Dean Wen left, leaving Lu Yin and Yu Chuan to speak alone.
Everyone else left as well, so the two of them no longer needed to keep up their act.
"How is Xiao Hao?" Yu Chuan asked.
Lu Yin replied in a low voice, "He committed suicide decades ago."
Yu Chuan shut his eyes in grief. "It was my fault. I thought I was clever, thinking a staged act of suffering could fool the Four Sides Heavenly Balance. In the end, I left the Jade Family without an heir and turned us into a laughingstock across the entire Tree Starry Sky. It was my fault."
Lu Yin comforted him. "No one could have expected the Four Sides Heavenly Balance to be so ruthless, using this method against the Jade Family."
Yu Chuan gave a bitter smile, then looked at Lu Yin with confusion. "So, who are you? Why did you do this?"
Lu Yin thought for a moment, unsure how to answer.
"If you don't want to say, then don't. It doesn't matter. The Jade Family is already the biggest laughingstock; nothing could turn out worse. Whatever your purpose, be careful of Divine Martial Heaven. Everyone in the Star Alliance has been placed under a restriction. It will take all four families acting together to remove it," Yu Chuan warned.
Lu Yin watched Yu Chuan walk away. He would be staying not far from Yixian Academy, making it easier for the two of them to meet.
Though they knew the truth about each other, they still had to keep up the act.
Sometimes Lu Yin truly couldn't understand the point of the Four Sides Heavenly Balance using restrictions to control people in the Star Alliance. Many of them had already seen through life and death, and the restrictions might not