“You never asked?” Ba Yue asked in surprise.
Lu Yin looked at the man on the ground. “No.”
Ba Yue’s brows furrowed. Just how arrogant was this man, that he took action without asking even a single question? Did he have absolutely no fear for whatever powerhouse was backing City Lord Wei?
There were both strong and weak experts among Crimson Starshade’s Immortals; did he truly not care?
There was also another possibility. Lu Yin may have lashed out in retaliation and was refusing to ask who had supported the deaths of his people because he did not want to completely offend the one in the shadows.
Ba Yue said, “City Lord Wei, tell him who your master is.”
City Lord Wei clenched his teeth and raised his head to stare at Lu Yin. The man’s eyes radiated pure venom. “My master is Bing Xu.”
Ba Yue stared at Lu Yin. Bing Xu was an Immortal. Previously, Lu Yin had avoided directly fighting against He Xiao in the Sect of Dispassion. The Immortal had pushed for a fight three separate times, but Lu Yin had not responded even once. If not for the fact that Sect Master Jiu Wen had driven He Xiao back, a fight would have been unavoidable.
It seemed that Lu Yin had not been confident enough to face He Xiao, but Bing Xu was also an Immortal.
What was this man’s true strength? The sect master had said that Ba Yua was not Lu Yin’s match, but was that really true?
All the nearby members of the Sect of Dispassion looked at Lu Yin, some sneering. Bing Xu was an Immortal.
They were all aware that Lu Yin had refused to fight He Xiao head-on and that he had even relied on Sect Master Jiu Wen to drive the man away. To them, he was clearly no match for any Immortal and was unworthy of being a Sevenfold Crimson.
In contrast, Chu Songyun had truly cultivated the Path of Dispassion to seven folds, and he deserved the title of Sevenfold Crimson far more.
This Lu Yin was likely not any better than Chu Songyun. To the public, his earlier choice of not asking for the name of who supported City Lord Wei had merely been an attempt to avoid making an enemy for life. Now that Lu Yin knew the truth, he should back down.
After obtaining the name he wanted, Lu Yin turned back around. As everyone stared in a daze, he raised a foot and stomped it down on City Lord Wei’s back, crushing him to death.
Ba Yue’s brow twitched. This had just become a battle to the death. Earlier, Lu Yin had not known that City Lord Wei was Bing Xu’s disciple, so everyone had assumed the man feared offending an Immortal beyond repair. But now?
Ba Yue exhaled. Does he truly not care who it is?
The Sect of Dispassion disciples who were watching were also dumbfounded. How did Lu Yin still dare to crush City Lord Wei to death? He was asking to die.
Lu Yin looked up, took one step, and vanished.
Bing Xu? To cultivate a method of extreme pain, he had first used his own relatives as test subjects, torturing them with pathological cruelty. He was one of the Immortals whom Lu Yin absolutely despised.
Of the four Immortals standing guard in the four directions of the Crimson Starshade Megaverse, Lu Yin would only feel any burden from killing Xi Shangfeng. He had no sympathy for any of the other three.
Bing Xu was likely waiting for him even now.
Lu Yin's expression was ice cold.
Seeing Lu Yin leave, Ba Yue was certain that he had gone to find Bing Xu. As her eyes turned back to the Sect of Dispassion, Jiu Wen slowly stepped out. “Let’s go. We’ll take a look.”
“You’re not stopping him?” Ba Yue asked in confusion.
Jiu Wen took a sip of wine. “Some things need to change.”
With that, he walked off in a specific direction.
Ba Yue did not understand what Jiu Wen meant. As far as she was concerned, this commotion had been caused by the people from Canglan Valley spreading their influence too far. Jiu Wen should be upset, which was why he had not stopped Bing Xu from acting. Perhaps the sect master even wanted to use Bing Xu to give Lu Yin a warning. However, that line of thinking did not feel quite right.
Unable to make sense of the situation, Ba Yua stopped thinking about it and also headed for where Bing Xu stood guard.
The other members of the Sect of Dispassion exchanged glances. Word soon spread that Lu Yin of Canglan Valley had gone to confront Immortal Bing Xu and that there might be a great battle. After all, City Lord Wei had been crushed to death. Even if Lu Yin did nothing else, Bing Xu would never let things go.
By the time Lu Yin found Bing Xu, the Immortal was already aware that City Lord Wei had been stomped to death.
His gaze was bone-chillingly cold. He had not expected Lu Yin to be so vicious as to blatantly crush City Lord Wei.
The man had been an obedient disciple who was well liked by his master. Lu Yin crushing the man to death meant that he had also trampled Bing Xu’s dignity underfoot. This brat could not be allowed to live.
“Was it you who ordered the killing of my people from Canglan Valley?” The moment Lu Yin saw Bing Xu, he immediately asked that question. There was no emotion in his voice; it was unnervingly calm.
Bing Xu’s gaze was equally somber and cold, but compared to Lu Yin’s, the Immortal’s eyes held an indescribable chill. They were like knives carving a body apart slice by slice. Ordinary Dukkhans cultivators could not endure his gaze. It was something that Bing Xu had forged through his method of extreme pain. “You crushed Little Wei to death.”
“I asked if you ordered him to kill my people from Canglan Valley,” Lu Yin repeated.
It was at this moment that Jiu Wen and Ba Yue arrived. Neither interrupted and simply watched the two from far away.
Bing Xu suddenly smiled, but his eyes never changed. The smile on his face was chilling. “Little brat, I underestimated your nerve. So tell me, who gave you the courage to question me? Who gave you the courage to crush Little Wei to death? And who gave you the courage to oppose the Path of Dispassion?”
Lu Yin’s expression remained calm. “It seems that you can’t understand plain speech. I guess I’ll have to ask in another way.”
Bing Xu let out a loud laugh. The sound was harsh and grating on the ears. He turned to look at Jiu Wen and Ba Yue. “Has this kid given you the location of his megaverse yet?”
Ba Yue glanced at Lu Yin. “Not yet.”
Bing Xu nodded. “Alright, then I’ll try not to kill him. I’ll leave him with just enough breath to talk. Sect master, you have no objections, right?”
Jiu Wen took a sip of wine, saying nothing at all.
Bing Xu sneered at Lu Yin. “Brat, you have two choices: First, kneel, accept me as your master, replace Little Wei, and dissolve your Canglan Valley. From this day on, I will be your master. Here, you will obey only my orders and cultivate the Path of Dispassion. I can raise you up to the Immortal realm.
“Second, you can keep your mouth so that you can still speak, but everything else will disappear.
“Choose.”
Ba Yue could not help but say, “Bing Xu, don’t go too far. Lu Yin is, at the very least, a Sevenfold Crimson acknowledged by our Sect of Dispassion.”
Bing Xu sneered. “Since when has the Path of Dispassion cared about human feelings?”
Ba Yue frowned. She wanted to say more, but Lu Yin spoke up at this moment. “Then I’ll give you two choices as well.”
Bing Xu raised a brow, looking at Lu Yin with interest. “You are giving me choices?”