Sage of Humanity-Chapter 552 - 550: New Spirit Runes

The reward for ranking first on the Kills Ranking was what Lu Ye most anticipated, for it was something that could directly enhance his cultivation, and nothing was more important to him at this time.

In the Heaven's Augury treasure vault, Lu Ye immersed his mind, touching the golden mark on the back of his hand, and in the next moment, his vision blurred and he directly appeared inside a small chamber with a table in the center, which bore nothing but two chests, one large and one small, both looking extremely ancient.

Each chest had a golden mark similar to the one bestowed on Lu Ye's hand by Heaven's Augury. The mark resembled a golden octagonal compass, nothing special to behold.

He stepped forward, and lifted the lid of the larger chest, instantly filling the chamber with a dazzling golden light.

As the golden light receded, Lu Ye looked down into the chest, where rows of gold-hued spirit fortune sticks emerged into view.

He took them out, one by one, neither more nor less, exactly nine.

Counting the two gold-hued spirit fortune sticks he already possessed, he now had a total of eleven.

He also had some other quality spirit fortune sticks...

For a cultivator at the Cloud River Level 3 to possess so many spirit fortune sticks was unimaginable. Since ancient times, there had been no cultivator in the Nine Provinces who had obtained so many spirit fortune sticks at such a low level of cultivation all at once.

If it were not for the rewards from the Kills Ranking, Lu Ye could not have achieved this, mainly because the last Fire Phoenix Spirit Runes had killed quite a few cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, allowing him to take the top position on the Kills Ranking in one fell swoop.

With so many spirit fortune sticks in hand, Lu Ye estimated that if he used them all, advancing to the Cloud River Level 5 realm should not be too difficult.

Of course, these nine gold-hued spirit fortune sticks were not all his. He would need to share them with Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan later, only keeping three for himself.

After securing the spirit fortune sticks, Lu Ye looked toward the smaller chest.

The larger chest contained gold-hued spirit fortune sticks, while the smaller one probably held the legendary Class A Spring Spirit.

Though Lu Ye had owned a Class C spirit ground, he had never seen what a spring spirit actually looked like.

He lifted the lid of the smaller chest, no strange phenomenon occurred, and he looked down, furrowing his brow.

Lying within the chest was a white, plump object resembling a silkworm cocoon, about the length of a palm. It seemed to be a living creature, for Lu Ye could feel it breathing, and as it breathed, its body seemed solid at times and ethereal at others.

This was a Class A Spring Spirit?

It was a bit different from what he had imagined...

But since it was a gift from Heaven's Augury, it must be right.

It was said that with this item, no matter where in the Cloud River battlefield one was, it could be used to create a Class A Spiritual Spring, thereby generating a Class A Spirit Ground.

However, this was limited to the Cloud River battlefield, as the phenomenon of a spiritual spring generating a spirit ground was unique there, not found anywhere else, making the spring spirit only functional in the Cloud River battlefield.

Lu Ye grabbed the plump spring spirit in his hand, surprised by the unexpectedly pleasant tactile feel.

But how to store this thing? It seemed to be a living creature, and he wondered if putting it directly into a storage sack might pose any problems.

After a moment's thought, Lu Ye looked at the smaller chest again, then placed the spring spirit back inside and grabbed the chest.

This chest, too, was a gift from Heaven's Augury. Although he didn't know what material it was made of, it was definitely a fine item. He might as well take it with him, as it might come in handy later to store something.

To his surprise, no matter how much force he used, the chest wouldn't budge. The same was true for the larger chest alongside it.

The chests could not be taken! Heaven's Augury was really being a bit too stingy.

Having no choice, Lu Ye resigned, took out a spirit beast sack, and stored the spring spirit inside.

Storage sacks could not hold living creatures, but spirit beast sacks were no problem.

Having collected the rewards from the Kills Ranking, Lu Ye slightly stirred his mind and exited the Heaven's Augury treasure vault.

Returning to his senses, he stood in front of Heaven's Augury Pillar, surrounded by quite a few disciples, who saluted him as he opened his eyes.

Lu Ye responded briefly, exchanged a few encouraging words with the crowd, and then used Heaven's Augury Pillar to return to the Righteous Blood Sect headquarters.

Amber sensed Lu Ye's return and rushed in from outside, nuzzling him with his big head.

"Where's Yiyi?" Lu Ye asked.

Amber looked up and indicated a direction; Lu Ye then knew Yiyi was at the sect master's place, cultivating.

Since Yiyi was a magic cultivator and the sect master was also a magic cultivator, he was naturally a good teacher. Compared to Lu Ye, Yiyi could be considered the sect master's closed door disciple.

Not wanting to disturb, Lu Ye headed straight for Shui Yuan's residence.

Upon finding Shui Yuan, he took out all the materials he had collected from the outside, causing Shui Yuan to be so shocked that she was somewhat speechless: "This much again?"

The scene seemed familiar; just a few months ago, Lu Ye had brought in a large amount of materials, and surprisingly, in just a few months, he had brought back another haul.

When Lu Ye had entered the Spirit Stream battlefield, he had said he was going for revenge, but looking at the current situation, it was more like he had gone on a shopping spree.

Having fallen into the hands of the same person twice in a row, one could only imagine what the mood at Ten Thousand Demons Ridge was like now...

"Sister, the days ahead will be better and better, and you won't need to be frugal with your cultivation. Right now in our sect, it's only you and the sect master who are in the Divine Sea Realm. The sect master is getting older and some matters are too burdensome for him, so the sect will rely more on you in the future."

Shui Yuan nodded, "I understand. It's you who has the tough part."

Although she did not know exactly what Lu Ye had done to make Ten Thousand Demons Ridge compromise once again, unless it was unavoidable, there must have been some conflict and slaughter, otherwise such a large camp would not have easily sought peace.

"Sister, take your time to organize. I'll be leaving now."

Having said this, Lu Ye summoned his Spiritual Artifact and soared into the sky, heading straight for Emerald Bamboo Peak.

Looking at the mountain-like pile of various resources in front of her, Shui Yuan smiled and shook her head; another busy yet fulfilling day. The sect's treasure vault was almost stuffed full...

In the sleeping chamber on Emerald Bamboo Peak, Lu Ye split the fortune sticks he held into two parts—one part containing six gold-hued spirit fortune sticks, reserved for Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan.

The other part included five gold-hued, one purple, one blue, two green, and four white spirit fortune sticks, mostly spoils of war obtained in the hunting fields, as well as some from opening the fortune stick chest.

He wasn't in a rush to use these fortune sticks for cultivation, because Yiyi was not around.

Once Yiyi had time, they could cultivate together and enhance their strength as a pair.

He continued to feed various flames to the Talent Tree as time trickled by, the leaves of the Talent Tree igniting one by one.

It wasn't until only thirty portions of Earth's Core Fire remained that Lu Ye stopped.

He saved a bit of Earth's Core Fire for emergencies, to avoid a situation where the Talent Tree ran out of fuel again.

He began to examine the spirit runes carried on the leaves of the Talent Tree.

As before, most of the leaves did not carry complete spirit runes but rather special embedding techniques, which were of great use to Lu Ye. They formed the basis and the foundation for his improvement in the Path of Spirit Runes; otherwise, knowing only how to construct spirit runes without understanding how to embed and connect them would be ineffective.

Spirit runes could be deployed independently or driven by formations. If the latter, these embedding techniques were necessary. Strictly speaking, spirit runes and formations complement each other.

It took almost one Shichen for Lu Ye to examine all the burning leaves.

He acquired a total of four new spirit runes.

And each new type was generally more complex than the previous ones, each supported by more than one leaf.

For instance, the Guarding and Sharpness spirit runes that Lu Ye initially obtained were basic and simple to construct, requiring only a single leaf to carry all the information.

However, more complex runes, such as the Void Spirit Runes, needed dozens of leaves to bear them, and the Fire Phoenix Spirit Runes were even more exaggerated; when traced together, the leaves resembled a Fire Phoenix squatting on the Talent Tree.

The more complex the spirit rune, the more leaves it required to be carried.

The three types of runes he obtained this time required at least three to four leaves, with some needing as many as seven or eight leaves.

This meant that constructing them was much more difficult than making basic runes like Guarding or Sharpness.

Beast Trap.

Mist.

Mirage.

Sky Prohibition.

These were the four new spirit runes.

Lu Ye had seen each type in books, and he had even setup the Beast Trap in the hunting fields. This spirit rune, aside from the Void, was another practical type he learned from books for use in combat.

The trap arrays he previously set up centered around the Beast Trap spirit rune. In the hunting fields, he used it to stall the pursuit of Level 9 Cloud River cultivators twice, which allowed him to escape with his life. The tremendous utility of this rune went without saying.

However, learning from books and being inspired by the Talent Tree offered different experiences for Lu Ye.

Self-learned runes posed a risk of failure and were less efficient, whereas the runes from the Talent Tree could be deployed at will, greatly increasing the efficiency of setting up trap arrays using these runes.

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The Mist Spirit Rune, as the name suggests, could create a dense fog, the thicker the more energy consumed.

This spirit rune was specially used for array setups and could form the core of a Delusion Array. If set up exquisitely, along with other methods, it could completely disorient enemies within it.

The Mirage Spirit Rune worked similarly to the Mist Spirit Rune, but it created illusions instead of fog, achieving effects where the fake seems real and vice versa. Similarly, this rune could also serve as the core of an Illusion Array.

If Mist and Mirage spirit runes were combined, it would create a perfect Grand Delusion Array.

As for Sky Prohibition, as the name implies, it had the power to forbid flying in the air, and if used as the core of an array, it would create a sky prohibition array.

These four runes did not greatly enhance Lu Ye's own strength, but they offered him more options in the Array Path.

A peculiar feeling arose in Lu Ye's heart; the last time he obtained four runes from the Talent Tree, he found himself advancing further on the path of magic cultivators.

This time, with these four runes, he was advancing further down the path of array cultivators.

He wondered what spirit runes he might get next time.