Lan Zi Yi, who was clad in all purple clothes, clenched the Golden Amulet in her hand. A faint smile played on her lips as she muttered, “Interesting.”

Without hesitation, she kept the Amulet. No longer wanting to cultivate, she left her bedroom and headed to the Sanctum of Providence on the island.

Unlike how uncertain Mu Qingyun was, she seemed to know what she was supposed to do.

…

“How are you going to cultivate your power if you give these to me?” In the Ameliorate Arcane Glade, Lu Ye looked at Hua Ci in shock.

Everyone was cultivating their power except for Hua Ci, so Lu Ye soon found her upon his return.

Much to his surprise, the woman suddenly fished out two Golden Amulets and passed them to him.

Hua Ci had made it to the top 300 in the Fight for Supremacy this time. Although the reward was meagre, she had still acquired two Golden Amulets.

“I told you my cultivation method is different from that of an average person. These things aren’t so useful to me.”

They weren’t useless to her, though. Like the other cultivators, she could also make use of Amulets and Spirit Pills or absorb World Spirit Qi to increase her power.

However, her primary task wasn’t to increase her power. Most importantly, she had to strengthen her poison while improving her cultivation.

If she was only intent on increasing her power, there would come a day when her poison became useless against her enemies.

Presently, no Cloud River Realm Masters would dare underestimate her moves. She could even pose a threat to the weaker Real Lake Realm Masters.

Nevertheless, the stronger Real Lake Realm Masters could ward off her poison.

If she never strengthened her poison, she wouldn’t have a way to deal with enemies in the Real Lake Realm even when she became one.

She was a Medical Cultivator, so it wasn’t like she could fight an enemy head-on.

“Also, this isn’t a gift. Just take it as a payment.”

“What do you mean?” Lu Ye was puzzled.

“Escort me to a place tomorrow.”

Only then did Lu Ye realise what was going on. “Are you hiring me to be your bodyguard?”

Hua Ci’s eyes curved into crescents. “I’m not sure if these Amulets are enough to hire the number one cultivator in the Fight for Supremacy, though.”

A laugh escaped Lu Ye as he replied, “I’m afraid these are not enough.”

“What should I do, then?” Hua Ci suddenly appeared pitiful, and her voice was tinged with sorrow. “I don’t have anything else that’s precious. Why don’t I sleep with you to make up for the discrepancy, then?”

A bashful Lu Ye glanced around, worried that Yi Yi might hear her. Only when he saw that Yi Yi wasn’t around did he set his mind at ease.

He chastised the woman by saying, “Will you stop spouting nonsense all the time? If you dare do it again, I’ll beat you up!”

Hua Ci looked even more dejected. “It’s not like you’ve never laid a hand on me before…”

She still vividly remembered his spank in the room in the Divine Trade Association.

Lu Ye had no intention of dwelling on that topic. “I’m fine with escorting you, but just keep these Amulets to yourself. You might need them one day, so there’s no need to give them to me.”

He turned around and walked away, but he soon stopped in his tracks and asked, “Where are you going?”

“Five Poisons Pond.”

A forbidden area such as the Myriad Poison Forest where there was a poisonous fog existed on the Spirit Creek Battlefield. Naturally, there was a similar forbidden area on the Cloud River Battlefield. A place like this was full of danger, so even the cultivators in the Eighth Order or Ninth Order were not willing to visit.

But to Hua Ci, there wasn’t a better cultivation environment in the world than that.

She had been cultivating in Ameliorate Arcane Glade by relying on the poisonous cores given to her by Lu Ye, and she had never breathed in the World Spiritual Qi, which was why her progress was slow.

Given her inheritance, her power would grow quickly in a short time as long as there was a suitable environment.

Not long after she arrived at the Cloud River Battlefield, she already wanted to look for a place similar to the Myriad Poison Forest, but before she could do that, she heard from Li Baxian that Lu Ye was besieged, so she went over to rescue him.

Then, Lu Ye took her to Ameliorate Arcane Glade, where they took part in the Fight for Supremacy together. During this period, she bought a ten-point map from the Vault of Providence. She pored over the map and finally found Five Poisons Pond, which would be an ideal cultivation place for her.

Now that the Fight for Supremacy was over, she naturally had to set off.

Since that place wasn’t far away from her current location, she decided to let Lu Ye escort her. By doing so, she could keep herself safe and prevent accidents from happening.

After the discussion, Lu Ye took out his ten-point map and looked for Five Poisons Pond.

He soon found it. On the ten-point map, the words ‘Five Poisons Ponds’ were dark, eerie, and unsettling. Anyone who saw the words would immediately know it was a dangerous place that one shouldn’t barge into.

Before Lu Ye kept the map, he recalled something and quickly glanced at the route from Ameliorate Valley to Five Poisons Pond.

A moment later, he kept the map and headed to the Divine Opportunity Column.

Since Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Ju Jia were cultivating their powers in seclusion, he wouldn’t want to bother them.

Anyway, cultivators would frequently reunite and part ways. Therefore, he and Hua Ci didn’t need to inform them about their departure. When Li Baxian and the others came out of their seclusion and realised Lu Ye and Hua Ci were not around, they would send them a message.

It wouldn’t be too late to give them an explanation by then.

The night went by without a word. The next morning, Lu Ye packed up and left the wooden house with Amber. The door of the adjacent house was pushed open at the same time.

“Let’s go,” Lu Ye said and summoned his Spirit Boat.

Hua Ci directly stepped on it and took a seat. Lu Ye shot her a look and did the same. As he activated his Spiritual Power, the boat shot into the sky.

As they charged forward, all he could smell was Hua Ci’s unique bodily fragrance. Yi Yi left the tiger’s body and talked to Hua Ci. Their laughter could be heard during the journey.

When Lu Ye was weak back then, he had to be careful when driving a Flight-Type Artifact on the Cloud River Battlefield. He couldn’t fly too high, for he wouldn’t be able to escape if he came across formidable enemies.

He couldn’t fly too low either, for he might come across ambushes from the ground. Around 300 metres above the ground would be a suitable height.

As Lu Ye recalled his hardship and experiences when he first arrived at the Cloud River Battlefield, he felt sorry for his past self.

Now, he no longer had to be concerned by any restrictions. He could fly however he wanted. He could use his saber to teach anyone who dared find fault with him a lesson.

Soon, he would reach the maximum limit of power allowed on the Cloud River Battlefield. As he thought about it, he realised it had only been a short time since he arrived at this place. It had even been shorter than his stay on the Spirit Creek Battlefield.

Once he made it to the Real Lake Realm, he would have to leave the Cloud River Battlefield. By then, he would be faced with the expansive stage that was Jiu Zhou.

Since his cultivation had improved, he could drive his artifact faster as well. It only took him a day to leave Grand Wilds Peak.

At night, they found a place to rest in the wilderness. By setting up an Alarm Ward and a Defensive Ward, they didn’t have to worry about any surprise attacks.

The next day, they continued their journey.

Soon, Hua Ci realised that something was off. “Are you moving in the wrong direction, Lu Ye?”

Their direction was generally correct, but there was a problem with the angle. If they kept on flying like this, they would deviate from the direction of Five Poisons Pond. By then, they would have to change directions.

“It’s the right direction,” Lu Ye replied. “I have to settle some personal grudges first.”

Hua Ci understood his intention and felt sorry for the enemies she didn’t know.

She didn’t ask about the people whom Lu Ye was going to find fault with. As far as she was concerned, Lu Ye had countless enemies when he was on the Spirit Creek Battlefield, and it was the same case on the Cloud River Battlefield.

She only felt that those people were unlucky as Lu Ye was directly heading to their place.

Lu Ye wasn’t a magnanimous person. It was just that he had too many enemies, so it was pointless for him to remember every one of them. Moreover, the situation on the Cloud River Battlefield was different from that on the Spirit Creek Battlefield. Most cultivators here didn’t have permanent residences, so he might not even bump into them again, let alone retaliate against them.

There was an exception, though. He could find fault with cultivators who had their own Arcane Glades.

Cultivators with an Arcane Glade wouldn’t migrate to another place under normal circumstances unless they could accept the price of the level of the Arcane Glade plunging. That was because once a Wisp of Sanctification settled down, its level would drop if it was taken out.

Many people had taken part in hunting Lu Ye down on the Cloud River Battlefield, but there was only one place where he could get his revenge.

It was the Sacred Universe Arcane Glade!

Coincidentally, Sacred Universe Arcane Glade wasn’t far away from Grand Wilds Peak. It was near the route to Five Poisons Pond.

Initially, he didn’t intend to head to Sacred Universe Arcane Glade, but he inadvertently saw the place when he was going through the ten-point map to find out the location of his destination. It could only be said that they were truly unlucky.

The Sacred Universe Arcane Glade came into their sight from a distance.

Usually, a radius of 100 kilometres around a large Arcane Glade like this was considered their defence line.

Any cultivator would be deemed provocative if he dared go near it.

Throughout the entire Cloud River Battlefield, the Sacred Universe Arcane Glade could be considered powerful. It was an Arcane Glade jointly developed by Cult Blackfyre and Universe Clan. Over the generations, the place had helped produce many brilliant disciples for the two Sects.

Such a large Arcane Glade could be considered one of the foundations of the two Sects.

There were around 300 cultivators in the Arcane Glade, and the Defensive Ward was sturdy. As such, it wouldn’t collapse in a short time after it was struck. As long as they could hold on for a while, helpers from the Cloud River Battlefield or the main Sects in Jiu Zhou would come to the rescue.

Therefore, after so many years, even though those of the Grand Sky Coalition knew that it was an Arcane Glade jointly developed by two Sects of Thousand Demon Ridge, they never intended to invade it.

But this day, an unwelcome visitor descended from the sky and struck the Defensive Ward that engulfed the entire Arcane Glade.