The old man said, "Little guy, you owe me a life, remember?"
Lu Yin did not deny it. Life and death on the battlefield were unpredictable.
The old man had indeed saved his life.
If the old man had not taken action, no one could have forced him.
"Of course I remember."
"Haha, it's good that you don't deny it. Then, complete your mission."
Lu Yin frowned. "Mission?"
"Eight Colors gave you a mission."
"Capture a tributary of the River of Time?"
"That's right."
"What does this have to do with you?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
The old man said, "The unknown will not tell you everything, but there are some things you can explore yourself.
For example, the rules. "
"The unknown is not only Eight Colors, but also us.
Since Eight Colors can assign missions, so can we, "the old man said slowly.
Lu Yin was surprised. They could also assign missions?
Wait, he understood. It seemed that the mission to capture a tributary of the River of Time came from the old man. It let Eight Colors assign the mission, so Eight Colors did not care whether the mission was completed or not.
But it had to be accepted.
He was wondering why it was so strange. A compulsory mission seemed urgent.
However, there was no time limit. It was contradictory. Now …
The solution came.
"So, you let Eight Colors issue a compulsory mission."
The old man laughed. "Exchanging a compulsory mission with a price, this is within the rules. It depends on whether you can think of it."
"The mission to draw the star chart also came from you?"
"Draw the star chart?
It has nothing to do with me. "
"What if I don't do this mission?" Lu Yin asked.
The old man said, "You must remember that you owe me a life in the war with Xian Ling.
You agreed to block the sky because Eight Colors forced you to do so, and you received an unknown five-star mission reward, not because of me. In fact, if you had agreed to block the sky, not only would you have returned the life you owed me, but I would also have helped you complete the five-star mission. The reward would have been yours. What a pity. "
Lu Yin did not feel that it was a pity. He had clearly wanted to refuse, but he did not expect that he could not refuse. "Old man, is it worth it to exchange my life for a tributary of the River of Time?
Capturing a tributary of the River of Time is not too difficult. "
"It's not difficult, but I can't do it. If I move, I will be swept away by the River of Time. I can draw the River of Time, and the River of Time is watching me, so I can only let Eight Colors assign the mission," the old man explained.
"Why don't you find someone else?"
"Looking for you, the price is the lowest." The old man said bluntly.
This was not a matter of whether the price was small or not, but that there was no price at all.
Hehe, the old man didn't have to pay anything.
As long as Lu Yin admitted that it had saved his life, it would be fine.
Even though they were enemies, they still had to have a bottom line.
There were some rules that had to be followed. He couldn't go back on his words, or else he wouldn't be able to keep his footing.
Lu Yin was puzzled. "You just lack a tributary of the River of Time?"
"There's a lot missing. As long as you're willing, you can continue this mission without limit."
Lu Yin smiled. "How much are you willing to pay for the unlimited mandatory missions?"
"It's a secret."
"Alright, I'll do my best to help you capture the tributaries of the River of Time. By the way, do you know how to contact Er Mao?"
"Why are you looking for it?" The old man was also puzzled.
Lu Yin replied, "There's something I want to ask."
"What is it?"
"Hehe."
The old man was speechless.
"You don't have to look for Er Mao. Even if you find it, it won't communicate with you. You should have seen its main body." The old man chuckled.
Lu Yin nodded. "I have to say, it's a little unbelievable that a shield can join the unknown."
"The owner of this shield died in the Battle of Nine Bases."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "Died in the hands of humans?"
"Hehe."
Lu Yin rubbed his head. There was nothing he could do.
He was wondering why Er Mao was so hostile to him. As long as it spoke, it would target him. So this was the reason.
In that case, Er Mao was also an enemy.
"Little guy, your human civilization has more enemies than you think. Capture a few more tributaries of the River of Time. Believe me, you'll need my help. Hehe."
Lu Yin looked at Zhi Zong. It seemed to make sense.
But helping the old man was enough?
Who said that this old man was not an enemy of human civilization?
Save him now and kill him in the future. Who could say for sure?
He had to capture the tributaries of the River of Time as repayment for saving his life. But capturing a few more? This old man was thinking too much.
"Eight colors."
"I'm here."
"I want to buy a star chart."
"No, and it's not available for purchase."
He couldn't buy it?
He had been inspired by the old man's words. He could try to buy something from the unknown, but if he couldn't find it, then so be it.
The star chart was a compulsory mission that belonged to an unknown. Even if he wanted to buy it, he couldn't find Eight colors.
Thinking about it, Lu Yin smiled. He had figured out how to find the unknown who had issued the mission to draw the star chart.
He left Zhi Zong and entered the mirage domain, frantically calculating the Mirroring Technique. He didn't calculate it for himself, but for others. He calculated it in front of others so that they could see the distance of the technique. He didn't have time to look around, but others had plenty of time, especially those from the Lu family who could teleport. It was best to leave this matter to them.
In the beginning, it had been very tiring for him to calculate the Mirroring Technique by himself, but ever since his confrontation with Ni Beiluo had caused the technique to shatter, he had to calculate it again and again. He found that his previous calculations were much smoother, so he kept repeating them.
The speed of a twenty-year Eternal Life Realm cultivator was enough, and it didn't have to be too far.
As Patriarch Lu Yuan walked out of the mirage domain and looked into the distance, the people around him were teleported away one by one.
With the three universes as the center, everyone spread out and looked in all directions. This was a time-consuming project, and Lu Yin didn't have the time to do it, but others did.
It was Dan Hong, Ming Zhuo, and a few others who had used the Nirvana Tree to reach the peak of power below Eternal Life.
Coupled with Patriarch Lu Yuan's teleportation, it spread out like a machine. With enough time, everyone would be able to clearly see the surroundings of the three universes.
What Lu Yin had seen before was just a rough estimate, but now, he wanted to draw a star chart as well.
At present, more than one person in the Lu family could teleport, and Patriarch Lu Yuan had personally taken the field. This could be considered a test, and it would be their turn next.
The results quickly appeared.
The Desolate God was the first to find Lu Yin, saying that it had discovered a new cosmic civilization.
Previously, the Desolate God had been suppressing the String of the Sequence, but as Lu Yin climbed step by step, his strength was comparable to Eternal Life and even surpassed ordinary Eternal Life Realms.
No one could break the String of the Sequence and restart the Tian Yuan Universe under the current three universes. Even if a powerful enemy wanted to restart the Tian Yuan Universe, it wouldn't be so troublesome.
Xian Ling, on the other hand, could easily restart the consciousness universe.
Thus, the Desolate God was idle and cultivated on its own like Hongyan Mavis and the others.
This time, Lu Yin had asked an expert to draw a star chart, and the Desolate God had also participated, saying that it wanted to find something to do. Cultivation wasn't something that could be done overnight, and sometimes, it would be better to sit cross-legged and comprehend something while looking into the distance.
Lu Yin teleported to the coordinates pointed out by the Desolate God and looked ahead. There was indeed a cosmic civilization.
This cosmic civilization wasn't too far away from the three universes, and it was only a little more than ten years away from ordinary Eternal Life Realms. However, because it was so vast, no one cared.
Moreover, Lu Yin hadn't said that he was looking for this kind of civilization.
This cosmic civilization didn't even have a creature that could walk beyond the String of the Sequence. No, it didn't even have a Progenitor, and it didn't even have a mother tree. Perhaps Qinglian Yu knew about it, but he ignored it as it was meaningless.
After looking around for a while, Lu Yin left.
He originally wanted to capture the tributary of the River of Time in this universe, but this universe was too close to the three universes, and he was afraid that an accident would affect the human civilization.
It was better to choose a universe that was farther away.
Right, Sinking Star Universe.
Lu Yin suddenly thought that since the people of Sinking Star Universe had already moved over, then he could capture the tributary of the River of Time in that universe.
However, before capturing it, Lu Yin had to confirm with Chen Jian Yong Sheng.
"Capture the tributary of the River of Time?" Chen Jian Yong Sheng was surprised.
Lu Yin nodded. "This is an unknown compulsory task, and I need to complete it to repay a favor."
Chen Jian Yong Sheng said, "Well, we still have some debts to settle with the ferryman of the River of Time."
"What happened?" Lu Yin was curious.
Chen Jian Yong Sheng's eyes were gloomy, and his voice was cold. "The ferryman of the River of Time in Sinking Star Universe has always been hostile to us humans. Our masters said that we came from another universe and that we occupied Sinking Star Universe. This is true, but it has nothing to do with the ferryman of the River of Time. Ever since we occupied Sinking Star Universe, the ferryman of the River of Time has been constantly fiddling with time and delaying our cultivation progress. Many times, it even caused some geniuses to go berserk at critical moments."
"If it weren't for their scruples, our masters would have dealt with it long ago."
Lu Yin's eyes were cold, and the corners of his mouth curled up. "Good, then let's settle this score."
"Mr. Lu, it's not difficult to deal with the ferryman, but losing it will cause trouble."
"Master of the River of Time?"
Chen Jian nodded, not surprised that Lu Yin knew about it. This was also the reason why his masters had scruples.
"At first, our masters wanted to deal with the ferryman, but the ferryman said that if we attacked it, it would cause the River of Time to bury Sinking Star Universe."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "How would the River of Time bury Sinking Star Universe?"
Chen Jian shook his head. "I don't know, and neither do my masters, so they didn't dare to do anything."
"Since you have this concern, have you never thought of leaving Sinking Star Universe?
By the way, what's the matter with the Big Dipper Broken Star?
Since Sinking Star Universe didn't belong to you in the beginning, where did the Big Dipper Broken Star come from?
Did it originally belong to Sinking Star Universe? "Lu Yin asked.
Chen Jian said, "The Big Dipper Broken Star Universe entered Sinking Star Universe with us humans, which is why we can't leave Sinking Star Universe. The Big Dipper Broken Star Universe can no longer be moved. No one has the strength to move it, and the Big Dipper Broken Star Universe is also breaking. Once we leave, we will have no home to return to, and even our cultivation path will be lost."
Lu Yin understood. If they hadn't seen the three universes with their own eyes, they wouldn't have come.
(End of chapter)