Ce Lao, Yan, Ku Pu, and the others left one by one. Lu Yin had already told Ku Pu that he would stay in the You family and not go to the Spirit Void Land.
Although the various family heads had left, nearly half of the people who had been monitoring the You family stayed behind. They were still monitoring the You family, but they weren't as strict as before.
Hui Zhi looked at You Kexin. "I don't know why your You family intentionally split up in the first place, and I don't know whether or not your family has colluded with the Neohuman Alliance. Take care of yourself." He nodded at Lu Yin and then left.
After everyone else left, You Kexin looked at Lu Yin with a complicated expression. "Thank you, Alliance Leader Lu."
Behind You Kexin, a group of You family members bowed. "Thank you, Alliance Leader Lu."
Lu Yin raised a hand. "There's no need to thank me. I was just stating the facts. If the You family betrayed the humans and colluded with the Neohuman Alliance, then I will be the first to exterminate the You family."
This made the You family members' expressions turn ugly, but it was the truth. The atmosphere fell silent.
Elder You returned to the wooden boat and sang an unknown tune.
You Kexin walked with Lu Yin along the Great Styx River.
"Alliance Leader Lu, did You Keyan come looking for you?" You Kexin asked.
You Keyan was Madam You, the head of the Serene Court.
"That's right. She invited me to the You family to give you a fair trial."
You Kexin looked at the river and smiled bitterly. "I never thought that she would be more outstanding than me even after leaving the You family. She was the one who saved the You family in the end."
"Wrong. She was the one who saved the You family. Of course, luck played a part as well," Lu Yin said. If he hadn't coincidentally confirmed the location of the Eternal Kingdom, then he wouldn't have known about the secret of Planet Anshui. Naturally, he wouldn't have been able to help the You family escape so easily. Even though they were still imprisoned, as long as no evidence of the You family's collusion with the Neohuman Alliance was found, they would return to normal sooner or later.
The Human Domain's attitude towards the Neohuman Alliance was just that decisive. No matter how great their background was, they couldn't escape trial. The You family hadn't been tried from the start because they were giving face to the Seven Courts and also because You Keyan had joined the Burial Garden and was considered dead. Otherwise, You Kexin would have been taken to the Arbiters long ago.
"Alliance Master Lu, aren't you worried that all of this is just a coincidence? That You Qi is indeed a traitor, or that she was controlled even earlier?"
You Kexin..
To determine that the You Family wasn't guilty just by guessing, no matter how many coincidences there were, it was still child's play.
Lu Yin looked at the Great Styx. "Sometimes, the truth isn't important. What's important is the outcome." He could rely on his guesses to determine that the You family was innocent, but he could also rely on his guesses to determine that Qing Shaohuang was guilty. What was the difference?
It was his status, his power, and his will.
As for whether or not there were still traitors within the You Family, that would be left to the Seven Courts and the Hall of Honor. Mu Tianlun wouldn't let go of this matter. All he wanted was to obtain a favor from the You Family.
However, there was one thing that was strange. Why wasn't the head judge's brother here?
Only sent Mu Tianlun?
Mu Tianlun alone wouldn't be able to distinguish the elders of the You family. The only person in the entire You family that couldn't be easily distinguished was Elder You.
The head judge's senior brother hadn't come, and Xia Ji was in seclusion. Previously, everyone's attention had been drawn to Hidden Cry, and no one had suspected Elder You. After all, only Elder You knew whether Hidden Cry had mentioned Planet Anshui, and he was the one who had said it. If he was lying, everything would be overturned.
The unknown tune was getting closer and closer, and Lu Yin looked at the Great Styx River. The wooden boat was approaching, and Elder You was rowing. "We need to take the boat."
"Yes?"
Lu Yin stared at Elder You for a while before smiling. "Yes," he said before jumping onto the boat.
You Kexin was astonished, but she also boarded the boat and bowed to Elder You. "I'll be troubling you, Elder."
Elder You chuckled and then sat at the bow of the boat, rowing by himself.
A small boat on the Great Styx River. If only You Kexin had been replaced by Yan 'er, Lu Yin thought to himself.
"What price did You Keyan pay Alliance Master Lu?
She was able to invite Alliance Master Lu, "You Kexin asked. She wasn't looking at Lu Yin, but rather at the Great Styx River.
Lu Yin replied, "What price does the You Family think they can pay me?
The entire Yōu Court belongs to the Great Eastern Alliance. "
You Kexin looked at Lu Yin. "That's why I'm curious. Did she give herself to Alliance Master Lu?"
Lu Yin coughed and frowned at You Kexin. "That's not a funny joke."
You Kexin smiled. "I hate You Keyan."
Lu Yin raised a brow.
"She's always been more outstanding than me, and she's always been a step ahead of me in everything. Even becoming the head of the You Family was one step ahead of me. The position should have been hers, but she gave it up. At that time, I was grateful to her, but I also hated her. When I found out that she took the Yōu Secret away, I didn't feel any gratitude towards her …" You Kexin slowly explained some of the You Family's history.
"I am the head of the You family, but the true head of the You family will always be You Keyan. What is the You family without the You Secret? Wherever the You Secret is, the You family will be there. You Keyan surpasses me, and You Ye 'er surpasses You Qin. I really hate You Keyan and her mother. If it weren't for them, You Qi wouldn't have needed to prove himself. He's very outstanding, more outstanding than anyone else. It's precisely because he doesn't have the You Secret that he keeps trying to prove that he's the true successor of the You family."
"Why did You Ye'er obtain the Yōu Secret? Why did You Keyan take it away?"
Lu Yin didn't know what to say as he looked at You Kexin's sorrowful face. Everything had a cause, and he couldn't blame You Keyan and her mother for You Qi's death. However, from You Kexin's perspective, who else could she blame?
Without experiencing her past, Lu Yin wasn't qualified to comment.
With a sigh, Elder You slowly sat down and placed a hand on You Kexin's heart. "Good child, you're no worse than anyone else."
You Kexin wept loudly, releasing all of the pain and suppression that had accumulated over the years. As a woman, she couldn't compare to You Keyan, and as a mother, she couldn't obtain the best inheritance for her children. As the head of the You Family, she couldn't decide the fate of the You Family. She had watched her son die without even being able to find the murderer. Even if her son appeared again, she wouldn't be able to recognize him.
This pain was unbearable.
You Kexin had endured too much, and her life had been too painful.
Elder You was helpless, and he consoled her as if she were a child.
Lu Yin felt a little awkward, but he also sympathized with her.
After a while, You Kexin finally calmed down. "I'm sorry, Elder."
Elder You shook his head. "Good child, someone has to be sacrificed in a family, and her sacrifice isn't any less than yours. At the very least, your name is still on the family tree."
You Kexin's body trembled, and most of her hatred and disgust for You Keyan melted away. There was no punishment more severe than having one's name removed from the family tree. You Keyan had obtained everything, but she had lost the You Family.
Elder You continued to row.
You Kexin slowly bowed to Lu Yin. "I'm sorry, Alliance Leader Lu. I went overboard."
Lu Yin raised a hand. "I'm fine. As long as you're happy."
You Kexin smiled. "I feel much better. Alliance Leader Lu, I really want to know what price You Keyan paid for you to help her."
Lu Yin replied, "There's no price. The Yōu Secret is passed down to only one person, and I can't obtain it. This secret technique is also related to one's bloodline, so it can't be passed down to anyone who isn't a member of the You family. The most precious thing to you is the Yōu Secret.
"But I understand Alliance Leader Lu. The Yōu Secret might be valuable to others, but it probably isn't attractive to you. What does Alliance Leader Lu want from my You family?" You Kexin stared at Lu Yin, regaining her composure and wisdom.
Lu Yin leaned against the boat and said, "Everything about the Netherworld Ancestor."
The boat suddenly stopped.
You Kexin looked at Lu Yin in shock.
Elder You slowly turned around and looked at Lu Yin with a deep gaze.
Lu Yin looked at Elder You. "I'm very curious about the Netherworld Ancestor. I know the secret of the Yōu Secret and the reason why the You family was separated. However, there's one thing that I didn't learn from Madam You and the others: the connection between the Undying Manual and the Netherworld Ancestor."
You Kexin did not understand. She did not know as much about the Yōu Secret as Madam You or Yōu Ye'er. After all, she had not inherited the Yōu Secret.
Elder You, on the other hand, was different. As the You family's Elder Di Yun, Lu Yin guessed that he must have inherited the Yōu Secret before. His understanding of the Yōu Secret far surpassed Yōu Ye'er's.
This was also why Lu Yin had boarded the boat.
Elder You put down the oars. "So Alliance Leader Lu is interested in the ancestor."
Lu Yin solemnly replied, "More accurately, I'm interested in the Undying Manual."
Elder You shook his head. "The Undying Manual?
The legendary technique from the Starfall Sea that can grant immortality?
What does that have to do with the ancestor? "
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "Senior, you really don't know?"
Elder You replied, "I really don't know."
Lu Yin looked at the Great Styx River and fell into deep thought.
The Starsibyl Sect's divination should have been correct, as they had divined that Undying Yushan was the Netherworld Ancestor. Undying Yushan cultivated the Undying Manual, so this was the only possible connection between him and the Netherworld Ancestor. Lu Yin could not think of anything else.
"Senior, how is the relationship between the Yu family and the You family?" Lu Yin suddenly asked.
You Kexin definitely did not know much, as the Yu family had long since broken away from the Seven Courts. Lu Yin could only ask Elder You.
Elder You recalled, "The Yu family?
They're more or less the same. The Seven Courts have always worked together to protect Progenitor Chen's tomb. Apart from that, they aren't very close. "
"Has the Yu family come into contact with the Yōu Secret Art?" Lu Yin asked.
You Kexin immediately answered, "Of course not. The Yōu Secret Art is passed down to only one person, so how could the Yu family come into contact with it?"
Elder You looked at Lu Yin. "I heard that you've learned the Yu family's Yu Secret Art and have a deep relationship with them. Now, you're asking about the You family and the ancestor. Can you explain why?"
"There's a person in the Yu family called Undying Yushan, and he cultivates the Undying Scripture. I once asked the Starsibyl Sect to perform a divination on him, but the result was that he was the Progenitor of the Netherworld. Undying Yushan's divination ended up with the Progenitor of the Netherworld, which is what I'm most curious about."
Elder You and You Kexin exchanged glances. "How is that possible?
How could someone from the Yu family be related to the You family's ancestor? "
"This is also what I'm curious about."