Long Xi knew nothing about what Lu Yin had experienced. “Since I was accepted as Garan Zhiluo’s disciple, my strength has improved significantly.”
The White Dragon Clan had always specialized in spear techniques, while Garan Zhiluo’s weapon also happened to be a spear. Lu Yin had asked Garan Zhiluo to accept Long Xi as her disciple, and the woman had agreed. She had also grown quite fond of her disciple.
“That’s enough. You don’t need to go,” Lu Yin said before simply vanishing.
Long Xi stared at the empty shore of the lake, her expression falling.
Too many people were too eager to accompany Lu Yin to the Spirit Nidus. There was a constant stream of them arriving at the Heavens Sect and applying to join the expedition.
Anyone who knew about the existence of the Spirit Nidus, let alone the fact that Lu Yin intended to travel to it, had to have a significant background.
Long Xi had learned of this matter from Garan Zhiluo. The others had their own sources.
Even so, none of them were able to find Lu Yin.
He had arrived at Astral-10.
This was the place where he had truly started cultivating. In the previous timeline, everyone in Astral-10 had been slaughtered, but the temporal reversion had returned everything to normal.
Lu Yin strolled through Astral-10, observing the students’ vibrant energy. Doing so lifted his spirits considerably.
None of the students could see through his disguise.
He soon arrived at the Treasury.
"Kids, this is a Money Bomb! Young people these days truly lack knowledge. Even if you haven’t heard of Money Bombs, you must have heard of the Heavens Sect, right? The Heavens Sect specifically sought me out to produce custom Money Bombs for them! What? You don’t want it? Then get lost! Not an ounce of discernment!"
Several students quickly fled. “I’ve heard for a long time that Old Cai will swindle students, and it turns out to be true. What’s a Money Bomb? They’re only as strong as a Hunter’s attack. How is that any use to us?”
"He even shamelessly claims that Lord Lu once asked him for Money Bombs. Is Lord Lu really that weak? A weapon as strong as a Hunter? Even peak powerhouses don’t mean anything to the Dao Monarch."
"A swindler. He’s just a swindler."
Lu Yin brushed past the students with a smile as he continued to walk over to Old Cai.
The old man noticed Lu Yin’s arrival, but he was unable to see through his disguise. Old Cai’s expression instantly sharpened. “Who are you?”
Lu Yin then revealed his true appearance. “It’s been a long time, Mentor.”
Old Cai was stunned. “Little Seve- No, Dao Monarch Lu? Why are you here?”
Lu Yin shrugged. “Apparently I still haven’t graduated.”
Old Cai laughed heartily. “Graduated? Not in this life! There’s no way I’d ever allow you to graduate! Imagine Astral-10 having a student who never graduated, yet still managed to become the ruler of the megaverse! Can you believe it? Hahaha!”
Lu Yin chuckled. “But I’m also a named instructor for Boundless.”
Old Cai rolled his eyes. “Fair enough. So, what brings you here?”
Lu Yin might enjoy an extraordinary status, but Old Cai was only slightly more polite and formal when addressing the younger man. Old Cai was not someone who would do much more than that, as he was not the type to act formally.
Right after breaking through and becoming an Enlighter, not only had Old Cai flirted with the Daynight clan’s Nightqueen Qiuyu, but he had also used a Money Bomb to blow up the clan’s ancestral monument.
At that time, the Daynight clan had been regarded as the powerful group in the Innerverse, just like the modern Heavens Sect in the megaverse. Few had dared to provoke the clan, but even so, Old Cai had been brazen and outrageous.
Lu Yin glanced around. “You’ve got quite the collection here. Did you scam all this from people?”
“What are you saying? Scam?
Lu Yin shot the old man a glance before turning his attention elsewhere. A woman had just stepped out. She was none other than Nightqueen Qiuyu.
Before Lu Yin, Nightqueen Qiuyu acted extremely respectfully and bowed while maintaining her distance. “Greetings, Lord Lu.”
Lu Yin looked at Old Cai. “So, you did bring her back here.”
Old Cai smirked smugly. “My woman can’t escape.”
Lu Yin laughed. “Congratulations. When’s your child expected?”
Old Cai could only cough awkwardly.
The Nightqueen maintained her bow.
It could be said that Lu Yin had personally destroyed the Daynight clan, and yet no one from the clan would dare reveal even a hint of a grudge towards Lu Yin.
The Second Nightking was little more than a doorman in the Heavens Sect, while the Third Nightking wandered the megaverse. The once-glorious Daynight clan had fallen into obscurity, though the Second Nightking’s presence in the Heavens Sect and Lu Yin’s friendship with Zhuo Daynight and Hui Daynight meant that no one dared to provoke the clan.
Lu Yin stood so far above them that no one in the Daynight clan would dare to harbor the slightest shred of hatred toward him.
Lu Yin chatted with Old Cai for a while before leaving.
He visited the Sand Ocean to see the Sandmaster, and then he stopped by the ruins of the Stargazing Deck. He went to the edge of the battleship and met with Big Pao and Little Pao. Lu Yin spent his time reconnecting with various old friends before finally making his way to the Rain Observatory.
At the top of a giant tree, Shao Chen opened his eyes to watch Lu Yin as the young man slowly walked over. Rising to his feet, the headmaster asked, “Are you heading to the Spirit Nidus?”
Lu Yin nodded.
“Boundless is ready.”
Lu Yin turned to look out at the endless forest that stretched into the distance. “Thank you.”
“Boundless does not belong to any specific person, but rather to the Tianyuan Megaverse’s humanity as a whole. Any who fight for our race may use it.”
Lu Yin’s purpose in visiting Astral-10 was to take Boundless.
The expedition would have to go on a long journey from the Tianyuan Megaverse to the Spirit Nidus, and Lu Yin could not ask people like the Origin Progenitor to go into a Zenith Mountain.
Just as the Spirit Nidus had used battleships when invading the Tianyuan Megaverse, Lu Yin also needed a battleship to reach the Spirit Nidus.