Senior Brother Mu Xie was only one man. The Mist Ancestor would not intervene, and Nong Yi was unlikely to be willing to either. All they wanted was stability. Facing Lu the Madman alone, Lu Yin could accomplish nothing.
Even if Lu the Madman stood right in front of him, he might not be capable of killing him.
Nong Yi kept hoeing the soil. "Some things can't be rushed. Take it slowly."
Lu Yin gripped his hoe. "Liu Yue is dead."
Nong Yi's movements paused.
"Three years ago, we kept the Four Sides Heavenly Balance in check, but that doesn't mean we can still do so three years later. Senior, have you never wondered just what gave the Four Sides Heavenly Balance the confidence to exile the Lu family? You know what a role the Lu family played in holding off the Eternal Clan. With the Lu family gone, the Eternal Clan grew powerful enough to invade the Tree Starry Sky. The Four Sides Heavenly Balance couldn't stop them."
"I investigated several battles that took place after the Lu family was exiled. I discovered that the Seven Gods Heaven, who had once been locked in a stalemate with the Lu family, disappeared. Pressure on the five formation bases increased, forcing the Four Sides Heavenly Balance's Progenitors to stand guard in the Dominion Realm. Yet the fighting was less intense than when the Lu family was still here. That isn't right," Lu Yin said.
"And then there's Liu Yue's death. Where did the Four Sides Heavenly Balance get the confidence to kill a Progenitor without any evidence? They were prepared to fight the Nong family, Ghost Abyss, and even Humility's Gate head-on. What gave them that confidence?"
"A lot of what the Four Sides Heavenly Balance does is strange. It seems