Eight Colors' voice sounded again. "Lu Yin, the Red Hanging Coffin belongs to Qi Xu. When she died, the coffin had to be returned to the Unknown, along with the red thread."
Lu Yin frowned. "What if I hadn't paid my respects to the Divine Tree, and the Red Hanging Coffin had already been returned?"
"Heh. Then you'd just have to live with it."
"You sure want to keep everything for yourself, kid. Ambitious, aren't you?"
Eight Colors said, "The Red Hanging Coffin must be returned."
"Then I choose red," Lu Yin said.
"The color isn't up to you. The Divine Tree decides," Eight Colors replied.
Lu Yin sighed. So this was how they were forcing him to come over.
But he could also stay away. The worst that could happen was that he wouldn't complete the mission. Qi Xu had been dead for so many years, and the Unknown had never pressed him to finish it. There was no time limit now, either.
He'd joined this time to give Human Civilization some insurance.
"If you want it, you can have it," Lu Yin said.
Eight Colors' voice rang out. "Once you pay your respects to the Divine Tree, or a newcomer joins, the Red Hanging Coffin must be returned. Do not make a mistake."
Lu Yin's heart stirred. A newcomer, huh? So if no one new joined, he wouldn't have to return it.
"Next, you can choose a reward for destroying the Thorn Civilization. Rewards include civilization coordinates, history, Battle Skill Cultivation Methods, knowledge of the universe, turbidity treasures, and more. They correspond to the level of the civilization you destroyed."
Lu Yin was curious. "What level is the Thorn Civilization?"
"The lowest."
Lu Yin pressed his lips together. "Does knowledge of the universe mean I can ask anything