Lu Yin felt his heart lurch. Lu? What did it mean? Was Long Kui meaning the surname? Or was that the name of an ancient Progenitor? The old man had mentioned “Lu” as something that had been confirmed to be true when mentioning the God of Death and Destiny, but was there really a connection to the Lu surname?
Lu Yin looked over at Long Kui. The old man was certainly stern enough, and he did not say anything further. Lu Yin felt an itch in his heart that could not be scratched. He really wanted to ask about what Long Kui had just mentioned, but there was no way the old man would say anything further. The only thing that Lu Yin felt certain of was that he could not reveal his surname in this universe. It seemed that the Lu surname was something truly special in this place.
In the Fifth Mainland, the Lu surname was merely considered to be a primeval surname, no different from the Liu or Bai surnames, but there seemed to be something strange about the Lu surname in this place.
Long Xi’s communication crystal vibrated, and an image of Long Tian then appeared. “It’s done. You need to immediately take Long Qi to the Yinshan District and have him report there. He’s officially part of Humility’s Gate, and he’s been assigned the Yinshan District of the Middle Realm.”
Long Xi nodded. “I got it.”
Long Tian stared at Long Xi for a moment. “Make sure you warn him to not cause any trouble and to just stay there for a few months. I’ll figure out some way to get him some achievements so that he can easily retire.”
With that, the image disappeared.
Long Xi said to Long Kui. “We need to go to the Yinshan District.”
Long Kui grew a bit emotional as he commented, “The Junior Progenitor outdid himself this time. The Nine Gates of the Middle Realm, and specifically the Yinshan District, are the most suitable places for Long Qi to be sent. That place is filled with youths who simply eat and while away their time doing nothing. They almost never are given any tasks. Master Zhuo Si is notoriously lazy and never tries to accomplish anything. He might stand at the peak, but only wastrel children are sent to the Yinshan District to be cared for.
“If Long Qi stays in that place for a few months and is then able to retire after some kind of achievement, he’ll be set for life and no one will be able to easily target him. He can play around for a few months and then receive Humility’s Gate’s protection. The Junior Progenitor must have paid a steep price.”
While Long Kui said that Long Tian had paid the price, the old man was actually referring to Long Xi. The Envoy was well aware of the situation between the siblings, and there was no way that Long Tian would have done such a thing without receiving something that made it worth his trouble.
It was actually qhite easy to be stationed in the Yinshan District, but it was extremely difficult for anyone stationed there to gather any achievements. Most of the youths stationed there would accomplish nothing, as only members of the four ruling powers had such means.
Retiring without any achievements would do nothing more than add an extra layer of protection to one’s background that, at best, would make people slightly more cautious. However, retiring with achievements was an entirely different matter, as that would guarantee that a person would be protected by Humility’s Gate.
Humility’s Gate was notorious for protecting their own. They had many powerhouses, and they wielded great authority. Anyone who received Humility’s Gate’s protection could not easily be touched by anyone.
In order for Lu Yin to be allowed to join Humility’s Gate and retire with achievements to his name, Long Xi had promised to go with Long Tian to the Dominion Realm, and it was a given that the trip would have people participating die.
The more that Long Tian was willing to pay for Lu Yin, the more dangerous the trip to the Dominion Realm was guaranteed to be.
Although they had not spent much time together, Lu Yin felt that Long Xi truly did care about him, and even if Lu Yin was trying to get some advantages from Long Xi, he did not want to see her die. “I don’t need to join Humility’s Gate, so there’s no need for you to go with your big brother to the Dominion Realm”
Long Xi turned to look at Lu Yin after hearing his comment. “You saw what things are like during our trip to the Lower Realm, and you know that there are numerous people who wish to see you die, and they even hired Realmless assassins. If you don’t join Humility’s Gate, you’ll be walking on the edge of death and you could die at any moment.”
Lu Yin felt helpless. “Life and death are determined by fate, and to be honest, while everyone is afraid of death, I don’t want to sacrifice you to save my life. Besides, you have to know that if you die in the Dominion Realm, me and my family won’t be able to survive, so I’m not overly concerned with my own death.”
Long Kui glanced back at Lu Yin; this youth seemed to understand the situation.
Long Xi stared intently at Lu Yin for a moment, and when she spoke once more, her tone was much softer than before, “Don’t worry; I won’t die.”
Lu Yin said nothing more, as he would not be able to change Long Xi’s decision.
“When you go to the Yinshan District, be yourself. You don’t have to suck up to anyone, and you don’t have to be cowardly. You will have the identity of an illegitimate son of the Linjiang clan’s patriarch, so when you get there, your name will be Linjiang Yi,” Long Xi explained.
“A new name? Why?” Lu Yin was puzzled.
Long Xi continued, “The four ruling powers are too big and well known, so if you go to the Yinshan District as a member of the White Dragon Clan, you will definitely be targeted. Even if it is the Yinshan District which is supposed to be a safe place for people to send their children, there are other complications and it would not work out to have you go as a member of the White Dragon Clan.”
Lu Yin nodded. If he was supposed to be Linjiang Yi, then he would be Linjiang Yi. It was not a bad name, but taking the identity of a bastard was a bit demeaning.
“Do you know anything about Humility’s Gate?” Long Xi asked suddenly.
Despite all of her explanations, she had never asked Lu Yin if he knew anything at all about Humility’s Gate.
This was the sort of question that Lu Yin hated the most, as he had no idea what was considered common sense in this universe.
“I’ll assume you know nothing,” Long Xi said as she stared at Lu Yin. He liked her confidence.
“The four ruling powers founded Humility’s Gate as an organization responsible for eliminating traitors to humanity, so they have been given tremendous authority. They have a total of thirteen gates: four in the Higher Realm and nine in the Middle Realm. The Yinshan District is one of the nine gates in the Middle Realm. In theory, members of each of the gates have to accomplish missions on a regular basis and face extreme danger, but the Yinshan District is the exception to that. The Yinshan Mountains are entirely desolate and uninhabited. Few humans can even survive there, let alone traitors to humanity. This is why the Yinshan District is the best place for you to hide in safety,” Long Xi said.
Lu Yin wanted to ask who was the enemy of humanity and how there could be traitors, but it seemed to be a question with an answer that was common sense, so he did not dare voice his question, especially since he had not seen any of this information in any of the biographies he had read.
Also, many of the biographies that Lu Yin had read had been fabricated, so he had only been able to glean the most basic of common knowledge, such as the name of this universe and some of its regions.
As they were speaking, their small group arrived at the orange stripe and landed on the Rainbow Bridge and started making their way back up to the Middle Realm.
Long Xi gave Lu Yin a cosmic ring, and he looked at it in surprise. “So much money?”
Long Xi was quite generous, inexplicably so, and had given Lu Yin 50 million star essence. This was a very large sum, and it was quite strange for her to give so much to Lu Yin.
“The Yinshan Mountains are desolate and abandoned, but the young masters stationed there have built up a paradise for themselves to enjoy. There’s no reason for you to be humiliated when you get there,” Long Xi said lightly.
Lu Yin suddenly looked at Long Xi in a different light. Though the young woman had a fiery temper, she was quite kind and understanding. She did not want to say it outright, but she did not want Lu Yin to be embarrassed by his situation after leaving!
Long Xi frowned when she glanced over at Lu Yin and saw his expression. “Don’t overthink things; I just don’t want you to humiliate my White Dragon Clan.”
Lu Yin pursed his lips; how was this about the White Dragon Clan? Lu Yin would take the identity of Linjiang Yi after leaving! This girl was not very honest at all, but she certainly was very cute.
“Act how you should behave and don’t misbehave while you’re there,” Long Xi added. She stared at Lu Yin with stern warnings in her eyes.
Lu Yin understood her meaning as a brothel suddenly appeared in his mind.
“There is something important to note,” Long Kui suddenly spoke up as he directed a stern expression Lu Yin’s way. “Don’t approach Zhuo Si.”
Lu Yin was completely lost.
Long Xi also did not understand this warning. “Elder, what do you mean by that?”
Long Kui turned around and answered in a serious manner, “Zhuo Si has a complicated background, so absolutely do not approach him. In fact, don’t even have anything to do with him, as you’ll end up dealing with various problems if you do.”
Lu Yin quickly responded, “I understand, Elder.”
…
Gui spread his wings and took off to fly high in the sky and started to make his way away from the Rainbow Bridge.
Lu Yin turned to look back; the Rainbow Bridge was so massive that entire civilizations had developed upon it. It held entire cities and looked almost like a colorful continent. It actually seemed even better than the Fifth Mainland.
The Yinshan Mountains and White Mountain were not in the same direction from Rainbow Bridge. Given the size of the Middle Realm, even a slight difference of direction could mean an astounding distance between places.
Gui was flying towards the Yinshan Mountains.
After a few days, a strange light off in the distance drew Lu Yin’s eye. It was just a white dot, but it quickly became the most eye-catching thing in the entire sky. Lu Yin stared at the white dot as it gradually grew larger and covered him.
Suddenly, Lu Yin’s mind was overcome with a roar. This was not good, he was being attacked by a spiritual force attack. Lu Yin’s eyes turned sharp, and he let out a small shout.
Long Kui was startled next to Lu Yin, and he turned to look into the distance. “Bold!”
The Envoy raised a hand and threw out a palm. The attack tore through the void before disappearing, and the white light disappeared after the attack passed by. The Envoy’s attack had shattered space in the area.
This was not a difficult thing to accomplish in the Fifth Mainland, but it was completely different in the Perennial World. Not even a full-powered attack from Lu Yin was able to tear the void, let alone completely shatter it.
There would be no way for Lu Yin to survive such an attack from Long Kui without using his universal armor.
The white light was devoured by the shattered space, and a black hole formed and spread through the sky, producing a roar that echoed in all directions.
Sweat dripped from Lu Yin’s forehead and he panted to catch his breath.
Long Xi used a hand to stabilize the youth. “Are you ok?”
Lu Yin caught his breath and waved a hand. “I’ll be fine.”
Long Kui’s face grew dark and intimidating. “That was a Realmless assassin! They’re the only ones who have numerous assassination techniques that can’t be blocked. I didn’t even notice that attack for a moment.”
Lu Yin felt quite afraid. Realmless was a terrifying organization, and their attempts to kill Lu Yin in the Lower Realm had shown him that they could target people anywhere at all in the Perennial World, but this most recent attack had still been beyond his expectations.
He had been attracted to the sight of the white light and had extended his spiritual force in line with the attack. If not for Lu Yin’s impressive spiritual force, this attack would have instantly reduced him to being a vegetable.
Seeing that Realmless had dared to attack Lu Yin while he was with Long Kui, who was an Envoy with a power level of hundreds of thousands, Lu Yin could see the courage that had allowed Realmless to dare to attack even the master of the Celestial Frost Sect, and this caused Lu Yin to be quite nervous of Realmless.
It was clear that the assassin at this time had not expected Lu Yin to be so strong, but then what would happen the next time?
The assassination attempt had failed in the Lower Realm, and the current attempt had failed as well, which made Lu Yin at least 90% certain that there would be another attack from Realmless’s assassins.
His mind had been thrown into disarray. He considered his universal armor, the ring-shaped power vessel Long Xi had given him, the Desolate Array, his walnut-shaped power vessel, and more. He had assumed that all of these treasures would be enough to keep him safe, but he realized that he had underestimated this place.
The assassin this time had used Lu Yin’s sight as a means of attacking him, so what else was possible? Attacking him through smell? His hearing? What other options were there?
Realmless was an assassination organization that seemed too possibly have the means to use any method as an attack, and that was a terrifying prospect.
Long Xi’s face had become extremely ugly. “Where’s the attacker?”
Long Kui simply said, “Dead.”
Lu Yin stared off into the distance. He felt a bit of PTSD from this event, and he would not be so willing to allow his eyes to wander so freely in the future.
“They attacked this time through spiritual force, and while the attacker’s spiritual force was not particularly powerful, they were able to use it delicately enough to attack through vision,” Long Kui shared.
Long Xi looked at Lu Yin. “They were careless this time with their attack, but they won’t do so again. This attacker wasn’t that strong, but that won’t be the case next time.”
