Lu Yin had been prepared. "There's no need to pay respects, but this can still show our sincerity. This is something people do in my hometown." As he spoke, he took out a bundle of threads from his Void Ring and handed them to Fa Ye and the others. "These are remembrance threads. They represent the descendants' longing and blessings for their elders as they approach the end of their lives. Wind the thread around an elder as you walk around them. The more times you circle them, the more sincere you are."
A San looked puzzled. "There's really a custom like that?"
"A fine custom," A Wu said.
Fa Ye sighed. "The Gate of All Laws isn't somewhere we can visit whenever we like. We might never get another chance to pay our respects to our predecessors. Since that's the case, let's do this."
A Jiu took a thread and pressed her lips together. "Thank you, Seventeen."
Lu Yin nodded and began circling the grave.
Fa Ye and the others circled the grave as well.
One lap, two, three... ten...
A few laps would have been enough for Lu Yin. With every lap, he sent karma winding around the thread. No one else could see it; only he could. Those Karma Spirals had already enclosed the grave.
Cross Tribulation powerhouses couldn't see an attack made from Karma Spirals, but they could sense it and evade.
Now, Lu Yin had laid a trap with karma without even touching the grave. Yi Shang naturally couldn't sense it.
Still, Yi Shang instinctively felt something was wrong. He opened his eyes and looked outside. Seeing Lu Yin and the others still circling the grave, he closed his eyes again. Out of sight, out of mind.
They had already made fifty laps, and cultivators