Sage of Humanity-Chapter 671 - 669 Mission Failed

Continuing to be stubborn now might really lead to being knocked unconscious and taken back to the Nine Provinces. It was better to comply, merely delaying the trip to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda by a month.

However, before Lu Ye could nod in agreement, the woman suddenly grunted, unable to hold her longsword steady, and in that moment, her aura became extremely disordered.

She quickly stepped back a few steps, increasing the distance between them as if afraid of accidentally injuring him.

"What's wrong?" Lu Ye asked, frowning.

The mysterious woman did not answer, but what happened next left Lu Ye dumbfounded.

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It was as if an invisible seal had been broken, and amid the fluctuating, chaotic aura, her power suddenly climbed up, breaking through the level expected of Cloud River cultivators in the blink of an eye.

This scene was all too familiar, reminding Lu Ye of an incident he encountered days ago at the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

That day, while he was queuing in the Heaven's Augury Hall of the Mercantile Union, he was attacked by a few Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, only for a manager of the Mercantile Union to suddenly intervene and kill them with the force of a thunderbolt.

That manager's situation at the time matched exactly with the current state of this woman...

People who seemed to be at the Cloud River Realm suddenly erupted with the momentum and strength of the True Lake Realm!

This mysterious woman was not a Cloud River Realm cultivator at all. She was above that.

"Are you from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union?" Lu Ye asked in surprise.

As far as he knew, only members of the Mercantile Union had such bizarre abilities to arrive at the Cloud River battlefield with cultivation exceeding the Cloud River Realm and could, in a short period, unleash their true strength.

"Return to the Nine Provinces!" the woman insisted through clenched teeth to Lu Ye, her voice strained as if she was fighting against something, and immediately after she spoke, the space around her distorted abruptly and she disappeared.

If it weren't for the lingering unique fragrance at the tip of his nose, Lu Ye might have thought the entire experience was just an illusion.

What was going on?

Lu Ye was truly bewildered.

Thinking back on everything that had happened since encountering this mysterious woman, it all felt very strange.

She had suddenly appeared and helped him break out of an encirclement, letting him escape, and then led him to a hidden cave, where there was a remained teleportation array, through which they arrived here, at a place that already had a Heaven's Augury Pillar set up!

Both the teleportation array and the Heaven's Augury Pillar were not means that ordinary people could possess: the former required profound mastery in Array Path, and the latter, immense capital.

The mysterious woman's attitude towards him was neither warm nor cold, and sometimes even a bit impatient. This contradicted her actions of risking herself to save Lu Ye, but she had mentioned that she was only following orders.

As for whose orders she was following, Lu Ye was completely in the dark.

Faintly, Lu Ye felt he might have touched upon some things he had never considered before, things far more complex than he could imagine, and not something someone at the Cloud River Level 5 should be able to access.

Looking at the spot where the woman had disappeared, Lu Ye frowned.

It was only then that he suddenly realized a problem.

That woman… might not be from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

The people from the Mercantile Union never interfered in the conflicts and grievances among cultivators, thus maintaining their transcendental status throughout the Nine Provinces. This might involve the shadow of Heaven's Augury itself, and it was because of this endowment that they had capabilities other cultivators did not possess.

For example, entering the Cloud River battlefield with cultivation surpassing the Cloud River Realm and being able to quickly unleash their true strength.

If she were from the Mercantile Union, she definitely wouldn't have come to save him, otherwise, it would break the Union's longstanding principle of neutrality and subsequently incur punishment from Heaven's Augury.

Are there really people out there who aren't from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, yet can employ similar tactics?

Moreover, from the only clue Lu Ye currently has, this woman is backed by an organization...

The teleportation array before, and the Heaven's Augury Pillar before him, were all the handiwork of this organization, only an organization could have such powerful resources.

What kind of mysterious organization is this, exactly?

The woman wears a mask, hiding her face. Obviously, she fears being recognized. This suggests that she must be quite well-known; revealing her true face would likely lead to her being identified easily.

Lu Ye was unsure of how high her cultivation was, but it was at least that of the True Lake Realm.

As for her final disappearance...

It seems she used some special method to suppress her cultivation and entered the Cloud River battlefield. This method is limited by time, or there's a limit to the strength she can use. Otherwise, it would fail, and once her power exceeded the Cloud River Realm, she would be expelled from the Cloud River battlefield.

This wasn't the same as that manager from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, who after demonstrating the formidable power of the True Lake Realm, easily suppressed his cultivation down to the Cloud River Level 9. However, the mysterious woman couldn't do this.

This was also why Lu Ye judged that she wasn't from the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

It seems there are many things in the cultivation world that lower-level cultivators cannot touch or even dare to imagine...

People say that except for cultivators of the Cloud River Realm, other cultivators cannot enter the Cloud River battlefield.

Yet, in less than half a month, Lu Ye had already met two cultivators whose power exceeded the Cloud River Realm.

No wonder he always felt that the mysterious woman's strength was incredibly outrageous; turns out she had a foundation far surpassing the Cloud River Realm.

However, for her to come to rescue him, she undoubtedly took some risks. No matter how strong her backing was, in the Cloud River battlefield, she could only use techniques of the Cloud River Realm. If she were really attacked by many, she would be in danger.

And this rescue exposed a hidden location and its teleportation array, regardless of the organization behind the woman, they suffered a loss this time.

Although Lu Ye did not wish to speculate with any malice, the secretive actions of the other party were inevitably somewhat alarming.

Regardless of the nature and purpose of the mysterious woman's backing organization, since they rescued him, they likely had ulterior motives.

Perhaps they saw potential in him.

It isn't strange at all. In the Nine Provinces cultivation world, as each era brings forth new talents, cases like Lu Ye causing major upheavals singlehandedly in the Spirit Stream battlefield and causing a great commotion in the Cloud River battlefield are quite rare indeed.

Having shown his capabilities, that organization would certainly notice him. This rescue might just be a way of casting favor, forming a good bond, thus they didn't reveal much to him.

Thinking this, Lu Ye immediately understood that he would definitely have more opportunities to interact with people from this organization in the future.

He decided to set aside the many uncertainties in his mind, adopting the mentality that 'the car will find its way around the hill when it gets there.' Currently, his cultivation was still weak, and even if he knew the opponent's background, it wouldn't be helpful. When his cultivation is stronger later, he can think of ways to investigate.

The immediate crisis had passed. The mysterious woman had intended to force Lu Ye back to the Nine Provinces, but fate had other plans; Lu Ye did not return to the Nine Provinces and, as a result, she was expelled from the Cloud River battlefield.

Now, no one was forcing him anymore.

The location should be very safe, and as he relaxed, the fatigue accumulated before surged up, making Lu Ye suddenly feel exhausted.

It was mainly because his spirit force was greatly depleted. Maintaining Wings and flight spirit runes for a long time was indeed overwhelming for him.

It was crucial to recover quickly.

Sitting cross-legged, Lu Ye took out an elixir pill, popped it into his mouth, and silently refined it.

Meanwhile, in a sealed Heaven's Augury Hall of a certain sect in the Nine Provinces, a graceful figure suddenly appeared.

It was the mysterious woman, still wearing a white mask.

Recalling the recent events, the woman under the mask frowned slightly, and touched her battlefield marking to send out a message, "Mission failed, the target did not return to the Nine Provinces."

Although she wasn't sure what choice Lu Yiye would make after she left, based on his previous performance, the woman concluded that the young man would definitely not willingly return to the Nine Provinces.

Shortly after, a message came through.

"Where are you?"

"At the 35th base," the woman replied.

It took a long while before the other party sent another message, "Let it be for now. Whether he lives or dies, it's up to his own fate."

After a brief exchange, the woman stepped forward to leave. As she walked, she took off the white mask on her face and stored it away, revealing a stunningly beautiful visage.

The doors of Heaven's Augury Hall opened, and the woman's figure was revealed.

A group of people, including those in the True Lake Realm, the Cloud River Realm, and the Spirit Stream Realm, waited outside and bowed in greeting, "We see the Sect Master!"

The woman merely nodded slightly, then soared into the sky. Many of the young disciples watched her departing figure, unable to regain their composure for a long time.