Looking at the clusters of light around him, Lu Yin saw only one that was especially bright and just right for him. Without hesitation, he merged with it.
Was this Zhongping Sea?
The person Lu Yin had merged with was currently at the bottom of Zhongping Sea. But this wasn't the Zhongping Sea in Zhongping Realm; it was in Lower Realm.
Zhongping Sea connected Zhongping Realm and Lower Realm. As memories flooded in, Lu Yin learned that he was in the Zhongping Sea of Lower Realm, and that the person he had merged with was an island lord in this area, known as Island Lord Rong.
Lu Yin had merged with someone to find out how the Four Sides Heavenly Balance had handled the Star Alliance situation. But Island Lord Rong hadn't left this stretch of sea in a very long time. He had no information from the outside world, so merging with him wouldn't get Lu Yin any news about the Four Sides Heavenly Balance.
Just as Lu Yin was about to end the merge, he suddenly discovered something unusual in Island Lord Rong's memories.
The man had not chosen to stay in this sea. He'd been forced to, and the ones who had forced him were the Lu family. They hadn't just coerced him; they'd also forced many Star Envoys to venture into Zhongping Sea, all to guard the waterways that led straight to the Mother Tree's roots.
When Lu Yin had accompanied Bai Weiwei to Zhongping Sea, he'd learned from Mr. Bai and the others that many creatures there could touch the Mother Tree Root. In other words, Zhongping Sea had waterways leading straight to the Mother Tree Root.
If the creatures in the sea could reach it, so could humans—as long as they found a way.