Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1753 - 1751: Pixiu

In two months, the numerous big arrays and defenses on the Three Worlds Island had already been arranged properly. Luan Xiao’e and the others were still stationed on Spirit Island, while Old Tang was tirelessly running around outside every day.

He now wasn’t worried about his own safety at all, because on the surface, he was not the Moon Jade governor of Three Worlds Island. So, even if someone wanted to target Three Worlds Island, they probably wouldn’t focus on him. Not being the Moon Jade governor, killing him wouldn’t do much and wouldn’t weaken the island’s defenses.

Moreover, after the previous incident with Baiyue, Old Tang felt that anyone with a bit of sense wouldn’t have any thoughts against him.

Everyone now knew that the cause of Three Worlds Island’s battle with Baiyue was that Baiyue Moon Jade ambushed Tang Jun. Of course, this was only the surface reason; the deeper reasons were only known to a few Moon Jades.

An ambush leading to a change of ownership of a high-class Spirit Island served as a cautionary tale.

One day, while practicing peacefully under the All Phenomena Ocean, Lu Ye suddenly felt a movement in his heart, sensing the call of the Talent Tree Avatar.

The ocean waters of the All Phenomena Ocean had a strong isolating force that generally couldn’t transmit audio talismans. However, the connection between the Talent Tree Avatar and the original body won’t be cut off.

So if the avatar got any information, it could contact the original body.

Lu Ye immediately understood something major must have happened; otherwise, the avatar wouldn’t contact the original body. He promptly left the All Phenomena Ocean and hurried back to the Three Worlds Island.

Since the place he cultivated was just below the Three Worlds Island, he returned quickly.

The next moment, he learned the specifics from the avatar, causing his face to darken, and his expression turned tense and solemn.

At his level of cultivation, rarely anything in this world could make him feel nervous or uneasy unless it was concerning the few people closest to him.

In the resident area of the local island cultivators of the Three Worlds Island, Lu Ye went straight towards a bamboo building.

This bamboo building was designed exactly like a bamboo building on the Emerald Bamboo Peak of the Righteous Blood Sect in the Nine Provinces and was Hua Ci’s place. Next to this bamboo building was another one, Lu Ye’s residence.

However, Lu Ye had been busy cultivating recently and seldom stayed there.

His body moved like the wind, rushing straight to the second floor, where two large and one small figures stood.

Besides the Talent Tree Avatar, there was Shui Yuan and Yaya.

Upon the original body’s arrival, the avatar vanished into Lu Ye, dissolving out of sight.

Lu Ye concentrated his gaze ahead, his pupils contracting: "What happened?"

In front of him was a semi-transparent amber-like object, about the size of a water tank. Inside the amber, a figure sat as if asleep, with a composed and graceful expression. It was undoubtedly Hua Ci!

Lu Ye attempted to use his Mental Consciousness to perceive Hua Ci’s condition, only to find in astonishment that his consciousness couldn’t break through that layer of amber’s blockade, leaving him unclear if Hua Ci was alive or dead.

Lu Ye’s mind was instantly a bit chaotic.

There weren’t many people he was close to in this world, just a few from the Righteous Blood Sect. He and Hua Ci were deeply in love, already committed to each other for life.

Though after leaving the Nine Provinces, Lu Ye roamed around frequently, reducing their chances to meet. Even if they spent a long time apart, they wouldn’t feel estranged from each other.

He brought her to the All Phenomena Ocean with personal motives, wanting to meet more often. Moreover, as a healing cultivator, she wouldn’t have to face many dangers.

Lu Ye never expected Hua Ci would encounter an accident, and inside the local island no less!

Sensing Lu Ye’s urgency, Shui Yuan quickly reassured, "Junior Sister is still alive, Junior Brother, please calm down!"

"Are you sure?" Lu Ye hurriedly asked.

Shui Yuan took out an audio talisman, "Junior Sister’s audio talisman marking is still intact!"

Lu Ye realized that the presence of the audio talisman marking meant she was fine, having momentarily forgotten in his haste that he could verify this himself.

After calming his mind slightly, Lu Ye then asked, "What happened?"

Shui Yuan gave a bitter smile and shook her head, "I don’t know either. It was like this when I came over." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She and Hua Ci managed the pill-making room, responsible for creating various elixir pills for the local island cultivators. Their daily tasks were relatively leisurely, allowing much free time.

Today, according to the plan, the two women were supposed to produce a batch of psyche refinement pills. However, after waiting a long time at the pill-making room and not seeing Hua Ci arrive or respond to her messages, Shui Yuan came to investigate and found Hua Ci sealed within this amber.

She didn’t know what had happened either and immediately informed Lu Ye, prompting him to rush over quickly.

After listening to Shui Yuan’s explanation, Lu Ye frowned even more severely. Taking a step forward, he reached to touch the amber. It felt smooth and like yellow jade. Upon activating his mana, he found his power quickly absorbed by the amber, vanishing without a trace.

Even with his keen eyesight, he couldn’t discern what this amber was.

Somewhat unwilling to give up, he furiously activated his mana again. No matter how hard he tried, the amber absorbed like a bottomless pit, leaving him unable to measure its depth.

"Junior Brother, look!" Shui Yuan suddenly noticed something, pointing inside the amber.

Following her direction, Lu Ye focused his gaze. Within the amber, something was on Hua Ci’s lap.

Taking a closer look, Lu Ye recognized what it was.

It was Hua Ci’s toad demon beast.

This woman collected a lot of poisonous demon beasts back in the Nine Provinces; the toad was just one of them. Lu Ye remembered there were also scorpions and venomous snakes and spiders.

Last time Lu Ye went back to the Nine Provinces to meet Hua Ci, he was troubled by these little creatures she had under her command.

However, as far as Lu Ye knew, before Hua Ci came to the All Phenomena Ocean, she scattered most of her demon beasts, leaving only this toad by her side.

While Lu Ye was here, he saw this demon beast a few times. Usually, it was like a door deity, as big as a house. Yet now, it surprisingly had shrunk to the size of a rabbit, quietly lying on Hua Ci’s lap.

What concerned Lu Ye wasn’t its size, but the apparent unusual changes in this toad.

Previously, the creature was all bumpy and not at all pleasant to look at. It was hard to imagine a gentle person like Hua Ci would like such poisonous creatures, but considering her identity as a poison doctor, it was understandable.

Now, the toad had clearly transformed; the bumps on its surface disappeared, and its whole body gleamed with a golden hue. Moreover, there were strange markings on its body.

Lu Ye focused on those markings, and the more he looked, the more they seemed familiar...

These markings... aren’t they the shape of the treasure coin he entrusted Hua Ci with?

Thinking about the amber surrounding Hua Ci that had the ability to devour his mana, Lu Ye’s heart clanked. He turned to Shui Yuan: "Where’s that treasure coin?"

Shui Yuan was one of the few people aware of the treasure coin since she was next to them when Lu Ye handed it to Hua Ci for safekeeping.

Shui Yuan paused briefly and then quickly responded: "The treasure coin has always been with Hua Ci."

Lu Ye turned back to the golden toad on Hua Ci’s lap, vaguely realizing something. This unexpected change probably has something to do with that treasure coin!

He always suspected that the treasure coin was a special exotic treasure, capable of suppressing Sun Blaze power once enough energy was absorbed, but he didn’t expect it to cause such a change.

If Lu Ye could associate the transformation with the treasure coin, Shui Yuan naturally could too.

She quickly recalled something: "Brother, Sister’s toad demon beast seemed quite interested in the treasure coin. Several times when Sister took it out to play, the toad licked its tongue, as if it wanted to eat the treasure coin."

Lu Ye turned to look at Shui Yuan.

Shui Yuan wondered, "Could it be... the treasure coin was eaten by it? Is that what triggered all this?"

It’s not unlikely.

The treasure coin originally came from inside a star beast. If star beasts can eat it, demon beasts naturally can too. But... what was this layer of seal-like amber? Why did it cause such changes?

At that time, the star beast which ate the treasure coin could only slightly stimulate its power, but was not sealed.

"Pixiu oh!" An adorable voice suddenly carried from one side.

Lu Ye and Shui Yuan turned their heads to see Yaya standing nearby, tilting her head as she gazed at the golden toad sealed in the amber.

Yaya had been cared for by Hua Ci and Shui Yuan for a long time, so she was always with them. When Shui Yuan went to find Hua Ci this time, she brought Yaya along. The little girl had not spoken all this while, so Lu Ye hadn’t paid her much attention. Who would have thought she would speak so startlingly now.

Lu Ye steadied himself and squatted down: "Yaya, what did you just say?"

Yaya is a Sun Blaze, though her consciousness was damaged, so she acts like a child. Yet, her insights and experiences are not comparable, she may have discovered something.

"Pixiu!" Yaya pointed at the golden toad, "It’s reclaiming the power that rightfully belongs to it!"

This time Lu Ye confirmed he hadn’t heard wrong.

Pixiu!

This is a legendary creature on par with Dragon Phoenix and White Tiger.

Speaking of which, Pixiu indeed resembles the form of a money toad.

The toad demon beast that Hua Ci subdued on the Cloud River battlefield turned out to be a Pixiu?

This is not an impossible situation; the former Nine Provinces were immensely powerful, and it was reasonable to have various formidable creatures within its domain, just like the Phoenix True Fire that Lu Ye obtained in his early years, a legacy from the former Nine Provinces era.

There’s also Giant Armor’s Black Tortoise Demonic Pill, and Amber’s White Tiger Bloodline.

The toad Hua Ci subdued might not be a true Pixiu, but it definitely possesses the Pixiu bloodline!

This woman perhaps vaguely sensed it, or simply noticed the toad demon beast’s uniqueness, which is why she kept it when leaving the Nine Provinces.

If that’s all there was to it, the toad’s power would gradually awaken its Pixiu bloodline as its strength grew, gaining some of Pixiu’s abilities.

Yet Lu Ye handed the treasure coin to Hua Ci for safekeeping!

Yaya said, Pixiu is reclaiming the power that rightfully belongs to it, and Shui Yuan mentioned the toad was interested in the treasure coin.

Doesn’t this suggest that the treasure coin is the manifestation of Pixiu’s power?

By chance, a demon beast with Pixiu bloodline swallowed a treasure coin which was concentrated with Pixiu’s power, causing this unexpected transformation!