Kayze's status in the Great Yu Empire was extremely high. He had once been Lu Yin's gatekeeper, and now, he was Wendy Yushan's gatekeeper. As long as he did not allow anyone to enter, no one would dare to force their way in.
Lu Yin walked step by step to the front of the residence. Kayze was about to reprimand Lu Yin, but when he saw Lu Yin, his eyes widened and he excitedly bowed. "Your Highness, you've returned."
Lu Yin had not expected Kayze to remain in the Great Yu Empire. He had assumed that the man had either returned to the Dire Barbarian Clan or gone out to explore the universe. With Kayze's strength, he would be able to establish himself in the universe. "You're not bad."
Kayze respectfully replied, "Thank you for your praise, Your Highness."
Lu Yin patted Kayze's shoulder and then stepped into the residence.
Outside the residence, the elder who had reprimanded Pierre stared at Lu Yin in a daze. Was that the Royal Regent?
A group of courtiers stood there in a daze. The Royal Regent had actually been beside them?
Pierre had gone limp. It was over. The Royal Regent had found out about him. It was over.
Lu Yin entered the residence, and a maid came forward to lead the way. Soon, he arrived at a large drill ground, where Wendy Yushan stood with her sword in hand and quietly looked at him.
"The residence has been expanded?
This drill ground didn't exist before. "Lu Yin was curious.
Wendy Yushan suddenly attacked, instantly unleashing countless swords that then merged into one. Her sword pierced through the void and headed straight for Lu Yin.
Lu Yin raised his hand, and just as the sword was about to pierce him, he caught it with two fingers.
The gap between Wendy Yushan and Lu Yin was just too great. She had progressed from a Cruiser to a peak Hunter in the past twenty years, which was already quite impressive. The Astral Source Universe had been devoured over the past twenty years, and she had been unable to replenish her star energy. She had relied on absorbing star essence to reach her current cultivation, which was quite terrifying.
However, this gap was not something that time could make up for. Even if she was given another twenty years, two hundred years, or even more, she would not be able to catch up to Lu Yin.
Compared to the Ten Arbiters, Wendy Yushan was still lacking by quite a bit.
The Ten Arbiters could break through to the Enlighter realm before the age of forty, but Wendy Yushan had already passed forty years of age after twenty years.
"Not bad." Lu Yin's fingertips tightened, and the sword's blade twisted.....
Wendy Yushan's gaze turned cold as she attacked again. This time, her attack was no different from the previous one.
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. Their power was similar, but they still had to use their swords, so there had to be something different.
Lu Yin watched as the tip of the sword descended once more, coming closer and closer. Nothing seemed to have changed, and Lu Yin was still holding it between his fingers. Suddenly, the tip of the sword disappeared, and it stabbed towards him from a different direction.
Lu Yin was shocked. He had clearly caught the edge of the sword, and with Wendy Yushan's strength, she should not have been able to pull it out. This was the power of time.
Zhang Xuan flicked his index finger, and with a bang, a shockwave rippled through the air, distorting the void. The sword was knocked out of Zhang Xuan's hand by the immense force, flying through the void before finally stabbing into the ground with a soft groan.
Wendy Yushan looked at her empty hands. "The difference between us is too great. Even time can't make up for it."
He looked at her in surprise. "Did you just use the power of time?"
Wendy Yushan nodded. "How is it?"
Lu Yin sighed. "I can only say that it's truly worthy of the power of time. That sword was caught off guard."
"But it still wasn't a threat to you." Wendy Yushan smiled.
Lu Yin shook his head. "Some differences can't be made up for by innate talent. The difference between us is too great, but with that move, you'll definitely be able to catch up to the Ten Arbiters if you continue cultivating. In fact, you might even catch up to them in the future."
"Are you saying that I'm a late bloomer?"
Wendy Yushan asked.
Lu Yin did not know what to say. It was strange to say that a cultivator with an innate gift of time was a late bloomer. Anyone who could control the power of time was an absolute genius, but that was the current situation. Wendy Yushan had not even caught up to the Ten Arbiters, and she had even been overtaken by Xi Qi. If she wanted to reach the peak among her peers, she would have to waste time.
However, as time went on, Wendy Yushan's strength would only become more terrifying. Perhaps one day, she would be able to catch up to Chu Yuan.
No one could underestimate the power of time.
It was a pity that her innate gift of time had been developed too slowly. Twenty years ago, she had only been able to use it for healing. Otherwise, she might have been even more powerful now.
"Chu Yuan grasped the power of time. What's the difference between fighting him and fighting me?"
Wendy Yushan and Lu Yin sat across from each other. Even though they had been separated for twenty years, there was no barrier between them.
To Wendy Yushan, Lu Yin was her only family. As for the Yu family, they were strangers.
To Lu Yin, however, those twenty years had not been a blank slate. It had not been long since he had last seen Wendy Yushan, and it had been when he had brought some people from the Great Yu Empire to Earth to seek refuge. They had also met once during the sect's opening ceremony, when they had ascended the Stairway to Heaven.
Lu Yin looked at Wendy Yushan. Her appearance had not changed, but she had become more mature and less fierce. Her natural beauty and delicate fragrance were still very familiar. "Chu Yuan is adept at erasing a period of time. No matter what you do during that period, it will no longer exist. Thus, as long as he attacks, he will definitely hit his target. The only thing you can do is defend from start to finish, making it so that he cannot break through your defense.
"What you did just now was reverse time, which caused your own attack to return without affecting anyone else, allowing you to attack again."
Wendy Yushan fell into deep thought. Erasing a period of time?
"It's hard to say which of the two is better. Chu Yuan will definitely hit his target, but if the target's defense is too strong, he can't do anything about it. For example, his power of time is useless against me. In this case, your method is more effective, as you can change the direction of your attack and its form in a timely manner. It's the same as using the same method to deal with a myriad of changes. But if the difference is too great, your method will be useless.
Wendy Yushan looked at Lu Yin. "He has a secret technique. Is it very strong?"
Lu Yin nodded, and his expression became more serious. "The Time Realm can cause time to stop in an area. In other words, it slows down the flow of time, allowing one's attacks to stack and ultimately unleash a destructive power that is several times or even dozens of times greater than one's previous attacks. It also erases time the moment he attacks, making up for his lack of attack power. Aside from me, no one else in the same generation can withstand this technique."
"The Time Realm, huh?"
Wendy Yushan muttered to herself.
Lu Yin said, "I'll think of a way to obtain this technique, but it won't be easy."
Wendy Yushan replied, "There's no need. This might not be a secret technique."
"What do you mean?"
Lu Yin didn't understand.
Wendy Yushan answered seriously, "I don't know the principles behind a secret technique, but I understand time. This so-called Time Realm can be done, and it doesn't necessarily require a secret technique. However, it's very, very difficult."
"Perhaps this is a shortcut that the Primogenitor gave to Chu Yuan, allowing him to make up for his shortcomings."
Wendy Yushan looked at Lu Yin. "Why are you suddenly looking for me?"
Lu Yin smiled. "I haven't seen you in twenty years. Of course I'd come to see you."
Wendy Yushan retracted her gaze. "There's no need. If you have something to do, go do it. I don't have anything to do here."
"What about Pierre?"
Lu Yin asked.
Wendy Yushan was confused. "Pierre?"
Lu Yin was puzzled. "It seems like you don't know about this. Pierre, Garope's son, is working with a large group of courtiers to force you to marry his son, Pi Xin. Don't you know about this?"
Wendy Yushan shook her head. "Leave such a small matter to the Lu Ministry of Staff. I don't know about it."
Lu Yin laughed. That Pi Xin was worried for nothing. They thought that they had forced Wendy Yushan and had done a lot, but in reality, Wendy Yushan didn't even know about this.
This was the difference between their levels. No matter how much they did, they wouldn't be able to touch Wendy Yushan. In Wendy Yushan's eyes, they were all clowns that she didn't need to pay attention to.
That Pierre had even resigned. If he knew the truth, he would probably die from anger. Interesting.
After a moment of silence, Wendy Yushan seemed to be lost in her thoughts. Lu Yin spoke up, "Have there been any news of your father in the past twenty years?"
Wendy Yushan was stunned and looked at him. "You still think he's alive?"
Lu Yin replied, "I used to think so, but now, I feel like he really did die."
"You asked me for a drop of blood to find him, didn't you?" Wendy Yushan asked.
Lu Yin didn't hide anything. He had asked Wendy Yushan for a drop of blood and asked the Starsibyl Sect to divine the Undying Yushan.
There were some things that Wendy Yushan knew, but she just didn't say it.
"Does this mean that my father is dead?"
Wendy Yushan asked calmly.
Lu Yin sighed. "I'm sorry."
Wendy Yushan laughed. "There's nothing to be sorry about. I always thought that he was dead. So many years have passed, so there's nothing to be sad about."
"It's my fault for constantly bringing this up."
"Alright, just don't mention it in the future," Wendy Yushan said.
Lu Yin sighed. This matter was over, and no one would ever mention Undying Yushan again.
"Is it difficult to cultivate the power of time?"
Wendy Yushan nodded.
Wendy Yushan nodded. She was a little distressed. "Time is hard to grasp, and there's no practical way to cultivate it. It's just a feeling, a feeling that exists in the unseen world and can be controlled. It's not something that can be used however you want."
Lu Yin took out the Progenitor's Sword. "This is the sword that brought us back to the past and present, even to the era of the Above Heaven Sect. Unfortunately, even though I have it, I don't know how to use it."
Wendy Yushan looked at the Progenitor's Sword. "I seem to be able to see the power of time." She reached out to touch the sword, but Lu Yin quickly stopped her. "Even a half-ancestor will disappear if they touch it."
"Wang Si died to this sword?"
Wendy Yushan asked. Many people in the universe had seen Wang Si's death, and that was Lu Yin's true display of power. He had killed a half-ancestor in front of everyone.
Lu Yin put the sword away. "It wasn't just Wang Si. The God of Forgotten Ruins' half-ancestor clone also died to this sword. They all touched it." He then remembered that the God of Forgotten Ruins was Wang Miaomiao, and the half-ancestors who had died to this sword were all from the Wang family. This sword was the Wang family's nemesis.
If possible, Lu Yin was willing to give the Progenitor's Sword to Wendy Yushan for research. Perhaps she would be able to discover something, but he didn't dare to take the risk. He was afraid that she would disappear as well.
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The wedding photoshoot is in a few days, so I'll be very busy and won't have time to write. I'll work hard to save up for the next few days. I'll add more after the photoshoot.