The Mountain God said in a deep voice, "Who can erase us?
Alliance Master Lu, you're underestimating us too much. Although we can't compare to the Great Eastern Alliance, we're not so easily bullied. "
"I was ambushed twice while I was in Burial Garden. The first time was from an Emissary, and the second time was from a descendant of the Sixth Mainland's Daosource Sect's Martial Ancestor. That person joined forces with Xia Yi to attack me, and if those two leave Burial Garden's Gate and come to where you are, how will you resist them?
Not only did you fail to obtain the items in the graveyard, but you're also the one who got robbed. That's not what you want to see, right? "
They fell silent.
Ling Qiu replied, "The Lingling clan is confident in dealing with him."
Lu Yin looked at her. "But I don't want to take the risk. The Lingling clan has you, Clan Leader Ling Qiu, and Ancestor Ling Taizu. If the two of you work together, we can guard one entrance to the burial grounds. However, if there are two entrances, then it won't be safe."
Lingqiu was displeased. "Alliance Master Lu, do you think that I'm not strong enough to guard a single portal?"
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and his tone grew colder. "Negotiating with all of you is a form of respect, and I do not wish to force you to do so. I hope that you can give me some face as the Alliance Leader."
Ling Qiu wanted to speak, but she was stopped by Liu Qianjue's gaze. Regardless of whether he was willing or not, Lu Yin was still the Great Eastern Alliance's Alliance Master. Since they had already joined the Great Eastern Alliance, they had to give him face. Even if they had the ability to deal with Lu Yin, they could not act now. Otherwise, who would trust them in the future?
The universe was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. This was the law of the universe. However, there were many other unspoken rules under these four words. Since they had joined the Great Eastern Alliance, they could not immediately rebel, nor could they openly oppose the Alliance Master. Otherwise, if another Great Eastern Alliance were to appear in the future, they would not be subdued, but directly exterminated.
Some rules could not be broken unless it involved the bottom line.
"Alright, since the Alliance Master has spoken, we agree to leave only one entrance to the burial garden," said Liu Qianjue.
Lu Yin's gaze swept across the group. The Weasel Prince had not spoken since the beginning, as he did not have the right to speak. He had only appeared to listen, and that was all.
"That's right, Alliance Master Lu, you mentioned that you were attacked by Xia Yi earlier. Is this Xia Yi the Patriarch of the Seven Courts' Xia Family?
Did he go in too? "The Mountain God suddenly asked.
"That's right."
Liu Qianjue and the others looked at each other again. The Court of Seven Names was placed side by side with the Burial Garden. Even the head of the Xia Clan had entered the Burial Garden. Perhaps the heads of the other clans would enter as well. This meant that the Burial Garden indeed contained great opportunities. Should they enter as well?
"I'd like to remind everyone that I'm allowing you to freely enter the burial garden based on your current strength. If you enter the burial garden and I determine that you don't have the ability to protect a door, then that door will also be destroyed," Lu Yin said.
Liu Qianjue and the others didn't retort.
The call ended quickly, and Lu Yin contacted Wang Wen. "I've already told them, but those old foxes will definitely keep their doors shut."
"I'll check."
"How's the destruction of the portal?"
Wang Wen was vexed. "The Burial Gate isn't easy to destroy, but Chen Huang was able to destroy one."
Lu Yin replied, "Looks like you'll need the power of an Emissary."
"Don't worry. There shouldn't be too many people going in for the time being. However, there will definitely be more in the future. Be careful," said Wang Wen.
Lu Yin grunted in acknowledgment before ending the call.
Right now, the Burial Garden was lacking a huge opportunity. As long as it appeared, it would attract a large number of people. That would be the time to truly fight for the opportunity.
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Since he was already in the Cosmic Sea, Lu Yin wanted to pay Leon's Armada a visit. However, after asking Ye Xingchen, he found out that Leon's Armada was very far away. Due to the climate, even if the two parties knew each other's location, it wouldn't be easy for them to meet unless Highsage Leon personally came to pick him up.
Lu Yin thought about it and decided to forget about it. He'd go in the future.
He bade Ye Xingchen farewell and stepped through the Burial Gate. Before he left, he reminded Ye Xingchen to avoid the gate. The Unyielding Legion simply couldn't defend such a gate.
In fact, he wanted to suggest that Ye Xingchen destroy the gate, but unfortunately, the Unyielding Legion didn't have any powerhouses who were stronger than an Emissary.
Lu Yin entered the burial garden once more, and when he looked around, he was at a loss. Was this really a burial garden?
Dense trees blocked out the sun, and through the trees, he could see a mountain range in the distance. It was lush with greenery, and small rivers flowed around the hills.
If he hadn't confirmed that he had entered the Burial Gate, he would have thought that he had arrived on a planet suitable for human habitation.
This place was like a paradise on earth.
Lu Yin walked out of the forest and looked around. The mountain range wasn't very tall, and it was covered in greenery. In front of him, there were tea trees planted on the hills, and the fragrance of tea was refreshing.
Lu Yin couldn't help but walk towards the hills.
He soon arrived at the foot of the hills, and just as he was about to walk up, he vaguely heard something. He followed the sound to the right, where it seemed to be coming from.
Lu Yin walked in the direction of the sound, and a few meters away, there were tea trees arranged neatly. He couldn't see any living creatures, but there was a sound that was getting louder and louder.
"Save, save me."
"Save me."
"Please, save me."
…
Lu Yin searched for a long time, but he still couldn't find anything. His eyes accidentally swept across the tea leaves, and he suddenly turned back to stare at the center. His pupils shrank, and he was filled with shock. He rarely felt this way, but at this moment, he seemed to have seen something inconceivable.
There was a human face on the tea leaves, and it was very lifelike. It was weakly muttering to itself, and the sound was coming from this face.
Lu Yin's eyes widened, and he looked down the tea leaves. There was no body, only a face. There wasn't even a head. What was going on?
Had the tea leaves gained sentience?
At that moment, the face weakly opened its eyes and met Lu Yin's gaze.
Lu Yin's hair stood on end, as he could see the complex emotions that only humans would have in those eyes. There was despair and pleading, and then excitement. "Alliance Leader Lu, is that you?"
Lu Yin stared at the face, which was that of a middle-aged man. He was very weak, and his face was deathly pale. Lu Yin couldn't make out anything other than his face. "You know me?"
The face was excited. "I-I'm An Liang from Watermoon Villa."
Lu Yin was astonished. "Watermoon Villa?
An Shaohua's man? "
"Yes, I'm An Shaohua's uncle, An Liang. Alliance Leader Lu, please save me. I'm from Watermoon Villa, and I'm also from the Great Eastern Alliance." An Liang weakly pleaded for help, and his eyes were filled with hope and excitement.
Lu Yin was confused. "How did you become like this?
Where's your body? "
An Liang was terrified, and his eyes kept flickering. His pupils suddenly dilated, indicating that he was extremely terrified. "It was that corpse. That corpse planted me as a tea leaf. It was that corpse."
Lu Yin's face twitched. "What are you talking about?"
An Liang fearfully looked at Lu Yin. "Alliance Leader Lu, please save me. Save me! I don't want to be planted as a tea leaf. I don't want to become fertilizer."
Lu Yin's face paled, and a chill surged up from the soles of his feet. He suddenly turned around, but there was nothing except for the flowing stream.
"Alliance Leader Lu, save me, save me!" An Liang painfully groaned, and his entire face was distorted. It was abnormally terrifying.
"You're saying that a corpse planted you as a tea leaf?" Lu Yin asked again.
An Liang struggled. "Yes, it was a corpse with a bamboo basket on its back."
Lu Yin's entire body went cold, as this wasn't a feeling of imminent death. Instead, it was a feeling of incomprehensible strangeness. It was just like when he had been treated as white meat on Driftcharge Planet, or when he had seen that person in the Eternal Kingdom whose organs had been hollowed out. The disgust and terror that came from the bottom of his heart swallowed him up.
He hurriedly retreated and looked around, not even daring to casually release his domain.
He had encountered more than one corpse in the Burial Garden, such as that one-legged old man, the little girl who had been constantly slapping at the void, the person who had fused with the Secret Art of Plan, and even Progenitor Chen, whose fate was unknown. He guessed that the corpses that had survived until now weren't simple, and they definitely weren't existences that he could deal with.
He had originally thought that these corpses weren't a threat, and they weren't even aggressive. However, An Liang's encounter had refreshed his understanding. The Burial Garden wasn't as safe as the outside world thought it was. The opponents here weren't just humans, but also these corpses.
"Lu- Alliance Leader Lu, save me, save me …" An Liang was still groaning.
Lu Yin looked at the other tea leaves and saw that they were all human faces. They all looked dead, and there was no reaction.
He retreated a few more steps and then quickly rushed into the forest. When he looked back at the tea leaves hill, he was filled with unprecedented apprehension. He still hadn't found the corpse that had planted the tea leaves, and he was at the edge of the cliff. He felt like he was being watched at any moment.
At that moment, another person appeared out of thin air from another direction. It was a man with a confused expression, and he looked around in the same manner that Lu Yin had when he had first appeared.
Lu Yin looked at the man and didn't say anything. This person had also entered the Burial Garden through the Burial Garden's gate and randomly arrived here.
The man's cultivation wasn't weak, and a single step caused the void to distort. He appeared at the foot of the tea hill and then stepped onto it.
Just as the man stepped onto the hill, a figure stood up from the center of the tea mountain. It was an old mummy with a hunched back and a bamboo basket on its back. It faced the man, and under the man's confused gaze, the mummy waved its hand and the man's body flew towards the old mummy. The old mummy caught the man and plunged him into the ground. Then, an earth-shattering scream rang out in all directions.
Lu Yin's jaw dropped as he stared at the scene in shock.
The man's limbs gradually withered and then turned into tea leaves. His tendons, bones, and blood all became nutrients for the tea leaves. Only his face was left looking up at the sky. His gaze was still blank, but there was an additional trace of extreme pain and despair.
Within the forest, Lu Yin left without looking back. The Star Scattered Chessboard appeared beneath his feet, and he kept moving, moving, and moving. He kept rushing into the distance, not daring to stay for long.
The man had been turned into a tea tree in an instant, and this scene left a deep psychological shadow in Lu Yin's heart. What was up with that old corpse?
It was too cruel and too strange.
Lu Yin didn't even have the slightest intention of investigating the situation. It was impossible for him to do so. All he wanted was to get as far away from that tea hill as possible.
He didn't want to see such a strange and terrifying scene ever again in his life.