It seemed that it was finally time for Lu Yin to visit the place where Zi Jing had originally been studying sequence particles. He had learned of the location through Chen Le, and he also learned that, apparently, Cloudflow was still being held captive in that same facility.
At this moment, Lu Yin received a message.
Upon accessing his communication crystal, the display showed Zuo Yu.
“Xie Wu sent me a few more names: Tu Ke and Bai Qian,” Zuo Yu relayed.
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. Ever since he had saved Xie Wu and told him to return to He Shu, the young man had been randomly sending messages to Xuan Qi through Zuo Yu. Most of these messages meant nothing, as they concerned He Shu. However, Zuo Yu still made sure to pass along everything to Lu Yin whenever he visited the Transcendent Universe.
Lu Yin did not pay the messages much heed. Xie Wu had no way of knowing which information might be relevant or not, so he simply sent over anything he regarded as potentially important.
Lu Yin had actually intended to ask Zuo Yu to have Xie Wu stop sending messages, as there was a risk that He Shu might find out.
Xie Wu was not a significant pawn. Lu Yin had saved the young man out of nothing more than pity, and having even a minor pawn so close to He Shu was rather convenient. Thus, Lu Yin had quickly become accustomed to it.
However, this latest message proved to be an unexpected boon for Lu Yin.
He sent Luo Lao'er back before quickly contacting Bai Qian with a wireless jincan.
The wireless jincans continued to demonstrate their usefulness in the Sixverse Association. While they were unable to pass messages between parallel universes, they allowed the holders to secretly communicate while in the same dimension.
This method of communication was also only available to members of the Heavens Sect.
This was the first time that Lu Yin had used the wireless jincan to reach out to Bai Qian in the Transcendent Universe.
Bai Qian stared at the wireless jincan as it cycled through the specific code. She was surprised to see something, as this was her first time using a wireless jincan after being shown how to use it by Lu Yin.
"What’s your relationship with Tu Ke?" Lu Yin first sent a question.
Bai Qian sent back, "He’s one of the few members of the Ruling Council who supports me."
"I received a message from a contact close to He Shu. There were only two names: Tu Ke and Bai Qian."
Bai Qian was surprised. "You've been keeping tabs on He Shu?"
"You can say that."
"Just two names isn’t enough for me to gather very much, but I’m planning to meet with Tu Ke in three days’ time to discuss winning over another member of the Ruling Council."
"So either he knows about your meeting and wants to sabotage it, or there's something wrong with Tu Ke. What can I do?"
Bai Qian replied, "Do what you can to make sure the meeting doesn’t happen."
No matter which option was true, Bai Qian could not proceed with her planned meeting. After all, if He Shu was aware of it, then it meant that He Ran knew as well.
Lu Yin put his wireless jincan away while thinking back to earlier in the day when He Shu had arrived with Shao Qingfeng to meet with He Ran. Could the message from Xie Wu have something to do with Shao Qingfeng’s visit?
That did not seem very likely, as how could Shao Qingfeng interfere in the internal affairs of the Transcendent Universe? He simply had no authority to do so.
So Lu Yin needed to do what he could to sabotage the meeting? Well, his greatest advantage for the moment was the Bureau.
Two days later, Lu Yin, Xu Ji, Boss Guan, and others from the Bureau descended upon a planet in the Transcendent Universe known as Fortune Star.
Lu Yin also had the authority to mobilize the members of the Transcendent Universe's Bureau, but those people were all members of the You family.
People from the Bureau surrounded the Tu Ke family, and their arrival shook Fortune Star.
Tu Ke was a member of the Ruling Council, which was a very high position in the Transcendent Universe. Because of this, his Fortune Star was a famous location in the universe.
Fortune Star would not simply sit there and allow people to surround the Tu Ke’s home, regardless of how Tu Ke himself reacted.
There was not a word of communication sent before the planet’s defenses started attacking the intruders.
Boss Guan’s voidforce energy swept out in a flood that easily brushed the attacks aside and suppressed all of Fortune Star.
How could a single planet’s defenses hope to overcome Boss Guan? He was a peak Void Brillium, which was the equivalent to a peak Envoy.
White energy shot upwards from Tu Ke’s home, and Lu Yin arched a brow at the sight. Tu Ke was the only member of the Ruling Council to openly support Bai Qian, and he was fearless of even He Ran's retaliation. This was because the man was capable of using a white energy converter, which made him the Transcendent Universe’s version of a Semi-Progenitor.
Semi-Progenitors were far from weak, and not even He Ran could easily go after such an expert.
White energy shot straight at Boss Guan.
Just beneath the clouds, but still in the sky, Boss Guan's expression grew solemn. Against the equivalent of a Void Morphora, he quickly brought out a voidforce puppet, which allowed him to utilize several times his own energy reserves to block the attack. The puppet proved sturdy enough to temporarily block the attack.
Boss Guan was only a step away from becoming a Void Morphora himself. After harnessing several times more voidforce energy, he was just barely able to hold off Tu Ke. After all, an attack powered by a white energy converter was the same as a brute-force attack from a Semi-Progenitor.
One man used voidforce energy, while the other used an energy converter. As far as Lu Yin was concerned, both of them were only equal to the weakest Semi-Progenitor. Any Semi-Progenitor from the Fifth Mainland could easily defeat either man.
However, once Boss Guan broke through and actually became a Void Morphora, things would change. At that point, the man would be capable of suppressing quite a few Semi-Progenitors with just the voidforce energy that he could wield.
"Who are you people? How dare you attack me?" An angry middle-aged man shouted sternly as he glared at the sky. He looked like an angry, rampaging beast, and he was none other than Tu Ke.
Boss Guan stared down at the man. "The Bureau."
Tu Ke was startled, and his hand instantly lowered and the white energy dissipated. "You’re from the Bureau?"
All around, countless eyes watched from a distance, fearful of getting caught up in the commotion.
Lu Yin stepped forward. "I am the Bureau's acting Bureau Director, Xuan Qi. Senior Tu Ke, it’s a pleasure to meet you."
Tu Ke turned to look at Lu Yin. "So you're Xuan Qi? What brings you here?"
Lu Yin chuckled. "What makes the Bureau take action, Senior? Why do you think we’re here?"
"You suspect me of being a spy?" Tu Ke was aghast.
Lu Yin shrugged. "It's merely a suspicion, though it would be best if you didn’t resist and allowed us to proceed with our investigation, Senior."