Chapter 2438: Time Poison

Chapter 2438: Time Poison

Lu Yin's eyes flashed. Now this was some surprising information. Regardless of how many people an ordinary person married, Lu Yin would never bat an eye. It was completely normal for emperors to retain harems of thousands of women, but two female Progenitors deciding to marry the same man was highly unusual. Just what kind of character did a man have to possess to accomplish such a thing?

Lu Yin grew solemn as he looked at Attendant Wu. "Is Monarch Luo very strong?"

Attendant Wu replied, "This small one does not know."

"You mentioned coordinates that were taken from Aeternus just a moment ago. Is your universe also being attacked by Aeternus?" Lu Yin continued his questions.

Attendant Wu answered, "Yes, Aeternus ravages our part of the universe. If not for the three Monarchs, all of us would have been turned into corpse kings by now. Even with the Monarchs fighting against Aeternus, our situation is still not very optimistic. The reason why Gu Yue sealed the passage long ago might have also been related to this."

Lu Yin asked, "Where did you pick up that arrogant attitude you showed in Shenwu Continent?"

Attendant Wu flinched and dropped to his knees. "My lord, this small one does not dare to do such a thing again! I am willing to accept any punishment! Please, give this small one a chance!"

Lu Yin and Lu Buzheng exchanged looks. This man was the equivalent of a peak Envoy, but he was incredibly submissive. Not even the Second Nightking had ever shown so much deference after he had submitted to following Lu Yin.

"I asked you a question. What is your answer?" Lu Yin pressed.

Beads of sweat streamed from Attendant Wu's forehead. After a slight hesitation, he replied, "I learned it from Monarch Luo."

"So, is Monarch Luo the one who demands that you demonstrate such a submissive attitude?" Lu Yin asked.

Attendant Wu nodded. "Monarch Luo does not allow us to raise our eyes to him, let alone look at Monarch Mu or Monarch Xing, so..."

Lu Yin's smile faded. If the man learned everything from Monarch Luo, then his behavior made complete sense.

Lu Buzheng asked, "What does your title of ‘Attendant’ mean?"

The terms Monarch, Semi-Monarch, and Attendant all seemed to be related.

Attendant Wu explained, "From weakest to strongest, the realms of cultivation in the Three Monarchs universe are Slave, Servant, Attendant, Semi-Monarch, and Monarch. This small one is an Attendant, which is equivalent to this universe’s Envoys. Servants are the same as what you call Enlighters, while Slaves are equal to Explorers."

"That's quite straightforward," Lu Buzheng remarked.

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. This direct correlation had most likely been decided upon in order to make things easier for the rulers. Even the terms for their cultivation realms emphasized the superiority of Monarchs. It was evident that Monarch Luo had a penchant for being high and mighty.

"Where did you hear the name 'Heavens Sect' before?" Lu Buzheng questioned.

Lu Yin was startled, "He knows about the Heavens Sect?"

Lu Buzheng nodded.

Lu Yin glanced at Attendant Wu. This complicated things, as it meant that the two universes must have come into contact with each other an extremely long time ago.

If this parallel universe’s three Progenitors were able to stop Forgotten Ruins God by cooperating, then each individual should possess a level of strength close to that of the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. One of the three might even be as powerful as one of the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. Three normal Progenitors would never stand a chance against one of the Seven Skygods, even if they did combine their strength.

Lu Yin and Lu Buzheng then continued to question Attendant Wu, which allowed them to slowly gain some understanding of the Three Monarchs Universe.

"Not bad, you've answered all of my questions, though I do hope that you haven’t been lying to me." Lu Yin slowly made a rather threatening comment after about half a day of questions. He then took a sip of tea.

Attendant Wu immediately prostrated himself. "This small one would never dare to deceive you! I can no longer return to the Three Monarchs Universe, so from now on, I shall obey only your commands and serve you faithfully! How could I dare to lie to you?"

"Since the passage exists and the coordinates for your universe should be here as well, you'll definitely get a chance to go back. Come, let's go search for the coordinates. If I get the chance, I would also like to visit the Three Monarchs Universe," Lu Yin replied.

Lu Yin was highly intrigued by the Three Monarchs Universe. If he could establish a cooperative agreement with the parallel universe, it would have a tremendous impact on the endless war against Aeternus. At the very least, it would be an opportunity for him to target Forgotten Ruins God. Still, everything depended on whether cooperation was even possible.

There had to be a reason why Gu Yue had sealed the passage between the two universes, though Lu Yin needed to uncover that reason for himself.

He was not Gu Yue, and if faced with the same choice, then given different ideas and different perspectives, Lu Yin might come to an entirely different decision.

More importantly, if the God of Death who was mentioned in the legends of the Three Monarchs universe was indeed the God of Death from the Heavens Sect era, then it was possible that the man might have left something behind in that universe, which was an incredibly enticing possibility.

Attendant Wu quickly rose to his feet and offered to accompany Lu Yin back to Shenwu Continent.

Suddenly, the man coughed up blood, and the tricolored power that swirled around his body spiraled out of his control. Lu Buzheng pressed a hand down. "Did you absorb stellular energy?"

Attendant Wu clutched at his chest, bewildered by the fact that his own power had torn free from his control. "What’s happening?"

He had automatically absorbed a bit stellular energy after being injured by Lu Buzheng. This had not been done for cultivation or even for recovery, but simply to compare the energy with what the Three Monarchs universe cultivated. Why was he reacting like this now?

Lu Buzheng shook his head. "Don't absorb any power from this place. Disperse everything that you absorbed. You’re lucky that you don’t cultivate with stellular energy, or else you would be facing far worse injuries, and your cultivation would have even been destroyed.”

"Did you really think that our universe is this weak? If not for the problems that we currently face with our stellular energy, we would have had a new batch of Semi-Progenitors popping up anytime now."

Attendant Wu suppressed the power within his body even as blood filled his mouth. It took him some time to calm himself back down.

Lu Yin observed the energy that surrounded the man’s body with open interest. "Is this the power that you use to cultivate? It's not bad."

For the first time, Attendant Wu looked directly at Lu Yin. The man’s face had gone pale, and his voice quivered when he spoke. "This, this is Time Poison!"

Lu Yin and Lu Buzheng's expressions both changed. "What did you just say?"

Attendant Wu muttered in a shaky tone, "This is Time Poison! Has Aeternus released Time Poison in this universe? It’s no wonder why I didn't see anyone cultivating here."

"What do you know?" Lu Yin anxiously asked. For the last three years, he had tried to do everything he could to unravel the mystery behind the changes that had occurred with their stellular energy, but it was all to no avail. He had no idea how much longer he would need to find the cause of everything. This problem had been haunting him for far too long already.

He had considered the idea that Aeternus might have used Vitality Poison, but the symptoms of Vitality Poison were very different from what the Fifth Mainland was dealing with. Upon hearing the words "Time Poison," he had immediately related it to Vitality Poison.

Attendant Wu softly replied, "Senior, if I'm not mistaken, Aeternus has contaminated this power that this universe uses to cultivate with their Time Poison! When cultivators absorb this power, they are contaminated by the poison, which can cause the absorbed power to reverse or accelerate its flow. The problem is not in the cultivators themselves, but rather by the fact that the ambient energy has been influenced by the power of time. That is how Aeternus's Time Poison works.”

"This small one knows of this because my Three Monarchs Universe once faced destruction from Time Poison. Before the Three Monarchs Universe was renamed, we used a different type of energy to cultivate, but Time Poison crippled every aspect of our cultivation system. If not for the arrival of the Three Monarchs who changed the underlying energy of our cultivation system, we would have been completely enslaved by Aeternus. That’s why we will never forget about Time Poison."