Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1532 - 1530: Destiny
The cultivator's origins were unknown to Lu Ye, and he naturally didn't recognize the person. The light cast toward him wasn't dangerous; it was just a jade slip.
Lu Ye reached out to grab it, just as he was about to ask what was going on, the person flew away without saying a word, leaving no opportunity for Lu Ye to communicate.
He furrowed his brows, his mental consciousness immersed in the jade slip to investigate. There was only one message inside.
In one month, at Planet Tengu, an artifact awaits those fated!
At the end of the message was a signature. Lu Ye glanced at it and discovered the signer was someone named Luo Shenzhi!
The name was peculiar, whether it was a title or a real name, he couldn't tell.
The message was simple, seemingly summoning him to a place in a month, and the location was outside Planet Tengu.
Lu Ye wasn't a cultivator from the nearby star systems, so he had no idea where Planet Tengu was, and he didn't plan to involve himself in the local matters; getting home was more urgent.
He had only completed about twenty percent of his journey so far and didn't have the time to involve himself in other affairs. The person who transmitted the information to him probably mistook him for a cultivator from the nearby star systems, but didn't know he had come from the All Phenomena Galaxy.
After storing away the jade slip, Lu Ye continued his leisurely journey forward, but within days, he noticed something interesting: many cultivators traveling nearby were heading in the same direction as him, and this time, all of these cultivators were piloting starboats, heading directly where they wanted, without traversing by body.
The little girl he had rescued from the Mist Dragon was still unconscious, continuously in a coma, and Lih Shang took care of her, sparing Lu Ye any worries.
On this day, Lu Ye noticed the signs of a skirmish in the distance.
Such skirmishes were not uncommon in this desolate place. Lu Ye had previously encountered a few disputes among cultivators, fighting intensely, bustling, although the scenes were small, essentially one-on-one duels.
After all, cultivators from four star systems converged here, making peaceful coexistence unlikely.
This time seemed different. Lu Ye utilized ocular power to look ahead and saw an intense battle unfolding, where two cultivators were besieged by a group of star beasts.
No idea what the two cultivators did to land in such bad luck. Judging by their spirit force fluctuations, one was at the Constellation Late Stage, and the other at the Constellation Early Stage, with a corpse nearby, lying dead beyond any hope, looking miserable.
Five or six hyena-like star beasts besieged them, clearly star beasts, yet attacking with a semblance of order, making the two cultivators' situation increasingly dire.
Lu Ye watched from afar, suddenly raising his brow, eyes fixed on the Constellation Early Stage, revealing a surprised expression, because he realized he… knew this person.
Even if it were someone he didn't know facing such a situation, Lu Ye wouldn't mind lending a helping hand to form a good relationship, let alone someone he knew.
As he piloted the spirit ark forward with increased speed, he saw the Constellation Late Stage suddenly cast a Spirit Talisman. As its power erupted, he repelled the hyena star beasts for a moment, leaping out of the battle circle, rapidly fleeing into the distance.
He blatantly abandoned his Early Stage companion.
The situation was already bleak; with the departure of the Late Stage companion, survival seemed impossible. Hyena beasts surrounded from all directions, opening bloodthirsty mouths to end the cultivator's life.
At that moment, a silver light slammed into them, directly knocking away a star beast lunging near the cultivator. The immense impact not only caused severe trembling to the starboat, but split the star beast in two, blood spattering.
The silver light grazed past the Early Stage cultivator's body, charging forward without losing momentum. From within the silver light, a figure leapt out, the faint sound of saber songs resounding, soon followed by a sky full of saber lights flickering.
The Constellation Early Stage hadn't realized what was happening, just knowing a large hand grabbed his shoulder, and under its guidance, he narrowly evaded star beast bites multiple times. Once, a hyena's fangs were just an inch away from his neck, shocking him into a cold sweat.
By the time he pulled himself together, those seemingly invincible hyena star beasts were all dead.
His face filled with shock, completely unprepared for his survival, he finally realized someone saved him at a critical moment. He turned his head to look, only to see a somewhat familiar face smiling at him.
The cultivator was slightly stunned, clearly not expecting to encounter Lu Ye here, then exclaimed with joy: "Brother Lu?"
"Long time no see, Brother Duu Lang!" Lu Ye smiled at him, the Boulder Mountain Saber slowly returning to its sheath.
The person before him was notably Duu Lang, whom he met in the Taichu Realm.
Back during the Divine Sea struggle involving the Reincarnation Tree, he met several young cultivators from various domains inside, although hardly establishing deep exchanges, solely connecting with two: Duu Lang and Yuk Yaorao, whom he spent some time together.
The first fortune he made in the Taichu Realm was thanks to Duu Lang's generosity, who at the time gave him some jade-eating ants, enabling him to mine the Spirit Jade Vein unfortunately, over the years, Lu Ye hadn't tended to those jade-eating ants, and those little creatures starved to death long ago…
After parting from the Spirit Jade Vein, Lu Ye continued participating in the Divine Sea struggle, while Duu Lang withdrew early, knowing he wasn't strong enough to emerge victorious, he chose not to take the risk.
Lu Ye only knew Duu Lang hailed from a domain called Red Sky Continent, but wasn't clear which star system it belonged to, surprisingly encountering him here.
So, it could be said that Red Sky Continent was among the nearby four star systems.
In this vast stellar space, being able to meet again after parting is a kind of fate.
"You... how are you at the Constellation Late Stage?" Duu Lang could hardly believe his own eyes.
Back then, we were all only at the Divine Sea stage, even though Lu Ye won first place, it's only been a few years, and he's already cultivated to the Constellation Late Stage, leaving me far behind in cultivation.
Truly unbelievable.
"Just lucky, encountered some good opportunities."
Duu Lang naturally knew it wasn't just about luck, but he asked instinctively in shock and did not delve further after realizing it was inappropriate. He exclaimed, "Brother Lu indeed is remarkable. During the Divine Sea competition, I noticed Brother Lu was no ordinary person, and now it seems my judgment was correct."
"Who was that just now?" Lu Ye asked.
Duu Lang seemed to be accompanying him, yet at the moment of crisis, that person actually abandoned Duu Lang and ran off without even notifying him, really quite over the line.
"Ah, it's a long story!" Duu Lang sighed, turned his head to look at the corpse beside him, his expression gloomy, and bowed to the torn and tattered corpse before taking it up with reddened eyes.
It was apparent this deceased cultivator had some relation to Duu Lang, possibly senior brothers or something of the sort.
Seeing Lu Ye with no intention to handle those star beasts' bodies, Duu Lang asked, "Brother Lu, if you don't mind, can I take these corpses?"
"As you like!" Lu Ye nodded, the star beasts' bodies still hold some value, especially the Crystal Cores of the star beasts, but Lu Ye had seen times of great wealth and did not place much importance on these.
Duu Lang collected those few star beast bodies and boarded the starboat at Lu Ye's invitation.
The starboat is after all just for traveling, but fortunately, the one Lu Ye bought was of good quality, so even after a shocking collision, it wasn't damaged.
Seeing Lih Shang caring for the fainted little girl, Duu Lang bowed, "Greetings, Missus, Red Sky's Duu Lang, pays respect to Missus!"
It wasn't his fault to mistake, indeed the stance of the three looked so much like a family of three, that Duu Lang couldn't help but murmur in his heart while paying respect, it's been a few years, and Brother Lu's child is so big already, truly impressive!
Lih Shang blushed slightly at the words, but did not explain, only glanced at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye quickly said, "Brother Duu Lang misunderstood, this is Fellow Daoist Lih Shang."
Duu Lang was embarrassed, bowed again, "Fellow Daoist Lih Shang, please forgive, it was Duu Lang's blunder."
Lih Shang still kept silent, clearly not meaning to blame Duu Lang.
"Which way are you going?" Lu Ye asked, although eager to go home, it was rare to meet a familiar person here, escorting Duu Lang a bit was no problem.
Duu Lang's reaction was a bit odd, "Brother Lu, aren't you going to seize the treasure?"
"What treasure?" Lu Ye was confused but quickly remembered the jade slip from Luo Shenzhi he got a few days ago, which mentioned the treasure being obtained by the fated ones, guessing that the treasure Duu Lang spoke of should be the same as what the jade slip mentioned.
"Brother Lu doesn't know?" Duu Lang was surprised, frowned, and said, "Brother Lu appeared here, I thought you came to seize the treasure, which Star System are you from?"
"I'm from the Jade Conch Galaxy, not from this nearby galaxy."
"Jade Conch..." Duu Lang thought for a moment and then shook his head, "Never heard of it." After all, he was just at the Constellation Early Stage, and hadn't been in the Constellation for long, how would he know of Jade Conch.
But why would Lu Ye appear here if he is from the Jade Conch Galaxy? Duu Lang truly couldn't understand.
"Brother Duu Lang, which galaxy are you from?" Lu Ye asked.
Duu Lang replied, "Our Red Sky Continent is located in the Indeterminate Galaxy!"
Lu Ye raised his eyebrows, this was really fortunate, he needed to traverse the entire Indeterminate Galaxy, the star map given by the Reincarnation Tree showed that to return from the All Phenomena Ocean to the Nine Provinces, he needed to pass through two Galaxies, one is Changyun, the other is Indeterminate.
This way, escorting Duu Lang back is a matter of being on the way.
He had been worried about crossing the Indeterminate Galaxy as an outsider and potentially causing trouble, as the cultivators there most likely would have means to identify each other's identity, and if someone mistook him for a miscreant, it'd be hard to explain.
If he were alone passing through Indeterminate Galaxy, being cautious would be fine, but ultimately he plans to bring Nine Provinces people over, which is a whole fleet, massive in scale, bound to cause misunderstandings.
If he could through Duu Lang communicate in advance with the powerful individuals of the Indeterminate Galaxy, it could save these unnecessary troubles.
