The further down he went, the colder it became. Lu Yin saw that there was no white water in the pool, so he had to be at the bottom.
Not long after, there was a splash as Lu Yin burst out of the Frigid Immortal Pond and landed in an empty space. He almost crashed to the ground, but when he looked up, he saw the pond floating in the void. The bottom of the pond was not water, but rather another world.
He looked around, and the first thing that attracted his attention was a broken tree root, and Bai Shui, who was sitting cross-legged beside the tree root, emitting a cold aura all over her body.
"The Frigid Immortal Fruit Tree," the head judge said as he appeared beside Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was surprised. "The Frigid Immortal Fruit Tree?
It's broken? "
The head judge appeared beside the tree. "It's been broken for a long time. No wonder the Frigid Immortal Pond was left behind. The pond's greatest value, aside from the water itself, is the Frigid Immortal Fruit Tree. The Frigid Immortal Sect took away most of the pond and only left this behind. They also sawed off the Frigid Immortal Fruit Tree and didn't leave it behind on the Fifth Mainland."
Lu Yin looked around and saw that everything was dark. He wasn't in an empty space, but rather something like a large hall. Perhaps because it had been empty for a long time, the hall had long since been covered in dust. Only Bai Shui's area was clean; this was probably where the Second Nightking cultivated.
The Fatesand in front of his chest shook violently, as if being pulled in by something. Lu Yin looked deeper into the hall, where the pulling force was coming from.
At that moment, Bai Shui opened her eyes and saw Lu Yin and the head judge.
She jumped in fright, and her face paled as she looked at Lu Yin in shock. She hadn't expected him to appear here.
Lu Yin looked at her. "You're lucky to have survived. As expected of a descendant of the Bai family."
Bai Shui stood up, her body still emitting a cold aura. After jumping into the Frigid Immortal Pond, she had used a power vessel to protect herself and her family's inherited technique to safely reach the bottom of the pond. Even so, her cultivation was still too low, and she had been eroded by the cold aura until now.
She had thought that she was the only one here, but when she opened her eyes, Lu Yin had arrived.
In her memory, she had jumped into the pond, reached the bottom, and did nothing else. Then Lu Yin had appeared. This person was truly inexplicable; she couldn't get rid of him.
What was even stranger was that there was a different person beside her. It was no longer the youth, but a black shadow...
"Alliance Leader Lu, why are you here?" Bai Shui asked.
Lu Yin smiled. "And why did you come down?"
Bai Shui's eyes flickered as he thought about how to answer.
Lu Yin did not make things difficult for her. "This is your Bai family's territory, and there are some things that only your family knows about. I won't make things difficult for you, and you can say whatever you want. However, if I hadn't dealt with the Daynight clan, you wouldn't have been able to find this place even if you died. Shouldn't you repay me in some way?"
"Back then, I also saved your life."
Bai Shui hesitated for a moment, then said, "This is the location of the Frigid Immortal Sect's hidden treasure."
"The Frigid Immortal Sect's treasure trove?"
The head judge did not react at all. He was a black shadow. No matter how surprised he was, no one would be able to tell.
"Correct. The Frigid Immortal Sect's secret storehouse is at the bottom of the Frigid Immortal Pond. I came here to find what my ancestor left behind for his descendants," said Bai Shui.
"It looks like your Bai family's ancestor didn't think things through. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to obtain the so-called inheritance for your descendants in this lifetime."
Bai Shui bowed deeply. "Thank you, Alliance Leader Lu. In return, Bai Shui is willing to share the inheritance with you. If Alliance Leader Lu needs anything, Bai Shui will not refuse."
Lu Yin did not mind. Even if she refused, it would be useless. She had only said this to force a favor.
If there really was something that the Bai Family's ancestors had left behind for their descendants, then Lu Yin was confident that he could take it with a clear conscience. This was how the world of cultivation worked, where nothing could absolutely belong to anyone. Lu Yin was well aware of the Bai Family's conduct in the Starry Sky Tree Cold Immortal Sect. If possible, Lu Yin hoped to loot the entire Starry Sky Tree Cold Immortal Sect, and not just take the so-called things left behind for their descendants.
Bai Shui had no choice, as she had no choice in front of Lu Yin.
"Where is it?" Lu Yin asked.
Bai Shui replied, "The secret storehouse is still inside. Please follow me, Alliance Leader Lu." She then bowed and headed deeper into the hall.
The head judge did not speak the entire time. He seemed very mysterious, and Bai Shui was very concerned.
"Have you ever considered that if we were killed by the Second Nightking and he returned, you wouldn't have been able to escape either?" Lu Yin suddenly asked as they walked through the dust-covered hall.
Bai Shui froze, and then she replied, "As long as there's a chance, I won't give up. Only by obtaining the inheritance will my Bai family have a chance to rise up in this universe."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and he did not say anything else. He quietly followed Bai Shui, and he realized that she was walking in the direction that the Fatesand had been drawn to. Clearly, the thing that had attracted the Fatesand was in the Frigid Immortal Sect's secret storehouse.
The hall was dark and serene, and the three of them did not walk very quickly. They had some misgivings, mainly because they were worried about the remnants of spiritual force in this place.
Fortunately, they did not see any spiritual force even after reaching the end of the hall, which allowed Lu Yin to relax.
This place was one of the most important places in the Frigid Immortal Sect. If there was any spiritual force left, then it would definitely be very terrifying. It would be at least on the same level as the head judge, and it might even be a Half-Ancestor.
"We're here," Bai Shui said excitedly as she looked at the giant bronze door in front of her. This was where the Frigid Immortal Sect's secret storehouse was located.
Lu Yin saw that the bronze door was a thousand meters tall, and there were all sorts of carvings on it. He did not care about these things, but what surprised him was that he saw nine grains of Fatesand embedded on the door. There was a very strong pulling force in front of his chest, which should have come from these nine grains of Fatesand.
Why had the Fatesand been embedded on the door by the Frigid Immortal Sect?
No, this method of embedding did not seem to have been there from the beginning. It seemed more like it had been added later.
The head judge slowly approached the door and quietly observed it.
Bai Shui asked Lu Yin in a low voice, "Who is this?"
Lu Yin calmly replied, "The head judge of the Interstellar Court."
Bai Shui was shocked. "The head judge?"
Lu Yin nodded. He had told the truth so that Bai Shui would not play any tricks. This woman looked delicate and weak, and she seemed to be someone who would repay any kindness, but that was only because she had no other choice.
When Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen had been chased by the Second Nightking, this woman had jumped into the Frigid Immortal Pond without hesitation. She had clearly been confident, and she had even said that even if the Second Nightking found out, she would still obtain the ancestor's inheritance. Lu Yin felt that this was even more nonsense. The ancestor was already dead, so what use was there for the ancestor's inheritance? It would only benefit the Second Nightking.
She definitely had a way to deal with the Second Nightking, who might return. This secret lay behind the bronze door.
Bai Shui looked at the black figure in shock. The head judge of the Interstellar Court was a title that had resounded for far too long. It was as if this person had existed since the beginning of history, until now.
She would never have dreamed that Lu Yin would be with the head judge.
"Let me ask you, does the Frigid Immortal Sect have a habit of collecting Fatesand?" Lu Yin suddenly asked, looking at the nine grains of Fatesand above the door.
Bai Shui shook her head. "I don't know. There are very few records left behind by the ancestors, and there are no records of Fatesand."
Lu Yin walked past Bai Shui and arrived before the bronze door. He placed a hand on it, and it felt as cold as the water of the Frigid Immortal Pond. However, it also had a trace of warmth and an indescribable hardness.
He reached out and used his star energy to wrap around the nine grains of Fatesand and try to remove them.
To his surprise, he found that it was very easy; the grains were easily removed and placed in his hand.
However, the pulling force in front of his chest did not disappear; there was still something behind the door that was attracting the Fatesand within his body.
"You're collecting Fatesand?" the head judge asked in a cold voice that caused Bai Shui to tremble.
Lu Yin replied, "It's just a coincidence. I didn't go out of my way to collect it."
The head judge fell silent.
Lu Yin put away the Fatesand and tried to push the door, but it did not budge. "How do I open this door?
The things inside couldn't have been taken away by the Second Nightking, right? "
Bai Shui stepped forward. "That shouldn't be the case. Only the Bai family's bloodline can open this door. The Second Nightking can't open it." She then cut her finger, causing a drop of blood to float up and slowly approach the door before fusing into it. Suddenly, the entire door lit up, and traces of red blood flowed through it like veins.
Bai Shui was excited, and she walked up to the door and raised her hand to push it open.
Lu Yin stared at Bai Shui, ready to follow her in at any moment.
However, the moment Bai Shui's hand touched the bronze door, he disappeared.
Lu Yin was stunned and immediately tried to push the door, but it did not budge. He was still in his original spot, and the glowing door gradually returned to its original state.
He blinked, realizing that he had been tricked. He hurriedly turned to look at the head judge, but the head judge didn't move. "Using one's bloodline to guard a secret location is a common tactic used by ancient sects. We can't enter," he said indifferently.
"No wonder she's not afraid of the Second Nightking coming back. The Second Nightking can't open this door. This woman already knows that we've been played," Lu Yin said with an ugly expression.
The head judge calmly replied, "We haven't been played. Let's wait for a while. She'll find a way to open the door and let us in."
Lu Yin knew that Bai Shui would definitely open the door and let them in. Otherwise, she would think that she could deal with the head judge just because she had obtained the ancestor's inheritance. Even if a Progenitor from the Frigid Immortal Sect was inside, it would still be useless. However, she would have already obtained what she wanted by then.
Since this woman was confident that she was not afraid of the Second Nightking, it meant that the item inside was no small matter. It was the type that no one could snatch away once they obtained it. Even if they entered and saw Bai Shui, they would not be able to force her to hand it over.
However, this was only for Lu Yin and the head judge. If it was the Second Nightking, they could just kill him if they could not obtain it. Since Bai Shui had staked everything on this, it meant that there was either something inside that could deal with the Second Nightking, or there was another way out. She was not stupid.
Lu Yin was very curious as to what exactly it was, but he was currently blocked outside the door.
To Lu Yin, entering a treasure trove and returning empty-handed was simply unthinkable. Back in the Astral Tree Dominator's Realm, he had spent a lot of money to prevent Long Xi from escaping from Mount Supreme. In the end, he had even taken Wen Yixin and the others away to make up for his losses. He would never make a bad deal.
"Head Judge, is there really no way to open the door?" Lu Yin asked anxiously.