Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1499 - 1497: Quit Messing Around

In Room D-9, Lu Ye rose expressionlessly and opened the door to walk outside, saying, "Follow me!"

There must be quite a few good things coming up at the auction, but missing the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal means there's no point in staying.

He could feel that Room A-6 was targeting him, otherwise, they wouldn't have pushed the price so high. Twenty million spirit jade far exceeded the actual value of the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal. Even if Lu Ye had more than eight million spirit jade, he wouldn't have continued to bid.

Without the Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal, he could choose other treasures as substitutes, but if he did so, the Boulder Mountain Saber's grade might not be as high after upgrading to a magic treasure.

Currently, he was not in a hurry to advance to Moon Jade, and there might be future opportunities to encounter Phoenix Sky Blue Crystal, so his need for it wasn't urgent.

He didn't get what he wanted to bid on, but he gained quite a bit from what he wasn't planning to bid on, especially with that Soul Race being something completely unexpected.

He could feel the Soul Race right behind him. However, their movements were silent, and their figure was invisible. If it weren't for the jade tablet in Lu Ye's hand that could control her, she would have likely escaped long ago.

After leaving the All Phenomena Merchants Guild, Lu Ye summoned the starboat and only departed after confirming that the Soul Race had also boarded the vessel.

Standing on the starboat, Lu Ye felt a chill behind him, as if a venomous snake was flicking its tongue at his neck. That faint chill clearly emanated from the gaze of the Soul Race.

The woman wanted to escape but had to seize that Token to do so. Otherwise, with the Token in Lu Ye's hand, she could never escape his control.

"If you want to try, go ahead!" Lu Ye's calm voice came from the front.

A strange gleam flashed in the eyes of the figureless Soul Race, and without hesitation, she lunged forward, her already invisible body directly merging into Lu Ye's body.

Lu Ye's eyelids drooped as he steered the starboat toward Unparalleled Island, simultaneously diverting some of his thoughts.

In the Divine Sea, his psyche spirit body manifested.

In the calm Divine Sea, a small pagoda was faintly suppressing the area. This was the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, a Soul Device Lu Ye had obtained in Nine Provinces. However, with the growth of his cultivation, the effectiveness of this Soul Device had diminished. The Soul Suppressing Pagoda was ultimately a domain treasure, and no matter how good its quality, it had its limits, starting to fall short of his growing strength. Yet, it could still serve some function.

Lu Ye's psyche spirit body stood at the tip of the pagoda, overlooking below.

Unlike the outside world, within this Divine Sea, the woman's figure was fully revealed, a tall woman with long hair cascading to her ankles, coldly observing Lu Ye's direction.

Generally speaking, for a cultivator to invade another's Divine Sea, they would need special means or an overwhelming amount of Divine Soul Power.

But the Soul Race did not need this; this race, whose name bore the essence of the soul, had incredibly unique methods regarding Psyche Force. As long as the gap in cultivation wasn't too great, they could easily infiltrate another's Divine Sea.

This was the most common technique used by the Soul Race against humans, being far more perilous than ordinary combat.

The Soul Race and Lu Ye indeed bore no grudges, but nobody wished to be controlled and not free. She needed to deal with Lu Ye to escape.

At the moment their eyes met, the woman suddenly raised her hands, forming a spell in front of her, followed by calm waves rippling outward with her as the center.

This was the result of the Soul Suppressing Pagoda guarding the Divine Sea. Without it, the sea within would have been turbulent, leaving Lu Ye's psyche in turmoil and mind unsettled.

Lu Ye merely watched her quietly without any intention to stop her.

Because for him, stopping this Soul Race was easy. All he needed was to take out the Token obtained from the auction, inject spirit force into it, and activate the restriction on the woman, which would expel her from his Divine Sea.

But Lu Ye didn't want her to harbor thoughts of him holding her life constantly; until a suitable and safe way to settle her was found, they might coexist for a time. As the saying goes, there's only a thousand days of being a thief, but no thousand days of guarding against one.

Lu Ye wanted the Soul Race to understand that her tactics would have no significant effect on him, to prevent any misaligned thoughts.

The records he found in the Dwarf Race's Xiyuan Pavilion were incomplete. Lu Ye only knew that the Soul Race had this particular method of invading others' Divine Seas, unaware that the Soul Race could even use the powers within someone else's Divine Sea against its owner!

Through her method, Lu Ye distinctly felt part of the strength within his Divine Sea being controlled by her.

This truly was a peculiar occurrence, considering that power was unmistakably his own!

The Soul Race was indeed an extraordinary race, and this bizarre power spelled a dismal fate for any cultivator whose Divine Sea was invaded by them.

One after another, arrows suddenly surged out from the waves, sweeping across the sky toward Lu Ye's psyche spirit body. Each arrow was transformed from Lu Ye's own Divine Soul Power!

With a thought, the Soul Suppressing Pagoda suddenly rose from beneath him, enveloping him and transforming into protection.

The sound of thumping continued to resound as numerous arrows manifested by the Divine Soul Power struck the body of the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, making it sway incessantly.

With Lu Ye's current Constellation Late Stage cultivation, his Divine Soul Power was extremely strong. Even the Soul Suppressing Pagoda couldn't withstand such a level of attack for long.

"Lift my restriction and I'll leave!" The woman urged her power while speaking, continuing her fierce attack. She could see that the quality of the Soul Suppressing Pagoda was not high and wouldn't last long. However, what puzzled her slightly was why this human race person didn't intend to stop her, even though he only needed to activate the power on the Token to restrain her.

Lu Ye shook his head slowly, silently expressing his stance.

The Soul Suppressing Pagoda couldn't hold on, but he had other methods.

With a thought, the Divine Sea boiled, and suddenly, a battleship gradually sailed out, as if riding the wind and breaking the waves on a sea of extremely harsh weather.

The battleship appeared to have gone through a brutal battle, its entire hull in tatters. But as it gradually emerged, and as Lu Ye's Divine Soul Power poured in, the battleship quickly became intact. Then, figures appeared on the battleship one after another, swiftly taking their positions.

Lu Ye stood on the deck of the battleship, looking expressionlessly at the Soul Race woman. All her techniques were blocked by the battleship's defenses.

The Soul Race woman's eyelids tightened, looking unbelievably at the abruptly appearing battleship. Even with her extensive knowledge and experience, she couldn't figure out what this Soul Device was.

In this world, are there actually Soul Devices shaped like battleships?

In the next moment, her body suddenly tensed up, as an overwhelming sense of danger enveloped her. She clearly felt an extreme force within the battleship brewing, and the aura of that power had already locked onto her, like a sharp sword hanging overhead, ready to fall at any moment.

"Stop messing around, just leave!" Lu Ye looked at her, his tone calm as if he were scolding a mischievous child.

The surging waves around the woman gradually subsided, her expression turning bitter. She finally understood why this human race person didn't use the power of the Token to restrain her.

With such a Soul Device guarding the Divine Sea, even as a member of the Soul Race, she couldn't do anything to him. If she didn't know her limits, she would surely suffer.

Weighing the situation, the woman ultimately retreated from Lu Ye's Divine Sea.

She raced back to Unparalleled Island, piloting the starboat straight through the protective array of the island.

Currently, the overall strength of Unparalleled Island was incomparably superior to the time when Koi Island attacked. Just counting those at the Constellation Late Stage, Unparalleled Island had already recruited as many as thirteen people. Including those at the Constellation Early and mid-stage, Unparalleled Island had recruited nearly a hundred individuals recently.

Such strength, coupled with Tang Jun, was more than enough for defense. As a result, no foolish factions had dared to trouble Unparalleled Island recently.

It could be said that with Unparalleled Island's current strength, even if two or three more factions like Koi Island joined forces against it, they might not be able to conquer it.

Those who were fortunate enough to be selected through the Zhongzheng Register to join Unparalleled Island naturally had impeccable character. Moreover, because Unparalleled Island is a Spirit Island, cultivating there saved a lot of spirit jade. So even without a substantial monthly salary, cultivators were willing to stay.

What further excited the cultivators was that they could clearly feel the stellar space energy within Unparalleled Island continuously increasing. Currently, Unparalleled Island was only a mid-class Spirit Island, but who could say if it wouldn't become a high-class Spirit Island if this improvement continued?

With such expectations, the cultivators who joined Unparalleled Island cherished this opportunity, and a sense of belonging and recognition to Unparalleled Island developed quietly within them. In this situation, even if strong enemies attacked, they wouldn't flee easily on the battlefield. For the sake of their future, they would advance and retreat alongside Chu Shen.

Chu Shen had been seeking ways to generate income recently.

For a Spirit Island to continue developing, a significant initial investment of spirit jade is required. For instance, the protective array alone cost Unparalleled Island four million spirit jade, which was no small amount, and they had to find a way to recover these investments.

Furthermore, the cultivators on Unparalleled Island would ultimately need spirit jade for cultivation and couldn't rely solely on the island's stellar space energy.

Therefore, there must be a suitable way to generate income. Only then can stability be secured, and talent retained.

The best way, naturally, is to open various shops on the island to attract cultivators for trade, which is the main source of income for most Spirit Islands.

However, for Unparalleled Island, it was a bit too early to consider these. Forcing such arrangements without particularly attractive goods would make it difficult to gather popularity. Chu Shen had been troubled by this recently but couldn't come up with a good solution. Only then did he realize how naive and immature his initial idea of creating his own power was.