Xia Shenfei's vision was hazy from drinking too much. "The Memory District isn't that far from the Azure District."
Xia Xing was surprised. "You suspect him as well?"
Xia Shenfei burped. "If what you said before is true, with the Frigid Immortal Sect's help, what can't we do?"
"That's why we need evidence. After all, the Frigid Immortal Sect is involved," Xia Xing said.
Xia Shenfei's eyes twinkled. "The Frigid Immortal Sect has been wanting to replace the Lu Clan for a long time. I'm actually more interested in Yu Hao. Celestial Master Gu Yan spent dozens of years cultivating someone like him. Interesting."
"Are you sure he is Yu Hao?"
Xia Xing looked at Xia Ziheng.
Xia Ziheng said, "There are no traces of disguise, so it's definitely him. We've investigated everything he's done since he arrived in Jade City, and it all fits the logic of Yu Hao's actions."
Xia Shenfei shrugged. The logic behind one's actions could be changed, but it was impossible to change one's appearance in front of a Half Martial Ancestor unless the other party's strength was on par with a Half Martial Ancestor. If that was the case, why would he disguise himself as Yu Hao?
Was this person really Yu Hao?
He was getting more and more curious.
In the Memory District, not far from the academy, Lu Yin met up with Yu Chuan and then found a place to begin his seclusion.
Raising his hand, the die appeared in his hand. Flicking his finger, the die began to spin slowly before coming to a stop.
He looked at the two screens, but he didn't plan on upgrading them.
Lu Yin had taken some time to upgrade the Styx to the level of a half-step Ancestor, which had consumed close to 40 billion star essence. After upgrading the Styx, Lu Yin had asked Kui Luo to send it to the Azure District, and they had agreed on a location to hand it over to Unbounded.
Right now, Lu Yin only had a little more than 160 billion star essence on him. Although this seemed like a lot, it was not enough at all. At his current level, upgrading any foreign object that he wanted to use would cost him tens of billions of star essence. How many times could he upgrade it?
Every time he felt like he didn't have enough money to spend, he would think of Junior Progenitor Planet. Right, the Food God was in Ancestral Gazing Restaurant, and Ancestral Gazing Restaurant was right beside Junior Progenitor Planet. With his status as a teacher of Yi Xian Academy, he was qualified to visit Ancestral Gazing Restaurant to meet the Food God. Did that mean that he could plunder Junior Progenitor Planet?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He suppressed this thought and rolled the die again.
The die slowly came to a stop. Four pips. It was very smooth and within his expectations. Four pips was very easy to roll.
After entering the Time Stop Space, Lu Yin took out Mount Supreme and looked for Xia Xing.
In order to prevent Xia Xing from causing trouble in Mount Supreme after recovering her strength, he asked the Fog Ancestor to seal Xia Xing's surroundings. Even if Xia Xing was at her peak, she wouldn't be able to move. The people in Mount Supreme could only see a cloud of mist, but not Xia Xing.
Xia Xing appeared in front of Lu Yin as the mist slowly dissipated.
It had been more than half a month since the Boundless Realm ambush. Xia Xing had been trapped. Although she could not move, her injuries were much better.
When the fog dissipated and Xia Xing saw Lu Yin, he suddenly attacked. His blade was wrapped in Divine Martial Qi, and this was the strongest attack he could unleash. He activated the Divine Martial Transformation just as the blade was about to reach Lu Yin, making it even more terrifying.
Lu Yin's lips curled up, and he slowly raised his hand. In an instant, the stars in the sky flickered as Xia Xing's blade pierced through them. First, the Divine Martial's astral energy dissipated, and then the blade warped and shattered. By the time Xia Xing's blade had completely landed, he stared blankly at his hand. The blade was gone, and all of the power he had unleashed had vanished.
Only the hilt was left in his hand, like a child's toy.
He stared at Lu Yin in disbelief, and the same shock struck him again. No, it was even more shocking than the last time.
Half a month ago, Lu Yin had suppressed his Divine Martial Qi with a single hand. Xia Xing had been thinking about that scene over the past few days, unwilling to believe that the Xia family's Divine Martial Qi could be so easily suppressed. That was why he had attacked the moment he appeared. Not only did he want to escape, but he also wanted to verify that scene. He would rather it had been an illusion.
However, the result was even more unacceptable to him. The combination of the Divine Martial Change and the strongest blade will of the Xia Clan could not even touch this young man. His strength had easily dissolved the Divine Martial Chi Shield. What kind of power could be so terrifying?
Even the Lu family didn't have this kind of power.
"You're Lu Xiaoxuan?
What did you do? "
Xia Xing was shocked.
Lu Yin had already returned to his original appearance, and he calmly looked at Xia Xing. "It's nothing. Your power can't touch me."
Xia Xing's eyes narrowed. This casual statement was equivalent to denying the Xia family's countless years of foundation.
The Divine Martial Qi couldn't even touch this person?
Lu Yin smiled. Xia Xing?
No, even Wang Si, who had fallen to the peak of the Emissary level, had been dispelled. Xia Xing's heart had been in chaos due to the Progenitor's Sword, but it had been reorganized after he had comprehended the Sirius Art. It was so terrifying that even he couldn't comprehend it.
Not to mention the Divine Martial Gang Energy, even the Sixth Mainland's Jialan Clan, which was as famous as the Lu Clan, could be destroyed. What could a mere Divine Martial Gang Energy do?
"Impossible, my Xia family's Divine Martial Qi is domineering and invincible. How can it not touch you?" Xia Xing shouted, throwing away the hilt and slamming his palm towards Lu Yin.
Lu Yin didn't move from his spot. Xia Xing's palm landed on his heart, but it was powerless. The Sirius stars manifested in Lu Yin's heart had completely dispelled the attack.
Xia Xing saw the specks of stars around him, and he saw a new universe. Was this an inner world?
"You're a Half-Ancestor?"
Xia Xing gasped.
Lu Yin's eyes trembled, and his index finger landed on Xia Xing's forehead. "Family Head Xia, the difference between us is like night and day." An invisible force sent Xia Xing flying. His brain shook, and the world spun around him. His mind went blank, and he couldn't remember anything. Only when he landed on the ground did he regain his senses. He spat out a mouthful of blood and bent over.
The person that Lu Yin had once looked up to was now sprawled on the ground like a dead dog.
The master of the Four Cardinal Scales could be destroyed at any time.
He really wanted to go all out and lead the Fifth Mainland to sweep through the Astral Trees, but that would be like a moth flying into a flame. The Four Cardinal Scales had a Progenitor, and even if he had the ability to deal with the Four Cardinal Scales, he still had to take the Everlasting Race into consideration.
A person couldn't do whatever they wanted in life. There were things that needed to be taken care of, and there were also things that needed to be protected.
Xia Xing panted heavily and propped himself up. The world in front of him was still spinning, and he couldn't see Lu Yin's figure clearly.
"Lu Xiaoxuan, you can't be a Half-Ancestor. You must have grasped an unimaginable power. This is the power that the Lu family left behind for you," Xia Xing guessed as he stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin met his gaze. "Are you a clone or a main body?"
Xia Xing's eyes flashed. "I am me. My nine clones have long since become one."
Lu Yin shook his head. "No, you're a clone."
Xia Xing's expression didn't change. "Why did you capture me?
To avenge the Lu family?
That has nothing to do with me. With my strength, I can't decide to banish the Lu family. "
"I want to know a quarter of the restrictions that your Xia family controls," Lu Yin said slowly, not bothering to beat around the bush.
Xia Xing's eyes narrowed. "You want to save the Star Alliance?"
Lu Yin didn't reply.
Xia Xing's tone was gloomy. "How do you know that there are restrictions in the Star Alliance's bodies?
You also know that there are restrictions in the Four Cardinal Scales. How did you get here? How's the expeditionary army? "
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and a small person appeared on his shoulder. It was the Candle God.
Xia Xing looked on in confusion.
The next moment, his skin started to degenerate, or rather, it disappeared. An intense pain swept through his entire body.
Lu Yin had used the True Scripture of Eon Flow's rune lines to erase Xia Xing's existence, but he had borrowed the Candle God's strength. The Candle God's rune lines were comparable to a Half-Ancestor's, and that was enough to completely erase Xia Xing's existence.
Xia Xing clenched his teeth as he watched his skin disappearing, revealing his flesh and blood. The fear of being disappearing corroded his heart. This was a completely different experience from dying in battle. It was a feeling of despair that was akin to falling into hell.
He didn't understand what kind of power this was, as he had been born in the Cosmic Tree Realm and had never experienced the Daosource Sect's era.
"I'm asking you, not the other way around," Lu Yin said as he stared coldly at Xia Xing.
Xia Xing crouched down and endured the pain. "Since you've guessed that I'm a clone, then you know that I'm not afraid of death. So what if I die? It's impossible for you to obtain the restrictions."
When Lu Yin had guessed that Xia Xing was just a clone, he knew that he wouldn't be able to learn the restrictions through interrogation. These clones weren't afraid of death, unless they wanted to replace the main body like Xia Luo.
Even now, Lu Yin still didn't understand the nine clones, and he didn't understand the relationship between the main body and the clones. Thus, he couldn't take the initiative against Xia Xing. Fortunately, he still had something that he could try.
"Actually, I really hope that you're the main body, but unfortunately, you're not," Lu Yin said as he took out a bottle from his cosmic ring. "This is Progenitor Chen's blood."
Xia Xing's eyes widened, as if he had just heard the most shocking thing in the world. "Progenitor Chen's blood?"
Lu Yin opened the bottle. "Feel it."
The moment the bottle was opened, an ancient and domineering pressure appeared, causing the entire Time Stop space to become filled with a stifling pressure.
Even though Lu Yin had been prepared for this, when he directly faced Progenitor Chen's blood, he was still dazed for a moment. It was as if he had seen a giant standing in the heavens, invincible.
Progenitor Chen's blood had come from Ku Wei, who had absorbed Progenitor Chen's blood from the tomb guardian giant's blood pool to become a giant. Lu Yin had used Progenitor Chen's blood to increase his strength by three pips. This blood was equivalent to one of Progenitor Chen's nine clones. The giant's blood was the same as Progenitor Chen's when Hell Overlord Kun Ze had awakened.
The pressure from Progenitor Chen's blood caused Xia Xing to cough up blood, but that wasn't what he was most concerned about. The moment he approached the blood, he felt that it was of the same origin.
Progenitor Chen and Xia Xing were both from the Xia family, and their bloodlines were the same. Even though they belonged to different branches, Progenitor Chen had cultivated to the Progenitor realm, and his bloodline was closer to the Xia family's oldest Progenitor than the main branch. This meant that Progenitor Chen was also a direct descendant.
Xia Xing was also a direct descendant.