Lu Yin replied, "I didn't understand in the past. The Mavis Family doesn't seem like merchants, so how did you manage to control the Fifth Mainland's economy with just one half-progenitor?"
Without waiting for Cloud Shadow to reply, Lu Yin continued, "Now I understand." He stared at Cloud Shadow. "You just don't look like merchants, but you're actually more like them than anyone else."
Cloud Shadow was confused. "What are you saying, Alliance Master Lu?
You seem to have some misunderstanding about the Mavis Family. "
Lu Yin sneered. "Stop pretending, Senior. The Ancient God made it clear that your Mavis Family is my Lu family's money bag. Furthermore …" He pointed at his feet. "This ancestral tortoise was also left to you by my Lu family. I finally understand why you were so eager to form an alliance with me. You didn't form an alliance with the Great Eastern Alliance, but rather with me. It was because you wanted to change your relationship with me."
"You're clearly my Lu family's money bag, but you chose to form an alliance with me, a direct descendant of the Lu family.
Cloud Shadow coughed dryly and gently said, "Alliance Master Lu, you've fallen into the Ancient God's trap. He's trying to sow discord between us."
Lu Yin sneered. "In this situation, the human race is facing a crisis. Is there a need for him to sow discord?"
"That's the Eternals, the cunning Eternals," Cloud Shadow said seriously.
Lu Yin snorted. If the Ancient God hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have known that he had been tricked. It was no wonder why the Ancient God had been so generous and given him five billion star essence as a gift. Five billion! That had truly shocked Lu Yin, as he had seen the true wealth of the Fifth Mainland. Not only that, but the Ancient God had also given him the authority to use twenty billion star essence at any time.
He had been very straightforward when it came to borrowing money from the Mavis Family. When he had asked to borrow people from the Outerverse to deal with the Astral Beast Domain, the Mavis Family had immediately sent Ya Mavis, a powerhouse with a power level of over a million.
Before this, he had been especially grateful to the Mavis family for providing him with money, manpower, and manpower, but now he understood that there was no such thing as unconditional love in this world. The Mavis family had their reasons for being so nice to him, and if what the ancient gods had said was true, then they were trying to make amends.
The Lu Clan had given the Mavis Clan an ancestral turtle, allowing them to stay safely on the Fifth Mainland and become a behemoth in charge of the Fifth Mainland's economy. Although they could not produce a Progenitor, they did not have to participate in the battle on the other side of the Astral Tree Realm. As for the Mavis Clan, they had schemed against him, a direct descendant of the Lu Clan, in an attempt to break away from the Lu Clan and form an alliance with him.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. How many times had he dreamt that the Mavis family would support him and provide him with endless resources? Now that his dreams had come true, it was too late.
"Ahem, Alliance Master Lu, this isn't a good place to talk. Let's head to the Blazing Mist Flowzone first," Cloud Shadow Mavis changed the topic.
Lu Yin suppressed his anger and had Kui Luo board the Ancestral Turtle as well. Together, they took the Smokescreen Mountain Range towards the Innerverse.
Cloud Shadow Mavis didn't refuse.
The Ancestral Turtle relied on the glowing fruits that grew on the divine trees to lure it, and it would go wherever it was told to go.
Lu Yin finally understood why the Ancestral Turtle had looked at him when he had first arrived at the Mavis Clan. It was because he was a member of the Lu family, and the turtle had been able to sense it.
Even an ancient god couldn't do anything about it. It was a great bodyguard, and it could even move. Lu Yin couldn't understand why the Lu family had given it to the Mavis Clan in the first place.
"There are treasures everywhere," Kui Luo exclaimed as he walked around the divine trees.
Several Mavis Clan members followed behind him.
They stared at Lu Yin as if he was a thief, their gazes filled with disdain.
Kui Luo sat down beside Lu Yin. "What's going on?
You seem to be in a bad mood. "
"Have you heard of the Mavis Clan?"
Lu Yin asked.
Kui Luo replied, "I've heard of them a few times in the Astral Tree Realm, but I don't know much about them."
"Has anyone from the Lu family ever mentioned them?"
Lu Yin asked.
Kui Luo replied, "Not really. It's not that they haven't mentioned them, it's just that they haven't mentioned them to me. I've told them before that although I'm indebted to the Lu family, we haven't interacted much, so I don't know much about them."
Lu Yin was depressed. That alliance agreement had shattered one of his dreams, and he had never suffered such a loss before.
Cloud Shadow Mavis walked over.
Kui Luo turned around.
Cloud Shadow Mavis slowly bowed. "Greetings, Half-Martial Ancestor."
Kui Luo waved a hand, "Don't mention it. By the way, can I have one of those fruits?"
Cloud Shadow was helpless. "I'm sorry, it's not convenient."
Kui Luo rolled his eyes. "Petty."
"Senior, may I speak with Alliance Master Lu for a moment?"
Cloud Shadow asked courteously.
Kui Luo glanced at Lu Yin and turned to leave.
"Thank you, senior." Cloud Shadow thanked him once more.
After Kui Luo left, Cloud Shadow faced Lu Yin's back and said, "The Myriad Daos Clan, Qiming Clan, and Mavis Clan used to be one of the three great subordinate clans of the Lu family. When the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands fought, the Daosource Sect collapsed, and the Lu family and other primeval surnames moved the mother tree to the Tree of Outer Space, causing it to become an abandoned land. The Lu family took the Myriad Daos Clan and Qiming Clan with them, leaving only my Mavis Clan.
Lu Yin turned around and looked at Cloud Shadow. "Did the Lu family abandon you?"
Cloud Shadow Mavis replied, "No, the Mavis family is willing to stay behind."
Lu Yin raised his brows. "If that's the case, then why did you split up with the Lu family?
The Lu family didn't abandon you. "
"Not split up, but dissolved our alliance," Cloud Shadow said solemnly.
"What do you mean?"
Lu Yin didn't understand.
Cloud Shadow explained, "My Mavis Clan is different from the Myriad Daos Clan and Qiming Clan. Those two clans relied on the Lu family to survive, and it was the Lu family that gave them everything. However, my Mavis Clan is different. We have a long history, and although we declined due to the Eternals, we did not go extinct. It was the Lu family that saved us, and in order to repay their kindness, we willingly attached ourselves to the Lu family for hundreds of millions of years and became their money bag. However, there was an agreement that we would be separated from the Lu family one day."
"Although it wasn't an alliance, it was still an alliance. My Mavis Clan didn't betray the Lu family, and naturally, we didn't betray you either."
Lu Yin laughed. "You've been hiding this from me since the beginning. Even when the Ancient Gods mentioned it, you tried to cover it up. Now that you're saying something like this, how do you expect me to believe you?"
Cloud Shadow was helpless. "If you hadn't lost your memories, then you wouldn't need me to explain. But now that you've lost your memories, all we can do is support you as much as we can. However, we can no longer rely on you or the Lu family. Our fate with the Lu family ended long ago, and if we meet again, we will only be friends or allies."
Lu Yin didn't know if Cloud Shadow was telling the truth. "What about the Ancestral Turtle?
Since you separated from the Lu family, why did the Lu family leave the Ancestral Turtle to you? "
Cloud Shadow Mavis
Mavis laughed. "It's not that the Lu family willingly left it to us, but that they had no choice. The Ancestral Turtle likes to eat the fruits of the Godtree."
Lu Yin looked up at the glowing fruits that were comparable to stars. "That's it?"
"That's right. That's the Ancestral Turtle's favorite food, and it's also the ancestral land of my Mavis Clan. The Lu Clan wanted to take the Ancestral Turtle with them, but the Ancestral Turtle refused to go with them. They had no choice but to leave the Ancestral Turtle behind and carry the Divine Tree," Cloud Shadow said.
Lu Yin was annoyed. So she was a glutton. The Lu family had been so useless back then. If it had been him, he would have just taken the Godtree away and see if the Mavis Family would have followed him.
"Alliance Master Lu, I've already explained everything that needs to be explained. You and I are allies. No matter what our relationship was in the past, we will always be allies now and in the future. The Mavis Clan will definitely support you," Cloud Shadow Mavis said seriously.
Lu Yin met her gaze. "Can I trust you?"
Cloud Shadow replied solemnly, "If the Mavis Family had betrayed the Lu family, we wouldn't have survived until now."
Lu Yin thought about it and agreed. With the Lu family's strength, even if they hadn't had the time back then, they would have been able to take action after so many years.
"There's something I'm curious about." Lu Yin stared at Cloud Shadow. "How much money do you have?"
Cloud Shadow's face twitched, and she looked at Lu Yin intently. "Not much."
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "We're all allies. It won't kill me to satisfy my curiosity."
Cloud Shadow smiled bitterly. "None of the direct descendants of the Lu family have ever spent money.
My Mavis Family wasn't originally a money-making organization. Like the Sirius Sect, we were considered a family organization, but your Lu family forced us to become money bags. "
"So you're saying that you know a lot about the Lu family?"
Lu Yin's eyes lit up.
Cloud Shadow replied, "The Great Elder knows a lot about the Lu family, but there aren't many in my generation. Most of the information comes from the Great Elder's oral accounts and ancient texts. If Alliance Master Lu wants to know more about the Lu family, you can read the ancient texts of my Mavis Family. We're all allies, so you can read as much as you want."
As they spoke, the Ancestral Turtle crossed the Cosmic Sea and arrived in the Innerverse. They were currently between the First Flowzone and the Beast Tamers Flowzone.
Countless Corpse Kings surged out from the Neohuman Alliance's hidden worlds, and they spread throughout the Fifth Mainland, especially the Cosmic Sea and the Innerverse.
Lu Yin stood on the Ancestral Turtle's back and watched as the star energy in the distance burned away and gradually disappeared. A pure black spacecraft flew into the distance, and it was filled with Corpse Kings.
Ya Mavis took action and easily destroyed the spacecraft, exterminating all the Corpse Kings.
Along the way, they destroyed any Corpse Kings they encountered.
In the distance, outside the First Flowzone's Sword Mountain, many Corpse Kings were crushed to death by the sword array.
The Beast Tamers Flowzone's Second Grade Hall and First Grade Hall retreated to the Divine Grade Hall's territory and focused on exterminating the Corpse Kings.
The entire Innerverse was working together to eliminate the Corpse Kings that had appeared in the Neohuman Alliance's worlds.
As the various Corpse Kings were eliminated, peace seemed to return to the Fifth Mainland. However, only a few people knew that the true danger had yet to appear. Once the situation at the Starfall Sea's border changed, the entire Fifth Mainland's situation would change as well.
Currently, the most closely watched battlefield was the one at the border of the Starfall Sea.
Elder Chan, Drunkard, Ni Huang, Wang Si, and even the Sixth Mainland's Nine Luminaries, Lan Xian, and the others all had their own opponents. This was a domain that ordinary cultivators were unaware of, and even powers like the Sword Sect.