"Why should I believe you?"
Xia Ziheng gritted his teeth. At this point, he was ready to risk everything in order to survive. He was even willing to betray the humans, but because he had just decided to betray the humans, he did not think that Lu Yin would let him go.
Xia Ziheng's attitude towards the Eternals was the same as the rest of the Lu family. He would not show mercy to the Eternals or the Redbacks.
Lu Yin looked at him calmly. "To me, you're just an ant. There's no need for me to lie to an ant."
"But I've bitten you before," Xia Ziheng said. "You even said that you would kill me."
"You want me to swear it?"
Lu Yin retorted.
Xia Ziheng's eyes flickered, but he did not know what to do. He just wanted to survive, and he was willing to pay any price.
"I want to contact Patriarch Xia Zhen," Xia Ziheng said.
Lu Yin praised him. "Smart. Tell Xia Zhen that I'm here. If you die, she'll naturally think that I did it, and I'll break the agreement between us."
"Not only that, but I also want you to swear that you will never attack me," Xia Ziheng said.
Lu Yin raised a brow.
Hen Xin looked at him.
Xia Ziheng said, "Not just you, but also those who belong to you. You can't use any of your methods on me. Lu Xiaoxuan, I admit that I'm afraid. I'm afraid that you'll attack me, but I'm even more afraid that you'll frame me. Back then, you stole the Sword Stele, and I was punished by Patriarch Shen Ji. I can't compare to you, and I'm far from being your opponent. That's why I want to use this secret to ensure my safety in this life. Don't worry, this secret is definitely worth it.
Lu Yin slowly said, "Don't you think that your conditions are too great? I can spare your life and even protect you back to Shenwu Plane, but you want to use this secret to exchange for your life?"
"I swear that if this secret isn't worth it, you'll kill me immediately," Xia Ziheng shouted. He was really going all out. "As long as you don't think it's worth it, the oath doesn't count."
Lu Yin was shocked, "You're really confident. Alright, I swear that as long as the secret you tell me is worth it, I, Lu Yin, will not act against you. Even my subordinates will not act against you, Xia Ziheng."
Xia Ziheng added a few more sentences, and Lu Yin told him everything.
Just as he said, Xia Ziheng was like an ant. If he used his life in exchange for a valuable secret, it was worth it.
"You can speak now," Lu Yin said.
Xia Ziheng closed his eyes for a moment before reopening them. He contacted Xia Zhen and informed her that he had met Lu Yin. He then passed the Cloudconnection Stone to Lu Yin.
"Lu Yin, are you trying to kill Xia Ziheng?"
Xia Zhen's voice sounded, and soon, her image appeared.
Lu Yin glanced at Xia Ziheng. "He's just passing by. If I kill him, do you think he'll still contact you?"
Xia Zhen frowned. "I don't want Xia Ziheng to use the same method to control Xia Xing."
Lu Yin replied, "I'm no longer interested in your Xia family. We won't interfere with each other, and I won't do anything to Xia Ziheng. I hope that the Xia family won't join forces with the Frigid Immortal Sect to deal with me." With that, he ended the call.
Xia Ziheng's eyes were filled with bitterness. Contacting Xia Zhen this time would make things difficult for him in Shenwu Plane.
If he could guess that Lu Xiaoxuan had specifically come to kill him, how could Xia Zhen not have guessed it? In the end, Lu Xiaoxuan had let him go. Everyone knew that something was wrong, but he had no other choice. This was the only way to ensure that Lu Xiaoxuan wouldn't kill him.
Even if he swore, he wouldn't feel safe.
"Speak now," Lu Yin said.
Henxin looked at Xia Ziheng curiously. He also wanted to know such a big secret.
"Henxin," Lu Yin called out and waved his hand.
Henxin was stunned. Was Lu Yin chasing him away?
His face darkened, but he had no choice. Under Lu Yin's gaze, he could only leave.
After making sure that Henxin couldn't hear or see him, Lu Yin looked at Xia Ziheng.
Xia Ziheng took a deep breath. "The Wang family has been mining for water from the Yellow Springs for so many years, but regardless of whether it's the Wang family's mainland, Wang Fan's territory, or even the Outer Realms, there's no water from the Yellow Springs. All of the water from the Yellow Springs is in one place."
These two words caused Lu Yin's expression to change. He was almost in disbelief. "How is that possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. The more you think of it, the more mysterious it is. This is a secret that Wang Yi left behind to take revenge on the Wang family. I swear, if even a single word is false, may the heavens strike me down," Xia Ziheng said solemnly.
Lu Yin took a deep breath. How could the Yellow Springs water be there?
That shouldn't be the case. It didn't make sense. Many things didn't make sense, but if that was the case, then Wang Fan had hidden it too deeply.
It was no wonder why Xia Ziheng had said those words. If that was the case, then even if the Wang family exiled the Lu family, they would still have the confidence to control this universe.
The Frigid Immortal Sect was confident that Bai Xianer could do it, and Wang Fan was confident that the Wang family could do the same.
The Four Sides of the Scale had their own plans, and none of them were simple.
This was especially true for Wang Fan, who was from the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. No one knew what methods he had. If Wang Fan was like this, then Bai Wangyuan should be the same.
Lu Yin realized that he had still underestimated them.
Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan were both from the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas alongside Progenitor Chen and the Symbol Ancestor.
Progenitor Chen and the others had left behind many incredible legends in history. Bai Wangyuan and the others might be creating these legends, but Lu Yin had been deceived.
"Can I leave now?" Xia Ziheng asked.
Lu Yin looked at him. "How are we going to explain this to Xia Zhen when we get back?"
Xia Ziheng was helpless. "My inner world is on the verge of collapse. This is your doing."
Lu Yin nodded. Xia Ziheng's inner world had been destroyed by the Shaman Spirit God, but it was more reasonable to say that Lu Yin had done it.
Xia Ziheng left. Lu Yin hadn't expected to obtain an unexpected harvest while trying to kill him, but this harvest wasn't a good thing.
Lu Yin also left. He had already been exposed, and there was nothing he could do in the Astral Tree Realm.
Before he left, he contacted Mu Xie. "The Shaman Spirit God's half-step Progenitor body escaped, and I couldn't capture him. There must be many Redbacks and spies in this universe."
"I know. The corpse left behind by the Undying God has been hidden by many people, and I can't find out exactly how many people have cultivated the Corpse King Transformation. I can only try my best to find out and capture as many as I can," Mu Xie replied.
Lu Yin recalled what he had said to Qingchen. "Senior, if there's a technique that can replace the Corpse King Transformation, then we can stop the Corpse King Transformation from spreading."
"It has to be comparable to the Corpse King Transformation. You want to bring the fifth pagoda here?"
Mu Xie asked.
Lu Yin replied.
"The fifth pagoda is useless, and the battle techniques there need to be fought over. If we want to replace the Corpse King Transformation, we need to find an equivalent battle technique that has been completely passed down. I'll think about it."
Mu Xie fell silent for a moment. "Junior, I'm very happy that Master has accepted you as a disciple."
Lu Yin smiled. "I'm also very happy to have you and Senior Qing Ping."
"It's not just us," Mu Xie said before ending the call.
Lu Yin was stunned. Not just them?
What did that mean?
Did Master have other disciples?
He wanted to ask Mu Xie, but since Mu Xie had ended the call so decisively, it meant that he didn't want to talk about it.
Lu Yin was looking forward to it. Who else was there?
If Mu Xie didn't want to say, then he could ask Qing Ping.
"Senior Brother, do we have other fellow disciples?"
Lu Yin asked directly.
In the Neoverse of the Fifth Mainland, Qing Ping was astonished. "Did Senior Mu Xie tell you?"
"Yes."
"Who?"
"I'm asking you." Lu Yin was speechless.
"Senior Mu Xie didn't say, so I don't know either," Qing Ping replied decisively.
Lu Yin was helpless. "Can you guys contact Master?"
"Jade, you have more?"
Qing Ping asked.
Lu Yin replied, "No."
"Neither do I. Otherwise, I would have contacted Master when the Eternals invaded," Qing Ping replied.
Lu Yin was helpless. His question was equivalent to no answer, so he left the Astral Trees and returned to the Fifth Mainland.
Actually, he had a guess about Mister Mu. Could Mister Mu have come from a parallel universe?
Otherwise, why had he never appeared when so many things had happened between the Fifth Mainland and the Astral Trees?
Lu Yin was increasingly certain that Mister Mu was in Immemorial City, which meant that Mister Mu was in a parallel universe.
Lu Yin returned to the Fifth Mainland and went to the back mountain of the Above Heaven Sect, where someone was already waiting for him. If someone from the Xia family was here, they would have been shocked to see Xia Shenji, or more accurately, Xia Shenji's clone.
The one who had passed through Shenwu Continent's passage to the Three Sovereigns' Spacetime Continuum was naturally not the real Xia Shenji's clone. The ones who had followed them had only been Envoys, and they couldn't tell the difference. Xia Shenji was too conceited and believed that no one in the Fifth Mainland could deal with him.
He was right, as no one in the Fifth Mainland could deal with him. Even if Lu Yin borrowed Progenitor Chen's strength, he would only be able to force Xia Shenji back. They would only have a chance if they worked together with Elder Chan, but Elder Chan had yet to break through to the Progenitor realm at that time.
Xia Shenji's self-confidence was fine, but he had underestimated Lu Yin's methods. He had never thought that Lu Yin would banish him to a parallel universe.
When Lu Yin arrived, Xia Shenji's clone sat down calmly. "The Divine Martial Celestial General should no longer be a threat to you."
Lu Yin sat down and fixed his gaze on Xia Shenji's face. "Every time I see you, I want to attack."
Xia Shenji's clone laughed. "This face is easy for you to misunderstand."
"You were willing to banish my Lu family. At that time, you were Xia Shenji's clone, and you wouldn't have disobeyed him. I'm curious, how did you gain your own consciousness?"
Lu Yin asked.
Xia Shenji's clone replied, "How can a puppet without its own consciousness cultivate the Primogenitor's secret technique?"
Lu Yin understood, as this clone had possessed its own consciousness from the very beginning.
"It's precisely because of this that he was willing to sacrifice me and let me perish together with the Lu family. Fortunately, he wasn't stupid, and he knew that if I died, he would have an opening against Bai Wangyuan and the others. That's why he secretly imprisoned me, hoping that he could find a way to erase my consciousness and fuse with me again," Xia Shenji's clone slowly explained.
This was the first time they had spoken. When Xia Shenji had been lured into the Three Sovereigns' Spacetime Continuum, Lu Yin had wanted to find this clone. However, this person was very cautious, and he was afraid that Lu Yin would violate the agreement and attack him. Thus, he had not appeared until now.