The Undying Sutra

"Remember, no matter how hard your Tenth Academy tries, it's unlikely you'll surpass the other combat academies in the Innerverse. At most, you can compete with the Ninth Academy. The ten-academy competition relies not on the Star Burst Sphere, and certainly not on hiding one's strength, but on real combat power," Liu Ji said. She had already put herself in the position of someone from the Sixth Academy.

These words sounded inexplicable to Lu Yin. Is this woman crazy?

Soon, Mentor Wu Sheng walked up to Lu Yin with a smile on his face, solemnly took out a medal, and handed it to him. "Student Lu Yin, I officially ask you, are you willing to join the Decipherer Research Society and become an official Bright Pupil Initial Level Decipherer in the establishment?"

Lu Yin took a deep breath, his eyes fervent. "I am willing, Mentor. I am willing to dedicate the rest of my life to the Decipherer Research Society."

Liu Ji was speechless. The exact same lines he said to Xia Luo. Well-rehearsed!

Mentor Wu Sheng was also stunned for a moment, then smiled, solemnly handed the medal to Lu Yin, and patted his shoulder. "Good. From now on, you are a member of our Decipherer Research Society, registered in the records. However, your merits are currently zero. Only by successfully deciphering can you obtain merits. When others want to ask a Decipherer for help, merits are the most important criterion for judgment. You must work hard."

"Yes, Mentor," Lu Yin was excited. All he wanted was the backing of the Decipherer Research Society. As for merits, he didn't care.

Mentor Wu Sheng pondered for a moment. "Xia Luo has Elder Dan to teach him, so there won't be any problems. You've just joined the Research Society and don't understand anything. You can't decipher casually. How about this, I'll give you a few books. Also, you must promise me that once you officially start deciphering, you must contact me."

Xia Luo also joined the Decipherer Research Society? It seems this person's trip was for Xia Luo. Elder Dan must be the mentor of the world! These mentors are the ones who are truly hiding their strength.

Lu Yin nodded solemnly and accepted the books. These were all books from the Decipherer Research Society, of immeasurable value.

Liu Ji glared at Lu Yin. "Take good care of them. If you lose them, you wouldn't be able to compensate for the value of these books even if you were sold."

"Liu Ji, don't talk nonsense. No matter how high the value of a book is, it cannot be higher than a person. A book is only for spreading knowledge; a person is for creating knowledge. They are incomparable," Mentor Wu Sheng said sternly.

Liu Ji was reprimanded again. She pouted and said nothing.

Before long, Mentor Wu Sheng gave Lu Yin a few more instructions and then left with Liu Ji.

Lu Yin watched the spaceship take off and marveled at the fickleness of fate. He hadn't expected to run into such a good thing just by going out. The Decipherer Research Society, this was no ordinary organization. With this status, he could get by anywhere in the universe. Interesting.

It wasn't easy to find a backer in the Trial World with the status of a Decipherer. People wouldn't acknowledge you. Even with the medal, it was useless. In the end, everything still depended on strength. Lu Yin felt that he had to at least have a successful deciphering experience before he could integrate with those people.

He boarded his own Aurora spaceship and prepared to head to the Ilfa merchant fleet's rendezvous point. It was a day's journey from the Tenth Academy. In terms of spaceship speed, it was considered far, but it was still within the scope of the Canglan territory.

Before starting the spaceship, Lu Yin deliberately checked if it needed a power source, but he couldn't find anything. With the development of technology to this point, the spaceship's power operated in a way he couldn't understand. In any case, it didn't need to consume other energy sources.

For Lu Yin, this was good news; otherwise, it would be another gold-swallowing behemoth. Although the Aurora spaceship was a bottomless gold-devouring beast to begin with, saving a little was better than nothing.

Setting the course and letting the spaceship fly on autopilot, Lu Yin took out the books Mentor Wu Sheng had given him and began to read them seriously.

At the Tenth Academy, Xia Luo strolled over, fiddling with the Star Burst Sphere in his hand. A glint flashed in his eyes, and he peeled off the thin metal film. The Star Energy vibrated, and in the next instant, the berserk Star Energy inside the Star Burst Sphere was pacified.

If Mentor Wu Sheng had seen this scene, he would have been too shocked for words. Pacifying the berserk Star Energy in three seconds was extremely excellent, and Liu Ji was at that level. At this age, there were not many Decipherers of this level in the Research Society. And those who could do it in under three seconds were even rarer. To pacify it instantly, not even one had appeared in countless years.

Liu Ji had exhausted her mind just to improve by even one second. But for Xia Luo, this kind of thing seemed very easy, as normal as breathing.

"A Bright Pupil Initial Level assessment... naive," Xia Luo casually tossed away the Star Burst Sphere and looked up at the sky, an incomprehensible look in his eyes.

A day later, the spaceship beeped. Lu Yin opened his eyes and found that there were many more spaceships around, landing one after another at the space station of an azure planet ahead. He rubbed his head. He had been reading for more than ten hours, gotten tired, and taken a nap. He hadn't expected to have arrived already.

More than ten hours of reading had given Lu Yin a deeper understanding of Decipherers and also why the universe respected them so much. If the universe were compared to a treasure trove containing countless treasure chests, then Decipherers were the gatekeepers holding the keys. This book clearly listed several examples to prove the importance of Decipherers.

The one that left the deepest impression on Lu Yin was the White Night clan. The inheritance stone of the White Night clan was opened by a powerful Decipherer in their clan, which had then opened the path of unparalleled combat techniques for the White Night clan.

There was also the Ross Empire, one of the three major powers that had ambushed the Tenth Academy's assessment. The ancient technology they inherited was also opened by a Decipherer.

And the Three-Leaf Grass Company also had an inherited treasure opened by a Decipherer.

And so on, many, many examples proved the importance of Decipherers. Compared to the ancient artifacts covered in the dust of time that Decipherers could open, their combat power, on the other hand, was not given much importance because their numbers were too small. Currently, there were only six hundred and thirty thousand Decipherers registered in the Decipherer Research Society's list. The entire universe had countless populations, yet it had only produced six hundred and thirty thousand Decipherers.

The Tenth Academy's assessment had attracted a million students. The number of six hundred and thirty thousand Decipherers, even if placed in the Canglan territory—no, even on Earth—was very small, only equivalent to the population of a small county town, let alone in the entire universe.

Lu Yin exhaled. Only now did he understand what kind of organization he had joined. No wonder Mentor Wu Sheng hadn't believed he could complete the Star Burst Sphere assessment at first. To be able to complete the assessment was not something that could be described as one in ten thousand, but one in tens of billions.

Of course, Lu Yin would not naively believe in the so-called registered list. In the universe, who didn't hide their trump cards? The number of Decipherers was definitely not just six hundred and thirty thousand, but it wouldn't be much more. The talent for comprehending Star Energy determined the number of people who could do it. He was also on the list of geniuses, but unfortunately, he mostly relied on the Heavenly Star Art.

Putting away the book, Lu Yin looked outside. The spaceship was still in line to enter. Although it was slow, it would take less than half an hour.

Before long, Lu Yin had docked the spaceship and, according to the agreed location, had found the Ilfa merchant fleet.

The Ilfa merchant fleet was a comprehensive merchant fleet, not only gathering commercial products but also special mercenaries. Such caution was all because of the war that had broken out in the Canglan territory.

When he had just left the Tenth Academy, Lu Yin had also learned of it. The Great Yu Empire was in civil war, the Second Prince had rebelled, Undying Yushan's old injuries had relapsed, and Zhang Dingtian and the others had disappeared. He knew all of these things. But knowing was one thing; he couldn't interfere.

The King of Zishan was just an empty title. His own strength was not even at the Melting Realm; he didn't even have the qualifications to interfere. The only thing he could do was to wish Zhang Dingtian and the others well. Everyone had their own destiny. They might die, or they might have a great fortuitous encounter. No one knew. If possible, they would meet again in the starry sky!

Lu Yin thought of the night he had drunk with the Second Prince on the Capital Star. Before him, a chubby man who looked like a merchant at a glance walked over. After confirming Lu Yin's superficial identity, he was not too surprised by his status as a student of the Tenth Academy and was very calm. The reputation of the Tenth Academy had long been in ruins, and he didn't pay it any mind.

Two hours later, Lu Yin took out one hundred and fifty thousand Star Crystals as a reserve, boarded his own spaceship, and followed the Ilfa merchant fleet into the starry sky.

Lu Yin's status as a student of the Tenth Academy did not surprise the chubby merchant, but the Aurora spaceship made his eyes light up, and his words to Lu Yin became much more enthusiastic. Lu Yin chuckled. His status as a student of the Tenth Academy was not even as good as a spaceship. How ridiculous. He didn't know if he would scare him to death if he revealed his identity as a Decipherer.

The Ilfa merchant fleet consisted of twelve spaceships, flying in a single file towards the north of the Canglan territory. The cargo spaceship was very large, and the other ships could only be considered small. As for personal flyers, there was only Lu Yin's. But his spaceship was quite eye-catching. There were not many Aurora spaceships in the Outerverse.

Having successfully embarked on the course, unless they ran into space pirates, there was nothing for Lu Yin to do. He thought for a moment and continued to read.

Before long, his personal communicator chimed. Lu Yin was surprised. A strange number, and it was requesting a video chat. He didn't hesitate and opened the light screen. A familiar face appeared before his eyes.

"Little Seven, long time no see," a man appeared on the light screen, his appearance world-weary, a lock of white hair hanging down his forehead. He looked to be in his fifties, his eyes deep and serene, as if they could see through a person's heart.

Seeing the man, Lu Yin was overjoyed. "Uncle Ghost! I didn't expect you to contact me."

"Are you doing well outside?" The man called Ghost had a serious expression, without a smile, but his gaze towards Lu Yin was clearly much gentler.

Lu Yin nodded. "Very well. What about at home? Is everyone doing well?"

Ghost said, "You don't need to worry about things at home. I contacted you this time to tell you something. You should know about the war in the Great Yu Empire. Return to the imperial palace of the Great Yu Empire as soon as possible and find the treasure of the former Zishan clan before Undying Yushan dies."

A glint flashed in Lu Yin's eyes. It was here. As expected, there was a problem with the Great Yu Empire. Otherwise, his family wouldn't have gone to such lengths to make him the descendant of the King of Zishan back then. "What's in the treasure?"

Ghost was silent for a moment and said sincerely, "The Undying Sutra."

"The Undying Sutra?" Lu Yin was bewildered; he had never heard of it.

Ghost said calmly, "The Undying Sutra is a legendary ancient cultivation art from the Innerverse's Fallen Star Sea. It contains the mystery of immortality."

Lu Yin was horrified. "How is that possible? No one can be immortal. This violates the rules of the universe."

"I know. Even if it's not immortality, it can allow a cultivator to live longer. A few hundred years ago, Undying Yushan and Undying Zishan roamed the Innerverse and went to the Fallen Star Sea. After they came out, they soared to the sky. Undying Yushan even entered the top 20 of the Astral Combat Rankings. Many people speculate that he and Undying Zishan obtained the Undying Sutra. Moreover, they even changed their names. He wasn't called Undying Yushan before," Ghost said.