"You're really Lu Yin?" Lulu was delighted to hear this, "Are you sure?"
She jumped up and hugged him tightly. "You're really Lu Yin! That's great! It's really you, Lu Yin!"
Lu Yin hugged her. "Alright, you're so heavy. Get down."
Lulu got down, her face flushed red. "Why are you here, Lu Yin?"
At this point, her expression changed drastically, and her gaze suddenly turned sharp. "You betrayed humanity?"
Lu Yin was speechless. "What are you thinking? No one knows who I am. Don't spread the word."
Lulu did not understand. "No one knows who you are?"
Lu Yin looked up. "My name is Lie Yanzi, and I'm from the Skyfire Dojo, one of the seventy-two dojos of the Boundless Continent. Don't forget to call me Senior Lie Yanzi from now on."
Lulu was confused. "Lie Yanzi?
You?
What's going on? "
Lu Yin coughed. "Why are you asking so many questions? Just don't call me that. If my identity is exposed, neither of us will be able to escape."
Lulu suddenly understood, and she pointed at Lu Yin. "You're also one of the unlucky bastards who walked through the Burial Garden's Gate?"
Lu Yin rolled his eyes. "I did it on purpose. It's risky and exciting, got it?"
"You're just an unlucky bastard like us, but you weren't caught," Lulu said firmly.
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "Alright, cut the crap and keep it a secret. Don't implicate me."
Lulu nodded diligently.
"We'll return through the Burial Garden's Gate in four days. Just pretend to lead the way," Lu Yin said. He did not ask her what she had experienced in the Burial Garden.
Lulu pouted. "Do you think that guy is stupid? He'll definitely control us."
"I know, it's poison. I've already been poisoned."
Lulu's expression changed. "Then you're finished. No one can cure the Everlasting Poison. You're finished, Lu Yin."
Lu Yin knocked her on the head. "Who says I'm finished? I have a way to cure it. It might not be reliable, but there's hope. What about you?
What do you plan to do?
Do you want to risk being poisoned with me or wait to be slaughtered?
You might expose your identity as a Mavis, but that guy might not kill you. "
Lulu did not hesitate. "I want to be poisoned too."
"Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?"
"Didn't you say you have a way?"
"Not necessarily."
"There's nothing we can do about it. It's better than dying now. It's always better to fight."
…
To Lulu, Lu Yin's appearance was like a ray of hope, just like how all of the students from Astral-10 had gone on adventures in the Chaos Flowzone and the Starfall Sea. Even if they were about to be poisoned or even die, Lulu would still be happy.
Ku Lei's feelings at this moment were completely opposite to Lulu's.
"You recognized me?" This was the first thing Lu Yin said to Ku Lei when they met alone.
Ku Lei's eyes flashed, "Who are you?
I don't know him. "
Lu Yin solemnly replied, "The moment you saw me outside Burial Garden, your gaze changed. You can't hide it from me, and you can continue to hide it. But aside from me, no one else can take you out of this place. Your only fate is death or betraying humanity. However, the second option no longer exists, and you no longer have the chance to betray humanity. I will kill you right here and now."
Ku Lei narrowed his eyes. A cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes, but he didn't say anything.
Lu Yin met his gaze. "You still don't want to admit it? Looks like you're determined to die. Fine, I'll fulfill your wish.
He then raised his hand and struck out with a palm. Just as his palm was about to strike Ku Lei, Ku Lei shouted, "Lu Yin!"
Lu Yin stopped, and the wind from his palm blew away Ku Lei's hair, forcing him to take a few steps back. "You really did recognize me."
Ku Lei's eyes flashed. He knew that Lu Yin was testing him, but based on his understanding of Lu Yin, this person really could kill him. This person was both a cultivator and a ruler; he only had one life, and Ku Lei couldn't afford to gamble.
"How did you recognize me?"
Lu Yin asked. He was truly curious; even the Emissaries couldn't see his true face, and even Lulu, a former classmate of his, couldn't recognize him. However, Ku Lei had recognized him, even though they hadn't met often.
Ku Lei's voice was low as he replied, "You've cultivated a battle technique from your ancestor. If I'm not wrong, it should be the legendary 'when things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction'."
Lu Yin's eyes widened as he recalled that the Ku family was a descendant of Ancestor Ku.
"You can recognize 'when things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction'?
Does the Ku family have this battle technique as well? "Lu Yin was surprised.
Ku Lei shook his head and looked at Lu Yin enviously. "My Ku family doesn't have it, or else we wouldn't have fallen to the point where we don't even have the authority to deal with a single child."
He was referring to Ku Wei. Back when the Ku family had wanted to punish Ku Wei, Lu Yin had used his status as a Lockbreaker to forcefully bring Ku Wei out.
"According to you, if the Ku family cultivates' when things reach an extreme, they won't even give face to the Lockbreaker Society?" Lu Yin mocked.
Ku Lei replied, "Although you've cultivated 'when things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction', but you shouldn't understand this battle technique. Lu Yin, let's make a deal. If you hand 'when things reach an extreme,' my Ku family will give you all of our resources. Whatever you want, as long as we have it, we'll give it to you."
Lu Yin was amused. "You think you can represent the Ku family?"
Ku Wei replied seriously, "Yes, as long as you return this battle technique to us."
Lu Yin raised a hand to stop Ku Lei. "Return? That's not the right word. I didn't take anything from you, and I learned this battle technique by chance. At most, it can be considered Ancestor Ku's inheritance, and it has nothing to do with your Ku family."
Ku Lei replied, "No matter what, Ancestor Ku is my Ku family's ancestor, so it's only right that he should return his battle technique to us."
"Then it's only right that I kill you now. Who gave you the courage to argue with me?" Lu Yin coldly retorted.
Ku Lei was speechless.
He fell silent for a moment before saying, "Let's make a deal, Lu Yin. You won't lose out in this deal. You've already learned 'when things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction'. You can teach it to my Ku family in exchange for all of our resources. Don't you want star essence?
My Ku family has plenty of them. "
Lu Yin replied, "Let's not talk about this for now. You just said that I don't understand this battle technique, and that if I cultivate it, your Ku family won't even give face to the Lockbreaker Society. Then tell me how powerful 'when things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction' is."
Ku Lei frowned.
"What, you're not willing to tell me?
Then the deal is off. I need to know the value of this battle technique that I've learned. Don't try to brush me off. Back then, your Ku family didn't just give face to the Lockbreaker Society, but also President Xiu Ming. Xiu Ming is an Origin Array Heavenly Master, and his status is comparable to a Half-Ancestor's. When things reach an extreme, they will move in the opposite direction, but your Ku family doesn't even need to give face to a Half-Ancestor.
The Xia family once produced Ancestor Chen, "Lu Yin said slowly, his tone filled with disdain.
Ku Lei had a strong ego, and he sneered when he heard Lu Yin's words. "So what if he's Ancestor Chen? Ancestor Ku and the Xia family's Ancestor Chen are both members of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, and their statuses are equal. Ancestor Chen's nine clones are invincible, but Ancestor Ku isn't any weaker.
The Force of Time. "
This was the first time Lu Yin had heard of such a thing. He remembered that back in the Astral Tree Realm, someone had once said that the more powerful a Progenitor was, the more they would be blocked in the outer regions. Ancestor Ku's Spirit Void Temple was close to the Top Realm, so it shouldn't be very powerful. However, Ku Lei had said that it was one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas.
Lu Yin had once thought that the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas were just a cover left behind by Ancestor Hui to trick the Eternals and the Sixth Mainland. However, when he had been in the Daosource Sect's ruins, he had indeed entered the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, and he had even heard of their inheritance.
Was Ancestor Ku one of their inheritors?
If that was the case, then Ancestor Ku was not weak.
"What's the Force of Time?" Lu Yin asked.
Ku Lei hesitated for a moment, but he still answered, "I'm not sure about the specifics, but there's one thing that my Ku family is certain of. During the Daosource Sect's era, Ancestor Ku's status was not any lower than Ancestor Chen's. If Ancestor Ku's inheritance had been preserved, then the head of the Seven Courts might not have been the Xia family."
Honestly, Lu Yin did not believe this, as Ancestor Chen had beaten the Sixth Mainland to the point that they dared not record him. His invincibility was not something that anyone could compare to. However, if Ancestor Ku really had the Force of Time, then it would be hard to say.
Ancestor Ku, Ancestor Chen, the Symbol Ancestor, and so on … There were so many absolute powerhouses, yet the Fifth Mainland had actually been defeated by the Sixth Mainland.
"Brother Lu, my Ku family sincerely wishes to make this deal with you," Ku Lei said as he looked at Lu Yin with an expectant gaze.
Lu Yin did not agree, but he did not refuse either. The Wen family had been left hanging by a thread, and now, he wanted to leave the Ku family hanging.
If he wanted to leave the Ku family hanging, then he had to let them know that Ku Lei could not die, and that he had to return.
"Put aside the battle techniques for now. If you can't even return, then there's no point in having battle techniques," Lu Yin said.
Only then did Ku Lei remember that this was the Starfall Sea, and his life was still in the hands of the Eternals. He no longer had the time to think about how things could develop in the opposite direction when they reached an extreme.
There were only two outcomes for those who had entered through the Burial Garden's Gate: they could either cooperate or die.
In the end, Ku Lei could only choose to cooperate. However, Lu Yin did not mention anything about the antidote, as Ku Lei knew that he would definitely die. He only wanted to spread the news that things could develop in the opposite direction when they reached an extreme. As for whether or not this would expose Yang Kong and the others, Lu Yin did not care. Yang Kong and the others' lives had nothing to do with him.
He did not expect to rely on Yang Kong to obtain the antidote.
The other two had also chosen to cooperate with him because they were afraid of dying.
…
There were only two more days before they would enter the Burial Garden.
The day before they entered the Burial Garden's Gate, Lu Yin received a notification from Yang Kong that everyone who had left through the Burial Garden's Gate would be dealt with.
Lu Yin was stunned. "Dealt with?
What do you mean? "
Yang Kong replied, "We don't need these people."
"But they were willing to be controlled by the poison. It took me a lot of effort to convince them," Lu Yin said.
"That's why we don't need them. These people will easily expose us. Deal with them. This is Father's order." Yang Kong then ended the call.
Lu Yin felt that this might not have been an order from City Lord Yang, but rather from the Eternals. They were being too cautious.
The Fifth Mainland had developed the Neohuman Alliance, and the Astral Tree Society had developed the Redbacks. The Eternals were very good at hiding, and they had done a good job. Ku Lei planned to inform the Ku family that things could develop in the opposite direction when they reached an extreme, as well as that they were going to hunt down the Ancients.
Besides Ku Lei, there might be others with similar intentions. If Lu Yin was an Eternals, he would do the same. He would rather kill the wrong person than let them go.