Madam Nalan rejoiced over the fact that she had saved Lu Yin back then. Back then, Lu Yin had only been a student, but now, he had become the person with the highest status in this universe. This was a true investment.
However, it was a pity. If she had seduced him back then, perhaps now, Madam Nalan would have been able to do so.
She couldn't help but laugh when she recalled the way Lu Yin had looked at her back then.
Elsewhere, Lu Yin was studying the mirror.
It was really strange that this thing could actually reflect the exact same attack.
He attacked the mirror from time to time, and sure enough, the mirror reflected the exact same attacks.
After trying a few times, he discovered that the attacks were all made of fog. This confirmed his guess that the Mountain Sea might be related to the Fog Ancestor.
The Mist Ancestor, also known as the Smoke Ancestor, was a very peculiar Ancestor Realm expert. He didn't leave his name behind in history, but he was still one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas.
Even though she didn't leave her name in history, she had left behind many good things, such as the smoke in the Smoke Mountain Range, the bridge on Long Sky Island, the Smoke Cloud Sect in the Starry Sky Tree, and the Smoke Cloud Sect's Battle Technique, Smoke Cloud Incarnation, were all from the Fog Ancestor.
Lu Yin was very curious about this person.
If the Withered Ancestor was low-key, then the Mist Ancestor might not even have a sense of existence.
In any case, Lu Yin had never heard anyone mention her.
During the Daosource Sect's era, the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had been truly peculiar. There had been Progenitor Chen, who had been like a blazing sun that illuminated the universe, and there had also been an extremely low-key powerhouse like Elder Ku. Who said that one had to be invincible in order to become a Progenitor?
Lu Yin held the mirror and touched its surface. Suddenly, his body leaned forward and his footsteps paused. He had arrived at a strange place with fog all around him. Beside him, there was a mirror made of fog that looked exactly the same as the one he had seen before.
Lu Yin looked around. Where was he?
He looked down at the mirror and realized that the surface of the mirror was actually Aegis. He raised his hand to hold the mirror and moved it slightly. In the outside world, the mirror actually moved and shuttled back and forth at an extremely fast speed.
On the planet, Madam Nalan and Goddess Luoshen were talking about something when the mirror passed through them, giving them a fright.
Lu Yin was speechless. This was the space within the mirror, and it should be similar to the outside world. It was no wonder that Feng Mo had been able to escape. Perhaps he hadn't even managed to escape and had simply been hiding in the mirror. Who would care about a mirror?
Lu Yin loosened his grip, as he could now control the mirror from the inside. He looked around him, but he couldn't tell how big this place was due to the fog.
He walked towards the fog, and beside him, the mirror formed from the fog was also moving, following him.
Step by step, Lu Yin walked out of the mist, raised a hand, and touched it.
It was soft to the touch, just like touching cotton.
This was the first time Lu Yin had come into contact with this kind of fog. Regardless of whether it was the Smokescreen Mountain Range or the bridge on Everlasting Island, the fog did not have any texture. Even when he touched it, it only felt slightly cool, unlike the fog before him.
Lu Yin exerted a bit of force, intending to part the fog and see what was in the depths of this space. However, he couldn't do so, and even when he tried again, he still couldn't do so.
This was strange.
Lu Yin looked around and walked to the other side. He tried to move, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move.
The tenacity of the mist was unexpectedly strong.
Lu Yin raised his hand and struck out with an empty palm.
The palm struck the fog, and a palm print appeared. It was only about one centimeter deep into the fog.
Lu Yin's expression turned serious. Although it was just an empty palm strike and he hadn't used much strength, it was still enough to kill an Astral powerhouse.
Lu Yin's palm strike was enough to kill an Enlighter with a power level of over 300,000, but it had only left such a thin mark on the fog. Interesting. He thought about it and decided to strike again.
At that moment, a stone shot out from the fog and landed on the ground with a heavy thud.
Lu Yin was astonished. "Who is it?"
There was no movement.
Lu Yin stared at the fog, and his pupils transformed into runes as he scanned his surroundings. There were no rune lines in the mirror, so he couldn't see anything.
"Who is it?
What a bunch of tricks! "Lu Yin barked as he struck out with a Clear Void Palm. He had used quite a bit of strength in this attack, and it was enough to kill a third tribulation cultivator in the same realm.
However, it only left a palm print that was a few centimeters deep within the fog.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. He had thought that he would be able to leave a print that was a meter deep, but it was only a few centimeters deep. It seemed that the further he went, the more solid it would become.
He had never heard of such a dense fog before.
Another object shot out, carrying a sharp aura that flickered with a white light.
Lu Yin raised his hand and grabbed it. It was a sword that was incomparably sharp, but also somewhat soft. There were strange patterns carved into the sword's edge that gave off a hazy white halo.
It was obvious that this was no ordinary sword, and the patterns and halo seemed to contain some sort of power.
Lu Yin waved his hand, and the stone that had dropped earlier flew over. Was this an ore?
He used a bit of strength, and the ore cracked open. This ore had the defensive strength of an Enlighter.
An ore dropped from the Emptiness Palm, and a sword dropped from the Emptiness Palm. Lu Yin's eyes flickered as he looked at the mist once more. This time, he used even more strength than before to launch another palm strike. This strike was enough to overwhelm a fourth tribulation cultivator.
Soon after, another object shot out from the fog. It was a transparent bead with a sword-shaped object that slowly rotated within it.
Lu Yin placed a hand on the mirror that had been formed from the fog and moved away from the mirror to look at the bead.
The bead had rune lines of a fourth tribulation cultivator.
Lu Yin thought to himself that this was indeed the case. Whatever strength he used against the fog, the fog would return to him the corresponding level of external objects, such as ores, swords, and beads.
This was interesting. Was someone in the fog doing this, or was the mirror itself a power vessel that had been preset?
Lu Yin placed a hand on the mirror and entered it again. He took a deep breath and then struck out with his palm. This strike was very weak, even weaker than the first Empty Palm.
He waited for a long time, but there was no movement from the fog.
It seemed that he would have to use an even stronger attack to get something to drop out.
Eh? Only then did he realize that there were some marks beside his Empty Palm, but they were so thin that they were almost invisible.
He stared at them, wondering if they had been left behind by Feng Mo. Of course, there was also the possibility that Feng Mo wasn't the only one who had done this, but it definitely had nothing to do with the Bo Brothers. If the Bo Brothers knew about this, then why would they have given the mirror to Feng Mo as a reward?
Lu Yin stared at the fog for a long time before finally attacking. Since he could obtain external objects by increasing his strength, he would not hold back.
In the outside world, on Planet Aegis, Luo Shen looked around from time to time and was somewhat disappointed that Brother Lu had not come.
Madam Nalan put down her hand. "The spacecraft is almost here."
Luo Shen snorted.
Madam Nalan was helpless. "As his cultivation increases, the time he spends in seclusion will definitely increase, but …" She did not know what to say. He had gone into seclusion right after saving them without even chatting with them.
A day later, the Nalan family's spacecraft landed on Planet Aegis.
Madam Nalan brought Luo Shen onto the spacecraft. "I left a message, so he'll know that we left once he comes out."
"Will Brother Lu be alright?" Luo Shen was worried.
Madam Nalan laughed. "Who in the universe can harm him? Don't worry." She then turned to the old woman behind her. "Capture all of Wind Void's people and throw them out to do manual labor."
The old woman softly replied, "Yes, Madam. I am responsible for this disaster."
Madam Nalan replied, "It has nothing to do with you. I was the one who didn't let you follow and gave Wind Void a chance."
The old woman seriously replied, "This kind of thing cannot happen again. From now on, no matter where Madam goes, I will follow."
Madam Nalan smiled and looked back at Planet Aegis before leaving on her spacecraft.
Back on the planet, Lu Yin had actually left half a day ago, but he did not want to face Luo Shen and had watched them leave.
He had obtained more than twenty items from the mirror, of which there were two that were the most valuable. One was the Root of Wisdom that he had obtained when his destructive power had increased to a power level of a million. That's right, he had obtained the Root of Wisdom in the fog. This was something that he had not expected, and it was a pleasant surprise.
The Root of Wisdom had already given him a great surprise. When he had visualized the Immovable Heavenly King Elephant and unleashed a full-strength palm strike that was enough to cause a powerhouse with a power level of a million to raise their eyebrows, he had obtained a technique called the Micro Induction Technique.
The name did not reveal much, but when Lu Yin looked at it, he realized that this was a technique that the Fog Ancestor had created himself. The fog that they had seen and the smoke that had filled the Smokescreen Mountain Range were not real fog or smoke, but rather a power called Micro. Its form was similar to fog and smoke, but it was similar to the rune lines created by the Symbol Ancestor. It was a power created by the Fog Ancestor.
It was a cultivation power that was different from astral sources.
The Micro Induction Technique was the starting point for cultivating this power.
Lu Yin was not surprised when he learned of this fact, as a Progenitor could change the world. He did not know why the Sixth Mainland's Three Progenitors had not created their own powers, but he guessed that not all Progenitors could do it.
Progenitor Chen had left behind the Sirius Stars, the Symbol Ancestor had left behind rune lines, the even more ancient Death God had left behind death energy, Destiny had left behind divination, and the Fog Ancestor had left behind Micro.
Lu Yin learned Micro, but he was not very interested in it. He had learned too many powers, and even though Mister Mu had told him to cultivate every power to the peak, he could not learn so many.
Just the Three Realms and Six Daos were already in his grasp: the Death God's death energy, Destiny's Fatesand, Wu Tian's weapon mastery, the Third Mainland's Ancient Dao Master's Three Absolutes, the Fifth Mainland's innate gift and visualization, Progenitor Chen's power, the Symbol Ancestor's power, and the Progenitor's astral source cultivation and lockbreaking.
Even with the addition of the Fog Ancestor's power, it would not be of much help to him.
Lu Yin thought about it and used a wireless gu to contact the Smokescreen Mountain Range.
"Is this Alliance Master Lu?" Old Ghost Gu asked.
Lu Yin smiled. "That's me. How have you been, senior?"
Old Ghost Gu smiled. "Congratulations on becoming a Dao Disciple, Alliance Master Lu. You're now in charge of the Above Heaven Sect and walking on behalf of the heavens."
"You're too polite, senior."
"Haha, I'm not being polite at all. Alliance Master Lu, you don't understand, but in the twenty years that you disappeared, us old folks did not have a good life. It's not that the Heavenly Gate did not treat us well, but rather that we had to obey the Above Heaven Sect's cultivators wherever we went. The Three Absolutes Heavenly Gate, in particular, did not give us any face at all. Now that Alliance Master Lu has returned, we can heave a sigh of relief."