Beside him, the master looked at Lu Yin in confusion. Was he imagining things?
The sorrow that the door had brought him had disappeared.
In Zhan Ming's eyes, Lu Yin's figure suddenly grew larger, almost covering the door.
Not long after, Lu Yin and the master left the Law Domains.
Zhan Ming led a group of Zhan family members to send them off.
After they left, the Zhan family members finally relaxed. The pressure had been too great.
Almost all of the powerhouses in the spiritualized universe were gone, and only the Zhan family remained. Zhan Ming felt a lot of pressure.
He really wanted to use all his wheels to seal the Law Domain experts again.
On the other side, Lu Yin and the master were strolling through space.
"Thank you for the previous battle," the master said.
Lu Yin smiled. "No need to be so polite between us."
The master glanced at Lu Yin. "Do you speak so casually to every woman?"
Lu Yin, "??"
"No wonder that girl said that," the Great Master said.
"Who?
What do you mean? "
"Xiang Siyu. She said you speak strangely."
Lu Yin was speechless. She spoke strangely, and he didn't know how to respond.
"Right, what do you think of Hong 'er?"
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Don't forget that you still lack one condition, and that's Hong 'er."
Lu Yin remembered that he had fulfilled six of the Seven Fairies' conditions and only lacked one. If he could complete all of them, he could ask Azure Lotus to do something for him.
In the past, he had hoped that Azure Lotus would protect the Tian Yuan Universe from being rebooted, but now, he had the ability to protect himself unless Azure Lotus and the others were enemies.
However, it was still quite tempting to use the Seven Fairies' conditions in exchange for Azure Lotus' help.
He had a good relationship with Azure Lotus, but there were some things that he couldn't ask him to do.
It was better to have a legitimate agreement.
"What does she want me to do?" Lu Yin asked.
The master shook his head. "I don't know. Ask her yourself, or let Seventh Sister ask."
"In the past, I told Seventh Sister and the others not to contact me to hide our identities, but there's no need for that anymore."
Lu Yin nodded thoughtfully.
"There's one more thing." The master looked at Lu Yin. "The one you touched back then wasn't me."
Lu Yin stared blankly at the master, not knowing how to respond. This matter wasn't over yet?
The master smiled... "Believe it or not, I know who you touched. After all, Seventh Sister and I aren't on the same level..
Lu Yin retracted his gaze and didn't say anything.
"Do you want to know?"
"This matter is over."
"For a woman, she will never be able to cross it, unless she is one of your people."
Lu Yin helplessly asked, "Where did Senior Xue Ta go?"
The Great Master also retracted his gaze. "If you don't want to know, then forget it. You'll find out sooner or later. As for the Blood Tower Imperial Palace, I don't know either."
"I have a question that I'd like to ask," Lu Yin said.
The Great Master said, "Speak."
"Since you are the ferryman of the river of time, you shouldn't be from the human civilization, right?"
"Of course, I came from another universe. I was brought here by the Blood Tower's Imperial Guard."
"How did you escape the river of time?"
The Great Master looked at Lu Yin. "What's wrong? You don't want to be a ferryman anymore?"
Lu Yin didn't deny it. Wei Nu truly didn't want to work there anymore, but he didn't know if Zhao Ran wanted to continue.
The Great Master looked ahead. "The Ferryman of the River of Time's duty is to prevent anyone from interfering with time. Without the Ferryman of the River of Time, the time of an entire universe would be thrown into chaos."
"They protect the time of an entire universe, but they torment themselves."
"The Ferryman has to stay in the River of Time for an endless amount of time. It's about the same as an Eternal Realm expert. However, an Eternal Realm expert can leave at will, but a Ferryman can't."
"I once had the thought of leaving the River of Time, but in the end, that universe was thrown into chaos. The past and present were reversed, and humanity was reversed. Everything was in chaos. You don't want to see that kind of chaos."
Lu Yin thought of the game between Wei Nu and fate. Fate wasn't the Ferryman, but it schemed against Wei Nu through the River of Time and gave him a chance to turn back time.
This time reversal changed the fate of countless people and even the fate of the entire human civilization.
If not for that time reversal, he might not be in his current situation. His relationship with the spiritualized universes and the Nine Heavens Universe wouldn't be like this.
This was only a single time reversal.
If it happened a few more times, what would happen to the entire human civilization?
Even the Blue Lotus Imperial Guard and the others didn't care.
"I can leave the River of Time because that River of Time no longer exists," the Great Master muttered something that Lu Yin couldn't understand.
Lu Yin was confused. "What do you mean, no longer exists?"
The Great Master's gaze was melancholic. "The River of Time exists in the universe. If that universe is gone, time will also be gone. It can be considered returning to the mainstream."
"How can the universe be gone?" Lu Yin didn't understand.
The Great Master looked at Lu Yin and smiled. "Since the universe can appear, it can also disappear. What's so strange about that?"
"Isn't there only restarting?"
"It can also disappear completely."
"How?"
"How would I know? You should ask Qinglian Shangyu and the others. I'm not an Eternal Realm expert."
At this point, her gaze was cold and filled with killing intent. "Thinking back, it's all because of that group of hateful evil thieves. If I had another chance, I would have thrown them into the River of Time and made them suffer a fate worse than death."
Lu Yin looked at the Great Master. Evil thieves?
The Great Master looked up. "The Square Inch Distance is a game between civilizations. However, there is no lack of powerhouses who walk the Square Inch Distance and specialize in finding civilizations. They locate coordinates and sell coordinates to obtain resources or even the path to eternal life.
"The coordinates of the universe where I once existed were sold by such creatures, causing the universe to disappear and time to no longer exist. It returned to the mainstream. Coincidentally, the Blood Tower's Shangyu arrived at that time, and I followed him here."
Lu Yin understood. "So the evil thieves you mentioned are those creatures that sold coordinates of civilizations?"
The Great Master nodded silently.
"Have you ever thought about it?" Lu Yin hesitated for a moment.
The Great Master continued, "Was it done by the Blood Tower's Shangyu?"
Lu Yin didn't speak because it was too coincidental. The universe disappeared just as the Blood Tower's Shangyu arrived, and he was an Eternal Realm expert.
The Great Master and Lu Yin looked at each other. "It wasn't done by the Blood Tower's Shangyu because he doesn't have the strength."
"The strength to completely destroy the universe?"
The Great Master shook her head. "It's the strength to completely destroy the universe without me noticing. No matter what, I'm still the Ferryman of the River of Time. It's not easy for an Eternal Realm expert to hide from me."
Lu Yin thought of Zhao Ran. When the hive civilization attacked the Tian Yuan Universe, Zhao Ran had delayed that Eternal Realm insect for a while.
Indeed, she could delay an Eternal Realm expert, let alone see one.
An Eternal Realm expert destroying the Tian Yuan Universe couldn't be hidden from the Ferryman of the River of Time because there was time everywhere in the universe.
"Other than the disappearance of the River of Time, what other methods can make the Ferryman leave?
Even if she leaves the River of Time temporarily, it's fine. "Lu Yin asked.
The Great Master looked at Lu Yin strangely. "Your wife can't be the Ferryman of the Tian Yuan Universe's River of Time, right?"
"Of course not." Lu Yin didn't expect the Great Master to think that way.
The Great Master still didn't believe him. "Let me tell you, the Ferryman of the River of Time takes the form of the current universe's civilization. She might not be a human, so don't be mistaken."
Lu Yin was speechless. "She's really not. She's just a friend or a relative."
"Is that so? That's good. I'll kindly remind you that it's fine if you don't admit it, but don't fall deeper. Speaking of which, you don't even want the Seven Fairies. How good is your wife?"
"Do you have a way to make the Ferryman leave the River of Time?"
"Yes, but I won't say."
“？？”
"It's not that I'm targeting you. Every profession has its rules, and the Ferryman has his own rules. Finding a way to leave is his own ability, but if another Ferryman helps, then the nature of the situation is different. Don't forget that you, I, and even Qinglian Yu and the others see the River of Time as tributaries. There's still the entire universe's River of Time above it."
After a pause, the Great Master continued, "I've never heard of anyone being able to draw down that River of Time, but that River of Time rules the entire universe. It's completely different from tributaries."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "Are you saying that the River of Time also has a Ferryman?"
"That's what a Ferryman means. Perhaps it's a Ferryman bug, a Ferryman lifeform, and so on. In any case, don't even think about changing the Ferryman system, or you'll be in big trouble," the Great Master said solemnly.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "Is that what you know?"
"It's just a guess."
"Just a guess?"
"Isn't it enough?
The most unsettling thing about the universe is the unknown. If you can make some guesses about certain things, then your fear will be reduced by half. "
Lu Yin nodded. She was right, and it was similar to knowing one's own limits.
In order to survive in the universe, one had to know one's own limits. One had to have guesses about the outside world, and if one didn't even have any guesses, then one would be stuck in the abyss.
Sadly, most civilizations had no way of guessing what existed in the universe.
Guesses weren't baseless delusions. Anyone who had a guess would have to have a feeling or some sort of premonition. This meant that one was also close to that guess, which was the true meaning of guessing.
If one made wild guesses, then it would be the same as not doing anything.
The Great Master could guess the River of Time because she herself was the Ferryman of the River of Time. Other than that, it was difficult for others to guess the River of Time's might.
"Try not to talk about the Ferryman unless you can guess the River of Time's Master one day," the Great Master said.
Lu Yin looked at the sky. "The more you think you understand the universe, the further you realize that you're getting from it."
"Can an Eternal Realm expert guess the River of Time's Master?"
"How would I know? You should ask them. You humans are the best at hiding creatures I've ever seen. Every one of you looks gentle and polite on the surface, but when it comes to fighting, you're more ruthless than anyone else."
The Great Master subconsciously looked at the treetop of the Mother Tree. "I really didn't expect the Startled Lord to be able to fight one against two. I always thought that she was much weaker than the Bloodtower Lord."
"This isn't surprising, right? After all, the Startled Lord once fought against the heavens and earth. If she hadn't broken through to the Eternal Realm, she would be about the same as me."
"It's not the same. Victory or defeat in a battle depends on one's combat strength and will. The Startled Lord's will is extremely strong, but it's usually not obvious."
She looked at Lu Yin. "You should know that any creature that steps into the Eternal Realm will have their temperament smoothed out under that kind of restraint. No one is an exception."
"But the Startled Lord can still erupt with such a strong fighting spirit. She really wants to fight."