Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1027 - 1025: Sacred Land Summons

Jin De immediately put on a moved expression: "Heavenly Venerable's generous favor, Jin De is deeply grateful, the past is the past, the future is the future. From now on, any commands from the Heavenly Venerable, Jin De will fully comply."

This was him making a statement.

Wen Yufeng was quite pleased with his attitude and glanced at Lu Ye and Dao Thirteen standing behind him: "I heard these are the gifts you prepared for me?"

"Yes." Jin De nodded, stepped aside to clear the way, "These two blood slaves have quite considerable cultivation. I carefully selected them."

"Oh?" Wen Yufeng smiled slightly, but wasn't particularly impressed. After all, in his view, no matter how much Jin De selects, he couldn't bring forth any good Blood Food. However, Dao Thirteen's abundant blood Qi slightly piqued his interest, "You say so, they surely must have substantial cultivation. What are their cultivation levels?"

Jin De spoke: "The Heavenly Venerable wants to see your cultivation levels, why not demonstrate?"

As soon as the words dropped, Lu Ye and Dao Thirteen moved, with the Empyrean Sea realm's pressure suddenly enveloping the room, causing the smile on Wen Yufeng's face to freeze.

In his view, these two blood slaves in front of him at most had Cloud River realm cultivation. If that were the case, it would already be a significant gift.

But he never expected Dao Thirteen to be of the Divine Sea realm, and the pressure was so intense it left him with a feeling of apprehension, causing his breathing to momentarily falter.

Before he could react, Dao Thirteen's Mental Consciousness boomed forward.

Wen Yufeng felt as if he was struck by an invisible hammer, his head flung backward, revealing a pain-stricken expression.

At the same time, Lu Ye activated the Sacred Blood Jade.

Instinctively wanting to resist, Wen Yufeng felt even more horrified, as it seemed his entire Bloodline was being suppressed, while the power he attempted to mobilize instantly dissipated.

However, back when Lann Qiyue handed the Sacred Blood Jade to Lu Ye, she mentioned its effects might not have great deterrence against the Divine Sea realm Blood Race due to her limited cultivation.

It appears to be true now. The moment the Sacred Blood Jade appeared, it did momentarily suppress Wen Yufeng but he quickly forcefully broke free.

Taking advantage of this fleeting moment, Dao Thirteen stepped forward, grasped Wen Yufeng's mouth to prevent him from crying out, and with the other hand seized his shoulder, lifted him high, and slammed him onto the ground.

With a thunderous crash, the sleeping hall shook, and despite Wen Yufeng's ascension to the Divine Sea, he was left dizzy from the blow.

This was not the end, as from start to finish, Dao Thirteen's Mental Consciousness constantly surged, transforming into an invisible force that struck against Wen Yufeng's psyche, leaving him dizzy and his psyche shaken.

Wen Yufeng's body bounced on the ground, then was pinned down by Dao Thirteen in a half-kneeling position, unable to move.

Lu Ye quickly stepped forward, raised a hand to touch Wen Yufeng's forehead, letting his Mental Consciousness flow.

Moments later, Lu Ye, looking somewhat fatigued, gave Dao Thirteen a signal, and Dao Thirteen released the restrained Wen Yufeng.

Wen Yufeng awkwardly got up, staggering and shaking his head, evidently not yet recovered from the previous incident.

Lu Ye also gently shook his head.

It remained somewhat challenging.

For him, killing Wen Yufeng was simple, as Dao Thirteen's cultivation surpassed Wen Yufeng by far, even ten of Wen Yufeng wouldn't be his match.

But using Soul Taming to enslave Wen Yufeng wasn't so simple.

The main issue was Wen Yufeng's conscious resistance, so even with Dao Thirteen persistently attacking Wen Yufeng's psyche with Mental Consciousness, it was only achieved by a narrow margin.

Lu Ye felt increasingly fortunate that when Dao Thirteen followed him into the Blood Refinement World, he fell into a coma, and he happened to have the Mental Consciousness Destruction Sword for targeting psyches, otherwise, it would have been impossible to plant the Soul Taming Psyche into Dao Thirteen.

Gradually coming to his senses, Wen Yufeng looked towards Lu Ye, unsure how to address him for a moment, as his psyche was marked with Soul Taming Divine Runes, Wen Yufeng naturally could sense Lu Ye's absolute control over him.

Jin De introduced from the side: "This is the Sacred Envoy."

Wen Yufeng hastily paid his respects: "Greetings, Sacred Envoy."

Lu Ye nodded slightly.

Just then, the Blood Race who had earlier led Jin De over rushed in hurriedly, inquiring in alarm: "Heavenly Venerable, what happened?"

Although the previous disturbance was brief, it had sent out ripples of conflict, prompting this Blood Race to investigate the anomaly.

Wen Yufeng waved his hand: "It's fine, you may leave."

The Blood Race responded and retreated somewhat doubtfully.

"I will be staying here for the next two days, should guests arrive, bring them here." Lu Ye instructed.

"Yes!"

"Also, no harm is to be done to the human race here. As for those human women outside, return them to where they were caught from after the matter is resolved."

"Understood." Wen Yufeng responded once more.

The Blood Ceremony was bustling with activity, Wen Yufeng had already sent out invitations, and as the ceremony approached, guests arrived continually.

The Blessed Land Masters coming to offer congratulations were led to Wen Yufeng's sleeping hall and soon left thereafter.

Over two days, approximately thirty Blessed Land Masters came.

On the day of the ceremony, guests gradually became fewer, as those meant to arrive had already done so.

Wen Yufeng appeared, celebrating with numerous guests.

However, what puzzled the Blood Race of Yellow Dome Blessed Land was that their Heavenly Venerable had never ordered the preparation of Blood Food. Even when they requested instruction, they were harshly reprimanded by the Heavenly Venerable, who informed them that without his command, no one should harm the Blood Food.

Despite the various anomalies, even though the blood clans of Yellow Dome Blessed Land couldn't make sense of the situation, they dared not disobey the Heavenly Venerable's command.

Until the ceremony concluded, those captured as Blood Food remained unharmed, and during the ceremony, Wen Yufeng even announced a decree prohibiting the Blood Race within his domain from arbitrarily harming the human race, causing all the Blessed Land Masters present to unanimously express their agreement.

The Blood Race of Yellow Dome Blessed Land was bewildered, unable to grasp what was happening in the world...

Meanwhile, Lu Ye had already taken Dao Thirteen and Yu Lingfeng far away, thousands of miles away.

The Blood Food ceremony had allowed him to enslave a Heavenly Venerable of the Divine Sea Realm and nearly thirty Blessed Land Masters of the True Lake Realm, reaping far greater rewards than in the past two months.

With his command, the territories under the governance of these Blood Races would reluctantly provide a safe living environment for the human race in the future.

However, this ultimately was a remedy that addressed the symptoms rather than the root cause.

In the short term, there would be no issues in the territories governed by the Blood Races, but no one could guarantee they'd remain alive. Once they died, Lu Ye's command would be unenforceable, and their subordinates among the Blood Race might not be willing to adhere to the decree, especially if they acted covertly, leaving these Blessed Land Masters unaware.

Continuing southward.

Recently, Lu Ye's cultivation progress had been slow, mainly due to the scarcity of cultivation resources. Although he had intermittently obtained some Blood Crystals, it was not enough for him to advance to the True Lake Level 9.

The journey had been relatively stable.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed, and the journey southward was approximately seventy percent complete. Only the last thirty percent remained to reach the Empyrean Sea.

In one of the Blessed Lands of the Blood Race, Lu Ye, Dao Thirteen, and Yu Lingfeng paused to take a break.

Throughout the journey, the group occasionally rested in various places since continuously traveling was quite exhausting.

During the rest, suddenly a strong voice rang out: "Where is the Blessed Land Master here?"

Lu Ye raised his brow slightly, his Mental Consciousness swept over, detecting a stranger among the Blood Race in the Blessed Land, whose cultivation was at True Lake Level 9, equivalent to that of the Blessed Land Master here.

The local Blessed Land Master quickly emerged to greet the newcomer, calling out, "I am the Blessed Land Master here, but I wonder who your esteemed self might be..."

The unfamiliar Blood Race member loudly proclaimed: "By command of the Star Moon Saintly Venerable, you are ordered to mobilize your local forces within three days and gather at Star Moon Sacred Land within ten days."

The Blood Race Blessed Land Master immediately responded in fear: "I will obey the command!"

The unfamiliar Blood Race delivered the mandate and swiftly flew away.

Lu Ye furrowed his brows, exchanged a glance with Yu Lingfeng beside him, and gestured: "Bring him here."

Yu Lingfeng accepted the order and proceeded.

Shortly, Yu Lingfeng returned, leading the Blood Race Blessed Land Master inside.

"Master," the Blessed Land Master greeted respectfully.

Lu Ye began, "What is the purpose of gathering forces at the Star Moon Sacred Land?"

The Blood Race Blessed Land Master explained: "Naturally, it's to launch an attack on the Empyrean Sea. Master may not be aware, but nearly every few years, the Sacred Race launches a large-scale operation targeting the Righteous Blood Sacred Land in the Empyrean Sea. Considering the time, it's almost due, so the Star Moon Sacred Land is making this move."

Lu Ye furrowed his brows: "Righteous Blood Sacred Land is a human race force in the Empyrean Sea?"

"Indeed."

Lu Ye was slightly surprised; the name seemed quite apt.

He hailed from the Righteous Blood Sect, and unexpectedly, there was a force with the word "Righteous Blood" as its prefix in the Blood Refinement World, which was also the only human race force.

Strangely, he felt a sense of familiarity.

"Is there a Sacred Seed stationed at the Star Moon Sacred Land?" Lu Ye asked.

In the Blood Refinement World, the gathering places of the Blood Race are generally divided into three tiers: cave residence, Blessed Land, and Grotto Heaven.

However, above a Grotto Heaven, there exists a transcendent presence, which is a Sacred Land with a Sacred Seed stationed.

If the Thousand Streams Blessed Land could continue to develop and expand, once Lann Qiyue advanced to the Divine Sea Realm, it could become the Thousand Streams Sacred Land.

But throughout the Blood Refinement World, the number of Sacred Seeds is not large, so the number of Sacred Lands is also limited.

Considering we're still two months away from the Empyrean Sea and forces from the Star Moon Sacred Land are gathered here, the Blood Race's mobilization is quite extensive.

Initially, Lu Ye intended to proceed directly to the Empyrean Sea, but if the Blood Race was to embark against the Righteous Blood Sacred Land, rushing through like this wouldn't be wise; numerous obstacles would be inevitable on the way.

Although Dao Thirteen is in the Divine Sea Realm, there are Blood Race members in the Blood Refinement World with higher cultivation levels and greater strength. These days, they haven't encountered them due to Lu Ye's deliberate avoidance of areas where powerful Blood Race members are stationed.

Now, with the Blood Race gathering forces on a large scale, the path ahead is naturally less stable. Acting rashly could likely lead to clashes with unmatchable adversaries.

With this thought, Lu Ye had a plan, spoke: "If the Star Moon Sacred Land calls upon you to gather forces, then gather them, and include us in the count."

"Yes," the Blood Race Blessed Land Master responded.

Given the current situation, it's better to join forces with the Blood Race army than to take Dao Thirteen and rush blindly. This way, they can remain inconspicuous, and act wisely upon reaching the Empyrean Sea.