Lu Yin smiled. While the third elder’s attitude seemed casual, his pupils had actually fluctuated when watching the arrogant middle-aged man pass through the inspection. It seemed that the man was someone important, but he did not seem to be anyone important enough to warrant such a reaction from the third elder. It was either the person who had caused the reaction, or, more likely, it was the what the man carried in his cosmic ring.
At this thought, Lu Yin moved out and made his way towards the man.
The third elder was shocked at Lu Yin’s actions, and he quickly moved to block Lu Yin’s path. “Gate Master Long, I’m not sure where you are wanting to go, but perhaps this old man can help you?”
Lu Yin took some quick steps to bypass the third elder. The older man wanted to stop the youth, but was not able to do so. By the time he had reacted, Lu Yin had already moved past the elder, which shocked the old man, though it was not entirely unexpected. After all, Long Qi had qualified to enter the Dominion Realm.
Anyone who qualified to visit the Dominion Realm was one of the most powerful youths in the entire Perennial World.
“Gate Master Long!” The elder shouted loudly, but Lu Yin was already in front of the middle-aged man. Many of the Smokecloud Sect’s disciples surrounded Lu Yin and watched him with wary eyes.
Liu Tianmu’s sword left its sheathed. Sword qi lingered in the void and chilled all of the disciples. Even if ignoring the disciples, even the third elder felt his scalp tingle. Yun Yang swallowed what he had been about to say when Liu Tianmu’s sword qi trembled. This qi was so terrifying that he felt as though he could be destroyed at the swordswoman’s whim.
The middle-aged man was completely unconcerned with Lu Yin. The man merely indifferently glanced at Lu Yin before preparing to take his things and leave.
Lu Yin set a hand on the man’s arm. “Brother, wait.”
The man frowned and looked at Lu Yin with an expression of frustration. “What’s the problem?”
The third elder finally arrived and he quickly spoke to Lu Yin, “Gate Master Long, what are you doing? Please don’t disrupt the work of my Smokecloud Sect.”
Surprise filled the middle-aged man’s eyes when he heard Lu Yin referred to as Gate Master Long. Gate Master was not a common title, nor one casually used by a Smokecloud Sect elder. Realizing the situation, the man’s expression softened a bit.
Lu Yin smiled. “What is Elder so worried about? I’m just curious about how you inspect people’s belongings, so I wanted to try for myself.”
The third elder replied, “That’s easy enough. If Gate Master Long will just wait a moment, this old man will set something up and you can perform inspections on as many people as you wish.”
A smile spread across Lu Yin’s face. “Wait for what? Isn’t this one already ready?”
As Lu Yin spoke, he turned to look at the piles of belongings that had come from the middle-aged man’s cosmic ring.
The third elder’s expression changed drastically. “Gatemaster Long, this gentleman is one of my Smokecloud Sect’s distinguished guests, so please stay your hand. My Smokecloud Sect would be most grateful, and I will prepare a generous gift for you later. Humility’s Gate’s Gate Masters are able to gain many riches.”
The people of the Smokecloud Sect were not stupid. They had already guessed at the motivation behind Lu Yin’s visit.
Wang Dashuai felt satisfied, as this had been specifically his purpose in leading Lu Yin into visiting the Cloud Shuttle, and it looked like he had achieved his goal.
However, no one was able to guess at Lu Yin’s real motivation. The more that the third elder showed that he did not want Lu Yin to search the middle-aged man’s possessions, the more intrigued Lu Yin became. “Don’t worry, Elder. No matter what’s found, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to take a look.”
The third elder’s face went pale, and suddenly he lifted his hand and reached for the hand that Lu Yin had placed on the middle-aged man’s arm.
However, the moment the elder moved, Liu Tianmu reacted, and the tip of her sword pointed straight at the elder’s throat.
The third elder was not weak, and his smoke was actually able to block the sword qi for a moment, which allowed him to touch Lu Yin’s wrist.
Liu Tianmu’s eyes grew sharp, and she spun her sword: Fourth Sword. The third elder Yun was horrified, and he immediately retreated, as he was not capable of standing up to this attack.
Lu Yin’s hand never moved from the middle-aged man’s arm.
The man did not panic, and he simply looked at Lu Yin. “Young man, there are certain things that are better to not know about.”
Xia Taili’s eyes lit up. “Hey, what’re you hiding? Are you that afraid of being discovered? This princess must see what you have before you can leave.”
The man frowned and glared at Xia Taili. He spoke quietly, “Young lady, don’t make a mistake.”
He did not know who Xia Taili was.
Xia Taili’s eyebrows rose. “Oh, you actually dare threaten this princess! You’re finished! Your whole family is finished! Move for this princess!”
The third elder gritted his teeth and he suddenly attacked. His smoke formed chains that bound everyone, and at the same time, the Smokecloud Sect disciples surrounding them attacked Lu Yin and Xia Taili.
The moment the elder made a move against Xia Taili, Lu Yin knew he had caught a big fish. There had to be something extremely important in the pile of items to be inspected.
The middle-aged man also took action. He had a similar level of strength as the third elder, and his arms trembled to allow his body to break free of the smoke. He immediately attacked with powerful battle techniques that targeted the nearby area.
What was he using? Wind God Slash? That was one of the Celestial Frost Sect’s techniques.
Lu Yin had not expected this person to be someone from the Celestial Frost Sect. The arm that was holding the man trembled, and a terrifying power of the Overlaying Stacks Path fell upon the man with the weight of a mountain and crushed him to the ground, instantly obliterating his Wind God Slash.
Liu Tianmu attacked with her sword and cut through the third elder’s smoke. Still, some of the smoke approached the items that had been inspected and tried to sweep them away.
At that moment, a stream of qi shot forward and forced back the third elder’s smoke.
The elder was shocked, and he turned to look at Shang Qing in surprise. The Smokecloud Sect’s smoke was not something that could be dealt with so easily, so just who was this youth?
Everything happened in less than a second, and when everything was resolved, Xia Taili was already at the pile of the middle-aged man’s belongings.
The man’s expression changed completely, and he shouted in fury, “I’m warning you, don’t make a mistake! You’re only going to cause a great deal of trouble, and no one will be able to save you.”
A terrifying aura suddenly fell upon the area and suppressed everyone. Lu Yin was no stranger to this sensation; it was from an Envoy. A true master of the Smokecloud Sect had arrived, but they were too late. The Envoy emerged from the void and approached the group, but before he could approach, Lu Yin released a Vacuum Palm into the pile of possessions and smashed it.
Xia Taili was forced to take a step back from the Vacuum Palm’s shockwave, and she turned to glare at Lu Yin.
The middle-aged man turned to look, amazed that his belongings had been smashed. Suddenly, the void twisted and even started to break. The man’s pupils instantly shrank; this was not good! It had leaked.
The void suddenly shattered, and an expert who stood about two meters tall stepped out. His terrifying aura left everyone in shock.
Cai Shu instantly appeared and stood in front of Lu Yin.
The man ignored Lu Yin and the others and instead focused on the pile of shattered belongings. His face was pale, and he raised his hand to do something, but Lu Yin instantly attacked with another Vacuum Palm. This attack targeted the man who had just appeared. Lu Yin had ultimately decided to attack an Envoy.
Even though Lu Yin had not used his battle force, just 250 Stacks was still powerful enough for an Envoy to pay attention to the attack. The expert sensed the power of Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palm, and he struggled to react in time. His arm was struck, and he was forced back two steps. He glared at Lu Yin.
The Envoy had not expected a youth to take action even after he, an Envoy, had appeared.
At this moment, the void around the pile of destroyed belongings fractured, and a liquid appeared and leaked into the void through the cracks. The cracks did not actually lead to the void like normal, but instead led to the true universe. This liquid was being absorbed by the true universe.
Many people saw this, and Cai Shu was among them. His expression instantly changed as he recalled certain things, and his pupils constricted.
“Stellular liquid?” Xia Taili blurted out, her face white.
The middle-aged man had similarly gone pale; it was over! Everything was over.
The third elder’s body trembled, and he nearly fainted.
The Smokecould Sect’s Envoy who had appeared swept his hand out, twisting the void and blocking others’ sight of what was happening. At the same time, he seized the remaining liquid. The spatial crack leading to the true universe suddenly opened wider, and a sharp ray shot out towards the Envoy. It hit his hand, and three of his fingers were broken. Instinctively, he retracted his hand and the last of the liquid was sucked into the true universe and the crack disappeared.
The Envoy seethed with rage, and he turned to glare at Lu Yin and the others while radiating killing intent.
Xia Taili’s face was still pale. She had watched the entire scene in shock. She looked like someone had struck her.
Lu Yin knew that what he had just witnessed was not a simple matter, but he was not afraid of the Envoy’s anger and rage.
“Uncle Kuang, they-” The third elder started speaking, but was cut off when the Envoy raised his bleeding hand. The powerhouse ignored his injury, and then turned and left without saying a single word.
Cai Shu made no attempt to stop the man. He was still staring at the pile of broken items. The depths of his eyes betrayed turbulent thoughts.
Lu Yin had not expected the Envoy to leave so readily. Lu Yin had attacked the powerhouse, and yet the man had said nothing. It seemed as though the Envoy could not wait to escape the place.
The third elder was missing his perpetual smile, and instead looked like he was mourning his dead mother.
Yun Yang was completely confused, and he had not understood anything that had happened.
As for the middle-aged man, his reaction was even worse than the third elder’s. The man was on the ground, seemingly paralyzed. For being a powerful Enlighter, he looked pathetic.
Lu Yin expected the man to say something, yet he remained silent. In fact, the man did not even look at anyone as he numbly walked towards where the clouds rose into the sky.
Everything had been truly bizarre.
Lu Yin turned to look back at Xia Taili, who was staring at the pile of broken items in the same manner as Cai Shu.
Lu Yin was feeling incredibly curious; just what was that liquid? Was it some sort of power vessel that was able to twist space and open a path to the true universe? Suddenly, Lu Yin remember pyrolyte and how its appearance had thrown the Innerverse and Outerverse into chaos. This liquid seemed to be similar to pyrolyte!
“I remembered, stellular liquid-” Wang Dashuai suddenly said, sounding as though he was rather incredulous.
Cai Shu shouted, “Shut up!”
Wang Dashuai’s mouth snapped shut. His face became as white as Xia Taili’s, and he also stared blankly at the pile of rubble on the ground.
Lu Yin nudged the fatty. “Stellular liquid? What’s that?”
The fatty’s expression twisted, and he quietly replied, “Go back to get an explanation, but it’s a a big problem. We might have kicked a hornet’s nest.”
Lu Yin was puzzled.
Cai Shu looked over at Lu Yin and quietly said, “Hurry back to headquarters and forget about this. Don’t say anything about it to anyone.”
Lu Yin agreed, “Don’t worry, we’ll behave.”
Cai Shu nodded. “Go.”
Their arrival had created a shock, but no one paid any attention to their departure. It seemed as though no one from the Smokecloud Sect, including the third elder, even saw Lu Yin and the other youths leave. No one moved to touch the broken items. The entire situation seemed to be the start of trouble, but it was also all very eerie and peaceful.
Lu Yin suppressed his curiosity and did not ask any questions while they returned to Huaiyuan Gate.
