Although the spiritualized universe knew that Lu Yin was collecting spirit seeds, they believed that one day, these spirit seeds would return to the sentient lifeforms. It was only a matter of time.
They were confident that any problem that could be solved with spirit seeds would not be a problem.
Which Mengsang Tian could solve a problem with a spirit seed?
After the battle at Fu Heyuan, all the spirit seeds that the Chamber of Commerce had profited from the bets had been sent to the Boundless Expanse. Lu Yin had placed them in the void at his heart, and the liquid there continued to expand.
Meng Sang Tian would soon give him a time and location. Lu Yin did not have much time, and he had to find Yi Shang quickly.
He had no choice but to continue rolling the die.
He tapped it and watched it slowly spin. Lu Yin's gaze deepened.
Two months passed quickly. Lu Yin rolled six Enhance several times, but he could not find the sentient lifeform with Yi Shang. He had no choice but to continue rolling the die.
No one could find Yi Shang now. Yi Shang knew that Lu Yin was looking for him, and would definitely be hiding.
The previous few times he had found him had put him on high alert.
Using a sentient lifeform to find Yi Shang was beyond the spiritualized universe's knowledge. Otherwise, Yi Shang would not have not suspected the sentient lifeform beside him. He was not stupid.
Lu Yin could not find Yi Shang, and could only delay Meng Sang Tian from taking Zhan Yan away. The method was simple: have the Ninth Spirit watch him more closely.
His condition for the Ninth Spirit was for her to learn more about the Everlasting.
The Ninth Spirit did not know why Lu Yin wanted her to watch Meng Sang Tian, but this was what she had wanted to do.
Meng Sang Tian was troubled. He could not meet up with the One True God, nor could he take Zhan Yan away. He could only think of ways to shake off the Ninth Spirit, but she was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
He had thought of luring the Ninth Spirit to the One True God. The One True God could definitely defeat her, but the One True God had not agreed. The Ninth Spirit's target was definitely not Meng Sang Tian, and since it was not Meng Sang Tian, it was very likely the One True God himself. The One True God naturally did not agree.
Now was not the time for him to reveal himself.
Just like that, Meng Sang Tian was chased by the Ninth Spirit for many months. She watched him without a word, and that jug of wine seemed endless.
A few months later, Lu Yin finally saw a familiar ball of light.
He memorized the brightness and size of Yi Shang's consciousness ball. After searching for so long, he had even gone to a parallel universe to replenish his consciousness, and finally found it.
Lu Yin's consciousness rushed over and fused with it.
In front of him, he saw a familiar figure. Zhan Shou looked around. Was this the Door of Arts?
As the memories flooded into his mind, he maintained his posture and remained motionless in order to prevent Yi Shang from noticing anything amiss.
He didn't expect Yi Shang to be hiding in the Gate of Arts. Zhan Ming was really determined to work with him.
Zhan Ming was not stupid. Even if Yi Shang was not Sang Tian, with his strength, he would still have to hide. This meant that the person chasing after Yi Shang was extremely powerful. There were not many people like that in the entire spiritualized universe, and they would be able to guess that it was Zhan Ming.
In the face of his pressure, Zhan Ming still hid Yi Shang in the Door of Arts. Either he thought that it was impossible for him to know about this, or Yi Shang was worth the risk.
Everyone in the spiritualized universe knew what had happened to Yi Shang and the Heaven's Hand. After the battle at Fu Heyuan, there was no one in the spiritualized universe who could stop Lu Yin except for Yu Sang Tian. Lu Yin was more inclined to believe that the spiritualized universe would accept Yi Shang under such circumstances.
Yi Shang might have some value that Zhan Ming had to protect. Lu Yin could only think of the key to the Door of Arts.
Since Yi Shang could hide in the Door of Arts, Lu Yin was 90% sure that he had obtained the key.
This was the Garden of Ruins, a place where a bunch of old fellows were waiting to die. Some of them might have already died, but no one knew.
Zhan Ming was still very cautious. He had asked Yi Shang to pretend to be a dead old fellow in the Garden of Ruins. If Lu Yin had not coincidentally merged with the consciousness lifeform's body, he would not have known at all.
The Garden of Ruins was equivalent to a cemetery. There were many graves here that were separated from each other. However, to cultivators, especially powerhouses, this distance was equivalent to nothing.
The consciousness lifeform could see the graves in the distance. They were not barren, and there were even traces of worship in front of some of the graves.
One could worship in the Garden of Ruins?
There were clearly some old fellows who were still alive.
"Old Zha, Old Zha, are you dead or not? Give me a reply. Playing dead is useless against me. You promised to give me your legacy cultivation technique. For you, I ran around until I broke my legs and searched for more than half of the spiritualized universe. Although I didn't manage to find your descendant to worship you, even if I didn't make any contributions, I should at least have worked hard.
"Even if you want to die, you should give me your legacy technique before you die. Why bother?
Why bother?
You don't have any descendants, so what's the point of bringing the technique to your grave? "
"You're not going to reply?
Fine, just you wait. I'll talk to you every day. Also, I'll ask someone to look for your descendants. I don't believe that I can't find them. Just you wait … "
Zhan Qian did not know whether the old fellows in the Garden of Ruins were dead or alive. Everyone thought that he would know.
In fact, Zhan Ming would personally take those old fellows away before they died and record their final wishes. This was a form of respect for these people. They had died to create the Sequence Foundation, which was equivalent to dying to spiritualize the universe. This was a great contribution.
Only Zhan Ming knew whether they were dead or alive.
Zhan Qianqian talked a lot in front of Yi Shang's grave. Inside the grave, Yi Shang sat calmly without being disturbed. Only here did he feel at ease. Even if Lu Sang Tian came looking for him, with the Gate of Arts, he could still leave and not be found immediately.
No matter how powerful Lu Sangtian was, he could not instantly break through the Door of Techniques and arrive here.
This was the Garden of Ruins, the Door of Techniques' territory.
"Hey, you guys, aren't you done yet?
Time's up. "Zhan Qian suddenly shouted and looked in a direction.
There, in front of a few graves, five people were kneeling and talking. There were four men and one woman. The two men were very old, and their white eyebrows were almost touching the ground.
Hearing Zhan Qian's urging, they quickly bowed. "Please wait a moment. Perhaps the Great Ancestor has not heard us."
Zhan Qian rolled his eyes. "Don't trouble yourself. Your Third Great Ancestor is long dead. Let me think, it should be ten years ago. At that time, we made a final bet on how long Wu Jiang could last before he was killed. At that time, Wu Jiang had just arrived in the spiritualized universe and kept breaking the rules. I was assigned by the family head to keep an eye on Lu Sangtian.
"That old fellow lost. I came back this time to ask him for the bet, but the old fellow did not respond. He should be dead."
"That's impossible. The Great Ancestor's time is not up yet." Among the four men, the one who was obviously the youngest shouted.
Zhan Qian shook his head. "Death is like an extinguished lamp. It's not that he will die when his time is up. Which old fellow here doesn't have old injuries?
The older he is, the more his body can't take it. It's normal for him to die. "
"Kid, who are you cursing?" A roar came from afar.
Zhan Qian looked into the distance. "Old fellow, I think it's about time for you. Hurry up and settle the bet. Are you going to go back on your words?"
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough."
"Hey, stop playing dead. Settle the bet."
"Cough, cough, cough, cough …"
"Cough, cough, cough, cough …"
Coughing sounds came from all around. It was extremely eerie in the Garden of Ruins. The faces of the worshippers turned pale.
Zhan Qianqian shouted, "Are you all pretending to be dead? Which one of you old fellows doesn't owe me anything? Have some dignity, have some morals, quickly return it to me."
"Cough, cough, cough, cough …"
The Garden of Ruins became strangely lively.
The few worshippers were dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
At this moment, the grave in front of them suddenly split open and pulled the man closest to it in. In just a few seconds, the man was pushed out again. Zhan Qian was so focused on shouting that he did not notice it at all.
The other worshippers looked at the man with excited eyes.
The man nodded vigorously and was rather excited.
The worshippers relaxed, and the two old men whose eyebrows were almost touching the ground shouted to Zhan Qian, "Since that's the case, let's go. We won't disturb the rest of the seniors."
"Old fellow, what are you saying? Who's resting?
I think you should hurry up and bury the grave. You can still get a good position. Why are you leaving? "
"That's right. You're even older than the grandfather of the guy next to me."
"Bastard, do you think I can't hear you?
I'm not dead yet. "
"Haha, sorry, I thought you died long ago."
"Hmph, I still have to fight for Lord Yu Sang Tian in the consciousness universe for billions of years. I'm just resting here for a while. I'm different from you all."
"Screw you."
"Screw you."
"Screw you."
"Who, who's scolding me again?
Don't think I can't tell. "
Zhan Qian covered his ears and quickly led the group away. These old fellows had been quarreling for days, and it was as if they wanted to prove who could live longer.
At the same time, he had already returned his consciousness and was deep in thought.
How could he find Yi Shang?
It wouldn't be easy.
The Door of Techniques was one of the seven great powers, and it was considered the place with the greatest foundation for spirit-molting cultivators. Although those old fellows who were waiting to die did not belong to the Door of Techniques and would not listen to Zhan Ming's orders, if an outsider attacked the Door of Techniques, those old fellows would not sit idly by. After all, they were willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the sequence foundation, and they would not allow anyone to destroy the Door of Techniques, the place that created the foundation.
Furthermore, Zhan Ming had so many old fellows under his command, and he had plenty of ways to get them to help him, whether it was a trade or something else. Even a lowly gravedigger like Zhan Qian could make deals with those old fellows.
Although the Door of Techniques did not seem to compete for anything, its influence was far beyond what others could imagine.
Which family did not have an ancestor who would go to the Door of Techniques?
Once they did, they would be suppressed by the Door of Techniques.
This was also why Lu Yin had never dared to touch the Door of Techniques.
He had touched the Myriad Beasts Border, which had attracted many spirit-molting cultivators. The Door of Techniques was even more so, as it was the foundation of the spiritualized universe.
Lu Yin did not have the confidence to charge into the Door of Techniques and capture Yi Shang. Ignoring Yi Shang's strength, the Door of Techniques would not allow him to enter freely. Even if he attacked, Yi Shang would have time to react.