"Although Celestial Master Gu Yan didn't explicitly say that he had accepted a disciple, he's been living in seclusion ever since. Many people have guessed that he has accepted a disciple, and you've changed so much, especially when it comes to lockbreaking. If it wasn't for Celestial Master Gu Yan's teachings, no one in the Starry Sky of the Astral Tree would have been able to make you change so much."
Lu Yin looked at Bai Weiwei. "Is this your guess?"
"It's the guess of everyone who knows your identity. If I can find out who you are, the Xia family can too."
Lu Yin neither admitted nor denied it. Celestial Master Gu Yan's disciple was a good background.
"I'm curious, how did Celestial Master Gu Yan teach you?
How did you reach the level of a Jiayuan formation master in such a short time? "Bai Weiwei was curious.
Lu Yin laughed, "Can your Bai family's secret techniques be revealed so casually?"
"Forgive me for my rudeness," Bai Weiwei said, but it also confirmed that Yu Hao really was Celestial Master Gu Yan's disciple.
Celestial Master Gu Yan was the number one celestial master in the Astral Tree. Although he had a strange temper and hated the Four Way Scales, his influence was far greater than ordinary people's. Otherwise, he would have already been a member of the Star Alliance. If Yu Hao was Celestial Master Gu Yan's disciple, what would the Xia family do?
"Even with Celestial Master Gu Yan behind me, the Xia family still doesn't put me in their eyes. I know how terrifying the Four Way Scales are."
Bai Weiwei looked at Lu Yin, "Does Sir want revenge?"
Lu Yin looked at her, "If you had experienced this, would you have let it go so easily?"
Bai Weiwei thought about it, "You're right. Even Celestial Master Gu Yan can't do anything to the Xia family, but my Bai family is different."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed as he looked at her.
Bai Weiwei smiled faintly, "Your hatred isn't great. It depends on how you want to take revenge."
Lu Yin fell into deep thought.
Bai Weiwei didn't say anything more. Some words were enough.
She hadn't found out about Yu Hao's identity on her own; the Frozen Immortal Sect had told her.
How could the Four Way Scales not care that Yi Xian Academy had produced such a genius? If the Xia family knew, then the Bai family naturally knew as well.
They cared more about Celestial Master Gu Yan than about Yu Hao.
If he could use this opportunity to win over the Celestial Master Gu Yan, so what if he offended the Xia family?
The Four Way Scales seemed to be united, but in reality, there were great internal conflicts. This was just the time when the Lu Family had just been exiled. In another thousand or ten thousand years, when the Lu Family's influence was completely eliminated, the Four Way Scales would have internal conflicts.
Now, they were all accumulating their strength.
For several days, Lu Yin and Bai Weiwei guarded the red wasteland. The two mostly talked about Jieyu and did not mention anything else.
One day, Lu Yin looked at the distant wastelands and asked, "Rumor has it that the next Progenitor in the Cosmic Tree Realm will be your Eldest Senior Sister, Bai Xian 'er. Is that true?"
Bai Weiwei subconsciously looked up at the Top Realm. Looking at it this way, it was somewhat depressing. The Middle Realm could only see the soil of the Top Realm. She increasingly understood why the Four Way Scales banished the Lu family.
With the arrogance of the Four Cardinal Scales, what right did they have to look up at the soil?
"It should be. Eldest senior sister is the most talented person since ancient times. She was able to touch the Ancestor Realm domain at such a young age. All of us are waiting for eldest senior sister to break through to the Ancestor Realm and lead our Cold Immortal Sect to the next level," Bai Weiwei said.
Lu Yin was curious. "What kind of person is Bai Xian 'er?
Can you tell me more about her?
I've only heard of her legends. "
Bai Weiwei found it strange. "Why is Sir so curious about her?"
Lu Yin smiled. "Isn't there someone who isn't curious about Bai Xian 'er?"
Bai Weiwei thought about it and agreed. Although Bai Xian 'er had never appeared before, she was a legend in the Cosmic Tree Realm. Even if no one mentioned her, no one would forget that she was the brightest star in the Cosmic Tree Realm.
"What does Sir want to know about her?"
Bai Weiwei asked.
Lu Yin shrugged. "I don't know anything about her. I've only heard that her appearance was accompanied by a red flower."
Bai Weiwei said, "I don't know much about her either. Although we call her senior sister, she's even more mysterious than Ancestor Bai. It's impossible for Sir to learn anything from me. However, I've heard that she encountered more than one assassination attempt during her seclusion from the Eternals. When she broke through to the Emissary realm, the Cosmic Tree Realm was vast and mighty, and the Progenitor Realm descended …"
Bai Weiwei didn't know much more than Lu Yin. Lu Yin was most curious about Bai Xian 'er's cultivation. If she wanted to reach the Progenitor Realm, she would have to go through the Emissary and Half-Ancestor realms. However, she had no experience in these realms. How did she cultivate?
Two more days passed until Lu Yin sensed the fluctuations of the Empty Divine Realm's domain.
The Cloudpass Stone vibrated, and Lu Yin glanced at it. "Mission complete. I've caught the culprit." With that, he led Bai Weiwei in the direction of Mr. Tang and the others.
The traitor had fled to the northeast, but he wasn't in Lu Yin's area. Instead, he was in the area where Mr. Tang and Xia Shenguang were.
By the time Lu Yin and Bai Weiwei arrived, the people from the Four Way Scales had also arrived. The two Emissaries from Shenwu Celestial and the Wang Family were both at the third stage of the Origin Calamity. Mr. Tang had also handed over the captured person to them.
Lu Yin looked over and saw that the captured person was an old man who had been severely injured. He was being dragged by the third Origin Tribulation cultivator from Shenwu Plane, and only his back could be seen. There were still bloodstains on the ground that hadn't dried yet.
"Boring. A mere first tribulation," Xia Shenguang said disdainfully.
The third Origin Tribulation cultivator from Shenwu Plane bowed to Xia Shenguang from a distance. The captured person fell to the ground, coughed, and flipped over.
When Lu Yin saw the man's appearance, his pupils shrank, and he fell into a momentary daze. Suddenly, a kind and respectful voice sounded in his ears. "Young Master, you're here again. Did the fall last time hurt?"
"Young Master, this, this is too much. This old servant can't finish it all."
"Young Master, slow down, slow down."
Lu Yin quickly recovered from his daze and stared blankly at the person who had fallen to the ground. It was a haggard old man who looked like he was all skin and bones. His face was deathly pale, and there was a scratch that extended from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose, almost slicing his entire face open.
Lu Yin's pupils dilated as he looked at the face. He knew this person, and he should know him. This person had called him Young Master. He saw an island filled with food, and this person was from the Lu Family. He vaguely saw this person running with him with a kind and doting smile. If he fell, this person would lay on the ground as a cushion to prevent him from falling and being punished. This person would follow him and shelter him from the wind and rain. When he was hungry, this person would do everything in their power to steal food for him.
Lu Yin clenched his fists and watched as the cultivator from Shenwu Plane grabbed the old man's hair and dragged him away. The ground was dyed red with blood.
"Mister Hao Yu, let's go. Mister Zheng and the others have returned to the academy, and the Dean has left as well," Mister Tang said.
Lu Yin released his grip and nodded. "Let's go."
The cultivators from Shenwu Plane and the Wang Family left with the old man while the instructors and students from Yi Xian Academy also returned.
It seemed peaceful.
However, a pair of golden eyes appeared and looked in the direction that the cultivators from Shenwu Plane and the Wang Family had left.
Not long after, at the border of the Yi Xian District, a figure appeared just as the cultivators from Shenwu Plane and the Wang Family were about to take the old man away. A terrifying pressure swept over the two, and they grabbed the old man. Suddenly, another figure appeared and tore through the void. The moment he appeared, the wind and clouds churned, and an indescribable pressure caused the entire Yi Xian District to darken.
Dean Wen looked up. That old thing had still come.
The first figure looked at the person who had appeared in horror and said hoarsely, "Half-Ancestor?"
Another old man appeared in the void, and it was a Half-Ancestor from a side branch of the Xia Family, Xia Ziheng.
"So, you really did find something. Let's see where you can run to." Xia Ziheng raised his hand and grabbed at the figure.
The figure was Tong Yu. Lu Yin had contacted her the moment he had seen the old man, telling her to intercept him. He would not allow the old man to be taken away, and it seemed that things would not end well for him.
With Tong Yu's strength, she did not even need to take action against a cultivator with three Origin Tribulations. Who would have thought that there would be a Half-Ancestor hiding in the dark?
Tong Yu despaired. This was a Half-Ancestor, and it was over.
All of a sudden, a strange laugh rang out. "Isn't this Xia Ziheng? Old man, long time no see! Hahahaha!" Kui Luo had arrived, and his spiritual energy swept out toward Xia Ziheng without restraint.
Xia Ziheng's expression changed, and he was forced to retreat in the face of Kui Luo's spiritual force. He was only a side branch Half-Ancestor, and the difference between him and a peak Half-Ancestor like Kui Luo was too great.
"You're Kui Luo?"
Xia Ziheng cried out.
Kui Luo walked out and looked at Xia Ziheng with a strange smile. "How nostalgic. I see you again. I still remember how you were forced to drink horse piss by Lu Qi. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
"Shut up!" roared Xia Ziheng. Countless blades swept out, wrapping around Kui Luo. This was his inner world, and he could use his blades as a cage to trap beasts. Anyone caught within would be cut into a thousand pieces.
"Oh, not bad." Kui Luo's spiritual force exploded once more, and it seemed to solidify as it forcefully shattered the blades. "Let's see if you can make the leap." Xia Ziheng's vision changed as he saw the waterfall and the Dragon's Gate Realm.
The number of Half-Ancestors in the Astral Tree Realm far exceeded that of the Fifth Mainland. Even so, there were very few who could reach Kui Luo's level. Kui Luo was strong enough to fight against the Heaven's Gate Master from the era of the Above Sky Sect. His spiritual force had been strengthened by the Lu family's ancestral scripture, and after countless years, he had completely transformed. Otherwise, he would not have reached his current level of strength.
Even Xia Yingxiong, a direct Half-Ancestor, was no match for Kui Luo, let alone Xia Ziheng, a side branch Half-Ancestor.
Above the Dragon's Gate Realm, Kui Luo looked down at Xia Ziheng as if he was looking at an ant.
The blades around Xia Ziheng transformed into a storm, and his inner world was filled with endless blade light. He tried to go against the flow and leap out of the Dragon's Gate Realm, but he could not get close. He was suppressed by Kui Luo from beginning to end, and the astral source in his body was constantly being drained away.
He raised his hand high, and countless blades gathered in his inner world. Divine Martial Force surged out, solidifying and covering the blades as he slashed out.