Every family attached great importance to their own civilization, as this was an important source of slaves and deathsworn.
The Bei Family's Patriarch and the young girl watched on excitedly. How many people could they catch?
The fishing line grew heavier and heavier, and the old man shook his head with a smile. "You win, Xiaoyu. The line is falling so fast that at least five people will be caught."
The young girl was delighted, and she hugged the old man's arm. "Patriarch, you have to keep your word. I want to go to Yi Xian Academy."
"Hahahaha, alright, alright. I'll keep my word." The old man was delighted, and he looked at the young girl with a doting gaze.
Suddenly, a huge force traveled along the fishing line, and the old man was dragged into the pond before he could even react. The young girl was also hugging the old man's arm, and she was unable to break free. She fell into the pond as well and crashed onto one of the stars.
There was a loud crash, and the old man and the young girl crashed onto a wasteland. The accident had happened so quickly that the old man did not even have time to react.
In front of them was a young man who was watching with interest. It was Lu Yin.
He had entered the Cosmic Tree Realm through a sourcebox array and appeared in this wasteland. In the distance was a technologically advanced civilization, and this wasteland was filled with traces of war. This should have been an abandoned battlefield.
Before he could even take a closer look, a fishing line and a hook appeared in front of him out of nowhere.
Lu Yin subconsciously tugged at the line, but then he used too much force and pulled the old man and the young girl off the line. They crashed headfirst into the ground in a sorry state.
The old man was an Emissary, and he quickly reacted after crashing to the ground. He hurriedly stood up and looked around, his eyes filled with confusion. What's going on?
Where did this strength come from?
The first thing he saw was Lu Yin, and he was stunned. What a handsome young man!
The young girl stood up and rubbed her head. "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!" She looked up and saw Lu Yin. Her mouth fell open, and her face quickly turned red. She shyly said, "What a handsome brother."
Lu Yin smiled. Before he had been teleported through the sourcebox array, he had used Death Mask to disguise himself as Young Master Yu.
Lu Yin had seen many beauties and handsome men before, but none of them could compare to this Young Master Yu. Disregarding his temperament, this Young Master Yu definitely ranked first in terms of appearance. He was even more handsome than Yao Xuan, but it wasn't a gentle kind of beauty. Instead, it was more like a man's handsomeness.
This kind of handsomeness was like poison to women, just like the temptation of a beautiful woman to men.
His handsome appearance, slender figure, and his upbringing as well as his natural temperament … Lu Yin had to admit that even men couldn't bring themselves to dislike him. Even if he was an ordinary person, this person would immediately draw attention to himself if he stood there.
The moment he disguised himself as Young Master Yu, the Drunkard subconsciously asked, "You want to build a harem?"
Lu Yin's smile caused the girl's entire body to go limp. She swallowed her saliva, and her eyes almost sparkled.
The elder frowned and stared at Lu Yin. "Were you the one who pulled me down?"
He kept sizing up Lu Yin, trying to see through Lu Yin's cultivation, but he couldn't. This person had the power to pull him down, and his strength was terrifying.
Lu Yin smiled. "Two Origin Tribulations. Not bad."
The elder's expression changed, as he was indeed a cultivator with two Origin Tribulations.
Even so, he could tell that Lu Yin's strength was higher than his, and he immediately became much more respectful. "May I know why senior is in my Bei family's pond?"
Lu Yin looked up and saw the sky.
The sky was very ordinary, but it was fake. However, the people beneath it could not see through it.
"I accidentally dropped it. Were you fishing?"
The elder hurriedly said, "I deserve to die for disturbing senior. May I know what instructions you have? My Bei family will do our best to assist you."
Lu Yin replied, "I don't need your help. Just find a guide for me."
Half a day later, at the seaside of Shell City, Lu Yin leaned against the railing as he welcomed the sea breeze. "So you want to go to Yi Xian Academy to find him?"
Beside him, the girl Bei Xiaoyu whispered, "Yes, that big brother, I-" She suddenly realized something and glanced at Lu Yin. "I- I only treat him as a big brother. Senior, please don't misunderstand."
Lu Yin was amused as he looked at the girl's bashful face. Only those with good looks would know how good they were. Ordinary people would never be able to experience the advantages of good looks.
He touched his own face. Although he wasn't this handsome, he wasn't ugly either. He could be considered ordinary, and the more you looked at him, the more attractive he became. Compared to this face, however, he was much more lacking.
"What am I misunderstanding?" Lu Yin casually asked.
Bei Xiaoyu was disappointed when Lu Yin really didn't care, but she quickly perked up. "Senior, what's your cultivation? Can you tell me?
You must be much stronger than my ancestor since he calls you senior. "
Lu Yin smiled. "Same as your ancestor."
Bei Xiaoyu pouted. "That's impossible. If it's the same, the ancestor wouldn't be so respectful."
Lu Yin smiled and didn't say anything else. After leaving the pond, he took out Mount Supreme and had Kui Luo and Qing Ping come out. Qing Ping especially needed to adapt to the astral source environment in the Cosmic Tree Domain before preparing for his breakthrough.
This was the best place to break through.
Shell City was located on the coast of the Central Calm Sea, and one could enter the Central Calm Sea as long as they headed north. The sea was vast, so a breakthrough wouldn't attract too much attention.
Senior Brother is probably going to break through in the next few days.
Lu Yin looked at the mother tree in the distance, wondering if the sapling would return to its roots after being released.
Over the next few days, Lu Yin wandered around Shell City, causing quite a bit of commotion. He used Yu Xiaoyu's looks to cause a ruckus in Shell City, but Bei Xiaoyu was like a mother hen protecting her calf, blocking the other girls. This caused quite a bit of conflict.
The Bei family's ancestor treated Lu Yin as an equal in public, but he was extremely respectful in private. The longer one lived, the wiser they became. He was very clear about the difference between them, and he could tell that Lu Yin wouldn't stay here for too long.
He thought about many things over the past few days and constantly searched for the strongest geniuses of this era. He wanted to find someone who matched Lu Yin's characteristics, but it was a pity that he couldn't find anyone who had such a cultivation at such a young age.
The most likely candidate was the Fourth Young Ancestor. The Bei family's ancestor pondered; could this person have been one of the Fourth Young Ancestor?
Or was he an old monster who had lived for a long time but still looked young?
Another two days passed, and Lu Yin sat by the pond while holding onto his fishing rod. He suddenly felt interested and wanted to fish as well. Most importantly, he had an unimaginable thought: Could the space-time he lived in have been nurtured by someone else?
This thought couldn't be dispelled once it appeared, and Lu Yin thought about it for a few days before simply sitting by the pond to experience it.
Fishing was a joy for people.
He saw hundreds and thousands of cultivators fighting over the hook, all of them wanting to grab it and leave their civilization. He saw another planet develop the most powerful technological weapon to attack the hook, and the people of that planet believed that a higher civilization had ill intentions. He also saw another planet's people kneeling and praying for a hook to descend from the heavens so that they could have a chance to ascend.
To the people in the pond, the region they were in was very large because they couldn't roam the heavens. With their cultivation, it would take them a long time to travel across a planet, let alone the space within the pond.
Lu Yin looked at the pond quietly as his thoughts ran wild.
Bei Xiaoyu quietly approached and stood behind Lu Yin. She liked to stick close to him, even if it was just looking at his back.
"Xiaoyu, don't disturb Senior's fishing," the Bei family's ancestor, Bei Ze, barked and then gave her a look.
Bei Xiaoyu didn't want to leave, "Ancestor, Senior didn't say anything."
"Hurry up and come over, don't disturb Senior," Bei Ze was angry.
Bei Xiaoyu didn't dare to disobey and kept looking back.
"It's fine, just say what you want to say," Lu Yin said calmly as he looked at the pond.
When Bei Xiaoyu heard Lu Yin's words, she hurried over and giggled as she winked at Bei Ze.
Bei Ze was helpless, and he walked over to Lu Yin and respectfully said, "Senior, this girl wants to go to Yi Xian Academy, so I've asked a few old friends to find out more about it. I wanted to tell her about Yi Xian Academy, but I didn't want to disturb Senior."
Lu Yin replied, "It's fine, I'm also very interested in Yi Xian Academy. Tell me about it."
"Ancestor, go ahead," Bei Xiaoyu said excitedly.
Bei Ze glared at her and muttered to himself for a moment before slowly saying, "We didn't pay much attention to Yi Xian Academy in the past, but we've heard of its name. Yi Xian Academy is relatively closed off, and it's not easy to enter. There aren't many students there, and most of them are occupied by the disciples of the great clans in the Middle Realm and the Top Realm. However, things have changed now. For some reason, Yi Xian Academy has not only opened its doors to recruit students and mentors, but it's also actively contacting the Four Libras, the battlefield on the other side, and even the Roots, wanting to bring students to train.
"Yi Xian Academy's teaching style has changed greatly, but I don't know if it's good or bad. Those old friends of mine aren't very powerful either, so that's all I could find out."
Bei Xiaoyu's eyes widened. "We can train everywhere?
Can we even go to the Top Realm? "
Bei Ze replied, "In theory, yes, but there's also a saying that Yi Xian Academy has already been controlled by the Four Libras and has no choice but to change according to the Four Libras' will. We can't find out the specifics, and I don't know if it's a good or bad idea to let you go."
"Ancestor, you won't go back on your word, right?" Bei Xiaoyu looked at Bei Ze pitifully and innocently.
Bei Ze was put in a difficult position, as he truly did not know what to do. Had Yi Xian Academy's changes been made by itself, or had it been forced to?
If the Four Libras had really interfered, then the students who had joined Yi Xian Academy would be controlled by the Four Libras and would become servants, subordinates, or even toys. He looked at Bei Xiaoyu.
However he controlled the pond civilization, the Four Libras would be able to control them. To a certain extent, wasn't the Middle Realm the pond civilization of the Top Realm?
He hoped that Bei Xiaoyu would be able to study in a relatively fair and independent Yi Xian Academy and get to know the higher-ups of the Four Libras instead of being controlled by them from the start. If that was the case, then she might as well stay in Bei City and be a little princess.