"Elder Luke, I've heard that your Six-Fingered Tribe is plagued with disasters," Lu Yin asked.
Luke Shamus bitterly replied, "We've embarrassed ourselves in front of Your Highness. For some reason, every 10,000 years, my Six-Fingered Tribe will experience a calamity that causes our population to plummet. Fortunately, we've managed to survive."
"Do you know why?" Lu Yin was curious.
Luke Shamus shook his head. "I don't know. 10,000 years ago, the tribe paid a huge price to seek an audience with the Starsibyl Sect's sect master. They wanted to divine the outcome, but the price was not enough."
"The Starsibyl Sect?
Do you trust the Starsibyl Sect that much? "Lu Yin was curious.
Luke Shamus was puzzled. "Does Your Highness not trust them?
The Starsibyl Sect has the ability to divine the past and the future. This is publicly acknowledged throughout the universe. "
"Perhaps." Lu Yin recalled that the Starsibyl Sect had divined that the Sea King had stolen pyrolyte.
There were some things that could not be explained, and the Starsibyl Sect was very mysterious.
"Your Highness, we've arrived." Luke Shamus respectfully led Lu Yin underground. This place was rather spacious, and there was only a stone slab in the center that was covered by a cloth.
Luke Shamus walked over to the stone slab and lifted the cloth. Lu Yin's pupils shrank when he saw what was inside.
Scarlet vertical eyes?
Scarlet vertical eyes … Lu Yin was not unfamiliar with them. Back on Earth, he had picked up a scarlet vertical eye that Silver had dropped. This was an item from the Neohuman Alliance.
Lu Yin stared at Luke Shamus with a sharp gaze. At the same time, he subconsciously donned his universal armor and filled his eyes with star energy as he surveyed his surroundings. The number of rune lines did not change, so there was no threat.
"Are you from the Neohuman Alliance?" Lu Yin asked coldly. The Blind Monk took a step forward and stared at Luke Shamus.
Luke Shamus smiled bitterly. "Your Highness, if I were from the Neohuman Alliance, then I wouldn't be showing you this."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and they flickered, but he did not speak.
Luke Shamus squatted down and wiped the scarlet vertical eye. "This stone slab was passed down by the Six-Fingered Tribe. We know that this is the symbol of the Neohuman Alliance, but this stone slab has existed for far longer than the Neohuman Alliance."
Lu Yin raised a brow. "What do you mean?"
Luke Shamus recalled, "The Six-Fingered Tribe was born with a curse. They were born with six fingers, and every ten thousand years, they would experience a great change, causing their population to plummet. This is a calamity that has been imprinted in their genes, and it can never be changed. Even if an Enlighter was born in the tribe, it could not change this fact. This stone tablet is just like this calamity that has accompanied our tribe since the beginning of our genealogy."
After that, Luke Shamus looked at Lu Yin. "Our clan once had someone appraise it, and they found that this stone tablet has existed for an extremely long time, to the point that it cannot be traced back. It far surpasses the time recorded in our clan's genealogy records, and it also surpasses the time when the Neohuman Alliance appeared."
Lu Yin crouched down and touched the stone slab. The scarlet vertical eye caused a chill to run down his spine. This was clearly the symbol of the Neohuman Alliance, but why did it seem to have existed for even longer than the Neohuman Alliance? Lu Yin had seen a few things that had existed for so long that it was impossible to trace their history, such as the Daynight clan's inheritance stone and the thing inside the centipede's body.
.. by.........
Or could it be that this symbol represented another kind of existence, and the Neohuman Alliance was just one of them?
"Seventh Bro, look! There are words on the stone slab!" the monkey cried out.
Lu Yin wiped the stone slab, and there were protrusions on it. They were indeed words, but he did not recognize them.
"These words are different from the ones in the Daosource Sect and the Wen family's Literary Prison. Those two words seem to be from the same era, but these words seem even more ancient. It's as if they were symbols that had started to evolve into words. In other words, these are the most ancient words," the monkey muttered to himself.
"Your Highness, I'm willing to offer this stone slab to Your Highness." Luke Shamus bowed respectfully and nervously waited for Lu Yin's reply.
Lu Yin stood up and calmly said, "Did you know that I was attacked by five Hunters on my way here?"
Luke Shamus's expression changed. "Your Highness, this has nothing to do with me. I definitely did not reveal Your Highness's whereabouts."
Lu Yin turned around and looked at Luke Shamus. "This stone slab doesn't mean much to me. If I keep it, it might even become evidence that I colluded with the Neohuman Alliance."
Luke Shamus lowered his head and did not speak, but his expression grew increasingly ugly.
After a moment of silence, Lu Yin said, "Although it doesn't mean much to me, it's still something that your Six-Fingered Tribe has passed down for countless years. By offering it to me, you're showing your loyalty, and I'll accept your sincerity. From today onwards, as long as you don't make any mistakes, I'll always reserve a seat for you in the Lu Ministry of Staff, and it can be passed down."
Luke Shamus was delighted. "Thank you, Your Highness. I will definitely serve Your Highness with my life."
Lu Yin grunted in acknowledgment, put away the stone slab, and left the sacrificial grounds.
Since this was not an official visit, Lu Yin only greeted Bach Shamus through his gadget before leaving Lars Weave.
On his spacecraft, Lu Yin took out the stone slab and the scarlet eye that he had picked up on Earth. He compared the two, and aside from the size, the scarlet eye was almost identical. The only difference was that the stone slab had ancient words on it, while the scarlet eye that he had picked up had a sinister smiling skull behind it.
"Seventh Bro, don't think too much about it. Many things will fade away with time, and there's no need to waste your time thinking about things from ancient times."
Lu Yin asked, "Monkey, you should know about the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands, right?"
The monkey was stumped. "I don't know, but I once saw the words' Fifth and Sixth Mainlands' in a powerhouse's autobiography. However, those words were too common, so I didn't pay much attention to them."
"Is that so?" Lu Yin casually replied. He had not forgotten what the monkey had said during his battle with the Shadowbeast in Ironblood Weave. The monkey had mentioned that the sky was fake, and that the damned monkey definitely knew something but had not said anything about it.
Lu Yin was glad that he had blocked the monkey every time he rolled his die and had not allowed the monkey to discover his greatest secret. The damned monkey definitely had its reasons for hiding things from Lu Yin, and if Lu Yin had truly become one with Life and Death, then there would have been no need for him to hide anything.
It seemed that Lu Yin would have to think of a way to learn more about beast taming.
As for the stone slab, Lu Yin put it away, as there was no need to waste time thinking about it. Too much time had passed, and even the buildings within the centipede's body could not be traced back to time, let alone this stone slab.
Lu Yin had only agreed to Luke Shamus's condition, which was to make things easier for the Alliance.
Beep beep beep beep!
Lu Yin's gadget beeped, and a screen appeared. The bespectacled Mistchild appeared in front of Lu Yin. "Your Highness, I've found it."
"So fast!" Lu Yin was surprised.
The Mistchild replied, "Hunters are very popular in the Outerverse, and there aren't many of them in a weave. It's easy to find those who haven't been around for the past few days. We just need to follow the clues." After a pause, the Mistchild continued, "Of the five Hunters who tried to assassinate you, one is from Flaxen Weave, one is from Adonis Weave, and one is from Darkmist Weave. The other two are independent cultivators with no foundation."
"Flaxen Weave, Adonis Weave, and Darkmist Weave?" Lu Yin's eyes flickered.
"Yes, Flaxen Weave's Tri-Banner Federation, Adonis Weave's Darkstar Gorge, and as for Darkmist Weave, this person is from the Nine Allied Nations. They were all formed by some people from your Great Yu Empire, and their leader is the one you told me about." The Mistchild smiled.
Lu Yin's brows rose. "Orchid Planet's Chairman, Larkin?"
"That's right," the Mistchild replied.
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. He knew that the Yushan bloodline had always wanted to overthrow him, but he had not expected them to be so aggressive. Five Hunters, and this Larkin was quite capable.
"Actually, Larkin only found three Hunters. The Tri-Banner Federation and Darkstar Gorge came to him on their own, so it can be considered a joint operation."
Lu Yin nodded. "I understand. Thank you for your hard work."
The Mistchild revealed a sweet smile. "It's not hard at all. If Your Highness needs anything, feel free to instruct me."
"Larkin couldn't have done all of this by himself. Do you know who joined forces with him?" Lu Yin asked.
"I did. They're all from your Great Yu Empire's Yushan bloodline. These people paid a considerable price."
"Send me the list."
"Alright."
Lu Yin disconnected the call and contacted Phantom Sting, the former Mafioso Planet's Hunter Mistchild. Lu Yin had spared his life and allowed him to temporarily take over as the captain of the Second Imperial Squadron. He was also responsible for training spies. "I told you to keep an eye on Larkin, but he already sent someone to assassinate me. Your surveillance is useless."
Phantom Sting lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, Larkin has been acting normally recently. Either he didn't do it, or this matter had already been planned before I tried to assassinate him. It couldn't have been planned during this period of time."
"Investigate this for me. Use whatever methods you have to do it as soon as possible," Lu Yin ordered.
"Understood."
The second possibility was more likely, as the Mistchild would not lie to him over such a small matter.
Half a day later, Phantom Sting contacted Lu Yin. "I'm sorry, Your Highness. It was a mistake at work."
"What happened?" Lu Yin asked.
"The Larkin we assassinated back then was a fake," Phantom Sting said.
Lu Yin was shocked. "He found a substitute?"
"Yes. He's always been secretly plotting and swapping places with his substitute. This time, we directly captured him. We were lucky that it was the real Larkin, and he confessed everything."
Lu Yin had not expected Larkin to have some tricks up his sleeve. Even Phantom Sting had been fooled, which meant that this person had been using a substitute for some time and had been constantly swapping places. He was quite smart, but it was a pity that he had been unlucky. Otherwise, even if Phantom Sting had acted, the real Larkin might have been able to escape.
Capturing Larkin was equivalent to alerting the people who had allied with him in the Yushan bloodline. Lu Yin ordered the Sixth and Ninth Squadrons to take action and capture the people on the list that the Mistchild had sent over. These people had all been involved in the assassination attempt.
There were eight people on the list, and they were all powerful people in various parts of the Great Yu Empire. Three of them were even from the military and controlled the military. Fortunately, Lu Yin had already set up the Lu Ministry of War and the Lu Ministry of Justice to separately monitor the military. He also had heavyweights like Sigmund Mathers and Hill Auna to oversee things. Otherwise, capturing these people would have definitely caused a mutiny.
When Lu Yin returned to Zenyu Star, he found that everyone on the list had been captured and imprisoned.
Lu Yin planned to eliminate these people completely, but just as he returned to King Zishan's palace, he ran into Wendy Yushan.