After exchanging a few words, Lin Yu understood Wushuang Daoren's personality. He had come today simply to test Wushuang Daoren.
He wanted to see whether this peerless Daoist was using these cultivators as experiments and deliberately ignoring their sins, or whether he was simply too lazy to do it and thought these cultivators were not worthy of his attention.
"If I were to deal with them, would you intervene, senior?" Lin Yu continued to ask.
Although the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces cannot leave this place, they can use most of the cultivators who enter the Twelve True Palaces to force them to become their puppets, from which they can never escape. Lin Yu certainly cannot turn a blind eye to this evil.
If I delay any longer, another cultivator will suffer here.
Lin Yu considered it as doing a meritorious deed, hoping that if the Peerless Daoist didn't want to take action, he could go and do it himself, and the other party wouldn't interfere.
If this were during the era of the Three Thousand Immortal Realms, Lin Yu would naturally not have been so polite.
However, considering that the Twelve True Palaces, one upright and one in reverse, were the brainchild of the Peerless Daoist, Lin Yu asked him this question.
Lin Yu came here today wanting a definite answer from the other party, to see how this matter should be resolved and who should handle it.
The saying goes, "Even when beating a dog, one must consider its owner." With the strength of the Peerless Daoist, he deserves to be treated with respect by any cultivator of the Dao Qi era. Unfortunately, Lin Yu is not a cultivator of the Dao Qi era at all.
He came here today to force Wushuang Daoist to make a decision.
Although the Peerless Daoist was well aware of the evil deeds committed by the cultivators of the Twelve True Palaces, he was unwilling to take action to punish them and even allowed them to continue living in the other Twelve True Palaces. It is unknown what he would think of Lin Yu's sudden request.
Even if he were to be rejected by the Peerless Daoist, Lin Yu did not intend to delay any longer. He was still willing to give it a try, because if he delayed any longer, there would be more victims.
The Peerless Daoist did not answer Lin Yu's question, nor did he even face Lin Yu directly. He simply stared motionlessly at the peach grove not far away, letting the breeze rustle through the treetops.
Perhaps because the Peerless Daoist was in the peach grove, the breeze seemed to be much more frequent than Lin Yu had previously observed.
However, the water butterflies that should have floated out with the breeze never appeared.
Lin Yu was puzzled by what he was seeing when the Peerless Daoist spoke up.
"I have lived here for over a thousand years. The moment I learned of those people's greed, I moved here from there."
"No matter how much they cause trouble, the other side will only become their grave. When they came, I let them go and failed to guide them onto the right path. Now, all I can do is give them a suitable grave."
As he said this, the Peerless Daoist couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
"There's something that I'm curious about. The entrance to the Twelve Palaces hasn't appeared within the barrier for many years. Why did your appearance cause the entrance to reappear?"
"Once would be one thing, but this is your second time entering this place. I've already placed a huge barrier around the Twelve True Palaces here. Just who are you?"
The Peerless Daoist looked at Lin Yu with scrutiny. This was the first time that a prodigy like him had met an opponent who could be his equal.
Although she only resided in the Twelve True Palaces, she was actually omniscient about everything that happened during the entire Dao Qi era. Anything that the Peerless Daoist wanted to know could not be hidden from her eyes.
The reason why Wushuang Daoist was willing to show himself in front of Lin Yu was that he wanted to meet this strange cultivator in person.
He still harbored a sliver of expectation for Lin Yu. Could this guy be different from ordinary cultivators?
To Wushuang Daoist's disappointment, Lin Yu only picked some peaches and left after arriving at the peach grove of the Twelve True Palaces. Although he was not greedy, it seemed that he had only come for rare and precious treasures.
With his power, why would he still have such desires for these mundane things?
The Peerless Daoist found it utterly vulgar, but he never expected that Lin Yu would visit the Twelve True Palaces on this side for the second time.
This time, compared to his previous impatience, Lin Yu appeared much more composed.
The Peerless Daoist clearly sensed that Lin Yu's demeanor had changed, perhaps because everything had been resolved and Lin Yu was now at ease.
Lin Yu looked helplessly at the Peerless Daoist. Even though the other party could sense his powerful strength, he was still puzzled by many things about him.
For example, the Hongmeng System. Although Lin Yu's strength allows him to easily conceal something like that, it would be somewhat difficult for him to do so in front of the Peerless Daoist.
Fortunately, even though the Peerless Daoist felt something was strange, he was unable to investigate in detail where Lin Yu's power came from.
"Perhaps I am your destined one, senior." Lin Yu hesitated for a moment, using an ambiguous statement instead of directly answering the question posed by the Peerless Daoist.
"My ability to escape the limitations of my time and arrive in this era was merely a matter of chance."
"I am only taking action now because I cannot tolerate the actions of the Twelve True Palace cultivators. That's why I wanted to come and greet you before making any decisions."
Lin Yu continued, his eyes conveying a sense of neither arrogance nor servility.
After all, Lin Yu was a prominent figure in the Three Thousand Immortal Realms era, someone that ordinary cultivators could not even approach. Being obsequious was not in Lin Yu's nature.
However, Lin Yu felt like he had hit a wall in front of this peerless Daoist.
Due to spatial limitations, the Hongmeng System could not function at its full potential. Lin Yu could not fathom the true purpose of the Peerless Daoist, and naturally did not know what his intentions were.
"Hehe, since you consider yourself a junior, you must be from a later era."
"In that case, this era has indeed come to an end."
Unexpectedly, after a long silence, the Peerless Daoist once again uttered something astonishing.
To Lin Yu's surprise, the Peerless Daoist spoke in a calm tone, as if he had already disregarded life and death.
Having reached the level of the Peerless Daoist, his life is intertwined with the entire era. In theory, he should not have to experience birth, aging, sickness, and death. However, there is only one situation: if the entire era is destroyed, he will inevitably fall into destruction as well.
However, Wushuang Daoist's tone was completely normal at this moment, as if he were talking about a trivial matter. Moreover, judging from his calm appearance, he seemed to have no intention of making any further efforts for this era.