Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 1048, Forged a Thousand Times

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

A moment later, Lu Ye returned to his place with a bruised face. Dao Thirteen had been guarding the door. He watched in shock as Lu Ye entered the room and sat down cross-legged.

Lu Ye felt that Feng Wujiang was unreasonable. He had just ascended to the Divine Ocean Realm, so he had yet to solidify his cultivation and familiarise himself with the increased power, but Feng Wujiang came to beat him up.

Although Feng Wujiang only used a power that was equivalent to the First-Order Divine Ocean Realm, how was Lu Ye supposed to be a match for his Eldest Senior Brother?

Certainly, he had no complaints about it. He knew Feng Wujiang only did that to help him. Although he became battered after the training, he could grasp the power within him more quickly. It was more effective than if he tried to solidify his cultivation on his own.

He had a feeling that it was only the beginning of Feng Wujiang’s training. If he didn’t want to become battered again, he had to hurriedly familiarise himself with his power.

As expected, the next day, when Lu Ye was adjusting his breathing while seated, he heard some noise coming from outside. He could hear Dao Thirteen growling as his voice faded.

Lu Ye’s ears twitched. Although he didn’t see it, he could imagine what had happened outside the room. Dao Thirteen must have tried to stop someone from barging in and was sent flying away.

The thing was, dozens of people on the Sacred Island could easily throw Dao Thirteen, a Fifth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master, away.

The door was violently pushed open. Meng Jie, who was wearing a straw hat, barged into the room like a robber.

It seemed that he was still working on a farm earlier. The bottom of his trousers had been rolled up. His calves were covered in mud.

“What are you doing here, Senior?”

Meng Jie looked calmly at him. “The Holy Master told me to give you some training.”

As he spoke, he extended a hand towards Lu Ye, who obediently let the man pick him up like a chick as they left the room. While in mid-air, Meng Jie tossed him away and crossed his arms. “I’ll only use a power in the First-Order Divine Ocean Realm. You just have to attack me with all of your power. There’s no need to hold back your power. If you can make me move away from my spot in two hours, you’ll pass the test. If you can’t, come with me to work on the farm.”

“Well, I won’t hold back my power, then.” Lu Ye unsheathed the Inviolable Saber and activated his Spiritual Power before shooting towards Meng Jie. He didn’t reserve any of his power.

Lu Ye knew he wasn’t a match for a Senior like Meng Jie, but if both of them were in the same Minor Realm, he felt he had a chance to make the other man move away slightly.

At that moment, his Spiritual Power surged and his Saber Lights flickered.

Two hours later, a bruised Lu Ye was taken away like a dead fish by Meng Jie. He went on to work on the farm for an entire afternoon.

The next day, the door was suddenly pushed open as a wisp of fragrance filled the room.

Lu Ye lifted his head and saw Yue Ji smiling at him. Dao Thirteen couldn’t even make any noise this time.

“Let’s go.” Yue Ji put on a bright smile.

“Sure.” Lu Ye got to his feet.

This afternoon, he didn’t help the woman sell tofu because it had been sold out. Instead, he helped her grind soya beans.

Days passed just like this. Every day, an enthusiastic Senior would come looking for Lu Ye and give him training using different ways.

While Lu Ye experienced a lot of hardship, he also enjoyed it because he knew such a chance was rare.

Those Seniors were the mightiest cultivators in the world. If not for the Heavens of Jiu Zhou, they would never have come together. An average person wouldn’t have a chance to let them give him some training as they were too powerful to deal with such a small matter.

But in Blood Refinement Boundary, the chance was presented to Lu Ye because Feng Wujiang had asked the Seniors for help. Naturally, he wouldn’t miss such a chance.

Although he had to go through many types of torture inflicted on him by different Seniors every day, his improvement was rapid. His cultivation as a Divine Ocean Realm Master was quickly fortified. During the training, he could continuously familiarise himself with his new power.

That wasn’t important, though. Even without these Seniors, Lu Ye could still achieve that on his own after some time.

What was important was that these Seniors were of different factions and had some distinct moves. It had been eye-opening for Lu Ye to witness the incredible moves used by these top cultivators from Jiu Zhou. Moreover, during the exchanges of blows, he learned how to use his power more efficiently.

No one deliberately taught him anything. He had to comprehend things on his own and use his body to feel pain and learn.

What could be taught would still belong to other people, but what he could comprehend would become his.

It could be described that Lu Ye was like a piece of metal that had been forged a thousand times by the Seniors, making his power solid and refined.

Every day, Lu Ye would only exchange blows with the Seniors briefly. Meng Jie would give him two hours, which could be considered a long time. Most fights only lasted for an hour.

Sometimes, he would spend the remaining time helping them with their chores as per their requests, but most of the time, he would reflect on his experiences. Since he had been beaten up, he had to get something out of it. The temporary pain would turn into memories of fighting the opponents, which was worth it. It was a good chance others could only long for, which was why Lu Ye was happy with what was going on.

Also, he developed a new skill. He could now use Blood Techniques.

When he ascended to the Divine Ocean Realm under the Blood Sea, he devoured a golden light, which could turn a Blood Race member into a Holy Seed. He decided to call it the Holy Blood.

The secrets in the Holy Blood that allowed a person to turn into a Holy Seed were burned away by the Tree of Glyphs, but the bloodline inheritance remained. That was the colossal amount of information that had exploded in Lu Ye’s mind.

In other words, Lu Ye had acquired the bloodline inheritance of the Blood Race despite being a Human, which was strange.

Blood Techniques were mysterious, and they were highly erosive against anything with spirituality. He could confirm that after contending with so many Blood Race members.

A Spell Cultivator would be pleased to gain such benefits. Regardless of how the Blood Techniques changed, they were Spells.

However, Lu Ye was a Combat Cultivator. He wouldn’t give up on Blade Techniques and focus on studying Blood Techniques instead.

Fortunately, he didn’t have to give up on his Blade Techniques because the inheritance was branded in the deepest part of his bloodline. As long as he was powerful enough, he could use it with ease. Although the inheritance wasn’t complete after it was burned by the Tree of Glyphs, it was an intangible asset for Lu Ye. Moreover, he was well-versed in the Way of Spells.

By repeatedly looking into the Soaring Dragon Boundary’s Source, he had built a foundation in many factions. He looked just like a Spell Cultivator when he disguised himself as Niu Meng. When he pretended to be Li Taibai, a Sword Cultivator, even Lin Yue couldn’t see through him. If he wanted, he could even disguise himself as a Ghost Cultivator.

Now that he had acquired the inheritance of the Blood Techniques, his skills had been enriched. Of all the Blood Techniques, he found three of them particularly important.

The first one was the Blood River Technique. Only Blood Race members in the Real Lake Realm and above could use it. The technique could create an environment over which the user had absolute control. At the most critical moment, the technique could even help the user avoid a fatal attack. There was no doubt it was a useful technique.

The second one was the Blood Conveyance Technique. There were different versions of the technique in Jiu Zhou, but they were mostly the same. Ying Wuji had used the technique once in the past to run for his life.

However, once it was activated, the user would fall into a weakened state for a moment.

Lu Ye had never studied the Blood Conveyance Technique before, so he had no idea what was with those techniques in Jiu Zhou. It was undeniable that the Blood Race members had their unique insights when it came to this technique. The Blood Conveyance Techniques in Jiu Zhou weren’t comparable to theirs.

If this technique was used well, the user could save his own life when he came across an enemy he couldn’t defeat.

The third one was the Blood Refinement Technique. Through this technique, the user could refine his vitality and turn it into blood essence.

Blood essence was immensely useful. It could strengthen a Blood River when merged with it. If it was used to activate a Blood Technique, it could significantly increase the technique’s power.

Take the Blood Conveyance Technique as an example. When one used blood essence to activate the Blood Conveyance Technique, the effect would be vastly different than when one activated the technique under normal circumstances. In the former situation, the user could run more swiftly.

Moreover, if blood essence was fully refined, one could even use it to resurrect himself.

Lu Ye felt it was nonsense, but since it was recorded as such in the bloodline inheritance of the Blood Race, he couldn’t verify if it was true.

He didn’t have to cultivate most of the Blood Techniques. Since he had acquired the bloodline inheritance, these techniques had been branded in his veins. He could draw on them at any moment. Certainly, the power he could use varied as it was limited by his cultivation and his familiarity with the techniques.

Nevertheless, he had to proactively use the Blood Refinement Technique. That was because he had to consume his vitality to refine his blood essence.

Lu Ye had been doing that as of late. He had achieved some results. A drop of blood essence which contained an immense force had been stored in his heart.

Moreover, he discovered that the Blood Refinement Technique matched him perfectly.

When an average Blood Race member used the Blood Refinement Technique, he had to continuously replenish his power because a lot of his vitality would be consumed.

Although Lu Ye needed to do that as well, things were much better for him than an average Blood Race member because he had ample vitality.

After he was given the broken Source of Soaring Dragon Boundary, his vitality became horrifyingly abundant. Moreover, as time passed, the Source continued to transform his body.

His body was just as sturdy as that of a Body-tempering Cultivator with the same cultivation. It wasn’t just because he had refined Dragon Scales a long time ago. It was also thanks to the Soaring Dragon Boundary’s Source which helped him with the gradual transformation.

Although it was only a broken Source, it was still the Source of a world. When a person was blessed with it, the benefits were massive.

With the inexhaustible vitality coming from the Source, Lu Ye’s lost vitality when he activated the Blood Refinement Technique would be rapidly replenished. As long as he was restrained, the consumption of vitality when using the Blood Refinement Technique wouldn’t affect him much.

But in the end, he only managed to refine three drops of blood essence. It wasn’t that he didn’t want more of it. He just couldn’t keep doing it.

The Blood Refinement Technique had a limit as well. The more powerful a person was, the more drops of blood essence he could refine.

He was a new Divine Ocean Realm Master, so three drops of blood essence were his limit.

These three drops of blood essence could be considered his trump cards. When he activated the blood essence, his power would be boosted considerably in a short time. He even had a feeling that he could burn the blood essence to activate Bloodrage and Beast Form.

If that was true, it was good news to him.

Bloodrage and Beast Form were considered his trump cards, but they had a huge shortcoming. He couldn’t activate them in a heartbeat. Instead, it would take him a long time to get prepared before he could use those techniques.