Lu Yin's eyes widened. The Fourteenth Gate?
He had heard of it before.
The current Humble School was divided into nine gates in the Middle Realm and four in the Top Realm, making a total of thirteen gates. Outside of these thirteen gates, there was a mysterious Fourteenth Gate. It wasn't stationed in one place, but rather patrolled the entire Astral Tree. The number of spies and redbacks they captured every year was comparable to the total number of the other thirteen gates. It was the most elite and secretive gate of the Humble School.
He had never expected to join the Fourteenth Gate.
Joining the Fourteenth Gate meant that the mission would be difficult. At least ten spies had to be handed in every year. It was said that the Fourteenth Gate captured more than ten thousand spies each year, but no one knew if that was true or not.
However, despite the difficulty of the mission, the Fourteenth Gate had the authority to capture and interrogate anyone in the Astral Tree. This authority came from the Governor of the Humble School, the ancestor who had founded the Humble School.
Joining the Fourteenth Gate meant that he had the support of the ancestor and was a disciple of the ancestor. He didn't have to worry about the Frigid Immortal Sect's schemes.
Lu Yin hadn't expected to join the Fourteenth Gate. It seemed like his true identity couldn't be exposed either.
Just as he was thinking about it, the stone shook again. Lu Yin glanced at it and gulped. Long Xi.
He pondered for a moment. To accept or not to accept?
That was the question.
The stone shook for a long time, but Long Xi showed no signs of giving up.
Lu Yin felt as if he could see Long Xi's furious face through the Cloudlight Stone. No, I can't accept it. I definitely can't accept it. She's angry right now.
He took off the stone and tossed it aside, leaving it to shake.
An entire night passed, and the Cloudpass Stone didn't vibrate as frequently, but it would still vibrate once in a while. The next morning, Lu Yin estimated that Long Xi's anger was about to die down.
As the stone shook, Lu Yin accepted the call.
Long Xi's image appeared.
Lu Yin stared at it and blinked, seeming quite calm.
Long Xi looked at him quietly, "How many things have you not told me?"
Lu Yin was confused, "What things?"
Long Xi said word by word, "I asked you about how to capture the spy in Yin Mountain City. You hid the bet between me and the three Guan brothers. I asked you about the bet. You hid what I told the Nine Gate Superintendent. Now, I'm asking you about what you told the Nine Gate Superintendent. Tell me, is there anything else you're hiding from me?"
Lu Yin gulped. "That should be it. No, I'm not hiding anything. I just didn't have the time to tell you."
"Speak!" Long Xi shouted and glared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin coughed. "Well, I've been assigned to the Fourteenth Humble School, and I'm heading to the Sword Stele right now. Apparently, there's a reward for viewing the Sword Stele."
Long Xi closed her eyes helplessly. She had indeed entered the fourteenth gate. Her brother Long Tian had told her but she didn't believe him. She didn't expect it to be true.
Actually, joining the Fourteenth Gate would guarantee Lu Yin's safety. However, the Fourteenth Gate was not the Yin Mountain Region, and it was not a place for people to gain experience. She knew very well how Lu Yin had captured spies and how he knew that the three Guan brothers were Redbacks. Everything came from unknown sources. Once that information disappeared, how could he complete the mission given to him by the Fourteenth Gate?
He would also be expelled and become a laughingstock.
This was only a small problem. The 14th Gate provided protection, but the price they had to pay was naturally much higher. Once they made a mistake, it would not be a small matter. Moreover, joining the 14th Gate was a public matter. They would be exposed to the eyes of everyone, and everything they did would be watched by countless people.
Long Xi's heart sank. From the moment Lu Yin had joined the Fourteenth Gate, the best outcome she could think of was that he would be expelled and become a laughingstock. The White Dragon Clan would also become a laughingstock, but that was only the best outcome.
"Do you know anything about the Sword Stele?"
Long Xi didn't know what else to say. She was filled with regret; she should not have allowed Lu Yin to come to the Yin Mountain Region. She should have locked him up in White Mountain and not allowed him to go anywhere. However, it was too late. Everything that Lu Yin had done was due to that unknown information. Who was the one behind all of this?
Lu Yin shook his head honestly, "I've only heard about it from Elder Long Kui, but I don't know the details." When he had first met Zhang Dingtian after leaving the Mortal World, Long Kui had told him about the Sword Stele and the legendary Ancient Ancestor, Wu Tian.
Long Xi looked at him indifferently, "You don't need to know too much about those legends, as there are no historical records to prove them. All you need to know is that when facing the Sword Stele, everyone has a chance to obtain some inheritance from it. However, that's only in theory. The Liu family has been here for so many years, and only a few have obtained the inheritance. However, because there are so many people who view the Sword Stele, there are so many inheritances added together.
"Not many others can view the Sword Stele. Even in the Four Way Scale, there aren't many who can view the Sword Stele. One of the rewards for the Humble Fourteenth Gate is to view the Sword Stele. This was something that the Governor of the Humble School fought for from the Liu family, and it's also one of the reasons why the Fourteenth Gate is so attractive.
It's a great opportunity for you to view the Sword Stele. It's best if you can obtain the inheritance, but don't worry about it if you can't. "
"Have you been there before?" Lu Yin asked.
Long Xi looked up, "Not at the moment."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. Not at the moment?
That meant that she could go, but she hadn't yet. Long Tian had used Long Xi to accompany him to the Ruler Realm to help him, so he must have hoped that Long Xi could become stronger and help him better. Perhaps this was one of the ways.
"The Liu family doesn't care much about the Four Way Scale, and they're even a little hostile. I'll ask Elder Long Kui to escort you to the Sword Stele, and you'll leave immediately after viewing it. I'll think of a way to get you to Upper Dragon Mountain. During this time, even if the Fourteenth Gate gives you a mission, don't act rashly. Discuss everything with Elder Long Kui. Got it?"
Lu Yin nodded, "Got it." He acted very obediently.
The more Long Xi looked at Lu Yin, the more nervous she became. After ending the call, she immediately contacted Elder Long Kui and urged him to go to the Yin Mountain District as soon as possible. She was afraid of Lu Yin; he looked honest, but he was more restless than anyone else.
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Lu Yin sat on the back of a chariot while Elder Long Kui sat in front of him.
Two days ago, Elder Long Kui had arrived at the Yin Mountain District and taken Lu Yin away without a word. Zhuo Si seemed to know something, but he didn't ask any questions.
In just two short months, Lu Yin's arrival had turned the Yin Mountain District upside down. Mo Gaohe had been expelled, and the white fatty had returned to the Wang family. The entire Yin Mountain District had calmed down, and the Humble Huaiyuan School had been thrown into chaos.
On the surface, it seemed like Lu Yin was the biggest winner, but he was also the one who was the most nervous.
Elder Long Kui's expression was calm as he led Lu Yin in a certain direction.
He didn't say a word during these two days, and Lu Yin didn't dare to talk to him either.
When Lu Yin had ridden a chariot from White Mountain to the Bifrost Bridge, he had seen the vastness of the Central Realm, but he hadn't been able to see it clearly. The chariot was too fast, and it was much slower this time. Lu Yin saw many regions of the Central Realm and saw many battles.
Wherever there were people, there would be conflict, and war was very common. However, in the Astral Tree District, in the Central Realm, the battles were even more exaggerated than the Fifth Mainland's interstellar wars.
There were very few Enlighters in the Fifth Mainland's Outerverse, and on average, each weave didn't even have one. In the Innerverse, there were very few powerhouses with power levels over 300,000, and even in the Neoverse, there were very few with power levels over 400,000.
Here, Lu Yin saw that almost all of the battles involved Enlighters, and there were even quite a few with power levels of 300,000 to 400,000. Fortunately, this region of space was extremely stable, and even Lu Yin couldn't tear it apart. Otherwise, the ground would have been destroyed.
The chariot's appearance caused many battles to stop, and it also attracted the attention of several powerhouses with power levels above the Envoys, which made Lu Yin's scalp go numb.
As they flew, the chariot suddenly stopped and looked into the distance. Its two large heads leaned against each other, and it seemed to be on guard.
Elder Long Kui looked at a certain spot in the void with a calm expression.
Lu Yin felt that something was amiss, and after thinking about it, he took out some Longhu Spring water from his cosmic ring and dripped it into his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw that the void had changed. He saw a dusky void filled with countless microscopic lifeforms. This was the real universe, and he saw a man looking at him from afar with a fierce gaze.
When their eyes met, the man was flabbergasted.
Lu Yin hurriedly lowered his head. It was an Emissary, and this was the real universe where Emissaries fought.
At this moment, the man stepped out of the void and looked at the chariot, Long Kui, and Lu Yin.
Long Kui calmly looked at the man. "Move aside."
The chariot let out a timely roar filled with warning.
The man's expression changed, and he immediately moved aside. He had just become an Emissary, so how could he dare to fight against Long Kui? He couldn't even defeat the chariot.
To be able to control an Envoy-level mount, it was obvious that the chariot had an extremely powerful background.
Long Kui didn't care about the man, and the chariot let out a roar at him before proudly flying past him.
The man looked at Lu Yin in bewilderment. This person was clearly just a Hunter, so how could they meet each other's gaze?
Was it just an illusion?
Just as the chariot passed by the man, Long Kui suddenly turned to look at the sky. The chariot stopped and looked at the sky as well, looking in the exact same direction as Long Kui.
Lu Yin hurriedly looked over as well.
A strange pattern appeared in the sky, and when the man saw it, he was shocked. "No, I don't want to go to the Star Alliance. I won't go!" He then took a step forward and disappeared into the void.
There was a one-minute time limit for the spring water, and it just so happened that the time limit was not up yet. Lu Yin could still see the real universe and the man's escape. He even saw a large hand descend from the void and drag the man into the pattern. In an instant, the pattern disappeared.
Lu Yin was stunned. What the hell?
"Let's go," Long Kui calmly instructed. The chariot then flew off into the distance at an unprecedented speed, as if it was afraid.
Lu Yin was curious. "Elder, what did that person just say about the Star Alliance?
What does that mean? "
He hadn't seen any introduction to the Star Alliance from Guan Yun's memories. Guan Yun had lived for so many years, and his memories were as vast as the ocean. Lu Yin had only seen a very small portion of them, and if he hadn't specifically searched for them, he wouldn't have been able to see the memories of Crimson Orchid City from the Yinshan District headquarters.