These cultivators had experienced many desperate situations on the Nightmare Star, and many of them had grown indifferent to life and death. However, their instinctive fear could not be suppressed. Facing the Hellwyrm, aside from the Corpse Kings of the Eternals, most people would be terrified unless they were stronger than the Hellwyrm.
"I killed him," Lu Yin said, appearing in front of Feng Lan in a flash. Feng Lan was on guard and took a step back.
Lu Yin stepped forward and appeared five meters away from him, fusing with him.
During his three years on the Fifth Mainland, Lu Yin had fused with Feng Lan's body once, so he could fuse with him within five meters.
He fused with Feng Lan's body to see if there was anything related to Madman Lu.
The others stared blankly at Feng Lan, but no one dared to speak.
At this moment, Jiu Hao walked out of the Nightmare Shrine and looked up at the Hellwyrm before drinking.
The Hellwyrm looked at her and subconsciously bared its fangs. It liked to see creatures in fear.
However, it was disappointed as Jiu Hao was drunk and showed no fear. In her eyes, the Hellwyrm was just an illusion.
Lu Yin's consciousness returned to him, and Feng Lan was awake and looking at him in confusion.
"Everyone, go back." Lu Yin turned to leave. These people did not have much to do with Madman Lu. Their growth and cultivation had not been helped by Madman Lu, and they had all been eliminated naturally.
The Nightmare Star's cultivation was to steal the power of nightmares from living beings. These people were like Gu worms that were being reared. Only the fittest survived. The losers would die, and the winners would be able to join the Nightmare Shrine and serve Madman Lu.
Only Jiu Hao was valued by Madman Lu.
Burp!
There was a long burp.
Lu Yin watched as Jiu Hao walked over, swaying. "How much did you drink?"
Jiu Hao smiled. "I'm happy, so I drink more."
"Are you happy that Madman Lu was dealt with?
He should be nice to you, "Lu Yin said.
Jiu Hao tossed the gourd to Lu Yin. "Yeah, we're rare drinking buddies."
Lu Yin looked at the gourd and shook it.
The Heavenly Realm Treasure Vault was a scam from the beginning to the end. The Four Way Balance used Lu Xun to arouse his interest, and he used his own method to find the Heavenly Realm Treasure Vault and enter it. Among them, Lu Xun was the traitor, but Lu Gong was not. He wanted to bring him out of the Cold Immortal Sect, and the key to the Heavenly Realm Treasure Vault came from Wine Hao. What role did Wine Hao play in this?
He had contacted Jiu Hao three years ago. Logically speaking, Jiu Hao was helping him, but it didn't mean that she wouldn't help him according to the Square Balance's request like Lu Xun.
There was a loud smack as Jiu Hao slapped himself on the head to clear his head. "Hey, Lu Yin, you're here."
He tossed the gourd at her, "Why are you so drunk?"
"I'm happy, so I'll drink if I'm happy." Jiu Hao smiled and took the gourd. He shook it a little before passing it back to Lu Yin. "Want some?
It's a specialty of the Bad Star. It's super spicy and has a strong aftertaste. I guarantee that even an Emissary can get you drunk. "
Lu Yin shook his head. "No need."
Jiu Hao took a big gulp.
"Are you happy that Madman Lu is gone?"
Lu Yin asked.
Jiu Hao wiped her mouth. "He was a rare drinking buddy, so of course I'm not happy that he's gone. But I'm happy that I can leave this damned place." She then put the gourd away. "He knows that I gave you the key."
Lu Yin raised his brows, but he didn't say anything.
"After I gave it to you, he came clean with me. Haha, but he didn't do anything to me. He and I are just drinking buddies. In this godforsaken place, it's hard to find one or two close friends.
I can't survive here. "
Lu Yin was confused. "Drinking buddies?
Isn't he your master? "
Jiu Hao replied, "Of course not. He doesn't take in disciples, but he says that he's my master. He's just protecting me."
"He knew when you contacted me the first time, but he didn't say anything. He deliberately let me give you the key. It was a trap, wasn't it? I'm glad that you're fine."
Lu Yin nodded. "I'm fine. It must have been tough for you to stay on the Bad Star for so many years."
Jiu Hao grinned. Few women were as forthright as she was. "It's fine as long as there's alcohol." She kicked the ground. "If there wasn't any, I would've been buried here."
Lu Yin believed her words because he had a feeling that she was telling him the truth.
"What did you talk about when you drank with him?"
Lu Yin asked. "I want to understand him."
Jiu Hao rubbed her head. "Let me think. He doesn't talk much, and he's a taciturn person. Every time he gets drunk, he'll curse at someone with the surname Lu."
"Who did he curse?"
Lu Yin asked.
"Old fogey Lu, you old bastard," Jiu Hao said.
"Why?"
"I heard him say that he's definitely going to destroy the Lu family. He also said that if you don't let him do it, he'll do it. If you don't like that person, he'll help him and become his test subject. In any case, it's all about cursing and venting."
Lu Yin frowned. This wasn't much different from what he'd heard from Madman Lu. Madman Lu hated the Lu family to the core, and the test subject he'd mentioned should be Gu Yizhi. Lu Buzheng and the others had said that the Fifth and Third Mainlands didn't get along, which meant that their ancestors didn't like Gu Yizhi.
Madman Lu had become Gu Yizhi's test subject to take revenge on the Lu family.
It was no wonder that one of Progenitor Chen's clones had turned into a giant and attracted the attention of the entire Fifth Mainland. The giant had originated from the Third Mainland and had been created by Gu Yizhi, so it was normal for the Fifth Mainland to hate him.
Lu Yin broke out in cold sweat for Progenitor Chen. If the Lu family and the Third Mainland had any more grudges, he might not be able to keep his clone.
Who was this Old Lu that Madman Lu was talking about?
Why did he hate the Lu family so much?
The Hellwyrm soared into the sky and circled around the Nightmare Star.
Lu Yin entered Nightmare Shrine and followed the information he'd gleaned from Feng Lan's memories to enter a simple courtyard.
The courtyard looked just like a normal person's residence. Lu Yin walked past two deep grooves and looked towards a corner where the General Appointment Platform had once been. The ground had been crushed, and now, Madman Lu's General Appointment Platform and the Divine Seal Catalog had been destroyed along with the Heavenly Realm Treasury.
Lu Yin walked past the courtyard and arrived in front of the house. He reached out and pushed open the door.
The interior of the house was just as simple as the one Lu Yin had built for himself and Xian 'er in the Food Paradise, but it was even simpler.
Madman Lu seemed to be immersed in his own world and didn't care about the outside world at all.
Past the house was the backyard, which was a desolate, dark red land with strange insects crawling about from time to time.
Lu Yin stood at the back of the house and raised his hand. His fingertips touched something that caused ripples to appear.
This was a hidden space that was similar to a greater world.
He directly entered.
This was what he'd seen from Feng Lan's memories. Madman Lu wasn't afraid of being seen by others, and Feng Lan had never dared to have any ideas about this place. They were both terrified of Madman Lu.
Lu Yin stepped into Madman Lu's hidden space, but he couldn't see anything.
All of the star essence sparkled brightly.
Lu Yin's jaw dropped. What's this?
He'd thought that Madman Lu had hidden something incredible in his own backyard, but he hadn't expected it to be such an enormous amount of star essence.
Where had Madman Lu gotten so many star essence?
Lu Yin looked around and saw that the size of this treasure trove was several times larger than Junior Progenitor Planet.
Right, Lu Yin suddenly remembered that Madman Lu knew that Jiu Hao had given him the key, which meant that Madman Lu already knew where the key was. Could the star essence here be from the Heavenly Realm Treasury?
The more Lu Yin thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Madman Lu wanted to destroy the Lu family, but he simply wanted to destroy them and not help the Four Cardinal Scales.
The Lu family had been exiled, so it was normal for Madman Lu to take the resources from the Heavenly Realm Treasury.
The Four Cardinal Scales definitely didn't know about this, or else he wouldn't have agreed to give the Nightmare Star to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was ecstatic. He'd thought that the Heavenly Realm Treasury was just a trap, but he hadn't expected that there would actually be something inside.
There should be no less than ten trillion star essence here. Lu Yin gulped. He had money now, and these resources could not only restore the Progenitor's Swordsman's Sword, but he also had some left over. Should he upgrade the slippers?
No, the slippers had already been exposed, and everyone was on guard against them. Whether it was Madman Lu, the Four Cardinal Scales, or the Eternals, they all had a deep impression of Lu Yin's slippers. He had to change them. But what should he change them to?
A needle?
That wouldn't work either, as they'd also been exposed.
Lu Yin's head hurt, and he needed to find a weapon that wouldn't attract any attention, but was still as powerful as the slippers.
After using the slippers so many times, he deeply understood how useful they were, and they had saved his life more than once.
It would be difficult to take away so many star essence, so he might as well repair the Progenitor's Sword here.
Lu Yin took out the Progenitor's Sword, but he suddenly paused as the scene he'd seen before appeared in his mind once more.
Under the scarlet eyes, the sword's edge had been brandished, bringing about a cruel slaughter. The people he had killed were all those he cared about, whether they were his family or his friends.
Lu Yin looked at the Progenitor's Sword with a complicated expression. He had clearly been high-spirited and had vowed to change the future, but when he touched the sword again, the coldness in his hand had chilled his heart.
He took a deep breath, and his gaze became resolute. No matter what the future held, he would definitely change it. No one could control their own future.
As he thought about it, he raised his hand, and his die appeared. He tapped it.
Everything went smoothly, and he rolled three pips.
Lu Yin placed the Progenitor's Sword on the die and then began to frantically toss out star essence.
How much money a person could spend depended on how they spent it.
For an Explorer, a few dozen star essence was enough to last him until he became a Hunter.
For a Hunter, a few thousand star essence was quite a lot.
An Enlighter could spend tens of thousands of star essence or even more, but once he became an Emissary, he wouldn't spend so much because Emissaries used star sources.
These were all normal expenses, but for Lu Yin, tens of thousands?
Hundreds of thousands?
Or a few million star essence?
Even as a Hunter, he wouldn't have enough to spend. Now that he was an Emissary, his expenses were measured in trillions.
The amount of star essence in the entire space visibly decreased as the Progenitor's Sword drew closer and closer to the bottom.
Finally, when the Progenitor's Sword reached the bottom of the light screen, more than half of the star essence in the entire space had been depleted.
Twelve trillion star essence, a total of twelve trillion star essence.
This was a terrifying number, and even if all of the star essence in the Astral Beast Domain were added together, it would still be roughly the same number.