It did not know why it had been thrown into that place, but being able to communicate while transformed was clearly a valuable ability.
“Since you are able to contact others from your civilization, why didn’t you have them save you?”
“I am our kind’s only Immortal, the ancestor of our civilization. I would rather die than have them see me stuck in a latrine,” the golem stated firmly. After a pause, it continued to say, “And I was also confident that I could slowly grind my way out.”
“What if you fell into the pit?” Lu Yin asked.
The Immortal golem was speechless. That- I’d still be able to escape that way. At least I wouldn’t have been wedged in place.
Lu Yin observed the golem’s past through karma and saw it initiate the Night March . Silently, it seemed to be mobilizing something. Outside the latrine, a cat ran past. Surely, it was another creature from the Golem Civilization.
It was also clear that the cat could have rescued the Immortal golem.
In fact, if considered from another angle, the Immortal’s stubbornness might not have been mere pride but also a fear of being sabotaged. If the creatures from its civilization threw it into a river, it would never be able to escape. It could be reassuring to retain control of one’s own fate.
Time continued to pass. Lu Yin studied the golem’s past and eventually saw the Starforged Sword fall. He also witnessed the golem’s true strength. However, it was still not strong enough, or else its weapon would not have been shattered from a single blow from the Starforged Sword.
However, Che had been present for that battle. If not, his Starforged Sword alone would not have been able to defeat an Immortal.
For the next half year or so, Lu Yin examined the golem’s cultivation history by reading its past with karma. He also saw its time trapped inside the latrine...
“Aside from you, none of your kind are able to launch the Night March , right?”
The golem looked at Lu Yin, having a bad premonition.
Lu Yin smiled. Nearby, his Champions’ Stage Purgatory appeared, and he kicked the golem in. He would increase his karma first and then talk to it more.
The golem wanted to rush back out, but Lu Yin’s voice grew cold. “Move about recklessly, and I’ll push you to the very bottom of a latrine.”
The golem did not move a muscle. Despicable!
After the golem’s karma had been fully absorbed, Lu Yin took it back into Manifest City. The creature begged, “Mighty one, I haven’t hidden anything! Why are you still making me go back in?”
Lu Yin replied, “Once you’re inside, wait for night and make three taps to signal me. I’ll find you and put you somewhere comfortable. Wait for my command to trigger the Night March . If you dare to disobey me, I promise that you’ll never get out again for the rest of your life.”
The golem wanted to beg again, but it knew that doing so was useless. It had to return to Manifest City.
Lu Yin transformed into a bird and immediately hid under the eaves, quietly waiting for night to fall. As the night watchman’s clapper sounded, Lu Yin flew over Manifest City, searching for the three light taps. He found it quickly. It was not far away.
This time, the golem’s luck was decent; the stone was on a rooftop. “This place is nice. There’s a good view and no one to bother you.”
The golem also felt that it had ended up in a good location, though leaving the city entirely would be best. “When do we launch the Night March ?”
“Wait for my signal. Don’t worry. Work with me, and you’ll get back out.” After speaking, Lu Yin grabbed the stone with a claw and flew towards a big tree.
The golem was alarmed. It did not know where Lu Yin was taking it, and it did not want to end up in a latrine again.
However, Lu Yin wedged the stone into a tree branch, forcefully jamming it in until the golem could no longer move on its own. Still, the view from the tree was better, and there was even less to disturb it.
Without doing this, the golem would have been able to roll to the gate during the night on its own, and Lu Yin would not have been able to find it again.
After Lu Yin left, the golem sighed at how unlucky it was. After finally escaping the latrine, it could have waited for night and then simply left. It had never expected to be targeted by someone like Lu Yin.
Lu Yin did not immediately leave Manifest City. Instead, he stayed for more than a decade before departing. During those years, he took many more creatures out, but he found no more Immortals.
Aside from those that Lu Yin took out, some other creatures managed to escape Manifest City on their own. However, even if they could escape from Manifest City, they could not escape from Lu Yin. Unless they became Immortals, then even if they fled through the Aevum Inch for hundreds or thousands of years, Lu Yin would still be able to find them with a single thought.
From time to time, he would go check on the Immortal golem, also warning it to prevent it from contacting others of its species to rescue it. After all, that was not impossible.
Lu Yin suddenly thought of selecting a group of people from the Human Trio to have them enter Manifest City. After all, the city had humans, animals, and objects.
The humans were outside of his control for the time being, but if he controlled all of the animals and objects, then that could also count as controlling Manifest City.
With this thought, he returned to human civilization and began selecting people. They would certainly face danger, as many creatures had died in Manifest City. Still, the potential gains that accompanied that danger were enormous.
In the cultivation world, there was constant danger. As long as the potential harvest was rich enough, there would always be people willing to face any risks.
Lu Yin left this matter for the Heavens Sect to oversee. Before long, a million cultivators were selected to participate. These people were only the ones from Tianyuan. In the Nine Odysseys Megaverse and the Spirit Nidus, there were even more people willing to enter Manifest City. These people knew the potential danger, but they were even more willing to take this risk.
It was not enough, not even close. If Lu Yin was going to do this, he would do it big.
Not all of the people needed to be cultivators; ordinary people were also perfectly acceptable. After all, once inside Manifest City, even Immortals became ordinary.