Lu Yin stopped a few meters away from Xun Qianye, and the jailer's eyes sharpened as he hurriedly brought over a chair and served tea.
"He's not saying anything?" Lu Yin asked.
A man with a face full of scars half-knelt and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness. This subordinate is useless. We've tried everything, but this person just won't say anything."
Lu Yin waved for everyone to leave. Xun Qianye was a Hunter, and willpower was indispensable for him to cultivate to that level. Normal torture would not be enough to deal with him.
That man was a member of the Second Squadron, and when Wendy Yushan had replaced him as the captain, he had been in charge of the prison for many years. Unfortunately, he could only deal with ordinary cultivators from the Outerverse, and a Hunter like Xun Qianye was not his match.
"I know you're awake now. Tell me," Lu Yin said calmly as he sat down and looked at Xun Qianye with interest.
Xun Qianye's fingers twitched, and the bones at his fingertips were clearly visible. The torture he had endured was extremely severe.
Xun Qianye slowly looked up at Lu Yin with a bloody face. "I could kill myself, but I was waiting for you."
Lu Yin nodded. "I know. It's very easy for a Hunter to kill himself."
Xun Qianye weakly replied, "Sooner or later, you'll … You'll end up like me."
Lu Yin leaned forward and stared into Xun Qianye's venomous eyes. "You waited for me just to say this?"
Xun Qianye coughed. "What you want to know will bring you despair."
"For example, is your Xun family colluding with the Technocracy?" Lu Yin asked.
Xun Qianye hoarsely replied, "Not the Xun family, but me."
Lu Yin shook his head. "Wen Zhaocheng."
This name caused Xun Qianye's expression to change. He had endured torture, but at this moment, this name made him feel as if he had fallen into an abyss.
"Azure Wing." Lu Yin said another name, which came from the note in the gun.
Lu Yin then listed a few more names, all of which were translated by the monkey. Some of the names caused Xun Qianye to react greatly, while others did not.
Xun Qianye's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Lu Yin. He struggled to break free, but the chains rattled against each other. "What do you know?"
It wasn't until you were so confident that the Technocracy could destroy Zenyu Star that I finally understood. "Lu Yin's lips curled up as he continued," Your Xun family is in cahoots with the Technocracy, and the names on the note are also in cahoots with the Technocracy. You know some of it, but you don't. That note was placed in the Astral Wilderness by someone from the Technocracy for your Xun family to take. The purpose of the note was to inform your family of the names of all the people who were in cahoots with the Technocracy. Unfortunately, there was an accident midway, and the gun was taken away by someone else. "
"Your Xun family found out that the gun was being auctioned off at the Sea King's Dome, and you wanted to bid for it, but I beat you to it. This is also the reason why the Xun family is targeting me, and why you're doing everything you can to destroy Zenyu Star. You're afraid that this piece of paper will be leaked, and the reason why you've been waiting for me is to see if I know anything about your plans. If I don't, then you can die in peace.
Lu Yin's domain suddenly erupted, causing an explosion in a corner of the cell. This explosion caused Xun Qianye to fall into despair.
"A listening device was placed the moment you were locked up. If I knew about your situation, the device could have reported this information to someone else, and they would have taken action against me. Unfortunately, I blocked off all signals before coming here, so the listening device is just a decoration."
Xun Qianye's eyes were sinister, and his mangled face looked even more terrifying. Lu Yin's guess had been correct, as Xun Qianye's capture had been an accident. However, as the Xun family's liaison with the Technocracy, Xun Qianye's methods were shrewd and ruthless. He wanted to use the Technocracy's methods to test just how much Lu Yin knew. Only under such circumstances would Lu Yin tell the truth, which was why Xun Qianye had been willing to endure the calamity of being imprisoned to wait for Lu Yin.
However, Xun Qianye had never imagined that Lu Yin would be so cautious as to see through his ploy and ruin his plans.
Lu Yin stood up and walked over to Xun Qianye. "You're very smart. Even if you have to die, you still want to drag me down with you. Once the Technocracy finds out that I know about that list and who's on it, they'll definitely do everything they can to assassinate me, just like they did on Sourcepeak Planet."
Xun Qianye's scalp went numb. "You guessed what happened on Sourcepeak Planet as well?"
Lu Yin frowned. "It's not just Sourcepeak Planet. The Technocracy's androids are also involved in Myriad City."
"Myriad City?" Xun Qianye was confused, as he did not know about this.
Lu Yin looked into Xun Qianye's eyes and confirmed that Xun Qianye really did not know about Myriad City. He then looked away and slowly walked out of the prison. This person was no longer of any value, as he did not know about Myriad City. It seemed that the Technocracy had been working with the Neohuman Alliance behind Lu Yin's back. If not for the androids from the Technocracy, the Neohuman Alliance would not have been able to cause such chaos in Myriad City.
The Technocracy, the Neohuman Alliance, the Xun family, Wen Zhaocheng, Cang Yi, and others had all joined forces to form an alliance that had betrayed humanity.
Lu Yin did not find it strange that the Neohuman Alliance had colluded with the Technocracy. They were not part of humanity, but why had the Xun family joined them?
There was also Wen Zhaocheng, who was a member of the Wen family. Why had these people joined them?
That was very strange.
Lu Yin could never understand the thoughts of certain people. He had his own bottom line, and just as he had said to Blackless God before, if all humans became zombies, then so what if he unified the entire universe? This was his way of thinking, but it was not everyone's way of thinking. Everyone's bottom line was different, and it was difficult for them to understand each other. However, once they did, then everything would be clear.
"Lu Yin, so what if I didn't spread the news? The Technocracy has already determined that you know everything. They'll do everything in their power to kill you. You're dead for sure!" Xun Qianye roared as he cursed.
Lu Yin walked out of the prison and calmly said, "It's done."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Interrogating Xun Qianye had allowed Lu Yin to confirm a few things, but since the Innerverse and Outerverse were separated, it was useless even if he knew these things. The people on the paper were all from the Innerverse.
When Lu Yin returned to King Zishan's palace, Bei Qing requested an audience.
Lu Yin knew Xun Qianye's goal, so he casually gave Xun Qianye five natural treasures that could help him avoid danger before sending him away. Lu Yin had received three grams of pyrolyte from Bei Qing, which added up to eight grams. It was a small amount, but he was not in a hurry and could take things slowly.
During the border battle, the counterattack had been won because of the pyrolyte, and pyrolyte was very valuable. Lu Yin had told Bei Qing to warn those people to take things slowly. Eventually, Lu Yin would obtain the pyrolyte, and at that time, even if he did not use it, it would still serve as a deterrent.
Now, it was time to enter the Daosource Sect's ruins. It had been so long, and he had wasted many opportunities.
Lu Yin had already tested the power of the Nine Yang Cauldron Transformation, and it had to be said that it was very suitable for him. He did not have much other things, but he had a lot of star energy, and he could circulate it two hundred times more than others. This battle technique would not be very powerful in the hands of a normal cultivator, and it would at most allow them to fight against cultivators of the same level. But in Lu Yin's hands, it was hard to say, as even Enlighters would be wary of it.
Lu Yin did not know how long it would take to absorb a single sun's worth of cauldron qi. If he could completely cultivate it to a single sun, then its power would be completely different.
Lu Yin opened his eyes and appeared in the futon plaza once more. Compared to the last time he had been there, it was much livelier this time. News of the Innerverse war had probably spread, and aside from a few people who were very confident in their own strength, no one else was planning to go. Since those people had gone to the Innerverse battlefield, no one would compete with them for the opportunities in the Daosource Sect's ruins.
Lu Yin stood up and stepped through the First Divine Gate. His figure quickly headed towards the Budding Terrace, and the cultivators that he passed by could not even see his appearance clearly, which caused many to cry out in alarm.
"With this speed, he must be a descendant of an Imprinter family. Why didn't someone like him go to the Fifth Mainland's Innerverse battlefield? Instead, he came to the Daosource Sect's ruins. How disgusting."
"The Fifth Mainland's Innerverse battlefield is very cruel. I heard that even a descendant of a World Imprinter family died there."
"Yeah, those titled powerhouses aren't simple at all. I heard that a Marquis powerhouse killed two descendants of Imprinter families in a row, and he even clashed with a World Imprinter family descendant, and both of them were severely injured."
"That's nothing. A while ago, a woman called Qiu Shi appeared out of nowhere and defeated a Realmling in a single move. She was immediately conferred the title of Queen Qiu, and people call her Queen Qiu. Apparently, she's from some Sirius Sect and is known as the Four Ultimate Heavenly Maiden."
"I've heard that her chest is very impressive, which is why many people call her the Ball Queen, hehe."
"There's also someone called Tai Yuanjun, and he fought with a Realmling from the War Martial Realm. Although he didn't win, he didn't lose either. He was conferred the title of King after that battle, and people call him Yuan King. It's said that he's ranked second on the Fifth Mainland's Top 100 Rankings, and he's quite powerful."
"The Fifth Mainland isn't as weak as people think. Someone said that if the Fifth Mainland also learns imprints, then it'll be troublesome."
"What's there to be afraid of? We still have the Daosource Three Skies."
"The Daosource Three Skies are also very troublesome. Don't forget that power levels are limited to less than 200,000. The Daosource Three Skies are about the same as the Realmlings and the Fifth Mainland's Ten Arbiters."
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Lu Yin did not hear any of these discussions, and he quickly rushed out of First Divine Gate and arrived at the Budding Terrace. He then headed towards the Nine Cauldrons' space.
Just as he was about to leave the Budding Terrace, he suddenly sensed a familiar aura within his domain. Was that the fatty?
Lu Yin's figure flickered, and he disappeared from where he had been standing.
Huang San and Yan Xiaojing walked over from a different direction.
"Xiaojing, don't worry. As long as we hide here, the Autumnfrost family will be long gone by the time we get out," Huang San consoled her.
Yan Xiaojing nodded dejectedly and looked at Huang San. "I've implicated you. Actually, our engagement has already been annulled, so there's no need for you to risk your life for me."
The fatty smiled bitterly. "It's not just for you. Autumnfrost Qing will never let me off, and the moment I show myself, the Autumnfrost family will silence me. Right now, I'm just worried about my family, and I hope that the Autumnfrost family won't cause trouble for my family."
"They probably won't. The invasion of the Fifth Mainland's Outerverse has caused the entire Bloodburn Realm to lose face. I've heard rumors that Cangqiong Old Man doesn't plan on taking action, and it seems that the Fifth Mainland's Outerverse has an unfathomable powerhouse. Our Sixth Mainland's Daosource Sect has issued a decree to gather all powerhouses with power levels below 200,000 to attack the Fifth Mainland's Innerverse. We'll first clean up the Fifth Mainland's Innerverse, and we want to end the Fifth Mainland's era. Autumnfrost Qing should already be there, and I've heard that he has many accomplishments. The Autumnfrost family won't have the time to cause trouble for our family," Yan Xiaojing said.
"I hope so."