As time passed, the scale of the sea of insects continued to expand, and Jiuxiao Universe actually had a crusade against Lu Yin.
More and more people believed that Lu Yin was deliberately giving the insects time to reproduce so that they could pose a greater threat to Jiuxiao Universe. Even the leaders of the major forces and even Alarmed Gate could not suppress such voices.
"You surprised me, Master Lu," Master Qingcao said.
Lu Yin said calmly, "You surprised me too."
"Oh?
What do you mean? "Master Qingcao was puzzled.
Lu Yin looked back at him and said, "I thought you were not worried at all."
Master Qingcao smiled faintly. "Why do you think I'm worried?"
"Feeling."
"Feeling?"
"Are you worried or not?"
Master Qingcao looked at Lu Yin deeply and nodded. "A little."
"Because of the spiritualized universe?"
"Because of the human race."
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and did not refute. He waited for Master Qingcao to speak.
Master Qingcao said in a deep voice, "If Jiuxiao Universe can't stop the hive civilization, Tianyuan Universe can't either. In this case, let alone spiritualized universe replacing Jiuxiao, whether or not the human race can exist is still a problem."
Lu Yin smiled. "So what you want is a complete and winnable game of chess."
Master Qingcao nodded. "A game of chess that has been overturned is useless."
Lu Yin looked to the east. "What you know is as much as what Alarmed Gate and I know. Why do you still have such doubts?
If Alarmed Gate and I can sit still, you should be able to sit still. "
He pointed below. His meaning was self-evident. Many people in Jiuxiao Universe were denouncing him, but he could sit still.
Master Qingcao did not know what to say and remained silent.
Lu Yin looked at him again. "How much you gain is proportional to how much you know. Do you know more than us?"
No matter how many people were denouncing Lu Yin, Lu Yin had told Alarmed Gate, Gu Duanke, and the leaders of the major forces that the war had to go according to plan. Even if these people could not sit still, they had to restrain themselves.
But he did not expect that the first one who could not restrain himself would be Master Qingcao.
In Lu Yin's knowledge, Master Qingcao should be the most restrained. No, he did not even need to restrain himself. The development of the situation should be in his favor, but he was anxious.
Lu Yin didn't want to see the Grass Grandmaster anxious. If he was anxious, it meant that there was a factor that no one knew about.
Master Qingcao looked up at Lu Yin and sighed, "Some things can only be known by those who have reached the Immortal Realm. But even then, the information is not universal."
Lu Yin nodded.
Master Grass continued, "In short, this old man has always been grasping a certain degree. I don't want this degree to be unbalanced. The inheritance of mankind is the cornerstone of this degree. Master Lu, answer this old man. Will the result of this battle be as you expected?"
Lu Yin thought for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't know."
Master Qingcao had a complicated expression on his face.
Lu Yin wanted to know what 'degree' was, but the Grass Grandmaster would not tell him.
But now, he was sure of one thing: it had to be the Continent of the Nine Clouds, and there couldn't be too few people in the Continent of the Nine Clouds, because the Insect Hive was constantly multiplying. It couldn't threaten the strong cultivators, but it did threaten the human population.
What kind of speed required the number of humans?
Master Qing Cao suddenly said, "If, I mean if, the Continent of the Nine Clouds loses, or if they win at a great cost, then I invite you to lead the Tian Yuan Universe to join forces with my spiritual universe to replace the Continent of the Nine Clouds. Do you agree?"
Lu Yin found it funny. "Senior, have you forgotten about Qing Lian and the others?"
Master Grass said solemnly, "Maybe when that day comes, they will be willing."
Lu Yin was puzzled and looked at Master Grass in a daze. Normal people wouldn't say such things, but when one reached the height of the God of Defense, many things that were usually incomprehensible would happen. For example, abandoning the Continent of the Nine Clouds and choosing spiritual and Tian Yuan might happen.
This was because the pattern of the God of Defense covered the entire human race, not just a certain universe.
Was it because of that degree that the God of Defense was willing to let spiritual and Tian Yuan replace the Continent of the Nine Clouds?
Lu Yin didn't answer. He wasn't inclined to let Tian Yuan replace the Continent of the Nine Clouds. From the beginning to the end, he had never thought of doing so.
Tian Yuan was Tian Yuan. If Tian Yuan was abandoned, he would live and die with Tian Yuan. If the Continent of the Nine Clouds was abandoned, Tian Yuan could accept people from the Continent of the Nine Clouds. There was no need to replace, conquer, or plunder.
This was because Tian Yuan's cultivation method didn't pay attention to these things.
In fact, Lu Yin had been thinking about whether to change Tian Yuan's cultivation method.
No matter how he looked at it, the Continent of the Nine Clouds' cultivation method was more suitable for survival in the universe, including the Continent of the Nine Clouds' plundering of the spiritual universe.
The universe was cruel to begin with, and it wasn't easy to survive.
But even if he wanted to change Tian Yuan's cultivation method, it was easier said than done. Perhaps if he really did reach the Eternal Realm in the future, he could create his own cultivation method.
Master Qing Cao left. He had only come to see Lu Yin's attitude, or perhaps to let Lu Yin see his attitude.
Actually, no matter what Master Qing Cao's attitude was, it couldn't change Lu Yin's mind.
They didn't take the initiative to implement the strategic plan, but rather, they were completely passive and had no choice. Under such circumstances, there was no need to think about anything because there was no possibility of change.
Alarmed Shangyu probably thought the same, which was why he hadn't urged Lu Yin.
Luo Chan's existence couldn't be completely revealed to the Continent of the Nine Clouds, and the people of the Continent of the Nine Clouds didn't know that allowing the insects to reproduce was precisely to protect the lives of the cultivators. Only by suppressing the battlefield inside and outside the Night Pillar would there be a chance for the spirit seed to emerge and fight.
However, the insects' reproduction speed had indeed exceeded Lu Yin's expectations. Under the premise that the overall strategy didn't change, they could increase the number of insects.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he stared down. He'd found it.
"Senior, Loneswan Island in the Southern Region."
A door appeared, and Lu Yin stepped through it and entered the Southern Region. In front of him was a huge floating island surrounded by the sea.
This island was Loneswan Island, but Lu Yin wasn't looking for Loneswan Island. Instead, he was looking for a small island not too far away from Loneswan Island. The owner of this island was the Yan family.
The initiator of the denunciation of Lu Yin was the Yan family.
In the Continent of the Nine Clouds, there were people denouncing Lu Yin from all sides, and the initiator was the Yan family. However, the outside world didn't know that the Yan family had pushed out a puppet to speak for them. That puppet was even stronger than the Yan family, so no one thought that the Yan family was behind the puppet.
In reality, the Yan family was also a puppet that had been pushed out, and Lu Yin wanted to find out who was behind the Yan family.
On the island, the Yan family was just as usual. Although they were only a small family, they still had some ability in the world of cultivation. After all, most of the cultivators in the world of cultivation were independent cultivators.
This was especially true in this part of the sea, where the Yan family was backed by Loneswan Island and lived very comfortably.
However, on this day, an important person that the Yan family had never imagined would arrive, and the entire family trembled in fear.
The Yan family had a total of 158,000 cultivators, and most of them were ordinary cultivators. Only a few had reached the Progenitor realm, and they weren't young anymore. The head of the Yan family, Yan Chong, was a cultivator at the level of Sequence Laws, and he wasn't young. With the support of his descendants, he trembled as he bowed to Lu Yin. "Greetings, Mr. Lu."
"Greetings, Mr. Lu."
"Greetings …"
More than 100,000 cultivators from the Yan family paid their respects to Lu Yin, and many stole glances at him. Some of them had seen images of Lu Yin's words before, but this was the first time they had seen him in person.
During this time, people from all over the Continent of the Nine Clouds were denouncing Lu Yin, and some members of the Yan family had joined in as well. This made them nervous, and they wondered if Lu Yin had deliberately come to settle accounts with the Yan family.
The Yan family's words carried little weight, and they were just following the trend. They couldn't play a decisive role, so why would he want to find the Yan family?
Lu Yin threw out a karmic spiral at Yan Chong.
Yan Chong didn't notice it at all, and the karmic spiral pierced through him. The other members of the Yan family were also pierced by the spiral, and their karmic threads kept colliding.
In the distance, above the sea, a few figures arrived. It was Zhang Hongyun from the Lonely Swan Island.
When Zhang Hongyun heard that Lu Yin had arrived, he hurried over.
Lu Yin calmly waited for the karmic threads to collide, and at the same time, he watched Yan Chong's past.
"Greetings, Mr. Lu. I am Zhang Hongyun."
Lu Yin turned to look at Zhang Hongyun. "Seal off the news of my arrival."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu. When I heard that you had arrived, I immediately sealed off the news. Aside from the Yan family and some people from the Lonely Swan Island, no one else knows that you have come to the southern region," Zhang Hongyun said respectfully.
Lu Yin nodded and drew in the void, drawing a man. "Who is this, and where is he?"
Zhang Hongyun stared at the man, trying to identify him.
Yan Chong's face went pale, and he stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. How did he know?
How could this be?
How could this be?
Could the rumors be true?
Had this person really comprehended karma and was Qinglian Shangyu's disciple?
It was over. The Yan family was finished.
"Lord Hei?
Yes, it's Lord Hei. "
Lu Yin's eyes moved. "Lord Hei?"
Zhang Hongyun replied, "Mr. Lu, this person is called Lord Hei. He is a powerhouse in the southern region. At his peak, even people from the Lonely Swan Island had to be polite to him. His seniority is higher than mine, so I used to call him Lord Hei. However, this person has been missing for a long time. Why are you looking for him?"
Lu Yin looked at Yan Chong. This person also did not know where Lord Hei was. Otherwise, the karmic threads just now would have revealed it.
Zhang Hongyun did not know, and neither did Yan Chong. This person had hidden it well.
Since that was the case …
Lu Yin's consciousness suddenly spread out, instantly sweeping across the sea and spreading out. In an instant, Zhang Hongyun, the Yan family, and the people from the surrounding islands felt as if the sky was collapsing.
Lu Yin had wanted to search secretly to prevent any accidents, but the clues had been cut off, so he could only do this.
Soon, he found Lord Hei, and his figure disappeared.
On the other side of the Lonely Swan Island, deep in the sea, a pair of scarlet eyes opened. This person was Lord Hei.
Lu Yin's consciousness bombarded Lord Hei's head, and he immediately fainted. The next moment, Lu Yin arrived.
But the moment Lu Yin arrived, Lord Hei's body melted, and a deep scarlet power surged out of his body, swallowing him up like magma.
Lu Yin's expression turned ugly. This was happening again.
The first time he had seen it was in the Western Regions. The first time he had encountered Wang Ming, that person had died just like that. Then it was Jie Zun, and now it was Lord Hei again.
As expected, it was Wang Ming.
Then, was it Eternal, or was it the original Wang Ming?