Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. Was the Fourth Rampart, the people of Heaven’s Sight gone? Wrong. They were still around, just living under a different name: the Longevity Civilization.
Lu Yin was well aware that the Longevity Civilization was also a human civilization. Awe Gate had not been able to tell because she had never gained Divine Sight, but Lu Yin had Heaven’s Sight.
There could not be so many coincidences. The Longevity Civilization just happened to be able to repair Heaven’s Sight, and they had even helped Lu Yin deduce potential battle techniques for Heaven’s Sight. Their attitude towards his human civilization was simply unbelievable, especially the fact that they had been willing to allow Lu Yin to enter their Sight Realm.
When Chang Chuan had spoken with him, the old man’s words had been filled with weariness and even guilt.
In the past, Lu Yin had not known which part of the ancient human civilization the Longevity Civilization belonged to, but now he knew: the people of Heaven’s Sight. The name could not be any clearer. The Longevity Civilization was the Fourth Rampart.
Wu Tian’s Heaven’s Sight was not something that he had cultivated, but rather an innate gift that he had awakened.
In the Longevity Civilization, there were two ways to obtain Heaven’s Sight: one was to be granted it, such as through their vine-climbing competition, while the other was to awaken it directly.
Although the Longevity Civilization had never said it outright, Awe Gate had stayed there for a time and had overheard such rumors. After returning home, Lu Yin had learned that not even Wu Tian knew how he had obtained Heaven’s Sight, but Lu Yin had already found the answer.
It was just that the Longevity Civilization’s disguise was too convincing. It was impossible to tell that their vines were actually legs, nor that Heaven’s Sight was on their foreheads. Their methods were truly strange.
The Longevity Civilization also knew that Lu Yin might have guessed the truth, but they had never stated anything openly.
When leaving, Lu Yin had made it a point to ask, if the day came when the human civilization in the Human Trio faced a catastrophe, would the Longevity Civilization offer aid?
That question had been no different from telling the Longevity Civilization that Lu Yin had seen the truth.
They could only meet again after 800 years; should he make another trip at that time?
Jiu Wen spoke again. “A person’s luck is impossible to predict. Countless people made attempts that failed, while you might succeed. And of all things, this attempt has been granted to you by Hong Xia. Destiny truly is decreed by the heavens. There is not even the slightest room for choice.”
There was no chance that Hong Xia was acting out of kindness. He did not know that Lu Yin had obtained the green lights from Mother Trees, and there was even less of a chance that he knew that the green lights could break free of the Ten-Eyed Divine Crow eye’s ability. If that were known, the eye would have been plucked during the Nine Ramparts era.
Hong Xia wanted to set Lu Yin up. Unfortunately for Hong Xia, Lu Yin knew far too much.
Whether or not Obscura or the Plume Immortals knew the location of the Divine Crow, Lu Yin decided to pluck that eye. The ability to freeze space was far too tempting.
He vanished, teleporting away. Back where he had disappeared, Hong Xia arrived. He stared into the distance with uncertainty in his eyes. “What did he say?”
Jiu Wen calmly looked at Hong Xia, but he said nothing.
Hong Xia looked at Xi Shangfeng. “What did Lu Yin say?”
Xi Shangfeng shook his head. “I didn’t hear.”
Hong Xia’s gaze turned sharp, yet he could do nothing. Without Xi Shangfeng, he would have to personally use the Blood Tower, and the karma of using the Blood Tower would at least partially impact his own karmic chain. If he did not use the Blood Tower, Jiu Wen would be free.
Green Lotus, Jiu Wen, as well as that Seven-Treasure Anura. Throw in Lu Yin’s ability to teleport, and Hong Xia truly had no confidence in a decisive battle.
Had Lu Yin gone there or not? If he had, he should have been immobilized and unable to move. Even Hong Xia would have to go all-out to break free from the crow’s gaze. Lu Yin should not be able to escape.
Teleportation was not enough to break free, or else those Plume Immortals would not have all lost their lives to the Ten-Eyed Divine Crow. The Divine Crow had loved to eat Plume Immortals.
No matter what, if Lu Yin went there, he would be dealt with.
Lu Yin teleported repeatedly to return to the crow’s back. If it faced away from him, none of the eyes could see him.
He teleported closer, arriving near the gray bird.
He looked up and stared. The Ten-Eyed Divine Crow was enormous. While it was nowhere near Furball’s unfathomable size, it was still a colossal entity.