Elder Yao Shan looked deeply at Lu Yin, his eyes filled with fear. "Tell him to be careful with his words." He then glared at Yao Ji. "Get lost, you disgrace."
Yao Ji's face paled as he looked at Lu Yin, who happened to be looking back at him. Yao Ji's heart trembled as he recalled what had just happened. He quickly lowered his gaze and left, not daring to say anything else.
The crowd gradually dispersed as well, but the shock still lingered in their hearts.
In the final battle of the Sovereign Tournament, Lu Yin had challenged all the experts of the same level as him. Although that had shaken the Fifth Mainland, it had still been within acceptable limits. However, what they had just seen was that Lu Yin had actually blocked Elder Yao Shan's attack. That was no longer common knowledge.
Even in the Astral Tree Realm, that scene would have been equally shocking, let alone the Fifth Mainland.
Once the crowd had dispersed, Lu Yin looked at Gu Xiaoer. "Why are you here?"
Gu Xiaoer shouted exaggeratedly, "I should be the one asking you that. Didn't you go missing?
When did you come back?
Don't tell me you've been hiding in Sirius all this time. Bro, you're too mean. You didn't tell me anything. "
Lu Yin rolled his eyes and left Sirius's main hall with Gu Xiaoer. This place was too conspicuous.
Half a day later, Lu Yin stopped talking. "Do you understand now?"
Gu Xiao 'er nodded. "I understand. You went to a very powerful place, and then you were abandoned. It was like throwing away a rotten fruit, right?"
Lu Yin was speechless; this comparison was very unpleasant.
"But you've changed so much since you came back. You could even repel that old bastard's attack. Tell me the truth, did you break through to become an Envoy?"
"Of course not, I just learned a few things," Lu Yin answered casually.
"What did you learn?"
"Have you heard of Smoke Cloud Incarnation?"
"What's that?"
"Let me show you." Lu Yin then took out Mount Supreme and brought Gu Xiaoer inside.
There were five people inside: Long Xi, Wen Shishi, Prince Gui Qian, Liu Hao, and Yun Tingting. Lu Yin had brought Gu Xiaoer here to find her.
Ever since they left the Meditative Ruins, Yun Tingting and the others had been trapped in Mount Supreme. To cultivators, a few years passed very quickly. Even though they were trapped in Mount Supreme, they were still cultivating and slowly improving.
Lu Yin and Gu Xiaoer appeared about a hundred meters away from Yun Tingting. Yun Tingting was flabbergasted by their arrival, but she ignored Gu Xiaoer and fixed her gaze on Lu Yin. She gently asked, "Have you arrived at the abandoned grounds?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Yes."
Gu Xiaoer blinked and stared at Yun Tingting before looking at Lu Yin with a strange smile. "Bro, are you hiding a mistress in the mountains?"
Lu Yin looked deeply at Gu Xiaoer and said, "The smoke from your Smokescreen Mountain Range is very mysterious. That woman has it as well."
"Impossible," Gu Xiao 'er asserted. "Aside from the bridge on Long Sky Island, there's no other place in the entire Fifth Mainland that has this kind of smoke."
Yun Tingting heard this from the other side. "What kind of smoke?"
Gu Xiaoer stretched out his index finger and a wisp of white smoke floated out. It spun around the tip of his finger and took on various forms. "This smoke is very powerful. Even the Sirius Sect needs it. That's why I was able to get the first-level Sirius Technique. Do you think just anyone can get it?"
Yun Tingting's eyes flashed and she raised her hand, causing a wisp of white smoke to float out and spin around her index finger. Just like Gu Xiaoer, the white smoke took on various forms.
Gu Xiaoer
Gu Xiaoer was disdainful. "Impostor, I couldn't tell that you're a gentle person, but you're a liar." He waved his hand and the white smoke turned into a sharp blade that shot towards Yun Tingting. Yun Tingting's gaze deepened and she waved her hand as well, causing the white smoke to turn into a sharp blade that was identical to Gu Xiaoer's.
There was a clang as the sound of metal rang out. Gu Xiaoer was stunned as his white smoke had been blocked.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, as he had guessed correctly. The Smoke Cloud Sect and Smoke Gulp Mountain Range both originated from the same source, and they cultivated using smoke, which was extremely mysterious.
During the battle in the Cosmic Sea, Gu Xiaoer had relied on this white smoke to block Zhiyi's life energy, and it had been extremely difficult to invade. The old smoker had also relied on this smoke to avoid the Red Lord's pursuit and had even been able to successfully escape after his assassination attempt had failed. Gu Xiaoer had also mentioned the Bridge, which meant that they both originated from the same source.
That was incredible. Who had created this smoke?
Gu Xiaoer and Yun Tingting clashed, as he did not believe that Yun Tingting's smoke could compare to his Smoke Gulp Mountain Range. Yun Tingting felt the same way, as someone in the abandoned lands had actually grasped the Smoke Ancestor's power.
In terms of cultivation, Yun Tingting was an Enlighter, and she was qualified to accompany Bai Shaohong to the Sovereign Realm. Gu Xiaoer was far from her level, but they were now competing in smoke.
Lu Yin watched as the two smokes intertwined and resisted each other, yet they were still able to fuse together. He had a vague guess.
Not long after, Yun Tingting spoke up. "Is that all?"
Gu Xiaoer's eyes turned red. Smoke was the foundation of the Smoke Gulp Mountain Range, and it was a huge blow to him that someone else had grasped it. "I don't believe that your smoke is real. Can it strengthen the body?"
"Yes, but can your smoke form clones?" Yun Tingting countered.
Gu Xiaoer was stunned. Clones?
He had never heard of such a thing. "Can your smoke hide your aura?"
"Yes, but can your smoke resist a secret technique?" Yun Tingting asked again.
Gu Xiaoer's heart skipped a beat. "Your smoke, your smoke …" He suddenly could not say anything else. Yun Tingting frowned. "Can your smoke deduce battle techniques?"
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. That was a function of the Bridge.
Gu Xiaoer retreated and stared blankly at Yun Tingting. In midair, his smoke had completely disappeared, having been absorbed by Yun Tingting's smoke. He could no longer control it, as this was an absolute suppression.
Yun Tingting retracted her hand, and the white smoke vanished. She looked at Gu Xiaoer. "It seems that you have only obtained a portion of the Smoke Ancestor's inheritance. My Smoke Cloud Sect is the true orthodox."
Gu Xiaoer was confused. "Smoke Cloud Sect?"
Yun Tingting looked at Lu Yin. "How much does your Abandoned Land know about my Cosmic Tree Sect?"
"Almost nothing," Lu Yin replied.
Yun Tingting shook her head. "What a pity. The Smoke Ancestor's battle techniques are very mysterious. Rumor has it that he was able to roam the Astral Source Universe as an Emissary and create clones that can replace ordinary objects with smoke. However, whether it's the Abandoned Land or my Cosmic Tree Sect, the Smoke Ancestor did not leave behind much of his inheritance, not even a secret technique. This person just used the white smoke, and I thought that it would be something new.
Gu Xiaoer stared at Yun Tingting. "You're saying that the power of my Smokescreen Mountain Range is only your entry technique?"
"You have doubts?"
Yun Tingting asked indifferently. She did not mock Gu Xiaoer, but rather disregarded him as if she was looking at an outer disciple of the Smoke Cloud Sect.
Gu Xiaoer was sullen. He had dared to talk back to Elder Yao Shan, but what could he say to this woman?
Even the best of his skills had been crushed.
Today, his pride had been trampled on.
Lu Yin laughed and left Mount Supreme with Gu Xiaoer.
Yun Tingting tried to stop them, but she could not stop Lu Yin from leaving.
When they returned to the Sirius Sect, Gu Xiaoer was dejected, as if he had no goals in life.
"My Smokescreen Mountain Range stands tall in the Neoverse because of the white smoke. Everyone needs it: the Sirius Sect, the Hall of Honor, and even the Seven Courts. Everyone wants it because it can be used as a power vessel to protect themselves. However, we've failed miserably. It turns out that we've always been frogs in a well."
Lu Yin replied, "That woman isn't from the Fifth Mainland. She's from the place I told you about."
Gu Xiaoer looked up. "The place where you were abandoned?"
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "The place where I'm viewed as an enemy, so she's our enemy."
Gu Xiaoer lowered his head again. "So what?"
"Learn from her and strengthen ourselves. One day, we'll be able to surpass them. She accompanied you just now because she wanted to know if the Smokescreen Mountain Range had any inheritance related to the Smoke Ancestor that the Smoke Ancestor didn't have. Why can't you learn from her? At the very least, she definitely has an inheritance that your Smokescreen Mountain Range doesn't have," Lu Yin said as he looked into the distance.
Gu Xiaoer thought about it and then slapped his thigh. "That's right." He looked at Lu Yin excitedly. "Bro, hurry up and take that woman away for me. I want to interrogate her."
Lu Yin was amused. "It's time to meet your father, the leader of the Great Eastern Alliance."
Gu Xiaoer was not stupid. Lu Yin had specially brought him to meet Yun Tingting and had even said those words. How could there be no reason for this? This was the universe, and this was reality. Gu Xiaoer and Lu Yin did not have much of a relationship to begin with.
Gu Xiaoer's gadget beeped, and he quickly contacted his father, the master of the Smokescreen Mountain Range, Old Fogey Gu.
"Brat, did you get the Sirius Technique?"
Old Fogey Gu's voice was coarse. Perhaps it was because he had been smoking for so long that his throat was not good, but his voice sounded like metal grinding against metal.
"I got it." Gu Xiaoer picked his ear.
"Then why haven't you come back yet? Don't lose it again. If you do, I'll sell you to a brothel!" Old Fogey Gu bellowed, not caring about his image at all.
Gu Xiaoer sighed. "Dad, we're in trouble."
Old Fogey Gu was stunned. "What trouble?"
"Dad, our worldview might be shattered," Gu Xiaoer said slowly. His words made Old Fogey Gu want to jump out of the screen and kill him.
"Brat, you dare to make fun of your father? I think you're itching for a beating. Just you wait, just you wait …" At that moment, Lu Yin arrived beside Gu Xiaoer and looked at the screen. He saw the coarse middle-aged man with a scar on his face. "Senior Gu, it's nice to meet you. I'm the leader of the Great Eastern Alliance, Lu Yin."
Old Fogey Gu had not expected Lu Yin to appear, and he was stunned for a moment. Then, his expression changed, and he seemed to become a different person. "So it's Alliance Leader Lu. Didn't you go missing?
Why are you with my brat? "
Lu Yin smiled. "It's a coincidence. This junior is also in the Sirius Sect."
Old Fogey Gu looked deeply at Lu Yin. "What a coincidence." He did not dare to underestimate Lu Yin at all. From all the information he had gathered, this young man was both brave and resourceful. He was far-sighted, and he was extremely calm. However, his background was complicated, and he seemed to be related to everyone. If anything happened, someone would always be there to take the blame. More importantly, his relationship with the Interstellar Arbitration's head inquisitor and Half-Ancestor Elder Chan was unclear.
Nobody could guess what was going on.
Lu Yin was young, but he had even ventured into the Seven Courts' Progenitor Chen's tomb, experienced trials, and even started a great battle. He was not someone to be trifled with.