Lu Yin frowned. Then, without any hesitation, he attacked with a Vacuum Palm. However, even though the old man did not make even the slightest bit of movement, the Vacuum Palm vanished.
Lu Yin’s expression changed, and he stared at the old man in fear.
The old man observed Lu Yin’s hand with a bit of surprise. “What a powerful physique. Also, a good use of the Overlaying Stacks Path. Kid, were you just trying to beat little old me? That’s no good! You should respect the old and cherish the young.”
Lu Yin wiggled his fingers. He could not afford to get entangled with this man, as the pursuers would catch up soon. The old man was standing in front of the youths, and Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palm was useless. Clearly, this man was an Envoy, and not an ordinary one at that. He was obviously stronger than Uncle Kuang, as there was no other way for him to have simply ignored Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palm.
At this thought, Lu Yin took out the power vessel that looked like an aquatic plant, and it wrapped around the old man. “Let’s work together to deal with him.”
One of Shang Qing’s qi streams shot forwards, and Liu Tianmu instantly used the Thirteenth Sword. She had actually been readying herself all this time.
The old man continued to just stand there as he had been without moving in the slightest. The ancestral qi and the power vessel were unable to approach the old man, and Liu Tianmu’s Thirteenth Sword had no effect.
All three were horrified, as this was not a normal reaction!
The old man turned to look at Liu Tianmu and raised his eyebrows. “So, its the Liu family’s lost Thirteen Swords, and that was even the unavoidable Thirteenth Sword. It really is the pinnacle sword technique. Not bad. Not bad.”
Lu Yin asked quietly, “Who might senior be? Why have you stopped us?”
The old man showed the same strange smile as before. “This old man just heard what you were talking about. You’re trying to return to that place, right?”
Lu Yin’s heart sank.
“Haha, return? Return where? Kid, can you tell this old man where you’re headed?” the old man asked with blatant interest.
Lu Yin’s expression grew sharp. “Senior, you can come with us, if you like.”
The old man shook his head. “You’re a sneaky brat, trying to pull one over on an old man like me. Unfortunately for you, this old man has no interest in returning to where you came from. I simply heard that you were headed back there and that you were about to succeed, so I came to this place to stop you.”
Lu Yin’s eyes blazed with killing intent. “Was senior sent by the four ruling powers?”
The old man sneered, “What are those four ruling powers? Do they qualify to give this old man orders? The worse off they are, the happier I am.”
“If that’s the case, then I can tell you that they will be hurt the most if senior lets us go,” Lu Yin suggested.
The old man smiled and shook his head. “There’s something else that I forgot to mention. This old man not only enjoys seeing the four ruling powers suffer, but I also enjoy watching everyone suffer. The more uncomfortable people are, the happier this old man becomes! Hahahaha.”
Lu Yin did not say another word. Instead, he took out the sourcebox array and released a Void Rip. A black line appeared between two points before shooting towards the old man. At the same time, the power vessel that Lu Yin had received from Xia Taili entangled the old man. Lu Yin did not want to waste any more time here.
The old man was caught off guard. “The Celestial Frost Sect’s Void Rip? Kid, how do you have this? This old man is getting more and more curious about you.”
Lu Yin’s pupils shrank to pinpricks. He had believed that Void Rip would be able to force the old man to move, especially after he was bound by the power vessel. In fact, Lu Yin had intended to kill the old man, and he had not expected the attack to be completely useless.
“Stop struggling. That umbrella is the only thing you have that’s worth my attention. Everything else you have is worthless,” the old man said with a yawn.
Lu Yin’s heart lurched and he blurted out, “Are you a Semi-Progenitor?”
The strange smile returned to the old man’s face. “You’re sharp.”
Lu Yin and the other two lost all hope. It was over for them. This man was a Semi-Progenitor. A Semi-Progenitor! Even if Arch-Elder Zen were present, while he could fight a Semi-Progenitor, it would be impossible for him to easily escape. Everything was over.
Who could have expected that their path would be blocked by a Semi-Progenitor? This was a terrible joke.
Lu Yin exhaled. “Well, this is just life.”
He was already plotting a means of explaining everything that he had revealed earlier.
Shang Qing and Liu Tianmu both had ugly expressions, but they knew that it was impossible to escape. Everything was open and clear in front of them, but the old man who stood there was blocking their path like an insurmountable mountain.
When the old man noticed that Lu Yin and the others had stopped resisting, he murmured something about ‘boring.’ Suddenly, his eye twitched. He looked back at the woman who had been shadowing Lu Yin and the others. “People from the four ruling powers? How annoying.”
The woman then strangely disappeared. It was as though she had been swallowed by the void.
Lu Yin and the others lost their last trace of hope when they saw this. They possessed no means of escaping from an Envoy, and yet this old man had eliminated their threat like she was nothing. They were not capable of doing anything to this old man.
“What is senior thinking?” Lu Yin asked.
The old man’s strange smile returned, and his lips moved. However, Shang Qing and Liu Tianmu were not able to hear anything, only Lu Yin.
Lu Yin’s mouth slowly fell open from disbelief. “Really?”
The old man’s mouth curled into a smile. “Believe whatever you want. Do you even have a choice?”
Lu Yin’s expression changed as he pondered what to do.
“Come on, kid. Life or death, it’s up to you,” the old man urged before disappearing.
The next moment, two people appeared in the sky. Despite their sudden appearance, the void remained calm. They were Qing Chen and Wang Si.
The two Semi-Progenitors had arrived, and the pressure that they exuded caused space itself to roil from the unbearable force. The mountains and the ground beneath them along with the stars above all trembled from the terrifying auras.
Lu Yin and the other two put on their best behavior when facing the two Semi-Progenitors. They immediately released the two captives, though they remained unconscious and were simply shoved to the side.
Wang Si looked down at Lu Yin’s trio, though most of her attention remained on Lu Yin. She had fierce eyes, but they also contained a playful glint. She had not taken action in a long time, and it was very unexpected that some measly Hunter had forced her out again.
“Long Qi, tell me what happened.” Qing Chen made sure to speak before Wang Si, as there was a possibility that the old woman would not even give Lu Yin a chance to speak for himself. Qing Chen was familiar with Wang Si’s personality, and it was not impossible for her to immediately attack.
The entire Perennial World knew how ruthless this old woman was.
Lu Yin moved a few steps forward and respectfully asked, “Lord Supervisor, where is Yun Mubai, the Smokecloud Sect’s master?”
Qing Chen replied, “He’s still back at the Cloud Shuttle.”
“Could you have him come here? Your subordinate would like to confront him in person.”
Wang Si was taken aback, and she looked at Lu Yin oddly. “Confront him? About what? Those two are nothing more than mules for smuggling stellular liquid, and yet you used them as hostages to escape to a place like this. To what end? I’m quite curious.”
Lu Yin answered in a respectful tone, “This junior’s purpose was quite simple. I stirred things up at Cloud Shuttle and drew out the Smokecloud Sect’s powerhouses in order to give Captain Wang the opportunity to search for evidence.”
Wang Si asked, “Evidence of what?”
She had become truly curious. She had thought that Long Qi was completely wrong, and she had intended to simply kill him, but it was starting to look like she had been wrong.
Lu Yin quietly answered, “Yun Mubai is a Redback.”
Wang Si was shocked.
Qing Chen trembled. “What did you just say? Yun Mubai is a Redback?”
Shang Qing and Liu Tianmu both stared at Lu Yin, speechless. That accusation had been unfounded slander thrown out in order to make a mess of things at the Cloud Shuttle. Just how was Lu Yin planning to turn that accusation into reality?
“If you two seniors don’t believe this, then you can go to Smokecloud Sect. Captain Wang should have found the evidence by now,” Lu Yin solemnly suggested.
Qing Chen and Wang Si glanced at each other. “Okay, let’s all go.”
With that, Qing Chen brought the youths with him, and everyone made their way back to the Smokecloud Sect.
***
Elsewhere, Wang Dashuai was looking around at the unfamiliar setting. He felt incredibly confused.
Lu Yin had suddenly kicked the hornets’ nest at the Cloud Shuttle and incited a veritable war. Battles had immediately erupted around the fatty, and he had been blasted away, his ears ringing. He had then hid himself, and he had not expected to suddenly arrive in such a place. There were currency cards and numerous power vessels abound. The few things that he was able to identify were truly amazing treasures.
What the hell? Who had brought himself to this place?
He looked around but could not find the exit. He was in a hurry to leave. But in his rush, he found a scarlet eye with a vertical pupil. This belonged to a Redback, as no one else would ever touch such a thing!
Wang Dashuai tried everything that he could think of to escape, but it was all futile. All he could do was wait. Someone had sent him to this place, so someone would definitely come back for him. The fatty was quite confident in this. Still, with the scarlet eye present, the fatty hoped that no one was trying to frame him! If they were, he would not take it lying down.
After he waited for a while, the entire place vibrated, and then the ceiling of the location was suddenly removed, allowing the fatty to see cloud and mist outside. Isn’t this the Smokecloud Sect?
After a moment, the fatty saw Lu Yin, Qing Chen, and Wang Si.
“Wa- Wa- Elder?” the fatty exclaimed.
“Captain Wang, did you find any evidence of Yun Mubai’s collusion with the monster?” Lu Yin spoke up, and his voice startled the fatty.
Yun Mubai colluded with monsters? He’s a Redback? The fatty suddenly realized that he was inside the Smokecloud Sect, which caused him to jump. He reflexively pointed to something some distance away. “Look, I found something.”
Qing Chen and the others all saw the scarlet eye with a vertical pupil off in the distance, as well as a pile of power vessels.
The entire Smokecloud Sect was shaken. Many of the disciples saw the scarlet eye with the vertical pupil, and it terrified them. There really was a Redback in their Smokecloud Sect.
Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief. This was what that old man had mentioned to Lu Yin. Lu Yin had never considered that Yun Mubai could really be a Redback.
Lu Yin had originally made a baseless accusation without considering the possibility of it being true. It was no wonder why Yun Mubai had reacted so strongly to the accusation.
Lu Yin felt grateful towards the old man, who had transferred Wang Dashuai to this hidden place.
Yun Mubai and Cai Shu arrived at this moment, and they both saw the exposed scarlet eye. Yun Mubai immediately turned to flee, but he suffered the exact same fate as Guan Tong. It was impossible for the sect master to escape.
Qing Chen had never expected Huaiyuan to hide so many Redbacks. First, there were the three Guan brothers, and now, there was Yun Mubai. The supervisor did not even dare to imagine how long these people had been Redbacks for or how much damage they could have done to humanity if Long Qi had not exposed them.
Yun Mubai’s face had gone pale, and he did not say a single word in his own defense. Everything had happened so suddenly that the sect master had not had even the slightest bit of time to understand what had happened. Who could have predicted such a move from Lu Yin when not even Lu Yin himself had known?
Qing Chen looked over at Lu Yin. “How did you discover that he’s a Redback? How did you uncover that location?”
Lu Yin replied in a respectful tone, “Doesn’t the supervisor understand this underling’s abilities?”
Qing Chen understood that Long Qi had received another piece of information from that unknown source. With this, Qing Chen’s appreciation for Long Qi rose even more. This child had connections to hidden information that not even Humility’s Gate could find. Who was behind this child?
Wang Si had never expected such a reversal. She had assumed that Long Qi was spouting bullshit, and she had never expected the youth to actually uncover a Redback. “Kid, you purposely accused those two mules of being traitors just to empty out the Smokecloud Sect?”
“Yes. This junior seized those two and fled the Smokecloud Sect with them in order to avoid Yun Mubai’s suspicions to give Captain Wang the opportunity to take action.”
The fatty had a blank look on his face, but since Long Qi was dishing out compliments, the fatty gladly accepted them.
