For two months, Lu Yin did not visit the Cloud Shuttle even once, which provided the Smokecloud Sect completely relieved. Also, the White Dragon Clan had also contributed to alleviating the sect’s anxiety, as they had sent a clan elder named Long Quan, who sought out Lu Yin and warned him to avoid anything to do with stellular liquid.
Lu Yin acted very honest and well behaved in front of Elder Long Quan, which left the elder without much to say to the disruptive youth.
Xia Taili left Huaiyuan, as she had become bored. There was no one in Huaiyuan who was worth bullying. That was the excuse she gave for leaving, but Lu Yin suspected that the princess left because of the stellular liquid. The girl just wanted to play, and things had become too serious.
The day after Xia Taili left, the jade butterfly hidden within Huaiyuan Gate’s intelligence organization who Lu Yin had been keeping an eye on finally made a move. The person sent out a message that they believed to be a secret that no one knew about. In fact, not even Lu Yin would have known about the jade butterfly without having Possessed Yu Chen’s guardian.
The message that was sent out roused Lu Yin to action from his lethargy. It was time to move.
The next day, Lu Yin led Wang Dashuai, Shang Qing, and Liu Tianmu from Huaiyuan Gate and they made their way towards the Cloud Shuttle.
Some distance behind, Cai Shu was surprised that Long Qi was returning to the Cloud Shuttle. The Envoy had believed that Yun Mubai had gotten through to Long Qi.
When Lu Yin and the others arrived beneath the Cloud Shuttle, Yun Yang heard of the acting Gate Master’s arrival, and it caused Yun Tan’s expression to instantly change. He hurried out to meet Lu Yin.
“What is Gate Master Long doing here again?” Yun Yang asked as soon as he saw Lu Yin.
Uncle Kuang also appeared the moment he received the news. Lu Yin had left a deep impression on the Smokecloud Sect.
Wang Dashuai sneered when he saw Yun Yang’s nervous appearance, but Yun Yang completely ignored the fatty. Yun Yang was aware that another shipment of stellular liquid was due to pass through, and the timing of Lu Yin’s left Yun Yang very uneasy.
Lu Yin looked around. “It’s been quite a while, so I just wanted to come take a look.”
Yun Yang responded in dismay. He took a few steps forward and quietly asked, “Gate Master Long, might you have forgotten why my sect master said to you? Or did you forget that corpse?”
Yun Yang’s words reminded Lu Yin of the serving girl who Yun Mubai had killed during their meeting, and Lu Yin’s excitement instantly chilled. He turned to direct rather frigid eyes towards Yun Yang. “Are you threatening me?”
Yun Yang sneered. “Gate Master Long should consider this matter clearly! There are certain things that you can’t interfere with, and does Gate Master Long really think that it’s impossible for you to meet the same fate as that girl?”
Suddenly, the air was torn apart as a terrible sword blade stabbed past Lu Yin’s ear and was thrust towards Yun Yang. He had not expected anyone to attack him with a sword, and he did not have any time to react. Actually, not even an Envoy like Uncle Kuang was able to react in time.
By the time anyone was able to process what had just happened, they found that Liu Tianmu’s sword was out, and its tip was less than a millimeter away from Yun Yang’s neck. The slightest move would send Yun Yang’s head and body to two different places.
Yun Yang stared at the sword in awe. He could sense an authentic killing intent and knew that he was standing at the precipice of life and death.
Uncle Kuang grew furious. He stepped forward and raised a hand to attack the swordswoman. However, Lu Yin simultaneously raised his own hand and unleashed a Vacuum Palm. The two attacks hit the sword at the same moment, and the sword was the epicenter of a shockwave that twisted the void before blasting out with terrifying power.
Liu Tianmu’s sword grew a bit unsteady, and its edge trembled.
Uncle Kuang and Lu Yin both retreated at the same time.
Yun Yang’s body was blown back by the shockwave. He felt a certain tightness in his chest, and he almost vomited blood.
Uncle Kuang stared at Lu Yin in amazement. This child actually possessed enough physical strength to force an Envoy to retreat?
Lu Yin shook his hand to dissipate the residual force. He stared straight back at Uncle Kuang with cold eyes. Lu Yin had previously used a Vacuum Palm to for another Envoy, Emperor Luo, back. Lu Yin’s cultivation and physical strength had both greatly improved since that time, and he had reached the point where he had become able to compare to an Envoy’s strength.
If Lu Yin had actually used his golden battle force on his attack, the Envoy would not merely have been forced back a bit.
Lu Yin could not compare to the true strength of an Envoy, as there was too great of a discrepancy between his strength and that of an Envoy. However, Uncle Kuang had attacked without preparation, which had led to his suffering when faced with Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palm.
Liu Tianmu retracted her sword and turned to stare coldly at Uncle Kuang.
Uncle Kuang stared at Lu Yin alone. “Gate Master Long, that was impressive.”
Lu Yin coldly retorted, “Is threatening all that Smokecloud Sect teaches its disciples? I am the Gate Master of Huaiyuan Gate, and yet one of your sect’s disciples actually dared to threaten me with death. If I report this matter back to Supervisor Qing Chen, I believe the old man will uphold justice.”
Uncle Kuang glared at Yun Yang with cold eyes.
Yun Yang quickly spoke up, “Gate Master Long, don’t spout nonsense! I never said that.”
“If you didn’t say that, the Supervisor will know after asking your sect Master Yun. Just wait,” Lu Yin loudly stated.
Yun Yang grew flustered. If he proved to be the reason that the Supervisor of Humility’s Gate’s nine Middle Realm Gates stepped forward, there would be no way to escape punishment. The third elder’s death had motivated Yun Yang to be somewhat meek, and he had no desire to create any problems.
Out of desperation, he took a deep breath and quickly apologized, “Gate Master Long, please forgive this little brother for his inconsiderate words. This little one had no intention of causing any offense.”
Wang Dashuai felt a wave of relief. He had also been forced back by the shockwave from the colliding attacks, and the fatty had been stunned by Lu Yin’s strength. Still, for the moment, it felt incredible for the fatty to see Yun Yang bowing his head.
Lu Yin stared at Yun Yang, and quickly calmed down. “I’m not an unreasonable person. Given the apology, I see no reason to pursue this matter. Don’t worry, I’m not here to cause any trouble. I just want to take a look before moving on.”
You wouldn’t fool a ghost! Yun Yang inwardly cursed. Still, he did not know why Long Qi had come to the Cloud Shuttle. He could not believe that the acting Gate Master had plans related to more stellular liquid, as he did not believe Long Qi to be bold enough to do such a reckless thing. In the end, so long as Long Qi did not pursue anything related to stellular liquid, there was nothing worth notice at the base of the Cloud Shuttle.
“You have my thanks, Gate Master Long,” Yun Yang said.
Uncle Kuang stared at Lu Yin with pure amazement. “I see the truth of the White Dragon Clan’s notable physical strength. Gate Master Long did not even use the White Dragon Transformation, and yet you have such impressive strength. Honestly, there are not many Envoys who can compare to your strength.”
Lu Yin casually replied, “You’re overthinking things. I simply absorbed some dragon saliva.”
“Dragon saliva?” Uncle Kuang, Yun Yang, and Wang Dashuai all exclaimed at once as they stared at Lu Yin with pure jealousy. Dragon saliva was not something they were ignorant about. They knew it was one of the White Dragon Clan’s treasures that they took from the Ancestor Python’s own body. Absorbing it allowed a person’s physical strength to rise sharply.
“No wonder. No wonder.” Uncle Kuang felt that he understood, and he mentally reviewed what he knew of Long Qi’s past. The Envoy had first heard that the White Dragon Clan’s son-in-law was a timid and incompetent person, but it had not taken long to hear that Long Qi received an inheritance from the Sword Monument that surpassed even Bai Xian’er’s. There had been more and more rumors concerning this youth after that, and facing Long Qi directly had given Uncle Kuang a more intuitive understanding of this youth’s abilities.
Also, it seemed that Long Qi had not even revealed his full strength yet. After all, he had received a portion of Semi-Progenitor Kui Luo’s inheritance, and that powerhouse had been most skilled at using his spiritual force.
Yun Yang was shocked at Lu Yin’s explanation, and he stopped lurking about Lu Yin like a haunting ghost, and instead simply watched the Gate Master from a distance, just to be safe.
Lu Yin continued to wander about below the Cloud Shuttle, and he quickly found his target, who was one of Yu Chen’s jade butterflies. This particular jade butterfly had a hidden identity.
The Cloud Shuttle connected the Middle Realm to the Higher Realm, and in addition to transporting people, goods, materials, and many other types of cargo were transported. The vast majority of items could be transported within cosmic rings, but there were still many other goods that could not be transported in such a manner due to excessive volume. For example, Lu Yin saw a great deal of raw ore loaded up on the cloud platforms, as well as living creatures.
The Smokecloud Sect was typically very strict when it came to items that could not be stored in a cosmic ring, though there were exceptions. There were a few people who enjoyed the same privileges as the mules who carried stellular liquid.
Lu Yin watched as a lively young girl ordered some of the Smokecloud Sect’s disciples to carry piles of goods over to a cloud platform, and no one inspected any of the goods.
Yun Yang saw Lu Yin focus on the girl and her goods, but did not feel anything, but the deputy chief dispatcher’s expression changed, and he quickly winked at someone who started the cloud platform moving as soon as the last of the goods were loaded. The platform started to rapidly rise up along the Mother Tree’s trunk on its way to the Higher Realm.
Lu Yin smiled gently, and then his body disappeared.
Yun Yang’s eye twitched, and his heart sank when he saw Lu Yin move. He had a premonition that what would happen next would not be anything good.
Lu Yin appeared atop the cloud platform, and he used a bit of strength to shatter the cloud.
“What are you doing?” The young woman grew furious, and she raised a hand to point a finger towards Lu Yin and attack with the Celestial Frost Sect’s battle technique, Celestial Being Shows the Way.
Lu Yin did not move. Suddenly, a stream of qi twined about the girl’s arm and smashed her arm into her own stomach. The impact bent her almost double, and she nearly voided her stomach.
Shang Qing had moved. Both he and Liu Tianmu had followed Lu Yin up to the cloud platform.
Yun Yang raced over, and as he flew over, he received a report through the voice transmission that caused his expression to change drastically. He called out, “Gate Master Long, please be merciful.”
From further away, Uncle Kuang reflexively attacked Lu Yin. The brat was making trouble once again. However, Cai Shu was not slow to react this time, and he instantly blocked Uncle Kuang’s attack.
More of the Smokecloud Sect’s disciples appeared one after another and they surrounded Lu Yin and others.
The young woman grew so anxious that sweat dripped from her as she stared at her pile of goods in a panic.
Lu Yin quietly stood next to the pile. Yun Yang hurried over and quickly asked, “Gate Master Long, what are you doing?”
Lu Yin glanced around before pointing at the girl. “She’s traitor.”
The girl grew furious. “That’s bullshit! I’m a Celestial Frost Sect disciple and I follow the Junior Progenitor! How could I be a traitor? You have guts!”
Yun Yang gritted his teeth. “Gate Master Long, what evidence do you have?”
Lu Yin sneered. “Since when does Humility’s Gate need evidence to arrest someone? Still, since you’ve asked, I’ll show you.”
Lu Yin then waved a hand and lifted the pile of materials. Once everything was moved, everyone saw what had been hidden: children.
No one could have imagined that children had been hidden beneath a pile of goods, and they were each no more than five years old, and they lay unconscious on the ground.
Everyone who was lined up in the area to use the Cloud Shuttle were shocked at this sight.
Yun Yang’s face fell further than ever.
The young woman’s body swayed; it was over! Everything was over!
Cai Shu’s expression also changed, and he glared at Yun Yang with a frosty expression.
Uncle Kuang was also stunned for a moment. He had not expected to find a child being smuggled up to the Higher Realm. No one had said anything to the Envoy.
