Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1616 - 1614: Return to the All Phenomena Ocean

In the grand hall, after listening to Fan Li's explanation, Luo Xie said, "Then I wish your galaxy gets its wish fulfilled."

Fan Li smiled and replied, "Thanks for the good words!"

While they were talking, Luo Xie quietly gave Lu Ye a wink.

Lu Ye clasped his fists, "If there's nothing else, I shall take my leave, Senior."

"Thank you for your hard work." Fan Li nodded slightly.

Lu Ye turned and left, flying out of the short-stay palace, and returned to the gathering place of Three Worlds cultivators. The sect master came running to ask, and Lu Ye truthfully informed him.

After a while, Luo Xie also flew out from the short-stay palace, stood still in mid-air, and clasped his fists, "Fellow Daoist Fan, until we meet again!"

"Until we meet again!" Fan Li's voice came from the palace, then quickly vanished into the void.

After Fan Li's palace had gone far, Luo Xie snorted lightly, flicked his big sleeves, and commanded: "Board the ship, set sail!"

Everyone quickly took their positions, thirty-one starboats, and five Tiger Shark battleships soon ascended, the fleet set out once again.

On the leading starboat, Lu Ye looked at Luo Xie, "Veteran Luo doesn't seem very happy?"

Luo Xie said angrily, "That Fan Li seems to be obsessed with money, do you know what conditions he initially proposed to me?"

"What conditions?" Lu Ye asked, it appeared that before he returned, Luo Xie had discussed with Fan Li for a while, and Fan Li had obviously made some inappropriate demand, which angered Luo Xie.

"Five thousand spirit jade!" Luo Xie spread out one hand.

"What!" Lu Ye was taken aback.

"Toll fee!" Luo Xie fumed, Lu Ye was thinking that five thousand spirit jade was not much, Luo Xie added, "That's per person!"

Per person, that was five thousand spirit jade for each person!

With fifteen hundred people, it amounted to seven or eight million spirit jade!

The four galaxies could naturally gather such an amount, but spirit jade wasn't meant to be spent like this.

"If it weren't for needing to borrow their path, I wouldn't bother taking his nonsense, I would have slapped him early on." Luo Xie said, the raised hand made a gesture of slapping, as if it really landed on Fan Li's face, which made him feel a bit relieved.

"Veteran Luo, please calm down, we're forced to borrow the path from them." Lu Ye hurriedly comforted him.

Luo Xie sighed, "I just hate that our four galaxies don't have a direct Insect Path to All Phenomena!" He turned to Lu Ye, "I heard you guys have one at Jade Conch, but it hasn't stabilized yet?"

Lu Ye nodded, "Indeed!"

"Let me know when it's stabilized someday, our cultivators from the four galaxies can travel through your side without having to be at the mercy of others!" After soothing his mood, Luo Xie added, "But I have discussed with Fan Li, that if any of us need to borrow their path in the future, we just need to greet them when we come over!"

Although there's an Insect Path connection, because of places like Mist Dragon, Changyun and the four galaxies are destined not to have much interaction. After all, every time we traverse through Mist Dragon, we must rely on the power to ignite the Reincarnation Tree doppelganger, neither side has the capital to frequently visit each other's territory.

This time, Fan Li obtained a piece of the Reincarnation Tree doppelganger, treating it as a treasure. Luo Xie took the opportunity to propose future arrangements, and Fan Li readily agreed.

"That's good then!" Lu Ye nodded.

The fleet moved forward, and shortly, there were cultivators from Changyun roaming nearby, although none approached, they merely observed from afar for a few days and then left.

But this kind of monitoring hasn't ceased, as people keep rotating.

It seems like Changyun's cultivators received the news and did this as per Fan Li's arrangements.

The fleet's substantial size, fifteen hundred people, over thirty starboats, along with Sun Blaze to oversee, would make anyone vigilant, thus continuous surveillance is necessary.

Traversing the entire Changyun Galaxy is the longest stretch of this journey. With Luo Xie overseeing the fleet, Lu Ye didn't have to worry about anything.

He spent his days in the cyan grand hall engaging in confrontations with Wang Xiu. As he was frequently defeated by Wang Xiu, he gradually learned some tactics. Although he still couldn't withstand the explosive power of Wang Xiu's blade, now he could at least react somewhat when Wang Xiu made a move, unlike initially when Wang Xiu's blade meant his demise.

This is somewhat considered progress, and the contest with Wang Xiu differs from those with earlier seniors. In the future, when Lu Ye faces such explosive attacks, he'll have more experience in dealing with them.

Passing by where the Great Wheel of Fortune once appeared, Lu Ye specifically went to take a look, finding that the Great Wheel of Fortune had indeed vanished. This left the Three Worlds cultivators somewhat disappointed, for such stellar space supreme treasures that posed little risk yet offered a chance for benefits are rare in the vast stellar space. Encountering one is a matter of opportunity.

Now they've missed it, they might never have another chance in their lifetime.

After passing the location where the Great Wheel of Fortune once appeared, a few more days later, they could see a huge Insect Path spanning across the stellar space from afar.

Although they have had experience traversing an Insect Path within Mist Dragon, the path there wasn't very stable, entirely different from the one before their eyes.

Such magnificent spectacle left the Three Worlds cultivators in awe.

Beside the Insect Path, there was also a massive palace suspended in the stellar space, clearly a base where the Changyun cultivators were stationed. That palace was obviously not an ordinary palace but resembled a grim battleship in the shape of a palace.

Before the convoy even got close, a voice echoed from within the palace: "Stop right there!"

At the same time, almost everyone in the convoy felt a chill all over their bodies, as if a great threat had descended from the void. Lu Ye could see it clearly: almost as soon as that voice sounded, many treasures placed at the Array Eye outside the battleship-shaped palace locked onto the convoy as if ready to attack.

It wasn't really going to attack, just a precaution, which was expected, so even Luo Xie didn't reveal too much expression.

However, if the convoy continued to move forward without regard, they would inevitably face an attack from the other side.

"Veteran Luo, let me go." Lu Ye couldn't bear to see Luo Xie, a mere Sun Blaze, having to be at the mercy of others, so he volunteered.

Luo Xie nodded and handed a token to Lu Ye. This token was something he had obtained from Fan Li, a Passage Order, which allowed for passage through the Insect Path.

Receiving the token, Lu Ye dashed out from the starboat, holding the token high in his hand as he flew towards the palace.

He quickly arrived before the palace, where a figure stood. Lu Ye glanced over, finding the figure somewhat familiar, and only realized upon getting closer that he indeed knew this person.

It was the Moon Jade he had met when Tang Jun brought him over initially.

Lu Ye did not know this person's name, only knew the surname was Zhang, who seemed to have quite a good relationship with Tang Jun, calling each other brother back then.

Since it's an acquaintance, things would be easier. He stepped forward and greeted, "I have met Senior."

The Moon Jade did not seem to recognize Lu Ye, glanced at the convoy not far away, and asked Lu Ye, "Do you have the Passage Order?"

Lu Ye quickly presented the token.

The other party took it, examined it carefully, and nodded slightly, "The token is correct, you may pass!"

This side should have already received a transmission from Fan Li, so it only needed to verify the authenticity of the token.

Within the palace, the power of many treasures at the Array Eyes finally slowly withdrew.

Lu Ye expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Senior Zhang!"

The Moon Jade seemed slightly surprised, "You recognize me?" From Fan Li's message, it was clear that this convoy was a joint effort of the four great galaxies and was visiting the All Phenomena Ocean for the first time, so he was puzzled about how Lu Ye could recognize him.

Lu Ye replied, "I met the senior once when Veteran Tang Tang brought me over before."

Moon Jade Zhang scrutinized Lu Ye before recalling, "Oh, I remember now. When you came over before, you happened to encounter the Great Wheel of Fortune descending!"

"Exactly!"

Moon Jade Zhang nodded and showed no interest in further conversation with Lu Ye.

Lu Ye said, "Senior, if you have free time, you can visit Unparalleled Island. I'm sure Veteran Tang would be very welcoming." Though reluctant to engage in small talk, maintaining a good relationship with the people from the Changyun Galaxy was necessary since the Nine Provinces cultivators' only path to the All Phenomena Ocean was through Changyun, given the inability to safely use the Jade Conch Insect Path.

Hearing him mention Unparalleled Island, Moon Jade Zhang's expression suddenly became somewhat strange, "About Unparalleled Island..." But he stopped mid-sentence and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, you probably don't know either."

Lu Ye was puzzled for a moment and couldn't help asking, "What happened to Unparalleled Island?"

Moon Jade Zhang didn't seem inclined to explain much, replying casually, "No matter what happens to Unparalleled Island, there's not much a Constellation like you can do. You should go now."

Returning from the palace, Luo Xie saw Lu Ye looking preoccupied and couldn't help but frown, "Were you troubled?"

Lu Ye shook his head, "No, let's depart. Once we pass through this Insect Path, we'll enter the All Phenomena Galaxy."

Luo Xie was puzzled, not understanding why Lu Ye had such an expression if he hadn't been troubled.

The convoy began to move, gradually approaching the Insect Path, one after another rushing through.

The starboat on which Lu Ye was riding was the first to emerge from the Insect Path. There was also a Moon Jade from the Changyun Galaxy stationed here, preventing any miscreants from entering their star system from this side. However, they typically didn't pay much attention to those departing from the home star system.

Those coming from the home galaxy all possessed Passage Orders.

So, although surprised by the number of starboats and the unfamiliar faces of the cultivators on them, the Moon Jade here still didn't ask questions, just glanced a few times.

The leading starboat stopped not far away, waiting for the convoy to pass. On the starboat, silhouettes stood by the edge, gazing at the enormous ocean filling the view. Even from a distance, they could feel its magnificent grandeur, and couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

A voice excitedly shouted, "All Phenomena Ocean, here I come!"

Which led to a chorus of howls from the crowd, their excitement clearly visible.

Lu Ye also gazed toward the direction of the All Phenomena Ocean, but there lingered an uneasy feeling in his heart. Recalling what Moon Jade Zhang had said, he wondered if, during his absence over the past few years, something might have happened to Unparalleled Island!