Sage of Humanity-Chapter 561 - 559: Class A Spirit Ground

The alpha wolf's body was even larger than the Giant Armor by a third, and even though it didn't show any ferocity, simply standing there with a cultivation comparable to Level 9 of the Cloud River Realm was enough to unsettle any cultivator's heart.

Yet such a mighty and majestic demon beast was now having its head smacked resoundingly by the Giant Armor.

Just by the sound of it, one could tell the impact was not light.

After slapping it a few times, the Giant Armor waved his hand.

The alpha wolf shook its head and silently walked back to where it had been before, flopping down as if nothing had happened.

Li Baxian's eye twitched, "Junior brother, I have no more questions, let's set up the spirit ground here."

Lu Ye nodded, "That's what I'm thinking!"

All concerns were easily dispelled; the way the Giant Armor treated the alpha wolf, and the alpha wolf's lack of any animalistic reaction, clearly indicated they had no ill intent toward the group.

Thus, the location for the spirit ground was decided.

The wooden houses had already been built, and the spring spirit naturally needed to be placed in the middle of these houses, so that everyone could equally benefit.

Lu Ye led Li Baxian and the others to an appropriate location, took out the spirit beast sack, and removed the chubby Class A spring spirit from his storage sack.

"Senior brother, what should I do?" Lu Ye looked up at Li Baxian.

Knowing that the Class A spring spirit could create a Class A spirit ground, but unclear about the specifics, Lu Ye was truly at a loss.

"Just put it down." Li Baxian replied.

So, Lu Ye placed the spring spirit on the ground in front of him.

Every eye watching intently, the chubby spring spirit uncurled its body, then began to burrow into the ground in a way that could only be described as comical.

Perhaps because they saw the Giant Armor gazing in amazement, several demon wolves approached to join in the excitement, only to be smacked away one by one by the Giant Armor.

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The spring spirit's movements may have seemed clumsy, but it was actually highly efficient, quickly burrowing a hole in the ground and delving deeper beneath the surface.

The group waited in silence.

About half an hour later, murky water suddenly gushed from the hole in the ground, shooting up several meters high, startling Amber who had been peeking curiously.

Soon the water turned crystal clear, babbling as it flowed, gradually forming a small stream on the ground, and along with the gushing water came an extremely rich and pure spiritual energy from nature.

Lu Ye felt it briefly; the spiritual energy that accompanied the water from the Class A Spiritual Spring was indeed much denser than what they had experienced in the Class C Spirit Ground.

And this was just the beginning. Once the conditions of the spirit ground stabilized, the nature's spiritual energy would only become denser.

"Senior brother, there's something I don't understand," Lu Ye suddenly said.

"What is it?"

"They say as long as you have a spring spirit, you can create a spirit ground of corresponding quality anywhere. But spiritual energy can't just emerge out of nothing. The energy that gushes out with the water, where exactly does it come from? Surely it's not generated by the spring spirit itself."

Li Baxian explained, "I've pondered this question before and asked some people about it. In short, there are two theories. The first one is that beneath the Cloud River battlefield, there's a widespread presence of enormous and dense nature's spiritual energy. The spring spirit opens up the Spiritual Spring, and as the water gushes out, it draws the deeply buried spiritual energy up to the surface."

Lu Ye reflected for a moment, then shook his head, "That theory doesn't hold up."

"Why not?"

"Look, if that were the case, then the spiritual energy hidden deep underground should be fixed. But if we use a Class A spring spirit here, we get a Class A Spirit Ground, and if we were to use a Class C one, we'd get a Class C Spirit Ground. That wouldn't make any sense."

Li Baxian nodded, "True, if the underground spiritual energy were set, then no matter the quality of the spring spirit used, the resulting spirit ground should be the same."

"And the second theory?" Lu Ye asked.

"The spring spirit is merely a catalyst, and the Spiritual Spring is just an outward manifestation. There's no deeply buried spiritual energy; what we have is a gift from Heaven's Augury. In other words, by using a Class A spring spirit, we're opening a channel with Heaven's Augury, enabling a flow of spiritual energy of matching quality into the spirit ground. Hence, as long as there's a spring spirit, a corresponding quality spirit ground can be established anywhere."

"This theory... is quite novel."

"But it does explain a lot."

After pondering, Lu Ye agreed that indeed, if this theory were true, all of his doubts would be resolved.

With the Spiritual Spring born, the accumulation of nature's spiritual energy within the spirit ground would take a few more days to stabilize. This afforded Lu Ye the perfect opportunity to set up the Formation, putting to use the array banners he had crafted over the past few days.

Yiyi and Feng Yuechan proceeded to arrange the furnishings for the wooden houses. The group would live here for a significant period, and comfortable living accommodations would surely make everyone's mood more pleasant. Li Baxian and the Giant Armor lent a hand, but they were quickly chased out.

Exchanging helpless glances, Li Baxian could only find Lu Ye to assist him, while the Giant Armor settled down next to the Spiritual Spring, focused on his cultivation.

Night fell, the bonfire was rekindled, and the moon hung high in the celestial dome. In the picturesque valley, laughter and jovial talk filled the air, accompanied by the aroma of wine and roasted meat.

Late into the night, Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan finally witnessed the astonishing phenomena that accompanied the Giant Armor's cultivation, leaving them amazed.

Especially during his cultivation, the entire pack of wolves resonated with him, inhaling and exhaling the moon's essence. The scene appeared spectacular in the extreme.

Fortunately, Lu Ye had already set up a concealment formation nearby, so although the phenomenon was magnificent, as long as one wasn't too close, it was unlikely to be detected by outsiders or demon beasts.

Several days later, Lu Ye had set up numerous formations throughout the spirit ground, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within it had completely stabilized.

Compared with the Class C Spirit Ground that he and Shen Xiaomao had previously occupied, the environment for cultivation in this Class A Spirit Ground was more than ten times richer. The pure, dense spiritual energy almost turned into mist, enveloping the spirit ground day and night. Even without actively cultivating, just living here year-round would lead to continuous improvement in one's cultivation.

Everyone deeply felt the tremendous benefits that a Class A Spirit Ground could bring to a cultivator; no wonder the cultivators of the Cloud River Realm were so eager for it.

Having such a spirit ground could at least halve the time cultivators spent growing in the Cloud River Realm.

In these past days, Yiyi and Amber had made simultaneous breakthroughs, reaching the Level 3 of the Cloud River Realm.

They were both only a hair's breadth away before; with the accumulation of these past days, it was natural for them to break through their own shackles.

After the initial few days of excitement and novelty, life gradually returned to its mundane rhythm.

A cultivator's life is such that they always focus mainly on improving their Cultivation Realm. Among them, the one who cultivated most diligently was undoubtedly Giant Armor.

By day, he cultivated by inhaling and exhaling nature's spiritual energy within his own room. At night, when there was moonlight, he would emerge to cultivate outside. If there were several days without moonlight, he could stay in his room for days on end.

Lu Ye had also given him a dragon scale, which contained blood Qi energy, especially beneficial to someone like Giant Armor, a physique cultivator.

Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan also treasured their current cultivation environment, sparing no effort to improve themselves.

By comparison, Lu Ye seemed to be the one with the most leisure time.

His cultivation practice never required much effort. With hundreds of little spirit energy gathering funnels attached to his body, as long as he was in the spirit ground, that dense spiritual energy would continuously flow into his body. Then, from time to time, he'd swallow a bit of elixir pill, and the size of his spirit force's river would grow robustly every day.

While cultivating, he would hold a book and study.

The books from Madam Yun, as well as the saber skills cultivation insights from the Mad Saber Sect, were his pastime reads.

Perhaps because Lu Ye was the most idle, he had been getting along quite well with the wolves lately; even a few demon wolves had become familiar with him. Occasionally, as Lu Ye perused a book, a demon wolf would join in, curiously looking over at the contents.

Every several days, a group of wolves would leave to hunt, an instinct for survival and propagation inherent to demon beasts.

After growing close with those few demon wolves, whenever they returned from hunting, Lu Ye could also get some blood and flesh of demon beasts from them.

Besides reading and cultivating every day, he spent most of his time practicing the rune tattoo art on his own body.

In these past days, his skill in the Rune Tattoo Path had improved, but so far, he had only practiced on himself, chiefly because he didn't have any suitable subjects to practice on.

One day, as he was practicing rune tattooing on himself, a large head suddenly leaned in, watching curiously.

Lu Ye looked up and met a pair of wolf eyes.

This was one of the few demon wolves he was most familiar with, with a patch of blue fur on its forehead that resembled a blooming blue flower.

Eye to eye, Lu Ye ignored it and continued to focus on practicing his rune tattoos.

But soon, he stopped his hand movements and looked up at the demon wolf again...

Thoughts crossed his mind.

Could this wolf be a good subject for practicing the Rune Tattoo Path?

He had never considered this before, mainly because tattooing a demon beast required a great deal of trust. Without sufficient trust, the beast could attack him as he pierced it with the needle, leading to a loss greater than the gain.

But now that they were familiar with one another, perhaps it was worth a try?

With that thought, Lu Ye immediately called out, "Amber!"

Amber, who was lazily basking in the sun not far away, promptly got up and trotted over, jumping onto Lu Ye's shoulder.

Lu Ye raised his hand and constructed a Sharpness spirit rune on his palm, and in an instant, his entire hand was radiating light.

The demon wolf stepped back, clearly sensing the sharp aura.

"Ask it if it wants this kind of ability," Lu Ye said.

Amber quickly understood Lu Ye's intention and began to communicate with the demon wolf in front of them.

The wolf glanced occasionally at Lu Ye's palm, its wolfish eyes clearly showing a hint of desire.

"Tell it that just by letting me prick a few needles, it can have this kind of ability to make its claws sharper," Lu Ye pressed while the iron was hot.

Amber continued to convey Lu Ye's meaning.

The demon wolf looked genuinely tempted and stepped forward two paces before lowering its head in a gesture indicating it was ready for Lu Ye to proceed.