Chapter 1077: Exposed (2/2)

Lu Yun’s guide frowned slightly when he heard Ling Xiu’s clarification, but he remained staring silently at Lu Yun, waiting for a response.

The center of everyone’s attention had his head down without a word while his mind furiously raced through all available alternatives. Lu Yun had thought he would have a chance to consider a strategy for withdrawal when he arrived; unfortunately, he’d been exposed by the first Inception disciples he met.

Though Inception Palace was a mammoth organization, its internal structure was well defined and strictly organized. Numerous people had tried to infiltrate the palace before, but all were exposed before they’d gotten too far on their mission.

Including… the three-eyed man.

“You said before that those of the sacred lands didn’t give you a chance to explain. I’m giving you one now. Explain yourself, why you possess the power of inception, and how you can deploy the combat arts of the chaos dragons!” Huo Jun said when Lu Yun remained quiet.

“Are you going to say that you’re a disciple adventuring outside and joined us when you heard about the tomb, which is why your name isn’t recorded on the roster?” Ling Xiu smiled superciliously.

“My identity was fake to begin with, so there’s nothing much to explain.” Lu Yun relaxed and spread his hands out at the group.

More than anything else, his current situation drove home the point of how different the chaos was from the world of immortals. Most things would probably not go according to his wishes and he was as weak as an ant here. He didn’t even control his own life and death.

As their conflict escalated, Qing Yu returned to hell with the Bridge of Forgetfulness and guarded the six paths of his nascent spirit along with Aoxin’s mother. They were concerned that those of the Inception Palace might destroy Lu Yun’s nascent spirit through the void.

……

“But he really does command the power of inception and he’s a member of the sacred clan… That can’t be faked, can it?” someone around them asked incredulously. “Is he part of another sacred palace? But we can only wield the power of our own sacred palace, so…”

Lu Yun’s power wasn’t fake and the body of a sacred clan member that he’d created out of the Dragonquake Scripture, in conjunction with the Tome of Life and Death, was also real.

Ling Xiu paused and looked at Huo Jun, who was equally confused as her. If this wasn’t the case, how would he have thought that Lu Yun was a sacred palace disciple and brought him back to camp?

“Speak! What’s with you?” Ling Xiu whipped around and roared at Lu Yun.

“I don’t know either, I’ve always been like this.” Lu Yun shrugged with both hands turned upwards. He wasn’t dumb enough to spill the beans.

“Not going to be forthright, are you?” Ling Xiu walked up and placed her finger between Lu Yun’s brows, wanting to read his memories. However, the Tome of Life and Death immediately reacted and bounced her finger away.

She stumbled backward in surprise, gaping at Lu Yun.

“The princess has a replica here, let’s take him to her! As a sovereign, she’ll be able to determine who this kid is!” another voice raised. “No matter what, our power cannot be controlled by an outsider! We need to get to the bottom of how he became an Inception sacred clan member!”

“Can it be that he’s really part of us and has just been wandering outside all this time?” someone else asked quietly.

“That’s not outside of the realm of possibility either.”

“Whatever, all will be determined by Her Highness.”