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The Woodborn Tribe's strongest member struggled to contain its excitement and said in a low voice, "In our tribe's ancient history, a Heavenly Machine Inquirer once visited. That Heavenly Machine Inquirer gave us guidance, allowing our tribe to survive until now. However, the Heavenly Machine Inquirer also left us some instructions."
"First, the entire tribe was to change its name to Niu Niu and wait for a living being who could say names like Chu Heizi, Chu Yi, and Fertile Soil."
"Second, we were to give that living being a map." As it spoke, it carefully took out a map and handed it to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin accepted it. The map was ancient, and there was writing on it: I don't know who'll come here. I'll leave it to chance. If nobody comes, so be it. I've left more than one place behind throughout the Gu Jin Years, anyway. Search within ten thousand miles around this map's center, and you'll surely find a Heavenly Machine Inquirer—provided one exists.
Nobody in Outer Heaven recognized this writing. It was unique to the Three Realms Six Paths. When they had first created it, even the Progenitors hadn't known about it. Their purpose had been to slack off.
That was right—slack off while cultivating.
The writing had never spread beyond them, and it followed no fixed rules. They had created it however they pleased.
So only the Three Realms Six Paths could understand it.
Lu Yin knew it because of Old Ancestor Lu Yuan. He glanced at the Woodborn Tribe's strongest member. The tribe must have visited the places marked on the map, but it couldn't read the writing or understand what the marks meant. The marks themselves weren't important; the area around them was where they could find a Heavenly Machine