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Humanity’s Great Sage – Chapter 1023: Real Lake Realm Eighth Order
In that great battle, Blood Race members from both sides had suffered heavy casualties, but those who survived were all elites.
Lan Qiyue stepped forward and reorganized them. Not a single Blood Race member dared to raise any objection; all followed orders obediently. In fact, to the Blood Race, being able to serve under a Holy Seed was something they dreamed of.
The territory of Thousand Streams Blessed Land expanded once more, and the scope of those it could shelter naturally grew larger as well.
The first matter Lan Qiyue announced after taking power was that, from this day forward, within the territory under her command, no Blood Race member was permitted to harm human lives in any manner.
Though this matter had been announced by Yu Lingfeng before, the effect was entirely different.
When Yu Lingfeng had announced it, the Blood Race members had verbally agreed, but in their hearts, they were somewhat dismissive and didn’t truly take it seriously.
In this world, how could there be Blood Race members who didn’t feed on blood food?
Some Blood Race members even resolved to do it secretly, thinking that as long as they weren’t caught in the act, it would be fine.
But when this command came from the mouth of a Holy Seed, no Blood Race member dared to harbor any treacherous thoughts anymore.
Pregnant human women were continuously sent to Thousand Streams Blessed Land for settlement. Lan Qiyue had been in charge of these matters before, and now with her cultivation greatly increased, she handled them even more adeptly.
She also selected a few human women from among them and trained them briefly to serve as helpers. In this way, the human surrogate mothers received excellent care. They only needed to wait until they gave birth to their blood fetuses before being sent to nearby villages for resettlement.
Lu Ye no longer had to worry about these trivial affairs; he only needed to focus on his cultivation.
Time flew by, and another month passed.
In the rear courtyard of Thousand Streams Blessed Land, within Lu Ye’s bedchamber, waves of energy swept through the room. The surging spiritual power within his body was clearly a fraction purer.
Real Lake Realm Eighth Order!
Back then, in the Nameless Hidden Realm, he had relied on the hidden realm’s earth vein to cultivate, advancing from the fifth order of the Real Lake Realm to the seventh order in two months.
Yet after coming to the Blood Refining World for over three months, his cultivation had only advanced by a single order.
Of course, out of these three months, he had only truly spent two months cultivating. The first month had been spent restoring his original cultivation, so that didn’t count.
His cultivation had not advanced particularly quickly, at least compared to his previous pace, it was slow.
But if compared to other human cultivators, such cultivation efficiency was still terrifying.
This was mainly due to the Talent Tree. By relying on the Talent Tree’s power, Lu Ye could rapidly absorb the energy from spirit stones and spirit pills and convert it into his own—something no other human cultivator could match.
The spirit stones and spirit pills he had carried with him were nearly exhausted. Now, the only cultivation resources he had left were some Blood Crystals, quite a few in number, but not too many either.
The source of the Blood Crystals was Lan Qiyue’s outward expansion.
Over this past month, she had led the Blood Race of Thousand Streams Blessed Land in ceaselessly attacking the nearby Blood Race territories. Now, the territory governed by Thousand Streams Blessed Land was twice as large as it had been a month ago. Within the governed territory, all humans had received protection.
Lan Qiyue’s cultivation advanced extremely quickly. Nearly every time she returned from a campaign, Lu Ye could sense that her cultivation had improved.
Dao Thirteen’s cultivation also improved over this period.
Of course, he was merely slowly recovering his original cultivation. Currently, Dao Thirteen had the strength of the Real Lake Realm Ninth Order, just one step away from recovering the Divine Ocean Realm.
Dao Thirteen’s recovery was slower; there was no helping it, since he couldn’t recklessly absorb the power within Blood Crystals the way Lu Ye could.
What he did most often recently was eat, constantly devouring the flesh and blood of this world’s demon beasts and wild animals. With the foundation of a Divine Ocean Realm physique, his appetite was naturally enormous; he practically had to eat three to five demon beasts every day.
Fortunately, there were Blood Race members specifically responsible for capturing demon beasts for him, so Lu Ye didn’t have to worry about it.
It would still take some time…
In the blink of an eye, another two months passed.
It had been over five months since Lu Ye arrived in this Blood Refining World.
Dao Thirteen’s cultivation had finally fully recovered. Lu Ye knew it was time to leave this place.
For five months, he had been pondering the purpose of the Nine Provinces’ Heavenly Secrets in sending him to this world, yet he had never been able to grasp the key point.
The only thing he could be certain of was that it had something to do with this world’s humans.
Looking over the various secret realms Lu Ye had experienced, everything he had done was invariably closely tied to the fate and future of the humans in those secret realms. The Myriad Beasts Domain secret realm was so, the Soaring Dragon Boundary secret realm was so, the Peerless Continent was still so…
He had once guessed: could it be that the Nine Provinces wanted him to come and save the humans of the Blood Refining World?
But if that were truly the case, then they were overestimating him far too much.
In the end, he was only a Real Lake Realm cultivator. Even with Dao Thirteen as an assistant, in a vast world like the Blood Refining World, it would be difficult to accomplish anything significant.
Adding Lan Qiyue wouldn’t be enough either.
A heavy responsibility like saving the humans of the Blood Refining World was more than he could bear—unless he possessed the ability to annihilate all the Blood Race in this entire realm.
Since it wasn’t to have him save the humans of the Blood Refining World, then what had the Heavenly Secrets sent him here to do?
Lu Ye needed to go and search for the answer, so he had to leave Thousand Streams Blessed Land. If he stayed here forever, he would never find any clues.
The reason he had waited until today was to wait for Dao Thirteen to recover his cultivation. Dao Thirteen was the greatest helper the Nine Provinces had bestowed upon him for coming here. Only once Dao Thirteen had recovered his full cultivation could Lu Ye proceed with the next step of his plan.
As for Lan Qiyue… leaving her here to continuously wage war and expand would also allow her to shelter more humans. So Lan Qiyue could not be taken along. Otherwise, traveling through the Blood Refining World with a Blood Race Holy Seed would undoubtedly make the journey much safer.
Having made up his mind, Lu Ye waited in silence.
Since he was going to leave, he naturally had to bid farewell to Lan Qiyue.
A day later, Lan Qiyue, who had been out on campaign, returned. The first thing she did was come to Lu Ye’s bedchamber to report on the results of the battle, telling Lu Ye how many Blood Race members had died on this trip, her excitement overflowing in her words.
The dead Blood Race members naturally included her own subordinates. But she was the same as Lu Ye; she felt no heartache over the deaths of those under her command. To her, every dead Blood Race member meant one more Blood Crystal gained.
Of course, in order to preserve the strength of her forces, not too many Blood Race members could die.
Thus, every time she went out on campaign, she would carefully control the number of Blood Race casualties. Only when the timing was right would she activate her Holy Seed bloodline and settle the outcome with overwhelming force.
“Senior Brother, these are the Blood Crystals harvested from this campaign—several hundred of them,” Lan Qiyue said as she handed a storage bag to Lu Ye.
She naturally knew that Lu Ye could use Blood Crystals for cultivation, but she didn’t understand why he had such a strange ability, and she had never asked.
“Keep them for yourself, why give them to me?” Lu Ye declined.
“For me, cultivation is far too simple; I don’t necessarily need Blood Crystals. So these things are more appropriate for Senior Brother to use.”
Indeed, cultivation was simple for her. The Blood Race members she killed in battle all became nourishment for her growth. Moreover, she could enter the Blood River anytime and anywhere to refine herself.
“Then I’ll accept them.” Lu Ye took the storage bag. He had very few cultivation resources left. A few hundred Blood Crystals, though not many, could still replenish his supply somewhat.
After a pause, he spoke: “Junior Sister, there’s something I need to tell you.”
Lan Qiyue was startled, then her expression changed drastically. She swiftly stood up. “I don’t want to hear it! I don’t want to hear it! Senior Brother, don’t say it!”
“I haven’t even said what it is yet,” Lu Ye was rather speechless.
“I don’t care, I’m not listening!” Lan Qiyue was somewhat angry. She stomped her foot, transformed into a streak of blood light, shot into the sky, and vanished from sight in an instant.
She was exceptionally intelligent and had clearly realized something.
Gazing in the direction she had left, Lu Ye was at a loss for words for a moment.
Beside him, Dao Thirteen was clutching a huge chunk of beast meat, eating with grease all over his mouth, his belly bulging high—carefree and without a worry.
From the front courtyard suddenly came miserable shrieks. Some unlucky Blood Race member must have run into Lan Qiyue in her foul mood and been casually obliterated by her.
The next day, Lu Ye was meditating and cultivating when footsteps approached.
He opened his eyes and looked; it was Lan Qiyue.
Lu Ye smiled at her and gestured for her to sit.
Lan Qiyue turned her head away, standing there without a word.
After a long while, she finally spoke: “Senior Brother is leaving, isn’t he?”
Lu Ye nodded slightly. “Yes.”
Lan Qiyue turned to look at him, a faint trace of pleading in her eyes. “Can’t you stay? If Senior Brother leaves, I’ll be all alone here.”
“There are some things I need to go out and see for myself.”
“Then go!” Lan Qiyue said angrily. “If Senior Brother leaves today, I’ll slaughter all the humans in our territory tomorrow! I’ll go kill those surrogate mothers right now.”
Lu Ye chuckled helplessly. “Don’t speak in anger.”
Lan Qiyue glared at him. “I’ll do it!”
“You might indeed do it, but in the end, you were once human, and you were once one of those surrogate mothers. If you truly did such a thing, you would be tormented by it for the rest of your days.”
“So what?” Lan Qiyue stared at him stubbornly.
But after meeting Lu Ye’s gaze for only three breaths, her eyes began to waver.
“Come, sit down and talk,” Lu Ye beckoned.
Lan Qiyue shuffled her steps and sat down in front of him. After holding back for a moment, she spoke: “Then Senior Brother, take me with you. I am a Holy Seed. Staying by your side, I can also protect your safety.”
Lu Ye sighed. “If you leave, Thousand Streams Blessed Land will fall into chaos. Those humans…”
“What does their life or death have to do with me?” Lan Qiyue’s emotions suddenly flared. “I was a person destined to die. It was Senior Brother who saved me, taught me to cultivate, and brought me to the Blood Pool. Without Senior Brother, there would have been no Lan Qiyue in this world long ago. Senior Brother, don’t forget, I was originally just an ordinary human. I don’t want to be some Holy Seed, and I don’t want to be some Blessed Land Master. I ask for nothing else, only to stay by Senior Brother’s side. Just treat me as a rough-serving maid.”
Lu Ye fell silent.
He suddenly realized he had indeed been somewhat presumptuous. Before becoming a Holy Seed, Lan Qiyue was just a human girl oppressed by the Blood Race.
It was only her current identity as a Holy Seed that had made Lu Ye forget the Lan Qiyue of the past.
“Having a Holy Seed serve as my rough maid… I couldn’t bear such a thing,” Lu Ye said slowly. “But if you truly wish it, then come with me.”
Lan Qiyue looked at him in surprise. “Really?”
Lu Ye nodded. “Naturally.”
“But if we both leave, what will happen to the humans in the Blessed Land?”
“I’ll do my best to make arrangements.”
Perhaps he wouldn’t be able to maintain the current situation in the Blessed Land for very long, but he could only do what he could.
(End of Chapter)