Sage of Humanity-Chapter 556 - 554 Great Wilderness Mountain

Therefore, for Lu Ye and the others, if they really intended to use the Class A Spring Spirit themselves, the first issue to resolve was the selection of the spirit ground.

After all, their cultivation was not high, and with their level of cultivation, occupying a Class C spirit ground wouldn't be too problematic or likely to attract covetous eyes. However, if it was a Class A spirit ground, the situation would be different.

Once discovered by outsiders, it could potentially cause some trouble.

Moreover, no matter who among the three, their identities were all highly sensitive, and they were precisely the individuals that the forces of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were trying to eliminate. Once the possession of a spirit ground by the trio was exposed, it would inevitably lead to a large number of cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge besieging them. By then, not to mention keeping the spirit ground, even their safety would be at risk.

"I'll figure out a solution for the site selection," Li Baxian pondered briefly. As he had been in the Cloud River battlefield longer than Lu Ye and had better connections, it was most appropriate for him to handle this matter.

"Thank you for your efforts, Senior Brother."

Feng Yuechan said, "This Class A Spring Spirit should be able to create a small spirit ground. Even though it's small, it can accommodate five people. We currently have only four, so if Junior Brother Lu has a suitable candidate, he could bring them in, to avoid wasting a spot."

"As for the candidate, I do have one person in mind." He turned to look at Li Baxian, "Senior Brother, do you still remember Giant Armor?"

Feng Yuechan had not met Giant Armor, but Li Baxian had, although they had not interacted much. After pondering a moment, he recalled, "That physique cultivator?"

"Exactly. He arrived at the Cloud River battlefield a few months before me. I was planning to look for him before the hunt, but I was delayed because of the hunt matters, and up until now, I haven't been able to meet up with him."

Li Baxian nodded, "His constitution seems a bit extraordinary. Junior Brother has a good eye. In that case, ask him to come and join us, with him we will have exactly five."

And in a group of five, with one warrior, one soldier, one swordsman, and two mages, such an arrangement was also very reasonable. Even if they encountered any trouble in the future, they could handle it together.

Lu Ye sighed, "Giant Armor seems to have some difficulty with directions. I had asked him to meet me, but he got lost in a deep mountain forest. I told him to wait there for me, so I will need to go and look for him."

Li Baxian couldn't help but laugh wryly, "There's still such a matter..."

It was hard to imagine that someone as big as Giant Armor could also get lost in the Cloud River battlefield, but there are always individuals with a unique nature who cannot be judged by usual standards.

"Then let Junior Brother Lu go look for Brother Giant Armor first. It's perfect because Senior Brother and I will cultivate with the spirit fortune sticks here. Once we figure out a location for the Spring Spirit, we will contact you."

"That would be very good." Lu Ye nodded in agreement.

With the matter settled, Lu Ye did not delay. Giant Armor had already been waiting for him for nearly two months, and he wondered if he was getting anxious.

Moments later, in front of the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, Lu Ye stepped out and launched his Flying Spirit Artifact into the sky, rushing toward the position previously given by Giant Armor.

Checking the ten-part map, Giant Armor's current location was within a mountain range known as the Great Wilderness Mountain. According to the map, this area of Great Wilderness Mountain was very extensive, and the core region was prominently marked with the word "Overlord."

This implied that an Overlord-class demon beast resided in the deepest parts of Great Wilderness Mountain.

Overlord is not a realm but a title, a designation for strength that has reached the pinnacle.

The strength of an Overlord-class demon beast in the Spirit Stream battlefield had reached the limit that the Spirit Stream battlefield could accommodate.

The same was true for the Overlords in the Cloud River battlefield, achieving the limit that the Cloud River battlefield could accommodate.

The strength of the two was distinctly different because their realms were not the same.

Generally, where Overlord-class demon beasts reside, it is fundamentally a no-go zone for cultivators; no cultivator would dare to intrude into the territory of an Overlord-class demon beast unless they were tired of living.

This was also the reason why Lu Ye, as a cultivator, was able to establish a dominant position in Ten Thousand Demons Ridge after that and caused a great psychological shock to all the big sects of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

Since ancient times, there had been no cultivator on the Spirit Stream battlefield who had achieved such a feat, not even Feng Yuechan, who had topped the Spirit Luster List for more than a decade.

Having an Overlord-class demon beast at the core of Great Wilderness Mountain undoubtedly indicated that this was not a benevolent place. Such deep, old forests harbored numerous demon beasts, and the deeper one went into the wilderness, the more fraught with peril it became.

Great Wilderness Mountain was not close; even with Lu Ye's current speed, it would take at least ten days to arrive at the earliest.

Fortunately, he was accompanied by Yiyi and Amber along the way, making the journey somewhat less dull, and they took turns controlling their artifacts, allowing them to travel day and night and shorten the time by about half.

As they swept through the air, experiencing the unique scenery of the Cloud River battlefield, their journey was uneventful.

They occasionally encountered other cultivators, most of whom did not interfere with each other. A few, relying on their high cultivation or numerical superiority, looked for trouble, but Lu Ye managed to avoid them in advance or escape using his wings and Flying Spirit Artifacts.

With his current Level 4 cultivation, as long as he wasn't relentlessly pursued by any Level 8-9 powerhouses, he generally wouldn't face any danger.

On the Cloud River battlefield, there were quite a few cultivators at Level 8-9, but no one would chase after a cultivator of unknown allegiance without good reason.

During his journey, Lu Ye didn't forget to consume elixir pills to aid his cultivation.

Six days passed in a flash, and a travel-weary Lu Ye entered the Great Wilderness Mountain and made contact with Giant Armor again to confirm his current exact location.

Comparing the ten-part map, Lu Ye raised his eyebrows.

Giant Armor was quite bold, not located at the periphery of the Great Wilderness Mountain but rather deeper within. Staying there for so long, it was uncertain whether he had encountered any dangers.

However, the guy was physically unique, tough-skinned and thick-fleshed, so his ability to protect himself was something Lu Ye couldn't match; hence there generally wasn't a need to worry about his safety.

There were quite a few cultivators appearing in the Great Wilderness Mountain, mostly in groups and seldom alone.

This place was a paradise for demon beasts. On the entire Cloud River battlefield, there were seven or eight places like the Great Wilderness Mountain where large numbers of demon beasts gathered; such places naturally attracted cultivators.

Cultivators could hunt demon beasts here and gather some heavenly materials and earthly treasures to exchange for cultivation resources they needed. Although cultivators from big sects received a monthly stipend, it generally wasn't enough to satisfy the needs of their cultivation.

The reason for this was not entirely due to the stinginess of the sects but more so by design.

If the stipend provided by the sect was sufficient to meet the cultivators' needs, there would be no need for them to gain experience through adventures, which wouldn't be beneficial for their personal growth.

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Thus, no matter how prosperous the sect, the stipends given to their disciples were never enough to meet all their needs. The stronger the sect, the more this held true, to ensure that the disciples developed the habit of relying on themselves for everything.

Lu Ye, however, had enough cultivation resources. Even if he didn't enter the Cloud River battlefield and just stayed within his sect consuming elixir pills to cultivate, he could still improve his cultivation.

But such growth wasn't very significant. A cultivator only becomes truly powerful by constantly facing various trials and combats; merely increasing cultivation without corresponding combat capabilities would ultimately result in a facade.

Lu Ye had only been in the Great Wilderness Mountain for half a day when he felt several aftereffects of battles, indicating some cultivators were currently engaging with demon beasts.

He watched from a distance at one of the battlefields and found those cultivators had a well-coordinated division of labor—some were on guard, some were fighting head-on, and some attacked from the shadows. With such teamwork, as long as they chose the right opponents, they could finish the battle quickly and then take some spoils of war.

Along the way, he occasionally encountered a few lone demon beasts, not very strong. Lu Ye, along with Yiyi and Amber, easily killed them.

He collected the beast blood, demonic pills, and some other useful items from the demon beasts for future needs.

While at the Spirit Stream Realm, Lu Ye had also killed some demon beasts, but the items from those beasts were not of high value and he didn't bother collecting them.

However, it was different in the Cloud River Realm. At least, the demon beasts in the Cloud River Realm had demonic pills, which were Amber's favorite delicacy.

When he had left the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, he had even spent nearly ten thousand merit points to buy a batch of demonic pills to put in Amber's storage sack as snacks.

Moreover, the blood of demon beasts could be used for the Rune Tattoo Path.

As for the other miscellaneous materials, some could be used in Alchemy, and some in Artifact Refining. It all depended on who could make different uses of them.

The deeper he went into the interior, the stronger the demon beasts he encountered. Conversely, the fewer the appearances of cultivators became.

If one said that any cultivator of the Cloud River Realm could enter the outermost parts of the Great Wilderness Mountain for training, then in the place where Lu Ye currently was, without being at least Level 5-6 of Cloud River Realm, it was hard to guarantee one's safety.

In this area, Lu Ye dared not fly recklessly in mid-air. This damned place had many avian-type demon beasts, and encountering them in the sky could hardly end well.

He truly couldn't understand why Giant Armor, just by getting lost, had ended up in such deep mountain and old forests. When he found him, he really needed to educate him to avoid carelessly wandering into such dangerous places in the future.

As night fell, Lu Ye was about to find a hidden spot to rest and recuperate when he suddenly felt something and looked toward a certain direction.

It seemed there were some voices coming from there, the sound of people talking, and not just a few.

After a brief hesitation, he stuffed Amber into the spirit beast sack and enhanced himself with Concealment Spirit Runes, quietly moving toward that direction.

In a short while, a clearing came into view. There were at least thirty to forty cultivators gathered there, some alone, some in groups of three to five. It was unclear what they were doing there.

However, seeing many of them meditating to conserve energy, it seemed they were about to embark on some important action.

So many people gathering clearly were not from the same sect or even the same faction, and some of them obviously had injuries.