Lu Yin felt a pang of melancholy, his thoughts in turmoil. He didn't want Zhuo Baiye to die. That was why he had come here.
"Hey, look! There are so many shooting stars!" Hai Qiqi shouted, pointing at the sky.
Lu Yin looked up. They weren't shooting stars, but spaceships—over a hundred of them, all heading in the same direction. There were only two possible explanations: either they belonged to the same faction, or they had discovered something extraordinary, and the major factions were sending reinforcements to seize it.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "Come on. Let's go."
Hai Qiqi nodded and followed him in that direction.
The place where the ships were landing looked close, but it was actually a very long way off—even farther than the distance between the mountain range occupied by the North Xing Flow Realm and Mount Hong.
Lu Yin and Hai Qiqi flew while holding Star Energy Marrow, replenishing their star energy as they went.
Only a handful of people could replenish their star energy with Star Energy Marrow. Most still relied on Star Energy Crystals, including Bei Mengang and his companions.
That alone showed Lu Yin that he was no longer in the same league as them.
Lu Yin and Hai Qiqi weren't the only ones traveling that way. Along the way, they encountered groups of Extreme Realm cultivators—some in threes and fives, others in dozens—all heading in the same direction. It confirmed that something extraordinary had been discovered there.
They also saw something that left Lu Yin unsure whether to feel sorrow or pity: some Extreme Realm cultivators were being used as mounts.
Mount Hong had no star energy, so flying at high speed consumed it. For some people, constantly replenishing their reserves with Star Energy Crystals was a considerable expense. That was