"However, I believe you, but others don't," Lu Yin said.
Startoad's eyes were filled with murderous intent. "Who?
Who wronged me? "
"Azure Lotus Defender."
The murderous intent in Startoad's eyes quickly disappeared, and it stopped talking.
"Azure Lotus Defender doesn't understand. The familiar aura you felt was from the Sky Bearing Race, but they are on the other side of the Karma Celestial Phenomenon. They are too far away from here. It is equivalent to the distance between two Tianyuan Universes and a spiritualized universe. You are not an Eternal Being, so how could you feel the aura of the Sky Bearing Race?"
Startoad wanted to explain, but it couldn't. Yes, how could it?
That distance was so far away that even an Eternal Being couldn't feel it.
Lu Yin stared at Startoad. "You allowed us to detect the Sky Bearing Race's tracks in advance. This is a merit that the human civilization will reward. Don't worry, this merit is enough for you to lie in the Merit Book until you die. However, you have to convince Azure Lotus Defender of your loyalty."
"He suspects that you are working with the unknown and deliberately said that to trick me. He also suspects that you are working with the hive civilization to incite a war between the humans and the Sky Bearing Race."
Startoad was about to cry. It wanted to curse Azure Lotus Defender, but it didn't dare to do so. Azure Lotus Defender was an Eternal Being, the strongest Eternal Being in the human civilization.
"Master Lu, I really didn't. I really felt a familiar yet strange aura, so I came to find you immediately."
"Immediately?"
"Eh, half a year?
It wasn't long. Master Lu, please believe me. I really didn't. "
Lu Yin raised his hand. "I know you didn't. The Tianyuan Universe believes you. When we were enemies with the Eternals, you did business with us multiple times. There is no problem in terms of integrity, but Azure Lotus Defender doesn't understand. Nine Heavens Universe doesn't understand either. You know that Azure Lotus Defender has a bad temper."
"Master Lu, please help me." Startoad knelt down.
Lu Yin and Long Xi looked at each other. It was about time. He wanted to let Startoad meet the Sky Bearing Race and see if he could trick them. If he forced Startoad to meet them, this toad would ruin things. Only the toad could think of a way to trick them.
This toad was cunning. The Sky Bearing Race looked honest and might not be able to resist its tricks.
The premise was that Startoad was worthy of their attention.
What he said just now wasn't just to scare the Star Toad. Neither he nor Green Lotus Imperial Advisor could understand how the Star Toad could sense the arrival of the Sky Bearing Race from such a long distance away. This was inconceivable.
Because of this, he could tell that the relationship between the Star Toad Race and the Sky Bearing Race was definitely not ordinary. Thus, he decided to let the Star Toad Race scam the Sky Bearing Race.
The atmosphere fell into silence.
The Star Toad lay on the ground, its lotus leaves withered.
Lu Yin let out a sigh. "I've already said that I believe you. But now that the human civilization is united, if Blue Lotus and the others don't believe you, it will be very detrimental to your future survival in the human civilization."
"How about this? Let's go meet the Sky Bearing Race and dispel their suspicions."
The Star Toad raised his head. "Yes, the Sky Carrying Race?"
Lu Yin nodded and reached out to help the toad up.
"Meet the Sky Bearing Race and try your best to understand the situation of the Sky Bearing Race or the civilization behind them. This way, Green Lotus Imperial Ruler and the others will be able to confirm that you are one of them."
The Startoad wasn't stupid. On the contrary, it was smarter than anyone else, and it immediately understood that Lu Yin was forcing it to speak to the Sky Tribe. However, because it was smart, it also understood Lu Yin's suspicions.
Who could sense the aura of another civilization from so far away?
Such suspicions were reasonable.
Now, it couldn't be sure how Green Lotus Imperial Ruler and the others saw it. Was Lu Yin trying to scare it or was Green Lotus Imperial Ruler suspicious of it?
The Startoad stared blankly at Lu Yin, trying to figure out something from his face.
Lu Yin drank his tea calmly without any expression.
After a while, the Startoad still didn't speak.
Lu Yin put down his teacup. "It's okay if you don't want to go. I'll deal with the Ninth Firmament Universe. You can leave now."
The Startoad blinked and continued to stare at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked back at it and smiled. "Have some tea. After all, it's a token of my goodwill." As he spoke, he picked up the Startoad's teacup and passed it to it.
The Startoad looked at the teacup in front of it and gulped. "I'll go."
Lu Yin smiled faintly. "Don't force yourself. Don't worry, I'll deal with the Ninth Firmament Universe. I won't let you suffer. After all, you've contributed greatly."
The Startoad felt bitter. Contributed greatly?
Yes, it had indeed performed a meritorious deed, but this meritorious deed had to be completed.
Discovering the Sky Bearing Race was the beginning of the contribution. Dispelling the suspicions of the human civilization was the end.
Only when this was completed could it be considered a contribution.
"I won't force myself. I'll go and meet the Sky Bearing Race. Maybe they can tell me about my race." The Startoad said.
Lu Yin thought about it. "That makes sense. Alright, go then. Don't worry, there will be Eternal Realm powerhouses protecting you. Nothing will happen to you. This is my guarantee."
The Startoad was relieved after hearing this. Everyone who knew Lu Yin knew that being his enemy was miserable. He was ruthless and cunning. He could make his enemies suffer, but his promises were true.
"Then I'll leave?" the Startoad asked.
Lu Yin smiled and nodded. At the same time, he swirled the teacup.
The Startoad looked at the teacup. Drink more tea?
To hell with drinking tea. I haven't even had a sip yet.
"It's a token of my goodwill. It's quite tasty."
The Startoad looked past Lu Yin to Long Xi, who smiled gently at it.
It took the teacup helplessly. "Thank you, Master Lu. Thank you, Miss Long Xi."
At this moment, the One Leaf Green Lotus appeared. The Startoad took the teacup away and boarded it before leaving.
Seeing the Startoad disappear, Lu Yin's eyes flashed. He hoped that the toad could bring back some good news.
"Isn't it too much to force it?
After all, it was the one who discovered the Sky Bearing Race's tracks. "Long Xi asked.
Lu Yin's face turned serious. "That's why we need to know the relationship between the Startoad Race and the Sky Bearing Race. Our suspicions are not without reason, but what I said is true. I trust this toad because it knows that if it tries to scheme against me, it will die. Even an Eternal Realm being cannot escape from the Karmic Phenomenon, let alone this toad."
"For its own life, it won't scheme against us."
Long Xi was worried. "But if this matter spreads, no one will dare to say anything."
Lu Yin sighed. "The situation is serious. We can't care so much. Let's solve the problem at hand first."
"This toad is very smart. It won't speak carelessly. As for its dissatisfaction, the Green Lotus Emperor will compensate it."
"As for me, I will teach it the Nirvana Tree technique as compensation."
"What I said before was not a lie. Once this crisis is resolved, the human civilization will be preserved. It can lie in the book of merits until it dies."
Long Xi did not say anything else. She poured Lu Yin another cup of tea. There were still things to settle.
The void in front of them distorted, and a few strange creatures fell out. They panicked and wanted to run. They did not know where they were, but they were easily trapped by Lu Yin.
Beside the stone table, Lu Yin sized up the creatures. Long Xi looked at them curiously. They were strange creatures, and their auras were obvious.
There were a total of five of them. Their oval-shaped heads were the color of lime. They had no eyes or mouths. There was only a vertical line in the middle of their heads. As for their bodies, or more accurately, they did not have bodies. They were just grayish-brown things that looked like grass skirts.
When Lu Yin was fighting with the two Eternal Realm Green Immortals, he accidentally discovered them. He purposely avoided them with the aftershocks of his attacks. Otherwise, they would have died.
He wanted to know why these creatures were outside the Tian Yuan Universe.
After panicking for a while, the creatures finally calmed down and faced Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared at them. "In our civilization, you have the cultivation of a Half-Ancestor. At this level, you can communicate. Tell me, where are you from?"
The creatures faced each other. They did not have eyes, but that vertical line seemed to be their eyes.
Lu Yin did not know what they were communicating with, but after a while, one of the creatures walked out and bowed strangely to Lu Yin. Lu Yin could not understand it.
"Respected powerhouse, we come from the Toro civilization, which should have been extinct. Due to a coincidence, we were sealed in a stone and have been sleeping ever since. We only woke up during the chaotic battle between the Eternals."
"We did not mean to disturb your civilization."
"As for why we appeared here, we do not know either …"
This creature said many things about the Toro civilization and was certain that it was extinct. Even the universe did not know where it was.
As for being sealed in a stone, it should be a sourcebox.
Just like the Eternal Realm and Execution Realm, they had chosen to hibernate using a sourcebox to escape.
Lu Yin was not interested in the Toro civilization. Karma danced at his fingertips as he tossed it out. Asking questions was one thing, but answering was a form of attitude. Karma was the answer.
If these creatures' answers did not match his karma, then there was a problem.
As the karma spiraled through, Lu Yin saw scenes of the past. Most of them were dark, and there was nothing. Occasionally, a few images would flash by, but they were all the past of the Toro civilization.
He saw the destruction of the Toro civilization and the collapse of the Mother Tree. This Toro civilization also had a Mother Tree.
He saw blood and fire intertwining.
He saw another strange civilization that had destroyed the Toro civilization. This one had an equally strange appearance that Lu Yin had never seen before.
After looking at it for a while, just as he was about to stop, his eyes suddenly widened as he stared blankly at the karmic past. He had actually seen a human in the Toro civilization's karmic past, and it was a human dressed in red.
Lu Yin stared at them. "You've seen us before."
The creatures panicked, and the creature that had been communicating with Lu Yin was terrified. "Respected powerhouse, we've never seen you before."
"You've seen the human civilization."
Lu Yin barked, his eyes filled with murderous intent. A terrifying pressure caused these creatures to tremble and lie down. They felt as if the sky was collapsing.
This feeling was similar to that of the chaotic battle between the Eternals. The feeling of the sky collapsing brought about destruction and despair.
"Respected powerhouse, we've never seen you before. We definitely haven't."
Lu Yin drew in the air and drew a red-robed man. "Have you seen this before?"
"Yes, we've seen you before. You're a Red Coat from the Understars."
"And you say you haven't seen us before?"
"Respected powerhouse, you're a Red Coat from the Understars?"