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Humanity’s Great Sage – Chapter 1007: The Method to Restore Cultivation
The village was entirely composed of these small courtyard-style buildings. Each household was identical, and they were spaced apart, not directly adjacent to one another.
In terms of living environment, it was undoubtedly quite nice.
“You two will live here from now on. Since it’s your first day, both of you should rest first,” the Village Chief instructed.
“Thank you, Village Chief,” Lu Ye expressed his gratitude.
The Village Chief nodded and turned away, walking off.
Lu Ye watched him leave before leading Dao Thirteen into the courtyard.
He hadn’t expected to be assigned a place to stay the moment he arrived here.
However, the moment he stepped into the courtyard, Lu Ye’s brows furrowed.
The courtyard was in a state of chaos, and there were many dried, dark bloodstains on the ground. It was clear that people had died here. Judging by the scattered and messy blood spots, it wasn’t just one person who had died, but at least five or six.
When the Village Chief assigned this courtyard to Lu Ye, he had wondered where the original owners of the courtyard had gone.
Now, he understood.
The original owners of this courtyard had inevitably met with misfortune, and the entire family—all several members—had been wiped out!
Looking at the degree of dryness of the bloodstains, it must have happened within the last two days. Lu Ye became increasingly puzzled. What kind of hidden danger could be lurking in this seemingly well-off village?
Or, perhaps, were the villagers themselves the danger?
If that were truly the case, Lu Ye wouldn’t be afraid. Although his and Dao Thirteen’s cultivation bases were currently suppressed to the level of the Third-Order Spirit Creek Realm, both of their Divine Senses remained intact. Moreover, Dao Thirteen possessed the physical body of a Divine Ocean Realm Master, so even a Real Lake Realm expert wouldn’t be able to stir up any trouble in front of him.
If the people of such a village truly wanted to cause them harm, they would inevitably be kicking an iron plate.
Working together with Dao Thirteen, they tidied up the messy house and settled down for the time being.
After waiting for a while, Lu Ye led Dao Thirteen out of the courtyard. He prepared to go and chat with the Village Chief, to see if he could extract some information.
But after walking out of the courtyard, he discovered that the entire village was in a state of tranquil silence. Even the children who had been playing outside earlier were nowhere to be found, and every household had their doors tightly shut.
Lu Ye looked up at the sky; the sun hadn’t even set yet…
He was speechless for a moment; he didn’t know what the people in the village were hiding from.
He took a step forward, arriving in front of a courtyard about a hundred feet away. He had watched the Village Chief walk into this courtyard earlier, so this should be the Village Chief’s residence.
The small courtyard gate was tightly shut. Lu Ye raised his hand and knocked.
There was a commotion inside the house. There was a faint sound of a child’s startled cry, which was quickly muffled.
Immediately following, the Village Chief’s trembling voice sounded: “Who…”
“Village Chief, it’s me,” Lu Ye spoke.
“Who are you!”
“The one who came as a refugee today.”
As soon as Lu Ye finished speaking, the sound of a long sigh of relief came from inside the house, and the Village Chief’s voice also became much calmer: “If there’s anything, we’ll talk tomorrow. It’s getting late today; hurry up and get some rest.”
The sun hadn’t even set yet; rest for what?
But since the other party had already said so, Lu Ye couldn’t force the issue and could only return the way he came with Dao Thirteen.
The village remained tranquil, like a ghost town. Walking on the empty road, occasionally there would be the sound of children crying from some houses, all of which were quickly muffled by the adults, not daring to make a sound. Lu Ye’s brows were tightly locked; he was increasingly unable to understand the state of this world.
That night passed without incident.
The next day, it wasn’t until the sky was completely bright that the people of the village appeared one after another. The figures of children playing also appeared all over the village.
Lu Ye hadn’t gone to find the Village Chief yet when the Village Chief came to find him himself.
His eyes were still red-rimmed, as if he hadn’t rested well. He looked at Lu Ye with some displeasure: “Don’t run around at night. You’re such a big person; how do you not even understand this little bit of decorum?”
Lu Ye really wanted to ask why, but if he really asked that, he would inevitably expose his ignorance. He could only nod and say, “I’ll remember it. I’ve caused the Village Chief trouble.”
Only then did the Village Chief’s expression soften slightly. He said, “Regardless of where you were before, since you’ve come to Cangnan Village, you’re a person of Cangnan Village from now on. What did you do in your own village before?”
Lu Ye tentatively asked, “What can be done around here?”
“Planting Spirit Fields, entering the mountains to hunt. Although the state of the world is like this, one must still survive, no?”
He had the appearance of someone who had suffered the hardships of the human world and lived a difficult life.
Lu Ye immediately understood that the Village Chief was here to arrange work for him. It was also logical; since he had come to this Cangnan Village, he couldn’t just get something for nothing.
“Then… enter the mountains to hunt?”
He had truly never done the work of planting Spirit Fields. Relatively speaking, entering the mountains to hunt was much easier. Previously, when he traveled here with Dao Thirteen, they had also killed a few beasts.
The Village Chief nodded. “Since both of you possess cultivation, planting Spirit Fields would truly be a waste of talent. Then, today, you should follow Zhang Wuge’s team into the mountains.”
Saying this, he beckoned: “Follow me.”
Following behind the Village Chief, they walked to the village entrance. Several teams were currently assembling here, clearly all preparing to go into the mountains to hunt. The Village Chief led them to a team; the leader of this team was the “Zhang Wuge” he had mentioned.
Zhang Wuge was a dark-skinned man who looked young, not even thirty years old.
“Zhang Wuge, from now on, these two will follow you,” the Village Chief announced.
Zhang Wuge didn’t refuse either, nodding: “Alright!”
“The time is getting late. All of you go. Before the sun sets, you must return,” the Village Chief urged.
Several teams immediately dispersed, entering the mountains from different directions.
Lu Ye and Dao Thirteen were in Zhang Wuge’s team.
The team had about ten people, all of whom possessed cultivation, but they were all at the Spirit Creek Realm level. The leader, Zhang Wuge, only had a cultivation of the Fifth-Order Spirit Creek Realm.
The others in the team were very silent, their expressions solemn, as if entering the mountains to hunt was a dangerous task.
Only the team leader, Zhang Wuge, took care of the newly joined Lu Ye and spoke a few extra words to him: “Our hunting team needs to enter the mountains once every five days. Excluding today, five days later, you must still come to the village entrance to assemble.”
“Understood,” Lu Ye nodded.
There were still many beasts in the mountains, and occasionally some low-strength demonic beasts would appear. The team hunted very smoothly, and by the afternoon, they returned fully loaded.
During this period, Lu Ye secretly instructed Dao Thirteen not to be too eye-catching. After all, he was currently only at the Third-Order Spirit Creek Realm. If he suddenly erupted with physical strength comparable to a Divine Ocean Realm Master, it would be too shocking.
Before the sun had even set, everyone returned to the village with prey large and small. The Village Chief was waiting at the village entrance. Seeing the team return, he finally revealed a hint of a smile, and even a look of relief.
Other teams returned one after another, and very soon, the village entrance was filled with all sorts of beasts.
The Village Chief took charge of the distribution, and Lu Ye and Dao Thirteen were also allocated more than twenty pounds of beast meat. Carrying the beast meat, they returned to their accommodation.
Dao Thirteen immediately built a bonfire in the courtyard to roast it.
Lu Ye lay on an armchair to the side, lost in thought.
Suddenly, a knocking sound came. Lu Ye looked up and saw it was the Village Chief, holding a bag in his hand. With just one scan of his Divine Sense, Lu Ye knew it contained the Spirit Rice grown in the village.
It appeared that because they had contributed some labor today, they had a harvest.
The Village Chief handed the Spirit Rice to Lu Ye and then left. The sun was about to set again; every time this moment arrived, the bustling village would become empty and lonely.
The aroma of roast meat wafted over from the side. Lu Ye turned his head to look and saw Dao Thirteen staring fixedly at the roast meat without blinking.
He walked over, took a piece of the roasted beast meat, and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.
Dao Thirteen watched him eagerly, his expression somewhat at a loss. If it were before, he definitely would have greeted him with a punch, but now, implanted with the Soul Domination Divine Glyph by Lu Ye, he naturally didn’t dare to commit any offenses against Lu Ye.
Helpless, he could only put the remaining beast meat on the fire to roast.
Lu Ye ate the beast meat in a leisurely manner. He had to admit, although Dao Thirteen was dim-witted, his roasting skills were truly quite excellent; it tasted very fragrant.
Just as he was eating, his expression suddenly stirred, and he sat up straight, perceiving his own body.
He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but he clearly felt the confining power within his body dissipating somewhat faster.
This confining power from the Heavenly Mystery of Jiu Zhou would slowly dissipate on its own, but the speed was extremely, extremely slow. Relying solely on it dissipating on its own, Lu Ye didn’t know how long it would take to recover his cultivation.
For the past two days, he had also been considering how to resolve that confining power, but he had had no clue.
Until this moment.
He hurriedly swallowed the rest of the beast meat in his hand, activating his Taotie Technique. A buzzing sound immediately came from his abdomen. Under his perception, his stomach seemed to have transformed into a grindstone, grinding the beast meat he had eaten.
The confining power dissipated even faster…
However, very quickly, it returned to its original state, as the essence of the beast meat he had eaten had been exhausted.
Eating meat can accelerate the dissipation of the confining power? Lu Ye wasn’t entirely sure what the logic behind this was, but based on the experience just now, it was indeed the case.
He turned his head and looked at the other piece of beast meat roasting on the fire.
Dao Thirteen’s body tightened. He raised his eyes to meet Lu Ye’s gaze. In his dim-wittedness, a sense of ominous feeling arose.
Then, he watched helplessly as Lu Ye grabbed the piece of beast meat that wasn’t even fully roasted yet and began to feast upon it.
In no time, it was eaten clean by Lu Ye.
Looking at the empty roasting rack, Dao Thirteen’s brows furrowed tightly, wondering what had gone wrong somewhere…
Lu Ye, however, revealed a look of joy, because he discovered that things were truly as he had thought: eating meat could accelerate the dissipation of the confining power.
He immediately took out a large amount of beast meat from his storage bag.
Because he was raising Amber, and also because of his own cravings, his storage bag was stocked with a lot of beast meat year-round.
The quality of this beast meat was undoubtedly far better than what they had hunted in the mountains during the day.
Since eating meat could accelerate the dissipation of the confining power, then things would be easy to handle.
Seeing Lu Ye take out so much beast meat, Dao Thirteen’s brows immediately smoothed out. He joined Lu Ye in the work, setting the beast meat on the fire to roast.
A moment later, both master and servant were eating until their mouths were covered in grease.
But Lu Ye’s brows furrowed.
Because this time, there was absolutely no reaction from the confining power within his body.
Just now, when he ate meat, the dissipation of the confining power had clearly accelerated quite a bit. Why was there no reaction this time?
He stubbornly ate a few more pieces, finding that there was indeed no reaction.
For a moment, he was unable to figure out the reason.
(End of Chapter)