Sage of Humanity

After sorting through all the clues, Lu Ye had a general understanding of his current predicament.

Undeniably, his situation wasn't too good. The biggest problem was his low cultivation; a pack of fierce wolves had managed to corner him up a tree. If he happened to encounter any ill-intentioned cultivator, he would inevitably be powerless to fight back.

The good news was that with the battlefield marking, he knew which direction he should head to find the way out.

However, he had no idea how far he currently was from the Righteous Blood Sect's territory.

To get to the Righteous Blood Sect's base in the Spirit Stream battlefield, a certain level of cultivation was required, so the most urgent priority was to enhance his strength!

He now had quite a few elixir pills that could be used. If he could absorb and refine all these elixir pills, his strength would definitely increase significantly. He didn't dare to say he could rise to several layers in the Spirit Stream, but at the very least, he would have more self-preservation capability.

With a plan in mind, Lu Ye looked down at the pack of wolves gathered below. To cultivate, he first needed to extract himself from this predicament; this environment was not suitable for cultivation.

Although these fierce wolves couldn't truly harm him, the noise they made was not insignificant and could easily attract the attention of others, posing a potential danger.

After thinking it over, Lu Ye took out a Spirit Talisman from the storage sack given to him by the sect master, sorting through them and picking out a Golden Wheel Talisman.

Of the thirty or so Spirit Talismans, only half were for attack, the rest were either for defense or assistance. Of those for attack, all were fire attribute or metal attribute talismans, which fit well with a person like Lu Ye who primarily wielded the fire element, complemented by metal.

The sect master had undoubtedly taken this into account when collecting these Spirit Talismans.

He didn't choose any of the fire attribute talismans mainly because Lu Ye suspected they would create quite the disturbance; after all, names like Fire Serpent Talisman and explosion talisman sounded exceedingly violent.

How to activate a Spirit Talisman was a problem, as Lu Ye had never used one before.

However, he had to try now, no matter what, as he needed to free himself quickly.

Holding the Spirit Talisman in his hand, Lu Ye channeled spirit force into it with caution.

Immediately, the talisman emitted a layer of golden light, and following that, the golden light condensed into a round disc-like object in front of Lu Ye.

The round disc was glittering with gold light, semi-transparent, and about the size of a washbasin, with spirit runes flowing inside it.

Before Lu Ye could react, a golden sharp edge shot out from the disc, like a crescent moon, and vanished in an instant.

There was a muffled thud, and as Lu Ye looked up, he saw a deep cut in the trunk of a large tree that took several people to embrace,

"Hiss hiss..." from the semi-transparent golden disc in his hand, a steady stream of crescent-shaped sharp edges slashed out. In no time, the surrounding trees suffered, as branch after branch was cut off and fell with a rustling sound.

"So that's how it works!" Lu Ye understood, hurriedly adjusting the direction of the disc in his hand towards the wolf pack below.

Hiss hiss hiss...

The incredibly sharp golden crescents broke through the air and slashed into the bodies of the wolves clustered together, instantly splashing blood and scattering flesh.

Once hit by the blade, the wolves the size of calves were instantly cleaved in half.

The wolf pack visibly panicked, scattering and dodging. Lu Ye kept adjusting the angle, trying to aim where the wolves were thickest.

Wolf after wolf fell, and the air was thick with the scent of blood.

Moments later, the wolves seemed to sense the danger. After a distant howl, the wolves below hustled away with their tails tucked, leaving behind the corpses of over a dozen of their pack.

Lu Ye controlled the disc in his hand and pursued the fleeing wolves for a while, feeling extremely satisfied.

Spirit Talismans indeed were wonderful items; a single talisman allowed him, a cultivator with the 3rd orifice open, to go on a killing spree without any restraint. The only downside was that it was his first time using a talisman, and he didn't quite grasp how to control its direction and aim, otherwise, he could have killed even more.

While thinking this, Lu Ye suddenly felt a sense of fatigue, his heart pounding, stars appearing before his eyes, and he swayed, almost tumbling down from the tree.

This scare wasn't light, and he quickly steadied himself, panting heavily for a moment.

After a slight recovery, Lu Ye looked down and found that the semi-transparent golden round disc had disappeared, and the spirit talisman in his hand had dimmed, with its patterns indistinct and obscure.

The spirit talisman was no longer usable, Lu Ye realized.

But what had just happened to him?

After some inspection, Lu Ye figured out the truth of the matter.

The spirit force within his body was completely depleted! His three spiritual orifices were empty, the spirit force that had been stored inside utterly dried up.

The fatigue was a result of this.

He quickly took out a Spirit-Nurturing Pill and popped it into his mouth, fully focusing on refining it, and it took a good while before he felt somewhat rejuvenated.

A single Spirit-Nurturing Pill naturally couldn't fully restore him, he didn't even wait for the pill energy to be completely dissipated before leaping down from the tree.

The smell of blood here was too strong, and it could easily attract more fierce beasts, so it was wise to leave first. As for the residual pill energy within his body, he could dissolve it while on the move, although the efficiency would be somewhat lower.

He also took the time to cut several large chunks of wolf meat and stuff them into his storage sack.

Through this incident, Lu Ye learned a lesson: when using spirit talismans, one must never get carried away and must always pay attention to the consumption of one's own spirit force.

This time it was just wolves, but if he were to encounter a hostile cultivator next time, running out of spirit force would leave him waiting for death.

Half a day later in a dry and shadowy cave, Lu Ye sat cross-legged on a cushion placed beneath him.

The wilderness was full of such caves that could offer shelter. After checking, Lu Ye determined that this cave seemed to be unclaimed, and settling here, he needn't worry about being disturbed by any returning fierce beast.

The conditions inside the cave were mediocre, but now wasn't the time to be picky. If nothing unexpected happened, Lu Ye felt he might need to stay here for a while.

He had surveyed the surroundings earlier, and there were no traces of any particularly ferocious wild animals, but many small ones.

That was good news for him; if he got hungry later, he could always go hunting and not have to endure an empty stomach.

In front of Lu Ye was a pile of odds and ends as he took inventory of his possessions.

Three storage sacks, one belonging to Manager Yang, one to Zhou Cheng, and the last one given by the sect master. This thing wasn't expensive, anyway, every cultivator Lu Ye saw usually had one, maybe even more.

The sect master didn't carry any, but he must have had other means of storage, which was not something Lu Ye could know.

Twenty-five Spirit-Nurturing Pills in total, twenty of which were given by the sect master and five acquired from Manager Yang and Zhou Cheng's storage sacks. He originally had six more, but Lu Ye had used one after killing the wolves.

In total, sixteen blood Qi pills, most of which were given by the sect master and the rest acquired from Manager Yang and Zhou Cheng's storage sacks.

Eight healing pills.

More than thirty pieces of origin magnetic ore, along with other ores whose names Lu Ye couldn't recall.

One storybook!

One set of the Golden Cicada Carefree Method!

Nearly thirty various spirit talismans.

Five sets of clothes in various styles.

The assorted pills that had previously been stored in Yang and Zhou Cheng's storage sacks were nowhere to be seen now, probably confiscated by the sect master during the cultivation on the Flying Dragon Ship; those bottles of pills were likely nothing good.