Chapter 78: Are There Really Immortals?

“Yinming Pavilion?”

Everyone exchanged glances, curious: “This name is interesting—what’s its original English meaning?”

“There’s no English—it’s purely Chinese.”

Zhao Fangxu shook his head, then whispered: “I know you’re curious, and so am I, so just now I had Erzhuang do a little digging—turns out we only uncovered one name.”

Zhang Chulan blurted out: “Bai Yu Jing?”

“Exactly!”

Zhao Fangxu said gravely: “According to Erzhuang’s intelligence, they launched a surprise attack on God’s Spear’s offline senior leadership meeting yesterday, subdued them using unknown methods, and successfully brought the entire God’s Spear under their control!”

“Moreover, certain leaked messages from the deep web suggest that only five people carried out the raid on God’s Spear…”

Xu San frowned: “Five people subdued a massive multinational force?”

Zhao Fangxu turned to look at Zhang Chulan and Wang Zhen: “That’s why I called you both here—to gather as much information about Bai Yu Jing as possible.”

Xu San and Xu Si exchanged a glance: “What about us?”

Zhao Fangxu glanced at them: “Aren’t you still monitoring a God’s Spear assassin? How’s he doing?”

Still under surveillance…

Xu San was about to speak, but Xu Si suddenly pulled out his phone and made a serious call.

Soon, Xu Si hung up and sighed: “I just had someone check—the assassin is gone. Hotel surveillance captured no trace of him.”

Xu San exclaimed in shock: “Vanished into thin air? How is that possible!”

Zhang Chulan and Wang Zhen exchanged a look and said gravely: “It’s entirely possible. The man we encountered in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley vanished the same way.”

Wang Zhen frowned: “Wait—if they have such abilities, why did any of this get leaked?”

“And the fact that God’s Spear publicly changed its name is also strange…”

Zhang Chulan’s mind stirred: “You mean… they leaked it on purpose?”

Wang Zhen nodded: “Exactly.”

Zhao Fangxu tapped the desk and said gravely: “It’s still too early to probe their motives. Chulan, Qiu’er—tell me about the Lin Yu you met.”

Zhang Chulan thought for a moment, then slowly said: “Powerful, mysterious, unbeatable.”

Wang Zhen nodded: “Same here.”

Zhao Fangxu asked: “How did they treat you?”

Zhang Chulan considered: “Forceful, but also somewhat amiable.”

“Amiable?” Wang Zhen was noncommittal. “I felt they acted with brute dominance—like they could care less about us.”

Zhao Fangxu nodded: “The company’s impression matches Qiu’er’s… Zhang Chulan, you didn’t know—the foreign mystics who broke into the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley later turned up in surrounding cities.”

“When the company found them, they were all unconscious.”

“After examination by specialists in our circle, they confirmed their spirits had been assaulted—and upon waking, all of them lost all memory of what happened in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley.”

Lost their memories?

Zhang Chulan’s pupils contracted—he blurted: “Lü family’s Ming Hun Technique?”

Zhao Fangxu shook his head: “We thought the same, so we notified the Lü family. They immediately sent someone to investigate—but after checking, there was no sign of soul alteration.”

“This means the practitioner was either more skilled than the Lü family, or used a different but similar mystic art.”

“But the only person on earth stronger than them in Ming Hun Technique is Lü Liang—and Lü Liang is currently in the Lü family, impossible to have acted on these foreign mystics.”

Then it must be another similar mystic art!

Zhang Chulan pondered a moment, then asked: “What’s the company’s current stance?”

Zhao Fangxu glanced at him and whispered: “First, the people in Bai Yu Jing are clearly Easterners. From how they treated you and Qiu’er, they seem to hold some goodwill toward the company.”

“If possible, the company wants to make contact with them—and the only possible entry point is you.”

Zhang Chulan stared in shock: “Me?”

Zhao Fangxu smiled: “Didn’t that Lin Yu say he wanted to drink with you?”

“….”

Zhang Chulan’s lips twitched, unable to help glancing at Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen chuckled: “He really did say that. You can’t expect me to withhold that information, can you?”

Zhao Fangxu said solemnly: “In any case, if Lin Yu truly comes to you, I hope you won’t hide it—report it to the company immediately. We’ll send someone to make contact, without provoking him.”

Zhang Chulan thought for a moment, then smiled: “Director Zhao, why go through all this trouble? I’m company staff too~”

“Just tell me what you need. If he shows up, I’ll represent the company and handle the contact for you!”

Zhao Fangxu stared at Zhang Chulan for a long while, then finally nodded: “Fine…”

He turned to Xu San, Xu Si, and Wang Zhen: “You three, leave.”

The three paused slightly, then rose with thoughtful expressions and exited the office first.

Seeing this, Zhang Chulan’s heart tightened—he felt a sudden pang of regret for taking on this task.

But soon, the photo Zhao Fangxu pulled from his drawer turned that regret into shock.

The photo showed turbulent seas, several modified cruise ships helplessly drifting at the edge of a vortex.

On the decks of those ships floated figures like celestial gods—some radiating golden light, others blazing with gold-and-red flames; with every gesture, they manipulated multi-ton cruise ships as if they were toys.

“...What is this?”

Zhang Chulan stared blankly at the photo.

Zhao Fangxu watched his expression and whispered: “This was taken by someone who witnessed yesterday’s battle—the only trace those five left behind.”

“After seeing this photo, the company has a theory: Bai Yu Jing… may truly contain immortals!”

…

…

As Zhang Chulan and the others suspected, these messages and photos were indeed deliberately leaked by Lin Yu.

The reason was simple: now that Bai Yu Jing had absorbed God’s Spear, maintaining the status quo would make the takeover meaningless.

So he wanted God’s Spear to grow powerful—and the greatest advantage of that power was using Bai Yu Jing’s name to directly contact other mystic factions, expanding channels for acquiring cultivation techniques.

After all, having others do the work was far more convenient than going out himself.

Just like now: Lin Yu and his group had directly acquired all of God’s Spear’s past records.

These included Eastern Qi cultivation methods, Japanese ninja arts, Western alchemy, magic, and more.

Beyond that, God’s Spear possessed many other notable treasures—various Eastern talismans and alchemical devices, and the Lance of Longinus, which had become the organization’s codename!

Yes, God’s Spear truly possessed the legendary spear that pierced Jesus.

It was stored on a secret island in the Pacific, accessible only to the organization’s highest echelons.

According to No. 1, the Lance of Longinus had once been broken; after repair, its power was greatly diminished, retaining only one ability: the power of oath-binding.

Swearing before the Lance of Longinus granted the wielder a spear tattoo.

Breaking the oath caused one’s blood to transform into a lance, piercing the oath-breaker from within.

Lin Yu had long studied the tattoos on No. 1 and the others, and after brief analysis, mastered this binding technique.

Afterwards, he consulted his group members, and they unanimously agreed to preserve this tradition of God’s Spear.

So Lin Yu modified the binding slightly and implanted it into the Seven Shadows of Yinming Pavilion and numerous Saint-class assassins.

After completing this, Lin Yu and his group split up to inspect and claim God’s Spear’s legacy.

God’s Spear’s influence was indeed vast, spread across every country, with no centralized headquarters like Behemoth.

Acquiring all their assets took the group members two full days.

Two days later, Su Haoming and the others’ allotted time expired—they had to return temporarily to their own worlds. Only Lin Yu, due to his Intermediate Breakthrough Talisman, still had five days remaining.

Day five in this world.

A secret island in the Atlantic.

Lin Yu hovered above the northern mountain range of the island, his vast Qimen formation spreading from his body as the central palace, continuously reshaping the narrow valley beneath.

This was God’s Spear’s largest training base—the place where He Jing had once emerged.

The island housed many orphans, but those with mystic potential were exceedingly rare.

For this reason, Lin Yu transformed the valley, carving the complete Three-Chariot Power Method onto both cliff walls, turning it into a second Tongtian Valley.

Of course, having Tongtian Valley didn’t mean these children had to become mystics.

Yinming Pavilion under Bai Yu Jing was no longer merely a killer organization—it was preparing to emerge into the open as a mystic faction.

If they wished, they could leave and live the lives they desired.

But sadly, only a few children among the entire training base wanted to leave.

The rest had grown accustomed to this life and refused to depart.

Lin Yu didn’t wish to manipulate their souls further; after consulting his group, he decided to keep this final group of children, giving them a more normal education to become He Jing’s future allies.

(End of Chapter)