"What happened between the two of you?"
Lu Yin was curious, but he also felt increasingly uncomfortable. He knew that Long Xi liked Lu Xiaoxuan, and he was Lu Xiaoxuan, but he wasn't. This feeling was very contradictory, and he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Was he unhappy that he was Lu Xiaoxuan's replacement?
But he was Lu Xiaoxuan to begin with.
He was confused, and he didn't know where this unhappiness was coming from.
Long Xi looked at him. "Are you curious?"
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "I'm just asking. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
Long Xi looked away and said, "He likes to grab my braids and take me to eat all sorts of delicacies. He likes to see me laugh and make me cry. He once promised to protect me forever, and no one can bully me aside from him."
"He used to have that flower too."
Lu Yin was stunned. "That flower that can create delicacies?"
He subconsciously looked over.
Long Xi also looked at the flower. "There's such a flower in the Food Paradise. We like to gather around it and wait for all sorts of delicacies to appear. Me, him, the Seven Heroes, and Tu Qiming. Tu Qiming liked to challenge him and say that he wanted to become the Eighth Hero. Back then, his eyes were always on that woman. If it wasn't for her, he wouldn't have done that."
"Bai Xianer?"
Lu Yin interrupted.
Long Xi trembled, but she didn't refute. Her eyes were cold. "That woman was the one who hid the deepest. Unfortunately, no one saw it. No one would have thought that the Lu family, which was at its peak, would disappear overnight.
"His greatest wish back then was to marry that woman, and his other wish was to recreate the glory of the ancient era. He talked about rebuilding the Above Heaven Sect, but that's all gone now."
Lu Yin asked, "How's Bai Xianer's relationship with him?"
Long Xi looked at him. "In the Astral Tree Realm, there's only the Lu family and its vassal families in the Top Realm. The rest, including the Bai, Wang, and Xia families, are all in the Middle Realm. The Lu family is the absolute ruler. On the surface, Bai Xianer was an outer disciple sent to the Lu family by the Frigid Immortal Sect. She cultivated with him and even served him. We all thought that she would become his wife in the future, and they did.
"That day, red flowers bloomed in the Astral Tree Realm, and it rained flowers. I hid in the White Mountain and didn't go anywhere. When I came out, the Lu family was gone." Long Xi trembled at this point, "That woman looked down on everyone and announced that the Lu family had betrayed the human, and they had been eradicated....... that woman........ that day...... The Four Four...
"I frantically searched for the Lu family, the Seven Prodigies, the Qiming family, and the Myriad Daos family, but I couldn't find anyone. Even the White Dragon family's bloodline completely disappeared. Sister Longxing was also gone. She was the fourth of the Seven Prodigies, and no one wanted to talk about her. Her name completely disappeared from the family records, and the entire family's bloodline was removed.
"I looked for the Liu family, the Farmer family, and many others, but no one could tell me what happened."
Lu Yin clenched his fists so tightly that his veins bulged. He could imagine that scene.
"From that day onwards, the Astral Tree Realm changed. History was completely changed. The Lu family could be mentioned, but it was an evil family that betrayed the human race. It was despised and cursed by everyone. Gradually, no one mentioned the Lu family anymore, and the Seven Prodigies were forgotten. That was until the Fourth Junior Ancestor rose to power, and that history was completely buried." Long Xi spoke for a long time, revealing everything that she had kept in her heart all these years.
After she finished speaking …
She stared at the flower in a daze.
Lu Yin watched her leave, "From that day onwards, you stopped smiling."
Long Xi didn't reply. Her back was to Lu Yin, and he couldn't see her expression. Tears fell from her eyes, and she didn't smile or cry for the first time since that day.
The sapling moved closer to Long Xi, its branches caressing her face. Its emerald leaves moved closer, as if to help her wipe away her tears.
Lu Yin said, "Thank you for telling me this. If you want to leave, just say so, and I'll let you go." He then turned to leave.
Long Xi suddenly said, "Everyone knows that you're Lu Xiaoxuan, and the Four Cardinal Scales won't let you off. Those Emissaries, Half-Ancestors, and even Progenitors are all watching you, but you should pay attention to that woman."
"I remember him saying that that woman's innate gift is rarely seen since ancient times. He himself is talented enough, and so are the Seven Prodigies. However, that woman might be even more powerful than them. She has an unparalleled cultivation talent and a dark, starry sky manor. That woman is the most terrifying."
"I understand," Lu Yin said, then left Mount Supreme.
He had met her before, from the finger in his dream to the Astral Combat Academy's Stargazing Deck, where she had broken through to become an Emissary and caused the two spacetimes to overlap. He had met her gaze, and she was no stranger to him. Because of this, he had never dared to underestimate her.
Even when facing Emperor Ni and the other Half-Ancestors, he wasn't as wary as he was of her.
Even without Long Xi's reminder, Bai Xianer was still the enemy that Lu Yin was most wary of and wanted to understand the most.
Within the Time Stop Space, Lu Yin put away Mount Supreme and gazed into the distance.
Long Xi's understanding of the Lu family was limited to Lu Xiaoxuan's generation. At her age, she didn't even know much about the Seven Prodigies. She only knew how to eat, drink, and play.
However, through Long Xi, Lu Yin found out that Lu Xiaoxuan wanted to rebuild the Above Heaven Sect.
The Above Heaven Sect was a very unfamiliar name to the Lu family, as it was an extremely ancient name. As the continents shattered, the Above Heaven Sect's name had long been forgotten. However, it wasn't a secret to the Lu family, which had always existed.
The Lu family's understanding of the Above Heaven Sect's era was no less than Lu Buzheng's and other ancient powerhouses'.
Lu Xiaoxuan wasn't surprised that Lu Xiaoxuan knew about the Above Heaven Sect. What was surprising was that he wanted to rebuild it.
Someone who hadn't experienced the Above Heaven Sect's era wanted to rebuild it. It was very whimsical, but it was also very challenging.
Lu Yin looked at his own hands. Since Lu Xiaoxuan also wanted to rebuild the Above Heaven Sect, he should give it a try. Back then, when he had only been an Explorer, he had already dared to unify the Outerverse. What was wrong with trying to rebuild the Above Heaven Sect now?
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In the Neoverse, after the entrance to the Starfall Sea was blocked, the Blood Progenitor joined forces with four other Half-Ancestors to stand guard. Although there were countless Corpse Kings scattered throughout the Fifth Mainland, peace was restored.
The only difference from before was that there was no way to replenish astral sources.
Regardless of whether it was the Glory Realm or the other places in the Neoverse, there was no way to replenish astral sources. The strongholds that had gathered together were once again separated.
The Sirius Sect and Everlasting Island left the Home of the Gods. The Seven Courts also left the Glory Realm and headed towards Progenitor Chen's tomb.
When they arrived at Progenitor Chen's tomb and wanted to return, they discovered a group of people standing in outer space and looking at the tomb.
"Who's there?"
Ku Pu barked as he fearfully looked ahead. Those people were very calm.
They merely stood in outer space without leaking any auras, but they still made Ku Pu's heart palpitate. It was as if he was facing a colossus.
This was an instinctive fear.
One of the people turned around.
Ku Pu was stunned. "Senior Xia Ji?"
The Ce, You, Hui, and She families' patriarchs and elders all stepped forward and bowed. "Greetings, senior."
Xia Ji nodded. "From now on, the Seven Courts will have to change."
The Hui family patriarch, Hui Zhi, was confused. "Senior, what do you mean?"
Xia Ji was indifferent. "Progenitor Chen's tomb originally belonged to my Xia family's ancestor, Xia Shang, so there's no need for you to guard it. This place belongs to my Xia family, and you can join my Xia family. I will still protect you, but if you don't want to, then you can leave."
Hui Zhi and the others looked at each other in shock. "Senior, we've made an agreement since ancient times to form the Seven Courts and guard Progenitor Chen's tomb together. We all swore an oath, and you want to break it unilaterally?"
Before Xia Ji could say anything, Xia De turned around. "He didn't break the oath, but this decision was made by me. My name is Xia De." He had nine clones, and his main body was guarding the entrance to the Starfall Sea with the Blood Ancestor. One of his clones was here.
Ce Elder Yan was shocked. "The Astral Tree Expedition Army?"
They naturally knew about the Astral Tree Expedition Army and their identities, but they hadn't expected Xia De to be working together with Xia Ji. And it wasn't just them, either. The people standing in the sky weren't simple either, especially the one at the very front. It seemed like his status was even higher than Xia De's.
"Since you know about the Astral Tree Expedition Army, then you should know that my Xia family owns Progenitor Chen's tomb. We agreed to let you guard it together in order to deal with the Hall of Honor, but we don't need that anymore. The Hall of Honor wouldn't dare to cause trouble for us. You can choose to join my Xia family or leave. We won't force you," Xia De said.
Hui Kong walked out and looked straight at Xia De. "For so many years, our families have guarded Progenitor Chen's tomb. Even if we didn't contribute much, we still worked hard. Senior, you want to chase us away with just one sentence? That's too much."
Old Whiteghost was impatient. "Scram. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Hui Kong was furious. "You …" He was about to say something, but Ce Yue stopped him. "They're all Half-Ancestors."
There was a qualitative difference between Half-Ancestors and Emissaries like them. Even if the mental network was limited, a Half-Ancestor could still easily deal with them.
"Then what do we do?
Give up on Progenitor Chen's tomb? "
Hui Kong said unhappily.
Ku Rong said, "Fellow Half-Ancestors, we can't replenish our astral sources right now. We hope to unite and find another way to fight. Progenitor Chen's tomb is also something we must explore. Back then, Progenitor Chen used his giant clone to cultivate his battle force to the extreme. We also want to try and fight against the Eternals."
Hen Xin turned around and looked at Ku Rong. "You want to cultivate your battle force to the extreme?
There's no need to find Progenitor Chen. I can teach you. "
Ku Rong and the others were shocked. "Senior, you cultivated your battle force to the extreme?"
Hen Xin didn't say anything. A formless energy expanded and enveloped everyone in the Court of Seven Words. The void burned and boiled. This was the Warring States.
Hui Kong and the others felt this incomparably terrifying aura and felt as if they would evaporate at any moment.
The Warring States only appeared for an instant before disappearing. Hen Xin looked at them calmly. "Stay. I can teach you."
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