Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 751, An Unknown Glyph

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

In the cultivation world of Jiu Zhou, the aptitude of cultivators was divided into 64 levels, represented by 64 leaves. The higher the number, the better one’s aptitude was.

This meant that a cultivator with a better aptitude had a natural affinity with World Spiritual Qi, which allowed him to absorb it efficiently.

After all, to most cultivators, inhaling World Spiritual Qi was the main way of cultivating that was without any hidden concerns, and consuming Spirit Pills was only a supplementary way. Therefore, cultivation aptitude was important.

Lu Ye was nicknamed Yi Ye because of his test result in Evil Moon Valley. A one-leaf aptitude was only slightly better than commoners who couldn’t cultivate at all.

For a long time, Lu Ye had been displeased with this nickname, but what made him feel helpless was that even the Heavens had acknowledged this nickname.

Originally, his name was Lu Ye on the Battlefield Imprint, but one day, it became Lu Yi Ye out of nowhere. The name Lu Yi Ye even appeared on the Roll of Supremacy on Spirit Creek Battlefield and the Roster of Carnage in Carnage Colosseum.

Finally, he had gotten rid of the aptitude of one leaf.

Although he didn’t have an accurate sense of his aptitude, he was sure it was no longer only one leaf. Considering his efficiency in absorbing World Spiritual Qi, he reckoned he had between 40 and 50 leaves now.

The change in his aptitude had undoubtedly made him more efficient in cultivating. A laugh escaped him as he was joyful.

Hua Ci, who was talking to Yi Yi, shot the man a look and muttered, “He looks just like a fool!”

Then, she ignored him and continued speaking to Yi Yi.

In fact, Lu Ye had already detected the change in his aptitude in Soaring Dragon Boundary back then. However, due to the loss of heritage in Soaring Dragon Boundary and the World Spiritual Qi wasn’t ample, he couldn’t feel it clearly.

It wasn’t until he returned to Cloud River Battlefield that the feeling became clearer, and now, he could finally confirm it.

He didn’t expect that the World’s Source could improve his aptitude. After giving it some thought, he realised that it was the World’s Source, after all. It could even pull him back from death’s door, so it was no surprise that it could change his aptitude as well.

Upon that realisation, he was relieved.

A moment later, he stopped running his cultivation technique and looked at the Tree of Glyphs in his soul.

The tree had fully consumed all the Mystic Flames and Core Flames he had purchased from the Vault of Providence, so he wondered if there would be any rewards.

Every time, after the Tree of Glyphs consumed the Flames, he would be expectant when taking a look at it. That was because since he started cultivating, the Glyphs carried by the tree had helped him immensely.

The Glyphs he could use during battles could enhance his combative power and ability to protect himself. His mastery of the Way of Wards was also thanks to his foundation in the Way of Glyphs.

His cultivation had come to a point where he finally understood something. The Way of Glyphs was involved in all aspects of cultivation. His mastery of the Way of Glyphs allowed him to study other things more easily.

Ways of Spells, Wards, and Artification were all extensions or branches of the Way of Glyphs. All in all, the Way of Glyphs could be considered the foundation of all niche factions.

As Lu Ye looked at the Tree of Glyphs now, he was startled.

Presently, more than 20 leaves radiated a red glow on the tree, which was the result of it consuming the Flames. Nevertheless, those leaves were not burning. Only when the leaves were ablaze could Lu Ye find out the information they carried.

Since they were not burning, it showed that the Flames that the tree had devoured were not enough to set these leaves ablaze.

Furthermore, over 20 leaves reacted in the same way, which showed that all of them carried the same Glyph. This made Lu Ye ecstatic.

A Glyph that required more than 20 leaves to carry must be complicated. Fire Phoenix, Aerial Lock, Wings, and Charm were Glyphs of that kind. Although they were more energy-consuming than ordinary Glyphs, they were also more powerful.

He was curious about what kind of Glyph it was. He tried to examine it, but since the leaves were not burning, he couldn’t see the patterns clearly. Regardless of how hard he tried, he couldn’t comprehend anything. This made him feel expectant.

However, he was in an awkward situation, for he didn’t have many Flames to let the Tree of Glyphs consume. Perhaps he could give the tree his reserve of Flames of Earthen Spirits.

He had a reserve of more than 20 Flames of Earthen Spirits to avoid a situation where the fuel for the Tree of Glyphs was fully burned one day and he needed the tree’s power to fend off any external force that had invaded his body.

For example, if he was struck with poison, and the Tree of Glyphs had no more fuel to burn, he would be in danger when the fuel wasn’t replenished in time.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t use these Flames of Earthen Spirits. So, as soon as the idea formed in his mind, he cast it away. It wasn’t that he was reluctant to use them. Since they were meant for emergencies, he reckoned that he’d better not touch them.

Moreover, based on his observation, even if he used all the Flames of Earthen Spirits, they were not enough to set the leaves on fire.

There were many Mystic Flames in the Vault of Providence, but they were expensive with each one costing several ten thousand to over 100,000 Contribution points.

To some cultivators, they needed those Mystic Flames to cultivate some Secret Techniques, but Lu Ye only wanted to feed them to the Tree of Glyphs, so it wouldn’t be worth it to pay such a huge price.

[Let’s just wait…]

He would have a chance to purchase cheaper Mystic Flames in the future. There were many things he had to do, so he wasn’t in a hurry to figure out what the unknown Glyph was.

After making up his mind, he pushed that urge to the back of his mind and beckoned to Yi Yi. “Let’s cultivate. Come and join us, Hua Ci.”

Hua Ci batted her innocent-looking eyes and said something shocking, “Is it dual cultivation or something?”

Otherwise, why should they cultivate together?

“Stop spouting nonsense in front of Yi Yi!” Lu Ye shot her a glare before fishing out a Golden Amulet he had purchased in the Hall of Battle Points.

Hua Ci’s eyes brightened when she saw that. She went over and bent down to pick up the Amulet before examining it. “Is it an Amulet?”

She had heard that there was something special called an Amulet on Cloud River Battlefield that could help cultivators rapidly increase their powers. Moreover, some Amulets were granted by the Heavens. Every cultivator had a chance to acquire it.

However, it had only been a month since she arrived at Cloud River Battlefield, so she had never seen an Amulet before, let alone the best among them, the Golden Amulet.

She could see that this golden thing was aglow with abstruse patterns, and it was stunning. Soon, she put down the Amulet and said, “An Amulet is difficult to come by, so count me out…”

Before she could finish her words, she saw Lu Ye fish out more Golden Amulets until there were 18 of them in front of her.

An amazed Hua Ci asked, “Are these things so easy to come by?”

It was unlike what she had heard.

“Wow, we’re rich!” Yi Yi’s eyes were aglow with admiration as she looked at the man. “You’re incredible, Lu Ye!”

Although she knew Lu Ye had earned a massive reward in Soaring Dragon Boundary, she didn’t expect he had enough battle points to trade for so many Golden Amulets.

It was the highest number of Golden Amulets Lu Ye had gotten so far. Even when he was ranked first on the Roster of Carnage, he was only given nine Golden Amulets, and he had to share them with Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan. As such, he had only gotten three, which was in stark contrast with what was going on now.

In the history of Cloud River Battlefield, no one had ever acquired as many Golden Amulets at once as Lu Ye had.

Still, Hua Ci shook her head. “My cultivation method is different from yours. World Spiritual Qi isn’t so important to me, so I don’t want to slow you down.”

She had learned that an Amulet would only last for a fixed amount of time for a cultivator. However, if one more cultivator joined the session, the time would be cut in half, which meant that two people would share the duration of the Amulet.

Amber was Lu Ye’s Tamed Beast with a Bonding Pact between them, so the duration of the Amulet wouldn’t be affected, and it was the same case for Yi Yi since she was the tiger’s Ghost Spirit.

Nevertheless, if Hua Ci joined them, she would share half of the time that supposedly belonged to Lu Ye.

There was no doubt it wasn’t worth it, especially when World Spiritual Qi was indeed not so important to her. She relied on all sorts of poison to cultivate. Lu Ye had given her many poisonous Mutant Cores, which were enough to last her for a long time.

Moreover, she had accumulated a lot of Omnipoison Pills when she was on Spirit Creek Battlefield. She had to refine them so that they would become part of her, which would then enhance her cultivation.

Just as Lu Ye was ready to persuade her, he suddenly recalled a warning.

One of the Flood Dragons, which was responsible for protecting the Hall of Battle Points, had told him that everything in the hall was meant for his own use, and he must not reveal anything about it to anyone.

He revelled in Yi Yi’s admiring gaze, so he wanted to help Hua Ci improve her cultivation as well. That was why he forgot about it. Now, it seemed that he could only use the Golden Amulets on himself. At the thought of this, he stopped persuading her and broke a Golden Amulet.

Golden dust flew around and turned into a swirl. Following that, ample World Spiritual Qi wafted from the swirl and covered Lu Ye, Yi Yi, and Amber. The World Spiritual Qi moved around the three of them, and not even a bit of it went anywhere else.

Hua Ci looked at what was going on in amazement.

It was her first time seeing a Golden Amulet, so it was naturally also her first time witnessing the use of the item.

The World Spiritual Qi was pure and ample, so it could easily amaze the beholder. Its power had turned into mist, so it required no refining as it could directly stream into a cultivator’s River of Spiritual Qi and become part of his power.

It wasn’t until this moment that Hua Ci understood why people said the Cloud River Realm was a wonderful Realm.

That was because this Realm was different from how cultivators built their foundations in the Spirit Creek Realm. As such, there were incidents where some people were able to kill opponents more powerful than they were. Also, with Amulets around, as long as one was lucky enough, it was easier for a Cloud River Realm Master to increase his power than a Spirit Creek Realm Master.

Now, that indeed seemed to be the case.