Sage of Humanity

After four hours, Lu Ye finally sheathed his blade, walked to a shady spot, pulled out his water flask, quickly washed up, donned his clothes, and returned to the base of the cliff.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Big Tiger had long since fallen into a deep sleep, his snores thunderous, while Yiyi still sat there, presumably waiting for him.

However, seeing Lu Ye's expression, she felt somewhat puzzled, because at that moment, Lu Ye looked as though he had made a difficult decision, with a determined expression as if he were ready to face thousands of foes alone.

She couldn't help but tilt her head in curiosity...

With a heavy heart, Lu Ye sat down cross-legged, thought for a moment, and warned Yiyi, "If I faint in a while, don't worry too much about it."

"Hmm?" Yiyi's face was full of confusion.

Lu Ye didn't bother to explain further, closed his eyes, immersed his mind, and once again "saw" the Talent Tree situated within his Root Spiritual Orifice.

On the immense canopy, three leaves were ablaze, and a fourth was shining brightly, though it was not yet aflame.

In the mines of Evil Moon Valley, his Talent Tree had sprouted its first burning leaf, bearing a spirit rune called Sharpness.

If it hadn't been for that Sharpness rune, he couldn't have so easily killed the seriously injured Zhou Cheng, wouldn't have been able to pierce the protective spirit force of the pale man with a single thrust, nor could he have dealt a heavy blow to the snake demon and ultimately triumph.

It could be said that this spirit rune helped Lu Ye considerably in several critical moments.

Now with two more leaves catching fire on the Talent Tree, his heart was in turmoil, but he also eagerly anticipated what kind of spirit rune he would receive.

As his concentration slowly gathered, Lu Ye looked towards one of the burning leaves, and just like the last time, that tiny leaf quickly magnified, filling his entire field of vision and mind in the blink of an eye.

Simultaneously, a deluge of information uncontrollably flooded his brain, and Lu Ye felt as though someone had brutally hammered his skull.

Last time, he had passed out immediately.

This time, despite feeling as though the world was spinning and enduring excruciating pain, he somehow managed not to faint.

Lu Ye almost wished he could have passed out because the whole experience was akin to a fate worse than death, as if someone was prying his brain open and forcibly stuffing in things he didn't understand at all, stirring them violently...

His eyes snapped open abruptly, and a suppressed low growl emanated from his throat, his eyes bloodshot.

Yiyi, who had been watching him closely, was startled, and even Big Tiger, in his deep slumber, was awakened, roaring in alarm and looking around defensively, mistaking the situation for an attack. Stay connected via empire

It took quite some time for Lu Ye to gradually calm down, his vision was a sea of red, his body drenched in sweat, with Yiyi and Big Tiger standing by anxiously, unsure of what to do.

In fact, Lu Ye's appearance was downright fierce at the moment, not only were his eyes bloodshot, but veins also bulged at his temples, as though he was enduring great torment.

After taking deep breaths for a while, Lu Ye finally regained a bit of composure and reassured the worried Big Tiger and Yiyi, saying, "It's over."

He closed his eyes once more.

The pain had passed, and it was time to reap the fruits of victory.

Yiyi and Big Tiger exchanged glances, both at a loss, but since it seemed related to Lu Ye's cultivation, and he wasn't talking about it, Yiyi didn't feel it was right to ask, so she and Big Tiger simply stood guard beside him.

At that moment, Lu Ye was examining the characteristics of the second spirit rune.

Defense!

This is the name of the second spirit rune, and judging by the name alone, this should be a defensive spirit rune.

Previously, Lu Ye had some guesses that if the first spirit rune was offensive in nature, perhaps the second one would be defensive, and it now seems that this is indeed the case.

Opening his eyes and after a brief preparation, a layer of visible spirit light suddenly flickered on his palm, transforming into the shape of a triangular shield engraved with intricate and complex patterns.

"This is... a spirit rune?" Yiyi, who had been silently observing Lu Ye, was shocked. Although she had lost many memories, she still remembered some common knowledge of the cultivation world, and she understood more than Lu Ye. Therefore, the sight of Lu Ye constructing a spirit rune with his own spirit force was almost inconceivable.

It is known that low-level cultivators like Lu Ye generally focus on improving their cultivation, not even having time to delve into studying magic and spells, let alone complicated spirit runes. Of course, some magic and spells can also be considered a manifestation of spirit runes.

Even to say, the spirit rune that Lu Ye was currently activating could be considered a defensive spell.

Magic and spells are closely related to spirit runes. Often they share commonalities yet are not completely the same, hard to explain in a few words.

But no matter what, it's still unbelievable for a low-level cultivator to be able to construct a spirit rune.

Yiyi became more certain that Lu Ye might be a disciple from some top big sect, and his status in that sect was certainly not low. It's possible that he was the illegitimate child of some sect master and due to some unavoidable reasons, had to come out and experience the world alone...

In just these few moments, she had already conjured up an entire drama filled with grievances and love.

Lu Ye, on the other hand, was not aware of Yiyi's gaze. At the moment, he was feeling the sturdiness of the Defense Spirit Runes. Just in terms of the defensive power, the protective ability of the Defense Spirit Runes completely blew his protective spirit force out of the water.

Comparatively speaking, the protective ability of the Defense Spirit Runes was at least several times that of his protective spirit force.

This meant that he had a better means of defense against attacks he might encounter in the future.

However, the outstanding defensive power also came with a high consumption rate. This Defense Spirit Rune the size of a palm had consumed the entire spirit force reserve of one of Lu Ye's spiritual orifices.

It had a greater consumption rate than Sharpness.

In other words, if Lu Ye were to continuously activate such spirit runes twenty times, his spirit force would be completely depleted.

Furthermore, if the area of protection were to be expanded, the consumption would increase. Right now, Lu Ye had only activated a Defense Spirit Rune that was the size of a palm, but that did not mean that the Defense Spirit Runes could only be that big. If he wished, he could completely activate a larger one.

All in all, this was a good spirit rune. Although he had things like the Golden Body Talisman, Spirit Talismans eventually run out. However, the Defense Spirit Rune is a power of his own.

Additionally, compared to the talisman, activating the Defense Spirit Rune was instantaneous, whereas it was more troublesome to activate a talisman. He would have to take out the talisman from his storage sack, infuse it with spirit force, and in the midst of intense combat, there often wouldn't be time for Lu Ye to do all that.

If he had such a spirit rune before he encountered the pale-faced man, he could have resisted the man's attacks head-on and fought him to the death.

Though a single spirit rune did not increase Lu Ye's cultivation, his combat abilities had increased substantially.

There was one more...

Considering his previous sensations, Lu Ye found them quite chilling. He decided not to explore the other spirit rune, at least not for the next couple of days.

His mind was now a mess, and if he were to probe that spirit rune again, it might well lead to someone's death.

So, he had to rest for a few days before attempting it.

Taking out a Spirit-Nurturing Pill and swallowing it, Lu Ye prepared to investigate a question that had puzzled him all along—whether his issue-free cultivation with elixir pills was related to the Talent Tree!

Focusing his mind, he quickly "saw" the Talent Tree hidden in his Root Spiritual Orifice.