"You don't believe me?
Actually, I'm from the Hidden Earth Society, and Earth is my hometown. I went to the Cosmic Tree Realm through Jupiter and joined the Frigid Immortal Sect by chance. I'm not really from the Cosmic Tree Realm, which is why I didn't dare to resist when Yu Chen ordered me to do things on behalf of the Junior Ancestor. I was afraid of being discovered. "
Lu Yin understood why Elder Green Apricot was so obedient to Yu Chen. Even if Yu Chen represented Bai Shaohong, she was still just a maid, so how could she order an Emissary around? This old man must have felt guilty and didn't dare to resist. Yu Chen had naturally become more and more comfortable with him, and she had even assumed that he was afraid of Bai Shaohong.
"Are you Gu Yuchen's Yu Die?"
Lu Yin asked.
Elder Green Apricot nodded. "Yu Die was trained by Yu Chen to gather information, and she has Bai Shaohong behind her. She knows a lot about the Cosmic Tree Realm, and if I'm targeted by Yu Die, I might not be able to keep my secret. The Hidden Earth Society's biggest taboo is to offend such people. If I'm exposed, the Hidden Earth Society will be in trouble."
"That's why I have to listen to their orders most of the time."
Lu Yin nodded. "Okay, I understand. The tea is getting cold, Elder, please drink."
Elder Green Apricot's expression changed. "You still don't believe me?
I can contact the Hidden Earth Society. "
"Your group has been in the Fifth Mainland for more than twenty years, right? During this time, has the Elder not contacted the Hidden Earth Clan?"
Lu Yin asked.
Elder Green Apricot replied, "We can contact them, but there's no need to."
Lu Yin looked up and saw the awkward expression on the elder's face. He knew what the elder was thinking.
After being in the Cosmic Tree Realm for so many years, Lu Yin's perspective and thoughts had changed. He didn't care about the Hidden Earth Society at all, and he didn't plan on contacting them. Unless someone from the Fifth Mainland went to the Cosmic Tree Realm and made some achievements, they would be qualified to contact the Hidden Earth Society.
In the end, the Hidden Earth Society of the Fifth Mainland was different from that of the Cosmic Tree Realm.
There was also the risk of being exposed if they contacted the Hidden Earth Society of the Cosmic Tree Realm. In addition, the Cosmic Tree Realm's expeditionary force was in the Neoverse's Trium Gate, so it wasn't easy to contact them.
Elder Green Apricot's attitude made it clear to Lu Yin that he was leaning towards the first possibility, as they looked down on the Fifth Mainland's Hidden Earth.
"Elder, have some tea," Lu Yin said in a lower tone.
Elder Qing Xing's heart sank. Was she still unable to escape?
"Your Highness, the tea is getting cold," Zhao Ran reminded him as she looked at him expectantly.
Lu Yin coughed, picked up the teacup, and observed it once more. Drinking something like this required courage.
Elder Greenapricot was stunned. "Dao Child, you're drinking as well?"
"Zhao Ran's flower tea is delicious," he replied seriously. He took a sip and found that it was refreshing and tasty. His brain felt as if it had been cleansed by ice water.
His eyes lit up. "Not bad."
Zhao Ran happily said, "I'll go make another cup for Your Highness." She then left.
Elder Qing Xing licked her lips and forced herself to take a sip. It was as if she was going to her execution ground. Then, her eyes widened. "It tastes pretty good."
Lu Yin smiled. "As long as Elder likes it."
Elder Green Apricot sensed his body, but there was no poison, and he was completely fine. On the contrary, his mind had become even clearer. He looked at Lu Yin in astonishment. "Daozi, what's going on?"
Lu Yin replied, "It's unique."
Elder Qing Xing replied with an "oh" as she stared at the tea in her cup.
Most people would not be able to accept such a unique characteristic.
"Elder, you should know Lei Wu," Lu Yin suddenly said, mentioning a name that caused Elder Qing Xing's expression to change. Elder Qing Xing stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. "Daozi, you …?"
"How would I know?"
Lu Yin smiled at him.
Elder Qing Xing was shocked. "You know Lei Wu?
You already knew that I was from Earth Invisibility? "
Lu Yin's lips curled up, and he put down his teacup. "Liu Shaoge, Lei Wu, Humble School's Cai Shu, and Lele of Roots. Am I right?"
Elder Qing Xing looked at Lu Yin's smiling face and felt that he was unfathomable for the first time.
No matter how monstrous or powerful Lu Yin's previous performance was, even when he had killed Wang Si, it hadn't shocked him as much. Earth Concealment was a secret that only he and Liu Shaoge knew about in the expedition army.
"Did Liu Shaoge tell you?"
Elder Qing Xing asked.
Lu Yin laughed. "Does Liu Shaoge know about Cai Shu?"
Cai Shu was the eldest disciple of the Humble School's Half-Ancestor Clear Dust. She had interacted with Lu Yin and protected him. When Lu Yin had merged with Elder Qing Xing's body and found out that Cai Shu was also from Earth Invisibility, he had also been shocked.
Elder Qing Xing thought about it and realized that he had never told Liu Shaoge about Cai Shu. Cai Shu was an important figure in the organization and a half-ancestor's disciple. She was one of the few people with the highest status, so how could she have told others so easily?
If it wasn't Liu Shaoge, then how did Lu Yin know?
"Did Cai Shu tell you herself?"
Elder Qing Xing asked, but even he felt that it was laughable. How could that be possible? Lu Yin had indeed interacted with Cai Shu and Clear Dust for quite some time, but Cai Shu couldn't have known about Lu Yin's identity at that time. How could she have told him about Earth Invisibility?
Lu Yin replied, "Elder, don't try to guess how I found out. I called you here to ask for Earth Invisibility's help. I'm going to the Cosmic Tree."
Elder Qing Xing was shocked. "Is the Xinkong Corridor connected?"
Lu Yin replied, "Even if it's not connected, I can still go."
"Jupiter?
That's right, you went there through Jupiter, "Elder Qing Xing said.
Lu Yin didn't elaborate on this point. "Elder, I need information on all of the Earth Invisibility in the Cosmic Tree. I believe that you can help me with this."
Elder Qing Xing frowned and remained silent.
Lu Yin tapped his finger on the table. "From your perspective, Earth Invisibility's influence is great, but that's only in the dark. As long as you can find a single point, you can lead them all. Leiwu, Cai Shu, Lele, do you think that I can get some information from them?
Especially Cai Shu. Don't forget that I was almost taken in as a disciple by Patriarch Mu Xie. To the people of the Cosmic Tree, I'm a traitor of the Abandoned Lands and a member of the Lu family that the Four Cardinal Scales wants to deal with. But to Cai Shu, I'm an Earthling who's close to Earth Invisibility and at odds with the Four Cardinal Scales. She'll help me, right? "
Elder Qing Xing was troubled. "Since you're so sure, why don't you just look for Cai Shu?"
"Then what's the point of keeping you around?"
Lu Yin barked, scaring Elder Qing Xing so much that his face paled. Lu Yin's sudden change in attitude had caught him completely off guard.
Lu Yin lowered his voice. "Wang Si, if I say I'll kill you, then I'll kill you. You should know how valuable a half-ancestor is to humans, and even they are like this. Do you think that you're more valuable than a half-ancestor?
Do you think that I won't kill you? "
Elder Qing Xing's expression turned ugly. Lu Yin's attitude had been so good that he had forgotten that this person was someone who had killed a half-ancestor in front of everyone.
He exhaled as he looked at the strange flower tea. "What do you want? I'll listen to you."
Lu Yin nodded, and his expression softened. "That's right. You're from Earth, and it's half my home. It's where I started my cultivation, so I won't harm Earth Invisibility."
Elder Green Apricot felt helpless, as he was afraid that Lu Yin would be exposed in the Cosmic Tree Realm. If that happened, then Earth Invisibility would be implicated as well. But with the information that Lu Yin currently possessed, even without Elder Green Apricot, Earth Invisibility would not be able to remain unscathed.
"Elder, with our current relationship, it's unlikely that you'll betray me even after we reach the Cosmic Tree Realm. However, I can't take the risk, so I need to take some precautions."
Elder Qing Xing was stunned. "The Cosmic Tree Realm?
I have to go as well? "
Lu Yin smiled and suddenly raised a hand. Black and white mist appeared on his palm, transforming into a brand that pierced through Elder Qing Xing's body and into his astral origin cyclone.
Elder Qing Xing could not react in time, and by the time he did, it was already too late. He suddenly stood up. "Daozi, you!"
Lu Yin raised a hand. "Don't be surprised, it's just a small trick. As long as you don't betray me, it won't be a problem. However …" His expression grew serious as he continued, "If you betray me or do something against my will … I'm sure you won't want to try this."
Elder Qing Xing sensed the astral origin cyclone within his body. Over the past twenty years, more than half of his astral origin had been consumed, and there was no way to replenish it. There was also a black and white imprint within that could not be dispelled no matter what he did. This was the power of the Grim Reaper, and it was too difficult to recognize. Elder Qing Xing had seen Lu Yin use the Grim Reaper Transformation before.
This person was becoming more and more terrifying. Even without the Grim Reaper Transformation, he could still use this power.
Rather than learning how to contact Earth Invisibility in the Cosmic Tree Realm, it was better to bring Elder Qing Xing along. He would be useful at a critical moment.
"There's one more thing." Lu Yin looked at Elder Qing Xing. "If I want to hide my identity and enter the Cosmic Tree Realm, I need a suitable position that won't attract the attention of the Four Cardinal Scales, but I also need to be qualified enough to attract their attention. Elder, do you have any good candidates?"
Elder Qing Xing took a deep breath. Since he was being controlled, he could only think of a way to help Lu Yin. Otherwise, if something happened to Lu Yin, he would not have an easy time either. "Let me think about it. There should be a suitable candidate."
"Elder, you can take your time to think about it," Lu Yin said before putting Elder Qing Xing into Mount Supreme. Besides Qing Xing, Lu Yin still had to think about who else to bring.
The Fog Ancestor would definitely go to the Cosmic Tree Realm, and he would not give the mirror to anyone else. The most important thing right now was to find a candidate for a Half-Ancestor. Senior Qing Ping was going to break through, so who else could go besides him?
If he wanted to save Red Flower Garden, there had to be at least a few Half-Ancestors in the Alliance. However, having too many Half-Ancestors would not work either, as it would easily attract the attention of Progenitors.
Lu Yin had a headache.
He thought about it for a few days but still could not come up with a solution. A few days later, Astral-10 arrived outside the Solar System.
He did not receive any star essence from the Technocracy, nor did he receive a reply from Yin Guai from the Astral Beast Domain. Instead, Astral-10 arrived.
He was the one who had called Astral-10 over. Not only Astral-10, but he had also gathered all of the Astral Combat Academies into the Above Heaven Sect. He had also taken out the Fifth Pagoda and made the Above Heaven Sect a place of inheritance, not just a sect that was ruled over.
The reappearance of the Fifth Pagoda caused an uproar in the Human Domain. This time, not only could the Fifth Mainland enter, but cultivators from the Sixth Mainland could as well. Of course, they had to pay a heavy price, as many of the Sixth Mainland's cultivation techniques and inheritances had to be sent to the Fifth Pagoda.
Lu Yin also repaid the debt of being half a teacher to them.