Cang Yi carefully asked, “What if Lu Yin still refuses to come?”
The ugly woman sneered, “I heard that he has a good relationship with the Fifth Mainland’s Sea King’s Dome and that he even nearly became the Sea King’s son-in-law. Tell him that the Sea King is here and that if he doesn’t come rescue the man, we’ll expose the entire affair. The Innerverse will become wary of him, and the Sea King’s Dome will also be offended. No one will ever be willing to rely on him ever again in that case.”
Lu Yin’s eyes grew frosty; Flying Horse Manor clearly knew a great deal about him, and it was information that could not have been gleaned in a short amount of time either. Just what exactly was Madam Hong hoping to accomplish?
“What are the conditions offered to him?” Cang Yi repeated.
The ugly woman suddenly lashed out and seized Cang Wing’s neck with a hand. The blue veins on the back of her hand transformed into ferocious little snakes that hissed as they stared at Cang Wing. Fear sprouted in his eyes, and Lu Yin felt revolted as he unconsciously took a step back. It was impossible to know just how many of these miniscule snakes were hidden on this woman’s body.
“Is that a question you should be asking? Call Lu Yin and tell him to come to Flying Horse Manor. This is a very important matter,” the ugly woman said coldly.
Cang Yi quickly nodded as he stared at the tiny snakes moving closer and closer to him. He was afraid of these hideous and disgusting creatures.
Lu Yin glanced over at Liu Ye, and Liu Ye waved a hand. At the same time, star energy filled Lu Yin’s eyes, and Truesight weakened the old woman.
Her heart suddenly skipped a beat as a sense of danger welled up within her heart, but there was no time for her to react before she was trapped within a storm of willow leaves and immobilized.
After being trapped, the ugly woman was struck by a Vacuum Palm. She spat out a mouthful of blood, and some small snakes fell out with the blood, which just made her even more disgusting.
Sister Fei Hua frowned, and stellular energy swept out to eliminate the ugly woman’s blood.
The woman stared up at Lu Yin in disbelief, but she was unable to make any sound.
Lu Yin stared back at the woman and reverted to his true appearance.
The ugly woman’s pupils shrank and she turned to look at Cang Yi, her eyes full of murder and resentment.
Her gaze startled Cang Yi and he quickly pulled back.
Lu Yin said, “Let her speak.”
After he spoke, the ugly woman was again able to speak, and she let out a shriek, “Cang Yi, you dare betray Madam Hong and Flying Horse Manor? Madam Hong will not let you go! You will surely die!”
Lu Yin snapped back, “Doesn’t Madam Hong want to talk to me? What does she want to talk about?”
The woman gritted her teeth and turned to stare at Lu Yin. Her expression was ferocious, and a small snake moved about in the air in front of her. The visual was enough to cause nightmares in most people.
Lu Yin had rarely encountered such a disgusting cultivator. “Where are the giants?”
The ugly woman snorted coldly. “No.”
Lu Yin frowned and flicked a finger. Wind shot forward where he pointed and pierced the woman’s body, leaving heavy injuries and causing her blood to leak into the willow leaves that had her trapped. “Where is the Sea King?”
“No!” the ugly woman growled. She then started threatening Lu Yin, “Lu Yin, this is Flying Horse Manor! As soon as Madam Hong returns, you will never be able to escape.”
Lu Yin laughed. “Isn’t Madam Hong already trying to guarantee my safety? I am already here, and you can talk to me on her behalf. Let’s see if I can accept the conditions she is offering.”
“Don’t even think about it!” the ugly woman roared. It was clear that Lu Yin had arrived for the giants. With Madam Hong absent, it was likely that the giants would be taken away. At a time like this, stating any conditions would only weaken their position in future negotiations.
“This person is able to cultivate such a vicious battle technique. To be ruthless to others, one must be even more ruthless to themselves. Alliance Leader Lu, interrogating her will be useless. It would be better to investigate this matter for yourself,” Liu Ye commented.
Lu Yin frowned and looked at the ugly woman. “You really have nothing at all to say?”
The ugly woman suddenly opened her mouth as an imprint of Madam Hong appeared behind her. The woman spat out a giant python in an attempt to bypass Liu Ye and attack Lu Yin. However, the woman had underestimated Liu Ye, and he sliced the snake in half. The ugly woman was reduced to pus and blood at the large snake’s death.
They were struck by a putrid stench, and Sister Fei Hua could not help herself from cleaning up the area while commenting in disgust, “How can such a person exist?”
Lu Yin’s expression suddenly changed, and looked outside the room they were in. Someone was coming.
Liu Ye, Fei Hua, and Lu Yin grabbed Cang Yi and fled into the true universe.
Soon after, two people entered the room; a man and a woman. The woman was Hong Ying, Madam Hong’s disciple. Lu Yin had fought this woman a couple times, and the most recent had been in ZENITH when she had been badly wounded by the wind from Lu Yin flicking a finger.
Within the true universe, Lu Yin was startled to see the identity of the other person; was that Xun Jiong?
Xun Jiong was a member of the Innerverse’s Xun family. When the Xun family had tried to poison Lu Yin after ZENITH, the entire family had been wiped out, with Xun Jiong being the lone survivor. At the time, he had been determined to find traces of his father in the Higher Realm where the Sixth Mainland had briefly stayed in the Innerverse. Xun Jiong had wanted to find his father’s illegitimate child, but Lu Yin had not expected to see him in this place after several years.
“Strange, where are they?” Hong Ying wondered as she glanced around. They were in Flying Horse Manor’s main hall, which was where guests were welcomed.
Xun Jiong stood behind Hong Ying. His face was lowered, and there was a begging expression on his face. “Maybe they went somewhere else.”
Hong Ying frowned. “That shouldn’t be the case. No one leaves so quickly after arriving, as it’s been a very short amount of time.”
“Are you looking for me?” Lu Yin spoke up and revealed himself, startling Hong Ying. She turned and saw a familiar face, as it belonged to someone she would never forget for her entire life. “Lu Yin?”
As she shouted in exclamation, she reflexively pulled out a spear with a red tassel on it. She instantly stabbed the weapon at Lu Yin as an imprint appeared behind her.
The tip of the spear stopped a meter in front of Lu Yin. With the suppression of his domain, Hong Ying was unable to move at all. She stared at Lu Yin in horror. “Why are you here?”
Lu Yin casually replied, “I’ve already spared your life several times. Things are over now.”
Hong Ying’s face grew pale, and she pulled something out of her cosmic ring, but the next moment, Lu Yin’s domain contracted sharply, causing Hong Ying to spit out a mouthful of blood. Her muscles had been torn, and her mind had been jolted. She lost all strength, and the spear fell from her hand. The weapon struck the floor with a ringing sound. Hong Ying was already completely dead.
When the Sixth Mainland had invaded the Innerverse, Flying Horse Manor had built up too great of a blood debt. They had destroyed Astral-3, and Hong Ying had slaughtered many people. She had even used Astral-3’s students to lure out other Innerverse cultivators who had been desperate to rescue the students.
Finally, the debt had been collected.
Staring at Hong Ying’s body on the floor, Xun Jiong shuddered. He looked up at Lu Yin in terror as he slowly dropped to his knees. “Lu- Alliance Leader Lu, I- I-“
Lu Yin calmly looked at Xu Jiong. “Have you found anyone from your Xun family? Your father’s bastard?”
Xun Jiong swallowed and shook his head. “No, I didn’t find anything.”
“Then why are you here in Flying Horse Manor?” Lu Yin asked.
Xun Jiong started to panic. “The Xun family was in touch with the Technocracy for a long time, and Flying Horse Manor was behind them. When the Sixth Mainland invaded the Innerverse, Madam Hong personally reached out to my Xun family, so I came here seeking asylum.”
Lu Yin already knew this, as just like Cang Yi, before the Sixth Mainland had invaded, none of the traitors had known that Madam Hong had been behind their connections to the Technocracy. When the Sixth Mainland had first launched their invasion of the Fifth Mainland, Madam Hong had personally contacted the various traitors. Wen Zhaocheng and everyone else on the list that Lu Yin had discovered had been the same, as none of them had known that Madam Hong had been behind the Technocracy they had been dealing with.