Star Odyssey

times that we previously enjoyed and used to search for opportunities will probably disappear in the future.” 

“What a pity.” 

…

The First Divine Gate Guardians that were along the path to the Budding Terrace had clearly been destroyed in the past, but they appeared once again as Lu Yin ran along the path.
There was no telling where these guardians had come from. 

Lu Yin waved a hand, instantly shattering all of the guardians.
They were not able to delay him for even a second. 

After passing through the First Divine Gate, he stepped onto the Budding Terrace.
The number of people here was a bit lower than before, and Lu Yin moved straight towards the region with the Nine Cauldrons. 

Lu Yin had already made several trips to the Daosource Sect’s ruins before, so he had become rather familiar with this area.
At this moment, he was mostly concerned that he would run into someone familiar with his appearance, so he had altered his appearance as soon as he had appeared in the futon plaza.

During the skirmishes in the Cosmic Sea, Zhi Yi had put up a bounty on Lu Yin, so his face had become widely recognized by the countless people of the Sixth Mainland.
Thus, he no longer dared to carelessly use his original appearance. 

There were more people within the Nine Cauldrons’ space this time.
During his last visit, the region had actually been sealed off with a battle between two factions taking place.
However, no one was restricting this region any longer. 

With a single leap, Lu Yin jumped inside the second cauldron.
There, he found multiple Sixth Mainland cultivators, each one trying to comprehend something.
Lu Yin recognized one person, a young man who had chased after Lu Yin back in the Cosmic Sea along with many other Sixth Mainland cultivators.
This youth had been one of the people at the front of the crowd, and he was the heir of an Imprinter family. 

Lu Yin’s arrival roused a bit of attention, but Lu Yin acted timid as he paced back and forth before making his way to a corner.
He looked rather diffident.

The Sixth Mainland cultivators did not pay much attention to him after an initial glance, only giving him a look of contempt before returning to their attempts to comprehend something from the cauldron. 

Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief that he hadn’t been recognized.
He then sat down in a corner and put his hand on the cauldron.
As soon as he made contact with it, the cauldron released a slight tremble before cauldron energy began flowing into his body through his palm. 

The others also sensed that the cauldron had trembled, and at first, they thought that it was just an illusion, but everything changed once they realized that they had all felt the same thing at the same time. 

The cultivators grew excited, and they all continued trying to comprehend something from the cauldron.
They had already come to a tacit agreement that nobody here would speak of what had just happened. 

The Imprinter family heir even spoke up in warning.
“Those of you who are here, please stay silent, as there’ll be nothing left for you if anything spreads out.
The Nine Cauldrons’ battle technique is said to be invincible when combined, so don’t make a mistake.”

Although the people here did not answer, they also did not refuse his request.

If possible, this heir actually wanted to kill off everyone else within the cauldron, but he was not confident in succeeding.
If anyone escaped, then this matter would be revealed, and he would have lost the opportunity to continue trying to comprehend the cauldrons’ technique as this region would definitely be sealed off if news leaked. 

He glanced over the several people inside his cauldron, and his focus eventually swept over Lu Yin as well, though it clearly contained contempt and a trace of displeasure.
This person was just too lucky, and he had encountered the cauldron’s tremor almost the moment he arrived.
This event was something that had only ever happened a few times throughout the countless years.
Although nobody had ever comprehended the Nine Cauldrons’ battle technique before, this tremor still represented a glimmer of hope.

The fact that some piece of trash had encountered the cauldron’s tremor could almost be considered an destined opportunity. 

If the heir killed this person, then the others in the cauldron would also be scared.
At this thought, the heir snorted. Consider yourself lucky. 

Over the next few days, Lu Yin sat in the corner and continued to silently absorb the cauldron energy.

The rest occasionally glanced over at Lu Yin, but he seemed rather honest, not even moving.

The others occasionally adjusted their positions as they attempted to comprehend the Nine Cauldrons’ battle technique, but not a single one of them was met with any success.

A few more days passed, and someone else entered the second cauldron only to sigh in disappointment.
“Just who spread the rumor that these Nine Cauldrons have a battle technique? Aren’t they just messing with people?” 

“Who said that that isn’t the case? These things have been here for countless years, and the historical records about them have all rotted away so even the older generation has given up.”

“Still, the commotion raised by the first cauldron shattering was pretty impressive, and quite a few experts from the older generation still come over to take a look.”

“These things definitely just corroded over time.
Those elders wouldn’t be able to find anything no matter how hard they searched.” 

“That’s true.”

…

After another two days, some people left while a few others arrived.

Neither Lu Yin nor any of the others who had initially been in the cauldron left, and there was no way any of them would leave unless their time expired.
Even after their time ran out, they would definitely come back to this place on their next visit since they had felt the cauldron tremble. 

“Who could have imagined that the invasion of the Fifth Mainland would fail? Two Empyrean Imprinters even died! What a waste.” 

“That’s right, the Fifth Mainland cultivators are simply too sneaky.
During the battle between the two mainlands, the cultivators from the Fifth Mainland used all sorts of lies to deceive our Sixth Mainland’s top experts.
If not for their vigilance, the outcome of the battle definitely would have been different.” 

…

“Brother Lin, you’re here too? Didn’t you fight in the invasion of the Astral Beast Domain?” another person called out as he entered the second cauldron and.

Lu Yin opened his eyes and looked over. The battle in the Astral Beast Domain?

That man who had been called Brother Lin grew vexed.
“Don’t bring that up! If I had known about it earlier, I would have never gone.
What Astral Beast Domain? It’s just some backwater place that ignores all of the strange phenomena in space.
They have all sorts of resources but do nothing with them.
There was nothing more than a bunch of wild beasts in that place.” 

“Was the invasion successful?”

“Not really.
Their resistance was incredibly tenacious, and those beasts have all kinds of strange innate gifts and weird abilities.
They were also able to organize themselves into a powerful army called the Celestial Beast Empire.
In addition, a lot of the biggest battles ended up being relatively passive as it seems that some Skymender predicted everything.
We were basically screwed from the very beginning! When did things get so messed up? We weren’t even able to obtain that many resources since that place was basically completely undeveloped.
If we had known about this before, we probably wouldn’t have even gone there.
Right, what about the invasion of the Human Domain? I heard that things got pretty intense there.” 

“You’re actually pretty lucky.
The fighting in the Fifth Mainland’s Human Domain was harsh, and two Empyrean Imprinters from the older generation actually died, let alone the Cosmic Imprinters, World Imprinters, and regular Imprinters.
Even the Daosource Three Skies of the younger generation showed up, but we still had to retreat.” 

“Who knew that things would be so bad.”