Chapter 1077: Exposed (1/2)

Lu Yun was going out of his mind. He was a freaking fake and now in the heart of the Inception Palace camp! His nerves were sending him up a wall!!

Though Huo Jun hadn’t discovered anything off about him, that didn’t mean that everyone else would accept his cover story. Once the Inception contingent determined he was a fraud, it’d be difficult for Lu Yun to even die if he wanted to.

Unfortunately, there was nothing else he could do or say for the moment. He could only go with the flow and figure out a way to leave as soon as possible. The one thing he prayed for was that no one would find anything wrong with his identity. Please let them all be like Huo Jun and think that I’m a secluded disciple!

Though Lu Yun commanded the power of inception, his combat arts and cultivation methods were all derived from the Dragonquake Scripture. He didn’t know any palace methods or arts, which would be his greatest tell.

He may be able to pull the wool over the eyes of outsiders, but the gig would be up in front of Inception disciples.

……

“Senior brother!”

“You’ve come back, senior brother Huo Jun.”

“How are things outside?” Inception disciples crowded around him the moment he set foot into the formation. Given that there were more than a hundred million mortal realm disciples among the six sacred palaces, Huo Jun ranking in the top twenty meant that he was best of the best.

“Those idiots of the nine sacred lands are still fighting over that sword. They just can’t wait to die,” Huo Jun snorted and then turned to Lu Yun. “Junior brother, you can cultivate here with peace of mind. Don’t go running around elsewhere.”

“Will do.” There was nothing for it but to agree.

“Senior brother, who’s this?” asked the rest of the curious disciples.

“Ah, yes. This is a secluded disciple of our Inception Palace. He’s quite something, to take two combat arts from a sixth level mortal realm cultivator and not die from it,” Huo Jun laughed heartily. “I haven’t even asked your name yet.”

“…my name is Lu Yun.” Hating every second of this, Lu Yun still offered his name.

Odd expressions crossed faces in the crowd when they heard the response.

“What is it?” Huo Jun raised his brow.

“Senior brother, you spend a lot of time away from the palace and aren’t familiar with all of our disciples. But we… don’t seem to know this junior brother Lu Yun,” frowned a girl. “I’m a secluded disciple too, but I’ve never seen him in my life.”

She cast an unfriendly look at Lu Yun, whose heart skipped a beat, but he retained a composed look on his face.

You Huoran had said that secluded disciples were a very mysterious bunch. Even they might not know all of the other secluded disciples. The sacred palaces were bigger than an entire world; there were plenty of people diligently cultivating away in a dusky corner somewhere.

“Besides,” the young girl continued before Huo Jun could respond. “A strict number of us came to the Tomb of Heaven and Earth this time. Everyone’s name is on record—there’s no one called Lu Yun on the list.”

She flipped her hand over and sent a tall beam of light into the air. Inception disciple names were clearly recorded on it; Huo Jun’s was prominently listed.

The girl was called Ling Xiu and one of the leaders of the mortal realm disciples of the Inception contingent sent to the tomb. Her strength rivaled Huo Jun’s.