579: First courtesy, then force, apply for tracking (43k)

At the same moment Jin Shi entered the Time-Space Turbulence Zone for teleportation, powerful experts in the Endless Spacetime who had received the news and possessed the capability also began heading toward the Wan Qian Universe Zone.

The destruction of a Universe Zone, besides offering a vast amount of resources, provided the most precious thing: the Primordial Dao within the Universe Zone.

The Dao within a Universe Zone is slightly lower in level compared to the Dao in high-level spacetimes within the Endless Spacetime.

Dao also has distinctions of high and low.

The more advanced and powerful a Dao is, the more difficult it is for people to comprehend.

It is much simpler for an ordinary Dao to resonate and lead to comprehension.

Therefore, whenever a Universe Zone encounters a Dark Invasion, a large number of existences at the peak of the Guiyuan Realm will head there.

These peak Returning Origin Realm experts are only one step away from the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, lacking only the comprehension of the rules within the Dao.

In the Endless Spacetime, it is too difficult for them to sense the existence of the Dao.

Even if they do sense it, they may not necessarily succeed in gaining any comprehension or harvest.

Consequently, a collapsing Universe Zone, especially one that has just begun its destruction, is the greatest opportunity for these peak Returning Origin Realm experts.

As for the Myriad Laws Emperor, they rarely participate in the destruction of such Universe Zones.

Every Myriad Laws Emperor has already comprehended some rule power.

They need the high-level Dao in the Endless Spacetime to guide their progress; the Dao within a Universe Zone has limited utility for them.

So, the greatest threat of a Dark Invasion is not just those Dark Creatures and Dark Hunters, but also those peak Returning Origin Realm experts who urgently need to comprehend rule power!

To a certain extent, they pose a greater threat than the Dark Creatures and Dark Hunters.

A peak Returning Origin Realm expert is a powerhouse in high-level spacetimes, even if they haven't comprehended rule power.

When they call upon their friends, the threat they bring is immense.

Sometimes, some peak Returning Origin Realm experts who haven't mastered rule power will even push for a Dark Invasion of a Universe Zone.

And sometimes, even those peak Returning Origin Realm experts who have mastered rule power but still cannot gain insights into the Dao in high-level spacetimes will also push for the destruction of a Universe Zone.

When Lin Yang heard this news after coming out of seclusion, his heart sank instantly.

The situation was far more serious than he had previously imagined!

"A large number of peak Returning Origin Realm experts from the Mirror Ruins Realm are rushing toward the Wan Qian Universe Zone, attempting to get a share of the spoils!"

Lin Yang's expression was unsightly.

If so many peak Returning Origin Realm experts from just the Mirror Ruins Realm were going, it was conceivable that the same was true for other high-level spacetimes!

"The people I have to deal with also include these Returning Origin Realm experts!"

Lin Yang's eyes flickered with a chilling killing intent.

"No matter how many people there are, or who they are, as long as they cause destruction to the Ten Thousand Universes, they must pay the price!"

At this moment, Lin Yang had made up his mind; no matter how many peak Returning Origin Realm experts went, and no matter their background, anyone who dared to destroy the Home Universe Zone was an enemy!

Shua.

Then, Lin Yang took a step forward and rushed at top speed toward the Kunyu Country's Royal Capital, where there was a special teleportation array leading directly to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone.

Although the seal on the Time-Space Turbulence Zone had not been completely lifted, one could still enter as long as they paid the price.

At the same time, he also sent a message to Xuan Xiao.

"His Highness Xuan Xiao, the Wan Qian Universe Zone currently facing a Dark Invasion is my Home Universe Zone. I must protect it no matter what. Please inform the Returning Origin Realm experts under your command and the experts of Your Highness's lineage not to go. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee I won't take action against them!"

He felt it was very necessary to inform Xuan Xiao of this matter.

After all, Xuan Xiao had given him a lot of help, and Xuan Xiao's lineage certainly had many peak Returning Origin Realm experts.

If they also went, it would make things slightly difficult for Lin Yang.

But for the sake of the Home Universe Zone, he would have no choice but to act, so the best way was to inform Xuan Xiao in advance.

Courtesy before force.

If Xuan Xiao had already informed them and someone still refused to listen, then he couldn't be blamed.

To this, Xuan Xiao responded immediately: "Ah? Your Excellency Lin Yang, that Universe Zone is your home Universe Zone?"

Xuan Xiao was stunned.

Wasn't this too much of a coincidence?

"Yes, so I must ask His Highness Xuan Xiao to help spread the word, lest we hurt the harmony between our own people," Lin Yang nodded. "I am already on my way to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone."

"This..." Xuan Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry and hurriedly said, "Alright, rest assured. I will pass the word down now. However, I cannot say it is your Home Universe Zone. I will tell them to try not to interfere in this Universe Zone's Dark Invasion. I hope you can understand."

"I understand," Lin Yang nodded. "Your Highness, you are afraid that if my identity as your Guest Retainer is exposed, the other princes will take the opportunity to target me."

"Exactly!"

Xuan Xiao also nodded, then said somewhat apologetically:

"So for this Dark Invasion, it is almost impossible for me to help you with anything on the surface. Once my people act, they will definitely be noticed. But don't worry, I will try my best to find ways to provide you with maximum assistance!"

Lin Yang's growth rate was too fast; once exposed, the princes of other lineages would definitely kill Lin Yang at any cost during the Dark Invasion.

Although Xuan Xiao was also anxious, he still couldn't act openly unless it was a last resort.

After a pause, Xuan Xiao added: "Of course, even if I go all out, I won't be able to invite a powerful Myriad Laws Emperor. Those Myriad Laws Emperors don't look highly upon an ordinary prince like me and won't give me the face to help. I can only try to help you find a few more peak Returning Origin Realm experts."

At this point, Xuan Xiao's words paused slightly, and then he spoke even faster:

"There is one thing I must tell you, and that is, I cannot guarantee that I can step in at the final moment to save your Universe Zone."

"Because once I step in to forcibly save your Universe Zone, the princes who have a grudge against me will also definitely destroy it at any cost!"

"Even if your identity isn't exposed and no one knows the relationship between us, as long as I am desperately trying to save it, other princes will definitely try just as hard to destroy it. They won't care about my reasons for saving it; as long as they can sabotage my affairs and prevent me from succeeding, that is their greatest goal!"

"Therefore, for this Dark Invasion, I cannot provide much help either openly or secretly. I hope you can understand."

"Because if I go all out to save it, your Universe Zone will surely be destroyed. If I only assist from the side, there is actually a slim possibility of saving it."

Xuan Xiao's words were tinged with a bit of helplessness.

He thought highly of Lin Yang, but now he really wasn't sure he could provide help to save the Universe Zone.

And if the Universe Zone couldn't be saved and the avatar was lost, it would be a huge loss!

"I understand, and this is enough. Thank you, Your Highness." Lin Yang hadn't expected Xuan Xiao to be able to help much in the first place.

Just as Xuan Xiao said, it was better if he didn't act; if he did, the Home Universe Zone would definitely not be saved!

Even if the princes of other lineages were temporarily allied, they would want to ruin Xuan Xiao's plans.

So when he spoke, he didn't mention asking Xuan Xiao for help, only that Xuan Xiao's people should not show up, to avoid any awkwardness in the future.

"It's good that you can understand."

Xuan Xiao felt relieved and then began to comfort him:

"Don't be too upset. A Universe Zone being hit by a Dark Invasion is a very common occurrence in the Endless Spacetime. Although you'll lose an avatar, I believe that with your aptitude, not having an avatar isn't a big problem. Many powerful existences in the Endless Spacetime don't have avatars either, yet they still look down upon the world!"

"Your Highness need not comfort me. I will give it my all!" Lin Yang didn't say much more, preparing to end the transmission.

Xuan Xiao sighed in his heart and followed up: "There's one more thing you should note: the Time-Space Turbulence Zone is guarded by people from our Saint Xuan Ancient Country."

"You are a new face. They will surely ask if you know anyone from the Saint Xuan Ancient Country, and then they will give you a significant discount or even free teleportation. Just say you don't know anyone and pay the full fee. I will compensate you for this cost later."

"No need, thank you, Your Highness. I'll pay this bit of money myself." Lin Yang noted it down and then hung up the transmission, focusing on his journey. After arriving at the Royal Capital, he directly used the special teleportation array to teleport to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone.

The Mirror Ruins Realm was too large and its space extremely stable, making it very difficult to perform instantaneous movement. If one were to travel to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone purely by journeying, it might take some cultivators several hundred years to arrive.

Therefore, the Royal Capital of every country had a dedicated special teleportation array that could reach the Turbulence Zone directly. Although there was a fee, it was within an acceptable range.

Of course, this wasn't done purely out of the kindness of their hearts; rather, it was to get people to reach the Turbulence Zone via the array so they could earn the fees for time-space teleportation.

However, it was indeed very convenient and could be considered a win-win situation.

With a slight wave of dizziness from the teleportation, Lin Yang appeared again, already in the Turbulence Zone.

Here, one could even describe it as bustling.

Two Enforcement Teams from the Saint Xuan Ancient Country were stationed here, responsible for collecting fees as well as maintaining order to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

As for the price of teleportation, it was divided into two types: directional and random.

Directional teleportation cost a hundred times more than random.

But it wasn't precise positioning to the target spacetime.

Instead, it could get relatively close to the target spacetime, within a certain area.

Random teleportation was entirely dependent on luck.

The prices weren't cheap either; a directional one cost fifty billion!

However, Lin Yang still chose directional teleportation without hesitation.

He didn't have that much time to try random ones over and over!

"Going to a Universe Zone? Does Your Excellency also want to get a share of the spoils?"

The enforcement officer collecting the fee looked at Lin Yang and, sensing the first-level Returning Origin Realm aura on him, immediately smiled:

"Your Excellency, many peak Returning Origin Realm experts have already gone to the Universe Zone currently facing a Dark Invasion. If you go there directionally now, you might lose everything."

The Enforcement Team members here were all ordinary Returning Origin Realm experts.

So they could sense Lin Yang's aura.

This was also mainly because Lin Yang was in a hurry and didn't hide it.

Therefore, this member gave a kind reminder.

Peak Returning Origin Realm experts going there didn't necessarily have any harvest, let alone someone at the first level of the Returning Origin Realm.

He reminded Lin Yang that he could wait a bit longer and there was no need to go now; Dark Invasions of Universe Zones happened frequently, so he could build up some strength first.

"Thank you for the reminder, but I still plan to go and see."

Lin Yang understood that the other party meant well, as fifty billion was indeed a wealth that would be painful for an ordinary Returning Origin Realm expert to lose.

"Well then, since Your Excellency insists, I wish you a fruitful harvest."

This member didn't say more. He was just giving a reminder; if Lin Yang insisted on giving away money, he was naturally happy to take it. Then he began the routine business:

"It seems Your Excellency has only recently broke through to the Guiyuan Realm and has no record of entering or leaving the Time-Space Turbulence Zone. May I ask if Your Excellency has accepted any invitations from the Saint Xuan Ancient Country after reaching the Guiyuan Realm?"

"If so, you can present your identification to enjoy a significant discount here, or even completely free teleportation services."

"No," Lin Yang shook his head.

The member's words were indeed just as Xuan Xiao had warned.

"Alright then, in that case, you need to pay in full," the fee-collecting member said.

Lin Yang didn't say much and directly took out an anonymous card.

Inside were the fifty billion mirror ruins coins he had prepared.

After verifying it, the other party allowed him to enter a specially partitioned area to wait for the directional teleportation.

This isolated area was clearly built by a Mighty Being to be able to perform relatively accurate directional teleportation within the Endless Spacetime.

Lin Yang suspected that this was likely established by a Dao Lord of the Transformation Dao Realm.

Only a Dao Lord of the Transformation Dao Realm who had mastered the Dao could perform such localized teleportation in the Turbulence Zone... Just as Lin Yang began his directional teleportation, within the Royal Capital of Kunyu Country.

Hao Fang, having nothing better to do, flipped through the teleportation records of the special teleportation array leading to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone.

The reason for doing so was that anyone heading to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone was worth paying attention to.

These people were either wealthy or powerful.

Suddenly, he glimpsed a familiar name and the image left during teleportation.

"Your Excellency Lin Yang? Why did he go to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone?"

Hao Fang couldn't help but frown:

"It looks like Your Excellency Lin Yang has successfully broke through to the Guiyuan Realm and come out of seclusion, but why did he head to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone as soon as he emerged? Could it be that he heard about the Universe Zone facing a Dark Invasion and wants to go watch the commotion?"

As an Inspector, Hao Fang's strength might be average, but he was very strong when it came to handling the details of certain matters.

With a slight closing of his eyes, he deduced some of the reasons.

"I had previously invited Your Excellency Lin Yang to visit the Royal Capital after his breakthrough. He has come now, but rushed so hastily to the Universe Zone under Dark Invasion. Could that Universe Zone have some connection to him?"

Hao Fang pondered, then directly entered the Royal Palace.

From the recorded image data, one could clearly see a bit of hard-to-conceal anxiety on Lin Yang's face. He had gone to the Time-Space Turbulence Zone without even greeting him, which clearly meant there was an urgent matter.

Even if he wasn't going to the Universe Zone under Dark Invasion, there was definitely something urgent.

He wanted to report this to see if he could provide some help to Lin Yang.

The Kunyu Country Lord also thought very highly of Lin Yang and had been trying to further close their relationship; now was a good opportunity.

Soon, Hao Fang arrived at the Royal Palace.

The Kunyu Country Lord appeared as a middle-aged man with a cold, jade-like face, sitting upon the throne. His golden robes made him look incredibly noble. He looked at Hao Fang and spoke directly, his voice like a great bell:

"Hao Fang, you want to apply to track Lin Yang's destination?"

Hao Fang had already reported the matter to him on the way, so he already knew the purpose of Hao Fang's visit.

"Country Lord."

Hao Fang gave a slight bow and nodded:

"Yes, Country Lord. Your Excellency Lin Yang has some inseparable ties with our Kunyu Country due to his relationship with the He Family and the Yue Family."

"Didn't you also want to further close our relationship with him before, Country Lord? I want to take this opportunity to apply to track Your Excellency Lin Yang in the Time-Space Turbulence Zone. If Your Excellency Lin Yang really encounters any difficulties, we can also provide some help."

Hearing this, the Kunyu Country Lord didn't even think and agreed directly:

"Very well. I specially authorize a budget of one hundred and fifty billion for you. One hundred billion will be used to pay the tracking fee, and after tracking, you will also use a directional teleportation to see what the situation is."

"Yes, Country Lord!" Hao Fang's spirit was bolstered, and he quickly turned to head toward the Time-Space Turbulence Zone.

After Hao Fang left, the Kunyu Country Lord looked toward the direction of the Time-Space Turbulence Zone. He seemed to have already seen a certain outcome and sighed softly:

"Lin Yang, even if the Universe Zone under Dark Invasion is your home Universe Zone, this Country Lord will help you with all my might. I only hope that in the future, you will remember this investment I have made in you!"