Seeing the earnest look on Yu Xiang'er's face, Lu Yin knew she wasn't joking. He asked, puzzled, "Why me?"
"Because your name is Fugui."
"??"
"In the cultivation world, there are geniuses and ordinary people. But even ordinary people rarely choose a name like that. That alone shows how unique you are, and how untouched by worldly concerns."
"Speak plainly."
"Your name is so ordinary that no one would have the nerve to bully you."
Lu Yin was speechless. That was way too blunt. Was that really it? Come to think of it, who would bully a fool named Fugui?
He regretted it. He shouldn't have called himself Fugui. Yu Xiang'er had a point. Who in the cultivation world would use a name like that? Among a crowd of geniuses, an ordinary person would stand out, and so would his name. Even the weakest Rogue Cultivator wouldn't have a name that... awful? Even ordinary mortals who didn't cultivate rarely had a name like that.
Lu Yin felt he'd overdone it.
He hadn't thought much of it before. He'd only wanted to blend in with the Rogue Cultivators. Maybe the Ancestor had led him astray, too. Fugui still sounded better than Zhu Zi.
He'd been above everyone else for too long, to the point that he'd stopped thinking things through in certain matters.
Wasn't this how the Eternal managed to scheme against the Ancestor back then?
The Eternal had hidden in the shadows and plotted every step, while the Ancestor had blazed with brilliance. In the end, that had led to the destruction of the Heaven Sect.
Lu Yin had assumed he wouldn't ignore the dark corners, but in truth, he already had.
He'd kept his eyes fixed on the Eternal, treating him as the threat lurking in the shadows. But