He knew about the cultivation of the Knowing Realm, but he did not know what the next level was. Perhaps there was one here, and if Mister Guansheng destroyed it, it would ruin his opportunity. Furthermore, Mister Guansheng would most likely attack him if he saw him.
However, if the corpse could capture Mister Guansheng and make him pay his respects, then Lu Yin would be happy, as the Sixth Mainland would have one less powerful enemy.
To enter or not to enter? That was the question.
Mister Guansheng stood in place for a long time without moving.
Lu Yin was disappointed, as it seemed that he had no intention of coming over.
At that moment, a gust of wind blew past, stirring up the dust on the ground and revealing the blood-red bell that Lu Yin had dropped.
Mister Guansheng saw it, and his eyes widened as he walked over.
Lu Yin blinked and grew anxious. This guy wouldn't take my blood-red bell away, right? That was a life-saving treasure and a symbol of status. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, but there was nothing he could do.
Mister Guansheng walked over to the blood-red bell, bent down, and picked it up.
Lu Yin's eyes widened. Don't pick it up, don't pick it up, don't pick it up …
No matter how much he prayed, Mister Guansheng still touched the blood-red bell. Lu Yin's heart sank; his treasure was gone.
The moment Mister Guansheng touched the blood-red bell, the Rune Technology Ruins changed. The praying corpse disappeared and reappeared behind Mister Guansheng, reaching out to grab him.
Mister Guansheng's eyes trembled. The astral source in his hand transformed into a sword, and a martial imprint appeared on the tip of the sword. A terrifying aura shook the world, and the might of the Celestial Imprint was displayed in this burial garden.
The tomb keeper was only a half-step Ancestor, and Mister Guansheng knew that there should not be any powerhouses in this burial garden that could threaten him.
However, as the tip of the sword continued to disappear, Mister Guansheng was overwhelmed with shock and disbelief. His full-powered attack had been reduced to nothingness less than ten centimeters away from the corpse. It had truly been reduced to nothingness, as if it had been erased. He could not understand this.
The corpse pressed down with one hand, and the next moment, another praying statue appeared. The blood-red bell fell to the ground once more, ringing softly.
Lu Yin had been watching the entire time, and Mr. Guansheng had not even been able to retaliate against that corpse. If Lu Yin's guess was correct, then that corpse was definitely an absolute expert at the level of a half-step Ancestor. Furthermore, because it had cultivated the True Scripture of Eon Evolution, its strength was unfathomable, and it was almost invincible within the Rune Technology ruins.
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt a little apprehensive. He wouldn't be trapped here forever, would he? Whatever, he'd just have to reach the Knowing Denial Realm first.
…
Another month passed, and Lu Yin had been trapped here for more than two months.
On this day, he opened his eyes. The runes in his pupils were constantly changing with ecstasy. He had finally cultivated to the Knowing and Denying Realm.
Knowing or not, knowing or not, he knew how to negate the influence of certain things on the universe. Just like in the Supreme Tournament, when Cheng He fought Fan Shun, he didn't even dodge. He allowed Fan Shun's attack to descend without suffering any damage. It wasn't that his battle prowess surpassed Fan Shun's in all aspects, but because he was in the Knowing or Not realm, he negated the influence of Fan Shun's attack on the earth. If the earth wasn't affected, the power of the attack had to be extremely small. How could an attack that couldn't even harm the earth hurt him?
This was the Knowing Denial State.
If one didn't cultivate the Aeon Evolution True Scripture, they would never be able to understand what Knowing or Not was, and they would never be able to comprehend the mysteries of runic technology.
Lu Yin believed that Master Guan Sheng's sword had been erased by the corpse, but he couldn't figure it out.
A normal person wouldn't be able to figure it out. A person's attack could be blocked and broken, but how could it mysteriously disappear?
Only the Aeon Evolution True Scripture could.
The moment Lu Yin cultivated the Aeon Evolution True Scripture to the Knowing and Denying Realm, he also learned about the next realm of the Aeon Evolution True Scripture: Limitless.
This was an even more mysterious realm, and even with Lu Yin's current understanding of the Aeon Evolution True Scripture, he still couldn't fully understand what Limitless was. Still, if he didn't care about time, he was sure that he could cultivate to the Limitless Realm, but he didn't have the time.
Going from the Knowing and Denying Realms to the Limitless Realm was a huge leap that would take a very long time. He didn't want to waste any time here.
As he thought about it, Lu Yin tried to use the Aeon Evolution True Scripture's ability to erase the statue that was holding him in place and escape.
An hour later, Lu Yin's face was pale, but because of the extreme, his complexion couldn't be seen.
He couldn't escape, and even the Knowing and Denying Realm couldn't escape. Did he have to cultivate to the Limitless Realm before he could escape?
Or perhaps, he had to reach a higher realm?
Lu Yin's heart was heavy, and he kept trying, but even with the Knowing and Denying True Scripture, he couldn't shake the statue that was holding him in place. His idea of using the Aeon Evolution True Scripture to escape had been destroyed, and his other methods were even less likely to succeed. Even Mister Guan Sheng, who was a Celestial Imprint, had been trapped. Unless he was a Half-Ancestor, there was no way he could escape from these ruins.
Lu Yin felt bitter, as he didn't want to be trapped in this place. Even if he cultivated the Aeon Evolution True Scripture to the peak, so what? Too much time had passed, and the Great Eastern Alliance might even be gone.
Suddenly, he thought of the Primogenitor's Scripture. Whenever he encountered something strange, reciting the Primogenitor's Scripture would be the correct answer. Reciting the Primogenitor's Scripture would be of great help to his cultivation of the Sirius Technique, but what about his Aeon Evolution True Scripture?
Lu Yin silently recited the Primogenitor's Scripture, and at the same time, he tried to use the Knowing and Denying True Scripture's ability to escape the statue's restraints.
As he recited the Primogenitor's Scripture, Lu Yin's praying statue started to tremble. Soon, all of the praying statues in the ruins started to shake, and in the end, even the statue of the Rune Progenitor that was being prayed to shook.
Lu Yin was delighted; it was effective, and he continued to recite.
Even though he was just silently reciting the scripture, a faint sound appeared in the sky above the Rune Technologies Ruins, as if it was an ancient voice. In a corner of the burial grounds, a pair of eyes opened. The gaze was sometimes confused, and sometimes clear. It looked in the direction of the Rune Technologies Ruins and let out an earth-shattering roar.
The roar traveled through the void and descended upon the Rune Technologies Ruins. The praying corpse opened its eyes and waved its hand, causing the roar to dissipate. The next moment, it faced Lu Yin and waved its hand again. The statue around Lu Yin's body shattered, and his body was swept out of the Rune Technologies Ruins by a wave of energy.
The moment Lu Yin was thrown out, he used the Yu Secret Art to grab the blood-red bell. His body slammed heavily into the ground, and his bones almost broke.
He looked up at the Rune Technologies Ruins not too far away and laughed. He was out! The Primogenitor's Scripture was indeed useful, and it had allowed him to escape. He put away the blood-red bell and panted heavily, but the smile on his face did not fade. He had reached the Knower realm with the True Scripture of Eon Evolution, and he now had a slight understanding of the next realm, the Limitless Realm. This slight understanding might allow him to successfully break through in the future.
Lu Yin was filled with lingering fear, apprehension, and joy. He was about to leave, but just as he stood up, he suddenly felt that something was amiss. He was well aware of how strong his physical body was, and that corpse had clearly only thrown him out. Even if he had smashed into a pile of weapons, he would not have felt any pain. But what had he smashed into?
His bones had almost broken.
Lu Yin looked at the ground and saw something black poking out of the ground. It looked like a calf, and he frowned.
He raised a hand and pressed down with a palm, causing a strong gust of wind to crack the ground. He could clearly see what he had smashed into; it was a corpse.
It was a corpse that had been buried a few meters deep, and there was nothing strange about it at first glance. If he had not smashed into the ground, Lu Yin would not have paid much attention to it even if he had discovered it with his domain.
However, things were different now. Even with his powerful physical body, he had still felt pain when he had smashed into the corpse, and his bones had almost broken. This corpse, on the other hand, was completely unharmed.
Even if an Emissary with a power level of 700,000 had died, Lu Yin's body should not have hurt this much.
Lu Yin looked down at the corpse from above.
He could not tell how long the corpse had been here. Its facial features were clear, and its skin was the same as a normal person's. It looked like it had just died, but its clothes were almost completely weathered, so it had to have been here for a long time.
Lu Yin tried to destroy it to see the limits of the corpse's physical body, but he could not. Neither the Clear Sky Palm nor the Thirteen Swords could damage the corpse in the slightest. What was even more terrifying was that he could not even damage its clothes.
It was only then that Lu Yin realized that the corpse's clothes could easily withstand his most powerful attacks. He tugged at them with all his might, but they did not budge at all. Instead, they were naturally weathered away.
Lu Yin sucked in a breath of cold air. This corpse's clothes were comparable to the defenses of 800,000 to 900,000 powerhouses, but for them to be naturally weathered to such an extent, it would be impossible for them to have been weathered away for less than a trillion years. How long had this corpse been here?
Why was it next to the Rune Technology Ruins?
He flipped through the corpse and found a cosmic ring. Lu Yin's eyes lit up, and he picked it up. It had an ancient style, or rather, it had no style at all. It looked like a cosmic ring that had been casually made from space.
Since there was a cosmic ring, it meant that there was something inside.
Lu Yin was excited, and he tried all sorts of methods to destroy the corpse in an attempt to use its blood to open the cosmic ring.
At that moment, someone arrived, and Lu Yin brought the corpse away.
Not long after, a man arrived, panting heavily. He was probably running away from his pursuers, and he would occasionally look back.
Lu Yin hid in the shadows and looked into the distance. Even further away, there was another person chasing after him. Both of them were only Hunters, so Lu Yin did not care.
Not long after, the fleeing man entered the Rune Technology Ruins, and as expected, he turned into a praying statue. The person chasing after him also entered the ruins and turned into a praying statue.
Lu Yin was not a bad person, but he was not a good person either. There was no need for him to warn these two.
Everyone had their own opportunities, and since they had chosen to cultivate, their own lives were in their own hands.
Perhaps these two would comprehend the True Scripture of Eon Evolution after turning into praying statues, and they might be able to escape one day.
Lu Yin stored the corpse in his cosmic ring and left the Rune Technology Ruins.
A day after leaving the Rune Technology Ruins, Lu Yin was lucky enough to find a Burial Gate that could lead him out. He hurried over.
In the distance, the Burial Gate was surrounded by more than ten cultivators.
A woman arrived and bowed respectfully. "I come from the Cosmic Sea. Seniors, may I ask if I can leave through this gate?"
One of the people surrounding the Burial Gate spoke up. "This gate leads to the Outerverse's Umbral Butterfly Weave. Are you sure you want to leave?"
The woman's expression changed, and she bowed again. "If that's the case, then thank you for telling me. I won't disturb you any further." She then turned to leave.
But before she could take more than a few steps, that person spoke up again. "Since you're here, leave something behind."