One Character Number flowed into Lu Yin's body along with Lord Mi's palm. Lu Yin had no time to examine it. Before him, Lord Mi sat cross-legged. "Before they find me, I'll do my best to break through. Help me cover my tracks, too. If they come looking and I haven't succeeded yet, you can leave first."
Lu Yin said nothing. He watched countless traces, neither lines nor anything else, emerge from Lord Mi's body. He didn't know what they were, but the moment he saw them, he instinctively felt wary. They must be the power Lord Mi cultivated.
The Four Great Masters had tried every means to find him, leaving him no choice but to risk a breakthrough. He had also foreseen the consequences if it failed. That was why One Character Number was a legacy—a legacy that would let Lu Yin break through in the new era.
Lu Yin released his consciousness to cover the traces around them. No matter how much commotion Lord Mi's breakthrough caused, he would do his best to conceal it and keep anyone from interrupting.
The line-like traces kept piercing through the barrier of his consciousness, forcing Lu Yin to expand its reach and strengthen the screen.
He didn't know what Lord Mi was breaking through to, nor could he understand it.
Lord Mi was at the same cultivation level as him. Both had mastered Three Dao Laws, but Lu Yin had only recently broken through and hadn't yet formed any understanding of the power of the new era. Lord Mi was different. He had spent as many years contemplating as the Great Palace Lord, if not more. And since he had known the era was changing long ago, he had been preparing all this time. The path he had been contemplating was,