Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1814 - 1812: Social Skills

After staying for several days on Lih Shang’s Lotus Land, Lu Ye departed. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Yiyi and Amber watched him go, no longer feeling the sadness of the last farewell, as their mood had changed.

During the last farewell, Yiyi always felt that she might not see Lu Ye for a very long time, which naturally made her reluctant. But now she knew that Lu Ye could come and go to the Soul Race ancestral land, so there would be many opportunities to meet in the future.

Before parting, Yiyi gave Lu Ye thousands of soul jades, all meticulously refined by her during her cultivation time.

Lu Ye did not refuse, accepting them gladly. These soul jades are hard to find in the outside world because the environment suitable for their birth is rare, but here at the Soul Race ancestral land, they are easily acquired due to the abundance of pure Soul Power.

Typically, tribal members of the Soul Race wouldn’t refine soul jades because they can directly refine Soul Power for cultivation. Spending time and effort on refining soul jades would only be a waste of time.

These soul jades from Yiyi were undoubtedly specially prepared for Lu Ye, perhaps with a contribution from Lih Shang.

In front of the seven-color Lotus Land where the stellar space pond is located, Lu Ye had just arrived, riding the core, and from a distance, he saw Elder Xuyuan.

Elder Xuyuan had actually detected Lu Ye as soon as he entered the Soul Race ancestral land, but since Lu Ye first visited Lih Shang’s Lotus Land, Xuyuan did not interrupt but waited here all along.

"Elder!" Lu Ye jumped down from the core, greeting with respect.

Xuyuan nodded slightly, approached with interest, and scrutinized the core, appearing uncertain and curious. After a long while, Xuyuan finally asked, "Boy, is this a miniature world?"

Yet it seemed somewhat different from the miniature worlds he knew. To call it a miniature world seemed inaccurate because it is quite large; typically, so-called miniature worlds can be carried along, like the Small Flower World that Lu Ye possesses, which can be considered a miniature world.

Moreover, there were treasures when Ban Ci housed Ban Xia back then, also considered a miniature world.

But Xuyuan had never seen such a large miniature world, and its design was rather peculiar.

Facing Xuyuan, Lu Ye didn’t conceal the truth, candidly saying, "It’s not wrong to call it a miniature world, but it’s different from ordinary miniature worlds. It’s the core of Mount Fangcun."

Xuyuan suddenly whipped his head toward Lu Ye, shocked, "Mount Fangcun? The Dwarf Race’s Mount Fangcun?"

"Exactly!" Lu Ye nodded.

Xuyuan’s interest grew stronger as he surveyed the core nonstop, soon saying, "Back then, the Blood Ancestor intended to capture Mount Fangcun and led a strong force of the Blood Race to attack fiercely. A great battle ensued, resulting in mutual destruction. Mount Fangcun was shattered and divided into three parts with its core lost and whereabouts unknown. Where did you find it, boy?"

Lu Ye explained, "Actually, the Dwarf Race always knew the location of the core and worked hard over the years to retrieve it. But due to several reasons, they could not succeed, so I took on the task at the request of Sun Blaze from the Dwarf Race and eventually gained results."

"You have a good relationship with the Dwarf Race?" Xuyuan looked at him, stunned. Giving such an important task of searching for the core to an outsider indicates that their relationship is undoubtedly close.

"Quite good." Lu Ye touched his nose, hesitating to say his Dao companion relationship with Sun Blaze of the Dwarf Race, which would be rather startling.

Xuyuan looked at him and chuckled, "You sure have a knack for networking."

Lu Ye could be considered half a member of the Soul Race, and now he was closely connected with the Dwarf Race as well. Yet both the Soul Race and Dwarf Race aren’t easy to engage with, especially the Soul Race; most people don’t even know where their ancestral land is, let alone find it.

Lu Ye pondered for a moment; he seemed to have good diplomatic ties with several races. Setting aside the Soul Race and Dwarf Race, he also had the merfolk of the All Phenomena Ocean, the most solid allies of Three Worlds Island, and now the Flower Race settled in the Nine Provinces...

"Treat others with sincerity, and naturally, they will treat me sincerely."

Xuyuan nodded, agreeing with his words.

"Elder, have you ever seen the Blood Ancestor?" Lu Ye asked.

Xuyuan shook his head, replying, "Never seen. The Blood Ancestor was active long ago, before my time, and you know our Soul Race’s circumstances; we generally don’t interact with the outside world much."

"Why did the Blood Ancestor target the Dwarf Race?"

Xuyuan waved his hand, saying, "You’re mistaken. The Blood Ancestor didn’t target the Dwarf Race; she wanted Mount Fangcun. The Dwarf Race was affected because they were born of Mount Fangcun. I’ve heard that during that era, the Insect Race also fell under her control. You should understand the Insect Race’s plundering style: the hives often drift about, seeking targets to invade. But hives are more fragile; if targeted by a powerful force, they can easily be destroyed. However, if the hives were to be placed inside Mount Fangcun?"

Lu Ye suddenly realized.

The Insect Race combined with Mount Fangcun would be a flawless partnership. Imagine the Insect Race commanding Mount Fangcun, such a stellar space supreme treasure, wandering through stellar space... If the Blood Ancestor truly seized Mount Fangcun back then, the harm the Insect Race could cause would be far greater than today.

Moreover, Lu Ye finally understood the fundamental reason for the good relationship between the Insect and Blood Races; it turns out both had served under the Blood Ancestor’s command in the past.

In this light, the war over Mount Fangcun likely involved not just the Blood Race, but the Insect Race too.

"How did the Blood Ancestor die?" Lu Ye asked again, curious. To nurture a race was indicative of her strength, and according to Lu Ye’s speculation, the Blood Ancestor’s prowess couldn’t be as simple as Sun Blaze. How could such a formidable being get defeated? And even dismembered.

Xuyuan shook his head: "I don’t know how the Blood Ancestor died, but kid, the world is not as simple as you see it. Some things can only be slowly uncovered when you have sufficiently strong power. For a cultivator, weakness is the greatest original sin."

After chatting with Xuyuan for a while, Lu Ye drove the core to the stellar space pond.

"Elder, can I pass through the passage with the core?" Lu Ye asked. He had always been traveling alone before, and although the core was not very large, it was a dozen or so feet long. He wasn’t sure if he could bring the core through the passage to return to the Jade Conch Galaxy.

If not, it would be a big trouble. At that time, he would have to choose to leave the core in the Soul Race ancestral land and then find a way to notify the Dwarf Race to take the core themselves.

"It’s not a big problem." Xuyuan said calmly, "You just need to wrap the core with power during transit."

Lu Ye understood and immediately began to locate the position of Jade Conch in the stellar space pond.

He had traveled to and from Jade Conch several times using the stellar space pond, so he was naturally skillful and quickly gained results.

"Then, Elder, I’m going." After saying a word to Xuyuan, Lu Ye wrapped the core with power and plunged into the stellar space pond.

The scene of an entire stellar space shrinking countless times and rushing toward him was shockingly spectacular no matter how many times he saw it. The stellar region belonging to Jade Conch in his field of vision continued to enlarge, enlarge, and enlarge again...

When Lu Ye regained his senses, he had arrived at Jade Conch.

After slightly discerning the direction, Lu Ye controlled the core and headed towards the Nine Provinces.

On the Eastern Mount Fangcun, due to previous incidents, the three big Sun Blazes did not engage in cultivation but constantly sensed the movements of the main part, anticipating some changes to occur.

Unfortunately, the main part of Mount Fangcun had been stationary somewhere in the stellar space and showed no signs of movement. Until this moment, it finally started to move.

What shocked Su Yuqing and the others was that the movement trajectory of Mount Fangcun suddenly changed significantly.

The three immediately gathered together and, after a simple discussion, concluded that the position of the core had shifted dramatically.

This is why the movement trajectory of the main Mount Fangcun changed.

First, the core was completely isolated by some mysterious power, causing the three Mount Fangcun to stop drifting. Then, within a few days, the core’s position changed dramatically. All these strange occurrences left people puzzled, and no one knew what happened.

Yet, despite this, the Sun Blazes of the Dwarf Race were extremely excited and hopeful.

Because if the core’s position changed significantly, it would likely mean the core had already escaped the Illusory Blood Devil’s Eye marvel.

This change is undoubtedly a good omen!

As for the current exact position of the core, it was unknown on the Mount Fangcun side. They had to observe for decades or even centuries according to the drifting trajectory of the three Mount Fangcun and then calculate comprehensively to determine the result.

This was not something that could be solved quickly, so the three Sun Blazes gathered again to discuss the significant matter of deducing the core’s position.

At this time, on the core, not only was Lu Ye present, but also Xiang Yin and sister, Yang Ling, and Hu Dequan were there.

Looking far ahead at the domain, Xiang Yin exclaimed with excitement, "Venerable Lord, is that your domain?"

"The domain where I was born, not my domain." Lu Ye replied.

Previously, Xiang Yin and the others had always been in the Core World. Now that they were nearing Nine Provinces, it would naturally not be appropriate to keep them inside.

Settling them wasn’t difficult. Xiang Yin and sister were his Blood Servants, and under Lu Ye’s command, they didn’t dare to disobey. For now, letting them stay in the Nine Provinces would suffice.

As for Yang Ling and Hu Dequan, they could also stay in the Nine Provinces, waiting for the three Mount Fangcun to merge, and on that day, they could be reunited with their Dao companions.

Moreover, all four of them were in the Moon Jade Late Stage and had considerable strength. Staying in the Nine Provinces would also enable them to protect it.

Many dangers in stellar space were sudden, like the previous invasion by the Filth Race, or encountering an insect hive invasion on the way...

The reason Nine Provinces had been safe for so many years was, one, due to Number Nine’s concealing ability, and two, the remoteness of Jade Conch.

But nothing is absolute, and some precautions are necessary.

Waiting for the local cultivator of Nine Provinces to grow takes too long. During this period, any unforeseen event could be unbearable for Nine Provinces.

Therefore, Lu Ye came up with the idea of using the Dwarf Race as a reliance. Now that he brought back the core of Mount Fangcun, given time, the fused Mount Fangcun would become the strongest backing for Nine Provinces, without fear of any external invasion.

In just a few days, they reached the outer regions of Nine Provinces.