Sage of Humanity
Chapter 890 - 888: Blessing In Disguise

Shui Yuan was overjoyed. She knew that even though her junior brother was still unconscious, his instincts remained. After sensing her presence, he let down his guard.

Without hesitation, she activated her Mental Consciousness and submerged herself into it.

In the next instant, she arrived in a strange world.

This must be the deepest part of Lu Ye's psyche. In the center of the gray, mist-shrouded world, a blurred silhouette curled up as if in a deep sleep within a mother's womb.

A mass of something neither mist nor liquid encased the figure.

On closer inspection, the silhouette bore a few of Lu Ye's features.

Seeing this bizarre scene, Shui Yuan was momentarily stunned.

Her cultivation had been achieved step by step. She had naturally undergone the transition from the True Lake Realm to the Divine Sea Realm, and due to the lack of cultivation resources in the sparsely populated Righteous Blood Sect, this process had taken an exceptionally long time.

She remembered it vividly.

The blurred silhouette before her, could it be her junior brother's soul body?

The strange substance encasing the soul body, neither mist nor liquid, could it be the manifestation of his Mental Consciousness?

How could this be?

Even though Shui Yuan was a strong cultivator in the Divine Sea Realm, she found her emotions destabilized at this moment.

The most critical step for a cultivator ascending from the True Lake to the Divine Sea was to strengthen their psyche enough to nurture their soul body's formation!

By convention, only a True Lake Level 9 cultivator could slowly build such a foundation.

And not every True Lake Realm cultivator could manage this.

There were numerous cultivators in the Divine Sea Realm in the Nine Provinces, but many more in the True Lake Realm. Even outstandingly talented cultivators often stalled at this stage, unable to progress a step, because their psyche wasn't strong enough.

A weak psyche couldn't nurture a soul body, and without which, Mental Consciousness couldn't be generated to reach the threshold of the Divine Sea Realm.

Typically, fewer than one in a hundred True Lake cultivators ascended to the Divine Sea.

This was under the uniquely favorable cultivation environment of the Nine Provinces.

Without the resources of the Nine Provinces, like the Soaring Dragon World or the ancient Unparalleled Continent, the difficulty increased significantly.

The abundant operations within Nine Provinces and the vast variety of treasures stored in the Heaven's Augury treasure vault allowed cultivators to work on accumulating merit or battle merit to purchase whatever resources they needed.

Worlds like Soaring Dragon and Unparalleled didn't have such luxuries.

Strikingly, the soul body that not all True Lake Level 9 cultivators could nurture had appeared within a True Lake Level 1 cultivator.

Shui Yuan couldn't understand why this was happening.

Could it be that her junior brother's psyche had already grown strong enough to nurture a soul body?

But he had only just recently ascended to the True Lake Realm...

A True Lake Level 1 cultivator already starting to nurture a soul body, who would believe such a thing?

But, upon reflection, if his psyche was indeed strong enough for this, then his unconscious state had an explanation!

After careful observation, Shui Yuan confirmed she hadn't made a mistake and then withdrew her Mental Consciousness.

When she raised her eyes, Yiyi's anxious face came into view, with Nian Yuexian quietly waiting nearby.

"Yiyi, I need to ask you something, and I need you to be truthful," Shui Yuan said.

"Mm-hmm." Yiyi nodded eagerly like a pecking chick.

"Lu Ye, the Soul Cleansing Water he obtained before, besides giving some to me and our fourth junior brother, did he use all the rest himself?"

"Before?" Yiyi was puzzled. "Which time are you talking about?"

Shui Yuan was taken aback. "There was another time?"

She knew that Lu Ye had Soul Cleansing Water. His swift ascension to the Divine Sea was due to the substantial resources he brought to the Righteous Blood Sect and the Soul Cleansing Water he gifted.

To the best of her knowledge, Lu Ye had given some to Li Baxian and kept a portion for himself.

However, Yiyi's question, "Which time?", made Shui Yuan realize there was more to this story.

From Yiyi's words, it seemed Lu Ye had obtained Soul Cleansing Water more than once.

Yiyi nodded, "A few months ago, he went to Xianyuan City again and got quite a bit of Soul Cleansing Water. The ones he got initially have long been used up."

Shui Yuan was a bit dumbfounded...

That was Soul Cleansing Water, not some mundane item. When Lu Ye gave her some, she used a small portion to ascend to the Divine Sea, but kept most of it in reserve for emergencies.

Since it couldn't be purchased from the Heaven's Augury treasure vault, each use depleted a limited supply.

Yiyi added, "I often see him using Soul Cleansing Water..."

He used it while breaking through the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, while investigating new spirit runes, while activating the Talent Tree's power, and occasionally when feeling fatigued.

Nian Yuexian's expression became strange. She was tempted to ask if the Soul Cleansing Water they spoke of was the same as what she knew.

Suddenly, Shui Yuan felt a headache coming on. She nodded briefly, "So that's it, I understand now."

"What do you mean?" Nian Yuexian asked, confused by Shui Yuan's sudden questioning of the Soul Cleansing Water after investigating Lu Ye.

Shui Yuan decided not to hide it. Their years of friendship made them both friends and family, worthy of trust.

"Lu Ye is currently nurturing his soul body."

Nian Yuexian was stunned for a while before frowning, "That's impossible!"

"I thought so too, but I saw it with my own eyes, and there's no mistake," Shui Yuan said, taking a deep breath to calm herself. "His long-term consumption of Soul Cleansing Water has made his psyche far stronger than his actual cultivation level, granting him just enough strength to begin nurturing a soul body. Without external stimuli, he might have reached this stage soon, but the recent external stimuli jolted his psyche, driving him to instinctively protect himself through nurturing a soul body."

Nian Yuexian nodded, "Yes, Wan Zhanggang attacked him with his Mental Consciousness."

"Wan Zhanggang!" Shui Yuan's eyes flashed coldly. "For a Divine Sea cultivator to act so shamefully and bully the weak!"

Nian Yuexian said, "So according to you, Lu Ye's psyche was shaken by Wan Zhanggang's attack, causing him to adopt this shielding method instinctively."

Shui Yuan nodded, "A blessing in disguise, but there's a problem..."

She turned to Yiyi, "I mentioned this earlier; his psyche, though undeniably strong, is only barely enough to nurture a soul body. Successfully nurturing a soul body is an unlikely prospect. Many True Lake cultivators have fallen at this stage, stalling out like Lu Ye, failing to nurture a soul body and being halted permanently."

"What should we do?" Yiyi grew nervous.

Shui Yuan tapped her head lightly, "Silly, he needs a lot of psyche power to nurture the soul body. We just need to replenish the psyche power he expends until he's successful, at which point he'll awaken naturally."

"Soul Cleansing Water!" Yiyi's eyes brightened.

Shui Yuan nodded, "Precisely!"

"They're all here." Yiyi quickly handed over a bottle of Soul Cleansing Water to Shui Yuan. "The rest are in the rune tattoo space with Lu Ye."

"This should be enough." Shui Yuan smiled slightly, relieved now that she understood Lu Ye's situation and had devised a solution.

Moreover, she had some Soul Cleansing Water in reserve. If it wasn't enough, she could fetch more from Li Baxian, who likely had some, given that not many used it as freely as Lu Ye did.

This solution was straightforward here, but would have been challenging for others facing the same situation.

One would need to find precious, rare spirit fruits or elixir pills to replenish psyche energy, but such items were invaluable and zealously guarded by major sects, rarely given up easily.

However, in hindsight, this incident might indeed be a blessing in disguise. Wan Zhanggang probably hadn't anticipated that, in his anger, a mental assault would push Lu Ye's psyche toward instinctively nurturing a soul body.

If Lu Ye succeeded, he, a mere True Lake Level 1 cultivator, would possess his soul body and Mental Consciousness, an unprecedented feat.

At that point, as a True Lake Level 1 cultivator, he could use abilities true of Divine Sea cultivators. Already capable of slaying higher-level foes, who could predict how much his combat power would transform?

In the bamboo building, everyone stayed close, never leaving Lu Ye's side. Shui Yuan continually checked Lu Ye's condition with her Mental Consciousness and adjusted her strategy accordingly.

Initially, she deemed one drop of Soul Cleansing Water per day sufficient, but finding that inadequate, she increased it to two drops, then three...

Beyond the rarity of Soul Cleansing Water, most cultivators couldn't even tolerate this much in a day, given the concept of the body rejecting over-supplementation.

However, Lu Ye had long since built tolerance to Soul Cleansing Water, exhibiting no adverse reactions. Moreover, the water's properties accelerated the soul body's nurturing progress.

Under Shui Yuan's observation, the blurred silhouette gradually became more distinct, with the encompassing mist appearing to liquefy.

After three more days, Shui Yuan finished her latest check and rose from Lu Ye's bedside. "At the earliest, he'll awaken tonight; at the latest, by tomorrow," she stated.

Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief, finally smiling, relieved by Shui Yuan's words.

"Won't you stay until he wakes?" Nian Yuexian asked, sensing something in Shui Yuan's words.

Shui Yuan shook her head, "No, with him in your care, I'm reassured."

Nian Yuexian snorted softly. Who had arrived days ago, brimming with a threatening aura, eager for battle?

Ignoring this, Shui Yuan replied, "I need to return. There's much to handle in the sect, and the old master is occupied."

Nian Yuexian nodded slightly.

Shui Yuan stepped forward, then turned back to Nian Yuexian. "Visit the old master if you can. He thinks of you often."

"I will."

With a wave of spirit force, Shui Yuan soared skyward, swiftly departing. Looking back, she saw Yiyi at the doorway, waving her farewell.

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