"My uncle, Xia Yuan, is second only to Half-Ancestor Zihuan in the branch family. He overheard this news by accident and told me when we were together," Xia Zhitong said.
Lu Yin frowned. "This is just a piece of news. How are you going to help me save my grandfather?"
Xia Zhitong replied, "I can find Xia Yuan. The restrictions in the Alliance come from the Frigid Immortal Sect, but they don't belong to the sect alone. The Four Cardinal Scales have ways to control the restrictions. As long as I can find Xia Yuan, I might be able to understand how to break the restrictions and save your grandfather."
Lu Yin didn't just want to save the elder from the Yu family; he also wanted to save all of the remaining members of the Lu family in the Alliance.
If he couldn't break the restrictions, then he wouldn't be able to save them. If he wanted to break the restrictions, then Xia Yuan was one way, but the other was to continuously roll Possession. He would eventually be able to enter the bodies of those important people, such as the head of the Xia family, Xia Xing. He would definitely know how to break the restrictions.
However, saving the people in the Alliance was one thing; he also wanted to save the people in the Red Garden. If possible, he wanted to obtain the Nine Clones of the Shenwu Celestial Sect. These were all his next steps.
Lu Yin looked at Xia Zhitong. This woman really couldn't be killed, as her value was better than her death. She would die eventually, but not now.
A person who had been tormented by hatred for decades would not let his enemy off so easily. He needed to slowly vent his hatred.
Lu Yin was such a person. If he really was Young Master Yu, then Xia Zhitong couldn't die so easily.
"I want to save my grandfather, so I won't kill you," Lu Yin said.
Xia Zhitong sighed in relief.
"However …" Lu Yin stared into her eyes and saw the fear in them. "I'll torture you. Don't you like to play?
I'll poison your body, and once you come into contact with someone of the opposite sex, the poison will spread throughout your body and make you wish you were dead. You can try to cure the poison, and I won't stop you. However, every time you try, you'll be one step closer to death and one step closer to aging. "
Xia Zhitong's pupils shrank. Not being able to come into contact with someone of the opposite sex, death, and aging were all things she feared. "Yu Hao, Young Master Yu, Brother Yu, many things have passed. You should think about your grandfather. If I die, how will you save him?"
Lu Yin smiled. "I never said that you would die. It's just torture."
"The Xia family's ancestral worship ceremony is approaching. If they discover that I've been poisoned …" "It doesn't matter. Let's see who in the Xia family has the ability to cure you. Perhaps you can ask that Half-Ancestor Zihuan of yours to give it a try. This is a poison that my master developed, so let's see who can cure it. I'll look for you after a while, and I hope that you'll be able to save my grandfather when the time comes.
Seeing Xia Zhitong unconscious on the ground, Kui Luo walked over and said, "What a pleasant surprise. Now that you've found out about the GAL, do you think she can help you save those people?"
Lu Yin shook his head. "That's not very likely. She's just creating an opportunity for me to give it a try. Through her, more and more people from the Xia family will appear, and I'll have a chance to get in touch with the upper echelons of the Xia family. Using Yu Hao's name, the Xia family won't care about a single Yu Hao, even if he's had a fortuitous encounter."
After saying that, Lu Yin invited the Mist Ancestor out, and after a round of praises, the Mist Ancestor fiddled with the effects that Lu Yin had described and invaded Xia Zhitong's body.
"My Wei can even create an Emissary and simulate an astral cyclone. What you said is too simple." The Mist Ancestor was pleased with himself.
Lu Yin hurriedly flattered him, "Junior knew that Senior could do it, which is why I made the poison sound so miraculous. This woman doesn't believe me, but we'll know when she wakes up.
Senior's methods are brilliant. "
The Mist Ancestor frowned. "If it weren't for the fact that you wanted to save the Lu family, I wouldn't have helped you. This woman doesn't have the right to touch my Wei. Disgusting."
Lu Yin smiled sheepishly. "Junior understands. Thank you, Senior."
The Mist Ancestor returned to the mirror, and Lu Yin looked at the unconscious Xia Zhitong. "Now that I'm back, the Astral Tree Domain won't be as stable. The Four Way Scale won't be stable either. Let's go."
After leaving the jade mansion, Lu Yin took the man who had hooked up with Xia Zhitong with him. He was very interested in the Broken Ease Society.
The Four Way Scale suppressed the Astral Tree Domain, and it was an absolute colossus. Aside from the Farmer's family, the Liu family, Memory Sage Academy, Ghost Abyss, and so on, there were also secret organizations like the Hidden Earth Society. Although these organizations were insignificant and could be destroyed as soon as they were discovered, the Broken Ease Society's motto was to use the small to win the big.
As long as they weren't discovered, these organizations were still very useful. At the very least, they were very useful to someone like Lu Yin who was hiding in the shadows.
Outside Jade City, Lu Yin tossed the man out. The man had been knocked unconscious by Tong Yu, and when he hit the ground, he immediately woke up.
He rubbed his head in confusion as he looked at Jade City in the distance. Why was he outside Jade City? Wasn't he supposed to be in the Jade Mansion?
As he tried to recall what had happened, he suddenly sensed someone behind him. He turned around and saw Lu Yin, Tong Yu, and Kui Luo. Of course, he couldn't see their faces as they were all covered up.
"Who are you?"
The man remained vigilant, but he wasn't too afraid. He didn't act rashly either.
Lu Yin sized up the man. "Name."
"Who are you?
How did you bring me out of the Jade Mansion?
Where's Xia Zhitong? "
The man barked.
Lu Yin raised his head. "I'm asking for your name."
The man sneered. "What a bunch of tricks. Xia Zhitong wants to use this method to scare me into bringing her in? Dream on! I already said that I'll bring her in when I can, and there's no point in forcing her. I'm leaving." He then stood up to leave.
He really thought that Xia Zhitong was behind this, as he was in the Jade Mansion. Who would dare to make a move against him?
Although Xia Zhitong was only a side relative of the Xia family and had no status in the Xia family, she was still a pawn that the Shenwu Plane used to deal with Jade City.
Tong Yu's eyes narrowed as a terrifying aura erupted and pressed the man to the ground.
The man was shocked, as this pressure made it difficult for him to breathe. It was as if the entire universe was crushing him. He couldn't believe that this pressure was even greater than his uncle's. How could this be? His uncle was a fourth Origin Tribulation cultivator. Just where did these people come from?
As soon as he felt the pressure, he knew that it had nothing to do with Xia Zhitong. No matter how much she tried, she wouldn't be able to hook up with such a powerhouse unless it was her uncle.
"You want to talk now?"
Lu Yin smiled.
The pressure disappeared.
The man panted heavily, his body on the verge of collapsing from the enormous pressure. He slowly looked up and saw Lu Yin's indifferent expression. He asked in fear, "Who are you people?
Why are you capturing me? "
Lu Yin shook his head, "It seems like you still don't understand me." The moment he finished speaking, the pressure appeared again.
This time, the pressure was even more terrifying, and the man spat out a mouthful of blood. His organs felt like they were about to shatter, and his vision blurred as the world spun around him. He wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't open his mouth.
The pressure had only lasted for an instant, but it had already severely injured him.
The man spat out another mouthful of blood.
He didn't even dare to breathe loudly for fear of spitting out his organs.
"Name," Lu Yin said calmly.
When the man heard this, he didn't dare to hesitate. Even if his body was about to shatter, he still had to speak, "Zuo … Zuo Shan."
"Identity," Lu Yin continued.
"Merchant Alliance Inspector," Zuo Shan replied.
"Identity?" Lu Yin asked again.
Zuo Shan's face was filled with fear as countless thoughts ran through his mind. Eventually, he helplessly replied, "A member of the Broken Trade Society."
Lu Yin looked at Zuo Shan, "What's the Broken Trade Society?"
Zuo Shan coughed and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, dying the ground red. However, he didn't dare to hesitate and trembled as he explained the Broken Trade Society's origins and goals.
It was roughly the same as what Kui Luo had told him, but it was more detailed. At the very least, he told Lu Yin the names of some of the members of the Broken Trade Society, such as the Left Commander of the second base, which Lu Yin had learned from his conversation with Xia Zhitong. There was also the old woman who had exchanged merit points for the second base, as well as a cultivator who had entered the back battlefield from the Top Realm to guard the gate.
"That's all I know," Zuo Shan said with a trembling voice.
"Your uncle is the Left Commander, so your position in the Broken Trade Society should be quite high. How do you know these people?
And they're all related to the back battlefield, so most of them are connected to the second base. "
Zuo Shan replied, "I'm in charge of transferring some resources to the Central Realm to be sold. I also act as a bridge between some families and bring a list of the people they need to protect to my uncle. I don't know anything else, but that's all I'm in charge of."
Lu Yin trusted Zuo Shan, as there was no need to hide anything from him. Zuo Shan had even betrayed his own uncle.
Everyone in the Broken Trade Society was in charge of different things. Zuo Shan was in charge of the second base, but there were definitely people in charge of the other bases, as well as those in the Top Realm, the Central Realm, and the Mortal Realm. It seemed like a small organization hidden under the Four Way Scale, but it was actually quite influential.
After all, even the Four Way Scale couldn't openly protect a single person on the back battlefield. Of course, that was only on the surface.
"How did you get the resources for the second base?"
Lu Yin asked.
Zuo Shan replied, "The battlefield is heavily monitored, but there are always people who redeem their merit points and go back to the battlefield without obtaining anything. They don't return alive, so the resources are naturally confiscated. However, those that are publicly available have already been redeemed."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "Even if some of the resources could have been redeemed at the time, you would still have deliberately withheld them, right?"
Zuo Shan didn't speak, but he regretted his earlier actions. He had been afraid and had revealed everything. In reality, there were many things that this person in front of him didn't know, and Zuo Shan shouldn't have said anything. At most, he knew about the existence of the Broken Trade Society, but he probably didn't know how it operated.
However, it was too late for regrets, as Zuo Shan had already revealed everything.
Lu Yin frowned and looked at Zuo Shan with disgust. These bastards! The cultivators on the front lines were risking their lives, but the Broken Trade Society was secretly delaying the resources that they had redeemed with their merit points. Given the intensity of the battle at the back of the battlefield, if the Broken Trade Society didn't manage to obtain the resources at the time and delayed them for a day or two, or even a few hours, then the person who had redeemed the resources might have gone back to the battlefield and died.
Although this method couldn't transfer a large amount of resources, it was still a sizable source of income for the Broken Trade Society. Adding all five bases together, the Broken Trade Society's profits were considerable.
However, this income had been obtained at the cost of the lives of the cultivators on the front lines.