You Lele showed her teeth as she scratched her head. White dandruff flew off, which forced Lu Yin to quickly take a step back. Xu Yue, Xu Ji, and everyone else also quickly retreated.
"That’s disgusting, Xuan Qi! You're nauseating!" You Lele spat out before walking away in disgust.
Lu Yin was speechless. Shouldn't he be the one who was disgusted?
Uncle Mo's expression turned cold. Even though Xuan Qi was the one being insulted, the words were also directed at Madam He Ran. You Lele was stepping a bit over the line of propriety. If not for the fact that Lele was the little princess of the You family, Uncle Mo would have already slapped her.
"Uncle Mo, please don't take offense to her words. Let's go." Lu Yin politely tried to smooth things over.
Uncle Mo nodded and then escorted Lu Yin away while the rest of the group continued on to the Ziyou Realm.
Once he was standing at the bottom of the flower covered stairs, Lu Yin let out a loud laugh. "Sister Ran, your little brother is here to say hello."
He Ran giggled. "You definitely arrived in the Transcendent Universe several days ago, but you didn’t even think of coming to see me?"
Lu Yin shook his head and helplessly replied, "I've been very busy after arriving. The You family suddenly invited me here to the Transcendent Universe to help them hunt down spies. You should know that I've already managed to arrest many spies in the Voidforce Universe. I can't lose face here in the Transcendent Universe, and I also cannot allow you to lose any face. Because of that, I’ve spent every minute of my time here tracking down spies, and luckily, I’ve found one."
"I heard that you found this spy almost instantly with Spiral Domain by tracking her movements through the void. It doesn’t sound like it was all that difficult," He Ran said curiously.
Uncle Mo was staring at Lu Yin, still unable to believe that the young man had mastered Spiral Domain in just half a year.
With a bitter tone, Lu Yin lamented, "If only things were so simple. Sister Ran, do you have any idea how many people leave tracks through the void, or how to differentiate those tracks? It’s rather complicated, and I needed to carefully analyze the movement patterns left by everyone who visited the database before so that I could identify who had left which tracks."
"So much trouble? Things have been difficult for my little brother," He Ran comforted with a soft tone.
Lu Yin smiled. "As long as I don't disgrace either of us, this much trouble isn’t any problem. There's nothing more important to me than maintaining your reputation. Everyone knows that I call you Sister Ran."
He Ran was caught off guard by this. "Everyone knows?"
Uncle Mo spoke up to answer, "Xuan Qi mentioned your relationship before coming here, so word of it should have already spread by now."
Lu Yin asked with obvious concern, "Sister Ran, will there be any problems because of this?"
A smile crept across He Ran’s face as she replied, "Of course not. I'm thrilled that you regard me as your sister."
"Of course!" Lu Yin puffed out his chest.
Laughing, He Ran commented, "I never gave you a welcome gift the last time we met. Consider this my attempt to make up for that to you."
A white energy converter floated over in front of Lu Yin.
Breathing heavily, Lu Yin stuttered, "Is this… a white energy converter? The second most powerful energy converters possible? Sister, this is too much!"
A chuckle escaped He Ran. "Not at all. You already have one, so if you don’t need this one, just sell it and buy whatever you do need. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to give you."
He Ran, just give me yourself! I'll take you back to the Heavens Sect to be our lucky mascot! Lu Yin mentally replied while putting on a show of gratitude.
"Little Brother, I asked Uncle Mo to bring you here because there's something that you need to be aware of." He Ran glanced at Uncle Mo.
Lu Yin immediately grew serious. "What is it?"
"Xuan Qi, do you know why the You family asked you to come here and assist them in hunting down spies?" Uncle Mo asked in a somber tone.
"I can’t say, but I thought that it was rather odd myself. From what I know, for many years, the You family has barely shown any concern about their responsibilities for the Bureau, but now they appear to be very concerned, and it seems to have come from nowhere."
"That’s where you’re mistaken. The You family cares a great deal about the Bureau. A very great deal. However, something happened in the past that caused the You family's attitude towards the Bureau to sour, and it also led to the current situation," Uncle Mo explained.
"The You family once had a wayward descendent known as You Xian…"
Lu Yin silently listened to Uncle Mo's story. This was the first time Lu Yin had heard any of this information, as he had only previously known that the Ruling Council had used the Bureau to divide the You family's power. From Uncle Mo, Lu Yin was learning about an alternate version of those events.
You Xian had been a notorious spendthrift in the You family, and he had enjoyed a terrible reputation. He had been regarded as the Transcendent Universe’s model degenerate. The reason for this was that You Xian had squandered all of his family's wealth as he attempted to consolidate the Bureau.
You Xian had indeed been a spendthrift, but he had been a spendthrift with ideals and goals.
His ultimate goal had been to consolidate all of the Sixverse Association's Bureau branches, transforming it into a cohesive entity independent of the Sixverse Association that would have the authority to arrest spies and deal with them. To achieve this goal, You Xian had ceaselessly spent the You family's almost inexhaustible wealth to create a network of contacts from all parts of the Sixverse Association.
However, all of You Xian’s accomplishments had become a joke, as he had been seen as a spendthrift who had not only failed to accomplish his goal, but had also led the You family into generations of decline.