Chapter 1824: Man Of My Word

Hua Wu’s mouth fell open. "Ah~~!"

Lu Yin frowned and clicked his tongue. Hua Wu's scream was snuffed out, and his legs grew soft to the point where he nearly collapsed.

He stared at Lu Yin in terror. "A desiccated corpse? Can they hunt us down even here?"

Lu Yin remained calm and stared at the young man. "What did you just do?"

Hua Wu's eyes flickered when he heard Lu Yin speak, and the fear and panic that had filled his eyes began to dim. “Aren’t you one of those desiccated corpses trying to hunt me down?"

"Do you have an ancient bloodline?" Lu Yin was taken aback.

Hua Wu's eyes darted about for a moment. He took a few deep breaths, and then a relaxed smile appeared on his face as he looked at Lu Yin. "Of course not! I'm Hua Wu, just an ordinary person. Big Brother, as soon as I saw you, I was amazed by your appearance! Look at the muscles on your body and your majestic figure! That’s right, you must be Lu Yin, right? Aside from him, this little brother can't think of anyone else who could be as impressive as you, Big Brother. Here, a gift for you, Big Brother."

As Hua Wu spoke, he emptied his cosmic ring. "Everything that this little brother owns is yours, Big Brother! Only a hero like you is worthy to pick up the universe’s treasures. I wasn’t able to find anything good, but if Big Brother can check and see if your little brother missed something. I would never refuse to offer anything that you might need! The treasures in this universe must be…"

"How many times have you spouted this same spiel?" Lu Yin asked in an odd tone.

Hua Wu blinked. "What are you talking about, Big Brother? I only mentioned that your little brother feels that others are trash in comparison to you. Be honest: Big Brother, are you really Lu Yin? Aside from him, I really can’t think of anyone else who could be as talented as you, Big Brother."

"I am Lu Yin," Lu Yin casually replied.

Hua Wu was momentarily stunned. "You- you are Lu Yin?"

Lu Yin nodded in a completely serious manner. "That’s right."

Hua Wu turned red. What’s going on? Why does this guy actually believe that? Is the secret technique useless? That’s impossible. Those four idiots just now were all deceived and confused, so it’s clearly working. But why is this shameless guy actually claiming to be Lu Yin? If you’re Lu Yin, then I’m Lu Yin’s father!

"So you’re Alliance Leader Lu! Your little brother’s been rude, but I have to tell you—aside from the leader of the Great Eastern Alliance, who could else be as talented as you, Big Brother? Your little brother didn’t see wrong! You really are the alliance leader! Your little brother would be eternally grateful if you could take care of me. It’s true that only Alliance Leader Lu is…"

Lu Yin set a hand onto Hua Wu's shoulder. "I just heard you curse me."

Hua Wu was taken aback. "Nope. Definitely not."

"I heard what you said," Lu Yin insisted.

The corner of Hua Wu’s mouth twitched. This guy really believed himself to be Lu Yin! "Cough, It’s really not true. Alliance Leader Lu, Big Brother Lu, you have you believe that your little brother’s admiration for you is greater than the size of this entire Burial Garden! I admire you as much as anyone in the Great Eastern Alliance—no! More! Your little brother…"

"What did you just do to those four men?" Lu Yin asked.

Hua Wu grew confused. "What did who do?"

A smile appeared on Lu Yin's face. He grabbed hold of Hua Wu and instantly tore through the void to return to the exit gate that stood in the middle of the sourcebox array.

When they arrived, Lu Yin happened to see someone entering the sourcebox array, so he dragged Hua Wu a bit away to watch.

𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The person who was approaching the sourcebox array was one of the four men who had previously surrounded Hua Wu. To be precise, he was the youngest of the four.

The man who had been called Fourth Brother looked quite scared as he stepped into the sourcebox array. He felt like his entire being was being seen through. Entering the sourcebox array felt like he was being observed by a legendary powerhouse, though Fourth Brother had never come into contact with such an expert in his entire life. After all, how many people had met a true powerhouse?

Before the Sixth Mainland’s invasion, most people had never even heard of a sourcebox array. After the invasion, the rise of Lu Yin and the broadcast of ZENITH had gradually spread knowledge of sourcebox arrays, and the universe had slowly learned about a terrifying fighting style.

However, didn’t that mean that there were very few sourcebox arrays? It was even rare for powerful Lockbreakers to comprehend sourcebox arrays, and yet there was one surrounding the exit. Fourth Brother was being forced to investigate it, and as far as he was concerned, this was a life-or-death matter.

Suddenly, the man’s vision changed, and a terrible pain erupted at his back. He smashed into the ground, and the wind was knocked out of him.

Where am I? The man rolled over onto his back after being slammed into the ground. When he sat up, he looked around. He immediately noticed Lu Yin and Hua Wu staring at him, and Fourth Brother’s expression became enraged when he saw Hua Wu next to Lu Yin. “It’s you, brat!”

The man wanted to say more, but he finally took notice of Lu Yin’s appearance as he stood next to Hua Wu, and Fourth Brother instantly suppressed his words.

Hua Wu blinked. What just happened? How did he get here from so far away?

Lu Yin was staring at the sourcebox array surrounding the exit gate off in the distance. It was easy to know which sourcebox array he was looking at.

Lockbreaking required Lockbreakers to risk their lives while fighting against the universe and unlocking sourceboxes. Sourceboxes contained unpredictable dangers, and it was also possible for Lockbreakers to come across a rare, natural sourcebox array. Many Lockbreakers lost their lives while trying to unravel these sourcebox arrays.

Lu Yin was not comfortable trying to probe an unknown sourcebox array on his own, but things were much easier now that he knew what this sourcebox array actually did.

Although Lu Yin knew the sourcebox array’s function, the same was not true of the three men standing outside of the array. They had just seen the youngest of the four of them disappear, and they all grew pale. They all believed that the man had been erased, and their legs grew weak as they quickly retreated.

"Let's get out of here! Let’s leave and never see each other again!" one person said as he fled as fast as possible without ever turning around.

The other two glanced at each other before taking off in two different directions. None of them had the courage to return to the sourcebox array as they were all terrified that some powerhouse would suddenly appear and force them into the sourcebox array to test it out. Then, their lives would be forfeit.

Fourth Brother also wanted to escape, but Lu Yin gestured for him to move closer.

Fourth Brother nervously swallowed. He had landed a fair distance from Lu Yin and Hua Wu, so the man turned and fled without any hesitation.

Lu Yin shook his head and wiggled a finger. Star energy fell down like the sky was collapsing, and space shattered in front of Fourth Brother.

The man’s pupils shrank at this amazing sight, and he slowly turned around to stare at Lu Yin. This person was an unfathomable powerhouse.

Lu Yin waved the man over again.

This time, Fourth Brother immediately obeyed, and he acted very respectfully as he stood in front of Lu Yin, though sweat was dripping from the man’s forehead. "Um, Senior, were you looking for me?"

Lu Yin pointed over at Hua Wu. "Do you remember him?"

Fourth Brother and Hua Wu glanced at each other, and the man started to act excited. "Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother, it's really you! Damn, this is so lucky! You managed to meet such a powerful expert? Fourth Brother is so happy for you, Fifth Brother."

Hua Wu felt that this was a bit awkward, as this man believed that Lu Yin was Hua Wu’s backer, which was why the man known as Fourth Brother had started acting so strangely. It was really quite disturbing to see.

"Since you two know each other, you can both die," Lu Yin stated in a cold voice.

Hua Wu was startled, and Fourth Brother’s scalp went numb. In an instant, he kicked at Hua Wu. "Senior, I don't know him! I promise that I don’t know him at all!”

He pointed at Hua Wu and shouted, "This bastard tricked all of us, though I have no idea what he did. He somehow made the four of us believe his bullshit and become sworn brothers! Senior, I swear that this is only the second time this junior has even seen this man, and I beg you to look into what happened!"

Hua Wu gritted his teeth from the pain of the kick. The bastard had not been gentle.

Lu Yin waved a hand to dismiss Fourth Brother. "You can go."

Fourth Brother turned right around and took off as though he had just escaped from death. He did not even dare to look back.

Lu Yin looked at Hua Wu with greater interest. "Well, it's time for us to talk."

Hua Wu rubbed his waist where he had been kicked and sneered. "Brother Lu, what do you want to talk about?"

Lu Yin stared at the young man. "I don't believe that there are any idiots in this universe who would unconditionally trust someone else after just exchanging a few words, and I find the likelihood of that even less when the people involved are cultivators. What’s more, it was even a group of four people. How did you do it?"

Hua Wu rolled his eyes and pointed towards Fourth Brother who was still running away. He started talking in a bitter tone. "Brother Lu, don't believe him! The truth is that we’ve known each other for a long time, but-"

"I want to hear the truth, and I don't want to waste any more time. If I don't believe every word that comes out of your mouth the next time you open it, you’ll die.” Lu Yin's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Hua Wu met Lu Yin's cold gaze, and his heart dropped. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but a chill came over his entire body, and he felt like he saw his own death. While he had no idea who the person in front of him was or why he was pretending to be Lu Yin, most cultivators were ruthless and decisive and had nothing holding them back from killing people with whom they had no relationship.

Lu Yin's eyes grew increasingly colder.

Hua Wu shrugged and closed his eyes. He let out a sigh, and then reluctantly opened his eyes and started speaking. "Secret technique: Man of My Word."

Lu Yin was completely confused. "What?"

Hua Wu’s voice was earnest as he continued, "I stumbled upon an inheritance when I entered Burial Garden. It’s a secret technique called Man of My Word. Anything I say to another person is considered absolutely true, as long as their cultivation doesn’t exceed mine by too much. As for you, you’re way too strong for this to do anything at all to you, which means that Senior should at least be an Enlighter."

Lu Yin stared intently at Hua Wu. "Is this a joke?"

Hua Wu's heart skipped a beat and he turned pale. "Senior, this junior is being honest! It really is a secret technique! You saw what happened to those four guys, and you already mentioned how it’s impossible for people to simply believe a person that they just met. Their reactions were all because of this secret technique!"

Lu Yin still did not believe that such a ridiculous secret technique had been created. Who would do that?

Secret techniques were exclusively created by Progenitors. Lu Yin was rather aware of the different secret techniques that existed in the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands, but in ancient times, there had been four more Mainlands that had eventually been destroyed. How many Progenitors had those Mainlands possessed?

Just how many Progenitors had been born over the eons?

It was not an exaggeration to say that, if all of the secret techniques that had ever existed were compiled into a single book, Lu Yin would still refuse to believe that such a ridiculous secret technique would be found in the pages.

Which Progenitor would be petty enough to create such a secret technique?

Suddenly, Lu Yin was reminded of Kui Luo, and his expression grew weird. If Kui Luo one day became a Progenitor, just what kind of secret technique would he end up creating?

Was this a coincidence? This sort of secret technique was the exact sort of technique that Kui Luo would create. Since there was such a person alive, it was possible that someone with a similar personality had lived in ancient times as well.

"Which Progenitor created the secret technique that you received?" Lu Yin asked.

Hua Wu's face twitched. "Um, I don't know."

"You don't know?" Lu Yin arched a brow, and his eyes grew cold once more.

Hua Wu dropped to his knees. "Senior, I really don’t know! All I know is that the bridge of my nose grew longer after I learned this secret technique!"