Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1781 - 1779: Found It

In the battlefield, the corpse of the Insect Race Moon Jade lay across, and Lu Ye had already gone far.

This opponent's death was actually quite unjust, because the secret technique he used in the final moments turned out to be the Great Windmill Secret Technique...

Lu Ye had thought early on while cultivating this secret technique whether the Insect Race might also have this secret technique's legacy since the creator of this secret technique, the Praying Mantis, originated from the Insect Race.

However, up until today, Lu Ye had never encountered it.

When the opponent posed in that stance, he recognized it as the starting position of the Great Windmill Secret Technique; for other Moon Jade, breaking this secret technique would require action before the opponent's saber momentum was fully mobilized; otherwise, there would be no chance at all.

But Lu Ye had been slain countless times by the Praying Mantis; in terms of cultivation in the legacy of this secret technique, he considered himself not inferior to the opponent, and naturally understood all sorts of subtleties of this secret technique.

Breaking it became very simple.

Of course, even if he hadn't cultivated this secret technique, he only needed to use the Brazen Plundering Technique to create a distance, waiting for the opponent's saber momentum to exhaust; he could still easily reap the victory.

This secret technique, once executed, put a great strain on oneself; even a Moon Jade Late Stage opponent couldn't maintain it for too long.

The obstacles along the way delayed him for roughly twenty breaths; after he collected the opponent's two bone sabers and storage ring, he quickly resumed his journey.

After a while, his brow furrowed as the various negative states in his mind suddenly cleared away—the Blood Eye was broken by the seven-color Divine Lotus!

Observation of the Blood Eye Spirit Runes had made some progress, but the progress was minor. At this rate, Lu Ye estimated that fully comprehending the Blood Eye Spirit Runes would require experiencing two or thirty blinks of the Demon Eye.

This could take a very long time.

The blinking of the Demon Eye had no predictable pattern; even if it happened every month, experiencing it two or thirty times would take two years!

If it occurred every three to five months, it would take even longer.

The key was that the indistinct connection was also severed after the Blood Eye was broken!

However, Lu Ye did not stop; instead, he continued to fly toward the direction of the previous sensing, believing that even though this connection was interrupted, its source still lay in this direction, and perhaps he might discover something.

He wasn't certain whether that source was as he guessed, but it still posed an opportunity.

If it indeed matches his guess, then one question remains unanswered—why would this source resonate with him?

Is it perhaps due to the three red talismans he nourished within his body?

These three red talismans were made by the Dwarf Race hand; if this resulted in a connection with that unknown source, it somewhat makes sense.

Because in Lu Ye's speculation, that unknown source is the core of Mount Fangcun!

But ultimately it still feels tenuous.

Because foreign clan Moon Jade dispatched by the Dwarf Race in the past must have carried Spirit Talismans granted by the Dwarf Race too—perhaps not three, but certainly one.

No feedback was ever reported by foreign clan Moon Jade regarding such matters.

But if not due to the red talismans... then why?

Lu Ye recalled Su Yuqing; after combining forces with this woman, he was tainted with the Dwarf Race's aura, and he had even refined part of Su Yuqing's cultivation, which allowed him to participate in Black Abyss Martial Arts Meet as a human.

Mount Fangcun is the nurturing grounds for the Dwarf Race; perhaps it's because he carried the Dwarf Race's aura on him?

It seemed incorrect; Su Yuqing had mentioned that for unknown reasons, the core of Mount Fangcun had been avoiding the Dwarf Race, so early on, when Dwarf Race Moon Jade came seeking, they found nothing, and had to resort to seeking foreign clan Moon Jade to handle the matter.

Yet foreign clan Moon Jade likewise found nothing, some even disappeared.

If simply due to the Dwarf Race aura caused this resonance, Su Yuqing wouldn't have refrained from mentioning it.

Unable to understand... he could only seek out the source and investigate.

Whether this source is truly the core of Mount Fangcun, he would know upon finding it.

He still wondered about one issue: why would the core of Mount Fangcun avoid the Dwarf Race? Logically, it should actively welcome them given their unique relationship, as the Dwarf Race entire clan originated within Mount Fangcun.

So many mysteries remained unsolved.

He advanced ahead, finding nothing.

Until several days later, as he was exploring, Lu Ye remotely sensed something was approaching this area.

The entity lacked life; it seemed not to be a living thing, and its speed was not particularly fast.

He released his Mental Consciousness to investigate and quickly perceived that it was a meteorite about the size of a water barrel, seemingly inconspicuous, amidst many similar ones found in this marvel.

This meteorite appeared to be propelled by some force, drifting within this marvel; this was quite common, as Lu Ye had encountered many such meteorites before and didn't pay much attention.

He glanced habitually.

Lu Ye hadn't expected that this glance would reveal trouble.

Almost at the same moment when he noticed the meteorite rushing toward him, a sudden sense of alarm burgeoned in his heart, an inexplicable feeling of impending doom hovered over him.

Lu Ye immediately halted his movements, simultaneously alert to his surroundings.

He thought that there might be some formidable figures lurking around! And a strong person who could evoke such a sense of crisis within him, even leaving no trace for him to detect, would surely have immense power!

As this thought flashed through his mind, he abruptly discovered that the meteorite drifting toward him accelerated unreasonably.

In the blink of an eye, it was just a few dozen miles in front of him! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Urgently, a mysterious power surged forth, ripples spread across the void, in an instant centered around the meteor, covering all directions.

Almost simultaneously as the mysterious power surged out, Lu Ye retreated backward.

The next moment, his eyes widened significantly because, with the annihilation of the void ripples, everything within several dozen miles of the meteorite disappeared without a trace.

As if it were swallowed by the meteorite.

Lu Ye felt a pang of fear, fortunate for his quick reaction, otherwise, in that split second, he would have been swallowed too. Although he wasn't sure of the consequences of being swallowed, it was obviously not a good thing.

Seeing that Lu Ye was unharmed, the meteorite accelerated even further, rushing straight toward him.

Lu Ye was greatly alarmed, was this... coming for him?

Unsure, he immediately dodged aside, darting away, but the inconspicuous meteorite shifted direction as well, closely following behind. That magical mysterious power undulated from time to time, turning large areas of the void into vacuums wherever it passed.

A moment later, Lu Ye finally confirmed one thing: the meteorite indeed was coming for him, because no matter how he adjusted his direction, it relentlessly pursued.

Clearly, it was a lifeless-seeming, seemingly commonplace meteorite, yet it held such mysterious abilities.

Lu Ye had only one thought in his mind—he had found it!

This was obviously the core of Mount Fangcun!

Honestly, he hadn't expected his journey to be so successful. Throughout history, the Dwarf Race had expended immense time, human resources, and material efforts on this matter, yet no significant progress had been made until now.

Lu Ye came here first because Su Yuqing personally told him about it, and secondly, he thought that if he could find the core of Mount Fangcun, he could integrate it into the Jade Conch as its shield.

However, he didn't seriously think that he would succeed on this trip and had already mentally prepared himself to return empty-handed.

Thus, he never imagined that he would really find the core of Mount Fangcun!

Or rather... that the core of Mount Fangcun found him!

The reason for determining it was the core of Mount Fangcun was naturally due to its strange devouring power!

The core of Mount Fangcun must contain some kind of world inside, and those disappeared objects seem to be swallowed by it, but actually, they should have fallen into the world within the core.

The source of the sense he previously felt must have undoubtedly been the core.

Actually, that sense of connection had existed a month ago, but at the time Lu Ye was immersed in comprehending the Blood Eye Spirit Runes and hadn't paid much attention.

He didn't pay attention, but the core of Mount Fangcun did, so a month ago, this core was already searching for him, but after that connection broke, the core couldn't precisely track his whereabouts, hence wandered in another direction.

A few days ago, with the blink of the Demon Eye, that connection re-emerged. As he traveled, the core was also heading his way. It was truly a mutual approach!

Until this moment when they encountered each other at this location.

Lu Ye couldn't initially discern the essence of the core, but the core could perceive him, so it struck unexpectedly when Lu Ye was caught off guard. If not for Lu Ye's quick glimpse of opportunity, he would have already been swallowed into the core world by now.

Indeed, this core possesses its own spiritual intelligence.

If it has spiritual intelligence, that means communication is possible!

While fleeing forward, Lu Ye transmitted with his Mental Consciousness, "Lu Ye of the Jade Conch, entrusted by the Dwarf Race's Su Yuqing and Zhang Kun, has come here to seek the lost core. The three parts of Mount Fangcun have long been divided, hoping to reunify soon, restoring the glory of our ancestors!"

After transmitting several times, Lu Ye helplessly found that the core chasing him showed no response at all, as if determined to go on a relentless pursuit.

Lu Ye found it both comical and frustrating; he never expected that one day he would be hunted by such a thing.

He didn't dare to stop, nor even let the core come too close, because given what he had just witnessed, if too close to the core, it would inevitably be swallowed into its internal world.

The situation then would be uncertain. The ideal scenario, of course, would be for him to communicate with the core's spiritual intelligence and safely bring it out, but the other side showed no signs of wanting to engage him.

Lu Ye couldn't understand why this was so!

Why did the core resonate with him? Why did it target him? Having spiritual intelligence, why didn't it wish to communicate with him?

As these thoughts churned in his mind, Lu Ye pinched his fingers, a red light blossomed at his fingertips, continuing his audio transmission, "This is the red talisman given to me by Sun Blaze of the Dwarf Race before my departure. If you have spiritual intelligence, you should recognize it!"

As his words fell, Lu Ye clearly felt the core chasing him pause for a moment.

He was overjoyed, thinking there was hope!