Lu Yin had originally planned to explore Jupiter in the near future. A mysterious organization had been hiding in his backyard, and he had to find out more about it. After all, this organization was related to the Primeval Surname Alliance, and he might be able to find out more about his past.
However, he had never imagined that he would actually hear the words "Hidden Earth Society" from Starsibyl in this distant Minor Thousand Flowrealm.
"What do you mean?" Lu Yin asked as he stared at Starsibyl, trying to discern something from her eyes.
Starsibyl gestured for him to follow her. "Brother Lu, I'll bring you to meet someone."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed as a myriad of thoughts ran through his mind. He followed Starsibyl and headed off in a certain direction.
Not long after, they arrived at a house where they saw a nervous man drinking cup after cup of tea. It was obvious that this person was anxious, and there was an indescribable fear in the depths of his eyes.
Starsibyl led Lu Yin inside.
The man's eyes lit up when he saw the two of them, especially Lu Yin. "You're Lu Yin?"
Lu Yin looked at the man. "Who are you?"
The man gulped and spoke in a hoarse voice. "My name is Zhang Chiting, and I'm from the Hidden Earth Society."
Lu Yin raised his brows and glanced at Starsibyl before looking back at the man. "Why should I believe you?"
"Huo Qingshan, Reincarnation Destroyer."
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes, but he did not speak.
Zhang Chiting saw that Lu Yin still did not believe him, and he opened his mouth to say something, but Lu Yin raised a hand to interrupt him. "Is the Starsibyl Sect related to the Hidden Earth Society?"
Starsibyl replied, "Not really. I just happened to come into contact with them. Enjoy your chat." She then walked out of the house.
Lu Yin looked at Zhang Chiting. "How much does the Starsibyl Sect know about the Hidden Earth Society?"
Zhang Chiting shook his head. "Not much. Over the years, Earth has been wiped out many times, and each time, some of the elites were either brought to Jupiter or left for the universe. I've been trying to get in touch with the Starsibyl Sect, hoping to use them to calculate the true reason for Earth's extinction. However, I don't dare reveal everything about the Hidden Earth Society."
"So part of the reason I'm here is because of you?" Lu Yin asked.
Zhang Chiting nodded. "The Starsibyl Sect is indeed powerful. They managed to calculate our relationship, which is why they arranged for us to meet.
Lu Yin did not know what the Starsibyl Sect's plans........
That might not be the case. They might be more concerned about the Primeval Surname Alliance.
"Does the Starsibyl Sect know about Jupiter?"
Zhang Chiting shook his head. "I didn't say anything. Jupiter is a top secret of the Hidden Earth Society. Unless it's someone from Earth or someone with a primeval surname recognized by us, we won't tell anyone about it."
At this point, Lu Yin was starting to believe that this person was a member of the Hidden Earth Society, but that was not necessarily the case. The Hidden Earth Society had existed for so many years, and who knew if there were any traitors among them?
But then again, even if there were traitors, what could they betray?
What could he gain?
What could those forces that lured the members of the Hidden Earth Society to betray them gain?
The seemingly mysterious Hidden Earth Organization was nothing more than an empty shell.
Jupiter had remained unexplored for so many years, which proved that the outside world did not care about the Hidden Earth Society at all. Perhaps the Starsibyl Sect had allowed Zhang Chiting to contact Lu Yin in order to form a good relationship with him, and it was not as complicated as Lu Yin thought. After all, the Hidden Earth Society had no value to the various powers.
Only he and the members of the Hidden Earth Society would take it seriously.
"Why do you want to see me?
I'm not a member of the Hidden Earth Society, "Lu Yin said.
Zhang Chiting replied, "I know, but there's no other way. Aside from you, there's no one else who can help Earth." He paused and then solemnly said, "It won't be long before Earth is wiped out."
Lu Yin's eyes widened. Huo Qingshan had once said that Earth would be wiped out every once in a while, and that civilization would restart.
"Why do you say that?
It hasn't been that long since the last civilization was wiped out, right? "
Zhang Chiting smiled bitterly. "Every civilization is wiped out at a different time. It's not determined by time, but rather by Earth's development. Because of your appearance, Earth became a cultivation civilization ahead of time, which led to the birth of many geniuses. Extinction is close at hand."
Huo Qingshan had said something similar before, but Lu Yin remembered that Huo Qingshan had not only mentioned Earth. "Aside from Earth, Huo Qingshan also said that the other primeval surnames would be wiped out."
Zhang Chiting shook his head and then revealed a fact that shocked Lu Yin. "The other primeval surnames are different from Earth because they were wiped out by the Hidden Earth Society."
Zhang Chiting's words shocked Lu Yin. "Wiped out by you guys?"
Zhang Chiting nodded, his tone turning slightly gloomy. "Due to the extinction of civilizations, the Hidden Earth Society will take away geniuses from Earth every once in a while to cultivate. You should know that there are many geniuses on Earth, and as long as they have the resources and the means to cultivate, their chances of becoming powerhouses far exceed that of people from other regions."
Lu Yin was aware of this. Among the first batch of true earthlings to leave Earth, Zhang Dingtian's strength was comparable to Liu Shaoqiu's, and Bai Qian had become a Cruiser and had entered the top ranks of the Sovereign Tournament. There were also Bai Xue and Xu San, and all of them weren't bad. The only one whose whereabouts were unknown was Seruzen, and unless he was dead, he wouldn't be too bad either. Lu Yin even believed that with that person's willpower, his achievements might not be below Zhang Dingtian's.
The second generation that left Earth, Fu Xiaoshu and the others, progressed extremely quickly, and they even had the strength of a Hall Master of Yu Academy. They had already rushed out of Frostwave Weave to cultivate outside. Not long ago, Yu Academy had reported that another batch of geniuses had joined Earth, and the number of geniuses was no less than the first batch.
Any cultivator with an innate gift could unconditionally join the Ten Arbiters Council. The universe placed great importance on cultivators with innate gifts, and they were already one step ahead of ordinary cultivators.
There weren't as many cultivators with innate gifts in the entire Frostwave Weave as compared to Earth.
Earth was a very strange existence.
"Every member of the Hidden Earth Society who leaves Earth to cultivate will easily reach the Hunter realm if everything goes smoothly. Even if they lack resources, they can still reach the Hunter realm with time. I, Zhang Chiting, cultivated for 327 years and reached the Hunter realm with the innate gift of distortion. Before me, there were many experts from the Hidden Earth Society who reached the Hunter realm and even the Enlighter realm," Zhang Chiting said.
Lu Yin raised a hand to stop him. If he had just stepped into the universe, he would have wanted to come into contact with the Hidden Earth Society and borrow their strength to accomplish a few things. But now, he didn't need to. No matter how powerful the Hidden Earth Society was, they couldn't possibly reach his level of accomplishments. Otherwise, they wouldn't have asked for his help. "There's no need to go into too much detail."
Zhang Chiting could feel Lu Yin's distance and helplessly said, "Earth's reincarnation and extinction is too strange. Even if we hope that an absolute powerhouse will intervene and save Earth, you should know that the universe is cruel. Even if Earth is saved from the tragedy of reincarnation and extinction, it might still end up as a slave to an absolute powerhouse. The Hidden Earth Society doesn't dare to take that risk."
"So you've massacred the other families with primeval surnames to create the illusion that the extinction was man-made?" Lu Yin guessed.
Zhang Chiting replied, "There's no other way. The matter of Earth cannot be exposed. The only way to confuse the truth is to drag the other families with the primeval surnames into the water and create the illusion that someone hates the primeval surnames, which is why they were massacred."
Lu Yin sighed in amazement. How ruthless! It was no wonder why the Hidden Earth Society had never been exposed. This organization had the ability, the means, and the ruthlessness. Even more so, they were cautious.
"Everything was going smoothly at first. We wanted to slowly accumulate resources and nurture innate cultivators. One day, we'd be able to nurture a powerhouse with a power level of a million. Because Earthlings have high comprehension and innate gifts, this was not a dream. But we never expected that you would appear out of nowhere and completely disrupt our plans." Zhang Chiting smiled bitterly.
"Because of your appearance, Earth's civilization entered an era of cultivation prematurely. Naturally, it also went extinct prematurely."
Lu Yin suddenly thought of something. "Were you really not exposed?"
Zhang Chiting was puzzled. "Why do you ask?"
Lu Yin looked at him. "If we weren't exposed, then why would the Mavis family, the Seven Courts' Xia family, the Neohuman Alliance's Specter Clan, and even Starsibyl appear on Earth?"
Zhang Chiting frowned. "Actually, this is what we've been investigating all this time. To outsiders, Earth is just a very ordinary planet. It's already inconceivable that it could attract cultivators from the Great Yu Empire's Yu Academy, but even the Mavis family and the Seven Courts have appeared. We still haven't found an answer. Earth's apocalypse was caused by the Daynight clan, but even the Daynight clan shouldn't have attracted the Mavis family."
Lu Yin stared at Zhang Chiting, unable to tell if he was lying or not.
"What's on Jupiter?" Lu Yin asked.
Zhang Chiting shook his head. "I don't know. Those who went in never came out. None of us went in."
His answer was the same as Huo Qingshan's. It seemed that Lu Yin would have to take a look if he wanted to know what was on Jupiter.
Zhang Dingtian and Bai Xue had both been sucked in by Jupiter.
"What do you want from me?" Lu Yin asked.
Zhang Chiting replied, "Earth has entered a countdown to its extinction. According to our estimations, this civilization will be completely wiped out in about a hundred years. We want to use you to ask Master Yuan to investigate the truth behind Earth's extinction."
Lu Yin understood; Master Yuan's reputation was too good. His disciples were spread throughout the universe, and his strength was in the millions. The Hidden Earth Society was not afraid of Master Yuan doing anything to them.
Zhang Chiting looked at Lu Yin anxiously and expectantly. He knew that Lu Yin was not an Earthling, but he had stayed on Earth for two years. The reason why Earth had entered an era of cultivation so early was because of this person, and this person was full of goodwill towards Earth. The Hidden Earth Society had dared to expose themselves because Starsibyl had divined it, and because of this person's existence, they did not have to worry about Earthlings becoming slaves.
At the same time, Zhang Chiting felt somewhat bitter. The Hidden Earth Society had been developing for so many years, but it could not compare to this person's ten years of cultivation.
It was true that an absolute genius could change the entire situation.
Lu Yin said, "I can ask Master Yuan to investigate Earth. If he's not free, I can also ask other powerhouses with power levels in the millions to go. However, that will have to wait until I personally investigate."
"Investigate what?" Zhang Chiting was stunned.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and he replied with two words: Jupiter.