Ba Yue suddenly turned around. "You're too presumptuous." As she spoke, she raised her hand and pressed down. Her red clothes fluttered without any wind, and life energy and immortal matter gathered in her palm.
Under normal circumstances, even those below immortal life would be in a difficult situation facing this palm. It was enough for Ba Yue to show her might.
However, Lu Yin did not move at all and allowed the palm to land.
Ba Yue's palm stopped less than half an inch from Lu Yin's forehead. She stared at Lu Yin. "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Lu Yin looked up. "Why don't you hit me?"
Ba Yue sneered. "Because you're from the human civilization, you know that I want to find the human civilization through you.
Therefore, you think that I won't kill you. You're quite brave. "
Lu Yin smiled. It seemed that he could understand it this way.
Ba Yue retracted her hand and sat in the main seat. "Tell me your origin, location, and purpose. I can give you the treatment you deserve. As a human, you can enjoy what you enjoy in your civilization here."
If he had met someone who could make such a decision before coming into contact with the Red Coat civilization, Lu Yin would have been tempted.
Unfortunately,
After seeing this ruthless path,
He had no interest in this civilization.
It was only because they were both from the human civilization,
They could help each other.
However, they could not let the two human civilizations come into contact.
The ruthless path did not care about anything, but they were different.
They were easily disturbed by the ruthless path.
"More importantly,
Tell me how you came in. "Ba Yue's gaze was deep.
She stared at Lu Yin.
This was very important.
The four directions of the civilization were guarded by four eternal life realms.
Even an immortal could not enter quietly, let alone someone below immortal life. However, Lu Yin had entered. Perhaps there was a loophole in the civilization's defense. This was a big deal.
Lu Yin shrugged. "Would you believe me if I said that I came in openly?"
Ba Yue frowned. "You're Lu Yin, right?"
"Yes."
"Don't force me to attack you. Since you can come here, it means that your civilization is not far from here. If you want to find it, you can still find it. Don't use your own life to joke with me. You can't afford it," Ba Yue said coldly.
Lu Yin nodded. "You're right. There's no point in telling you. I'll let you make the decision."
"Presumptuous."
Ba Yue attacked again, and this time, she was truly enraged. She did not hold back at all as she viciously swatted down with her palm. However, before her palm could land, the red umbrella on the chair behind Lu Yin automatically opened up.
He blocked Ba Yue's palm.
Ba Yue looked to the other side.
An old man had appeared out of nowhere.
He wasn't wearing red clothes. Instead, he wore a long robe and looked like a teacher. He held a wine gourd in his hand and smiled as he looked over.
Lu Yin looked at the old man as well, and his gaze swept past Ba Yue.
"Sect Master." Ba Yue did not understand. "This person is too impudent."
The old man shook his head with a smile and waved his hand. "I know. Alright, there's no need to scare him. This kid isn't scared at all."
Ba Yue looked at Lu Yin and saw that his eyes were calm and even had a faint smile on them. She couldn't understand how a brat who hadn't even reached the Eternal Realm dared to be so impudent.
Could it be that this kid was a scoundrel?
"You're too close to me. Men and women shouldn't touch each other."
Ba Yue glared, wanting to attack again.
Lu Yin looked at the elder. "Are you the leader of the Heartless Clan?"
The old man smiled and nodded. "This old man will ask."
Lu Yin glanced at the wine gourd. "Those who drink are all sentimental people."
Jiu Wen smiled. "There are also sentimental people, but you haven't seen them." After speaking, he looked at Ba Yue. "Sit down, girl. Don't be so impulsive."
Lu Yin looked at Ba Yue. "You don't cultivate the Heartless Path."
He had purposely provoked Ba Yue just now, and she had been easily angered. This was not how someone who cultivated the Heartless Path should behave.
Ba Yue narrowed her eyes. "You'd better tell me the truth. Otherwise, you won't be able to bear the pain of the Heartless Path, even if you're a scoundrel."
"Oh?
You guessed it. That's right. I'm a scoundrel. "Lu Yin smiled.
Ba Yue did not say anything. A scoundrel was qualified to speak to her as an equal.
Jiu Wen looked at Lu Yin with interest. "Alright, kid. What's your name?"
Lu Yin looked at Jiu Wen. "Lu Yin."
"Good name. The word 'Yin' describes the lives of countless cultivators. Many people only want to hide themselves in the end, just like civilizations," Jiu Wen said emotionally.
Lu Yin said, "Senior's name is good. Jiu Wen, Wen Jiu. Everything is in the wine."
Jiu Wen laughed. "Is that so?
My master gave me this name. I didn't want to be called this back then. I named myself Jiu Tian, but my master didn't agree. "
Lu Yin was speechless.
Ba Yue frowned. "Sect Master, this kid comes from another human civilization."
Jiu Wen grunted. "I know. I can tell. Those who don't cultivate the Heartless Path are like rare animals in our civilization. You were lucky to reach immortality, but this kid is different."
He looked at Lu Yin and asked, "Lu Yin, do you mind telling us about the situation of your human civilization?"
Lu Yin said directly, "I mind."
Ba Yue's gaze was cold.
Jiu Wen was puzzled. "Why?
We're all from the same civilization, so we should support each other. Human civilization is one family. "
Lu Yin said, "Do the Red Coats under the Stars really treat human civilization as one family?"
"Of course."
"But you don't even care about your own family."
"So you're biased against the Heartless Path."
Jiu Wen sighed. "We have no choice. This is the cultivation path of our civilization. If we don't cultivate the Heartless Path, we would have been destroyed long ago. If we cultivate the Heartless Path, we still have a chance of survival. What do you think we should choose?"
Lu Yin did not refute. He did not have the right to criticize the Heartless Path. Perhaps it was just as Jiu Wen said. If they did not cultivate the Heartless Path, they would be destroyed.
"But don't worry. If we come into contact with your civilization, we won't pass the Heartless Path over. What do you think the Heartless Path is?
Is it that easy to cultivate? "Jiu Wen asked again.
Ba Yue's tone was cold. "There are less than one in a thousand people in our civilization who are qualified to cultivate the Heartless Path. Even if almost all cultivators walk the Heartless Path, how many of them can kill their way out of the Heartless Valley?
Only those who enter the Heartless Sect can cultivate the Heartless Path. Everyone else can't be completely heartless. "
Lu Yin was curious. "What does the Red Coats under the Stars have to do with the Ninth Base?"
Jiu Wen laughed happily. "Good, that's great. Finally, there are still people who have preserved their inheritance. Little fellow, do you know how long we spent looking for our own race when the Ninth Base was destroyed?"
"I was afraid that your civilization did not have the Ninth Base's inheritance. Now that you've mentioned the Ninth Base, I'm relieved."
"The Red Coats under the Stars' civilization used to be the Second Stronghold."
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief. The Second Stronghold?
He had found the right person. Then what was the Red Coats under the Stars that the Azure Lotus Lord had abandoned?
"Lu Yin, which stronghold was your civilization at?" Jiu Wen was curious.
Ba Yue was also curious.
The Ninth Base was at the peak of human civilization. It was extremely powerful, and any stronghold had the strength to fight against a fishing civilization.
The Nine Ramparts Array was a colossus that could ignore any civilization.
Ba Yue did not know how the Ninth Base was destroyed at that time. Even though the Red Coats under the Stars were the Second Stronghold, there were very few records of the Ninth Base era in her race. Even she, who was at the Eternal Realm, did not know much about it.
At the end of the day, although the Red Coats under the Stars had passed down their inheritance, they had lost a lot in the war that destroyed the Ninth Base civilization.
They also hoped to make up for this history through other human civilizations.
Lu Yin looked at Jiu Wen and asked, "It's not a stronghold."
Jiu Wen was surprised. "It's not a stronghold?"
Ba Yue was confused. If it was not a stronghold, then what was it?
The Ninth Base was in the sky, and all humans should be gathered there.
Lu Yin said slowly, "When the Ninth Base civilization encountered a strong enemy, some people were taken away as inheritors on the surface, but they were actually bait."
Ba Yue was shocked.
"I'm a descendant of those baits."
Ba Yue stared at Lu Yin in a daze. Bait?
Jiu Wen also looked at Lu Yin. Lu Yin met his gaze, but he did not see a trace of shock in Jiu Wen's eyes, let alone remorse. There was nothing.
Jiu Wen was terrifyingly calm.
"I see."
"Senior, what do you think of this?" Lu Yin asked.
Jiu Wen said, "It's war, so there's no choice. Someone has to be sacrificed."
"Sacrificing honorably and being used as bait are two different things."
"So what do you want?"
Lu Yin stared at Jiu Wen. Jiu Wen's cold gaze made him feel rather uncomfortable. His ancestors had clearly fought to the death for these people and were used as bait, but they were not grateful at all. It was as if it was only natural.
If they were used as bait openly, they would have nothing to say. This was a sacrifice for the sake of human civilization.
However, they had been deceived. They had been deceived.
They had carried the hope of survival and the guilt they felt towards everyone in the Ninth Base Civilization. They were reluctant to part with them, and they had carried the burden of the inheritance with them as they fled. In the end, they had been deceived as bait, and that had been a huge blow to them.
What they hated was not the sacrifice, but being deceived. Perhaps many people in the Ninth Base Civilization thought that they had really fled with the hope of passing on their inheritance.
However, who knew what had happened to them?
"What do you want from us?" Jiu Wen asked again.
Ba Yue looked at Jiu Wen and remained silent.
Lu Yin's tone was low. "Do you think I'm here to collect a debt?"
Jiu Wen laughed. "Collecting a debt is not something a brat like you can come here to collect. It doesn't matter if you're here to explore or if you came here by accident. Since you've experienced this before, the Red Shirt Civilization under the Astral Stars can compensate you. Tell me, what do you want?"
"Don't tell me that you can't compensate our ancestors who died. Countless creatures die every day within the Square Kilometer, and civilizations are destroyed every day. Death is insignificant, and it is impossible for everything to be fair in one's life. You can take revenge for the injustice they suffered. Our ancestors were wrong, and now we have to compensate them. This is the process."
"Kid, sometimes don't think too much. The Ninth Base Civilization nurtured your ancestors, and your ancestors died for the Ninth Base Civilization. This is what they should do. The Path of Heartlessness requires you to abandon all distracting thoughts in order to step through suffering and achieve eternal life. Aren't you curious about our civilization's Path of Heartlessness?
I can tell you now that suffering comes from emotions. The reason it is difficult to step into eternal life is because they cannot find their own suffering. "
"If you abandon all distracting thoughts from the beginning, suffering will naturally be less, and the possibility of stepping into eternal life will be greater."
Lu Yin retracted his gaze. He did not want to look at Jiu Wen's cold eyes anymore.
Jiu Wen's voice rang out. "I admire your ancestors for being able to pass on their legacy and even nurture a rogue like you. However, you will eventually return to the Ninth Base Civilization. Since you have no home to return to, come to us. Otherwise, you will be destroyed one day."