Dean Wen left to give Lu Yin and Yu Chuan some privacy.
Once everyone else left, the two dropped their pretenses.
"What happened to Lil Hao?"
Yu Chuan asked.
Lu Yin solemnly replied, "He committed suicide decades ago."
Yu Chuan closed his eyes in grief. "It's all my fault. I thought I was smart, and I thought I could fool the Four Cardinal Scales by pretending to be injured. But in the end, my Yu family's bloodline ended, and I became the laughingstock of the entire Starry Sky Trees. It's all my fault."
Lu Yin consoled him. "No one would have thought that the Four Cardinal Scales would be so ruthless as to use such a method against the Yu family."
Yu Chuan was bitter, but then he looked at Lu Yin suspiciously. "Then who are you?
Why are you doing this? "
Lu Yin thought about it but didn't know how to answer.
"If you don't want to say it, then forget it. There's no point. The Yu family is already the biggest laughingstock, and there's nothing worse than that. No matter what your goal is, be careful of Shenwu Planet. Everyone in the Alliance has been sealed, and only the Four Cardinal Scales can remove it," Yu Chuan reminded him.
Lu Yin watched Yu Chuan leave. Yu Chuan would be staying close to Yixian Academy to make it easier for them to meet.
Even if they both knew, they still had to keep up the act.
Sometimes, Lu Yin really didn't understand why the Four Cardinal Scales would use the seal to control the Alliance. Many of these people had seen through life and death, and the seal might not be able to restrain them. They were only alive because they wanted to do something, such as die on the battlefield or atone for their crimes.
The seal was nothing more than prison clothes for some people.
On the other side, Xia Ziheng returned to Shenwu Planet and tried several times. The next day, he finally contacted the Xia family's ancestor, Xia Shenji.
He reported everything that had happened during this time to Xia Shenji, and in the end, he made a guess. "If all of this is true, then not only did the Cold Immortal Sect use Bai Weiwei to rope in Yu Hao and Celestial Master Gu Yan, but they also secretly want to obtain the other three sects' restrictions on the Star Alliance. They want to obtain Celestial Master Gu Yan and the Star Alliance at the same time.
"If Bai Weiwei hadn't been so obvious, and if Xia Yan hadn't known about Celestial Master Gu Yan's change in attitude towards the Cold Immortal Sect, we would've been kept in the dark. We wouldn't have thought that the Cold Immortal Sect was behind Xia Xing's attack."
After waiting for a long time, Xia Shenji gave the order, "Surround and annihilate the Boundless Realm with full force and determine the mastermind behind the scenes." Regardless of whether Xia Ziheng's speculation was correct or not, if they wanted to make trouble for the Cold Immortal Sect, they needed evidence. Otherwise, the Xia Clan alone would not be able to deal with the Cold Immortal Sect. The other three clans would have to act together.
To a certain extent, Xia Ziheng's conjecture was very close to the truth. Although Xia Shenji was in the Progenitor Realm, his cultivation was stronger than others. It did not mean that he could see through the world. This instruction meant that he believed Xia Ziheng's words.
"What did the Patriarch say?"
A voice came from behind.
Xia Ziheng turned around and looked at the newcomers. "Surround Limitless and find evidence."
The man nodded.
"Still can't feel it?"
Xia Ziheng asked as he looked at the person in front of him. It was Xia Xing.
Xia Xing was the leader of the Divine Martial Sect and also the leader of the Xia Clan, so he naturally knew the Nine Clones Technique. He had always shown his clones to others, and this time, the one that Lu Yin had captured in the Middle Realm was also a clone. His main body had remained in Divine Martial Sect.
Lu Yin had been right to be cautious.
Fortunately, he had not released Xia Xing after capturing him. Otherwise, the main body would have been able to sense where he was, and that would have been dangerous.
"I can't feel it. The person who captured my clone was very careful. My clone is trapped, but it shouldn't be dead. Otherwise, I would have been injured," Xia Xing's main body said.
Xia Ziheng's eyes narrowed. "It was premeditated. Not only did they know where you were, but they also knew that it was a clone. Otherwise, why would they have trapped you?"
"That's right. If it really was the Cold Immortal Sect, then this wouldn't be all they have. Celestial Master Gu Yan and the Star Alliance aren't enough for them to suppress the other three clans. They definitely have other methods," Xia Xing said as he looked in the direction of the Cold Immortal Sect.
…
On the Astral Tree, there was a place in the sky that resembled a paradise. There was no cultivation or war here, and the people here lived on an island surrounded by a giant lake. Although it was called an island, that was only relative to the lake. In reality, the island was very large, and the lake was large enough to nurture a civilization. This place was called Crow Village, and it was a place where fighting and killing did not exist.
In the sky, birds were flying in flocks. On the ground, the people in the village were working hard. It was peaceful. Outside the lake, there was a strange burning horse. It was huge. Every once in a while, it would run from one end of the lake to the other. The fire it brought would come closer and closer. This was the daily routine of the people in Wu Village.
Every time the flaming horse ran a lap, they would experience a day. This had been going on for a very long time, and there was not just one flaming horse. There was a group of them, and they lit up the entire village.
On this day, a group of flaming horses ran to the top of the lake. They stepped on flames and brought light to Crow Village.
In the fields, many people patted their collars to get rid of the smell of sweat. They walked to the fields to drink water, and from time to time, laughter and fighting could be heard.
It was originally a normal day, and to the people of Crow Village, this was the most ordinary day. However, when a figure tore through the void and raised his hand to crush the group of flaming horses into a pool of blood, this day changed, and it became no longer ordinary.
On the ground, in the fields, beside the river, and outside the thatched huts, there was blood everywhere, and there was also the wailing of flaming horses.
In the sky, Xia Ziheng looked down at Crow Village. "Who would have thought that the headquarters of the largest assassin intelligence organization, the Unbounded, would be here? Today, my Shenwu Heaven will remove the Unbounded from the Astral Tree." After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pressed down. The vast Astral Source turned into a mountain and pressed down on the entire island and the surrounding lake. No one could escape.
In Crow Village, the people working stared blankly at the sky, their eyes filled with despair.
Xia Ziheng's hand slammed down. Underground, a pair of gloomy eyes opened, and terrifying auras surged out. Each aura was comparable to an Emissary's, and a few of them were comparable to Xia Xing's.
Xia Ziheng's eyes widened. "You're out. Kneel before me."
"Hiss, Xia Ziheng, how dare you make your grandfather kneel? Have you forgotten how you begged me for mercy?"
An old man laughed strangely, but his expression was extremely solemn.
Someone else shouted as well. It was a young scholar with a feathered fan. "Brother Ziheng, we haven't met in a long time. Now that we've finally met, how can you humiliate us like this?"
Xia Ziheng's Astral Source was blocked by these people, especially the person in the center. His gaze was indescribably cold, and he erupted with the power of a peak Emissary. His Astral Source surged as he tried to suppress Xia Ziheng.
Wu Village instantly turned into smoke and clouds. Around the lake, large black nets covered the sky and covered the sun. Accompanying them were countless killing machines.
This was Unbounded's headquarters.
Xia Ziheng coldly glanced at the crowd. "Quite a few old acquaintances. I thought you were all dead, but I didn't expect you to be hiding in Unbounded. That's fine too. I'll send you all on your way today." After he said that, countless blades tore through the void and the black nets. Unbounded had been confident that it could stop a Half-Martial Ancestor for countless years. Countless blades swept past the lake and returned, forming a birdcage that surrounded the island.
The person with the gloomy eyes gritted his teeth. "Half-Martial Ancestor Ziheng, you destroyed Unbounded, and I have nothing to say. But even if I die, at least let me know how I died. How did you find this place?"
Xia Ziheng looked at the person. "I know you. You're the one who liaises with Unbounded. I didn't expect that a peak Emissary like you would act as a liaison. It seems like this place might not be Unbounded's true headquarters."
The person's expression changed slightly, as he had not expected to be exposed with a single sentence. "I just want to know how this place was exposed."
Xia Ziheng sneered and was not interested in speaking further. The birdcage suddenly disappeared, and everyone on the island turned into a pool of blood that dyed the island and the lake red.
To a Half-Martial Ancestor, these people were too weak. They were not even on the same level as him, so they did not even have a chance to escape from the birdcage.
He had been in a hurry to attack because he was worried that Unbounded's people would destroy the information. He had not come here specifically to deal with Unbounded's assassins. In his eyes, these assassins were just lowly trash. However, these people belonged to Unbounded, so he did not expect to get anything out of them. What he wanted was information and evidence.
After cleaning up everyone, Xia Ziheng had the Divine Martial Sect's cultivators search for information on the island while he landed in a corner of the island. There, someone was flipping through something with great interest.
It was a young man who did not look old. His cultivation was at most a First Tribulation Origin Emissary, but Xia Ziheng did not underestimate him. "This is not Unbounded's headquarters."
"I know," the young man said indifferently.
Xia Ziheng was helpless. "If Xia Xing's clone hadn't gone missing, you wouldn't have been exposed."
The young man raised his head and smiled. "My family has nurtured me. It's time for me to repay them."
Xia Ziheng sighed. "Bai Shaohong, one of the Four Young Ancestors, died, and Wang Su went to the Abandoned Lands. Only you and Long Tian are still here. Fortunately, you had something to do and returned to your family. Otherwise, you would be trapped in the Abandoned Lands as well, Shenfei."
The young man was Xia Shenfei, one of the Four Young Ancestors and a direct descendant of the Xia family. However, he was completely different from the drunkard Xia Shenfei.
No one would have thought that Xia Shenfei, a direct descendant of the Xia family and one of the Four Young Ancestors, would be willing to go undercover in Unbounded.
Xia Shenfei put down his hand. "Unbounded is too cautious. I've been here for more than twenty years and have killed many people for them. My family has also cooperated with me and contributed greatly to Unbounded. Even so, I can only come into contact with this place. Do you know how they issue missions here?"
Xia Ziheng shook his head. "If you say that this is Unbounded, then I'll believe you. There's no need to know how they do things. We don't need evidence when we do things."
Xia Shenfei's lips curled up, and he took out a wine gourd from his cosmic ring. He took a swig and exhaled happily. "I'm addicted to wine, but I've been sober for twenty years. Now that I've taken a sip, it's a different feeling. Haha."
Xia Ziheng looked at Xia Shenfei in admiration. Some people could magnify their desires infinitely and enjoy themselves for the rest of their lives. They were qualified to enjoy themselves, but some people could make their desires disappear in an instant. Xia Shenfei was such a person.