Ming Yan's hair quickly turned white; her temperament was completely different from that of the black-haired Ming Yan.
She grabbed Lu Yin's wrist and stared at him coldly, "It's the Poison of Life, but there are other poisons as well. How did you get poisoned?"
Lu Yin felt his vitality drain from his body, leaving him powerless. He felt like he was turning into liquid, and even his star energy was difficult to circulate. He continuously released his vitality at the Upper Wisdom Gate, but it couldn't keep up with the speed at which it was draining away. This wasn't just the Poison of Life, but also a poison similar to the Tears of Philanthropist.
Ming Yan put Lu Yin's finger in her mouth and bit it. Lu Yin stared at her in shock, "You?"
Ming Yan bit Lu Yin's finger, causing fresh blood to flow from his finger to her lips. The next moment, Lu Yin felt something in his body being sucked away by Ming Yan, and his vitality suddenly stopped flowing.
"I've absorbed your Poison of Life, but I can't do anything about the other poison," Ming Yan said anxiously, staring at Lu Yin with a helpless expression. She was the embodiment of all of Ming Yan's negative emotions, and she had never shown such an expression before. This was also the first time Lu Yin had seen her like this.
Lu Yin hadn't expected the other poison to be on par with the Poison of Life. Just how many poisons had the Eternals developed?
The disappearance of the Poison of Life stopped the flow of vitality, but Lu Yin's hair was visibly turning white. This wasn't vitality, but rather time.
Lu Yin was in disbelief; this poison was speeding up his time. How could there be such a poison in the universe?
Ming Yan put Lu Yin's finger in her mouth again, but he retracted his hand and placed it on her face, "Don't worry, I have a way."
Ming Yan's eyes were bloodshot, "Really?"
Lu Yin nodded, "Go out first."
Ming Yan gritted her teeth, "If you die, I'll avenge you." Her hair returned to black, and she reappeared with red eyes, "Brother Lu."
"Be good, go out first," Lu Yin said.
Ming Yan nodded and slowly walked out.
Lu Yin took a deep breath and raised his hand. His die appeared, and he tapped it.
His hair turned white, one by one.
Lu Yin stared at the die and tapped it. Something useless fell out, but he continued rolling it. This time, it was three pips.
The fourth time, he tapped it at four, and the scene before him changed as he entered the Time Stop Space.
The moment he entered this space, Lu Yin immediately extended the time limit to a year, and then began to circulate his energy. When things reach an extreme, they move in the opposite direction.
He'd underestimated the Eternals. He'd assumed that when things reached an extreme, the opposite would happen. Even the Life Poison would be ineffective against him. He hadn't expected the poison to be so terrifying.
It wasn't that the Primogenitor's Scripture was ineffective, but the speed of his recovery couldn't keep up with the speed of the poison's eruption.
As the hazy voice descended, Lu Yin's withered body began to circulate with a brilliant light. The poison that was similar to the Tears of Good Samaritan was constantly invading his body, but when things reached an extreme, they would eventually catch up to the speed of the poison's eruption. His body gradually recovered.
Many people had told him that he should never underestimate the Everlasting Tribe. Lu Yin had thought that he was being very careful, but in the end, he had underestimated the Everlasting Tribe.
The Poison of Life wasn't the most potent poison the Eternals possessed. There were worse poisons than that.
It was a poison that could not be neutralized under normal circumstances.
When things reached an extreme, they would move in the opposite direction. This was a sacred healing technique created by the Desolate Ancestor that could heal even Half-Ancestors. However, it had almost failed to neutralize this poison, which exceeded Lu Yin's expectations. If not for the Primogenitor's Scripture, Lu Yin would have been in real danger.
It took Lu Yin more than half a year to recover. The poison had been completely neutralized, and it had been converted into nutrients that could help him recover and become even stronger.
This was what it meant when things reached an extreme. As long as one's attack didn't reach the upper limit, any attack would only help him recover and not injure him. The more he attacked, the more energy he would accumulate.
Lu Yin sighed, feeling rather fortunate that he had made it through.
His thoughts settled, as he had still underestimated the Eternals. He'd thought that the Life Poison was already very powerful, but he hadn't expected that there would be something even more vicious.
Lu Yin suddenly thought of something, and he took out the Tears of Good Samaritan from his cosmic ring.
Yi Ge had said that this poison could kill 700,000 Emissaries, but Lu Yin hadn't believed her. Now, however, it seemed that it was far more than that. He didn't know how Yi Ge had obtained this poison.
He had to have the Divine Gu Dynasty investigate clearly, as the Neohuman Alliance wasn't just researching the Life Poison in the Gu Flowzone.
The remaining time passed quickly, and Lu Yin left the Time Stop Space to meet up with Ming Yan. He reassured her before continuing his seclusion.
Now that he had money, it was time to increase his cultivation. There were still many flames left in the Heavenfire Stone, and he hoped that he could increase them as much as possible.
Ten days passed, and Lu Yin continued to roll his die. He immediately obtained Enhance, which was very comfortable.
He decisively took out more than a billion star essence and gripped the Heavenfire Stone tightly. High temperatures spread out and incinerated the star essence. His stars revolved to increase the absorption rate, and he also recited the Primogenitor's Scripture.
As far as Lu Yin knew, there shouldn't be anyone who could cultivate faster than him.
He had originally been at 41 cycles, and after consuming 300 million star essence, he reached 42 cycles and continued.
Every time he used the Time Stop Space, he could only stay there for less than a year. Otherwise, the cost would be too great.
He didn't know if it was due to good luck or something else, but after he left the Time Stop Space, he rolled his die again and obtained Enhance.
It was very rare for him to get whatever he wanted.
Lu Yin had originally thought that he would roll Enhance or something like that.
After two sessions in the Time Stop Space, his cultivation had increased to 43 cycles, but it still wasn't enough, so he continued.
…
He rested for another ten days and continued to roll his die.
This time, he planned to use up all of the high-temperature flames in the Heavenfire Stone to see what realm he could reach.
With his current strength, it was impossible for him to advance too quickly. He was eager to reach the peak of the Enlighter realm and then prepare to break through to the Emissary realm.
Enhance. Lu Yin's eyes trembled. Fortunately, he had placed his cosmic ring to the side in advance. There were so many star essence inside, and if he entered that mysterious space with Enhance, he didn't know how far he would end up. He might end up in the Astral Tree Domain or even the Eternals' homeland. That amount of star essence wouldn't even be enough for him to fuse with it once.
There would always be time to roll Enhance, but now wasn't the time.
Continue.
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The black street was as calm as ever, but it was different from the outside world. It was a calm that belonged solely to the black street.
Here, cruel and dark things happened every day, every hour, and every minute. This was the unique characteristic of the black street.
Ming Yan looked at the filthy black street in the distance with a look of disgust. She hated this place, but she had no choice but to stay. If she left, Lu Yin would lose his source of income, and he would lose his source of materials.
The black street was often filled with trash from all over the Neoverse, and that trash could bring Lu Yin good things. Even if it was only once in a while, it was still meaningful for her to stay.
"I've organized the things that I've collected recently," Ming Yu whispered as she walked up behind Ming Yan.
Ming Yan grunted. "Is there anyone else causing trouble?"
Ming Yu trembled at the mention of this. "No, no."
As the desiccated corpses chased after the ancient bloodlines, some of them had fled to the black street and been controlled by others. Some of them had even brought their desiccated corpses with them, causing the black street to be in chaos. However, under the white-haired Ming Yan's iron fist, a group of people had been cleaned up. Even the people that the Old Man had found troublesome were dealt with as well, and the black street no longer dared to make any noise about Ming Yan's rule.
More than ten thousand people had died in this purge, and the methods that the white-haired Ming Yan had displayed had terrified Ming Yu. She had become even more terrifying, and it wasn't just the white-haired Ming Yan; this Ming Yan was also growing stronger by the day.
Lu Yin walked out of the void, and when Ming Yu saw him, she lowered her head and slowly retreated. Lu Yin had already reverted to his original appearance, or else he would have frightened Ming Yu.
When Ming Yan saw Lu Yin emerge, her eyes lit up. "Brother Lu, is it over?"
Lu Yin nodded and very naturally wrapped his arms around Ming Yan's waist. Ming Yan leaned her head against his shoulder, enjoying the rare warmth.
During this seclusion, Lu Yin had raised his cultivation to forty-five cycles, which had consumed 1.7 billion star essence. If not for the fact that the Heavenfire Stone had lost its high temperature, he could have continued to raise his cultivation.
He still had more than thirty billion star essence on him.
Now that he was an Enlighter with forty-five cycles, Lu Yin's power had increased slightly. Combined with the Limpid Void Palm, the Cosmic Evolution Scripture, and other techniques, he could deal with an Emissary with a power level of over 600,000. Even if he faced a powerhouse with a power level of over 700,000, he still had a chance of escaping. That was assuming that he did not use his miniature armor. If he used it, he would be able to fight against a powerhouse with a power level of over 700,000.
"Brother Lu, the things are ready." Ming Yan handed over the various items that she had collected from the black street that might contain rare materials to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had forgotten about it. If he had known earlier, he would have broken them down while he was in seclusion, but it didn't matter. He could still roll his die next time. "Yan 'er, you still don't want to leave?"
Ming Yan shook her head and resolutely replied, "The black street always has all sorts of information about the Neoverse. Brother Lu, do you know how Yang Ji became a Director?"
Lu Yin was flabbergasted. "How?"
Yang Ji was the master of the Radiance Realm, and in terms of power level, he was comparable to Cang Zhou or perhaps even slightly weaker. In the past, there had never been a precedent for someone from one of the Three Thousand Great Realms to become a Director, but Yang Ji had succeeded.
Lu Yin had originally thought that the Hall of Honor was going to place importance on the Three Thousand Great Realms, but when he saw Ming Yan's expression, he realized that there was more to it.
Ming Yan smiled. "Yang Ji gave you a gift."
"A gift?" Lu Yin did not understand.
Ming Yan nodded. "Yang Ji gave Elder Chan a gift. I don't know what it was, but after he gave the gift, Elder Chan agreed to let Yang Ji become a Director."
Lu Yin felt that something was strange. Elder Chan was a Half-Progenitor who had transcended the world, and he had nothing to do with giving gifts.
"I only found out about this by chance. Yang Ji made a bet with someone that he could become a Director, but there has never been a case of a master of one of the Three Thousand Great Realms becoming a Director. Yang Ji went to the various Directors, but it was useless. He had no choice but to seek out Elder Chan, and the price he paid must not have been small …" Ming Yan slowly explained to Lu Yin.
Only then did Lu Yin understand that Yang Ji himself had not been interested in becoming a Director, but someone had forced him to become one. It could be said that Yang Ji had paid a price for his reputation.
"Also, Sirius Sect's Lockbreaker Elder Yuan Miao likes Sect Master Yuan Qiong," Ming Yan whispered.
Lu Yin was speechless. "Where did you hear that?"