Sage of Humanity-Chapter 483 - 481: Fellow Daoist, Your Luck Reaches for the Skies

Lu Ye had been to the Military Supply Department before, but at that time, there was no such thing as a Heaven’s Augury Pillar here, which showed that this Heaven’s Augury Pillar only appeared after the issues in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain had been resolved.

From time to time, Nine Provinces cultivators passed through the Heaven’s Augury Pillar to leave this place.

For ninety-nine percent of the Nine Provinces cultivators, staying in this secret realm no longer offered many benefits. It would be better to return to the Cloud River battlefield and try their luck.

The Cloud River Realm was a stage where cultivators could rapidly advance their cultivation; any delay would slow down their progress in becoming stronger.

Only people like that Cultivator Yooi, who were either dual practitioners or already from the beast-taming faction, would have something to gain by continuing to stay here.

Lu Ye sent a message to Xia Qianqian, informing her of the location of the Heaven’s Augury Pillar. She quickly replied, indicating that they were on their way here.

Lu Ye then hid in a corner to wait.

Suddenly feeling a pair of eyes on him, Lu Ye turned his head and saw a goateed elder smiling at him from behind a desk. Their eyes met, and the goateed elder nodded slightly to him.

Was he discovered?

Lu Ye frowned.

His concealment method was different from the ghosts’ concealment techniques; it mainly relied on Concealment Spirit Runes, while the ghosts could conceal themselves through the use of secret techniques unique to their kind.

If compared, Lu Ye’s concealment ability was slightly inferior to that of the ghosts, since it wasn’t his specialty, but the difference wasn’t too great.

He shouldn’t have been discovered so easily.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, you may as well reveal yourself. Only cultivators from the Nine Provinces would enter this place. There’s a Heaven’s Augury barrier here—the cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain will not be able to discover you and can never enter this place," the goateed elder suddenly spoke up.

This was the first time Lu Ye had heard of such a thing, and he hadn’t expected the goateed elder to be from the Nine Provinces!

He had seen this elder in the grand hall of the Military Supply Department before when he had come with Xia Qianqian and the others, and he had thought the man belonged to the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain.

Moreover, this elder had called out his surname right away, showing that he clearly recognized Lu Ye.

After some thought, Lu Ye dispersed the Concealment Spirit Runes to reveal his figure, hand on his knife handle, and strolled to the elder: "Do you know me?"

With a smile and a stroke of his beard, the elder replied, "Your portraits are plastered all over the streets and alleys of the city. It would be difficult for me not to recognize you."

"You managed to see through my movements!"

This was what Lu Ye was most concerned about. If his own concealment skills were this poor, he would have to be careful in the future. He had always considered his abilities in this area to be quite good.

The elder smiled, "Not only can I see through your movements, but I can also see other things."

"Other things?"

After looking at the space above Lu Ye’s head for a moment, the elder’s expression grew serious, "Over the years, I’ve seen countless people, but I’ve only ever met one person with a destiny soaring to the heavens like Fellow Daoist Ye’s, enduring and prosperous."

Lu Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Do you practice the Fortune Watching Art, sir?"

The Fortune Watching Art was a very rare secret technique in the Nine Provinces, and Lu Ye never thought he would meet a practitioner of it here in the grand hall of the Military Supply Department in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain’s secret realm.

He didn’t think the goateed elder was rambling nonsense, because ever since he had entered the Cloud River battlefield, his luck had been exceptionally good. It seemed this elder had indeed noticed something.

"However, abundant as your destiny may be, Fellow Daoist, it seems to be entwined with a trace of purple qi. You must be cautious. Furthermore... things have been going too smoothly for you lately. There may be setbacks, and you may lose something."

"Lose what?"

"That depends on what you can afford to lose."

Lu Ye looked at him expressionlessly.

The elder’s words were mystical, mixing truth with vagueness, leaving Lu Ye uncertain whether to believe him or not.

"You just mentioned that you have seen someone else with a destiny like mine. Who was that person?"

With profound meaning, the elder said, "The person bore the surname ’Feng’ and hailed from the Righteous Blood Sect in Bingzhou. Do you know of him?"

Lu Ye seriously suspected this old man had discovered his true identity; otherwise, there was no reason for him to suddenly bring up the man’s elder brother. What concerned Lu Ye more was that the elder claimed to have seen his master sibling.

"Just casual conversation, Fellow Daoist Ye need not be too anxious," the elder said with a smile and stroked his beard, "After all, staying here is quite boring. Besides, Fellow Daoist, rest assured that as a member of the Heaven’s Augury Mercantile Union, I do not involve myself in the struggles between the two major camps."

Lu Ye then realized somewhat belatedly, "You’re with the Heaven’s Augury Mercantile Union?"

"Precisely!"

That explained why a cultivator from the Nine Provinces would be presiding over this Military Supply Department. The elder was from the Heaven’s Augury Mercantile Union, which made sense. In the Nine Provinces, the Heaven’s Augury Mercantile Union was a very special entity, conducting all kinds of transactions with cultivators from both camps. Now in this secret realm, indeed only members of the Heaven’s Augury Mercantile Union were suitable for presiding over this place. Otherwise, having a cultivator from either camp in charge here would be unfair to the other camp’s cultivators.

Knowing that the elder was from the Heaven’s Augury Mercantile Union, Lu Ye’s hostility diminished slightly. After some thought, he asked, "What did you mean earlier by a ’Heaven’s Augury barrier’?"

The elderly man with the goat beard explained, "Many secret realms have such military supply stations, where Nine Provinces cultivators can exchange materials for battle merits. Naturally, such places are not suitable to be discovered by the people inside the secret realm, so Heaven’s Augury will shield this location from them. Even if they pass by the door, they will not notice this place. In their perception, this area is blank. The reason I could see through Fellow Daoist’s figure is not due to my own methods. In truth, inside this great hall, I have been granted certain powers by Heaven’s Augury, so I could employ some methods I usually don’t possess."

"Is the Fortune Watching Art also among them?"

"That is indeed my own skill."

Lu Ye nodded, and after being silent for a moment, he said, "Someone told me that everything in this secret realm has truly happened in this world. Is that so?"

"If it is, what difference does it make? If it is not, what difference does it make?"

"I just want to understand, with no other intentions."

The elderly man with the goat beard cast his gaze outside the hall, and after a while, he said, "Then, Fellow Daoist, do you know how many times this secret realm has been opened before?"

"What do you mean?"

"Before this instance, the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm had been opened seven times in the Cloud River battlefield. However, never has there been a time when a Nine Provinces cultivator resolved the issue at its source. All seven times ended with the demon beasts breaking through Two Worlds City, ending with the annihilation of the human race! Each time Two Worlds City was destroyed, I have witnessed it the same number of times here. This is the eighth time. Thanks must be given to Fellow Daoist Ye and your companions for saving the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain and Two Worlds City. Finally, I no longer have to watch those hellish scenes."

Seeing the shock on Lu Ye’s face, the elder smiled and said, "That’s right, just as you have thought, after each destruction of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain, the next time it opens, it will return to the point in time when your fellow daoists entered, in a continuous cycle."

"Is Heaven’s Augury at work?"

"Heaven’s Augury is omnipotent!"

"But we have killed many demon beasts before and even taken their demonic pills. If everything is a lie, how do you explain this?" Those dozen or so demonic pills were still in his storage space. Even if Heaven’s Augury is omnipotent, it surely cannot resurrect all the dead people and demon beasts.

"What Fellow Daoist sees might not necessarily be reality. Of course, your gains are real."

"Why would Heaven’s Augury do this? Is it just to provide a place for Nine Provinces cultivators to hone their skills?"

"Heaven’s Augury is profound and inscrutable; I dare not speculate."

Lu Ye fell silent.

"We have already resolved the issue at its source this time, will the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm still open as it did before next time?"

"It shouldn’t. The problem with the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain has been resolved, and everything in this realm will likely develop along the trajectory of the current state. In the future, this place will surely attract a large number of cultivators from the beast-taming faction."

The essence of the beast-taming schools within the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain is something not found in the Nine Provinces. Once the news spreads, many cultivators from the beast-taming faction will surely find ways to enter this place, like Cultivator Yooi, to refine their Path of Beast Taming.

"Of course, there is also another possibility, that the secret realm disappears forever, never to emerge again." The elder added.

He suddenly looked outside the hall, "Fellow Daoist’s friends have arrived."

Lu Ye turned his head to look, but saw nothing; however, soon enough, several hidden figures revealed themselves, clearly aware that this place was a haven, aside from Lu Ye.

Zhou Hai walked straight up to the elder and tossed his inscription tablet onto the desk, "Exchange for spirit fortune sticks."

The elder nodded with a smile and took action.

Soon, the others also exchanged their battle merits for spirit fortune sticks.

Lu Ye made his exchange as well. Even though Pang Dahai previously told him that battle merits could be saved for future use, for Lu Ye at the moment, advancing his cultivation as soon as possible was the main thing, so exchanging for spirit fortune sticks was essential.

With his cultivation at the Cloud River Level 2, he was still at the bottom when looking over the entire Cloud River battlefield.

He had nearly 30,000 points of battle merits, and in the end, he exchanged them for one gold-hued spirit fortune stick, two violet ones, one blue, one green, and two white.

Ultimately, he was left with only fifty-six points of battle merits.

Though these points could still be exchanged for an elixir pill or a Spirit Stone or something like that, Lu Ye did not do so.

Battle merits were hard to come by and could only be earned in certain secret realms; how could their value compare to elixir pills and Spirit Stones?

For cultivators, the greatest value of battle merits is to exchange for spirit fortune sticks.

To exchange battle merits for spirit fortune sticks, one still has to participate in an auction, and whether one can win depends on luck. But as long as one has enough battle merits, one can exchange for enough spirit fortune sticks anytime, anywhere.

Everyone had a rich harvest.

It was time to leave.

Zhou Hai was the first to approach Heaven’s Augury Pillar, placed his hand on it, and his figure swiftly disappeared, followed by Pang Dahai and Xia Qianqian.

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Afterward, the Level 7 physique cultivator left, and Lu Ye and Shen Xiaomao remained last. It wasn’t that the two were being modest; rather, leaving a secret realm meant randomly appearing within about 30 miles of the entrance, so it was undoubtedly better for those with higher cultivation to leave first.

After placing his hand on Heaven’s Augury Pillar, his vision shifted, and when he came back to his senses, he found himself in a barren wilderness.