She paused and suddenly turned around to stare at Lu Yin. "What did you say?"
Lu Yin met her gaze and answered in a low voice, "The General Appointment Platform."
She stared at him in disbelief. "How did you know?"
Lu Yin smiled. "Ten times before the Autarch Tournament, you can go to an unfamiliar region of space. There's an ancient and powerful family there with the surname Lu. That family's most invincible innate gift is the General Appointment Platform."
She grew excited. "You've seen that family before?
Do you know how to get there? "
"You're from the General Appointment Platform's Lu family?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
She nodded and replied excitedly, "I'm from the Lu family. Lu Yin, tell me how to get there."
Lu Yin sized her up. "Why should I believe that you're from the Lu family?"
She did not understand. "Why should I?"
Suddenly, her eyes widened as she stared at Lu Yin and her mouth fell open. "You … you don't know the surname Lu?"
Lu Yin spread his hands. "Make me believe that you're from the Lu family."
"And why should I believe that you're from the Lu family?" she countered.
Lu Yin sat down. "Believe it or not, I don't care."
She looked at him with a complicated expression. "Are you really from the Lu family?"
Lu Yin did not answer and just calmly stared at the surface of the sea. However, his heart was not calm at all. He believed that she was from the Lu family; otherwise, how could he explain his unwarranted trust in her?
When they had first met, he had never heard of the Lu family or the General Appointment Platform. No one would have schemed against him since then, and no one would have known that he was Lu Xiaoxuan.
Even if someone wanted to scheme against him, what could a mere Maiden do?
She stared at his back. "No wonder I felt that you were trustworthy the moment I saw you. You want me to prove that I'm from the Lu family?
Sure. "She then raised a hand and slapped out into the distance. The palm print grew more and more solid until it finally slammed into the sea.
"This palm is the Lu family's ultimate technique, the Lifeform Palm. It's the only ultimate battle technique that can be learned by a side branch of the Lu family. Can it prove my identity?" she asked calmly.
Lu Yin looked at the distant palm print that had disappeared; it was very similar to the Frozen Immortal Sect's ultimate technique, Immortal Fanyao. "Stealing the enemy's life force?"
Xin Nu replied, "That's right. It's the Life Palm, an ultimate technique of the Lu family. It can seize the enemy's life force."
Life Spirit Palm, Xian Fanyao, if this battle skill was really the Lu Clan's secret technique, it meant that Xian Fanyao had stolen the Lu Clan's secret technique. It wasn't impossible, the Cold Immortal Sect had many secret techniques, such as the 'Ku' secret technique and the 'Yu' secret technique. It wasn't strange that they had obtained the Life Spirit Palm from the Lu Clan.
"Not enough."
The maiden said, "Make me believe that you're from the Lu family."
Lu Yin smiled, and a platform appeared in front of him.
Nothing could prove his identity better than the General Appointment Stage.
Seeing the General Appointment Platform appear, the maiden's body shook and her pupils shrank. "General Appointment Platform?
Are you a direct descendant? "
"Convince me that you're from the Lu family."
The maiden was excited. "Alright." Then, the void behind them distorted, and Lu Yin sensed an extraordinary aura. He turned around and saw a beast hoof that seemed both real and illusory at the same time. Following that, a giant creature that resembled an elephant took shape. It roared at the sky, and its sound waves tore through the void and spread into the distance.
The earth trembled and the seawater boiled. The phenomenon that appeared behind the maiden caused her aura to skyrocket, just like an imprint.
Lu Yin stared at the creature that seemed both real and illusory when a voice suddenly spoke in his mind. 'Little Seven, that's one of the Lu family's visualizations. What do you think?
Isn't it spectacular? '
'Second Bro, that's amazing. I want one too.'
'Haha, you don't have to. That's the Immovable Heavenly King's Elephant that the branch family visualizes. We direct descendants visualize something else that's even more powerful.'
'Really?
Second Bro, I want to visualize. Hurry up and teach me. '
'Don't be in such a hurry, Little Seven. Cultivate the Ksitigarbha Needle first.'
As the voice spoke, Lu Yin felt a sharp pain in his back, and the seal became faintly discernible. His fingers dug deep into the stone as he stared at the creature behind the maiden. These voices were memories of his past, and he had to remember them. He had to remember them.
Suddenly, the bones in his body shattered, and Lu Yin's aura relaxed as his body fell into the sea.
The maiden hurriedly grabbed onto Lu Yin, not understanding what was going on.
His aura suddenly became unstable.
The voice in Lu Yin's mind disappeared, and he panted heavily as he sat on the cliff, sweat dripping down his face.
"What's wrong?" the maiden asked with concern.
Lu Yin's gaze was cold, and there was a deep unwillingness in the depths of his eyes. His memories, cultivation, and even his innate gift had all been sealed by the crazy headmaster, the dried corpse, and Progenitor Chen's blood. The seals had been slowly unraveled, but they were still there.
This seal would definitely interfere when he broke through to become an Emissary, which would make it even more difficult for him to break through.
Breaking through to become an Emissary was already accompanied by an origin tribulation, and now that this seal had been added to the mix, it was like trying to kill him. The Four Cardinal Scales. One day, he would overturn this world and return to the Lu family.
"Immovable Heavenly King's Elephant," Lu Yin said in a hoarse voice.
The image behind the maiden's back disappeared. "This should be enough to prove my identity."
Although Lu Yin's memories had not been restored, the voice in his mind told him that the Immovable Heavenly King's Elephant was a branch family's visualization, just like the Four Cardinal Scales.
Someone had once said that the Four Cardinal Scales' visualization had been stolen from the Lu family, and the Lu family had helped them achieve this.
"I'm Lu Yin, and I'm also Lu Xiaoxuan."
The maiden was puzzled. "Is Lu Xiaoxuan your real name?"
Lu Yin replied, "It was my name before I lost my memories."
"You still haven't recovered your memories?" The maiden was astonished. With Lu Yin's current cultivation, it was impossible for him to not have recovered his memories.
Lu Yin coldly replied, "My memories have been sealed by someone."
"Who?" The maiden's tone turned cold.
Lu Yin told the maiden about what had happened in the Cosmic Tree Realm. Many people knew about this, so there was no need to hide anything, especially from someone from the Lu family.
The maiden's aura became even colder, and her eyes filled with killing intent when she heard Lu Yin's story. "If I had known that these families would betray us, then I would not have given them such a chance."
"Which era do you belong to?
You've never heard of my name before. It should be quite long ago, but you don't seem that old. "
The maiden replied, "I belong to the era of the Daosource Sect."
Lu Yin was shocked. "The era of the Daosource Sect?
You're still alive? "
The maiden recalled, "In that era, the Mother Tree could still be seen, and everything had to listen to the Daosource Sect's commands. The Fifth Mainland had nine mountains and eight seas, but because of a war, everything changed."
"The war between the Sixth and Fifth Mainlands?" Lu Yin blurted out.
The maiden recalled, "That's right. The war between the Sixth and Fifth Mainlands.
That war brought about an unprecedented disaster to the Fifth Mainland. Countless people died, and Progenitors fell. The heavens wept, and the Daosource Sect collapsed. The Nine Mountains and Eight Seas were shattered. At that time, I was just a puny Hunter, and the battle that I participated in was just the tip of the iceberg. However, I saw the blood of several Progenitors. "
When she thought about this, the maiden slowly squatted down and recalled that terrifying scene. Her eyes were filled with deep fear and sorrow. "During that era of war, a single drop of blood could destroy a part of the heavens, and a single sentence could cause the Astral River to turn upside down. You didn't know where you would be safe if you hid, and you didn't even know if you would survive the next second. No one could guarantee their own survival."
"Let alone a puny Hunter like me, even an Emissary or a Half-Progenitor could have died at any time. The Mother Tree was shaking, and the Astral River was dyed red. I saw large amounts of corpses floating in space and being eaten by beasts. I saw the Progenitors that I once looked up to howl in grief. I saw pairs of eyes filled with despair, and …" The maiden's body trembled as she recalled that war, and her face turned pale.
Lu Yin quickly grabbed her hand. "Don't think about it anymore. Maiden, Maiden!" He shouted. The maiden's body trembled, and she gasped for breath before slowly calming down.
"I'm sorry." The maiden's voice was hoarse, and she had yet to recover from the shock.
It was obvious that that war had traumatized her greatly.
If even a cultivator from a branch family of the Lu family was like this, then one could imagine how terrifying that war had been.
It was not that Lu Yin had never participated in a war before. Erudite Flowzone's border war, Ironblood Weave's border war, Endless Weave's border war, the Cosmic Sea war, and so on. He had also experienced countless battles, but they could not compare to the one that the maiden had participated in.
"So, the Fifth Mainland, which has the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, lost to the Sixth Mainland?" Lu Yin slowly asked.
The maiden clenched her fists and gritted her teeth. "No, the Sixth Mainland can't compare to the Fifth Mainland. Any random Progenitor from the Five Mountains and Eight Seas could suppress the Sixth Mainland. It was those monsters. The Fifth Mainland lost to those monsters."
"The Everlasting Race?" Lu Yin's tone was gloomy.
The maiden sat down weakly. "Yes, the Everlasting Race. The Sixth Mainland was just a hired thug for the Everlasting Race. The ones who truly invaded the Daosource Sect and fought against the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas' Progenitors were the Everlasting Race's monsters. However, the Sixth Mainland's invasion delayed half of the Fifth Mainland's forces, which was why we were defeated by the Everlasting Race. One Progenitor after another was sacrificed, and we were also affected by the shockwaves and sealed in a stone. I don't know what happened after that."
Lu Yin was not surprised, as there had been various signs that indicated that the Sixth Mainland had been deceived. "Why were they deceived?"
The maiden shook her head. "I don't know."
Lu Yin was disappointed. The maiden had only been a Hunter at the time, so how could she possibly know these secrets?
"I heard that it has something to do with the Wang family," the maiden said with uncertainty.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "What about the specifics?"
The maiden frowned. "I don't know, but I'm sure of one thing. When the Fifth Mainland and the Sixth Mainland went to war, the one who initiated the attack was my Fifth Mainland, and it was Progenitor Chen."
Lu Yin raised his brows. "Progenitor Chen initiated the attack?"
The maiden nodded. "At the time, Progenitor Chen was one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, and he had an extremely high status in the Fifth Mainland's Daosource Sect. It was his initiative that caused the two mainlands to go to war, but I'm not sure why he did it."
The maiden told Lu Yin everything she knew, but aside from the fact that Progenitor Chen had initiated the battle, there was nothing else that surprised him. "Which Nine Mountains and Eight Seas' Progenitors?"
This was something that Lu Yin had always been curious about.