novelsite Chapter 411 Xuan Yin's Thoughts
Chapter 411 Xuan Yin's Thoughts
That night, Lu Sheng did something.
He went to see Xuan Yin.
It wasn't in her room, but on the communal terrace of the residential area. The sea breeze was strong, and the starry sky overhead was blurred by the metal armor plating.
When Xuan Yin arrived, Lu Sheng had already been standing by the railing of the terrace for a while.
"Is there something you need from me?"
"Hmm." Lu Sheng turned around.
He asked directly, "Do you have any law-tracking marks implanted on you by the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations?"
Xuan Yin's expression paused for a moment.
It was only for a very short time.
But Lu Sheng caught it.
"have."
Xuan Yin did not deny it.
Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected her to admit it so readily.
"Inside the core of the Spirit Source?"
"Yes," Xuan Yin said. "When I broke through to the Spirit Saint Realm, the Heavenly Venerable implanted a Law Imprint in the core of my Spirit Source. I cannot remove it myself, nor can I block its signal."
"Then why didn't you tell me before?"
"Because you didn't ask."
Lu Sheng stared at her for five seconds.
Are you playing word games with me?
"No," Xuan Yin's voice was calm. "All I can do is answer your question truthfully. Proactively revealing information would be disclosing the Heavenly Venerable's arrangements, which I cannot do. But since you asked directly, I have no reason to lie."
"Do you know what this means?" Lu Sheng's tone turned cold. "You have a tracking mark on you. The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations can deduce where I went based on your location. When I took you to the old—to that area—they had already pinpointed my approximate location."
"I know."
"You knew that, and you still went along?"
"I had no choice. I cannot disobey the Heavenly Venerable's command."
Lu Sheng fell silent.
He was judging how much truth Xuan Yin had in her words.
Her attitude was strange.
That's not the attitude a loyal subordinate should have.
Someone so devoted to the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations wouldn't be so open about the tracking marker. She could have continued to hide it, and when Lu Sheng took her to the Old God Abyss again, the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations would be able to pinpoint the coordinates more accurately.
But she did say it.
Because Lu Sheng asked.
This reason sounded like a lame excuse. But Lu Sheng had a vague feeling that this woman might be helping him in a roundabout way.
"You don't want to be a spy for the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations."
Lu Sheng said those words.
It's not a question; it's a statement.
Xuan Yin remained silent for three seconds.
"I have no loyalty whatsoever to the Heavenly Venerable."
She spoke very softly.
"The Celestial Venerable accepted me as a disciple not because he valued my talent, but because my sound-based laws resonated with his cultivation method. To him, I was merely a tool."
"On the day I broke through to the Spirit Saint Realm, the Celestial Venerable neither congratulated me nor bestowed any rewards. The first thing he did was implant a Law Imprint into the core of my Spirit Source."
"From that day on, he knew where I went."
Lu Sheng leaned against the railing, his back to the sea breeze.
He is processing this information.
If Xuan Yin is telling the truth—
Her relationship with the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was not a simple master-servant one. It was more like a relationship of control and being controlled.
The Celestial Venerable of All Things did not trust her, so he implanted a tracking mark in her body.
And she—hates this lack of trust.
"Aren't you afraid that the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations will find out about this?"
"The Law Mark can only track location, not eavesdrop on conversations," Xuan Yin said. "The Celestial Venerable knows where I am, but not what I said."
"Then how does he give you orders?"
"You've already taken it through the communication device."
"The one I have now?"
"That's right. Without a communication artifact, the Celestial Venerable cannot contact me. He can only know my location through the imprint of laws."
Lu Sheng thought for a moment.
"Can the Law Mark be retrieved?"
"A Spirit Saint Realm cultivator can't do it. It requires the Spirit Immortal Realm's mastery of the laws to remove the mark without damaging the Spirit Source Core."
The Fairy Realm.
Lu Sheng is currently in the late stage of the Spirit Saint realm. He is still quite a distance from the Spirit Immortal realm.
"Then I can't help you get it."
"I know. I'm telling you this not to ask for your help, but so that you have sufficient information when making your decision."
Lu Sheng looked at her.
"You're gambling."
Xuan Yin raised her head and met his gaze.
"I bet you can defeat the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations."
Lu Sheng remained silent.
The sea breeze whistled between the two of them.
After a long while, Lu Sheng spoke.
"Next time you come out with me, stay on Earth."
"Law Mark—"
"Staying on Earth, all he tracked were Earth's coordinates. He already knew Earth's location. There was no new information."
Xuan Yin was stunned for a moment.
Then she understood what Lu Sheng meant.
He won't take her to the Abyss of the Old Gods. He'll leave her on Earth; the Law Mark will only show that she's on Earth, and won't reveal the location of the Abyss of the Old Gods.
Simple. But effective.
"Understood."
Lu Sheng turned and left the terrace.
He took a few steps, then stopped.
"You said you bet I could win."
"right."
"Then you'd better have guessed right."
Lu Sheng's figure disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Xuan Yin stood on the terrace, watching the direction he left in.
The sea breeze made her hair very messy.
She whispered something. Her voice was so soft that she wasn't even sure if she had made a sound.
"I also hope that I've made the right bet."