Sage of Humanity

At the Dark Moon Forest Pass, Lin Yue was only a junior pass chief, while Zhang Kun was the main pass chief. Although Zhang Kun's blame wasn't very reasonable, with both camps fighting for so many years, it was always about you killing me and me killing you. If one really wanted to trace this to its roots, the blame indeed lay with Li Taibai.

Thoughts swirled in her mind, and a decision was made, but the time was not yet right, so she set it aside for now.

Two days later, Veteran You examined Lu Ye and said, "Young friend, your physique is strong, and your physical injuries are no longer a concern. However, the damage to your psyche is beyond my old skills. In the future, take care and rest your mind; perhaps one day you will recover."

This was, of course, said to comfort him, as even Veteran You didn't believe that Li Taibai's injured psyche would recover.

"Thank you, Veteran You," Lu Ye thanked him, watching Veteran You leave and only after a long while did he retract his gaze.

It was time to proceed with the next step of his plan!

In the end, he was Lu Yiye of the Haotian Alliance, not Li Taibai of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge. By chance, he ended up at the Dark Moon Forest Pass, but he couldn't stay here forever.

He had previously planned to find an opportunity to leave, but the right time hadn't arrived yet.

The challenge at the Jinglan Lake Pass and Liew Yuemei's intervention had presented him with the opportunity.

A True Lake Level 3 with severe psyche injuries and no future prospects... Lin Yue wouldn't want to cling onto him, surely.

Having made up his mind, Lu Ye left his room and went to the outside of Lin Yue's sleeping quarters, where he was soon granted an audience.

After exchanging a few casual words, Lin Yue inquired about Lu Ye's current injuries, to which Lu Ye replied truthfully. However, what puzzled him slightly was that Lin Yue's attitude seemed a bit off, but it was hard to pinpoint exactly what was strange.

"My lord, I have come to resign," Lu Ye declared his intention.

"Resign?" Lin Yue was somewhat surprised.

Lu Ye nodded, "Veteran You said my psyche injury is difficult to heal, requiring great opportunity for recovery. I wish to leave here and wander around; perhaps I'll encounter some opportunities."

Lin Yue nodded slightly, understanding Lu Ye's plan.

There was no reason to stop him, as she had already intended to transfer Lu Ye away from the Dark Moon Forest Pass, to prevent distress to her junior nephew upon recovery upon seeing Lu Ye's condition.

She wouldn't let a futureless Li Taibai hinder her junior nephew's future.

Unexpectedly, before she could propose this to Lu Ye, he had already come to resign, which was perfect for her.

"Have you decided?" she asked.

Lu Ye didn't respond, instead staring blankly at a spot.

Following his gaze, Lin Yue saw nothing there and let out a slight sigh, recognizing it as a symptom of his psyche being injured, as Veteran You had mentioned.

In such a state, it's difficult to concentrate, let alone maintain cultivation.

After a while, Lu Ye seemed to come back to his senses, rubbing his forehead, "Pardon me, my lord, my mind wandered. What did you just ask?"

With a hint of helplessness, Lin Yue asked, "You've decided to leave?"

"Yes, I do request your permission for it."

"Since you've decided, I won't stop you, but there is one thing I need your help with."

"Please tell me, my lord."

"You probably understand Yao'er's feelings for you, and I can see you have no interest in her. After you leave, I will tell Yao'er that you've fallen in battle, so you won't need to contact her in the future... Have you two exchanged battlefield marking imprints?"

"We haven't," Lu Ye shook his head. He certainly wouldn't have taken the initiative to exchange imprints with Tong Shuyao. Tong Shuyao probably felt embarrassed to bring it up before, so there was no way to contact each other, and Tong Shuyao couldn't use an imprint to determine his life or death.

"That's good. I hope you can agree to this."

"I would never mislead Senior Sister Tong, you can rest assured, my lord."

"You're smart," Lin Yue looked at Lu Ye with satisfaction. "When do you plan to leave?"

"If my lord permits, I can leave now."

"Very well." Lin Yue nodded, taking out a storage sack, "Take these items; they should be useful someday. If ever your injuries heal, you can come find me again."

"Thank you, my lord!" Lu Ye took the storage sack, "Then I shall take my leave!"

Exiting Lin Yue's sleeping quarters, Lu Ye did not linger, activating his spirit force, he soared into the sky and left the Dark Moon Forest Pass.

By the window, Lin Yue watched the direction Lu Ye departed in, her expression slightly complex, yet ultimately she sighed softly.

Leaving the Dark Moon Forest Pass, Lu Ye hurriedly made his way.

He didn't expect that his resignation would be approved so easily, and recalling the storage sack Lin Yue had given him, a thought couldn't help but emerge in his mind.

Lin Yue probably wanted him to leave the Dark Moon Forest Pass too, but simply hadn't had the chance to tell him. Why else would she have already prepared the storage sack?

Opening the storage sack, he took a quick look; it was filled with cultivation supplies, not too valuable, but better than nothing.

Sure enough, Lin Yue did have the idea for him to leave the Dark Moon Forest Pass.

From her standpoint, a True Lake Level 3 with no future wasn't worth much attention, and this person also had someone from her family concerned, so it was all the more unacceptable.

But it suited Lu Ye's desires perfectly.

On his way, he occasionally put on a lost expression and sometimes seemed as if his head was splitting from pain, all symptoms of the severe psyche trauma.

Until entering Liyuan, Lu Ye only then found a hidden place to land.

Next, he needed to figure out how to return to Cangyan Mountain Pass.

Originally, after leaving the Sword Weapon Sect secret realm, he should have returned, but he was unexpectedly delayed for several days.

Nian Yuexian had already sent several messages asking about his situation, which Lu Ye managed to brush aside with various excuses.

If he didn't return to Cangyan Mountain soon, Nian Yuexian might come looking for him.

When he came, Ying Wuji was his guide, speeding along the way swiftly, but going back wasn't going to be so smooth.

Thinking a bit, Lu Ye tapped his battlefield marking and sent out a message: "Xiao Ying, still alive?"

Earlier, Nian Yuexian took Ying Wuji with her, and Lu Ye wasn't clear about the following events, but Ying Wuji's battlefield marking was still imprinted, indicating he hadn't died.

At Gushan City Pass, Ying Wuji, who was recovering in his residence, checked the message, his eye twitching continuously...

Xiao Ying...

Now even Lu Yiye started calling him this!

If someone unaware knew, they might think he had some unspeakable relationship with Lu Ye.

Immediately replied: "Seriously injured, do not disturb!"

He absolutely couldn't get entangled with Lu Yiye anymore, otherwise, he'd only get deeper and more stuck, and truly, Gushan City Pass was a place he couldn't stay at any longer, he had to quickly find a way to transfer from there.

"How did you get injured?" Lu Ye was surprised.

"Playing dumb! Ask your Water Fairy Junior Sister!" Thinking of the encounter that day, Ying Wuji was furious.

Upon exiting the Sword Weapon Sect secret realm, Nian Yuexian took him directly, inevitably coming across numerous Ten Thousand Demons Ridge Divine Sea Realm pursuits and blockades. Battles of this level, how could Ying Wuji possibly meddle? The aftermath of these battles, he silently endured them all. Him not dying was truly fortunate.

The injuries he sustained were no less severe than Lu Ye's previous ones.

Fortunately, Nian Yuexian didn't truly intend to kill him. Noticing his serious injuries, she abandoned him, allowing him to survive.

"Then you should recover, hopefully meet again next time."

"...Scram!"

Finishing the communication with Ying Wuji, Lu Ye was silent for a moment.

He initially thought about having Ying Wuji guide him again, but now Ying Wuji was seriously injured and it was impossible to rely on him.

The identity of Li Taibai couldn't openly head towards Cangyan Mountain Pass.

If that's the case, he'd have to stealthily return to Cangyan Mountain Pass himself, which wasn't difficult, just took a bit more time.

Maintaining the appearance of Li Taibai, Lu Ye activated Concealment Spirit Runes to fortify himself, heading towards Cangyan Mountain Pass. This way, even if accidentally discovered, he could bluff his way through using the identity of Li Taibai.

Traveling hidden by day and exposed by night, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

After all, not every place was as bustling as Liyuan was before. The vast frontline territory of the two major camps would make it impossible to patrol fully, even if there were teams scouting every corner of each mountain pass.

Took nearly two days before reaching the vicinity of Cangyan Mountain Pass.

Only then did Lu Ye reveal his presence, retrieving the sword gourd and sword at his waist, before changing the color of the Crimson Dragon Battle Suit to black, dispersing the Thousand Faces Spirit Runes maintained for days.

Haotian Alliance's Lu Yiye, returned!

From the spirit beast sack, he released Amber, and immediately, Yiyi popped out to breathe, pouting, "Lu Ye, where have you been, not letting us out for such a long time?"

Lu Ye then recounted his experiences from the recent period, making Amber's tiger eyes widen and Yiyi click her tongue.

Both a spirit and a tiger were secretly worried, yet wished to fight alongside Lu Ye.

But the fact that Amber was the beast pet of Righteous Blood Sect's Lu Yiye was known by many people, a distinct trademark. Thus, Amber could not appear when masquerading as Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's Li Taibai.

"That Liew Yuemei is simply rotten to the core, we must get revenge whenever we can!" Yiyi said resentfully.

Lu Ye seemed rather calm: "From her perspective, wanting to kill me is normal, just using public resources for personal vendettas is indeed a major taboo for someone of high status. I don't know if Haotian City is aware of this."

"Is Third Senior really having a hard time over there?"

"It's not great, if there's a chance, let's go check it out together."

"Sure, sure." Yiyi nodded continuously, having quite a favorable impression of the Third Senior, whom she had never met. For he had compiled all his saber skills cultivation insights and offered them to Lu Ye generously; Yiyi also knew about this.

As the conversation proceeded, Lu Ye suddenly felt something, turned his head to gaze in a direction.

There, a streak of light was rapidly approaching, and behind this light, several figures ceaselessly chasing.

Lu Ye exerted his Ocular Power, gazing at the leading streak of light, and was astonished, because he recognized the person coming, someone he had met only a short while ago.

The other person seemed to notice him too and was overjoyed, about to cry for help, but ended up with a look of horror.

Because Lu Ye unexpectedly drew the long saber at his waist, his figure electrified towards her, swinging down fiercely!