When they arrived at the Red Garden, Qing Chen's fingers trembled as if he had remembered something. His eyes were full of fear. "This is the Red Garden. Remember, don't tell anyone that you've been here."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "Is this place important?"
Qing Chen replied, "It's more important than you think."
"Why isn't there anyone here?" Lu Yin asked.
Qing Chen replied, "If there's no one here, we'll go find them. I'll take you to see everyone here. If you find any spies, don't say anything. Someone who can hide here is definitely not simple."
Lu Yin nodded and didn't say anything. Qing Chen didn't say anything either and led Lu Yin along the direction of the stream.
If Qing Chen had been a woman, this would have been the most beautiful place for a rendezvous. However, in the face of such beauty, Qing Chen's eyes were filled with fear and vigilance. Lu Yin was the same; this place was beautiful, but it was so beautiful that it made him panic.
Red flowers rained down from the sky as if they were about to be buried.
They had not walked far when Lu Yin's ears suddenly twitched. He looked ahead and saw the soil moving. He was on high alert.
Qing Chen narrowed his eyes and stared ahead.
The soil suddenly burst open, and a figure rushed towards them.
Qing Chen waved his hand and the void split open, sweeping towards the figure.
The figure was hit by Qing Chen's attack and flung into the distance with a strange cry.
Lu Yin saw clearly that it was a man with disheveled hair and a dirty face. He looked like a madman with a red flower in his mouth.
With a bang, the man fell into the stream, triggering another scream. "How dare you trespass into the Ancestor's territory! Do you want to die?
I'll destroy your entire family! "
Qing Chen and Lu Yin looked into the stream and saw the madman laughing strangely. He was lying flat on the surface of the water, not moving at all. Qing Chen's attack had not been able to hurt him. At the bottom of the stream, a pair of eyes stared at them. His eyes were red, and he looked even crazier. "Why don't you kneel and salute the Ancestor?
When the Ancestor gets angry, you won't have a chance to live. "
Lu Yin was puzzled.
Qing Chen said, "The Red Garden is a prison where the most powerful madmen of the Astral Tree are imprisoned."
The old man had never told Lu Yin what the Red Garden was. He had asked, but the old man had remained silent. Qing Chen hadn't mentioned it on the way here either, so it was only now that Lu Yin found out that the Red Garden was actually a prison, a prison that specialized in detaining lunatics.
"Who are these lunatics?" Lu Yin asked.
Qing Chen said, "You'll know later." After that, he continued to walk forward.
Lu Yin met the gaze of the person at the bottom of the water, and the pair of eyes stared fixedly at Lu Yin. As the water rippled, Lu Yin was able to see the person clearly. It was an old man with tattered clothes, but he could tell that they were luxurious and exquisite. The way he sat made it seem like he was sitting on a throne. He was clearly a madman, but he was filled with dignity.
"If you dare look, I'll wipe out your entire family!" shouted the crazy old man. But all he could do was talk. He didn't move.
Meanwhile, the man lying flat on the stream was still grinning and mumbling something.
"Copy this scripture a hundred times. You're not allowed to be naughty, and you're not allowed to look at the Ancestor …" The voice grew softer and softer, and Lu Yin couldn't help but turn back to look at the crazy old man at the bottom of the stream.
"Don't worry, these people are too obsessed. They're just lunatics," said Qing Chen.
They didn't walk far before the ground trembled slightly.
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The old woman was squatting on the ground, fiddling with something.
As the two drew closer, they could see clearly.
The old woman's arms were constantly striking the ground as if she was chopping something, but she didn't have a knife. Her arms had already rotted away, revealing her white bones.
"Don't worry, it's almost done. What else do you want to eat?
Fried Iced Fruit?
Grilled Fish?
I'll cook anything, haha. "
"Don't worry, it's almost done. What else do you want to eat?
Fried Iced Fruit?
Grilled Fish?
I'll cook anything, haha. "
"Don't worry, it's almost done. What else do you want to eat?
Fried Iced Fruit?
Grilled Fish?
I'll cook anything, haha. "
…
The old woman kept repeating this sentence, as if it was engraved in her soul.
Lu Yin looked at the old woman's rotting arms and didn't know why, but he felt sad and uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart. He stopped looking at her and continued walking with Qing Chen.
Along the way, they saw one lunatic after another. They saw a little girl running by, giggling. She turned around and said something to someone, then returned and repeated it infinitely. They also saw a man talking to himself, pretending to be someone else. The plot was even coherent, as if the man was angry at the person who was talking to him for not being able to fight back after being beaten.
After crossing the red mountain, there was a large piece of land in the distance.
Lu Yin looked at the lunatics one after another. They didn't look like lunatics, but more like they were immersed in some kind of scene and couldn't extricate themselves.
"How is it?
Did you see anything? "asked Qing Chen.
Lu Yin shook his head. "Not yet."
Qing Chen looked calm. He couldn't see anything, so he didn't expect Lu Yin to see anything. Bringing Lu Yin here was just a glimmer of hope.
"How many lunatics are here?" asked Lu Yin.
Qing Chen said, "I'm not sure."
Lu Yin nodded.
Suddenly, there was a cry of surprise. "Young Master, Young Master, you're back! Young Master, I missed you so much! Young Master …"
Lu Yin and Qing Chen turned around and saw a man with disheveled hair and a crazed look in his eyes rushing towards them. He was as thin as a bamboo pole.
Lu Yin and the man looked at each other, and he was sure that this person was staring at him. Young Master?
Qing Chen waved his hand, and the void split open, throwing the man out.
However, the man didn't feel any pain or itch after landing, and he continued to rush towards them, shouting "Young Master."
"There's no one here. Let's go," said Qing Chen. After that, he pressed a hand on Lu Yin's shoulder, and the two disappeared.
Before he left, Lu Yin glanced at the skinny man once more. The man seemed to be in a frenzy, as if he was trying to break free from something. "Young Master, Young Master, you're back! This old servant has missed you so much, Young Master!"
The scene in front of them changed, and the two returned to the empty place from before.
"Didn't you find anything?" asked Qing Chen, looking at Lu Yin hopefully.
Lu Yin was helpless. "Your subordinate is useless. I couldn't find anything."
Qing Chen said in a low voice, "It's not your fault. Even I couldn't find anything. Let's go, I'll take you to Dragon Mountain."
Lu Yin knew that he had to go to Dragon Mountain, or else he wouldn't be able to explain himself. Even cultivators couldn't break free from the shackles of their thoughts. After all, he was from a branch of the White Dragon Clan, and unless he encountered a life-or-death situation, no one in this region of space believed that he could ever leave the White Dragon Clan, much less willingly leave.
The sky of the Top Realm was dusky, and there were only four directions.
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Wherever the scale was, there was light.
On the way to Dragon Mountain, Qing Chen gave Lu Yin some knowledge about the Top Realm. For example, the White Dragon Clan's Dragon Mountain emitted light from beneath Dragon Mountain, or rather, the entire mountain was glowing. Dragon Mountain was surrounded by lakes, which caused the underground light to reflect into the sky, creating a mirage-like scene.
No one knew where the underground light was coming from, but some guessed that there was a giant sourcebox array set up beneath Dragon Mountain.
The light from the Frigid Immortal Sect's mountain gate originated from white clouds. The sky of the Frigid Immortal Sect was blue, and the clouds were white. Every cloud emitted light that was gentle, comfortable, and beautiful.
No one knew why these clouds emitted light. More importantly, the light emitted by the clouds had a certain healing effect. Not only could it heal the body, but it could also calm one's mind. It was inconceivable.
The entire Wang family lived on a severed palm. Since ancient times, countless people had tried to find the origin of this severed palm, but no one had been able to find anything.
The severed palm was enormous, and it supported the entire Wang family. Thus, the Wang family's location was the highest of the four scales, as if it were among the clouds.
There was also a sphere that emitted light from the severed palm. It wasn't a celestial body, but rather a manifestation of some sort of power.
Speaking of the Wang family's severed palm, Lu Yin suddenly recalled the palm that Wang Su had visualized. Could it be that severed palm?
Shenwu Plane's light source was the strangest, as it was a Hellwyrm. There was a Hellwyrm locked in Shenwu Plane, and it was the source of light for the entire plane.
This was the Four Scales, and each of them had their own methods. In other places, it was easy to produce light, as any expert could pull a celestial body to emit light. However, this was not allowed in the Top Realm. Above the Four Scales was the Sovereign Realm, and no celestial bodies were allowed to exist.
"My humble class has a special status. Due to the existence of the governor, there are many times when even the Four Way Scales can only endure. But this special status is due to the Four Way Scales' fear of the governor. They can't tolerate Redbacks. This special status is given to us by the Four Way Scales. If you think you can rely on your merit points to make the Four Way Scales helpless, then you're wrong," said Qingchen indifferently.
"Tolerance is mutual. You can ignore the elite disciples of the Four Scales, their elders, and even the junior ancestor, but you cannot ignore the family head and the half-ancestor. Do you understand?"
Lu Yin could feel that Qing Chen was truly being considerate towards him, and he nodded. "Yes, Superintendent."
Qing Chen grunted and then led Lu Yin through the dusky sky, heading towards Dragon Mountain. In that direction, the light was growing brighter and brighter.
Lu Yin could often sense the star energy fluctuations of cultivators on the ground. Clearly, the Top Realm was not a paradise, and the battles here were just as intense.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion that shook the void and tore apart the space above them. Lu Yin looked up and looked towards the south in shock. The sky there had changed.
What should have been a dark and calm sky was now replaced by a pair of crimson vertical eyes. These crimson vertical eyes were deathly cold, like a corpse looking at another corpse, and the other corpse was the entire Starry Sky of Trees.
Qing Chen saw it as well. Compared to those eyes, even the Top Realm did not seem as large. His face went pale as he stared blankly. "The Astral Tree Realm has split open?"
The scarlet eyes looked towards the Top Realm, and countless people saw them as well. Endless fear rose up spontaneously, causing their scalps to turn numb.
Lu Yin's back went cold, and he could not help but tremble in fear. Those eyes brought with them a sense of despair.
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