Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 934, Let’s Watch a Good Show

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

There were exactly nine streaks of Sword Qi in the Sword Gourd. Nine was the highest one-digit number. The world’s numbers started with one and ended with nine. The number made Lu Ye fall deep in thought.

Since he had slightly refined the Sword Gourd, he could feel the presence of these nine streaks of Sword Qi. He even realised that he could launch the Sword Qi as he pleased.

In other words, the new Sword Qi was fully under his control. It was a wonder how powerful it was, though.

He fished out the Mystic Fruit Seed and spent 200 Contribution points to enter the Rift of Illusions to give it a try. A moment later, he opened his eyes with elation.

After an attempt, he discovered that the Sword Qi coming from the Sword Gourd was fairly powerful. Every streak of Sword Qi was equivalent to his all-out attack.

Moreover, he was already able to achieve that when he couldn’t fully activate the Sword Gourd. That was because the item was too high-quality, so he couldn’t control it yet. He could only launch the Sword Qi to deal with enemies.

If he could use the Sword Gourd’s power one day, the Sword Qi he launched would be even more fatal.

After giving it some thought, he quickly fished out a lot of Spirit Artifacts, which were his booty, and fed them to the Sword Gourd.

When an item entered the Sword Gourd, it would disappear and turn into nine streaks of Sword Qi in a short time.

The token of the Sword and Tool Sect, which was given to him by Kong Kong, was like an ominous beast. It could devour as many Spirit Artifacts as Lu Ye could produce. There didn’t seem to be a limit.

Lu Ye had a lot of booty. In the past, he could only sell them to the Vault of Providence in exchange for some Contribution points. However, as his power increased, Contribution points were no longer useful to him. It so happened that he could feed the booty to the Sword Gourd.

An hour later, he could sense that there were countless streaks of Sword Qi in the Sword Gourd.

Nevertheless, he soon discovered a problem. Although every Spirit Artifact would be turned into nine streaks of Sword Qi once absorbed, the strength of the Sword Qi seemed to have something to do with the Grade of the Artifact. This led to different strengths of Sword Qi in the Sword Gourd.

Since there wasn’t any comparison in the beginning, he didn’t realise it. It wasn’t until now that he discovered it. Then, he fished out the Mystic Fruit Seed and entered the Rift of Illusions again.

In the end, he came to the conclusion that the strengths of the Sword Qi did vary, and it had something to do with the Grades of the Spirit Artifacts. A Spirit Artifact of a higher Grade could be turned into more powerful streaks of Sword Qi, and vice versa.

However, regardless of how weak the Sword Qi was, it was still equivalent to his normal attack. Once the Sword Qi, which was transformed from a High-Grade Spirit Artifact, was activated, it was equivalent to his all-out attack. The Sword Qi transformed from a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact was even more horrifying.

Lu Ye didn’t let the Sword Gourd devour any Spell Artifact because he only had one, which was the Inviolable Saber. It wasn’t like he could let the Sword Gourd absorb his main weapon.

According to the patterns he had observed, if he could let the Sword Gourd gobble up a Spell Artifact, the Sword Qi would be even more powerful than his cultivation.

Finally, Lu Ye realised how incredible the Sword Gourd truly was. With the treasure in possession, he could use a power that far exceeded his own as long as he had enough resources.

Li Taibai, his current identity, was a Sword Cultivator. He initially wanted to purchase some flying swords from the Vault of Providence, but there didn’t seem to be such a need now.

With the Sword Gourd in possession, he no longer needed any flying swords. Every streak of Sword Qi was equivalent to a flying sword.

Lu Ye was amazed when he witnessed that Li Baxian could cast over 100 flying swords back then. Now, Lu Ye could do even better as he could launch over 10,000 streaks of Sword Qi.

Certainly, Sword Qi was different from real flying swords. Sword Qi was gone for good once it was cast, but flying swords could be retrieved.

Presently, he couldn’t activate the Sword Gourd’s power. If he was able to do that one day, the Sword Qi within the item would become even more terrifying.

Lu Ye initially thought that the biggest benefit he had obtained from the Sword and Tool Sect was that he had grasped the basics of the Way of Artifaction. Now, it seemed that the Sword Gourd was the biggest reward.

With the Sword Gourd in possession, he could be considered a real Sword Cultivator. Since the High-Grade sword had been devoured, he had to look for another one to replace it.

As for his plan of purchasing a sword that was a Spell Artifact from the Vault of Providence, there was no longer a need for that.

Just then, Lu Ye heard someone knocking on the door from outside. He beckoned to Yi Yi and Amber, who understood his intention. Yi Yi immediately entered Amber’s body, after which the tiger leapt into Lu Ye’s Spirit Beast Bag.

He rose to his feet and opened the door. Unsurprisingly, he saw Tong Shuyao standing outside the room.

“You’re finally willing to see me, Junior Brother Taibai.” Tong Shuyao appeared displeased.

In the past two days, she had looked for Lu Ye several times, but the man didn’t respond to her. When a cultivator cultivated his power in seclusion, he couldn’t be disturbed. As such, she had no choice but to go back to her room, feeling unhappy.

Lu Ye didn’t want to see her, nor did he want anything to do with her. However, it wasn’t like he could keep avoiding her. Since he was in the enemy’s territory, he shouldn’t stay in his room all the time. He had to go out and take a look to make the trip worthwhile.

“What’s the matter?” Lu Ye asked dispassionately.

“Can’t I talk to you if there’s nothing important?” Tong Shuyao pouted. With her hands behind her back, she slightly leaned forward, looking mischievous.

Lu Ye couldn’t help but lower his gaze, worried that the woman would lose her balance and fall to the ground.

Noticing the man’s glance, Tong Shuyao blushed and straightened up. With her chest stuck out, she took Lu Ye’s arm and said, “Let’s go and watch a good show together.”

She didn’t care if Lu Ye would agree to it as she directly leapt into the air. Lu Ye had no choice but to follow her.

Along the way, he saw many Thousand Demon Ridge cultivators leaving Dark Moon Forest Pass and flying forward in the same direction. The entire area was bustling with noise.

When some cultivators noticed Tong Shuyao, they came up to her and talked to her, but the woman rudely dismissed them.

Instantly, Lu Ye saw them glowering at him. He couldn’t help but recall a certain Thousand Demon Ridge cultivator who had warned him to stay away from Tong Shuyao, or he would suffer miserably. In the end, it was that person who died a horrible death.

The destination seemed far away as they had been flying for a while.

Lu Ye didn’t ask any questions as he only looked around. Although he was curious, he had no idea what he should be looking at. Anyway, since he was there, he should observe the surroundings more.

Tong Shuyao rattled on while Lu Ye gave her some perfunctory responses.

This made Tong Shuyao feel helpless, but she realised that Li Taibai seemed to be a dispassionate person. He didn’t only treat her this way. At the thought of this, she felt much better.

Finally, after flying across hundreds of kilometres, they arrived at a boisterous place.

From afar, Lu Ye could see a clearing where two figures were in an intense fight. As they activated their Spiritual Powers, each person seemed determined to defeat the other party. On the edge of the battlefield that was closer to Dark Moon Forest Pass, many cultivators either stood on the ground or hovered in the sky.

A lot of cultivators had gathered on the other side as well. Both parties seemed confrontational as they were divided by the clearing.

Lu Ye had no idea what was going on as he followed Tong Shuyao to join the crowd. They soon found two spots and looked at the battlefield.

The two people who were in a fight were both Combat Cultivators. One used a saber while the other used a spear. Both of them were in the Third-Order or Fourth-Order Real Lake Realm.

The fight between two Combat Cultivators was perilous as each person seemed determined to destroy the other party. Such a fight was also most interesting.

These two people must be cultivators from different sides, which was why they were in a fierce fight. However, Lu Ye couldn’t tell which one of them was from Thousand Demon Ridge and which one of them was from the Grand Sky Coalition.

Anyway, he paid more attention to the cultivator who used a saber. After all, he was also a saber user.

Although his Way of Blades was far greater than that of any cultivator in the same Realm, he could still learn from others. He wouldn’t be haughty just because he had come across some opportunities before.

As he watched the fight, he couldn’t help but feel perplexed. For some reason, he found the cultivator who used a saber familiar. It was as though he had seen him before.

After giving it some thought, he could confirm that he had never seen that person before. That was indeed a strange feeling.

As he watched more closely, he discovered something strange. The moves that this Combat Cultivator used gave him a strong sense of familiarity.

As he looked at the battle, Tong Shuyao took the initiative to explain what was going on to him. “The war between the two sides has been ongoing for thousands of years. Bing Zhou is divided into two parts with each side controlling one half of it. The Passes at the front line are always confrontational with each other. Some Passes are always at war while some can enjoy peaceful days. Dark Moon Forest Pass is one of those places where there’s hardly any war.”

After a pause, she continued, “However, regardless of how peaceful it is, there’s bound to be some conflicts. There aren’t many large-scale wars, but a lot of conflicts happen every day. Since you’re new in Jiu Zhou and have just joined the Zhou Watch, you probably haven’t earned any battle points before. Battle points are crucial to every cultivator. Cultivators from Passes that are always at war can easily earn battle points, but it’s difficult for cultivators of Dark Moon Forest Pass and Surging Waves Lake Pass, which is across from us, to earn battle points. That’s because there are usually no enemies for us to kill.”

She went on to explain, “As such, the Divine Ocean Realm Masters from the two sides came up with an idea, which is the fight you see before your eyes now. A cultivator who wins a match will earn some battle points from their respective Pass. I have no idea how many battle points are given to the winners in Surging Waves Lake Pass, but for Dark Moon Forest Pass, a cultivator who wins a match will be given 1,000 battle points. If he can kill the enemy, he’ll be rewarded with 2,000 battle points.”

Lu Ye nodded, finally understanding what was going on. It was the good show that Tong Shuyao had talked about.

In fact, such a competition wasn’t exclusive to Surging Waves Lake Pass and Dark Moon Forest Pass. Many Passes at the front line had a similar version of the fight.

When there was no war, cultivators could only rely on their monthly salaries to earn some battle points. If they didn’t hold any important positions, their monthly salaries would be meagre.

Lu Ye was a captain, and it was thanks to Nian Yuexian that he did two jobs, which would give him a total of 60,000 battle points per month. For other cultivators, the battle points they obtained through their monthly salaries weren’t enough to meet their cultivation needs.