411: Chapter 411 Xuan Yin's Thoughts

That night, Lu Sheng did one thing.

He went to see Profound Sound.

It wasn't in her room, but on the public terrace of the residential area. The sea breeze was strong, and the starry sky overhead appeared blurry due to the obstruction of the metal armor layer.

When Profound Sound arrived, Lu Sheng had already been standing by the terrace railing for a while.

"Does Your Excellency have business with me?"

"Yes." Lu Sheng turned around.

He asked bluntly, "Do you have a Law tracking mark implanted by Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate on you?"

Profound Sound's expression paused for a moment.

A very brief moment.

But Lu Sheng caught it.

"Yes."

Profound Sound did not deny it.

Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected her to admit it so straightforwardly.

"In the spirit source core?"

"Yes," Profound Sound said. "When I made a Breakthrough to the Spirit Saint Realm, the Heavenly Venerate implanted a Law Mark into my spirit source core. I cannot remove it myself, nor can I block its signal."

"Then why didn't you tell me before?"

"Because Your Excellency did not ask."

Lu Sheng stared at her for five seconds.

"Are you playing word games with me?"

"No." Profound Sound's voice was very calm. "I can only answer Your Excellency's questions truthfully. Proactively informing you would be leaking the Heavenly Venerate's arrangements, which I cannot do. But since Your Excellency asked directly, I have no reason to lie."

"Do you know what this means?" Lu Sheng's tone turned cold. "With a tracking mark on you, Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate can calculate where I've gone through your location. When I took you to the Old—to that area, they had already locked onto the approximate coordinates."

"I know."

"You knew, yet you still followed?"

"I had no choice. I cannot disobey the Heavenly Venerate's orders."

Lu Sheng fell silent.

He was judging how much of Profound Sound's words were true.

Her attitude was very strange.

It wasn't the attitude a loyal subordinate should have.

Someone deathly loyal to Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate wouldn't tell him about the tracking mark so candidly. She could have continued to hide it, and when Lu Sheng took her to the Old God Abyss next time, Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate could lock onto the coordinates more precisely.

But she spoke.

Because Lu Sheng asked.

This reason sounded like an excuse. But Lu Sheng vaguely felt that this woman might be helping him in a roundabout way.

"You don't want to be a spy for Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate."

Lu Sheng said this.

It wasn't a question. It was a statement.

Profound Sound was silent for three seconds.

"I have no loyalty to speak of toward the Heavenly Venerate."

She spoke very softly.

"The Heavenly Venerate took me as a Disciple not because he valued my talent. It's because my Sound System Law happens to resonate with his Cultivation Technique. To him, I am a tool."

"On the day I reached the Spirit Saint Realm, the Heavenly Venerate did not offer congratulations or rewards. The first thing he did was implant a Law Mark in my spirit source core."

"From that day on, he knows wherever I go."

Lu Sheng leaned against the railing, his back to the sea breeze.

He was digesting this information.

If Profound Sound was telling the truth—

Then the relationship between her and Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate wasn't a simple master-servant one. It was more like control and being controlled.

Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate didn't trust her, so he implanted a tracking mark in her body.

And she—hated this lack of trust.

"Aren't you afraid Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate will find out you're telling me this?"

"The Law Mark can only track location; it cannot eavesdrop on conversations," Profound Sound said. "The Heavenly Venerate knows where I am, but not what I've said."

"Then how does he give you orders?"

"Through a communication magical artifact. Your Excellency has already taken it away."

"The one currently in my hands?"

"Yes. Without the communication magical artifact, the Heavenly Venerate cannot contact me. He can only know my location through the Law Mark."

Lu Sheng thought for a moment.

"Can the Law Mark be removed?"

"It cannot be done in the Spirit Saint Realm. It requires the Law control of the Spirit Immortal Realm to remove the imprint without harming the spirit source core."

Spirit Immortal Realm.

Lu Sheng was currently a Late Spirit Saint. There was still a significant distance to the Spirit Immortal Realm.

"Then I have no way to help you remove it."

"I know. I told Your Excellency this not to ask for help, but so that Your Excellency has sufficient information when making decisions."

Lu Sheng looked at her.

"You're gambling."

Profound Sound looked up and met his gaze.

"I am gambling that Your Excellency can win against Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate."

Lu Sheng didn't speak.

The sea breeze whistled between the two of them.

After a long while, Lu Sheng spoke.

"The next time you go out with me, stay on Earth."

"The Law Mark—"

"If you stay on Earth, the coordinates he tracks will be those of Earth. He already knows Earth's location. There's no new information to be gained."

Profound Sound was stunned for a moment.

Then she understood what Lu Sheng meant.

He wouldn't take her to the Old God Abyss anymore. By letting her stay on Earth, the Law Mark would only show her on Earth and wouldn't expose the location of the Old God Abyss.

Simple, but effective.

"Understood."

Lu Sheng turned and left the terrace.

He walked a few steps, then stopped.

"You said you're gambling that I can win."

"Yes."

"Then you'd better hope you're right."

Lu Sheng's figure disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Profound Sound stood on the terrace, watching the direction he had left.

The sea breeze blew her hair into a mess.

She whispered something. Her voice was so quiet that even she wasn't sure if she had made a sound.

"I also hope I've gambled correctly."