He hadn't asked this question before, but now he had to. If the Grand Empyrean didn't let Lu Yin go and didn't believe that Madman Lu was a Redback, then things would get troublesome. They had to think of a solution, or else the Lu family would be the first to bear the brunt of the consequences.
Lu Yuan's expression turned ugly. He had left in a hurry when Lu Yin had mentioned Madman Lu, but he hadn't expected this brat to be so tactless as to ask.
"Ancestor, I know you don't want to talk about it, but as the Fifth Mainland's Dao Master, I have the right to know so that I can deal with it," Lu Yin said bluntly.
Lu Yuan's expression turned unnatural. "Deal with it?"
Lu Yin looked at him. "Kill."
Lu Yuan moved his finger and slowly sat down.
At that moment, Zhao Ran arrived with a cup of tea for Lu Yuan. It was a rather strange cup of tea that was bubbling and possibly even had worms swimming within it.
Lu Yuan stared at the tea and then at Zhao Ran. Was this girl trying to poison him?
Zhao Ran looked expectantly at Lu Yuan and blinked her large eyes.
Lu Yin coughed. "Ancestor, it's delicious. Zhao Ran's tea is a specialty of our Above Heaven Sect."
Lu Yuan raised his brows and took a sip. With his strength, what kind of poison could kill him?
It tasted sweet as the worms exploded in his mouth, giving him a refreshing feeling. There was an indescribable fragrance in the aftertaste. "Good tea."
Zhao Ran was delighted. "Thank you, Grandpa."
"Hahahaha."
Lu Yuan laughed heartily. Zhao Ran calling him Grandpa was very pleasing to him, and he subconsciously glanced at Lu Yin. "This child is not bad. Little Seven, learn from your father."
Lu Yin realized that Lu Yuan, Lu Tianyi, and even his own father, Lu Qi, were all thinking about him. "Ancestor, I already have Yan 'er."
Lu Yuan sighed. "That's why I want you to learn from your father."
After saying that, he took another sip.
Zhao Ran left happily. She was very satisfied as long as someone liked her tea every day.
Lu Yuan put down the teacup and gestured for Lu Yin to take a seat.
Lu Yin sat down across from Lu Yuan and waited quietly.
Lu Yuan fell silent for a moment and then said in a low voice, "I once had a son, Madman Lu. He's my grandson, my biological grandson."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. He wasn't surprised; Lu's origins were ancient. They had known this long ago, but they hadn't known that it was this ancient.
Even in the era of the Above Heaven Sect, he was much older than Lu Tianyi.
"The direct descendants of the Lu Clan all have some General Talent, but they might not be able to awaken the God Seal Catalog. You know this, right?"
Lu Yin nodded.
"But at the beginning, I didn't know."
Lu Yuan's gaze was complicated, but he didn't feel much pain. After all, so many years had passed. "I thought that my son would be able to awaken the God Sealing Catalog. The reason why he didn't awaken it was because he didn't work hard enough. At that time, I was one of the six paths of the Three Realms, the strongest person in the Above Heaven Sect. I wanted to be strong in front of others and wanted to compete with others."
"I won't lose to others. My son shouldn't lose either."
"Many people say that the God Seal Catalog isn't the inherited talent of my Lu Family, but I don't believe them. Without the God Seal Catalog, how could my Lu Family control the Fifth Mainland with just the General Appointment Platform?
In my opinion, it's far from enough. You must inherit the God Seal Catalog. "
"That's why I forced him, forced him to cultivate, forced him to risk his life in order to stimulate his talent. My talent can be inherited. It must be inherited."
At this point, Lu Yuan was still a little agitated, but he was also very numb.
"He ran away and escaped from the Fifth Mainland. When he returned, he brought Madman Lu and a woman with him. I didn't care about his wife or son. I just wanted him to awaken the God Seal Catalog."
"I was too ruthless. In the end, my son died, and his wife committed suicide. Madman Lu was the only one left. He watched his parents die with his own eyes, and that blow completely changed him. However, he still managed to awaken the God Seal Catalog."
Lu Yuan smiled bitterly. "I succeeded, and the God Seal Catalog can be inherited. I broke the suspicions that everyone in that era had about me. I slapped Fate and Mavis in the face, but the price was that I lost my son, Madman Lu, and his parents."
He looked at Lu Yin. "Sometimes, people are just that pitiful. Only after losing something do you realize what you have. I wanted to reverse the river of time and prevent my son's death, but in that era, the laws were fixed, and the Echelons were suppressed by the Progenitor's Sword. That was the will of the Progenitor, and no one was allowed to secretly reverse time.
"For my son's sake, I tried, but I almost caused a disaster. In the end, I could only watch as my son died."
Lu Yuan took another sip of tea. "Little Seven, the family won't force the younger generation to awaken the God Seal Catalog. This is the reason why. It's useless to force them. If they can awaken it, then so be it. If they can't, then so be it.
"As for Madman Lu, I understand his hatred for the family, so I didn't restrict him too much. In the end, Gu Yizhi took advantage of him."
"That bastard actually experimented on Madman Lu and tested his Master Realm battle force, forcing him to become a true madman. Gu Yizhi, that bastard. If I have the chance, I'll definitely destroy him."
Lu Yuan was furious.
Lu Yin understood. No wonder the Fifth and Third Mainlands didn't get along. Lu Buzheng had said that the Fifth Mainland had always been hostile to the Third Mainland, and this was the source.
"Then, when did Madman Lu become a Redback?" Lu Yin asked.
Lu Yuan and Lu Yin looked at each other. "We really didn't know that he became a Redback. We believe you, but we don't know the reason and process. This is also why I was anxious to find the Grand Empyrean to bring Madman Lu back. He's been imprisoned in Lu Tianjing, so how did he become a Redback?
It's impossible. "
Lu Yin felt a surge of warmth in his heart. Just because of his words, Lu Yuan and Lu Tianyi believed him without hesitation. They didn't even try to refute his words. Even if it seemed impossible, they still believed in him.
This was the family, and they were his elders.
Lu Yin looked at the empty cup in front of Lu Yuan. "Should I call Zhao Ran for another cup?"
Lu Yuan waved a hand. "No need. Tea doesn't suit me."
"Grand Empyrean, you insist on not letting him go?" Lu Yin asked.
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth. "If it's just that crazy woman, then it's fine. At worst, we can just fight. Because of the Eternals, I've already tolerated the traitors of the Four Cardinal Scales in the Endless Battlefield. However, I can't tolerate Madman Lu being safe and sound. After all, he's a member of the Lu family.
But … "He looked at Lu Yin helplessly." People from Immemorial City came to resolve this conflict. "
Lu Yin was shocked. "People from Immemorial City?
Who? "
Lu Yin did not know how many people there were in Immemorial City. He only knew that a group of people had entered Immemorial City in history, and now, Mister Mu was there as well.
Lu Yuan said, "It's an old acquaintance. If I insist on fighting with that crazy woman, no one can stop me. However, I owe that person a favor, so I can only delay it for now."
Lu Yin wanted to ask about Immemorial City, but Lu Yuan had not told him about it before, and he would not tell him now.
The two fell silent for a moment, and then Lu Yuan suddenly said, "Don't underestimate Madman Lu. He's very strong."
Lu Yin raised his brows. "I've experienced it before. Madman Lu and the Four Cardinal Scales worked together to set up a trap to kill me, but I used it against them and almost killed him with the trap."
Lu Yuan shook his head and looked at Lu Yin seriously. "What you saw was the Fifth Mainland's Madman Lu, and not the real Madman Lu."
Lu Yin didn't understand. He didn't think that Madman Lu was hiding his true strength. When he'd been surrounded by the Lu family's treasury, Madman Lu had even used his Corpse King Transformation to protect himself. If he'd been discovered, the Four Sides Scale and the Six Directions Association would have eliminated him. There was no way that Madman Lu would take such a risk just to hide his strength.
Lu Yuan did not seem to know how to explain it. "The title 'Dao Master' is not just a title. It also represents the will of this continent."
"Little Seven, do you know?"
Lu Yin shook his head. If it was only on a spiritual level, then it could be understood that the Dao Master's will was the will of the entire Fifth Mainland. However, Lu Yuan's words might not be what he was thinking.
This was especially true when he had used the Overturning Sky Palm to pass the Half-Progenitor Origin Tribulation. He had seen the people of the Fifth Mainland, and when he had used the Primogenitor Scripture to pass the tribulation, he had seen the names of countless people from the Fifth Mainland appear. This was not normal, and he felt that there was something more to it.
Lu Yuan looked deeply at Lu Yin. "The Dao Master is the will of the Fifth Mainland, the true Dao Master. No matter how far away he is, he can see the people of the Fifth Mainland and feel their prayers. He can feel their happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy. This is not something given by those people, but by the Fifth Mainland."
"The Dao Master possesses the will of the Fifth Mainland. Once the Dao Master rejects someone, that person will find it difficult to move a single step in the Fifth Mainland."
Lu Yin did not understand, and a blank expression appeared on his face.
Lu Yuan thought for a moment. "Let's put it this way. Ordinary people need to breathe oxygen to live, and oxygen comes from that region. If someone can control the oxygen in that region with their will, does that mean that they can control the life or death of the people in that region?"
Lu Yin nodded.
Lu Yuan continued, "The Dao Master's will is equivalent to the Fifth Mainland's oxygen. Once the Dao Master rejects someone, that person will have to endure much more than others in the Fifth Mainland. It is like an ordinary person having difficulty breathing oxygen. It is completely different from a normal person."
Lu Yin understood. "Are you saying that Madman Lu has been rejected by the Fifth Mainland?"
Lu Yuan nodded and said in a low voice, "His thoughts are too dangerous. Out of guilt, I did not kill him. However, I also could not allow him to harm the Fifth Mainland, so I rejected him. In the Fifth Mainland, he is like an ordinary person who has difficulty breathing oxygen. Against you all, it would be good if he could even use half of his strength. However …"
At this point, Lu Yuan's expression turned solemn. "Once he leaves the Fifth Mainland, his strength will be completely different. Every parallel spacetime has its own laws and will. If someone can reach the level of controlling a will, they will become the Spacetime Master. For example, the Grand Empyrean you saw controlled the Reincarnation Spacetime Will, which is why she was able to bestow the Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages.
"The Primogenitor controlled the Primordial Spacetime Will, which is why in that era, no one could reverse the river of time. The Six Swords suppressed everyone.
"As long as Madman Lu is not rejected by a parallel spacetime's will, he will be an ordinary person. If he can gain the favor of that parallel spacetime's will, he will only become stronger.