Lu Yin was shocked. How was this possible?
Azure Lotus Defender could not understand it either, but this was how things were. Even Luo Chan could exist, so it was not impossible for such an active universe to exist.
"Take us there."
"This universe can buy my life."
Azure Lotus Defender looked at the creature in front of him. "How many creatures know about this universe?"
The creature's eyes flashed. "My brother too."
Azure Lotus Defender laughed and directly used karma to penetrate the creature. The creature felt its body being penetrated by some kind of force and retreated in shock, but it was not injured. What was going on?
Not every creature could come into contact with karma.
If there were no powerhouses around who comprehended karma, it would be difficult to understand unless they cultivated to eternal life.
This creature clearly had not come into contact with karma before, but it was not strange for an invisible force to exist. Eternal life had its own world.
It just did not know what had been done to it.
At this moment, Azure Lotus Defender stared at the creature's karma. Karma was the end, and he used this piece of metal to search for it.
Karma could not be seen clearly in one go.
The lotus continued to move towards the door, and a full half a month passed. During this time, Lu Yin and the Azure Lotus Emperor had taken turns to test out karma. In the end, they were able to confirm that aside from this lifeform, no other lifeform knew about the active universe.
This made sense. How could such a universe be willing to be known by others?
This creature said that it had a brother who knew about it just to make Lu Yin and Azure Lotus Defender hesitate and not dare to kill it.
For half a month, this creature constantly experienced the pain of its body being penetrated but not injured. These two people were attacking it, but it did not know what the result would be. It was too torturous.
"Do you have a brother who knows the location of the active universe?"
The creature did not hesitate. "Yes."
Since he had already deceived it, he had to make it more natural.
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright, take us there."
The creature marked the location.
Azure Lotus Defender frowned. "According to this location, it will take us three years to reach it."
Lu Yin was uneasy. "No, three years is too long."
The creature was at a loss. Three years? Long?
What did it look like?
To it, walking a distance of a few inches could easily take hundreds or thousands of years. Selling civilization coordinates and waiting for the buyer to accept it could also take hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years. It was too normal.
It would take a long time to reach this location, but with the speed of this eternal life in front of it, it would only take three years.
Was three years too long?
"Senior, you can't leave the Continent of the Nine Firmaments for too long. How about this? Senior Bitter Lamp, please come with me. The human civilization can only be at ease with you around," Lu Yin said.
Qinglian Yu thought for a while and said, "That's good. Even though we don't know what's going on right now, the Divine Master and the others won't make a move. They will definitely wait until the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad arrives. But just in case, it's better not to take the risk. Let Ku Deng accompany you. You won't be away for too long."
Lu Yin nodded.
The One Leaf Green Lotus continued to move toward the door. In the blink of an eye, it was almost there.
During this time, Lu Yin would occasionally ask the creature about the Core Distance.
Qinglian Shangyu was curious.
The creature they called One Eye.
One Eye did not know much about the Square Inch Distance, but he did know a little about it. After all, he had been to the One-Line Sky and found a few civilizations.
"The strongest civilization I've ever seen is that buyer. They said that no matter how strong the civilization they found is, they just need to give them the coordinates. How they deal with it has nothing to do with us."
"I once thought that I had encountered an extremely powerful civilization with eternal life. I also gave the coordinates of that civilization to the buyer."
"A thousand years later, I passed by that civilization and saw nothing but chaos. That universe had been rebooted."
"Selling the coordinates to the One-Line Sky?
Of course not. That's a mistake made by newbies. The price is usually death. "
"The One-Line Sky isn't that easy to get to. Even if you tell me where it is, I don't want to go. Those who can go to the One-Line Sky either have the backing of a civilization. Even if the civilization might not be very strong, it might have eternal life. Otherwise, going to the One-Line Sky would be too dangerous."
"Of course, there's no lack of creatures like me who accidentally entered the One-Line Sky, but everyone has their own misgivings. As long as they don't expose the existence of eternal life, it's generally fine. The only thing that's scary is encountering a civilization that uses the One-Line Sky to fish. I've heard that the One-Line Sky was built by a certain civilization to fish for other civilizations."
"The last time I entered the One-Line Sky, I didn't stay for long before leaving."
"A fishing civilization?
Does that buyer count?
I haven't seen the rest. Those who have are all dead. If we can see a fishing civilization, then they must have seen us before. We wouldn't even dare to dream of encountering them. Only that buyer's civilization … I'm guessing that it might be a fishing civilization … "
The One Leaf Lotus entered the portal, and the dark starry sky disappeared. When the One Leaf Lotus saw its surroundings clearly, what was this?
It saw that there were people everywhere in the distance.
The One Leaf Lotus instantly disappeared from the Law Domain and returned to the Nine Firmaments Universe.
The Mother Tree of the Nine Firmaments Universe stood tall as countless cultivators shuttled back and forth. The One Leaf Lotus was shocked. This was a civilization, which was normal, but was this civilization not ridiculously strong?
When it saw Stargate Shangyu and Reverend Kudeng, a strong sense of helplessness enveloped its entire body.
Eternal life, and more than one at that. Could this be a fishing civilization?
There were three eternal life forms and one scoundrel. From what it knew, this was a fishing civilization. What other civilization could be so powerful?
But if this was a fishing civilization, why didn't they destroy that universe?
Shouldn't fishing civilizations destroy the universe as soon as they see it?
Soon after, Lu Yin began to impart the Nirvana Tree's techniques.
Those who were imparted the techniques were those who had previously gone to the mirage domain to cultivate. This group of people was the elite selected by the human civilization, so naturally, they were given priority to receive the inheritance.
When Qinglian Shangyu took Lu Yin to find the two civilizations, these people came out of the mirage domain and headed towards the Nine Firmaments Universe. They were all in the Nine Firmaments Universe at the moment, waiting to go to the mirage domain after imparting the Nirvana Tree's techniques.
The number of cultivators in the Nine Firmaments Universe who had been imparted the Nirvana Tree's techniques was too small. Anyone who was qualified to be sent to the mirage domain to cultivate was qualified to receive the Nirvana Tree's inheritance.
Qinglian Shangyu spent a lot of time and effort to find the two civilizations with Lu Yin for this purpose.
There was no doubt that eternal life forms were powerful. The stronger the eternal life forms, the more they could protect the current civilization, but the overall combat power of the civilization also had to be improved.
Lu Yin walked a path that no one had ever walked before.
Before Lu Yin, even Qinglian Shangyu thought that personal cultivation was the most important. He only needed to constantly strengthen himself and protect the entire human civilization. However, he had never thought about how to constantly improve the overall combat power.
Lu Yin and the Tianyuan Universe had united their wishes. He defeated two eternal life forms with the help of non-eternal life forms, turning the joke of the distance of square inches into reality. He also showed them another way, a way to grow together with the civilization.
If Lu Yin hadn't done so much for the Tianyuan Universe, the Tianyuan Universe wouldn't have been so compatible with him. In the previous battle, he could only resist one eternal life form immortal at most. He couldn't resist two at the same time, and the Tianyuan Universe wouldn't exist at this moment.
You could only get what you paid for.
The reason why he didn't get what he paid for was that he didn't pay enough.
Paying without expecting anything in return would be rewarded.
Most people didn't understand this principle.
Those who understood it didn't necessarily want to be rewarded.
The Nirvana Tree's techniques hadn't been taught for a long time. One eye couldn't see it at all because he was imprisoned by Qinglian Shangyu.
After the Nirvana Tree's teachings, Master Ku Deng took Lu Yin and One Eye through the portal again, heading towards the active universe.
Master Ku Deng's speed was not as fast as Qinglian Shangyu, but it was close. Qinglian Shangyu was not known for his speed.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
Lu Yin and Master Ku Deng saw the active civilization mentioned by One Eye.
It was indeed very small. They had seen the Tianyuan Universe, the Ninth Heaven, and the Consciousness Universe from the distance of square inches. In comparison, this active universe was not even one-tenth the size of the Consciousness Universe.
Such a small universe would be less likely to be discovered by a foreign civilization.
The strange thing was that there was no mother tree here.
Lu Yin thought there would be a mother tree.
"Where's the mother tree?" He looked at One Eye.
One Eye said, "None."
"How come?"
"I don't know. There is no mother tree in this universe."
Lu Yin frowned. It was a pity that there was no mother tree.
One Eye said, "It's better if there is no mother tree. With the vitality of this universe, I don't know what will happen if there is a mother tree."
Master Ku Deng agreed, "If there is such vitality, this universe may not be able to support a mother tree. It may have been discovered by other civilizations long ago."
Lu Yin felt it was a pity. The mother tree was connected to the sky and the earth. If there was so much vitality, it would be too conspicuous.
"Let's go in."
Soon, they entered the universe.
As soon as they entered, Lu Yin and Master Ku Deng had a strange feeling. It was as if the entire space was boiling and an indescribable vitality flowed into their bodies.
The sky was above, the earth was below, and the wind was blowing in the sky. It was full of joy.
Mountains towered over the earth, full of heaviness.
Streams collided with each other, as if singing.
The whole world gave them a fairytale feeling.
Master Ku Deng praised, "Everything is alive, as if life has sprouted. Incredible, truly incredible."
Lu Yin raised his hand, and the wind brushed past his palm and circled around it. He grabbed it, and it was soft, cool, and comfortable.
The wind wound around his palm, and under Lu Yin's control, it formed a ribbon that extended along his arm. It was a weapon.
One Eye looked at the scene bitterly. This universe used to belong to it, but now it belonged to someone else.
There were no powerful creatures in this universe, and it was full of active substances that it could easily control.
But now, it was all gone.
For a civilization, active weapons were invaluable. If all the active substances in this universe were brought to the human civilization, it would be enough to guarantee that all human cultivators would have active weapons. Their fighting power would increase by at least twenty percent, and as time passed, their fighting power would increase even more.
What a pity.