The Yin Guai weren't the only ones here, as there were other astral beasts as well. Without exception, all of them had reached the level of an Emissary, and their job here was to transport the human-shaped sourceboxes. More accurately, they were here to guard them.
At that moment, a voice rang out. "A creature is approaching." Not too far away, the Sound Guai walked out.
The Astral Beast Domain's Two Guai usually worked together, and even at the level of an Emissary, there were still Yin Guai and Sound Guai here.
Lu Yin had read the Yin Guai's memories and knew that this place was hidden, but there were still creatures that occasionally approached. No matter what kind of creature it was, they would all be wiped out. Even the upper echelons of the Celestial Beast Empire, or even Crown Prince Yao Xuan, would die as long as they didn't have the Imperial Tutor's permission.
Lu Yin controlled the Yin Guai's body and followed the Sound Guai out. When he stepped out, he saw a dark space in front of him. The place he had just come from was within a spatial tear, just like the Frigid Immortal Sect's ruins.
This was a very remote area of the Celestial Beast Empire, but it was also deep within the empire.
Up ahead, the Sound Guai had already made its move. The creatures that had come were known as snowfire dragons. They were considered average in the Astral Beast Domain and were far from being ranked on the Celestial Beast List. These creatures should be a tribe of snowfire dragons that had accidentally discovered a spatial tear and tried to enter, but they had been wiped out.
The Sound Guai had easily wiped them out.
"Why aren't you attacking?" the Sound Guai asked.
'Lu Yin' replied, "There's no need."
"Have you forgotten the Imperial Tutor's words?
The existence of this place is not allowed to be leaked, not even a bit. Otherwise, our two tribes will be wiped out, "the Sound Guai growled.
The Imperial Tutor had indeed said that if this place was leaked, two tribes would be wiped out. These two tribes did not refer to their own tribes, but rather to the entire Yin Guai and Sound Guai.
The Astral Beast Domain's Two Guai were both ranked on the Celestial Beast List, but the Imperial Tutor had still said such a thing. The Yin Guai and Sound Guai had believed him without a doubt, so one could imagine the Imperial Tutor's status in the Astral Beast Domain and the importance of this place.
Lu Yin withdrew from the fusion and opened his eyes. He hurriedly tried to memorize the location of this place, but he couldn't. The Yin Guai's memories didn't have that location either.
Lu Yin's, and the Astral Beast Domain's, and Sound Guai.
The Human Domain had been at war with the Astral Beast Domain for so many years, so it was impossible for them to not understand the Astral Beast Domain. They had probably drawn up a star chart, but even after looking at it for a while, he still couldn't find the exact location.
Ever since the spatial node had been destroyed by the Neohuman Alliance, Hui Zu had used his ability to calculate the flow of time to send the Everlasting monsters to the Sixth Mainland. After that, the number of battles between the Human Domain and the Astral Beast Domain had decreased. Lu Yin had heard that the Human Domain and the Astral Beast Domain's battles had mostly been done to confuse the Neohuman Alliance and the Sixth Mainland.
But was that really the case?
Since ancient times, there had been wars between both sides. How many people had died on the battlefield?
How many races had the Astral Beast Domain exterminated? How could such hatred only confuse the Sixth Mainland?
The memories that Lu Yin had just obtained proved that the Imperial Tutor had a plan that no one knew about. He was collecting human-shaped sourceboxes, and the one thing that had left the deepest impression on Lu Yin was Little Shi's warning to never unlock them.
Even though Little Shi seemed unreliable, the Grim Reaper and the Grim Reaper's force field that he had mentioned seemed to exist. Then, could the records of the humanoid sourcebox be true as well?
Even if it wasn't real, it was still a humanoid sourcebox, which meant that its original form was human. What was Imperial Tutor Skymender's goal in collecting it?
Lu Yin thought about it for a moment and then contacted Little Shi.
"Brother Lu, it's great that you contacted us. Have you thought it through?
A mushroom hairstyle is a man's dream. Cut it, "Little Shi said excitedly.
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "We'll talk about that later. Little Shi, do you remember what you said about the humanoid sourceboxes?
Why can't you unlock them? "
Little Shi grew serious. "The book doesn't mention the reason, but it's repeated several times. You can't unlock them."
"There's no reason?"
"Brother Lu, you saw a humanoid sourcebox?" Little Shi was surprised.
Lu Yin replied, "I think so."
"You can't unlock them. Aside from the fact that you can't unlock them, the book also mentioned that opportunity and danger coexist."
Lu Yin was even more confused. "Is there anything else?"
"Nothing else. Brother Lu, cut a mushroom hairstyle. That way, Little Chi and I won't be the Chi and Shi duo," Little Shi pleaded.
Lu Yin was speechless. "Right, you mentioned Fatesand before. What's that?"
"Fatesand?
Let me take a look. "Little Shi flipped through the book that no one could see." Strange, why is it gone? "
"What's gone?"
"It was written in the book that you can obtain Destiny's inheritance if you gather all the Fatesand, but that line is gone now. But that's normal. The contents of the book often change, and I'm used to it."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "Gathering all the Fatesand to obtain Destiny's inheritance? Is that true?"
Little Shi replied, "It's true if it's in the book, but it's disappeared now. I don't know either."
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright, I got it. See you later."
"Brother Lu, think about it. A mushroom hairstyle is really romantic." Little Shi was unwilling to give up and wanted to try harder. Lu Yin hung up. Cutting a mushroom hairstyle?
He might as well die.
There was no point in asking, so Lu Yin could only remember the humanoid sourcebox and leave it for later. He hurriedly checked his star essence, which had just been absorbed into the Yin Guai's body. It had been a long time, and he didn't know how much star essence had been consumed.
After checking, Lu Yin relaxed. Fortunately, it wasn't much, just 300 million star essence.
To others, this was an unimaginable amount, but to Lu Yin, it was still acceptable. After all, compared to knowing the secret of the Skymender Imperial Tutor, 300 million star essence was still acceptable.
Lu Yin continued to roll his die. He raised his head and tapped out with a finger, causing the die to slowly spin before coming to a stop. Enhance: Time Stop Space.
Lu Yin had already entered this place several times, and he immediately rolled his die after entering. He wanted to roll Enhance.
He wasn't worried in the Time Stop Space, as he could definitely roll Enhance.
Lu Yin rolled his die once every ten days, and on his third roll, he finally rolled Enhance. He looked at the two screens and tossed the Origin Dazzling Stone up, but it was useless. This material was already in its most primitive state, and it couldn't be improved any further. He was a little disappointed, but he put it away and flipped through his cosmic ring. Many of the items that could be improved had already been improved.
He then tossed the leaf up. This was an origin item, and he didn't know if it could be improved.
He tossed out tens of millions of star essence, and they were all used up. It could be improved, but the leaf didn't drop at all.
This was a bottomless pit!
Lu Yin sheepishly put the leaf away. He didn't know how much it would cost to improve this item, but he had no money.
What about the mother tree's bark?
Lu Yin suddenly had an idea, and he gave it a try, but it was useless. The head referee's token?
It was useless as well. He looked at the Astral Source Pill, which he had upgraded a total of eight times. It had cost him 1.9 billion star essence, but he hadn't continued to upgrade it. One reason was that he had run out of money, and the other reason was that he had sensed a life force within the pill that was staring at him.
It had been a very strange feeling, as if there was an eye staring at him from within.
Now that he looked at the Astral Source Pill again, that feeling was still there.
Lu Yin gripped the pill and thought for a moment before gritting his teeth and continuing to upgrade it.
He had already spent 1.9 billion star essence, and he couldn't bear to give it up. Otherwise, he would have wasted all of this money.
He didn't care if there was any life force within the pill, so he might as well continue upgrading it. He wasn't afraid of anyone here, and even if Leaf King jumped out, he would still be able to suppress him.
As he thought about it, his hands trembled. He threw the Astral Source Pill onto the upper screen and began to crazily use star essence.
The ninth upgrade cost him 1.8 billion, and Lu Yin wanted to vomit blood. This was too crazy. At this moment, the Astral Source Pill had changed. Its surface now had a trace of green — no, it was a sprout.
Lu Yin stared at the tiny green sprouts in the pill in shock. This thing wouldn't grow into a huge tree, right? Inexplicably, a strange feeling was transmitted to Lu Yin through the Astral Source Pill. It was a kind of naïve longing for life.
It was an indescribable feeling, as if he was holding a newborn baby in his hands instead of a pill.
If he wanted to upgrade it any further, he would need to spend about 3.5 billion star essence. Once he upgraded it, he would use up all of his money.
Normally speaking, he wouldn't be able to upgrade it any further. For example, the extreme ice stone was rumored to be able to freeze injuries and grant immortality. However, he couldn't see the end of it, so he had stopped upgrading it. As for the Astral Source Pill, it was related to Shamrock Enterprises, and he had only upgraded it because that gaze had piqued his curiosity. However, he wasn't willing to spend all of his money just to satisfy his curiosity.
Lu Yin's eyes flickered. To upgrade or not to upgrade?
That was the question.
In his hand, the sprout emitted a faint glow that traveled along the Astral Source Pill and made contact with Lu Yin's fingers. It was warm and comfortable, and at the same time, there was a soft call. It wasn't a real sound, but rather the throbbing of life that resonated with Lu Yin. Along with this call, Lu Yin mysteriously started to upgrade.
He couldn't resist the desire for life. More importantly, along with the resonance, the black and white fog that had been blocked by the Fatesand in his chest actually calmed down.
Lu Yin didn't know what effect the Astral Source Pill would have on the death aura, but he could still give it a try. No matter how much money he had, it was all for the sake of upgrading his power.
He had only completed the Reaper Transformation by chance, and he hadn't really inherited anything. Who could say for sure that such a coincidence had happened?
This was his tenth upgrade, and it was also the most ridiculous upgrade Lu Yin had ever experienced. He had spent a total of 3.5 billion star essence, which was inconceivable.
As the Astral Source Pill fell from the first screen of light, the sprout began to grow. It broke out of the pill and formed a true life: a sapling.
After the upgrade, the Astral Source Pill disappeared, or rather, it had been completely absorbed by the sprout.
The sapling was half a meter tall, and its top split into two branches. At the same time, it sprouted a few leaves that were a pleasant emerald green. It pierced through the lower screen of light and landed on the ground. If a normal person saw it, they would think that it was just an ordinary branch, except for the fact that it was glowing.