He looked around and saw that only one was bright, and its brightness was just right for him. He didn't hesitate to merge with it.
Was this the Central Flatsea?
The person that Lu Yin had merged with was currently at the bottom of the Central Flatsea, but this wasn't the Central Flatsea, but rather the Mortal Realm.
The Central Flatsea connected the Central Flatsea to the Mortal Realm, and as the memories flooded in, Lu Yin realized that he was in the Mortal Realm's Central Flatsea. The person that he had merged with was an island master of this region, known as Island Master Rong.
Lu Yin had merged with someone else to check on the Four Way Scales' handling of the Star Alliance, but Island Master Rong hadn't left this region for a very long time. He had no news of the outside world, so he couldn't get any information from the Four Way Scales.
Just as Lu Yin was about to withdraw, he suddenly saw something new in Island Master Rong's memories.
This person hadn't stayed in this region of the sea willingly; he had been forced to do so by the Lu family. Not only had the Lu family forced him, but they had also forced many Envoys to enter the Central Flatsea to protect the waterways that led directly to the Mother Tree's roots.
When Lu Yin had accompanied Bai Weiwei to the Central Flatsea, he had talked to Mr. Bai and learned that there were many creatures in the Central Flatsea that could touch the Mother Tree's roots. This meant that the Central Flatsea could lead directly to the Mother Tree's roots.
If those creatures could touch them, then so could humans, as long as they could find the path.
Over the countless years since the birth of the Cosmic Tree, the Eternals had tried their best to contaminate the roots and find ways to get close to them. Humans had also tried their best to block these paths, and over time, a hundred thousand waterways had been formed.
A hundred thousand waterways meant that there were a hundred thousand underwater paths that led directly to the Mother Tree's roots. The Lu family had built islands around each waterway, some large and some small, depending on the size of the waterway. The island that Island Master Rong was guarding was one of the largest; after all, his cultivation had reached six Origin Tribulations.
There were a hundred thousand waterways that connected the Central Flatsea and the Mortal Realm. Lu Yin hadn't known about this before, but from Island Master Rong's memories, he was surprised to find that no one else besides the Lu family knew about this.
More accurately, no one had ever been able to locate the Hundred Thousand Waterways. This was because the Eternals had once sent a large number of redbacks to attack the waterways in an attempt to contaminate the Mother Tree's roots with their poison. The Lu family had gone to great lengths to stop the Eternals from attacking again. Furthermore, the Lu family knew that the Eternals were constantly researching poisons. Perhaps it was for the sake of the Mother Tree, so the Lu family had paid a huge price to set up a sourcebox array.
Island Master Rong did not know the origin of this sourcebox array. All he knew was that after setting up the array, their 100,000 waterways had disappeared. They had not truly disappeared, but rather had been concealed by the sourcebox array so that no one could see them or approach them.
The Hundred Thousand Waterways still existed, but no one could come into contact with them, except for the Lu family.
Even powerful organizations like the Frozen Immortal Sect and Divine Martial Planet believed that the Hundred Thousand Water Tribe had perished together with the redbacks who had attacked the mother tree's roots after the Lu family had finished setting up their sourcebox array. They had no idea that the Hundred Thousand Water Tribe had simply hidden themselves.
The Lu family had not intentionally concealed the existence of the Hundred Thousand Waterways. After all, there were too many redbacks in the Cosmic Tree, and they did not want the Eternals to know about it. As a result, the Four Way Scales still did not know about the existence of the Hundred Thousand Waterways.
Of course, there were undercurrents at the bottom of the sea, and new waterways that connected to the Mother Tree's roots could appear at any time. Island Master Rong did not know about this, but Mr. White had been able to tell him that creatures could approach the roots.
The Four Way Scales and the Eternals believed that there were no longer just 100,000 waterways. There might have been 110,000 or even 120,000 waterways, but the Four Way Scales and the Eternals believed that there were only 10,000 or 20,000 waterways left. The 100,000 waterways had completely disappeared.
Lu Yin looked up. The bottom of the sea was dim, but there was a light that occasionally flickered.
Beneath his feet was an island that had sealed off the waterways that connected to the Mother Tree's roots. The island was surrounded by a bubble that prevented him from leaving, and neither the seawater nor the underwater creatures from entering.
The Hundred Thousand Waterways were not the only ones that had disappeared. The cultivators who had been forced by the Lu family to protect the waterways had also disappeared. There were at least 100,000 cultivators, and although not all of them were Emissaries, they were at least Enlighters. Only cultivators above that were qualified to protect the waterways.
Through Island Master Rong's memories, Lu Yin knew that although the Lu family had forced them, they had also promised that they would be allowed to leave after a certain number of years of guarding the waterways. Furthermore, the Lu family would provide all of their cultivation resources while they were guarding the waterways, which was basically a deal.
Since the Lu family had been exiled, had any of the Hundred Thousand Waterways Guardians broken through to become an Emissary?
Had any of them died?
Lu Yin did not know, and they could not see each other.
Island Master Rong's memories stopped at the deal he had made with the Lu family a long time ago. Before that, he had been cultivating in the Cosmic Tree, but Lu Yin was not interested in those things. He was only interested in the Lu family cultivator who had made the deal with Island Master Rong. That person was called Lu Qi, and his father was Lu Qi.
After withdrawing from the fusion, Lu Yin's consciousness returned to his body. 100,000 waterways meant 100,000 cultivators who had reached an agreement with the Lu family. 100,000 cultivators that the Four Way Scales did not know how many of them were Emissaries?
How many Enlighters were there?
This was a huge force, but it might not be used by Lu Yin. These people did not belong to the Lu family, and they had only made deals with them.
They still did not know that the Lu family had been exiled. If Lu Yin had not coincidentally merged with Island Master Rong's body, these people would never have been able to leave and would have died of old age in the Midland Sea.
In that case, should he bring them out?
If he did, then the Hundred Thousand Waterways would be exposed. The Lu family had originally ordered them to guard the waterways in order to prevent the Eternals from destroying the mother tree's roots. Unless there was a way to bring them out without destroying the sourcebox array.
Lu Yin suddenly thought of something. If the Lu family could set up a sourcebox array to conceal the Hundred Thousand Waterways, then why had they left them inside the array?
Unless the sourcebox array could be destroyed.
If he brought them out, then he would have to find a way to seal the Hundred Thousand Waterways. Every single one of them was a pit. Lu Yin thought about it and decided to set them aside for the time being. These people could not be touched.
He raised his hand and rolled one more time. Lu Yin shook his head. He would have to rest for another ten days.
There was still a month before he could bring the students out for training. He could roll twelve more times, but how many times would he be able to roll Enhance?
The chances were not high.
Ten days passed, and Lu Yin raised his hand and looked at his die. He hoped that he would roll Enhance so that he could integrate it into someone useful.
As he thought about it, he rolled one finger.
He hadn't rolled a six the first time, second time, or third time, and he didn't have much hope for the fourth time either. Up until now, he hadn't rolled a four. Four was a common roll, and this fourth time, he had the highest chance of rolling a four.
Fortunately, his luck was not too bad, and he actually rolled Enhance on his fourth roll.
Lu Yin grew excited when he saw the number, and his consciousness immediately appeared in the dark space. This time, he saw many bright balls of light, and some of them even made him want to merge.
They were too bright, like the sun. There were also some balls of light that were just right for him.
Lu Yin looked at them and finally decided to merge with a very bright ball of light.
This ball of light was not as bright as the brightest one that could illuminate the darkness, but it was still slightly different from the one that was suitable for him. It was brighter, and he did not know if he would be able to merge with it. He had to at least give it a try. This kind of brightness was probably equivalent to a cultivator at the seventh or eighth stage of Origin Tribulation.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Corpse Kings everywhere.
Lu Yin's expression changed. Corpse Kings?
The sky was dusky, and there were only broken walls left in the city. Countless Corpse Kings roamed the streets without consciousness, and occasionally, a few shadows would pass by. They were also Corpse Kings.
Lu Yin watched quietly as his memories flooded into his mind. He knew that this place belonged to a pond civilization, which was similar to the Bei family's pond civilization when he had come to the Cosmic Tree. The only difference was that the humans that had been nurtured here had become Corpse Kings, and the families that belonged to the pond civilization had been controlled by spies, turning this place into a place where the Corpse Kings developed and hid.
This was not a rare situation, as the pond civilization was not under the jurisdiction of the Cosmic Tree. It belonged to a certain family or even a certain person. Once that person was controlled by the Eternals, the pond civilization would change.
Generally speaking, it was unlikely for a powerful Corpse King to appear in a pond civilization, and Lu Yin had not expected to encounter one.
The Corpse King that he had merged with had absolute power, and it was at least at the seventh stage of Origin Tribulation. Lu Yin could feel how tyrannical its body was.
This Corpse King had been hiding in the pond civilization for nearly a thousand years, waiting for something.
Lu Yin could not glean any more information from the Corpse King's memories, so he looked up and controlled his body to charge out. The only thing he could do was expose this Corpse King and attract the Four Way Scales to eradicate this family that had been controlled by spies, as well as this pond civilization that was filled with Corpse Kings.
The Corpse King charged out of the pond, and outside, many people were shocked. "M-Monster!"
"Eternal Corpse King, attack!"
The family fell into chaos, and the family head was shocked. Not good, why did it come out?
News of the Corpse King's appearance spread as quickly as possible, and many cultivators in the vicinity attacked. However, the Corpse King that Lu Yin had merged with had a high cultivation, and the strongest of these cultivators was only an Enlighter. This was also why the spies could easily control this place, so how could they pose a threat to a seventh stage Corpse King?
Fortunately, the Corpse King was under Lu Yin's control, and as long as Lu Yin did not attack, these people would not be harmed.
However, he could not keep merging with the Corpse King's body, and the closest place to this place was the Farmer's Clan. Lu Yin controlled the Corpse King to charge in that direction, as he wanted to commit suicide.
The Central Realm was too large, and even a Half-Ancestor would need some time to cross over. Fortunately, the Farmer's Clan was not too far away, and the spy that controlled the family wanted to hide under cover. As expected, no one discovered him, but this also made things easier for Lu Yin, as he did not have to spend too much time merging with the Corpse King.
He controlled the Corpse King's body and quickly saw the Seed Garden. His eyes trembled as he charged forward.
Attacking the Farmer's Clan with a seventh stage Origin Tribulation cultivation was tantamount to suicide. The Farmer's Clan was a colossus in the Central Realm, and when the Lu family was still around, it had been as famous as the Frigid Immortal Sect and Shenwu Plane. After the Lu family had been exiled, countless families that were close to the Lu family had been destroyed. Only the Farmer's Clan and the Liu family had remained unscathed because of their strength.
Even a Half-Ancestor would not dare to attack the Farmer's Clan, let alone a seventh stage Origin tribulation cultivator.