âYou want to borrow the Star Sectâs power to antagonize the Luminaries, donât you?â Xing Chen saw right through Lu Yunâs intentions and dismantled his plan. âThe sect will not involve ourselves with the conflicts of others.â
She waved a hand and left with Xing Heng.
Lu Yun rubbed his nose. Xing Chen was certainly a decisive character and left no room for discussion whatsoever. Brief contemplation, however, quickly provided the reason for her behavior.
She knew his identity and how heâd broken free of his destiny. Sheâd wanted Xing Lan to stay by his side for a while and indirectly alter her destiny as well. However, heâd shut his door in the girlâs face.
Xing Chen⊠seems to have a bit of a temper. Sheâd purposefully taken Xing Heng away when she discovered the situation here.
Lu Yun chuckled ruefully, not minding the matter. The Luminaries was worth keeping a watchful eye out for, but his primary goal for the moment was to disseminate dao.
âThe Tome of Life and Death exorcized the resentment and curse from the withered wood, which means Iâm no longer a walking sack of misfortune.â Lu Yun stared off in the direction that Xing Chen had departed in. âBut that isnât very reassuring either. Who knows what might happen to the book after itâs digested such a terrifying amount of bitterness and curse? I should probably stay away from forming deep relationships for a while.
âLetâs find a Principal Seventh Rank Lotus next and raise my soul force to grandmaster level.â He headed in the direction of Mount Buzhou.
The mountain was situated in the center of the World Star. Last time, itâd seemed that Xing Shenzuo had brought Lu Yun to Mount Buzhou when heâd actually done so under Ah Zhiâs control.
âWait.â Lu Yun suddenly stopped. âThe pair of eyes in Xing Wuliangâs pupils isnât Xing Chenâs either. Whoâs borrowing his eyes to observe the Tomb of the Hallowed Emperor?â
If it wasnât Ah Zhi, Xing Shenzuo, or Xing Chen, it would seem that powerhouses abounded in this sect. He hadnât even been able to determine how many Nihil World Sovereigns were present.
âI need to get my hands on a soul weapon after my soul force reaches grandmaster level.â Lu Yun continued making his way to the mountain.
Mount Buzhou was incredibly large. Heâd visited Ah Zhiâs residence on his prior trip; the sectâs treasury was located on the same mountain. Since the Principal Seventh Rank Lotus was an incredibly precious spirit root, it should be stored there.
The Star Sectâs treasury was a massive tower nine floors tall. Each floor was a real world. It wasnât under heavy guard, just protected by its own rules. People could access the floors they had clearance for and would be blocked from entry if they werenât authorized.
If there came an enemy so strong that the rules couldnât hold them off, death would be the only ending for any sect heavyweights that rushed to it. Ah Zhi had set the rules; simple Nihil World Sovereigns couldnât break them. Only someone whoâd set foot into sequence like her could force them open.
Lu Yun smoothly walked in without challenge.
âThatâs strange⊠why does it feel like Iâve been to someplace similar before?â He found his surroundings oddly familiar when he observed the first floor.
Treasures and natural ingredients abounded on the first floor; connate treasures were dumped in piles like trash. He almost thought that heâd returned to the world of treasures Yun Zhongzhi had created in the Tomb of the Hallowed Emperor.
Such was the accumulation of the entire sect throughout its long and illustrious history. However, Lu Yun wasnât gazing upon the wealth, but the world that comprised of the first floor. He found it so very familiar, like heâd once been here.
âWhen did inner disciples have the right to enter the treasury?â A surprised voice sounded in Lu Yunâs ears. He turned around to see a young girl dressed in blue robes, sizing him up with curious bright eyes and gleaming teeth.
There was more than one treasury in the sect and each one was open to disciples. But this was the Mount Buzhou treasury; only genius disciples or sect elders had the authorization to enter. This treasury ordinarily saw very little foot traffic, so it was quite an unusual sight to see a regular inner disciple visit.
The young girl was also a supplemental grandmaster, but her cultivation level was only at the true nihil realm and she was very far away from World Manifest. Despite that, Lu Yun was highly surprised to discover that her soul force was more than ten times stronger than Xing Hengâs.
âWho are you? I donât think Iâve seen you around before,â she asked when she saw that she had Lu Yunâs attention.
âInner disciple Feng Feifan greets this senior sister.â Lu Yun raised cupped fists.
âSo youâre Feng Feifan! Youâre the one who shut his door in senior sister Xing Lanâs face!â the girl blurted out.
Lu Yunâs cheek twitched with awkwardness. So that had become the story of him not inviting Xing Lan inside? It seemed to eliciting a sizable repercussion.
âThatâs me.â Lu Yun nodded.
âIâm Su He, a true disciple of Xing Chen Mountain. Xing Lan is my senior sister,â the young girl introduced herself with a smile.
âSu He?â Lu Yun paused. âThatâs strange, all of the other true disciples have Xing as their surname. So why do youâŠâ
âBecause Iâm a World Star native,â Su He chuckled. âPeople born on the World Star are disciples at birth. We donât need to change our names even after we gain a master.
âAh, yes, junior brother Feifan, youâre in a lot of trouble. Senior brother Xing Lingkong says heâs going to teach you a lesson after you turned senior sister Xing Lan down!â the girl continued gleefully. âSenior brotherâs always known that senior sister is a girl and fell in love with her a long time ago. He wonât let you get away with insulting her.â
Lu Yun held his forehead.
âDo you know where the Principal Seventh Rank Lotus is?â He couldnât be bothered with these things.
âThe Principal Seventh Rank Lotus? Itâs on the eighth floor, but only elders have the right to enter. YouâŠâ Su Heng trailed off; Lu Yun had already vanished.
âHeâs really gone to the eighth floor?â She blinked with incredulity. âThey say that senior brother Xing Wuliang brought junior brother Feng Feifan back from the Eastern Planes. Thereâs a lot of people in the sect whoâve joined the Luminaries⊠they probably want to do something to him, donât they?
âSenior brother Xing LingkongâŠâ Su He blushed when she thought of the handsome, dashing, and princely senior brother.
âEh? Wait wait, he really entered the eighth floor? How?â Her jaw dropped when Lu Yun didnât return to the first floor. âHeâs not martial uncle Xing Shenzuoâs bastard son, is he? And the martial uncle didnât accept him as a disciple because he didnât want to start gossipâŠâ The girlâs mind roved in wild flights of fancy.