The Stargazing Tower allowed one to see the past and present. He hadn't paid much attention to it in the past, but now, he felt that the tower was even more mysterious.
It was no small matter that all eight Stargazers had left at the same time.
"Uncle, let's go. Can I go with Xixi to the Stargazing Tower?"
Zhou Xixi pleaded, her eyes full of hope. She was afraid that she would be discovered if she went alone, so she felt safer with Lu Yin.
Lu Yin nodded, as he also wanted to take a look at the Stargazing Tower.
How many times had he been there already?
Lu Yin thought about it, and it seemed like this was the fourth time. He had gone up twice and had been rejected once.
Zhou Xixi was disappointed when she saw that the Stargazer was there. "He's really here. Forget it, I can't watch anymore."
"Xixi, I have something to say to the Stargazer. You can go back first."
Zhou Xixi looked at Lu Yin. "Uncle, you'll definitely watch Xixi's competition, right?"
Lu Yin nodded and smiled. "Of course. Go on."
Zhou Xixi grunted and left, looking back every few steps she took.
After Zhou Xixi left, Lu Yin respectfully said, "Student Lu Yin requests to ascend the Stargazer Tower."
The Stargazer looked over. "Your fourth request was rejected as well."
Lu Yin was helpless. "I haven't graduated yet, and my strength has changed greatly. Can the Stargazer make an exception? I'm confident that I can see a different past."
The Stargazer asked, "If that's the case, then Enlighters and Envoys have all requested to ascend the Stargazer Tower. How do you reject them?"
"I haven't graduated yet."
The Stargazer replied, "It's precisely because you're a student that you cannot ascend the tower repeatedly."
Lu Yin replied, "I've been invited by the Headmaster to be a guest mentor."
"You haven't agreed."
Lu Yin shouted, "I have to agree! The Headmaster is crazy!"
The Stargazer looked deeply at Lu Yin, and Lu Yin met the Stargazer's gaze.
After a while, the Stargazer calmly said, "Guest mentors can ascend the Stargazer Tower once, but only once."
Lu Yin was delighted. "Thank you, Starmaster." He thought back to the scene he had seen back then, and he was confident that he could see even deeper, further, and see different things.
Lu Yin took a step forward and placed his foot on Stargazing Deck. Suddenly, his body froze, and in that instant, he felt a burning sensation in his chest. Then, the Fatesand that had melted into his body suddenly appeared. Stargazing Deck was still Stargazing Deck, and Lu Yin maintained his posture of stepping on the deck with one foot. However, the only thing that he could see was Stargazing Deck, and Astral-10 was no longer there. The earth shook and the sky shook. Lu Yin saw many images in that instant, but he could not see any of them clearly. It was as if time had flown by, but it was also as if time had left behind silhouettes.
He tried his best to see a scene clearly, but he couldn't do it.
At the same time, in a corner of the universe, Xuan Jiu, who was enjoying the delicious food, spat out blood. His face was pale, and he couldn't help but hold his head and scream.
In the Astral Beast Domain, Imperial Preceptor Bu Tian spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
In the distant Astral Tree Domain, there was also a woman with blood dripping from her mouth. She opened her eyes, and they were filled with coldness and dignity. "All for naught. Who triggered fate?"
Lu Yin didn't know what had happened to the others, but he knew that he was trying his best to see a certain scene. He was trying so hard that the corners of his eyes were bleeding. Finally, a certain scene froze, and Lu Yin could see it clearly. He saw a general appointment platform that had been casually placed in a courtyard that hadn't been cleaned in a long time. There were mottled bloodstains on the platform, and he saw that it wasn't too far away from the platform.
Someone was kneeling on the ground. It was a man, and he looked very familiar.
The man's gaze was uneasy as he knelt on the ground. Lu Yin didn't know how long he had been kneeling, but when he saw this person's face, Lu Yin felt that it was both familiar and unfamiliar.
The scene suddenly disappeared, and Lu Yin felt as if he had traveled through endless time to return to Astral-10. His head spun, and he almost fell over. At the same time, the Fatesand in his chest scattered, and the black and white fog of death seeped out of his body.
Lu Yin wanted to stop it, but he didn't have the strength to do so. He could only watch as the Fatesand flew off in different directions.
Fortunately, this was Astral-10, and the scattered Fatesand couldn't travel very far. The Starmaster had trapped it here.
Lu Yin panted heavily as beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. His body felt weak, especially in his chest, where the death aura had completely dissipated. He had clearly replenished it in Kun's Swamp, but now it was gone.
What happened?
He looked at Stargazing Deck. Was it related to Stargazing Deck?
He had clearly ascended Stargazing Deck before.
Could it be … the Starmaster?
Lu Yin looked up and looked at the Starmaster.
The Starmaster looked at Lu Yin solemnly. "It has nothing to do with me."
Lu Yin didn't understand. "Mentor, what was that just now?"
The Starmaster shook his head. "I don't know what you saw, but …" At this point, he raised his hand, revealing the thirty-nine grains of Fatesand that had scattered from Lu Yin's body. "Perhaps it was because of this that you triggered fate."
Lu Yin was confused. "Triggered fate?"
The Starmaster returned the grains of Fatesand to Lu Yin, and Lu Yin fused them back into his body. Thankfully, nothing unexpected happened.
"The ancients often entrusted their unfulfilled wishes to the gods. Legend has it that fate is the god entrusted to them, and Stargazing Deck was built by the ancients as a place to worship the gods," the Starmaster slowly explained.
Lu Yin listened quietly. Fate, it was fate again.
"But these are all just legends. No one knows how Zhai Xing Lou is related to Fatesand, or whether they have anything to do with the legend of destiny. Perhaps destiny really did exist, or perhaps someone deliberately made up stories based on the fact that Zhai Xing Lou and Fatesand were connected. As long as there's no proof, they're all legends."
Lu Yin asked, "Mentor, do you believe in this legend?"
The Starmaster looked at Lu Yin. "What difference does it make whether I believe it or not? It has nothing to do with me."
"Why is Stargazing Deck in the Astral Combat Academy?"
"Humanity's development and inheritance are eternal. The Astral Combat Academy has an inheritance that no one can destroy unless they encounter a calamity that no human can withstand."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. From what he knew, Astral-9's president was an Emissary, and although Astral-3 had been destroyed, the Sixth Mainland's Imprinter had been killed. There was no need to even mention Astral-10; the crazy president had even forced Xia Meng to retreat.
The presidents of the Ten Astral Combat Academies were all powerhouses above the Emissary level.
That was terrifying.
Even the Daynight clan at its peak had only had two or three Emissaries in the Innerverse. Even the colossal Sirius Sect in the Neoverse did not have more Emissaries than the Astral Combat Academy.
The Starmaster was right; the Astral Combat Academy had an inheritance that could not be destroyed, even if the Innerverse joined forces. Astral-3 had been destroyed because the Sixth Mainland had attacked, which had brought calamity to the Fifth Mainland.
"Stargazing Deck. The trial zones are places of inheritance that are unique to the Astral Combat Academy. Do you have any more information about Stargazing Deck?" Lu Yin was curious.
Ever since he had obtained more Fatesand, he had become more and more involved with fate. He was eager to learn more.
Xuan Jiu's words still echoed in his ears, "Do not be tainted by fate." But just now, he seemed to have triggered fate.
"No. Legends are just legends, and they are too ancient. The Stargazing Deck's only use now is to guide new students when they enter the academy. You were guided once before, and that is enough." The Starmaster then climbed back up the deck, sat down, and closed his eyes.
Lu Yin was helpless as he looked at the deck. The moment he climbed up, many images appeared. Were those images the guidance of fate?
Why was fate guiding him?
He had seen the General Appointment Platform, but how did fate know that he was from the Lu family? Was it his bloodline?
Innate gift?
Or was it time?
Aside from the General Appointment Platform, there were many other images. What were those images?
Were they still related to him?
Or was it that he could see other people's matters besides his own?
Was this fate?
Everyone had their own privacy, but the scene that had just happened had left Lu Yin terrified. Could fate pry into everyone's privacy?
Even though he was terrified, he still wanted to see it again. Lu Yin sighed and looked up. "Mentor, the Stargazing Deck is very important to the Astral Combat Academy, right?"
The Starmaster did not answer.
"Is the Stargazing Deck really just a guide?
Then why did the other eight academies' mentors leave? If I'm not wrong, they must have gone to search for Astral-3's lost Stargazing Deck. "
The Starmaster still did not speak.
Lu Yin knew that the Starmaster would not say anything, so he bowed helplessly and left.
After Lu Yin left, the Starmaster opened his eyes with a complicated expression. "Triggering fate? I never thought that there would be such a person. Perhaps it's not a bad thing."
After leaving the Stargazing Deck, Lu Yin visited all ten academies' mentors to learn more about the place, but no one could answer him.
Old Cai lazily replied, "The Stargazing Deck?
Who knows what's going on? In any case, that thing was right there when I came to Astral-10. I can see the guidance, but who knows how it works? "
The Rainmaster was astonished. "The Stargazing Deck?
I don't know, but it doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. Only the Astral Combat Academy exists. "
The Sandmaster punched a student into the sea of sand. "The Stargazing Deck?
How would I know? I've never been there. Curious?
Of course I'm curious. The Stargazing Deck, ported battles, and the Three Realms and Six Daos. Explain to me what's going on. "
The Trialmaster's eyes widened. "The Stargazing Deck?
There's such a place? "
Lu Yin had no choice but to bid farewell to Big Pao and Little Pao before leaving Astral-10 with Luo Huang.
The Astral Combat Tournament was still ongoing, but he had to head to Earth's Swamp to replenish his death aura.
Without the death aura, he would not be able to use the Death Transformation, which would leave him feeling uneasy.
There were only two places where he could replenish his death aura: Earth's Swamp and the folded space on Aegis Planet in the Outerverse.
Aegis Planet was located at the border between the Outerverse's Sixth Mainland and the Great Eastern Alliance. It was not convenient to go there, so he could only go to Earth's Swamp. It was a bit far, but it was convenient.
As for the Stargazing Deck, Lu Yin did not know much about it, but he was sure that it was related to fate. If the Grim Reaper had existed, then fate must have existed as well.
They were all ancient Progenitors, so perhaps he could obtain fate's inheritance by gathering the Fatesand. Lu Yin had some ideas. Although he was afraid of fate, the feeling of being able to see the unknown was too tempting.
There was also the General Roll Platform and the person kneeling beside it. There was still someone in the Lu family, and Lu Yin wanted to know where that person was..