Sage of Humanity

Lu Ye's eye twitched, unsure whether what Lady Moon said was true or not.

Because from the look of Granny Jiew, she seemed like an ordinary old woman at the end of her life, exuding no aura whatsoever.

Suddenly, Granny Jiew turned her head and looked over, her wrinkled face breaking into a kindly smile, "Talking behind someone's back is not good. Little Yue'er, you need to change this habit."

Lady Moon gave a respectful salute, "Granny, your teaching is right, I will certainly change."

Granny Jiew nodded slightly and walked away with a quivering gait.

Lu Ye felt that this Righteous Blood Sacred Land truly concealed remarkable characters.

"Just now you called me Senior Brother," Feng Wujiang looked at Lu Ye.

Lu Ye came back to himself and saluted solemnly, "Grateful for the sect master's acceptance, led me into the sect years ago. Lu Ye greets Senior Brother."

It could be basically confirmed that the person in front of him was his legendary Senior Brother. Lu Ye did not believe there was a need for these people around to deceive him; these were all top figures of the Divine Sea Realm, giants who could shake a provincial state in the Nine Provinces with a mere stomp. What benefit would they gain by deceiving him in this foreign land?

Yet, Lu Ye could not have imagined that his Senior Brother, rumored to have been dead for nearly forty years, was still alive, and was even sent to this Blood Refinement world by Heaven's Augury.

This was indeed somewhat bizarre.

"Good." Feng Wujiang nodded with satisfaction, "The old man's judgment has never been wrong. Now it seems, Junior Brother, you indeed have great potential."

Lu Ye blushed. "Compared to Senior Brother and the predecessors, I am nothing."

Jian Guhong smiled slightly, "You are still young, no need to belittle yourself. To be chosen by the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury and sent here, none are ordinary people. Given time, you may not surpass your Senior Brother and rise to prominence." He turned to Feng Wujiang, "It is a joyous occasion for Sacred Master brothers to reunite in foreign lands, but this is not the place to talk."

Feng Wujiang patted his forehead, "Got a bit muddled from happiness, Junior Brother, follow me!"

Saying so, he affectionately held Lu Ye's arm, soared into the air, and flew toward the peak.

The others remained where they were. After Feng Wujiang and Lu Ye left, Lady Moon puzzledly asked, "Surely, he can't be reinforcement sent from the homeland, can he? What can a True Lake Realm accomplish?"

"One cannot judge a book by its cover, nor the sea with a bucket. Since Heaven's Augury sent him, there must be a reason. Heaven's Augury is inscrutable, inscrutable indeed. Let's wait and see."

At the peak, in a pavilion, Feng Wujiang brought Lu Ye there, let him sit down, and sat across from him.

It was evident that Senior Brother was very happy, for the smile on his face never faded.

"I know you have many things you wish to ask, but I too have many questions. Let me ask first, may I?" Feng Wujiang looked at Lu Ye.

Lu Ye nodded, "Please, Senior Brother."

"How has the sect been faring in recent years?"

"Not very well." Lu Ye slowly shook his head, briefly explaining what he knew.

Feng Wujiang's smile gradually disappeared, replaced by heaviness and self-reproach.

When hearing that the sect had almost been erased by Heaven's Augury, the self-reproach deepened.

"In those years, disciples of the sect suffered much oppression. The sect master, in despair, almost dissolved all the surviving disciples to protect the remaining members. Before I joined the sect, only the sect master and Sister Shui Yuan were left. Third Senior Brother Xiao Xinghe was sent to White Emperor City, Fourth Senior Brother Li Baxian went to the Loyal Heart Sect, but now they have both achieved cultivation, advanced to the True Lake Realm, and work for the Bingzhou guard's Justice Department, which is quite good."

Lu Ye paused and then said, "Although the sect master has never mentioned you in front of me over the years, I know he always keeps you in mind. Since you, Senior Brother, are not dead, why didn't you give a word to the sect master before coming here, to let him and Sister Shui Yuan know you were still alive?"

Feng Wujiang gave a bitter smile, "There wasn't an opportunity. Under normal circumstances, I was doomed to die, but at the last moment, it was Heaven's Augury that swapped death for life, letting me narrowly escape death. After that, I was directly sent here. How could I have the time to greet the old man?"

Lu Ye understood.

Just like this time when he came to the Blood Refinement world, he thought he was escaping from an unknown small secret realm, only to be transported here without a moment's notice.

Heaven's Augury acts without negotiating with you.

"How is the situation in the Nine Provinces now?" Feng Wujiang calmed his mind and asked.

"Same as always, the two major factions contend ceaselessly, the Nine Provincial States wage unending battles. In these decades, there hasn't been someone like Senior Brother who can resolve everything single-handedly."

"Actually, the path I took back then was wrong," Feng Wujiang sneered, "The two factions have opposed each other for so long they are like fire and water. Simply relying on brute force to subdue one side is impossible; the more you suppress, the more fierce the backlash. I am a cautionary tale. Junior Brother should take heed."

Back in the day when Feng Wujiang was in command, the situation was very favorable for the Haotian Alliance. But as Feng Wujiang said, the more fiercely you suppress, the more ferocious the backlash will be. In the final battle, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge side launched a desperate counterattack. Countless Divine Sea Realm powerhouses besieged him fearlessly, and even someone as strong as him was overwhelmed by the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's human wave tactics.

Feng Wujiang wanted him to take this as a warning. Lu Ye didn't really know how to respond, because at the end of the day, he was just a True Lake Realm cultivator. In the grand scheme of things, he was just one among the masses in the Nine Provinces, with hardly any say even in Bingzhou, let alone the entire Nine Provinces.

"Let's not talk about that. Tell me about the matters of the sect." Feng Wujiang sat cross-legged on the chair without a care for appearances, facing Lu Ye, looking very interested.

Having been here for nearly forty years, he knew nothing about the Nine Provinces over there, and was particularly concerned about the sect. Now that Lu Ye had arrived, he naturally wanted to inquire thoroughly.

"What does Senior Brother want to know?"

"I want to know everything." Feng Wujiang chuckled, "Start with yourself. How did you join our sect? Did the old man see through your extraordinary talent at a glance and decide to take you in?"

Lu Ye was somewhat embarrassed and proceeded to recount the circumstances of how he joined the Righteous Blood Sect.

Feng Wujiang listened intently, expressing amazement from time to time.

He had never expected his junior brother's experience to be so twisty and complicated, not at all like the script where the old man recognized Lu Ye's extraordinary talent; rather, it was various strokes of luck and coincidence that led to it.

In fact, when the sect master initially took in Lu Ye, he intended to send him to a friendly sect for cultivation after some time and had no real plans to keep Lu Ye.

After all, at that time, the Righteous Blood Sect was in decline, and neither the sect master nor Senior Sister Shui Yuan had any intention of maintaining the sect.

Then, when Lu Ye mentioned the Battle of Golden Top, describing how Senior Sister Weh Ying courageously fought her way to rescue him from a dire situation, and how Li Baxian's sword came from the west, with senior brothers and sisters united to protect the newly inducted junior brother, Feng Wujiang had not a trace of his Divine Sea Realm prestige, feeling as if he were there himself, wishing he could kill all those Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators who made things difficult for Lu Ye.

It was only after the Battle of Golden Top that Lu Ye truly became a disciple of the Righteous Blood Sect and returned to the sect headquarters to recover from his injuries.

Afterward, on the Spirit Stream battlefield, he practiced cultivation while developing and expanding the sect, finally preserving the Righteous Blood Sect.

Although the grade of the Righteous Blood Sect isn't high right now, its prospects are very bright with both the sect master and Senior Sister Shui Yuan being Divine Sea Realm cultivators, and Lu Ye himself having hopes of reaching the Divine Sea. The sect has gained many Cloud River Realm cultivators. In the next sect grade evaluation, becoming a 3rd grade sect shouldn't be a problem.

"Wait a minute, Junior Brother, how many years has it been since you embarked on the path of cultivation?" Feng Wujiang keenly sensed something unusual.

"It's been nearly five years." Lu Ye replied.

During these five years, he spent most of the time in the Spirit Stream Realm, which took him nearly two years. On the contrary, in the Cloud River Realm, it only took him a year, because the Spirit Stream Realm is a foundational realm for cultivators, where each spiritual orifice needs to be opened gradually. There are no shortcuts, just steady progress.

In the Cloud River Realm, because of the spirit fortune stick, the cultivation speed increased significantly, and it took just over a year for Lu Ye to ascend to the True Lake Realm.

Now it's been more than a year and a half since he ascended to the True Lake Realm. Mainly after entering the Blood Refinement World, his cultivation progress slowed. If he had stayed in the Nine Provinces during this time, he might have already ascended to Divine Sea by now.

Feng Wujiang couldn't help but show a shocked expression: "In just five years, Junior Brother, you've cultivated to the True Lake Level 8?"

What kind of cultivation speed is this?

Even if Feng Wujiang himself was favored by Heaven's Augury, he was deeply shocked.

He recalled it took him nearly twenty years to cultivate from scratch to True Lake Level 8...

Of course, he was a late bloomer who didn't show exceptional talent at the start of his cultivation journey.

At this rate, it's only a matter of time before his Junior Brother ascends to Divine Sea.

No wonder he was chosen by Heaven's Augury to be sent here.

Still, cultivation speed aside, Lu Ye's cultivation level is ultimately not high. In the upcoming battle where the Blood Race will encircle the Righteous Blood Sacred Land, individual cultivation level might not play a significant role.

Lu Ye went on to talk about Shui Yuan's ascension to Divine Sea, and how the sect master was often bullied by Madam Yun…

Feng Wujiang was delighted and laughed heartily hearing this.

Lu Ye didn't have a complete narrative but spoke of whatever came to mind. Nevertheless, no matter how small the matter was, as long as it was related to the sect, Senior Brother listened with great relish.

Upon learning that the sect master had now reached Haotian City and was a member of the Elder Council, Feng Wujiang sighed deeply: "Junior Brother, it's been tough on you these years."

The sect master became disheartened because of him, and then revitalized due to Lu Ye's rise. Whatever the reason, he felt he owed Lu Ye a deep gratitude.

Thinking about this, Lu Ye felt a bit worried: "The sect master is probably very worried about my safety right now."

He was captured by Yu Daiwei in front of the D-9 squad, and even the sect master later rushed to rescue him. However, Yu Daiwei used the teleportation array to escape from the sect master's pursuit. Now, it's been nearly a year since it happened and he's been without a trace since. The sect master is bound to be anxious.