The Eight Great Flowzones of the Innerverse each had their own unique characteristics. The Blazing Mist Flowzone was hot, and the cultivators there had fiery tempers. The Chaos Flowzone was filled with slaughter and darkness. The Daynight Flowzone was arrogant, the First Flowzone was incomparably sharp, and the Parasite Flowzone was filled with poisonous insects. In comparison, the Erudite Flowzone was more comfortable.
When Lu Yin and Liu Yefei arrived, everyone in the Wen family welcomed them, led by the family head, Wen Zizai.
"Welcome, Alliance Leader Lu, to the Wen family. The Wen family head, Wen Zizai, has come to welcome you." A loud voice rang out, and Lu Yin heard it the moment he stepped off the spacecraft.
Wen Zizai was the head of the Wen family and a powerhouse of the older generation, so he gave Lu Yin a lot of face.
Lu Yin hurriedly stepped forward and smiled. "I'm sorry for the intrusion, but it's my honor to be able to visit the Wen family."
Wen Zizai smiled. "Alliance Leader Lu, you're giving the Wen family a lot of face by coming here as a guest." He then looked at Liu Yefei and politely said, "You two must be Liu Yefei. Welcome to the Wen family."
Liu Yefei smiled. "You're a cultured person. How admirable."
Wen Zizai laughed. "Alliance Leader Lu, please come in."
"Senior, please."
Wen Zizai had brought everyone in the Wen family, regardless of whether they were seniors or juniors.
Wen Sansi was not far from Wen Zizai, and there were also Wen Qian'er, Wen Tan, and the others whom Lu Yin had met before. There was also Wen Yao from the Wen family's older generation, as well as Lu Jing, who was a guest of the Wen family.
Lu Yin also saw Wen Zhaocheng, the Fifth Mainland's traitor who had appeared on the same list as Cang Yi. Lu Yin only glanced at him and did not pay him much attention.
With his current status, people like Wen Sansi and Wen Zhaocheng were no longer qualified to speak to him on equal terms. There was no one in the Fifth Mainland who treated Lu Yin as a junior.
The Wen family's people only welcomed Lu Yin out of courtesy. After Lu Yin and Wen Zizai entered the Wen family, the rest of the people dispersed, leaving only Wen Sansi to accompany them.
The Wen family's architecture was antique, and Lu Yin had seen many such buildings before, so he was not surprised. However, he was surprised that there was a broom at the entrance that had rune lines.
In the Innerverse, Lu Yin had nothing to worry about, and he could use the rune lines to see everything. He had never expected to see rune lines on a broom. Although there weren't many, the fact that a broom could have rune lines made him curious, and he thought back to the broom that he had stolen from Nong Zaitian.
"I've heard that senior often sweeps the floor. May I know if you're here?" Lu Yin asked.
Wen Zizai said, "That's right. How did you know, Alliance Master Lu?"
Lu Yin smiled. "I guessed. The other places are spotless, and only this place has fallen leaves and dust."
Wen Zi Zai nodded. "That's right. Only this place isn't clean. It's just like the human heart. It's filled with greed and will never be clean."
"Senior, are you referring to this junior?" Lu Yin asked slowly.
Wen Zizai burst into laughter. "Of course not. Alliance Leader Lu came to the Wen Clan this time because it represented a fair trade. And this trade has already ended."
Lu Yin paused in surprise. "End? When?"
Wen Zizai's eyes flashed, and Wen Sansi spoke up from behind him. "During the war in the Cosmic Sea, my Wen family delayed the Sword Sect, and we were also willing to lend you the Panorama of Clarity that Alliance Master Lu needed. In return, Alliance Master Lu brought Wen Zizai to us. Doesn't that mean that the trade is over?"
Lu Yin looked at Wen Zizai and found it funny. "Senior, that was just the beginning of the trade, not the end. Did the Wen family make a mistake?"
"Brother Lu, my Wen family paid a huge price to delay the Sword Sect, and we also paid a huge price to obtain Yi Huang Academy's Panorama of Clarity. Are these two prices not enough to exchange for Wen Zizai?" Wen Sansi hurriedly asked.
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "Just by scaring the Sword Sect and borrowing the Panorama of Clarity, the Wen family was able to obtain a way to dominate the Innerverse. Isn't this price a little too low?"
Wen Zizai calmly replied, "Let's go in first. Otherwise, if others see us, they'll think that my Wen family isn't treating our guests well."
After Lu Yin entered with Wen Zizai and the others, Yi Huang Academy's President Han and several other mentors appeared in the distance, including Han Chong's younger brother, Han Kui.
"That's Lu Yin. Ever since he appeared, his legend has never stopped. Everything he's done is worthy of being recorded in the annals of history," Ying Tang praised. He was one of Yi Huang Academy's mentors.
"In terms of age, he's even younger than Wen Sansi and Han Chong. I wonder what heights he's reached by now."
"It's said that he can battle Envoys."
"This kid is indeed terrifying, but what's even more frightening is his ambition. Unifying the Outerverse isn't his goal, and all eight of the Innerverse's Flowzones are wary of him."
President Han watched Lu Yin enter the Wen family's residence and fell into deep thought. How did this kid know about the Panorama of Clarity?
Everyone took their seats in the Wen family's guest hall.
Wen Zizai immediately spoke up. "Alliance Leader Lu, you should know how important Wen Zizai is to my Wen family. Please speak frankly about your conditions."
Lu Yin smiled. "During the battle at the Cosmic Sea, the Wen family did indeed delay the Sword Sect. I'm very grateful for that, and I'm here to show my sincerity."
Wen Zizai's eyes lit up. "What kind of sincerity?"
Lu Yin replied, "I want to take a look at the Panorama of Clarity. As for Wen Zizai, he can be alone with Wen Sansi for an incense stick's worth of time. After that, I'll take him away. As for keeping Wen Zizai in the Wen family, I haven't thought of such a condition yet. What do you think, senior?"
Wen Zizai frowned. "Alliance Leader Lu, Wen Zizai is already a member of my Wen family."
"Not the Fifth Mainland's Wen family," Lu Yin replied.
Wen Zizai stared at Lu Yin. Even though this was the Wen family's residence, he wasn't confident that he could force Wen Zizai to stay. The Flying Willow Leaf Flower alone was enough to render the Wen family helpless. Lu Yin, on the other hand, was most famous not for his ability to unify the Outerverse or his unrivaled strength during the Sovereign Tournament, but rather for his external possessions.
This kid seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of external possessions, and those external possessions were extremely terrifying.
The Wen family couldn't keep them here, and they couldn't take Wen Zizai away either. During the battle at the Cosmic Sea, this kid had implicated many major figures, and it was shocking.
"Alliance Leader Lu, have you really not thought of any conditions to raise, or do you have other plans?"
Wen Zizai asked. Even with his Sunken Manor, he couldn't take it anymore. There were many techniques in negotiations, and one of them was patience. However, Wen Zizai realized that Lu Yin didn't seem to be competing in patience. Instead, it seemed more like Lu Yin really hadn't thought of any conditions.
This was the most disgusting thing, and Wen Zizai would rather Lu Yin have already thought of some conditions. That way, there would still be a possibility of reaching an agreement, rather than dragging this out indefinitely.
Lu Yin was helpless. "I really haven't thought of any conditions." He then looked at Wen Sansi. "With Brother Wen's former ability as one of the Ten Arbiters, you should be able to learn a lot by talking with Wen Zizai for half an hour. Does the Wen family not want this opportunity?"
Wen Zizai frowned. If he accepted it, then the price he had to pay would be zero. If he delayed the Sword Sect and allowed Lu Yin to view the Panorama, then that would be the equivalent of half an hour. If he didn't accept it, then he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to obtain anything at all.
He hadn't expected Lu Yin to show such sincerity. Should he take a gamble and accumulate the price in exchange for Wen Zizai, or should he talk for half an hour first?
There was another point that he was even more apprehensive about, and that was whether Wen Zizai would teach them how to use the Literary Prison during that time.
If he didn't teach Wen Zizai, then everything would be for naught.
Wen Zizai thought that Wen Zizai shouldn't teach Wen Zizai, and he was hoping that the Literary Prison would allow the Wen family to save him. If Wen Zizai taught Wen Zizai, then he would have no value, and it would be difficult for him to escape Lu Yin's control for the rest of his life.
Wen Zizai considered many things in an instant.
Lu Yin wasn't in a hurry, as the Wen family's tea tasted pretty good.
Liu Yefei and Flying Flower exchanged glances. They had followed Lu Yin for quite some time now, and they had fully experienced this brat's scheming nature. This brat's grasp of human nature was becoming more and more precise, and he controlled every step of the way. It was very troublesome to make an enemy out of him.
People who calculated every step of the way were the hardest to deal with.
In the end, Wen Zizai agreed. Half an hour was fine; they wouldn't lose anything if they delayed the Sword Sect, and the Panorama belonged to the Han family, so the Wen family wouldn't lose anything either. Even though it would take a lot of effort, it was still good enough to exchange for half an hour of conversation.
Lu Yin took out Mount Supreme and stored Wen Sansi inside. He then raised his hand and burned a stick of incense in the air. It was a normal incense stick, neither too long nor too short, and it burned at a normal speed.
Wen Zizai drank his tea and waited quietly, not in the mood to talk.
Lu Yin also waited quietly.
The incense quickly burned out, and Lu Yin waved for Wen Sansi to leave Mount Supreme.
Wen Zizai stared at Wen Sansi, who nodded back at him. Wen Zizai relaxed; although it hadn't been long, he had definitely learned something.
Lu Yin saw it as well, as expected. Wen Zizai couldn't teach nothing, but he couldn't teach everything in half an hour either. Otherwise, the Astral Tree Literary Prison would have already spread.
"Senior, where's the Panorama?" Lu Yin asked.
Wen Zizai dismissed Wen Sansi and looked at Liu Yefei.
Lu Yin had Liu Yefei leave.
Only the two of them were present.
Wen Zizai took out a broken stone that was half a meter square. Yes, it was a stone. Lu Yin looked at it in amazement; it clearly didn't have any rune lines, but it gave off a very ancient feeling. It was very ancient, just like the Daynight clan's teleportation stone.
The stars of the universe had existed for countless years, far longer than the history of humanity. This stone gave off the same feeling as the stars, as if it would never change.
Wen Zizai's expression was solemn. "I borrowed this stone from the Han family. The Panorama is on it. Alliance Master Lu, take a look. I can't see anything from it anyway."
Lu Yin carefully took it, afraid that he would break it. It didn't seem very sturdy.
The stone gave off an incomparably ancient aura, but it also felt very ordinary. There was a Panorama on it, but it was only a corner. The stone had been cut, and the Panorama was connected to the two sides of the stone. This stone was just one of the fragments.
He couldn't see any rune lines, but there was nothing strange about it. Lu Yin stared at the Panorama, but he couldn't feel anything.
He looked at it over and over again until his eyes were glued to the stone. Only then did he sense something unusual.
This wasn't a normal Panorama; it was more like a Panorama that contained a universe of stars and even a civilization. It was like the Astral Tree Realm, where many mountains and lakes contained a universe of stars and civilizations. Lu Yin could vaguely see stars and planets in this Panorama.
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