Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1034 - 1032 The Wonderful Use of the Array Disc

But being in this foreign land, there's no way to communicate with the sect master.

Fortunately, as long as I'm not dead, the battlefield marking will not dissipate, and the sect master and others can use this to judge my safety.

"What's with that Dao soldier?" Feng Wujiang asked again.

Previously, Jian Guhong and others saw Dao Thirteen, which led them to speculate about Lu Ye's origin.

Similarly, Feng Wujiang also saw the Dao soldier and confirmed that Lu Ye was a cultivator from the Nine Provinces.

"This matter is quite convoluted." Lu Ye then detailed how he was captured by Yu Daiwei and taken to a secluded secret realm.

Feng Wujiang raised an eyebrow after listening: "What does that Venerable Lord look like?"

"His appearance is quite ordinary, nothing particularly special, but his cultivation should be very high. As for his height... about this tall." Lu Ye described simply.

"Mount Tai!" Feng Wujiang immediately understood, discerning the Venerable Lord's identity.

"Does Senior Brother know him?" Lu Ye couldn't help recalling that the first thing Senior Brother asked after seeing him was "How is Mount Tai?".

Looking back now, he probably thought I was one of Mount Tai's people, otherwise, why would I have a Dao soldier nearby?

"I know him more than just well." Feng Wujiang showed a reminiscing expression, "Mount Tai and I were acquainted during hard times. He was the most capable subordinate under my command back in the day. He also comprehended the methods of crafting Dao soldiers, so he naturally knows how to create them."

"You just said he had a round disc-like thing?"

"Yes, he showed it to me at the time, as if he wanted me to do something with that disc, but I looked and looked, and couldn't figure out what was special about it."

Feng Wujiang's expression became slightly somber.

Lu Ye didn't know what the round disc was, but he did. After all, he was the one who found it back then, but at that time, even if he used it, he couldn't make the world submit, so he hid it with Qiu Min.

Unexpectedly, this thing ended up in Mount Tai's hands. It seems that in the decades since I haven't been in the Nine Provinces, Mount Tai has not been idle.

How it got into Mount Tai's hands, Feng Wujiang didn't know. The only certainty is that it must have been obtained from Qiu Min. According to his understanding of Mount Tai, there was probably some coercion involved.

As he pondered, Lu Ye asked, "Senior Brother, what exactly is a Dao soldier?"

Dao Thirteen said he was a Dao soldier, but Lu Ye never figured out what exactly a Dao soldier was. However, since Senior Brother could recognize Dao Thirteen as a Dao soldier at a glance, he must know something about it.

"It's a human-shaped artifact crafted using a secret technique. Under this technique, a Dao soldier can grow at an astonishing speed, but the price is the squeezing of their potential. So, while a Dao soldier may have a decent cultivation, there's no room for further advancement, and that technique greatly damages the Dao soldier's spiritual intelligence. For instance, the one by your side probably has the cultivation of Divine Sea Level 5, but will never advance further in this life. You should have noticed that his spiritual intelligence is low."

Lu Ye nodded slightly, finally understanding what a Dao soldier is.

As Senior Brother said, Dao Thirteen's spiritual intelligence is low, at most slightly better than a real fool.

Slightly startled, he realized that under Mount Tai's command, there was not just Dao Thirteen, and the sequence of "Thirteen" explained a lot of problems.

"That Dao soldier was crafted by Mount Tai. How did you make him obey you?"

"Senior Brother, I used a small means to manipulate his mind."

Feng Wujiang's expression brightened: "Manipulate the mind? Like the Blood Race's Blood Seal?"

Lu Ye said, "I've never seen what the Blood Seal looks like, and I don't know its effect, but my method is probably stronger than the Blood Seal. My control over Dao Thirteen is absolute, and he won't disobey my orders."

"Is there a limit?" Feng Wujiang asked again.

"What do you mean?"

"The number of people you can manipulate, is there a limitation?"

"There shouldn't be." Lu Ye thought for a moment. Along the way, he had enslaved many of the Blood Race, and so far, he hadn't felt anything amiss.

After all, the Soul Taming Divine Runes is planted in the soul slave's Divine Sea, and as long as Lu Ye can break through others' psyche defense, he can plant Soul Taming.

Of course, if someone has a much stronger psyche, this would also be difficult, as the target would resist when planting the Soul Taming Divine Runes.

Just like Jian Guhong and others, Lu Ye estimated that even if they opened their psyche defense, he still couldn't plant the Soul Taming Divine Runes on them. The disparity in psyche power was too vast; such mighty figures could make his divine runes fail to form with just a slight struggle.

"Good!" Feng Wujiang's expression was somewhat excited, as if he thought of something, and he patted Lu Ye's shoulder: "Junior brother's arrival is truly timely."

Lu Ye looked at him in confusion.

Feng Wujiang then smiled and said, "You just arrived, so rest for now, we'll talk about this later." He continued, "You mentioned having many questions earlier, you can ask them now."

Lu Ye indeed had many questions, but didn't know where to start for a moment. After a pause, he asked, "Was senior brother sent here after the last battle back then?"

"Yes, it's been almost forty years."

"What about Jian Guhong and the others?"

"They arrived earlier." Feng Wujiang laughed, "And they weren't sent in groups; they came one by one over a significant span, spanning hundreds of years. Junior brother, you were also sent by the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury, you must have experienced cultivation being sealed, right?"

Lu Ye nodded, "Yes." It seems now that all the human race cultivators sent to the Blood Refinement World by the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury were sealed in cultivation and had to gradually recover; it wasn't just him.

"Have you thought about why Heaven's Augury would send us here, yet seal our cultivation?"

"Heaven and Earth have a will, Heaven's Augury is the will of the Nine Provinces. This realm should also have a nascent will, albeit not as intense as the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury. Being sent from the Nine Provinces here is akin to invading this realm, and without concealment, this realm's Heaven and Earth's Will might react, placing us at a disadvantage."

Feng Wujiang looked at Lu Ye in surprise, "Junior brother, your ability to consider this shows your quick mind. We've hypothesized about why Heaven's Augury would seal our cultivation, and our thoughts align with yours."

He sighed, "However, this situation has led to many predecessors being at a disadvantage as soon as they appear, costing us quite a few people."

Even those like Jian Guhong with deep foundations can only exert limited power if their cultivation is sealed. If unlucky enough to be discovered by a Blood Race expert, their fate is grim.

"Why did the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury send so many top experts here? To save the human race of this realm?" Lu Ye asked.

"Probably. We've been exploring this tirelessly over the years, but have never found a precise answer. Almost everyone was sent here unknowingly. When I came, the Righteous Blood Sacred Land didn't exist, and those predecessors had little contact with each other; they were all strong enough to dominate an era. Junior brother, you understand, no one yields to anyone else, and with both major factions present, unity was naturally difficult."

"It took me about ten years to contact many predecessors and create the Righteous Blood Sacred Land in this Empyrean Sea. Then I migrated a large number of the human race from ten thousand miles around the Empyrean Sea, forming the current scale of the Sacred Land. But by doing so, we've also become the target of the Blood Race. For decades, the Blood Race has launched attacks every few years. Some predecessors have perished in battle, and the Sacred Land's defenses have been gradually worn down. This time, the forces of the Blood Race far exceed those before, and intelligence gathered by those predecessors indicates a large number of experts, possibly with many Sacred Seeds hidden among them, making the situation very unfavorable for the Sacred Land."

"What does senior brother want me to do?" Lu Ye asked.

"Indeed, there are tasks for you, but there's no rush. The Blood Race forces are still gathering, and such a large formation isn't easy to cross the Empyrean Sea. We have at least two months to prepare. However, the fact that the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury sent you at this time means you have the ability to enhance the Sacred Land's strength, although I'm not sure how. You probably know yourself."

Lu Ye thought for a moment and retrieved an array disc from his storage space, handing it to his senior brother.

With suspicion, Feng Wujiang accepted it and tried channeling spirit force into the array disc. Instantly, the disc activated, releasing an invisible force that enveloped both Lu Ye and Feng Wujiang.

Feng Wujiang's expression changed, "This is..."

Under careful perception, he could clearly sense the effect of that invisible force. It seemed to easily connect his and Lu Ye's spirit auras, and he also felt that he could borrow power from Lu Ye at will, as long as Lu Ye didn't resist.

Likewise, Lu Ye felt something similar.

In his perception, his senior brother's body harbored power of extreme terror, something Lu Ye dared not borrow.

Recklessly borrowing would mean his own body couldn't withstand it.

Steadying his mind, Lu Ye spoke, "As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc, containing a spirit rune called As-Close-As-Siblings. Within the effect range of the spirit rune, everyone can easily borrow strength from one another."

Lu Ye had improved this array disc many times. Currently, the activation of the disc covers a greater range and has practical application significance, unlike his first creation, which could only cover a one-zhang range. Now, the array disc can cover a range of about five zhang.

A five-zhang range isn't small, and it can be life-saving in critical moments.

In Feng Wujiang's eyes, a bright light flashed, quickly recognizing the disc's profound use: "Borrowing strength is secondary; if this disc is used to form an array..."

Lu Ye nodded, "I've considered this too."

Different arrays require different numbers of cultivators to form. Generally speaking, only those familiar with each other, who consistently cooperate over years and trust each other, have the possibility of forming an array, and it requires significant practice.

Hence, in the battlefield confrontation between the two major factions, arrays are rarely seen; most cultivators only coordinate simply with each other.

Because not just anyone can join with others to form an array to face the enemy.