The Great Sage of Humanity
Chapter 8, Embracing the Light

...Inside the dark mining tunnel, Lu Ye followed behind the old man while checking the contents of the Storage Bag. He immediately found some Blood Qi Pills and some Healing Pills. Similar to Storage Bag Manager Yang, there were various other bottles and jars inside, none of which he was familiar with. There were also some ores, but the quality of those ores could not be compared to that of Manager Yang....

Zhou Cheng's status wasn't as high as Manager Yang's, so it was only natural that his assets weren't as much as Manager Yang's. Even so, Lu Ye was very satisfied with the catch. It was something he obtained without any effort.

He put the long sword in his hand into the Storage Bag and tied it to his waist. The Storage Bag he hid in his body would be safer if this Storage Bag served as bait.

Although he wanted to ask the old man about matters related to cultivation and Spirit Pills, he decided not to do so after a brief consideration. The old man was a Senior Master. Even if he looked kind and friendly on the surface, who could tell what kind of disposition he actually had inside? They had only met each other by chance, and Lu Ye was clearly not in a position to ask the old man for advice. Moreover, his main priority was to follow the old man out of the mine. It would lose sight of what was important for the sake of trivialities if he offended the old man due to his impropriety and lack of behavior.

Although the old man did not walk that fast, Lu Ye had to run to compensate. Moreover, the old man sometimes disappeared without a word and returned after a while. Lu Ye secretly guessed that the old man had found some Evil Moon Valley disciples hiding somewhere and obliterated them.

The paths in the mine cross each other like a labyrinth, and the terrain is very complicated. Even Lu Ye needed time to identify the right direction at every intersection he encountered. On the other hand, every path the old man took was the right one even though he was just walking as if he was walking leisurely.

In less than an hour, they saw a light coming from the front! That's the mine entrance.

Lu Ye followed the old man out of the dark mining tunnel. When he hugged the light again, inevitably he felt emotional and dazed. He even felt a beautiful feeling of being alive and whole in this world.

“Older Tang!” Several figures were standing guard at the entrance of the mine. It was the cultivators of the various Sects under the Grand Sky Coalition who were keeping the Evil Moon Valley disciples from escaping from this place. They bowed respectfully as they looked at the old man.

The old man nodded slightly in gratitude.

A middle-aged cultivator, who looked like a leader among the other cultivators, glanced towards Lu Ye questioningly and asked, “Elder Tang, this is.”.

The old man replied. “One of the disciples of Mystical Sky Sect, who was destroyed a year ago. He was taken captive and brought here as a mine slave. He helped me out a little bit, so I took him with me on my way out.”

The middle-aged cultivator understood the situation and raised his hand to signal to a young cultivator. "Bring him here to record his identity."

"Yes sir!" The young cultivator replied. Then, he turned to Lu Ye and said, "Follow me!"

Lu Ye turned his head to look at Elder Tang. He wanted to thank the old man, but Elder Tang had already walked into the distance.

The middle-aged cultivator who spoke just now hurriedly chased after Elder Tang. “Chairman Tang, Vice Coalition Leader Pang instructed us to tell you that he wants to meet with you as soon as you get out of the mine. He's got something important to discuss.”

Elder Tang stretched out his hand, stroked his beard, and complained, "These old bones never rest." While saying that, he rose into the sky and disappeared in an instant.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye was already heading in the other direction under the lead of the young cultivator. The cultivator had absolutely no intention of talking to him, so he remained silent.

Thinking back to what Elder Tang mentioned just now, he smiled meaningfully. [The Old Man was really a good person. I didn't even do anything to help him in the mine. Instead, I was the one who received all the help. But that's what he said. He said those words intentionally.]

A Senior Master like that old man could solve Lu Ye's many problems with just ordinary words. Take the Storage Bag hanging on Lu Ye's waist for example! It was actually quite problematic for him to have that Storage Bag in his current state. A corresponding awareness had grown in his heart when he first retrieved the thing from Zhou Cheng's corpse.

But, with a casual remark from Elder Tang just now, not a single person dared to try and snatch that Storage Bag from him again. He felt a little regretful for not getting the chance to thank the old man directly. Nevertheless, he had a long future; there would always be another chance in the future.

Outside the mine was a huge mountain valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. The road located in the East is the only way in and out of this place. Today, the mountain valley was extremely crowded and people were clustered everywhere.

Lu Ye raised his eyes to look around and saw the many traces of the great battle left behind in the mountain valley. The still wet bloodstains stained the ground, and the entire mountain valley smelled of blood. Evil Moon Valley probably suffered a lot of casualties when the Grand Sky Coalition attacked this place.

Large flags were flown all over the mountain valley. Different words and patterns were engraved on that huge flag, which might represent different Sects and Clans. The area under each flag was crowded and crowded with people.

According to what Lu Ye knew, the Great Sky Coalition was a very large organization formed from various different factions, where countless Sects and Clans of various sizes gathered under one flag. So, all the power he could see here was probably just the tip of the iceberg that formed the Grand Sky Coalition.

Thousand Demon Ridge, which was the antithesis of the Grand Sky Coalition, had the same organizational structure.

Lu Ye was in a good mood, having regained his freedom. Everything he saw felt new and exciting to him. As a result, the young cultivator in the lead had to urge him to move faster on multiple occasions.

They finally arrived at the corner of the mountain valley. There are many people gathered here as well. However, these people were different from the brightly dressed and energetic cultivators he saw on the way here. Most of them are dirty, sickly, and thin. Some of them looked confused and depressed, especially the young and beautiful women.

The dirty ones were the mining slaves who had previously worked in the mine. Years of hard work and malnutrition make them look like refugees.

On the other hand, not everyone captured by the Evil Moon Valley was made into a mining slave. There are some young and beautiful girls in the mix. Unfortunately, their fate is generally more wretched than being a mining slave. Although the mine has been captured and they were saved from their nightmares, the tragic experience they have experienced will never be forgotten.

Seeing this group of people, Lu Ye immediately understood. These are the people who have been oppressed by the Evil Moon Valley. Everyone who regained his freedom had gathered in this place for a reason.

A table had been placed in front of these people and an extremely fat cultivator was sitting behind the table. This guy looks very young. He was currently leaning on a chair and taking a nap with his hands folded on his chest.

The young cultivator, who had brought Lu Ye to this place, stepped forward and lightly tapped his knuckle onto the table.

The fat cultivator jumped hard and almost fell out of the chair. When he finally saw clearly the person standing in front of him, he patted his chest in relief. "You little bastard .. You almost scared me to death!"

The young cultivator looked silent. Lowering his voice, he said, “Brother Pang, record keeping may be an easy job, but you should not be lazing around blatantly. If the Elders in the Coalition see you.”.

Without waiting for the other party to finish his sentence, the fat cultivator waved his hand impatiently. "I got it. I got it. You only know how to nag all day like a woman.” Pausing for a moment, he asked, "What is that?"

The young cultivator stepped aside and showed Lu Ye, who was standing behind him. “Register this person and verify his identity.”

Because of how fat the fat cultivator was, his eyes were barely visible under all the fat on his face. Even so, those little eyes suddenly widened as he looked at Lu Ye. His gaze was fixed on the Storage Bag hanging on Lu Ye's waist.