No matter where one went or what time period it was, dark and hidden things would occur. There would always be certain people who would want to train loyal puppets who would always be loyal. Such servants naturally had to be trained and brainwashed from a young age.
The children who had been discovered were to be Yu Chen’s future jade butterflies, and they were being taken to the Celestial Frost Sect for group training. After they grew up, they would be sent out into the world to become Yu Chen’s information gatherers.
The young woman’s face grew pale. “What happened? I don’t know! I don’t know! Someone framed me.”
Lu Yin spoke coldly, “Over two months ago, I received information from Huaiyuan gate that a nearby lord’s son inexplicably disappeared. The child had a unique innate gift, and the lord searched for more than two months for his child, yet found nothing. His child was taken away to be raised as a traitor to humanity, and one of these children is likely that lord’s son.”
Everyone nearby went silent, and many quietly activated their communication crystals in order to call someone.
“Yun Yang, you just tried to stop me; are you colluding with traitors?” Lu Yin shouted.
Yun Yang was startled, but he quickly replied, “No! I only asked you to let that woman go because she’s one of the Celestial Frost Sect’s disciples.”
Lu Yin’s voice was cold. “You know, you kept an eye on me this entire time, and it looks like you were afraid that I would find this traitor, and Uncle Kuang is the same. Humility’s Gate will need to investigate you.”
Yun Yang was stunned. Even an idiot would know why he had been keeping an eye on Long Qi, so how could this Gate Master make such a claim? Wasn’t this defamation? At this thought, Yun Yang immediately tried to defend himself.
Uncle Kuang’s face flushed with rage, but he could do nothing. Long Qi had found reasonable evidence, and there was no denying the existence of the children, so there was no argument to be made.
This matter quickly reached Yun Mubai, the Smokecloud Sect’s master. He frowned at the news. “This was discovered, but it has nothing to do with us. The Celestial Frost Sect was unable to keep their matters hidden, but there’s no need for us to worry about it.”
As long as the matter did not involve stellular liquid, the sect master did not care. Yu Chen had no authority over Yun Mubai.
Two months had passed without any movements on Long Qi’s part, yet the moment he had moved, a traitor had been arrested. This news immediately spread throughout the Middle Realm, and also through the Higher Realm.
When Qing Chen heard of what had happened, he was as surprised as anyone. Had Long Qi discovered this matter by himself? Or did he have other sources of intelligence?
Long Qi had not visited the Cloud Shuttle for two months, so there was no way that he could have uncovered the traitor by himself, which meant that he had a source of information. Could it be the same unknown party who had helped the youth before?
Qing Chen did not know if the children had truly been captured by a traitor, but that did not even matter. There was no way that Long Qi had been wrong to save the children.
At this moment, Yu Chen was the person who was the most upset. It had been a great deal of trouble to capture those children, and every single one of them had an innate gift. They would have been of immense help to her after they had grown, and they would have become the sharpest of hidden knives that her Junior Progenitor wielded. And yet, all of those possibilities had been destroyed by Long Qi. Even more importantly, those children were not only intended to serve her, but also that person. Yu Chen could not bear the responsibility for this incident.
That night, Yu Chen called her jade butterfly in Huaiyuan Gate. The mole was tasked with finding a way to silence the girl who had been arrested so as not to implicate Yu Chen in the mess.
Kidnapping people’s children and training them into loyal puppets was a terrible thing, and even if Yu Chen was a member of the Celestial Frost Sect and had no reason to fear the people who had been crossed, it was still a risk she did not want to take.
Unfortunately, the jade butterfly failed at the assigned task. The young woman who had been arrested could not be found anywhere.
As for the children, they were returned to their homes. Word of Long Qi’s virtue spread, and countless people thanked and praised him.
Lu Yin had casually completed this matter, and it was merely a warm up for the big things he had planned next.
After a few days passed, Lu Yin once again led Liu Tianmu, Shang Qing, and the fatty back to the Cloud Shuttle.
Yun Yang felt like his head was going to explode when he saw Lu Yin. Yun Yang wanted to step forward to stop the Gate Master, but the most recent incident had left an impression on Yun Yang, and so he instead asked if anyone important was scheduled to ascend to the Higher Realm on this particular day.
How could Yun Yang know that Lu Yin was only targeting people as he observed them.
Yun Yang felt helpless. All he could do was watch Lu Yin from a distance. Not even Uncle Kuang dared get close, as he feared Long Qi’s potential accusations.
Several days before, Lu Yin had made an accusation, and it had ended up with Yun Yang and Uncle Kuang being incarcerated for two days while they were investigated. Fortunately, they had suffered no real losses, though they had lost a great deal of face after being accused of assisting a traitor.
Regardless, both people had been keeping an eye on Lu Yin, as they had both been afraid that Lu Yin would once again expose the transport of stellular liquid. They had gained confidence that Long Qi knew what boundaries to not cross, so they felt there was no need to keep too close of an eye on the Gate Master.
Wang Dashuai felt triumphant. He had originally been worried about getting caught up in the matter with the stellular liquid, but with Long Qi no longer getting involved with such a mess, the fatty felt that he could walk sideways throughout the Cloud Shuttle.
During the two days that Yun Yang was held in Huaiyuan Gate to be investigated, the fatty had made quite a name for himself.
“Are you ready? Whether or not we can leave this universe alive will all depend on today,” Lu Yin secretly spoke to Shang Qing and Liu Tianmu.
Shang Qing looked up above. “I feel it’s a pity that I haven’t even seen the Higher Realm.”
Liu Tianmu also looked up. “True.”
Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. “We might have another chance in the future.”
The two turned to look at him in shock; there might still be an opportunity?
Lu Yin did not explicitly state that he would make sure to return to the Perennial World, but he had not yet unraveled the full mystery regarding the Lu family. Still, he was confident that the four ruling powers were his family’s enemies. He was also eager to try attacking the Perennial World with the full strength of the Fifth Mainland.
Lu Yin had several people safe on Zenith Mountain, but unfortunately, he had no idea where Xia Luo or Qiu Shi were as neither of them had ever appeared. It looked like they were both destined to remain in the Perennial World.
Before long, a disciple approached Yun Yang and whispered something.
Yun Yang instantly grew solemn. “Are they here?”
“Come, they’ve already landed on a cloud platform,” the disciple said.
“Where’s Long Qi?”
“He hasn’t reacted.”
Yun Yang let out a sigh of relief. He looked over at a young man with a sallow complexion. Lu Yin and his little group had already passed by the man, but they were not far away.
“By the way, one more person will be arriving soon,” the disciple reported.
Yun Yang frowned. “Why are there two at the same time?”
“It’s just a coincidence. It happens sometimes, and we’ve even had three appear at the same time before,” the disciple commented.
Yun Yang waved a hand dismissively. “Don’t make any show of inspecting them and just get them to leave as soon as possible. The god of misfortune is here, and if he notices anything off.. Well, I just don’t want to deal with such crap again.”
“Understood.”
Elsewhere, Lu Yin and his companions had stopped walking and seemed to be talking.
There was a middle-aged man who was personally received by the chief dispatcher, and he was quickly sent to a cloud platform that was near to the one where the sallow-faced young man was waiting.
Everything had been observed by Lu Yin. He shot Shang Qing a glance. “Do it.”
The moment the words were spoken, Lu Yin, Shang Qing, and Liu Tianmu all charged forward at the same time, racing towards the middle-aged man and the sallow-faced youth.
Off in the distance, Yun Yang’s expression changed. He had been carefully watching Lu Yin this entire time. Shit, here we go again! “Uncle Kuang!”
The void twisted over Yun Yang’s head, and Uncle Kuang appeared like an angry lion. He attacked Lu Yin with one hand, and this time the Envoy did not hold anything back. However, Lu Yin had already expected this, and he again used the power vessel he had received Liu Ye and Fei Hua to defend himself.
Uncle Kuang’s attack was blocked by the power vessel, and Lu Yin successfully captured the sallow-faced young man. At the same time, Shang Qing and Liu Tianmu captured the middle-aged man.
Cai Shu’s eye twitched; the brat was acting up again! Long Qi was making it perfectly clear that he would not make peace with the Cloud Shuttle. Cai Shu had no choice but to move to stand between Uncle Kuang and Lu Yin and the other youths.
Uncle Kuang glared at Cai Shu and quietly warned, “It’s stellular liquid. Let them go.”
Cai Shu’s expression changed, and he turned to look at Lu Yin before quietly saying, “Let’s go.”
Lu Yin and Shang Qing moved together, protected by the power vessel. They both looked at Cai Shu. “Senior, these two could be traitors.”
Yun Yang arrived, and he asked the disciples of Smokecloud Sect to keep back everyone on the nearby cloud platforms. He then softly threatened, “Long Qi, these two are transporting stellular liquid. Release them.”
Lu Yin sneered. “Your Smokecloud Sect really is colluding with traitors! I’m starting to think that Yun Mubai is a Redback. How else would you be connected to a traitor?”
“Long Qi, don’t try to slander people! Release these two, or else you won’t be able to handle the consequences,” Yun Yang spoke quickly, as he could not shake the memory of the third elder’s fate. Yun Yang had no wish to die.
The young man who had been captured was terrified, but the middle-aged man was calmer. “We are indeed transporting stellular liquid.”
Lu Yin smacked the middle-aged man back with a slap to the face. Lu Yin’s eyes blazed, and Yun Yang’s heart sank at the sight. This bastard was determined.
Lu Yin was unconcerned with Uncle Kuang or Yun Yang, and instead turned to Cai Shu. “Senior, trust me, these two are definitely traitors. There’s something wrong with the Smokecloud Sect.”
Cai Shu frowned, and his determination wavered. Naturally, no one wanted to become enemies with the four ruling powers. Long Qi already knew about stellular liquid, so it was impossible for him to deliberately cause trouble. The youth had remained quiet for two months, and he had done so for the sake of the four ruling powers. Since that was the case, why was Long Qi going after the stellular liquid mules at this time? This did not make any sense.
The only logical reason was that the two people really were traitors and that the Smokecloud Sect harbored a Redback.
Cai Shu recalled Long Qi’s impressive record when it came to uncovering traitors, particularly the young woman who had been recently arrested. The more the Envoy thought, the more convinced he was of Lu Yin’s words. Cai Shu suddenly looked at Uncle Kuang with suspicion.
Uncle Kuang spoke up in a deep voice, “They really are transporting stellular liquid.”
He then turned to Lu Yin. “Junior, what do you want to do? Don’t make a mistake and end up as an enemy of the four ruling powers. Even one of Humility’s Gate’s Gate Masters can die.”
“Long Qi, release them and I’ll prove they’re transporting stellular liquid,” Yun Yang urged.
Lu Yin answered coldly, “They’ll run the moment they are released. We’re in the Smokecloud Sect, so who is capable of proving things to me? You’re claiming that they’re transporting stellular liquid? That’s how your Smokecloud Sect works. You use the excuse of transporting stellular liquid to get traitors into the Higher Realm. I’ve already received the information concerning your methods.”
Cai Shu’s eyes flashed; Long Qi had received information? Was this also from the unknown informant?
Cai Shu became even more convinced of Lu Yin’s words, as the youth had inadvertently revealed that someone was helping him. There was no way that Long Qi was wrong. Cai Shu grew wary as he stared at Uncle Kuang. “Stand down now. I’ll report this matter to the Supervisor and he will decide what’s to be done.”
Uncle Kuang and Yun Yang glanced at each other and immediately contacted Yun Mubai.
The entire Smokecloud Sect was thrown into chaos.
Cai Shu quickly called Qing Chen.
