Sage of Humanity

After much hesitation, Phong Yue finally approached Lu Ye.

Lu Ye reached out and grabbed her hand.

Phong Yue's body shivered, flustered and closing her eyes, she mustered her courage and gritted her teeth, "Even if you have me, you won't have my heart..."

"Ha..." A strange sound came from Lu Ye, and as Phong Yue squinted to look, she saw the young man in front of her taking out a big seal and breathing on it before stamping it onto the back of her hand.

The moment the big seal was pressed down, something ethereal changed; Phong Yue distinctly felt a hidden connection form between her battlefield marking and the Righteous Blood Sect's Heaven's Augury Pillar.

Her eyes widened in shock.

"What did you say?" Lu Ye put away his Governor's big seal and gave her a curious look.

"Nothing... nothing at all." Phong Yue felt happiness come so swiftly she was momentarily at a loss, remembering her previous misunderstanding, her face flushed red.

As a former Deputy Governor of the Phong family, she understood better than anyone what Lu Ye's actions meant. Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

That stamp signified that she was no longer a nameless cultivator; she no longer had to worry every day at the Righteous Blood Sect.

Emotionally stirred, she felt the joy of clouds parting to reveal a bright moon.

"Am I a Disciple in name?" Phong Yue asked tentatively.

"Official Disciple."

Phong Yue felt dizzy.

She had thought being accepted as a Disciple in name by Lu Ye was already a good outcome, but the reality was even better than she had expected.

"You should understand what it means for me to accept you as an official disciple."

Phong Yue nodded her head vigorously like a pecking chick, "I understand!"

"Go then."

Phong Yue bowed respectfully and then turned to walk out of the hall. As she exited the great hall, the bright sunlight shone down, clearing the gloominess of her mood and giving her a feeling of rebirth.

Ever since she was captured by Lu Ye and brought to the Righteous Blood Sect's headquarters, her condition had been poor, not to mention whether the Phong family would be willing to spend a large sum to ransom her, even if they were willing, she dared not return to the Phong family. After all, the headquarters that the Phong family had managed for decades were lost under her watch, and if she dared to return, she would only face two outcomes: either a severe punishment from the Phong family, or being used as a bargaining chip in a marriage to another family.

Neither outcome was something she could bear.

Fleeing to another power from the Righteous Blood Sect was even more unrealistic, so she could only stay here.

This time, she seemed to have blended into the Righteous Blood Sect, and the cultivators stationed there were quite nice to her, but without a proper status, she had no future.

Not to mention, she couldn't earn merit by herself, being a healing cultivator, she couldn't possibly go and kill enemies, right?

Now that the power of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge near the Righteous Blood Sect had been suppressed, even discipled the Righteous Blood Sect didn't have places to earn combat merits, much less her.

Without the ability to earn merit, that meant she had no resources to buy Heaven Rank techniques, and her cultivation would be stuck at the 180th orifice.

But the Righteous Blood Sect wouldn't easily include her, given that she originally came from the Phong family and was a healing cultivator.

Capturing a healing cultivator from an enemy camp is something that could be settled with some cost; it's an unspoken rule in the Nine Provinces cultivation world.

Her being a nameless person in the Righteous Blood Sect didn't matter much, and if Ten Thousand Demons Ridge pursued the matter, it could be explained that the terms for her ransom weren't agreed upon with the Phong family.

But if the Righteous Blood Sect dared to include her, that would be breaking the rules.

Once this precedent was set, if everyone started doing this, it would create chaos.

Thus, Phong Yue had never imagined that she would be included by the Righteous Blood Sect one day.

Although Lu Ye hadn't explained clearly, she knew very well. Recently, Lu Ye had stirred up major trouble in the inner circle, nearly inciting a full-scale war on the Spirit Stream battlefield between the two major factions.

Compared to what he had done before, what was accepting an enemy sect's healing cultivator?

Who would dare to object? Those who did might find their stations in jeopardy the next day.

Furthermore, aiming at Lu Ye, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had not just broken the rules once or twice; even if the news spread later, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had no position to criticize Lu Ye.

It can be said that throughout the Spirit Stream battlefield, only Lu Ye had the capital and the courage to do such a thing.

Official Disciple!

It's not just a status, but also tangible benefits. Not to mention the monthly salary she could now receive from the sect headquarters; she would also be eligible for merit rewards in the future.

But what Phong Yue wanted to do the most now was to build her own house in the area where the official Disciples' residences were located.

She still had some connections. After sending a few messages, about seven or eight Righteous Blood Sect disciples came to help her. Learning that she was now officially taken as a disciple by Fifth Brother, everyone offered their congratulations.

Guk Yang's efficiency was high, and it took him less than half a day to prepare the roster of named and official disciples, which he handed to Lu Ye. Lu Ye asked Hua Ci to help review it, and upon confirming that there were no issues, ordered Guk Yang to summon the disciples listed on the roster.

In the following time, the disciples gleefully entered the Council Hall one by one, where Guk Yang, with the authority of the Deputy Governor, elevated their ranks and registered them officially.

After today, the Righteous Blood Sect would gain a hundred official disciples and two hundred named disciples.

While they were busy, within the sect headquarters, Shui Yuan found the sect master and relayed Lu Ye's thoughts.

The sect master nodded upon hearing this, "It's indeed time to recruit more people. Yiye is right; just selecting from the independent cultivators will eventually create gaps in Cloud River-True Lake, which is detrimental to our sect's development."

"Shall we hold a grand disciple recruitment ceremony then?"

"No need. Right now, only you and I are available in the sect. The preparations for the ceremony are too troublesome. Let's consider this matter when Yiye and the others have advanced further in their cultivation."

"How shall we select talents without the ceremony?"

"I will think of a way."

Once Shui Yuan left, the sect master searched around and found a gilt invitation from a 2nd grade sect in Bingzhou named Three Saints Sanctuary.

Bingzhou was a chaotic region since it was a provincial state where two major sect camps were in opposition.

This resulted in many powerful sects in Bingzhou, including five from the Haotian Alliance and five from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge among the top ten 1st grade sects.

Although Three Saints Sanctuary was a 2nd grade sect, it had a significant foundation with quite a number of cultivators in the Divine Sea Realm.

Such a major force would hold grand disciple recruitment ceremonies every two or three years, selecting outstanding talents from all directions to join the sect and replenish its foundation, ensuring the continuity and heritage of the sect.

Essentially, each power had its own range for selecting talents, which could be regarded as the territory influenced by that power. If some talents with exceptional abilities emerged within that range, they would naturally be picked up by these powers more favorably due to their proximity.

Big sects always care about face. Whenever they hold such ceremonies, they symbolically send out invitations in all directions, inviting esteemed individuals to attend the event. This not only creates momentum for themselves but also strengthens their connections with other sects.

The sect master had received many invitations over the years, but he had never attended any—until this time when he decided to go!

Why bother organizing our own ceremony when we can simply attend others'? Over the years, many talents had left the territory of the Righteous Blood Sect; Three Saints Sanctuary wasn't too far from the Righteous Blood Sect and had consequently picked up many advantages.

A moment later, from the main peak of the Righteous Blood Sect, Righteous Peak, a streak of light soared into the sky and vanished in an instant.

The disciple recruitment ceremony of Three Saints Sanctuary was about to begin; there was no time to waste!

At the Righteous Blood Sect's site, within the Heaven's Augury Hall, Lu Ye was searching in the Heaven's Augury treasure vault and found a palm-sized box with nine holes, resembling a beehive.

This unassuming object was actually a mid-grade spirit artifact containing eighteen restrictions.

Under nine restrictions were low-grade spirit artifacts, under eighteen were mid-grade, under twenty-seven were top-grade, and thirty-six full restrictions were considered supreme grade.

Further up was the realm of Magic Artifacts, containing even more intricate restrictions.

Above Magic Artifacts were spirit treasures. For instance, the Nine Worlds map was a spirit treasure with immeasurable value.

For cultivators at the Spirit Stream Realm level, low-grade spirit artifacts were generally sufficient because the more hidden restrictions a spirit artifact contained, the more spirit force it consumed during use.

Of course, if one had enough financial resources and was confident in their spirit force reserves, purchasing a mid-grade spirit artifact could also be considered based on personal needs.

Apart from the Nine Worlds map, which was a spirit treasure, Lu Ye also had a Magic Artifact longsword in his possession, a spoil of war from a previous defeat of a cultivator in the True Lake Realm. He hadn't rushed to sell it because it might be useful later.

The beehive-like box in his hand was called a supplies box, a spirit artifact used in conjunction with weapon control.

Since his return from Xianyuan City, Lu Ye had been able to control up to four weapons. Now, he could handle even more, estimating that controlling six or seven weapons would not be a problem.

Additionally, his requirements for weapon control were stringent; it wasn't merely about controlling the weapon but also embedding spirit runes into the spirit artifact during control, which immensely taxed his mental strength.

If it were simply controlling the tool, Lu Ye felt that managing around ten to twenty weapons wouldn't pose an issue.

Compared to cultivators of the same level, this number was terrifying, but he still had a substantial gap compared to his fourth senior brother.

The reason for purchasing this supplies box was based on Li Baxian's recommendation.

Lu Ye had previously realized that although using controlled weapons to kill enemies was convenient, there was one significant hassle—extracting the spirit artifact from the storage sack before being able to control it.

In battle, any delay could affect the final outcome of a fight or even life and death, which was why Lu Ye hadn't kept the Boulder Mountain Saber in his storage sack. Having the saber in hand meant he could draw it any moment to strike down an enemy, while storing it in the bag would require fetching it out, which was ultimately troublesome.

Another point was that the spirit force used for weapon control was stored in advance within the spirit artifact and needed to be replenished once it was depleted.

These two reasons alone significantly diminished the threat weapon control posed to cultivators.

To solve these issues, the supplies box was the best choice!