After another near-death experience, Lu Yin was filled with apprehension about the Mortal Realm. There were indeed countless terrifying monsters there, and it was no wonder that the Roots had not been able to completely destroy them.
After five rolls of the die, Lu Yin had another ten days of free time where he continued to absorb star energy.
It had already been twenty days since he'd returned to Junior Progenitor Planet, and during that time, the middle-aged man had scanned Lu Yin with star energy three times. There had been nearly nine days between the third time and the first two times. As long as Lu Yin behaved himself, the middle-aged man would not monitor him.
At his current rate of progress, it would take some time for him to become a Hunter for the nineteenth time, but with the Timestop Space, Lu Yin was not in a hurry.
Ten days later, Lu Yin continued rolling the die.
This time, he rolled five times, but he did not roll Enhance. He didn't even roll Enhance, which was rather unlucky.
Lu Yin walked out of the black lava to relieve his boredom, and he also dragged quite a few star essence back. He also secretly stored a considerable amount of star essence into his cosmic ring. It was time, as the situation had already stabilized for quite some time. Lu Yin wanted to take advantage of the situation, but he couldn't always take advantage of the same place.
"The resources here all have imprints, so you can't take them away." Lu Yin intentionally walked past the middle-aged man to see his reaction.
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "I know."
The middle-aged man ignored him after he finished speaking.
The cultivators who were willing to follow the Junior Progenitor were either nearing the end of their lifespans and could not advance any further, so they could only place their hopes on the Junior Progenitor. Either they were not strong enough, or they had enemies outside, so they could only rely on the Junior Progenitor for protection.
This middle-aged man was clearly the latter.
Lu Yin tossed a large pile of star essence into the black lava and continued to absorb star energy while reciting the Stonewall Scriptures.
The Stonewall Scriptures had always been mysterious, and he did not dare tell anyone about them. Whenever he encountered something strange, he would just recite the scriptures.
Actually, Lu Yin had always wanted to investigate the elder's identity on Driftcharge Planet, but unfortunately, he had no idea where to start. Right, there was still that set of numbers.
Lu Yin was afraid that he would forget, so he recited them again before finally feeling at ease.
Ten days passed, and no one came to Junior Progenitor Planet. Liu Tianmu was also cultivating in peace.
Lu Yin raised his hand, and his die appeared. He took a deep breath and prayed that he had to roll Enhance. Only a six would give him a chance at survival.
He tapped the die, and it slowly spun until it finally stopped at six.
Lu Yin's jaw dropped. That's it?
Had he rolled it the wrong way?
Do I have to pray before shaking it?
Before he could think too much, his consciousness appeared in the dark space. He quickly found a ball of light and fused with it.
Before he could even open his eyes, the first thing he felt was a bone-piercing pain. He hurriedly opened his eyes to find himself in a dark cell. A short old man stood in front of him, cackling strangely. The sound of water dripping could be heard from the corner of the cell in a regular pattern.
Lu Yin blinked. Was he being interrogated?
"Seems like it's still not enough. Let's continue then," the short old man laughed strangely. It was unknown what he did, but the bone-piercing pain came again. It was actually not much less painful than the pain of breaking through the next stage. It was as if his body was being crushed and reassembled.
'Lu Yin' hurriedly said, "I'll talk."
The short old man was clearly startled, and his eyes flashed. "What did you say?"
The pain disappeared, and Lu Yin and the short old man exchanged glances. What did he say?
How would he know?
At that moment, memories flooded into Lu Yin's mind, causing his brain to swell. Two seconds later, he understood the situation. The owner of this body was called Ren Qing, and he was an Emissary who had survived two Origin Tribulations. The reason why Lu Yin had been able to fuse with this body was because the astral energy vortex in this person's body had been scattered, and he had been weakened to the extreme. Any Enlighter with a power level of 400,000 could deal with him, which was why Lu Yin had been able to fuse with him.
However, this was not important. The most important thing was that this person was actually a Redback, the only Redback that Guan Hai had contacted.
When Lu Yin had revealed that the three Guan brothers were Redbacks, Guan Tong and Guan Hai had been taken away by Qing Chen. Before they could be interrogated, the two had committed suicide and become Redbacks. If they were discovered, they would not be able to survive. The two had been quite decisive, and perhaps this was why they had been assigned to the Humble Huaiyuan Sect. If they were caught, they would die immediately. Their decisiveness had previously been greatly appreciated by Qing Chen, but now, it had angered him the most.
Fortunately, through the people that the three Guan brothers had contacted, Qing Chen had investigated them one by one. He had not found anything at first, but Qing Chen had been astute and astute, and he had pretended that he had found something and pretended to be arrested. Everyone else had been fine, and they had not resisted much. Only Ren Qing had truly believed that he had been discovered, and when he had resisted, he had been targeted. In the end, Qing Chen had personally captured him.
The moment he had captured this person, Qing Chen had immediately broken the man's astral energy vortex, fearing that he would commit suicide. However, Qing Chen had overestimated this person. This person did not have the courage of Guan Tong or Guan Hai, and he had confessed everything immediately.
However, because he had confessed too early, Qing Chen had not believed him, and neither had the short old man in charge of interrogating him. Thus, the interrogation had not stopped.
In any case, this Ren Qing was rather miserable, and Lu Yin sympathized with him. He knew that this person had confessed the truth.
"I knew that you would want to hide more important information. Speak. If you don't want to suffer, then tell me. Otherwise, I won't let you die so easily. I'll spend the rest of my life slowly tormenting you. With your body's condition, it won't be a problem for you to live for more than a hundred years," the short old man said in a strange voice. Coupled with the gloomy atmosphere around him, it was truly terrifying.
Regardless of whether it was a cultivator's body or will, they were far superior to ordinary people. However, the interrogation methods used to deal with cultivators were also far superior to ordinary people. A cultivator who had been interrogated by a unique method would end up no different from an ordinary person.
Lu Yin had read many of Ren Qing's memories, and he was certain that Ren Qing had nothing more to hide. He had confessed everything, and he had only heard the voice of the person who had turned him into a Redback. He had not even seen the person's face, but he had confessed everything.
"What, you still want to hide it?" the short old man's gaze turned cold, and his tone was rather terrifying.
'Lu Yin' sighed. "I'll tell you."
The short old man's eyes narrowed as he stared at 'Lu Yin.'
The body that 'Lu Yin' had fused with was too weak, and he was constantly gasping for breath. He even coughed up blood as he stammered, "When I first discovered that the Guan brothers were Redbacks, I, I made contact with them and met them in their secret place. I saw, saw …" 'Lu Yin' paused intentionally.
The short old man barked, "What did you see?"
'Lu Yin' replied weakly, "I saw that they recorded some things. They should have been related to the person who had turned them into Redbacks. They had the characteristics of the person, but I didn't see it clearly."
The short old man stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Where are the records?
We searched that place, but we didn't find anything. "
'Lu Yin' smiled bitterly. "We set up a mechanism for the things we recorded. How could they have been so easily searched? Who?
The first person who touched those things could have seen them, but the place where the records were recorded might have been destroyed because they had been seen. "
The short old man grabbed 'Lu Yin' by the chin. "What else are you hiding? Spit it all out."
'Lu Yin' howled, "I'm not hiding anything. It's not anything important at all. I just remembered it."
"That's the most important thing. You-" 'That was all Lu Yin heard before his consciousness returned to the dark space and fused back into his body.
He opened his eyes and was secretly delighted. His luck was pretty good, as he had actually managed to fuse into Ren Qing's body. The line had already been cast, and whether or not he could catch a fish would depend on luck. He didn't dare say anything else and continued to roll his die.
Four pips: Time Stop Space. Lu Yin was secretly delighted, as it was time to upgrade his external items. He estimated that he had stashed away more than a billion star essence, which was close to two billion star essence. He didn't know how many more items he could upgrade.
First was his formcast model. When he had broken through to the Hunter realm, he had used up the formcast model. Afterward, he had upgraded another formcast model to six times, but when he had wanted to upgrade it a seventh time, he had realized that he didn't have enough money.
Upgrading a formcast model from six times to seven times would have required more than a hundred million star essence. It hadn't been enough, but now, it was enough.
He began to roll his die.
As long as he was in the Time Stop Space, he would definitely be able to roll Enhance.
After a period of time, Lu Yin rolled his die for the sixth time, and he finally rolled Enhance.
He looked at the two screens and felt rather excited.
Formcast models were actually a specialty of the Fifth Mainland, and they were used to upgrade the abilities of cultivators who were slightly richer. In the Sixth Mainland and the Cosmic Tree Domain, the cultivators of the same generation did not use formcast models and instead used Enlightenment.
Lu Yin had never heard of a seven-stage formcast model before, and he didn't know what its specific effects were.
Regardless, he would know once he tried it, and there was no harm in trying it out.
It was time to become a tycoon. Lu Yin's eyes flashed with excitement as he frantically threw out the star essence he had obtained from Junior Ancestor Planet. He watched as the formcast model slowly dropped until it was completely gone.
Lu Yin looked at the formcast model in front of him that didn't seem any different, but it had already been upgraded. He could only sigh at how expensive it was.
This formcast model didn't seem much different from the previous one. As he thought about it, he looked at the two screens. Could it be upgraded again?
Lu Yin was very curious. He placed the formcast model on the upper screen and then threw in a million star essence.
He stared at the formcast model. Did it move?
No, it didn't seem to have moved at all.
Lu Yin was a little disappointed, as there was probably no way to upgrade it. However, he also rejoiced. If there really was a way to upgrade it, would he have the money to do so?
The sixth upgrade of the formcast model had cost him more than 8,000 star essence, and the seventh upgrade would cost him more than a hundred million star essence. According to his calculations, even if he could upgrade it, wouldn't he need a trillion star essence or even more?
Where would he get that much money?
Even if he emptied the entire Junior Ancestor Planet of the White Dragons, he might not have enough. However, emptying all four planets should be enough.
As he looked forward to upgrading the formcast model again, Lu Yin looked at the items in his cosmic ring, wondering which one he should upgrade.
First was the Origin Artifact, and he didn't know what it would be like if he upgraded it. He didn't hesitate to toss the leaf onto the upper screen, but it didn't move. Lu Yin was disappointed that he couldn't upgrade it. Next was the aquatic plant power vessel.