Star Odyssey

he disregarded the enmity between the two mainlands, his personal enemies were still spread throughout the entirety of the Daosource Sect’s ruins.
When had he offended so many people? 

“Does Miss Qing hope to capture me and receive Zhi Yi’s rewards?” Lu Yin asked, keeping a wary eye on the girl. 

Miss Qing shrugged.
“I’m not interested.”

Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief.
This woman was not as simple as she looked.
During the battle in the Cosmic Sea, Lu Yin had been able to sense her strength.
Although she had not fully revealed her rune lines, Lu Yin was certain that Miss Qing would be just as difficult to deal with as a Realmling. 

On the surface, the Sixth Mainland had the Daosource Three Skies and the nine Realmlings, but there were still many more hidden experts, such as Xin Nü or Miss Qing.
The truth was that every place was the same, and the Fifth Mainland was no different.
Was it really the case that nobody from the younger generation could rival the Ten Arbiters? The heirs of the Three Dark Hands had never even shown themselves during the invasion. 

Lu Yin looked at Miss Qing.
“Since Miss Qing has no interest in me, I’ll head out first.”

“Wait a second.
Don’t you want to explore the Daosource Sect’s ruins together?” Miss Qing asked in a half-mocking tone. 

Lu Yin smiled bitterly.
“I wouldn’t dare.”

Miss Qing smiled happily.
“Are you afraid that I’ll trick you?”

Lu Yin thought about it, but he ultimately shook his head.
“No.
I’m actually afraid of running into Mr.
Bai.”

Miss Qing rolled her eyes.
“What are you afraid of? That guy probably won’t do anything to you.
Haven’t you heard? One of the Daosource Three Skies, Wu Taibai, isn’t interested in fighting.
He prefers to explore and travel anonymously, especially throughout the Daosource Sect’s ruins.” 

“No, I’d rather not take the chance,” Lu Yin said, as he did not like to trust his fate to others.

Miss Qing pursed her lips.
“Coward.” 

Lu Yin continued to walk away. 

Miss Qing suddenly thought of something.
“Right, your Fifth Mainland is not simple, so don’t think that you’re super powerful.” 

Lu Yin’s footsteps paused, and he looked back at her in surprise.
“What do you mean?”

Miss Qing thought about it.
“I’m not certain if what I felt was real, but while I was participating in the invasion of your Fifth Mainland, I ran into two people, and their aura felt like it was from the same origin.
Can you guess what that reminded me of?” 

“What?”

“Progenitor Chen’s Nine Clones Secret Technique,” Miss Qing stated solemnly.

Lu Yin was shocked.
“That can’t be.
Are you saying there’s people on the Fifth Mainland with the Nine Clones Secret Technique?”

Miss Qing hesitated.
“I’m not sure, but their auras felt the same.
I’ve always been very sensitive towards people’s auras.
For example, although your altered appearance isn’t bad and can probably even deceive the Realmlings, it can’t trick me.
The aura of those two seemed to be from the same person, and only after coming back here did I remember the Nine Clones Secret Technique.” 

“Who was it?” Lu Yin asked.

Miss Qing turned away.
“Go and find out for yourself.”

She then entered Heaven’s Pit. 

Lu Yin blinked. Find them? How? Could they be one of the Ten Arbiters!?

After shaking his head, Lu Yin set his confusion aside and continued to search for the Sierrasea.

It did not actually matter if what Miss Qing had said was true or false, as it was none of Lu Yin’s business.
Regardless, strengthening himself was still the most logical choice.

Even when he had less than half a month remaining in the Daosource Sect’s ruins, Lu Yin still had not found the entrance to the Sierrasea.
Instead, he had stumbled upon the Scripture Pavilion. 

The ancient characters in that place still held a strong attraction for him.
Arbiter Wen Sansi was adept at the Literary Prison technique, which used characters that had to be related to the ancient ones found in the Scripture Pavilion. 

After considering that, Lu Yin entered the Scripture Pavilion. 

The ancient characters floated through the air, one by one, and there were quite a few cultivators sitting on top of them while trying to comprehend something.
While maintaining a low profile, Lu Yin passed by one ancient character after another until he finally arrived in a corner where he chose to sit down and similarly try to comprehend something. 

Beneath the ancient characters were mountain ranges and waterfalls, and the scenery was not bad, but most of it had been destroyed long ago. 

People seldom fought in this place, as they were afraid of being trapped by the ancient characters.
Once that happened, they would only be able to escape once their time ran out.
Also, these ancient characters might possess some remnant strength of the predecessors, so people might even die without knowing how. 

“Seventh Bro, we’re in the Scripture Pavilion again.
It would be great if you could learn some of these ancient characters.” The Ghost Monkey was hopeful, as he had made a similar comment when Lu Yin had first visited this place. 

Of course, Lu Yin also hoped to be able to learn some ancient characters.
The Wen Family had the nine by nine Literary Prison, and there were more than just eighty one characters here. 

However, Wen Sansi was also able to enter Daosource Sect’s ruins, and it was impossible that he had never visited the Scripture Pavilion before.
If Lu Yin compared himself to Wen Sansi, then they were on entirely different levels when it came to comprehending these ancient characters. 

Lu Yin hoped that nobody was capable of truly comprehending these ancient characters, as otherwise, Wen Sansi would be too terrifying.

Each ancient character emitted a faint, golden radiance, and there was not much to be sensed.
Each character was about one square meter in size. 

Lu Yin did not want to learn any battle techniques, and he simply wanted to get a feeling for these ancient characters. 

Of the Ten Arbiters, aside from Nightking Zhenwu, there was also one other who might be Lu Yin’s mortal enemy: Jin He.
However, that other enemy might also be Nightking Zhenwu or even Wen Sansi.
Comprehending these ancient characters would only help Lu Yin if he ended up having to deal with Wen Sansi. 

Still, Wen Sansi was not a likely candidate. 

Wen Sansi was the Arbiter whom Lu Yin had interacted with the most, and Wen Sansi must have looked into Lu Yin as well.
If Wen Sansi had been the one who had ordered the judgement of the seventy two people with the Lu surname on that piece of paper, then Lu Yin should have been taken care of long ago. 

People were constantly entering and leaving the Scripture Pavilion, and some of them even visited this place in order to hide from their enemies, as very few battles took place in this location. 

Lu Yin remained in the region for a dozen peaceful days, and he started wondering how the ancient characters trapped others, though he kept these thoughts hidden in his heart. 

When Lu Yin noticed that his time was almost up, he decided to give it a try.

All of the ancient characters contained an ancient strength, and it was possible that each ancient character might be concealing something special, much like how the cauldron energy was hidden within the cauldrons.
Lu Yin did not know if he could use lockbreaking techniques to reveal something hidden here.

Lu Yin grabbed the Giant Emperor’s third eye and stared intently at the ancient character.
He tried to find something that he could lockbreak, but unfortunately, even after two days, he still hadn’t accomplished anything.
He had found absolutely nothing.