The gadget listened in silence until Hai Qiqi stopped talking. "Qiqi, don't be willful. If the Sea King wants you to follow that person, then he's not a bad person. Speak properly, and he'll treat you well."
Hai Qiqi glared at Lu Yin and snorted. She muttered something into her gadget before running out.
Lu Yin found it funny. Although this brat had a venomous tongue, she wasn't a bad person. She didn't use her status as the Sea King's daughter to pressure others, unlike the heirs of those large organizations who were all arrogant. She was actually quite cute, but who was she talking to?
She was quite sensible, the exact opposite of this brat. She was very gentle.
Lu Yin had thought that he could have some peace and quiet, but Hai Qiqi returned quickly with a mysterious expression and a smug look on her face.
Lu Yin's brows rose. "Even if you give me money, I won't sell my body."
Hai Qiqi didn't get angry this time, as she knew that Lu Yin liked to use words to deal with her and drive her away. This time, however, she took the initiative. "I remember that your hometown is in the Frostwave Weave called the Great Yu Empire, right?"
Lu Yin nodded. "That's right. That's also your destination."
Hai Qiqi raised her head. "Promise me something, and I'll tell you something about your hometown."
"No need. Go out and play," Lu Yin casually said.
Hai Qiqi's lips curled up. "I just heard a group of people talking about your hometown. They were hired by someone to start a war against the Great Yu Empire."
Lu Yin's expression changed, and he looked at Hai Qiqi. "You can't joke about this."
Hai Qiqi crossed her arms and leaned against the door. "You can decide for yourself whether it's a joke or not."
Lu Yin looked at Hai Qiqi for a while, and at the same time, he completely unleashed his domain and enveloped the entire orbit. As he moved further and further away, he could hear many people talking. Among them, a conversation on a spacecraft a thousand meters away attracted his attention.
"There's no problem with the pay, right? There are so many of us here. Can we afford it?"
"Of course there's no problem. The employer is from a large organization in the Innerverse, and they don't lack money."
"Who exactly is the employer?"
"Shh, I can't tell you that. But if the person who hired us is a wandering cultivator, then they must be from the east of the Innerverse."
"That direction is the Erudite Flowzone, the Beast Tamers Flowzone, and the First Flowzone …"
"Alright, stop guessing. It might not be one of the eight Flowzones. Just protect yourselves. stay's safe.
"Got it."
…
"Hey, how about it? Promise me one thing, and I'll tell you," Hai Qiqi said proudly.
Lu Yin looked at Hai Qiqi strangely. Their conversation had taken place in the spacecraft, and the ship had soundproofing facilities. How had this brat heard it?
Either those people had been careless enough to communicate outside the spacecraft, or this girl had also comprehended a domain. Lu Yin was more inclined towards the second possibility, as she was the Sea King's daughter after all.
Speaking of which, Lu Yin had never paid much attention to Hai Qiqi's cultivation, but now, he felt that he might have underestimated her. She might not be able to compare to him and the others, but she was definitely not weak. Since she could comprehend a domain, she might have reached the level of an Area Master or even a Realm Master.
"Why are you staring at me?"
Hai Qiqi stared at him warily and tugged at her clothes. "I'm warning you, I'm very powerful. Don't mess around."
Lu Yin retracted his gaze. "If I succeed in protecting my hometown, I'll take you out to play."
"Really?" Hai Qiqi's eyes lit up.
Lu Yin nodded. "That's only if you're obedient and don't cause trouble."
Hai Qiqi snorted. "You have the same tone as my brother. Let me tell you, if it weren't for the sake of leaving the Starfall Sea, I wouldn't have agreed to take in a son-in-law. I originally wanted to find a handsome brother to accompany me on my travels, but it turned out to be someone like you. You look anxious, and your mentality is even more anxious." She then continued, "Let me tell you, there's a group of people on that silver spacecraft a thousand meters away. They're discussing how to deal with your hometown."
"Do you want to play something exciting?" Lu Yin smirked.
Hai Qiqi was delighted when she heard this. "What exciting?"
Lu Yin smiled cunningly.
…
On a giant planet in the Astral Wilderness, the dry soil emitted a pungent smell as a team of more than ten Limiteers advanced with detectors that could help them find pyrolyte.
These cultivators were from the Spiritual Seal Flowzone's Dire Barbarian Tribe, which was the tribe that Avery, who had defeated Lu Yin, belonged to.
At this moment, a spacecraft crashed down from the sky not too far away from these people.
The Dire Barbarian Tribe members looked up and stared at the giant crater in the distance. There, a spacecraft was emitting white smoke due to friction with the atmosphere, which then slowly disappeared. The hatch opened, and a beautiful pair of hands appeared. It was a woman.
The members of the Dire Barbarian Tribe were excited; as long as they were not disciples of powerful sects, they would be able to capture and play with them. They had been in this damned place for more than ten days, and it was too boring.
The Dire Barbarian Tribe was vile and did not care about the consequences of their actions, just like their name.
As the cabin door opened completely, a beautiful woman walked out from the dark red ground.
The woman had a beautiful appearance, and her long dark blue hair reached her waist. She looked like an otherworldly goddess, and this kind of woman was enough to drive any man crazy. However, when the dozen or so Dire Barbarian Clan members saw this woman, their expressions changed drastically, and they immediately fled.
The woman looked up and leapt into the air, charging towards the Dire Barbarian Tribe members. She opened her mouth in midair and let out a melodious song. This was the Psychedelic Song. This woman was Xi Yue of the Souldream Tribe.
Since ancient times, the Souldream Tribe and the Dire Barbarian Tribe had a blood feud. The Souldream Tribe took pride in killing members of the Dire Barbarian Tribe, and the Dire Barbarian Tribe took pride in snatching away women from the Souldream Tribe. Both sides had never given up.
Xi Yue was coincidentally in the Outerverse and was close to Northcastle Weave, so she was the first to arrive. The disciples of the other great powers had not yet arrived, so she was invincible.
She had chosen to land here because she wanted to slaughter the entire Dire Barbarian Tribe.
The Dire Barbarian Tribe's Limiteers could not resist at all. They were just ordinary soldiers who had been force-fed education, and they had reached the peak of the Limiteer realm after much difficulty. The gap between them and Xi Yue was too great.
Xi Yue stood on the dark red ground and crushed the detector with her foot. She looked up and sensed the energy in the air. "There really isn't any star energy. I can only use star crystals to recover." She then soared into the sky and headed towards the area that the Souldream Tribe had explored.
The various great powers had circled the planet and divided it into many regions. Only the powerhouses dared to set foot in the other regions, and the weak would be lucky if they could even finish exploring their own region. At this moment, Xi Yue was practically invincible to all the Limiteers who had entered the planet.
However, how long this advantage could be maintained depended on when the other powers' disciples arrived.
At this moment, a spacecraft was heading towards Frostwave Weave. It was the same spacecraft that had gathered the wandering cultivators. There were hundreds of them, including five Explorers and two Cruisers.
It had been a few days since the Astral River Ark had arrived in the Outerverse, and Lu Yin and Hai Qiqi had dealt with the two wandering cultivators on board. They had then used their identities to enter the spacecraft and gather information.
Wandering cultivators were not disciplined, so no one had noticed anything amiss.
In the tunnel, a man and a woman met sneakily. "Hey, it's really exciting. Did you know that I was almost exposed by that Cruiser?"
The man was shocked. "Don't be rash. I need to find out more about our employer and how they attacked Frostwave Weave."
"How stupid. Capture them all and interrogate them one by one. Those two Cruisers definitely know," the woman said disdainfully.
The man was helpless. "How do you know if they're lying? Just use your domain to eavesdrop. We'll talk after we get some useful information."
The woman was shocked. "How do you know that I have a domain?"
"I'm not stupid."
"Hmph, you're not smart either. Instead of waiting, why don't you pretend to be the employer?
You know that their goal is to attack the Great Yu Empire anyway. "
The man's eyes lit up. That's right! Through his domain, he also knew the numbers of these people's gadgets. Even if they were discovered, no one would know that they were on this spacecraft. Even if they messed up in the end, they could just take care of these people. He looked at the woman in amazement. "I didn't expect you to be so smart."
"You're the one who's stupid. You're in a rush to return home, so you want to wait. With this spacecraft's speed, it'll take at least two months to reach your hometown."
The man pouted. "You're doing this so that you can play sooner."
"Don't worry about me. I'm going to play. You do it yourself." She then ran off.
The man was Lu Yin. When he returned to his room, he used his gadget to contact one of the Cruisers and sent a message. "Insufficient manpower. Continue adding."
Very quickly, the Cruiser replied, "Who are you?"
"You don't need to know. Continue adding."
The Cruiser muttered to himself for a moment. "The mission you gave us was to destroy the three inhabited planets of the Great Yu Empire while the Second Grade Hall was recruiting independent cultivators to attack the Great Yu Empire. That way, the Great Yu Empire and the Second Grade Hall would start an all-out war. We currently have enough people, and any more will expose us."
Lu Yin's eyes turned cold. They actually wanted to destroy planets, and each planet had at least billions of people. They were actually so vicious and merciless, and from the looks of it, they were planning to shift the blame onto the Second Grade Hall. It seemed that this group of people had indeed been hired by the Second Grade Hall to attack the Great Yu Empire, but there were also some who had been hired by other powers to fish in troubled waters. These powers definitely coveted Frostwave Weave as well.
As expected, Frostwave Weave's geographical location had attracted more than just the Second Grade Hall. It was just that the other powers had not been exposed.
From the looks of it, there were already two powers that had made their move, one in the open and one in the dark. Just who was this hidden power?
Lu Yin looked at his gadget, but he could not make a move. These cultivators who mingled in the universe were all very astute, and it was impossible for them to tell him the identity of their mysterious employer. Based on his own experience, he might not be able to see through their lies, and they might not even know the truth.
If they were forced into a corner, it was very likely that they would lie, and the gains would not make up for the losses.
Furthermore, Lu Yin could not be sure how much of the information that the other party had sent him was true and how much was false. It was possible that all of it was fake.
Thank you to the Cool Breeze Mountain for your tip, and thank you to all my brothers for your support!
Thank you, everyone!