Sage of Humanity

A physique cultivator, a magic cultivator, and a spectral cultivator, hiding in the shadows to assassinate Veteran Thang, ended up being counter-killed by him, and Pang Zhen quickly sorted out his thoughts in a very short time.

Moreover, from the leftover energy waves of the nearby fight, the three people who were killed were all Divine Sea Realm cultivators, but as to what levels of the Divine Sea they had reached, that remains unknown.

Facing three opponents alone and managing to kill all three of them in such a short amount of time, it seemed that his speculations over the years were correct, the cultivation level of the old gentleman before him was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

After all, he was one of the Three Heroes of Nine Provinces back in the day!

"Were they after you, elder?" Pang Zhen broke the silence.

Veteran Thang slowly shook his head, "They were after that kid."

He initially thought that these three were after him, but during the confrontation, he realized that their target was actually Lu Ye! The female spectral cultivator, who had hidden the deepest, launched her attack against Lu Ye first and nearly killed him. The wound around Veteran Thang's waist and belly were the result of him taking a strike meant for Lu Ye.

In the end, when Veteran Thang sent Lu Ye away, that magic cultivator even yelled out that their mission had failed, which without a doubt explained everything.

"No way." Pang Zhen furrowed his brows, "Where is that kid then?"

He hadn't seen the young man named Lu Ye.

"Sent into the Spirit Stream battlefield."

Only then did Pang Zhen notice the crystal pillar in the ruins, somewhat surprised, "Heaven's Augury Pillar? Is this the ruins of the White Dragon Court that was destroyed a hundred years ago?"

To enter the Spirit Stream battlefield, one must utilize the Heaven's Augury Pillar, and these pillars, blessed by heaven, are typically erected within the grounds of various sects, both big and small.

Of course, many Heaven's Augury Pillars are scattered in desolate and wild places. If one were to trace back in time, they would realize that each unclaimed pillar signifies the fall of a sect.

The Heaven's Augury Pillars are robust and protected by the heavens, making them hard to destroy. So even if a sect is annihilated, the pillars can survive for many years. If someone wishes to establish a new sect on these grounds, they simply need to ask for Heaven's Augury, and they can obtain ownership of the pillar, allowing them to utilize it for their purposes.

However, after the destruction of the White Dragon Court a hundred years ago, no sect has chosen to establish itself here, and the location has remained desolate ever since.

Pang Zhen, a native of Bingzhou and the Vice Sect Leader of Righteousness Sect as well as Deputy Leader of the Haotian Alliance, needed only a brief moment to determine which sect had left behind this particular Heaven's Augury Pillar.

"This is troublesome," he frowned.

The Heaven's Augury Pillar certainly can transport a person into the Spirit Stream battlefield, but if a cultivator enters the battlefield through a pillar not belonging to their own sect, there is only one result.

They will be sent to a random location within the battlefield.

The Spirit Stream battlefield is vast, nearly the size of a province. With Lu Ye being sent into it, no one knows his current whereabouts, and even if Pang Zhen were to send hundreds of Spirit Stream Realm cultivators into the battlefield to search right now, it would be unlikely for them to find any trace of him.

What's more, that kid has only opened his 3rd orifice...

With such a trivial level of cultivation entering the Spirit Stream battlefield, the outcome is almost certainly death. The minimum requirement for the major sects sending disciples to traverse the Spirit Stream battlefield is to be at Spirit Stream Level 1.

"Veteran Thang..." Pang Zhen called out.

Veteran Thang turned to look at him, his eyes and eyebrows drooping, "My Righteous Blood Sect has kept to ourselves for thirty years, yet those people still refuse to let things go, some are indeed going too far!"

Pang Zhen sighed in his heart, equally infuriated. Today's incident might seem like a mere ambush on Veteran Thang on his way home, but the implications were vast. Not to mention, three Divine Sea Realm cultivators had died! These Divine Sea Realm cultivators couldn't have just appeared out of nowhere; who was behind them?

If not handled properly, the cultivation world of Bingzhou might be severely shaken by this.

He could clearly sense the suppressed fury in Veteran Thang, like a volcano on the verge of eruption, a state of Veteran Thang he had never seen before.

"I didn't say I absolutely had to take that child into the sect. I was actually thinking of sending him to another sect for cultivation," Veteran Thang said with a cold laugh. "But in such a short time, those people couldn't wait."

He looked at Pang Zhen, the boundless rage burning in his eyes, "I want to know who has reached out their paws!"

Pang Zhen nodded in agreement, saying, "This matter will definitely be settled for you, elder."

Veteran Thang had left on the Flying Dragon Ship and was ambushed soon after; the question was, how did the assailants know of Veteran Thang's whereabouts? And how could they arrange the precise location for the ambush? This clearly involved some dirty secrets that nobody knew about.

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"Lu Ye that kid..." Pang Zhen hesitated for a moment, then spoke, "Do I need to find some people to enter the Spirit Stream battlefield?"

Veteran Thang shook his head sadly, "There's no need."

The situation just now made it certain that if Lu Ye stayed behind, death was unavoidable; Veteran Thang couldn't possibly fight others while protecting him.

Left with no choice, Veteran Thang could only send him into the Spirit Stream battlefield, but what were the chances of survival for a cultivator who had just started their cultivation? Moreover, he didn't enter the battlefield through the Heaven's Augury Pillar of his own sect. Who knows where he might end up?

If by chance, he appeared in the territory of a sect of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, he might already have been chopped into mincemeat by now.

Even if he were lucky enough to survive, navigating the Spirit Stream battlefield would be extremely difficult.

Veteran Thang could only hope now that Lu Ye's luck was good enough to appear in an uninhabited place, so that he might have a sliver of a chance for survival.

Of course, a search must be conducted, but not by asking others for help. This matter also shouldn't be publicized, otherwise, if those with ulterior motives found out that a disciple from the Righteous Blood Sect had entered the Spirit Stream battlefield, it would only cause more trouble for Lu Ye, turning what was a possible chance of survival into certain death.

It was with this consideration that, in the crucial moment, Veteran Thang urged Lu Ye to never reveal his identity!

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Lu Ye was perched upon a tree trunk with a diameter that required several people to encircle, his face full of lingering fear.

Below, dozens of robust wolves gathered, looking like small calves, showing their teeth and snarling at Lu Ye above.

He didn't know why he had ended up in such a place, nor where the sect master had gone.

Following the sect master's instructions, he had placed his hand on that crystal pillar. Then the whole world turned blurry, and when his surroundings became clear again, he found himself in this jungle.

Not far away, a wolf spotted him; it lunged to attack, forcing Lu Ye to quickly draw his Longsword and, after a lot of effort, killed it. Yet more wolves gathered around him.

With no other choice, Lu Ye had to flee, eventually climbing up this tree.

Sitting on the tree trunk and looking around, he saw numerous other large trees like the one he was on. Giant canopies hid the sky, with only specks of sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves.

Where is this? Where's the sect master? What about those three who were chasing the sect master? Why did I end up here?

Lu Ye's mind was filled with questions.

Looking down at the pack of wolves gathered below, it seemed that they were not going to back off anytime soon. Left without options, Lu Ye realized that the immediate priority was to figure out his situation; at the very least, he had to identify the place.

He tried to recall his conversation with the sect master, and quickly grasped a key term.

"Spirit Stream battlefield?"

The sect master had asked him if he had ever heard of the Spirit Stream battlefield. In such a dire situation, the sect master wouldn't have asked him about something irrelevant.

Then the sect master pulled out a big seal, respectfully summoned Heaven's Augury as a witness and took him in as an official disciple of the Righteous Blood Sect, stamping it onto the back of his hand.

Thinking this, Lu Ye quickly checked the back of his hand but found nothing. After pondering briefly, he channeled spirit force into his hand.

The next moment, something miraculous happened.

A blue spirit rune suddenly appeared on the back of his hand, wriggling and morphing, and soon it formed a few lines of big characters.

Name: Lu Ye

Identity: Disciple of the Righteous Blood Sect.

Cultivation: 3rd orifice opened.

Location: Spirit Stream battlefield.

Merit: None.

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