Sage of Humanity

Hearing Lu Ye say so, Yu Daiwei thought for a moment, then turned to instruct Dao Thirteen, "Don't enter this house. At any other time, as long as he shows up, you must follow him and never leave his side!"

"Yes." Dao Thirteen replied woodenly.

"Stay well!" Yu Daiwei glanced at him teasingly and turned towards the secret realm exit, seemingly intent on leaving.

Lu Ye stepped forward to follow.

Yu Daiwei naturally understood his intention and did not stop him.

Moments later, the secret realm exit opened, Yu Daiwei darted out and disappeared from sight, and once she was gone, the exit quickly closed again.

Lu Ye turned to look at Dao Thirteen beside him, silently calculating how likely he was to kill him if he utilized the Dragon Throne.

Though he didn't know what level of Divine Sea Realm Dao Thirteen was, he was certain he was weaker than Yu Daiwei.

But after looking at the sturdy body of Dao Thirteen, Lu Ye abandoned the idea.

Facing such a Divine Sea Realm opponent head-on was too challenging for him, and even if he managed to kill Dao Thirteen by luck, it wouldn't greatly aid his plan to escape from this secret realm.

But now the Venerable Lord had left, Yu Daiwei had left, leaving only Dao Thirteen, who didn't seem very clever.

The long-awaited opportunity had finally come!

Previously, with Yu Daiwei constantly in this Nameless Secret Realm, Lu Ye was unable to do many things, but how could he resign himself to this fate?

During these days of captivity, he had not been idle and had devised a clear plan for escaping.

He initially thought this plan wouldn't be feasible in the short term, but the opportunity had unexpectedly arrived quickly.

He walked leisurely back to his wooden cabin, with Dao Thirteen closely following, just as Yu Daiwei had instructed, staying by his side.

Lu Ye tried conversing with him, but Dao Thirteen didn't respond at all, so he stopped trying.

Inside the cabin, Lu Ye sat cross-legged, his spirit immersed, observing the Talent Tree.

During these days, he activated the Talent Tree's power, consuming all the fire spirit stones he had accumulated, and many leaves on the tree were ignited again.

Most of these leaves didn't bear any spirit runes, yet Lu Ye acquired two new spirit runes.

Lu Ye hadn't examined these new spirit runes, as he held a hope in his heart to activate more spirit runes, seeking the one he desired most.

But now, with the fire spirit stones exhausted and Yu Daiwei gone, he couldn't afford to wait any longer.

He faintly felt the more he wanted something, the harder it was to obtain.

With his spirit immersed, the intricate patterns on the leaves magnified sharply in his field of vision, followed by a flood of information into his mind.

Fortunately, he now had Mental Consciousness, granting him great resistance to such spirit shocks, and besides a slight ache in his mind, he was unharmed.

A multitude of information erupted and surged within his mind, and Lu Ye slowly comprehended the profoundness of the new spirit runes.

As-Close-As-Siblings...

It wasn't the spirit rune he had hoped for.

After careful understanding, Lu Ye showed a slight change in expression.

This spirit rune, strictly speaking, is somewhat similar to Twin Flying Phoenixes, both used for borrowing strength.

But compared to Twin Flying Phoenixes, it seems to have broader applicability.

Twin Flying Phoenixes only affect two people, allowing mutual borrowing of all body foundation.

As-Close-As-Siblings also involves borrowing strength but isn't limited to just two people. Everyone within its spirit rune range can borrow from each other, though the effectiveness of such borrowing, Lu Ye hadn't tested and couldn't deduce.

In comparison, both spirit runes have their strengths and weaknesses, and As-Close-As-Siblings is more suitable for forming an array.

Forming an array among different cultivators is a challenging task, considering differences in aura, cultivation, and temperament, all hindrances in forming an array.

Only those who have spent years together, with intimate relations, or have carefully coordinated and trained together have a chance to form an array. Once formed, the aura among cultivators becomes tightly linked, often unleashing far greater strength than individual capacities.

Thus, in this aspect, As-Close-As-Siblings goes beyond merely borrowing strength but combines different cultivators' forces in one place, allowing them to exert strength beyond their own.

This is indeed a good spirit rune, but it's of little use for Lu Ye's current situation.

He checked the other spirit rune.

Soul Taming...

This is a divine rune that must be activated by Mental Consciousness!

Lu Ye immediately thought of his other divine rune, Bewitchment, as they evidently share many common attributes.

Previously in Tianyuan City's secret realm, relying on Bewitchment Divine Runes, he controlled an Insect Race team, slaughtering greatly, earning much battle merit and exchanging for lots of Soul Cleansing Water.

However, Bewitchment Divine Runes act more like enticing; under the influence of these divine runes, only the spiritually unintelligent Insect Race follow his orders.

In contrast, the effect of Soul Taming is more thorough.

That's absolute control over the psyche!

One is deception and trickery, the other is domination and enslavement, naturally, they are different.

This spirit rune...

Lu Ye's eyes slowly brightened, he stood up, and pushed open the wooden house's door.

Dao Thirteen stood outside like a wooden stake, his stout body looking loose, yet containing astonishing explosive power.

"Lift your head," Lu Ye instructed him.

Dao Thirteen seemed not to have heard.

Lu Ye was helpless, and could only quietly surge his Mental Consciousness, urging the Soul Taming Spirit Runes towards Dao Thirteen.

From several interactions, Lu Ye had discovered Dao Thirteen's spiritual intelligence had obvious deficiencies. His strength was indeed formidable, but his mind wasn't very bright.

So Lu Ye wanted to see if he could employ the Soul Taming Divine Runes on Dao Thirteen. If successful, he could easily control Dao Thirteen.

Then he could have him open the secret realm entrance, and leave on his own. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Under the surge of Mental Consciousness, Lu Ye clearly felt a massive barrier obstructing his Mental Consciousness, like an invisible wall.

That was Dao Thirteen's psyche defense!

Though this guy wasn't bright, at the end of the day, he was a Divine Sea Realm cultivator, and his psyche defense wasn't easy to break through.

Instead, Lu Ye's head buzzed for a moment, experiencing the feeling of hitting a solid wall, causing dizziness and blurred vision.

This was also a contest of psyches, though Dao Thirteen was clearly a notch higher!

Shaking his head, Lu Ye's vision slowly recovered, only to see Dao Thirteen looking at him with eyes raised, brows tightly furrowed, seemingly angry...

Lu Ye ignored him, calmed himself slightly, and once again activated the Soul Taming Spirit Runes.

With a boom, the sensation of hitting a solid wall returned, causing Lu Ye's body to stagger, with a stronger reaction than before.

It took quite an effort to recover, feeling parched with thirst and nauseous, unmistakably signs of excessive depletion of Mental Consciousness.

Simple activation of the Soul Taming Divine Runes wouldn't elicit such a strong reaction. It's just that failing to break through Dao Thirteen's psyche defense caused significant backlash to Lu Ye.

Quickly, he took out Soul Cleansing Water and swallowed a drop to recover.

Looking up, Dao Thirteen now seemed even angrier, fists clenched tight, knuckles cracking, eyes glaring like copper bells, nostrils flaring hot air, with a stance clearly ready to punch.

Lu Ye's eye twitched slightly, feeling somewhat guilty, as if bullying an honest man.

Determined, he tried the Soul Taming Divine Runes on Dao Thirteen for the third time.

They say three is the charm, if it doesn't work this time, then it's completely hopeless, Lu Ye was mentally prepared for this. Though coincidentally born with Mental Consciousness, nurturing a soul body, he ultimately wasn't a genuine Divine Sea Realm.

At the True Lake Realm level, his soul might be strong, but against a real Divine Sea Realm, it was nothing. Breaking Dao Thirteen's psyche defense was very difficult.

Again, a violent impact came, leaving Lu Ye dizzy, vision blurring, and within sight, a fist rapidly enlarged, followed by falling unconscious.

Who knows how much time had passed before Lu Ye gradually awakened, thanks to the Soul Cleansing Water consumed earlier, he didn't feel too uncomfortable, though the power of his Mental Consciousness within the Divine Pool was greatly depleted.

He slowly got up from the ground, shaking his head, vaguely feeling something was wrong, wiping his mouth and nose, his hand was covered in blood.

Memories before passing out flooded back, he looked up angrily at Dao Thirteen, "You hit me?"

Prior to the disturbance of the psyche, he faintly saw a fist enlarging rapidly in view, now realizing he was punched by Dao Thirteen!

Dao Thirteen kept his head down, unmoving. Though not bright, he knew the previous action was wrong, mainly acting on instinct without restraint.

Lu Ye was more furious, "Your Family Head told you to watch me, who told you to hit me?"

With that, he kicked straight at Dao Thirteen's chest.

Dao Thirteen's body slightly shook, remained composed, while Lu Ye's expression changed, slowly lowering the kicking foot, visibly trembled below the calf.

This guy's body was seemingly cast from copper and iron, that kick left Dao Thirteen unscathed, while Lu Ye's leg felt numb.

Kicked, Dao Thirteen's stout body shrunk back; already hunched, now appeared even more stooped, looking like he did something wrong.

Lu Ye fiercely glared at him, "No next time!" Slammed the door shut, squat down, massaging his cramped calf muscle.

Confirmed, Soul Taming doesn't work on Dao Thirteen!

At least not until his psyche strength exceeds Dao Thirteen's; unable to breach his psyche defense, how could he control him?

Inside the wood house, Lu Ye recovered for a while, activated the Split Shadow Spirit Runes.

A moment later, a shadow formed from his own spirit force and blood Qi energy, he then employed the Single-Stalk Twin Lotus on his shadow.

The Talent Tree's roots extended into the shadow, gradually solidifying it, soon forming a doppelganger identical to the main body.