Hold on, Lu Yin suddenly thought of something and stared at Shangqing. Just as he was about to speak, he paused and slapped the cultivator unconscious. He then turned back to Shangqing, "Is it someone from the Hall of Honor?"
Shangqing didn't understand. "Why do you ask?"
"I found a Burial Gate that can be used to leave the Hall of Honor, and it's being guarded by an Emissary."
Shangqing shook his head. "I'm not sure. I wasn't notified."
Lu Yin didn't say anything else and quickly walked over to the pool of blood where the seventh-phase blacksmith had been slapped to death. He suppressed his disgust and used his star energy to pick up the cosmic ring, open it, and pour out the contents.
His harvest this time had been pretty good. There were quite a few weapons in the ring, and Lu Yin didn't know if they belonged to the blacksmith or someone else, but they were all of decent quality. Aside from the weapons, there were also hundreds of millions of star essence, all sorts of bottles, jars, and broken pieces of jade. They looked like legacy techniques, but they were already damaged and useless.
Aside from these, most of the rest were useless items like the tokens of a forging family. Only one item piqued his interest: a map. He spread it out and was surprised to find that it was a map of the palace he'd been in.
No wonder this guy had been inside for so long. He had been drawing a map, but what was the point?
Lu Yin didn't even know who he was drawing it for.
The map depicted the various locations of the palace in detail, and the dangerous areas were specifically marked out. Lu Yin glanced over the map, but he didn't plan on exploring any of them. He wasn't confident that he could escape the giant zombie's arms, and even the Secret Plan or a greater teleportation array might not be useful.
Suddenly, Lu Yin stared blankly at a diagram in a corner of the map. It wasn't a palace, but rather a creature that had been drawn by the blacksmith. It was more obvious than any of the other markings.
More importantly, Lu Yin had seen this creature before.
It was a strange creature that had no eyes, no limbs, and no eyes, ears, mouth, or nose. Its body seemed to be surrounded by hills that went up in layers.
It didn't exist in any of the known lifeforms, but Lu Yin had seen it before, and it had left a deep impression on him.
When he had been absorbing the death energy in the Oddity Sect, Lu Yin had seen a man who seemed to be the Grim Reaper easily suppress a creature that looked exactly like this diagram.
Since then, Lu Yin had taken some time to investigate, but there was no such creature among all of the known lifeforms. It didn't belong to this era, and it only belonged to the era of the figure that Lu Yin had seen.
If that figure was really the Grim Reaper, then the lifeform that dared to attack the Grim Reaper was likely a Progenitor.
The bloodstained robes he had obtained earlier confirmed his suspicions that the figure was the Grim Reaper. In that case, he looked up at the palace. It wasn't strange for this creature to be depicted in the palace, as they were from the same era.
However, if it really was an era, how was this palace preserved?
Too much time had passed. What was the origin of this burial garden?
Even these things could be preserved. It was as if they had crossed through time and space, connecting to the ancient times.
"This map?" Shangqing came and asked.
Lu Yin put the map away. "There's no map."
"Just now."
"There's nothing. You're mistaken."
Shangqing was speechless. "It's not like I'm going to steal it."
Lu Yin's gaze turned dangerous. "You'll be finished if you try."
Shangqing didn't know how to reply.
"Don't forget, you still owe me money."
Shangqing
"Didn't I give you a crystal card from the Mavis Bank?" he asked uncertainly.
"That's for buying power vessels," Lu Yin answered matter-of-factly.
Shangqing pursed his lips, not knowing how to communicate with Lu Yin. After thinking about it, he decided to just treat it as compensation for saving his life. Shangqing then went out to find a way to get some money for Lu Yin. "Are you still going to follow this corpse?"
Lu Yin looked at the corpse walking away and shook his head. "No, it's easy to enter, but difficult to exit. I don't want to die yet, and following it takes up too much time."
Shangqing replied, "I won't be following it either." He looked around. "The burial garden is huge, and I want to explore it more. What about you?"
"I'm going out for a bit. Don't die. Even if you do, you have to pay back the money you owe me before you die," Lu Yin emphasized.
Shangqing smiled bitterly. "Got it. Don't worry, Brother Lu. Goodbye."
"Goodbye," Lu Yin replied, and the two parted ways. One headed south, the other north, while the corpse headed east.
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In the Innerverse, the organization at the helm of the Beast Tamers Flowzone was the Divine Grade Hall. Under the Divine Grade Hall were the First Grade Hall and Second Grade Hall, both of which controlled the entire Beast Tamers Flowzone.
There were many astral beasts in the Beast Tamers Flowzone. Unlike humans, astral beasts did not need to be Explorers to be able to roam the universe. Many astral beasts could do so at birth. For this reason, the Beast Tamers Flowzone had come up with a method to create a shell similar to a spacecraft's exterior. This could protect the beastmasters and allow them to accompany the astral beasts as they traveled through space.
The Second Grade Hall was located in the outermost region of the Beast Tamers Flowzone, and they were the gatekeepers of the Divine Grade Hall. In the past, there had only been two Enlighters overseeing the place, and they had both been the most ordinary of Enlighters. For example, Karthika, who had died at Lu Yin's hands, had been from the Second Grade Hall.
Ever since Burial Garden Gates had appeared in various parts of the universe, three had appeared within the Second Grade Hall's territory. The Divine Grade Hall had constantly sent disciples in to explore the burial gardens.
However, none of those disciples had been able to contact the Divine Grade Hall. As a last resort, the Divine Grade Hall could only send Enlighters to explore the burial grounds.
Within the Beast Tamers Flowzone, there was only one Burial Gate that could be used to enter and exit the Beast Tamers Flowzone. When Lu Yin had ordered that the eight great Flowzones could only maintain one Burial Gate, the Mountain God had not minded since they only had one.
However, a few days ago, someone had suddenly walked out of a Burial Garden Gate within the Second Grade Hall's territory. It had been confirmed to be the second Burial Garden Gate that could be accessed freely.
This had excited the Mountain God, and he had not taken Lu Yin's words to heart. How could he possibly destroy one?
News about the burial gardens had spread like wildfire on the internet, and no one knew where the news had come from. In short, there were all sorts of ancient inheritances within the burial gardens. Some people had obtained ancient power vessels, some had obtained ancient pills, and some had even obtained blood-red fruits that had greatly increased their strength after consuming them. The Hall of Honor had not stopped the burial gardens from appearing.
This made many people believe that the burial gardens contained a great opportunity.
The Mountain God was certain of this because the first Burial Garden Gate that could be accessed had brought him a legendary creature's feather, the Sky-Devouring Goose.
According to legend, there had been a Sky-Devouring Goose in ancient times that fed on the void and drank astral sources. Ordinary people could not see it, and its body covered the sun, moon, and stars. Its cry could even shake the universe.
Although it was large, its feathers were special and illusory. It could freely travel through the void without touching anything, and it could even become illusory within the astral source universe.
It was a mysterious creature.
The Mountain God had obtained a Sky-Devouring Goose feather, and he had faintly heard the bird's cry.
This cry had given him a vague sense of space, and this feeling had given him a new understanding of cultivation.
It was precisely because of this experience that he firmly believed that the burial gardens contained an ancient opportunity, and that was indeed the case. How could he bear to destroy another burial garden gate that he could freely enter and exit? He wished that the Beast Tamers Flowzone had a few more burial garden gates so that the Divine Grade Hall could seize more of the opportunities within the burial gardens.
It was not just the Mountain God; Liu Qianjue and the others also thought the same. They had only destroyed the Burial Garden Gate for show, so how could they bear to give up on the opportunities within?
Misfortune soon followed.
The Second Grade Hall had been massacred, and several Enlighters had died. Countless disciples had died, which shocked the Mountain God.
The Mountain God was furious, and he immediately rushed towards the Second Grade Hall. When he arrived, he discovered that many planets had been destroyed, and even the Burial Garden Gate that could be accessed freely had been destroyed. More than 10,000 people had died in the Beast Tamers Flowzone, and all of them were elite disciples. Only elite disciples were qualified to guard the Burial Garden Gate, and these elite disciples were not from the Second Grade Hall, but rather the Divine Grade Hall.
The loss of these elite disciples caused the Divine Grade Hall to have a gap in power. Only a few of the younger disciples had survived because they had gone out to train.
The Mountain God wanted to track down the culprit, but it was too late. The culprit's methods were ruthless, and it was obvious that they had been sent as a warning. The culprit's strength was not ordinary, and even if they were not an Emissary, they were definitely an expert that was infinitely close to becoming one. They were also adept at concealing their tracks.
A day had passed since the Mountain God had received the notice and arrived at the Second Grade Hall, which was more than enough time for the culprit to escape.
Not only had the Burial Garden Gate been destroyed, but the Divine Grade Hall had also lost many disciples, which infuriated the Mountain God.
However, the Mountain God still issued a gag order that this matter could not be spread. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain himself to Lu Yin, as a normal Burial Garden Gate could not possibly be guarded by so many experts.
At this point, anyone who left the Burial Garden Gate had to be extremely cautious. Some people did not even have time to observe their surroundings after exiting the Burial Garden Gate, and they immediately fled as fast as they could. This was because there were countless people watching the Burial Garden Gate.
There were very few people who could enter the Burial Garden Gate in search of opportunities and leave with them safely.
No one would stop others from entering the Burial Garden Gate, and they would only stop those who exited from escaping.
Only an expert at Lu Yin's level would be able to walk out of the Burial Garden Gate without fear.
Lu Yin followed the direction that the cultivator had pointed and found a Burial Garden Gate that could be used to leave. There was indeed someone guarding it, and it was a middle-aged man with an arrogant expression. He also had an imprint, and it was obvious that he was an expert from the Sixth Mainland. However, he had not become an Emissary and was only an Enlighter with a power level of 300,000.
This kind of person could not even withstand a single slap from Lu Yin.
Thus, when he saw Lu Yin arrive, he immediately tried to flee. However, Lu Yin kicked him to the ground and forced him to hand over his cosmic ring.
The man was indignant, as he had thought that the Burial Garden had only opened recently and that there would not be many experts entering. With his Enlighter cultivation level of 300,000, he would be able to run amok for a while. However, reality proved that there were not many experts, and he had managed to steal some things. Unfortunately, he had run into Lu Yin too early, and all of his efforts had been for naught.
Lu Yin was very happy, and he even praised this person. "Keep watching and keep working hard. You have a bright future ahead of you."
This person had actually contributed a tribulation crystal to Lu Yin. Lu Yin had not expected that the Burial Garden would actually have tribulation crystals. Although there were not many and they were useless to him, they could still be sold for quite a bit of money. These things were always in short supply, and anyone who sold them would want them.