"My uncle, Xia Yuan, was second only to Half Ancestor Zi Huan among the collateral branches. He heard this by chance and told me when we were... together," Xia Zhitong said.
Lu Yin frowned. "This is only a lead. How does it help me rescue my grandfather?"
"I can find Xia Yuan," Xia Zhitong said. "The restrictions on those people in the Star Alliance came from the Cold Immortal Sect, but they weren't exclusive to it. All Four Sides Heavenly Balance factions have ways to control restrictions. If I can find Xia Yuan, I might be able to learn how to break them through him and rescue your grandfather."
Lu Yin wanted more than to rescue the old man from the Jade Family. He wanted to save all the Lu Family Remnants in the Star Alliance.
Without breaking the restrictions, he couldn't save them. One way to learn how was through Xia Yuan. Another was to keep rolling a six on his die. Eventually, he could merge with one of those powerful figures—like Xia Xing, the head of the Xia Family. Xia Xing would certainly know how to break the restrictions.
But rescuing the people in the Star Alliance was only one part of it. He also had to save the people in Red Garden and, if possible, obtain the Nine Body Separation Technique from Divine Martial Heaven. Those were all things he needed to do next.
So Lu Yin looked at Xia Zhitong. He couldn't kill this woman. She was more valuable alive than dead. She would die eventually, but not now.
Someone who had spent decades tormented by hatred wouldn't let her enemy off so easily. He needed time to vent the hatred in his heart.
Lu Yin was exactly that kind of person. If he really were