Sage of Humanity-Chapter 784 - 782: Pleasant Journey

In comparison, Hua Ci at least gained fame on the Spirit Stream battlefield by dominating the top position of the Spirit Stream Ranking for nearly a year.

However, Giant Armor had been virtually unknown since he began his cultivation journey.

In the Spirit Stream battlefield, he had advanced to the Cloud River early on. Once in the Cloud River battlefield, he was alone, following his path.

By the time Lu Ye found him and brought him to cultivate in the Great Reversal Valley of Great Wilderness Mountain, he had almost never left the valley.

Therefore, almost all the cultivators present had never seen him.

However, he was still someone who had made a name for himself on the top hundred rankings of the Cloud River, so even if people hadn't seen him, they recognized his name.

They vaguely remembered that when the Cloud River rankings were set, he was ranked around the thirtieth position.

Being in the Cloud River Level 7 with a ranking around thirty already spoke volumes about his profound foundations, so even if Giant Armor's cultivation was slightly inferior, no one underestimated him.

If such a person were to cultivate to Cloud River Level 9, who knows how much more advanced his strength would become.

Only Ying Wuji's eyes flickered.

Unlike others, he had seen Giant Armor!

Back when he and Song Zhui went to surround Lu Ye in the Great Reversal Valley, he had secretly attacked Lu Ye while this bulky physique cultivator stood not far away from Lu Ye.

With such a distinctive physical appearance, how could Ying Wuji forget Giant Armor?

But now, it seemed that Lu Yiye and this man were pretending not to recognize each other, obviously indicating some plot...

He didn't immediately expose this, but he was on guard in his heart.

More and more people arrived, and soon nine people had gathered at the mountaintop.

Aside from the top six in the Cloud River competition, there were Ying Wuji ranked sixteenth, Giant Armor ranked twenty-ninth, and Hua Ci ranked in the top three hundred. Such an array, such a setup, increasingly confirmed the suspicions of the crowd.

The matters they were about to face were destined to be thorny and dangerous, perhaps even life-threatening.

But now that it had come to this, no one could back down. Everyone had come here following an inexplicable summons that could be said to be the guidance of Heaven's Augury. To back out now, the consequences were not something they could bear.

So, even knowing the perilous road ahead, they had to brace themselves and proceed.

Moreover, these were all outstanding figures of the Cloud River Realm, how could they not understand that risk was also an opportunity?

So, while they were worried, they were also filled with anticipation and excitement.

What exactly did the high Heaven's Augury want them to resolve? They had never orchestrated such a strong lineup before for anything.

At the very least, the records of the top sects had no mention of such an event.

At the center of the venue, Lu Ye was still sitting cross-legged, gently tapping the handle of the Boulder Mountain Saber, contemplating.

Hua Ci was chosen, likely because of her identity as a healing cultivator, probably not related to her cultivation level.

But what about Giant Armor?

In the Cloud River Realm, there were still some stronger than him, so why were others not chosen, and it was specifically Giant Armor?

Lu Ye couldn't help but think back to the incident at Fox Fairy Valley. That time he had resolved the Fox Fairy and received a baptism gifted by Heaven's Augury. Perhaps that incident also accumulated Heaven's Augury's favor?

Was this what made Giant Armor stand out among the many strong cultivators of the Cloud River Realm?

It was just a guess, and Lu Ye had no way of knowing for sure.

But soon, he remembered another matter and suddenly looked up towards Ying Wuji.

At that moment, Ying Wuji was pondering over the trickery of Lu Ye and Giant Armor hiding their relationship. Suddenly feeling a sharp gaze, he looked up to see Lu Yiye staring intently at him.

Ying Wuji couldn't help but feel startled, instantly realizing that this was Lu Yiye warning him, reluctantly he spoke with resentfulness, "Fellow Daoist Lu, what advice do you have?"

"Behave yourself!" Lu Ye said indifferently.

Ying Wuji's face twitched, how could he not perceive the threatening intent in those words, fuming inside, he hadn't even decided whether to covertly reveal the relationship between these two. If he really did, would Lu Yiye resort to attacking him with a saber?

Boom... Boom...

Suddenly, a dull sound erupted from deep within the earth, as if thunderbolts were roaming the underground depths, followed by the mountain trembling.

This abrupt change made everyone's expressions turn solemn, as they each stimulated their forms, hovering in mid-air.

However, what they saw made them change color.

Because it wasn't just the mountain they were on that was shaking, all the nearby mountains were trembling as well.

"What's happening?" Yang Yuan asked in shock, but who could provide an answer?

The calamity struck so suddenly, no one knew what was actually happening.

Within three breaths' time, mountains across hundreds of miles began to tremble, a vast and majestic aura descended from the sky, followed by a pillar of light erupting from one of the mountains, shooting up into the sky.

More pillars of light followed suit!

In an instant, countless pillars converged into the sky, piercing the clouds, creating a magnificent sight visible even from tens of thousands of miles away.

The sudden eruption of the light pillars, the extensive coverage, was beyond imagination.

After a brief explosion, the columns of light suddenly expanded outward, filling the air with boundless, dense, and pure nature's spiritual energy as the columns grew.

The crowd, still in shock, instantly felt a warm sensation throughout their bodies, as if they were immersed in a sea of Spiritual Energy.

Moreover, this Spiritual Energy was so rich and pure that it was not at all inferior to the energy drawn by using spirit fortune sticks.

In other words, cultivating in this environment was equivalent to continuously using spirit fortune sticks for cultivation, offering a speed and efficiency that every cultivator dreamt of.

So, even though they did not know what was happening, almost everyone instinctively began to breathe in the nature's spiritual energy.

Yet, Lu Ye's gaze was captured by the bands of light floating in the sea of Spiritual Energy, which had formed after the expansion of the columns.

At this moment, not only were the people bathing in the sea of Spiritual Energy, but they also seemed to be bathing in an ocean of light.

And this ocean of light covered an area of a thousand miles!

What caught Lu Ye's attention was not the bands of light themselves, but the way they flowed.

The bands intertwined with each other as if they had intelligence, rapidly spreading throughout the entire ocean of light.

The way they intertwined was a fusion of Ying and Yang Dual Origins!

Lu Ye hurriedly used Insight Spirit Runes to enhance his eyesight and looked around.

Lui Qing, as a magic cultivator, also noticed something unusual. He greedily inhaled Spiritual Energy while intently observing.

In just a short ten breaths of time, a huge pattern formed by the intertwining bands of light appeared in everyone's view, hanging above their heads and shrouding the mountaintop they had been on.

With the huge pattern of Spirit Runes as the center, even more Yin-Yang Dual Origins emerged, quickly spreading in all directions, as if an invisible giant hand was orchestrating everything secretly.

"Lu Yiye!" Lui Qing bellowed, "What kind of Spirit Runes are these?"

Lu Ye's expertise in the Array Path was well known, which closely related to the Path of Spirit Runes. Thus, when Lui Qing could not recognize the large Spirit Rune pattern, he immediately asked Lu Ye for insight.

Lu Ye had already flown up higher, using his Ocular Power to observe his surroundings. After a moment, his expression showed astonishment.

"Lu Yiye!" Yang Yuan also yelled from below, "We are all tied together now; don't hold back any secrets!"

With such a grand and unusual event happening, something must be about to occur. While others saw no clues, Lu Ye clearly noticed something.

Lu Ye's calm voice came from above, "Based on the spirit mountaintops and rivers as the foundation, fueled by pure spirit force, mysterious and unforeseeable, indeed a grand work!"

In his observation, the area of a thousand miles, including many spirit mountaintops and mountain ranges, under the interweaving of Yin-Yang Dual Origins emanating from the bands of light, had unmistakably become the layout of a big array.

Moreover, it was an array he was extremely familiar with!

Although not wanting to say much, considering Hua Ci, Giant Armor, and Muk Qingyun who were his own, Lu Ye still explained, "Above us, is the Void Spirit Runes!"

"The Void!" Upon hearing this, Lui Qing's complexion changed.

He had of course heard of the Void Spirit Runes, but who in the world could construct such a massive expanse of Void Spirit Runes? Even those strong cultivators in the Divine Sea Realm might not have the ability.

Lan Ziyi, with a serious expression, said, "You said earlier that the spirit mountaintops are the base and pure spiritual force is the source. Could it be that these Void Spirit Runes are at the core of a big array?"

Lu Ye looked at her leisurely, "Exactly!"

Everyone instantly felt a chill run down their spines.

If such a massive Void Spirit Rune was the core, how vast must the array be?

Lui Qing's face turned pale.

As far as he knew, the only type of array that used Void Spirit Runes as its core was the renowned teleportation array!

But why a teleportation array?

Within the Nine Provinces, including both the Spirit Stream battlefield and Cloud River battlefield, teleportation was handled by the Heaven's Augury Pillar under normal circumstances, so normally there was no need for a teleportation array. Hence, even array cultivators didn't focus much on it in their early cultivation stages.

Of course, this was also because setting up such an array was difficult; without sufficient mastery over the Array Path, one couldn't even construct the basic Void Spirit Runes, let alone set up the array.

So far, within the Cloud River Realm, only Lu Yiye was capable of setting up a teleportation array.

If he said it was a teleportation array, then it certainly was one!

The grandeur and scale of everything unfolding was beyond human capability, this was a maneuver of Heaven's Augury!

All along, they had speculated that Heaven's Augury had gathered them here to tackle some very troublesome and dangerous matter. If they were already setting up such a grand scale teleportation array before it even began, it was hard to imagine what awaited them.

Lu Ye was also curious, where did the other end of the teleportation array lead to?

Was it some secret realm?

But the scale of this teleportation array was just too immense!

In a daze, the Void Spirit Runes floating above everyone's heads slowly descended, accompanied by a violent surging of the pure spiritual energy in the air.

The Void began to twist and change, giving everyone an involuntary sensation of weightlessness.

A sense of foreboding arose in Lu Ye's heart, and he looked up at everyone and softly cautioned, "Fellow Daoists, have a pleasant journey!"