Sage of Humanity

The old cultivator from Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union said, "This tiny bell spirit artifact is top of the low grade, which shows its exceptional quality."

Lu Ye was not clear on how the quality of spirit artifacts should be classified, but a comparison revealed that the tiny bell spirit artifact had more than one restriction.

The long sword in his hand could also be barely considered a spirit artifact, but it had only one restriction, which seemed to be able to fortify the blade, allowing the long sword not to break easily during combat with an enemy.

The restriction in the sword was actually a spirit rune, which someone had branded into the blade with a mysterious technique during its forging.

When Lu Ye faced his enemies, he only needed to channel his spirit force into the long sword to activate this spirit rune, sparing him the effort of constructing it himself.

This principle was somewhat similar to his use of the Sharpness spirit rune to enhance the long sword, the difference being that Sharpness was only a temporary enhancement, while the spirit rune that fortified the blade was permanent and could be activated just by consuming some of Lu Ye's spirit force.

The tiny bell spirit artifact contained more than one spirit rune. When Lu Ye's spirit force soaked into it, he could feel this. The runes were combined together by some magical means to form what were known as restrictions.

In Lu Ye's understanding, spirit runes were the foundation of restrictions, and each spirit rune could be considered a restriction. However, different spirit runes seemed to have some magical combination that could produce a more cohesive effect...

His exposure to cultivation was still recent, and all the spirit runes he got were from the Talent Tree. Thus, his understanding was not comprehensive, and he did not know if his perceptions were correct.

These were things he could only research slowly in the future. For now, he just had to gradually channel his spirit force into the restrictions of the tiny bell, nurture it while erasing the traces left by its previous owner, and then he could make use of it.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

By day, he searched for Amber and Yiyi's traces. By night, he diligently practiced cultivation.

Time quickly passed, and seven or eight days went by without any clue.

In his thoughts, Amber had previously followed him to the waterfall edge under Yiyi's instructions. Hence, they must have known that he jumped down.

If they still wanted to find him, they would definitely follow the river downstream to look for him.

However, Amber had been seriously injured and might have hidden somewhere to heal first.

Yet, over these days, Lu Ye had searched the nearby area of about 30 miles thoroughly without discovering any valuable clue, leaving him unsure of where to search next.

Another two days passed, still without any results.

Lu Ye felt dejected. Although he had not been with Yiyi and Amber for a long time, their company had been very pleasant, especially since riding Amber had saved him a lot of energy. He had even been able to practice cultivation while traveling, which helped him greatly.

If it had not been for Amber during the time he was chased by Dong Shuye, he would have been caught long ago. It was not an exaggeration to say that Amber had saved his life.

Therefore, no matter what, he wanted to find these two companions.

This journey was started together; thus, it should end together. Lu Ye did not want to abandon companions on whom one might depend for life midway.

Under the night sky, Lu Ye brandished his sword, sweating profusely, while also pondering which direction to search next. He had the ten-part map, so he knew clearly where he had searched and where he hadn't.

While he was planning, a beast's roar suddenly came from deep inside the jungle. Lu Ye abruptly paused his sword-swinging action and listened attentively...

After a moment, another roar was heard, sounding incredibly familiar.

It was Amber!

Lu Ye hurriedly sheathed his sword and dashed in the direction of the sound, startling countless birds along the way.

The tiger's roars became more frequent, suggesting that Amber was engaged in combat with some enemy. As he got closer, Lu Ye faintly sensed the fluctuations of spirit force coming from that direction.

The one fighting Amber was a cultivator!

Lu Ye felt a sinking sensation in his heart, somewhat unable to understand what was happening.

Although Amber was not very powerful, with Yiyi by its side, low-level cultivators wouldn't dare provoke it. Previously, at Qingyun Mountain, Lu Ye had witnessed firsthand how Yiyi and Amber coordinated to intimidate those low-level cultivators.

To low-level cultivators, a demon beast that could speak human language was simply not something they could afford to provoke.

But now there were cultivators attacking Amber—could their cultivation be very high?

Thinking of this, Lu Ye felt increasingly anxious; had he not run out of Move-Like-The-Wind Talismans, he would have immediately taken one out and slapped it onto his leg.

Halfway through his journey, the tiger's roar suddenly stopped, and there was no more noise at the site of the struggle, which made Lu Ye incredibly anxious, not knowing what the situation was like on the other side.

After crossing over a mountain, Lu Ye paused, trying to control his breathing, and then took out a Breath-Concealing Talisman from his storage sack and slapped it onto his body.

In an instant, all his breaths were concealed.

He had never used a Breath-Concealing Talisman before and did not know how long the talisman would last, but he estimated it wouldn't be very long.

Thus, after concealing his breath, he immediately started moving, silently creeping forward.

A moment later, at the edge of a chaotic battlefield, Lu Ye stealthily appeared under the cover of night.

At a glance, he saw the entirely white Amber.

Under the moonlight, Amber staggered like a drunk, its robust body swaying and constantly shaking its head. It emitted threatening growls from its throat, but the sound was somewhat off, as if something was stuck in its throat, making its growls hoarse.

Indeed, there was something around its neck—an item resembling a collar, emitting a faint spirit light, evidently a Spiritual Artifact.

Lu Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, rapidly surveying his surroundings.

There were five cultivators, four men and one woman, spaced out about thirty feet apart, surrounding Amber in a semi-encircled formation.

Lu Ye quietly channeled spirit force into his eyes to observe the spirit light of the five individuals.

He quickly assessed their cultivation levels.

One at Level 5 realm, one at Level 4, and three at Level 3. The woman was at Level 4, currently forming a magic spell with one hand, her body surging with spirit force.

The Level 5 realm cultivator, a young man dressed in black, suddenly spoke, "Loosen the Beast-Taming Collar a bit, don't strangle it to death. It's useless if it dies."

"Got it!" the woman replied, changing the magic spell in her hand, and immediately, the collar around Amber's neck emitted spirit light and loosened slightly.

Deep panting sounds came forth; Amber leaped suddenly towards the nearest Level 3 cultivator, but only halfway through, the collar around its neck emitted spirit light again, and Amber fell to the ground uncontrollably, clearly under strong suppression by the Beast-Taming Collar.

"This creature isn't very powerful but has quite the temper," remarked the Level 3 cultivator with a light laugh.

The woman hummed, "Not very powerful, yet you three were still scared into obediently handing over your storage sacks?"

The previous Level 3 cultivator, embarrassed, said, "Senior Sister Yooi, don't make fun of us. Who knew such a demon beast would have a minion spirit accompanying it? The two of them together are quite terrifying!"

Another Level 3 cultivator nodded vigorously: "Yeah, yeah, Junior Brother Siong was almost scared enough to wet his pants."

"Nonsense!" the last Level 3 cultivator retorted, "I certainly did not."

Senior Sister Yooi lightly laughed: "It's still Senior Brother Zhou who has the insightful eye. Hearing about this, he realized something was amiss. Otherwise, we might have truly missed out on such an exotic beast. With such weak strength yet accompanied by a minion spirit, imagine how it might grow if properly nurtured."

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