This was a shocking day for many of the Farmer's family members. In the fields, many of them saw a Corpse King charging towards them with a murderous aura. Many of them paled in fright. Attacking the Farmer's family was not a suicidal move; it was a sign that the Corpse King was a Progenitor.
It wasn't just them; even Nong Ya had the same thought. He stared at the charging Corpse King and clenched his fists, immediately contacting the ancestor.
In the fields, Nong Sanniang and Nong Lie stared blankly.
Then, a green leaf emerged from the ground and streaked across the sky like an autumn breeze, wrapping around the Corpse King.
Lu Yin wanted to feel the Farmer's family's strength, so he punched out. His fist landed on the green leaf, but there was no reaction. There wasn't even a scratch on the leaf, but the Corpse King that he had fused with was tightly bound. First its muscles, then its bones, and then its organs.
After a moment of darkness, Lu Yin's consciousness returned to his body. The black-and-white mark in his chest trembled and grew slightly larger. He felt death once more, but this time, it was from the Farmer's family.
A single leaf had instantly killed a Corpse King at seven Origin Tribulation without any resistance. This was the Farmer's family's strength.
It wasn't just a Corpse King; perhaps even a Half-Ancestor wouldn't be able to resist that leaf.
Lu Yin didn't dare to underestimate the behemoths of the Cosmic Tree. If the Farmer's family could do it, then so could the Four Way Scales.
He rejoiced once more that he had Kui Luo and the Seven Skygods' help in escaping Dragon Mountain. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape.
At the same time, far away in the seed garden, countless people stared blankly as the leaf returned to the ground. Nothing was left behind, and the green leaf grew even greener.
Nong Lie blinked. What was the meaning of this?
"Sis, did I see wrongly?
A Corpse King just charged over, right? "
Nong Sanniang pursed her lips. "Yes."
"It was instantly killed?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
Nong Sanniang was speechless. "How would I know?" She removed the towel from her head and wiped the sweat off her face. "Ridiculous."
No one could understand why a Corpse King had charged into the seed garden with all its might.
Nong Ya's face grew solemn. No, Corpse Kings didn't have emotions, which meant that they weren't courting death.... There had to be a reason why a Corpse King with a high cultivation would come to the seed garden.
What was the reason?
Could this be a sign?
The Eternals were attacking the Farmer's family?
Also, where did this Corpse King come from?
At this time, he received a report that the Corpse King came from a pond civilization of a nearby family. He immediately gave the order to wipe out that family and eradicate the pond civilization.
It was getting weirder and weirder. Since he was hiding it, why did he deliberately expose it?
Nong Ya couldn't understand. The farmers couldn't understand. When news of this spread to the Four Directions Balance, the Four Directions Balance didn't understand either.
They just felt that there were more and more strange things happening recently.
Back at Yi Xian Academy, Lu Yin looked at his cosmic ring with a pained expression, as it had actually consumed more than 60 billion star essence. That was more than 60 billion star essence, not just 600 million.
This was the cost of forcibly fusing with the body of a peerless expert. Not only that, he had also controlled the Corpse King to go to the seed garden, which had delayed him a little. That was why he had consumed so much.
No matter how one looked at it, using up so much energy was heart-wrenching.
Forget it. I'll just consider it a contribution to the human race. After all, I've dug out a spy and a zombie king. It's a reminder to the Starry Sky of Trees that the Eternals can use this method to hide.
He didn't get 6 o 'clock for the fourth time. As expected, he had to rest for another ten days.
A few days later, Nong Siniang came to ask for Lu Yin's help in lockbreaking, and he helped her the most.
"Sir, a lot of strange things have happened recently. Do you know about them?"
Nong Siniang asked as she watched Lu Yin lockbreak.
Lu Yin was currently only unlocking a Perceptive Intermediate sourcebox, so he could divert his attention to speak. "What strange things?"
"The four leaders of the Four Directions Balance have all gone missing," Nong Siniang said.
Lu Yin was astonished. "All of them?
Wasn't Xia Xing the only one who went missing? "
"Not only that, but Xia Xing was the first to go missing, followed by Bai Teng, and then Wang Zheng and Long Ke. Serves them right. I don't know who did it, but as long as it wasn't those Eternals, we'll be happy," Nong Siniang said nonchalantly.
Lu Yin said, "Even the sect leader of the Four Directions Balance has gone missing. It's getting more and more chaotic, and I was about to bring you all out for training. Fortunately, the Food God was there, or else it would have been very dangerous. Is your family alright? Your Farmer's family isn't any weaker than the Four Directions Balance. If Xia Xing and the others were attacked by those Eternals, then your family should be careful as well."
"Sir's guess is accurate. Something happened to my family as well," Nong Siniang said solemnly.
Lu Yin pretended to be surprised. "What happened?"
Nong Siniang bit her lip. "I don't know how to put it, but an Eternals monster charged into our family as if it was seeking death, but it was crushed to death by the Fallen Leaf Boundary left behind by our ancestor. It's very strange, and the Four Directions Balance has sent people to investigate. I'm guessing that the Eternals will make their next move."
"The Liu family is very nervous now, and they've called back all their outer disciples."
Lu Yin sighed. "That's really strange. That's your Farmer's Seed Garden, and a monster dared to charge in. It's really seeking death."
"Because of that monster, our Farmer's Farmer's Family found many Corpse Kings hidden in the pond civilization. It caused quite a commotion, and I'm guessing that the Four Directions Balance will definitely clean up the pond civilizations controlled by the various sects and put them under surveillance. This might cause a commotion," Nong Siniang murmured.
The speaker did not mean it, but the listener did. The Pond Civilization was a very common civilization in the Starry Sky of the Tree of Trees, but it was a secret civilization that was rarely disclosed to the outside world. Any family or faction that had an Emissary would nurture a Pond Civilization, providing death warriors, guards, and even more unspeakable uses for the family. Once this was monitored by the Four Way Scales, the impact on these families and sects would be huge.
This was equivalent to tearing off some people's extravagant outer garments, and what they wore underneath would be obvious.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. This was not a simple matter. Yi Xian Academy did not nurture a pond civilization, but the Seed Garden definitely had one, and so did the Liu family. These two families would not have it easy, and then there were the families and organizations with six or seven Tribulation Ascendants. If the Four Directions Balance really did this, it would cause a huge impact on the Cosmic Tree Realm.
However, this was a good thing.
If Lu Yin took control of the Cosmic Tree Realm, he would also release the pond civilizations. How could humans raise humans in captivity? It was no different from raising animals in captivity. The people in the pond civilizations were basically at the mercy of those families and sects, and it was too tragic. If the Four Directions Balance really did this, it would be a good thing.
"Does your Seed Garden have a pond civilization?"
Lu Yin asked casually.
Nong Siniang nodded. "Yes, it's very large.
There are countless people in one piece, and as long as their cultivation reaches a certain level, they can break free from the pond civilizations and join my Seed Garden. They'll be treated the same as other cultivators, and our School of Agriculture isn't as cruel to them as the other families. "
Wasn't that cruel?
Those people had cultivated with all their might and finally managed to break free from a low-level civilization. They had thought that they would enter a more perfect world, but when they came out, they found out that they would only become servants.
The School of Agriculture believed that they treated them very well and were very fair, but this was only fairness in the context of the Cosmic Tree Realm. It was a superficial fairness, but once one left the Cosmic Tree Realm, one could see how pitiful those people were. Anyone from the Fifth Mainland who heard about the pond civilizations would understand this, but the School of Agriculture did not.
This pond civilization was a tumor of the Cosmic Tree Realm, and Lu Yin hoped that the Four Directions Balance could do something good and remove this tumor.
Not long after, Lu Yin finished unlocking the sourcebox and obtained a weapon. It could be considered a power vessel, but it did not have much power. It had been too long, and it had long since decayed. Nong Siniang broke it with a single touch, and it was completely useless.
Nong Siniang was not disappointed. "Sir, there are only a dozen or so days left before the training begins. Mr. Tang has been helping us during this time. When will you be going?"
"Let's wait a few more days," Lu Yin replied.
She did not disturb him and left.
Two more days passed, and Wu Taibai came over. He said that it was a pity that he would not be able to lead the team with Lu Yin, but he did not complain about Liu Que.
Mr. Zheng also came over once to remind Lu Yin to protect Yi Xian Academy's reputation. After all, this was the first time that the academy had come into direct contact with the Four Directions Balance after the Lu family had been exiled. The academy's top geniuses belonged to the Four Directions Balance, and they could not possibly side with the academy. The students who truly belonged to the academy could not compare to them.
A few more days passed, and soon, ten days were up. Lu Yin returned to his room and raised his hand. His die appeared, and he continued.
He tapped on it, and his luck was quite good as he immediately got six pips. His consciousness instantly entered that dark space, and he looked around. There was only one bright ball of light around him, and it was even brighter than the Corpse King's.
Lu Yin was tempted when he saw this ball of light. It would be difficult for him to fuse with it, but it also meant that the person fusing with it was at least a seventh tribulation origin cultivator. If it was a cultivator from the Cosmic Tree Realm, then they would be at the peak of humanity, second only to Progenitors and Half-Ancestors. This was very attractive to Lu Yin.
He no longer hesitated and fused with it. At worst, he would fail and lose some resources. Compared to the benefits of success, such losses were nothing.
Whether it was in the Cosmic Tree Realm or the Fifth Mainland, no one had ever consumed star essence as quickly as Lu Yin had. More importantly, no one knew where he was using it.
Lu Yin's consciousness fused with the ball of light, and he felt a wave of dizziness. This was the result of forcefully fusing with it, but fortunately, he had succeeded.
Lu Yin suddenly opened his eyes and saw the familiar battlefield behind him. Beneath his feet was the Mother Tree, and he was currently on the Mother Tree. The person who had fused with him was actually Celestial Master Qiuling.
She was the first Origin Heavenly Master that Lu Yin had met in the Cosmic Tree Realm. Back then, the White Dragon Clan had requested to take Lu Yin in as a disciple under the alias of Draconic Seven. She had taken the test at Dragon Mountain, and that had been the first time Lu Yin had come into contact with a stable game called Square, which had made him famous throughout the universe.
That game had left a deep impression on Lu Yin, and he now had a clearer understanding of an Origin Heavenly Master's abilities.
He had never thought that he would be able to fuse with an Origin Heavenly Master.