Sage of Humanity
Chapter 874 - 872: You Can't Fool Me

At that time, the situation was urgent, the aura of death was looming, this guy vented all his pent-up grievances, swearing profusely, as if he wouldn't have the chance to release the bitterness in his heart if he didn't curse.

Fortunately, a large contingent of relief forces from the Nine Provinces arrived just in time, freeing the eight members of the squad from their peril.

Afterwards, those who were poisoned by Primordial Corpse Poison went to Hua Ci for healing, while Lu Ye, along with Giant Armor and Lan Ziyi, hunted the Golden Corpse King.

But Lu Ye remembered this matter clearly...

He thought once they returned to the Nine Provinces and left the Cloud River battlefield, everyone would advance to the True Lake Realm and there wouldn't be many opportunities to meet again. Who would have thought, fate is tricky, they reunited so quickly.

This is indeed a narrow road for enemies...

On careful consideration, it's not surprising; both were cultivators from Bingzhou, all destined to join the provincial guard on the frontline, naturally, they would have a chance to meet.

Lu Ye raised his hand and gripped the hilt of the Boulder Mountain Saber at his waist...

Ying Wuji flew over the volcano rim.

Although they had only recently advanced to the True Lake Realm, he had joined the provincial guard earlier, long before he advanced to the Cloud River Realm, he had already joined the Bingzhou guard of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

He naturally had a better understanding of the frontline situation of the two opposing camps compared to Lu Ye.

Previously limited by cultivation, unable to take on major tasks, now that he had advanced to True Lake Realm, he could finally make a name for himself. This time, he received a mission to lead a team to collect some Earth Fire.

The task wasn't difficult, just time-consuming, so among the group, only he was in the True Lake Realm, the others were new Cloud River Realm cultivators recently joined the provincial guard, with varying cultivation levels.

Recently, the Cloud River battlefield closed, leaving the Cloud River Realm cultivators with no place to go, so they all flooded into the frontline of the two opposing camps, which led to a significant increase in cultivator numbers at various mountain passes, causing frequent conflicts.

Having previously cooperated with Lu Ye and others on the Unparalleled Continent, Ying Wuji had some different views on the thousand-year-long confrontation between the two camps.

Before, he would think every Haotian Alliance cultivator deserved to be killed, irrelevant to personal grievances, it was simply due to different camp stances, and he indeed acted this way.

But now, he no longer thought so.

The deeply rooted belief in his heart collided audaciously, leaving Ying Wuji somewhat confused, because as per his observations, the mysterious Heaven's Augury often encouraged cooperation between the cultivators of the two camps.

On the trip to Unparalleled Continent, nine members of the Nine Provinces advance squad received Heaven's Augury's guidance, allowing them to converge and rush to the Unparalleled Continent to save the shattered domain, which clearly seemed like Heaven's Augury's encouragement and arrangement.

Moreover, in many secret realms of the Cloud River battlefield, cultivators of both camps had to cooperate.

But if that's the case, why maintain the thousand-year-long confrontation between the two camps?

He couldn't understand, hence he specially sought guidance from his master, hoping to get enlightenment, but his master didn't say much, only instructing him to find the answer himself.

This left Ying Wuji even more perplexed, almost delaying his advance to True Lake Realm.

The reason he went to Gushan City Pass was not because of the assignment by Ten Thousand Demons Ridge provincial guard, but his own choice, because as far as he knew, among the frontline of Bingzhou's two camps, this was the most peaceful place.

He needed some time to organize his chaotic thoughts, he wanted to use the peace here to understand the troubling issues.

On the opposite side at Cangyan Mountain Pass was a legendary woman guarding the pass alone, besides her, there were no other Haotian Alliance cultivators.

Therefore, there was no need to fight here, nor would he be killed or need to kill anyone.

Though the legendary woman would occasionally visit Gushan City Pass, causing chaos, her skills would inevitably lead to heavy casualties on the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge side, yet she had never done anything to bully the weak.

Every time she went to Gushan City Pass, she only targeted Wan Zhanggang, despite repeatedly failing, she persisted.

Ying Wuji didn't understand the grudge between the two Divine Sea Realm senior cultivators, which made the strange woman so persistent, but that was ultimately the matter of Divine Sea Realm senior cultivators, not something he needed to consider.

He only needed some time for thought and to seek answers.

Activating his spirit force to protect himself from the heat waves, Ying Wuji descended, his eyes catching sight of a figure sitting on the rock wall at the bottom of the volcano crater.

Someone! Ying Wuji immediately became vigilant.

Though the chance of encountering Haotian Alliance cultivators at this location wasn't high, exceptions always exist, and he was a cautious person, otherwise, he wouldn't have lived until today.

Seeing the person, Ying Wuji's gaze immediately looked at his waist.

No knife at the waist!

Ying Wuji felt reassured.

The trip to Unparalleled Continent left him with some psychological shadows, now he was most averse to combat cultivators who used knives, especially those who used long knives.

Upon looking up again, his just settled mind instantly became chaotic, simply because the person wore a mask, obscuring his true face, but judging by the figure, it should be a man.

Nearly cursed out loud, because as far as he knew, that guy Lu Yiye once wandered around with a mask to hide his identity.

This remote volcano crater, encountering a masked person, appearing not to dare to reveal his true identity... is very concerning!

Upon further inspection, Ying Wuji's heart sank halfway.

Because this person's figure... was almost identical to that of Lu Yiye, despite him sitting there, Ying Wuji, having followed Lu Ye on the Unparalleled Continent for such a long time, naturally understood him somewhat.

As for not having the little beast Amber on his shoulder, that's not the focus; currently, Heaven's Augury treasure vault sells spirit beast sacks, which beast-taming cultivator wouldn't buy one to store their beast pets?

Inside the volcano crater, the environment was scorching hot, but Ying Wuji felt cold to the core.

His inner heart roared, this guy must be Lu Yiye!

How could he be here?

Sweat from his forehead quickly evaporated, Ying Wuji grasped his curved blade, tightening, then relaxing, then tightening again, his heart filled with mixed emotions but lacking the courage to fight.

Because if this person was indeed Lu Yiye, he wouldn't stand a chance, everyone who came with him would die!

He wouldn't even have the chance to send a message!

"Does Fellow Daoist have any business?"

Just when Ying Wuji thought he was doomed, Lu Ye spoke.

The voice naturally wasn't his own. With his cultivation level, changing his voice with spirit force was a simple matter, even if he hadn't specifically trained for it.

The reason he didn't draw his knife immediately and even specifically put away the Boulder Mountain Saber and wore a mask before Ying Wuji arrived was that Lu Ye couldn't bear to lose such a valuable spot.

Not to mention, if he exposed his identity here, regardless of whether he could kill all Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, he wouldn't be able to come back here again.

Besides, through his journey to the Unparalleled Continent, he sensed some things, though his mindset wasn't as chaotic as Ying Wuji's, he wouldn't rush to draw his knife at the sight of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators anymore.

His strength had improved, his perspective had shifted, and he could see things previously unseen.

"N-no… business!" Ying Wuji opened his mouth arduously, his expression inexplicable, unsure whether the person was Lu Yiye.

If it were him, he wouldn't ask this question.

In the Huntian Holy Temple on the Unparalleled Continent, he had cursed him thoroughly. Given Lu Yiye's vengeful nature, he would have slashed him upon sight, not respectfully asking whether there was any business.

A single slash would turn non-business into business.

But if it wasn't him... Ying Wuji trusted his eyes, he couldn't be mistaken, the figure was definitely Lu Yiye, the time spent together wasn't wasted.

"Are you from Gushan City? No need to be nervous, I'm also from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge." Lu Ye spoke again.

Ying Wuji chuckled softly.

Screaming inwardly, I don't believe you, you can't fool me!

His mind was focused on how to discreetly send a message or alert the waiting Cloud River Realm cultivators to scatter and flee.

With Lu Yiye here, if they didn't escape quickly, they'd be slaughtered.

While he was contemplating, Lu Ye suddenly raised his hand, showing the back of his hand with the battlefield marking: "Look!"

The sight of the red glow nearly brought Ying Wuji to tears; never had he felt the red glow so dear.

Almost collapsing, Ying Wuji sheathed his curved blade: "Fellow Daoist, you nearly scared me to death!"

A long knife could be put away, a beast pet stored in a sack, a face concealed with a mask, but the battlefield marking was unquestionable!

The glow on it indicated Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's camp, Haotian Alliance's camp had blue glow, and Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union had yellow... Basic knowledge, clear to all cultivators when they step into cultivation.

So, this person indeed belonged to Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's camp!

"Oh?" Lu Ye feigned surprise, "I'm just cultivating here, why be afraid?"

"I mistook Fellow Daoist for someone else." Ying Wuji explained, eyeing Lu Ye: "You look so alike!"

"Someone else..." Under his mask, Lu Ye's eyes gleamed, "It seems that person left you with many unpleasant memories."

Ying Wuji sighed: "It's a long story, Fellow Daoist wouldn't know, that person is wicked, killing innumerably, and vengeful, a total scoundrel, yet immensely powerful, I'm no match, shameful, truly shameful!"

As he spoke, Ying Wuji shivered, meeting Lu Ye's eyes under the mask.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Ying Wuji suddenly felt this person intended to slash him!

"Where did you cross paths with him?" Lu Ye lowered his gaze.

Ying Wuji replied: "It's not a matter of crossing paths, that person belongs to Haotian Alliance, inherently opposed to us from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge."