Sage of Humanity

One night had passed, and Lu Ye had finished his cultivation.

As he had thought, after his cultivation increased, the number of elixir pills needed to open an orifice also increased. Now at Spirit Stream Level 4, to open an orifice would consume about eighteen pills. Of course, with the assistance of Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes, the consumption was somewhat reduced.

As for efficiency, there was no significant change.

With the assistance of the Bestial Gluttony Feast Technique, his speed in refining elixir pills had always been much faster than ordinary people.

He had anticipated the increased consumption of elixir pills, as it had increased significantly when he last opened his 46th and 47th orifices.

Riding Amber and continuing on the road, with Yiyi's company, he didn't feel lonely. However, since leaving Mount Ying, she had become mysterious, not only disappearing suddenly during their travels but also occasionally leaving during the night rests.

Lu Ye had asked her but didn't get an answer, and so he didn't ask further.

It wasn't until they passed through a marketplace one day that Yiyi suddenly handed her storage sack to Lu Ye.

"Take these and sell them."

"What's inside?" Lu Ye, puzzled, took the storage sack and opened it to find many strange plants, herbs, and various roots and fruits inside. Stay connected through empire

These are medicinal ingredients? Lu Ye suddenly understood what Yiyi had been doing.

She had been disappearing now and then to collect herbs.

"How do you know about these?" Lu Ye asked curiously, as Yiyi had never had this skill before.

Yiyi proudly said, "Sister Hua Ci taught me, and Spirit Jade also taught me a lot." She explained, "Amber can't always depend on you for its sustenance. It's eating more and more, so I thought to learn some medical knowledge from Sister Hua Ci and Spirit Jade. I don't know how many Spirit Stones these can be sold for, but you'll know once you sell them."

The storage sack held many kinds of herbs in large quantities. However, because Yiyi was a beginner, the handling was rough and all types of herbs were jumbled together, roughly twenty to thirty portions in total.

Lu Ye smiled and said, "Then I'll go sell them."

"Okay," Yiyi nodded, retreating back into Amber.

In the marketplace, many cultivators were accompanied by demon beasts, but for low-level cultivators, they could not tame beasts that were too powerful. Thus, these beasts were mostly used for transportation, and nearly every one of them had a beast-taming collar around its neck.

Most demon beasts looked fierce and sinister. Amber's divine appearance was rare, so the moment Lu Ye appeared in the marketplace, he attracted the attention of many cultivators.

Some even came to ask if Lu Ye was selling Amber, which he, of course, refused.

After buying plenty of food and a few sets of clothes in the marketplace, Lu Ye then took Amber to the Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union.

After about half a cup of tea's time, they walked out and strolled away from the marketplace.

Riding on Amber's back, Lu Ye laughed and said, "Not bad, sold for four Spirit Stones."

Yiyi remained silent and did not surface, Four Spirit Stones, not even enough for Amber's daily consumption... This creature was now eating more and more, almost matching the consumption of Lu Ye's cultivation, yet its growth was incredibly obvious.

Lu Ye then advised, "The harvest is really not bad. It's like this for independent cultivators, accumulating bit by bit. Four Spirit Stones can buy four Spirit-Nurturing Pills. Moreover, this is just the beginning. Once you get familiar, it will gradually improve."

Yiyi still did not speak, clearly somewhat withdrawn. She had thought that the medicinal herbs she had painstakingly gathered these past few days would fetch a good price, but the outcome had greatly disappointed her.

Seeing that persuasion was futile, Lu Ye did not say more. Greater expectations lead to greater disappointments. It was normal for the young girl to be a bit emotional.

While popping Spirit-Nurturing Pills into his mouth and allowing the Bestial Gluttony Feast to refine them, Lu Ye took out the Red Lotus Soaring to Sky Technique and studied the magic and spells within it.

He had never studied magic and spells before, and now there was no one to guide him; he had to rely on himself to figure everything out.

Once he delved into his studies, he unwittingly entered a state of forgetting himself, as spirit force slowly surged through his body.

"I will find more and better medicinal herbs in the future!" After half a day, Yiyi suddenly spoke up and sat in front of Lu Ye, declaring solemnly!

Lu Ye looked up at her and encouraged with a smile, "I'm really looking forward to it."

Yiyi clenched her tiny fists, determined, "I'm going to find them now!" With those words, she jumped down from the tiger's back and disappeared in a flash.

Lu Ye shook his head and did not try to dissuade her. An attempt to dissuade her at this time would only backfire. Yiyi had the intention to subsidize Amber's consumption which was good, and Lu Ye let her be.

On the tiger's back, Lu Ye continued to study the magic and spells while driving his spirit force.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The first spell attached to the Red Lotus Soaring to Sky Technique required a minimum cultivation of Level 4. The requirement for the second spell was even higher, needing Level 7, and the last one required cultivating the Red Lotus Soaring to Sky Technique to Great Perfection, meaning opening all 180 orifices.

The latter two spells were too far out of reach for Lu Ye at the moment, so he was studying the first spell, called Fire Phoenix.

The more he studied, the more astonished he became, for casting spells had many similarities to constructing spirit runes.

Both required using one's own spirit force to form specific patterns. These patterns formed a closed loop in which spirit force flowed in a specific sequence, thus unleashing various miraculous effects.

Were magic and spells also a way of displaying spirit runes? Lu Ye couldn't help but wonder.

Currently alone, there was no one to resolve his doubts, so he had to continue his studies in silence.

Fortunately, he had received three spirit runes from the Talent Tree. Each time he acquired those runes, a massive amount of complex information would merge into his mind, allowing him to thoroughly master the spirit rune.

However, because he had never systematically studied them, although Lu Ye could easily activate those three spirit runes and even use them in combat, he still remained in a state where he knew what they did, but not why they worked that way.

It was like cooking a dish. As a chef, Lu Ye was merely adding various seasonings to the dish based on the information he received. The dishes he prepared were delicious indeed.

But a chef with rich cooking experience knew when to add which seasonings, how much to add, and how to control the heat, making the dish undoubtedly more delicious.

However, it was also because of the knowledge of those three spirit runes he had previously acquired that after studying, Lu Ye found that casting Fire Phoenix seemed not to be very difficult.