Old Yu had once told Lu Yin that each generation’s Wisdom Domain master would develop a spirit treasure formation to add onto the series, which had reached Codex 16.
Yu Jing replied, “The Script Arrays have only been developed up to Codex 16, but the Wisdom Domain was not part of it. Our Yu family has constantly sent people to the Spirit Nidus to rule over the Wisdom Domain, and those that we sent were all quite talented. Even so, of the sixteen codices, the Wisdom Domain only contributed six, and the other ten were all developed by other members of the Yu family.
“Yu Xing may not have been completely inaccurate, but he was certainly exaggerating. If the Wisdom Domain had developed all sixteen codices, our Yu family would have surpassed the Cheng and Jue families long ago.”
Lu Yin smiled. “What is the strongest Script Array? I’d like to see it.”
Yu Jing hesitated, which caused Lu Yin’s tone to drop. “Are you unwilling?”
Yu Jing quickly replied, “It’s not that I’m unwilling. Since you wish to see it, then of course you may. Our strongest Script Array is Codex 1.”
“I look forward to seeing it.”
Lu Yin spent more than half a day visiting the Yu family. They were all incredibly respectful in how they interacted with him, and he was also allowed to see Codex 1: Clear Moon, Scattered Stars.
How should he describe it? It was certainly worthy of being Codex 1, as it was an absolutely terrifying sourcebox array. When fully prepared, it was strong enough to kill even most peak Dukkhans. At the very least, people who had achieved that cultivation level through Seed Transfusion, like Baisha Tiancheng or Yu Jing, would never be able to break free from it.
Even a peak Dukkhan as powerful as Venerable Lan Ye might be pushed into a truly desperate situation.
Unfortunately, it was not enough to pose a threat to Lu Yin.
While it deserved to be Codex 1, it still left Lu Yin feeling rather disappointed.
The Cheng and Yu families should have possessed roughly equal levels of strength, but it was clear that Codex 1 was far less of a threat than Baisha Tiancheng’s nineteen simultaneously carved sourcebox arrays, let alone the moment when the Cheng family had released hundreds of sourcebox arrays at once.
The Yu family was undoubtedly hiding something.
Lu Yin had heard rumors that the Yu family possessed a supreme sourcebox array that could simultaneously defeat ten peak Dukkhans. He had mentioned the matter to Yu Jing, who had denied the rumor in a bitter and self-deprecating manner. Instead, he told Lu Yin that the Yu family had inherited the Script Arrays of the Skyveil Megaverse and that the megaverse had once possessed a sourcebox array capable of overpowering ten peak Dukkhans. However, his Yu family had not reached that same level of mastery.
Lu Yin had not pressed the matter any further. If the sourcebox array truly did exist, it had to be part of the Yu family’s deepest foundation. Forcing them to reveal that sourcebox array would be no different from forcing them to show him their secret manual. On top of that, he did not believe that the Yu family truly possessed such a powerful Script Array. For a single sourcebox array to kill ten peak Dukkhans, just how powerful would it have to be?
It would be enough to threaten even Lu Yin.
That was not something that the Yu family could achieve.
That sourcebox array was the Skyveil Megaverse’s greatest accomplishment. It was not something that the Yu family could fully master.
Even so, the Yu family most likely had a sourcebox array that approached that level of power.
While Yu Jing appeared to be respectful and there were no flaws in his behavior, he was someone who would bow with the wind while secretly plotting his own schemes, just like Old Yu.
In contrast, the Cheng family had openly acted despicably. Cheng Gong had never ceased his attempts to kill Lu Yin, and Baisha Tiancheng had also been open about his desire to kill Lu Yin, even risking death to take Lu Yin down.
In that case, what kind of people were the Jue family?
Karma: fate was the beginning, experience served as the journey, and a karmic act led to the destination.
Greater Sancte Green Lotus had woven a thread of fate between Lu Yin and Jue Qing, a conditional bond likely meant solely to draw him to Skyveil City so that he could assess the three great clans, rather than to create any true tie with Jue Qing. What Green Lotus had failed to realize was that Lu Yin would have gone to the city even without such a pretext.
Greater Sancte Green Lotus’s Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm spanned multiple megaverses, but that did not make the man omniscient.
He was able to know everything he wished to know, but it was impossible for him to inherently possess that knowledge.
As soon as he left the Yu family’s residence, someone approached Lu Yin. “Jue Rou greets Mr. Lu.”
A young girl had approached him. She was beautiful with delicate features and graceful movements. Despite her youthful looks, she somehow radiated a mature, gentle beauty, and her bright eyes looked like reflective pools of water. They were both brilliant and lovely.
Lu Yin looked at the girl. “Are you from the Jue family?”
Jue Rou smiled and respectfully replied, “Jue Ling is my mother. I’m here to invite you to visit the Jue family and have a conversation, Mr. Lu.”
Lu Yin nodded. “Let’s go.”
“This way, please.” Jue Rou invited Lu Yin into a carriage, which then left for the Jue family’s residence.
The Jue family had only sent one young woman to invite Lu Yin to visit them, but they had not done so in a show of disrespect. In fact, it was the opposite. Jue Rou was Jue Ling’s own daughter, and the young lady rarely stepped foot outside of the family’s holdings. With just her zither music alone, she had succeeded in enchanting countless people in Skyveil City.
Her beautiful face and eyes that were as soft as water had made Jue Rou into the divine maiden that countless admirers dreamed of.
While Jue Rou was not one of Greater Sancte Green Lotus’s disciple, her elder sister, Jue Qing, was one of the Seven Fairies. And yet, there were just as many suitors seeking Jue Rou’s hand in marriage as her sister’s.
Unless she chose to go, no one was able to force Jue Rou to take even one step out of the Jue family’s residence, let alone leave to invite a guest.
Despite that, Jue Rou had gone alone in an enclosed carriage to invite Lu Yin and escort him to her family’s home.
It was as if Jue Rou could belong entirely to Lu Yin. The Jue family was extending an unspoken offer that everyone could understand.
Naturally, Lu Yin was able to see through their intentions, and he could not hold back a chuckle. It seemed that the people of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse were particularly prone to using this method to bind him. The first had been Greater Sancte Green Lotus himself, later followed by the Yu family, and now the Jue family. All of them employed the same tactics.
But between the three, Greater Sancte Green Lotus’s offer had been far more impressive; he had offered Lu Yin all Seven Fairies. An Immortal was still an Immortal, and no one beneath their realm could match their grandeur.
“Is Jue Qing your sister?”
Jue Rou replied respectfully, “Yes, Jue Qing is my second sister.”
“Then why didn’t she come to invite me?”
Jue Rou blinked, her glistening eyes revealing a hint of pain. “Sir, are you not satisfied with me?”
Lu Yin looked at her. “I simply pity you.”
Jue Rou was surprised. “Pity me?”
Lu Yin casually replied, “With something like this, you’ll have a difficult time marrying in the future.”
Jue Rou stared at Lu Yin, her expression shifting from being distant and unfamiliar to showing genuine gratitude. “Sir, you’re nothing like what the rumors claim.”
Lu Yin was curious. “What do the rumors say about me?”