Sage of Humanity

Having decided to leave this place, a precise map was indispensable.

Therefore, before that, willing or not, he had to make a trip to Qingyun Marketplace.

The next morning, Lu Ye's figure appeared in the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

According to Liew Ruyin before her death, she had accidentally seen him when Lu Ye went to the mercantile union for the second time to trade. At that time, a man named Liu Quan who was acquainted with her, allowed her to inquire discreetly about the content of the trade in just a few words.

At that moment, Liew Ruyin guessed that Lu Ye had control over a rich ore vein in his hands, harboring ulterior motives, and ultimately unable to suppress her greed, she contacted the fair-skinned man, telling him to be ready at all times.

After that, Liew Ruyin closely monitored the situation every day.

Not until Lu Ye went to the mercantile union for the third time and conducted an even bigger transaction, did she make up her mind. That led to the pursuit by the fair-skinned man.

Fearing that the fair-skinned man might monopolize the benefits, Liew Ruyin followed soon after Lu Ye left, and it just so happened she witnessed Lu Ye personally killing the fair-skinned man, resulting in her own death as well.

The state Liew Ruyin was in before she died made it impossible for her to lie, so no one should know of her fate for the time being.

For the moment, he was safe, and that was why Lu Ye had hurried to the marketplace.

Previously, he had been selling the origin magnetic ore bit by bit, fearful of attracting anyone's attention, with each sale's earnings just enough to meet his short-term cultivation needs.

Now that he had decided to leave this area, there was no need to be so cautious anymore. First, he would get his hands on a map to determine the location of the Righteous Blood Sect's base!

One hour later, inside a private room, Lu Ye was drinking tea to the point of fullness as a middle-aged man courteously handed him a palm-sized White Jade Disc, along with two bottles of eighteen Spirit-Nurturing Pills, three bottles of fifteen healing pills, and a dozen more Spirit Stones.

This time, Lu Ye had sold twelve pieces of origin magnetic ore all at once! The total Spirit Stones he received were over six hundred.

In the outer circle of the battlefield, this was undoubtedly a considerable deal, warranting the middle-aged man's respectful treatment towards Lu Ye.

In fact, it proved that, barring some coincidences, doing business in Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union was quite safe. Lu Ye had come here four times, each transaction conducted with different people. Unless he brought out too many goods like this time, it was not easy to attract attention. Of course, attracting attention was also because Lu Ye was not high in strength.

If he were a cultivator of Level 4-5 of Spirit Stream, then Liew Ruyin would not dare harbor any malicious thoughts, no matter what.

After completing the transaction, the middle-aged man escorted Lu Ye to the door and also presented a business card, saying directly that if Lu Ye had more items to sell next time, he could contact him in advance, and he would offer a good price.

This was a courtesy Lu Ye had not received in his previous three visits.

Naturally, Lu Ye agreed wholeheartedly.

Upon leaving Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, Lu Ye, as usual, exchanged all those Spirit Stones for food and some household supplies.

Spirit Stones were not of much use to him. This journey might take him a long way, and some basic necessities for living outdoors were essential.

Fortunately, his storage sack was spacious enough, so there was no worry about running out of space.

Thanks to this trade, the number of Spirit-Nurturing Pills in Lu Ye's possession had increased to one hundred and eleven, and the healing pills to twenty-two, but only fourteen pieces of origin magnetic ore were left.

He had initially thought that the amount of origin magnetic ore he had would suffice for a long time, maybe even until he reached the Level 9 of Spirit Stream realm, but now it seemed completely inadequate. He had to rush back to the Righteous Blood Sect's base as soon as possible; only once he was back at the sect's base could he feel safe.

About half a day later, Lu Ye returned to the cave where he was dwelling and took out the White Jade Disc.

This was the ten-part map of the Spirit Stream battlefield! It included the distribution of the major forces' bases throughout the entire battlefield and even the terrain features, along with some dangerous areas.

However, just the thought that this item was worth six hundred Spirit Stones made Lu Ye's heart bleed. He had never spent six hundred Spirit Stones on his cultivation journey before, but to return to his sect's base, this was a necessary price to pay.

The only thing that comforted him was that this item could be updated at a branch of the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union at any time, ensuring it would never become outdated.

Holding the White Jade Disc in both hands, Lu Ye stimulated his spirit force and poured it inside, and the disc immediately emitted a soft glow, forming a halo on its surface. Continue reading at empire

The halo twisted and changed, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a map.

What surprised Lu Ye was that this was not a flat map, but a three-dimensional one. He saw many undulating mountain ranges with varying elevations on the map.

In one area of the map, there was a shining point that flickered constantly. Lu Ye moved his sight to that location, and the light point did not change, but when he focused his spirit force towards that point, that area immediately enlarged. As more spirit force was poured in, the map continued to magnify.

However, since the disc was only so big, the area covered by the map gradually diminished as it enlarged.

Eventually, after the map was magnified to its limit, Lu Ye saw that the light point was located within a range of undulating mountains, and the mountains were marked as Qingyun Mountain.

Looking nearby, there was an area marked as Qingyun Marketplace Three.

Lu Ye immediately understood that the light point was his current location!Nôv(el)B\\jnn

As for Qingyun Marketplace Three, that was the marketplace he often visited. Besides this marketplace, there were Qingyun Marketplaces One and Two around Qingyun Mountain, up to the point of marking "six."

In other words, there were a total of six marketplaces around the outer perimeter of Qingyun Mountain.

After playing with it for a while, Lu Ye gradually figured out how to use this ten-part map. He began searching for the location of the Righteous Blood Sect while secretly praying that he was not too far from the sect's base; if he was too far away, he didn't know how long it would take to return.

The Righteous Blood Sect was a 9th grade sect; its base was naturally located in the outer circle, which reduced the difficulty of his search. Lu Ye carefully examined each name, and at one point, he almost thought he had found the three characters for the Righteous Blood Sect. Upon closer inspection, however, it turned out to be Righteous Heart Sect, which infuriated him.

After half a circle, Lu Ye still hadn't found the Righteous Blood Sect, but the extremely tense feeling began to relax, as this meant that the situation couldn't get much worse.

A moment later, still having not found it, Lu Ye's mood actually brightened because this indicated that he was not far from the Righteous Blood Sect.

Finally, Lu Ye's gaze fixed on a spot on the map where three large characters appeared, exactly what he had been looking for—the Righteous Blood Sect.

He had found it!

After steadying his mind for a moment, Lu Ye zoomed out the map to compare his position with that of the Righteous Blood Sect.

His location was slightly west of due south on the map, while the Righteous Blood Sect's location was a bit north of due west on the map.

In other words, if he wanted to go to the Righteous Blood Sect's base, he would need to head westward, crossing one quarter of the entire battlefield's edge arc.

The situation was neither good nor bad, within an acceptable range.