Long Xi began the White Dragon Tribe's unique ritual of worship. Lu Yin followed suit and followed suit.
He really didn't understand the point of doing all this. The Ancestral Mang couldn't possibly open its eyes and bestow them with power. Lu Yin even speculated that if the Ancestral Mang did open its eyes, they would be the first to be swallowed. However, they were so small that they weren't even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth. Wait, the Ancestral Mang had been sleeping all this time.
Lu Yin felt like he had discovered the truth and was debating whether or not to tell Long Xi.
After completing the ritual, Lu Yin asked, "Can we go now?"
Long Xi nodded and looked at the Ancestral Mang with fervor, "The White Dragon Tribe's power comes from the Ancestral Mang. If I can see it awaken one day, my life will not be in vain."
"When will it awaken?" Lu Yin was curious.
Long Xi's gaze dimmed, but she didn't speak.
"What about the terror ants?
We'll definitely go back the way we came, and we'll run into more of them, "Lu Yin thought of a serious problem.
Long Xi squatted down and touched the soil on the ground, "The Ancestral Mang has been sleeping here for a long time. This soil contains its aura, and it'll be enough to deter the terror ants."
"That's too risky," Lu Yin said.
"You can stay too," Long Xi said faintly, "If you stay, I can announce that you've been enlightened and feel the Ancestral Mang's blessing. You can also avoid Bai Shaohong's schemes. Emissaries won't dare to act recklessly here, and without becoming an Emissary, you won't be able to break out of this circle."
Long Xi's eyes lit up as she spoke, and Lu Yin quickly buried himself in the ground, "I still prefer to go out."
Long Xi didn't say anything else, but she seemed a little regretful.
Lu Yin was speechless; this girl really wanted to leave him here. He didn't want to stay in this damned place; the Ancestral Mang could crush him if it flipped over in its sleep one day.
They came slowly, but left quickly. There were no monsters or people here, and it only took them half a day to reach the place where the terror ants had been.
Lu Yin panicked as he looked at the endless expanse of empty land. This was the terror of the terror ants; not even a blade of grass could grow here.
"The terror ants damaged the Mother Tree a lot, right?" Lu Yin asked.
Long Xi said solemnly, "More or less. The terror ants are one of Root's greatest enemies, and hundreds of experts from the organization die every year."
"You didn't ask for help from a stronger expert?
Are the Four Way Scales not going to be affected? "
Long Xi said calmly, "There are strong and weak Horror Ants, and their reproductive abilities are unparalleled. They can't be completely wiped out. Most of these creatures in the Mortal World destroy their mother trees, but they have their own ecological chain. If one of them is truly wiped out, the consequences could be disastrous."
The Terror Ant had already disappeared. Looking at the empty space, it had gone in another direction.
Due to the barren land of the Terror Ants, the two of them did not encounter any monsters on their way back. They were all scared away by the Terror Ants. Before they encountered the Terror Ants, they were already familiar with the path. In less than three days, the two of them returned to the entrance of the third zone. They saw Chi's huge body, Elder Long Kui, and some of the people he had forced to stay.
Long Kui heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Long Xi and Lu Yin had returned safely. Even though the two of them looked a little battered, it was fine as long as they had successfully paid their respects to the Ancestral Mang.
There were so many people at the entrance, and all of them were experts. Lu Yin knew that Long Kui had stopped them on their behalf. Most of these people definitely had nothing to do with them, and there were even Envoys among them. However, Long Kui had stopped them all just in case.
"Sorry for the offense, everyone. Please enter now," Long Kui said to the people who had been stopped.
The group had no choice but to feign politeness and enter the third zone one by one.
Among them, one of them looked at Lu Yin viciously before entering the third zone.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Elder," Long Xi said.
Long Kui smiled, "As long as you're fine."
To the side, Chi raised its body and stared at Lu Yin with its two heads. It seemed to be very happy that Lu Yin had returned. Lu Yin felt like this guy was looking at him as if he was a toy. If it hadn't been for the fact that it had admitted defeat when they had first entered the Mortal World, Lu Yin would have been a little afraid of it. But now, it didn't matter. It was just a coward, and he had his own circle.
When he saw Tian Hou staring at him with a playful expression, Lu Yin raised a brow and glared at it. Tian Hou's eyes lit up, and then it opened its mouth to roar. Immediately after, an even louder roar came from afar, and Tian Hou immediately cowered.
Lu Yin was shocked as well. Were there that many Envoys here?
Long Kui helplessly said, "Let's go."
Long Xi stared at Lu Yin and then stepped onto Chi's back. Chi spread its wings and flew towards the Bifrost. Their journey to the Mortal World had come to an end.
On the Bifrost, the red zone led downwards, while the orange zone led upwards.
The Bifrost was huge, and it wasn't easy to travel from the red zone to the orange zone. Even with Chi's speed, it would still take a long time.
Lu Yin found it strange that there were no spatial transference devices in this region of space. Even the Astral Combat Academy had one.
It was his first time here, and each zone had its own characteristics and rules, so Lu Yin didn't ask too many questions.
Sitting on Chi's back, Lu Yin saw group after group of people heading towards the Mortal World. Although the Mortal World was extremely dangerous, it was also fatally attractive to them.
Lu Yin looked down, and those who were above the red zone and heading towards the Mortal Realm also saw the Tian Hou flying over their heads towards the orange zone, as well as Lu Yin and the others on its back.
Many people were envious. An Envoys mount was obviously owned by a superpower, and it might even be the Four Cardinal Scales.
Chi flew past quickly, but it didn't fly horizontally. Instead, it flew as high as it could.
Within the red region, there were two people who caught Long Kui's attention. "They're actually from the Liu Clan." As he spoke, he had Hou slow down.
Long Xi followed Long Kui's gaze and saw an old man with his hands behind his back. He looked old and senile, as if he could collapse at any moment. However, Long Xi's expression changed when she saw the old man clearly. "Master Yijian, Liu Yiyi."
The old man looked up and saw Long Kui and Long Xi. He smiled and nodded.
Long Kui nodded.
Long Xi pulled Lu Yin up and bowed to the old man.
There was a young man behind the old man, and he stared at Lu Yin in a daze with intense shock in his eyes.
Lu Yin was the same, and he stared in shock at the young man behind the old man. It was Zhang Dingtian!
Lu Yin had never dreamed that he would meet Zhang Dingtian here. When Zhang Dingtian and Bai Xue had been sucked away by Jupiter, Lu Yin had guessed that they had come to this part of the universe. They might meet again in the future, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly and so suddenly.
Both of them were shocked, but it only lasted for a moment. Long Xi didn't notice it, and Long Kui and the old man only glanced at each other before not looking at each other again. Thus, no one had noticed anything strange from start to finish.
The two didn't recognize each other either.
Chi sped up towards the orange zone.
Zhang Dingtian retracted his gaze; he was even more shocked than Lu Yin. When he had been sucked into Jupiter with Bai Xue and arrived in this part of the universe, he had thought that he would never meet Lu Yin again. Who would have thought that they would meet again on the Bifrost Bridge so many years later?
"That's someone from the White Dragon Clan. Be careful when you see him in the future. The Four Way Scales aren't simple," the old man in front of Zhang Dingtian advised.
Zhang Dingtian respectfully replied, "Understood."
He hadn't expected Lu Yin to be with the Four Way Scales. He had been in this part of the universe for many years, and he understood how terrifying and powerful the Four Way Scales were. They were the rulers of this region, so how had Lu Yin ended up with them?
This guy seemed to be the center of attention wherever he went, which was unbelievable.
Regardless, Zhang Dingtian was still happy to meet Lu Yin since they were friends.
This was the best way to meet an old friend in a foreign land.
On Chi Luo's back, Long Xi was curious. "Who's that person behind Senior Liu?
I don't think I've seen him before. "
Long Kui replied, "The Liu family is very strange. Every generation, there are many people who guard the Sword Stele for eternity and never leave. It's normal that no one knows about the Liu family's background."
"That young man isn't weak since he's following Grandmaster Brightblade," Long Xi commented.
Long Kui smiled. "No matter what, he can't compare to you, Princess. No matter how mystical the Sword Stele is, it can't compare to the Four Way Scales."
Long Xi nodded, as no one could deny this.
Lu Yin was speechless as he listened to their conversation. Did everyone with the surname Liu have to be related to the sword?
The Fifth Mainland's Liu family had founded the Sword Sect and controlled the most powerful Thirteen Swords. However, a Sword Stele had appeared in this region of space, and even the White Dragon Clan was afraid of it. It seemed that the surname Liu had always been a powerhouse's surname.
"Is the Sword Stele very mystical?" Lu Yin asked.
Long Kui did not answer.
Long Xi replied, "The Sword Stele was left behind from ancient times, and it's said that it contains the most powerful sword techniques from human civilization. It has always been guarded by the Liu family, and no one knows if the legends are true. However, the Liu family often uses unimaginable sword techniques, and they are the emperors of our Cosmic Tree Realm."
Lu Yin understood. "So the Liu family is extremely powerful?
They can't even reach the Top Realm and become the Four Way Scales? My White Dragon Clan is still superior. "
Long Kui smiled, as he liked hearing this. "Of course. Legends say that the Sword Stele was left behind by the ancient Wu Tian. That's ridiculous, as Wu Tian was the first human to use weapons. How could he only have swordsmanship? Wu Tian was one of the most ancient ancestors, so how could his things have been passed down until now?"
People needed to be praised, and when Lu Yin praised the White Dragon Clan, Long Kui immediately spat out some information.
Wu Tian?
One of the most ancient ancestors?
There was actually such a powerhouse who had created the first human to use weapons?
That was really too far away. Compared to the Death God, who was more ancient?
Long Xi said, "Wu Tian's existence itself is also a legend, and there are no historical records that can prove his existence. Perhaps Wu Tian is a kind of spirit, a symbol, or the name of a certain era."
"That's possible. There are many legends about the ancient ancestors, but very few can be confirmed. Wu Tian, Destiny, the Death God, and even the ancestors who created the human race. The only one that can be confirmed is Lu …" Suddenly, Long Kui paused and did not continue.
Long Xi trembled and remained silent.