Lu Yin looked up and continued, "If it weren't for your words, the Great Eastern Alliance would not have been at peace for the past two years. I also have to thank you for your fairness during the trial."
"If justice needs to be thanked, then what's the point of having a balance?" the head judge asked.
Lu Yin nodded. "You're right."
The atmosphere fell silent. Lu Yin wanted to ask why the head judge had helped him, but he couldn't bring himself to say it. The head judge was the most powerful person in the Human Domain, and Lu Yin didn't know what to say. This place was just too austere.
It was as if he was facing an executioner, a cold and emotionless executioner who was full of mystery. Even though Lu Yin had experienced being chased by a half-step Ancestor, he was still a little nervous when facing this head judge.
"You don't have to thank me. Although Master didn't specifically instruct me, since I accepted you as my disciple, I have an obligation to help you." The head judge's words left Lu Yin confused.
"Master?" Lu Yin was confused.
The head judge was shrouded in darkness, and his voice was emotionless. "Mister Mu."
Lu Yin was shocked. "You- you're also Mister Mu's disciple?"
"More accurately, I'm one of his disciples."
Lu Yin felt that this was absurd. The person he had always respected and worried about was actually a senior from the same master?
The head judge's mysterious image instantly collapsed, and his mouth fell open. "You're my senior?"
"Yes."
"You already knew that I was Mister Mu's disciple?"
"That's right."
"So the trial was also intentionally helping me?"
"If you've been modified, you'll be killed without mercy."
Lu Yin blinked. "Master didn't tell me."
The head judge replied, "You didn't ask either."
Lu Yin was speechless. There was nothing wrong with this statement.
"Then, how should I address you?" Lu Yin asked.
The head judge fell silent. "Lord Judge."
Lu Yin was stunned. "You're still calling me Lord Judge?"
"Do you want everyone in the universe to know about our relationship?" the head judge asked.
Nonsense, Lu Yin thought to himself. Of course, he wanted everyone in the universe to know that the powerful head judge of the Interstellar Arbitration Center was his senior. That would be great. "Can I?"
"No." The head judge immediately refused.
Lu Yin was disappointed.
"You can leave now," the head judge said.
Lu Yin looked at the pure black blob in front of him, and he actually felt a sense of familiarity. This was a senior, a true senior. It was different from the way Lu Yin had addressed Lu Yin as a senior when he was an invincible Upper Sage. For a moment, Lu Yin relaxed completely. "Um, when Master accepted me as a disciple, he gave me a greeting gift. Cough, cough."
Lu Yin coughed as he looked at the head judge.
The head judge fell silent once again. Then, a familiar blood-red bell appeared and floated in front of Lu Yin.
Lu Yin blinked. What did that mean?
Settle accounts after the autumn?
"This is for you," the head judge said.
Lu Yin gulped and feigned ignorance. "What's this?"
"The order can affect a cultivator with a combat power of one million," said the head judge.
Lu Yin accepted it and solemnly stowed it away. He naturally knew how to use this item, and it was precisely because of this item that Master Yuan had been able to withstand the Sixth Mainland's attack.
Back then, with Lu Yin's strength, he had not been able to use this to its full potential.
At most, he would only be able to scare others, but things were different now. With this item, no one would dare to attack him. Instead, he would just shake them and cause them to become unstable. Then, he would use his empty palm to deal with them. It was just like how he had used Progenitor Wushang's hide and that gun to kill an Enlighter who was a Realmbreaker.
"Thank you, senior," Lu Yin hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
"Let's go." The surroundings turned dark once more, and Lu Yin's body unconsciously moved as the shadow dragged him out of the Arbiter Realm.
"Head judge, please wait. This junior still wishes to speak with the head judge." Lu Yin wanted to gain some more benefits. He wanted to defend himself against external objects, and he wanted the best kind.
Death's Shadow ignored him and dragged him out of the Arbiter Realm.
Lu Yin was speechless. Was he being chased away?
"Wait, Lord Shadow, look at this." Lu Yin took out the blood-red bell.
At the entrance to the Arbiter Realm, Lu Yin's body paused, and his shadow distorted. "The head judge's order."
"I have this. Does that make me a member of the Interstellar Court?" Lu Yin asked.
"Yes," Death's Shadow replied without hesitation.
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "Can I give orders to the Interstellar Court?"
"Yes," Death's Shadow replied.
Lu Yin was delighted. The blood-red bell had been stolen, and he hadn't dared to use it openly. This was the real thing, and it could be used to its fullest potential. This meant that he could use the Interstellar Court, the sharpest sword in the Human Domain.
Had the head judge given it to him on purpose, or had he just given him a random item to protect himself?
Lu Yin didn't care anymore. With this, many things would be much easier.
To avoid leaving a bad impression on the head judge, Lu Yin decided to leave the Arbiter Realm. A few minutes later, he returned, entered, and left again. This time, he was followed by someone from the Interstellar Court whose power level was infinitely close to that of an Emissary.
Lu Yin didn't know how to get to the black street, so he used the blood-red bell to order an expert to accompany him. The people from the Interstellar Court had status, skills, and most importantly, style.
Once he returned to the Fifth Mainland, there was no need for Lu Yin to keep a low profile anymore.
This expert from the Interstellar Court had only been dispatched because of the head judge's orders. He didn't care about Lu Yin at first, and he didn't even know Lu Yin since he spent most of his time in the Arbiter Realm. However, when Lu Yin saw Flying Willow, his entire attitude changed, and he looked at Lu Yin in disbelief.
He couldn't imagine what kind of young master would have an Emissary as a bodyguard, and he felt that these two Emissaries weren't any weaker than the head judge.
His guess was right; both Despairing Mu and Virtuous Light were weaker than Flying Willow in terms of cultivation. Only Death's Shadow surpassed them.
Just like that, Lu Yin took Luoshen with him, followed Flying Willow, and the expert from the Arbiter Realm, heading towards the black street.
From an outsider's point of view, this was a typical young master's trip, with beauties, bodyguards, and even a tour guide.
In the dangerous Neoverse's Glory Realm, there weren't many such groups.
The Neoverse didn't lack young masters with backgrounds, such as the direct relatives of the nine directors, the relatives of some of the powerful figures on the Realm Mountain, and even the relatives of experts from the Interstellar Court. There were even more in the Glory Realm. There were many worlds that could produce countless young masters, but there was only one who had an Emissary as a bodyguard.
Lu Yin's departure from the Realm Mountain had caused a huge commotion.
He turned back to look at the Realm Mountain, feeling a sense of familiarity. Elder Chan was protecting him because he was a genius who had broken through three stages and would definitely become a Progenitor in the future. His status was comparable to the Fourth Elder of the Astral Tree Realm.
The Junior Ancestor and the head judge were protecting him, so they were his seniors. The Realm Mountain was becoming more and more like his own backyard.
Ah Da found a Xi Xiu and took Lu Yin, Flying Willow, and Luoshen out of the Glory Realm.
Ah Da was the expert from the Interstellar Court.
The Xi Xiu flew through the void with a dull explosion, but another Xi Xiu just happened to arrive on the other side.
The Xi Xiu that Lu Yin was riding changed directions, but the other Xi Xiu charged straight at him.
Lu Yin was annoyed; this person didn't give him any face in his backyard.
The two Xi Xiu passed by each other, and Lu Yin turned around to see a woman sitting on the back of the other Xi Xiu. She was beautiful, but her expression was cold. She was dressed extravagantly.
The woman also saw Lu Yin, but she brushed past him without paying him any attention.
Lu Yin raised a brow; how arrogant. She was just a woman, yet she didn't care.
"Brother Lu, this Xi Xiu is so fast!" Luoshen was shocked and curious.
Lu Yin looked at Luoshen, and his mood immediately improved. She was much prettier than the arrogant woman from before. "This is the best mode of transportation in the Glory Realm. Ah Da spent a lot of effort to find it."
Luoshen grunted softly, and her gaze towards Lu Yin was filled with tenderness and joy. She didn't know where to go, but she just needed to follow him.
The atmosphere became strange again, and Lu Yin pursed his lips and glanced at Flying Willow. He ignored her and asked Mr. Liu Ye, "How do you feel about the Realm Mountain?"
Mr. Liu Ye replied, "There are many experts."
"Of course, this is the Realm Mountain, the core of the Fifth Mainland."
Flying Willow sneered, "Unfortunately, there aren't any Progenitors here."
Lu Yin choked.
Ah Da was astonished and glanced at Flying Willow. Progenitor?
There hadn't been a Progenitor in the Fifth Mainland for a very long time. Did this woman mean that she had seen a Progenitor before?
Behind them, at the edge of the Realm Mountain, the beautiful woman on the rhinoceros suddenly cried out in surprise. She looked back and remembered that this person was Lu Yin, the one who had followed Invincible Highsage to wreak havoc in the Realm Mountain and become the only Paragon. No wonder he looked so familiar.
When she thought about Lu Yin's identity, she couldn't help but feel regret. She had actually missed out on such an important person. This person controlled the Outerverse's Great Eastern Alliance and had the support of Leon's Armada, Everlasting Island, and even the Head Inquisitor and Elder Chan. He was an extremely important person, and if she could work with him, everything would have been easily resolved.
The more she thought about it, the more regretful she felt. She had actually missed out on this opportunity.
There were some things that, once missed, could not be reselected. She wanted to chase after them, but she didn't know which direction Lu Yin had headed in. Helpless, she could only return to the Realm Mountain.
They rode on Xi Xiu's back and headed out of the Glory Realm. Along the way, Lu Yin introduced the outside world to Luoshen, occasionally pointing at something that didn't stand out. He was certain that it was a outside world, which caused Luoshen to cry out in surprise.
Ah Da couldn't take it anymore, as that wasn't a outside world at all.
Lu Yin didn't care whether it was or not, as no one had exposed him. He had to show off in front of a beauty, and he had always felt that he owed Luoshen something. He wanted to make up for it as much as possible, and it would be best if he could make her happy.
"Brother Lu, Shangqing isn't very happy when he returned," Luoshen suddenly said as she looked at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin rolled his eyes. "There's nothing we can do about it. I told him that Bai Xue is in the seed garden, and if anyone can bring her back, he should forget about it. He won't be able to see her again in this lifetime."
"It would be great if it was that easy to forget," Luoshen muttered to herself as she looked into the distance with a complicated expression.
Lu Yin felt awkward.