"It would be best if Alliance Leader Lu is willing to meet with us. My family is waiting in Southside Weave for you." Madam Yōu felt helpless.

Lu Yin nodded, but then he suddenly remembered something. "No."

Madam Yōu could not help asking, "Alliance Leader Lu, what's the problem?"

Lu Yin looked at Madam Yōu and explained in evident embarrassment, "My apologies, Madam Yōu, but I can't go to Southside Weave."

Madam Yōu was infuriated, and she glared at Lu Yin. "Alliance Leader Lu, while it’s true that my Yōu family wishes to join your Great Eastern Alliance, we are not without some measure of strength. We are not wagging our tails and looking for your pity as we seek refuge. I would ask Alliance Leader Lu to not insult my Yōu family!"

Lu Yin quickly replied, "Madam Yōu, you misunderstand. It's not that I, Lu Yin, don't want to meet with Madam Yōu, but rather that someone has forbidden me from going."

"Who?" Madam Yōu gritted her teeth. At this moment, she felt that Lu Yin was quite despicable, and she suddenly understood why so many people wanted to kill him.

Lu Yin shrugged. "Highsage Grandmaster."

Madam Yōu was taken aback. "Who?"

Lu Yin answered in a serious tone, "Senior Highsage Grandmaster."

Madam Yōu was stunned. Of course she knew of Highsage Grandmaster. He was one of the Human Domain’s seven Semi-Progenitors, a true top-tier powerhouse. Even the elders of her Yōu...