Sage of Humanity-Chapter 595 - 593 Bewitchment

The sudden, alien sensation that had fallen from the sky seemed familiar, as if he had encountered it somewhere before.

Lu Ye thought carefully and soon remembered what this familiar feeling was all about.

It was Heaven's Augury's favor!

Back in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain's secret realm, he had acquired the Beast Seal Method and Life Origin Method from the Great Elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Xia Qianqian had told him that such things, capable of changing the pattern of a sect, could earn Heaven's Augury's favor and enhance one's fortune if sold to the Heaven's Augury Treasure Vault.

Indeed, it had proven to be true. After he left the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain and sold the jade slip engraved with the Beast Seal Method and the Life Origin Method to the Heaven's Augury Treasure Vault, not only did he earn many merits, but he also felt the descent of Heaven's Augury.

It was exactly the same sensation as just now.

The greatest reason he had turned misfortune into fortune in the hunting ground was that he had acquired a Golden Body Token, an object against the heavens so precious that even those in the Divine Sea Realm coveted it. Yet, it was he, a cultivator from the Cloud River Realm, who obtained it, and it happened through war spoils. Not only did he turn misfortune into fortune, but he also won the top position on the Kills Ranking, earning a reward from Heaven's Augury.

All of this, were these not manifestations of his own fortune?

Fate, intangible and elusive, yet constantly influencing him at every moment.

Last time, because he brought something from the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain's secret realm that could change the pattern of a sect, he gained Heavenly favor.

What about this time?

He had slain the Fox Demon, rescued those cultivators, and yet there was favor again?

He suddenly recalled the Fox Demon's enigmatic words before her death.

"So Heaven's Augury had already decreed the punishment."

Lu Ye didn't understand what she meant just then, but now, piecing it together with his own experiences, he vaguely sensed something.

The Fox Demon had ruled over Fox Fairy Valley for twenty years, enslaving many cultivators with Psyche Secret Techniques that should not have appeared on the Cloud River battlefield, seeking revenge. Over the years, countless cultivators had died because of her. His slaying of her, though primarily for self-preservation and to save Li Baxian, arguably benefited the people.

Had he not killed the Fox Demon, perhaps even more cultivators would have suffered in the future.

And his venture into Fox Fairy Valley was because he followed Li Baxian to pursue Tan Sheng and Xia Liang, encountering Zhou Yuntian and others.

Now, looking back, when Tan Sheng and Xia Liang fled from the spirit ground, they should have escaped towards the outskirts of the Great Wilderness Mountain, but for some reason, they fled deep into it...

This clearly did not match their situation at the time, and two Level 9 Cloud River Realm cultivators should not have made such a foolish choice.

He and Li Baxian chased after them, and ended up encountering Zhou Yun and others, which led them into Fox Fairy Valley. Coincidentally, he possessed the Talent Tree, which made him immune to the Fox Demon's Psyche Secret Techniques, and even more coincidentally, he had a pack of wolves he could command!

Even the battle in Fox Fairy Valley against the Berserk Giant Ape went suspiciously smoothly.

The Fox Demon had failed to get her revenge for twenty years, but soon after Lu Ye arrived at Fox Fairy Valley, he had helped her fulfill her plans for revenge...

Everything seemed reasonable, but upon deeper reflection, it revealed many incomprehensible coincidences.

It seemed as if behind it all, an invisible hand was orchestrating everything.

Heaven's Augury... what exactly is it?

Was he the punishment that Heaven's Augury had decreed for the Fox Demon?

Having killed the Fox Demon and resolved the local calamity, did Heaven's Augury once again increase its favor towards him?

His thoughts swirling, Lu Ye suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Looking down at the back of his hand, when Heaven's Augury's favor had descended earlier, his hand had also warmed up slightly. Now looking at it, Lu Ye looked surprised.

For there appeared a golden mark on his hand, just like the one he had received when he topped the Kills Ranking and was granted a mark by Heaven's Augury!

Not only had it increased its favor towards him, but it had also awarded him?

However, Lu Ye did not know what this reward specifically was. The reward for topping the Kills Ranking was clear, but now, what this particular reward entailed could only be revealed by revisiting the spirit ground and using the Heaven's Augury Pillar.

Collecting his thoughts, Lu Ye looked sideways, where Giant Armor stood with drooping eyes and a gloomy expression.

Clearly, he was troubled about having struck Lu Ye and chased Yiyi just now.

Dispelling the distractions in his mind, ली moved forward, patted his arm, and reassured, "Don't mind it, even the Fourth Senior Brother couldn't resist the Fox Demon's secret technique, let alone you."

Giant Armor looked up at him, still silent, but his expression finally eased somewhat.

Lu Ye then turned to look towards Li Baxian, where Feng Yuechan was chuckling, "Senior Brother, what's with that Fellow Daoist Yu? It seems like she has a rather good relationship with you?"

Just before the group of cultivators left Fox Fairy Valley, Yu Daiwei had made a point to bid farewell to Li Baxian, and her unusual attitude and tone caught Feng Yuechan's eye, infuriating her.

Li Baxian's expression remained unchanged, "She's also a sword cultivator. Back in Fox Fairy Valley, she often came to me to discuss swordsmanship. Actually, I'm not very close with her… Eh, why am I even explaining this to you? Also, I'm your Master Uncle! Stop shouting nonsense!" He raised his hand and thumped Feng Yuechan on the head.

Feng Yuechan's cheeks puffed slightly, looking huffy.

Li Baxian approached Lu Ye with concern, "How are Junior Brother Lu's injuries?"

"They're just superficial wounds, nothing serious."

Li Baxian sighed, "I didn't expect that the Cloud River battlefield would still have such dangerous demon beasts. When she enslaved us with her Psyche Secret Technique, I didn't feel anything wrong at all. Now thinking about it... it's truly terrifying. Speaking of which, Junior Brother, how did you break free from the Psyche Secret Technique?"

This was what he least understood. On that day, he and Lu Ye, along with others, were taken back together. Logically, they all should have been subjected to the Psyche Secret Technique. These past days, Lu Ye had not shown any loopholes, and only today did he learn that his Junior Brother had never been affected by the Fox Demon's Psyche Secret Technique and had been secretly planning to kill the Fox Demon all along.

Before Lu Ye could answer, Feng Yuechan took the lead, "Silly Senior Brother, did you forget how strong Junior Brother Lu's psyche is? That Fox Demon, no more than a Demon General level beast, even if it could use the Psyche Secret Technique, what impact could it have on Junior Brother Lu?"

Lu Ye once received quite a bit of Soul Cleansing Water, which both Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan knew about. The Soul Cleansing Water, a divine object, could strengthen a cultivator's psyche. Li Baxian had even received some from Lu Ye before, and the fact that Lu Ye could give it to others meant he must have used a lot himself.

Feng Yuechan naturally thought that Lu Ye's ability to escape the influence of the Fox Demon's secret technique was related to his strong psyche.

This was actually something Lu Ye was pleased to hear. The Talent Tree was something he didn't want to explain too much about, so he went along with Feng Yuechan's words, "Senior Sister Feng is right."

"But I owe much to Junior Brother this time, otherwise I fear it would have been more misfortune than fortune for me."

Feng Yuechan said, "Junior Brother is still injured; let him heal first. Senior Brother, I have something to ask you. Come with me."

Li Baxian immediately frowned, but before he could speak, Feng Yuechan pulled him to one side.

Lu Ye shook his head and smiled, though he indeed needed to recuperate for a while.

With a wolf pack guarding them, there was no need to worry about danger.

He found a spot, sat down cross-legged, popped several elixir pills and a healing pill into his mouth, and quietly refined them.

Half a day later, his depleted spirit force was mostly restored.

Lu Ye immersed his mind, examining a pink leaf on the Talent Tree. As his psyche gathered, a large amount of information flooded into his mind, causing his psyche to tremble slightly.

Carefully examining this information, Lu Ye's expression turned odd.

This time he was lucky, directly receiving a spirit rune.

But this spirit rune...was different from all the spirit runes he had obtained before.

It's not that it was overly complex; of the spirit runes Lu Ye mastered, the most complex was undoubtedly the Fire Phoenix Spirit Runes, followed by the Void Spirit Runes, but he had learned the latter from books. He couldn't construct them at will like the ones from the Talent Tree.

Moreover, it was just a single leaf's worth of information; no matter how complex it was, it could only be so complex.

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The reason it was special, was because according to the information, the energy required to activate this spirit rune was not spirit force but Soul Power.

In short, it was Psyche Force.

Lu Ye's mind stirred slightly, this was actually a Psyche Spirit Rune, also known as a divine rune!

The Path of Spirit Runes is profound. Currently, all the runes Lu Ye learned could be constructed with spirit force, but if Lu Ye's cultivation reached the Divine Sea Realm, owning his own Soul Power, many runes could be constructed with Soul Power to unleash more abilities.

For example, Sharpness, merely constructed with a spirit rune could increase the lethality of a Spiritual Artifact, but with Soul Power, it could transform into a psyche attack.

Protection as well, constructed with Soul Power, could form a Psyche Barrier.

However, among the spirit runes, there were some special ones that could only be constructed with Soul Power, and these runes were called divine runes.

The one he acquired this time was precisely a divine rune.

Bewitchment!

According to the myriad of information from the leaf, this Bewitchment Divine Rune had the effect of bewildering minds, quite similar to the Psyche Secret Technique used by the Fox Demon.

The Fox Demon's Psyche Secret Technique was incredibly powerful, being an Innate Divine Ability of a Six-tailed Celestial Fox, something ordinary cultivators or demon beasts could never master. If the Bewitchment Divine Rune could exert even a tenth of the Fox Demon's technique's power, it would be quite remarkable.

Regrettably, as this was a divine rune that required Soul Power to activate, Lu Ye's current Cloud River Realm cultivation level simply could not utilize it. He could construct it with spirit force, but even if he did, it would not be of any use.

However, one day his cultivation would reach the Divine Sea Realm, and then this divine rune could be put to use.

This single divine rune alone represented a significant gain, not to mention that he had also received Heaven's Augury's favor, which would probably make his personal fortune even more prosperous in the future.

There was also a reward bestowed by Heaven's Augury, though he didn't know what it was...

Slowly opening his eyes, Lu Ye stood up.

Li Baxian, waiting nearby, saw him arise and asked, "Junior Brother Lu, are we returning to the spirit ground?"

The Fox Demon was dead, and the cultivators of Fox Fairy Valley had dispersed; there was naturally no need to go back there.

"Hmm," Lu Ye nodded, then suddenly remembered something, "Let's go to Fox Fairy Valley first; there's something there that has caught my attention."

Li Baxian didn't ask what it was but just nodded, "Alright."