Sage of Humanity
Chapter 896 - 894: Familiar Faces

The dignified voice of the gold flood dragon arose: "Calling it a secret technique is a bit misleading; it's more like a method. However, to employ this method, you need a certain degree of trust in the two of us. If you don't trust us, it cannot be executed."

"I trust you!" Lu Ye nodded decisively.

For a moment, the gold flood dragon didn't know how to respond. Initially, it thought that if Lu Ye refused, it might have to persuade him a bit, but now there was no need to waste any words.

However, it still needed to offer a word of caution: "Boy, when you're out there and you meet others, you cannot be so innocent. Who knows when you might suffer a big loss? Are you sure my brother and I harbor no ill intentions toward you?"

Being called innocent for the first time, Lu Ye found it both funny and exasperating. He pondered for a moment and spoke, "Although I don't know why you two are trapped here, nor how long you've been here, this place shouldn't be somewhere just anyone can come to. If something happens to me, perhaps it would take a very long time before someone else comes to chat and relieve your boredom. So, I believe you two seniors won't harm me."

Hearing this, the silver flood dragon nodded repeatedly, "You're truly a smart lad."

The gold flood dragon also sighed, "It seems you're not entirely clueless."

The method they were about to employ would cause them some self-damage. Pleasing Lu Ye so that he might bring some food next time was secondary. The primary thought was indeed to protect Lu Ye.

As Lu Ye said, they had been trapped here for too long. Although occasionally people favored by Heaven's Augury would arrive, they would vanish after a few years without a trace.

The last person eligible to come here was decades ago.

If Lu Ye encountered any mishap, who knows how long they would have to wait for the next one.

If not for this consideration, how would the two flood dragons think about using such a method?

"Then let's begin, boy, don't resist." The gold flood dragon gave a low growl, and in the next instant, a brilliant light erupted from their bodies as their Demon Origin surged.

Lu Ye only saw a point of gold and a point of silver light suddenly separate from the flood dragons, crashing straight towards his head.

With a buzzing sound, Lu Ye almost couldn't maintain the manifestation of his spirit here.

When he came back to his senses, he found the presence of the two flood dragons in front of him weakened, seemingly suffering a significant loss of energy.

"What is this..." Lu Ye was completely confused.

The gold flood dragon weakly explained, "You are free to go. This secret technique is called Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea. Along with your Soul Suppressing Pagoda, it defends both inside and out, protecting you. In the future, even if you encounter Divine Sea Realm's mental consciousness attacks, you won't have to worry about dying suddenly."

Lu Ye bowed solemnly, "Thank you, seniors, for your kindness. I will visit you again next time."

Saying this, his spirit withdrew from this place.

Once he departed, the weakened flood dragons became energetic again.

The silver flood dragon happily said, "Big brother, now that kid will probably be grateful to us, and we won't have to worry about food in the future."

The gold flood dragon reprimanded it, "After all these years, your vision is still so narrow. Is eating all you can think about?"

The silver flood dragon sulked a bit, "Being trapped here, if I don't think about eating, what else should I think about?"

The gold flood dragon gazed at it deeply, "You also said we're trapped here. What should we be thinking about?"

The silver flood dragon pondered briefly, then suddenly shook, understanding what its big brother meant, "Big brother, are you pinning hopes on him?"

"Throughout the ages, many heroes and legends have come here, yet none have reached the end. I don't know if he can, but he's come here with the lowest cultivation, and furthermore, with a True Lake realm body, nurturing a soul body and birthing a mental consciousness. Even this alone surpasses his predecessors. Perhaps we should indeed hope for something from him."

The silver flood dragon fell into contemplation for a long moment before shaking its head, "Disappointments are many, and hope becomes a luxury."

"Who knows."

The two flood dragons retracted back into the door, leaving the place in silence.

In the Heaven's Augury Hall, Lu Ye immersed his spirit, examining the changes in his Divine Sea.

The Divine Sea itself hadn't changed; it was still that Divine Pool...

But unlike before, a small nine-layered pagoda now suppressed inside the Divine Pool, and outside it, there were two dragon shadows, intertwined head to tail, with gold and silver lights interwoven together, guarding the Divine Pool.

This should be the method called Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea, performed by the gold and silver flood dragons together.

The two dragon shadows were most likely the mental consciousness manifestations of the flood dragons themselves.

Viewing it for a moment, Lu Ye felt a great sense of security in his heart.

Regarding the protection of his psyche, he now had a triple layer of methods. The first layer was the gold lock gifted by Nian Yuexian, which could provide a certain level of defense but was somewhat limited.

The second layer was Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea. With these gold and silver dragon shadows guarding the Divine Pool, his soul defenses would not be easily breached by a Divine Sea Realm.

Even if breached, he still had the Soul Suppressing Pagoda to stabilize the Divine Pool, keeping it tranquil and unbroken.

With this triple layer of protection, the difference between him and the Divine Sea Realm was purely a matter of strength.

Feeling at ease, his mood greatly improved.

As for what he previously said to the two flood dragons, it wasn't the entire truth.

He didn't know their origins, but their power was undoubtedly great, surely among the top in the Nine Provinces, and who knows how many years they've lived. Just as humans grow wiser with age, so too do demons, and Lu Ye wouldn't easily trust them.

The reason for allowing them to act was that Lu Ye's trust was not in them, but in Heaven's Augury.

Heaven's Augury gave him access to the Hall of Battle Merits, and they were trapped there guarding the door, inevitably a manipulation by Heaven's Augury. If they truly harbored any harmful intentions or actions against him, Heaven's Augury would certainly deliver punishment.

Facts have proven that he did indeed gain benefits from them, achieving ultimate protection over his psyche.

Leaving Heaven's Augury Hall, Lu Ye walked to Nian Yuexian's bamboo building. His Mental Consciousness spread outward, sensing Nian Yuexian's presence inside, confirming she was there. He clasped his hands and said, "Lord, I wish to request a day off."

"What do you plan to do?" Nian Yuexian's voice emerged from inside the bamboo building, but no figure was seen.

"I intend to return to Haotian City to get a military rank promotion."

The level of military rank is directly related to the battle merits a cultivator has previously achieved; these merits' usage does not affect the ranking.

Lu Ye had accumulated 500,000 battle merits, so his initial rank attained at the Department of Appointments in Haotian City was lieutenant colonel.

The next rank is Capital Commandant, requiring one million accumulated battle merits.

Lu Ye was unsure of the exact number of battle merits he previously acquired, but with this endeavor, he should reach one million, enough for a promotion.

The urgency naturally stems from the impact on the monthly salary.

The monthly salary for lieutenant colonel is 20,000 battle merits, whereas Capital Commandant's is 30,000, a surplus of 10,000.

Moreover, he holds two positions, meaning post-promotion, his monthly salary will be 60,000 battle merits, with gold-hued spirit fortune sticks enough to exchange for the 4th Dao.

As such, an earlier promotion means earlier enjoyment.

Thus, the cultivation matter can be slightly postponed.

Furthermore, given his current speed, a round trip to Haotian City takes merely a day and a night, not delaying much.

"Go then, and there's no need to hurry back."

Bidding farewell to Nian Yuexian, Lu Ye discerned the direction, summoned his spirit ark, and flew straight toward Haotian City.

It seemed only recently he departed from Haotian City accounting for just over a month.

After advancing to True Lake Realm, the speed of weapon control-flying increased greatly; along the way, Lu Ye appeared relaxed, not hurried.

During the flight, he did not forget to take out the fire spirit stone, holding it in his hand, and activated his Talent Tree to devour its power.

More than four hours later, he was already far from Cangyan Mountain Pass.

While passing a spirit mountaintop, Lu Ye suddenly sensed something, looked down, and saw a figure standing atop the spirit mountaintop.

Intently observing, Lu Ye's brows furrowed.

It wasn't that he recognized this person, but because this person was wearing a white mask, beneath which, their gaze was fixed in his direction, clearly watching him.

Many cultivators enjoy acting with masks. Some do so to hide their true identities; others do it for mystery, like Lu Ye for the former.

Across Nine Provinces, mask patterns vary greatly and white masks are among them.

However, if a white mask had red and blue patterns on each side, it would appear quite unusual.

Lu Ye had seen such a mask before!

Back in the Cloud River battlefield, on his way to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, while escaping pursuit by Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, a woman in such a mask had appeared suddenly, aiding him.

The strength she exhibited far exceeded the typical Cloud River Level 9.

Experiencing various events later, Lu Ye realized she was not a Cloud River Realm cultivator but a True Lake Realm!

That woman likely belonged to a mysterious organization, which had profound divine skills, many hidden bases on Cloud River battlefield, could set up teleportation arrays, and send cultivators above Cloud River Realm into Cloud River battlefield like Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

Lu Ye thanked her and inquired her name, but she did not answer, only stating she was acting as commanded!

She even forcibly tried to send Lu Ye back to Nine Provinces due to many pursuing him.

Lu Ye naturally refused; they briefly clashed, during which some seal within her seemed to break, revealing her true cultivation, resulting in being expelled from the Cloud River battlefield.

Not much time had passed and memories of such experiences were vivid to Lu Ye, hence unforgettable.

Since that episode, he always felt he would encounter more members of that organization.

To his surprise, he would meet them here.

Lu Ye himself frequently wore a mask, naturally understanding what such people might be thinking.

This place lay on the necessary path from Cangyan Mountain Pass to Haotian City; clearly, the other intentionally waited here, unknown for how long.

Moreover, this location was quite peculiar, positioned between Cangyan Mountain Pass and Haotian City; whatever occurred here went unnoticed by both places.

Their presence here obviously demonstrated caution toward Nian Yuexian and the strong ones in Haotian City.

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