A group of people formed a long line in the street, walking slowly under the lashes of a cultivator's whip.
They looked much like ordinary people, except they had four ears, sharp teeth, longer legs, and grayish skin. They seemed gloomy, their eyes vacant, as if they had no intelligence.
The whip cracked, lashing hard across one person's back. "Lift your head! If I can't sell you today, I'll make you wish you were dead."
The person who'd been whipped shuddered and tried to raise his head. Facing the crowd, he did his best to smile and even bared his teeth—not to threaten anyone, but to let those around him see his build and features. His teeth were one of the traits buyers looked at when choosing them.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed at the sight. Xi meant slaves? The Outer Universe.
From his conversation with Si Jiu Shi, Lu Yin knew that apart from factions such as the Four Upper and Five Lower Divine Lords, the Death Mounds, the Spring and Autumn Jian, and the Nine Chi Garden, the Nine Heavens Universe could broadly be divided into two camps.
One was Yu Jiuxiao, and the other was Zhou Tiandi.
Yu Jiuxiao referred to the nine pillars that reached the heavens and surrounded the Nine Heavens Universe. They supported and protected the universe, and also served as transport vessels, much like spaceships, for its campaigns against the Outer Universes. Each Heavenly Pillar gathered many powerful cultivators. Whenever an Outer Universe was discovered, a pillar would be sent out, marking the start of a war.
Zhou Tiandi, on the other hand, referred to the forces within the Nine Heavens Universe. The Luo Family of the Heavenly Gate, the Nine Chi Garden, and the Spring and Autumn Jian were among them.
Yu Jiuxiao