“Are you sure that that’s Gods’ Origins’ Platform of Trials?” Lu Yin asked again.
Xuan Jiu grumpily answered, “Absolutely.”
“Do a divination,” Lu Yin commanded.
Xuan Jiu was speechless, and he stared blankly at Lu Yin. “Do you really not believe me?”
Lu Yin explained, “Xia Ji wouldn’t easily reveal a connection to Gods’ Origin if he had one. Even if there is something, he’s not stupid enough to take me to a place as easily discovered as their Platform of Trials.”
With this, Xuan Jiu understood. “You’re misunderstanding. This Platform of Trials is different from what you’re used to. This one’s only available to Envoys.”
Lu Yin was even more confused.
Xuan Jiu continued, saying, “The greatest difference between the Neoverse, the Innerverse, and the Outerverse is that it’s not too difficult for the Neoverse powers to produce Envoys. Every Neoverse power has their own Platform of Trials that’s exclusively reserved for Envoys. The Cosmic Sect, Eversky Island, and the Hall of Honor all have one, and Gods’ Origin is no exception. Even though I say that it’s not too difficult to produce an Envoy, that’s only in comparison to the other places in the Fifth Mainland. Even a place as large and powerful as Gods’ Origin only has a few Envoys, so naturally, only a few people have ever seen their Platform of Trials.
“If not for a certain coincidence, I would have never seen it. Then, you would not have been able to find out where you were taken no matter how badly you tried.”
Lu Yin understood that, in the Innerverse, Envoys were the top powerhouses. Even the Sword Sect only had two Envoys, so it was impossible for the Innerverse powers to have a Platform of Trials dedicated solely to Envoys. Another detail was that Xia Ji had not expected Lu Yin to injure him, escape, or leave the Platform of Trials.
The strength of a Semi-Progenitor meant that Xia Ji should have had an easy time controlling Lu Yin on the Platform of Trials. If he had not rushed away and moved away, he would have never known that he had been atop an enormous pillar.
Xia Ji had actually been very cautious. Any other Semi-Progenitor who was even remotely more self-confident would have simply taken Lu Yin to their own territory.
However, this information brought up a new question: what was the connection between Xia Ji and Gods’ Origin?
The fact that Xia Ji had taken Lu Yin to Gods’ Origin after capturing him showed that the Semi-Progenitor was very familiar with Gods’ Origin. Was it possible that one of his clones held a high position in Gods’ Origin?
However, it was also not impossible for Xia Ji to have simply randomly chosen a relatively secure place where he could question Lu Yin. The man was able to go wherever he wished as he was a Semi-Progenitor. However, this idea was contradicted by the fact that Lu Yin had been knocked unconscious and dumped in the middle of the Cosmic Sea when Xia Ji had been forced to release him.
If Xia Ji had simply chosen a place at random, he would not have cared if Lu Yin had found out that he had been taken to Gods’ Origin, and he might have even revealed the information himself.
This was Lu Yin’s biggest question at this time.
It seemed highly likely that Xia Ji had a clone in Gods’ Origin.
Lu Yin waved a hand to dismiss the image. Regardless of whether or not Xia Ji had a clone hidden in Gods’ Origin, Lu Yin still needed to visit the place. He also needed to take a look at their Platform of Trials to check it out himself.
Lu Yin had been intending to visit Gods’ Origin for some time now, and it seemed like this trip to the Neoverse would settle everything that he needed to do there.
He had already visited the Seven Courts, the Mavis family, Aurora Enterprises, and the Cosmic Sect. Right now, he was also quite close to Gods’ Origin. He wanted to visit them not only to investigate his capture and Xia Ji, but also to study Rune Technology. He had previously received a few invitations from Gods’ Origin.
“It looks like you’ve got quite a few enemies in the Neoverse. There’s that Semi-Progenitor from the Seven Courts, and now also someone from Gods’ Origin. You’re not going to have an easy time of things.” Xuan Jiu sighed and remembered the divination that he had performed in the past. Lu Yin’s list of potential enemies had been much larger in the past, but even the recent developments did not seem to have been enough to remove all the hazards from the young man’s path.
Lu Yin shrugged. “It will probably be difficult, which is why I need help from my friends.”
Xuan Jiu instantly grew wary when he heard Lu Yin’s words. “I’m leaving.”
“Leaving?” Lu Yin looked confused.
Xuan Jiu’s face twitched. “You just said that as long as I divined a location for you, you’d let me go! I just told you that that place is in Gods’ Origin. What? Are you not going to keep your word?”
Lu Yin smiled and settled an arm around Xuan Jiu’s shoulders once again. “You told me that you’ve already seen that place. You didn’t do a divination.”
Xuan Jiu was stunned. “What does that matter?”
Lu Yin became very serious. “I asked you to help me perform a divination about a place, but you simply told me about a place you’ve seen. You didn’t do any divination, so you’ve only fulfilled half of my request.”
Xuan Jiu raged, “Boy, you’re toying with me! You didn’t care if I did a divination—you just wanted to find out where that place is! You’re going too far, and you’re rotten to the core!”
Lu Yin shrugged. “There’s no need to quibble over who’s right or wrong. I just need you to do a divination.”
“Fine! Grandpa Jiu will do a divination for you and confirm what I already told you!”
Xuan Jiu was in a rush, so he prepared to do the divination immediately, but Lu Yin grabbed the older man’s wrist. “There’s no need to get so worked up. We’re old friends who’ve fallen out of touch. That doesn’t mean that I don’t believe you, but that I simply want to admire your Heaven’s Enigma. Tell you what, I won’t embarrass you by asking you to verify your own words. Instead, you can just do a divination on a single word. It doesn’t have anything to do with anyone, as I just want to see Heaven’s Enigma at work.”
With Lu Yin holding Xuan Jiu’s wrist, the man could not move his hand an inch. He stared at Lu Yin in surprise. “Just one word? Alright, sure.”
Lu Yin nodded. “Just one word, and since you’ve already completed the other half of my conditions for letting you go, doing this much should be easy. You can also leave after this divination.”
Xuan Jiu kept feeling like something was wrong, but there was nothing that he could pinpoint. If it was only a single word, then what could the word possibly be?
“This word can’t be connected with a powerhouse, so no primeval surnames, or words like ‘Chen,’ ‘Rune,’ or anything else. No connections at all, got it?” Xuan Jiu said as he stared at Lu Yin. He was not going to let Lu Yin force him into doing a divination on a Progenitor, as that would not turn out well at all for Xuan Jiu.
Lu Yin instantly agreed. “Sure, it doesn’t have anything to do with anyone at all. I just want to see Heaven’s Enigma.”
“That’s easy to do. I’ll share the method with you, and you can do the divination yourself. That’s far more exciting than watching someone else do a divination,” Xuan Jiu gushed in a single breath.
However, Lu Yin refused. “How can anyone do a divination on themselves? Are you messing with me?”
Xuan Jiu felt more and more trapped. “If you just wanted to see Heaven’s Enigma, then I’ll just use a random word that I choose.”
“I want to be the one to pick,” Lu Yin said. He was not giving Xuan Jiu any freedom in this matter.
“What’s the word?” Xuan Jiu asked helplessly. He still looked very wary, as the suspicion that something was wrong would not leave.
Lu Yin wrote a single word in between them: Murkiness.
Xuan Jiu stared at the word, and he frantically tried to remember if this word had any connections to any powerhouse at all. Murkiness, murkiness, murkiness…
He could not think of a single powerhouse, so the word did not seem to be related to anyone powerful. Gods’ Origin’s God of Flames had a name that was somewhat similar, but it was different enough to not matter.
Could it be connected to someone from so long ago that I don’t know about them? Xuan Jiu kept trying to consider every option, as he did not want to be tricked by Lu Yin again.
Lu Yin remained still and perfectly calm.
Xuan Jiu stared at the young man. “What does the word mean?”
“Are you asking for the definition?” Lu Yin asked in confusion.