Chapter 1797: Jiu Han
"Oh, right. I heard that your ancestor went back home," Lu Yin remarked.
Hui Santong"s expression grew stiff. These words sounded like a curse in his ears, though they were also true. "Ancestor Hui Kong has returned. I heard that Brother Lu met our ancestor in the Technocracy."
Lu Yin nodded. "I’m just glad that Brother Hui Kong made it back safely."
The corner of Hui Santong"s eye twitched. "Our ancestor mentioned Brother Lu."
"Brother Hui Kong and I hit it off."
"Our ancestor asked my Hui family to help Brother Lu whenever possible."
"My brother really cares for me."
Hui Santong"s face started to turn purple. He was saying "ancestor" while this guy was saying "brother." Lu Yin was clearly taking advantage of his relationship with the Hui family’s ancestor, the b.a.s.t.a.r.d!
"By the way, here are the Roots of Intelligence that our ancestor sent to Brother Lu. I came across one of Burial Garden’s gates while on my way to deliver them to Blazing Mist Flowzone," Hui Santong explained as he handed over a few Roots of Intelligence to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin"s eyes lit up. This was great news. "Please give Brother Hui Kong my thanks, and also tell him that I really appreciate you bringing them to me."
The Roots of Intelligence that the Hui family had raised in the current era were far inferior to what Progenitor Hui had left behind.
Still, Lu Yin was quite satisfied. He could still try to Enhance the root or even plant it. He had several options, but he really did need a true Root of Intelligence to help him improve his strength.
Hui Santong reacted despondently, and he glanced around, trying to find some way to leave. Even if he stayed, he would not be able to acquire the piece of jade.
Coincidentally, the stone pillar from before reappeared at this moment.
Lu Yin"s eyes lit up, and he looked up at the towering stone pillar that had suddenly appeared. "Did you try to get it?"
Liu Tianmu had not recovered from her injuries yet, and her face was still quite pale. "Yes, but the pillar disappeared before I could reach the top of it."
"That fast?" Lu Yin was startled, but he instinctively shot upwards to try even as he spoke.
However, before he could do anything, someone else had already appeared at the top of the stone pillar with a hand outstretched to grab the piece of jade. Lu Yin instantly attacked with a Vacuum Palm, but it did nothing at all to the man.
Lu Yin’s expression instantly changed; this was not good. This person was a powerhouse.
The pillar disappeared, and the man who had grabbed the jade descended from the sky and gently landed on the ground. An unparalleled strength burst out that caused the void to tremble, and Lu Yin and the others were all pushed back.
Lu Yin’s eyes grew tightly focused the moment he saw the expert’s face. "Xia Yi?"
The man who had grabbed the jade from the pillar was indeed Xia Yi, the patriarch of the Seven Courts’ Xia family. Lu Yin had met the man twice before: once outside of Progenitor Chen’s Mausoleum and once in the Cosmic Sea.
The two were enemies, not friends. Xia Yi had been Xia Jiuyou’s father, and Lu Yin had plotted against Xia Jiuyou with Xia Luo. Even though Xia Luo was also one of Xia Yi’s sons, the man clearly favored Xia Jiuyou. The Xia patriarch clearly hoped for Lu Yin’s death, and he had even attacked Lu Yin in the Cosmic Sea with the goal of taking control of the war’s situation at that time.
Xia Yi was an expert with a power level of more than 700,000, and he was also the Xia family’s patriarch. However, he did not act how most experts from the senior generation did as he was willing to launch sneak attacks and had also willingly hidden his ident.i.ty.
Lu Yin had not expected to run into this person in Burial Garden.
Hui Santong was similarly stunned, as he had also not expected to meet Xia Yi here.
Xia Yi looked at Lu Yin with eyes that radiated hatred and a powerful killing intent. Lu Yin actually felt a flicker of fear.
"Santong greets Uncle Xia." Hui Santong bowed.
Xia Yi looked at the youth and nodded before turning back to focus on Lu Yin and casually commenting, "You just attacked me."
Lu Yin nervously replied, "I didn’t know it was you, Senior Xia. Otherwise, I wouldn"t have done such a thing."
"You mean to say that you wouldn’t have attacked because it was useless. If you could have injured me, you definitely would have attacked, no?" Xia Yih retorted.
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. "This junior doesn’t understand Senior"s words."
Hui Santong quickly bowed again and interjected, "Uncle Xia, why are you here? Did one of Burial Garden’s gates appear in our Seven Courts’ territory?"
Xia Yi gave Lu Yin a long look before answering, "They appeared everywhere in the Human Domain, so that shouldn’t be a surprise."
Hui Santong frowned. "Burial Garden is an organization on the same level as our Seven Courts, so how could one of their gates have appeared in our territory? Is this because of some previous agreement?"
Xia Yi finally looked at Hui Santong. "Ask your father when you return."
The Envoy then refocused on Lu Yin. "This is the first time, but if you attack me again, you can’t blame me for being ruthless."
The man then took a single step and vanished.
Lu Yin was unable to discern where the man had gone.
While Xia Yi had the same power level as Cang Zhou, a bit more than 700,000, the two had been on completely different levels. One of them was the master of the Seven Courts’ Xia family while the other had been the master of the Innerverse’s ChaosG.o.d Mountain. Cang Zhou had never been able to compare to Xia Yi.
Both Lu Yin and Hui Santong let out relieved sighs when they saw Xia Yi leave. If the man had actually attacked Lu Yin, Lu Yin had no confidence in being able to escape. The Xia family’s Triple Blade Will was too fierce an attack, and Lu Yin was not certain that his bodysuit armor could withstand such an attack.
"Brother Lu, you really are quite lucky that I happened to be here. Otherwise, Xia Yi might have attacked you." Hui Santong sighed and shamelessly took all of the credit.
Lu Yin wondered to himself, "Xia Yi is the Xia family’s patriarch, so why would he enter Burial Garden? Are the other members of the Xia family dead?"
Hui Santong shrugged. "When Xia Luo replaced Xia Jiuyou, the Xia family’s ancestor got upset at Xia Yi, and he started constantly making trouble for Xia Yi. He’s a patriarch, and yet he doesn’t live up to his position. What else can he do besides enter Burial Garden to try his luck?"
Lu Yin understood. If Xia Ji was upset with Xia Yi, then it made sense for the patriarch to enter Burial Garden.
"It’s really pathetic. The man’s the patriarch of one of the Seven Courts, and yet he’s been driven to the point where he’s out hunting for lucky opportunities like a youth. He probably hates Xia Ji to the point of wishing for the old man’s death.” Hui Santong looked back at Lu Yin. “Also, almost all of his grievances are because of you. Brother Lu, you need to be careful. He didn’t attack you because I was here with you. If I’m not with you…"
Lu Yin felt a chill run down his spine, and he remembered being attacked by Xia Yi in the Cosmic Sea. That man was rotten to the core, so it really would not be surprising if he did something so shameless.
"Did that jade stone just disappear?" Xi Qi whispered as the stone pillar disappeared from before her eyes.?r??w???????.c૦m
Lu Yin complained, "No, but it didn’t become ours. It wasn’t meant for us after all."
The annoying fish flapped its fins about. "Stupid! You should have grabbed it! Taken everything! Everything belongs to Lord Fish, so go and get it back for Lord Fish, skilled two-legs. Lord Fish wants that treasure!"
Hui Santong scratched his head. "I"m heading out. I don’t want Fan Shun leaking information to the Sixth Mainland and having some powerhouse think that we grabbed the jade. That would be a problem."
Before leaving, he waved to Lu Yin. "Lu Yin, I already told you to take care. Remember that Xia Yi isn’t known for his kindness. He is actually infamous for being vengeful and shameless."
Lu Yin"s eye twitched, and he started looking around. He intended to find one of Burial Garden’s gates and leave.
Hui Santong did not make it very far before he came flying back at top speed. His face was pale, and there was a miserable expression on his face. He did not even have a chance to say anything before everyone saw some ripples pa.s.sing through the void in the distance. Soon, they saw a middle-aged woman slowly walking towards them.
Every step the woman took forced s.p.a.ce back in all directions.
Lu Yin grew somber, as even though he could not see the woman’s runes, he had a bad premonition. His domain could not affect this person, and it was actually being pushed back by her. She was clearly an Envoy, and not a weak one at that. He felt a strong sense of danger from her.
Liu Tianmu, Zhu San, and Xi Qi all stepped back immediately. They were also able to feel that something was wrong, and their eyes stung whenever they looked at this woman. Such terrifying phenomena only appeared with Envoys.
"Brother Lu, I"ll leave this to you." Hui Santong instantly ducked behind Lu Yin. Even though Hui Santong could not see how powerful this woman was, he was still certain that she was much more powerful than the old Imprinter they had faced earlier.
Lu Yin felt the same.
The woman looked at Lu Yin and simply stated, "The Fifth Mainland’s Alliance Leader Lu."
Lu Yin’s expression tightened. "Are you from the Sixth Mainland?"
The woman lifted her head higher and arrogantly proclaimed, “I’m the Daosource Sect’s Jiu Han."
Lu Yin"s expression shifted a bit. "Jiu? Are you a descendant of the Progenitor of Combat?"
Jiu Han showed no reaction to Lu Yin’s question. "It’s better that you know. Give me what you found."
Lu Yin shrugged. "You"re too late. Xia Yi was the one who took what was here."
Jiu Han frowned. "Xia Yi? The Court of Seven Names’ Xia family’s patriarch from your Fifth Mainland?"
Lu Yin exposed Xia Yi without any hesitation. "That’s right. He just left, so you should still be able to catch him."
Jiu Han sneered, "How could someone with a status like the Xia family’s patriarch possibly enter Burial Garden? Even if the Xia family did send someone here, at best, they would have sent some elders. Your story is too absurd, Alliance Leader Lu."
Lu Yin shrugged again. "I really was robbed by Xia Yi, and I’m not someone who can tell you about the Xia family’s affairs."
He then stepped aside and pointed at the exposed Hui Santong. "However, he’s from the Hui family, so you can just ask him."
Hui Santong blanched when Jiu Han"s eyes locked onto him, and he cursed Lu Yin as a b.a.s.t.a.r.d. The pressure was truly terrible at this moment. "Um, it really was taken by Xia Yi. I swear."
Jiu Han"s expression chilled, and she shot Hui Santong a contemptuous look before looking back at Lu Yin. "No matter if Xia Yi took what was here or not, empty your cosmic ring. I will see for myself."
Lu Yin"s heart sank. This woman was blatantly robbing him. Lu Yin could not be more familiar with this situation, as he was usually the one saying these words rather than the one being threatened by them. There was only one viable answer: Vacuum Palm.
Jiu Han intimidated Lu Yin, which was why he had not immediately attacked her. He had even tried to speak with her and exposed Xia Yi’s involvement in the matter because Lu Yin did not want to fight. Fighting this woman felt like he was admitting guilt, but if she intended to simply rob them, then fighting was the only acceptable answer.
Vacuum Palm was a startlingly fast attack, and Jiu Han was actually struck by the invisible palm. She had not expected Lu Yin to attack without any warning, so the woman was knocked back.
Lu Yin"s eyes tightened as he focused. Jiu Han had not been able to avoid his Vacuum Palm, which meant that there was no way her power level exceeded 700,000. At best, it was a bit over 600,000. This was someone whom Lu Yin could fight, even if she was a descendant of the Progenitor of Combat.
Jiu Han smashed into the ground with the sound of something shattering. She had been sent flying before she even realized that she had been attacked, and one of her defensive treasures had been shattered. Lu Yin’s attack surpa.s.sed a power level of 500,000.
The young man instantly appeared in the air above the Envoy. “You decided not to go after Xia Yi, so now you can cough up your own cosmic ring.”
Battle force twined around Lu Yin’s arm, and he threw out another Vacuum Palm. This second attack was far more powerful than the one that he had launched as a sneak attack, as it was reinforced by his battle force.
Jiu Han was seeing double at this moment. She was one of the Progenitor of Combat’s descendants, and she stood far above countless people in the Sixth Mainland. She had spent most of her life in the Daosource Sect, but when she did go out, even World Imprinters and Cosmic Imprinters had to be polite to her. She had never been attacked, let alone beaten by someone. She had only coincidentally entered one of Burial Garden’s gates, and yet right after entering, she ended up being slapped by a mere child!