Lu Yin was speechless. Why were all the people he had found in seclusion?
Elder Chan did not want to meet him, and it was understandable that the head inquisitor was studying the black crystal. The World Mountain's Chief was supposed to protect World Mountain, so why was he in seclusion?
"Is he really in seclusion?" Lu Yin asked again.
The official was flustered. "The Chief has indeed ordered him to go into seclusion. I wouldn't dare lie to Lord Lu."
Lu Yin had no choice but to leave. Everyone was in seclusion, and he could only go to the Lockbreaker Realm to take a look. President Xiu Ming wouldn't be in seclusion as well, right?
Lu Yin was quite lucky this time, as the Lockbreaker Society President Xiu Ming was not in seclusion. Lu Yin was able to meet Xiu Ming and Aurora Corporation's Chairman Zhi.
"Alliance Master Lu, long time no see," Chairman Zhi greeted Lu Yin with a polite smile.
Lu Yin was surprised. "Why is Chairman Zhi here?"
Chairman Zhi smiled. "I have some questions for the President, but I didn't expect to run into Alliance Master Lu here."
Lu Yin smiled. "What a coincidence. I have some questions for the President as well."
"Since that's the case, I'll take my leave. I've already asked what I wanted to ask." Chairman Zhi bowed to Xiu Ming. "This junior will take his leave."
Xiu Ming nodded.
After Chairman Zhi left, Lu Yin turned to Xiu Ming. "President, have you seen a humanoid sourcebox?"
Xiu Ming's expression changed. "You know about humanoid sourceboxes?"
Lu Yin nodded and retrieved a string of humanoid sourceboxes from his cosmic ring.
Xiu Ming was shocked, and he inspected them one by one. "Where did you get them?"
"Burial Garden," Lu Yin answered.
Xiu Ming sighed. "There really are many inheritances. There are even humanoid sourceboxes, and there are so many of them."
"President, what exactly are humanoid sourceboxes?" Lu Yin was curious.
Xiu Ming inspected the sourceboxes. "Has Little Shi ever told you to never unlock a humanoid sourcebox if you encounter one?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Yes, more than once."
Xiu Ming solemnly replied, "I'm not sure what this human-shaped sourcebox is, either. It's been too long, and the Hall of Honor's history doesn't have any records of this type of sourcebox. I've visited the Mavis family before, but the information I received was similarly unclear. The Mavis family has existed for a very long time, but their history isn't completely preserved.
"The only conclusion the Mavis family has regarding this humanoid sourcebox is that it is related to the Fourth Mainland."
"The Fourth Mainland?" Lu Yin was confused.
Xiu Ming solemnly replied, "The ancient Fourth Mainland was the Fourth Mainland before it shattered. This human-shaped sourcebox might have originated from there."
"President, you don't have a lockbreaker?"
Since he had gone to the Mavis family to ask about it, then he should have heard of humanoid sourceboxes.
Xiu Ming pulled out a humanoid sourcebox from his cosmic ring, which was no different from the one that Lu Yin had taken out. "The Mavis family's message was the same: do not unlock this sourcebox. That's why I've delayed it until now. Although I'm very curious about this humanoid sourcebox, history has already warned me that disrespecting history will bring about disastrous consequences. That's why I haven't attempted to unlock it until now. If not for your question, I would have completely forgotten about it."
Even Xiu Ming wasn't willing to unlock this sourcebox. Lu Yin felt that this string of humanoid sourceboxes was quite horrifying, and he wondered which idiot had dug them out. "President, I'll give this string of humanoid sourceboxes to you."
Xiu Ming raised an eyebrow. "For me?"
"I'll contribute it to the society."
Xiu Ming was amused. "You want something of equivalent value from the Society?"
Lu Yin was a little embarrassed, but he still asked, "Can I?"
Xiu Ming laughed and shook his head. "Everyone says that you're greedy for money, and that's true. You should be happy that I'm giving you some star essence."
Lu Yin's expression changed. "I'm not a greedy person. I don't want the star essence."
Xiu Ming was astonished. "You don't want the star essence?"
He thought that he had misheard. Who in the universe didn't know that Lu Yin was greedy?
How had he changed?
Lu Yin answered seriously, "I'm focused on cultivation, so how could I be greedy? These are just rumors spread by those who are hostile to me. President, please don't believe them."
"If that's the case, then I'll give you a sourcebox of equivalent value?" Xiu Ming was uncertain.
Lu Yin was a little embarrassed. "Is there anything else?
Like True Insight or something? "
Xiu Ming was speechless. "You want to exchange a string of useless humanoid sourceboxes for True Insight? You're thinking too much."
Lu Yin felt awkward.
"You handed over a page of True Insight before, and that was quite thoughtful of you. It's a pity that you're still missing a few pages out of the thirty-six. Otherwise, I could have lent you a page to study," Xiu Ming said.
Lu Yin rubbed his cosmic ring. He had five pages of True Insight, but they were too difficult to comprehend.
In the end, Lu Yin used the string of humanoid sourceboxes to obtain some rare materials from Xiu Ming. He couldn't understand the uses of these materials, and from Xiu Ming's expression, it seemed like he couldn't recognize them either.
Lu Yin suddenly felt like he had suffered a loss.
But it didn't matter. The humanoid sourceboxes were useless to him anyway, so he might as well give them to Xiu Ming.
When it came to lockbreaking, Lu Yin was far from being as professional as Xiu Ming.
Lu Yin didn't run into the Chi Shi duo, but he did run into Director Zhi outside the Lockbreaker World. It seemed that Director Zhi was waiting for him.
"Alliance Master Lu, we agreed to work together last time, but we haven't done so yet," Director Zhi spoke politely, as he wanted to obtain some rare materials through Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had always been paying attention to the Aurora Corporation, and he was waiting for the microarray technology to be developed. "There's plenty of time. Director Zhi needs rare materials, and I have plenty here."
Director Zhi's eyes lit up. "That's great. Do you have time?
How about coming to my Aurora Fort for a visit? "
The microarray technology had yet to be developed, and Lu Yin wasn't confident that he could hide from Wan Gong at Aurora Fort. "I'm not going now. I'm going back to the Innerverse. The Burial Garden has opened, and any door is dangerous. Director Zhi should know that."
Director Zhi felt that it was a pity. "That's a pity. When will you be returning to the Innerverse?"
"I'm leaving now."
"Then let's go together. It's on the way anyway."
"That's great! I can ask Director Zhi about the Neoverse as well."
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As a director of the Hall of Honor, he normally wouldn't leave the Realm Mountain. Since ancient times, directors had always been people with great influence who didn't have much strength. Once they left the Realm Mountain, their safety could not be guaranteed.
This was also why Mister You had gone to the Gu Flowzone to protect him.
But today, Lu Yin was different. He had broken the director's convention, which made Nan Yuan gnash his teeth in anger.
Lu Yin and Director Zhi headed towards the entrance of the Glory Realm, and they chatted along the way. Lu Yin mostly asked about the Neoverse, and Director Zhi was also very interested in the Great Eastern Alliance.
Half a month passed by very quickly, and not too far away from the entrance to the Glory Realm, the two parted ways. Lu Yin headed to the Western Realm as he wanted to visit the Cosmic Sect and ask for their help in crossing the Cosmic Sea to reach the Innerverse. Zhi Dong, on the other hand, had to return to the Aurora Stronghold in the North.
Before they parted, Lu Yin suddenly asked, "Director Zhi, what do you think of the Sirius Sect?"
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Director Zhi didn't understand. "Why do you ask?
The Sirius Sect is a colossus in the Neoverse, but it's quite far from my Aurora Fort, so I don't know much about them. "
"I'm just asking." Lu Yin didn't elaborate.
Lu Yin fell into deep thought as he watched Director Zhi's departing figure.
Wan Gong had mentioned that there was someone in the Aurora Corporation who knew the Sirius Gong, and Lu Yin had taken note of that. He had asked San Liang to contact Wan Gong and secretly investigate the connection between the two, but he had been unable to find anything.
This time, he had used the opportunity of going to the Sirius Sect to test the waters, but Director Zhi's behavior had been normal.
Could it have been a coincidence?
Or had Wan Gong made a mistake?
After leaving the Glory Realm, Lu Yin boarded a spacecraft and headed towards the Sirius Sect in the Western Realm.
Along the way, his gadget beeped, and Lu Yin glanced at it. Was it from a city?
"There's someone here. See if you recognize him." A voice rang out, and an image was transmitted through the gadget.
Lu Yin glanced at it, and his expression changed. Whitehead?
"Where is he?" Lu Yin asked anxiously.
"He was at the Genesis Court half a month ago, but he's disappeared now."
Both the Whitehead and Wang Si had been trapped in their corporeal consciousnesses. The Whitehead had escaped, and so had Wang Si. "Just him?"
"Yes."
Lu Yin's heart sank. The Whitehead had appeared at the Genesis Court and disappeared, so he should have returned to the Astral Tree. Then, what about Wang Si?
"You didn't miss anyone?" Lu Yin asked again to confirm.
"Absolutely not. He was the only one who appeared at the Genesis Court. You told us to keep an eye on the Genesis Court, but this person's cultivation is extremely strong and unfamiliar. That's why we contacted you."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Lu Yin's tone was gloomy, and his expression was ugly. If Wang Si had appeared at the Genesis Court half a month ago, then that meant that she had been free for more than fifteen days. Fifteen days was difficult for a normal person to travel from one city to another, but for a half-ancestor, that was enough time to travel across the universe.
"We've been trying to contact you, but we couldn't get in touch."
Lu Yin felt helpless. Half a month ago, he had been with the Mavis Clan, and then he had gone to the Realm Mountain. In other words, he had been in the Glory Realm the entire time, and there was no way to contact him from his own city.
"Got it. Keep an eye on the Genesis Court," Lu Yin said.
After ending the call, Lu Yin returned to the spacecraft. He wasn't sure where Wang Si was, but given the Cosmic Tree's murderous intent, she might not have returned. It was more likely that she was hunting him down.
He hadn't been worried before, as even if Wang Si was a half-ancestor, she couldn't possibly know his whereabouts. However, things were different now. He had become a director, and his disappearance had spread far and wide. Since Wang Si had been keeping an eye on him, it was impossible for her not to know. She might even be on her way here.
Lu Yin couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't coincidentally bump into him along the way. If she did, Elder Gong might not be able to save him in time, and he didn't want to take that risk. After calculating the distance, his only option was to return to the Realm Mountain.
As he returned to the Glory Realm, Lu Yin tried to contact Elder Chan, but he still couldn't get in touch. Instead, he contacted Yuan Qiong. There were only a few half-ancestors around, and he needed to find someone to protect him at all times. The best choice would be Kui Luo or Elder Gong, as neither Elder Chan nor the Sage Heavenly Master could protect him at all times.
"What's the matter?"
Yuan Qiong asked as the call connected.
Lu Yin was about to speak when the spacecraft suddenly exploded. Before he could react, he felt the world splitting apart, and he lost consciousness. A figure walked out of the void, grabbed him, and left.