Sage of Humanity-Chapter 661 - 659: Immortal and Indestructible

He had thought he was far below the soul pool, but it only took two more breaths to break through the dense soul mist. The brightness all around forced him to squint his eyes.

The next moment, he felt sharp gazes fastening onto him.

Looking toward the source of the gaze, Lu Ye instantly recognized the City Lord of Xianyuan City whom he had met before!

But at this moment, the City Lord's expression was a bit strange, as if gritting his teeth in frustration...

He gave Lu Ye the feeling that he had committed a crime against both man and god, almost desiring to beat him up.

Could it be... that his actions in the soul pool had been noticed by the City Lord? Lu Ye couldn't help feeling a bit uneasy.

But after a thought, he reassured himself, what fear should he have, those soul waters were exchanged for his battle merits, sanctioned by Heaven's Augury! Even if the City Lord was powerful, could he be mightier than Heaven's Augury?

With that in mind, Lu Ye suddenly looked surprised and turned his gaze toward a hefty figure behind the City Lord.

"Senior?"

Almost thinking his eyes were deceiving him, Lu Ye flashed and landed in front of Butcher, taking a good look to confirm that this was indeed the supposed dead Butcher.

He was somewhat bewildered: "Senior, how come you…"

Butcher chuckled and said, "Inside Xianyuan City, as long as the soul pool is intact, we Spiritual Bodies won't die, just a brief silence, that's all."

Lu Ye didn't understand why Butcher could resurrect, but from his words, it seemed the soul pool gave them, the Spiritual Bodies, some special abilities.

No wonder they always said the soul pool was the foundation of Xianyuan City.

So, the scenes he saw before he fainted weren't hallucinations?

"Then Senior Liu Datong and Senior Yooi Qing..."

"They are also alive, currently doing some wrap-up tasks outside. They should be back soon."

Lu Ye heaved a sigh of relief: "That's really great!"

Butcher patted Lu Ye's shoulder and praised, "Kid, well done!" He referred naturally to the mission Lu Ye completed alone after their squad had been wiped out. Though not perfectly executed, he had done his utmost.

If that hadn't been the case, Butcher wouldn't have brought Lu Ye back to the City Lord's Residence or even decided to include him in his own squad, giving him the privilege to recuperate in the soul pool.

Of course, all this was still unknown to Lu Ye.

"Oh, senior, your saber." Lu Ye said and quickly took out the bone-stripping saber from his storage space, handing it back to him.

Butcher took it, casually slipping it into his sheath at his waist, and then bowed towards the front saying, "My Lord, I will be busy now; I leave this youth in your care."

An impatient voice responded, "Just go!"

Butcher then pulled Lu Ye aside and whispered, "I know you have many questions, but there are things I shouldn't say, and I don't know either. If you have anything to ask, just ask the City Lord, he will surely tell you what he can. No matter what, you are now half a person of Xianyuan City."

Being included in Butcher's squad wasn't just for show, so even though Lu Ye wasn't a cultivator from Xianyuan City, in Butcher's eyes, he was now half a person of Xianyuan City.

"Do you need any help from me?" Lu Ye asked. Having recuperated in the soul pool, he felt extremely vigorous, and his Psyche Force seemed to have strengthened.

Butcher shook his head: "No need, the Insect Race's attack on the city is almost over, what's left are just some minor wrap-up tasks. You should also leave this place early; being alive and coming to Xianyuan City in this state, staying here too long isn't good for you."

Lu Ye nodded: "Yes."

Even if Butcher hadn't mentioned it, Lu Ye could feel it himself that he had come to Xianyuan City on the basis of projection with his psyche out of his body, and staying separated from his flesh for too long indeed posed some risks.

Butcher patted Lu Ye's shoulder again and dashed away.

Lu Ye watched as his figure disappeared before turning around to bow respectfully towards the figure in front of him, "Lu Ye has seen the City Lord!"

A cold snort sounded, "So you can see me, huh?"

The City Lord... why the cryptic tone?

"Just now, seeing Elder Butcher resurrected, I was so overjoyed that I lost my manners. I hope the City Lord will not take offense!"

Hearing Lu Ye's explanation, Ji Yuan's expression eased slightly, but upon remembering the soul pool and the soul water, his cheek twitched again, "Boy, you've gained quite a lot this time!"

Over three hundred drops of soul water!

Since the existence of Xianyuan City, so much soul water had never been lost.

Although cultivators had taken soul water from Xianyuan City before, it was only a drop or two at most, and those were intentionally placed by Ji Yuan around Xianyuan City for outsiders to find.

And last time, this kid had already taken dozens of drops...

In two instances, Xianyuan City had suffered heavy losses because of this kid.

The loss of over three hundred drops of soul water was enough to support Xianyuan City through two or three wars!

But he couldn't really blame him, as last time it was his own carelessness, not expecting the kid to have that kind of peculiar ability, and this time there was Heaven's Augury at play, so even though his heart was nearly bleeding, he could only resign himself to his bad luck.

Thankfully, although the amount of over three hundred drops of soul water was substantial, it wasn't enough to affect the foundation of the soul pool.

What does the City Lord mean by this?

Lu Ye looked up at him, reading between the lines, it seemed there was an implied meaning.

He must know that I collected soul water from the soul pool, right? Considering that Butcher and the others didn't have soul water equipped for their missions, Lu Ye suspected that this City Lord might not be able to condense soul water?

As if possessed, Lu Ye took out a jade vial and handed it to Ji Yuan, saying solemnly, "I don't have much either."

Ji Yuan looked at the jade vial, and upon realizing, burst into laughter, "Boy, who do you think your City Lord is?"

That jade vial was clearly the first one Lu Ye filled when collecting soul water, after which he realized that the condensation rate of the soul water was too fast and switched to using a water bag instead.

Lu Ye quickly took the jade vial back, sighed deeply, and gave up, "I misunderstood then; I thought..."

"You thought what? You think it's loot, share it half and half upon meeting?"

Don't even think about it!

As thoughts passed through his mind, Lu Ye said earnestly, "The City Lord is mistaken, that is not some loot, it was exchanged for battle merits by me."

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Ji Yuan waved his hand weakly, "Say what you will, if you have the capability to take it, then it's yours."

"Thank you, City Lord!" Lu Ye immediately relaxed.

"But kid... how much battle merit did you get this time?" Ji Yuan was still very curious about this.

Lu Ye then stated a number.

Ji Yuan's brow twitched, recalling how Butcher had confidently claimed that Lu Ye only had a few tens of thousands of battle merits, bullshit tens of thousands, it was more than three hundred thousand!

He even suspected that Butcher did it on purpose, otherwise, he wouldn't have run away so quickly.

But now dwelling on this had no meaning, the items had already ended up in Lu Ye's hands, he couldn't very well ask him to spit them out, especially since those soul waters were indeed exchanged for by Lu Ye's battle merits.

As many thoughts flickered through, Ji Yuan chuckled softly.

Feeling the atmosphere relax considerably, Lu Ye spoke up, "My lord, why do you laugh?"

Ji Yuan shook his head, "It's nothing, I just haven't had such a conversation with anyone in a long time." His tone changed, "Kid, your growth rate is very fast."

The last time Ji Yuan had seen Lu Ye, he was only at Spirit Stream Level 8, but now he had already reached the True Lake Realm, an astoundingly rapid pace of growth.

In thousands of years, many cultivators from the Nine Provinces had entered Xianyuan City, including some with exceptional talents, Ji Yuan didn't know their growth rates, but it certainly couldn't have been faster than this kid's.

Lu Ye shook his head, "The City Lord is mistaken, my current situation is a bit special, I actually am only at Cloud River Level 5, but my psyche force is stronger than my physical body, so only after coming here did I demonstrate the essence of the True Lake Realm."

Ji Yuan suddenly understood, "That's how it is."

It made sense, as it was his psyche that manifested here, naturally, it showed the strength of the psyche.

But Cloud River Level 5... your growth rate is still not slow.

"City Lord, I have some questions I wish to ask, may I seek your guidance?"

"Ask away, I will tell you whatever I can."

"This Xianyuan City... what's going on? Isn't this a secret realm within the Spirit Stream battlefield? How come I could come here through the merged Breath Fruit Core?"

"A secret realm..." Ji Yuan murmured softly, not directly answering Lu Ye's question, but asked instead, "What do you think a secret realm is?"