Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1733 - 1731: Chu Zhu Reborn

In the Blood Sea, Zhou Chuang and Ma Shangsi guarded Lu Ye, quietly waiting.

After a while, Lu Ye suddenly opened his eyes, his face slightly pale, and even his gaze somewhat dim, undoubtedly a side effect of using a bit of telepathy.

In front of him, Chu Zhu was dead beyond recovery, both in terms of his physical body and psyche completely shattered.

Lu Ye reached out and removed the storage ring from Chu Zhu's hand, then stored his corpse into the Small Flower World, before looking at Zhou Chuang: "Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist."

Zhou Chuang waved his hand: "I didn't help much. What are you planning to do next? Do you need the assistance of Sifang Island?" He had already discussed the matter of Three Worlds Island with other Moon Jade cultivators in the home galaxy, and they all agreed to offer their full support if needed.

Previously, they refrained from contacting Three Worlds Island because they feared implicating them, having caused quite a few troubles since arriving at All Phenomena Ocean. But now, Three Worlds Island itself has problems, so concerns about undue involvement are moot.

"No need for now, I'll handle the upcoming matters myself." Lu Ye replied.

A moment later, the three parted ways, with Ma Shangsi urgently escorting Lu Ye towards All Phenomena Ocean. Chu Zhu's death couldn't be concealed for long. If anyone from Baiyue Island tried to contact Chu Zhu, they would notice something amiss since the audio talisman would lose its function upon a cultivator's death.

Lu Ye had previously determined Tang Jun's life status through the feedback from an audio talisman.

Therefore, to conquer Baiyue Island, they needed to act quickly. If Baiyue Island realized Chu Zhu's death, Lu Ye's subsequent plans would have no room to unfold.

While rushing towards Baiyue Island, Lu Ye was also fully digesting the information gleaned from Chu Zhu.

Because during the telepathy usage, Chu Zhu's psyche had begun to disintegrate, Lu Ye's obtained information was incomplete and fragmented.

But it was sufficient.

Lu Ye was in a hurry, and Ma Shangsi dared not slow down, collapsing the vast Blood Sea into a tiny sphere enveloping him and Lu Ye to accelerate to the maximum.

Not using the starboat was Lu Ye's instruction, as he intended to employ the cover of the Blood Sea for certain actions, which would be less convenient with the starboat.

Ma Shangsi didn't know what Lu Ye intended to do and wouldn't ask.

But soon, while focused on travel, he exhibited a puzzled expression, turning to his side, having suddenly noticed the rapid change in his Saintly Venerable's aura, becoming unlike a Saintly Venerable.

This was undoubtedly a very incredible matter. Every cultivator has their unique aura, especially when activating their power, although sometimes it undergoes slight changes, but fundamentally remains consistent.

Yet the current situation with Lu Ye undeniably left Ma Shangsi somewhat perplexed, as Lu Ye's aura had fundamentally changed.

Without visual confirmation, relying solely on Mental Consciousness, Ma Shangsi almost couldn't identify this aura as belonging to Lu Ye.

Even more astonishingly, as the aura changed, Lu Ye's might also escalated.

He was evidently only at Moon Jade Early Stage cultivation, yet now exhibited the might and mana fluctuations of Moon Jade Late Stage!

If he wasn't sure it was Lu Ye wrapped within his Blood Sea, Ma Shangsi might've thought he was escorting Chu Zhu.

Because Lu Ye at this moment, was too reminiscent of that unfortunate soul, Chu Zhu!

"Is it similar?" Lu Ye suddenly asked.

Ma Shangsi immediately nodded: "Identical!"

Lu Ye remained noncommittal. The Pseudo-Might Spirit Runes derived from the Talent Tree were undoubtedly more useful than before. Previously, Pseudo-Might could only alter Lu Ye's own might, but couldn't change aura significantly. Now, even the aura could be modified.

During the last battle, Lu Ye personally tormented Chu Zhu with saber strikes, not merely destroying his physical body but also familiarizing himself with Chu Zhu's aura for his current Pseudo-Might preparations.

From the current viewpoint, the results were good, though if someone truly familiar with Chu Zhu were present, Lu Ye couldn't ascertain whether they'd notice some flaws.

In Ma Shangsi's eyes, the Pseudo-Might seemed flawless, but that was due to Ma Shangsi's unfamiliarity with Chu Zhu. If encountering Chu Zhu's acquaintances, caution was advised.

Maintaining the Pseudo-Might, Lu Ye soon activated the Thousand Faces Spirit Runes to enhance himself.

His appearance rapidly transformed, even his physique started shifting towards Chu Zhu's form, with cracking sounds emanating from his bones, making him marginally shorter.

The previous Thousand Faces Spirit Runes merely changed appearance, but through the Talent Tree's derivation, Thousand Faces now slightly modifies physique, albeit within limits, impossible to transform into a demon beast, for instance.

Chu Zhu belonged to the human race, as did Lu Ye, and considering they weren't vastly different in height, there was room for alteration.

Ma Shangsi's mouth hung open, unable to close for a long time, utterly baffled by this seemingly miraculous technique performed by the Saintly Venerable.

Pseudo-Might combined with Thousand Faces, the Lu Ye beside him is vividly a reborn Chu Zhu!

At least in Ma Shangsi's eyes, there is not the slightest flaw to speak of.

Only at this moment does Ma Shangsi finally understand what his Saintly Venerable has been planning.

It is clear that they intend to leverage Chu Zhu's identity to infiltrate Baiyue Island and cause a commotion there. If Baiyue Island isn't prepared, the situation will undoubtedly be dire.

After using Thousand Faces and Pseudo-Might, Lu Ye then begins to crack Chu Zhu's storage ring. The cracking poses no difficulty at all; it seems his disguise even fooled the ring's restriction.

After a short while, he retrieves a set of Chu Zhu's everyday clothes from the storage ring and puts them on, changes his hairstyle, stows away the Boulder Mountain Saber, alters his voice, and chats casually with Ma Shangsi, striving for perfection in his disguise.

In the All Phenomena Ocean, Baiyue Island, is an excellent treasure ground.

Thousands of years ago, this Spirit Island was already a high-class Spirit Island, and it hasn't changed much until now. Baiyue Galaxy took over this island more than eight hundred years ago and has been its owner ever since.

Eight hundred years of peace has allowed the protective array to accumulate immense power, making the island's defenses exceptionally strong.

Not only Baiyue Island, in fact, most high-class Spirit Islands in the All Phenomena Ocean are in such a condition, with many forces occupying a high-class Spirit Island for a long time and managing its defenses to perfection.

This is also why there are rarely battles for high-class Spirit Islands in the All Phenomena Ocean, partly because Sun Blaze coordinates things behind the scenes, and partly because without sufficiently powerful forces, breaking the protective arrays of those islands is simply impossible.

Take Baiyue Island as an example; to even hope of breaking its protective array, at least ten Moon Jade cultivators would have to continuously assault it for a day or two.

But would Baiyue Island ever give anyone such an opportunity? When attacked, they can retaliate, and the numerous array magic treasures arranged on the island are not mere decorations.

The area covered by Baiyue Island isn't too small, but it's not very large either, just enough to meet the cultivation needs of Baiyue Galaxy's cultivators, so it isn't a commercial Spirit Island with merchants settling in.

The cultivators living on the island are basically all from Baiyue Galaxy.

A figure swiftly approaches from afar, arrives before the big island-protecting array, and flashes a token; the array immediately opens a gap, allowing the figure to slip inside.

The guarding cultivator senses the movement, looks up, sees Master Uncle Chu Zhu, and withdraws his gaze.

Chu Zhu, naturally, is not Chu Zhu but Lu Ye.

Relying solely on Pseudo-Might and Thousand Faces Spirit Runes, Lu Ye couldn't just openly enter Baiyue Island; the big island-protecting array alone could stop him. Chu Zhu, a Baiyue Moon Jade, returning from outside can't just have the array opened for them; that would immediately expose a flaw.

But Lu Ye has more than just these two spirit runes; he also possesses a wealth of memory fragments from Chu Zhu, so entering Baiyue Island is no difficulty for him.

Even if others had the skill to disguise themselves as Chu Zhu, without Chu Zhu's memories, they wouldn't be able to act as conveniently as Lu Ye.

And from Chu Zhu's memory fragments, Lu Ye roughly knows the mission he was ordered to carry out in Yiyuan World, but he hasn't uncovered the specifics.

According to the original plan, once Chu Zhu returned, he would certainly meet with the other few Moon Jade cultivators on the island to report on his activities in Yiyuan World.

But Lu Ye is not Chu Zhu; he doesn't know who Chu Zhu conversed with in Yiyuan World, so why would he seek to meet other Moon Jade cultivators?

His visit here is precisely with the intent to avoid contact with other Moon Jade cultivators.

Time is of the essence, so immediately upon entering Baiyue Island, he heads directly in one direction.

He quickly arrives at his destination: a large hall, guarded inside and out by cultivators, clearly a key location.

Indeed, it is a key location because this place is one of Baiyue Island's array bases for the big island-protecting array, where the array base is both the foundation for the array's operation and the central hub for energy accumulation.

There are eight such array bases on the whole of Baiyue Island.

When Lu Ye appears, the cultivators guarding the hall immediately greet him respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Master Uncle!"

Lu Ye nods, continues striding towards the hall, while issuing orders, "Activate the hall's formation, the island-protecting array's operation has been somewhat unsmooth, I need to check the cause!"

The most favorable information Lu Ye obtained from Chu Zhu is that Chu Zhu has actually dual-cultivated in the Array Path, so he is qualified to make some adjustments and inspections on Baiyue Island's big island-protecting array.

Of course, even without this reason, with Moon Jade's identity to give orders, the Constellation below wouldn't object.

But the identity of an array cultivator undoubtedly makes Lu Ye's actions even more convenient.

Upon hearing Lu Ye's words, the Constellation isn't hesitant, immediately stepping into the hall first, shouting, "Activate the hall's formation."