Kui Luo had spread rumors purely to disgust the Four Cardinal Scales. If the Four Cardinal Scales couldn't take it, they could hunt him down. However, this Ancestral Gazing Tower Master was different. He didn't want to offend the Four Cardinal Scales, but he also protected Yi Xian Academy against the Four Cardinal Scales. The Four Cardinal Scales didn't dare to offend him.
Lu Yin sighed in admiration. This was a true expert. He was afraid of failing to break through, so he kept his current identity to suppress the Four Cardinal Scales. This was even more effective than becoming an actual Ancestor. After all, after becoming an Ancestor, one would have to go to the Ruler Realm to face the Eternals. Lu Yin, on the other hand, did not need to do that.
Kui Luo's words also made Lu Yin curious. If Yi Xian Academy had a Progenitor overseeing it, wouldn't it be comparable to the Four Cardinal Scales to a certain extent?
The Nong family, Liu family, and Ghost Abyss were all under the surveillance of the Four Cardinal Scales. Even if they had Progenitor Realm experts, they couldn't interfere with the matters of the Starry Sky Tree. However, Yi Xian Academy was different. Below the Progenitor Realm, Yi Xian Academy had the highest degree of freedom.
Bei Ze had also heard that Yi Xian Academy was now in contact with the Four Cardinal Scales. Aside from the Four Cardinal Scales, they could also openly go to other families.
Lu Yin thought about it. Perhaps going to Yi Xian Academy wasn't a bad choice. He could thoroughly muddy the waters of the Astral Tree and see who could be useful and who could be his enemy.
Just as he was thinking about this, a huge explosion sounded out. The sky was torn apart, and endless seawater overturned the starry sky. In the distance, Bei Ze's expression changed, and he hurriedly moved to block the tsunami. The other Envoys also moved to protect their own territories. Otherwise, the coastline and islands would be submerged.
Lu Yin looked over and saw that Senior Brother Qing Ping's face was filled with exhaustion. Against Wan Zhiyi's palm technique, it wasn't easy for him to resist. Furthermore, this shouldn't be Wan Zhiyi's strongest palm technique. It might just be Wan Zhiyi's palm technique that had just reached the Half-Ancestor realm.
Wan Zhiyi was truly a powerhouse infinitely close to becoming a Progenitor. Everyone who knew him said that he would definitely break through to the Progenitor realm. He was even more powerful than Elder Ni Huang, who was already comparable to the Elysium Sect Master.
"When the Lu family was still around, Wan Zhiyi was qualified to be treated as an equal by a Progenitor. This person actually broke through his Thousand Heavens Palm technique. His Origin Tribulation," the white-robed elder said.......
As he spoke, a drop of water appeared in the Origin Tribulation Vortex. Everyone was confused.
.. water.. water...
.. that............... that was a battle technique from the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas... the Nine Nine Eight Seas powerhouses' battle..
"It's not water," the Mist Ancestor said with a strange gaze.
Kui Luo stared at the drop of water that was growing larger and larger. "It really doesn't look like water."
The white-robed elder took a deep look at the Mist Ancestor. "Indeed, it's not water. It's a type of Inner World, and it's a very strange Inner World.
Inner world?
Water. It wasn't water, but it looked like water. Was it an inner world?
"Cloth Bag Old Man?"
Kui Luo cried out in alarm as he looked at the white-robed old man.
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. Lu Yin had a bad premonition. "Old man, what's going on?"
Kui Luo answered, "Cloth Bag Old Man is an extraordinary person who once appeared in this universe. He spent his entire life researching methods to trap people. From the first day he stepped onto the path of cultivation, he fought anyone and did everything he could to trap them. His enemy's life or death depended on whether they could escape. The higher his cultivation, the more terrifying his trapping methods would be, especially once he became an Emissary.
At the peak, he once trapped a Half-Ancestor to death. "
Lu Yin's pupils shrank. "Trapped a Half-Ancestor to death?"
An Emissary fighting a Half-Ancestor sounded simple, but how many people had actually been able to do so?
Kui Luo couldn't do it, and Lu Yin didn't know if Lu Buzheng and the others could do it, but even the leaders of the Twelve Gates might not have been able to do so when they were at their peak. They were the strongest Half-Ancestors who could break through to the Progenitor realm, and they represented the peak of an era.
In the current era, only Qing Ping and Tian Dou could fight a Half-Ancestor as an Emissary. It was too difficult for anyone else to do so unless they used external items.
And this was just fighting a Half-Ancestor, which didn't mean that they could definitely win, let alone kill him.
Cloth Bag Old Man had actually been able to kill a Half-Ancestor as an Emissary, which was unimaginable. No matter how weak that Half-Ancestor was, he was still a Half-Ancestor with an inner world.
Lu Yin was confident that he could kill Wang Si after she had fallen from the Half-Ancestor realm, but if her inner world hadn't been broken, it would have been very difficult for him to do so, even if he had external items.
There was a qualitative difference between an Emissary and a Half-Ancestor.
"When he reached the Half-Progenitor realm, his inner world became like a waterbag. His most glorious achievement was trapping three Eternal Half-Progenitors at the same time. One of them was even one of the Twelve Marquises, and he was targeted by the Eternals. They sent three Twelve Marquises to ambush him before finally killing him. It's just a pity that Calico Bag Old Man wasn't able to break through the three stages when he was an Enlighter or an Emissary.
Lu Yin looked at Qing Ping. Above his head, the water droplet continued to expand, as if it wanted to envelop the entire world.
"Senior Brother, don't get trapped," Lu Yin couldn't help but warn him. He didn't want the white-robed elder to hear him, as it was best to keep their relationship with Qing Ping a secret.
But regardless of whether he warned Qing Ping or not, Qing Ping was still trapped. He couldn't escape the range of the Origin Tribulation, and that water droplet — no, that cloth bag — contained the entire Origin Tribulation, so he would definitely be trapped.
Right now, Qing Ping was like a fish in a water bag.
Lu Yin was nervous, as this water bag's power shouldn't be the same as when Cloth Bag Old Man had trapped three Half-Ancestors. Otherwise, it would be too abnormal. Even so, its trapping power shouldn't be any weaker than a Half-Ancestor's power level. After all, even without an inner world, Cloth Bag Old Man could still trap a Half-Ancestor to death.
Qing Ping kept attacking his surroundings in a futile attempt to break open the water bag, but it was useless. No matter what he did, the water bag would at most swell, but it wouldn't break.
"The strength of the Origin Tribulation depends on the astral source within the cultivator's body. Your senior brother should have a lot of astral source, or else he wouldn't have appeared in Cloth Bag Old Man's inner world. Cloth Bag Old Man is famous for his trapping abilities, and even the astral source within his body can't compare to that of the Lu family," the white-robed elder sighed.
Lu Yin's eyelids twitched; it was indeed because of the amount of astral source he had. If even his senior brother was like this, then what about himself?
He didn't dare to think further.
Breaking through the Origin Tribulation through spacetime wasn't that powerful, and it was only a minor tribulation that could be overcome with external items. But what about a sixth tribulation?
What about a Half-Ancestor's Origin Tribulation?
Lu Yin panicked as he watched his senior brother try to break open the water bag. He could almost see his future self.
"What an interesting inner world," the Mist Ancestor praised, his eyes shining. "Although it can't compare to my Wei, it's still better than anything in my era. It's just that it's not very powerful, or it could even compare to Xia Shang's innate gift."
The white-robed elder was stunned. "Isn't Xia Shang the Chen Ancestor's name?"
Lu.
Yin calmly replied, "The other Xia Shang."
The white-robed elder glanced at the Mist Ancestor, but he didn't say anything else.
Lu Yin hurriedly transmitted a message to the Mist Ancestor, telling her not to speak carelessly. This was the Cosmic Tree Realm, and many things from the Daosource Sect's era had not been severed. They had all been brought here, and the Mist Ancestor knew much more about that era than the Fifth Mainland.
The Mist Ancestor ignored Lu Yin, and she could say whatever she wanted.
Lu Yin was also helpless.
In the distance, Senior Brother Qing Ping was continuously attacking and using all sorts of battle techniques, but he still couldn't break open the water bag. Even the blood-colored bell was useless, and he had already wasted quite some time. Lu Yin was worried that he would attract the attention of the Four Way Scales' Half-Ancestors and that they might recognize Senior Brother Qing Ping.
This was not Senior Brother Qing Ping's first time in this region, and he had once suppressed an entire era here. Even that generation's Lu family's direct descendant had not been his match.
"It seems like you can't break it open." The white-robed elder shook his head.
Kui Luo frowned. "Old thing, let's make a bet. You can definitely break it open."
"If you can, then so be it. Why are you making a bet?"
The white-robed elder retorted.
Kui Luo cackled. "You say you can't break it, and I say I can. You win, and I'll answer whatever you ask. If you lose, hehe, then help me do something."
The white-robed elder shook his head. "Then I'll break it open."
Lu Yin was speechless. This old man really was Kui Luo's nemesis.
In the distance, Qing Ping exhaled. Although this inner world did not have any killing power, it seemed to be able to trap him for eternity. Even his astral source was circulating within without being consumed. He wondered who the master of this inner world was, and he really wanted to see for himself.
As he thought about this, the Scale of Scales appeared beneath his feet and extended out continuously. It pierced through the water bag like a needle and extended into the void.
The white-robed elder was shocked. "You actually broke it?"
Kui Luo felt that it was a pity. This old thing was not easily provoked, or else he would have won. He was absolutely certain that Qing Ping would be able to break through.
The reason why the Cloth Bag Elder had been able to trap a Half-Ancestor to death was because he could only trap him, but he did not have the strength to fight a Half-Ancestor head-on. The Cloth Bag Elder had used up too much time, and it could be said that he had been worn down to death. On the other hand, Qing Ping was a ruthless person who could fight a Half-Ancestor head-on.
"Congratulations on breaking through to Half-Ancestor, Your Excellency." The white-robed elder smiled at Qing Ping. "Are you interested in becoming the next dean of Yi Xian Academy?"
Qing Ping looked at the white-robed elder, but he ignored him and looked up. The Origin Tribulation was not over yet. If it ended so easily, then it would be a waste of his many years of accumulation.
The white-robed elder was flabbergasted, and he looked up at the Origin Tribulation in shock. "It's not over yet?
How?
You just drew out Calico Bag Elder's inner world. Who among the Envoys can break through it?
Anyone should have succeeded by now. How can there be more? "
Lu Yin was not surprised. His own Emissary Origin Tribulation had almost died, and he had used up all of his strength. His senior brother had not even used all of his strength. At the very least, Lu Yin still had his visualization, secret techniques, and battle techniques that his master had imparted to him.
He was very curious as to what battle technique his senior brother had passed on to Mister Mu. In any case, it was definitely not the Nine Yang Cauldron Transformation. Could it be the Ancient Tracing Technique?
In the distance, more cultivators arrived, but this time, they were not ordinary cultivators. They were all Envoys, and there were a total of four of them.
Envoys were not commonly seen in the Central Realm, or else the Bei family would not have been able to monopolize a city with just Bei Ze. Qing Ping's tribulation had caused some commotion, but it was not as great as Lu Yin had imagined. He had originally thought that the Four Cardinal Scales would send out a Half-Ancestor.
The Origin Tribulation vortex exploded, shocking everyone. Lu Yin did not know how far it had traveled, but he suspected that even the Top Realm had heard it.