Chapter 2147: Golden Age
Chapter 2147: Golden Age
"Honestly, what good are you? You can’t tell me anything about a word, or a person. How is this supposed to be the abilities of Destina, a gatemaster of one of the Twelve Heavenly Gates and Destiny’s disciple?" Lu Yin sent a message expressing his frustration with the women’s results.
Destina could not stop her hands from tightening into fists when she saw Lu Yin’s response.
As for Starsibyl, she just gave a wry smile. "Alliance Leader Lu, the word and person that you asked us to look into are far above our level. If you want these things to be looked into, you may truly need to rely on Destiny herself."
Lu Yin quickly sent back. "Just forget it. No matter the results, you two have still tried to help me. Since Destina doesn’t want me to trigger Destiny again, I won’t."
This was unexpected. Why was Lu Yin being so reasonable?
Destina noted Starsibyl’s surprise. "What did he say?"
Starsibyl answered, "He just said that he won’t trigger Destiny again."
Destina also felt completely confused. Lu Yin seemed rather fickle and completely unpredictable. Why was he being so reasonable all of a sudden? Should she actually believe him?
Destina had quite literally just been thinking about how, while Lu Buzheng had been the main target of her hatred during the Heavens Sect era, that position had been passed onto Lu Yin in the modern era. Both of them were from the Lu family too. As far as Destina was concerned, most people were not worth her notice, but two members of the Lu family had roused her absolute hatred.
However, all of a sudden, Lu Yin no longer seemed too despicable. At the least, he was not pushing her too hard.
"With this, just help me find someone else." Starsibyl’s brow furrowed when she saw Lu Yin’s next message, and Destina's eyes grew cold. Sure enough, Lu Yin did not know when to give up.
"You don’t need to be afraid of a divination for this person. I want you to find Undying Yushan, so you shouldn’t have a problem with this." Lu Yin sent another message.
Starsibyl and Destina glanced at each other. Undying Yushan? He really would not be a problem, as he was not overly powerful. On top of that, the Starsibyl Sect had already done a divination on him once before. While they had not been able to find the man’s location, there was also no danger or backlash in their attempt.
"Alliance Leader Lu, are you sure that you want us to look into Undying Yushan? We did this divination once before, and we sensed some traces of Progenitor Yōu. However, there was nothing at all regarding Undying Yushan himself," Starsibyl replied.
"It's Undying Yushan. You weren’t able to find him when you did the divination back in the Starsibyl Sect, so please ask Destina to help with this."
Starsibyl looked at the other woman.
Destina nodded. "Alright."
Logically, there was no reason to refuse to look into Undying Yushan, as the man did not have the strength to threaten the two women or induce any backlash in their divination attempt. In fact, Destina was not afraid even if Progenitor Yōu was involved, as she was able to perform a divination into that woman as well.
This was not because Progenitor Yōu was not powerful, but rather because Progenitor Yōu currently had almost no cultivation. In fact, Destina herself had tracked down Progenitor Yōu.
Still, after suffering during their last two divinations for Lu Yin, Destina automatically arranged for several precautions before proceeding with the divination. However, she did not cooperate with Starsibyl.
At this time, a figure sneaked across the edge of the meteorite belt.
A short while later, a wireless jincan trembled within the Astral Combat Academy, and Lu Yin looked over.
"The divination yielded results regarding Undying Yushan: I saw people from the Yōu clan." Destina sent Lu Yin a report.
The results surprised Lu Yin. "People from the Yōu clan? What does that mean? Is he hiding within the Yōu clan?"
"That’s not how divination works, as it does not allow one to see everything. Divination merely gives certain insights into situations or events related to what’s being divined. When performing my divination into Undying Yushan, I saw people from the Yōu clan, and they had the same blood in their veins as him. I then performed the divination a second time, to confirm what I saw. The divination found traces of the Impious Sutra," Destina explained.
Lu Yin was quite surprised. Wait, the Impious Sutra is a technique, right? Then how could it be in the blood of the members of the Yōu clan? Though, he did recall hearing before that, even after all these years, no one knew just what form the Impious Sutra actually had.
Lu Yin was instantly reminded of Big Sis. What was going on with Progenitor Yōu and the Impious Sutra?
Still, since the divination had pointed at the Yōu clan, Lu Yin would need to visit them. The entire Yōu clan was already in Earth’s solar system, and that matched with the fact that Skymender had claimed that Undying Yushan was also there.
It turned out that Skymender's divination with his Book of Destiny might be even more accurate than what Destina was capable of.
"Is that all that you can get with your divination? Try a few more times to see if you can learn anything more about Undying Yushan. He’s hidden himself too well, and I need to know everything that I can about him," Lu Yin said.
Destina sent back, "Divination is not like cultivation. I have done multiple divinations over the last few days, not to mention the first two that resulted in a backlash. I’ve reached my limits and cannot perform any more divinations for the time being."
"Really? So how many more days should I wait?" Lu Yin was not willing to drop this matter. He wanted to deal with Undying Yushan in one swift blow.
Destina was out of options. "If this is so important to you, take Qingqing with you to visit the Yōu clan and look around. Since she is Progenitor Yōu Ming herself, you might be able to learn something by making the trip with her."
This reminder caused Lu Yin to think of something else. "If Big Sis really is Progenitor Yōu Ming, and the Yōu clan is her descendants, then why hasn't she visited them during these twenty years?"
Destiny's eyes flickered. "I need to create more bonds with her."
Lu Yin was puzzled.
"After awakening in this era, the first thing that I did was search for Progenitor Yōu. I accepted her as my disciple and quickly proceeded to enter seclusion with her. This was done to deepen our bond and color my own fate. The deeper our bond is now, when she later regains her original strength, the greater the gains I’ll enjoy, and the closer I’ll come to reaching Destiny. My luck is even better than Destiny’s, as I was able to find Progenitor Yōu, whose talent was no worse than the masters of the Three Realms Six Dao," Destina explained.
"When she recovers her strength, it’s not impossible for her to return to the same level as the masters of the Three Realms Six Dao. When that happens, it will provide me with a great deal of help towards replacing Destiny."
"What are you trying to take from her?" Lu Yin's eyes sank.
Destina replied, "It's just a bond between us. I’m not trying to take anything. This will only benefit her, and she won’t suffer any harm. Still, if you’re so desperate to find this Undying Yushan, take her with you to visit the Yōu clan."
"There’s no need." Lu Yin refused instantly. He did not want to risk anything happening to Big Sis. Even the the name "Impious Sutra" sounded evil. If Big Sis really was Progenitor Yōu, then no one had any idea what had caused her current circumstances. If there was any connection to what Lu Yin was investigating with Undying Yushan, then he did not want to risk Big Sis’s safety.
His wireless jincan remained still for a while, and then Destina sent another message. "Too late. She’s already on her way."
Lu Yin's eyes grew cold. "You told her?"
"She saw our conversation. I didn’t notice her arrival while I was performing the divination," Destina replied.
Lu Yin clenched a fist. Only an idiot would believe that a Semi-Progenitor could be approached by an Envoy without noticing anything. How could Big Sis have sneaked up on Destina?
"Are you saying that Big Sis is on her way to the Yōu clan right now?" Lu Yin asked.
"That’s right."
Lu Yin lowered his wireless jincan, said goodbye to all of the Astral-10 mentors, and raced away from Astral-10, heading straight for the Yōu clan’s location.
The Yōu clan had settled down in Earth’s solar system. The Seven Courts had been disbanded, but the Yōu clan, the Ku family, the Ce family, and the Hui family had all settled down in Earth’s solar system, and they had even chosen neighboring locations. After all, if tragedy struck, they all wanted to escape from the Fifth Mainland, just like Hen Xin and many others.
While the threat of Aeternus had been erased, none of the four families had left the solar system yet.
Given Lu Yin's speed, he only needed a few moments to make the trip, as he moved much faster than Big Sis.
Lu Yin stared at a river that currently extended out from Earth’s solar system off into the distance. This was the new home of the Yōu clan.
Most of the river lay beyond Earth’s solar system, and only a little bit lay inside. All of the Yōu clan lived on an island in the middle of the river that sat inside the solar system.
Lu Yin's arrival did not draw any attention from the Yōu clan. He stared at the river, and at Yōu Lao, who was still moving about in his small boat. However, Yōu Lao had stopped being able to sense Lu Yin’s movements a long time ago.
"Is that the Yōu clan?" Progenitor Smoke asked.
Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat. "You know them, Senior?"
"In our era, the Yōu clan was considered neither strong nor weak. They were led by a Semi-Progenitor, but it seems that they have fallen since then. There’s only a single person from the entire clan who’s passed their sixth stellular tribulation, and he looks like he has one foot in the grave."
Lu Yin looked at Yōu Lao. The man had been seriously injured in the past, and it was true that he was racing towards death. "While you know of the Yōu clan, it’s a pity that they were decimated during the war against the Sixth Mainland, and many of their records were lost. That fate not only befell the Yōu clan, but also many other families and sects across the Fifth Mainland. Even the Mavis family, with their ancient heritage, lost most of their history."
Progenitor Smoke indifferently answered, "I only remember the Yōu clan because of a woman named Yōu Xiaojing, who was one of the few people from our generation who could actually compete with Xia Shang and the others. Unfortunately, she grew weaker as she progressed, and she eventually fell behind the rest and was forgotten."
"She could compare to Progenitor Chen and the others?" Lu Yin was stunned. Had such a powerhouse risen from the Yōu clan?
"She could stand on the same level as Xia Shang when they were Enlighters, the same as a few people from the Lu family and the Celestial Frost Sect. However, anyone who couldn’t break through and become an Envoy was soon left behind. Still, that woman was incredibly talented, and even I don’t know where she picked up all those weird battle techniques. All of the ones that she used were unique and strange, but nothing was ever heard about her after we reached the Envoy realm, which means that she eventually faded away,” Progenitor Smoke said.
Lu Yin nodded. Weird battle techniques? They should have come from the Yōu Secret Art. Yōu Ye’er’s Heart-killer Lotus had similarly been obtained from the Yōu Secret Art. That secret technique was part of Progenitor Yōu Ming’s inheritance.
"Senior, do you know anything about Progenitor Yōu?" Lu Yin asked.
Progenitor Smoke shook her head. "I've heard some legends claiming that the Yōu clan’s ancestor was Progenitor Yōu Ming and that that’s where their Yōu Secret Art—Age Concealment—came from. However, that secret technique is only able to restore the youth of the person who inherits it. There’s never been any proof of a connection between the Yōu clan and Progenitor Yōu. That Progenitor lived too long ago, though I did hear Qing Mavis mention them before.”
"Old Fu was the one who loved these stories about history. He’d know a lot more than me.”
"Our era was very different from yours, and we actually had more in common with the Heavens Sect era. The Daosource Sect ruled everything, and no one would have ever dreamed of trying to unite humanity, let alone wage war against one of the other families that was led by a Progenitor. Now, you people can use different means to investigate and learn about other families, but during our era, people were only concerned with themselves. Even if they wanted to learn more about other people’s affairs, it wasn’t possible to probe very deeply."
Lu Yin understood what Progenitor Smoke was trying to say. In many ways, even though the Daosource Sect era was dominated by the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas and had not been humanity’s golden age, it had definitely been the most harmonious.
The Daosource Sect had ruled the Fifth Mainland, and with the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas overseeing everything, no one had dared to act out too much. Each major family and sect had been free to develop on their own, and no one was allowed to casually initiate a war. Many people had lived carefree lives during that era.
During the Heavens Sect era, human civilization had reached its pinnacle, but it was during the Daosource Sect era that humanity had enjoyed peace and prosperity. In the end, there would always be growth and decline to all things.
In that case, what would be the next great heights that humans reached? Would they be led there by Lu Yin himself?
As Lu Yin was considering such things, Big Sis arrived. The Divining Heavenly Gate was not very far away from Earth’s solar system.
Progenitor Smoke was flabbergasted when she saw Big Sis arrive. Big Sis’s appearance had changed again, and her appearance could no longer be considered normal. She had a triangular head, massive arms, and huge hands that were oversized for her body. In addition, she was wielding an enormous hammer that was several times larger than the hammers that she had used during the Dao Chosen selection.