Just as Lu Yin was about to ask about her identity, she spoke up. "Brother Lu."
Lu Yin was stunned and stared at her blankly. Did he know her?
Brother Lu?
No one had addressed him that way before. "You are?"
Xiao Shi heard the girl's voice and looked up. She was pleasantly surprised. "Brother Lu, you're here."
Lu Yin looked at her.
Her face was rosy, and she was both happy and nervous. "I-I'm Yaya."
Lu Yin was confused. Yaya?
What a familiar name. Right, he suddenly remembered and was shocked. "Starlight Island's Yaya?"
She was delighted. "That's me. Brother Lu, you still remember me?"
Lu Yin took a few steps forward and sized her up. "Are you really Yaya?
That Yaya from Starlight Island? "
She nodded.
"Brother Lu, you know each other?"
Xiao Shi was surprised.
Lu Yin was surprised as well. Yaya was the little girl from Starlight Island.
When the Sixth Mainland had invaded, Lu Yin, Starsibyl, and Ku Wei had gone to the Cosmic Sea to fight. When they had passed by Starlight Island, they had met a little girl who had pretended to be strong and had filled her house with adult clothes to protect herself. That little girl was Yaya, and she was a very pitiful girl.
At the time, Lu Yin had even thought of taking Yaya away after defeating the Sixth Mainland, as that little girl was too pitiful.
However, he had forgotten about her after that incident, and he had only remembered her today.
Yaya looked at Lu Yin in pleasant surprise. "Brother Lu, I knew I would meet you here."
Lu Yin was astonished. "I never thought that the little girl from back then would have grown up so much. Yaya, why are you here?"
Yaya slowly recounted her experiences. It was not complicated, but it could be considered an opportunity.
After the Sixth Mainland had retreated, the Hall of Honor had sent many people to the Fifth Mainland to assist those who had been affected by the war as much as possible. Coincidentally, one of the cultivators had gone to Starlight Island and met Yaya. He had been shocked that the little girl had managed to survive, and he had also asked Yaya about Starsibyl and Lu Yin's appearance. After confirming her identity, he had brought her to the Hall of Honor.
However, the Hall of Honor was too large, and Yaya had been cultivating all this time. She had not had the chance to meet Lu Yin and the others. Fortunately, her innate gift was not bad, and she could be considered an elite among her peers.
"The last time I saw Brother Lu outside the library, I guessed that Brother Lu would come again, so I stayed here to help Little Shi organize the books," Ya Ya said.
Lu Yin nodded and praised, "To be able to stand out from the Hall of Honor, you must have trained very hard."
Yaya grew even more excited at his praise.
Over the years that she had been training in the Hall of Honor, she had heard too many legends about Lu Yin. Lu Yin had long since transformed from that big brother of hers into a legend. He was someone who could command the entire Fifth Mainland and had even saved the entire continent.
Lu Yin was very happy to be reunited with Yaya, as they had missed this little girl in the past.
"Big Brother Lu, Yaya is very hardworking in her cultivation. There are very few people who can compare to her. If it wasn't for the lack of resources, there would have been a way long ago," Little Shi said.
"Xiao Shi, don't spout nonsense." Ya Ya glared at him, and Xiao Shi laughed.
Lu Yin replied, "Aside from hard work, resources are also very important when it comes to cultivation. Yaya, have you acknowledged a master?"
Ya Ya shook her head. "I had masters back then, but they all died in battle, so no one was willing to accept me as a disciple."
"What do you mean?"
Lu Yin did not answer.
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Xiao Shi explained, "Yaya had a total of three masters, and all three of them died in battle. Some people say that Yaya is a jinx, so no one was willing to accept her as a disciple. It's also very difficult for her to obtain resources."
Yaya lowered her head, her face flushed red and her gaze dim.
Lu Yin was shocked. "All three of your masters died?
How did they die? "
Yaya pursed her lips. "The first master went berserk during cultivation and self-detonated. The second master chased after an enemy but was killed instead. The third master died at the hands of a Corpse King."
Lu Yin sympathized with her. "It's very normal for people to die in the universe. Even if three masters died, you shouldn't be called a jinx, right? Is someone targeting you?"
Lu Yin's eyes flashed with a cold light. If someone was targeting Yaya, then he would have to investigate thoroughly.
Yaya's face paled, and she bit her lip. Suddenly, she bowed to Lu Yin. "Brother Lu, I still have matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving first. We'll meet again in the future."
Lu Yin was flabbergasted and looked at Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi sighed. "No one is targeting her. It's mainly because she blames herself. The words' Jinx 'came from her own mouth, and she even said that her parents had died because of her. Over time, no one was willing to accept her as a disciple. Even if everything had nothing to do with her, if she continues to blame herself like this, her cultivation achievements won't be great."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. Was that the case?
That was understandable.
When they had first met Yaya, her parents had already died. She had lived on alone and did not want to trouble anyone. Even though she had developed a tenacious personality, there were still flaws in her personality that had been present since she was young, and it was very difficult to change.
"Are you close to Yaya?"
Lu Yin asked.
Xiao Shi scratched his mushroom head. "I've known her for half a year, and she's always been here. I thought that she was admiring my mushroom hair, but I didn't expect that she was waiting for you."
"Right, Brother Lu, are you here to find me?"
He then noticed the Book of Destiny in Lu Yin's hand and was shocked. "What's this?"
Lu Yin passed the book to Xiao Shi. "Take a look."
Xiao Shi took it and looked at it in amazement. "It's exactly the same as mine." He then opened it and flipped through it page by page. Finally, he looked up in confusion. "There's no word."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "You can't see the words?"
Xiao Shi nodded.
Lu Yin looked at Xiao Shi's Book of Destiny and saw that it was exactly the same. "You can see the words in that book, but not this one?"
Xiao Shi nodded again, but after some thought, he looked at Lu Yin suspiciously as if he were looking at a fake.
Lu Yin took the Book of Destiny. "Since you can't see it, then I won't look at it. Help me find a few words from your book."
Xiao Shi turned around and picked up the Book of Destiny, asking expectantly, "What words?"
Only Lu Yin could see the words in this book, but he could only see what he wanted to see or what he wanted to see. It was different from normal books. The reason why he spent every day reading in the library was to find inspiration from these normal books and search for that mysterious book. He was actually looking forward to someone asking him questions.
In particular, Lu Yin had specifically pointed out that he should look for it in that book.
"Origin Stone Technique." Lu Yin said three words.
Xiao Shi hurriedly flipped through the pages. "Found it, the Origin Stone Technique. It's a very strange technique, and after cultivating it, you'll be controlled by the person who created it. Its only use is to protect yourself, and no matter what kind of disaster you encounter, as long as you use the Origin Stone Technique, you'll be able to transform into a human-shaped rock. Only …" Suddenly, his eyes widened. "Eh?
Is this a human-shaped sourcebox? "
Lu Yin stared at him. "Is this the origin of the human-shaped sourcebox?"
Xiao Shi nodded blankly. "A human-shaped rock. Isn't that a human-shaped sourcebox?"
"It's from the Origin Stone Technique?"
"That's what it says here."
Lu Yin straightened up. It seemed that Skymender had not been lying, and the sourcebox had indeed transformed into a human-shaped sourcebox by cultivating the Origin Stone Technique. "What else is there?"
"Nothing else. That's all that's written." Xiao Shi deliberately turned the page towards Lu Yin as if he wanted him to see it.
Lu Yin was speechless as he stared at the blank page. "Help me check the Inverse Origin Formation again."
Little Shi acknowledged Lu Yin's words and flipped through the book once more. He quickly explained, "The Inverse Origin Formation is a very difficult sourcebox array that can rescue someone who cultivates the Origin Stone Technique. It corresponds to the Origin Stone Technique. Brother Lu, you should know about this, right?"
"I do. I just wanted you to verify it," Lu Yin said.
Xiao Shi continued to read through the book. "There's another record about the Inverse Origin Formation, which is that the people who were rescued by the Inverse Origin Formation who cultivated the Origin Stone Technique would all be controlled. No wonder it was mentioned when we were investigating the Origin Stone Technique. It's related to the Inverse Origin Formation."
Everything was correct. Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. Skymender had not been lying. The Origin Stone Technique and the Inverse Origin Formation both matched up.
Skymender wanted to use the Inverse Origin Formation to revive those who had cultivated the Origin Stone Technique to protect themselves when the continent had been destroyed. He wanted to use those people to fight against the Human Domain.
It had to be said that the possibility was very high. Those who had the time and ability to cultivate the Origin Stone Technique when the continent had been destroyed were not simple people, and they were at least Envoys. In other words, if he succeeded, the number of Envoys under his control would far exceed that of the Star Alliance.
The Star Alliance had a huge influence in the Astral Tree Realm. If not for the Four Cardinal Scales' control, the combined Star Alliance would be terrifying. However, even the Star Alliance could not compare to the number of human-shaped sourceboxes.
Back in the Burial Garden, Lu Yin had obtained a string of human-shaped sourceboxes, which were all powerhouses who were stronger than Envoys. Only the heavens knew how many half-Ancestors there were.
If the Skymender Imperial Tutor could plan something like this, then how many people in the universe were scheming in secret?
The universe was too vast, and there were too many cultivators and various cultivation civilizations.
Shamrock Enterprises had tried to use pills to control cultivators, and Undying Yushan had tried to use the Undying Manual to control cultivators. Later, Hen Xin had tried to use battle force and domains to control cultivators. Too many things had happened in the universe, and Lu Yin was glad that he had discovered them in time. Otherwise, some things would have been irreversible.
This was the universe that he saw at his current level. Then, how did the Progenitor realm experts, who were above him, see this starry sky?
Were there other existences above the Progenitor realm?
The higher one's level, the more they saw.
Lu Yin looked at his cosmic ring. There were only a few days left until the New Void Corridor was repaired, so it was time to have a chat with Xia Shenji. If Lu Yin's guess was correct, once the New Void Corridor was repaired, the first person to cause trouble for him would be Xia Shenji.
Lu Yin left for the solar system, but he did not return to the Above Heaven's Sect. Instead, he went to Earth to retrieve the General Appointment Platform.
Before leaving, he left behind some resources for Yaya. To him, these resources were very ordinary, but to Yaya, it was different. These resources were enough for her to bridge the gap between her and some people.
After returning to Earth, Lu Yin appeared above the ocean. He raised a hand, and the General Appointment Platform shot up and floated in front of him.
He looked at the simple platform and said, "I'll be counting on you for the first battle."
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