Star Odyssey

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Lu Yin really saw expectation in Young Master Tu’s eyes.
This person frequently mistook Lu Yin for someone else, and he also tried his best to get Lu Yin to act more submissively as though he were trying to cater to a subtle wish.
It was almost as though Young Master Tu wanted Lu Yin to bow his head because Young Master Tu had once wanted that other person to bow his head; but in both cases, he had never succeeded.
If Lu Yin was not mistaken, he was actually that very same person.

“Go ahead and ask that old senior to come out and discuss this matter,” Lu Yin pressed.

After that, he went back to his place on the mountain.

Young Master Tu grew anxious.
“Kid, it looks like you don't believe me! You better beg me soon, or else you won’t be so lucky during the next battle! I was actually the one who spoke to Grandpa Zhiyi last time, and that’s why he made a move! Kid, did you hear…”

Out of everyone on the Stacking Mountain Range, the most pitiful person was the one who lived below Lu Yin.
Whenever Young Master Tu let water flow, it trickled down and fell onto Lu Yin’s lower neighbor, right in the main entrance to his quarters.
He wanted to speak up, but he did not have the courage to do so.
He also wanted to move, but he was very hesitant about trying to move anywhere else on the mountain.
Despite his frustrations, the man could do nothing but silently curse to himself.

Lu Yin’s mood had been ruined as he did not know what Shaman God was up to.
Ever since the all-out assault on the array bases had ended, Marquis Green Bamboo had been keeping a constant eye on the Forsaken Soldiers, and he had even been sending corpse kings to attack them.
After a few more days, the battle intensified and started growing worse.

Lu Yin activated both of the sourcebox arrays and started slaughtering corpse kings, staining the entire Stacking Mountain Range red with blood.
As Lu Yin focused on his task, he was attacked by three Envoy corpse kings.
If not for Uncle He and Zhou Tang protecting him, Lu Yin would have suffered miserably.

However, even if the human Envoys were able to stop their corpse king counterparts, they were not able to do anything when Marquis Green Bamboo made a move.

No one expected Marquis Green Bamboo to suddenly attack a youth, but green bamboo shoots shot out from the void, appearing from nowhere and blasting into Lu Yin’s body.

Had Shaman God died? One of the Twelve Marquises had actually attacked Lu Yin!

Lu Yin felt death approaching, and he prepared himself to summon Mister Mu.
However, an old man suddenly grabbed Marquis Green Bamboo.
The old man's hand looked like it belonged to a skeleton, as it was completely devoid of flesh and blood, though the man was still underground.

Lu Yin immediately knew that this old man was Wan Zhiyi, the All-Dao family’s grand elder.

Puff!

Lu Yin crumpled to the ground as he spat out blood.
Young Master Tu raced over to catch Lu Yin.
“Hey! You're not dead, right?”

Lu Yin's chest was covered with blood.
He had not taken any reactionary measures or retaliated when Marquis Green Bamboo had attacked, as anything that Lu Yin could do would be worthless against a Semi-Progenitor’s attack.

“I can't die.” Lu Yin coughed up more blood before quickly swallowing a medicinal pill.
His breathing was ragged.

If not for Wan Zhiyi appearing, Lu Yin would have been pierced through by Marquis Green Bamboo’s attack.
Even if Lu Yin had not died, he would have been seriously injured.
Still, it was far more likely for him to have died.
If a Progenitor attacked, just the shockwave alone would be enough to annihilate Lu Yin’s body.

If not for the Cloudguard Robes, the strike from the shoot of green bamboo might have killed Lu Yin without even needing to get close to him.

It was unfortunate that the attack had completely destroyed Lu Yin’s Cloudguard Robes.

“You aren’t dead? Just how tenacious are you?” Young Master Tu was shocked to see that Lu Yin was still alive, and the young master’s voice took on an odd tone.

Lu Yin's fingers trembled, but his body was constantly fed with fresh vitality, and his injuries quickly recovered.

Without Lu Yin to control it, the spherical red sourcebox array had grown weak, though the array with the cone-shaped sourceboxes was fine, as it was able to operate automatically.

Up above Lu Yin, Wan Zhiyi's expression was solemn.
However, due to the fact that the ancient powerhouse was nothing but skin and bones, it was quite difficult to read his expression.
“I’m surprised to see that one of the Twelve Marquises, Marquis Green Bamboo, actually made a move against a mere Enlighter realm junior.”

Marquis Green Bamboo smiled casually.
“Junior? That’s simply how you humans view things related to the passage of time.
To me, he’s someone who became an Array Master at a young age.
The fact that he’s able to kill Envoy level corpse kings while still at the Enlighter realm means that he presents a grave threat to my people, and he even has equipment that allowed him to survive an attack from me.
Judging by how you humans do things, he is no mere junior, and he is certainly qualified for me to move against him.

“Besides, I keep having the feeling that he looks familiar, and I’m certain that I’ve seen him somewhere before.”

Wan Zhiyi glanced back at Lu Yin, and his eyes hesitated on Lu Yin's face before he looked back at Marquis Green Bamboo.
“Does this old man look familiar to you?”

Marquis Green Bamboo laughed.
He continued to act in a calm and refined manner.
“You look nothing like you did before.
You were once full of spirit and energy, but now, you're about to die.
The Lu family is gone, and there’s you people’s lives hold no value.
You should just go die.”

After speaking, the marquis disappeared.

A blazing killing intent suddenly filled Wan Zhiyi’s eyes, and he also disappeared.

Even though Lu Yin was able to observe the true universe, he could not see the battle between the two.

“Grandpa Zhiyi will definitely win! Grandpa Zhiyi is the most powerful of the Semi-Progenitors.
He’s only a single step away from becoming a Progenitor! If not for the fate that befell the Lu family, my Perennial World would be protected by one more Progenitor,” Young Master Tu said quietly.

Lu Yin held his chest as he recuperated.
His injuries had recovered quickly, and thanks to the Cloudguard Robes, the shockwave of the marquis’s attack had not entered Lu Yin’s body.
Without the armor, Lu Yin would have suffered badly.
Upon realizing this, he did not hesitate to put on his universal armor, and only after that was he able to relax a bit.

Young Master Tu stared blankly at Lu Yin’s universal armor.
“What is that?”

Lu Yin answered quietly.
“It’s a defensive armor.
Can’t you tell?”

Young Master Tu was surprised.
“Will that even help?”

It was at this moment that several corpse kings attacked the two men; two had the strength of Enlighters while three were as strong as Hunters.
Lu Yin used his Vacuum Palm and blew all five of the corpse kings away.

Uncle He appeared at that moment.
“It's not safe here.
Let's go.”

With that, he grabbed Young Master Tu and started heading for the top of the Folded Mountains.