Sage of Humanity-Chapter 459 457: This is My Sister (Extra for Zhuang Sheng’s Dream of Butterflies)

The spirit ground that changed hands three days ago had been taken back by Lu Ye and Shen Xiaomao, each of them recuperating on their own.

The previous battle further exacerbated Shen Xiaomao's already severe injuries, and it was uncertain how long it would take for her to recover after this battle.

Lu Ye was in better shape, merely experiencing the aftermath of using his saber skills, and he had recovered completely after two days.

He reestablished the various formations that had been destroyed and shut down earlier.

After Ruan Qingzhu's incident, neither of them had any immediate plans to recruit new members.

Shen Xiaomao healed her injuries while Lu Ye focused on his cultivation practice with peace of mind.

However, having previously improved his cultivation through the spirit fortune stick, Lu Ye always felt his current pace of cultivation was somewhat slow. There is a saying, "I can endure the darkness until I see the light," which perfectly described Lu Ye's mood at the moment.

He was well aware that cultivation practice requires calm and patience above all else, yet he couldn't help but reminisce about the feeling of quickly improving his cultivation with the spirit fortune stick.

Shen Xiaomao's injuries gradually improved, and she was able to go out and about.

After the recent events, Shen Xiaomao's perception of Lu Ye had undoubtedly changed a lot. She had thought Ye Liu was just someone who had recently advanced to Cloud River Level 1, but she had no idea that he had quietly progressed to Level 2, not to mention his ability to kill enemies above his level.

He had killed several from Cloud River Level 4-5, and Shen Xiaomao understood that to have such a powerful foundation, Ye Liu must have been remarkable even in the Spirit Stream Realm.

What particularly baffled her was that despite having signed the Heaven's Augury Pact, Ye Liu had killed Ruan Qingzhu without suffering any backlash. During the days she spent healing, she kept thinking about the various clauses she had listed, but couldn't find any loopholes.

It made her wonder if Ye Liu might have some special means to evade the scrutiny of Heaven's Augury.

But she wasn't overly concerned that he would use such a method against her; if Ye Liu really wanted to harm her, he would not have needed to save her in the first place.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, Shen Xiaomao felt that Ye Liu was trustworthy.

Five days later, Shen Xiaomao personally cooked a meal to treat Lu Ye – a celebration of their reclamation of the spirit ground and a token of gratitude for him avenging her.

At the dinner table, Shen Xiaomao frequently offered toasts, her face blushing as she drank, clearly in a good mood. She not only drank herself but also toasted Lu Ye to the point that he felt overwhelmed and eventually ignored the woman, focusing on his meal instead.

"Ye Liu, I want to ask you something," Shen Xiaomao slurred, her eyes blurry.

"Speak!"

"Why didn't you tell me when you came to attack the spirit ground before? Were you afraid I might be in danger?"

Lu Ye looked at her and wanted to ask, Didn't you have any idea what condition you were in back then? But before he could say anything, Shen Xiaomao had already collapsed on the table.

The fact that a Cloud River Level 5 could drink herself to the point of passing out... that was truly a marvel!

After a while, with a satisfied full stomach and having had his fill of wine, Lu Ye stood up, walked over to Shen Xiaomao, and gave her a nudge. The woman just waved her hand casually and mumbled something incomprehensible before quieting down.

Lu Ye frowned, his hand moved to Shen Xiaomao's waist, grabbed firmly, and lifted her up effortlessly.

Carrying her back to his room as if he was carrying a sack, he tossed her onto the bed, then stepped out and shut the door behind him.

In the dark room, Shen Xiaomao suddenly opened her eyes, a flicker of clarity in her otherwise hazy gaze. She smiled faintly and muttered to herself, "Still pretty reliable."

Although several days had passed, she couldn't forget the scene from when she woke up in the cave, her body carefully bandaged, including some embarrassingly intimate areas. She had tried to convince herself that he had been saving her life, but as a woman, she couldn't help but care about these things.

She had no idea what had happened while she was unconscious.

Getting deliberately drunk today was just a test.

The results proved that although Ye Liu seemed a bit dull, he was still someone reliable. From this, she inferred that when he bandaged her wounds earlier, he probably didn't do anything unnecessary.

Her mood improved even more.

In Lu Ye's room, Yiyi emerged from Amber in a huff and sat in front of Lu Ye, staring intently.

"What's wrong?" Lu Ye asked, puzzled.

"That woman did it on purpose!" Yiyi's cheeks puffed up.

"What did she do on purpose?"

"She purposely got herself drunk, and she wasn't completely intoxicated!"

"How can you tell?" Lu Ye asked, surprised.

"Just like that, she... she..." Yiyi clenched her little fists, her face turned red with effort as she finally blurted out, "She's trying to seduce you!"

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Lu Ye was astonished, "Really?"

"Yes!" Yiyi nodded vigorously, "Lu Ye, let me tell you, never drink alone with a woman, there are many bad women out there, you have to be careful!"

After finishing her admonition, she gritted her teeth, "Damn it, I should have let her die in that cave!"

What was the point in saving her!

"Hmm, I understand. I'll be more careful next time!" Lu Ye nodded seriously, annoyed with himself for not having just gone with the flow. Shen Xiaomao was very sharp!

The next day, as Lu Ye was cultivating and reading in his room, he suddenly heard Shen Xiaomao's alarmed shout from outside, "Who's there!"

This was followed by the sounds of a scuffle.

By the time Lu Ye pushed open the door and stepped outside, he saw Shen Xiaomao and Yiyi standing off at a distance from each other, both women wearing faces full of vigilance.

Lu Ye was taken aback.

Yiyi usually didn't wish to reveal herself in front of others, preferring to show herself only in front of people she was familiar with, or when alone with Lu Ye, since she always felt she was Lu Ye's trump card that should not be easily exposed.

Yet unexpectedly, this time she had taken the initiative to show herself in front of Shen Xiaomao, apparently on high alert because of last night's event.

"Brother Ye, she is a magic cultivator!" Shen Xiaomao quickly alerted Lu Ye but didn't take it too seriously since Yiyi didn't seem as strong as her from the way they clashed.

What puzzled Shen Xiaomao was how this young girl managed to sneak into the spirit ground without anyone noticing.

For the past few days, due to her unresolved injuries, it had been Lu Ye controlling the Great Array Jade Cluster, responsible for guarding. Since the formation was Lu Ye's own setup, it wouldn't make sense for someone to sneak in without him noticing.

"This is my sister... Ye Yiyi." Lu Ye stood at the doorway and introduced her. Having changed his own name, Yiyi also adopted a new one accordingly.

Shen Xiaomao doubted whether she had heard incorrectly. Looking at Yiyi and then at Lu Ye, it was only after he confirmed with a nod that she withdrew her hostilities, smiling awkwardly, "So it's your sister. I thought someone had snuck into the spirit ground."

Turning to look at Yiyi, she said, "Sister Yiyi, is it? I was rude."

"Hmph!" Yiyi turned her head haughtily and walked into Lu Ye's room.

Shen Xiaomao: "..."

Suddenly realizing, Shen Xiaomao found this sister of Ye Liu to be rather difficult to get along with, further baffled about how this sister managed to find this place...

According to the Heaven's Augury Pact, they were not to privately reveal the existence of the spirit ground to anyone else, so this young girl named Yiyi shouldn't have come here.

This Ye Liu fellow, could he truly have some special means to avoid the scrutiny of Heaven's Augury? But what could such an astonishing method be?

Shen Xiaomao's intuition was right; Ye Liu's sister was indeed tough to deal with. She could clearly feel the girl's strong hostility toward her; whenever they crossed paths, even when she attempted conversation, the girl would respond indifferently.

What concerned Shen Xiaomao was that the girl actually lived in the same room as Ye Liu. It dawned on her that this might not be any genuine sister at all, no wonder the hostility was so apparent...

Upon realizing the situation, Shen Xiaomao became more cautious.

In the room, Lu Ye said gravely, "Yiyi, don't be so obvious about it. We live under the same roof, we have to see each other every day."

"What! I'm here to keep an eye on you for Sister Hua Ci!" Yiyi declared righteously.

"What does Hua Ci have to do with this?" Lu Ye was speechless.

"How could it not concern Sister Hua Ci? You and she even have a child together..."

Lu Ye was shocked: "Don't spout nonsense, I and your Sister Hua Ci are innocent."

"You both said it yourselves. Sister Hua Ci even calls you 'child's father', and you don't object!" Yiyi retorted, shaking her head at Lu Ye, triumphant.

Lu Ye sighed sorrowfully and looked out the window: "Why hasn't Giant Armor come yet."

He had sent a message to Giant Armor when he first entered the Cloud River battlefield, and now almost twenty days had passed without a sign of him. Had he known it would take so long for Giant Armor to arrive, he would have directly requested a Heaven's Augury Pillar in the spirit ground to send him back to the Nine Provinces, then have him transported through the pillar from there.

Once in possession of the spirit ground, one could request a Heaven's Augury Pillar, but at a great cost. Lu Ye had inquired about it; a single pillar cost twenty thousand points of merit, and it couldn't be taken away.

In other words, should the spirit ground be overtaken, that investment of twenty thousand merit points would benefit the occupier.

However, if there was a Heaven's Augury Pillar in the spirit ground, some things would be convenient, such as buying and selling items from the Heaven's Augury treasure vault.

Generally in the Cloud River battlefield, only larger spirit grounds that could accommodate dozens of people would request a Heaven's Augury Pillar, as it facilitated the travel between the Nine Provinces and the battlefield, and the cost of the twenty thousand merit points would not be too much if shared among many cultivators.

For a small spirit ground like the one occupied by Lu Ye and Shen Xiaomao, requesting a pillar would not be cost-effective.

The expense split between the two would be too great, and they might also face the problem of spirit force depletion. If the spirit force ran dry, the spirit ground would become useless.

Since Yiyi appeared, Shen Xiaomao had stayed indoors a lot, often going unseen for a day or two at a time.

Until this day, when the earth trembled and buzzed nonstop, as if thunderbolts were roaming beneath the ground, shaking everything violently.

Lu Ye originally thought someone was attacking the spirit ground and quickly leaped outside to investigate, but there was no one to be seen outside the array.

The door of the neighboring room was also pushed open, and the enchanting figure of Shen Xiaomao appeared, her expression grave as she asked, "What's happening?"

Lu Ye shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

This abnormality continued for quite a while before suddenly settling down. Shen Xiaomao seemed to sense something, soared into the sky, and stood mid-air, looking into the distance. Then, invigorated, she shouted down at Lu Ye, "Ye Liu, an opportunity has come!"