Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1796 - 1794: Tip-Off

In the secret chamber of the base, Hu Dequan's voice echoed softly: "In recent months, it seems a new force has emerged in this realm, targeting Sacred Blood Summit everywhere. Several operations by Sacred Blood Summit have been disrupted, causing significant losses."

"Where is this force from?" Yang Ling frowned. Hu Dequan generally handled external affairs, while Yang Ling either cultivated or slept to maintain his combat power because within the Red Talisman Society, he was the strongest, holding two red talismans, making him the trump card against Sacred Blood Summit. In the past, during each Black Abyss contest, he had been the one to restrain Lih Tian.

Thus, hearing Hu Dequan mention a new force has appeared in this realm, Yang Ling was quite perplexed.

For so many years, this realm had maintained a status quo of two dominant forces combating each other, and they had long become accustomed to it. How could a third party suddenly emerge?

Hu Dequan said: "It seems to be from the Black Prison Cliff side, organized by those independent cultivators."

"Organized by independent cultivators!" Yang Ling was even more surprised. "Could they really make Sacred Blood Summit suffer?"

Hu Dequan nodded: "That's why I'm puzzled about the situation." It's not that he underestimated those scattered cultivators; there are undeniably a few with decent strength, but if they weren't already tainted by Blood Rain and contaminated with saintliness, the Red Talisman Society here would certainly try to recruit them. However, due to past losses from such attempts, the Red Talisman Society dares not accept those cultivators with saintliness and can't waste resources dealing with them, so they simply leave them be.

But claiming they could make Sacred Blood Summit suffer, Hu Dequan is the first to disbelieve. Those scattered cultivators usually haven't been in this realm for long, and in terms of saintliness, they are somewhat inferior to Sacred Blood Summit's cultivators. Once they clash with Sacred Blood Summit, in terms of saintliness, they are definitely at a disadvantage.

Yet, the intelligence gathered suggests this.

Meng Xu nodded and said: "I've heard of this issue too. It's said several teams executing missions for Sacred Blood Summit outside were completely wiped out, with only a handful managing to escape."

Yang Ling was amazed: "These independent cultivators... Impressive!" He frowned: "But why are they doing this?"

Logically speaking, these independent cultivators' only avenue is to join Sacred Blood Summit because the Red Talisman Society here certainly wouldn't accept them. Yet now, not only did they not join, but they banded together to target Sacred Blood Summit. Are they trying to shorten their lifespan?

Hu Dequan pondered: "I suspect someone might want to replace Lih Tian!"

Yang Ling was startled: "Among those independent cultivators, someone truly dares to have such ambition?" If there was, they should've emerged earlier, not only recently starting actions.

Meng Xu suddenly added: "Do you still remember that young fellow?"

Both immediately recalled a youthful face from several months ago; how could they forget?

"The changes in this realm seem to have started after his arrival; could he be behind it?" Meng Xu speculated.

Yang Ling frowned: "He, being Moon Jade Mid-Stage, has such capability? Among those independent cultivators, there are several Moon Jade Late Stage ones. Even if he has the deterrence of a red talisman, how can he recruit these independent cultivators and persuade them to fight Sacred Blood Summit?"

"But the timing is rather coincidental."

The timing indeed seemed coincidental, but claiming that young fellow united the independent cultivators to confront Sacred Blood Summit, none believed.

"I plan to find an opportunity to approach the Black Prison Cliff side and see what exactly is going on." Hu Dequan spoke, though the Red Talisman Society cannot recruit those tainted by saintliness, the enemy's enemy could still collaborate. Black Prison Cliff and Sacred Blood Summit already have irreconcilable conflicts; contacting them from Red Talisman Society's side, even if it doesn't yield benefits, won't be harmful.

"That could work!" Meng Xu nodded, "But proceed with caution; it might be a trick from Sacred Blood Summit's side. Even if not, they may not share our ideals."

"I'll be careful." Hu Dequan sighed: "There's more than half a year until the next Black Abyss contest; we don't even know if we can hold on this time."

In the two dominant forces' Black Abyss contest, Sacred Blood Summit always had the upper hand. The Red Talisman Society could barely hold on, thanks to the power of the red talismans, but over the years, these talismans have dwindled, and currently, there are a few that can be used. Still, once exhausted, they'll have no resistance left.

To barely survive, unless Mount Fangcun sends additional personnel and brings new red talismans.

Discussing the Black Abyss contest left all with a feeling of helplessness; truly uncertain when such days would end.

In a moment of silence, a voice suddenly emerged from above. Due to the isolation by thick soil layers, the sound seemed illusory but still clearly entered the ears of the three: "Fellow Daoists, could you please reveal yourselves for a meeting?"

The faces of Hu Dequan and others changed, exchanging glances, realizing the severity of the issue.

This foundational base of the Red Talisman Society... had been exposed!

This undoubtedly shocked them, but they were relieved that the visitor wasn't from Sacred Blood Summit but rather a somewhat familiar voice.

Precisely the young fellow just mentioned.

After a brief hesitation, the three made a decision. The visitor had already come to them; hiding was certainly not an option. They must uncover how this young fellow knew the precise location of the base and understand his intentions. Ideally, they might keep him there; otherwise, someday, the base's location might be revealed to Sacred Blood Summit.

Soon, energy surged in a hidden cavern, the big array hummed, and Hu Dequan's silhouette appeared.

They usually travel between bases through teleportation arrays, and there is more than one such array.

Hu Dequan appeared alone, undoubtedly wanting Lu Ye to relax his vigilance, while other cultivators from the Red Talisman Society would appear from other arrays, completing the encirclement of Lu Ye.

The plan on the side of the Red Talisman Society seemed fine, but when Hu Dequan arrived at Lu Ye's location, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Because, as far as the eye could see, there were not just Lu Ye alone over there.

Led by him, there were more than ten figures standing behind him, most looking very familiar, even if they hadn't communicated with each other, they had seen each other from afar, obviously those scattered cultivators.

Were these independent cultivators truly integrated by him? In that case, the recent actions targeting the Sacred Blood Summit were also led by Lu Ye?

Even though Hu Dequan had this idea before, he was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

He didn't know what method Lu Ye had, to be able to integrate such a force in such a short time, and judging by the stance of those scattered cultivators, they seemed quite respectful to him...

This is now troublesome!

Their side initially believed Lu Ye came alone, intending to hold him down, but now the opponent was more than ten people, including four in Moon Jade Late Stage, how could the Red Talisman Society hold this?

It's not that they couldn't hold them down, but forcing action would only result in mutual damage, and if things got loud, alerting the cultivators of Sacred Blood Summit would have more serious consequences. At this thought, Hu Dequan hastily urged the audio talisman, sending a message out to advise Yang Ling and Meng Xu coming from other routes to be patient.

He saw no hostility from Lu Ye, so he prepared to clarify the opponent's intentions first.

"Fellow Daoist, we meet again," Lu Ye looked towards Hu Dequan.

Hu Dequan's expression was complex, sighing lightly: "Old Brother, what play are you staging?"

Suddenly bringing over this batch of people, and directly finding the most hidden base of the Red Talisman Society, it seemed menacing, yet they showed no hostility, which left Hu Dequan bewildered.

"Just came to give some advice to a few Fellow Daoists," Lu Ye looked at him earnestly: "Your base has been exposed, cultivators from Sacred Blood Summit are on their way to eliminate it, so you better pack up and leave here."

Admittedly, this base of the Red Talisman Society was hidden well, not being discovered for so many years, providing persistent endurance for the cultivators here. But Sacred Blood Summit wasn't easy to deal with either; Lih Tian had been trying to locate this base, expending countless efforts and manpower. Finally, there was a discovery a few days ago.

Lu Ye could know about this naturally by relying on spies placed within Sacred Blood Summit, otherwise, with his foundation in this world, he couldn't possibly have found here.

Upon hearing this, Hu Dequan's face changed dramatically: "Where does this news come from?"

Lu Ye looked at him without explaining: "I could find here, doesn't Fellow Daoist understand?"

Hu Dequan's face alternated between bright and dark, instinctively feeling this was Lu Ye informing Sacred Blood Summit, but upon careful thought, it seemed unlikely since these two parties were fiercely contending these past months, with Sacred Blood Summit suffering losses multiple times; Lu Ye couldn't have done such a thing.

Moreover, it wouldn't make sense for Lu Ye to notify Sacred Blood Summit and then come to warn his own side.

"Fellow Daoist, I understand you have rules for recruiting personnel, but sometimes adhering strictly isn't beneficial. Facing a common enemy, mutual cooperation is the only way out, I've said all I could, farewell!"

Saying so, Lu Ye turned to leave.

Hu Dequan's expression changed, shocked by the information received and conflicted by Lu Ye's words, suddenly raised his hand and said, "Wait."

Lu Ye paused, turned his head to look at him.

Hu Dequan opened his mouth and said, "Shall we exchange audio talisman markings?" He had initially planned to contact these independent cultivators over at Black Prison Cliff, and now that they came proactively, naturally it was time to go with the flow.

"Certainly!" Lu Ye flicked his finger, and an audio talisman flew out.

Shortly after, having exchanged audio talisman markings, Lu Ye finally took his subordinates and, transforming into a Blood Sea, swept towards the distance.

Black Prison Cliff was no longer a place to stay, as Sacred Blood Summit not only moved against this side but also sent many cultivators towards Black Prison Cliff.

Sacred Blood Summit had been deeply rooted in this world for years and had very well-connected channels of information; over the months, Black Prison Cliff had launched several heavy attacks against them, of which Sacred Blood Summit could not have been unaware and had already investigated the source of issues.

The Blood Moon was approaching, and the strength of the first-generation Blood Race would see a notable increase; Sacred Blood Summit evidently intended to seize this opportunity to punch the Red Talisman Society base and kick Black Prison Cliff, eliminating these two major hazards in one go.