Lu Yin smiled when he saw the Imperial Tutor and the Yao Emperor's shocked expressions. "How would I know that I needed to report this to you?"
"We wouldn't dare. Of course, you can go if you want." Imperial Tutor suppressed his shock and answered.
The Emperor lowered his head, but his eyes flickered. Only a few people in the Astral Beast Domain knew about that place, and most of them were guarding it. Only he and Imperial Tutor Skymender were outside. How did Lu Yin know about it?
Feng Lin and the other astral beasts were puzzled, as they had no idea where the human-shaped sourcebox was hidden. The Emperor and Imperial Tutor were hiding something from them, but how did Lu Yin know?
Lu Yin told the other astral beasts to wait here while he followed Imperial Tutor Skymender and the Emperor to the location of the human-shaped sourcebox.
The Hellwyrm naturally followed. Truthfully, Lu Yin was quite wary of Imperial Tutor Skymender, especially since he had the Book of Destiny.
"Where's your Book of Destiny?"
Lu Yin asked.
Imperial Tutor Skymender respectfully replied, "I left it where I'm staying. My Lady has been attacking me with the power of destiny, so it's inconvenient to have it with me."
"Let me take a look," Lu Yin said. After Imperial Tutor Skymender left, he contacted Starsibyl with a wireless gu and asked her to tell her not to attack.
In the Innerverse, Fate Daughter frowned, as this was a rather uncomfortable feeling. Lu Yin had told her not to attack, and she would not attack. Even during the Above Sky Sect era, ordinary Progenitors would not have been able to order her to do so. She was Fate Daughter, the successor of destiny.
Unfortunately, she had to listen to Lu Yin in this era, or no one would help her.
During the Above Sky Sect era, she could rely on her power as a Fate Daughter to intimidate Progenitors. Now, Lu Yin could easily kill her with Progenitor Chen's power, so she did not want to fight him.
However, the Book of Destiny belonged to destiny, and it could not be controlled by an outsider. Skymender?
This astral beast had to hand over the Book of Destiny.
Lu Yin did not care what Fate Daughter thought; he was the absolute ruler of this region.
Imperial Tutor Skymender carried a huge book over.
Lu Yin looked at it and saw that it was exactly the same as Xiao Shi's book. "Open it."
Imperial Tutor Skymender opened the book and looked at Lu Yin. "Can you see the words?"
Lu Yin shook his head. "What do you mean?"
Imperial Tutor Skymender, "No living being other than me can see the words.
Lu Yin was puzzled. "There's such a thing?"
The Imperial Tutor hurriedly said, "Daozi, if you don't believe me, you can ask the Fate Maiden."
Lu Yin was skeptical. "I'll ask the Fate Maiden. Let me see."
The Imperial Tutor handed the book over to Lu Yin. He wasn't worried that Lu Yin would snatch it away from him. With the current situation, if Lu Yin wanted it, he wouldn't be able to stop him.
Caged Wyrm followed Skymender Imperial Tutor in a certain direction. Lu Yin flipped through the pages on his head, his eyes flickering. He could not see the words, but that did not mean that Xiao Shi could not.
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian didn't know about Xiao Shi's existence. He purposely didn't believe that he couldn't see the words so that he wouldn't be suspicious.
Right now, he knew where the three Books of Fate were. One was here, one was with Xiao Shi, and the last one was with Bai Xianer.
As the successor of Fate, Lady of Fate did not have a single book. Now that she knew about the Heaven Mending Imperial Advisor's book, she would definitely think of a way to steal it.
"State Preceptor, can you give this book to me?"
He kept his head down as he flipped through the pages, not even looking at the Imperial Tutor.
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian's expression did not change. "If you like it, then just take it."
Lu Yin looked at him.
He smiled. "You don't feel bad about it?"
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian smiled. "There's no difference whether it's in your hands or mine. Just take it."
Lu Yin placed the book at his feet. "If that's the case, then it would be impolite for me to refuse."
He had only wanted to test Imperial Tutor Bu Tian and see how the Imperial Tutor would refuse, but the Imperial Tutor Bu Tian had agreed too quickly. It must be because he was sure that Lu Yin couldn't see the words, and there was no point in giving the book to Lu Yin. Wait, if the Imperial Tutor knew about Lady of Fate, then why was he so willing?
Lu Yin looked at Imperial Tutor Bu Tian, suppressing his doubts.
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian's expression did not change, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"It's here," the Imperial Tutor reminded. Lu Yin hurriedly had Caged Wyrm stop and look ahead. His domain spread out, and he sensed a hidden space.
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian stepped forward and arrived in the void. He raised a hand, causing the void to ripple as a dark spatial crack appeared. Lu Yin was not unfamiliar with this crack, as he had seen it when he had first entered the Yin Guai's body. At that time, the Yin Guai and the Sound Guai had come out to kill the astral beasts that had accidentally wandered into this place.
What had left the deepest impression on Lu Yin were the giant statue and the human-shaped sourcebox, as well as the Sound Guai's words. Imperial Tutor Bu Tian had warned them that if this place was exposed, two tribes would be wiped out. The two tribes were the Yin Guai and the Sound Guai.
These two tribes had quite a high status in the Astral Beast Domain, but they would be wiped out just because this place was exposed. One could imagine how important this place was to Imperial Tutor Bu Tian.
"Daozi, please," the Imperial Tutor said respectfully.
Lu Yin frowned, and Imperial Tutor Bu Tian thought that Lu Yin was still worried. He hurriedly stepped into the spatial crack and waited for Lu Yin inside.
Lu Yin was not worried at all. He had only hesitated because Imperial Tutor Bu Tian had been too straightforward. He had thought that Imperial Tutor Bu Tian would create a fake place to fool him, but this place was real. It was the same place that Lu Yin had learned about when he had first entered the Yin Guai's body.
With that in mind, Lu Yin no longer hesitated and stepped into the spatial crack.
There were a total of five Envoy-level astral beasts in the spatial crack, and one of them was the Yin Guai that Lu Yin had merged with.
Aside from these five, Lu Yin also saw many human-shaped sourceboxes. There were so many of them that they filled the entire space. Finally, he looked in another direction, where there was a giant statue. Even when he had merged with the Yin Guai's body, he had only been able to see the statue's four limbs. Now, he could see it with his own eyes.
Behind Lu Yin, Imperial Tutor Bu Tian was even more shocked when he saw Lu Yin look directly at the statue. Not only did he know about this place, but he also knew the statue's location. How?
How did he know?
Ever since this place had been established, no astral beast that had entered to guard this place had been allowed to leave alive. Any astral beast that tried to investigate or approach this place had been immediately executed. Only Imperial Tutor Bu Tian and each generation of Yao Emperors were allowed to enter. In other words, aside from Imperial Tutor Bu Tian and each generation of Yao Emperors, no one else could have known about the layout of this place. How did this person know?
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian did not believe that this was a coincidence. He was more inclined to believe that Lu Yin already knew about this place.
He could not accept this conjecture, but he had to accept it.
Lu Yin did not know that his subconscious actions had caused Imperial Tutor Bu Tian to notice a problem. "Imperial Tutor, why are you collecting these human-shaped sourceboxes?"
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian respectfully replied, "Since you know about this place, I will not hide it from you. The purpose of collecting these human-shaped sourceboxes is to unlock sourceboxes."
Lu Yin laughed and looked at Imperial Tutor Bu Tian. "Imperial Tutor, are you joking with me?
These sourceboxes are naturally used to unlock sourceboxes. "
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian replied, "It's not just about unlocking them.
It's that simple. "Imperial Tutor Bu Tian hesitated for a moment and then slowly asked," Does Dao Child know where these human-shaped sourceboxes came from? "
Lu Yin shook his head. He had seen these sourceboxes when he had traveled through spacetime, and most of them had come from the Fourth Mainland. Many of them had appeared after the Fourth Mainland had been destroyed. Of course, they might not have come from the Fourth Mainland, as Lu Yin had only seen the Fourth Mainland shatter.
"These human-shaped sourceboxes are humans who cultivate a unique technique," Imperial Tutor Bu Tian solemnly explained.
Lu Yin was astonished. "A unique technique?"
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian nodded. "That technique is called the Origin Stone Technique. Cultivating the Origin Stone Technique will not increase one's battle prowess, nor will it increase one's cultivation. Its only use is to protect oneself. These people are powerhouses who had no choice but to cultivate the Origin Stone Technique in order to protect themselves after their mainlands were destroyed."
Lu Yin looked at the human-shaped sourceboxes and honestly did not believe it. "They're all humans?"
"Yes."
"If they're humans, then why are you collecting them?"
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian replied, "I won't hide it from you, Dao Child. My Astral Beast Domain is much weaker than the Human Domain, so I plan to unlock these people and use their strength to deal with the Human Domain."
Lu Yin blinked and looked at Imperial Tutor Bu Tian.
Imperial Tutor Skymender continued, "These are humans, and if they try to unlock the sourcebox rashly, they won't be able to help the Astral Beast Domain. However, the creator of the Origin Stone Technique left behind a matching sourcebox array known as the Inverse Origin Array. Whoever uses the Inverse Origin Array to unlock the sourcebox cultivators of the Origin Stone Technique will be able to place a controlling brand in their body.
"The creator of the Origin Stone Technique had ill intentions, so he was killed. However, the Origin Stone Technique has been passed down. Under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to cultivate it, but in a situation of certain death, the Origin Stone Technique is the only way to survive."
Lu Yin recalled the human-shaped sourceboxes that had flown out when the Fourth Mainland had been destroyed. What Imperial Tutor Bu Tian had said didn't seem to be too far off. Those human-shaped sourceboxes had appeared when the mainland had been destroyed, so it made sense that they had wanted to survive.
"You have the Inverse Origin Array?"
Lu Yin asked. This was the only reason why Imperial Tutor Bu Tian was collecting these sourceboxes.
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian nodded. "Yes."
"You're an Origin Array Master?"
Lu Yin was astonished.
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian looked at Lu Yin. "Origin Array Master."
Lu Yin was stunned. "You're an Origin Array Master?"
"Yes."
Lu Yin sized up Imperial Tutor Bu Tian. "How come I've never heard of you before?"
The Human Domain and the Astral Beast Domain had been at war for many years. Ever since the Astral Tree Domain had been separated, this war had never stopped. Truthfully speaking, no one knew how long Imperial Tutor Bu Tian had lived, but no one had ever heard of him being an Origin Array Master.
Did the Astral Beast Domain have an Origin Array Master?
Imperial Tutor Bu Tian respectfully asked, "Have you ever seen me on the battlefield?
What's the Human Domain's record of my cultivation? "
Lu Yin frowned. The Human Domain's records of Imperial Tutor Bu Tian were similar to the Starsibyl Sect's: divination. There were no records of anything else. For example, Imperial Tutor Bu Tian was clearly a half-step Ancestor, but the Human Domain's records stated that the Astral Beast Domain only had one half-step Ancestor, which was the Yao Emperor.
Lu Yin suppressed his shock. "So with the Inverse Origin Array, as long as you can unlock these human-shaped sourceboxes, they will be under your control?"
"Yes."
"Then why haven't you been able to unlock any of them?"