Humanity’s Great Sage

The family stewards quickly understood Lu Ye's intention.

If there was only one item, there would inevitably be more than one family interested. However, at this critical moment, the major families wouldn't fight over a treasure that would only be useful in the distant future, making it difficult to do business.

But if there were three items, the situation would be different. Selling three items simultaneously might mean Lu Ye taking a slight loss, but he could raise a large number of Dao Fish in a short period.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, would you allow us to discuss this for a moment?" Steward Liu asked, looking for confirmation.

Lu Ye turned his head to look, only to see the commander's expression unchanged, facing away from the island, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

He couldn't help but smile and transmitted back, "When you need something from someone, you have to pay a price."

Lowering the price was inevitable, but Lu Ye was new here, and he had no other way to raise Dao Fish besides this method.

"You're quite open-minded," Chu Li snorted softly.

The stewards clearly spent a great deal of effort reaching a consensus. After a full incense stick's worth of time, most of the stewards bid farewell and left after speaking with Chu Li, leaving only three, led by Steward Liu.

Steward Liu looked at Lu Ye and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, we have just discussed it. These three attribute treasures can be purchased by our three families, each priced at 1.8 million Dao Fish. What do you think?"

Lu Ye pondered in silence.

Honestly, he wasn't sure about the market prices here in the Source Realm, or how much an attribute treasure should normally be worth. However, 1.8 million was undoubtedly low.

In the Inner Realm, let alone over a million, you couldn't buy an attribute treasure even for several million. Attribute treasures were priceless items in the Inner Realm.

Back in the Fighting Arena, Lu Ye wanted Qin Feng to help him acquire attribute treasures, but even Qin Feng didn't have the connections, which was telling.

"Round it up. Your three families aren't short of that little bit of Dao Fish. This deal is profitable enough!"

Just as Lu Ye was still considering, Chu Li's voice came from the side.

Steward Liu exchanged a glance with the other two, then simply nodded and said, "Since Commander Chu has said so, then let's round it up! What do you think, Fellow Daoist Lu?"

Lu Ye nodded, "Agreed!"

Rounding it up meant two million per item, six million Dao Fish for three attribute treasures, which was more than enough for him to cultivate the Inner Heaven and Earth Secret Art to the seventh level of perfection.

A certain plan in his mind could also be put into action.

Although this deal was definitely a loss, the three attribute treasures were spoils of war, obtained after killing enemies. Rather than letting them gather dust, it was better to sell them for some Dao Fish to meet urgent needs.

No matter what kind of treasure it is, it's only a true treasure if it can serve its intended purpose; otherwise, it's just garbage.

"Then please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist. We will have our families gather the Dao Fish and send them over," Steward Liu said with a smile, seeing that Lu Ye had agreed.

While waiting, the three stewards intentionally became friendly with Lu Ye, talking about many things.

After all, a cultivator who could have three attribute treasures as spoils of war was a rare sight in the entire Source Realm. Whether it was a matter of luck or strength, it was worth it for the families behind them to befriend him.

Not to mention, Chu Li was on brotherly terms with him.

Lu Ye was also willing to communicate with them more, and for a time, they talked and laughed amiably.

Before long, cultivators from the three families arrived with the Dao Fish. Lu Ye counted them, and the three stewards took their respective attribute treasures and bid farewell.

Lu Ye took out a storage ring, separated 200,000 Dao Fish, and handed it to Chu Li.

Chu Li turned his head to look, with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "What is this for?"

Lu Ye said, "This matter went so smoothly thanks to Brother Chu. This is a small token of my appreciation." Chu Li's words earned him an extra 600,000 Dao Fish, and he even helped to connect the dots. Now that the matter was settled, Lu Ye naturally had to express his gratitude. Moreover, the plan he wanted to implement later might require Chu Li's approval, so it was naturally right to maintain a good relationship with him.

In the end, Chu Li was his superior.

Chu Li raised his hand and pushed it away, "I introduced them to such a good deal; they will naturally have their own tributes later. As long as you don't feel like you're at a disadvantage."

"Others are others, mine is mine. Brother Chu, don't refuse." As he said this, he grabbed Chu Li's hand and stuffed the storage ring into it.

Chu Li smiled and pointed at him, "You're quite generous, kid. In that case, I won't be polite with you."

No one dislikes having more Dao Fish. Since Lu Ye insisted on thanking him, it would seem unkind for him to refuse again. He also had a lot of curiosity and regard for Lu Ye. With the war imminent, he certainly didn't want to create any rifts with such a strong subordinate.

"Brother Chu, the war hasn't started yet, and it looks like it will take some time. I'm new here and would like to walk around and see the sights. Is that possible?"

Chu Li frowned and said, "Although the war hasn't started, the entire Changyun Island is in a state of defense. Without important matters, everyone must stay at their own defense lines to prepare for battle and must not move around at will."

Lu Ye was immediately disappointed upon hearing this. If that was the case, then his plan would be difficult to implement.

Seeing his expression, Chu Li added, "Wait a moment."

As he said this, he took out a sound transmission talisman and sent a message.

Lu Ye raised his eyebrows, knowing that the 200,000 Dao Fish he had just sent had worked. Without those 200,000 Dao Fish, Chu Li certainly wouldn't have bothered with this matter.

After waiting for a moment, a figure flew over and came before Chu Li, cupping his fist in salute, "Commander Chu, this is the patrol order!"

Chu Li took it, and the cultivator immediately flew away again.

Chu Li turned his head and handed the so-called patrol order to Lu Ye, "I requested a patrol order from the island owner. With this order, you are the wartime patrol envoy, responsible for patrolling Changyun Island and monitoring the defense lines for loopholes and negligence."

Lu Ye was overjoyed upon hearing this and happily took the patrol order, "Thank you, Brother Chu."

Chu Li said, "You're not familiar with the island. Just walk around and take a look. Don't interfere with the situation at the various defense lines; there will be other patrol envoys responsible for monitoring them."

"I understand," Lu Ye nodded.

"Go then," Chu Li waved his hand.

Lu Ye immediately hung the patrol order in a conspicuous place on his waist and flew towards a certain direction.

A moment later, he found a deserted place on the island and sat down cross-legged.

At the moment, the cultivators on the entire Changyun Island who were capable of fighting were basically gathered on the edge of the island, while those with little combat power were all placed inside the inner island. Therefore, it was still very easy to find such a remote and uninhabited place.

After confirming that there was no one around, Lu Ye immediately took out a large number of Dao Fish, spread them around him, and then activated the power of the Talent Tree to begin devouring.

Invisible roots spread out and plunged into the Dao Fish. Visibly, pieces of Dao Fish turned into powder.

After the Talent Tree's latest transformation, whether it was daily hard work or devouring Dao Fish, the efficiency was much higher than before. Therefore, Lu Ye's current scene of devouring Dao Fish was like a large area of accumulated snow melting beside him under the baking of high temperature.

If this bizarre scene were seen by others, they would probably be shocked and regard him as a celestial being.

No cultivator has ever been able to refine Dao Fish so quickly.

The original Dao power reserve in the Talent Tree was not much. After the previous cultivation, Lu Ye only left less than 100,000 Dao power, and after a series of battles, only tens of thousands of Dao power remained.

Now, the Dao power reserve was increasing at an extremely fast speed. The most obvious sign was that the large golden light on the Talent Tree became more and more dazzling and richer.

Two hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, one million…

Before the transformation, the Dao power reserve limit of the Talent Tree was one million, but now this limit was undoubtedly broken.

Two million…

Three million…

Up to ten million!

Lu Ye still didn't notice any signs of the Talent Tree's Dao power reserve reaching saturation, which undoubtedly meant that ten million Dao power was not the limit!

But it should be enough for short-term use. Relatively speaking, what he currently consumed the most Dao power on was undoubtedly the cultivation of the Inner Heaven and Earth Secret Art.

Each increase in Dao marks consumed tens of thousands of Dao power.

The entire Talent Tree looked like a golden light, like a burning golden flame, and even the three fruits on the tree were reflected in gold.

Lu Ye slowly got up, divided his mind, and while engraving Dao marks in the inner heaven and earth, he flew towards the edge of the island.

A moment later, he arrived at a defense line on the edge of the island. The cultivator stationed here glanced at his waist, confirmed his patrol identity, and ignored him.

Lu Ye was not the only wartime patrol envoy. There were about twenty people with this status on the entire Changyun Island. These patrol envoys would walk around and check the situation at the defense lines, so the cultivators were not surprised by Lu Ye's arrival.

However, soon, something puzzling happened to them.

When other patrol envoys arrived here, they would check their defense line arrangements, check for omissions, and even scold and teach those who were lazy.

Lu Ye ignored all of this, but stared at the outside of the island and slowly pulled out the Pan Mountain Saber from his waist.

Under the puzzled gaze of many cultivators, he suddenly waved his saber and slashed forward. The huge saber light was like a crescent moon, sweeping across and directly penetrating the island's protective formation, and blasted into the blood river surrounding the island.

The protective formation has always been for defense against the outside, not the inside.

External attacks would be blocked by the solid light curtain, but internal attacks would not be affected in any way. This was a common feature of all protective formations. Only in this way could the many formations arranged on the island play a role in resisting the enemy.

But without seeing any trace of the enemy, no one was willing to waste their strength doing such a thankless task.

The blood river churned, and many enemies were hiding within the blood river. Such an attack would not have any effect.

But after Lu Ye slashed out with one saber, the saber light continued endlessly. (End of this chapter)