Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1538 - 1536: Where Opportunity Lies

Within the chamber of the heart, as the vitality of the Moon Jade star beast extinguished, the overwhelming force that swept in all directions also vanished like smoke.

Lu Ye stood atop the star beast's corpse, clutching the treasure coin in his hand.

After he emitted that silver light, the treasure coin reverted to its original appearance, seeming unremarkable, and despite channeling spirit force into it, there was no reaction. But through the battle just now, Lu Ye knew that its power was somewhat absurdly formidable.

However, using this treasure coin came at a considerable cost. It had no reaction to a cultivator's spirit force, but it could absorb the power of spirit jades to store up energy.

From this, it seemed that the reason the armadillo beast could activate the treasure coin's abilities was likely because of this.

It's just that the armadillo beast, living in stellar space, had limited access to spirit jades; hence, it could only unleash the bronze light. But once it was in his possession, the treasure coin absorbed three million spirit jades, evolving to emit an even more powerful silver light...

Bronze light seals, Constellation Realm cannot withstand!

Silver light seals, Moon Jade Realm becomes like a silver sculpture.

Lu Ye couldn't help but wonder if there was a golden light above the bronze and silver lights. If he wanted the treasure coin to emit the power of the golden light, how many spirit jades would it need to absorb? If there truly was a golden light, could it even seal Sun Blaze?

But it's just a thought. The treasure coin took three million spirit jades to emit silver light, so generating a more powerful light, who knows how much it would cost.

He didn't have too many spirit jades to waste; those needed to be kept in reserve for when the Nine Provinces' fleet began voyages in the future, which would consume no small amount of spirit jades.

Putting away the treasure coin, Lu Ye rummaged through the belly of the Moon Jade star beast, retrieving the storage rings of Yuk Jin and others.

These three fellows were pure unfortunates, accidentally stumbling upon this place and being devoured clean by the Moon Jade star beast. However, they were ultimately Constellations, so their storage rings must hold some value.

Lu Ye then prepared to put away the corpse of the Moon Jade star beast.

Regardless, this was a star beast he had spent three million spirit jades to slay, and the star beast's corpse itself held some value, a bit of a recovery.

Yet, to his surprise, he found he couldn't put the star beast's corpse into the storage ring.

This was something he had never encountered before.

Usually, there are only two reasons for this: the item is too large to fit in the storage ring, or it's a living being or some special entity, like a storage ring itself that cannot be stored within another storage ring.

Though the star beast's corpse was large, it wasn't beyond the storage ring's capacity, leading Lu Ye to suspect there might be other storage rings within the star beast's body.

It was highly probable it had consumed cultivators beyond Yuk Jin and the others...

Thinking this, he began searching meticulously once more.

Soon, Lu Ye found something in the blood-soaked abdominal cavity. To his amazement, it wasn't a storage ring.

It looked like a small statue.

Lu Ye rinsed it with clear water, confirming it indeed was a statue.

Scrutinizing it closely, he noticed the craftsmanship was likely poor, as the statue appeared quite vague, with only faint features visible, and no racial characteristics discernible.

Lu Ye attempted to store it in the storage ring but found it impossible. It seemed that the earlier inability to store the star beast's corpse was due to this statue.

Lih Shang and Duu Lang also came to look but couldn't discern much.

However, since it couldn't be stored in the storage ring, it was likely not an ordinary item. Lu Ye tried channeling spirit force into it and clearly sensed his own spirit force being absorbed by the statue.

In the next moment, Lu Ye's expression sharpened, and he suddenly tossed the statue away, his face displaying a wary expression.

"What happened?" Lih Shang asked.

"It looked at me!" Lu Ye said solemnly.

Lih Shang was stunned, "It looked at you?"

"Didn't you see?" Lu Ye frowned.

Lih Shang shook her head, only noticing that Lu Ye had channeled spirit force and then suddenly threw the statue away.

Lu Ye turned to Duu Lang beside him, "It just opened its eyes, did you see that?"

Duu Lang also shook his head, "No, Brother Lu, perhaps you're seeing things?"

Lu Ye remained silent, convinced it wasn't his imagination. When he infused spirit force into the statue, the statue indeed opened its eyes and glanced at him. The gaze was peculiar, almost a smirk, giving Lu Ye an inkling that this statue might be some sort of living being.

Otherwise, why couldn't it be stored in the storage ring?

Amidst his uncertainty, he suddenly noticed a mysterious green light spreading from where the statue lay, rapidly expanding in all directions.

Lu Ye and the other two quickly took to the sky, avoiding the halo of light, none of them knowing what had just happened.

In the next instant, Lih Shang's expression changed: "I'm being excluded!"

Duu Lang was taken aback, then quickly rejoiced: "The blue aura flows, opportunity has arrived, I understand now, this is the opportunity!"

What he said wasn't clear, but his meaning came through loud and clear.

"This is the opportunity?" Lu Ye couldn't see how this change resembled any sort of opportunity.

Duu Lang explained: "That phrase was unintentionally spoken by Xu Dingyang earlier, I don't quite understand the specifics, but this must undoubtedly be an opportunity, Brother Lu truly has great fortune!"

So many people ventured to Planet Tengu in search of that legendary opportunity, but they didn't expect it to be swallowed by a Moon Jade star beast.

If Lu Ye hadn't killed that Moon Jade star beast, it really wouldn't have been found.

Duu Lang then looked towards Lih Shang: "Fellow Daoist need not resist, this is an opportunity exclusive to combat cultivators, as Fellow Daoist is not a combat cultivator, you were excluded, there is no danger, you just need to relax."

Upon hearing this, Lih Shang stopped resisting, and in the next moment, her figure suddenly disappeared, whereabouts unknown.

Outside Planet Tengu, Lih Shang suddenly appeared, at a location less than three thousand miles from the planet, along with the figures of other cultivators, numbering around a hundred.

Lih Shang looked around, realizing that while she couldn't discern the specific sects of those people, they did not appear to be combat cultivators.

She immediately understood Duu Lang was right, it was an opportunity exclusive to combat cultivators, non-combat cultivators couldn't stay within, and those who weren't combat cultivators had been excluded, only the combat cultivators remained inside Planet Tengu.

She mused that, even if Lu Ye was the first to find the opportunity, he couldn't obtain it, there must be an additional test of skill, otherwise, there was no reason all the combat cultivators would stay behind.

Only by passing the test could one truly obtain the opportunity, this was as it should be.

Thinking this, Lih Shang quietly stood in place, waiting.

In the heart chamber, the blue aura grew denser, like blue liquid filling the space, even though Lu Ye and Duu Lang were in mid-air, they were enveloped in it.

Not only in the heart chamber, but the entire interior of Planet Tengu was enveloped by this blue aura, many cultivators who knew the true situation showed joy, knowing that the opportunity had been found, the power was activated, and what they now needed to do was to fully display their learned skills to pass the test.

This opportunity, appearing in the desolate area, had been around for a hundred years, during which similar situations occurred more than once, the powerful domains knew the specific situation, but Red Sky's domain knew little.

Within the blue aura's embrace, Lu Ye felt everything around him quickly fading away. He could see Duu Lang's figure earlier, but a blink later, Duu Lang was gone too.

His body suddenly felt lighter, and when he came to, he found himself inside a blue hall.

Before he could examine the hall, Lu Ye felt an inexplicable force sweep over his body, as if everything about him was exposed.

Not only did he experience this, but all the cultivators enveloped by the blue aura came to such a blue hall, encountering the same experience. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

However, each cultivator's blue hall looked the same but was definitely not the same space, each stood in a separate hall.

The force that swept over him came quickly and left quickly. Once it disappeared, Lu Ye focused his gaze forward.

Not far ahead was that strange statue. But as Lu Ye's eyes scrutinized it, the statue quickly melted, twisting and writhing to transform into a humanoid shape.

Lu Ye was dumbfounded.

Because the humanoid form the statue took on looked exactly like him, not only in appearance but even the aura was identical, and the figure even wielded the same Boulder Mountain Saber!

Since starting his cultivation journey, Lu Ye had encountered many strange things, but this was the first time something as bizarre as what was before him had happened.

Though unclear about the situation, Lu Ye knew in such circumstances, taking the initiative was crucial. Upon seeing this figure identical to himself, he hardly hesitated before drawing his Boulder Mountain Saber and slashing out fiercely, saber lights cutting sharp and fast as lightning as he charged forward.

But to his utter shock, as he moved, the figure also sprang into action, its aura suddenly becoming immensely aggressive and thunderously imposing, drawing from its waist a long saber identical to the Boulder Mountain Saber, its saber light sharp as snow.

Tyrannical Saber Technique!

Lu Ye's eyes narrowed.

This figure identical to him actually performed the Tyrannical Saber Technique!

As the saber lights shattered, the two Boulder Mountain Sabers clashed, Lu Ye leaned forward, pressing with all his might, but the force from the opposite side was in no way inferior, blocking his mighty strike.

Their faces were mere inches apart, their gazes meeting, each could see their reflection in the other's eyes.

After a moment of stalemate, they almost simultaneously exerted force, blinding saber cries rang out, the two figures each bent backward, a visible saber aura burst out from the point of contact, roaring outward.

The two figures instantly steadied themselves, their sabers once more slashing towards each other.