Elder Da Gu smiled wryly. "Alliance Leader Lu, do you think you're the only one who's ever been judged for cultivating death energy all these years? There have never been any exceptions for cultivators of death energy—they were executed on the spot. You're the first Alliance Leader Lu to be sentenced to freedom. Even Elder Chan came forward to vouch for you."
Lu Yin hadn't known that. No wonder the Immortal Old Man had been confident enough to use his privileges as a councilor to imprison him. If Elder Chan hadn't stepped in and the Arbiter hadn't stayed out of it, Lu Yin might really have been in trouble. Of course, with Changtian Island and Master Yuan backing him, imprisonment was unlikely. Being watched, though, was a certainty.
"Elder Chan really looks after you, Alliance Leader Lu. I'm envious. Do you remember what happened at the border warehouse back then?" Elder Da Gu asked eagerly.
Lu Yin smiled. "Don't worry, Elder. If I get the chance, I'll transfer you to the Glory Realm."
Elder Da Gu hurriedly thanked him. "Thank you, Alliance Leader Lu."
Seeing Master Yuan again, Lu Yin felt differently than before. Once, he hadn't been able to make out anything about the man. Now, Master Yuan seemed almost as if he didn't belong to this universe, giving off an ethereal, dreamlike air.
Master Yuan was just as astonished by Lu Yin. Over countless years, he had taught one extraordinarily gifted student after another. Though he had only given many of them casual instruction, he had seen more elite geniuses than perhaps any other cultivator. Even so, he had never seen a prodigy like Lu Yin.
"No wonder the Glory Hall chose you to guard a pass. Looking back through history, perhaps only a handful could have matched