Sage of Humanity-Chapter 790 - 788 Various Intelligence

"I don't know anything about any secret realm."

He had just arrived here and apart from a few bits of information, he could say that he knew virtually nothing about the Unparalleled Continent.

This was not the same as when he entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain and the Soaring Dragon World.

Those two domains were considered to be under the larger environment of the Nine Provinces, and when cultivators entered them, under the operation of Heaven's Augury, they could get some basic information about these two domains and even acquire an identity suitable for blending in.

But now, Lu Ye and the others had lost contact with the Nine Provinces' Heaven's Augury; how could they get information from it?

However, from the tone of the man's words, this secret realm seemed to be different from the one he understood, and it sounded more like a power with the characteristics of the Unparalleled Continent.

"Young brother doesn't come from a secret realm?" the man asked, surprised.

Lu Ye shook his head.

The origin of his identity was inevitably a problem. He could try to hide it as much as possible, but since he wanted to look for someone to inquire about information, there would inevitably be some slips. So, Lu Ye spoke the words he had thought of in advance.

"I don't know where I'm from; I've lived there since I was little. This is my first time leaving home."

The man suddenly realized, "So that's why!"

It wasn't all that strange. Although after the apocalyptic changes, the big sects of the cultivation world had abandoned their prejudices to stick together for warmth, human hearts are complex. After all, some powerful individuals stayed away from the sects for various reasons, adopting a homeless orphan as a companion and carefully mentoring them. It was a common occurrence.

So when Lu Ye explained it like this, the man didn't think too much about it because people like Lu Ye, who suddenly appeared in the Unparalleled Continent, would often burst onto the scene and then disappear just as quickly.

"Cough, cough..." The man's injury acted up, and he started coughing violently, with Blood Water flowing out of his mouth. But that Blood Water was no longer the color of blood red; there were clear signs that it was turning into corpse blood.

The man was enveloped in a visible layer of corpse Qi.

"There are two types of corpse poison."

After learning that Lu Ye was the kind of person who had not experienced the toxic onslaught of the current Unparalleled Continent, possessing strength but completely unaware of the human race's current state, the man gasped for air and explained, "Ordinary corpse poison has an effect on cultivators, but as long as it is resisted and resolved in time, it's not a big problem. But Primordial Corpse Poison is different... it is the transformation of the Corpse Race's Origin power. Whoever is afflicted by it finds it incurable, and after death, is bound to turn into one of the Corpse Race."

He looked down at the wound on his chest with a wry smile, then looked up at Lu Ye," So I'm beyond saving."

This was also why he was unwilling to take the Detoxification Pill.

In the apocalypse, elixir pills were valuable; not to mention Detoxification Pills, even the most basic elixir pill for cultivation was something that couldn't be wasted.

This was something that cultivators in the Nine Provinces could never understand.

"Young brother, as a member of the human race, I ask you for one thing," the man said, his chest heaving violently. "Take them back to the stronghold. You must be without a place to go as well. It just so happens that the stronghold can provide a place of refuge."

"All right," Lu Ye nodded, but still took out a Detoxification Pill from his storage sack and handed it to the man, "Take this pill first."

With the Talent Tree by his side, he was basically immune to poisons, so naturally, he didn't carry Detoxification Pills. However, he had killed so many Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators and seized various kinds of spoils of war, among them quite a few Detoxification Pills.

"This elixir pill..." The man stared blankly at the Detoxification Pill in Lu Ye's hand, feeling that its quality was beyond imagination, higher than all the elixir pills he had ever seen.

In a post-apocalyptic world, various aspects of the cultivation world had suffered great shocks and impacts, with many inheritances lost and the standard of Alchemy long since fallen from its former glory.

Although there was a Pill Master in the stronghold, the elixir pills that the Pill Master refined couldn't hold a candle to the one Lu Ye now presented.

While the man was in a daze, Lu Ye flicked the pill with his finger, and it went straight into the man's mouth.

Only when he swallowed on reflex did the man regretfully express, "My young friend, you... ah!"

He was still inexperienced after all. Even though he had told Lu Ye that Primordial Corpse Poison was incurable, he couldn't help but try. It was truly a waste for such a fine elixir pill to be spent on a man who was certain to die.

Nevertheless, he felt somewhat at peace.

Human hearts are complex, it's easy to judge by appearances but hard to see the heart. The young man was so generous, likely indicating that his nature wasn't bad. Entrusting the two girls to Lu Ye, he felt more relieved.

Having ingested the elixir pill, a glimmer of hope seemed to light up in the man's eyes as he began to mobilize his energy to refine it.

Lu Ye watched closely.

He didn't know if the Detoxification Pill would be effective. It was a shot in the dark, but what if it worked?

Moreover, he had countless such items in his storage space. While the man treasured it as if it were precious, Lu Ye could eat them like beans if he so desired.

Shortly after, the man's breath became chaotic, and another mouthful of Blood Water sprayed out, now turning towards a greenish hue.

The Detoxification Pill was useless!

Lu Ye frowned; it seemed true as the man had said, Primordial Corpse Poison was not something a mere Detoxification Pill could resolve.

If only Hua Ci were here; with her abilities, she surely could have worked miracles.

"Uncle Yooi!" the girl rushed forward immediately, gently patting the man's back, her eyes brimming with tears. She had been weeping by the side while Lu Ye and the man were talking.

As the hope for the future who had been vigorously cultivated by the stronghold, this was her first time leaving with others, and she didn't expect such a calamity to occur.

For a girl who had not experienced much hardship, the disasters within a span of just two hours felt as if the sky were collapsing.

"Husband!"

The woman who had left earlier now returned and rushed to the man's side.

The man revealed a smile, "I'm glad I made it in time, I didn't break my promise."

The woman incessantly shook her head, tears falling like pearls off a broken string, unable to stop sliding down.

"You must live well, surviving in this world is not easy now, you have to live on for both of us!" the man extended his hand, seemingly wanting to touch the face of his beloved woman one last time, yet as he raised his hand halfway, it dropped powerlessly.

The spark of life dissipated!

He was gravely injured, already at the end of his tether, having held on only to see the woman one last time.

The girl covered her mouth, standing aside as she tried to hold back her tears, stricken with grief.

However, the woman's expression strangely calmed down, she grabbed her husband's hand, gently caressed her face with it, showing a trace of a tragically beautiful smile, "My husband, what meaning is there for me to live without you?"

The girl was shocked, cried out in horror, "Aunt Shen!"

In the midst of speaking, she rushed over, but ultimately it was too late.

After speaking, the woman released the spirit force that was protecting her body, concentrating all her energy into her other hand, she raised her hand and fiercely struck down towards her own chest.

With that blow, her chest caved in, her heart's veins severed, the woman spat out a mouthful of Blood Water as her life force flickered away.

Lu Ye hadn't expected this woman to be so deeply infatuated, and her actions were decisively extreme, evidently having made her decision on the way back, and by the time he reacted, it was already too late to stop her.

"Aunt Shen!" The girl threw herself onto the woman's body, wailing loudly.

The woman was not yet dead, and in a voice as faint as a mosquito's, she gave her last instructions to the girl, "Remember... to properly handle the bodies."

Her head slumped down, resting in the man's chest.

The girl sobbed bitterly, while Lu Ye stood silently aside, for the first time truly feeling the hardship of the human race's survival in this apocalyptic world.

It took quite a while before the girl gradually subdued her weeping, hiccupping as she stood up, her swollen eyes looking at Lu Ye, "Senior Brother... is your spirit force of the fire element?"

Earlier, when Lu Ye emerged out of nowhere and beheaded that Corpse Race creature, the girl had clearly seen the element sign of his spirit force.

At that moment, Lu Ye was enveloped by a fiery red spirit force, appearing like a blazing Fireball.

Lu Ye nodded.

"Could I trouble you to cremate Uncle Yu and Aunt Shen's bodies? Those who die because of the Corpse Race have a certain chance of turning into one of them, especially those infected with the Primordial Corpse Poison, they are almost certain to convert into the Corpse Race, I don't want Uncle Yu and Aunt Shen to..."

She hastened to explain, fearing Lu Ye might misunderstand her reason.

This was also why the woman had left earlier, to handle the bodies of her fallen companions.

There are many rules for survival in the apocalyptic world, and if possible, promptly dealing with the dead bodies is one of them.

Only by doing that can we curb the increase in the Corpse Race's numbers, so as not to let former companions become enemies who attack each other.

This small matter was something Lu Ye agreed to without question, raising his hand and releasing a fire dragon, engulfing the man and woman's bodies, quickly reducing them to ashes.

The girl then dug a pit not far away, placed the cremated remains into the pit, and buried them, finally finishing the task.

Lu Ye stood quietly aside, contemplating the various pieces of information he had acquired thus far.

At this time, Ying Wuji returned from the ruined city.

As Lu Ye had anticipated, he found no valuable clues inside, not a person's silhouette to speak of, not even the shadow of a ghost.

Nothing was left but pieces of broken walls...

Hastening back, he found no trace of Lu Ye where he had left him.

Ying Wuji at first rejoiced, then was immediately startled.

He rejoiced because he had finally gotten rid of Lu Yiye, to speak frankly, as a ghost cultivator, accompanying someone like Lu Yiye felt very insecure.

He always had the nagging feeling that Lu Yiye might suddenly draw his sword and strike him...

But the thought occurred, in such a dangerous domain, when he arrived he had nearly suffered a fate of life and death, had it not been for Lu Yiye's timely assistance, his prospects would have been slim.

Being on his own might not be as safe as following Lu Yiye.

But now, he couldn't see him anywhere.

Probably Lu Yiye had shaken him off?

Ying Wuji couldn't help feeling a bit chagrined, but then he reconsidered, thinking something was wrong.

If Lu Yiye truly wanted to shake him off, all he needed to do was to say a word, and with no real friendship between them, Ying Wuji, a person of some standing, would not have the thick skin to persist in following him.

What's more, hadn't Lu Yiye given him an audio transmission stone before?

Could it be that something had come up, and he had to leave temporarily?

With that thought in mind, Ying Wuji took out the audio transmission stone, poured his spirit force into it, and asked, "Lu Yiye, where are you?"